True Fellow Disciples, a Strange and Bizarre Night

Gu Qingfeng sat there eating roast rabbit and realized that Senior Sister Shen and the others did indeed seem somewhat distant from him.

In truth, this change had already begun after he killed Eldest Senior Sister Zhang Yao.

At the time, Shen Yun and the others had been speculating about Gu Qingfeng's identity.

Was he the heir of some great clan who had concealed his strength?

Or the scion of an immortal family deliberately sent undercover into the Golden Core Immortal Sect to temper himself?

Or perhaps a living minor immortal who had inherited the legacy of some immortal still walking the world?

In any case, whatever his identity, he was utterly different from mortals like them, who had practically cultivated themselves into human pills.

People were different by nature, divided into noble and lowly, honored and base.

Before, they had been too busy fleeing for their lives to think deeply about it.

Now that they had some leisure, they could not help but think.

What was more, Gu Qingfeng had saved their lives.

Yet after witnessing Gu Qingfeng's immortal methods and immortal bearing, that debt of salvation had already changed from "offering themselves in marriage" into "genuine awe."

Thus, the way they addressed him naturally changed from "junior brother" and "senior brother" to "Immortal Master."

Only Qi Lingguang was an exception. She still called him Senior Brother Gu, and the way she treated him had not changed much.

In Wang Wu and the others' eyes, this seemed far too stubborn, even disrespectful toward Gu Qingfeng.

But Gu Qingfeng had no time to concern himself with such things.

He was taking in this brand-new world.

Though he had spent less than a month in that sunless cavern, every day there had truly felt like a year.

Only now, standing in the wind, did he understand the vastness and beauty of heaven and earth, and the preciousness of freedom, free as the wind.

Of course, he could not let the whole rabbit he had just eaten go to waste.

The rich fragrance of grease lingering on his lips and tongue was filled with exquisite flavor even without any seasoning.

After all, inside the Golden Core Immortal Sect, they ate berries and medicinal pills every day. They had gone months without tasting meat; it was no life for a human being.

Or rather, people were being cultivated into fruit. Where would they find the chance to eat meat?

Only when the roasted rabbit entered his mouth today did he truly feel alive again.

The sky gradually darkened, and everyone began discussing where they would go next.

"I'm going home. I still have three shops waiting for me to inherit. I wonder whether my lecherous old man managed to restrain himself. If he didn't, those shops may have already been swindled away by some little mistress!" Wang Wu said animatedly.

Zhao San said with a longing expression, "I'm going home too. I miss my parents. At my age, the village should be assigning me a wife."

Qi Lingguang said in surprise, "Senior Brother Zhao, your village even assigns wives?"

"Of course. I was already the fairest and most handsome man in the village. Now that I'm back, I'll definitely be even fairer."

The Golden Core Immortal Sect rarely saw the light of day, so everyone in the group had fairly pale skin.

"I had a marriage engagement. I disappeared for so long this time; I wonder whether it still counts."

Senior Sister Shen Yun poked at the campfire and sighed.

Qi Lingguang said cheerfully, "Senior Sister Shen is beautiful and kind-hearted. Why would you be afraid of not finding a husband?"

Shen Yun could not help teasing her. "I wonder who it was that got left behind precisely because she was 'beautiful and kind-hearted.'"

Naturally, she was referring to how Eldest Senior Sister Zhang Yao had left Qi Lingguang behind out of jealousy over her beauty and kind heart.

"Like you weren't left behind too."

"Then was I left behind because I was the fairest and most handsome man in the village?" Zhao San said.

"Hahahaha!"

"Senior Brother Zhao, you're getting more confident by the day. You're killing me."

Gu Qingfeng laughed along with them.

For a time, everyone seemed filled with beautiful hopes for the future, and the conversation grew exceptionally lively.

The distance and barriers they had felt toward Gu Qingfeng earlier gradually vanished amid their chatter.

Only at this moment did the group resemble true close-knit fellow disciples, senior brothers and sisters laughing and chatting together.

One had to know that within the Golden Core Immortal Sect, they had to be extremely careful even when speaking. Such a scene had been utterly impossible.

