Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

After the two of them left, Chu Lingguang breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

Zhang Xuan and Yun Hong stood on the snowy mountain, looking at West Warehouse from afar. Zhang Xuan said, "Chu Lingguang cannot be allowed to live. He’s already filled with resentment for Yuanchu Mountain. Once the time for reincarnation comes, he’ll definitely try to fuse with some anomaly. You stay behind and take care of him."

"But..."

The words caught in Yun Hong’s throat.

"Are you defying my orders now?"

Zhang Xuan frowned.

"I wouldn’t dare."

Yun Hong lowered his head.

"As long as Yuanchu Mountain remains standing, we will be safe. Chu Lingguang is incorrigible and unworthy of being on our side. After you deal with him, if you find Guo Wei, deal with him as well," Zhang Xuan ordered.

He now suspected that Guo Wei had already become a demon.

Or that the Wolf Demon was Guo Wei.

Otherwise, how could Lin Jiangkun and the other two have vanished without a trace?

He wanted to test something. After Chu Lingguang’s death, would Guo Wei appear? Would the Wolf Demon that had eliminated the Turkic Wizard for Chu Lingguang come out for revenge?

And with that, Zhang Xuan left.

Yun Hong was left alone in West Warehouse.

’Is this Yuanchu Mountain’s final test for me?’ Yun Hong wondered to himself as he watched Zhang Xuan’s receding figure.

As a scion of the Great Yuan imperial family, he was exceptionally talented and intelligent—truly one in a million. Before he was even twenty, he had cultivated the True Martial Realm to its pinnacle. After countless hardships, he finally managed to enter Yuanchu Mountain through his royal connections.

Although he was only an Outer Disciple of Yuanchu Mountain, Yun Hong had, as he’d wished, obtained a proper cultivation Skill. He quickly entered the Qi Refining Realm and became a true Cultivator. Yet, in his time as a Practitioner, Yun Hong found no joy.

He always felt as if he were being led around by the nose.

"Chu Lingguang... what exactly is your relationship with the Wolf Demon?" Yun Hong muttered to himself.

「Late that night.」

The cold wind howled.

Chu Lingguang left the barracks and gazed toward the peak of the snowy mountain. With a flicker of movement, he shot out of the city walls. Under the watch of Yun Hong’s Spiritual Sense, he rapidly ascended to the summit.

"Your cultivation?"

Yun Hong was dumbfounded.

He had just extended his Spiritual Sense over West Warehouse to summon Chu Lingguang, but Chu Lingguang’s speed was so great it completely escaped his ability to track it.

"So, Teacher Yun Hong, you stayed in West Warehouse to kill me?"

Chu Lingguang asked.

The Seventh Prince had told him many things. Chu Lingguang had always thought Yun Hong was a decent person, especially since he had pleaded on his behalf before Zhang Xuan several times.

He didn’t want a direct confrontation with Yun Hong.

"You’ve already reached the Qi Refining Realm?"

Yun Hong asked in disbelief.

Chu Lingguang didn’t answer. Instead, he asked, "What exactly did Zhang Xuan do to my master?"

"Zhang had the Demon Suppression Bureau go find your master, but they disappeared along with him. Zhang suspects that your master is the Wolf Demon, or that the Wolf Demon took him."

Yun Hong knew how important Guo Wei was to Chu Lingguang.

Hearing this, the tension in Chu Lingguang finally eased. If something had already happened to Guo Wei, he would have gone mad.

"Now, can you tell me? Have you entered the Qi Refining Realm?"

Yun Hong pressed.

VMMMM!

Chu Lingguang released his full aura, allowing Yun Hong to see the fluctuations of the Star System within his body.

"But... how did you manage this?"

Yun Hong stammered, his voice trembling with shock.

He couldn’t detect the slightest trace of an anomalous aura on Chu Lingguang. This meant he had achieved his current cultivation level through a legitimate Skill, not by fusing with some anomalous entity.

"The world has long suffered under Yuanchu Mountain."

"Your Highness, the Fifth Prince, don’t you want to help me bring down Yuanchu Mountain?"

Chu Lingguang asked.

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Yun Hong roared.

"I think you understand exactly what I mean, Teacher Yun Hong."

Chu Lingguang said calmly.

"I am here under orders from Yuanchu Mountain to kill you. Chu Lingguang, you’re on your own now."

Yun Hong snorted.

Instantly, a longsword shot out from him, wreathed in Spiritual Power. It flew through the air, aimed straight for Chu Lingguang’s vital points.

VMMMM!

Chu Lingguang extended his right hand.

A vortex roared to life in his palm, catching the Flying Sword and holding it fast.

Chu Lingguang noticed that while Yun Hong could control the Flying Sword remotely, he relied entirely on Spiritual Power, with no Telekinesis involved. It meant that while he was capable of Sword Flight, the effect would be far inferior.

BOOM!

He unleashed a surge of Spiritual Power.

With his Qi Refining Formula’s value at a perfect 200,000, a halo of Spiritual Power erupted around Chu Lingguang, surging toward Yun Hong like a great mountain.

BANG!

Yun Hong was sent flying off the summit.

"Teacher Yun Hong!"

Shocked, Chu Lingguang immediately gave chase.

Yun Hong was only an Outer Disciple who had joined Yuanchu Mountain recently. He had been preoccupied with matters concerning the three-hundred-year reincarnation cycle and had no time to focus on his cultivation. As a result, his strength was merely at the second level of the Qi Refining Realm.

Although Chu Lingguang had only just broken through, his Qi Refining Formula’s high value meant the Spiritual Power within his Star System was far stronger than Yun Hong’s. Furthermore, his Sea of Consciousness Power and Telekinesis completely overwhelmed his opponent’s.

Thus, despite being only at the first level of the Qi Refining Realm, he was able to take a second-level expert by surprise and defeat him.

"Chu Lingguang, you dare to secretly learn an Immortal Technique!"

Yun Hong let himself plummet down the side of the mountain. He enveloped his Flying Sword in Spiritual Power and once again used it to Thrust toward Chu Lingguang’s vital points.

Chu Lingguang shot out both hands, and two vortexes caught Yun Hong’s Flying Sword, holding it fast.

BANG!

He then forcefully flung Yun Hong’s longsword back up toward the summit, where it embedded itself in a massive boulder.

Both of them continued to plummet.

If they kept falling, they would both be smashed to a pulp—even Chu Lingguang. Despite being protected by Spiritual Power, their physical bodies would meet a grisly end from such a massive impact.

BOOM!

But Yun Hong paid it no mind.

He threw a palm strike at Chu Lingguang from across the distance separating them.

His powerful Spiritual Power manifested as a ripple, attempting to push Chu Lingguang back up toward the summit.

WHOOSH!