Li Feng watched expressionlessly as Nan Gong Wu and Nan Gong Xin left. He was not unaware of what their departure meant. However, for Li Feng, Li Xin Yu was far more important than the Nan Gong family.
The reason he wanted the Nan Gong family to become his affiliated family was that he valued their deep foundation. But the foundation Li Xin Yu possessed now surpassed that of the Nan Gong family by far. Moreover, Li Xin Yu was his cousin and currently very close to him.
If he had to choose between the Nan Gong family and Li Xin Yu, Li Feng would choose Li Xin Yu without hesitation. After all, Li Xin Yu was one of his own people, while the Nan Gong family was not.
Of course, if Li Feng had not brought Li Xin Yu along earlier, none of this would have happened. Given Li Xin Yu’s condition, he naturally knew what bringing her here would imply, yet he deliberately did so.
This was actually Li Feng’s test for the Nan Gong family. Gaining one more affiliated family would indeed give him another force under his command, but it would also add another burden. Not just any family could become his affiliated family.
Li Feng’s understanding of the Nan Gong family was limited to the influence Ge Feng and Ge Ying had over them. As for other details, he knew nothing at all. Therefore, even though he wanted the Nan Gong family to become his affiliated family, he still had to put them through a test.
However, Nan Gong Wu’s explosive temper greatly disappointed Li Feng. He felt the Nan Gong family had shown no sincerity by sending Nan Gong Wu.
So when he saw Nan Gong Wu taking Nan Gong Xin away, Li Feng made no attempt to stop them.
What Li Feng did not expect was that Nan Gong Wu, who had just reached the door, suddenly turned his head and looked back at him with a shocked expression.
“What are you doing?” Li Feng’s expression turned cold. He thought Nan Gong Wu was about to make a move.
Nan Gong Wu strode up to Li Feng and said to him, “Get out of the way.”
Get out of the way?
Li Feng was stunned. Behind him was Li Xin Yu. Could it be that Nan Gong Wu intended to attack Li Xin Yu? At this thought, Li Feng’s face grew even colder.
“Get out of the way,” Nan Gong Wu said coldly to Li Feng.
“Impossible.” A cold light flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. No matter how powerful the Nan Gong family was, if they dared to act here, he would make them pay in blood.
“Li Feng, move aside,” Nan Gong Wu said coldly while staring at him.
“I said it is impossible. What do you want to do? Are you, an old man, really planning to attack a young girl?” Li Feng stared back at Nan Gong Wu with equal coldness. The true qi inside him began to rise.
“Third Grandfather?” Nan Gong Xin came to Nan Gong Wu’s side and looked at him nervously. Nan Gong Wu had a fiery temper. Surely he was not really going to fight here. This was Tian Ya Pavilion, Li Feng’s territory. Starting a fight would bring them no advantage. Moreover, even if the Nan Gong family could not become Li Feng’s affiliated family, Nan Gong Xin still felt they should not make an enemy of him.
“Fight?” Nan Gong Wu was stunned for a moment, then realised his reaction had been misunderstood.
At this thought, Nan Gong Wu gave a cold snort and glanced at Li Xin Yu behind Li Feng. “Li Feng, is she your sister?”
“Yes.”
“Then what is she doing?” Nan Gong Wu asked immediately.
“Resting with her eyes closed,” Li Feng replied. His heart skipped a beat. Judging from Nan Gong Wu’s earlier reaction, could it be that Nan Gong Wu had noticed something?
At this thought, a cold glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. If Nan Gong Wu had truly seen something, he would not mind silencing him permanently.
“Resting with her eyes closed?” Nan Gong Wu gave a cold laugh and looked at Li Feng. “I am afraid that is not merely resting with her eyes closed. If I am not mistaken, she is cultivating her divine sense.”
“I do not understand what you mean,” Li Feng said, his gaze turning icy.
“Haha, I never expected such a young girl to already possess divine sense. It seems this little girl is quite extraordinary,” Nan Gong Wu said with a loud laugh.
Li Feng stared coldly at Nan Gong Wu, weighing whether to kill him on the spot to eliminate any future trouble.
“What is it, Li Feng? Are you thinking of killing me to silence me?” Nan Gong Wu said with a cold smile while looking at him.
Nan Gong Xin’s expression changed. She spoke coldly, “Li Feng, what do you mean? My third grandfather and I came to find you this time. Not only were you rude from the start, but now you even want to kill to silence us. What do you take our Nan Gong family for?”
Li Feng ignored Nan Gong Xin and kept his eyes fixed on Nan Gong Wu. “I did not expect you to know quite a lot. It seems I underestimated you.”
“I never imagined, never imagined that this little girl is actually cultivating divine sense.” After receiving Li Feng’s confirmation, a trace of shock flashed in Nan Gong Wu’s eyes. It was common knowledge among modern people that only those at the innate realm possessed divine sense. Even though the Nan Gong family had a legacy of several thousand years and their clan records mentioned divine sense, the people of the Nan Gong family believed that times had changed and divine sense now belonged only to the innate realm.
Nan Gong Wu was at the innate realm and also possessed divine sense. Earlier, as he was leaving, he sensed the fluctuation of Li Xin Yu’s divine sense. That was why he stopped and stared intently at her, trying to confirm whether she was indeed cultivating divine sense.
Li Xin Yu could not possibly be an innate realm expert, yet she possessed divine sense. How could this not shock Nan Gong Wu?
