17: Please punish me, Saint!

“Go inform Chongxuan Pavilion.”

Li Zhengyang looked at Gu Yan, who was suppressed within the Soul Sealing Array, and instructed a Li family powerhouse beside him.

After the powerhouses left, Li Zhengyang, standing outside the array, sneered, “What a joke. With just a Saint-tier Cultivation Technique, you think our Li family would offend a Saint for you? You’re dreaming.”

The Li family’s intelligence network was extremely strong, and they were very clear that on the day the Saint from Chongxuan Pavilion appeared, he lavishly threw out hundreds of catties of Saint-tier Cultivation Techniques!

Was this an existence their Li family could afford to provoke?

Even without a warrant, if Li Zhengyang had a hundred thousand guts, he wouldn't dare to shelter Gu Yan.

Let alone help him!

The Li family didn't want to die!

Li Zhengyang snorted coldly and turned to leave.

Two hours later.

An old man in ragged robes flew from the horizon.

Immediately, a plump man, round in figure, scurried over, “Xu Elder.”

“This time, we owe it to the Li Family Head. If it weren't for your intervention, Gu Yan might have really escaped.”

This old man in somewhat ragged robes was precisely Xu Elder of Chongxuan Pavilion. He rushed over as soon as he received the news from the Li family.

Hearing Xu Elder’s words, the Li Family Head smiled bitterly and said to Xu Elder, “I am truly sorry. We had already captured this little beast, but we underestimated his hidden strength.”

“This little beast somehow broke through our Li family’s Soul Sealing Array and actually escaped.”

At this point, the Li Family Head was extremely helpless.

The Li family had actually taken it quite seriously, but they didn't expect this Gu Yan to indeed have some capability.

He was a bit nervous at this moment!

Fearing the Saint’s wrath.

“Escaped?”

Xu Elder was startled upon hearing this, but he said nothing, after all, the Li family had helped out of good intentions.

Moreover, even Chongxuan Pavilion’s Nether Cliff couldn't hold Gu Yan, so it didn't seem strange that he could escape from the Li family’s grand array.

Looking at the apologetic and somewhat anxious Li Family Head, Xu Elder waved his hand and said, “It's fine. Thank you, Li Family Head, for your help. Half a month from now, we will have a concubine-receiving ceremony in our pavilion, and we hope the Li family can attend.”

Hearing Xu Elder’s polite reply, the already apologetic Li Family Head quickly waved his hand and said, “Of course. This is a Saint’s wedding; we will definitely prepare a generous gift and come.”

His tone was full of envy.

Chongxuan Pavilion truly had good fortune!

Although it was just taking a concubine, this was a magnificent Saint who could produce hundreds of catties of Saint-tier Cultivation Techniques!

Although the title might not sound good, now that the news had spread, which transcendent force in the entire Xuan Realm didn't envy Chongxuan Pavilion?

...

A mud pit.

Gu Yan, who had narrowly escaped the Li family’s array by relying on the power of the Void Realm, was now hiding in the mud of a pit, reeking of foul odor.

“Damn it! Damn it!”

He roared in his heart.

Li family!

This grudge today, I will definitely settle it with you in the future!

You tricked me out of half a Saint-tier Cultivation Technique, and then you crossed the river and tore down the bridge, trying to capture me and send me back to Chongxuan Pavilion.

If it weren't for the mysterious door helping him, he might have been captured again by now!

“What now?”

“The transcendent forces I know that have the means to help me get to Xiao Zhu Realm are only these few.”

Gu Yan closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the irritation in his heart, and pondered how to break the situation.

“Next, there's only the Ji family. If the Ji family doesn't help…”

Gu Yan’s heart felt as heavy as if it were pressed by a large stone!

If the Ji family didn't help, he would truly be at his wit's end.

To return to Xiao Zhu Realm, he would have to find another way.

He actually didn't want to approach the Ji family unless absolutely necessary.

Because his relationship with the Ji family was far from as good as with the previous few transcendent forces!

The Ji family Head, Ji Kong, had once looked down on him greatly.

If he hadn't fortunately saved the life of the Ji family’s Eldest Young Master, Ji Wenfeng, once!

At this moment, Gu Yan wouldn't even think of the Ji family, but he wasn't sure if they would be willing to help him.

If he was unlucky, the Li family incident might repeat itself!

