“What’s even stranger is that early that morning, when my father was informed by the servants of your grandfather’s death, he rushed to the scene. Do you know what happened?”
"The body parts are neatly arranged, just sitting there. Your grandfather, a grown man, died quietly in my family's secret room."
"Before we could investigate, Quanxing arrived immediately. At that time, they had a formidable evil cultivator who was skilled at concealing his tracks and killing people without leaving a trace. Your grandfather's death was most likely related to them, while my Wang family suffered the consequences."
"......"
Feng Zhenghao's expression froze instantly, turning extremely ugly. Anyone who heard that their ancestors had been slaughtered like animals would feel terrible.
Taking advantage of the momentum, Wang Ai revealed the truth, chuckled coldly, and pointed the finger at the culprit of the chaos.
"Actually, your grandfather's choice back then was quite wise, because before he betrayed the others, the thirty-six thieves had already been betrayed once by an insider. Otherwise, the sworn brotherhood would not have been exposed, and they would not have been hunted down."
"Moreover, the traitor is among the eight original owners of the extraordinary skills."
“Your grandfather wasn’t a spineless coward. He was greedy and shrewd enough. To protect his own life and that of his family, and to avoid being betrayed by an insider, he preemptively betrayed the others.”
"You don't need to feel ashamed for our ancestors. In the end, whether they did it or not, they were all going to die. The Eight Extraordinary Techniques would be leaked sooner or later."
Chapter 241 A Three-Way Alliance: A Unique Mystic Miracle Belonging to Trinity
Feng Zhenghao tightened his grip on the wine glass, trying his best to hide his loss of composure, but the blood in his body was fluctuating between hot and cold, and the anger in his chest suddenly flared up.
"Then... who is the mole?"
When he asked the question, based on the previous conversation and the purpose of the gathering, Feng Zhenghao already had an answer in his mind, but he still wanted to hear Wang Ai's identification in person.
"Zhang Huaiyi".
"This is no secret in the industry. We old folks wouldn't lie to a junior like you."
Wang Ai answered calmly, and Feng Zhenghao, who had been calm and gentle before, turned gloomy.
He had even tried to win over Zhang Chulan with appeasement, but now it all seems so ridiculous.
"President Feng, if I may interject, I vouch for the old fat man's words. If you don't believe me, you can ask old man Lu Jin. Zhang Huaiyi sent the letter to the Lu family first."
Lu Ci smiled even more happily. Given the current situation, it was almost certain that he could win over Feng Zhenghao to join him.
"......"
After a brief silence, Feng Zhenghao sighed softly, the hatred in his eyes vanishing in an instant, hidden deeper within him.
"Why hesitate so much? Since you two seniors have invited me to this meeting today, you must think I am someone you can trust. Treat people with sincerity and reciprocate with courtesy. I believe what you two say."
His statement was well received by Wang Ai.
"President Feng, since you are so open and honest, I admire you very much. Let me tell you something else."
"Old Wang, please speak, there's no need to be so polite. Alas, it was only today that I realized how much your family has done for our lineage. Yet I have been oblivious to it for decades. I am truly ashamed and embarrassed. I apologize."
Feng Zhenghao poured himself a few more glasses of wine and kept gulping them down.
"If I'm not mistaken, your grandfather secretly passed on the art of summoning spirits and commanding generals to you before you fled, didn't he?"
Wang Ai wanted to verify a certain conjecture, and judging from Feng Zhenghao's reaction, the other party really didn't know the secret from back then.
"right...."
Feng Zhenghao didn't try to hide anything. What surprised and stunned him was that he had never known that the Wang family possessed the ability to control spirits and command generals. He couldn't judge whether his grandfather's actions were right or wrong, but he understood that if it weren't for his grandfather's meticulous protection back then, he probably wouldn't be alive today.
"President Feng, let me take a look?" Wang Ai asked with a light laugh, putting pressure on him.
"Then please forgive my blunder."
A wisp of black mist immediately appeared in Feng Zhenghao's palm, which instantly transformed into a hideous ghost.
"Heh, interesting."
At this moment, Wang Ai made his move directly, also activating the Spirit Binding Technique. His black mist was countless times more terrifying than Feng Zhenghao's, instantly seizing the hideous Yin spirit.
"Wha...what?!"
Feng Zhenghao was terrified. He knew that Wang Laogui probably also knew this skill, but he never expected that the opponent's Spirit Binding and Commanding would be so terrifying, easily severing his connection with the Soul Controlling Technique.
