Chapter Three He had no clothes on—how strange was that?

Chen Feiyang didn't respond. Instead, he clasped his hands together and chanted a spell, and suddenly something appeared in his hand. I stared in astonishment. Could this person not be a mortal, yet still wield immortal techniques?

Before I could open my mouth to ask him, I was drawn to the aura emanating from the object in his hand. It was a jade disc, round like the moon, completely unadorned. The jade was truly pure as snow, clear as water, with faint rays of light subtly swirling within.

I grabbed the jade disc and pressed it against my chest, almost unable to speak. This... this is nothing but a harmless object! I have known Wujue for hundreds of years, and this jade disc had always been tied around his waist. No wonder I felt Wujue's aura on Chen Feiyang's body. It turned out he indeed possessed something belonging to Wujue.

However, a panic arose in my heart. How could Wujue's jade disc, which never leaves his side, have ended up in Chen Feiyang's hand?

"This jade disc is the Mingyue Jade Disk, famous in the Jianghu. Legend has it that the disk contains a set of profound martial arts. Whoever possesses it can dominate the martial world. Furthermore, there are tales that say if someone destined to obtain the disk takes it to seek the Kunlun Hinterlands, this disk can even open the gates between heaven and earth, allowing one to ascend directly to the immortal realm."

Ascend to the immortal realm? Hmph, mortals are truly ignorant and fearless.

I swallowed the jade disc in one gulp and glared at him coldly. "This jade disc is not yours. Where exactly did you get it from?"

He seemed somewhat displeased with my tone. After giving me a few looks, he replied with a mocking tone. "Where did I get it? Hehe, everything under heaven is fought over and plundered by people, isn't it? Didn't you snatch it from me?"

"This jade disc... Hehe, this jade disc was forcefully taken by me from Feilianzi of your Kunlun Sect. I casually ruined his cultivation. How about it? That bastard killed hundreds of people from the Liujiang Yuyue Gang to obtain this jade disc, setting ambushes, poisoning, employing dark blue妖术 (demonic techniques), doing all sorts of evil deeds. Unfortunately, I was late; I only caught him down at the foot of your Kunlun Mountain. Hehe, I spared his life not out of pity, I want him to bring a message to the Kunlun Sect. After I return the jade disc, I plan to take some proper action against your sect's members."

Having said that, Chen Feiyang stood up, crossed his arms over his chest. He knew I was a divine beast who had passed the tribulation, yet he seemed indifferent about his own life. His long robe was replaced by one of mine, leaving his upper body bare, covered with various scars, looking extremely ugly. However, despite that, he stood there with crossed arms, coldly looking at me, yet there was a certain firmness and heroic aura that made me like him.

Secretly, I thought to myself that this person seemed to truly think of me as his consort. At least, aside from my family member Wujue, among the little immortals and beasts I knew, perhaps only this mortal had such spirit.

"Alright, now you know how I got this jade disc. You are also from Kunlun, correct? If you intend to take revenge for him, you can make your move now."

His words truly showed his pride.

However, although I was from Kunlun, I was from Kunlun Virtual (possibly a different branch) rather than Kunlun Mountain. Up to my family deity, and down to the little squirrels that initially went to Wen Yushu to steal and eat fallen leaves, everyone knew that in the Kunlun Sect at the foot of the mountain, there wasn't a single good person. If my family wasn't so inclined to keep those people watching the Kunlun Mountain due to too many asking for the elixir of immortality and being harassed by bad people, it would have been better to let the Yanhuo Mountain and Weakwater Abyss burn or drown them. Otherwise, even if it wasn't Brother Chibang's temper, just Dreamer's would have already killed these riffraff.

To avoid being annoyed by their deceptive and deceitful tricks.

Over the past few centuries, my family's little beasts have taken care of them enough. They could often cause ten or eight palm lightning blasts or flames from the sky, so they didn't dare to commit crimes under Kunlun Mountain. Hmph, they went all the way to the Central Plains to ditch their Kunlun people?

