Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Bai Tian'er thought for a moment, especially since she wasn't very familiar with the people around Zhang Fei. "If my guess is right, he sent Senior Feng Yao to help us, especially since she's the strongest among all his close people that I've met before."

"I think so, too." Ye Zhiqiu then showed four fingers. "So far, we've only met Senior Feng Yao, Boitata, Shen Xueyi, and Shen Yu. It's undeniable that she's the strongest among them, especially since her cultivation has reached the Divine Manifestation Realm. Have you ever met Zhang Fei's other women before?"

Bai Tian'er nodded to her. "I met three other women in Zhang Fei's shop, but I don't know their names. Additionally, he had a relationship with Huan Ya, and she acknowledged him as her master."

"Who is Huan Ya?" Ying Shanhu asked.

"Huan Ya is one of Lian Jianshu's five bodyguards, and Zhang Fei's shop is the former shop of the Alchemy Union." Ying Shanhu and the others looked at Bai Tian'er in shock. "I'm sure Senior Feng Yao helped him fight that organization, or else he wouldn't have been able to chase them out and take over their shop."

"Sigh." Yu Chongming suddenly sighed. "Zhang Fei is much younger than us, and his cultivation is far below ours, yet all his abilities make me feel inferior. If it weren't for him, some of us wouldn't have made it past the first floor of the Star Tower."

"I agree with you." Huang Chi spoke. "If it weren't for Zhang Fei's plans, Emperor Xian would have reconsidered sending us to invade this kingdom, and his plans have enabled us to proceed smoothly."

All of them nodded in agreement with Huang Chi. Yan Luo then asked. "Hey, Tian'er, did your mother attend the wedding of Zhang Fei and Princess Xianqin a few days ago?"

"Yes." Bai Tian'er responded with a nod. "My mother attended their wedding, and she told me that Zhang Fei had dozens of wives. She didn't know their identities because they closed themselves off from the public, but she said that one of them was powerful, and she might be stronger than Senior Feng Yao."

"Zhang Fei is truly a lucky man! So many beautiful and powerful women surround him! Despite being a woman, I can't help but feel envious of him." Yuan Luo then turned to Ximen Chuixue. "Brother, we must complete our tasks in this kingdom as soon as possible, especially since we will be getting married in three weeks."

Ximen Chuixue nodded to his future wife. "I want to complete our task here as quickly as possible, and I hope we can do so before our wedding day. Otherwise, we will have to postpone it."

"No!" Yuan Luo exclaimed, shaking his head. "I don't want to postpone our wedding! If we don't finish by then, I will arrange for Zhang Fei to pick us up, preventing the need to postpone our wedding."

"Haha." Ru Yanyue laughed at that. "Why are you so impatient to get married?"

"We have been lovers for a long time, so I want to marry Brother Chui as soon as possible." Yuan Luo glanced at Yu Chongming and asked. "What about you and Brother Yu? Don't you two like each other?"

Ru Yanyue and Yu Chongming immediately turned their faces away, as they had no intention of answering Yuan Luo's question. Their behavior amused Yan Luo and the others.

Yuan Luo then asked Bai Tian'er. "What about you? Does Zhang Fei still reject you?"

"Don't you already know the answer?" Bai Tian'er responded with a shake of her head. "We should rest now, and we will continue our journey early in the morning. Although Senior Feng Yao is protecting us, we cannot rely on her for everything, and we must still take turns guarding."

Xuan Wuji then spoke to her. "You, Yuan Luo, Ye Zhiqiu, and Ru Yanyue can rest first. The six of us will guard."

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In another region of the Zhou Kingdom, Xian Qifeng was resting with his wife and team members, but their condition was not as good as Bai Tian'er's group, and some of them had suffered quite serious injuries.

After she examined their group members, Luo Qinglin immediately spoke to her husband. "I think we should rest for a day or two, or they won't be able to continue our fight with the people from the Zhou Kingdom."

"You are right." Xian Qifeng replied with a heavy sigh. "I didn't expect that Zhou Xiaochuan would place some powerful cultivators in our area, and the soldiers under them are not weak cultivators either, making us completely overwhelmed. Since most of them suffered quite serious injuries, we will rest here until they recover. If they encounter difficulties during their recovery, I will allow them to return using the returned jade."

Her husband's decision brought Luo Qinglin relief. "Who do you think helped us before? If it weren't for that mysterious person's help, we would never have been able to defeat Zhou Xiaochuan's subordinates, and we would have died at their hands."

"That mysterious person is definitely not my father and uncle's subordinate." Xian Qifeng paused for a few moments while thinking. "Perhaps Zhang Fei sent that person to help us, but I don't know the identities of the people by his side other than the female senior cultivator we met at the Star Tower."

