The Attack of the Wastrel

Chapter 421 – Meeting Again

Translator: Coca5156

Editor: Drea

“Lingzhi!” Tianfeng Jin cried out in delight as she saw Gu Lingzhi. Her usual cold face was filled with joy.

She never thought that she would bump into Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan so quickly after she met Xin Yi.

Gu Lingzhi was also bursting with happiness as she held onto Tianfeng Jin’s hands excitedly. She looked up and down Tianfeng Jin assessing her. Once she confirmed that Tianfeng Jin had been doing well, she rest assured and restrained herself, “Do you have anywhere to stay? Let’s find somewhere to talk, this isn’t the best place.”

Tianfeng Jin immediately caught on and replied, “Yes, we have been here for a while. Let’s go.”

As she spoke, she subconsciously neglected Rong Yuan and Xin Yi who were by their side and pulled Gu Lingzhi to where she was temporarily staying.

Rong Yuan and Xin Yi exchanged glances as they smiled at each other slightly, “Seeing how you all look, I sense that there is much to say. Let’s go. Tell us about your experiences this past month.”

Rong Yuan emphasised heavily on the word ‘experience’ and Xin Yi hesitated slightly, not giving him a reply. Xin Yi quickened his steps as Rong Yuan looked at how the tips of his ears turned a bright red, smiling a sly smile.

Gu Lingzhi was dragged by Tianfeng Jin all the way to where she was staying. She realised that Tianfeng Jin’s and Xin Yi’s days had been pretty good.

The residence in front of her was definitely the most flamboyant residence in the small town. The guards at the door did not even question Tianfeng Jin as she brought her in.

When Gu Lingzhi stepped in, she took back what she thought about Tianfeng Jin’s days being pretty good. Her days had been extremely good!

The exterior of the residence might have been limited by the small town and did not seem very majestic, but inside, there was not a single thing that was not refined. The floor was completely white and made with high-grade spirit stones. In the exquisite winding corridor, there were several intricate pavilions located every few steps away for people to rest.

Looking at the pavilions, Gu Lingzhi was speechless. These casually built pavilions in the winding corridor were all Heaven-Level spiritual treasures.

Even the flowerbed was filled with strange flowers and grasses. The few that Gu Lingzhi recognised were all extremely rare treasures in the Tianyuan Continent. Here, they were reduced to just scenery. Had she been trapped for too long or was the owner of this house simply rich and overbearing?

Seeming to sense Gu Lingzhi’s confusion, Tianfeng Jin lowered her voice and explained, “The owner of this house is the second largest conglomerate in the Realm of the Gods. They are slightly extravagant.”

Gu Lingzhi raised her brow, the second largest conglomerate in the Realm of the Gods? Hasn’t it only been less than a month since they ascended? How would Xiao Jin know someone like that?

Very soon, Gu Lingzhi’s questions were answered.

Just before they reached where Tianfeng Jin stayed, Gu Lingzhi was almost blinded by a moving pile of gold mountain.

When her eyes adjusted to that quick-moving body, she was shocked to find out that the gold mountain that made her eyes hurt was not a real gold mountain but a man that wore an outfit made completely out of gold.

“This is...” Gu Lingzhi’s face was filled with questions. She had seen rich and imposing people before but this was the first time she was seeing someone whose entire body was shining with gold as if they were afraid people did not know they were rich.

It was a young person that looked to be eighteen or nineteen years of age. The gold had covered his delicate features and made him seem unsophisticated. He was smiling as he hopped towards them.

“Sister Tianfeng, why are you back so early today?” He then looked curiously at Gu Lingzhi as if finding it weird that Tianfeng Jin had brought a person back.

“This is Zhuo Haotian.” Tianfeng Jin did a simple introduction.

Gu Lingzhi nodded in acknowledgement, “My surname is Gu, I am Xiao Jin’s friend.”

Zhuo Haotian’s eyes lit up, “So you are the sister that Sister Tianfeng always talks about, Sister Gu. I am Zhuo Haotian, you can just call me Haotian. If you need anything, you can just tell me. Sister Tianfeng is my savior and her friends are mine as well. Don’t be afraid of troubling me, I’ll help you no matter what.”

Gu Lingzhi’s brows rose, “Savior?”

Zhuo Haotian nodded fervently, “Isn’t that right? If Sister Tianfeng did not come out of nowhere to save me, I would have turned into a pile of dirt.” He then proceeded to tell the story of how Tianfeng Jin rescued him.

The gist was when Tianfeng Jin ascended into the Realm of the Gods, she happened to come across a robbery. Very unfortunately, Zhuo Haotian was the victim of the robbery. If Tianfeng Jin did not intend to find someone to give her guidance on this place and conveniently saved Zhuo Haotian, he would most likely have died.

“...That’s how the story goes; Sister Tianfeng is extremely brave and she beat the robbers in just a few moves. Even my dad said that he has never seen a girl so talented in fighting in his entire life.”

Zhuo Haotian was extremely dramatic as he told his story, making Tianfeng Jin feel a little awkward.

“That’s enough, you can stop now.”

“Why can’t I say it?” Zhuo Haotian felt indignant “Sister Tianfeng, you are so powerful, why won’t you let me praise you?”

Gu Lingzhi smiled as she sort of knew what happened. She chuckled to herself as she looked at Zhuo Haotian. He dressed like he was a gold treasury, it would be weird if no errant individuals attempted to rob him.

