Chen Feng and Liu Yuan chatted for a while longer, learning some additional information.
Liu Yuan invited Chen Feng to take a look at Steward Huang's residence.
Chen Feng considered it briefly, then still chose to go with Chen Feng and inspect Huang Lao Si's courtyard.
Last night, while he had been asleep, Chen Feng had not felt much.
But when he came to look early this morning and saw the scene where Huang Lao Si had been—
His emotions stirred as well.
He saw only a great number of corpses smashed across the ground.
There were broken arrows embedded in those corpses.
Fortunately, they were all ordinary arrows, so they had not left behind any particularly distinctive traces.
Huang Lao Si's courtyard had also been soaked through with scarlet blood.
Much of the crimson blood on the ground had already coagulated, forming bloodstains like spiderwebs.
It was utterly terrifying!
Aside from the occasional martial artist who came here to inspect the situation—
They would quickly leave again.
At the beginning, many of the villagers had still restrained themselves.
But once someone took the lead, the Huang Family courtyard was soon subjected to a massive looting frenzy by the villagers.
"Huang Lao Si, that tyrant, is finally dead. Now we can finally sleep in peace."
"Yeah. He stole my family's silver before. These things are mine now."
"We really have to thank that lord who wiped out Huang Family Manor. Otherwise, if Huang Lao Si had kept living, we would have been in deep water and scorching fire."
"Yeah. If I knew who it was, I'd even be willing to erect a monument for him."
All kinds of discussions could be heard.
Chen Feng stood at the edge of the grounds, watching the scene before him.
His feelings were somewhat complicated. He had already taken the most valuable things, so he naturally had no interest in the rest.
With a sigh in his heart, he prepared to leave directly.
Yet at that moment, new information abruptly refreshed on the panel.
It made his body freeze on the spot.
As he looked at the refreshed information on the panel, his eyes filled with shock.
"What? How is that possible?"
You have received another person's sincere gratitude and awakened the new skill Faith Power.
Chen Feng's eyes were filled with astonishment. "Faith Power? What is this?"
"This can awaken a new skill too?"
Skill: Faith Power (Beginner progress 1%.) (Whenever you receive another person's sincere gratitude, admiration, or similar emotions, you can condense Faith Power. It can be used to strengthen mental power and awaken soul-related talents.)
As Chen Feng read this information, light flickered in his eyes.
He had not expected such a gain this time.
Sure enough, after Faith Power condensed, when he looked again—
He discovered that threads of white light seemed to have appeared above these people's heads.
The other ends of those threads were clearly sinking into his mind.
In the blur, Chen Feng even seemed able to sense a somewhat indistinct, illusory white figure.
"Is this my soul?"
A hint of excitement appeared in Chen Feng's eyes as he murmured inwardly.
Mental power was related to the soul!
He had not expected to awaken this skill this time.
Moreover, the skill's proficiency was still rising rapidly.
You have received another person's gratitude. Your Faith Power proficiency +1.
Similar messages continued refreshing.
Faith Power: (Beginner progress 31%.)
But that was all.
Only several hundred people had come here, and clearly not everyone felt grateful over the destruction of Huang Lao Si's family.
Chen Feng did not pay it much mind.
Now that he knew how to improve this skill, and might even acquire new Primordial Spirit skills, anticipation had already risen in his heart.
"First, I'll go back and refine that bottle of Evil God Blood. No matter how things develop, strengthening myself can never be wrong," Chen Feng thought.
He did not linger any longer.
He returned directly home.
After closing the door, he began another round of secluded cultivation.
The windows, bedroom door, and everything else were shut.
He had Lin Xue provide some cover outside.
"There shouldn't be any problem," Chen Feng thought.
Then, he took out that bottle of Evil God Blood.
He did not dare gamble on whether the Red-clothed Woman had some way to sense Evil God Blood.
Since she would come again, he might as well refine it first.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Feng opened the porcelain bottle and poured the Evil God Blood within into his mouth in one gulp.
Buzz!
In the next instant, Chen Feng felt an immense surge of energy flood into his body.
Faintly, there was also a terrifying howling sound, as though it were charging toward his mind.
The mental enhancement brought by Faith Power, the new skill he had only awakened today, allowed him to withstand this impact.
A stabbing pain struck him.
Chen Feng was alarmed. "What's going on?"
Just as worry rose in his heart—
Messages rapidly began refreshing across the panel, one after another.
You are refining Evil God Blood. Your Nutrient Absorption skill proficiency is continuously increasing. Your Nutrient Absorption skill proficiency +5, +5, +5... ...
While Chen Feng was refining the Evil God Blood—
Elsewhere, within Black Mountain.
At this moment, Yun Xi, dressed in red, was rapidly weaving through the forest.
She held the Jade Token in her hand, where a red point of light was flashing.
She was tracking the fleeing Huang Lao Si.
Yet at this moment, the red point on the jade plate would shine brightly one moment, then become exceedingly dim the next.
It seemed as though it could vanish at any time.
Yun Xi's face turned icy as she murmured, "A formation. Only a higher-level formation could conceal my Demon Tracking Plate!"
Bright light flickered in her eyes. "There really is a Demon Cult gathering point within Black Mountain."
"Could it be related to the Demonic Blade Secret Realm that appeared in Black Mountain?"
Yun Xi pondered this.
She had originally intended to keep an eye on Huang Lao Si and investigate the situation in Black Mountain.
But she had not expected to lose his trail.
The red point of light above was now constantly flickering.
This left her unable to determine the direction.
Yun Xi sneered. "No matter what, it must be somewhere in this general direction."
"Let this young lady see how long you can keep hiding."
Boom! Boom!
With a cold snort—
Yun Xi swung her hand, and several sword strikes fell at once.
Several trees ahead were directly felled and burned to ash.
This sight made the martial artists following and watching grow even more reverent.
And at that very moment—
As Chen Feng of Black Mountain Village took out the Evil God Blood—
Yun Xi's expression changed slightly as well.
Because in her hand, a red light suddenly flashed across the Demon Tracking Jade Plate, then directly covered the entire Demon Tracking Plate.
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