Chapter 2762 - 2738: A Woman?
Chapter 2738 A Woman?
Seeing this scene, Tangyuan cried out, "Oh my god, Boss’s Seven-Colored Essence Gang is gone!"
"Holy crap!" Ma Biaohu was already at a loss for words. He was looking at Lin Feng like he was gazing upon a supreme Heaven God. This level was something he probably wouldn’t be able to reach in his entire life.
And when Xiao Jiu saw Lin Feng in this state, it gave a meaningful smile. That smile made it look like it had already predicted things would develop this way...
"Let’s go." Lin Feng glanced at their expressions, smiled faintly, withdrew the golden radiance from his body, and spoke to them.
"Okay!" Tangyuan and Ma Biaohu hadn’t recovered from their shock yet and answered casually. The two people and two beasts then left the cave.
Lin Feng decided not to ride the Aurora this time when leaving. He had important things to do, and walking would be more convenient. He took the lead and strode straight ahead, ignoring Ma Biaohu’s stunned gaze.
"Boss! You’re not seriously going to walk, are you!" Ma Biaohu wailed non-stop. Tangyuan was sitting on his shoulder, Xiao Jiu was lying on his back—he was the one working the hardest, okay? Even though it was boring inside the Aurora, it was still way better than walking.
Hearing Ma Biaohu shouting behind him, Lin Feng just smiled faintly and didn’t respond. They kept walking back along the route they had come. When they passed a village, they discovered this village had also been hit by the beast tide. The entire settlement was in ruins, wreckage everywhere. All the corpses had been taken away by Demon Beasts; there wasn’t a single person left in the village. The silence was terrifying.
Seeing this situation, Lin Feng stepped forward and gathered all the bodies together. When Ma Biaohu saw what was happening, he finally understood why Boss wanted to walk. He also started to help, and Tangyuan and Xiao Jiu pitched in as well, staying at Lin Feng’s side to help organize the broken remains.
When all the corpses in the village had been gathered together, Lin Feng summoned the Eternal Divine Flame, burning all the shattered bodies to ash. In that instant, specks of golden light appeared once again, flying toward Lin Feng, just like in the cave.
In the blink of an eye, more than a year had passed. During this time, they had traveled through every city invaded by Demon Beasts, and many villages along the way had been destroyed as well. Other than burning the corpses, Lin Feng would lend a hand with anything he could help with. Every time he did a good deed, a little more golden light would enter his body. He was helping himself accumulate merit, and he was also helping everyone.
After leaving those ruined cities, they finally arrived at a great city. Over this year, everyone was exhausted. Thinking back on the bitter days they’d just gone through, Tangyuan looked at Lin Feng with aggrieved eyes and pleaded, "Boss, I want to eat meat!"
Lin Feng hadn’t smiled in a long time. What they’d gone through before was far too oppressive—when you see death every day, how can you be happy? The people around him had suffered along with him as well. He rubbed Tangyuan’s little head and said, "Alright, we’ll have a proper meal."
"Great! Boss is the best!" Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu all looked at Lin Feng excitedly and spoke in unison.
The two people and two beasts stood beneath the towering city walls in front of them, looking at this first-tier great city, and couldn’t help feeling all sorts of emotions.
This city was about the same size as Lin City. Above the city gate, two large characters were written: Jincheng. The defenses looked very tight, unlike the chaos in Lin City. On the wide streets, people were coming and going, bustling with activity. At a glance, it was clearly a flourishing city.
The two people and two beasts strolled leisurely into the city, planning to find a restaurant and have a big feast. Just then, Lin Feng’s Communication Talisman lit up. He immediately took it out. On it appeared a line of words: Where are you?
Lin Feng suddenly remembered that this text-based Communication Talisman was the one he’d left with that little girl on the Frost Highland. It seemed the girl’s family had found this talisman. Since he had given his word, he would definitely see it through—this also counted as accumulating merit. He thought about how their next destination was Thunder Valley, and then replied: "See you at Thunder Valley."
No matter where this person started from to find Thunder Valley, they would probably need some days. If his group arrived first, they could just wait there. Besides, Thunder Valley should be quite famous in the Heaven God Realm, so it ought to be fairly easy to locate.
They wandered aimlessly around Jincheng for a while, trying to find a restaurant where they could settle down and rest properly. Suddenly, Lin Feng looked into the distance and froze completely, stopping in his tracks.
It wasn’t just Lin Feng—Ma Biaohu also froze when he saw the person ahead, and so did Tangyuan.
In front of the two people and two beasts was a fortune-telling stall. Lin Feng stared at the old man sitting behind it and couldn’t speak for a long time. This was clearly Geomancer Qianjue. He had encountered Geomancer Qianjue’s Doppelganger before—so how could there be one here in this city as well? Could it be that Geomancer Qianjue knew he would be passing through Jincheng?
Xiao Jiu looked at everyone’s expressions, not knowing what had happened. It stared at them in puzzlement, feeling that something was very strange.
After a while, as he came back to himself, Lin Feng’s face showed a sorrowful expression. Thinking that Geomancer Qianjue was already gone, that this person was only a doppelganger, he slowly walked over and stood in front of the stall.
"I’ve finally waited for you!" Geomancer Qianjue’s doppelganger lifted his eyes to look at Lin Feng and, before Lin Feng could speak, said with a smile.
