Volume 2 Chapter 21 / Chapter 108: Female Lead, Urging One Father To Die
On the branches under the moonlight, the gates of the Chi Dragon Mansion had long been closed, and the palace interior had quieted down. From a crack in the window, one could see Li Feng sitting cross-legged in the center of the palace, his eyebrows occasionally furrowing and relaxing.
He was surrounded by more than eight hundred eternal lamps, and at this moment, over half of them had extinguished, leaving only three to four hundred. In the language of Dao arts, these lamps served to divide yin and yang, preventing malevolent spirits from touching his soul. When all these lamps were completely extinguished, there would be no barrier between the realms of yin and yang, and malevolent spirits could come at any time to claim his essence soul.
Li Feng sighed lightly, raising his eyes to glance around. However, in that very moment, he saw the flame on one of the lamps flicker, tremble, and ultimately turn into a wisp of green smoke, dissipating.
"Cough, 372 lamps remaining..."
Li Feng pinched his fingers, did a quick calculation, realizing he had only sixty days left in his life. For the past sixteen years, he had searched the Western Regions for countless elixirs and medical arts, yet he couldn't cure his daughter's blind eyes.
And once he left, Li Qianjin would be alone in the future.
"Qianjin... Sigh---"
After he sighed, two lamps on his right side also turned into green smoke and dispersed. Seeing this, Li Feng immediately pushed aside his worries.
He understood that if he let himself be melancholic again, he might extinguish the remaining lamps tonight.
Bang, bang...
At this moment, there were two soft knocks at the palace door.
"It's me, father."
"Come in."
After hearing the response from inside, Li Qianjin slowly pushed open the door and walked in. Because there was an anti-surveillance spell here, she could not use her spiritual sense to see the way, so after crossing the threshold, she stopped.
"Father, are you burning something?"
Li Feng glanced at the eternal lamps in the palace and smiled, "Just lighting some candles, a small Dao technique."
"Oh..."
"It's so late, what brings you to father?"
"..."
"Well..." Li Qianjin organized the order of words and stated, "Father, earlier, a demonic cultivator in the Core Formation stage appeared in a brothel nearby, close to the Chi Dragon Mansion."
Hearing this, Li Feng's expression suddenly froze. Two lamps behind him extinguished with a "puff, puff."
"Father?"
"Hmm..." Li Feng quickly pretended to calm down and responded, asking, "Who is that person?"
"He is a member of the Heavenly Demon Sect's branch."
"Hmm..."
"I also had someone check the registry of those entering and leaving the Chi Dragon Mansion before. At least for the past few months, we didn't find the name of that demonic cultivator on the registry. So, I suspect that there might be someone inside the Chi Dragon Mansion in contact with the demonic cultivator. Otherwise, that person couldn't have infiltrated."
Pupupu—
After Li Qianjin said this, Li Feng seemed to feel a dark wind blowing in the room. Almost instantly, about ten more of the remaining eternal lamps were extinguished.
Li Feng turned to look at his eternal lamp, took a deep breath, controlled his emotions, thought for a moment, and advised, "Daughter, it's better to let your father handle this, After all— A demonic cultivator, they are not something that you can handle."
"..."
"Father, even though my eyes can't see, I have confidence that I can handle this matter."
"..."
"Previously, you and Moon Dan Master joined forces to confront various demonic cultivator sects. So, I'm worried that those demonic cultivators might seek revenge on your 1,200th birthday. Therefore, I ask Father to be careful in the coming days."
Li Feng nodded, gently patted her head, and asked, "Have you figured out how to investigate this matter?"
"Yes." She nodded and stated, "The demonic cultivator who was killed was exposed by two Profound Star Sect disciples, I'm going to start with them."
Li Feng furrowed his brows slightly and asked, "That Xiao girl and the other?"
"It's not Senior Sister Xiao and the others. It's other disciples of the Profound Star Sect. I have already sent someone to find them, and they should be located soon. At that time, I will ask them to work with me to expose all the demonic cultivators hiding in the Chi Dragon Mansion. We will also uncover any traitors within the mansion, giving you an explanation."
"..."
Li Feng opened his mouth slightly, after holding back for a while, he finally uttered a sentence:
"Qianjin, please remember that your current cultivation level is only at the Peak of Qi Refining. Don't act with haste. If you feel that you can't cope with it, come to me— Dad will do it for you. This matter may be too much for you."
"Don't worry, after all, I've already reached maturity." Li Qianjin agreed with a smile, paused, and said, "And also, I wanted to write a letter to the Profound Star Sect and invite the Moon Dan Master to come over. So, can I borrow your seal?"
Shua—
A cold wind suddenly swept through the palace.
Hearing that she was going to write to Sima Xuanji about the demonic cultivator, Li Feng felt a bit uneasy. Unable to control his emotions, he sternly interrupted, "No!"
"Ah? Father— Why not?"
Li Feng realized his lapse and quickly took a deep breath, explaining, "No need to make a big fuss and trouble the Profound Star Sect."
"Ah— but— you and the Moon Dan Master are old friends. If we could invite her over—"
"I said there's no need."
"...Yes, I understand, Father."
However, even though she couldn't see her father's expression, she could sense the urgency in his tone. After a moment of contemplation, she asked, "Father, have you thought of something?"
"No, just feel free and go check it out. I will help you investigate."
"Ah— yes, thank you, Father— Also, Senior Sister Feng mentioned to me before that she felt there might be a problem with the formation suppressing the Extreme Blaze Spiritual Qi. You previously mentioned it was due to the intense spiritual veins this year, but I thought about it and feel that what she said is not impossible. Perhaps the people who inspected the formation this year didn't detect it. If you have time, maybe you could personally check it later. The Extreme Blaze Spiritual Qi is too strong at the formation's core, and I can't enter."
"Hmm— I'll find time to take a look later," Li Feng said with a forced smile, looking at the night outside, "It's getting late. You should go back and rest. Don't tire yourself too much. The Chi Dragon Conference is approaching, and you'll be in charge of the opening ceremony."
"Yes— I'll go back now. Father, you should rest early too."
"Hmm, go ahead."
Li Qianjin cupped her hands and bowed, then exited the room. After Li Qianjin's footsteps faded away, Li Feng let out a heavy breath and turned to look at the bright lights in the room again.
When Li Qianjin came in, there were still three hundred and seventy lights, but now the number has halved, and nearly one hundred and fifty lights have been extinguished.
He pinched his nose, twitched at the corner of his eye for a while, but then showed a helpless smile, looked up at the ceiling, and sighed, "To think I was being urged to get killed by my daughter... heh..."
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