"Her name is Feng Yao." Xian Qifeng nodded to Luo Qinglin. "She came to this realm from the upper realms, and her cultivation is higher than that of our parents, so I think she is indeed the mysterious person who helped us before."

Xian Qifeng then pulled Luo Qinglin into his arms. "You can rest first, and I will monitor the situation around us."

"All right, I will replace you later." Luo Qinglin immediately lay her head on her husband's shoulder and closed her eyes.

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Meanwhile, Yun Aoxian's group had just arrived near the small waterfall. The female members, such as Li Yao and Su Zhen, were hurriedly cleaning their bodies. The men immediately made a bonfire and cleaned the wounds on their bodies.

"What about your injury, Qinghai?" Yun Aoxian asked his little brother.

Yun Qinghai shook his head. "My injuries are quite numerous, but none of them are serious. I have already taken a healing pill earlier, and all I need to do now is apply ointment to my injuries."

"That's good." Yun Aoxian nodded in relief. "Fortunately, our mother bought a lot of pills and ointments from Zhang Fei's shop, and their effects were much better than those of the Alchemy Union. Without them, we would have been seriously injured and unable to continue our journey."

"The people of the Zhou Kingdom sure are cunning, Brother Aoxian." Guo Jihai spoke. "They even used sneaky methods to attack us, and we would have died if that mysterious person hadn't helped us."

"You are too naive, Jihai." Guo Jihai frowned at Yun Aoxian. "In war, all means are lawful as long as we can achieve victory. Moreover, this kingdom is their territory, and they know it much better than we do. Therefore, we must exercise caution and thoughtful consideration before taking any action while remaining vigilant to any changes in the situation."

Guo Jihai let out a soft sigh. "Unlike you, I have never participated in a war, so I am not familiar with tactics and battlefields."

"I know." Yun Aoxian then asked him. "How about you join me at the army barracks? There, you can meet many soldiers who have experienced many wars, and you can learn directly from them."

"Hmm?" Guo Jihai thought for a moment before nodding in agreement. "All right, I will join you, but we have to finish this mission first."

Yun Aoxian looked far away. "We should be close to the core area of the Zhou Kingdom, and we will probably arrive at their capital in a few days, but we will not infiltrate there directly. Zhou Xiaochuan may be away from his kingdom, but there are too many powerful cultivators there, and the demons might help them."

Before long, Li Yao and Su Zhen had returned, so the three men took turns guarding and cleaning their bodies. After that, they immediately rested before continuing their journey tomorrow.

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Above the Zhou Kingdom's sky, Feng Yao stood alone, watching the cultivators from the Yun and Xian Kingdoms. "Compared to Yun Aoxian and the others, Ximen Chuixue and his group are more worthy to be Zhang Fei's subordinates. However, Ye Zhiqiu has the greatest potential among them, but she will never be able to unleash her full potential before she goes to the upper realms. Bai Tian'er is not bad, but she is mentally weak, and she will meet a dead end sooner or later. If she can't overcome that, she will never be able to become a powerful cultivator, let alone become his subordinate."

Feng Yao then looked towards the east, particularly the location of the Bai Kingdom. "That brat has once again added another woman to his harem. Unfortunately, that woman had already reached her limit, and she wouldn't be able to progress any further, so she would no longer be of use to him when he reached her level."

[Master, why are you so eager to help Zhang Fei? Do you want to help him because he is the next ten-tailed fox? Or have you fallen in love with him?] A woman suddenly asked Feng Yao in her mind.

"Haha." Feng Yao softly laughed in response. A young woman materialized before her, her entire body composed of fire. "Huo Ling, we've been together for several lifetimes, so you should already know everything about me, right?"1

Huo Ling nodded to Feng Yao. [Well, I know everything about you. However, I feel that you have become much more cunning than in all your past lives, and you even fooled your current parents with your innocent looks.]

"I never fooled them." Feng Yao denied it with a shake of her head. "After all, they were born in these three mortal realms, so their minds are too shallow to understand me. Even those guys in the Star Tower, who were born in the Paradise Realm, couldn't see through me. Regarding Zhang Fei, he is simple to understand, yet he can also be difficult to understand at times."

[Oh? Even your nirvana eyes can't see through his mind and heart?]

"I can see his mind and heart with my nirvana eyes, but there is something inside him that often prevents me from investigating him more deeply. I have repeatedly checked his body, but I can't find the source." Feng Yao's answer confused Huo Ling. "Even if Zhang Fei succeeds in becoming the ten-tailed fox in the future, he is still not worthy to be my husband. If he wants to get me as his wife, he must first go to the Paradise Realm, where he will face many tough challenges."

[Do you think Zhang Fei can really set foot in our realm?]

