Chapter 286 - 272: What a Coincidence

Chapter 286: Chapter 272: What a Coincidence

Jiang Xu had an intuition.

If he could use the Thousand-Faced Illusion Body to reappear before Sun Zixuan without being discovered, his technique would surely improve by a huge margin.

The sooner he could cultivate his Thousand-Faced Illusion Body to the Perfect Level, the safer Jiang Xu would be.

For starters, as long as Golden Core Cultivators couldn’t see through it, Jiang Xu could travel freely through most of the Great Qi.

Then, his safety would be greatly enhanced, and Jiang Xu would no longer have to worry about what to do if he encountered danger in the future.

Jiang Xu already had a general plan in mind.

It was just that he still hadn’t found a way to learn about the Sun Family.

But now, it seemed that this might no longer be a problem.

At this thought, Jiang Xu withdrew his Concealing Breath Spell and deliberately made his footsteps heavy as he walked toward the young Liang Fan.

"Who’s there?!"

Perhaps he had been forced to be cautious since childhood.

Jiang Xu had barely taken two steps before Liang Fan heard him.

Liang Fan, who was still by the cliff’s edge, whipped his head around to look at Jiang Xu.

When he saw that Jiang Xu wasn’t a member of the Sun Family he recognized, the hatred and murderous intent in his eyes receded, replaced by a trace of confusion.

"Me? Who I am isn’t important." Jiang Xu continued walking forward, coming to Liang Fan’s side.

Liang Fan couldn’t figure out Jiang Xu’s intentions and slowly shuffled away from him.

"What’s important is that I can help you."

"Help me?"

At these words, Liang Fan stopped in his tracks. His eyes, full of surprise and wariness, involuntarily shifted to Jiang Xu.

Jiang Xu saw this, smiled slightly, and then casually released a trace of the unique pressure of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

That pressure was like an invisible wave, instantly spreading around Liang Fan, causing his body to tremble violently. His legs seemed to lose all strength, and he nearly slipped toward the cliff’s edge from fear and pressure.

Seeing this, Jiang Xu immediately withdrew the pressure. The oppressive feeling instantly dissipated, and Liang Fan barely managed to steady himself, leaning against the cliff wall, still shaken.

He stared at Jiang Xu, dumbfounded and shocked, his voice trembling with disbelief:

"Foundation Establishment Cultivator? You... You’re a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"

After calming down, Liang Fan looked at Jiang Xu, his gaze filled with suspicion:

"I’m just an ordinary Qi Cultivation Cultivator. I have nothing but the clothes on my back, not a single treasure. Senior, you must be joking."

"Joking? Heh, there’s nothing about you worth my joking about."

Jiang Xu scoffed at Liang Fan.

"To tell you the truth, I was nearby just now and heard your indignation. I was moved."

"In fact, I also have a grudge against the Sun Family."

Jiang Xu’s thoughts seemed to instantly return to the painful memories of many years ago.

As the memories washed over him, his once-impassive expression slowly turned grave and sorrowful.

Jiang Xu’s lips tightened into a thin line, and his Adam’s apple bobbed as if he were trying his best to suppress the surging emotions within him.

His hands were clenched into tight fists, his knuckles white from the force. His once-bright eyes had now dimmed.

He slowly recounted:

"My grudge with the Sun Family began with a tragedy many years ago."

"My Dao companion, she was once the most dazzling existence in my life, a gentle, virtuous, and exceptionally talented woman."

"We supported each other on the path of Cultivation, weathered countless storms together, and our bond was incredibly deep. We had long since pledged ourselves to one another for eternity."

"However, in order to seize a precious secret treasure, the Sun Family did not hesitate to move against my Dao companion."

"That day, several of the Sun Family’s experts joined forces and used despicable methods to trap her in a Secret Realm."

"Although she fought back with all her might, she was still outnumbered and ultimately fell in despair."

Endless nostalgia and deep sorrow flowed in Jiang Xu’s eyes, as if he could see the beautiful times he spent with his Dao companion and the desolate scene of her fall.

"I remember that day, it was as if the world had lost its color, and my heart ached as if it were being torn apart. Her fall not only took away my happiness but also ignited my endless hatred for the Sun Family."

"Over the years, I have relived that horrific scene in my dreams countless times, and each time, it pierces my heart with pain."

"I’ve tried everything to deal the Sun Family a fatal blow, but their clan is powerful, and I know very little about their internal affairs. Every one of my attempts at revenge has ended in failure."

"I have spent years meticulously preparing a revenge plan, but it’s stalled because I don’t have enough internal information on the Sun Clan."

"And it’s not for lack of trying. The Sun Family members are just too vigilant, too difficult to approach. After years of gathering intelligence, I still don’t have enough to proceed with my plan."

At this point, Liang Fan finally understood.

Why a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would specifically seek him out, a nobody, right after he left Sun’s Immortal City.

It turned out that this man, like him, had been wronged by the Sun Family!

Seeing Jiang Xu’s profound emotion and overwhelming grief, Liang Fan couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrowful kinship for a fellow sufferer.

At the same time, Liang Fan’s impression of Jiang Xu involuntarily improved by a large margin.

He didn’t know why, but from the first moment Liang Fan saw Jiang Xu, he felt the man was unusually affable.

But his heart had been filled with wariness and grief then, so he hadn’t noticed this sense of affinity.