Shen You shook his head, still thinking he was overthinking things.
How could someone at the Immortal Emperor realm be in danger?
A ninth-grade alchemist was indeed very high, and their status was extremely revered, but that had nothing to do with the danger index.
Shen You had also kept a fallback, knowing to send someone out to track Xia Feng.
What he needed to do now was to discuss with the ancestors and have them bring out the Naiwei grass for Xia Feng to inspect. With his four Immortal Venerable companions present, plus one late-stage Immortal Venerable, he didn't believe Xia Feng could stir up any trouble.
After leaving the Shadowed Night Sect, Xia Feng hadn't gone far before he noticed Zhang Binbai following him.
Xia Feng deliberately pretended not to notice. He rented a room not far from the Shadowed Night Sect and decided not to return to Yu Shumin's place for now.
Otherwise, it would bring them trouble, and Lu Yanghua being a mid-stage Immortal Venerable would make Zhang Binbai suspicious.
Xia Feng hoped Shen You would change his mind and let him see the Naiwei grass.
At that point, they would have no choice, and he would definitely snatch it.
Even if the Shadowed Night Immortal Emperor was present, he would still try to seize it. As long as the Naiwei grass was in his possession, everything else would be manageable.
Zhang Binbai followed Xia Feng closely. After Xia Feng entered the inn, his senses remained locked onto Xia Feng.
In the evening, Xia Feng even took out his alchemy furnace, preparing to refine pills for fun. All of this was observed by Zhang Binbai.
Until deep into the night, Xia Feng began to fall asleep, his breathing calm and even.
Only then did Zhang Binbai resolutely leave.
As soon as Zhang Binbai departed, Xia Feng's eyes snapped open.
Then Xia Feng opened the window, his entire being vanishing into the darkness. Moments later, he appeared in Yu Shumin's room.
Yu Shumin was already asleep. Xia Feng walked to her side and gently shook her.
Yu Shumin suddenly woke up, and just as she was about to cry out, Xia Feng said, "It's me."
"Young Master." Yu Shumin's face lit up. Coming to her room in the middle of the night?
Could it be that he was going to...?
Thinking this, Yu Shumin felt both surprise and joy, mixed with shyness, her whole body going limp.
"You should leave tonight. From now on, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you if something happens. I've left a trace of my aura on you, and I will come to find you then."
He had brought the two of them with him, and after spending three months together, Xia Feng truly didn't want to see them die in vain.
If he really snatched the Naiwei grass from the Shadowed Night Sect, given the sect's power on the Dark Void Continent, they would quickly investigate and discover that the two of them had been with Xia Feng.
Xia Feng himself didn't care; even if he couldn't defeat the Shadowed Night Immortal Emperor, no one could keep him.
It was different for the other two.
Hearing this, Yu Shumin felt both disappointed and touched.
She was disappointed that Xia Feng hadn't come to sleep with her, and then she felt ashamed of her own thoughts.
She was touched that Xia Feng, an Immortal Emperor, still cared about the lives of minor figures like them.
"Okay, alright." Yu Shumin nodded.
After giving his instructions, Xia Feng vanished from Yu Shumin's room.
Yu Shumin did not dare to delay. She quickly notified Lu Yanghua, and the two of them immediately rode white cranes towards the Heavenly Profound Continent.
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The next day, Xia Feng arrived as scheduled.
This time, he was again received by the Third Elder. The Third Elder looked at Xia Feng and asked with a smile, "Did you rest well last night?"
"Not bad," Xia Feng nodded faintly.
Walking all the way to the Shadowed Night Sect's main hall, Shen You and Zhang Binbai were waiting in the hall.
After Zhang Binbai returned last night, he had informed Shen You of Xia Feng's whereabouts.
Shen You's heart finally settled, believing he had been overthinking things. After much persuasion, the ancestors agreed to bring out the Naiwei grass for inspection.
The requirement was to do so in their cultivation chamber, to ensure absolute safety.
Since Xia Feng only wanted to look at it, it didn't matter where he saw it.
"Young friend, please sit." Shen You saw Xia Feng following the Third Elder and gestured for him to sit.
After Xia Feng sat down, he looked at Shen You and asked, "May I know how Sect Master Shen has considered it?"
"How about this? You refine the pills first, and then we will go see the Naiwei grass," Shen You suggested.
Xia Feng shook his head and said, "Sect Master Shen, if I refine the pills first, and you refuse to let me see the grass, I will have no recourse. You are a powerful sect, and I am merely an Immortal Emperor alchemist. If you go back on your word, I will be powerless. This is unfair to me."
Xia Feng disagreed with Shen You's proposal.
Moreover, he wasn't sure if Shen You was deliberately testing him, so this answer would actually help Shen You eliminate more concerns.
Xia Feng positioned himself as the disadvantaged party, which would better highlight his lack of power, all for the sake of getting a glance at the Naiwei grass.
His striving in this manner was merely the basic requirement of a minor figure.
If he didn't strive, it would only make Shen You more suspicious. If Shen You truly went back on his word, wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?
Upon hearing Xia Feng say this, Shen You was not only not angry but quite pleased.
Xia Feng's words revealed no flaws. If Xia Feng had readily agreed to refine the pills first, Shen You would have found Xia Feng too easy to deal with, which would have definitely indicated a problem.
"Very well, since you have such a request, I, the Sect Master, agree," Shen You finally nodded with certainty.
Xia Feng was delighted to hear this but showed no expression on his face, merely nodding calmly and saying, "That is most excellent."
"Young friend, please." Shen You stood up first and led Xia Feng towards the ancestors' cultivation chamber.
Zhang Binbai also followed closely behind; his task today was to guard the Naiwei grass together.
Shen You led Xia Feng for a distance and arrived at a cultivation chamber in the back mountain. Shen You bowed from the outside and said, "Ancestors, I have brought the person. We request that the ancestors open the door."
As soon as Shen You finished speaking, the stone door slowly rose.
Shen You led Xia Feng into the stone door. Upon entering the chamber, they found two old men inside.
One was a late-stage Immortal Venerable, and the other was a mid-stage Immortal Venerable.
Coupled with Shen You and Zhang Binbai, two early-stage Immortal Venerables.
Indeed, the Shadowed Night Sect was the number one sect on the Dark Void Continent. Putting aside the Shadowed Night Immortal Emperor, their current strength alone placed them as a top-tier sect anywhere.
However, weren't these people too cowardly? They needed four Immortal Venerables to guard someone like Xia Feng, who was only an Immortal Emperor?
"Ancestors." Shen You and Zhang Binbai both bowed.
"Mm." The two nodded and looked at Xia Feng with piercing gazes.
Xia Feng remained unfazed, his expression calm and composed. He bowed to the two and said, "Greetings, seniors."
"Mm, to be a ninth-grade alchemist at such a young age, your future is boundless," the late-stage Immortal Venerable ancestor, Lei Zhenghao, praised.
"Thank you for your praise, senior," Xia Feng replied.
The remaining mid-stage Immortal Venerable ancestor glanced at Xia Feng and asked, "May I ask why young friend wishes to see the Naiwei grass?"
"To eliminate inner demons and break through to become a Grandmaster," Xia Feng replied.
"Very well, we shall open it for you to see," Lei Zhenghao said, turning to press a spot on the stone wall. A black box flew out.
Lei Zhenghao caught the box, opened it directly, and said to Xia Feng from a distance, "You may look."
Xia Feng glanced at the Naiwei grass in the box, confirmed it without a doubt, and then he smiled.
He then slowly said:
"I want this Naiwei grass."
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