At this moment, Qi Lingguang could not help looking toward Gu Qingfeng. "Senior Brother Gu, what are your plans from now on?"

Gu Qingfeng's eyes were faintly lost. "I don't remember many things, so I'm not sure yet."

There was not the slightest falsehood in his confusion.

Because the world before him truly was extraordinarily unfamiliar.

Everyone else had somewhere to return to, but he did not.

Qi Lingguang gathered her courage and said, "Senior Brother Gu, if you have no other plans, why not come back to Yuan Feeding City with me first? The people there are wonderful."

Shen Yun and the others could not help casting Qi Lingguang looks of surprise and admiration.

For someone like Senior Brother Gu, you really dared to lure him home?

Since Gu Qingfeng had nowhere to settle for the time being, he nodded. "All right."

No one had expected him to agree so readily. Wang Wu quickly said, "Senior Brother Gu, my hometown is nice too. If it's on the way, why not come visit our place?"

Gu Qingfeng nodded.

Seeing this, Shen Yun and Zhao San also invited him one after another.

This time, Qi Lingguang was the one whose balls hurt. She complained, "How can there be so many places that are on the way?"

Wang Wu teased, "Don't worry, Junior Sister Qi. The girls where I'm from aren't as pretty as you. You're not afraid Senior Brother Gu won't go with you, are you?"

Qi Lingguang's face reddened. "I'm not."

For a time, the joyous atmosphere in the thicket grew even stronger.

As they chatted, everyone gradually became tired.

Wang Wu volunteered to keep watch for the first half of the night, while Zhao San would take the second half, letting Gu Qingfeng and the others rest properly.

Gu Qingfeng did not stand on ceremony. He simply leaned against a short bush and fell asleep.

He was truly exhausted.

Before long, he was asleep.

Sleeping deeply.

This was likely the best sleep Gu Qingfeng had had in a long time.

As the moon sank and the stars faded, the thicket and the distant grassland lay in tranquil silence, with only the faint crackling of the campfire remaining.

Soon, even breathing sounded all around them. Zhao San's snores rose and fell in waves, yet they did not hinder anyone's sleep.

Wang Wu relied entirely on listening to Zhao San's snores to force herself to stay alert while keeping watch.

That night, Gu Qingfeng even began to dream.

He dreamed that he had returned to Earth, bringing back all the abilities and treasures he had acquired in this bizarre world.

Wearing the Precious Moon Garment, he walked through a familiar city. Everyone said he looked energetic. Several beautiful girls, both familiar and unfamiliar, liked him, and he enjoyed it all immensely.

Then, just as he was drinking and chatting with one of those beauties, holding hands as they laughed and conversed, a familiar figure suddenly appeared before him.

Qi Lingguang looked at him with her beautiful peach-blossom eyes and said, "Senior Brother Gu, what are you doing?"

Gu Qingfeng said in surprise, "Junior Sister Qi, how did you cross over too?"

"Cross over?"

Just as Gu Qingfeng was bewildered by it all in his dream, he abruptly felt an icy chill envelop his body and snapped his eyes open.

Glug glug!

He saw water.

There was water everywhere he looked!

His entire body was already caught in dark currents and swept forward, a string of bubbles spilling from his mouth.

Had they been flooded?

Gu Qingfeng remembered clearly that the nearest river channel had long since dried up and stopped flowing. Though this thicket had grass and trees, yellowish-white mud showed through in places, clearly a sign of water shortage.

How had such a massive flood suddenly come?

Without the slightest warning?

Even Wang Wu, who was keeping watch, had not noticed a thing?

This was not the mountains. Even a flash flood could not have arrived so silently.

Yes, this flood had come too quickly and too strangely, silent and soundless.

Gu Qingfeng struggled to steady himself and looked around, seeking traces of his fellow disciples.

At that moment, he saw many people.

Yet these people were not Qi Lingguang and the others. They could even barely be called "people."

Within the deep, shadowy waters were human figures with long necks.

Tall and thin, they crowded through the water like elongated ghostly shadows.

And behind them was an enormous black shadow!

What was that?!!!