I secretly gritted my teeth. Fine, you bunch of bastards, after I figure out the matter with this jade disc, I'll clean you up properly together with Feiyang. Hmph, plucking skins, pulling guts, fracturing legs, earth, wood, thunder, fire, knives, spears—you better choose which one you want!

Thinking of this, I wasn't angry at all. I giggled and shot a blank look at the cold Feiyang. "Oh? Feiyang, you are my consort? How can consorts' own things need to be snatched away? Isn't marrying in the mortal world supposed to involve exchanging some trinkets as per the betrothal? Of course, this counts as your betrothal. Since Dreamer has already swallowed this jade disc, you don't need to think about taking it away from me anymore."

Chen Feiyang seemed to have never imagined I would respond like this. His face froze in austerity for a moment, then went cold again.

He shook his head and said, "You might as well be honest. When I robbed this jade disc from Feilianzi, I was thinking of returning it to the Shaohao Sect. But with you taking it, what am I supposed to return to Shaohao? Return you and the jade disc together?"

This thought seemed to make him somewhat intrigued. The damn brat actually started frowning and pondering.

Hmm, I guess I now know his temperament. Far from being easily pacified, dealing with him requires the same sweet talking as dealing with my family member Wujue. Trying to discuss things rationally is hopeless; I have to resort to acting cute and sweet.

I walked over, gently unwrapped his arms crossed over his chest, and pushed him onto the edge of the bed to sit. At first, he resisted, probably feeling that merely being allowed to have me swallow Wujue's jade disc wasn't enough to satisfy his desire for revenge, but eventually, unable to withstand my usual gaze when dealing with Wujue, he sighed and obediently sat down.

"Shaohao Sect? Feiyang, what is this Shaohao Sect?"

"Shaohao Sect is a sect located at Shaohao Mountain in the Central Plains. It is a Buddhist mountain gate. Strictly speaking, they are not considered part of the martial world, but they emphasize compassion. They always try to contend with the fate of the world, but have become deeply entangled in the Jianghu over the decades, becoming one of the top sects in the martial world."

I was slightly shocked. "A Buddhist mountain gate? Buddhism? What is Buddhism? Buddhism is a branch of the Buddhist religion?"

"Buddhism was brought over from the Western Regions. It was probably a few hundred years ago, maybe a thousand years. A Hu monk brought the true scriptures, and later a great Confucian in the Central Plains realized that what the Hu monk said was exactly the ultimate path he had been struggling to comprehend. So he shaved his head and became a monk, even cutting off his arm to demonstrate his determination. Since then, Buddhism established a sect in the Central Plains, spreading its teachings widely, proclaiming to save all beings in the world. Because their own liberation is to become Buddhas, people call them Buddhism. As for the Buddhist school?"

Feiyang lowered his head, thought for a moment, then said, "Sounds somewhat familiar, but I can't recall. I don't think I've heard of it before."

"Then why do you want to return this jade disc to the Shaohao Sect? Honestly telling you, Feiyang, this jade disc belongs to my family member Wujue. Saying 'Wujue is not here' is no exaggeration."

Hearing the name Wujue, he paused for a moment, then after a while, said, "Legend has it that the Mingyue Jade Disk was entrusted to the Shaohao Sect by an immortal a hundred years ago, instructing them to pass it on to someone destined to receive it. But what constitutes destiny, that immortal didn't specify. They only said that destiny cannot be forced; if it exists, it happens, otherwise, it does not."

"Passing it on to someone destined? My heart tightened, and tears began to flow. Wujue, are you saying you intend to entrust this jade disc to me?"

