Chapter 204 - 141: Parting, Gu Qingyan’s Fluttering Heart, The Great Nanling Operation

Chapter 204: Chapter 141: Parting, Gu Qingyan’s Fluttering Heart, The Great Nanling Operation

Atop South Mountain Peak, after the two finished speaking, they both fell into silence.

Despite his head of white hair, Jiang Renfeng, who still retained the appearance of a youth, quietly watched the figure in the valley below. After a long while, he finally turned around slowly and couldn’t help but look at Yan Nantian.

"Is everything ready?"

"It is. We can send him away completely unnoticed at a moment’s notice."

Hearing this, Jiang Renfeng couldn’t help but look toward the Ye Family’s new camp once more. "There’s no rush. Give him a little more time. After I leave, I’ll leave the rest to you."

At his words, Yan Nantian frowned deeply. "Senior, must you go?"

"Heh."

Jiang Renfeng sneered and slowly looked beyond the Eastern Domain.

"The Ten Great Daoist Lineages want to extinguish the only remaining seed of my Jiang Family. I’m going to see exactly what this is all about."

It was obvious that this sole remaining ancestor of the Jiang Family intended to pay them a personal visit, even if it meant confronting the Ten Great Daoist Lineages head-on.

"Even if I cannot destroy them, I will make them understand that despite the passing of ten thousand years, my Jiang Race still has someone to answer for it."

To Jiang Renfeng, this was a deep-seated feud forged in a Sea of Blood.

For the past ten thousand years, he had been investigating the culprits who annihilated the Jiang Race. Although he had obtained ironclad proof, he had delayed taking action.

The reason was simply that the Ten Great Daoist Lineages were far too terrifying. The Divine King had remained dormant all this time, waiting for an opportunity to avenge his entire race.

But things were different now. The Jiang Family’s descendants had not completely died out.

"This is what I owe the Jiang Family."

Jiang Renfeng muttered to himself, his eyes filled with self-blame and guilt. It seemed the story that had unfolded around this Divine King over the last ten thousand years was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

As the last ancestor of the Jiang Family, even though he had been labeled a traitor to the Jiang Race back then, the blood of the Jiang Race still flowed in his veins.

A blood feud, the sole surviving bloodline, and the final hope of the Jiang Race—regardless of the angle, this Divine King had already made his choice.

"Senior, if you do not disdain it, allow this junior to accompany you on this trip so we can look out for each other."

Yan Nantian spoke softly, his eyes filled with worry and earnestness. It was clear that despite their difference in seniority, the two were like lifelong friends that transcended age.

However, facing this pinnacle of the Sword Dao who had once dominated an entire era of the Cultivation Realm, Jiang Renfeng immediately gave a tactful refusal.

"Relax. I’m an old monster who has lived for over ten thousand years. The Ten Great Daoist Lineages might be terrifying, but it won’t be so easy for them to kill me. If they dare touch the descendant of Jiang Renfeng, I will turn their world upside down, or else I wouldn’t be worthy of the title ’Madman Jiang.’

"While I may not be able to damage their foundations, I absolutely will not let those hypocrites get a single night of good sleep."

With those words, Jiang Renfeng instantly transformed into a streak of rainbow light that shot into the sky, quickly vanishing into the endless night.

In the valley.

Dressed in white, Jiang Hao seemed to sense something and subconsciously looked up.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

During this month, the Ye Family fully settled down in Nanling. Their camp was located within a valley at the foot of South Mountain. Clusters of crude buildings had temporarily sprung up, finally giving them a place to establish their footing.

One day, inside the newly built courtyard of Ye Tiannan’s home, a familiar figure finally arrived at the foot of South Mountain after navigating the countless obstacles of Nanling.

"Miss Gu, you’re returning to Huangzhou?"

Upon learning that Gu Qingyan and her group had come to say their goodbyes, Ye Tiannan and the other Ye Family elders were briefly stunned.

The entire Ye Family was moved to tears of gratitude toward the future Young Master of the Divine Pill Pavilion. Even now, the countless experts Gu Qingyan had stationed at the Ye Family continued to protect this humble clan.

Hearing this, Jiang Hao was also somewhat surprised. Although he hadn’t interacted much with this peerlessly magnificent young woman over the past dozen years, he owed her far too much.

Today was the day Gu Qingyan would return to Huangzhou. Huangzhou was the most terrifying great state in the entire Sword Dynasty. It was the Celestial North First State, a place where the Imperial Race and countless towering, monolithic factions entrenched themselves. It stood as the head of the Ten Great Central States of the Celestial North, making it a formidable cultivation domain.

Cultivators from the Eastern Domain could scarcely hope to reach such a place in their entire lifetimes; they could only imagine the prosperity and brilliance of the Central States in their minds.

That evening, the Ye Family served every delicacy and spiritual food they could muster, struggling to sufficiently express their gratitude to their great benefactor.

A sleepless night.

The next morning, the entire Ye Clan came to see her off. However, Ye Tiannan and the others ultimately gave the youth a chance to be alone with Gu Qingyan.

Ahead of the massive crowd, the white-clad youth and the young woman walked together in the morning sun. The atmosphere between them was slightly strange.

"After this parting, I don’t know what year we’ll be able to meet again."

This time, Jiang Hao was the first to break the silence. Along his journey, he owed Gu Qingyan far more than just a single life; the grace of saving his life was heavier than the heavens.

Gu Qingyan merely flashed a sweet smile. "It won’t be too long. Don’t forget, you still owe me a promise: to perform an act of Alchemy for the Divine Pill Pavilion."

"How could I dare forget a promise made to Miss Gu?" Jiang Hao replied. "The day the Divine Pill Pavilion needs me, you only have to say the word, Miss Gu. Even if it is at the ends of the earth, I will arrive punctually for our appointment."

As he finished speaking, Gu Qingyan stopped in her tracks. She turned to look at this youth who constantly made people see him in a new light, and she spoke abruptly, "Five years from now, I will wait for you in Huangzhou’s Holy Pill City. I believe that you will definitely be able to shake the entire Alchemist Realm."

"Five years?"

Jiang Hao paused slightly. This meant the session of Alchemy she mentioned would take place five years from now.

"What? Are you scared?" A faint, imperceptible gleam flashed through Gu Qingyan’s beautiful eyes.