Chapter 56: Kong Xuan, Zi Yu, and Zhao Gongming

  The unfortunate Zhao Gongming seemed to have been forgotten by Zhuang Xiong, a small and insignificant immortal who couldn't withstand the blow of a quasi-saint at his peak. Fortunately, he was in a favorable position and was instantly blown away by Zhuang Xiong's aura, transforming into a stream of light that disappeared within the boundaries of Mount Emei.

  Zhao Gongming watched as Mount Emei gradually disappeared into the distance, feeling wronged and thinking to himself: "The master is also someone who doesn't keep his promises. He said he wouldn't blame me, so why did he punish me like this? However, the master's aura is really astonishing! I thought he was already very strong when we first met, but it turns out he's even stronger than that?! I must study hard with the master and become as strong as him someday." In an instant, Zhao Gongming's spirits lifted and he shouted loudly in the direction of Mount Emei: "Master, I'll be back...!!"

  Zhuang Xiong couldn't help but let out a loud sneeze, as if he had forgotten something important. However, at the moment, the most pressing matter was still those two little scoundrels, Zi Yu and Kong Xuan. They had been gone for several seconds after shouting, yet they still hadn't returned. Zhuang Xiong's anger intensified, and he bellowed: "If you two don't get back here immediately, I'll personally go find you! You'll be facing family discipline then. Watch out for your butts!"

  With Zhong Xiong's cultivation, he let out a loud roar, and Kong Xuan and Zi Yu could naturally hear it. However, at this moment, the two were hiding in a corner under the waterfall of Mount Emei to discuss their countermeasures.

  Kong Xuan said, "Zi Yu sister, what to do? Master seems to be really angry, he has three eyes and six ears, and his calculation skills are also excellent. It's easy for him to find us two. Is it better to take the initiative to go out? Otherwise, Master might really spank us, our Master's temper is like that, when he gets angry, he doesn't care if you're a girl or not."

  "Going out is a must, but waiting for Master to find us will only make things worse. However, before going out, we must quickly come up with a good strategy, otherwise it would be pointless. We have to hurry, Master's patience can be quite short at times."

  Kong Xuan thought for a moment, then said: "Why don't we go out in our true forms? Master has been wanting to see us transform for a long time, and he'll definitely be shocked. Then we can say some gentle words, maybe it won't be a big deal."

  Zi Yu also knew that time was pressing, and after a moment's thought, she said: "It can be done. Then immediately start inserting jokes, the old master is soft-hearted, and it's just on the spur of the moment, not necessarily really angry with us, it's easy to get over it. Then we need to quickly shift the topic, roughly in this direction, at that time one person speaks, one person thinks, cooperate with each other, should be fine."

  It has to be said that Ziyu is indeed a talented person, or perhaps it's just that Zhuang Xiong's personality is too simple and has been seen through by others? Or maybe the two women also know that Zhuang Xiong can't bear to truly blame them, but if he doesn't react at all, how can he save face as an elder? He needs to go through the motions symbolically.

  Zhuang Xiong's patience was really not good, and at this time he was already impatient. He let out a cold snort and shouted: "Do I really have to find it myself? Do you think I won't be able to find it?" As he spoke, he was about to use his three-eyed six-eared divine power, but he was truly getting annoyed. The two women didn't know when to advance or retreat, did they think that he was really soft-hearted and wouldn't ruthlessly destroy them?

  As soon as the sound of Zhuang Xiong's voice fell, a noise came from below the cliff. Before long, two small heads emerged, and then they climbed up the cliff with trepidation, walking slowly to Zhuang Xiong's face, and stood still with their heads lowered.

  Zhuang Xiong saw that it was indeed two girls, and although he had been prepared, he couldn't help but be stunned. The older one looked to be around 15 or 16 years old, wearing a purple dress, which should have been Zi Yu. Her small face was delicate and refined, yet she barely showed any significant changes in expression. However, her eyes were extremely lively, and with just one glance, it seemed as if her entire face was smiling; with another glance, it seemed as if her entire face was filled with a sense of grievance. Her eyes blinked, and it seemed as though they were speaking, using a pair of eyes to replace the functions of facial expressions and speech.

  But Kong Xuan still looked like a little girl of about ten years old, wearing a small floral dress, and had the appearance of a young loli. At this time, her mouth was pouting, seemingly very wronged, and her big eyes seemed to be on the verge of tears, making Zhuang Xiong feel somewhat guilty. They were still just two little kids after all, wasn't what he said too harsh? Too severe? Wouldn't they have been scared by him?

  However, Zhuang Xiong quickly reacted and couldn't be fooled by these two cunning little girls. He immediately put on a stern face, let out a cold hum, and said: "Don't make that pitiful expression. You two have big guts, deceiving me, framing me, and even teasing me. Do you think I'm wronging you? What's there to be pitied about? Are you treating me like a mere decoration? Don't you still put this old master in your eyes?"

