23: Ji Kong's panic! Another ten-hit combo!

Qingyun Sword Sect, a deathly silence.

The Heavenly Origin Chessboard was still trembling slightly in mid-air.

Only the whistling mountain wind remained, gently blowing through the unhealed hole.

Ji Kong stared blankly at the hole below where Gu Yan had been snatched away; it was filled with Void Realm turbulence, and not a trace of Qi could be felt.

His face instantly turned pale.

A majestic Great Completion King was drenched in cold sweat after discovering Gu Yan had vanished!

"This is bad, Gu Yan was rescued."

"What if the Saint blames me?"

His heart was instantly filled with extreme panic.

Ji Kong had never imagined he would fail!

However, the appearance of those large hands just now was too sudden; even with his cultivation as a Great Completion King, he couldn't react in time. This greatly shocked Ji Kong!

"Who was the owner of that large hand?"

His mind was blank.

After a long while, he gradually came back to his senses.

"Half a month ago, there were indeed rumors of a Saint emerging in the Xiao Zhu Realm who shattered a large star. Later, the Xuan Realm powerhouses generally believed this Saint was the Chu Saint who is now in Chongxuan Pavilion."

"But now it seems that might not be the case!"

"Alas, it's fate, it's destiny."

"Perhaps this is the destiny of my Ji family."

This Gu Yan dared to contend with a Saint for a woman, and had already thoroughly offended the Saint.

Ji Kong knew that losing Gu Yan would be a grave sin!

He thought about escaping, but then reconsidered, could he escape?

It would be too easy for a Saint to find him.

Furthermore, he wasn't a lone wolf like Gu Yan; although the Ji family was severely weakened now, they still had such a large foundation. Where could he run to?

Reporting the situation quickly now might allow him to die with a bit more dignity and leave some legacy for the Ji family.

Understanding this, Ji Kong's face turned ashen, and he hurriedly returned to the Xuan Realm.

Upon returning to the Xuan Realm, Ji Kong once again arrived outside the Chongxuan Pavilion's mountain gate.

Before he could even speak to request an audience, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, space shifted, and he abruptly found himself in an ancient and elegant hall.

His pupils constricted as he saw a Black-robed Man lounging on a couch made entirely of North Xuan fragrant wood at the front.

The Black-robed Man casually glanced at him.

"Greetings, Chu Saint!"

Ji Kong immediately reacted, his robust body trembling, and he knelt on the ground, hastily reporting: "Ji Kong was incompetent and allowed Gu Yan to be rescued. I ask Chu Saint for punishment."

Chu Feng raised his eyelids, his gaze falling upon the Ji family head kneeling before him.

This person was decisive, clear-headed, and adaptable; he was quite a character.

He smiled faintly and said, "No matter, your mission is complete."

"Where Gu Yan went, or who rescued him, is not something a mere King like you could stop."

Mission complete?

Ji Kong was stunned, not expecting the Saint to be so magnanimous, without the slightest intention of blaming him.

He quickly kowtowed, "Thank you, Saint!"

What surprised him even more was yet to come.

Chu Feng waved his hand, and the kneeling Ji Kong was lifted by a vast and mighty force. Looking at the flattered Ji Kong, he continued, "I have always been fair in rewards and punishments. You did quite well in this matter, so I bestow upon you ten catties of Cultivation Technique."

Ji Kong's heart skipped a beat when he heard this.

He suspected his ears were playing tricks on him!

Not only was he acquitted, but he also received a reward??

Ten catties, Cultivation Technique?

Could it be...

He swallowed, then saw the Black-robed Man raise his arm, and a small mountain emitting a seven-colored glow suddenly appeared before him.

He was utterly dumbfounded, eagerly staring at these small mountains.

Every single one was Saint-tier!

"My heavens!"

Although he had been somewhat prepared, Ji Kong still trembled with excitement.

These book-like small mountains were all Saint-tier Cultivation Techniques!

He was completely stunned!

If Chu Feng's single finger had previously destroyed more than half of the Ji family's foundation, leaving a grudge in Ji Kong's heart.

