Fairy, don't let your golden finger chase after me!

Chapter 50: You didn't expect that, did you, Miss Fox Demon! I've also won over your maste

At the same time that Dong Mo saw the floating warship above his head and was puzzled by it.

On the southern slope of Heming Mountain, deep in the dense forest.

Gu Ziyue, who was perched on a branch of a large tree, was also shocked by the enormous thing above her.

"Ah... what, what is this thing?"

Gu Ziyue's voice was full of disbelief, and the hairs on her body stood on end.

As the little princess of the Southern Wilderness Heavenly Demon City, Gu Ziyue considered herself a demon who had seen the world.

But the warship in front of her was completely beyond her previous understanding.

Just as Gu Ziyue was lost in thought, a lazy female voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Your Highness, what are you looking at?"

Gu Ziyue was startled and almost fell from the top of the tree.

Gu Ziyue's heart finally settled down when she saw that it was her own teacher speaking.

"Ah! Teacher, you're back!"

Gu Ziyue's eyes widened, and she excitedly stepped forward.

Yin Lingsu nodded slightly: "Yes, I'm back."

Seeing her teacher return alone, Gu Ziyue couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where did that person go?"

Yin Lingsu's voice was calm: "Kill him."

Gu Ziyue shrank back, not daring to ask any more questions.

Then Gu Ziyue pointed to the warship above her head and whispered to her teacher, "Teacher, what is that?"

Yin Lingsu looked in the direction she was pointing and her gaze fell on the giant ship.

"That's the Dong family's Heavenly Treasure, the Sumeru Throne. This thing is incredibly powerful. Even I might not be able to withstand it once his main cannon is fully charged."

Yin Lingsu withdrew her gaze and looked at Gu Ziyue.

"Clearly, the guy I just killed was no ordinary person. The Dong family has finished beating the young and now the elders are here to demand an explanation from us."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyue's face turned pale instantly.

"What should we do? Shall we run?"

Yin Lingsu smiled disdainfully: "Why are you running? I haven't found your junior brother yet."

Gu Ziyue was stunned: "Huh? Junior brother?"

"Yes, your junior brother."

Yin Lingsu smiled and looked at her disciple: "A human with double pupils and blond hair. You should have seen him in the secret realm before."

Gu Ziyue's eyes widened instantly.

"Huh? Dong... Dong Mo, that little bastard, he's actually your disciple, teacher?"

Yin Lingsu's smile deepened: "Oh~ you know the name so quickly?"

"Hehe~ Looks like you two get along pretty well~"

"I was worried that you two wouldn't be able to get along well in the future—but now I realize my worries were unfounded!"

Gu Ziyue bristled and retorted, "Who's on good terms with him! And when did you take on such a disciple? How come I didn't know I had a junior brother?"

"Oh, that kid isn't my disciple yet."

Gu Ziyue was even more bewildered by Yin Lingsu's words.

"Huh? No... Teacher, what exactly are you up to?"

Yin Lingsu smiled lazily: "Look at you, you're in such a hurry. I just saw that the boy has extremely high talent in swordsmanship, so I plan to take him as my disciple."

Gu Ziyue suddenly realized: "So that means, Teacher, you didn't know that guy possessed the bloodline of the Taotie, implying he was my mother's illegitimate child?"

Yin Lingsu raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Is that so?"

"Hmph... That's not all! That guy's control over the Gluttonous Bloodlust is even better than mine, and he's even mastered the Kunpeng Treasure Technique!"

"Furthermore, he is suspected to be Xiao Hongchen's disciple!"

Then, Gu Ziyue poured out her story to Yin Lingsu, recounting her entire experience of encountering Dong Mo in the secret realm.

"That's basically the situation. What do you think, teacher?"

After listening to Gu Ziyue's story, Yin Lingsu rubbed her chin and pondered seriously.

"Hmm... As far as I know, His Majesty the Demon Emperor doesn't have much interaction with the Dong family. He may not be your brother, but he is definitely related to the Taotie bloodline."

"After all, your Southern Wilderness Fox Clan was not the only one to inherit the bloodline of the Demon Emperor back then."

"Regardless of the truth, we must find him before the Dong family and bring him back to the Southern Wilderness!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyue nodded heavily.

She then followed Yin Lingsu and silently searched for Dong Mo's presence in the mountains and forests.

.........

At the same time, at the bottom of the valley on the east side of Heming Mountain.

