No. 174: The Great Wilderness Coup

  Under the oppression of Zhi Feng, Feng Cui had no choice but to shut down the Heaven-Sealing Formation, but his heart was bleeding. After decades of hard work and relying on his against-the-odds luck, he had finally reached this point, only for everything to become meaningless now, leaving him with nothing but his life.

  To be honest, he actually hoped that Qifeng would kill him, so that everything could be over and done with, and he wouldn't have to continue living in such a miserable state.

  He wasn't without suicidal thoughts, which would have brought him relief, but while killing others was effortless, a mere hand rising and knife falling, when it came to taking his own life, he just couldn't bring himself to do it.

  "Never mind, it's better not to die, the dantian is still intact and can be cultivated." Feng Chui shook his head and sighed, he could only try to forget about Qi Feng's hatred.

  Before he reached the Yuan Ying period, he was not a match for Qi Feng, let alone now. By the time he recovers his cultivation to "Bu" level, who knows what level Qi Feng will have reached?

  Revenge? How easy is it to talk about.

  Zi Feng and Shao Yang came out of the formation, but they could still feel the strong energy fluctuations in the distance, and faintly saw Qin Mu's figure, who was fighting against several powerful opponents.

  "Yan Qing, that old thing, why hasn't he come yet!" Qi Feng was getting anxious in his heart. It's already been nearly half a day, even an ordinary person should have arrived by now, let alone Yan Qing, who is a great cultivator.

  "Let's hurry back to the Men Gate as soon as possible, Qi Feng. If we continue like this, Qin Jie probably won't be able to hold on for much longer..."

  Boom

  Suddenly, the heavens shook and the air around them seemed to freeze. A terrifying pressure descended from above, instantly making it hard for Qi Feng and the others to breathe.

  "This is..."

  "How dare you profane my dignity, you should die." A voice devoid of any emotional tone, yet filled with endless majesty, seemed to subdue the heavens and earth in this moment, rendering everything eerily quiet.

  Within a radius of ten thousand miles, all living things were crouching on the ground, their bodies trembling as if frightened by something.

  Then, Qi Feng and the others saw a hundred-zhang-square energy giant palm appear in the sky, as if a giant was punching down from the sky, directly covering the sky and earth.

  "Boom!"

  The palm print fell, and a hurricane followed, uprooting trees within a radius of thousands of miles. Qi Feng and the others were also blown out by this hurricane for hundreds of miles before it stopped.

  In the face of this force, they felt like ants, powerless to resist.

  After the storm subsided, a gigantic palm appeared on the ground, with an area of hundreds of square meters. It was pitch black and seemed to penetrate into the underworld, its bottom invisible.

  Qin Mu's side was no longer surrounded by enemies, leaving only her alone, quietly floating in mid-air, very ethereal, looking like a fairy who didn't eat human food.

  She suddenly turned her head, and her indifferent eyes pierced through the spatial obstruction to land directly on Qi Feng's eyes, causing his heart to skip a beat.

  Her eyes were extremely sharp, like a sword that directly pierced his heart, and all secrets were laid bare under her gaze.

  However, soon Qin Mu's aura weakened and her temperament underwent a drastic change, transforming from an otherworldly fairy who didn't eat or drink mortal food to an ordinary person.

  But immediately afterwards, Qin Mu's aura suddenly increased again, from the late stage of Shen Yuan to the early stage of integration... until it finally stopped at the later stage of integration.

  In this case, Zifeng jumped up, originally Qin Mu borrowed the power of Xuanxian to only upgrade one level, but this time he directly upgraded a whole realm.

  There is not much time left until the late stage of crossing the tribulation.

  "Go!" Qin Mu suddenly appeared beside Qi Feng and the others, and with a flicker of his eyes, they flew out several thousand miles, soon returning to the Qinglian Sword Sect.

  At this time, Qin Mu also fell into Qi Feng's arms due to exhaustion.

  "Sister, how are you?" Qifeng hastily asked.

  "I'm fine, just a bit tired. I'll be okay after resting for a while." Qin Mu's face was somewhat pale and his breathing wasn't very stable, but he still managed to squeeze out a faint smile, not wanting to worry Qi Feng too much.

  "I'll send you back to rest now." Qi Feng had never seen Qin Mu so weak before, and his heart ached as he hurriedly picked her up in his arms and flew directly into her residence, putting her on the bed. He didn't leave until she fell asleep.

  At this moment, he decided on one thing: to infiltrate the Demon Clan and retrieve the 'Medicine' King Sutra, as it was the only way to save Qin Mu.

  "Zi Feng, are you okay?" Shao Yang also followed over, but when she saw Zi Feng's tense expression, her heart tightened.

  "I'm fine, Shao Yang. I'll be leaving soon, so please take care of my sister for me during this time." Qi Feng said.

  "Want me to go with you?" Shao Yang asked.

  "No need, this time the place we're going to might be a bit dangerous, so it's better for you to stay here." Qifeng shook his head and left without waiting for Shaoyang to speak.

  Afterwards, Zifeng arrived at Wuwang Gorge and spent a whole year there.

  However, he did not break through his cultivation because the energy required to break through from the fifth stage to the sixth stage was too enormous, and now he simply didn't have that many resources to consume.

  However, he put all his time into the practice of Phantom Sword and Qinglian Sword Classic. Since he couldn't make a breakthrough in cultivation in a short period of time, he could only seek a breakthrough in techniques.

  Under the urging of strong pressure, Qi Feng surprisingly mastered all five sword styles of Huan Jian in just half a year. After another half year of continuous study, although there is still some distance from the unity of the five swords, it's not far off either.

  As for the Qinglian Sword Classic, Qi Feng's progress was not small either. Under the pressure and Cloud Empty's Jingxin transmission, he had already touched the 'doorstep' of the seventh sword of the Qinglian Sword Classic, the Void Lotus. With a little more time, he could break through and master the Void Lotus.

  Actually, Qifeng stayed here mainly for the Shanhe Map. Without sufficient energy support, it would go on strike. Without its help, the Mozu group might be in trouble.

  So he stayed here for a year just to make up for the energy deficit.

  A year's time had only increased its power by a tiny bit, just enough for him to use it once or twice, although very little, but he no longer had the time to 'waste' here.

  He came to the Dahuang Dynasty again, because there were many things about the Demon Clan that he didn't know, and he needed a guide. The best candidate was naturally the 'girl' beside Ye Kuang.

  However, he was not certain if they were still in the Dahuang Dynasty, so he could only hold his breath and venture into the Dahuang Imperial City.

  But soon he heard a shocking news that Huangdi Zhao Hong and the Crown Prince Zhao Feiyang of Dahuang suddenly died, and the second son Zhao Longyue succeeded to the throne.

  Zhao Xun was demoted from his position in the imperial court and eventually became a commoner, leaving the palace.