"Do you have anything else to instruct me?" Lin Feng looked respectfully at Geomancer Qianjue’s doppelganger as he spoke. He knew Geomancer Qianjue’s divination; all of this had been arranged long ago. A doppelganger would never appear here for no reason—there must be something he was guiding him to do. In fact, he really did need Geomancer Qianjue’s help right now; he still had no clue at all about finding a resident site for his Sect.
Geomancer Qianjue glanced at Lin Feng and said with a faint smile, "There is someone in this city—after you take her in, she will be of great help to you."
"What kind of person?" Lin Feng felt very strange. So his entire journey to Jincheng had been under Geomancer Qianjue’s subtle guidance. He was very curious what kind of person could be chosen by Geomancer Qianjue. Now that he was about to establish a Sect, he was in urgent need of people; if she could help him, that would naturally be the best.
"A woman. A very beautiful woman." A slightly odd smile appeared on Geomancer Qianjue’s wrinkle-covered face as he spoke.
Hearing this, Lin Feng was completely dumbfounded. He couldn’t figure out why Geomancer Qianjue always liked arranging women around him. Tao Tao was already following him, and now another beautiful woman was to appear—was he short of women at his side? He could only ask helplessly, "What’s going on?"
"You’ll naturally know when the time comes." Geomancer Qianjue said, and then collapsed to the ground.
Lin Feng hurried forward to support Geomancer Qianjue’s doppelganger. The moment his hand touched Geomancer Qianjue’s body, he already sensed that Geomancer Qianjue had no breath at all. Although this was only a doppelganger, the scene before his eyes still made him feel very upset. Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu, seeing Lin Feng’s expression, also stood silently to the side.
Gently shouldering Geomancer Qianjue’s corpse, Lin Feng walked out of the city. He came to a secluded place and buried Geomancer Qianjue’s doppelganger there. Then he found a piece of stone, carved a Stele, and set it up. He said to Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu, "You guys go walk around somewhere else. I want to sit alone for a while."
Seeing Lin Feng like this, they didn’t say much; they tactfully stood in the distance and did not leave.
Lin Feng sat on Geomancer Qianjue’s grave, leaning against the Stele and stroking it. The surrounding environment seemed to be infected by his emotions and turned desolate. A gust of wind blew past, bringing a chill. He took a sip of wine, looked at Geomancer Qianjue’s Stele, and muttered to himself, "You’ve helped me far too much. I don’t even know how to thank you."
He recalled scene after scene of meeting Geomancer Qianjue. Without Geomancer Qianjue’s guidance, he didn’t know how many detours he would have taken. For Lin Feng to have today’s achievements, Geomancer Qianjue’s contribution was indispensable. He remembered that before Geomancer Qianjue’s death, he had said they could still meet again, but by then he definitely wouldn’t recognize Geomancer Qianjue. Lin Feng then asked the tombstone, "When will I be able to find your reincarnation, huh."
But Geomancer Qianjue would no longer answer. Thinking of this, he let out a heavy sigh. He didn’t know when he would be able to meet Geomancer Qianjue’s doppelganger again; all he could do was wait.
In the distance, Ma Biaohu and Tangyuan were watching, their eyes full of grief. Although they had only met Geomancer Qianjue once, they had heard a lot about him from Tao Tao. Seeing Lin Feng like this, the two of them also felt awful inside. Only Xiao Jiu looked completely bewildered, not knowing what had happened. He then quietly asked Tangyuan, "Who is that person?"
"Geomancer Qianjue, Tao Tao’s grandfather." Tangyuan explained to Xiao Jiu.
Xiao Jiu didn’t ask further. Seeing the Boss so grief-stricken, he figured that must be a person very close to the Boss. The one man and two Demon Beasts just kept watching from afar, waiting for Lin Feng.
Just as the sun was about to set, Lin Feng finally stood up from in front of the grave. At this moment, that desolate aura around him had already faded away. After adjusting his mindset, he led Ma Biaohu, Tangyuan, and Xiao Jiu back toward Jincheng. Since Geomancer Qianjue had clearly told him that the person he needed was in this city, but the city was so big, where was he supposed to find this woman who was so important to him?
Geomancer Qianjue hadn’t left behind a single clue—only saying that she was a very beautiful woman. Jincheng was a first-tier major city; there were tens of millions of beautiful women here at the very least. Where was he supposed to start? This gave Lin Feng a headache. The immediate priority, though, was that he had promised Tangyuan a big feast. The two men and two Demon Beasts headed toward a restaurant—maybe they could pick up some information at a teahouse.
The two men and two Demon Beasts found a very large restaurant within Jincheng and walked in. This time they didn’t go to a private room, because private rooms were too quiet; if they wanted to hear any news, they had to be in the main hall.
After ordering a whole table of dishes, Tangyuan didn’t care about anyone else. He directly sat on the table and started wolfing down the food. Everyone around turned to look at Tangyuan; it was as if they had never seen such a small Demon Beast eat this terrifyingly—almost in an instant, all the meat on the table was swept clean.
"Tangyuan, can you mind your manners a bit!" Ma Biaohu looked at Tangyuan and said helplessly. Seeing the strange looks from the people around them, Ma Biaohu felt it was a little embarrassing.
"Why? I don’t know any of them." Tangyuan said as he kept stuffing food into his mouth. In no time at all, his little belly bulged out. He really hadn’t eaten meat in a long time; before this he had always been traveling with the Boss, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds. Now he had finally made it through—of course he had to gorge himself on a big meal.