Chapter 91

"Even you managed to sneak right up to me, it seems Yue Hongyan and the others have become increasingly lax."

The young man in white struggled to raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, coughing repeatedly.

But at this moment, his seemingly weak body suddenly burst with a powerful magical aura, causing the golden sand beneath him to tremble violently.

Lin Feng was still under the stealth spell, and with the system concealing his magical cultivation, he should not have been easily detected.

"I was too careless." The moment the other party spoke, Lin Feng knew something was wrong and instinctively looked down at the sand beneath his feet.

This golden sand clearly had an extremely strong detection ability, and as soon as an intruder entered, it would immediately sense it and alert the young man in white.

Through the sand, the young man in white could not see through the system's concealment or detect the strength of Lin Feng's magic, but he could clearly feel that someone had stepped on the sand.

The fact that an intruder had entered without his notice was enough to indicate a problem.

So the young man in white immediately took action.

A cloud of yellow sand rose up, about to engulf Lin Feng.

Lin Feng frowned slightly, shook the Black Cloud Banner, and his entire body was enveloped in a dark light. The dark light flickered, keeping the yellow sand at bay.

"Is this a Core Formation stage magical artifact? But it's damaged and can't stop me." The young man in white weakly raised his hand and slowly formed a magical seal.

A water arrow emerged from the stream cutting through the sand and merged with the yellow sand, instantly transforming into a murky, dark yellow stream that shot toward Lin Feng.

Lin Feng felt a bitter taste in his mouth. The other party hadn't used his full strength, but he had already displayed the formidable power of the Core Formation stage.

The murky, dark yellow stream easily broke through the dark light of the Black Cloud Banner and rushed straight at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng's eyes flashed: "The sand grains are heavy and condensed, each one weighing thousands of pounds, comparable to boulders, but compressed to the size of sand grains. This time, he's attacking me with thousands or even tens of thousands of them!"

"The sand grains are heavy, but they are lifted by the water, blending with its fluidity and unpredictability, making it hard to avoid. Even if I dodge, the water will change direction and chase me with those heavy sand grains."

In this move, the young man in white perfectly combined the weight of earth and the fluidity of water, truly a marvel.

The defense of the Black Cloud Banner was breached, but Lin Feng remained calm, still using its magic to conceal his form while secretly unsealing the Heavenly Cage Seal that bound the young Tuantuan.

"What the hell is this thing again?" Tuantuan shouted, but could only reluctantly shield Lin Feng once more, transforming into her true form and struggling to swallow the dark yellow stream.

"Ugh... cough, cough, cough! I'm choking!" Tuantuan roared angrily: "Lin Feng, you bastard, if you keep feeding me this crap, I'll fight you to the death! Ow, what is this stuff, it's killing me."

Lin Feng chuckled: "It's good that you have something to eat. At least I'm trying to give you variety."

Tuantuan cursed loudly, but Lin Feng ignored her and sealed her again with the Heavenly Cage Seal.

"Bastard, I'll eat you one day!" Tuantuan rolled her eyes, clearly suffering from indigestion and severe stomach pain. Even without the Heavenly Cage Seal, she wouldn't be able to cause much trouble for a while.

Seeing his spell being silently neutralized, the young man in white's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his hunched back, due to his illness, straightened slightly.

Lin Feng frowned and said preemptively, "Are you injured?"

The young man in white coughed dryly twice: "No need for your concern. Show me what you've got, and Kang Nanhua will take it."

Lin Feng put away the Black Cloud Banner, revealed his form, and with a wide sweep of his sleeves, entered his 'show-off' mode, proudly declaring: "I never take advantage of others, let alone a young man who is injured."

Kang Nanhua looked up at Lin Feng without speaking.

At this moment, Lin Feng, in his white robe and wide sleeves, with a feathered cap and star crown, exuded a noble and proud demeanor, truly resembling a transcendent sage.

He looked at Kang Nanhua and said calmly, "I have no connection with the Great Zhou Dynasty, so you don't need to be so cautious."

"If I must say, I even have some friction with the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Kang Nanhua wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said slowly, "I would like to hear more."

Lin Feng said, "One of my disciples is the son of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu."

Kang Nanhua frowned in displeasure: "So you're just toying with me."

Lin Feng remained calm: "If you knew that my disciple almost died at the hands of his own father, you wouldn't think so."

Kang Nanhua's eyes showed a hint of realization: "Xiaohei and the others tried to kidnap one of Zhu Hongwu's illegitimate sons half a year ago, but they failed and were saved by the Marquis of Xuanji's third steward, Huang San. However, after that, it was reported that the illegitimate son and Huang San had disappeared."

"Wasn't that illegitimate son named Zhu Yi? Could you be referring to him?"

