674: Chapter 85 Stream Breeze

"Sirs, why did Mr. Meng use me as a wager?"

After Chonglou and Meng Li left, Xi Feng hesitated for a moment before asking the question in his heart.

Hearing this, Zixuan, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, and the others were slightly startled.

Immediately after, Tang Xuejian sized up Xi Feng and asked instead, "Are you Xi Feng?"

Hearing Tang Xuejian's words, Xi Feng was a little surprised.

Although he had interacted with the people in front of him, he had never told them his name.

However, he still answered truthfully, "That's right, I am Xi Feng."

"The Xi Feng who is in love with the Goddess Shui Bi?" Tang Xuejian further confirmed.

Xi Feng was stunned: "You know Shui Bi?"

Tang Xuejian crossed her arms and said, "Not only do we know her, we've met her."

"Really?" Xi Feng's face showed pleasant surprise, then he asked, "Is Shui Bi doing well now?"

Zixuan said, "She has been waiting for you to return, even sealing herself into a stone statue and sinking into the bottom of the sea for it."

Xi Feng's expression darkened: "As expected, it's still like this. Then how did you meet her?"

Hong Kui caught the crucial point in his words and frowned, "As expected? You knew about her turning into a stone statue?"

Hearing this, Tang Xuejian, Zixuan, and Lan Kui's gazes all sharpened.

Xu Maoshan's eyes also changed slightly.

Xi Feng nodded: "I know."

"Then why didn't you go back to see her? Do you know how much she's suffered waiting for you?" Hearing this affirmative answer, Tang Xuejian immediately became indignant.

Hong Kui, Lan Kui, Zixuan, and Xu Maoshan also looked a bit displeased.

Xi Feng noticed this but didn't mind, only saying bitterly, "How could I not want to go back to see her? It's just that I made a deal with my master back then, and I must serve him. Only by defeating him can I break the Seal and regain my freedom."

Hearing this, Tang Xuejian, Zixuan, and the others were very surprised.

Because this was different from what they had heard from Old Mo Tou.

Xu Maoshan directly asked, "You can only gain freedom by defeating him, not just working for five hundred years?"

Now it was Xi Feng's turn to be surprised.

He didn't expect Xu Maoshan and the others to know even this.

However, he didn't ask further, but said painfully, "Initially, my deal with my master was indeed to serve him for five hundred years. But later I learned that these five hundred years were based on Demon Realm time, which is too long."

"Five hundred years based on Demon Realm time, too long, what does that mean?" Lan Kui was the one who asked.

Zixuan replied, "The flow of time in the Demon Realm and the Human Realm is different."

Xi Feng closed his eyes and said word by word, "Three days in the Demon Realm is a thousand years in the Human Realm."

At this ratio, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, Tang Xuejian, and Xu Maoshan were all dumbfounded.

A few seconds later, Xu Maoshan counted on his fingers, "Three days in the Demon Realm, a thousand years in the Human Realm."

"One month in the Demon Realm is ten thousand years in the Human Realm. One year in the Demon Realm is one hundred and twenty thousand years in the Human Realm."

"Then five hundred years in the Demon Realm..."

He didn't state the final answer because he couldn't calculate it.

Hong Kui, however, gave an approximation: "Over sixty million years."

Tang Xuejian said dumbfounded, "Then Shui Bi would have to wait until the seas dry up and the stones rot, until the end of time?"

Lan Kui sighed, "No wonder Shui Bi sealed herself into a stone statue."

Then, Tang Xuejian said angrily, "Just to change one's appearance, to demand such a heavy price, this Chonglou is too much of a scammer! No wonder Stinky Tofu calls him Red-Haired Demon all the time, he's practically not human."

Xu Maoshan echoed, "That's right, he's more exploitative than Zhao Bapi, more of a bloodsucker than a vampire."

Hong Kui said indifferently, "He's not human to begin with, he's a demon."

Tang Xuejian, Xu Maoshan: "..."

"Did you never think of escaping?" After a brief silence, Tang Xuejian asked Xi Feng.

Xi Feng said helplessly, "I can't escape. I have my master's Seal on me; no matter where I flee, he can find me. Furthermore, my master is incredibly powerful, almost unrivaled in the Six Realms. If I anger him, it might even implicate Shui Bi."

Tang Xuejian, Zixuan, and the others suddenly understood.

A moment later, Tang Xuejian asked again, "Then what about what you said, that defeating him would grant you freedom?"

Xi Feng replied, "After I realized the time discrepancy between the Human and Demon Realms, I was unwilling and tried to resist. My master, being too lonely without an opponent, wanted to try and cultivate one, so he changed his mind and promised me freedom if I could defeat him."

"You believe that?" Given the huge trap regarding the time issue earlier, Tang Xuejian expressed her doubt.

Xi Feng said, "Believing it or not isn't important; what's important is that I want to regain my freedom, and this is the only way."

"That's not necessarily true," Hong Kui smiled slightly.

Xi Feng was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "What do you mean by that, young lady?"

"Of course there's a way to help you regain your freedom and reunite with Shui Bi." Hong Kui raised an eyebrow, then briefly explained the deal between Meng Li and Shui Bi.

Xi Feng was stunned on the spot, and only after a moment did he say, "Is that true?"

Apparently, he found it somewhat hard to believe.

"Why would we lie to you?" Lan Kui retorted, then added, "Once Elder Brother Meng defeats your master, everything will become clear."

Hearing this, Tang Xuejian changed the subject, "Speaking of which, where did Mr. Meng and that Red-Haired Demon go to fight? There's no commotion at all around here."

Hearing this, Xi Feng said, "Please follow me, everyone. I have a way for you to see the battle between my master and Mr. Meng."

With that, he turned and walked in a certain direction.

Zixuan, Hong Kui, Lan Kui, and the others exchanged glances and followed.

Before long, the group followed Xi Feng to Chonglou's palace, which contained many mirrors.

Xi Feng made a hand Seal towards the mirror in the center.

The mirror instantly emitted a white light, displaying an image like a screen.

There were no figures in the image, or rather, there were figures, but they were hard to discern. Only one dark-red and one blue-white stream of light moved back and forth, constantly swirling, colliding, and striking each other. Wherever the streams of light passed, astonishing destruction ensued.

Mountains shattered, rivers ceased to flow, the ground collapsed, trees snapped...

After another collision destroyed a mountain, the two streams of light separated, standing in mid-air, revealing their forms.

The dark-red stream of light was Chonglou.

The blue-white stream of light was Meng Li.

"Wonderful, truly wonderful!" Chonglou laughed heartily, then excitedly said, "Again!"

"Alright, it's a good chance to let you witness the Move I've recently comprehended." Meng Li smiled, and flames rose in his pupils.

Saying that, he gently stroked the Demonic Sword, causing its blade to be covered in a fiery red glow.

"Good, bring forth any Move you have."

"Demon Sealing Slash!"

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