But upon seeing these ten catties of Saint-tier Cultivation Techniques, all that vanished into thin air!

At this moment, Ji Kong's heart was filled only with gratitude!

These ten catties of Saint-tier Cultivation Techniques were enough to allow him to rebuild an even stronger Ji family!

The root of all this, ultimately, was Gu Yan's fault. What did it have to do with Chu Saint?

Ji Kong immediately declared, "Thank you, Chu Saint! Chu Saint's great kindness, I will never forget! My Ji family is willing to die for Chu Saint!"

"You may leave."

Chu Feng seemed indifferent to Ji Kong's declaration.

The Ji family was not yet qualified to be his followers.

It was only because this fellow chose to return and report.

If he had fled in fear of punishment, then the Ji family would no longer exist.

After Ji Kong respectfully withdrew, Chu Feng released his Great Emperor Divine Thought and swept through the Xiao Zhu Realm.

Gu Yan's Destiny Value was still quite high, so his ability to turn danger into safety once again did not surprise him at all.

He was more curious about who rescued Gu Yan?

What Ji Kong could think of, he naturally could as well. To take Gu Yan away from a Great Completion King without being noticed would at least require a Saint-level existence.

Chu Feng's Great Emperor Divine Thought instantly swept through the Xiao Zhu Realm, but he did not find Gu Yan's aura.

He wasn't in a hurry. Under the Great Emperor Divine Thought, unless it was also a Great Emperor, he would eventually be exposed. He began to examine it carefully.

"Speaking of which, Gu Yan dropped gold coins again just now. Exactly ten destiny treasure boxes. Let's do a ten-roll first."

Chu Feng wasn't idle while his Great Emperor Divine Thought swept through the Xiao Zhu Realm.

He looked at the ten brilliant treasure boxes floating in his God Ocean and decisively initiated another ten-roll draw.

[You opened a heavenly fate treasure chest, you obtained heavenly fate shard * 1.]

[You opened a heavenly fate treasure chest, you obtained fifty catties of Saint-tier Cultivation Technique.]

[You opened a heavenly fate treasure chest, you obtained one thousand tons of Saint-tier weapons.]

[You opened a heavenly fate treasure chest, you obtained heavenly fate shard * 1.]

[...]

[You opened a heavenly fate treasure chest, a golden flash passed, you obtained a Great Fate Talisman.]

[...]

As Chu Feng initiated the ten-roll draw, brilliant rays of light burst forth from the opened boxes!

Instantly, Chu Feng's God Ocean was filled with dazzling starlight, and countless treasures appeared in an instant.

"My luck is really good!"

"This ten-roll actually yielded three heavenly fate shards."

Chu Feng noticed that a considerable number of heavenly fate shards, exactly three, had burst out from this ten-roll draw.

Including the previous ones, he now had five heavenly fate shards.

He was now only five heavenly fate shards away from synthesizing a heavenly fate key, and this item was related to unlocking his next identity, which made Chu Feng quite expectant.

"They gave me so much toilet paper again. I haven't even used up the last batch."

Chu Feng glanced at the new small mountain in his God Ocean and shook his head helplessly.

He had just given away ten catties, and this time he received another two hundred catties, endlessly.

What was even more speechless was that this time, besides toilet paper, there was other trash!

Chu Feng looked at the large pile of weapons shimmering with treasure light in his God Ocean; the recent ten-roll draw had yielded two instances of one thousand tons of Saint-tier weapons!

Although weapons were much heavier than Cultivation Techniques, often weighing hundreds or thousands of catties, wasn't this reward of one thousand tons, two thousand tons, a bit too much?

Are they treating my Great Emperor's God Ocean like a scrap metal recycling yard?

Saint-tier weapons were useless to Chu Feng, just like scrap metal.

He even found them taking up space in his God Ocean.

But what could he do?

There are always times when you draw trash when gacha-ing, right?

"Fortunately, there's a guaranteed pull."

Chu Feng finally looked expectantly at the guaranteed pull that appeared in this ten-roll draw.

This time's golden legend was a cyan Talisman, covered in a jumble of profound-looking squiggles, emanating a majestic heavenly might.