204 Athena was granted the title of Goddess of the Nine Heavens.
The further up the mountain they went, the thicker the surrounding fog became; aside from occasionally seeing some green vegetation, no buildings were visible.
"I feel like this road is never-ending," the System said breathlessly.
"Can you stop talking nonsense? Believe it or not, I'll kick you down from here like a ball," Chu Feng said, already feeling somewhat irritated.
Zhu Zhuqing saw the System's legs go weak from fear, and a slight smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Then the System actually was kicked down like a ball; the one who did the kicking was an old acquaintance—those two soldiers from Cloud City.
"Ouch! Ouch!" The System's cries of pain grew fainter as it rolled away, until even its cat-like shadow vanished.
"Hey, are you playing ball? Is this clumsy cat someone you can just bully?" Chu Feng didn't care about the details; that was his exclusive object of bullying, so how could he let others lay a hand on it?
Zhu Zhuqing, on the other hand, was observing calmly. These soldiers had been scared witless before, but after changing into white robes, they had become formidable. Could it be that the difference in strength was related to their attire?
Chu Feng took a couple of steps and began a barrage of punches with his fists imbued with spiritual energy; he had no cultivation techniques or skills, so he just relied on brute force.
Sinister smiles appeared on the two men's faces as they threw several pills from their sleeves.
Can these pills be used as bullets?
Chu Feng opened his mouth and inhaled them directly; he wasn't even afraid of poison, but he didn't expect them to be for restricting the use of spiritual energy. Now, he felt like he was in deep trouble.
The meridians in his body continuously contracted, automatically becoming soft and knotting up.
"As expected, Chu Feng's exterior is invincible, but his internal energy has no defense at all," the two men laughed loudly.
In such a predicament, Zhu Zhuqing wanted to act but had no materials for alchemy available. She had a sudden flash of inspiration and said, "These pills are nothing special. If you don't believe me, let me try one."
The two men laughed, "What skills do you have, little lady? One pill is enough to kill you."
Zhu Zhuqing swallowed the pill, refining medicine with her own body; this idea was something she had fished out from her fragmented memories.
Truly worthy of being titled a miraculous alchemist lady by Chu Feng, the entire process took only a few seconds.
Zhu Zhuqing held the poison that had been transformed into medicine in her mouth, needing to maintain its state, and then she walked over to the sweating Chu Feng.
Kneeling down, she fed the medicine to him through a kiss.
The two men were greatly shocked: "I didn't expect you to actually have a technique for Refining Medicine with Medicine. It seems we have no choice but to kill you."
"I'd like to see who dares!" Chu Feng opened his eyes and, seeing Zhu Zhuqing's flushed face, felt hot blood surge through his entire body.
Even though it was the same pill, Zhu Zhuqing had transformed it into her own unique pill that could buff technique abilities; it could be called the perfect support.
Black light began to gradually flow from the two men, as if they were preparing a powerful move.
But it was all too late. The current Chu Feng was like an awakened tiger, with spiritual energy frantically and continuously surging from his body into his hands.
Even the sound of his breathing made the mountain tremble.
He rushed forward and tore the two men apart like a predator biting its prey, leaving not even a drop of blood behind.
"I'm going up the mountain to have a word with this crappy Sword Sect. They even set up some rubbish to block the way up," Chu Feng said furiously.
Behind him, Zhu Zhuqing let out a sigh and collapsed.
Her spiritual energy hadn't increased at all since leaving the space, and her body was extremely weak.
Chu Feng put on a manly air and carried her on his shoulder to continue climbing the mountain; he had no intention of taking advantage of her, even though it was a perfect opportunity.
As for the System, it was dazed and fell asleep at the foot of the mountain; it wanted to spar, so it surely had to conserve its energy, showing just how thick-skinned it was.
At the gates of the Sword Sect, the light of blades and shadows of swords were everywhere; it happened to be the day when the Sect's disciples gathered to practice their skills, while several old men sat on a high platform giving instructions.
Seeing Chu Feng walking toward the Sect, someone said, "We are not accepting disciples today!"
Chu Feng was anxious to save her and his hands were full, so he simply stomped his feet on the ground, causing the earth to collapse over a meter deep.
He was as fierce as an elephant and shouted, "Disciples my foot! Someone come quickly and help me save this girl."
"Someone! Quickly invite these two to the guest rooms to rest," another old man said.
The disciple hurriedly made way, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Chu Feng, their gazes filled with extraordinary surprise.
Someone couldn't help but exclaim, "I was wondering why I felt a sudden surge of spiritual energy on the mountain just now; so it was this kid."
"That girl doesn't look like an ordinary person either. It seems the Sect might..."
The disciples were all talking at once, until the elder brothers coughed several times to warn them not to speak nonsense.
After settling Zhu Zhuqing down, Chu Feng couldn't get any herbs, so he simply went to find that mysterious old man he had met at the foot of the mountain.
This cultivation place was very quiet, but Chu Feng couldn't stand such a heavy atmosphere and intentionally made noise while walking.
Chu Feng wandered around the guest rooms, looking left and right; aside from a few disciples guarding the doors, there was almost no one. The security measures were truly poor.
Then he sneaked into a Library Pavilion; based on his memories from his past life, there were bound to be treasures inside, but reality was often cruel.
Aside from some heart sutras, there were only the disciples' punishment essays; there was nothing worth reading.
At that moment, Chu Feng's stomach growled; 200,000 units of spiritual energy hadn't even lasted a day before being digested. His food intake was truly staggering!
"Kid, if you feel hungry, just eat all the books here. I guarantee you won't be hungry again for two days," came the voice of the old man from the foot of the mountain.
"I don't even know your name yet, old gentleman. How can I trust you?" Chu Feng said.
"I am Daoist Master Huixu." The old man was surprisingly cooperative.
"Then I'm eating them; you can't blame me when the time comes," Chu Feng said, opening his mouth.
These books really didn't have the strange taste of corpses or air; they actually had a sweet flavor, and Chu Feng clearly felt a sense of fullness in his stomach with every book he ate.
These books were almost like ice cream; as Chu Feng ate, he began to reminisce about the good old days of his past life.
"Kid, don't be sentimental. Hurry up and eat. After you're done, how about I teach you a technique?" Daoist Master Huixu said very politely.
Chu Feng became alert: "Old man, you're not in league with those two I met halfway up the mountain, are you? If I hadn't been lucky, I would have almost died there."
"Once you've finished eating and see my true body, you'll understand everything, right?" Daoist Master Huixu laughed.
Chu Feng had confirmed at least one thing: his technique that allowed him to eat anything actually gave things a taste, which mainly depended on his conscious associations.
In other words, whatever flavor he thought of, the thing he was eating would taste like that.
In that case, Chu Feng felt a bit of regret; if he had eaten those 200,000 corpses slowly, they would have lasted a long time, but because he ate them all at once, his spiritual energy could only absorb a small fraction of them.
Chu Feng ate the entire Library Pavilion bare, not even sparing the wooden shelves or oil lamps; this was the first time he had eaten so fully, feeling as comfortable as an ordinary person after dinner.
Furthermore, his spiritual energy was being released faster and faster as he ate more; once all his spiritual energy could be controlled by him at will, he would be incredibly powerful.
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