MJWCATFPITWOC Chapter 72

Chapter 72: Seeing Each Other With Jade and Silk

After some conversation, Shen Yucheng finally learned the name of the young man before him—Qi Hao. According to him, he had been living here ever since Mo Yifeng rescued him three years ago, claiming to be the second owner of this “home.”

However, Qi Hao was quite hostile towards him, seeing him as a thorn in his side.

Shen Yucheng was puzzled. He had no intention of competing for the position of “third owner” here, so why was this kid feeling threatened?

When he asked again about the purpose of these cages, Qi Hao’s momentum clearly faltered for a moment, and he stammered, “You don’t need to know.”

Shen Yucheng looked indifferently into his eyes, his tone calm: “Alright.” However, his fingers moved slightly beneath his sleeves, quietly releasing golden threads that gently probed towards the back of Qi Hao’s neck. Instantly, all the memories flooded into Shen Yucheng’s mind.

Scenes flashed by quickly, and he found the segment related to the cages—

Every so often, a few cages would be delivered here, containing some thin and weak young men. At specific times, Mo Yifeng would take them into a secret room inside, usually emerging after two or three days.

However, so far, Qi Hao had never seen any young man come out of the secret room alive.

And every time Mo Yifeng came out, he was always covered in blood. As for what he did inside, no one knew.

The memory ended abruptly there. This should be all that Qi Hao knew about the cages.

Shen Yucheng came back to his senses, looking at Qi Hao before him with a calm expression.

Seeing his indifferent appearance, Qi Hao’s heart was suddenly filled with nameless fire. His tone was sharp as he said, “Anyway, a guy like you will be kicked out by Master Mo soon. This kind of stuff, besides being a little good-looking, isn’t just sticking to Master Mo’s fame like some cheap b—”

“…?”

Shen Yucheng was full of question marks. Why did this person suddenly lose it again?

Qi Hao probably thought of him as someone trying to seduce Mo Yifeng, right?

However, Qi Hao’s next words made Shen Yucheng’s heart tighten.

“You don’t know, do you? My relationship with Master Mo is not something an outsider like you can compare to. When Master Mo was at his most difficult, I was by his side. At that time, we saw each other with jade and silk…”

The more Qi Hao spoke, the more agitated he became, not noticing that the air in front of him had suddenly become heavy.

A powerful sense of oppression suddenly descended, as if invisible hands were clutching his neck, his throat tightly constricted, making it difficult to breathe.

He felt terrified, touching his neck, feeling oxygen slowly draining away, his vision beginning to blur, and the scenery before him darkening.

In his blurred vision, he saw Shen Yucheng standing before him, his head, which had been lowered, slowly rising. A cold golden light flashed in his eyes, indifferent to the extreme, as if looking at a lifeless corpse, like Yama come to claim a life.

Qi Hao’s face turned red, struggling desperately, but unable to make a sound.

Shen Yucheng was expressionless, walking closer step by step, looking down at this pawn who was about to suffocate under the pressure. His voice was icy cold: “What did you do? Saw each other with jade and silk?” A dark color flashed in his eyes. “Do you even know what that phrase means? Or have you already reached that stage?”

He hadn’t originally intended to take a child’s words to heart, but when Qi Hao mentioned that phrase, his heart inexplicably twinged, and nameless fire rose, impossible to suppress.

He wanted to know what these two had done in private.

Seeing that Qi Hao didn’t answer, Shen Yucheng’s golden threads uncontrollably spread out. This time, Qi Hao also saw the existence of those golden threads, his pupils dilating, the struggle in his eyes turning into despair.

Shen Yucheng stood before him, staring blankly at him, golden threads spreading behind him, about to touch Qi Hao’s neck—

Just then, Shen Yucheng’s eyelid twitched slightly, and the golden threads suddenly retracted. At the same time, the door behind him slowly opened.

The powerful spiritual pressure that had been permeating the hall suddenly dissipated, as if it had never existed.