To prevent Zhuo Haotian from saying anymore, Tianfeng Jin cut him off just as he was about to start talking again, “I haven’t seen Lingzhi for a very long time and have things to tell her. You can go ahead and do your own things.”

“Can’t I listen?” Hearing Tianfeng Jin try to turn him away, Zhuo Haotian gave a sad and pitiful look. He had been extremely excited when his servants had told him of Tianfeng Jin’s return and he had rushed to greet her.

“Nope. What we are discussing is of high importance and it’s not for you to know.”

“Oh.” Zhuo Haotian pursed his lips in disappointment. Obediently, he stopped pestering her. He simply told Tianfeng Jin to send someone to inform him as soon as they were done discussing so that he could come over and play.

Thereafter, Gu Lingzhi then followed Tianfeng Jin through the corridor and entered a small courtyard.

In the spacious courtyard, stood a small elegant and delicate three-level house. Several weapons racks stood in the empty space in front of the main door, allowing the residents to easily train. Behind the small house, there was a small medicinal garden consisting of various Spirit Plants.

Looking at the layout of the small courtyard, Gu Lingzhi silently nodded her head. The owner of this place definitely knew Tianfeng Jin well and knew that her hobby was increasing her strength and this layout was extremely suitable for her.

When Rong Yuan stepped into the courtyard he was slightly shocked. A few thoughts came into his mind as he turned to Xin Yi and said, “You might have an opponent.”

Xin Yi’s eyelid twitched and the joy he was feeling from seeing Gu Lingzhi once again fell. He gave Rong Yuan a slightly annoyed look and silently entered the house. Rong Yuan looked pensive as he wandered around the courtyard before entering the house.

Gu Lingzhi was already sitting on a chair. There was a tea set containing spiritual tea on the table in front of her. Just from the fragrant scent emitting from the teapot, they knew it was good quality spiritual tea.

Pouring a cup for herself, Gu Lingzhi took a sip. It felt like she was drinking spiritual energy and was extremely comforting and smooth. She praised, “This tea is really good!”

Tianfeng Jin chuckled, “Drink more if you like it. Haotian just brought me quite a bit a few days ago, I’ll go get some for you later.”

“Okay.” Gu Lingzhi gladly accepted. There was no need to be courteous with her relationship with Tianfeng Jin. After moistening her throat with a few sips of tea, Gu Lingzhi started to ask Tianfeng Jin what she had gone through.

In the earlier part when Tianfeng Jin had just come to the Realm of the Gods, she had accidentally saved Zhuo Haotian like he said previously.

As Zhuo Haotian was the only child of the second largest conglomerate in the Realm of the Gods, Zhuo Rong, Haotian was extremely pampered and taken care of. He was so pampered he did not go through any tough times cultivating and his entire cultivation was built by consuming Spiritual Medicine. Normally there would always be people guarding him and he would not even need to lift a finger anyway.

However, half a year ago, several partners of the Zhuo Family suddenly gave up working with them and changed to collaborating with the number one conglomerate, the Kong Family. The Zhuo Family’s business hence took a hit and Zhuo Rong started becoming busier with managing the business and naturally eased his monitoring of his only son, watching him less strictly.

The minute Zhuo Haotian was released from his cage, he started to wander around. Even though his cultivation was not strong, he still loved to wear his golden clothes and parade around town ostentatiously.

From birth, he had never met with many problems and continued to do what he wanted, flaunting his wealth. A month ago, he then became the target of a bunch of robbers who came to rob him and was luckily rescued by Tianfeng Jin.

When Zhuo Rong received the news of the attack, he rushed to the scene. He understood what happened and guessed that Tianfeng Jin was not a Martial Artist from their realm. He then expressed that since Zhuo Haotian was his only son, by saving Zhuo Haotian’s life, it was equivalent to saving him. Although he was primarily a businessman, he understood the concept of repaying one’s kindness. He promised not to give out her identity and would even give her a fake identity so that she could remain in the Realm of the Gods without a problem.

Thereafter, Zhuo Rong did exactly as he said he would and kept his mouth shut about Tianfeng Jin’s background. Using his influence, he gave her a perfect identity such that no one would be suspicious about her. At that point, Tianfeng Jin had yet to figure out how to meet up with the others and decided to stay with them.

“Then how did you meet up with Xin Yi?”

An unnatural look flashed across Tianfeng Jin’s face, “After staying here for a few days, I heard people say that the Thousand Mountains Range had a lot of Demon Plants which will be good to train with. I decided to go in and have a look. Who knew that the Demon Plants had the ability to restrict spiritual energy use. I was careless and almost got severely injured inside, thankfully, Xin Yi rescued me.”

Gu Lingzhi did not know what to say.

...That was so like Tianfeng Jin’s personality.

What happened next was very natural. After their coincidental encounter, the two of them then went through several life-and-death situations together and Xin Yi then stayed in this residence along with Tianfeng Jin. Today, they had intended to go to town to the Feixing Pavilion, where information was peddled to try and find out more information about other people. They never would have guessed that they would bump into Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan just as they stepped out and immediately returned home.

“Feixing Pavilion?” Gu Lingzhi was curious, “What kind of place is that?”

Tianfeng Jin replied, “It is a place solely meant to buy and sell information. The wanted list that has our names are also displayed at the Feixing Pavilion.”