“Master, there must be a way. There must be a way to fully restore you.”
Chu Feng’s face was full of worry. He did not want anything bad to happen to the old cow-nosed Taoist.
Yet the old cow-nosed Taoist possessed heaven-defying abilities, power that the current Chu Feng could not hope to reach.
If even the old cow-nosed Taoist had no solution, what could Chu Feng do?
Though Chu Feng said there must still be a way, his heart was already in chaos, his composure lost.
“Don’t panic first. There is indeed a method, but it will require you to make a trip.”
The old cow-nosed Taoist smiled as he spoke.
“Master, what method?”
Chu Feng asked hurriedly.
“To fully recover, I have long been searching for something that can perfectly fuse with my body and soul, something to heal me completely.”
“And I really did find one. It is a heavenly wonder with the talent of a hundred transformations and the effect of healing souls. Before it matured, I infused my power into its body, turning it into energy that can fuse with me.”
“Now, it should be nearly fully grown. This is the best time for me to fuse with it. If I wait until it fully matures and awakens, everything will be too late.”
“Originally, I should go myself, but this body needs rest and is not fit for travel. Besides, the Long family appears polite on the surface, but they are wary of us master and disciple.”
“They might let you leave, but they won’t let me go, not unless Long Xiaoxiao fully fuses with the power of the dragon vein source. Otherwise, I cannot leave the Long family.”
“Therefore, you must go and bring back that heavenly wonder so I can fuse with it,” the old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“Master, where is it? This disciple will set off at once.”
Chu Feng said.
“It is not in the Sacred Light Milky Way, but in the Nine Souls Milky Way.”
“In the Nine Souls Milky Way, within the Ascending Upper Realm of the Gathering Star Domain, there is a mountain range.”
“That heavenly wonder is hidden at the foot of one of those mountains.”
As the old cow-nosed Taoist spoke, he laboriously raised his hand, releasing boundary power from his fingers to sketch a map of the mountain range.
Just looking at the map, Chu Feng could tell the range was extraordinary.
Yet the old cow-nosed Taoist ultimately locked onto an unremarkable small hill.
Then he withdrew the formation. The vast map that had blotted out the sky above immediately shrank into a tiny ball and fell into Chu Feng’s hand.
Next, the old cow-nosed Taoist took two items from his Cosmos Sack.
One was a boundary key.
The other was more complex, a sack inscribed with intricate patterns and powerful formations.
“Chu Feng, take this boundary key. It can break my boundary and let you enter.”
“Then use this sack to seal the heavenly wonder and bring it back.”
“Remember, if the heavenly wonder has already awakened, flee at once. Do not engage.”
The old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“Master, if it has awakened, is it useless to you?”
Chu Feng asked.
“No.”
The old cow-nosed Taoist shook his head before continuing.
“This heavenly wonder has the talent of a hundred transformations and is excellent for healing, but it also has a greatly evil nature.”
“Back then, I took advantage of its weakness, erased its intelligence, and controlled it, infusing my power into it.”
“But if it reaches maturity, not only will its intelligence return, but its memories too.”
“A mature version will be stronger than me. I dare not approach it, let alone you?”
The old cow-nosed Taoist said.
“So a mature one can still fuse with Master, but because its power is too great, it cannot be controlled?”
Chu Feng asked.
“Yes.”
The old cow-nosed Taoist nodded, but soon warned again.
“Chu Feng, this thing is vicious by nature. If mature, it will surely be an evil that brings calamity to all living beings.”
“Logically, when I discovered such a heavenly wonder, I should have killed it outright.”
“It was my greed, wanting to use it to heal my wounds, that made me keep it.”
“If it truly matures, flee far away. Never confront it head-on.”
“As for my injuries, they are not yet incurable. If we cannot retrieve it, we will find another way.”
Though the old cow-nosed Taoist said this, his weakened state made Chu Feng truly fear he could not hold on much longer.
Most importantly, if not for helping suppress the Qilin egg, even if the old illness recurred, it would not have been so severe.
In Chu Feng’s view, his master’s condition was caused by him.
So alongside self-blame came heartache.
Especially since his master, in this state, still worried for his safety. Chu Feng felt even more ashamed and remorseful.
Chu Feng had resolved that, as long as there was the slightest chance, he would subdue and bring back the heavenly wonder.
But fearing his master would worry, he answered obediently.
“Master, rest assured. This disciple will follow your instructions exactly and not act rashly.”
Afterwards, Chu Feng took the old cow-nosed Taoist and left the Long family ancestral ground.
When the Long family saw the old cow-nosed Taoist’s appearance, they were greatly shocked, their faces full of concern on the surface.
Naturally, the old cow-nosed Taoist would not say it was due to suppressing the Qilin egg for Chu Feng and his own grave illness.
He claimed it was from activating the dragon vein source earlier.
This made the Long clansmen deeply ashamed.
Yet even in this state, when he proposed leaving the Long family to recuperate, the Long clan leader tried hard to detain him.
Chu Feng and the old cow-nosed Taoist both knew the clan leader was not truly worried about the Taoist, but feared Long Xiaoxiao failing to fuse the dragon vein source and wanted him to stay and help.
With no choice, Chu Feng made an excuse to leave and seek healing medicine for the old cow-nosed Taoist.
The Long clan leader did not stop Chu Feng’s departure and even saw him off personally.
But as Chu Feng was about to use the Long family’s teleportation formation to leave, the clan leader warned gravely.
“Young friend Chu Feng, keep Xiaoxiao’s matter absolutely secret. If it leaks, especially to the Sacred Light Clan, not only will Xiaoxiao lose her life, but the entire Long family will suffer.”
The clan leader’s words carried no threat, but Chu Feng knew the matter was indeed critical.
Though Long Xiaoxiao was now the Long family’s hope, if word spread, she would become a thorn in the Sacred Light Clan’s side, a threat to their status.
Even without the clan leader’s reminder, Chu Feng would never breathe a word.
“Clan leader, rest assured. This junior knows his limits. Not half a word will escape.”
With that, Chu Feng stepped directly into the Long family’s internal teleportation formation.
However, though the Long family’s formation was impressive, it could only reach places within the Sacred Light Milky Way.
To reach the Nine Souls Milky Way, Chu Feng had to go to another location.
There, an ancient teleportation formation existed, little-known but capable of direct travel to the Nine Souls Milky Way.
