Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 969: Eastern Forest

”Whatʼs your name again?” The male dwarf then pointed his thumb to his chest. ”Mine is Ren Shuo.”

ʼThis guy is as powerful as Jia Yuyan at the 5-Moon Divine Ascension Realm!ʼ Zhang Xiaolong [3] muttered as he monitored the crowd of green dots in the deeper forest, all of whom were members of the Natural Races. ”My real name is Zhang Fei, but I use the name Zhang Xiaolong in this realm, so you can call me as such.”

”Jia Yuyan has already explained everything to us, so you donʼt need to worry about it, and your secret is safe with me.” Ren Shuo then pointed at the Heavenly Rejuvenation Jade. ”Did you come here for this chunk of jade?”

”Yes.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately walked to his side and touched the jade. ”Iʼve used this jade to speed up the recovery of my injuries, and I know there are many of these jades in this realm, so I want one for myself and my family. However, I didnʼt expect to find one this big, and it should be able to be divided into dozens.”

Ren Shuo nodded in agreement with that. ”Youʼre not wrong about that, but you donʼt know the character of this jade. Cutting it into too many pieces will significantly reduce its healing effect, so we canʼt do it.”

”So, how much can we cut this jade?”

”Hmm?” Ren Shuo rubbed his brown beard while thinking. ”Given the size of this jade, we can divide it into six to eight pieces, but we should cut it into five at most.”

”I see.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in understanding. ”How much do you need?”

”I donʼt need it for personal use, and I just want to sell it.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] was not surprised by this, as the price of a slab of Heavenly Rejuvenation Jade is exorbitant; then Ren Shuo asked him a question. ”Do you need a large quantity of this jade?”

”Yes.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded at him. ”The number of people on my side is simply too numerous, so I need quite a lot for them. However, I am not a greedy person, and you found this jade before me, so I will only ask for one.”

”Hahaha.” Ren Shuo laughed at that. ”I like your mindset, kid! Greed often blinds the minds and hearts of living beings, and many of them are willing to do anything to achieve their greed, including sacrificing others or even their families. This realm is an example; the situation here looks calm and peaceful on the surface, but many greedy people are ready to destroy the peace in this realm.”

”The Leng and Cao Clans.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] spoke quietly.

”Thatʼs right.” Ren Shuo nodded at him. ”Leng Hua and the Leng Clan are ambitious, but their ambitions are nothing compared to Cao Ren and the Cao Clan.”

”Is the Cao Clan that strong?” Zhang Xiaolong [3] curiously asked.

”If Tian Kongquan and his children were still alive, the Tian Clan would be the strongest among all the clans here. However, the current situation has changed, making the Cao Clan the strongest, and many other clans have already submitted to them.” Ren Shuoʼs answer confused Zhang Xiaolong [3], especially since Yuan Tianling told him that the Tian Clan was the strongest. ”Tian Jingxuan can still survive the situation and rule this realm because of some of his ancestorsʼ inheritance. If they didnʼt have those things, Cao Ren would have long since overthrown him and destroyed his clan, and the Cao Clan would have become the sole ruler of this realm.”

”Inheritance?” Zhang Xiaolong [3] was truly curious about that.

Ren Shuo explained it to him. ”The Tian Clan possesses a few ancient artifacts activated solely by their bloodline, rendering them impervious to theft. Moreover, the people of that clan are extremely loyal, and they will never betray the others and defect to other clans. By the way, enough talking about them, and help me split this jade, but you must do it carefully so that it doesnʼt get defective.”

”All right.”

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”Where did you go earlier?”

Leng Xueyan immediately stopped walking and turned to Leng Hua. ”I just went out to refresh my mind.”

”What about the task I gave you?”

Leng Xueyan shook her head at her father. ”Jia Yuyan and the others are still monitoring that kid, and they will make a move if I try to do anything to him, so I decided to postpone it and wait for the right time.”

”Hmm?” Leng Hua narrowed his eyes at his daughter, especially since Leng Xueyan had been acting strangely ever since Zhang Xiaolong [3]ʼs arrival in their realm. ”Leave.”

”Yes, Father.”

Shortly after Leng Xueyan left, an old man appeared behind Leng Hua. ”Do you suspect your daughter of something, Brother?”

”Yeah.” Leng Hua explained to the old man about Leng Xueyanʼs changes in attitude over the past week. ”What about Cao Ren? Do you have any information on when he will return, Leng Kuan?”

