Ten miles outside the city, Xiao Feng swept his Spiritual Sense across the surroundings. Once he confirmed there was no one nearby...
He casually waved his right hand and let out an involuntary mutter. "Fuck!"
He had indeed been angered just now. Not only had Qi Panjian broken through in cultivation, even his mouth had become much sharper.
But upon thinking back on the scene, Xiao Feng could not help but laugh. He had actually been angered by that slightly childish display of bragging. He really was becoming more immature the longer he lived.
He possessed eighteen years of memories from Blue Star. When he had been young, he had been much quicker-witted than those children. Back then, he had often gotten the better of Qi Panjian with his words. Who would have thought this day would come...
Qi Panjian was the second son of the Qi Family's patriarch. Since Xiao Feng had once helped the Qi Family, they had interacted before. As the patriarch's son, his life was far more comfortable than most. Even though his talent was not particularly high and he did not work very hard, the Qi Family's considerable wealth had allowed him to reach the realm that had been "set" for him.
And to Xiao Feng, compared with those who had trained bitterly since childhood and exhausted every means to obtain cultivation resources for themselves, he could even be considered simple and honest...
Xiao Feng exhaled softly and emptied his Soul Sea of distracting thoughts. Mystic force surged around him as he slowly rose into the air—one meter, two meters, three meters...
He stopped ascending only after reaching ten meters above the ground.
Xiao Feng liked standing in the sky. After all, as an ordinary "human," he had once always fantasized about soaring through the air and roaming freely between heaven and earth. What an exhilarating thing that would be...
Now, he could make it happen. It was just a pity that he could never return to that beautiful planet again...
Xiao Feng gazed at the boundless heavens, but at that moment, his Divine Sense abruptly detected an "object" descending directly above him. Only upon looking closely did he realize it was a human figure.
Xiao Feng frowned slightly and murmured, "Strange... Why didn't I sense even the slightest spatial fluctuation?"
He instinctively shifted backward, allowing the falling person to pass beside him and ensuring they would not crash into him...
But when the figure above passed by his side, Xiao Feng glanced over and caught sight of an incomparably beautiful face, along with crimson robes stained in blood.
At the sight of the celestial maiden, Xiao Feng froze where he stood.
Only after he had fallen past her did he come back to his senses.
He hurriedly unleashed Star God Shattered Image and gave chase, catching the woman in his arms when they were three meters above the ground.
Xiao Feng steadied himself and looked at her. The woman in blood-red robes looked back at him as well, her eyes opening slightly. They were icy blue, pure and captivating...
Though they had not fully opened, that single glance alone made Xiao Feng feel as though his very soul had been stolen away. Those eyes were clearly as pure as water, yet they ensnared the heart and soul...
The woman in blood-red robes seemed grievously injured. She could not mobilize even a trace of mystic force, and even speaking was painfully difficult. "You... let go of me..."
Xiao Feng was slightly taken aback. She was about to die—shouldn't she be asking for help first?
Such a fierce temperament?
But... I like it...
With a completely serious expression, Xiao Feng said, "Fairy sister, don't be afraid. I'll help treat your injuries..."
Miracle of Life activated as Xiao Feng circulated Bright Mystic Force to heal her injuries.
However, he did not reveal the Bright Mystic Force. Instead, he concealed it beneath fire-attributed mystic force. To outsiders, it would appear as though he were treating her with fire-attributed mystic force.
Seeing that he not only refused to let go of her but even held her tighter, she did not know whether it was from anger, but she actually lost consciousness completely...
After confirming that the woman had completely passed out, Xiao Feng no longer concealed anything. Miracle of Life operated at full power, and holy, pure white light enveloped the surroundings, as though creating a patch of pure land.
Yet as Xiao Feng treated her, his thoughts did not stop... Who was this woman? Why had she suffered such severe injuries?
Those were questions he needed to consider...
And if his guess was correct, she had likely used a Voidstone.
A Voidstone was a supreme treasure containing the power of space. Once activated, it would instantly transport its user through a random spatial shift without producing any spatial traces, making it impossible for anyone to track them.
The fact that she had used a treasure like the Voidstone meant she had most likely been hunted down by enemies.