"Yes." Feng Yao replied with an affirmative nod. "You have heard that the will of the universe summoned Zhang Fei and talked with him, so I believe he will succeed in setting foot in our realm."

[I hope you are right, Master. You've reincarnated several times in search of the right person, but you've never managed to find the one. Zhang Fei is the most unique person we have ever met, and if he fails, we will never succeed in finding the right person.]

Feng Yao smiled at that. "Don't worry, he won't fail."

After that, Huo Ling returned to Feng Yao's body, and the phoenix princess disappeared from that place immediately.

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Zhang Fei had just finished having fun with Han Yuanzhi, who immediately fell asleep due to exhaustion. He immediately dressed and left the Han Clan, but he did not return to his residence.

Zhang Fei first went to the Bai royal palace, but he did not meet Huan Ya. Instead, he went underground, where he found a sealed door.

[Master, this formation is too strong for you right now, but you might be able to ask Fa Zhen for help to breach it.]

"Can you check the room behind it, Mei?"

[Unfortunately, this formation blocks the system's sensor, so I can't check the room behind it. If you are curious, you can use your third clone to meet and ask Linghu Yincheng. I'm sure she will know, as she is the empress of this kingdom.]

"My third clone is still dual soul cultivating with Shang Xinyu and Shang Yifen, so I'll go see Linghu Yincheng later." As soon as Zhang Fei disappeared from the place, a black shadow appeared from under the sealed door, but it immediately disappeared back inside.

When Zhang Fei arrived at his residence, he found almost everyone busy cultivating in their respective rooms, with some already fast asleep.

However, Zhang Fei was surprised to find Shen Huang sitting alone near the southern ocean, especially considering that she almost never left her room each time he brought her out of the training space.

Zhang Fei quickly approached Shen Huang and inquired. "Why are you daydreaming here? Are you thinking about something?"

"I'm not thinking about anything." Shen Huang replied with a shake of his head. "I just want to enjoy the night sea breeze."

"Do you want to swim in the ocean?" Shen Huang turned to Zhang Fei with a raised eyebrow. "Hey! You are a sea serpent, and you are used to living in an underwater cave. Since we came to this realm, you have never once swum in the sea because the beasts inside are much stronger than you, so I thought you missed swimming in the sea."

Shen Huang nodded at him. "You're right; I miss swimming in the sea freely like in the past."

"So what are we waiting for?" Zhang Fei extended his hand to Shen Huang. "I will accompany you on your swim, and I will use my heavenly fox aura to keep those aquatic beasts away from us, allowing you to swim to your heart's content."

"All right."

Once they arrived there, they immediately jumped into the ocean, and Shen Huang transformed into her sea serpent form before swimming quickly. Meanwhile, Zhang Fei swam beside her without any Qi protection and spread his heavenly fox aura as far as possible, preventing those aquatic beasts from approaching.

'How can you breathe underwater?'

Zhang Fei told Shen Huang directly. 'I've been mimicking Angela's alternate respiration ability for a long time, but I hardly ever use it because I rarely go underwater. As long as I use her ability, I can breathe freely underwater like aquatic beasts.'

'Shall we swim to the seabed?'

'Sure!' Zhang Fei's transformation into a black sea serpent left Shen Huang stunned. 'Why are you stunned? I have a special transformation technique thanks to my demon form; I can transform myself into all types of demons, including this serpent demon.'

'Do you know that nothing about you is normal?'

'Hahaha!

After that, Zhang Fei and Shen Huang swam to the seabed, and they spent some time together there until two notifications appeared in his mind.

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[Ding]

[ Daily Quest: Absorb 100,000 Qi.]

[Reward: 1,000 bronze coins.]

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[Daily Quest: Killing 500 beasts or demon beasts in the Earth realm or above.]

[Reward: Daily gift pack x1.]

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Shortly after, both of them hurried back to the surface and returned to their human forms, but Zhang Fei suddenly pushed Shen Huang down onto the beach sand. "What are you doing?"

"Why don't you still want to admit your feelings to me?" Zhang Fei asked her back.

"I've told you too many times that I don't have any feelings for you." Shen Huang denied it by shaking her head. "I've always been grateful for the help and opportunities you've given me, but I really don't want to have those kinds of feelings anymore."

"Is that so?" Shen Huang wanted to deny it again, but Zhang Fei immediately sealed her lips, causing her eyes to widen.

Shen Huang wanted to push Zhang Fei back, but her body suddenly heated up and reacted to his kiss, especially since he used his enhanced demon touch on her.

'Ugh! Does he want to force me to be his woman?' As her lust was aroused, Shen Huang closed her eyes and returned Zhang Fei's kiss, which delighted him.

Zhang Fei became bolder by leading Shen Huang into a passionate French kiss, but he did nothing else to her besides kissing her.

- To Be Continued -

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