Taking Compensation to Improve Shi Ji's Cave Abode

The Chan Sect immortals fled in disarray, like stray dogs.

Qin Feng didn't even bother to glance at them again, turning and walking back to White Bone Cave.

Inside the cave dwelling, Shi Ji was pacing anxiously, her pretty face etched with worry.

Seeing Qin Feng's figure, the stone she had been holding in her heart finally dropped, and she hurried to meet him.

"Qin Feng, are you alright? That pressure just now... was it Yuanshi Tianzun?"

Shi Ji's voice trembled slightly. The might of a Saint, even perceived from afar, was enough to make a Grand Unity Golden Immortal like her tremble in fear.

"Just an old geezer relying on his seniority, don't mind him."

Qin Feng waved his hand, his tone as relaxed as if he were talking about a trivial matter.

He walked to the open space in the center of the cave dwelling and waved his hand.

Swish—

The next second, Shi Ji's eyes widened abruptly.

Countless streams of light, radiating rich Innate Dao Rhyme, poured out of Qin Feng's sleeve like trash, piling up on the ground into a dazzling small mountain.

Vermillion Fruits, aged for ten thousand years, burned like flames.

Star Essence Gold, the size of a fist, shimmered with brilliant starlight.

A piece of crystal-clear Jade Marrow, as if containing the Three Thousand Great Daos.

And various Innate Materials she had only seen in ancient texts, long extinct in the Primordial World.

Any one of them would be enough to make Grand Unity Golden Immortals break their heads fighting for it, and could even provoke Quasi-Saints to snatch them.

And now, these legendary Divine Artifacts were piled up haphazardly before her, forming a... trash mountain.

Shi Ji was completely stunned.

She extended a jade finger, pointing tremblingly at the mountain of treasures, her lips moving for a long time before she finally managed to utter a sentence.

"These... these are..."

Her mind couldn't quite process it. Did Qin Feng go out just now not to fight, but to go on a Zero-Cost Purchase at some Saint's Dojo?

"Oh, compensation from the Chan Sect."

Qin Feng clapped his hands, glancing disdainfully at the gloomy stone walls around him.

"I brought the Fan Tian Seal too, but that thing has too much malevolent energy. I'll find a chance to refine it later and use it as a brick for you."

Com... Compensation?

The Fan Tian Seal... used as a brick?

Shi Ji felt her Primordial Spirit buzzing, her worldview shattered into pieces at that moment.

She looked at his calm face, as if he had merely gone out to buy something and returned, and her heart churned like a stormy sea.

Is this his strength?

Forcing a Saint to back down, and making the Chan Sect bankrupt to send compensation?

The shock was unparalleled, crashing over her mind like a tidal wave.

But at the end of this shock, a warm current quietly surged into her heart, turning into an ineffable sweetness.

He did all this to stand up for her.

"The name White Bone Cave is both unpleasant and unlucky."

Qin Feng surveyed the surroundings, pouting with dissatisfaction.

"How can a place to live be so shabby."

Before his words fell, he took a step, appearing outside the cave dwelling, above Skeleton Mountain.

Shi Ji quickly followed him out, only to see Qin Feng standing with his hands behind his back in the void, his robes fluttering, like a god overlooking the mortal world.

"Today, I shall reshape your Dojo."

Qin Feng's voice was calm, yet carried an supreme authority of Words Manifested into Law.

His gaze swept over the mountain of treasures, and he flicked his finger.

Whoosh!

A piece of Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, imbued with the potent Earth Element Law, shot up into the sky. It instantly exploded in mid-air, transforming into billions of streams of Mysterious Yellow Qi, which poured down like a heavenly river, integrating into the entire body of Skeleton Mountain.

Rumble!

The entire Skeleton Mountain began to shake violently. The original rugged rocks and eerie white bones dissolved and reshaped under the scouring of the Mysterious Yellow Qi.

The mountain body grew at a visible rate, becoming majestic, precipitous, and lush green.

"Spirit Attraction!"

Qin Feng uttered two words softly, and grabbed the sky with one hand.

From the Nine Heavens above, the wind and clouds changed. The Spiritual Energy within a radius of hundreds of millions of miles, as if receiving the highest decree, transformed into visible Spiritual Energy dragons. Roaring and churning, they surged madly towards the outside of Skeleton Mountain.

The terrifying scene caused Shi Ji to fall into a daze once more.