Feiyang sighed, reaching out to wipe away my tears. "Is that immortal your Wujue? Then we might not need to go to Shaohao anymore. Maybe you are the destined person he intended to entrust the jade disc to. The Jianghu legend says that after he entrusted the jade disc, he attained nirvana at Shaohao Mountain. To this day, there's a verse left by him on an unapproachable cliff, said to be his last words before nirvana. It's said that no one can reach, but those destined can open it with the Mingyue Jade Disk."

I shook my head. No way. Wujue, when passing a divine tribulation, doesn't do something like attaining nirvana; otherwise, even Shaohao Mountain would have been destroyed. Immortals always require artifacts or some immortal instruments and formations, with many immortal guards. Otherwise, an accident would have collateral damage.

However, I was determined to check that so-called verse, to see if it was really related to my family member Wujue. One look and I would know for sure.

"Feiyang, I want to go to Shaohao Mountain."

"Alright, I'll accompany you."

I stood up, clasped my hands to chant, "Hmm, where is Shaohao Mountain located? How many li away is it from here? Also, can you perform the shrinking land technique?"

He seemed startled. "Are you planning to go immediately?"

"Why not?"

He seemed genuinely frightened, staring at me. "Miss Meng'er, Chen Feiyang has quite a cultivation in the Jianghu. If you're so like this, even I can't handle it. Ordinary people seeing you might just get trapped in a dream. Which is to say, how can you see anything about Shaohao Mountain and the verse? Everyone is here to see you."

He sounded reasonable. My family member, the queen, had said that just after passing the human tribulation, I needed to properly cultivate my mind and suppress my divine light. Only when Meng'er was able to freely control the flow of her energies could she enter the mortal world to travel. However... but the queen also said that the matter of suppressing divine light couldn't be rushed—minimum three months, up to thirty years. How could I possibly wait that long?

Maybe I should try transforming?

"If I could transform into another person, would that be acceptable?"

Feiyang wasn't sure if he remembered the effect of my healing spells; his head remained motionless, refusing to nod, staring at me skeptically.

I didn't argue further; I carefully reviewed the transformation techniques my master taught me. What to transform into? Well, it's spring and so cold; Feiyang's clothes were also unappealing. Perhaps I should first transform into some attire? I chanted the spell, focused my mind, and cast the magic. My master's teachings worked; with the utterance of the transformation spell, Feiyang's clothes vanished suddenly.

But why didn't the new clothes appear? Although I hadn't worn any clothes for hundreds of years, when my body was covered with that silky green fur, I was comfortable without any attire. Why was it so strange without any clothes on this human body?

Just then, the wooden staff next to me lunged forward again. I was extremely annoyed, shouting, "Cover your own eyes!"

But he didn't pay any attention. He grabbed the sheet and wrapped me up, throwing me onto the bed. I just heard his stammering and trembling voice, "Meng'er, you... you..."

This Chen Feiyang panicked without any plan, and the sheet actually wrapped me from head to toe, almost suffocating me.

Having finally exposed my head, I saw that this wooden staff was sitting cross-legged practicing. His face was patterned with blue and red marks, looking quite handsome, clearly almost losing power due to improper cultivation moments ago. Hehe, the queen said I would be quite a troublemaker, seems to mean this. She initially didn't allow Wujue to watch me pass the tribulation, probably for this reason.

However, what kind of cultivation was he practicing? Why did it look so familiar?

Suddenly, I remembered. After talking for so long, Chen Feiyang almost lost power, but still hadn't mentioned how he got that Hehe Dan (possibly a medicinal pill)!

*Cough*... Wujue always said my skill in going off-topic was extraordinary. Cough, truly extraordinary.

This person didn't seem like someone who could calm down immediately. It seemed I would have to wait until nightfall.

I was exceedingly frustrated, leaning on my head watching him cultivate, but my heart began to think about my Wujue. His jade disc had been worn and eroded for decades in the mortal world, the immortal spirit energy almost gone. I could take advantage of this while the wooden staff was practicing to refine it properly and then transfer it into my Dao Heart to nurture it.