”According to the information I have, Cao Ren and several elders from the Cao Clan are currently on the Dark Abyss Star, one of the planets in the middle realms.” Leng Hua raised an eyebrow after Leng Kuan said that. ”I donʼt know where they got the info, but thereʼs a tower in that realm, and it looks like the Moon Tower in the Frozen Moon Realm.”

Leng Hua nodded slightly before asking again. ”What about our people in the Frozen Moon Realm? Are Yuan Tiancheng and the others still not out of the tower?”

”Not yet.” Leng Kuan answered with a shake of his head. ”They have been in the Moon Tower for the past two years, but our people reported that they have not shown any signs of coming out. Instead, they said that many other cultivators have come in and out of that tower, and most of them came from the upper realms.”

”Did they die in that tower?” Leng Hua wondered to himself. ”I doubt that, especially since the situation in the Yuan, Ren, Ruan, Duanmu, Beihuang, and Nalan Clans is still calm. Instruct our people in that realm to enter the tower and find a way to kill Yuan Tiancheng and the others, but ensure that Yuan Tianling remains alive.”

”Yuan Tianling?”

Leng Hua nodded before looking towards the location of the Sky Flame. ”They think Iʼm unaware about it, but I know that little girl has already obtained the flame essence, so I need her alive. If I can control her, I can obtain the flame, and our Leng Clan will not be behind the Cao Clan anymore.”

”All right, I will order them now.”

Leng Hua then conveyed another order. ”Also, I suspect that my daughter has a relationship with that little bastard, so I want you to monitor her movements closely. If they do have a relationship, you can capture her and send her to that place.”

Leng Kuan inwardly sighed before agreeing to Leng Huaʼs order, and he immediately left his brother.

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”Tch! That old man keeps suspecting me now.” Leng Xueyan then took off all her clothes, lay on her bed naked, and started to grope her body. ”How can that kidʼs face and demeanor be so similar to the man in my dream? They are like two identical twins, and I could feel that his body was the same size as his when I hugged him earlier.”

”Mhmm.” Leng Xueyan started moaning as she fingered both of her private areas, and her fingers slowly moved in and out of her pussy. ”Mhmm... having sex with the man in my dreams is really exciting, but I want to have real sex with a real man. That kid is real, but we donʼt know each other, and I donʼt want to do such a thing with a stranger.”

In a few minutes, Leng Xueyanʼs body jerked quite strongly, and her sexual fluid gushed out, soaking her fingers and the bed. She brought her hands to her face, gazed at her sexual fluid, and licked it clean. ”Sigh! I hope that man will appear in my dreams again tonight.”

Leng Xueyan then closed her eyes, and she quickly fell into the sweet dream.

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It was another day when they finished cutting the jade, and Ren Shuo unexpectedly gave three slabs to Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”Are you sure about this?”

”Just take them.” Ren Shuo immediately kept his share and tidied up his tools. ”Iʼll take you to our residence, but itʼs already midnight, and Jia Yuyan is usually in deep sleep at this time, so you canʼt meet her until tomorrow.”

Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in understanding and stored the three jades in the inventory. ”Letʼs go now; Iʼm curious about the natural races and beast races that live in this realm.”

”Hahaha.” Ren Shuo laughed as he flew away, and Zhang Xiaolong [3] hurriedly followed him. ”I heard from Jia Yuyan that you have met many other natural and beast races, but we are different from them, and you can see for yourself tomorrow.”

Before long, they had arrived at the deepest part of the eastern forest, and Zhang Xiaolong [3] could see an arrangement of trees that was almost similar to the one he saw in the Fairy Forest back then. As he expected, the trees immediately moved aside as soon as Ren Shuo activated the device in his hand, revealing a downward path. ”Do you all live underground?”

”No.” Ren Shuo shook his head as he led Zhang Xiaolong [3] inside before closing it again. ”Do you think there are living beings who would enjoy living underground? Naturally, we live on the surface, but we all know the character of humans, and many of them are evil. Although our ancestors were confident in the power of their formations, they never underestimated those humans, and they deliberately built these underground paths as extra protection.”

”I see.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] was quite amazed to see the underground paths because they were quite spacious, but they were like a misleading maze. Even his system could not detect the underground area due to the formation. ”Have they ever attacked you guys before?”

”Yes.” Ren Shuo then explained to Zhang Xiaolong [3] several past events that occurred between humans, beasts, and natural races in that realm. ”If a civil war breaks out in this realm one day, Iʼm sure they will attack us again, especially Cao Ren and the Cao Clan. Honestly, we are not afraid of them, but we are afraid of the five people behind them.”

