Chapter 69 The Young Master of the Earl's Manor

  The injured Bai Cangdong had no strength to leave the Hurricane Abyss immediately and could only find a secluded mountain cave to heal his wounds.

  Bai Cangdong's injury was not solely caused by the palm of Feng Hua Bo, in fact that palm still had a lot of educational meaning, it hurt when hit, but the wound did not hurt.

  Bai Cangdong's injuries were mainly caused by the brutal white divine light, which flowed through his meridians and caused great damage to them. As a result, nearly 30% of his meridians were damaged, making it difficult for him to recover in a short period of time.

  The only thing that made Bai Cangdong feel strange was that the violent explosion of the White Primordial Divine Light did not harm his foundation and life wheel, which could only explain that the power of the White Primordial Divine Light's explosion did not come from his life wheel, nor did it overdraw his foundation.

  After recuperating in the mountain cave for nearly half a month, Bai Cangdong's injuries had mostly healed, and he left the Hurricane Abyss to return to Fenghuacheng.

  As soon as he entered Fenghuacheng, without even going to gather information, he heard people all over the street discussing and debating. After listening clearly to what they were discussing, Bai Cangdong was stunned.

  "Yan Mengyun has become the successor of Feng Hua Bo!" Bai Cangdong couldn't believe his ears.

  After careful investigation, Bai Cangdong finally confirmed that Yan Mengyun had indeed become the sole heir of Feng Hua Bo.

  Mei Yun died in the hurricane abyss, and Feng Xian was also severely injured, almost impossible to recover. Therefore, Earl Feng Hua could only choose one of the three, Huajian Dance, Lingbo, or Yan Mengyun, as his successor.

  To prevent another tragedy like the Hurricane Abyss, Countess Huafeng decided to stop dragging on and let Huachi, Lingbo, and Yanyun compete in three matches. The final winner would become her fully nurtured successor.

  Yan Mengyun rose to prominence in the three battles of leading a team of ten, hunting down the undead and one-on-one duels, almost with an overwhelming victory, defeating Hua Qianwu who was originally favored by everyone, as well as Ling Bo, and seized the final victory.

  Especially in the final three-person showdown, Hua Qianwu and Ling Bo joined forces to take down Yan Mengyun, but were still defeated by Yan Mengyun, who became the undisputed heir of the Fenghua Earl.

  Yan Mengyun has now moved into the Earl's residence and become the young master of the Earl's residence.

  Even after confirming the news that Yan Mengyun had moved into the Earl's residence, Bai Cangdong still couldn't quite believe it. Yan Mengyun was not exceptional in terms of talent or innate ability when it came to cultivation, and this was something that Bai Cangdong was well aware of having spent a lot of time with her.

  How did Yan Mengyun become a genius just after returning to Fenghuacheng for a short time, and unexpectedly defeated the joint forces of Hua Qianwu and Ling Bo? Ling Bo is nothing, but Hua Qianwu is not an ordinary person. Being able to defeat her under the same conditions is already an extraordinary thing in itself.

  Although there were some doubts, Bai Cangdong was still very happy that Yan Mengyun could become the successor of Fenghuacheng.

  "Mask, it seems you've wasted your efforts. Your master is now a useless person and the Feng family is finished, destined to decline." Hua Qianwu said with a cold smile as she saw Bai Cangdong.

  "What's so good about it? Fenghuacheng is no longer yours after all, what's there to be happy about?" Bai Cangdong said lightly.

  Hua Qianwu's face changed: "That's still better than becoming a useless person."

  Bai Cangdong was entangled with her, and they walked out of the city together. Since Yan Mengyun had already become the young master of the Earl's Manor, he no longer needed to stay in Fenghuacheng.

  He hadn't even reached the city gate when he was stopped by someone blocking his way.

  "My young lady wants to see you."

  "What kind of person is your family's young lady?" Bai Cangdong asked, sizing up that person.

  Feng Xian.

  Bai Cangdong followed the person to a garden-like courtyard, where he saw Feng Xian happily pecking at a roasted bird's wing with both hands and mouth covered in grease.

  "How's your injury?" Bai Cangdong looked at Feng Xian and found that her face was somewhat pale and unhealthy.

  "The medicinal effect of the Exploding Life Pellet has been eliminated, but my life plate has also suffered damage. This lifetime will not be able to make any progress, and it's just a viscount-level life. Moreover, I won't be able to continue cultivating the Longevity Technique to increase the number of divine lights in my life plate. The damage to my life plate is too severe, and if I cultivate too much divine light, it will cause my life plate to collapse." Feng Xian said this very lightly, as if she didn't care at all.

  "Was it my sword that wounded your life disk?" Bai Cangdong fell silent for a moment before sighing and saying.

  "If it weren't for that one sword, I would have been dead already, and not just with a damaged fate plate." Feng Xian chuckled and said: "It's good this way, I can finally put down the Wind Family, put down the Wind Army, and truly do what I want to do."

  "That's also good." Bai Cangdong smiled somewhat awkwardly.

  "In order to be able to completely liberate myself, I want to hand over the Wind Brigade to you, so that I really won't have any worries left."

