Feng Jingyu, who was watching the battle, didn’t take it seriously. “Isn’t it normal for you to lose to him? At the very least, Ling Chigu is a battle-hardened general, and his cultivation is much higher than yours. If he can be defeated by you in a single shot, he would have been completely destroyed in the North Lands long ago.”

　　Yan Tianhen nodded and shook his fist. “That’s true, but I was nearly able to fight to a draw with Ah Gu just now.”

　　Feng Jingyu sneered, “If Ling Chigu hadn’t deliberately let you, you wouldn’t have been able to endure even three moves under his hands.”

　　Yan Tianhen was stunned, “Really?”

　　He had clearly ordered Ling Chigu to go all out without hurting him.

　　“It’s true.” Lin Xuanzhi’s sword lowered to land beside Yan Tianhen.

　　“Dage, why are you here!” Yan Tianhen was pleasantly surprised.

　　Lin Xuanzhi smiled, “I haven’t seen Ah Hen in a long time. Naturally, I miss him terribly.”

　　Feng Jingyu listened to Lin Xuanzhi saying sweet nothings nonstop as soon as he appeared. He couldn’t help but roll his eyes and flew onto Ling Chigu’s head. He patted the corpse’s hair with his wings.

　　Ling Chigu seemed to have already grown accustomed to it, letting Feng Jingyu rule over his head without moving at all.

　　Yan Tianhen also grinned, “What breakthrough has Dage made recently?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi thought for a moment, “I have a little more understanding of the sword style, and I can feel my cultivation loosening and ready to breakthrough, but I still want to suppress it for the time being and not level up too quickly.”

　　Feng Jingyu felt some appreciation for Lin Xuanzhi since he’d seen too many people itching to hit it big and improve their cultivations so that they could increase their longevity and status too. Because of this, they’d ignore the fact that their desire to breakthrough as fast as possible could have the exact opposite effect. Even if they had the opportunity to increase their cultivation, their strength and foundation wouldn’t be stable, and it would lead to a narrower and narrower path to a breakthrough in the future.

　　However, Lin Xuanzhi was calm and steady with strong self-control. He would achieve greater cultivation in the future.

　　Yan Tianhen nodded, “Dage, what do you mean just now?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi looked at Yan Tianhen, then at Ling Chigu, “Since you two have a contractual relations.h.i.+p, you will subconsciously not go all-out fighting with each other. So if you really want to talk about who has the best moves, you wouldn’t be able to tell. But Ah Hen, your experience and current cultivation realm are not as solid as Ah Gu’s. It can be said that even Maomao and I can’t compare with Ah Gu in terms of experience.”

　　Yan Tianhen was deeply impressed.

　　A few days ago, when they were fighting the killers sent by s.h.i.+ Yongtai in their courtyard in Profound City, Ling Chigu’s actions were the most crisp and agile. He was more like a trained killer than those killers.

　　If it weren’t for the residual killing instinct in his subconsciousness, a corpse puppet alone wouldn’t have been able to reach this level.

　　Feng Jingyu nodded and pecked at Ling Chigu’s hair, “Tens of thousands of demonic cultivators and demons had been slain by Ling Chigu’s crimson ta.s.sel spear. Indeed, no one was comparable to him. But in fact, because he killed too much, the karma he acc.u.mulated would not let him go, even if the ones he killed were demons. His current fate is proof of it.”

　　Yan Tianhen couldn’t help but feel a little sad, “Ah Gu at least died a worthy death.”

　　Feng Jingyu sneered mockingly, “He actually died for nothing. From generation to generation, the Ling family all died in battle but in Ling Chigu’s generation, it was for the sake of a prince’s position that led to the collapse of the Ling family. It was just the biggest joke in the world. Why did Ling Chigu flee to the Lower Realm before he died? That was because he felt ashamed to face the ancestors of the Ling family and didn’t dare die in their graveyards.”

　　As he explained Ling Chigu’s past, Feng Jingyu was full of anger and hate.

　　Lin Xuanzhi looked at the indifferent Ling Chigu and lightly replied, “This kind of feat, is his own choice. A person knows best the joys and tribulations of events that he experienced himself.”

　　Feng Jingyu insisted, “That’s because this fool didn’t realize the consequences of his actions. If he did, he wouldn’t have made himself like this for that idiot.”

　　Lin Xuanzhi shook his head, “It’s hard to say. Ling Chigu was a person with deep love and loyalty. Although he died, he did not regret some things.”

　　Feng Jingyu, “…”

　　c.r.a.p, Lin Xuanzhi had been stabbing his heart today!

　　Feng Jingyu slapped Ling Chigu on the forehead and said angrily, “You are also a fool! I don’t want to talk to you anymore.”

　　Feng Jingyu flew away towards the distance.

　　Ling Chigu suddenly turned his head and looked at where Feng Jingyu was going. Moments later, he started running towards the deep forest.

　　Yan Tianhen felt his chin thoughtfully, “I don’t think Ah Gu has zero feelings for Maomao, right?”

　　Lin Xuanzhi replied, “Maybe it’s just a conditioned reflex.”

　　Yan Tianhen, “…”

　　Why did he suddenly feel like Lin Xuanzhi was being unfriendly with Feng Jingyu?

　　Yan Tianhen asked, “Dage, has Maomao offended you recently?”

　　“There was no offense.” Lin Xuanzhi said airily, “I simply want to let him know that he can’t just throw his responsibilities aside and walk away.”