Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 757: The Jin Clan Join

”Are you going to do something to Ren Dongcheng?” Hong Xinxin asked once they were far enough from the Ren Clan residence.

Zhang Fei responded by pinching her nose. ”Naturally, I will do something to that old man and Fei Qinyuan, but I canʼt do it openly. Therefore, I have to go back there now, and the two of them will enjoy my gift.”

Hong Xinxin could only shake her head once Zhang Fei disappeared, but her smile widened as she imagined what would happen next. ”I still didnʼt expect that old man to be so depraved and disgusting; he even dared to think about possessing my grandmother and mother.”

In a few minutes, Zhang Fei had returned to Hong Xinxinʼs side and told her a few things about his plans for Ren Dongcheng and Fei Qinyuan, and they went to the Jin clan afterward.

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They were already in the main hall of the Jin clan, and Hong Xinxin told Zhang Fei, who was monitoring the clan through the map, some things about Jin Ruyue.

Soon, an old woman with waist-length white hair walked out from inside, and her eyes narrowed as she watched Zhang Fei. There was a hint of disdain in her eyes, as she could recognize his cultivation despite the concealment ring that had hidden it, which was in stark contrast to his thousands-of-year-old bone age.

Zhang Fei naturally noticed Jin Ruyueʼs look of disdain toward him, but he didnʼt say anything and gave a faint smirk, causing her to shiver.

Jin Ruyue shook her head slightly and sat down in the head seat. ”Did your grandfather send you here to persuade me, little girl Hong?”

”Grandma Jin, my future husband has an interesting offer for you, and I believe you wonʼt be able to refuse it.” Hong Xinxin spoke confidently.

”Oh?” Jin Ruyue was surprised to hear about their relationship. ”Who exactly are you? How did you manage to win little girl Hongʼs heart? Youʼre thousands of years old, but your cultivation is still at the 6-Star Earth Realm. Furthermore, your cultivation is still unstable, which means your cultivation has just been broken through.”

As Shang Yingyue had told Zhang Fei when she gave him the ring, there were some people who had the ability to see through the concealment even without using artifacts, and Jin Ruyue was one of them.

”Have you ever heard the saying, Donʼt judge a book by its cover?” Jin Ruyue frowned at Zhang Feiʼs question. ”I know you have the ability to see through the concealment of my cultivation, but you must not forget that the world of cultivation is too mysterious. Sometimes our eyes often deceive us, and we are often overconfident to the point of preventing us from seeing what is actually hidden in front of us.”

Jin Ruyue nodded to him. ”You are right; our arrogance and overconfidence often make us see things only from the outside, but we ignore the truth hidden inside.”

”Haha.” Zhang Fei laughed and cupped his hands to her. ”I admire you, Senior. Most senior cultivators would be furious after hearing my words, but you are willing to acknowledge them.”

”You donʼt need to beat around the bush and show me the hidden truth of yourself.” Jin Ruyue immediately grabbed her seatʼs handrests as soon as Zhang Feiʼs aura changed, and his faint killing intent was enough to make her shiver. ”I have underestimated you, and the truth about you is deeper than I previously imagined. How many living beings have you killed?”

”I never counted them, but I think millions.” Zhang Fei casually answered.

Jin Ruyue exhaled slowly after hearing that. ”I am over ten thousand years old now, and I have faced too many battles, but my body count is much lower than yours.”

”Unlike you, I donʼt have a strong background, and I have so many people I care about. Thatʼs why I canʼt be lenient and merciful like you, and I have to fight hard to protect myself and the people closest to me.” Jin Ruyue nodded in agreement to Zhang Fei. ”The world of cultivation has always been harsh and cruel, and so many powerful cultivators threaten our safety. Thus, I have to be cruel and merciless to protect myself and the others, and I will kill anyone who comes to us regardless of their background.”

”Your mindset is good, but your bad karma will continue to accumulate if you continue to soak your hands in blood.” Zhang Fei did not refute Jin Ruyue because it was true. ”You may still be able to withstand it at first, but the heavens will not be merciful to you forever, and they will give you much more severe punishments every time you break through in your cultivation.”

Zhang Fei then asked. ”Would you believe it if I told you that I have faced hundreds of lightning tribulations?”

”With your many victims, you are too bloody, so I donʼt have any doubts about it.” Jin Ruyue said it with a serious expression.

”In fact, my cultivation only broke through today, and I had to face ten lightning tribulations before.” Zhang Feiʼs answer made Jin Ruyue let out a soft sigh, but her eyes widened as soon as she took out two pills. ”To be honest, I have never given these two pills to anyone outside of my inner circle. However, I admire you as a senior, so I thought of giving them to you, but on the condition that you are willing to join the Hong Clan. There are so many alchemists in this universe, with the alchemist god and the alchemist goddess being the best among them, but neither of them has the ability to concoct my pills.”