Lin Feng smiled faintly: "A month ago, in the southern border forest of the Great Qin Dynasty, I just eliminated Zhu Hongwu's second steward, Tao Er, who intended to harm my disciple. I dealt with him."

Kang Nanhua remained silent, his eyes flickering, seemingly calculating something.

After a long while, Kang Nanhua asked, "Why are you here?"

Lin Feng said frankly, "I am here to find a mineral called Star River Sand."

Kang Nanhua asked, "How much do you need?"

Lin Feng was overjoyed: "So there is indeed Star River Sand here!" But Kang Nanhua's question about how much he needed left Lin Feng stumped. Who knew how much Star River Sand was needed to repair that broken mirror?

After a moment of thought, Lin Feng tentatively asked, "One cubic meter, do you have it?"

Kang Nanhua frowned: "I can't give you that much."

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. Kang Nanhua had said, "I can't give you that much," not "I don't have that much," which meant he actually had more than one cubic meter of Star River Sand but was unwilling to give Lin Feng that much.

Lin Feng thought quickly. He had no grudge against the other party, and it wasn't worth a life-or-death struggle. If he could obtain the Star River Sand through a transaction, that would be best.

Just as he was thinking, Lin Feng suddenly felt something move in his pocket.

Lin Feng checked discreetly and found that the object causing the disturbance was none other than the stone flute given to him by Long Ye.

Since obtaining the stone flute half a year ago, Lin Feng had spent a lot of time trying to figure it out but had come up with nothing, making him doubt whether Long Ye had been deceiving him.

He never expected that facing Kang Nanhua would cause the stone flute to react.

Could this sickly young man in white have some connection to the stone flute?

Lin Feng quietly took out the stone flute and observed it, only to find that it emitted a faint, strange magical aura that was trembling slightly.

The magical aura spread out and touched Kang Nanhua, who, despite his injuries, suddenly felt a surge of energy, and his old wounds, which had been like a parasite, eased considerably.

Kang Nanhua looked at Lin Feng in surprise, and Lin Feng was also inwardly startled: "Can this stone flute actually heal his injuries?"

Realizing this, Lin Feng felt much more relaxed but remained cautious: "Now I have a bargaining chip, which makes negotiating with him much easier. But if he recovers from his injuries, he will be even harder to deal with."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and decided to first try to understand more about him. He asked seemingly casually, "Are you also a refugee from the Snow Wind Kingdom?"

"No, not at all." Kang Nanhua shook his head. "If I must say, I can be considered a citizen of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Lin Feng was somewhat surprised. Kang Nanhua's eyes showed a look of reminiscence: "My parents were both citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Before I started practicing Dao, I studied hard and even passed the imperial examination to become a scholar of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Lin Feng pursued, "Then why are you now fighting against the Zhou army? Did the Zhou people kill your family?"

Kang Nanhua shook his head: "My parents both passed away naturally at the end of their natural lifespans, without any pain. I achieved success in Dao and wanted to extend their lives, but I couldn't. However, they both lived to be a hundred years old, so there's nothing to regret."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed: "Is there someone you love in the Fierce Wind Society?" He thought of Yue Hongyan, who was like a blazing fire.

Putting aside her strong and straightforward personality, she was truly a beauty capable of bringing down a nation, a true disaster.

Kang Nanhua seemed to know what he was thinking and smiled: "Have you met Hongyan? I don't reject romantic feelings, but in all my years of practicing Dao, I haven't met a woman who has moved me, including Hongyan."

"Who would believe you." Lin Feng rolled his eyes inwardly and asked, "Then why are you helping the Fierce Wind Society?"

Kang Nanhua said calmly, "Yue Hongfeng, one of the founders of the Fierce Wind Society, is my life-and-death friend. Before he died, he asked me to protect his compatriots, and I promised him."

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared intently at Kang Nanhua.

Despite the pain and cold sweat on his face, the young man in white remained calm and composed, without any complaints or pride in being a hero. It seemed he was just doing what he thought was right.

His voice was so peaceful, as if fighting against a behemoth like the Great Zhou Dynasty, a task akin to hitting a stone with an egg or blocking a chariot with a mantis, was as normal and reasonable as eating and sleeping.

Not to mention the Zhou Emperor Liang Pan or the cunning and powerful Zhu Hongwu, even the stewards of the Marquis of Xuanji, Tao Er and Huang San, were all Core Formation stage cultivators on the same level as him.

Facing such a formidable force, the risk of death was always present, but Kang Nanhua seemed to ignore all these dangers.

Even with his injuries.

It was all because he had promised his old friend and made a commitment, so he would keep his word.

No matter how thorny the path ahead, no matter how dangerous the journey, I will fulfill my promise, even if it costs me my life.

Looking at Kang Nanhua, Lin Feng suddenly thought of a phrase.

"Once a promise is made, it must be kept for a lifetime!"