Neither of the two Meng Fei's paid attention to Li Jiong's shout at the end, concentrated as they were on their confrontation. Jiegang threw the sparks in all directions except where his master was. However, now she recognized that there were two masters! What happened next shocked Li Jiong, the demons, and the cultivators who surged up behind. The whip's sparks bypassed both Meng Fei 1 and Meng Fei 2.

And as if that wasn't enough, Meng Fei 2 grabbed the end of the whip that went towards him, avoiding the poisonous sting. His eyes were dark like Li Jiong had never seen before.

"WHAT? You're trying to kill me when I politely asked you to send me back??? But you really are a son of a bi***!" He yelled, yanking the whip as hard as he could, completely throwing his opponent off balance.

Unlike this Meng Fei 2, the demonic cultivator didn't have that much physical strength, and not being able to use his own weapon against the enemy put him at a disadvantage.

Meng Fei took advantage and gave him a nice kick to the face, throwing him away. As his meridians had expanded a bit, he was naturally stronger than he was in the other world. Cultivators were baffled, they would never have thought that they would see a scene like this. A Meng Fei being beaten by himself in the bully version. And he still went to grab the other by the collar.

"So are you going to send me back or am I going to have to extract this matrix from your head?!"

Li Jiong despite being shocked as well, didn't stop worrying. Meng Fei 1 had a lot of dirty tricks to play, and indeed, he decided to turn the tables. He let out a long whistle and the winged demon took flight and headed straight for his master. With one of its sharp claws, the creature pounced on Meng Fei 2, tearing its shoulder, while with the other it grabbed its master and helped him to escape.

Even wounded, Meng Fei 2 grabbed the hem of his partner's robe, being dragged along by the creature in mid-flight.

Cultivators "......."

"Meng Fei! Let him go!" Li Jiong shouted, running after the three. Meng Fei 2 was furious with the way things had turned.

"You coward! Come back here and pay for the crimes you committed!" He was thrashing about, trying to disrupt the flight, and he added "After sending me back home, of course!"

Seeing the cultivators admiring the scene and their Master disbanding, the rest of the demon generals took the opportunity to escape as well. Obviously this battle was lost.

Finally, the fabric of the clothing did not support and tore, leaving Meng Fei to fall against the black stones of the slope of the mountain. Luckily it wasn't from a great height and he wasn't hurt that badly.

"You bastard! I'll find you even if it's at the end of the world!" Now Meng Fei understood why Li Jiong hated this man. However, it was this same Li Jiong who grabbed him by the chest while he was still screaming angrily on the ground and turned him around to look at his wounds.

The shoulder wound was the most serious and he blocked a few more acupuncture points to stop the bleeding.

Meng Fei's anger instantly passed, seeing the cultivator's worried expression. He was now embarrassed by the spectacle he provided.

"S-sorry, I couldn't hold him..." He lowered his gaze, not knowing what to say. Li Jiong let out a slightly irritated sigh.

"I'm the one who should apologize. I promised you wouldn't get hurt..."

"Uh, wrong. You said none of your people would hurt me, that's different."

Li Jiong looked at him for a moment, a little surprised. Then he picked him up.

"You don't need to carry me! I'm fine, I can walk!" This is so embarrassing!

"Be quiet, the wound will bleed more if you get agitated like that. I'll have the medic look at this while we finish trapping the weaker demons."

"Hmm..." Now that he had commented, Meng Fei began to feel the sting in his shoulder and the small bruises he suffered from being dragged, so he looked for a good position to hold and quieted down.

Li Jiong again carried him to the entrance of Howl Peak and placed him under a platform he found more comfortable. As he was placed on the ground, Meng Fei made a small grimace, now also feeling a twinge in his back, probably an injury caused by the fall.

"It's hurting a lot?"

"Uh, it's okay. You can go there, this time I'll be well behaved here." Meng Fei laughed, but soon stopped due to the pain. I think I broke a rib. Where was I thinking?

"I'll call Deng Ruan."

Li Jiong walked away, leaving Meng Fei sitting. He leaned his aching back against the rock and stared at the sky.

At the bottom of the abyss it was dark, but here the sky was clear as if it were morning. But in the other world it was night! This meant that there was a slight time lag between the worlds. This justified the feeling of changing time zones. Excellent! He reflected. It seems that I didn't sleep at all! And even the migraine attacked...

He closed his eyes to avoid the morning light and only opened them when he felt someone touch him on the shoulder. He saw a young woman wearing a dark green dress with silver trim. Her hair was tied up in a high bun and some strands were loose, in disarray.

"Are you in a lot of pain?" She questioned, glaring at him in such a piercing way that Meng Fei felt that she would poke a hole in him with just a look. She also had a habit of biting her lip as she studied patients, giving the impression that the situation was worse than it appeared.

"It doesn't hurt that much, and just the time zone lag."

"Time what?"

"Ah, sorry... where I came from it was at night, but here it's already day, so we usually say that there is a change in the time zone and it ends up interfering with sleep, it gives me nausea, a headache... that's why I hate to travel long distances."

The woman glanced over her shoulder.

"I'd say you're suffering from poisoning from the demon's claws, usually they have poisons in it. I'll clean the wound and you'll need stitches, but I'm out of anesthesia. Is that alright with you?"

Meng Fei closed his eyes again. "Yes, do what you can."

