That guy Gu Qingfeng beat up a few outer disciples?
And beat them particularly viciously?
Upon hearing this news, Ouyang Ye nearly fainted. Ignoring her senior martial sister's objections, she immediately rushed toward Redleaf Valley.
Noon, with the scorching sun high in the sky.
When Ouyang Ye arrived at Redleaf Valley, quite a few people had already gathered there, seemingly all discussing something.
"You guys didn't see it!
That Chiyan Young Lord, what was his name again?
Gu Qingfeng, right?
He's formidable! A few slaps and he beat Wang Dongfei and the others until their faces were bruised and swollen."
"Huh?
Chiyan Young Lord?
You mean Senior Sister Ouyang's love at first sight Dao companion?
Didn't he fail his Foundation Establishment?"
"He did fail his Foundation Establishment, but he's lucky. Something mutated when he failed. Even though his spiritual root and dantian dissipated, he forged a mutated body—physically tough and incredibly strong!"
"I heard he only let them leave after they finished replanting the entire spirit field."
"Hmph!
Wang Dongfei and his gang usually act arrogantly in the outer sect, relying on Li Sen's backing. Serves them right for running into someone tough this time!"
"Tough?
I think that Chiyan Young Lord simply doesn't know his own mortality. I guarantee it won't be long before Li Sen finds out about this. When that happens...
Hmph!
That Chiyan Young Lord will die a very, very miserable death!"
The chatter from the crowd reached Ouyang Ye's ears, making her heart race. She truly hadn't expected that guy Gu Qingfeng to be so bold—not only beating Wang Dongfei and the others but also forcing them to replant the spirit field.
This is just...
Wait!
Where's Gu Qingfeng?
Ouyang Ye looked around but didn't see Gu Qingfeng. Asking other disciples, it seemed someone had seen Gu Qingfeng and the laborer Wang Dashan heading up Redleaf Mountain.
This was Redleaf Valley; Redleaf Mountain was right beside it.
Without hesitation, Ouyang Ye hurriedly began climbing the mountain.
Redleaf Mountain wasn't large, but neither was it small—just an ordinary mountain range. The mountain was covered in a forest of red-leafed trees, with nothing particularly special about it otherwise.
What was that guy doing up the mountain? Could he be hiding out of fear?
Ouyang Ye searched while climbing, looking around for quite a while without finding him. She leaped up, landing on a large tree, and scanned carefully. In the distance, she vaguely spotted two figures.
One looked rather stout, wearing a gray robe, picking wild fruits from the ground. The other was a young man in white clothes currently pulling fruits from a tree branch.
Heavens!
Wasn't that Gu Qingfeng?!
Ouyang Ye shouted and quickly ran over.
Gu Qingfeng was holding a branch, tapping at the wild fruits on the tree. Hearing someone call his name, he squinted and looked over, then smiled. "Well, if it isn't Little Sister Ouyang. Weren't you in seclusion?"
"You! How can you still have the mood to eat wild fruits here?" Ouyang Ye could hardly believe it. She thought Gu Qingfeng was hiding out of fear, but now she realized that wasn't the case at all.
Was this guy afraid?
Was there even a hint of fear on his face?
No, not at all. On the contrary, he looked quite leisurely, as if... as if the incident down the mountain had never happened.
"My mood is just fine," Gu Qingfeng said, eating a fruit. "These fruits taste pretty good. I ate plenty of them when I was young. You should try one too."
He had only come to Redleaf Mountain because Wang Dashan mentioned it, finding it vaguely familiar. After eating the wild fruits on the mountain, he remembered he used to eat this kind of fruit often during his time at Yunxia Sect. He clearly recalled that because these fruits looked like a monster's face, they were called 'Redleaf Monster Fruits.' Five hundred years later, eating Redleaf Monster Fruits again brought back a flood of memories.
