Chapter 56: Wild Imagination

Chapter 56: Chapter 56: Wild Imagination

Looking at the Four-Stripe Soul Nourishing Pills placed in front of her, Lu Feifei opened her mouth but couldn’t utter a single word of rebuttal.

She still found it somewhat unbelievable that a fool like Zhao Yang could stumble upon such a heaven-defying opportunity. However, the elixirs were right before her eyes. Furthermore, just as Zhao Yang had said, he knew his own condition best. Even a fool like him could intuitively feel whether the guidance was useful or not.

But... the Beggar Gang? Guo Jing? A Nine-Bag Elder? An entity above a Celestial Being? Why did all of this sound so absurdly fantastical?

"Wait a minute... Did you say earlier that this Elder Guo Jing is an old acquaintance of an elder in our sect?" she asked.

Zhao Yang nodded. "Elder Guo said that when he was young, he wandered the mortal realm and met a female soulmate who was an elder of our Celestial Demon Sect.

"That elder possessed unparalleled talent, suppressing her entire generation. Very few among her peers could rival her. It was precisely because of this connection that Elder Guo was willing to give me some guidance."

"Did she ever leave a name?"

Zhao Yang thought for a moment and shook his head. "I don’t know her full name. I just... heard Elder Guo mention the name ’Rong’ a few times."

"Rong?" Lu Feifei nodded. "If what your elder said is true, even if hundreds or thousands of years have passed, there should still be records in the sect about an elder named Rong. She might even... still be alive."

As she analyzed the situation, Lu Feifei took out a Communication Jade Talisman and activated it with Spiritual Power.

"Feifei? Weren’t you out on a mission? Did something happen?" a pleasant voice drifted from the jade talisman.

"Liu, isn’t your master in charge of the sect’s archives? I want to ask for your help to look up someone."

"Who is it?"

"A sect elder..."

Without mentioning Guo Jing, Lu Feifei only gave the name ’Rong’ and narrowed down the search to someone who had once overwhelmed her generation, possessed the potential of a Celestial Being, and might have even become a Celestial Being... or something even higher.

The person on the other end of the jade talisman didn’t ask too many questions. She simply agreed to look into it and told her to wait for news. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Once the communication was cut off, Zhao Yang stayed in Lu Feifei’s room to wait for Liu’s reply with her. Meanwhile, he relayed the guidance his ’Elder Guo’ had given him the previous night. The two of them practiced the same Cultivation Technique, and many of their Martial Techniques and Magic were interconnected. Although it wasn’t as effective as receiving direct guidance from the elder, it still benefited Lu Feifei to some extent. This also dispelled some of her doubts regarding the authenticity of this Elder Guo Jing.

Time flew by in this manner, and more than half a day passed quickly amid the relayed guidance.

Mid-afternoon, the Communication Jade Talisman on the table vibrated. Lu Feifei hastily answered it.

"Liu?"

That pleasant voice drifted from the jade talisman once again. "Feifei, I looked it up for you. Based on your criteria, there is only one person in the sect who fits the description."

"Oh?" Lu Feifei and Zhao Yang exchanged a glance, their hearts subconsciously tightening.

Unaware of what they were thinking, the person on the other end simply relayed the information she had found. "The only sect elder who meets your requirements and has the character ’Rong’ in her name is someone named Gongyang Rong."

"Gongyang Rong?" Lu Feifei repeated the name. "Then this Elder Gongyang..."

"She is no longer with us."

"Oh..." Lu Feifei felt slightly disappointed in her heart. "Then... can you reveal this elder’s information?"

"I can," Liu replied. "This Elder Gongyang was the chief disciple of the Celestial Demon Sect over seventeen thousand years ago.

"Records state that Elder Gongyang seemed to have suffered romantic heartbreak in her early years. After returning from a mortal realm experiential journey, she never took another step out of the Celestial Demon Sect.

"Over sixteen thousand years ago, Elder Gongyang broke through the Celestial Being realm and entered the Creation Realm, setting the record for the youngest Creation Realm expert in the history of the Celestial Demon Sect.

