The Master and His Wealthy Fiancée

'What do we do? What do we do?' Mu Qingzhu's consciousness frantically screamed inside him.

'Can't you see I'm thinking?'

'This is a battle between Nascent Soul Stage cultivators! With your weak cultivation, you'll be completely obliterated if you get caught in it! There's no chance of survival! I told you to focus on cultivating and wait for my rebirth to finish, but you wouldn't listen. You just had to run around, and now look what's happened!'

Chen Dong couldn't argue with that. However, he knew that even if he had focused on cultivation, with his luck, trouble would find him no matter where he hid.

He had just been thinking how smoothly he'd gained insights into the Dragon and Phoenix Treasure Manual, how there hadn't been any mishaps, and how his luck was finally turning around. But it turned out a huge disaster was brewing just for him, forcing him to be a suicide bomber.

'Who's this "Old Devil Li Mo" they mentioned?' Chen Dong thought for a moment before asking Mu Qingzhu.

'The Sect Leader of the Wangyou Sect,' she replied instantly. 'A great power at the late-stage Nascent Soul Realm, and the strongest expert in the Wangyou Realm!'

'So he must be cultivating either the Yuqing Immortal Technique or the Daoist Scripture of Void Forgetfulness, right?' Chen Dong pressed.

'Yes, the Sect Leader cultivates the Daoist Scripture of Void Forgetfulness... Wait, what are you implying?'

'I have the Yuqing Immortal Technique in my body,' Chen Dong said bluntly. 'Do you think that Old Devil Li Mo might sense it and decide not to attack me?'

'Pah! If he senses the Yuqing Immortal Technique, *I'm* the one who'll die! You're not trying to sacrifice me to save yourself, are you?! Don't even dream of it! He'll kill you just the same after he rips the Yuqing Immortal Technique out of you!'

'When he senses the Yuqing Immortal Technique,' Chen Dong sighed inwardly, 'I'll just tell him I'm a suicide-bombing truck—oh, wait, no—that I'm a Saint. I bet he wouldn't dare to touch me then!'

'So in the end, you just want to sell me out!' Mu Qingzhu sounded incredibly wronged.

'It's just a thought! Am I the kind of person who sells out his teammates?' Chen Dong stated plainly.

'You are! You are!' Mu Qingzhu's consciousness choked back a sob. 'I see it now! You're not just thinking about it, you're actually planning to do it!'

'Sigh. What kind of father abandons his own child? Don't be upset. I won't sell you out!'

'Really?'

'Of course. I would never do that... unless I have absolutely no other choice.'

'AHHHHHH! So you *do* still want to sell me out and save your own skin! How could I have ever trusted you!'

'If you call me "Father," I promise I won't let you die before I do.'

'I'd rather die than call you that! I see you for who you truly are now—a complete and utter villain! I'll haunt you even after I'm dead…'

While Chen Dong and Mu Qingzhu were arguing, the cultivators of the Qixia Sect arrived at a place called Qiuxia Valley. It was named so because the maple trees covering the mountains resembled the rosy morning clouds in autumn.

This was the location of the Qixia Sect's massive Spirit Stone Vein and a crucial source of their income. Thus, after retreating again and again, the Qixia Sect could retreat no further than Qiuxia Valley.

Qiuxia Valley was permanently garrisoned by hundreds of Golden Core cultivators and many other cultivators. It was also protected by a Level Four Mountain Protection Array. With such defenses, even if attacked by a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, Qiuxia Valley would remain safe as long as the array held.

After Feng Fu and his contingent arrived, the first thing they did was reinforce the array. If a level-five array didn't require a complete redesign, they would have upgraded it to level five.

A level-five Mountain Protection Array corresponded to the Divinity Transformation Realm, which was above the Nascent Soul Realm. In the Wangyou Realm, only the main arrays of the five great sects were of this level. An ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivator was helpless against such an array. This was also why they had schemed to lure the Yun Gu Sect Leader out to kill him in the first place. Their own strength was simply not enough to break into his sect.

Logically, facing the stronger Wangyou Sect, the Qixia Sect could have just sealed their gates and refused to come out. However, Feng Fu was incredibly ambitious. With Chen Dong—this living weapon—in his possession, Qiuxia Valley was a place the Qixia Sect could not afford to lose. Even the initial retreat and concession of large territories and Spirit Stone Veins were intentional moves by Feng Fu to lull the Wangyou Sect into a false sense of security.

Moreover, for a sect, sealing the gates and hiding was always a path to a dead end. Even if others couldn't break through your defenses, they could simply lay siege until you were starved of resources. When you ran out of resources for cultivation and for powering the array, your death would only be more miserable.

Three days after Chen Dong and the others arrived at Qiuxia Valley, countless streaks of light flew towards the outside of the great array. In an instant, a sky full of Daoist techniques bombarded the array.

A thin, withered old man outside the array shouted furiously, "Feng Fu, you despicable, shameless villain! Do you dare come out and fight me to the death?!"

This old man was none other than Chi Lei, the last remaining Supreme Elder of Yun Gu. He harbored a deep-seated hatred for Feng Fu for destroying his sect. Although the Yun Gu Sect's territory had been reclaimed, all the Daoist Magical Artifacts, pills, and treasures within the sect had been plundered. Not a moment went by when he didn't fantasize about eating Feng Fu's flesh and drinking his blood.

But with this simple taunt, something happened that even Elder Chi Lei himself didn't expect: Feng Fu charged out, driving his six-ox Dharma Vehicle.

"Old dog Chi Lei! I am here! Come and fight me for three thousand rounds!"

Since Feng Fu dared to come out, Elder Chi Lei attacked in a fury. With a swift technique, a terrifying bolt of lightning shot directly at the Dharma Vehicle.

Feng Fu's Dharma Vehicle withstood the barrage of Daoist techniques from the sky without a scratch. After a dragon's roar, a blazing True Fire erupted from the treasured vehicle to meet the lightning bolt.

Inside the palatial Dharma Vehicle, Wei Yanlan even comforted Chen Dong, saying, "There's no need to be afraid. This Six-Ox Cloud Palace Carriage has a Level Four Array; a Golden Core Stage cultivator can't possibly damage it. Besides, we're still trying to bait out Old Devil Li Mo. It's not your time to die yet!"

Chen Dong felt helpless. 'That was some great comforting. Next time, please don't.'