The force suppressing Qi Hao instantly disappeared. He felt as if he had just walked through the gates of hell. His legs weakened, and he collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath, his back already soaked with cold sweat.

Shen Yucheng stood with his back to the door, coldly looking down at the person on the ground.

“What are you doing?” Mo Yifeng’s voice came from behind him.

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The door was suddenly pushed open, but the person inside was undisturbed, as usual focused on examining the scroll in his hand, only glancing up at the newcomer.

Fu Lingxuan picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said with a calm expression, “You’re back? How is the Dingxu Sect now? You didn’t smash their sect, did you?”

Mo Yifeng strode in, directly sitting down on the side chair, casually straightening his sleeves that had been messed up by Shen Yucheng. His tone was casual: “Just a bunch of boring things. Don’t let me go for this kind of thing again.”

Fu Lingxuan glanced at him: “What did you do after you went to the Liu family?”

Mo Yifeng raised an eyebrow. He hadn’t told anyone about going into Liu Mingzhen’s secret passage with Yucheng. Even in front of Li Yuan, he had only mentioned why the Liu family wanted to attack the Dingxu Sect.

So Fu Lingxuan must be referring to other matters.

Mo Yifeng raised an eyebrow, his tone unchanged: “What do you think I did?”

Fu Lingxuan stared at him, silent for a moment, then sighed: “The Liu family head’s son is dead.”

Mo Yifeng paused slightly, thought for a second, and asked, “When did it happen?”

“The same day you returned to the Dingxu Sect.” Fu Lingxuan’s tone was calm. “People outside are saying that the Li family sent someone to assassinate him. Now the entire cultivation world knows that the Liu family head loves his son the most, so the best way to retaliate against him is to kill his son.”

Mo Yifeng lowered his eyes, and the words Yucheng had said when he left flashed through his mind—”Send the Liu family head a big gift.”

His tone was ambiguous: “Then who do you think did it? Do you think it was me?”

Fu Lingxuan paused, then shook his head: “No. If you were going to kill someone, you wouldn’t do it secretly. You’d personally slaughter him in front of the Liu family head.”

Mo Yifeng smiled upon hearing this: “Second Senior Brother is really overestimating me—”

Just as he was about to get up, Fu Lingxuan suddenly said, “I heard you brought someone back when you came back?”

Mo Yifeng sat back down, his expression calm: “What’s wrong? Do I need to report to you if I bring someone back?”

Fu Lingxuan was about to say something, hesitated, then ultimately changed the subject: “You have to go to the sect’s training session a month from now.”

Mo Yifeng looked annoyed: “Can’t you just find someone to replace me?”

“You think I don’t want to?” Fu Lingxuan rolled his eyes. “This time, the training session is jointly organized by various sects in the cultivation world. Each sect will send a leader. If you’re absent, others will see it at a glance. How am I supposed to explain it then?”

He picked up the scroll in his hand and gestured towards Mo Yifeng with it. “So you’re the only one who can go. This time, it’s just taking the disciples to deal with some minor matters among the common people. There are also a few Golden Core stage cultivators inside. You don’t need to worry too much. Just wander around behind them.”

“…” Mo Yifeng frowned and asked, “Where are we going?”

“The Northern Region.” Fu Lingxuan said calmly, “You’ve been there before, so you should be familiar with it.”

Hearing this place name, Mo Yifeng’s mind flashed back to his youthful impulsiveness. At that time, without making any plans, he dragged that person straight to Hanji Peak, and almost lost his life as a result. Thinking about it now, he really was lucky to survive.

He hadn’t been there in a long time…

Seeing that he didn’t object, Fu Lingxuan assumed he had tacitly agreed: “You’ll leave a month from now. Don’t hole up in your black hole room like usual. Don’t force me to drag you out myself when the time comes.”

Mo Yifeng lazily waved his hand, turned and walked towards the door. He had just taken a few steps when he suddenly stopped, as if he had thought of something, and turned back to ask, “Can I bring one more person with me on this training session?”

Actually, he was just asking casually. If Fu Lingxuan said no, he wouldn’t listen anyway.

