Chapter 659 - 654: The Ambiguous Gaze of the Gui Ling Ancestor
Lingyun Sword Sect had become the center of attention because two male disciples had put on a show of intimacy under the bright sky, drawing the sideways glances of cultivators from various sects.
The disciples of the sword sect felt utterly humiliated, each one looking uneasy, turning their bodies away from Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen, trying their best to keep a distance while wearing a look on their faces that screamed, “I’m not with them.”
However, this self-deceptive behavior was clearly not successful. Not to mention that Qin Feng and Li Miaozhen were dressed in robes of the Lingyun Sword Sect, just standing at the back of the group made it impossible to ignore their presence.
In fact, from time to time, some in the group would still turn their heads to sneak a peek at them. In whispers, they couldn’t stop gossiping: “Who would have thought Junior Brothers Long and Yang were such people—truly deceptive appearances!”
“Exactly, and to think I used to have a secret crush on Junior Brother Yang.”
One of the female disciples nodded, speaking candidly to her companion, “When I first met him, I found his gentle nature and handsome looks quite attractive, never expecting him to be interested in men…”
As she spoke, the female disciple couldn’t help but shiver, quickly smoothing down the goosebumps that had risen on her arms.
Among the male disciples, although there wasn’t the incessant chatter like among the females, they too had strange expressions, “These two Junior Brothers have really kept this hidden historically. We never saw it before, but their unusual interests are certainly clear now that they have made their feelings known in public. It seems they no longer fear social prejudices and are ready to spend their lives together!”
“Oh no, I used to be quite close with Junior Brother Long; he doesn’t harbor any feelings towards me, does he?”
“It’s hard to say. Although you’re not as handsome as Junior Brother Yang, your physique is tall and imposing, and you catch the eye with your long legs and shapely behind. Maybe you’ve caught Junior Brother Long’s attention!”
“Ah, what should I do? I wouldn’t want to be… Wait, how do you know so much about my looks?”
The disciple looked at his fellow sect member with grief and suspicion.
Could it be that this person also had thoughts about him previously, and hence had paid particular attention to whether his behind was shapely or his legs were long?
Qin Feng, feeling incredibly embarrassed, lowered Li Miaozhen’s arm from his shoulder.
Everyone present were cultivators, each with excellent vision, so they wouldn’t miss the actions between them because of the distance.
Already conspicuous from the public’s attention, Li Miaozhen had now added fuel to the fire, which immediately elicited howls of excitement from the surrounding cultivators.
Qin Feng felt helpless within his heart, never expecting such an oversight to turn into a joke.
Especially since he was well-advanced in Dao cultivation and had reached far into the arcane of principle, he could clearly capture the whispered remarks of the junior cultivators around him.
Hearing those teasing and meaningful words, he felt even more embarrassed.
Fortunately, he was currently disguised as someone else, or he couldn’t even begin to imagine if he would develop a psychological shadow from this incident.
Well, it seemed that once he left this place, he would have to properly compensate those two guys he had knocked out and imprisoned. After all, they inadvertently took the rap for what was now being called “Brokeback Mountain”!
Qin Feng ultimately wasn’t a bloodthirsty person. Those two small Qi Refining realm sword cultivators had done nothing to offend him, and to make use of someone’s identity was already quite a rare occurrence; there was no need to kill them to silence them. Besides, those two had never actually seen him with Li Miaozhen.
Unlike Qin Feng, who slouched a little from embarrassment, Li Miaozhen appeared rather exceptional.
With a lifted chin, she glanced dismissively at everyone around her, not placing any of the cultivators in her eyes.
In her view, they were just a bunch of boring individuals who loved to wag their tongues, not worth her concern!
With that time, she might as well contemplate on her war skills or find someone to fight!
In fact, were it not for her current guise as a little Qi Refining realm sword cultivator, the looks she was getting from those around her would be enough to provoke her to challenge them.
Just as Qin Feng was feeling embarrassed and Li Miaozhen was looking around provokingly, a bell rang from afar.
