Chapter 178: The Person the Wolf God Missed
In the courtyard, Wu Ergong respectfully bowed to Lu Heng, and then sat back down.
Then the purpose of this visit was discussed.
"Umm... Cough... In my excitement just now, I almost forgot the important matter."
Wu Ergong tapped his black head and smiled with a mouthful of white teeth, saying, "It is an important matter that I need to tell the Wolf God."
Wu Ergong said, "Lord Wolf God, are you searching for Wu Gu of the Ten Witches of Ling Mountain?"
The question left Lu Heng somewhat astonished.
"How do you know?"
He didn't tell Luo Yujun about this, did he?
Facing Lu Heng's surprise, Wu Ergong smiled and said.
"This matter was actually spread by that Wu Gu herself."
He said, "Not long after Luo Yujun spread the news of you throughout the South Sea, the ten Witches of Ling Mountain also shared the news that if you wanted to find her, you should search at Fan Jie mountain. She will wait at Fan Jie mountain for you until the Treasure Conference of the Mermaid Kingdom ends."
Wu Ergong smiled as he explained the situation, but after clarifying it, Lu Heng was even more astonished.
So Wu Gu knew Lu Heng was looking for her?
She also actively spread messages outward.
It seems that after they left Youtian Valley, the human-face owl told Wu Gu the news...
Lu Heng smiled and shook his head, saying, "Thank you for reminding me, I understand now."
After delivering the message, Wu Ergong didn't linger too long. After Lu Heng rejected his invitation to visit the country, he quickly departed.
In fact, if it were not for the news that Wu Gu had to convey, Wu Ergong would not have come to disturb Lu Heng's peace.
These ancient monsters are of strange temper. If you rashly intruded on them, it's likely to provoke them and incur enmity.
Wu Ergong was content with the current situation, so he quickly left.
In the courtyard, after Lu Heng sent Wu Ergong away, he no longer continued to look through the secret books. He could feel that Huo Feng in the room was about to wake up.
Sure enough, not long after Wu Ergong left, at noon there was a commotion in Huo Feng's room.
The young man of the Yun sect, who had been sleeping for three days and three nights, finally dragged his tired body out. Huo Feng was a little embarrassed when he saw the wolf god smiling to meet him outside the door.
But what was more embarrassing was that he had not woken up for three days, and now he was holding in a stomach full of feces and urine. After hastily greeting Lu Heng and Xiao Ai, Huo Feng quickly ran off to the outhouse.
After a long time, Huo Feng, exhausted and weak, stepped out gently and saw that the dishes had already been arranged in the yard.
Lu Heng knew that Huo Feng had been asleep for three days and must be hungry, so he calculated the time Huo Feng would wake up and asked the post station to prepare food in advance.
At the dinner table, Lu Heng smiled and said, "Let's eat first, and talk afterwards."
Hungry Huo Feng was nodding his head, and with both hands he started to wolf down his food.
The experience at Evil Sword Valley left him with a deep psychological shadow regarding hunger. Now, after waking up from a three-day-long sleep and feeling incredibly hungry, upon seeing a table full of delicious food, he just wanted to wolf it all down.
After travelling with Lu Heng for so long, he is no longer bound by convention.
As for Lu Heng and Xiao Ai, they both watched him eat without touching their chopsticks.
Halfway through their meal, Huo Feng was curious and politely asked Wolf God to join him for dinner.
However, Lu Heng smiled and refused.
Neither he nor Xiao Ai can accept the food tastes of this Fire Eating Country.
Lu Heng was suspicious that if Huo Feng hadn't been so hungry before, perhaps he wouldn't be able to tolerate the flavor of the Fire Eating Country.
Even Gu Yan resisted the food from the Fire Eating Country.
The smell of food here really gives them a sense of poison...
On the second morning, Lu Heng left the post house and went straight south.
After knowing the location of Wu Gu, Lu Heng decided to go directly to Fan Jie mountain.
According to Huo Feng, Fan Jie mountain is the core way to enter the Mermaid Kingdom.
Unlike other countries in the South Sea, the Mermaid Kingdom is located in the most marginal area of the South Sea, and its territory is not on land, but under water.
It is a kingdom in the water.
Although the people of the Mermaid Kingdom can also live on land, they prefer to live in the water.
