Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

After he collected more of Huang Bingyun's Yin Qi, Zhang Fei [4] stored those bottles into his inventory. He intended to give them to the people around him, whose cultivation had reached the Seven Divine Realms.

Zhang Fei [4] first used the Demon's Eye Orb to check on Huang Zhejun and Huang Jiguang, and he heard them talking about Long Jiutian, who would arrive tonight. The demon hadn't told them about their next plan, so he couldn't learn more.

Zhang Fei [4] was sure they would make their move soon, especially after Long Jiutian's arrival. However, he wasn't too worried about it because Feng Xueying was in that realm, and she was definitely stronger than the demon. He informed the ice phoenix about it before freeing Huang Bingyun's subconscious, and he didn't forget to activate the traps he had prepared within the clan.

After that, Zhang Fei [4] left the Huang clan to return to the phoenix realm, especially since he wanted to increase his fire elemental law to the half-perfection stage as soon as possible.

Shortly after he left, Huang Bingyun opened her eyes, but she felt her body was too weak, and the Yin Qi in her body was too thin. She quickly swallowed recovery pills before getting dressed, and she went to see Lei Huiyin and Qin Liangyu afterward.

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[Daily Quest: Killing 2000 beasts or demon beasts at the Heaven Realm or above.]

[Status: Done.]

[Reward: Daily gift pack X1 sent to the inventory pack.]

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Several hours later, Zhang Xiaolong [3] had already concocted the rank 4 Ethereal Bliss Pill and taken them from the furnace, but Wang Yourou immediately asked him. "What is the function of the pill?"

"This pill is similar to an aphrodisiac." Wang Yourou and Lin Jingxia immediately frowned at Zhang Xiaolong [3]. "Why are you two looking at me like that? This pill does work like an aphrodisiac, but it doesn't affect our lust. Instead, it will affect our Yang and Yin Qi, and its effect will make the flow of Qi smoother and lighter, so our partner won't have any trouble absorbing our Qi.

Lin Jingxia stretched out her hand. "Let me try one."

"You cannot swallow this pill, Senior." Lin Jingxia raised an eyebrow, forcing Zhang Xiaolong [3] to explain to her. "Even though this pill doesn't affect our lust directly, you will still feel something unusual in your body due to the changes in your Qi flow, and you won't be able to reverse the effects without the help of a man. That's why I said that this pill is specifically for dual cultivators like me, and my partners will get the beneficial effects if I swallow it."

"I see." Lin Jingxia withdrew her hand and watched Zhang Lingxue, who had just taken out the pill she concocted. "Now that the pills are perfect, their effects won't diminish like before."

Zhang Lingxue nodded to her. "Thank you for your guidance, Senior."

"Are you willing to become my disciple, Lingxue?"

"Yes! I am willing to be your disciple, Senior." Zhang Lingxue spontaneously accepted her offer, especially since Lin Jingxia was the best female alchemist in the universe. She immediately knelt down and kowtowed three times to her. "Master."

Lin Jingxia took out a special plaque and gave it to Zhang Lingxue. "From now on, you are my disciple, and you will also be part of my Lin Clan."

After receiving the plaque, Zhang Lingxue was overjoyed, but then she asked a question. "What about my husband, Master?"

"I will pass all my alchemy knowledge to you, and he can learn everything from you later." Lin Jingxia then gave Zhang Lingxue a thick book. "For now, I want you to read this book, and I have written a lot of my experiences in alchemy in it."

Zhang Xiaolong [3] laughed bitterly in his heart when Lin Jingxia explored at him, but he could already guess her reason for not wanting to take him as her disciple, which was because he was a dual cultivator.

Zhang Lingxue looked at her husband with an apologetic look, but Zhang Xiaolong [3] shook his head at her with a smile. Although he was disappointed, he didn't think much about it, especially since he was still able to learn all of Lin Jingxia's alchemy knowledge from his wife.

After she cleaned up the remaining alchemy ingredients and furnace, Zhang Lingxue read the book Lin Jingxia gave her. From the first page, she found many intriguing things in it, most of which were new to her.

A while later, Chu Ying and Chu Qing had finished concocting the Rank 2 Jade Essence Pill, but they could only concoct intermediate-grade pills, which made them disappointed. Despite this, Lin Jingxia still decided to accept them as her disciple, which overjoyed them.

Lin Jingxia then spoke to Zhang Xiaolong [3]. "Do you mind if I take your three wives back to the Void Heaven Realm?"

"Eh?" Zhang Xiaolong [3] and the three women expressed surprise. "Senior, I am happy that you want to teach them alchemy, but they will lag behind their sisters in cultivation if they stay with you in that realm."

"Isn't that a trivial matter for you?" Lin Jingxia shook her head in response. "You just need to go to my realm, and you can use your beast's ability to go back and forth there to dual cultivate with them."