Jin Ruyue looked doubtful after hearing that, especially since there were no alchemists better than the alchemist god and the alchemist goddess. If they didnʼt have the ability to concoct such pills, she was sure that no other alchemist would be able to, but the two pills in Zhang Feiʼs hands still piqued her interest. ”What are the effects of those two pills?”

”You can witness the effects for yourself, and I dare to guarantee that you will love them.” Zhang Fei gave both pills to Hong Xinxin, who immediately swallowed them in order. ”The effects will take a little while to work, so I hope you can wait patiently.”

”All right.” Jin Ruyue nodded.

Half an hour later, Jin Ruyue was shocked to see black liquid starting to appear on Hong Xinxinʼs body, and the smell was also incredibly pungent, forcing her to cover her nose. ”What kind of pill is that exactly? Why is the effect similar to the impurity cleansing pill?”

”You will see the results soon.”

After a while, Hong Xinxinʼs entire body was covered by the black liquid, but Zhang Fei immediately cleaned it all up and dried her dress, and she swallowed the second pill directly.

Jin Ruyueʼs jaw dropped open, and her eyes opened wide as she stared at Hong Xinxinʼs face. ”How... how...”

Hong Xinxin was indeed not too old, but she was quite old for a woman of her age, and the Beauty Restoring Pill restored her youthful appearance. She immediately took out a mirror to see her new appearance, and a flowery smile spread across her lovely face.

”Do you like it, Xinxin?”

”Why didnʼt you give them to me before?”

”Hehe.” Zhang Fei chuckled and pointed at Jin Ruyue, who was completely dumbfounded. ”If I gave them to you earlier, how could I prove their effects to her? Look at her; sheʼs shocked to that extent.”

Hong Xinxin smiled amusedly at Jin Ruyueʼs expression. ”What do you think now, Grandma Jin? Do you still have doubts about my future husbandʼs words? Senior Tian Shuixiang and Senior Lin Jingxia are indeed renowned alchemists; they have reached the pinnacle of alchemy. However, I have never heard of them concocting pills that can restore our youth, or else they would not look as old as they do now.”

”Youʼre right.” Jin Ruyue replied with a nod of approval. ”Are the effects of the two pills only temporary?”

Zhang Fei took another two pills and explained their effects to Jin Ruyue. ”These two pills complement each other, so you should swallow them both. The Beauty Restoring Pill will restore your youth, and the Youthful Retaining Pill will maintain its effects, so you will never age again forever. However, these pills will give you a lot of trouble if people find out about them, so you should use a disguise to hide their effects.”

”Such pills with wonderful effects will arouse the envy of many people; both men and women always yearn for eternal youth, and it is one of the many reasons we work hard to improve our cultivation.” Jin Ruyue thought as she looked at the two pills. ”Did you concoct them yourself? Even Tian Shuixiang and Lin Jingxia have long wanted to concoct such pills, but they have never succeeded in creating them.”

”In fact, I am a grandmaster-rank alchemist, and I got the recipe for these two pills by luck, so only I can concoct them in this universe. However, I will never sell them to the public, especially since it would only add a lot of trouble for me.” Zhang Fei then asked her. ”What about your decision? Are you willing to join the Hong Clan? If you agree, I will give these two pills to you, and I will also reward you with some other pills. Moreover, my alchemy path is still long, and I will reach the god rank alchemist one day. Every time my alchemist rank increases and I succeed in concocting more useful pills, I will give you a share, so you will never regret joining us.”

If other alchemists had said that to her, Jin Ruyue would have immediately kicked them out for bragging. She still had a hard time believing Zhang Fei, but his Beauty Restoring Pill and Youthful Retaining Pill gave her a different impression of him, especially since Tian Shuixiang and Lin Jingxia couldnʼt concoct such pills, yet he could concoct them.

After she thought about it seriously for some time, Jin Ruyue directly contacted Hong Quan and told him that she was willing to join his Hong Clan.

Hong Quan himself immediately contacted Hong Xinxin and asked her many things, especially about how she managed to convince Jin Ruyue. Instead of directly explaining to her grandfather, she relayed the information to Zhang Fei. ”Grandma Jin just contacted my grandfather, and she agreed to join us, so you can give your two pills to her.”

Zhang Fei immediately stood up and approached Jin Ruyue. He gave her both pills along with two other bottles of pills, and he also explained to her about the effects of each pill, which shocked and amazed her. ”After you take them, your foundation will become stronger, and your cultivation speed will also accelerate. In this realm, only members of the Hong Clan have swallowed them, so you donʼt need to be afraid of falling behind them. If you want, I can also help you with some other things, especially the soul cultivation path.”