If people on land want to enter the Mermaid Kingdom, they need to go to Fan Jie mountain, where they can eat the special Gill Grass of the Mermaid Kingdom.
If one eats this kind of grass, ordinary people will be able to grow fish gills and survive underwater.
The effect of the grass can last for a month.
Of course, cultivators like Lu Heng and Xiao Ai don't need to eat Gill Grass.
Since the number of cultivators is rare, most people who enter the Mermaid Kingdom are common people. Without Gill Grass, one cannot enter the Mermaid Kingdom.
Fan Jie Mountain, as the only entrance to the Mermaid Kingdom, is the first bustling port in the South Sea with a large number of seagoing ships and crowds all year round.
Wu Gu would choose to wait for Lu Heng there, which was somewhat unexpected.
Most cultivators like peace and quiet, but Wu Gu seems to prefer liveliness instead.
Over the South Sea, Lu Heng, Xiao Ai, and Huo Feng stood atop the waves. Beneath their feet, the surging waves pushed everyone forward.
Because of the lack of money, they are not planning to rent a boat.
Although the Fire Hating Country offered to provide boats, Lu Heng expressed his refusal. Directly mobilizing his spirit Qi, he walked on the waves with Huo Feng and Xiao Ai.
Although this is much slower than flying, it is easy and simple and doesn't require much effort.
On the waves, with a salty sea breeze blowing, Lu Heng even had some spare time to look over Divine Skill and Demon Sutra.
In fact, if it hadn't been for Huo Feng being taken away and delayed for too long a time, Lu Heng's nature would have been to prefer a slow sailing journey southward and enjoy the scenery along the way, rather than rushing like this.
At their current speed, it only takes about half a day to reach the Mermaid Kingdom, even without flying.
On the waves, Huo Feng wanted to say something but stopped.
Since Lian Caiyi left, neither Lu Heng nor Xiao Ai has mentioned anything about Lian Caiyi. It's as if the team had never encountered this person.
But this made Huo Feng feel uncomfortable.
After a moment of hesitation, Huo Feng finally coughed embarrassingly and said, "Um... Elder Wolf God, are you curious about what happened between Lian Caiyi and me in the valley?"
Huo Feng's initiative to speak pulled Lu Heng's attention away from the secret books.
He slowly collected the ancient scrolls in his hands, then looked at the young man in front of him with a seemingly smiling yet not smiling face and said, "Brother Huo, do you want to tell to me?"
Faced with Lu Heng's smile, Huo Feng felt slightly awkward.
But he still smiled and said, "To my shame, this is the first time I've encountered such a situation. My heart is full of anxiousness and I don't know how to deal with it. The only elder I can tell now is you..."
Huo Feng frowned, indicating his difficulty.
Lu Heng laughed and knocked Huo Feng's head with a book, saying, "There's nothing I can do about this. When it comes to romance, you have more experience than me by far."
Lu Heng's words made Huo Feng pause slightly.
By the side, Xiao Ai's ears perked up slightly...
Huo Feng was somewhat disbelieving, "Lord Wolf God, could it be that in all these years, you didn't have had any intimate beloved?"
In Huo Feng's heart, Lu Heng, such a suave and extraordinary, powerful yet gentle and wise cultivator, must have several equally extraordinary companions.
He, being a man, has already been overwhelmed by the demeanor of the Wolf God.
If it is a female cultivator, she would definitely be unable to refuse the charm of the Wolf God.
Huo Feng was shocked, while Lu Heng smiled and shook his head saying, "You have misunderstood me... Ha..."
He's been in this world for only a few years, it wouldn't take more than one hand to count the women he truly knows well, excluding Xiao Ai.
Among those in the Green Hall Cave, they are even enemies.
Where can he find any woman who will fall in love with him?
In the mountain, besides the carefree Sun Yan, only Xiao Ai was by his side.
Lu Heng smiled casually, but Huo Feng didn't believe it at all.
Would anyone not like such a graceful Wolf God? Clearly, the Wolf God doesn't want to mention it.
After all, very few exist today who know what happened in ancient times.
Perhaps in ancient times, there was a story of joy and sorrow, and the Wolf God also had several couples who loved him.
Just as time went by, now only the Wolf God is still alive...
"Ai..." Huo Feng sighed and said, "Actually, something happenned between us in that valley."