"Hehe, Zhenghao, I was just kidding you."
Wang Ai freed Feng Zhenghao from his enslavement and returned the spirit to him. As he had suspected, the Feng family's unique skill had a flaw.
"Mr. Wang... what do you mean by this?"
Feng Zhenghao hurriedly absorbed the Yin spirit into his body, then felt a chill run down his spine.
"It seems your grandfather didn't explain things clearly to you younger generation?"
"Back then, to repay the Wang family for saving his life, your grandfather made a solemn vow that the spirit-binding and spirit-dispatching skills passed down to his family members would always be a smaller portion, so that the Wang family would always be superior to yours."
"By the way, your grandfather hated the traitor Zhang Huaiyi back then, and even asked my father to lend a hand. If that beast was caught, he would skin him alive."
In that instant, Feng Tianyang felt as if he had been struck by lightning. The successive revelations of the truth left him somewhat overwhelmed.
"..."
"what....."
Feng Zhenghao took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, saying:
"Since... that was the decision of our seniors, I, as a junior, naturally dare not have any objections."
"Mr. Wang, thank you for revealing these secrets to me. I am deeply grateful."
"Alright, President Feng, we're all family here. Don't you understand why I called you here today?"
Wang Ai patted Feng Zhenghao on the shoulder, comforting him as she spoke:
"Give us your stance. We two old men are not to be trifled with. We're determined to get the Qi Source Flow, and I want Zhang Chulan dead too. What about you, Chairman Feng?"
"It is an honor that the two seniors have invited me to join them. If I were to refuse, it would be disrespectful of me."
Feng Zhenghao met the two questioning gazes head-on and said, word by word, "I am willing to cooperate fully."
"Good good!!!"
"President Feng, that was satisfying."
Wang Ai successfully recruited Feng Zhenghao, and before the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony even began, the three forces formed an alliance, intending to kill and seize the skills.
........
Two days before the start of the Luo Tian Grand Ceremony, at dusk, outside the San Yi Gate, Jiang Mo strolled out leisurely, gazing at the undulating distant mountains and the setting sun slanting across the earth, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.
He stood with his hands behind his back, his frosty hair billowing wildly in the evening breeze. Zhuge Yu stood beside him, his expression respectful, holding a Qimen compass and pointing at the magnificent landscape before them, like a well-behaved student asking his teacher for praise.
“Uncle-Master, look, this is the culmination of my twenty years of hard work.”
"amazing."
Following his directions, Jiang Mo's gaze pierced through the void, revealing countless hidden wisps of Qi that connected all things, forming a wondrous pattern that enveloped the entire mountain gate.
"How did you come up with the idea of creating this mountain-protecting formation?"
The Qi formation is divided into two layers, an inner and an outer layer. The inner layer covers all the sect's territory, including the stone steps, while the outer layer is the surrounding mountains and forests, and they have two completely different effects.
"This disciple is merely imitating the methods of my master back then."
Zhuge Yu was deeply moved. He would always remember the night his uncle suppressed the Quanxing demons. The radiant Qi of the night enveloped more than a thousand stone steps. Then, when other demons broke into the mountain, heavenly thunder gathered, unleashing its terrifying power and designating the Xuanmen sacred ground as a forbidden zone for evil spirits.
After seventy years of arduous cultivation, he mastered both Feng Hou and Shen Ji, and never forgot to repay his sect. Therefore, he spent a long time building a Qimen formation to protect the mountain.
“Look, that’s the outer realm. Our place is in a remote area. If any travelers, woodcutters, or hunters accidentally wander in, the Qi Bureau will not harm their lives. It will automatically change its position and reverse the terrain according to the direction of the people in the bureau, so that they can leave easily no matter which way they go.”
Zhuge Yu spoke at length, his excitement evident, for his devotion to the Dao had remained unwavering for seventy years.
Having no wife, children, father, or mother, and having severed all worldly ties, his cultivation level ranks above everyone else in the sect, except for Senior Brother Chengzhen, who can still surpass him. He is roughly on par with Senior Uncle Sichong.
"As for the inner domain, it starts from the Five Precious Lands, passes through the pool where you were in seclusion, extends to the entire sect, and stretches to the end of the stone steps."
"Its power is far more terrifying than that of the outer realms. I have consulted the Primordial Qi Fire you taught me, and because Feng Hou is within the Qimen formation, she can freely control space and time."
