The Sword God of the Universe
Chapter 664: Confession

Chapter 664: Chapter 664: Confession

Seeing the genuine emotions from the Jing Family members, Jing Yan felt relieved.

No matter what, the family was his root. From the bottom of his heart, Jing Yan hoped that his family could become a powerful clan that could overlook the entire continent.

After a conversation, Jing Yan looked at Gao Feng.

"Gao Feng, you’ve lost a lot of weight," Jing Yan gazed at Gao Feng.

Compared to ten years ago, Gao Feng’s Martial Arts Cultivation had improved a lot, but she had also become much thinner.

Gao Feng was somewhat choked up, teary-eyed, and at that moment, couldn’t utter a word.

She had thought Jing Yan was dead.

Over these years, she had been tirelessly cultivating, making herself stronger. She had a goal, to avenge Jing Yan, and she knew how formidable this goal was, almost impossible to achieve. But she wouldn’t give up; she devoted all her energy and time to Martial Arts Cultivation. In over a decade, she had already reached the Peak of the Dao Spirit Realm, and one more step would take her to the Daoist Master Realm.

For the sake of cultivation, Gao Feng had even left the Fiery Flame Commerce to be managed by her brother Gao Zhan and the adventure team leader, Li Yong, among others.

Seeing Jing Yan alive in front of her, Gao Feng was overwhelmed with joy and broke into tears.

"Jing Yan, I just remembered, I still have some matters to take care of," Jing Tianying, the City Lord, suddenly slapped his forehead as if he remembered something important and walked out.

Before stepping out of the door, he gave the others a look.

Everyone came to their senses and found excuses to leave.

Soon, only Jing Yan and Gao Feng were left in the room.

"Brother Jing Yan, I like you!" Gao Feng eventually said to Jing Yan.

She had wanted to say this for a long time.

Jing Yan’s breath hitched.

"I know I’m not worthy of you, but I truly like you. Since that time in Duyang City, Black Wind Town, when we entered the Moonlight Forest, your figure has always lingered in my mind. Afterwards, when you went to Haofeng City, I knew I had fallen for you, and my heart was filled with your shadow."

"I also know, the difference between us is huge, I’m not worthy of you, that’s why I have always been afraid to say it."

"Eleven years ago, suddenly everyone on the continent was saying you were dead, and I regretted, regretted not speaking my mind sooner. I had planned to follow you in death, this thought lingered in my mind for a long time, but in the end, I didn’t. I tried hard to cultivate, wanting to become strong, to avenge you..."

Gao Feng was a straightforward person, fiery in nature, always speaking her mind.

She didn’t want to regret again, so she blurted out all that was in her heart.

"You’re too silly." Jing Yan was really not good with emotions.

Hearing Gao Feng’s words, Jing Yan was deeply moved. If Gao Feng really...

Jing Yan actually knew that he liked Gao Feng too, but he hadn’t dwelled much on this affection. His energy had been focused on cultivation, rarely dipping too deep into personal emotions.

"How could you not be worthy of me?" Jing Yan smiled bitterly.

"Brother Jing Yan, if... you like me even a little bit, then I hope I can be your woman," Gao Feng met Jing Yan’s gaze.

"After the Gu Family matter is settled, let’s get married," Jing Yan said.

"I just want to be Brother Jing Yan’s woman," Gao Feng spoke.

Her meaning was clear; marriage wasn’t important to her. She also accepted that Jing Yan might have other women. Although she didn’t wish to see Jing Yan with other women, she wouldn’t be angry about it.

In another room in the City Lord Mansion,

"What?"

"The news that Jing Yan is alive has already spread?"

"How can this be? Jing Yan killed Gu Xinghe of the Gu Family, if the Gu Family knows Jing Yan is alive, they won’t easily let it go; they hate Jing Yan to the bone."

"How could the news have spread?" Jing Chengye and the others were anxious.

They had just heard that the news of Jing Yan being alive had already spread.

"Clan Leader, elders, don’t worry," Jing Tianying said with a smile, "Now, Jing Yan isn’t afraid of the Gu Family’s retaliation."

"Fourth Elder, what do you mean by that?" Jing Chengye was slightly stunned.

The others also looked towards Jing Tianying.

"Jing Yan has already reached the Dao Emperor Realm in Cultivation, even the Gu Family would find it difficult to kill Jing Yan. If they couldn’t kill him more than ten years ago, it’s even less likely now," the smile on Jing Tianying’s face grew.

"What?"

Everyone stood there startled.

"I indeed have reached the Dao Emperor Realm in Cultivation, Clan Leader and elders, you don’t need to worry too much," Jing Yan suddenly appeared in the room.

"You know, just now I left the city to find Gu Yang. Gu Yang is already dead, just killed by me," Jing Yan continued, "This Gu Yang held the same status as Gu Xinghe, also a candidate Patriarch for the Gu Family. The Gu Family had two candidate Patriarchs, now both are dead."

Jing Yan’s face bore a cold smile.

Jing Chengye, Jing Tianying, and the others took a long time to recover.

They knew that the Gu Yang who had been active near Donglin City must be one of the Gu Family people, and they knew about many assassins and adventurers hunting Jing Family Disciples because Gu Yang was causing trouble behind the scenes. But they didn’t know that Gu Yang was a candidate Patriarch for the Gu Family.

Now, hearing Jing Yan reveal this news, they were naturally shocked.

"You don’t need to worry too much about the Gu Family’s retaliation."

"I’ll deal with the Gu Family."

"In the coming days, I’ll be setting up several arrays in Donglin City. With these arrays, even a Dao Emperor Realm powerhouse would find it challenging to break them in a short time," Jing Yan spoke as others remained dumbfounded.

"Jing Yan, can we help in any way?" Jing Tianying asked, raising an eyebrow.

"We’ll indeed need everyone’s help; setting up arrays to protect a city requires an enormous amount of materials. I need you all to help me gather a large amount of array materials," Jing Yan nodded.

"Some of these materials are hard to find in Donglin City. That means we’ll need help from the Prince to find them," Jing Yan added, "Setting up these arrays may take a long time; it can’t be hurried."

"Jing Yan, rest assured, we’ll give our all," Jing Tianying declared.

"Right! We, the Jing Family, need to mobilize. Jing Yan, tell us all the materials you need, and we’ll find them as quickly as possible," Jing Chengye nodded firmly.

"Good, write this down," Jing Yan then listed all the materials needed for the array formation.

Jing Yan planned to set up three Big Arrays in Donglin City—a Killing Array, a Trapping Array, and a Defense Array. These three Advanced Arrays, massive in scale, required a shockingly large amount of materials. Most of these materials could be collected by the Jing Family, a few others could be helped by Prince Zhou Shangyun, and a very few hard-to-find materials were already on Jing Yan, no need to look further.

Then, Jing Tianying, Jing Chengye, and the others left to start busying themselves.

At the Prince Manor of Lanqu County!

Chief Manager Mu Liantian was again anxiously rushing into the Manor.