Normally, when immortal families set up their caves, they would carefully guide spiritual energy, drawing it in strand by strand, for fear of damaging the earth veins.

But Qin Feng's method was hardly guiding spiritual energy.

It was outright robbery! A blatant, brazen theft!

So domineering!

Utterly unreasonable!

Countless dragons of spiritual energy converged above Skeleton Mountain, forming a colossal vortex that threatened to tear apart the very sky.

Qin Feng, with his fingers like a sword, traced patterns in the air within the spiritual energy vortex.

Mysterious and profound array patterns materialized out of thin air, imprinted upon the void, drawing in the immense spiritual energy to construct a super spirit-gathering array that covered the entire mountain range.

Buzz—

The instant the array was completed, spiritual energy so dense it was almost tangible poured down like a heavenly rain.

On the previously barren mountainside, exotic flowers and jade grass erupted from the soil at a visible speed, growing wildly.

Clear streams appeared from nowhere, tinkling as they flowed through the mountains and gathered into a lake.

In the blink of an eye, the area transformed into a vibrant, picturesque realm filled with birdsong and floral fragrance, a true earthly paradise.

Shi Ji was numb.

She felt like an unsophisticated country bumpkin, witnessing Qin Feng perform all sorts of heaven-defying, divine techniques. Beyond an open mouth, her mind could not conjure any words to describe it.

And it wasn't over.

Qin Feng waved his hand again, and from the Treasure Mountain, countless Innate Geng Metals, radiating sharp energy, and various Divine Iron Immortal Materials flew out.

Under his control, these top-tier refining materials melted, decomposed, and reformed in the air on their own.

In an instant, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine gleaming Immortal Swords took shape, their sword qi soaring into the sky, cleaving the clouds.

"Go!"

Qin Feng uttered a soft command.

The myriad Immortal Swords emitted a clear, resonant hum, transforming into streaks of light that, following a mysterious trajectory, vanished into various nodes throughout the mountain range.

A peerlessly sharp, murderous Mountain Protecting Sword Array was silently laid.

Shi Ji was certain that once this sword array was activated, even a Quasi-Saint would be stripped bare if caught within it.

Having completed all this, Qin Feng nodded in satisfaction and descended gracefully.

He looked at the brand-new immortal mountain before him, now shrouded in dense spiritual energy and echoing with the calls of immortal cranes, a stark contrast to its former self. After a moment of contemplation, he spoke.

"From today onwards, this place shall no longer be called Skeleton Mountain."

He turned his head to look at Shi Ji, who stood beside him, dumbfounded, a gentle smile curving his lips.

"It shall be called Azure Stone Palace."

Azure Stone Palace...

Shi Ji's heart trembled. The name felt like a warm current, instantly flowing through her heart.

Azure Stone, it represented his origin, and it subtly echoed her own name.

Was he, in this way, telling her that this was their shared home?

For a moment, Shi Ji felt her eyes grow warm. An unprecedented sense of belonging and security enveloped her entirely.

The two walked side-by-side into the new palace.

The interior decoration was even more exquisite, with breathtaking scenery at every step. All the furniture and furnishings were crafted from those Innate Spiritual Materials, an extreme display of luxury.

Qin Feng, like a monarch inspecting his domain, looked around, seemingly contemplating where improvements could be made.

He walked to a corner, his gaze falling upon a Ganoderma lucidum radiating nine-colored divine light within the Treasure Mountain.

Qin Feng casually picked it up and walked to the side of Shi Ji's usual cultivation chamber.

He crouched down, casually dug a hole in the ground, and planted the "Nine-Colored Immortal Ganoderma," an item that would make even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal's eyes red, as if he were planting an ordinary radish. He then patted the soil beside it.

After finishing, he stood up and turned to Shi Ji, smiling gently.

"This will help calm your mind and focus your spirit. It will allow you to cultivate more steadily in the future."

The distance between them seemed to shrink dramatically at that moment.

Shi Ji could even clearly see the reflection in his dark pupils and smell his unique, fresh scent, as if it were the very beginning of chaos.

That aura, both domineering and gentle, made her feel an unprecedented sense of peace.

Looking at his focused and tender profile, listening to his plain yet concerned words.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Shi Ji's heart raced uncontrollably, as if it were about to leap out of her chest.

A wave of heat rushed to her cheeks, and a captivating blush, like dawn's first light, quietly spread across her smooth, jade-like face, extending all the way to the roots of her ears.