Preparing to Split Up

Admittedly, a single Heavenly Flame posed little threat to Fei Tian as he was now.

But if two Heavenly Flames were fused together, that was an entirely different matter. The terrifying energy they produced could even briefly warp space, giving him a sense of danger.

"You really do keep coming up with new tricks. If I remember correctly,

this technique of yours, Lt. General's Command over Spirits, should be able to capture multiple Soul Bodies, right?" Fei Tian gave him a meaningful look.

"To be precise, yes. If they acquired Heavenly Flames while they were alive, I can capture those along with them." Qin Yun nodded. His meaning could not have been clearer now.

He was hinting that he already possessed a way to acquire multiple Heavenly Flames at once.

"Ah, the waves behind drive on the waves ahead, until the old waves die on the shore. Old fellows like us really are outdated." Fei Tian rubbed his forehead helplessly, then sighed.

Yet the very next second, he flicked Qin Yun on the forehead, sending him somersaulting through the air several times before he could steady himself.

"I admit your talent is impressive, but don't get too proud.

Don't think there's no one left who can teach you anything. I'll teach you the most important lesson right now:

never show off your new abilities in front of other people."

Fei Tian's meaning was already perfectly clear.

"It's not just that miraculous method of yours that lets you hold multiple Heavenly Flames at once.

There's also the Threefold Reversal you used to reattach your severed arm three days ago.

Do you realize that even a Dou Zun, or even a Dou Sheng, couldn't reattach a severed arm without any side effects the way you did?

If other people with ulterior motives discover these strange, heaven-defying Dou Techniques and cultivation methods of yours,

never mind those other thuggish factions-even the Ancient Eight Clans might swallow their pride and forcibly make a move against you.

I'll let these two incidents slide, though. I haven't been sitting idle these past three days. I haven't slept a wink for three days and nights, all to clean up your mess.

Especially those academy elders. I had to use some extraordinary measures to give them a warning before they stopped daring to spread the word."

Fei Tian did not consider himself a good man, but that depended on the circumstances. His ruthlessness and cold-bloodedness were reserved for outsiders, and their ultimate purpose was always to safeguard the interests of the entire Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

"Thank you, Uncle Fei." Qin Yun nodded earnestly. To be honest, he really did feel that he had let things go to his head over the past few days.

Thinking back now, he felt a lingering chill of fear. If Uncle Fei had not kindly pointed it out, he might really have caught the attention of some troublesome people.

"By the way, how's Qing'er? Has she recovered yet?" Qin Yun suddenly realized that the haughty young lady who had always clung to his side was nowhere to be seen now.

By his estimate, she should have woken up sometime over these past few days.

"You mean her? That little girl woke up yesterday, and she went looking for you as soon as she did. She's been waiting outside your door for a whole day. Didn't you see her when you came out?" Fei Tian also looked somewhat surprised.

Five minutes later, however, the two found Feng Qing'er dozing outside the room where Qin Yun had been in seclusion.

"Wake up. The sun's shining on your backside." Amused to see how sleepy she was, Qin Yun poked her head.

Feng Qing'er immediately woke up. Seeing the two of them, she hastily straightened her clothes in embarrassment and turned her head aside.

"I wasn't actually asleep. I only closed my eyes for a minute. Who knew you'd come out at precisely that moment?"

"All right, thanks for this. No matter what... forget it, I won't say any more. You should know what I mean." Qin Yun gently patted her shoulder and gave her an approving look.

He had to admit that this haughty young lady really did seem to have been trained onto the right track by him. Hopefully, she would keep it up. Though she might not necessarily attain great wealth and glory, at least she would no longer suffer the fate she had in the original story.

"Mm... judging by how you look, you must have successfully absorbed the Heavenly Flame. Congratulations." Feng Qing'er nodded somewhat bashfully, offering a simple expression of concern for him.

"Mm, I did succeed. But our trip to Jia Nan Academy is pretty much over now, so there's only one final destination left."

Qin Yun felt it was time to leave. As for where they would go next, he already had a plan in mind.

"Wait, you're still going somewhere else? It's already been over a month. Shouldn't we be heading back to the Wind and Lightning Pavilion by now?"

Fei Tian instantly felt the world spinning around him again. He had thought they could finally head home, only to discover that this fellow still wanted to run all over the place.

"You actually believed that? Saying we'd return in three months was just an excuse. How else would Teacher have agreed?

Since we're already out here, we might as well visit a few more places for fun. I thought you knew." Qin Yun spread his hands, looking utterly innocent.

"You!" For a moment, Fei Tian did not know what to say. It looked as though he would have to keep playing nanny for a while longer.

"Hehe." Feng Qing'er, meanwhile, dropped her haughty facade for once and even found a moment to cover her mouth and snicker.

"Don't worry. I won't make you play nanny this time." Afraid that Fei Tian would refuse, Qin Yun planned to head to two places at the same time.

"We'll split up this time. You know what I mean?"

Fei Tian: "No. Don't."

Feng Qing'er (her gaze involuntarily drifted toward Fei Tian's head): Was he hinting that I should make a move?

"Fine, tell me your plan. I'm just a lowly bodyguard anyway, risking my life for lousy pay.

At least I don't have to pay the docking fee for a spatial ship, since I can't afford a spatial ship in the first place. Whatever you say goes."

Fei Tian felt that he was rather like that fellow called Squidward now.

He had only heard about this character in passing from Qin Yun.

Although he did not know exactly what Squidward was, he felt an inexplicable resemblance.

"Uncle Fei, take a spatial ship to Qingshan Town and find a young woman named Xiao Yi Xian. She should be around eighteen.

Also, there should be a thin, multicolored line running down her abdomen to her lower belly." Qin Yun did his best to describe Xiao Yi Xian's appearance.

In his eyes, she was a born workhorse. All she had to do was eat poison, and her cultivation would shoot up, up, up. It could hardly have been easier.

Of course, once she consumed a certain amount, her body would explode and she would die. That was the legendary woeful poison body.

To others, this might be something like a ticking time bomb.

But he had prepared long ago. When he had previously traded with Yao Lao for some insights into pill refining, he had specifically checked the method for sealing the woeful poison body.

Moreover, he had already begun making preparations ten years ago, when he first arrived at the Wind and Lightning Pavilion.

By now, only two ingredients needed to resolve the woeful poison body remained: bodhi transformation milk and the Magic Core of a rank-seven Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast.

Back then, to prepare these things, he had even set his sights on his teacher's private stash.

In the end, although he had taken two enormous slaps to his backside that had nearly beaten it raw,

he had also hauled away a third of his teacher's private stash. That had been a worthwhile trade.