God of Pets

Chapter 859 Taking the Ring
This battle nearly shattered Chu Hong's martial arts spirit.

If it's just a matter of losing because we can't win, then it doesn't matter.

No one is invincible in this world, and defeat is not necessarily a bad thing. The key issue is that Chu Hongwu's defeat was too humiliating.

He used all his knowledge to fight Ji Liuying, seizing the initiative at every turn, but Ji Liuying easily neutralized all his attacks.

In Ji Liuying's hands, the Eight Innate Techniques seemed to be omnipotent and omniresponsive. No matter what methods he used, the Eight Innate Techniques could generate corresponding methods to neutralize his power.

Chu Hongwu felt as if he were not fighting against someone of roughly the same era, but rather against an omnipotent god.

When you've exhausted all your strength, thinking you can reach the other person's ceiling, only to find that they remain as unfathomable as the vast ocean, the blow is immense.

"Impossible... Absolutely impossible..." Chu Hongwu couldn't believe that anyone of his generation could reach this level; it completely overturned his previous worldview.

He thought he was already one of the best among his generation, and never imagined that he would be suppressed to this extent by someone of his generation.

In the end, Ji Liuying activated the Secret Realm Aura and revealed her Eighth Sense identity. To outsiders, Chu Hongwu's defeat seemed inevitable, since he was a rank lower than Ji Liuying.

However, Chu Hongwu knew very well that Ji Liuying did not win by suppressing his rank. Even if Ji Liuying was at the seventh level of awakening, he still could not beat her.

"Ji Liuying, I'll remember you." Chu Hongwu gritted his teeth as he saw the guest off, a statement that left everyone puzzled, unsure whether he was being defiant or had something else in mind.

Ji Shentong took Ji Liuying back. On the way, he opened his mouth several times as if to say something, but in the end, he didn't say anything. He just decided in his heart that if Chu Hongwu still refused to give up, he must do everything he could to protect Ji Liuying. The Ji family could no longer back down on Ji Liuying's matter.

Ji Liuying's mind was not on this. After returning home, she didn't want to wait a moment longer and immediately rushed to Chen Guan's courtyard.

“A wise teacher…” Ji Liuying ran up to Chen Guan, wanting to say a lot, but for a moment she didn’t know which sentence to say first.

"Has the matter been resolved?" Chen Guan asked with a smile.

"It's resolved... I thought it would be a tough battle... but who knew that I used the secret techniques and skills you taught me... that Chu Hongwu was no match for me at all..." Ji Liuying burst out her words as if a dam had been breached, even becoming somewhat incoherent.

At this moment, Ji Liuying no longer had any doubts about Chen Guan. She felt that Chen Guan was her benefactor, or even the Ji family's savior, and was undoubtedly the teacher that Ji Tianwang had mentioned.

At such a time, bringing such secret methods and techniques back to the Ji family is a debt of gratitude greater than mountains and seas.

Having lacked a sense of security and had no one to rely on since childhood, Ji Liuying found a sense of reliance deep in her heart.

As Chen Guan watched Ji Liuying excitedly recount her story, he thought to himself, "We didn't make a mistake in choosing her. Her talent and abilities are indeed excellent, and she's a perfect match for those secret techniques. As long as the higher-ups in the Ji family aren't blind, they'll definitely focus on cultivating Ji Liuying in the future. Perhaps Ji Liuying will become the second Ji Changsheng..."

This is exactly what Chen Guan wanted. Having a powerful ace from the Ji family who was inclined towards him and had a good relationship with him was naturally more beneficial than harmful to Chen Guan.

As Chen Guan had predicted, Ji Liuying gained the attention of the Ji family. After several assessments, Ji Liuying was given special training by the Ji family and became one of the few trump cards they had prepared for future candidates.

Chen Guan wasn't worried at all that others would push Ji Liuying down. With his support, coupled with Ji Liuying's own talent and the techniques left behind by Ji Changsheng, she was bound to become the leading figure of the Ji family in the future.

"It's time to retrieve the ring left by Ji Changsheng. I wonder what he left me?" Chen Guan is currently living in Ji Liuying's house. With Ji Liuying's protection, no one will investigate him, which is already a huge benefit.

Chen Guan only needs to secretly take the ring, and then return to Ji Liuying's house. Even if others turn the Ji family's city upside down, they won't be able to find him.

After making all the preparations, Chen Guan put on makeup and went out. Then, when he was still a long way from the ring, he released Mingfei.

Mingfei rarely acts alone. Now at level 71 with the same Eight Awakenings as Chen Guan, Mingfei's combat ability is actually very strong. However, using her as a support is more beneficial for Chen Guan, so Chen Guan generally doesn't let Mingfei go out to fight others alone.

Consort Ming's body was covered by armor as fine as starlight, making it impossible to see her true face.

However, it is unlikely that there will be another one like this in the world, making it hard for people not to remember it.

When Mingfei approached the area where the ring was located, she quickly attracted the attention of many people.

After they realized that Mingfei was a spirit, they focused more on her figure and no one thought that the spirit could do anything to the ring.

The ring left behind by Ji Changsheng was meant for someone else; even the Heavenly King couldn't take it, so it was even less likely that a mere spirit could take it away.

No one ever imagined that the one who could take the ring would be a mysterious spirit.

Everyone knows that the ring Ji Changsheng left behind was probably for the teacher he mentioned.

How could Ji Tianwang's teacher be a mysterious spirit?
Therefore, when Consort Ming approached the ring, no one realized the seriousness of the problem.

Although Consort Ming did not show her face, her tall figure and outstanding temperament made those standing in front of her involuntarily make way.

Consort Ming stretched out her hand, which was wrapped in starry gauze, and pinched the ring that seemed to be fixed in mid-air with her fingertips.

The next second, to everyone's astonishment, Mingfei actually slipped the ring onto her finger.

Before people could react, Consort Ming turned around and transformed into thousands of stars, disappearing in a flash along with the ring.

"The ring...the ring is gone..." Those who finally realized what was happening rushed over like madmen.

They couldn't believe that the finger that even the Heavenly King couldn't take had been taken by a mysterious spirit, and they didn't even know who that mysterious spirit belonged to.

Almost immediately, the entire Ji family city was sealed off, and not even a fly was allowed to fly out.

The ten major families are guarding this place, and not just to see who can take the ring.

Since they couldn't take the ring, they decided to steal it from the person who had it.

The treasures left behind by King Ji must not fall into the hands of outsiders.

Of course, the definition of an outsider is different for everyone.

For the Ji family, everyone else is an outsider; for the ten great families, everyone outside the ten great families is an outsider.

Everyone wanted to catch the person who took the ring, but even though the Ji family city was sealed off and the entire city was turned upside down, they still couldn't find out who that person was.

At this moment, Chen Guan was at Ji Liuying's house, carefully examining the ring on Consort Ming's hand.

Because of Ji Liuying, no one came to search this place.

(End of this chapter)