Fu Lingxuan didn’t even look up, casually waving his hand: “Whatever, just don’t let the person you bring disrupt the training.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Mo Yifeng had already disappeared from the doorway with a “whoosh—.”

A moment later, Fu Lingxuan looked around, and seeing that no one was nearby, snapped his fingers. A black shadow quietly fell from the ceiling, kneeling on the ground.

“Who did he bring back this time?” Fu Lingxuan asked casually, flipping through the official documents in his hand.

The black shadow said in a low voice: “It’s a man, who bears a seventy percent resemblance to that person. According to the investigation, he is a disciple of the Dingxu Sect, and he and Master Mo met at the Dingxu Sect. Later, they infiltrated the Liu family together.”

Upon hearing this, Fu Lingxuan raised an eyebrow: “Seventy percent resemblance? Then what about his cultivation path?”

The black shadow paused, hesitating: “This subordinate is not clear. Regarding this person’s background, besides these things, nothing else can be found. It’s as if he appeared in the Dingxu Sect out of thin air.”

Fu Lingxuan did not speak, his expression thoughtful.

The black shadow asked in a low voice: “Vice Sect Leader, should this subordinate go and interrogate him?”

“No need.” Fu Lingxuan waved his hand. “I’ve never seen anyone who went into that black hole room come out intact. He’s probably just Mo Yifeng’s next target. There’s no need to pay attention to him. However, continue to monitor Mo Yifeng’s movements.”

“Yes.” The black shadow responded, his figure flickering before disappearing in place.

Fu Lingxuan put down the scroll, leaned back in his chair, his brows furrowing unconsciously.

He had long ago begun investigating where the young men that Mo Yifeng had taken away over the years had ultimately gone, but no matter how much he investigated, these people seemed to have evaporated into thin air. Not a single one had left a trace.

Could it really be…

If things were truly as he suspected, then as the Vice Sect Leader, he should strictly enforce the sect rules. But this person was his junior brother—

The last remaining disciple of the Futian Sect.

After Shen Yucheng left, the news of his uncertain fate was reported. From that day on, the master had secluded himself, no longer responding to anyone.

Today, no one knew the situation inside the mountain cave. If the seclusion had failed, the mountain cave should have opened on its own, but to this day, there had been no abnormalities…

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On his way back, Mo Yifeng was thinking about the scene he had seen when he communicated with Yucheng’s divine sense earlier.

In that person’s divine breath, he saw the other person helping the people of the slums in the mortal realm, but strangely, he didn’t see any traces of Yucheng using spiritual power.

Could it be that he really hadn’t used spiritual power all these years?

Also, what was his purpose for suddenly appearing in the Dingxu Sect?

The Liu family head’s son died, could it be related to him?

As he was pondering, he suddenly felt a spiritual pressure.

That power was extremely oppressive, but it was also as if it was bound by some kind of seal, unable to fully unfold.

Within the Futian Sect, no one but him and Fu Lingxuan could emit this level of spiritual pressure.

Could it be that an outsider had broken in?

But just a second later, he denied this idea. In recent years, the Lingfeng Sect had strengthened the barrier. If a true expert had invaded, it was impossible that they wouldn’t have been alarmed.

Thinking this way, he arrived in front of the black hole room door. Just as he was about to push the door open, he sensed the aura of spiritual pressure inside.

It was the same as the oppressive feeling from before!

But inside here, besides—

An image flashed through his mind in an instant. The next moment, he pushed the door open forcefully.

The door swung wide open, his gaze falling directly on the center of the hall.

Qi Hao and Yucheng were standing there.

His gaze landed on Yucheng, his eyes burning as if he wanted to bore a hole through him.

This room was full of mechanisms, and only Qi Hao knew the safe routes, but Yucheng… he didn’t even know that there were mechanisms here, and yet he was able to stand here unharmed?

So, that spiritual pressure from before, it really was him?

Mo Yifeng strode towards Yucheng, stopping behind him, his voice low: “What are you doing?”