Zhou Cai and Zhao Ling'er, who were carefully searching for Dong Mo in the mountains, were slightly taken aback when they saw the floating warship above them.

Then, Zhao Ling'er let out a gasp of surprise.

"Huh? A Sumeru pedestal!?"

Zhou Cai's face darkened: "Why did the family... send this thing out?"

Just as the two were wondering what was going on, a sharp whooshing sound came from the distant horizon.

Zhao Xier looked in the direction of the sound and saw a disheveled figure rushing towards them.

"Hmm? Old Ghost Gong..."

Zhou Cai squinted and recognized the visitor before him. It was none other than Dong Maogong, the purple-robed elder who had been forcibly ejected from Heming Mountain for violating its rules.

Dong Maogong landed in front of the two men, his voice urgent as he urgently said to his two colleagues, "So...so you're here! Have you found the young master? Something terrible has happened outside!"

Zhou Cai raised an eyebrow: "Old man Gong, what's going on? Why would the family bring over the Sumeru pedestal?"

"Don't even mention it! The third brother is dead!"

The air froze the moment Dong Maogong uttered those words.

Zhao Xier exclaimed, "Dong Changfa? He's dead!?"

"Yes! The soul tablets are all broken! We just found them! The third brother was the patriarch's confidant! He managed the family's finances! When the patriarch heard about his death, he was so angry that he immediately came out of seclusion!"

Dong Maogong paused, then pointed to the colossal figure in the sky that blotted out the sun: "After the Ancestor emerged from seclusion, he ordered the Enforcement Hall to send Sumeru-seat (a high-ranking official) to Heming Mountain to apprehend the murderer!"

Zhou Cai frowned deeply: "The third brother is at the mid-Nascent Soul stage! Who could kill him silently?"

"Sigh, I don't know..."

Dong Maogong shook his head and sighed, "The Enforcement Hall suspects that our eldest young master may be involved in the death of the third son, and is preparing to bring him back to the family for punishment!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xier immediately exploded.

"Old man Gong, what nonsense are you spouting?!"

"Our Mo'er is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, and Xiao Bai is only at the Golden Core stage. How could those two brats possibly kill Dong Changfa? Do you think Dong Changfa is made of paper?"

Dong Maogong sighed, "I'm not entirely sure either... The family's Enforcement Hall is just following the Ancestor's orders! The Ancestor suspects Dong Mo of colluding with outsiders, betraying the family, and assassinating an elder! So he ordered Dong Zhan of the Enforcement Hall to arrest the young master and bring him back!"

Upon hearing Dong Zhan's name, Zhou Cai's face stiffened.

"Dong Zhan? Wasn't this Nascent Soul madman sent by the Ancestor to the Hundred Clans Battlefield in the Eastern Wilderness to guard the spirit stone mines and establish colonies for the family?"

Dong Maogong sighed sadly, "The ancestor had just woken up when he directly used a transfer order to teleport him back along with the Sumeru Throne that guards the Eastern Wilderness..."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xier and Zhou Cai fell silent.

All that remained was the rustling of the wind through the treetops and the deep hum of the Sumeru pedestal high above.

After a long silence, Dong Maogong was the first to break it.

"You two better come with me right now! Dong Zhan is waiting for us on the ship, he wants to question us!"

Zhao Xier came to her senses and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Ha~ A stepmother's son, born into a poor family, managed to advance to the Nascent Soul stage by sheer luck. The ancestor only made an exception to remove his generational name from the family branch a few years ago, and he's already acting like a master..."

"Xi'er! You'd better tone it down!" Zhou Cai interrupted Zhao Xi'er's sarcasm, his expression serious. "No matter what, Master Zhan is still the young master's uncle."

"Hmph... Uncle? Bah!"

Zhao Xier spat fiercely: "He's an illegitimate child born from an affair with a stepmother. If it weren't for my uncle's kind heart, who spared no expense in sharing resources with him because he was his brother, would he have been able to advance to the Nascent Soul stage and return to the main family?"

"To put it bluntly, the resources the patriarch has allocated to that guy over the years could have been given to a pig, enough to propel it to the Nascent Soul stage!"

"Xi'er! You'd better shut up!"

Dong Maogong gave a low shout, and Zhao Xier obediently shut up.

Seeing this, Dong Maogong shook his head and then took the lead in walking there.

"Let's hurry up and go, don't keep Master Zhan waiting."

Then the three Nascent Soul cultivators transformed into streaks of light and flew straight towards the floating warship outside Heming Mountain.