Heavenly Demon Alliance

Hearing about Qingyan City, Chu Feng's curiosity was piqued, and he asked.

"What happened in Qingyan City to cause the earth to shake, the river to collapse, and the people to be displaced?"

In the past, he wouldn't have doubted such official explanations, but now, there were many suspicious points. If the earth had truly shaken, Yong'an City should have sensed it.

"It wasn't a natural disaster, but a demonic calamity!"

Li Zhenshan sighed leisurely, "The Great Zhou Dynasty has stood for a thousand years, but it's no longer in its prime. Noble Families control the regions, obeying orders only in name. This chaotic world breeds Demonic Beasts, who hide in the shadows, slowly growing stronger by feeding on humans!"

"In the northern city of Qingyan, the Demonic Beasts and powerful figures of the Heavenly Demon Alliance altered the landscape, turning the city's populace into soil to nourish the Demonic Beasts."

"The displaced people, their grievances boiling over with hatred, fear, and despair, became the best breeding ground for the Demonic Beasts."

Chu Feng was shocked, "Don't the Martial Arts Noble Families and the imperial army do anything?"

"Qingyan City is just a small border town; how could they possibly pay attention to it?" Li Zhenshan said with a bitter smile.

"The appearance of a fox demon in Yong'an City is a very dangerous signal. Perhaps they've already set their sights on this city."

Chu Feng felt a sense of urgency. The Fang Family's affairs weren't even over, and now Demonic Beasts had appeared. This world truly gave people no room to breathe!

Li Zhenshan also wore a grave expression. He was someone who had personally experienced the calamity of Demonic Beasts. If a Viscera Refining expert hadn't appeared that day, he feared he would have already died in Qingyan City.

For a moment, neither of them spoke, their moods heavy.

After obtaining the Cultivation Method, Chu Feng no longer lingered with Li Zhenshan.

He found a deserted corner and looked at the remaining 62 years of Lifespan on his status panel.

The Bone Forging chapter of the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art was incomplete. Forcing an upgrade might not yield much.

As for movement techniques and combat skills, they had always been his weaknesses. Now, with Li Zhenshan's Heavenly Snake Body-Wandering Steps and the Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist obtained from killing Wang Linghe, he could finally address these shortcomings.

Chu Feng casually flipped through the two Cultivation Methods.

The Heavenly Snake Body-Wandering Steps was a supreme movement technique. When mastered, one's body would become as agile and swift as a boneless snake.

The Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist was a lethal combat technique, evolving from the way a spirit crane hunts.

Still as a maiden, swift as a startled rabbit, its fingers transforming into a crane's beak, it unleashed terrifying explosive power, tearing through muscle and piercing bone, possessing astonishing lethality.

With such powerful techniques, why did Wang Linghe fight like a pecking chicken?

Chu Feng shook his head, finding it inexplicable.

If Wang Linghe could know his thoughts from beyond the grave, he would surely jump up and curse.

He was just a spoiled brat. He only practiced his Cultivation Methods sporadically, three days fishing and two days drying nets. It would be a miracle if he could have won against Chu Feng's terrifying physique!

These two Cultivation Methods had a certain complementarity. Chu Feng decided to cultivate them together to see the results.

As usual, let's go!

[Year 1: You memorized the Heavenly Snake Body-Wandering Steps and the Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist by heart. However, due to your insatiable greed, you attempted to cultivate both simultaneously, resulting in slow progress. You only managed to recite them fluently, with no other achievements.]

[Year 10: Heavenly Snake Body-Wandering Steps - Novice. Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist - Novice.]

[Year 20: Heavenly Snake Body-Wandering Steps - Mastered. Spirit Crane Piercing Cloud Fist - Mastered. You attempted to fuse the two techniques, making them complement each other and form a unified system.]

[Year 30: You continued to experiment with fusion but couldn't find the knack. Instead, your limbs became uncoordinated, and you sometimes stumbled while walking. You attributed this to the techniques not being perfect yet and decided to fully cultivate both to completion first.]

[Year 40: Both techniques reached completion, elevating your skills to the pinnacle. The two techniques naturally fused, as if they were always one.]

[Congratulations! You have obtained a new Cultivation Method: Serpentine Crane Hand Art!]

[Remaining Lifespan: 29 years and 3 months.]

Chu Feng opened his eyes, clenching his fists into a crane's beak shape.

"Crane's Beak Splits the Sky!"

With a single strike, as fast as lightning, a sharp sonic boom echoed through the air.

In front of Chu Feng, an old tree about the thickness of a waist instantly had a hole the size of a dragon's eye appear in it.

"Such powerful penetration!"

"I wonder which is stronger, my newly fused Serpentine Crane Hand Art, or Old Li's claw techniques!"

Looking at his remaining Lifespan, Chu Feng felt a tingling sensation.

He knew that this amount of Lifespan invested in Cultivation Methods probably wouldn't be enough to deduce and perfect the Bone Forging Cultivation Method, but he couldn't resist trying.

[Year 1: You studied the incomplete Bone Forging chapter of the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art but gained nothing!]

[Year 10: You already possess the Bronze Skin Iron Bones physique, making your bones incredibly strong, which increased the difficulty of your cultivation.]

[Year 20: You stopped trying to forge your entire body's bones and instead focused on strengthening only the bones of your right hand.]

[Year 29 years and 3 months: Through your continuous, haphazard cultivation, you ultimately achieved nothing. Not a single bone was tempered!]

"Damn it!"

"May gamblers die a horrible death!"

Chu Feng was utterly speechless. Although he had expected this, seeing the actual result still made his heart ache!

That was 29 years of Lifespan! How many pigs and sheep would he have to slaughter to earn that back?

"I'm never gambling again, at least not until I get my hands on a Bone Forging cultivation method. Relying on my brain to make things up is just too inefficient..."

After composing himself, Chu Feng walked into the inn's main hall.

His lifespan was gone, so he planned to earn some more.

"Shopkeeper, I need to go out for a bit..."

The old shopkeeper said unhappily, "This is when we have the most customers. Why aren't you helping in the kitchen?"

Perhaps it was because of Gao Han, but the old shopkeeper was already displeased with Chu Feng.

Furthermore, he had heard that Chu Feng had found a job as a butcher outside, which made him even more unhappy.

Chu Feng didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Old shopkeeper, I heard that seventy percent of the inn's profits go to the Fang Family?"

"Uh... that's something everyone knows. Why are you asking?"

Chu Feng smiled faintly. "From now on, you don't have to pay that seventy percent."

With that, the young man threw his head back and laughed as he walked out.

The old shopkeeper was baffled. He scratched his head and wondered, "Has this kid been scared silly by Gao Han? I don't remember him hitting his head..."

He had heard that the Fang Family had suffered heavy casualties from a fierce attacker, but as long as the Fang Family head, Fang Hanshan, was still alive, they, as merchants, wouldn't dare to resist.

"I originally thought Shi Tou had found a good master, but I didn't expect him to be an arrogant lunatic. His true colors are showing..."

The old shopkeeper sighed and muttered.

"No, I need to talk to Shi Tou and tell him to focus more on Master Li. He's a Bone Forging martial artist. If he can teach him even a move or two, he'll be set for life..."

As the old shopkeeper spoke, he instructed the busy waiter.

"Ah Fu, go and call Shi Tou for me..."

"Yes, Shopkeeper..."