Chapter 916: Reality and Falsehood

It was three quarters past midnight, and the night was dark.

Ji Feipeng was quite confused at this moment.

It was only three quarters past midnight when he left Lutai with Ji Feifeng last time, but now a whole hour had passed.

Logically, Lutai was located at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, a hundred miles west of Chaoge City. With Ji Feipeng's speed, he could get back to Chaoge City in just a quarter of an hour.

However, after wandering around for an hour, Ji Feipeng was still near Taihang Mountain.

It was not that Ji Feipeng did not want to leave, but he always felt vaguely that someone was spying on him in the dark. However, when he used his spiritual sense to detect the surroundings, he found nothing. The more this happened, the more doubts Ji Feipeng had in his heart!

"Who? Who is it? How dare you play such a joke on your Grandpa Ji?"

"..."

"Come out... Come out! I've seen you! I've..."

"..."

Looking around, Ji Feipeng still found nothing. He had to wonder if he was too nervous and had an illusion.

No one knows better than Ji Feipeng himself how his consciousness was condensed. It took four Condensation Pills to achieve this by chance. Originally, with Ji Feipeng's status in the Ji family, he could only get two Condensation Pills. The extra two should have belonged to Ji Feifeng, but they were embezzled by Ji Feipeng.

This is also the reason why Ji Feipeng dared not disobey Ji Feifeng. Of course, even if he gave it a try, he was not Ji Feifeng's opponent...

Although Ji Feipeng successfully condensed his consciousness with four consecutive Condensation Pills, the multiple pill poisons combined with Ji Feipeng's previous debauchery ultimately cut off his path to advancement. In other words, Ji Feipeng will never be able to make further progress in this life.

And because his consciousness was completely formed by the Condensation Pills, there are four cracks in the consciousness that should have been integrated.

These four cracks are the sequelae left by the four Condensation Pills.

Because of this, Ji Feipeng's consciousness is not as clear as the legend says, but there are four cracks of varying sizes...

Before this, Ji Feipeng's consciousness had also made a lot of jokes.

Just when Ji Feipeng was about to rush to Chaoge City regardless of everything, the wind in the forest moved, and a figure flashed, and there was an extra person in front of Ji Feipeng.

With a tremor in his mind, Ji Feipeng also exhaled a foul breath.

After all, visible enemies are always easier to deal with than invisible enemies...

However, when Ji Feipeng saw the appearance of the man who blocked his way, his face suddenly changed, and he pointed at the man with disbelief on his face.

"You! How could it be you! Shouldn't you..."

A thunderbolt exploded, tearing the night sky and illuminating the dense forest.

Looking at Xiao Mian who blocked his way not far away, Ji Feipeng's face was pale.

The reason why Ji Feipeng was so shocked was partly because he had suffered a great loss at the hands of Xiao Mian before and was afraid of Xiao Mian; the other part was because he could not figure out why Xiao Mian appeared here, because according to his understanding, Xiao Mian should be with Ji Feifeng at this time, helping him to attract everyone's attention.

The story started from an hour ago...

After Ji Feifeng got the eighth-level spiritual bird as she wished, she took Ji Feipeng away from Lutai.

However, the brother and sister also kept a watchful eye and did not rush back to Chaoge City immediately. Instead, they entered the hinterland of Taihang Mountain, intending to temporarily avoid the limelight and conceal their tracks.

After that, Ling Tianfeng, Changsun Peilin and others chased down from Lutai.

Some of them rushed to Chaoge City in a mighty manner, some stayed on the mountain road at the eastern foot of Taishang Mountain, and some simply rushed into the hinterland of Taihang Mountain.

For a time, Taihang Mountain, shrouded in the night, was full of dangers.

The Ji family siblings hid very secretly - in order to exchange for the eighth-level spiritual bird, Ji Feifeng had used up all the spiritual materials and spiritual stones on her body, but except for a Fengfeng sword, all the equipment on Ji Feifeng's body was not lost.

Now, what wrapped the Ji Feifeng siblings was a secret treasure - the Phantom Umbrella!

The Phantom Umbrella, a mid-level auxiliary magic weapon, has no offensive and defensive capabilities, but it can adapt to the local conditions and integrate the environment around the cultivator without any flaws.

Unless there is a Yuanying ancestor who controls the consciousness with the Yuanying, there is no way to crack it.

Under the protection of the Phantom Umbrella, the Ji family siblings disappeared from everyone's sight.

As long as the next day dawns, the two of them will avoid the temptation of those who are interested, and it will be easy to return to Chaoge City, right?

But good things come with a lot of twists and turns. The siblings thought they were perfect, but they ran into trouble.

Xiao Mian talked with the alluring fairy for a while. When he left Lutai, it was already the first hour of the morning. Xiao Mian was strolling leisurely, not anxious or impatient.

"It's even darker and the dew is heavier. It's better to find a cave to spend the night..."

Mumbling to himself, Xiao Mian walked towards a small cave in the valley.

He didn't expect that there was a protective shield like a film outside the cave. Just as Xiao Mian was about to step into it, the entire protective shield suddenly lit up.

Inside the protective shield, Ji Feifeng and her brother stared at Xiao Mian with ugly faces.

Logically, Ji Feifeng, who had divine consciousness, should have discovered Xiao Mian long ago, but considering the secrecy of the phantom umbrella, Ji Feifeng suppressed her divine consciousness and realized it later. It was not until Xiao Mian took the initiative to trigger the phantom barrier that she woke up.