This was Deng Ruan, she introduced herself as she retrieved the medical supplies from her bag. She was the Sect's doctor and Li Seung's shijie. She didn't like Meng Fei, just like the others, and even after what they saw it was hard to accept that they were different. However, Li Jiong asked her to treat him and he looked quite worried. She would do her best, but refused to give anesthesia as a kind of personal revenge.

The doctor thought for a while and tried to talk to the unexpected individual. It would be bad if he passed out from the pain and she regretted what she had done.

"Did you find the shixiong in your world then?"

"It was... he showed up at my workplace..." The doctor had cleaned the wound and started stitching, so Meng Fei held back a little to keep from making a sound and her voice ended up being muffled.

"You're doing fine, I'll be over here soon." Deng Ruan consoled him after seeing his pale expression. She would definitely never let anyone suffer on purpose again.

She thought he would cry like a child but he was holding up just fine.

"And how did you manage to bring him back?"

"Ah! That was difficult! Two days of trying to decipher this matrix... by the way, it's good that you brought it up, if we can't capture the evil Meng Fei I need to find a way to come back myself..." Meng Fei narrowed his eyes as he thought, muttering to himself: the drawing of the matrix stayed there, I don't remember all the details, so if I try to make a draft with what I know it will complement later who knows... it should be possible to make since Li Jiong didn't know this one, maybe having the right variables...

"Uh, so you really intend to come back?" Deng Ruan finished sewing. He never complained...

"Of course I am! What use am I going to be here? What about my work, my home... my friends?" He was going to say family but he remembered he didn't have one anymore.

"I understand." Deng Ruan was too perceptive to notice these nuances, as well as Li Jiong's strange behavior. "I'll prepare the medication for you to take, I'll wait a bit."

She watched him out of the corner of her eye. That person's mind was suddenly so far away. She held out a liquid preparation, dark green like moss, and watched him drink the bitter medicine in one gulp.

"You are not afraid?" she questioned.

"Uhm...of what?"

"That it was poison or something."

Meng Fei laughed, but he started to feel sleepy.

"Li Jiong said that none of you would harm me. I trust him."

Deng Ruan "........"

Meng Fei let out a light sigh and let himself sink into a deep sleep without hesitation.

"Huh? You put him to sleep? I didn't even have time to ask questions!"

Deng Ruan turned towards the direction the familiar voice came from. It was Wang Hui, standing on one of the steep peaks of the Peak. He was skilled at climbing steep places.

"I didn't put him to sleep... he's just very exhausted and the antidote and painkiller together are very strong." Deng Ruan nodded, unconcerned. "Anyway, he better sleep, that way he won't be in too much pain. It's obvious that three deep cuts like this were supposed to make someone cry like a baby, but it seems he's not the type to make noise."

"And is he dangerous or not?" Wang Hui came down and poked the unconscious Meng Fei's cheek with his fingertips. He never imagined getting so close to this person. Deng Ruan snorted.

"How could he? He doesn't even have a spiritual core. He's just an ordinary person. Even his meridians were thinner than people here. Perhaps by slowly absorbing the qi from here, they would expand a little more."

"Hmm... the resemblance is unbelievable, although the personality with certainty is not the same..."

"Let's not jump to conclusions. Only time will tell us about that. There's no way to be sure this isn't another trap from that bastard!" The doctor packed her belongings carefully.

"I was really surprised that you agreed to come see him, since it was his fault that your sister..." Wang Hui commented in a low voice. The woman was silent for a while, then turned to him.

"I needed to make sure it wasn't him. Because if it was…" A dangerous glint passed over her eyes.

"So it really is someone else?"

"He is not a clone, nor ghost or demon. He is a living person, physically identical, but the vibration of the mind and soul are not. That's why I say that we need to know him better."

"Ah, what a relief! I was afraid that shixiong was under some sort of spell."

The doctor laughed. "This Meng Fei is in no condition to cast any spells, I can guarantee that."

The two walked away talking about it, there was still a lot to be resolved in the gorge. The demons were being gradually subdued in the matrix and taken to different prisons. When everyone was taken away, they investigated the pagoda, confiscating the cursed objects and finally sealed the place, to prevent Meng Fei from returning there to use the remaining negative energy.

It would still be necessary to maintain someone to watch the Pass and warn of any approach of the enemy. Li Jiong worked hard to make up for lost time, he sought to know everything that had happened in his absence. Fortunately, no cultivators were seriously injured, but the phoenix FengHuang was killed during their flight.

Li Jiong lowered his head in sadness. As they had been killed, the phoenixes burned leaving a single egg with their souls inside. Li Jiong picked it up with sadness, he was deeply mourning the death of phoenixes that had already lived for over two thousand years. And now they would have to be reborn and start all over again.

"With the passing of all adversity, true joy will come." He recited sadly, caressing the egg, before putting it away. He had also passed a report to the Sect Leader and the Hall of Elders. Despite their success in conquering the lair, they demanded that they return as soon as possible. Li Jiong felt a sick feeling in his stomach. It was the first time that he didn't want to return to the Sect so soon.

😂😂😂, Meng Fei 2 in its evil version, went down on its copy. Meng Fei 1 was a deserving, cocky guy.

Poor Li Jiong, he had to pick up the pieces of his beloved. And he was already developing a guilt complex.