Chapter 2589 - 2581: The Restrained True Lord

Chapter 2589: Chapter 2581: The Restrained True Lord

The companions with Feng Jun were all certain that being with the Gu Family’s True Sage would not pose any danger. In fact, everyone guessed that he had already outmaneuvered the other, with some knowing roughly what methods he used, while others were left unclear.

However, when Feng Jun was about to leave with the other party, Yi Jue still felt a bit uneasy.

The Gu Family’s True Sage noticed her emotions, but he wasn’t interested in addressing them.

Feng Jun also noticed Yi Jue’s situation, so he spoke with a smile, "I should be back soon. Please don’t wander too far."

The Gu Family’s True Sage didn’t say much either. Grabbing Feng Jun with one hand and Xiong Yijun with the other, he swayed his body and instantly disappeared.

Watching them leave, after a while, Qian Zhong sighed, "The Gu Family’s space techniques are truly impressive."

Wei Sancai let out a dissatisfied snort, "Once I reach the Divine Spirit stage, I can do the same."

Qian Zhong glanced at him and then shook his head, "You have no idea how far he went with just that blink."

"And you act like you know..." Wei Sancai started to retort, then paused, "Did you mark him?"

Qian Zhong answered emotionlessly, "Each Ancient Family has its strengths. If he’s unaware, that’s his incompetence."

She didn’t mean to underestimate the Gu Family, it was purely that meeting someone of equal cultivation made her hands itch, so she decided to test a little.

Hidden within the white mist, others couldn’t see Han Hai’s expression, but he still asked, "Did you strike without a word of warning?"

Qian Zhong responded without hesitation, "I wouldn’t do the same to you. Though each Ancient Family has its methods, they shouldn’t be misused, lest one becomes trapped. That’s the ancestral teaching... Han Hai Friend, have you not heard of it?"

"I have indeed heard of it," Han Hai True Sage, after running into numerous powerful beings, had most of his arrogance knocked down, at least he wasn’t as cold anymore, "But ancestral teachings are ancestral teachings, I very much doubt cultivators can restrain their desires."

Wei Sancai spoke softly, "Families that can’t control their members’ desires have basically disappeared..."

The Gu Family’s True Sage reappeared in the void, far from the major landmasses.

He then glanced at Feng Jun in his hand, smiling as he spoke, "Quick return indeed... You are quite confident in yourself."

Feng Jun pinched the pulling engine with his left hand, waving his right hand, and a Talisman appeared out of thin air. He sighed softly, "True Sage, I’m not that bold, jokes shouldn’t be made lightly."

"Oh?" The Gu Family’s True Sage gave a light snort, and instantly froze his right hand.

Feng Jun didn’t react excessively, merely turned his head, looking at the other as he spoke blandly, "This is the limit, continue beyond this, and don’t blame me for being offensive."

In the next moment, the Gu Family’s True Sage released the restraint on his right hand. With just a fleeting glance, he had already gleaned the information he wanted, and couldn’t help but marvel, "Your sect elders really take good care of you."

"The elders value my capabilities," Feng Jun answered indifferently, "These favors were earned through my abilities. If I weren’t worth nurturing, who would favor me to this extent?"

His words implied that if the other party made a move against him, setting aside the powers already known, his sect would not just send out a single elder—his abilities that benefit the seven schools and eighteen paths also benefit his sect!

As he spoke, the Gu Family’s True Sage remained silent, quietly sensing.

What he said was indeed true! He nodded slightly, while moving through space with the two, speaking, "This Talisman contains only a small portion of my rules, it seems... there’s more than one Talisman?"

"Indeed, there’s more than one Talisman," Feng Jun replied indifferently, "But if both Talismans were crushed together, True Sage, you’d need at least two hundred years of recovery. I feel that would be... most unfriendly."

"Unfriendly, is it?" The Gu Family’s True Sage let out a cold chuckle, "Why do I feel like you’re threatening me?"

"No need to feel— I’m threatening you," Feng Jun’s response was straightforward, "I mean no disrespect to superiors, True Sage, please understand it was you who threatened me first."

Facing this response, the Gu Family’s True Sage felt a bit helpless, "I just said one thing, was such a big reaction necessary?"

"Actually, you were testing me, isn’t that evident?" Feng Jun answered casually, "You wanted to know what precautions my sect elders had taken against you. If I didn’t reveal it, you wouldn’t be satisfied, right?"

"So now I reveal it, saving you from further speculation... Open communication is important, don’t you agree?"

The Gu Family’s True Sage stayed silent, but being of the Divine Spirit Stage, he quickly conceded, "Open communication is indeed important. I acknowledge that your sect’s foundation is deep, but... it seems many rules have been obliterated?"

His perception was indeed excellent, but Feng Jun wasn’t about to let him probe his trump card. He pondered for a moment and said, "I actually don’t want to say much. Crushing three talismans simultaneously might require you to rest for a millennium. As for crushing four at the same time... do you want me to tell you the outcome?"

