Nine Nether Heavenly Emperor

"Give it to me!"

This was the third time the young man from the Jian Family uttered these words, and at this moment, he was almost roaring with all his might at Shi Feng.

Suddenly, he became immensely frenzied and maniacal again, his claws starting to dance wildly as he fiercely lunged towards Shi Feng.

"Let's go!" Shi Feng ceased to pay attention to the young man from the Jian Family, turned around, and spoke to Jian Ran.

"Oh!" Jian Ran replied with an "Oh!"

At that moment, as the wildly lunging young man from the Jian Family was about to pounce on Shi Feng, and his claws were about to grab Shi Feng, a formless power suddenly manifested.

With a "bang," the body of the young man from the Jian Family crashed violently onto the formless power, and "Roar! Roar! Roar!" the air was immediately filled with sounds of agony and fury.

Meanwhile, Shi Feng completely ignored what was behind him, and walked further away with Jian Ran, stepping from the mountain peak into the void.

Jian Ran, walking with Shi Feng, looked back at the still frenzied Jian Lang, then turned around and said to Shi Feng, "Are we just leaving like this?"

"What else to do if not leave?" Shi Feng responded.

Jian Ran showed concern and said to Shi Feng, "Actually, you shouldn't have let that cultivation technique be known by this trash."

"It doesn't matter." Shi Feng said.

Jian Ran's concern was simply that Jian Lang's father Jian Ze might find out, but Shi Feng was not afraid of Jian Ze knowing.

From beginning to end, there was never any fear of Jian Ze.

Jian Ran was still a bit worried for Shi Feng, saying, "But..."

"There's no point in 'buts'!" Shi Feng replied.

Jian Ran sighed lightly and said, "Alright!"

With clouds roiling over the void beneath his feet, the two gradually headed down toward the canyon below, while around them Jian Lang's furious roars and the clanging of chains echoed loudly.

Even though Shi Feng had left the mountain peak, his face wore an expression of contemplation, with thoughts unknown to him at this moment.

Soon after, he and Jian Ran returned to the Heavenly Cloud Gorge, and shortly after, they left that canyon.

It was close to dusk.

Shi Feng and Jian Ran simultaneously looked up at the sky.

After a while, Jian Ran slowly spoke to Shi Feng, "Are you really going to the Divine Battle Continent?"

When Jian Ran spoke this sentence to Shi Feng, a trace of sadness was evident in her tone.

Upon hearing Jian Ran's words, Shi Feng slowly lowered his head, turned around to look at the beautiful woman beside him, and resolutely said, "I must go to the Divine Battle Continent."

"Mm!" Jian Ran replied softly and did not say anything more.

She knew that the reason he came to this small world was entirely because of the Divine Battle Continent.

The reason he came to her Jian Family partly involved the Divine Battle Continent.

To him, the Divine Battle Continent seemed to carry an unfinished mission that had to be fulfilled.

After a while, Jian Ran spoke again: "It's getting late, tomorrow is the Martial Arts battle, I'll send you back to rest."

"No need to send me." Shi Feng replied. Then he added, "Tomorrow you also need to participate in the Martial Arts battle. You should go back early to prepare. I'd like to wander around alone."

"Oh, alright." Jian Ran replied.

Since he said this, since he said he wanted to wander around alone, it means he doesn't want to walk together with her anymore.

"Do you know the way back?" Jian Ran asked.

"I know." Shi Feng replied.

"Alright!" Jian Ran nodded lightly, her steps halted for a moment and then she said to Shi Feng, "Since that's the case, I'll head back."

As Jian Ran said this, her steps slowly moved towards a path on the side, her actions seemed to tell Shi Feng that this was the path she would take.

"Mm, okay!" Shi Feng paused slightly and said to Jian Ran.

Then immediately resumed his steps, continuing forward.

Jian Ran stood alone at the entrance of another path, her beautiful eyes staring at the gradually receding black silhouette, from beginning to end she never saw that silhouette turn back to look at her.

Actually, Jian Ran's way back was the same path. However, since he mentioned wanting to continue wandering alone, since he said alone, how could she impose herself to walk with him again?

"What's happening to me?" At this moment, Jian Ran herself couldn't decipher the feeling in her heart, about what it actually was.

Growing up, it was the first time she had such a strange feeling in her heart.

"In the Wilderness Outer World, he treated me like that, even took my Divine Sword, my Phoenix Golden Jade Bracelet, my Divine Fruit, and my Divine Beast, I should, indeed, hate him with a vengeance!"

In the Wilderness Outer World, it was the first time Jian Ran was faced with such a setback, the first time experiencing such vicious torment from another.

On regular days at the Jian Family, who wouldn't treat the Second Young Lady of the Jian Family with utmost respect, who dared treat her like this?

Jian Ran had even thought about luring him to the Jian Family, and letting her father deal with him, returning the pain she had suffered tenfold.

But now, even after how he had treated her before, she found she held no hatred for him.

On the contrary, she often worried for him, and often when she didn't see him, she'd find herself... wanting to see him.

Over this period, she had truly changed, becoming somewhat different from before.

It seems, like becoming ill...

The black silhouette gradually faded from Jian Ran's sight.

Jian Ran's eyes remained fixed on the now emptier road, as if that silhouette was still walking step by step.

…

Shi Feng continued to stroll through the Jian Family; since dusk was upon them, Shi Feng was heading to the lakeside path he passed earlier today.

The woman who played the zither told him she'd play for him again at dusk.

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

"Zheng!"

…

As Shi Feng arrived at the lakeside path he crossed this morning, the gentle sound of the zither resonated once more through the heavens and earth, indicating she was already there.

At dusk, the sky was filled with the radiance of the setting sun, casting the world in a hue of orange, with sparkling ripples that appeared most dazzling.

At the center of the lake, Shi Feng saw a purple silhouette floating above the lake, softly playing the zither.

Although the woman was now dressed in purple, Shi Feng immediately recognized her as the woman in white from the morning.

Listening to the gentle zither melody, Shi Feng stepped onto the lake again, following the beautiful rhythm, slowly moving towards the purple silhouette.

The melody did not pause, nor did Shi Feng's steps. When Shi Feng arrived behind the woman, he did not disrupt her but bypassed her, walked in front of her, and crossed his legs to sit on the lake surface, just like in the morning, quietly listening to the beautiful music up close.

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