Chapter 295: The Old Martial God Ascends and Falls
“I want to go save Mother.” Chu Xin turned her head to look at Chu Feng. After speaking, she huffily turned her head away again.
“Right, we want to go save Mother.” Chu Chen also turned his head and said, then turned his head away again.
“Are your butts itching for a spanking?” Chu Feng raised an eyebrow and rolled up his sleeves.
Chu Xin and Chu Chen subconsciously covered their little butts. Then Chu Xin pouted, tears welling up in her eyes, and said aggrievedly, “I don’t want to be a child without a mother.”
Seeing his sister about to cry, Chu Chen also burst into tears, “Waaah, I want Mother. The older brothers and sisters in the village all have mothers, only Big Sister and I don’t have a mother.”
Chu Feng’s hand, which was rolling up his sleeves, paused, and he sighed inwardly.
Although he felt that he had taken good care of the two little ones these past three years, he ultimately couldn’t provide a mother’s love.
“Waaah! We’re so pitiful, we don’t have a mother’s love, and Dad is still being mean to us.” Chu Xin cried and wailed, looking utterly heartbroken.
“Waaah, that’s right, that’s right.” Chu Chen wiped his tears and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
“Alright, alright, don’t cry. Dad will go find Mother. You two be good and wait at home, okay?”
Faced with the two little cuties’ tearful offensive, Chu Feng ultimately surrendered. He hurriedly picked up the two siblings and comforted them softly.
“Dad has said that many times already.”
Chu Xin sobbed.
“Right, many times, and not once was it true.” Chu Chen echoed.
Chu Feng’s mouth twitched slightly. He said softly, “This time it’s definitely true. But it might take a while. You two need to be patient and wait at home. Don’t run around.”
He didn’t know how long it would take to suppress the seal of the Ancient Blood Demon. There was even a possibility that the Ancient Blood Demon might break through the seal during the process, and he would be the first to be devoured.
“Really?”
Chu Xin and Chu Chen looked at Chu Feng with a mixture of doubt and hope, tears still glistening in their eyes.
“Of course it’s true. How could Dad lie to you?”
Chu Feng said very seriously.
Chu Xin tilted her little head and thought for a moment, then said, “Alright, then I’ll trust Dad one more time.”
“I also trust Dad.”
Chu Chen also nodded his little head.
“That’s my good children.”
Seeing that the two little ones had finally stopped crying, Chu Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He turned and sat down, letting the two little ones sit on his lap, one on each side. He smiled and said, “Come, tell Dad about your experiences during this time.”
“Okay.”
Chu Xin and Chu Chen wiped away their tears and took turns excitedly recounting their adventures.
Chu Feng listened quietly to the children’s vivid descriptions, a faint smile on his face.
When the two children finished, he spoke, “Release that Jin Hong.”
“Oh!”
Chu Xin nodded. With a wave of her little white hand, she released Jin Hong from the God Coffin.
“Greetings, Senior.”
Seeing Chu Feng, Jin Hong guessed that this person was the ruthless man who had destroyed ten emperors with a single palm. He hurriedly bowed in greeting.
“No need for formalities.”
Chu Feng said lightly, “The location of this village cannot be exposed. I originally intended to kill you. But Xin’er said you are a good person and asked me not to kill you. So, from now on, you will stay in the village. You cannot leave the village for even half a step.”
“This!”
Jin Hong was stunned. Then he took a deep breath and cupped his fists, “Senior, please forgive this junior for not being able to comply.”
“Oh? You’re not afraid of death?” Chu Feng raised an eyebrow, a hint of surprise on his face.
“I am!”
Jin Hong nodded, but his expression was unusually resolute, “As the Nine Provinces Inspector, I have important information to report to Her Majesty. It concerns the survival of the Nine Provinces. I must leave this place.”
Chu Feng looked at him and said lightly, “Give me your information. I will pass it on to the Empress. But you cannot leave the village. You have no choice. This village has restrictions I’ve set up. Even a Martial God would have difficulty breaking them in a short time. Don’t even think about escaping.”
After returning, he had upgraded the restrictions of Dàshí Village and also set up a top-tier Spirit Gathering Array, making the spiritual energy here incredibly rich.
Even a Martial God would have difficulty breaking them?
This person must also be a Martial God.
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Jin Hong fell into silence. After a long while, he asked in a deep voice, “Can I trust Senior?”
Chu Feng said indifferently, “The Empire’s Guardian Deity came to find me.”
Jin Hong’s body trembled. He seemed to understand something.
Rumor had it that the Empire’s Guardian Deity was about to ascend. Some said he had left the Empire to find a place to ascend, while others said he was searching for a new Guardian Deity.
Since the Old Martial God had sought out this person, then this person was likely the new Empire Guardian Deity chosen by the Old Martial God.
Someone chosen by the Old Martial God was naturally trustworthy.
“In that case, I’ll have to trouble Senior to deliver this jade slip to Her Majesty.”
Jin Hong thought for a moment and took out a jade slip, speaking in a heavy tone.
“Mm!”
Chu Feng took the jade slip and turned to Chu Xin and Chu Chen, saying, “Xin’er, Chen’er, take him around the village.”
“Okay, Dad.”
Chu Xin and Chu Chen nodded in unison. They turned to Jin Hong and said, “Mother Uncle, we’ll take you to meet the people in the village. They’re all very nice.”
Mother Uncle?
What kind of messed up title is that?
Chu Feng’s face was full of black lines as he shouted, “Also, you two little ones, change the way you address him from now on. You can only call him Uncle, understand?”
“Why?”
Chu Xin and Chu Chen were puzzled.
Jin Hong was a little embarrassed, not knowing what to say.
“No reason why.”
Chu Feng said with a stern face.
That title was really a bit uncomfortable to hear, especially when they addressed him in his presence.
“Alright.”
Chu Xin and Chu Chen nodded.
Suddenly, a huge beam of golden light shot up into the sky from afar. The entire Nine Provinces could see the golden light. Everyone looked up, vaguely able to see a figure within the golden light flying towards the sky.
“Is someone ascending?”
“Is it the Empire’s Guardian Deity? Only he has reached the Martial God realm.”
“The Guardian Deity is ascending. Who will protect the Empire in the future?”
The people of the Nine Provinces discussed among themselves, shocked and also a little perturbed.
Everyone could feel that the Nine Provinces were currently in a precarious situation. If the Empire’s Guardian Deity was present, those with ill intentions would naturally not dare to act recklessly. But if the Guardian Deity ascended, those people would have no more concerns.
“Ascending so soon?”
Chu Feng frowned slightly. He had wanted to spend more time with his two children at home, but he hadn’t expected the Old Martial God to ascend so quickly.
Under the gaze of everyone in the Nine Provinces, the Old Martial God’s figure disappeared into the horizon, seemingly having ascended to godhood.
“No, how could this be? I will never let you succeed.”
However, just then, a roar came from the horizon, “Ascension Gate, seal!”
A golden light bloomed from the horizon and spread across the entire Nine Provinces, instantly covering it.
“Looking for death!”
Then another unfamiliar roar sounded, followed by the Old Martial God’s scream of pain.
At that moment, everyone seemed to feel that the Nine Provinces had lost something.
Buzz!
A small golden ball fell from the sky and landed in the Imperial Capital, and three beams of golden light flew towards Long Province.