Xiao Mian was not surprised at all when he saw Ji Feifeng.

If it weren't for Guitou's spiritual sense, Xiao Mian wouldn't have been so relaxed. When Ji Feifeng left Lutai last time, Xiao Mian asked Guitou to follow him secretly. With Guitou's current realm and control of spiritual sense, no one present would notice it.

"Xiao Mian! Are you going to go back on your word?"

"Miss Ji! Why do you say that?"

Faced with Ji Feifeng's stern questioning, Xiao Mian asked back easily.

In this way, Ji Feifeng was speechless. She couldn't say that Xiao Mian had bad intentions and was unwilling to let the eighth-level spiritual bird fall into her hands. Now he came to take advantage of the fire, right?

If Xiao Mian's ferocity was really aroused, Ji Feifeng would not be sure to get away unscathed.

After the brief test last time, Ji Feifeng had already regarded Xiao Mian as an equal enemy who could pose a threat to her!

But Xiao Mian's appearance was really too strange...

"Miss Ji! First of all, I will never do such a thing as going back on my word; secondly, I have another deal that I want to discuss with you; finally, can you let me in and hide it from others?"

After hearing what Xiao Mian said, Ji Feifeng looked much better.

After a moment of hesitation, she finally opened a small hole in the spirit shield of the Phantom Spirit Umbrella to allow Xiao Mian to enter.

After all, the Phantom Spirit Umbrella has no defensive ability at all, and the greatest camouflage effect has been seen through by Xiao Mian. For Xiao Mian, it is almost useless.

If Xiao Mian wants to, he can destroy the Phantom Spirit Umbrella with a casual blow.

But in that case, the spiritual energy fluctuation caused in an instant will inevitably attract other cultivators with bad intentions, adding variables.

Xiao Mian flashed into the Phantom Spirit Umbrella, and the air around the cave fluctuated. The figures of the three people disappeared, and the whole cave became dead again.

Inside the Phantom Umbrella, after hearing Xiao Mian's proposal, the three of them stared at each other.

"You want to pretend to be my brother and rush back to Chaoge City with me?" After Xiao Mian nodded, Ji Feifeng laughed dumbly: "What do you want to do?"

"I should have made it very clear! The current situation is: the eighth-level spiritual bird is in your hands, and the Jingfeng Sword is in my hands. If the eighth-level spiritual bird has an accident, the biggest suspect is me, and if the Jingfeng Sword has an accident, the biggest suspect is you!"

"..."

"If you and I join forces, we can not only watch each other, but also scare off the invading enemy. At that time, you want your eighth-level spiritual bird and Jingfeng Sword, and I want my millions of spiritual power!"

"Watch each other? It's better to say mutual surveillance, right? But what you said makes some sense, but my brother's appearance is known to everyone in Chaoge City..."

Ji Feifeng said this, and Xiao Mian had already thrown out a fake mask.

At that moment, the three of them finalized some details.

Xiao Mian and Ji Feipeng exchanged clothes, and the latter even put on the fake mask that could block his consciousness, and then left the Phantom Umbrella.

But before leaving, Ji Feifeng secretly handed a ring to Ji Feipeng...

In this way, there were only Xiao Mian and Ji Feifeng under the Phantom Umbrella.

In theory, with the mysteriousness of the Wanhua Lingxiang, as long as Xiao Mian was willing, it would be no problem to pretend to be Ji Feipeng, let alone Ji Feifeng.

But the Wanhua Lingxiang was a secret treasure of Xiao Mian, how could it be easily exposed?

What's more, Xiao Mian couldn't take out the Wanhua Lingxiang at this time...

Therefore, Xiao Mian just took out a bamboo hat and put it on his head. In this way, he could deceive some people by pretending to be mysterious.

When Ji Feipeng had gone far away, Ji Feifeng put away the Phantom Umbrella and went deep into Taihang Mountain with Xiao Mian. According to the plan they had made, she and Xiao Mian would cause a commotion in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain to cover Ji Feipeng's safe escape.

Since they were going to cause a commotion, they naturally did not hide their tracks.

Therefore, soon someone discovered their whereabouts.

The two deliberately slowed down to lure the other party to charge.

When they met, Xiao Mian almost laughed out loud.

It turned out that the three cultivators who were chasing them were all at the top level of Jindan, and one of them had a hidden spiritual fluctuation. These were not funny. What really made Xiao Mian laugh was that the three of them were like him, wearing a bamboo hat and black clothes.

These three were too professional...

Obviously, the other party was also afraid of exposing their identities.

After all, they were going to rob Ji Feifeng, who was not only a true disciple of Yanji Sect, but also the eldest daughter of the Ji family in Chaoge City.

If he was not careful, he would end up losing more than he gained.

Ji Feifeng could not care less, and attacked without saying anything.

Waves of fire flew out from the fingertips of Ji Feifeng's left hand, crisscrossing in the air, forming a fire net that covered one of the cultivators.

At the same time, Ji Feifeng swung his right hand, and a sword light gushed out.

The sword light was like a dragon, and the fire light soared into the sky, entangling the quasi-Nascent Soul cultivator who was the leader among the three.

Ji Feifeng, fighting one against two, suppressed the two men for a while and only had the strength to fight back, but this was already the limit of Ji Feifeng. Another person bypassed Ji Feifeng and attacked the famous silver-plated spearhead in Chaoge City - Ji Feipeng!

Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the former silver-plated spearhead had already been upgraded to a cannon...