Zhang Xiaolong [3] let out a soft sigh before answering her. "You are not wrong about that, Senior. However, our secluded place is different from your realm, and it is also our training ground. If you don't believe me, you can try chasing one of them using only raw speed, and I guarantee you won't be able to catch them."

Lin Jingxia and Wang Yourou turned to the three women, but they seemed doubtful about Zhang Xiaolong [3]'s words, especially since their cultivation was too low.

"Go on, try to catch them."

As soon as Lin Jingxia and Wang Yourou wanted to catch them, Zhang Lingxue and the Chu Sisters immediately disappeared. The two women tried to catch them by circling on the flying artifact, but the raw speed of the three women was too quick for them, mainly because of their adaptation to eight and sixteen times heavier gravity.

After they played cat and mouse for quite some time, the two women decided to give up because it was impossible for them to catch Zhang Lingxue, Chu Ying, and Chu Xing.

*Thud*

Wang Yourou fell onto her buttocks, catching her breath, her gaze fixed on the three smiling women. She suddenly remembered her first meeting with Zhang Xiaolong [3], and she was also unable to catch him at that time.

Lin Jingxia was still relaxed, even though she had also chased three women for so long. The speed of the three women was simply astonishing in her eyes, especially since her cultivation was already at the Divine Ascension Realm, but she failed to catch them. "How do you all train your speed to surpass mine?"

"Senior, their previous speed wasn't their maximum speed yet, especially since this place is too small." Lin Jingxia and Wang Yourou looked at Zhang Xiaolong [3] in shock. "If the two of you race with them in a wide area, you guys won't be able to see their figures. As for the way we train our speed, we use extremely heavy weights to do it."

"Extremely heavy weights?"

Zhang Xiaolong [3] took out a metal hammer and showed it to them. "This hammer looks small, but it is much heavier than you can imagine."

"Give it to me." Zhang Xiaolong [3] gave it to Lin Jingxia straight away, but the alchemy goddess's face turned red as soon as the hammer was in her hand. She even exerted her cultivation, but the weight still overwhelmed her.

"Is the hammer really that heavy, Senior?" Wang Yourou asked.

"Don't even think about trying to lift it, or you'll break your wrist." Lin Jingxia immediately returned the hammer to Zhang Xiaolong [3], who threw it several times in the air with ease. "How heavy is that hammer actually?"

"A blacksmith acquaintance of mine forged this hammer with a special metal, and its weight is 5000 pounds (2.27 t)." Zhang Xiaolong [3] threw the hammer to Zhang Lingxue, who caught it and casually swung it.

Zhang Lingxue then gave the hammer to the Chu Sisters, and they could also easily swing it. After all, the weight of the hammer was nothing compared to the gravity they had faced before, and it also tempered their physiques, even though their physiques were still not as strong as their husband's.

"You guys are really crazy!" Wang Yourou exclaimed as she massaged her forehead. Even cultivators of Lin Jingxia's caliber had difficulty lifting the hammer, yet the three women, despite their low cultivation, could swing it so easily.

Lin Jingxia nodded in agreement with Wang Yourou; she would never have believed that the three women could lift such a heavy hammer if she had not witnessed it with her own eyes.

"Haha." Zhang Lingxue softly laughed. "Master and senior sister, we didn't start practicing with this heavy hammer. Instead, we began with a lighter one and gradually increased the weight until reaching this level."

Chu Ying then added. "At first, we were overwhelmed by it, and we couldn't stand up because of it. However, we didn't give up, and we continued our practice. Time passed, and our hard work paid off as we adapted to such a heavy weight."

"Why are you all pushing yourselves that hard?" Wang Yourou asked them.

Chu Qing pointed to Zhang Xiaolong [3]. "Our husband always said that life is better than death, and he also said that running away is not an act of cowardice, but it is a delayed victory. Therefore, he forced himself to hone his speed to be able to escape from danger, and we are his wives, so we decided to follow in his footsteps."

Zhang Xiaolong [3] saved the hammer. "We lack strong backers, so we must reconsider fighting those who are more powerful than us. Moreover, life is too beautiful to sacrifice, and if the situation in front of me becomes too dangerous, I use my speed to escape.

"Actually, you are not wrong to think that way." Lin Jingxia uttered as she nodded. "However, your actions contradict your words, such as your action of destroying the Shang Clan before. Shang Huaqiang is not as strong as me or Tian Shuxiang, but he and his clan are much stronger than you, yet you choose to deal with them. Fortunately, you have help from the Hong Clan and the other clans, or else you will never win against them."