  Zi Yu's face remained almost expressionless, but her eyes gazed pitifully at Zhuang Xiong, as if saying: "Master, we didn't mean to deceive you, we know we were wrong."

  Kong Xuan also said with a hint of grievance, "Master, we not only put you in our eyes, but also in our hearts. However, Master, you didn't ask us if we were girls, and we couldn't just say it ourselves, could we? So, Master, please don't blame us, okay?"

  Zhuang Xiong nodded involuntarily, thinking to himself: "Although I couldn't check it out myself, I can ask about it. It seems that this matter indeed has its own reasons." However, Zhuang Xiong immediately reacted and hastily stopped nodding his head, looking at the two little maids in front of him who were already secretly rejoicing, his face filled with black lines.

  Zhuang Xiong let out a cold snort, curling up the corner of his mouth in an evil grin. "Even if I didn't ask you back then, it was because you were still in beast form. What difference does male or female make to me? But after I returned from the Purple Cloud Palace, didn't I ask you about your transformation? You all came up with various excuses to shirk responsibility. Even when I rewarded you with precious treasures, you still colluded to deceive me once. It seems that none of you take this old master seriously at all. Looks like my household rules need to be even stricter."

  Zi Yu's eyes froze for a moment, and Kong Xuan's smiling face also paused, with an embarrassed expression, he said: "Master, we really know our mistake, we just weren't prepared at that time."

  Zi Yu's face seemed a bit stiff, and after pulling for half a day, she couldn't pull out an expression that she thought was suitable. So she blinked her eyes, which were full of grievances, as if to say: "Master, we know you're looking for Tongzi and his mount. If you find out we're girls, who knows if you'll drive us away? We're all homeless, and we're girls too. Look, Tian Ting Emperor is leading a big army to fight again, and the Hong Huang is in chaos. If Master doesn't want us, what can we do?"

  Zhuang Xiong was taken aback, and Kong Xuan also hastily said: "Is that right, Master? Are you discriminating against girls? That's why you're being so fierce with us? You were yelling loudly just now, and now you're asking questions like this. Are you determined to punish us because we're girls and you don't want us anymore?"

  Kong Xuan spoke, her big eyes blinking repeatedly, tears almost falling out. Zhuang Xiong turned his head to look back and saw that Zi Yu was also looking at him with a pitiful gaze, which made him feel a headache, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "How could that be? How could Ouwen not want you?"

  However, Zhuang Xiong was somewhat at a loss for words and didn't know how to respond to this situation. Kong Xuan blinked his big eyes and said, "Master, since the Emperor Jun's army is mobilizing, why don't we go take a look? This is the first great war in the vast wilderness that I can remember, it would be a pity to miss it."

  Zhuang Xiong was still a bit dazed, and upon hearing the words, he nodded and grunted in acknowledgement. With a wave of his hand, he opened up a spatial rift beside him, pulled the two women along, and stepped inside. Just as the rift was about to close, a voice drifted out: "Huh? Where's Zhao Gongming, my junior brother?"

  Zhuang Xiong said: "I don't know, maybe he's hiding somewhere to practice his skills?"

  "Hmm, maybe they were scared away by your temper, old man? You just got so angry and it was really scary."

  Zhuang Xiong: "Hehehe..."

  At this time, the unfortunate Zhao Gongming finally stopped, looking at the vast sea water under his feet, and it was clear that he had already arrived in the East China Sea, and he couldn't help but want to cry. Suddenly, Zhao Gongming's mind moved, and he involuntarily let out a "hmm" sound, gazing at a small island far away on the surface of the East China Sea, with three lobes like a heart, each lobe having a mountain peak, although it looked small from afar, but if calculated carefully, it would also be known that it was a large island composed of three islands.

  Zhao Gongming couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, as if he had sensed the same aura somewhere else, similar to the feeling between him and Zhuang Xiong, but it was much weaker. Zhao Gongming felt puzzled, but Zhuang Xiong didn't say anything either, and he himself didn't have any memories, nor could he guess who it was.

  Zhao Gongming thought for a moment, then nodded heavily and said: "The top priority now is to find the teacher. The teacher may leave at any time, and I can only stay on Mount Emei to take care of things. If I miss this opportunity, who knows when I'll be able to learn the great technique? The teacher's cultivation is so high, he must not be an ordinary powerful person. I also don't want to lose face in front of him. Besides, I and the teacher are from the same source, although there are some causes and effects, but the teacher is a broad-minded person, it won't take long for him to forget. Later, if I try harder, maybe I can still become his formal disciple. And this aura is on this island anyway, it's not like it can run away, I'll come back to check on it when I have time."