  "Give me the Wind Legion!" Bai Cangdong's face was full of surprise.

  "Yes, my current situation makes it impossible for me to continue leading the Wind Clan, but the Wind Clan is the heart and soul of my family's generations. I really can't bear to see it fall into outsiders' hands, so I hope you can take over the Wind Clan." Feng Xian's cheeks flushed slightly, implying that Bai Canghai was not an outsider to her.

  "I won't promise you." Bai Cangdong's reply greatly disappointed Feng Xian.

  "Why?"

  "My goal is to be promoted to Earl, or even higher, so I don't have the time and energy to command a legion."

  Feng Xian suddenly burst out laughing, her slender fingers tapping on Bai Cang's forehead: "Naive child, if you want to be promoted to Earl, then you should take over the Wind Legion."

  "Why?" Bai Cangdong asked in puzzlement.

  "You should be well aware of the power of the undead, not to mention the earl-level undead, even if it's just a viscount-level powerful undead like Hellfire or Eight-Eyed Heaven King. If you're not in that unusual burst state, do you think you can defeat them with your own strength?"

  "Viscount requires too many resources, you alone can't collect all the things needed, but with a legion behind to support, it's totally different, not only can help you collect resources, but also in the future when you want to promote to Earl, you can get help from good hands in the legion, so that you have the opportunity to possibly promote to Earl."

  "That makes sense too, but I really don't have the time and energy to manage a legion." Bai Cangdong still didn't want to take over the Wind Legion.

  "Your mindset is not going to work, even if you are promoted to Earl, it will still be a dead end. Think about it yourself, whether it's Feng Hua Earl or Dao Lun Earl, why did they build cities instead of pursuing promotion alone? It's because one person's power can never compare to the power of a group. Being too proud is not good for you."

  "What you said is right, but I really can't take over the Wind Chivalrous Order." Bai Cangdong firmly refused Feng Xian.

  The Wind Legion is still a subordinate force of the Lord of Fenghuacheng, and Yan Mengyun will be the future Lord of Fenghuacheng. Bai Cangdong really didn't want to see Yan Mengyun with that face again.

  "Why?" Feng Xian gazed at Bai Cangdong, if she gave the Wind Legion to any viscount, that person would definitely thank her for their kindness, treating her as a reborn parent, but Bai Cangdong repeatedly refused her, leaving her bewildered.

  Bai Cang smiled: "Didn't you tell me? Even if I'm promoted to Earl in the future, I'll still have to build my own city. So from now on, I'll start preparing and cultivating my own power. When the time comes for me to build a city, it will be more convenient. After all, the Wind Army is still under the jurisdiction of Feng Hua City, even if I'm in charge now, I won't be able to take it with me later."

  Feng Xian's expression slightly stiffened, then he also burst out laughing: "I really did underestimate your ambition, what you said is right. In the future, if you leave, you won't be able to take anyone from the Wind Army with you, because their relatives and friends are all in Feng Hua City. It can be said that the roots of the Wind Army are here, they absolutely cannot leave Feng Hua City."

  "Where are you going?" Feng Xian asked softly after a long silence.

  "It's not decided yet, I'll wander around, hunt down the undead, gather some arms and martial skills. Maybe I'll even establish my own power like you said, to prepare for becoming a count in the future."

  "If you don't have to go anywhere, why not stay in Fenghuacheng for a while longer? The Earl will soon be distributing the Eight Heavenly Pearls, and at that time, you can come with me to the bottom of the Abyss to take a look. There are many precious herbs and materials there that can help with advancing to Earl, especially one called Black Flame Ants, an undead tribe that may drop a Viscount-level golden armor, Black Flame Blade, which is a top-notch equipment capable of harming Earl-level undead. If you're lucky, you might be able to get it."

  "How much longer until we can reach the bottom of the Abyss?" Bai Cangdong asked with some excitement.

  "The monsoon will subside in about half a month, and then we can enter the depths."

  "Alright, I'll wait for half a month then. Let's head to the bottom of the abyss together and see what happens. Hopefully our luck is good enough that we can get the Black Flame Blade." Bai Cangdong decided to stay behind, as advancing to Earl was an extremely difficult hurdle that occurred once in a million times. Being able to increase his chances of success, even if it was just by one ten-thousandth, was worth trying.

  Bai Cangdong settled down in this garden-like courtyard, and the small building he lived in was not far from Feng Xian's. Feng Xian rarely went out and didn't cultivate martial arts or longevity techniques much, spending most of his days learning cooking skills.

  She was originally completely ignorant of cooking, but because she was extremely intelligent, her cooking skills made great progress in a very short period of time, allowing Bai Cangdong to have a big appetite every day.

  "The Earl has invited us to attend the banquet."

  Bai Cangdong was practicing his knife skills in the garden when Feng Xian walked over with an invitation.

  "Us?" Bai Cangdong slightly furrowed his brow.

  "It was us, Earl-sama who specifically invited you to the banquet in the invitation." Feng Xian handed the invitation to Bai Cangdong, and when he opened it, it indeed said that he must attend.