Fairy, don't let your golden finger chase after me!

Chapter 42: Foundation Establishment Stage vs. Nascent Soul Stage! The Advantage Lies With Me!

Dong Mo and Xiao Bai followed the mountain path and soon emerged from the rift valley where the bronze gate was located. Outside the rift valley, ancient trees towered into the sky, and sunlight filtered through the layered canopies, casting dappled shadows.

Xiao Bai and Dong Mo walked one after the other on the mountain path, their pace neither hurried nor slow.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Bai suddenly turned his head slightly, and out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the slender shadow behind a large tree.

Then, as if nothing had happened, she turned her head, leaned closer to Dong Mo, and whispered, "Uh... Young Master, Miss Ziyue is still following us. What exactly does she want?"

Dong Mo didn't turn his head and said indifferently, "Don't bother with that silly fox. Who knows what she's thinking?"

About twenty feet behind the two, Gu Ziyue was crouching down and hiding behind an ancient tree that would take three people to encircle.

Gu Ziyue thought she was keeping her tracks hidden, but little did she know that her fluffy fox tail was sticking out from the side of the tree trunk, swaying with her breath and standing out conspicuously in the light and shadow of the mountain forest.

Hmm... they probably didn't notice me, right?

Gu Ziyue peeked half her head out from behind the tree trunk, looking at Dong Mo and Xiao Bai in front of her. They continued walking forward as if they hadn't noticed her presence, secretly pleased with themselves.

Hehe... This prince's tracking skills are truly remarkable!

After walking for a few more minutes, Dong Mo, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped, as if he had noticed something.

Dong Mo raised his hand, signaling Xiao Bai to stop. At the same time, a flash of light appeared in his double pupils as he scanned the shadows of the surrounding forest.

Gu Ziyue was startled and quickly shrunk her head behind the tree, her tail pressed against her body, not even daring to breathe.

Xiao Bai gripped the sword hilt and asked in a low voice.

"Hmm? Young Master, what's wrong?"

Dong Mo said with a grave expression, "Someone is following us."

Upon hearing Dong Mo's words, Xiao Bai subconsciously glanced at the fox's tail swaying frantically behind a large tree in the distance, and hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Dong Mo rolled her eyes at her: "It's not that silly fox."

Xiao Bai blushed slightly: "Oh, oh..."

Dong Mo took a deep breath and shouted loudly.

"After following me for so long, let's meet up, friend!"

As soon as Dong Mo finished speaking, Gu Ziyue, who was not far away, suddenly jumped out from behind the tree and waved to Dong Mo with a smirk.

"Oh...you found out! I didn't mean to follow you two..."

"I... I just happened to be going the same way as you!"

"Hehehe... It's all fate, it's all fate!"

Dong Mo didn't even lift his eyelids, his gaze continuing to linger deep in the dense forest, past Gu Ziyue. "Come out, friend. It would be impolite to hide any longer."

Gu Ziyue's smile froze. So he wasn't talking about her?

Just as Gu Ziyue was thinking this, a series of rustling sounds suddenly came from the forest.

Then four figures descended from the treetops, forming a fan-shaped formation to block Dong Mo and Xiao Bai's path.

Among the four figures, the leader was an elderly man in a purple robe with white hair and beard. He was thin but vigorous. At this moment, he was staring intently at Dong Mo next to Xiao Bai with his hawk-like eyes, a meaningful smile on his lips.

On his left and right sides stood a dark-faced man and a pale-faced scholar, while next to the scholar stood a woman in red, with cold and beautiful features, tightly clutching a short sword that was not yet drawn.

The old man in purple robes stood with his hands behind his back, laughing loudly, "Young Master Dong Mo has excellent eyesight. Indeed, nothing can escape your double pupils..."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyue was suddenly stunned, turned her head sharply to look at Dong Mo, and exclaimed in surprise.

"Huh? What? Your name is Dong Mo? Didn't you tell me before that your name was Xiao Mo, and that you were a descendant of Xiao Hongchen?!"

Dong Mo ignored her shouting and looked calmly at the purple-robed old man in front of him, returning the smile in return.

"Hehe, Uncle Gong is joking. If the rules of Heming Mountain hadn't suppressed your cultivation levels, how could I, a junior, have discovered you so easily?"

The purple-robed elder was named Dong Maogong. His strength was probably at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage. He was the head of a branch of the Dong family and also the head of the Dong family's ancestral hall.

"Hehe, Mo'er, you've made us look so hard for you."

The woman in red stroked the short sword in her bosom, her tone seemingly very gentle, but her eyes held an undeniable air of authority.

Her name was Zhao Xier, and she was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. She was both a maidservant who accompanied Dong Mo's mother in her dowry and a concubine's daughter from a branch family of the Zhao family in the Western Wilderness, Dong Mo's mother's maternal family. In terms of seniority, she was Dong Mo's distant cousin.

"Come with us, young master!"

The dark-faced man's voice was like thunder. His name was Zhou Cai, the head instructor of the Dong family's servants. He was at the late Nascent Soul stage and was also Dong Mo's father's trusted bodyguard.