After much thought, Gu Yan still decided to try his luck. This was his last resort.

A day later, Gu Yan quietly arrived at the Ji family. He contacted them using a secret method.

Not long after, a slender, graceful Young Master met him.

With a pale face and at the Early Stage of the Dragon Transformation Realm, it was precisely the Ji family’s Young Master, Ji Wenfeng.

“Brother Gu, long time no see. I never expected our next meeting to be under such circumstances.”

Ji Wenfeng looked at Gu Yan, who was covered in dirt and dressed in rags, feeling extremely emotional.

Gu Yan, however, did not relax. With the Li family’s precedent, he vigilantly said to Ji Wenfeng, “Brother Ji, you must know my current situation. All I want now is to use your Ji family’s channels to help me obtain a Two Realms Passage token so I can leave the Xuan Realm.”

Ji Wenfeng smiled softly and said to Gu Yan, “Brother Gu, you saved my life back then, so naturally, I should lend you a hand now.”

“I have already prepared a token for you.”

“Besides that, I have also collected some recent developments in the Xuan Realm for you, including information related to the Saint. Open it after you leave the Xuan Realm, otherwise, it might be perceived by the Saint.”

He seemed to have been prepared, taking out a six-pointed star token shimmering with silver light from his Arms and handing it to Gu Yan.

Gu Yan was startled, his heart filled with inexplicable emotion.

He felt the sincerity in Ji Wenfeng’s words, and looking at those clear eyes, Gu Yan knew that even though he had friends all over the world, he still had true friends after all.

He said earnestly, “Good brother, words cannot express it all. I, Gu, will remember your kindness today, and I will surely repay it handsomely in the future.”

Ji Wenfeng shook his head and said, “I help you, Brother Gu, only to have a clear conscience. The situation is dangerous now, and it’s not advisable to linger here. You should leave first, and we can meet again when there’s an opportunity in the future.”

“Alright.”

Gu Yan unhesitatingly took the six-pointed star token and turned to fly towards a Two Realms Passage.

Looking at Gu Yan’s departing back, Ji Wenfeng sighed, “I never thought that the Prodigy of yesteryear would fall to such a state. Brother Gu, I can only help you this much.”

Watching Gu Yan disappear, Ji Wenfeng was filled with emotion. He still remembered when he first met Gu Yan, how he had emerged and suppressed many Prodigies from transcendent forces.

Even geniuses like Little Star Lord and Saintess Chenxi had to avoid his Edge. He never expected him to fall to such a state in less than a year.

And he was even personally hunted by Chongxuan Pavilion!

Offending a Saint truly made life difficult. He hoped Brother Gu could escape his predicament soon.

Just as Ji Wenfeng was sighing, a furious roar suddenly echoed in his ears: “Unfilial son! I should have shot you on the wall back then! Are you trying to get our Ji family killed?!”

After this thunderous voice reverberated.

A burly man, similar in appearance to Ji Wenfeng, appeared. His face was distorted with rage, and he raised his large hand, a terrifying force howling like wind and thunder!

Slap!

A single slap instantly turned Ji Wenfeng into a pulp of flesh!

Ji Wenfeng died just like that.

Killed by his father, the Ji family Head, Ji Kong, with tears in his eyes.

“Gu Yan! Don’t let me see you! It’s all because of you, little beast, that A’wen died!”

After killing Ji Wenfeng, Ji Kong was in tears, roaring up at the sky.

Ji Wenfeng, this child, was too gentle in nature, without any sharp edges, always a good-natured person.

The entire Ji family loved him very much!

But no one expected that it was precisely because of Ji Wenfeng’s personality that he brought about his own demise.

Who did Gu Yan offend? Did this fool Ji Wenfeng not know?

Chongxuan Pavilion had never fallen out of the top three among all transcendent forces in the Xuan Realm. And the Ji family could barely make it into the top ten!

Even Chongxuan Pavilion could only act as a dog for that Saint, so how could their Ji family possibly afford to provoke him?

After Ji Kong killed Ji Wenfeng, he placed him in a black stone coffin. His body grew dozens of times larger, and he personally carried the stone coffin, walking a hundred thousand li to the gates of Chongxuan Pavilion.

“Please, Saint, mete out your punishment.”

Ji Kong’s face was filled with sorrow. Outside the Chongxuan Pavilion mountain gate, he knelt on the ground, calling out to the sky.