"No need," the Gu Family True Monarch replied, "I can sense you only have three. What about the other talismans?"

"The elder doesn’t want me to kill a Divided Spirit Great Lord; that’s a true loss for the Human Race," Feng Jun continued to speak eloquently, "As for the others... I didn’t dare to ask, but I can tell you the consequence of crushing four at once."

"I don’t need you to tell me," the Gu Family True Monarch said straightforwardly, knowing that knowing such a result wasn’t beneficial for him.

Constantly worrying about one thing could likely affect his Taoist mind, and he had already deduced the outcome of the first three talismans being crushed simultaneously, which was exactly as the other party had described. So why bother seeking more trouble by knowing more?

He only needed to know that his path could be ended by the other party, and that was enough.

Previously, he considered that the other party’s elder might be intervening remotely and during the process of capturing the rules, could potentially cause the rules to be lost or annihilated. But now, he truly dared not be lucky anymore.

A Divided Spirit True Monarch wasn’t so easy to fool, but those rules were directly annihilated within the plane’s barrier. He could feel the annihilation of rules, which was already quite remarkable, so how could he determine precisely how many were annihilated?

This was one of the reasons he tested Feng Jun, and now the test result was out, but it was the outcome he least wanted to see.

The next moment, his body flickered again with a teleportation, crossing tens of thousands of miles. The flight speed of a Divided Spirit True Monarch’s divided spirit might not be as fast as the Emergence Stage, after all, one was a fully committed True Baby, the other just a divided spirit, but he mastered space rules.

So after several teleportations, who knows how far he went, and then he stopped in a space, "Here we are!"

Although Feng Jun was being grabbed by the other, he was fearlessly using spiritual energy, memorizing the footprints of several teleportation points—this was indeed a bit risky. If he couldn’t timely use his trump cards, no matter how many methods he had, he could still die on the spot.

But he did it anyway, during the development process, surviving was necessary, but in life, endlessly surviving without any personal emotional vent would lead to a wasted life.

Without personal obsession and willingness to give anything for it, such a cultivator would not go far on the path to seeking the Tao.

Anyway, this was what he did, and the Gu Family True Monarch also felt it, but the True Monarch didn’t know what to think. Perhaps he was frightened by Feng Jun’s bravado, "Your spiritual energy and thoughts are quite active along this journey."

Feng Jun responded neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I’m also fascinated by space techniques; isn’t it natural to sense them?"

"Is that so?" The Gu Family True Monarch surprisingly engaged in conversation with him, "Why do I feel your deductions are more proficient in the art of time?"

"How can I be considered proficient?" Feng Jun was also very modest, "I only have a shallow understanding of both space and time, and I need to earnestly learn from various elders."

The Gu Family True Monarch was silent for a while, then suddenly spoke up, "Space and time are formidable rules. Mastering one can allow you to traverse Tianqin freely. I didn’t expect you could handle both. Truly admirable, but... what about causality?"

"That’s my next goal to master," Feng Jun didn’t care about the other’s praise—he knew how amazing he was and didn’t need others to tell him. He merely expressed regret, "Causality has already become my bottleneck, and I don’t know how long it will take to break through."

The Gu Family True Monarch didn’t speak again and after a while, struck a series of hand gestures.

Soon after, the space ahead twisted, gradually revealing a halo similar to an Insect World Gateway.

"This is my Gu Family’s secret realm," the Gu Family True Monarch chuckled lightly, "Are you interested in going in and taking a look?"

"If you dare to invite me in, I really dare to go in," Feng Jun asked back without hesitation, "Are you serious, senior?"

Of course, he wasn’t serious! The Gu Family True Monarch knew this very well, so he smiled and nonchalantly replied, "Just testing your courage, but... it explains why your elders value you so much."

He was indeed subject to Feng Jun’s elders, but fundamentally speaking, he was three major realms higher than Feng Jun. Playing a joke from a high position, as long as it wasn’t malicious, no one could blame him.

Disrespecting a superior can be punished, this is Tianqin’s iron law. He even dared to use this to threaten the Han Hai True Sage—to strictly speak, it wasn’t a threat; if Han Hai True Sage truly dared to disrespect, he would truly dare to strike.

Feng Jun also knew this rule, and with a forced smile stated, "So I was excited for nothing, I thought I could actually go in."

The three stood at the halo for a while, roughly three to four minutes, and several cultivators came out from inside, some Nascent Soul and some Golden Core, "Greetings Ancestor, we’ve arrived."

The Gu Family True Monarch looked at Feng Jun, "Didn’t you doubt if this is my family’s secret realm? Go ahead and predict, see if they’re from the Gu Family."

Feng Jun took out a mobile phone and began tapping and clicking in full view.

After about ten minutes, he looked up and spoke earnestly, "Disciples, they are indeed Gu Family disciples; but the secret realm... is truly not a secret realm."