  Zhao Gongming's face was set in determination, his sharp eyebrows furrowed as he steered the cloud to fly towards Mount Emei. Meanwhile, on the three-peaked island, three girls were discussing among themselves. A quirky girl said, "Sister, wasn't that a familiar aura just now? Why did it leave?"

  A gentle beauty said, "The breath that just stopped for a long time must have also sensed us. I think there's something important that he can't leave behind, but as long as we're still here, he'll come looking for us one day."

  A slightly cold and proud girl nodded, saying: "Big sister is right, after all, they come from the same source, can be called siblings. If it's not something important, he definitely won't leave like this."

  Only the smallest girl was still sulking.

  If Zhuang Xiong were here at this time, he would probably be thinking with a depressed heart: "Why can they all feel the same breath in the first place, and I'm a bit slow? Do I have to take the initiative to feel it?"

  At this time, the three of them had already arrived above the North Sea and found the location of the You Shi Palace. Zhuang Xiong used his divine sense to check the direction from which Emperor Jun was coming, then chose a high place in the eastern clouds to summon the Old Master Cloud, transforming it into a size of several hundred zhang, and set up some hidden arrays before sitting down to watch the show.

  Kong Xuan hesitated and said: "Sir, doesn't this have anything to do with Zhao Gongming's junior brother?"

  Zhuang Xiong casually said, "Anyway, that guy is my long-time follower, and I was planning to arrange for him to take care of Mount Emei. It's no problem if he stays on Mount Emei." After finishing speaking, he suddenly thought that Zhao Gongming's choice of cultivation direction seemed a bit off, so he called him over to take a look at this big battle, which might also be useful. Who knows, maybe he'll figure out how to cultivate and make the right choices.

  Then Zhuang Xiong activated his divine power of three eyes and six ears, looking for Zhao Gongming in the direction of Mount Emei. However, he said, "Zhao Gongming's cultivation direction is incorrect, how come none of you know to remind him? You should know that choosing incorrectly now will affect his future achievements. If he doesn't achieve well, won't it also bring shame to your faces?"

  Kong Xuan said with a scowl: "That Zhao Gongming is so disobedient, he looks down on us girls and thinks that what we teach him lacks the heroic spirit of men. As soon as he starts practicing, he modifies it according to his own understanding, making it completely different from the original. We beat him but he doesn't fight back, yet he still practices like that, with a temper so stubborn it's infuriating. Later on, we couldn't do anything about him, and just got tired of dealing with him."

  Zhuang Xiong just casually asked, and upon hearing the words, he only responded with an "oh" and then curiously said: "Why isn't Zhao Gongming at Mount Emei? Where did he run off to?" Zhuang Xiong expanded his divine awareness range again and finally saw Zhao Gongming hurrying towards Mount Emei on the East Sea coast. He couldn't help but scold in anger, saying: "This Zhao Gongming, I told him to take good care of Mount Emei, yet he ran off to the East Sea to do who-knows-what! Just wait and see how I'll deal with him when I get back."

  Kong Xuan and Zi Yu exchanged a glance, their eyes blinking as if they had guessed something. They couldn't help but look at each other in dismay, and secretly felt sorry for Zhao Gongming, but also couldn't help but stifle a laugh. However, since the two of them had just gone through their own ordeal, they didn't dare say anything.

  Zhuang Xiong had discovered Zhao Gongming's figure, and naturally wouldn't let him fly away unknowingly. At this moment, he transmitted his voice over, casually tearing open a spatial rift with his hand, and inserted it inside.

  Zhao Gongming only heard the voice of Zhuang Xiong by his ear: "Don't resist." Then, a huge crack suddenly appeared in front of him, and a giant hand condensed from spiritual energy was even taller than Zhao Gongming. It reached out from inside and grabbed Zhao Gongming, pulling him in. By the time Zhao Gongming reacted, he was already on the Old Master Cloud above the North Sea.

  Zhao Gongming was seeing such a miraculous method for the first time, and he couldn't help but be stunned, taking half a day to react. The more he looked at Zhuang Xiong, the more unfathomable he became. In his heart, he felt that it was right to return this time, and his determination to follow Zhuang Xiong grew stronger. He quickly suppressed the excitement on his face and bowed to say, "Thank you, Master, for your help."

  Zhuang Xiong couldn't help but say with dissatisfaction: "Didn't I tell you to take care of Mount Emei? What are you doing running off to the East Sea?"

  Kong Xuan and Zi Yu were secretly giggling behind, Zhao Gongming was also stunned, with a belly full of grievances, just about to argue, but suddenly heard Zhuang Xiong say: "Shut up, Emperor Jun has arrived, let's take a look at the situation first."