Immediately afterward, the gates of the mid-air White Bone Castle flew wide open, and immortals emerged, conducting a brief negotiation with the cultivators of various sects before instructing the Elders to lead their disciples inside.
One group after another of cultivators either manipulated their Flying Magical Treasures or flew through the air using magical devices. The transition of what should have been a hundred thousand cultivators took an unexpectedly short time; the speeds were staggeringly fast. In just about half an hour, the majority of the hundred thousand had already entered the castle, with the turn for Lingyun Sword Sect at the edge of the plaza fast approaching.
Qin Feng looked around and, seeing no way out, eventually had to fly up with Li Miaozhen, heading towards the White Bone Castle.
The White Bone Castle seemed gloomy and terrifying from the outside but turned out to be… even more chilling from the inside!
Bleached white bones lay scattered casually on the ground, silent skulls with empty eye sockets watched those flying over silently. In the distance, mountains of bones were piled up, atop which sat a colossal white palace, overlooking all directions.
This was the White Bone Cave Heaven!
It was a blessed land most suitable for the cultivation of the White Bone lineage, cultivated by the White Bone Daoist, the City Lord of one of the ten Ghost Cities, White Bone City.
“Sigh!”
Upon entering, Qin Feng completely lost hope.
Having reached this point, only a miracle could enable his departure.
Just as he resigned himself to his fate, suddenly two figures flew out of the White Bone Castle.
It was none other than the White Bone Daoist and Gui Ling Ancestor.
The two instantly appeared at the entrance of the Cave Heaven.
“Daoist Fellow, please wait!”
Gui Ling Ancestor turned around to bow, “Let’s agree on this matter; I entrust everything to Daoist Friend and ask for your care.”
“Hehe, Daoist Fellow Gui Ling, rest assured,” chuckled the White Bone Daoist. “Since you’ve sought me out, naturally I won’t stand by. You need not worry about this matter.”
“Good. That’s a relief.”
Gui Ling Ancestor nodded, “I will keep an eye on the Netherworld of the Nordic God Realm, and when the time comes, you will not be without reward, Daoist Fellow!”
“Good, as long as you keep your word, even if it’s not for the greater scheme of things, I will put forth an extra effort of spirit!”
As the two spoke, Qin Feng and Li Miao Zhen, of course, also noticed Gui Ling Ancestor.
Upon seeing their own ancestor again, Qin Feng was overjoyed and hurriedly opened his mouth to call out, trying to attract Gui Ling Ancestor’s attention so he could lead them away from this place.
With Gui Ling Ancestor here, surely the White Bone Daoist would not trouble them over such a small matter as their infiltration.
Moreover, the Cultivation World was no longer the same as before.
In recent years, because the worlds occupied by Biluo were too few and there were too many Demon Cultivators, the Beast Taming Sect had been extremely cautious, strictly guarding the Space Gates to avoid infiltration by Demon Dao Cultivators into Otherworlds.
Now that over ninety-nine percent of the Demon Cultivators had been eradicated, with the few remaining ones lurking and hiding, daring not to show themselves.
Even if some were to infiltrate into an Otherworld now, what harm would it do?
This is a High Rank world jointly occupied by the forces of the Ten Directions Ghost City, leading the Northern Domain’s sects, unlike the Beast Taming Sect’s scanty manpower left in the Red Flame Demon Realm.
Under Ghost Ancestor Cang Yang’s command, the cultivators of the Northern Domain were on full offense, giving little respite to the strong from that Divine Realm, with continuous great battles raging, a Demon Cultivator or two could scarcely stir up any trouble even if they entered the Otherworld at this time.
Moreover, who would dare to act foolishly amidst the wars commanded by Ghost Ancestor? That really would be seeking death!
No, to be precise seeking death would be difficult.
Because the Ghost Ancestor’s method for dealing with Demon Cultivators was never to kill them but to grant them eternal life!
