Looking at his aunt, who wore a serious expression as she instructed him...
Chu Feng grinned: "Don't worry, Aunt. I'm not someone who's soft-hearted. I can take care of myself."
Jie Tiannian smiled as well.
She had heard the rumors about Chu Feng and had witnessed his methods. She knew her nephew was formidable.
Yet she still worried, because she also understood just how formidable her own father was.
Chu Feng parted ways with Jie Tiannian.
Having made the decision to temporarily abandon the search for the key fragments, Chu Feng planned to first find Daoist Zhaixing.
As for Zi Ling, although Chu Feng had agreed to bring her along, he had his own selfish reasons.
He was indeed facing a rather dangerous situation, and thus could only choose to break his promise and continue traveling alone.
According to the divination bamboo slips, Daoist Zhaixing was currently at the Divine Body Milky Way.
After Chu Feng left, Jie Tiannian returned to the world where the Ancestral Martial Realm's sect ruins were located.
Jie Tian and the others were still in this world.
The Sealing Formation had been broken, but the treasure supporting the formation still had residual energy. Jie Tian was using it to cultivate here.
By the time Jie Tiannian found Jie Tian, he had already completed his cultivation.
He was waiting at the cultivation site for his mother.
"Mother, you've finally returned." Upon seeing his mother, Jie Tian was overjoyed.
This kind of pure smile — he only ever wore it when facing Jie Tiannian.
In other words, only in front of these two people did Jie Tian truly carry himself as a junior.
"Tian'er, did you break through?" Jie Tiannian asked.
"I did. The treasures here had long since merged with the power of my bloodline."
"If I had known earlier that Mother would arrive in time, I wouldn't have wasted the Sealing Formation's power to capture Chu Feng."
"Instead, I should have used the treasures here directly for my cultivation. Then I could have absolutely broken through to the True Dragon realm and become a True Dragon Spirit World Master."
"But it doesn't matter, Mother. The Secret Realm Immortal Bamboo should have all been collected, right?"
"With those Secret Realm Immortal Bamboo, I'll surely be able to break through to the True Dragon realm in one go." Jie Tian was brimming with confidence.
"Tian'er, Mother was too hasty. Although I found the Secret Realm Immortal Bamboo, something went wrong during the harvesting process, so the collection failed," Jie Tiannian said.
Hearing these words, not only did the smile vanish from Jie Tian's face in an instant, but he also fell silent.
"Tian'er, Mother will find other cultivation resources for you. You just need to focus on your cultivation."
Jie Tiannian noticed the change in her son's emotions and stepped forward to console him.
"Heh..." But Jie Tian not only let out a cold laugh — he also pushed his mother's hand away.
This action left Jie Tiannian stunned.
"Tian'er, what's wrong with you?" Jie Tiannian asked.
"Mother, kill me," Jie Tian said.
"Tian'er, what nonsense are you talking about?" Jie Tiannian was bewildered.
But Jie Tian produced a dagger and handed it to his mother.
"Kill me. Right now."
"Otherwise, you'll regret it," Jie Tian said.
"Tian'er, what on earth is wrong with you?" Jie Tiannian was even more bewildered.
But at this moment, Jie Tian's eyes were filled with coldness and fury.
"The Immortal Bamboo is indeed difficult to harvest, but both Grandfather and I believed in your ability, Mother."
"With anyone else, failure would be quite likely. But for you, failure is impossible."
"If you didn't fail, then why not give me the Bamboo?"
"There's only one possibility — you gave the Bamboo to someone else. If I'm not mistaken, you gave it to Chu Feng, didn't you?" Jie Tian said furiously.
"Insolence! Suspicion is already a bad habit, and directing that suspicion toward your own mother is even more unacceptable."