Dual cultivation makes you stronger, everyone else is a prodigy, and I'm the only one slacking

at the same time.

"Your Highness, the tracking compass is lit up."

Feng Qiguang stared intently at the compass, a satisfied smile appearing in his eyes.

In recent days, the compass has lit up dozens of times, sometimes hundreds of miles apart, sometimes thousands of miles apart, appearing in all directions: east, west, south, and north.

In order to track down the fat woman, Feng Qiguang would rush there immediately whenever the tracking compass showed the slightest unusual movement.

But every time, the woman would slip back to the Li family ancestral home like an eel before he arrived.

Upon entering the ancestral home, the clan's protective array immediately enveloped the area, rendering the tracking technique ineffective and completely blocking any trace of them.

Feng Qiguang bit down so hard that his back teeth ached.

She treated him like a dog.

This time, he was determined to win her over.

Almost instantly, Feng Qiguang raised his hand and conjured a tracking talisman. The talisman shimmered with spiritual light and faintly revealed an unusual aura.

The Feng clansmen beside him urged urgently, "Young Master, you mustn't! The Shadow Chasing Talisman is too expensive; each use reduces its lifespan."

Feng Qiguang rebuked sternly: "This young master cannot concern himself with such matters."

"She dared to mess with me, so I'll make her pay the price."

The talisman suddenly exploded.

The next instant, Feng Qiguang's figure was pulled by the power of the talisman and landed on the lakeside out of thin air.

The night was deep, and the lakeside was deserted, with only faint traces of spatial magic remaining in the air.

Feng Qiguang stood still, his knuckles clenching tighter and tighter, making a cracking sound.

Another step too late.

That damned woman has run away again.

Feng Qiguang looked up at the sky and suddenly burst into laughter.

These past few days have been a chase, a missed attempt, another chase, and another missed attempt...

He seized upon that woman's obsession, turning it into a thorn that pierced deeper and deeper.

His mind was in complete turmoil.

If Feng Qiguang doesn't personally extinguish this obsession, he knows...

Given his current cultivation level, it will likely be difficult for him to steadily advance further.

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The next day, the sun shone brightly.

Feng Qiguang flew back to Gutian Town from a thousand miles away on his sword.

He was travel-worn, but the gloom in his eyes hadn't faded at all; instead, it seemed even colder.

The surrounding members of the Feng family dared not utter a word.

Foundation Establishment cultivators can usually abstain from grains, but this night he had exhausted too much spiritual energy, all of which was spent on traveling and forced pursuit. His face was frighteningly pale.

Someone quickly handed over the pills, speaking in a soft voice:

"Your Highness, this is a pill to replenish your qi and blood. Please take one first."

Feng Qiguang didn't answer, and coldly asked:

"While I was away, did anyone from the Li family come? What did they say?"

The clansman shook his head: "No."

Feng Qiguang's eyes darkened, and anger surged up like fire:

"hateful."

"We've been stuck in Gutian Town for over a month, and the cultivators from the Li family stationed here can't even find a single woman? What an incompetent family."

The clansmen quickly echoed, lowering their voices as they said:

"Your Highness, I'm pretty sure that woman is in cahoots with the Li family. Otherwise, why would her trail disappear the moment she entered the Li family's territory?"

"Perhaps that fat woman made a deal with the Li family, exchanging my Feng family's secret techniques for protection."

Upon hearing this, the faces of the others all turned dark.

This is not impossible.

Even the most terrifying possibility.

Feng Qiguang's eyes condensed,

"Ah Si".

"exist."

"Go back to your clan and tell the ancestor everything that's going on here."

"The longer this matter drags on, the greater the chance that the Feng family's secret techniques will be leaked."

Ah Si clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Yes."

After saying that, he turned and left.

The advanced technique of transmitting sound over a thousand miles is known only to ancient lineages like the Starry Sky Gate.

The Feng family had no choice but to use the most rudimentary method: sending someone back on a flying sword to relay the message.

Just then, someone suddenly exclaimed in surprise from the side:

"Your Highness! The tracking compass... it's lit up!"

Upon hearing this, Feng Qiguang turned around abruptly and snatched the compass from his hand.

The light on the compass landed steadily on Gutian Town.

Feng Qiguang was taken aback at first, then threw his head back and laughed, his laughter filled with a long-suppressed sense of satisfaction:

"it is good."

"Little mouse, I knew you couldn't hold back."

A bystander quickly said:

"The previous times she crossed the sky haphazardly, and the compass readings were completely off, which must have been to deliberately confuse us."

"It's been over a month. She probably thought we had left and let her guard down, which is why she's showing her true colors again."

Feng Qiguang raised his hand and fastened his sword.

"Walk."

"This time, no one will save her."

He led his men straight in the direction indicated by the compass.

At this time.

Inside Gutian Town, Yu Luoning entered a restaurant.

She originally thought that spirit stones were worth at most a little more than silver.

Upon inquiry, it turned out that even a single low-grade spirit stone was worth ten taels of silver.

She held three spirit stones in her hand, which, if converted, amounted to a full thirty taels.

If placed in a small town, it would be enough for her to live happily for a whole year; if she were to be frugal, it could easily last for two years.

Yu Luoning immediately became arrogant.

She decided to splurge and went straight to the most famous restaurant in Gutian Town. She chose a seat by the window, raised her hand, and slammed it on the table:

"Waiter, bring on all the best wine and dishes."

Before long, the table was filled with delicious delicacies.

Braised pork knuckle in soy sauce, steamed river fish, crispy roast goose, braised water bamboo shoots... all with excellent color, aroma, and taste.

Yu Luoning almost burst into tears.

Cultivating immortality is too arduous.

Not only is it bitter, but you also have to be able to resist the urge to eat.

She's been living a life of quiet desperation at the Li family's house for the past month.

Although there were spirit rice and spirit vegetables, the flavor of that mixture of oil and sugar was something a lowly maid like her could never have.

Forget about spirit beast meat; even Li Yunyu might not be able to eat it often, let alone her.

Yu Luoning picked up a large piece of pork knuckle and took a big bite.

She was enjoying her meal when she heard the voices of the independent cultivators at the next table talking.

"The young master of the Feng family has gone mad. In order to find his fiancée, he not only sealed off the area around the Li family, but now he has even sent spies into a small place like our Gutian Town."

"Not only that, I also heard that the Feng family has offered a reward of 10,000 mid-grade spirit stones! As long as you provide information on that fat girl's whereabouts, you can also choose a top-quality spirit weapon from the Feng family's treasury."

"Such a big spender? Just who is that chubby girl?"

"Who knows? They only say it's his fiancée. But I've never heard of the young master of the Feng family being engaged before. And that fiancée is so plain-looking. She's as fat as a pig. I wonder how the young master of the Feng family will even try to seduce her?"

Yu Luoning put down the pork knuckle in her hand, secretly glanced at the man, and memorized his appearance.

Where is she fat? She's clearly thin now.

Wait, ten thousand spirit stones?

Feng Qiguang went to such lengths to capture him?