Master of Strange Dao

They had reached the doorway, and Yu Ziqing actually wanted to suggest just letting the Bodhi Tree Demon stay in the magical artifact for a few days so they could first pick up a fragment of the Old Emperor Zhen and move forward with their progress.

Unfortunately, Feng Bujue really treated the Bodhi Tree Demon as his own child. That reluctant look—if you added an electric fence between him and Yu Ziqing, Feng Bujue would clearly resemble a parent sending their child to school for the first time.

The child hadn't cried, but he was about to.

The atmosphere was perfectly set for the journey of sending a child to school and now that they were at the door, Yu Ziqing really couldn't talk about serious matters.

Considering the kind of dangerous things they were involved in, bringing along the Bodhi Tree Demon truly wasn't a very good idea.

Yu Ziqing could only dismiss the thought for now and first send the Bodhi Tree Demon to kindergarten, ahem, back to Jinlan Mountain.

When they were halfway, just about to leave the Dali area, Yu Ziqing suddenly looked back but saw nothing.

Unfortunately, his Yin God, his physical body, and even the secret technique concrete objects within him all reminded him that there was a neurotic parent following him.

"I say, old brother, it's not as if it's a matter of life and death, do you have to be this way? Your own son, do you even pay this much attention to him?"

He shouted once, but nobody answered, and he couldn't sense anything either. With a helpless sigh, Yu Ziqing turned around, and the power of his Qi-blood suddenly exploded. The ground below him erupted with a boom, filling the air with dust, and Yu Ziqing's figure shot off like an arrow, vanishing instantly.

It wasn't until Yu Ziqing disappeared from sight that Feng Bujue's figure emerged in the distance.

He sighed and muttered to himself.

"If my own son was as sensible at this age, not annoying, and could make me refrain from hitting him, then I'd truly be thanking heaven and my ancestors..."

After saying that, Feng Bujue felt he might have been a bit excessive, chuckled bitterly, and continued to follow.

He was afraid that Yu Ziqing might run into some trouble halfway and be killed en route.

And bring about the Bodhi Tree Demon's misfortune, getting it killed too.

Just the thought of this possibility made him restless. He had to see Yu Ziqing safely into the forbidden land of Jinlan Mountain before he could relax.

That place, although the environment was considerably worse than that of the Feng family, was truly suitable and certainly quite safe.

Ever since he had met Old Yang last time, he realized Jinlan Mountain was absolutely not as rumored.

In the rumors, Jinlan Mountain was simply inhabited by ordinary people who had struck it lucky and gained some opportunities.

But rumors are generally one part truth, ninety-nine parts story; fun to listen to, but he preferred to trust what he had seen and experienced firsthand.

Moreover, Feng Bujue received news that a Jinyi Wei Commander, an eighth-tier body cultivator, had died south of the Wilderness during that period.

At that moment, Feng Bujue knew it must have been the doing of the people from Jinlan Mountain.

Because even if a part of the Old Emperor Zhen regained consciousness, it would definitely not be possible to let an eighth-tier body cultivator die without a sound.

King Xiang never left Dazhen during that time.

And besides them, Feng Bujue couldn't think of anyone else.

He was certain the foundation of Jinlan Mountain was much deeper than anyone expected.

Anyway, Feng Bujue merely speculated to himself, never sharing it even now, pretending not to know Jinyi Wei had sent people to follow him.

Besides, he thought highly of Qing Ziyu, Jinlan Mountain's representative to the outside world, as quite a decent person.

Sending the Bodhi Tree Demon there would certainly be very safe, and it would not be mistreated.

All the way, Yu Ziqing ran furiously, his speed already as fast as a flying escape. When he rushed all the way to the locust forest, the occasional feeling of a creepy gaze finally disappeared.

Yu Ziqing looked back, unable to help but spit.

What a neurotic parent.

Following secretly all the way.

Once he stepped into the locust forest, Yu Ziqing didn't rush to set down the Bodhi Tree Demon.

Planting it in the locust forest, the little tree demon probably wouldn't get used to it. The yin qi there was too strong, ghosts and devils naturally clashed, and even if the little tree demon had no devil thought, it was still genuinely a demonic creature, likely making both sides uncomfortable.

Just after stepping out of the locust forest, he saw the village chief leaning on a cane, looking like a bloodless old man, quietly standing in front of his wooden hut.

Yu Ziqing walked quickly forward, taking the initiative.

"Village chief, I've got something to tell you. A friend of mine, he's got a son dearer than his own who he wants to send here. His conditions are really unsuitable over there, so I've agreed and brought him back with me."

"Oh, bringing him is fine, but who knows if the child will be able to adapt to our cold and barren land? Where is he? Where did you leave him? You didn't leave him alone outside, did you? Is this how you handle things?"

The village chief looked about and saw no one, so couldn't help but berate Yu Ziqing a bit.

Telling Yu Ziqing to organize things, spending his days being lazy and dilly-dallying, never getting to the important matters, and to this day, he had only organized about ten secret techniques.

He remembered clearly that Yu Ziqing had once claimed there were at least a hundred secret techniques.

"I've already brought him back. Let's first find a place to settle him, just near the edge of the village."

Yu Ziqing, with sharp eyes, spotted Er Han in the distance and rushed immediately.

"Er Han, don't run, I have something for you."

Hearing this, Er Han's eyes lit up, and he quickly responded.

"Bro, what's up? I'm very free right now."

"Come on, help me dig a hole."

Upon reaching the southern entrance of the village, further in and you'd be enveloped by alien power, Yu Ziqing felt certain that the Bodhi Tree Demon would definitely like it here.