"Some sect elders even commented that she had a chance to ascend to a higher realm.

"However, thirteen thousand years ago, Elder Gongyang received some unknown news.

"The moment she received it, she dashed out of the sect like a madwoman, without leaving a single word behind.

"Seventeen days later, back in the sect, Elder Gongyang’s Soul Lamp went out. She had fallen for unknown reasons..."

Listening to Liu recite Elder Gongyang’s information word for word, Zhao Yang and Lu Feifei looked at each other, both seeing the shock in the other’s eyes.

The sect’s chief disciple from over seventeen thousand years ago. Someone who broke through to the Celestial Being realm and entered the Creation Realm over sixteen thousand years ago.

If the Rong that Elder Guo mentioned was indeed this Elder Gongyang, didn’t that mean this Elder Guo had lived for at least seventeen thousand years?

It was universally acknowledged in Jiuzhou that the Celestial Being realm granted a lifespan of nine thousand years. What kind of concept was living for over seventeen thousand years? At the very least, a Celestial Being didn’t have such a long lifespan. Therefore, he had to be at least at the Creation Realm, which was above a Celestial Being. Or perhaps... he was at a realm they didn’t even dare to imagine.

So, this fool had merely gone to gather some information, but accidentally dug up such a terrifying entity?

Fortune truly favored fools. Not only did this idiot survive, but he even received guidance just because he was from the Celestial Demon Sect? She really wanted a piece of that fool’s luck too.

Lu Feifei let her thoughts run wild, but she didn’t forget that she was still on the call with Liu. "Then... Liu, are there any sect records regarding Elder Gongyang’s romantic heartbreak? Who was the one that broke her heart?"

She didn’t want to believe that a fool like Zhao Yang could stumble upon such a profound opportunity, receiving personal guidance from an expert who lived over seventeen thousand years ago and was suspected to be above the Celestial Being realm.

However, whether it was Elder Guo’s guidance to Zhao Yang or his sheer extravagance in casually giving away an entire bottle of Four-Stripe Soul Nourishing Pills, everything proved that he was undoubtedly a mighty senior expert. Furthermore, the information regarding the sect’s Elder Gongyang seemed to perfectly match the ’Rong’ that Elder Guo had spoken of.

Most importantly... the heartbreak!

They were soulmates who didn’t end up together. At least one of them was bound to be left devastated. And Elder Gongyang had returned heartbroken right after her experiential journey in the mortal realm. With all these coincidences piling up, Lu Feifei had no choice but to believe that Elder Guo’s soulmate was highly likely to be the very same Elder Gongyang who still held the sect’s record for the youngest Creation Realm expert.

And if that were true, this Elder Guo...

"Senior, do you still lack a loyal lackey to cling to your coattails?" she wondered. Lu Feifei desperately wanted a piece of her foolish boyfriend’s miraculous fortune. SOB SOB.

"Feifei?" Just as Lu Feifei was wholeheartedly dreaming of latching onto a massive backer, Liu’s perplexed voice echoed from the Communication Jade Talisman.

"Ah? Liu, I’m here."

"Mhm..." Liu hummed, sounding somewhat hesitant. "Feifei, why are you asking about Elder Gongyang?"

"Well... I just..."

Before Lu Feifei could finish her sentence, Liu interrupted her.

"Feifei, I have to tell you that this Elder Gongyang had already become the strongest expert in the sect fifteen thousand years ago. If she hadn’t fallen, who knows, she might have already broken past the Creation Realm by now.

"Do you know what news about her means to the sect?

"Even though Elder Gongyang’s Soul Lamp went out and the chances of her still being alive are minuscule, the sect has never given up searching for any information about her.

"Especially... the truth behind her fall."

Lu Feifei was speechless. The lie she had concocted was forcibly swallowed back down her throat. Sensing the uncontainable anticipation in Liu’s words, Lu Feifei subconsciously gulped.

She wondered, "Liu... if I told you that this foolish boyfriend of mine, whom you’ve never thought highly of, might have not only uncovered the truth behind Elder Gongyang’s fall, but also directly latched onto the massive backer she left behind, I wonder how you’d feel?"