”Oh?” Zhang Xiaolong [3] turned to Ren Shuo in surprise, especially since Mei had previously told him there were no other strong cultivators in the Cao Clan currently. ”Who are the people you mean?”

”Those five people are some of the remaining older generation of this realm, and they have lived for more than a million years.” Ren Shouʼs answer greatly shocked Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”Even though their cultivation is stuck at the 5-Moon Divine Ascension Realm, they are still much stronger than us. If they come out of their seclusion to help the Cao Clan, then the situation in this realm will entirely change, and that clan will truly rule this realm.”

”Are they the Cao Clanʼs people?”

”Two of them are the ancestors of the Cao Clan, and the other three are the ancestors of their three in-lawsʼ clans.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] became completely serious after Ren Shuo said that. ”Thatʼs why I said before that they are the strongest in this realm right now, especially with their existences behind them.”

”What about the other clans? What about the natural and beast races?”

”Only the Tian and Shangguan Clans have an old ancestor, and the other clans donʼt have one anymore.” Ren Shuo stopped walking and turned to Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”Our natural races have one old ancestor left, but his cultivation has declined. He is not as strong as he was in the past, and he is also nearing the end of his lifespan. The beast races have two ancestors, a dragon and a phoenix, but they donʼt live here. If war breaks out and those people attack us, the two of them probably wonʼt have time to help us.”

”I see.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded in understanding while thinking. ʼThe situation in this realm is far worse than I previously imagined, and I couldnʼt bring them here if the situation were that dangerous, or they would be in danger.ʼ

After walking for some time, they finally reached the end of the underground passage, but Zhang Xiaolong [3] could only see a dead end. Ren Shou hurriedly activated the formation within, causing the ground above them to open up, and a staircase to the surface appeared by itself. ”Hahaha! Are you surprised by this?”

”Yes.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] nodded at him. ”In fact, I am an array master, but all the formations here are too complicated for me. Perhaps it would take me several years to be able to open them by force, but Iʼm also not sure of my chances of doing so.”

”Letʼs go out now.”

”Amazing!” Zhang Xiaolong [3] exclaimed as soon as they arrived on the surface. ”Iʼve been to the Fairy Forest in the Sky Jade Realm, and Iʼve also been to another one in the Nine Stars Realm, but this place is much more beautiful than those two! Where do these transparent creatures come from? Are they souls?”

”They are souls, but they are also not souls either.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] looked at Ren Shou in confusion. ”Have you ever heard of what happens when natural races die?”

”Their souls will return to nature, and they will wait for their turn to be reborn.”

”Thatʼs right.” Ren Shuo nodded at him. ”Unlike humans, our natural races are born from nature, and we will return to nature after our deaths. However, our deaths will sometimes bring immense sorrow to our families, and they will find it difficult to forget us. Therefore, our ancestors had an unusual idea, and these souls are the result of our idea. They used a technique and a small part of our true soul to create them, but we could only do it shortly before our deaths. These souls have no memories or consciousness, but they are enough for our families to release them from longing after their deaths. deaths, and they can move forward in their lives.”

Zhang Xiaolong [3] let out a soft sigh as he looked at the souls that continued to float above them. ”The death of our loved ones is always sad, and not everyone can easily accept it. Even so, life must go on, so we cannot keep looking back, and we must let them go.”

”Have you ever lost the people you love, kid?”

”No.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] clenched his right fist upwards. ”The people I love are still alive now, but some of my wives have lost their loved ones, and I can understand their sadness. I would rather not experience such sadness in my life, so I continue to work hard to strengthen myself, and I will kill anyone who has the intention to hurt my loved ones down to their roots.”

ʼThis kid! Heʼs already full of other peopleʼs blood, but heʼs still thinking about killing!ʼ Ren Shuo then led Zhang Xiaolong [3]. ”I donʼt know about natural races in other realms, but the ones in this realm will not come out before morning. I will take you to my residence, and you can meet them tomorrow.”

”All right.”

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Before long, they arrived in front of a house, but Zhang Xiaolong [3] was confused because the house looked more like a human house than a dwarfʼs house.

”Hahaha! You donʼt have to be confused like this. In fact, my wife is human, and we have several mixed-breed children now.” Ren Shuo immediately led him in and pointed to a room. ”You can use that empty room, and Iʼll wake you up in the morning.”

”Thank you.” Zhang Xiaolong [3] immediately went to the room and lay there with a strange smile on his face. ”Itʼs time for me to see Leng Xueyan again.”

- To Be Continued -