To this day, many Residual Souls of Ancient Demon Cultivators still wail within the Soul Burning Ghost Fire of the Ten Directions Ghost City. This is how the city asserts its deterrence over Demon Cultivators and serves as a warning to those cultivators with sinister intentions, admonishing them not to follow the Demon Path!
Otherwise, the souls suppressed by the Ten Directions Ghost City might well gain one more of them.
Now, not only does the Ten Directions Ghost City go through the motions when gathering hands from various places, but even when sects from the rest of the Cultivation World embark on expeditions to the various realms of the Void, they are far from the Beast Taming Sect’s initial extreme caution.
After all, not all worlds are as suitable for Demon Cultivators to live in as the Red Flame Demon Realm, nor do all worlds have Demonic Qi. Without first understanding the situation, Demon Cultivators are also reluctant to enter an unfamiliar world.
Otherwise, they might end up in a realm similar to the Light God Realm where not only would advancing their cultivation be difficult, but even replenishing the expended Demon Dao True Yuan within their bodies would be a significant challenge.
Qin Feng felt certain that the White Bone Daoist would not trouble them, two juniors.
But just as he opened his mouth to shout, he suddenly found he had lost his voice; opening his mouth, he found he couldn’t speak!
This immediately shocked him!
What’s going on?
Fortunately, at this moment, Gui Ling Ancestor seemed to casually glance back their way, a smiling nod toward him, and looked at Li Miao Zhen as well, then gave him a meaningful look before leaving the White Bone Cave Heaven with White Bone Daoist’s accompaniment.
“What are you doing?”
Li Miao Zhen saw him opening and closing his mouth several times and couldn’t help but place her hand under his chin, “Did it get dislocated?”
“No.”
Qin Feng shook his head and realized he could speak again.
But now it was too late to call out to Gui Ling Ancestor.
Moreover, from the look Gui Ling Ancestor gave just now, he obviously didn’t want him to shout out, not exposing his identity, perhaps wanting them to enter the Otherworld to gain experience.
But what exactly did that look from Gui Ling Ancestor mean?
Could it be…
“What are you two doing?”
Just as Qin Feng was about to explain to Li Miao Zhen, a Purple Mansion Sword Cultivator, who happened to oversee the team’s stealthy movement, saw Li Miao Zhen placing her hand on Qin Feng’s chin and thought she was teasing him, planning a ‘sweet kiss’ during their flight. He couldn’t hold back his rage and exploded in fury!
How could this be tolerated? The two had already caused him a headache with their hugging and embracing, and now they dared to overstep further. If they were to really kiss, who knows how the Lingyun Sword Sect’s reputation might be ruined!
“Uh…”
Qin Feng cursed silently, quickly turned his head from Li Miao Zhen’s palm, and put his hand out to stop her from provoking the Purple Mansion Elder, obediently pretending as if nothing had happened and continued to follow the flight of the people ahead.
“Hmph!”
The Purple Mansion Elder snorted angrily, turned to scold his disciple, then made the disciple come over to warn these two prospective disciples not to act inappropriately in public or else… expel from the sect!
At the very least, not under his tutelage, for that was too irksome.
As for what went on in private, he no longer wanted to think about it.
Otherwise, he might worry about losing his Daoist Heart and falling into devilment!
After all, matters of man on man were a bit too much for him to handle, and it was best not to think further, lest the imagery become too splendid and truly trouble the old man.
Being a conventional Sword Cultivator, devoted to the Dao and never having even held a Female Cultivator’s hand, let alone thought of taking a Female Cultivator as Daoist Company, such a sudden shock was a challenge, and it was already a great feat that he hadn’t had a mental breakdown on the spot.
The Purple Mansion Elder grumbled away, but his Golden Core Disciple deliberately slowed, moved closer to them, and advised them not to cause trouble.
Otherwise, the battlefield was dangerous, and if the teacher did not provide protection, they might encounter danger, and the slightest carelessness could lead to accidents.