Dong Mo recognized the four elders and knew their backgrounds and strengths, so he did not act rashly.

He then spoke calmly to the Nascent Soul cultivators of the Dong family before him.

"I'm afraid the elders don't know this, but a few days ago my father and I made an appointment. He agreed to give me a month to resolve my physical issues."

"If I still can't form my core after a month, I will obediently go home."

"The deadline hasn't passed yet, so it seems against the rules for you all to ask me to go back."

As soon as Dong Mo finished speaking, the scholar who hadn't spoken until now, standing beside the old man, suddenly smiled slightly, and slowly opened his mouth while fanning himself with his folding fan.

"I'm sorry, young master. This isn't the patriarch's intention, but the patriarch's. The patriarch has given a strict order: we must bring you back!"

Dong Changfa, mid-Nascent Soul stage, is the accountant of the Dong family. He is also a confidant of the Dong family patriarch.

Dong Mo's pupils contracted slightly, but his expression remained calm.

Tsk... that old man from the Dong family really couldn't sit still anymore.

He then glanced around at the four Nascent Soul cultivators, his expression growing increasingly grim.

Dong Maogong, Zhou Cai, Dong Changfa, Zhao Xier.

Four Venerable Ones and four Nascent Soul cultivators—if Dong Mo encountered these individuals in the outside world, he would simply choose to give up, abandon resistance, and obediently surrender.

To avoid suffering unnecessary physical pain.

But now... these Nascent Soul cultivators are all under the suppression of the rules of Heming Mountain, and their cultivation levels have all been suppressed to the Foundation Establishment stage...

Even if they dared to use power beyond the Foundation Establishment stage, they would be forcibly ejected from Heming Mountain.

Hmm... Foundation Establishment versus Foundation Establishment! The advantage is mine!

He possesses the Devouring Heaven True Blood, the Kunpeng Treasure Technique, the Tranquil Mind Sword Art, and the Double Pupil Divine Power.

If a real fight breaks out, they might not be without a fighting chance.

Despite being Nascent Soul cultivators, their control over spiritual power was far superior to Dong Mo's, even with their strength suppressed.

But Dong Mo, as a gamer, was extremely familiar with the terrain inside Heming Mountain!

Even if I can't win, I can outrun them!

Dong Mo took a deep breath, signaled to Xiao Bai with his eyes to prepare to escape, and then said in a deep voice to the four elders.

"Hmm... So, you gentlemen are determined to take me back?"

Dong Maogong sighed, but his tone was still quite polite.

"Young Master Mo... we are only acting under orders, please don't make things difficult for us!"

As soon as Dong Maogong finished speaking, the four Nascent Soul cultivators simultaneously took out their magical artifacts and looked at Dong Mo.

Xiao Bai drew his sword and stood in front of Dong Mo.

Gu Ziyue stood aside, looking at Dong Mo and then at the four Nascent Soul cultivators, and was a little confused about the situation.

Hmm? What kind of trouble must this little blondie have gotten into to warrant his family sending four Nascent Soul cultivators to capture him?

But she quickly put those questions out of her mind.

In any case, whether it's a family matter or a feud, this dispute has absolutely nothing to do with me.

So at times like this, she can simply disappear gracefully and go find her drunken teacher.

Then they sat back and watched the fight unfold, waiting until Dong Mo, that little blondie, was almost completely dealt with by those four Nascent Soul cultivators.

Then he would make a grand entrance with his teacher, who was at the Nascent Soul stage, and have his teacher deal with the four Nascent Soul cultivators.

By appearing as a savior, he could make Dong Mo grateful and willing to return to the Southern Wilderness with him!

Thinking of this, Gu Ziyue couldn't help but curl a sly smile at the corner of her mouth.

Without making a sound, he took half a step back, giving the area in front of him to the two who were about to fight.

"Hehehe... You guys go ahead and fight~ Your family's internal affairs are none of my business as an outsider~ I'm leaving now~"

Faced with Gu Ziyue's playful remarks, the four elders of the Dong family decisively chose to ignore them.

After all... their purpose in coming here was to capture Dong Mo and Xiao Bai and bring them back to the Dong family! They weren't very interested in Gu Ziyue, who was only at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Seeing that Gu Ziyue was speaking softly and tiptoeing, intending to extricate herself from this conflict.

Suddenly, Dong Mo had a flash of inspiration and shouted in the direction Gu Ziyue was running away.

"Feed...Miss Purple Moon!"

"Don't forget, stick to our original plan!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziyue, who was originally tiptoeing away, afraid of angering the four Nascent Soul cultivators of the Dong family and attracting their attention, suddenly froze on the spot like a thief caught red-handed, looking at Dong Mo with a strange expression.

Huh? A plan? What plan?

What are you talking about, you blondie?

The gazes of the four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Dong family were also drawn to Gu Ziyue by Dong Mo's shout.

"Miss Ziyue! Run! Quickly take the token I gave you and go to the city to find Fellow Daoist Song of the Ancient Sacred Land. Once she sees the token, she will send reinforcements to save us!"

Gu Ziyue was completely stunned when Dong Mo said this!

Huh? Who? Me?

Should I... should I go and get reinforcements too?