"You still have the mood to eat! Get down here! Do you know you've caused a huge disaster?" Ouyang Ye cried out anxiously. "Didn't I already have Wang Dashan tell you to stay quietly in the Spirit Seclusion Garden? Why did you have to come over? And even if you came, why did you have to hit them? And force them to replant your spirit field... You're simply..."
"What of it?" Gu Qingfeng jumped down from the large tree, grinning. "According to you, when my spirit field gets destroyed, I shouldn't even let out a fart?"
"That's not what I meant! I'm saying... you were too impulsive. You hit them; they definitely won't let you off!"
"Just a bunch of little brats. Would I be afraid of them?" Gu Qingfeng took out a wine gourd from his storage bag, eating spirit fruits and drinking wine.
"You... you! Forget it! Come on! I'm taking you away from here first!" As she spoke, Ouyang Ye grabbed Gu Qingfeng's hand, trying to pull him away.
"I say, little sister, where are you dragging me?"
"Away from Yunxia Sect, the farther the better."
"Leave Yunxia Sect?" Gu Qingfeng shook his head. "Little sister, didn't I tell you? I need to discuss something with Huode. That old man seems to have disappeared these past couple of days. I'll leave once he's back."
"It's too late! If that guy Li Sen finds out about this, he'll definitely come looking for trouble!"
"Let him come." Gu Qingfeng smiled playfully. "What? You think I can't beat him?"
"I know your physical body is tough and you're very strong. I admit I'm no match for you. But that guy Li Sen is now at the ninth level of the Innate realm, and his martial arts attainments are high. You're simply no match for him."
"Just the ninth level of the Innate realm? I don't even take that seriously."
"'Just' the ninth level of the Innate realm? Hehehe!"
The one who spoke wasn't Ouyang Ye, but a person who had suddenly appeared—a woman.
It was Tan Siru, who had followed Ouyang Ye all the way. She stared coldly at Gu Qingfeng, mocking him. "A Foundation Establishment failure dares to utter such arrogant words. What a big mouth you have!"
"Can't help it." Gu Qingfeng looked at her with a smile, shrugged, and said playfully, "My mouth has always been this big... Haha!"
"How dare you! You dare disrespect me!" Tan Siru already despised the Dao companion her junior martial sister had found. Now this person was referring to himself as 'I' in a presumptuous manner in front of her, instantly enraging her.
Gu Qingfeng took a sip of wine, completely unfazed, his expression still relaxed and natural. He smiled and said, "Little sister, I've lived for most of my life, much longer than you. If we really talk seniority, you should call me Ancestor."
"You're looking for death!" Tan Siru's expression changed drastically, her eyes glaring with fury. The aura around her erupted as she prepared to teach this foolhardy fellow a lesson.
"Senior Sister..." Seeing this, Ouyang Ye quickly stepped forward to stop her. She was on the verge of collapse, with neither the mood nor the time to scold Gu Qingfeng for disrespecting her senior sister. She just wanted to take this reckless guy away from here as soon as possible.
"Junior Sister, is this the man you fell in love with at first sight?" Tan Siru pointed at Gu Qingfeng, angrily rebuking Ouyang Ye. "A Foundation Establishment failure, yet still so arrogant! If we don't teach him a lesson today, he'll really think his wasted foundation body is some treasure!"
"Alright, big sister, whether I'm a waste or not isn't for you to say. I know my own limits. Go do whatever you need to do."
Gu Qingfeng tossed all the Redleaf Monster Fruits from Wang Dashan's hands into his storage bag. He couldn't be bothered to keephaggling with these two young girls and walked toward another redleaf tree, planning to pick more demon fruits to brew some good wine later.
But his dismissive "go do whatever you need to do" truly infuriated Tan Siru. She let out a cold laugh and said "good" three times in a row, then shouted sharply, "Junior Sister, did you hear that? It's not that your senior sister won't help you; he's the one telling me to leave! Isn't he very arrogant? I'd like to see if he can still laugh when Li Sen comes looking for him later!"
Tan Siru grabbed Ouyang Ye's shoulder, snorted coldly, and leaped away.