The moment Xiao Feng had touched her, he had already examined her injuries. At present, she was gravely wounded and on the verge of death. Xiao Feng did not even know how she had managed to endure until now.
Xiao Feng was now considering whether he should bring her back to the Medical Clinic for treatment.
But he had no idea what kind of person she was... What if she was a bad woman?
Mm... Being this beautiful means I can overlook that.
But there was another crucial issue...
The moment Xiao Feng had first seen her, despite her severe injuries, he could sense the nobility in her bones and an aura that could never belong to an ordinary family.
She was definitely someone of high status, or perhaps... someone from a top-tier family. And anyone capable of hunting her down certainly would not be weak.
And if her enemies caught up with her, could Flowing Wind City withstand their wrath?
But if he simply left her to fend for herself, Xiao Feng, who could recite the twenty-four core values backward, clearly could not do such a thing...
It definitely wasn't because she was beautiful... Definitely, definitely not!
Just as he hesitated, suddenly...
Space froze...
At the same time, an incomparably oppressive atmosphere spread outward, as though... the heavens themselves were falling and sinking.
What followed was an immensely vast and heavy pressure that lightly settled upon his body...
Xiao Feng's pupils abruptly contracted. He could sense that this pressure seemed to be deliberately restrained, yet it still made his body tremble uncontrollably.
What... realm was this?!
From the day he was born until now, he had never felt such crushing oppression. In his view, not even a demigod would be much stronger than this!
Could it be the person hunting her?
That was the only explanation Xiao Feng could think of at that moment.
But before Xiao Feng could react and figure out how to deal with it, that trace of pressure actually began to dissipate before gradually vanishing completely.
After a moment, Xiao Feng finally recovered. He moved his somewhat stiff body, but before his thoughts had fully caught up, a sudden change erupted!
Xiao Feng discovered that the mark on the back of his left hand suddenly burst with golden light. Dense golden radiance instantly enveloped them both!
Xiao Feng: "!!!!??"
A withered yellow space
Xiao Feng sensed the surrounding environment. It was equally desolate and bleak, but there was one obvious difference: the Abyssal Dust here... had become drastically thinner.
Where... was this?
Not far away, Xiao Feng saw the woman lying flat on the ground. The bloodstains on her snow-white robes and face had already been purified away by Xiao Feng's Bright Mystic Force.
What was revealed was an incomparably beautiful face: a delicate, high nose, pale and soft lips, and tightly closed eyes that trembled faintly, as though she wished to awaken. Her exposed lashes flickered like nimble little light spirits.
Xiao Feng hurried over. Only after sensing that her breathing had stabilized and was no longer as faint as before did he finally let out a breath of relief.
He continued observing his surroundings, but then a soul voice sounded within his Soul Sea. "Hello, my friend. We have 'met' again..."
It was a woman's voice—elegant, magnetic, clear, and pure...
That voice made Xiao Feng lose himself for an instant. It was an indescribable feeling... Though he was hearing it for the "first" time, it sounded like the most perfect voice in his heart...
He quickly recovered and slowly spread his Divine Sense, seeking to determine whether a third person was hiding nearby. Yet his expression remained calm as he asked:
"Who are you?"
"Do you remember how you drew in the first wisp of spiritual energy between heaven and earth and entered the Initial Mystic Realm all those years ago...?"
Hearing that answer, Xiao Feng felt as though he had been struck by lightning and froze on the spot.
"You may regard me as the one who guided you onto the path of mystic cultivation..."
This utterly bizarre information entered his Soul Sea, leaving him unable to make sense of it. His Soul Sea was a complete mess.
He took a long time to calm down before asking, "Back then... were you the one who 'taught' me to cultivate Miracle of Life?!"
"When I was young, the voice I heard back then was also... you?!!"
Stormy waves surged through Xiao Feng's Soul Sea, and the turmoil in his heart was even harder to conceal.
When he had been an infant, he had not even fully developed. No matter how capable Xiao Feng was, there was no way he could have remembered someone's voice so clearly. But now that she mentioned it, her voice really did seem... quite similar.
"That is correct. But the Miracle of Life you speak of originally 'came' from you. My friend from another 'space-time,' after eighteen years, we have met again..."
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