Ling Feng didn't know that Dark Night had already spilled all the beans about his past to the little girl Yuwen Xiangyu. After half a day's rest, Ling Feng had fully recovered and in less than an hour, he had returned to the base of the Dragon Valor Squad.

By this time, the Dragon Valor Squad had already cleaned up the battlefield, but the blood scent still lingered in the air around them.

Ling Feng had a headache. It seemed that the Black Witch lineage had already allied with foreign forces. The issues facing the Dragon Valor Squad were indeed severe!

"Brother Feng!" Seeing Ling Feng return, Miao Yuting happily floated over, proudly saying, "I caught a big fish for you this time!"

That expectant look for praise couldn't help but make Ling Feng smile, "Very good, our Tingting is the most outstanding!"

Miao Yuting's cheeks flushed red as if the phrase "our Tingting" made her blush to the core!

After seeing Ling Feng, Wang Zhong came forward, "Captain Ling, we were ambushed by the Heaven and Earth Mercenary Corps this time, with three of our members injured. With the assistance of Miao Yuting, we killed forty-two enemies. We also captured a prisoner alive, the commander of the Heaven and Earth Mercenary Corps for this operation!"

Ling Feng nodded, "Good, I will interrogate him shortly, but now..."

Turning to Miao Yuting, Ling Feng asked, "Is Aunt Lin still at the base?"

"Mom has been here the whole time, she said she has some things she wants to talk to you about!" Miao Yuting said.

"Let's go, it just so happens I also have some things to ask Aunt Lin!"

Approaching the base, Ling Feng saw Aunt Lin.

"You're injured?" Aunt Lin inquired with a furrowed brow the moment she saw him, "Is Wu Rike that powerful? To be capable of hurting you?"

Miao Yuting was shocked, "Brother Feng, you're injured? Where are you hurt? Let me have a look quickly!"

Ling Feng replied with a wry smile, "I've already recovered. I have some things to discuss with Aunt Lin, you wait for us outside for a while!"

Miao Yuting originally wanted to stay by Ling Feng's side, but seeing his unmistakable look, she could only pout and say, "Fine then, I'll go out first!"

Aunt Lin was surprised; she knew very well what sort of temperament her daughter had. She was the first person, apart from her grandfather, whom her daughter had listened to so obediently! It was evident that in her daughter's heart, Ling Feng had occupied a very important position.

"What matter requires such caution?" Aunt Lin asked curiously, "And I haven't asked yet, what's become of Wu Rike?"

"Dead!" Ling Feng replied.

Aunt Lin suddenly stood up, "What? Wu Rike is dead?"

Wu Rike was the leading Great Witch of the Black Witch lineage; in the battle against the White Witch, he had posed a great threat! Even the Gu King had said, though Wu Rike's power did not surpass that of the Gu King, he could retreat unscathed even when facing the Gu King!

But now, this chief Great Witch of the Black Witch lineage was dead? Killed by a young man not yet thirty? Had the world truly become so crazy?

Ling Feng realized Aunt Lin had misunderstood and waved his hand, saying, "Aunt Lin, you've got it wrong. Although Wu Rike is dead, he did not die by my hand!"

"Then how did he die?" Aunt Lin asked. "With his strength, even if he couldn't win, he should've been able to escape, right?"

Ling Feng didn't answer Aunt Lin's question. Instead, he asked, "Aunt Lin, do you know of someone named Wu Rilin?"

"Wu Rilin? That name sounds so familiar!" Aunt Lin frowned in thought, then with a shocked expression, she asked, "The Wu Rilin you're talking about, isn't he Wu Rike's own brother, known as the most outstanding genius of the century? It's said that he practiced Forbidden Gu in the past and was punished by the Black Witch's people according to ancestral laws. Could it be..."

Ling Feng said gravely, "Aunt Lin, the truth is, he had already succeeded in cultivating the Forbidden Gu back then! You might not be able to imagine it, but Wu Rike was actually under a Gu spell cast by Wu Rilin all those years ago. Wu Rike has been nothing but an incarnation of Wu Rilin!"

Then, Ling Feng recounted everything about Wu Rilin to Aunt Lin!

From the initial shock to the subsequent numbness, Aunt Lin felt that her decades of understanding had been completely overturned!

She never would've thought that Wu Rike, the Great Witch of the Black Witch who had caused countless troubles for the White Witch, was just a puppet, and that Wu Rilin, who was supposedly dead, had actually cultivated to such a formidable level!

But what shocked her even more was that Ling Feng had managed to escape from Wu Rilin's clutches. Though injured, this too was an astonishing feat!

"This matter is just too shocking!" Aunt Lin said anxiously. "We must inform Master as soon as possible. Otherwise, the entire Miao Territory will suffer unimaginable damage!"

How much damage could a pinnacle Great Witch cause? As a Great Witch herself, Aunt Lin was very aware of the stakes involved!

"Aunt Lin, there's no need to rush now. I have another question for you!" An image of a massive beast's claw emerged in Ling Feng's mind.

Taking a deep breath, Aunt Lin said, "What's the question? Is there another shocking problem?"

Ling Feng touched his nose. "I want to know the origin of Miao Cloud Ridge. Wu Rilin lay dormant there for nearly sixty years. Considering his nature, how could he possibly hide his identity for sixty years? There must be a secret behind it!"

Aunt Lin nodded solemnly, "That's right, Wu Rilin is not one to be indifferent to fame and fortune. He even turned his poisonous hand against his own younger brother, showing how ruthless his nature is! If he stayed in Miao Cloud Ridge for sixty years, there must be a reason! Could it be..."

At this point, Aunt Lin's eyes flickered with shock and astonishment, "Could it be that matter is true?"

"What matter?"

Aunt Lin inhaled deeply and said, "In our Miao Territory, there's a legend that an evil dragon once brought disaster, and the people of the Miao Territory suffered terribly. At that time, our Witch Ancestor used the power of heaven and earth to suppress the evil dragon and set up forty-nine Refining Arrays. The place where the evil dragon was suppressed is Miao Cloud Ridge! Although this is just a legend, many Miao people don't believe it!"

"Is it really just a legend?" Ling Feng murmured to himself, the shock of that beast's claw shadow was just too great!

For some reason, Ling Feng had a feeling that although the myth might not be one hundred percent accurate, there was indeed a mysterious Exotic Beast suppressed beneath Miao Cloud Ridge. Wu Rilin's purpose for not appearing for sixty years might very well be linked to this Exotic Beast, which also explained why the beast attacked Wu Rilin but did not target him!

Ling Feng even had a feeling that the Exotic Beast's attack on Wu Rilin was possibly created to give him a chance to escape?

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