“By the way, Brother Chu Feng, your big sister needs to go into seclusion for a while. Does your Chu Heavenly Clan have a place for me to use?” Bai Liluo asked Chu Feng.
Before Chu Feng could respond, the Chu Heavenly Clan’s leader quickly spoke up, “Yes, it would be an honour for our clan if you wish to seclude yourself here. We’ll prepare the best seclusion site for you.”
“May I ask when you’ll need it?”
“Thank you for the trouble.”
“I need it now,” Bai Liluo said.
“Sister Liluo, you’re going into seclusion now?” Chu Feng asked.
“Yes, right now, immediately,” Bai Liluo said with a beaming smile.
She patted Chu Feng’s shoulder, “Come on, don’t look so glum. Don’t you trust your big sister?”
“That black-furred spirit almost got refined by me. Do you think I can’t handle the curse it left on me?”
Hearing this, Chu Feng smiled, “Of course I trust you, Sister.”
After that, Bai Liluo truly began her seclusion within the Chu Heavenly Clan.
But once she was gone, the smile vanished from Chu Feng’s face.
Though he trusted Bai Liluo, he had seen how formidable the black-furred spirit was.
He couldn’t help but worry about the curse still affecting her.
He didn’t want Bai Liluo to suffer its pain forever.
“Friend Chu Feng, you and that young lady seem to have an extraordinary bond,” Master Liangqiu said to Chu Feng as they left Bai Liluo’s seclusion site.
“We’ve been through life-and-death together,” Chu Feng replied.
His words confirmed to Master Liangqiu that Bai Liluo was indeed very important to Chu Feng.
“Curses are tricky, ordinary spirit techniques struggle to deal with them.”
“But if a curse can be cast, it can be undone. Nothing in this world is truly unbreakable.”
“I once met someone whose spirit techniques were limited, but he was a master of curses, skilled at both casting and breaking them.”
“But it’s been years, I don’t know if he’s still around,” Master Liangqiu said.
Chu Feng’s eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, “Senior, who is this person, and do you know where he is?”
“I only met that friend once, I only know his surname is Tang, not his full name.”
“He’s not from the Ancestral Martial Starfield but from the All Heavens Starfield.”
“As for where he is…”
“He left me an address, said it was his hometown, where he’d settle someday, and invited me to visit.”
“That place is in the Reincarnation Upper Realm of the All Heavens Starfield, southeast of the Seven Yang Mountain Range, in Qiuluo Village,” Master Liangqiu said.
“Reincarnation Upper Realm, Seven Yang Mountain Range?”
Chu Feng’s eyes widened in surprise.
“What’s wrong, Friend Chu Feng?” Master Liangqiu asked, noticing his reaction.
“Nothing,” Chu Feng said, shaking his head with a smile.
“It’s a bit risky, being in the All Heavens Starfield.”
“But with your spirit techniques, if you disguise yourself, few would see through it,” Master Liangqiu added.
The Reincarnation Upper Realm was in the All Heavens Starfield, ruled by the All Heavens Sect.
Master Liangqiu assumed Chu Feng’s reaction was due to fear of the All Heavens Sect.
But that wasn’t the case.
Chu Feng was already planning to go to the All Heavens Starfield.
He needed to find the friend of Old Daoist Ox-Nose, to break an array set by that friend, fulfilling a promise between them.
And that friend lived in the Reincarnation Upper Realm of the All Heavens Starfield.
This was already a remarkable coincidence.
But the most astonishing part was that Old Daoist Ox-Nose’s friend not only lived in the Reincarnation Upper Realm but resided in the Seven Yang Mountain Range itself.
This incredible overlap was what surprised Chu Feng.
“Clan Leader, I need to leave the Ancestral Martial Starfield for a while,” Chu Feng said to the Chu Heavenly Clan’s leader.
“To find a way to break the curse?” the leader asked.
“Not just that, I also need to complete a task Senior Daoist entrusted to me.”
“So this trip might take some time,” Chu Feng said.
“Very well,” the leader replied.
He knew the protective array that nearly destroyed the Linghu Heavenly Clan and Chu Feng’s divine body were thanks to Old Daoist Ox-Nose.
He understood that Old Daoist Ox-Nose was a great benefactor to Chu Feng and the clan.
A benefactor’s task couldn’t be neglected.
“Chu Feng, I haven’t visited that friend in ages. Why don’t we go together?” Master Liangqiu offered.
“No need to trouble you, Senior. I’ll handle this myself,” Chu Feng replied.
He knew Master Liangqiu’s connection to this friend wasn’t deep, or he would’ve visited over the years.
Master Liangqiu’s offer was likely to protect Chu Feng.
But Chu Feng didn’t want to involve him, feeling that completing Old Daoist Ox-Nose’s task alone was a way to honour him.
With his decision made, Chu Feng set off immediately.
Since the All Heavens Starfield bordered the Ancestral Martial Starfield, Chu Feng could reach the Reincarnation Upper Realm directly via the teleportation array in the Great Thousand Upper Realm.
But the distance between starfields was far greater than between upper realms.
So the journey would take longer.
To help Chu Feng arrive faster, Master Liangqiu lent him a treasure that could speed up travel within ancient teleportation arrays.
Such a treasure was invaluable, and Chu Feng was reluctant to accept it.
But eager to reach the All Heavens Starfield quickly, he borrowed it temporarily.
When Chu Feng left, Master Liangqiu, Gu Mingyuan, the Chu Heavenly Clan’s leader, Chu Xuanzhengfa, and Chu Lingxi saw him off.
As they watched Chu Feng board the ancient teleportation array and vanish within it, Chu Lingxi turned to Gu Mingyuan.
“Mother, let’s return to the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.”
“Lingxi, why the sudden urge to go back?” Gu Mingyuan asked, surprised.
She knew Chu Lingxi was more attached to the Chu Heavenly Clan and had always wanted to return during her training at the Wanzhou Ancient Clan.
Gu Mingyuan had thought Chu Lingxi wouldn’t easily go back after returning.
So her sudden request surprised her.
“I need to train hard, or I’ll never catch up to my brother Chu Feng,” Chu Lingxi said with a smile.
Gu Mingyuan was both surprised and delighted, her smile wide with joy.
She was thrilled, a rare sight for her to smile so openly.
The Chu Heavenly Clan’s leader, Master Liangqiu, and Chu Xuanzhengfa were puzzled by her intense joy.
Unsure why she was so happy, Gu Mingyuan asked Chu Lingxi with a tentative tone, “Lingxi, are you sure?”
