Identify opportunities

"Foster Father."

Xiao Feng arrived at Wu Hai's courtyard.

"Why did you come here yourself? Are the poisons I just gave you not enough?"

Wu Hai looked at Xiao Feng with a puzzled expression, then took out a Storage Pouch and tossed it directly to Xiao Feng.

Inside were the latest poisons and matching antidotes he had concocted based on the toxins of several Vicious Beasts.

"I remembered that those Vicious Beasts were still here with Foster Father, so I came over to have a few words with them."

Logically speaking, these three Vicious Beasts contracted by Xiao Feng should definitely be traveling with him.

However, the place Xiao Feng was going to this time happened to be the territory of Buddhist cultivators.

Buddhist cultivators were the most sensitive to the presence of Vicious Beasts.

Xiao Feng did not want to add unnecessary trouble to his plate.

Furthermore, Wu Hai still needed these Vicious Beasts to help him research poisons.

Xiao Feng thought about it and decided to leave the three Vicious Beasts at the Ming Cult to stay by Wu Hai's side.

One reason was to help Wu Hai research poisons.

The second was to prevent the Tianyi Sect from attacking Wu Hai after they discovered that Xuanyuan Jian was in Wu Hai's hands.

"You three have been living quite comfortably during this time, haven't you?" Xiao Feng looked at the three Vicious Beasts standing obediently before him, speaking with a cryptic smile.

Because he had to deal with Sun Yuanjie during this period, and he did not want Sun Yuanjie to know that he had contracted three such powerful Vicious Beasts, the three Vicious Beasts had remained with Wu Hai.

Although they were usually well-behaved, Xiao Feng was always worried that they would cause some kind of trouble once he left the Ming Cult.

"Does Young Master have any instructions for us? The three of us will definitely do our utmost and will never let Young Master down," the Nine-tailed Fox spoke up first.

"I have nothing to instruct you on. It is just that I am going out, and because the situation is special, I will not be taking you three with me this time. However, you had better listen obediently to my Foster Father."

"Without Foster Father's orders, you are not allowed to run around aimlessly, nor are you allowed to harm anyone in the Ming Cult. If I find out that you have caused any trouble, do not blame me for not showing you mercy!"

Xiao Feng had a contract with them, so naturally, he held a certain amount of leverage over their lives.

"Rest assured, Young Master, we would not dare," the Nine-tailed Fox replied obediently.

The other two Vicious Beasts did the same.

Xiao Feng looked at Wu Hai.

Wu Hai smiled at Xiao Feng, looking unconcerned about the three Vicious Beasts causing trouble, which completely put Xiao Feng's mind at ease.

After packing away the poisons Wu Hai had given him, Xiao Feng returned to his own courtyard and set off with Sun Yuanjie.

"Young Master, where are we going this time? Is the place very far? We actually need to take an airship?"

Things like airships were only possessed by a small number of people.

Usually, Disciples of these Sects traveled by flying on swords.

Seeing Xiao Feng take out such a luxurious airship, Sun Yuanjie felt a tiny bit of jealousy.

"It is quite far. The airship is faster, and it is also safer than flying on a sword."

Xiao Feng did not tell Sun Yuanjie where they were going.

After all, they would definitely have times to stop and rest on the way.

Xiao Feng aimed to resolve the matter of Sun Yuanjie before they reached the territory of the Buddhist cultivators.

Sun Yuanjie did not ask any further questions. Anyway, no matter where Xiao Feng was going, this time Xiao Feng would definitely fall into their hands.

Both of them harbored their own ulterior motives, slowly flying toward the territory of the Buddhist cultivators on the same airship.

Xiao Feng was not in a hurry along the way, stopping and going, which was clearly giving Sun Yuanjie the opportunity to send messages so that those from the Tianyi Sect could keep up.

To ensure there were no mistakes, Xiao Feng even deliberately chatted with Sun Yuanjie about his previous conflict with Xuanyuan Jian.

The implication in his words was to make Sun Yuanjie understand that the person they were looking for was with him, and only he knew where Xuanyuan Jian was.

Xuanyuan Jian was not at the Ming Cult, but in his own hands.

Subsequently, Xiao Feng noticed that the impatience on Sun Yuanjie's face was becoming more and more obvious, and sometimes he no longer concealed the look in his eyes when he looked at him.

Xiao Feng confirmed that it should be almost time for them to make their move.

...

Along the way, Sun Yuanjie was in a very good mood; he had made full preparations.

This time, with the right time, the right place, and the right people, he did not believe he would fail to capture Xiao Feng!

Thinking of the torture Xiao Feng had subjected him to during this time.

Thinking that Xiao Feng clearly already had a Dao Companion, yet still flirted with Su Xueqing and snatched away his beloved.

Sun Yuanjie wished he could kill Xiao Feng!

However, Xiao Feng could not die yet; they needed to capture Xiao Feng alive and send him back to the Tianyi Sect.

But once Xiao Feng fell into the hands of the Tianyi Sect Master, he would undoubtedly die.

When Xiao Feng was dead, Su Xueqing would be devastated.

At that time, he would go to propose marriage as the head Disciple of the Tianyi Sect, and surely Su Xueqing would not refuse, allowing him to win the beauty.

Sun Yuanjie had even imagined how they would torture Xiao Feng on the way back to the Tianyi Sect after they captured him!

After all, they needed to extract the whereabouts of Xuanyuan Jian from Xiao Feng's mouth, so torturing Xiao Feng was also to make him tell the truth.

It must be said that Sun Yuanjie's thoughts were quite wishful.

But he had never considered whether there was any possibility of his plan being realized.

He also did not notice that along the way, Xiao Feng had been observing his expressions and actions whenever he was not paying attention.

Soon, Xiao Feng and Sun Yuanjie saw a suitable place.

Although they were on the airship along the way, Xiao Feng had been observing where it was suitable for them to stop and rest temporarily.

After all, he wanted to give Sun Yuanjie and the people the Tianyi Sect had lying in ambush the opportunity to make their move.

After choosing a place he felt was suitable from his perspective, he landed directly in the forest.

And this place was also the location that Sun Yuanjie had originally agreed upon with the confidants sent by the Tianyi Sect Master.

"We have been on the airship for the whole journey; it is too exhausting. Let us rest here for one night first," Xiao Feng said to Sun Yuanjie after stretching his back upon stepping off the airship.

"I will listen to whatever Young Master says. I will go look nearby to see if there is anything suitable to eat."

Sun Yuanjie was truly so anxious that he could not even think of a good excuse; he made up a random one and hurried away from Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng pretended to be unconcerned, but in reality, he split off a bit of his Divine Sense and placed it on Sun Yuanjie to observe his movements.

Xiao Feng's Divine Sense saw Sun Yuanjie discover a very inconspicuous mark carved on a tree; that mark looked a bit like the signal symbol of the Tianyi Sect.

Sun Yuanjie secretly sent a signal, and soon rustling figures appeared in the Mountain Forest.

Sun Yuanjie quickly agreed on the time of action with those people, then found some wild fruits nearby and returned to Xiao Feng's side.

Xiao Feng withdrew his Divine Sense, sat cross-legged in his original spot, and pretended that he had been Cultivating the whole time.

"Young Master, there is really nothing to eat nearby. I only found these few wild fruits; Young Master, please fill your stomach first."

Sun Yuanjie placed the wild fruits in front of Xiao Feng.

Xiao Feng curled his lips into a mocking smile. As a practitioner who had long since achieved Inedia, how could he have the nerve to speak of filling his stomach with wild fruits?