"I have expanded its coverage to the entire mountain. Anyone who dares to trespass on the mountain gate, whether human or object, will have their physical body eroded by a hundred years of time in an instant, turning into ashes. The longer they stay, the longer the erosion will take. I have accelerated the change of matter, which can be considered a trick."
"At the same time, do you remember the water mirror that was perfectly integrated with the south wall when you were meditating on the fourth floor of the Scripture Pavilion? That was a magical artifact that I forged using the Divine Mechanism Method. Anyone who gets close to the Qi Formation will leave a trace in it as long as they appear in the outer realm."
"Furthermore, that's not all. Water Mirror can communicate with intruders from both the inner and outer realms remotely."
Zhuge Yu recounted in detail his greatest creation of his life to his most admired uncle, a moment he had waited twenty years for.
Countless days and nights of torment, painstaking efforts.
He wanted to prove that he had never betrayed his uncle's trust and that he too could become a pillar of the sect.
"......"
Jiang Mo remained silent, a gentle smile playing on his lips. He had been studying the Qi arrangement for a long time, and as Zhuge Yu waited anxiously and expectantly, he objectively gave it a very high evaluation.
"You're really amazing, little Zhuge. Your expertise in this area is even more remarkable than your martial uncle's."
Jiang Mo felt extremely pleased. He reached out and ruffled Zhuge's hair, feeling proud of his junior apprentice.
Memories instantly return to distant years ago, and the image of Zhuge Yu diligently cultivating in the back mountains at night is still vivid in my mind. One reaps what one sows; seventy years of hard work have led to a sudden burst of brilliance.
"Uncle-Master..."
Overwhelmed by the praise, Zhuge Yu trembled slightly with excitement, his eyes welling up with tears. He quickly composed himself and said, "Disciple will take you there to see?"
"it is good."
As soon as Jiang Mo finished speaking, Zhuge Yu suddenly looked embarrassed. He had just tried to have the two people in the Qi formation cross space and teleport directly to the end of the mountain steps, which was the gap between the inner and outer domains, but he found that his master's existence was too huge, like a mountain, and he could not influence it at all.
Just as he was panicking, Jiang Mo noticed that Zhuge Yu seemed a little embarrassed and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"You... are a bit special. I'm afraid my abilities are limited, and I cannot teleport you there instantly."
Zhuge Yu felt sweating profusely. He had just been praising himself to the skies, but now he had encountered a problem and his lie had been exposed.
"It's alright, you go ahead, I'll be there shortly."
Jiang Mo smiled dismissively. He had cultivated to the level of Reverse Life Triple and Profound Fate Sixth Rank. Although the Qi formation beneath his feet was wondrous, it was far from enough to influence him.
"Alright, then this disciple will take his leave first." Zhuge Yu's figure vanished in an instant, reappearing a thousand meters away.
"call out!"
Jiang Mo arrived first despite starting later; he strode forward, his speed even surpassing that of his disciple's teleportation.
Zhuge Yu took this miraculous scene for granted, without much surprise. He took out a beast bone club, a material for casting, from the transparent cube he carried with him and handed it to Jiang Mo.
"Uncle-Master, here, have a try."
"to make."
Jiang Mo took the bone club, looked at the invisible veil of qi as thin as a cicada's wing in front of him, and said, "I'll release it?"
"Yes, the Qi Bureau is operating around the clock. Take a look." Zhuge Yu nodded.
"Wow!"
Following his instructions, Jiang Mo conducted the inspection, handing the animal bone forward to cross the barrier.
The moment they made contact, the hard beast-shaped club, weathered by a century of time, was reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye.
Miracles of Time.
Pure and flawless, a masterpiece unique to Zhuge Yu, a fundamental barrier established for the safety of the sect.
Chapter 242 Sword Pointing at Luo Tian, the Symbiosis of Shuang Quan, Shen Ji, and Da Luo
midnight.
In the study on the second floor of the Feng family villa, Feng Xingtong and Feng Shayan stood a few meters away from the desk, listening to their father recount the conversation he had with the Wang and Lü families the previous day.
Upon learning that Zhang Chulan was their enemy, the two men's expressions gradually turned serious.
"Just do your best with the Tongtian Talisman."
"As for Zhang Chulan, if you encounter him, eliminate him. The rest can be dealt with by the Wang family."
"understand?"
Feng Zhenghao had his back to the two of them. He lay on a soft sofa chair, gazing at the boundless night outside the window, while his right hand was stroking a magical ring attached to his left thumb.
"Father, what they said...?"
"Revenge is not something you need to do. Just do what I tell you to do."
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