Thinking of the hardships the Wolf God might have gone through, in comparison, Huo Feng suddenly felt that the difficulties he was facing now were not so bad.
He roughly recounted all that had happened in the Evil Sword Valley to both Lu Heng and Xiao Ai, letting them know of the events that had taken place in the valley.
On the waves, Xiao Ai seemed to be deep in thought while Lu Heng helplessly smiled.
He said, "Brother Huo, your experience is quite like the protagonist of a story... Ha..."
Lu Heng shook his head, then said with a serious expression, "But Brother Huo, you told us the story, are you worried about how to face Miss Caiyi in the future?"
"Well...well...to be honest, yes."
Huo Feng had a mournful look on his face, "Originally, I was in fear and awe of Miss Caiyi. I was afraid of the name Demon Woman, but also feared that Miss Caiyi would take me to be her 'cultivation cauldron'."
"She seems to look at me differently, but as a junior I was worried that it was just a means of bewitching my heart, so I was extremely cautious."
"The experience in the valley, I found out...Ah..."
Faced with Lu Heng and Xiao Ai, Huo Feng was at a loss for words.
Now that things had come to this point, he had no choice but to express his misery and said, "I only found out after we did... that... to my surprise, Miss Caiyi was still a virgin..."
Huo Feng looked unhappy as he said, "I thought she was used to men and women cultivating together, so when she made her request, I felt only disgust and resistance, but I couldn't refuse when it was a matter of life and death."
"But now I think it was too rash..."
"I misunderstood Miss Caiyi, I feel too embarrassed now."
Huo Feng said with a faint smile, "Now my heart is full of unease..."
Huo Feng's frank words made Lu Heng nod in approval, indicating understanding.
"I see. But did Brother Huo think of another possibility?" Lu Heng said with a smile, "Why are you so sure that Miss Caiyi was still a virgin? Could it be because she used some kind of illusion to cheat on you?"
Lu Heng's words, spoken with a smile, delivered a massive blow to Huo Feng.
Huo Feng was completely baffled.
"Ah?!"
He widened his eyes in shock with a look of disbelief on his face.
Seeing his bewildered look, Lu Heng smiled and said.
"Of course, it is also possible that it is real instead of an illusion. Though Miss Caiyi is not bound by convention, she is not coquettish."
"Maybe Miss Caiyi is a remarkable woman who rises above the mud and stays pure, washing away all dirt without becoming adulterated?"
Lu Heng smiled and said, "In any case, don't be blinded by prejudice. If you want to know the real truth, you have to go and see for yourself."
"What you see with your eyes may not be the truth. But what you cannot see with your eyes for certain is definitely not the truth... Without investigation, you have no right to speak."
Lu Heng said something with a smile, which made Xiao Ai nod repeatedly.
"Mm, it is as what Lord Wolf said," the silver-haired girl chimed in.
Lu Heng chuckled and patted her head, knowing she was thinking again about things in the mountain.
"In short, Brother Huo, if you have any worries, you should go to Luan Xing Ge after this is over."
Lu Heng smiled and said, "Caiyi knows me, so even if she really is the Demon Woman who brings chaos to the world, she will surely show me some face and not really drain you [your life force]."
"If you ignore it, you may miss it, and you may regret it forever."
Lu Heng smiled as he explained the situation to Huo Feng.
Huo Feng nodded again and again, indicating that he understood.
Xiao Ai was hesitant and asked cautiously.
"Lord Wolf God, do you... also have someone you missed?"
The little girl's sudden question made Lu Heng pause.
He tilted his head and thought for a while, then sighed heavily before he smiled helplessly.
"Yes... We can never meet again."
When he was terminally ill with no way out, his parents, who had been taking care of him and nurturing him without abandon, were the biggest concerns in his heart.
But his death perhaps is also a kind of relief for his parents too?
On the crest of the waves, Lu Heng sighed with a mixture of sadness and relief, and Huo Feng looked as if he understood something.
As expected! Lord Wolf God must have had some lovers in ancient times!
The silver-haired girl with animal ears lowered her head, tightening her little fist, her expression serious.
The Wolf God once missed a very important person... But she will never let the Wolf God miss anyone ever again!
Xiao Ai will always be by the side of the Wolf God!