Zhang Xiaolong [3] just smiled upon hearing that, especially since Lin Jingxia didn't know the real situation. It was true that the Hong Clan and the other clans helped him, but he could still defeat Shang Huaqiang by himself. "Senior, family is everything to me, and that guy caused several of my family members to suffer. Therefore, I had no choice but to fight him, and as a result, he is dead now."

"Master, our husband went against Shang Huaqiang and the Shang Clan because of us." Lin Jingxia looked at the Chu Sisters. "He caused our father to die, so our husband fought him to avenge us."

"Master, Shang Huaqiang caused my brother to become a demon, and my family would have lost him if not for our husband, who found and brought him back to us." Lin Jingxia was surprised by Zhang Lingxue's confession. "Many things happened in our home realm hundreds of years ago, and many lives were lost because of events initiated by that guy. Less than a year ago, he attacked our realm again, but our husband and Big Sis Yao managed to stop his plans with several casualties."

Lin Jingxia nodded in understanding. "We have long heard that Shang Huaxiang is targeting the lower realms, but we did not stop him because he did not go there himself, and he only sent the younger generation of his Shang Clan. However, I did not expect that the realm was your home realm, and it would not have happened if we were stricter with the rules."

"Everything has happened and cannot be repeated, so we don't need to discuss that anymore." Zhang Xiaolong [3] then asked Lin Jingxia. "Can you estimate our distance to the Nameless One and the others, Senior?"

Lin Jingxia took out a small device and turned it on, which immediately displayed a hologram map. Zhang Xiaolong [3] was momentarily surprised to see that, but the Xianjin Realm was indeed the most advanced in the entire universe.

Lin Jingxia then pointed to the two dots that appeared on the hologram map. "Based on our distance and speed, we will meet them in three days, and you can take us back to the Xianjin Realm directly."

"Then, what about the situation there? What if those demons suddenly appear?" Wang Yourou joined the conversation.

"Long Jiutian will return to that realm tonight, but I'm not worried about him, especially since Feng Xueying is already on standby there to deal with him." Zhang Xiaolong [3] paused for a moment before continuing. "However, the black demon statue in the Huang Clan's underground is a big deal, and great chaos will occur there if Huang Zhejun activates it, especially since Xereth will immediately appear there. Therefore, we must get rid of the statue as soon as possible, and the situation will be in our control if it disappears. Can you speed up this flying artifact, Senior?"

Lin Jingxia shook her head at him. "This is already the maximum speed of my flying artifact, so we have no other choice but to wait three days. By the way, tell Senior Xueying to lure Long Jiutian out of the Xianjin Realm, and if possible, ask her to stop the Huang Clan."

"I'll contact her right now."

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[Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 demon aura.]

[Status: Done.]

[Reward: 100 advanced demon cores sent to the inventory.]

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[Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 Qi.]

[Status: Done.]

[Reward: 100 purple jewels sent to the inventory.]

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Quickly, the sun had set in the outside world. Inside the Cloud Mansion, Zhou Ling, Ren Xia, Qiu Mei, and Fang Chen had transformed into beasts.

Zhou Ling chose the windpiercer crane beast, Ren Xia chose the spirit snake turtle, Qiu Mei chose the firemane lion, and Fang Chen chose the azure feather falcon.

"Are the four of you satisfied now?" Zhang Fei asked them.

The four women nodded and answered in unison. "Yes!"

"You guys are already beast cultivators now, but your cultivation is still at rock bottom, so I will help you for the next few days." Zhang Fei passed the Flawless Yin-Yang Art to them, just like with Yang Lu'er, Huang Rong, and Hong Yao. Although they were not members of his main harem, they were still his women, so he gave them the best. "Let's start."

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Meanwhile, Zhang Fei [5] was sitting together with Lin Moxian, Cheng Gaojie, Wang Zhemin, Yan Yinqing, and Tantai Lingyan not far from the Huang Clan.

Before long, they saw Long Jiutian walking into the Huang Clan disguised as a human. Wang Zhemin immediately contacted Guan Chenhong to prepare the realm's defense mechanism against the clan.

Feng Xueying, who was previously hiding in another area, suddenly appeared by their side.

"Can you move that statue, Old Phoenix?" Zhang Fei [5] asked her.

Feng Xueying shook her head. "I checked the statue after you told me about it, but Xereth used something on it, and he will detect my actions if I do something to it. Therefore, we must wait for Gong Ren, who may have the best solution to remove it without the demon noticing."

"I see." Zhang Fei [5] nodded in understanding. "In that case, I hope you can help paralyze the demon and the Huang clan, preventing them from activating the statue."

"All right." Feng Xueying then informed them. "Feng Shen and the ancestors of the other mythical beasts are on their way to this realm, and the two ancestors of the golden fox will arrive tomorrow in case Xereth suddenly turns around and goes here."

- To Be Continued -