”Are you also a soul cultivator?” Jin Ruyue asked in surprise.

”My master is the Soul Emperor Hun Di.” After she heard that name, Jin Ruyue immediately stood up from her seat and stared at Zhang Fei in shock. He then returned his bone age to its original state. ”Try checking my bone age again.”

Jin Ruyue looked confused upon hearing that, but she immediately checked Zhang Feiʼs bone age, and the results left her completely shocked. ”How is this possible? How can you hide your bone age? Your previous bone age was clearly thousands of years old, but your bone age has changed to twenty years now.”

”Haha.” Zhang Fei laughed while winking. ”Thatʼs why I said before that the world of cultivation is too mysterious, and there are many truths that cannot be seen by our eyes. In fact, my real age is 20 years old, but I am different from other cultivators, or else Master Hun Di would not be willing to accept me as his disciple.”

”Are you really his disciple?” Zhang Fei immediately showed the soul emperorʼs badge to Jin Ruyue to convince her. ”All this time, I knew that Shang Yingyue was his last disciple, but I didnʼt expect that he had already taken another disciple, let alone such a young disciple. However, I have to admit that you are indeed extraordinary, especially since you were able to reach the 6-Star Earth Realm even though you are only 20 years old, a feat that no other cultivator will be able to replicate. Even I myself needed 35 years to reach your level when I was young, and so did the cultivators of my generation.”

”Grandma Jin, you will be even more surprised if you know more about him.” Jin Ruyue looked at Hong Xinxin directly. ”My husband is not only a soul cultivator and an alchemist, but he is also skilled in many things, such as blacksmithing, array formation, body cultivation, and dual cultivation.”

Once again, Jin Ruyue looked at Zhang Fei in shock, especially since walking one or two paths was already difficult even for a senior cultivator like her, but he walked so many paths at once. She suddenly realized something. ”Did you improve your cultivation with the help of many women?”

”Dozens of them.” Zhang Fei replied with a casual smile. ”Most of them have reached the Earth Realm, and some have reached beyond that, with four of them, including Xinxin, having reached the Seven Divine Realms. So, do you want to learn the soul cultivation path? I can teach you directly if you want, and it will make you an even better cultivator.”

”I want to learn it.” Jin Ruyue made the decision without hesitation, particularly because she had a long-standing desire to study the soul cultivation path but lacked the necessary talent. Although she didnʼt know how Zhang Fei would help her, she didnʼt want to miss the opportunity. ”However, we will do it after I swallow these pills, especially since I canʼt wait to see my youth again.”

”Haha.” Zhang Fei laughed in response. ”All right, you can swallow them now, and we will wait for you here.”

Jin Ruyue immediately left the main hall and ordered her clan members to entertain Zhang Fei and Hong Xinxin, but she herself returned to her room to swallow the pills.

Zhang Fei shook his head and sat down by Hong Xinxinʼs side. ”This way, the Shang and Xi clans will not dare to fight your Hong clan directly, but we still have to be prepared to face them, especially Shang Huaqiang.”

”Youʼre right.” Hong Xinxin then asked. ”What about Fei Qinyuan? Is she almost arriving in this region?”

Zhang Fei immediately opened the map and searched for Fei Qinyuanʼs whereabouts before telling Hong Xinxin. ”Her speed is faster than your fatherʼs estimate, and she will arrive in about two hours. However, we donʼt need to think about her, and Ren Dongcheng will help us deal with her. If the final result is as I expected, we can kill two birds with one stone, so we donʼt have to bother anymore.”

”Iʼm looking forward to it, and I want to see Fei Qinyuanʼs shocked expression.” Hong Xinxin said it with a chuckle.

An hour later, Jin Ruyue had returned to them with her new appearance, and she couldnʼt stop smiling because of it. ”Are you going to teach me about the soul cultivation path now?”

”Weʼre still waiting for someone to arrive, and sheʼll be here in an hour, so weʼll do it after that.” Zhang Fei immediately explained to Jin Ruyue about Fei Qinyuan, who was on her way to the Ren Clan. ”If the results are as I wish, Ren Dongcheng will have no other choice but to join our group, which will make our group bigger and more solid. As for that woman, I have my own plans for her, but I wonʼt explain them now, and she will be useful in bringing down Shang Huaqiang.”

As they waited for Fei Qinyuan to arrive, Zhang Fei explained to Jin Ruyue the outline of the soul cultivation path, but she seemed to have difficulty understanding it.

- To Be Continued -