In that moment, Nan Gong Wu recalled the records about divine sense in the family classics, and a bright light flickered in his eyes.
“Li Feng, Third Grandfather, what are you two talking about? What is this divine sense?” Nan Gong Xin looked completely puzzled. She had no idea what divine sense was.
“Li Feng, it seems we need to have a proper talk,” Nan Gong Wu said, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. No wonder Li Feng had thought his voice was too loud earlier. It was because he was worried about disturbing Li Xin Yu’s divine sense cultivation. It turned out he had wrongly blamed Li Feng.
Although he did not know why Li Xin Yu was cultivating divine sense here, Nan Gong Wu knew this was not the time to argue about it. Li Xin Yu was Li Feng’s sister and had possessed divine sense at such a young age. Since Li Feng had reached half-step innate, did that also mean Li Feng possessed divine sense?
A half-step innate Li Feng would surely grow into a major figure in the future. But if he already possessed divine sense at the half-step innate stage, then his future achievements would be limitless.
Because according to the Nan Gong family classics, the earlier the sea of consciousness was opened, the greater the benefits for a martial artist.
Li Feng looked at Nan Gong Wu with some surprise. The old man’s attitude had changed far too quickly for him to keep up.
A thought suddenly came to Li Feng’s mind. Could it be that everything Nan Gong Wu had done earlier was to test him?
However, since Nan Gong Wu was willing to sit down and talk, Li Feng was more than happy to do so.
Nan Gong Xin looked at Nan Gong Wu, then at Li Feng. She did not quite understand what they meant, but she realised her third grandfather’s drastic change in attitude was because of divine sense.
But what exactly was divine sense? Why had it caused her third grandfather’s attitude to shift so dramatically in an instant?
“Let me introduce myself. I am Nan Gong Wu, Xin’er’s third grandfather. The head of the Nan Gong family, Nan Gong Ke, is my elder brother,” Nan Gong Wu said after sitting down again.
“So it is Third Master,” Li Feng said, his eyes flickering. The Nan Gong family had actually sent Nan Gong Wu. It seemed they truly attached great importance to his proposal.
“Li Feng, before we discuss anything else, I would like to confirm one thing with you,” Nan Gong Wu said seriously while looking at him.
“Third Master, please speak,” Li Feng replied in a deep voice.
“I want to know whether you possess divine sense,” Nan Gong Wu said while staring intently at Li Feng.
“If I am not mistaken, Third Master is an innate expert, correct?” Li Feng asked, answering with a question.
Nan Gong Wu nodded. It was not surprising that Li Feng thought he was an innate expert. After all, in his view, Li Feng had reached half-step innate strength.
“If you are an innate expert, then Third Master also possesses divine sense,” Li Feng said. He then released his divine sense and pressed it towards Nan Gong Wu.
Nan Gong Wu sensed Li Feng releasing divine sense and quickly released his own to meet it.
Boom!
The two strands of divine sense collided fiercely. In an instant, Nan Gong Wu’s face turned pale. He clearly felt the force of Li Feng’s divine sense attack. His own divine sense collapsed instantly. Fortunately, Li Feng did not press the advantage, otherwise his soul would have suffered serious damage.
Nan Gong Wu looked at Li Feng, shock flashing in his eyes.
“Li Feng, what did you do to my third grandfather?” Nan Gong Xin’s expression changed greatly. Furious, she charged towards Li Feng. At that moment, she still thought Li Feng had used some despicable and shameless method against Nan Gong Wu.
“Get out of my way,” Li Feng said as he waved his hand, forcing Nan Gong Xin back to the side. With her current strength, Li Feng could kill her with a single finger.
“Li Feng, you…”
Before Nan Gong Xin could finish, Nan Gong Wu spoke. “Xin’er, I am fine.”
“Third Grandfather, are you really all right?” Nan Gong Xin looked at Nan Gong Wu with worry. She knew he was an innate expert, yet his face had turned deathly pale just now. How could he be fine?
Nan Gong Wu waved his hand dismissively, then looked at Li Feng and sighed. “Your divine sense is truly powerful.”
“Powerful? It is just that your divine sense is too weak. At the second level of the acquired stage, I could extinguish you with a single thought,” Li Feng said with a smile.
“Second level of the acquired stage divine sense? Li Feng, does divine sense also have realms?” Nan Gong Wu was stunned and looked at Li Feng in confusion.
“Of course. The realms of divine sense are the same as the realms of cultivation. However, with your current strength, possessing divine sense at the second level of the acquired stage is already quite rare,” Li Feng said with a nod.
Modern martial artists could only awaken divine sense after breaking through to the innate realm. Although he did not know exactly which level of the innate realm Nan Gong Wu had reached, without a divine sense cultivation method, it was already impressive for Nan Gong Wu to have reached the second level of the acquired stage in divine sense.
“Then what about your divine sense…” Nan Gong Wu asked.
“Mine? My divine sense is at the first level of the innate stage,” Li Feng replied.
“What? Your divine sense is at the first level of the innate stage?” Shock flashed in Nan Gong Wu’s eyes as he looked at Li Feng in disbelief.
“Yes,” Li Feng nodded.
“I never imagined, never imagined,” Nan Gong Wu said, shock flickering in his eyes. After a long silence, he slowly spoke. “Li Feng, if you want our Nan Gong family to become your affiliated family, it is possible. But our Nan Gong family has three conditions.”
