Chapter 444

Chapter 444: Do You Still Not Understand My Feelings?
“We were really lucky. If it weren’t for that Senior, we probably would have gotten lost forever in that Death Rift.”

Although they had already escaped the Death Rift, Dong Fang Yue was still shaken. Her small face had no trace of color.

Xi Men Wu Ji also had some lingering fear, but he was proud and did not want to show it. Instead, he mocked Dong Fang Yue: “Dongfang, you are way too timid. With courage like that, how are you going to manage a family clan in the future? A tiny bit of trouble will scare you half to death.”

Bei Ming Yan’s willow brows drew together.

She patted Dong Fang Yue’s small hand, then glared at Xi Men Wu Ji: “Xi Men, if you hadn’t said you were sure you could lead us out of the Death Rift, how would we have rushed in so blindly? And what happened in the end? We almost died in there. Don’t you think you should at least say something?”

This was the first time all four of them had entered Godsfall Land. They had been very careful, afraid of breaking some taboo by mistake.

If Xi Men Wu Ji had not pushed so hard, they would never have dared to enter the Death Rift, much less almost lose their lives inside.

Xi Men Wu Ji’s voice weakened at once: “I… I thought the Xi Men Clan’s magic artifact could lead us to the exit…”

“Xi Men meant well, Bei Ming. Let it go this time.”

Nan Gong Jie hurried out to smooth things over.

To change the subject, he suddenly brought up the Senior they had just met: “Did you notice that there was a young woman following beside that Senior? Her eyes were a bit strange.”

Nan Gong Jie’s father was the patriarch of the Nan Gong Clan. His own talent was not bad, but whether it was his father or the other elders of the clan, they all valued the more gifted and tougher Nan Gong Yin. That left Nan Gong Jie in a very awkward spot, so he had trained himself to be good at reading people’s expressions.

When that young woman looked at him, her first glance did not fall on his face, but on his hair. It was clear she knew the traits of people from the Nan Gong Clan.

And that woman’s gaze was not only about recognizing him. There was also a strange, hard-to-name feeling in it, which made him care about it even more.

“That young woman looked very plain. Her clothes and manners were all very proper. There was nothing special about her.”

Bei Ming Yan thought back as she gave her judgment.

Xi Men Wu Ji nodded in agreement.

Just when Nan Gong Jie was starting to wonder if he was overthinking things, Dong Fang Yue suddenly spoke: “She was wearing a magic artifact that hides her face. Her real looks were covered.”

Nan Gong Jie understood at once: “No wonder. I kept feeling that her bearing didn’t quite match her appearance.”

“Why would she cover her face? Is she afraid that someone will recognize who she really is?”

“Then is her Divine Transformation cultivation also fake?”

Dong Fang Yue shook her head: “No. Her cultivation level is real. Her face is fake.”

“Then that is strange. Why would she block her face?”

No one doubted what Dong Fang Yue said. They all followed her words and kept thinking.

The people of the Dongfang family were born with a sense for spiritual energy that went far beyond normal instincts.

Even spirit power waves from a thousand li away could not escape their eyes.

They could even sense a person’s aura and, in a moment, figure out how many magic artifacts that person carried and what each artifact was used for.

The four of them had grown up playing together. As children they had played this guessing game almost every day, and Dong Fang Yue had never guessed wrong.

So they trusted her judgment completely.

“Forget it, stop thinking about it. She still counts as half a benefactor to us, and it was just a chance meeting. We may never see her again.”

After thinking for a while, Bei Ming Yan suddenly smiled.

The other three also felt this made sense when they thought about it. They put what had just happened to the back of their minds and started talking about exotic beasts instead.

“There are three kinds of exotic beasts in Godsfall Land. One kind is the ferocious beast that feeds only on Nascent Souls. One kind is the Fortune Beast, also called the Auspicious Beast. And the last kind is the Azure Beast that lives in Extreme Yin Lands. Which beast core is the one that can help us pass the test?”

Faced with the three pairs of questioning eyes, Xi Men Wu Ji’s gaze dodged, and his answers were vague.

At last, under Bei Ming Yan’s pressing, Xi Men Wu Ji had to tell the truth: “All I found out was that we need the beast core of an exotic beast. As for which exact kind… that costs extra.”

“So you did not ask because you wanted to save money?”

Bei Ming Yan looked at him in disbelief.

“No. I wanted to ask clearly, but then I heard that Nan Gong Yin had already come to Godsfall Land. I did not want to fall behind her, so I gave up.”

Bei Ming Yan and the other two almost fainted from anger.

No wonder Xi Men Wu Ji had been so secretive on the way here and had refused to explain clearly. They had thought he was guarding against them, keeping an extra card in his hand, but it turned out he really did not know.

“Don’t be so anxious. There are only three choices anyway. We can check them one by one. It won’t take that much time.”

Things had come to this point, so Bei Ming Yan and the other two could only compromise.

“The ferocious beasts are very hard to find and also the most vicious. I think we should start with the Azure Beasts.”

To make up for his mistake, Xi Men Wu Ji quickly offered a suggestion.

Bei Ming Yan and the other two also found this reasonable, so they decided that finding the Extreme Yin Lands would be their first task.

…

Inside a narrow underground cave.

Feng Jiu Si and Tu Xiao sat facing each other.

“Jiu Si.” Tu Xiao suddenly called his name in a sticky, clinging tone.

Feng Jiu Si frowned so hard that a deep crease appeared between his brows.

“Tu Xiao, stop having thoughts you shouldn’t have.”

Tu Xiao stared at him with a wronged look: “I used up the life-saving treasure my clan gave me to save you. Do you still not understand how I feel about you?”

Feng Jiu Si took a deep breath.

“You saved me, and I am very grateful. But between us, besides brotherly friendship, there can never be any other kind of relationship.”

“Jiu Si~”

Feng Jiu Si suddenly stood up. His movement was too big and pulled at his wound. He clutched his mouth as a fit of heart-tearing coughs wracked his body.

“All right, I won’t say anything more. Sit down.”

Tu Xiao quickly gave up on taking advantage of his weakness and went back to speaking in a normal tone.

Feng Jiu Si hesitated for a moment, but in the end he still chose to sit back down.

One day ago, they had clashed with another group of cultivators. The smell of blood drew a ferocious beast.

They scattered and ran. Feng Jiu Si had the worst luck and was targeted by the ferocious beast. It almost dug out his Nascent Soul.

At the critical moment, Tu Xiao saved him.

Under the cover of the treasure, the two of them retreated into this cave and were separated from the others.

Even now, Feng Jiu Si still could not forget the bone-deep cold when the ferocious beast’s claws stabbed into his dantian.

So unless he had no other choice, he really did not want to tear things open with Tu Xiao.

“If I had known things would turn out like this, I never should have listened to Jin Yuan and come to this cursed place.”

When Tu Xiao had nothing to do, he could not help starting to complain.

He held a lot of resentment toward Jin Yuan.

Feng Jiu Si was also very upset.

Before this, he had faintly guessed what Jin Yuan was thinking.

Jin Yuan wanted to use Yu Zhao in Godsfall Land to deal with them.

He had planned to turn her scheme back on her and be the oriole behind the mantis.

But once they entered Godsfall Land, everything went out of control.

And the root of it all was Yu Zhao’s sudden disappearance.