Discovering a New Use for the Cheat

In a remote area north of Yong'an County...

Looking at the desolate land around him, Chu Feng knew this place was remote enough.

Not even a single vagrant or beggar had appeared in half a day.

Chen Shi Tou had informed his family and followed Chu Feng here.

To isolate the source of infection, he could only reside here for a period until the Blood Gu Pill's effects wore off.

Because of the Blood Gu Pill, his family couldn't bring him food, so Chu Feng had to do it.

After surveying the surroundings, Chen Shi Tou asked with concern, "Master, this Blood Gu Pill won't infect you, will it?"

Chu Feng shook his head and said, "According to Li Xuanhai's description, the Blood Gu Pill is a great tonic. It's just that ordinary people's bodies are too weak to digest it. Once one reaches the Muscle Tempering Realm, the blood gu in the body will be digested and turn into the body's Blood Essence. It not only has no drawbacks but even brings benefits."

"That's good, that's good..."

Chen Shi Tou breathed a sigh of relief. If he had implicated his master again, he would truly deserve death.

Chu Feng threw an axe at Chen Shi Tou and said.

"Go chop some wood to build a house. Before chopping, use the Skin Grinding method to clean off the bark..."

"Build a house? That will require a lot of wood, right?" Chen Shi Tou's mouth felt bitter.

"If we don't build a house, should we live like savages?"

"Open your mouth first..."

Chu Feng raised his hand and flicked a Tiger Leopard Blood Vitality Pill into Chen Shi Tou's mouth.

Chen Shi Tou gulped it down, and instantly felt his Blood Essence surging within him, his whole body becoming extremely hot.

He immediately stopped complaining and quickly picked up the axe, heading into the forest.

At this time, Chu Feng also took out a pill and observed it.

This Tiger Leopard Blood Vitality Pill was the size of a longan. The pill was crystal clear and dark red, with a faint bloody scent reaching his nostrils. It wasn't foul but carried a sweet fragrance.

Chu Feng also feared that the medicinal properties would dissipate if he looked at it for too long, so he immediately flicked his finger, and the pill turned into a stream of light that flew into his mouth.

The pill entered his throat and instantly transformed into a thin stream that flowed to his lower abdomen. Soon, heat rose, and Chu Feng felt as if he were in a hot spring, warm and comfortable.

Then his Blood Essence fluctuated slightly before returning to calm.

"That's it?"

It ended before he could even feel good?

Chu Feng was puzzled. He felt that the Tiger Leopard Blood Vitality Pill's effects were very strong, far exceeding the Nourishing Soup Medicine by more than one level.

But it seemed to be just that, unable to produce any substantial effect on Chu Feng.

Chu Feng refused to believe it and directly took out two pills. After hesitating, he still took out three pills.

With four pills left, he figured that would be enough to replenish Chen Shi Tou's Blood Essence.

Without any hesitation, Chu Feng popped all three pills into his mouth.

If Lu Yunfei saw Chu Feng eating like this, he would probably be so scared he'd jump up.

At his Bone Forging mid-stage, he only dared to swallow one Tiger Leopard Blood Vitality Pill every three to five days, otherwise his Blood Essence would boil and backlash against himself.

Yet Chu Feng directly swallowed four pills, which was his consumption for half a month.

As the three pills entered his mouth, Chu Feng instantly felt a huge difference from before. A mountain-flood-like heat exploded in his lower abdomen.

In an instant, Chu Feng felt like he was in a furnace, and his internal temperature suddenly rose.

His skin turned extremely red, his muscles swelled, golden tendons surged, and the Vajra Mingwang image involuntarily appeared.

Chu Feng forcibly suppressed the restlessness within his body, then looked at the remaining seventy-two years and three months of Lifespan on his status panel.

He whispered, "Deduce the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art for me!"

[Year 1, you took the Tiger Leopard Blood Vitality Pill and practiced a fragment of the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art. Rolling Blood Essence flowed through your body like a torrent, and your cultivation speed was astonishing...]

[Year 8, you advanced bravely, tempering 56 bones in succession. You were overjoyed, thinking you might be able to enter the Bone Forging mid-stage with this...]

[Year 19, you fell into a bottleneck. The bone-tempering methods provided by the Fierce Bear Bone Forging Art had reached their limit, yet you hadn't even entered the Bone Forging mid-stage...]

[Year 24, you refused to accept it, believing that all cultivation methods were similar and that all paths led to the same destination. You wanted to deduce the latter part of the Dragon Transformation Body Tempering Art through your own efforts.]

[Year 32, you cultivated recklessly, causing your Blood Essence to flow backward. The bones you had already tempered developed cracks...]

[Year 36, you spent four years repairing the bone cracks, making them even stronger. You seemed to have found a new method for bone tempering.]

[Year 72, after countless injuries and recoveries, you accidentally tempered 108 bones and reached the Bone Forging mid-stage.]

[Remaining Lifespan: Three months.]

Chu Feng opened his eyes and gave a wry smile.

This was completely reckless, and the efficiency was extremely low. He didn't even know if there were any hidden dangers.

But after this incident, Chu Feng discovered a loophole in Lifespan Deduction.

It seemed that during the Lifespan Deduction, he himself would not die. As long as there was still Lifespan left, he would continue to deduce.

If he were to ingest a fatal poison in the future, or suffer a severe injury, he could use Lifespan Deduction to evade it until he found a solution.

Cultivation was the same. Pills that others couldn't withstand, he could consume first, and then slowly digest them during Lifespan Deduction.

This was definitely a heaven-defying ability, but Chu Feng looked at his remaining Lifespan, which was only a fraction, and gave a wry smile, "I'm broke again..."

"It's time to find a place that earns a lot of Lifespan. The Demon Suppression Division would be great. Hunting Demonic Beasts and gaining Lifespan for cultivation, it truly is the place I yearn for. It's just a shame it's so hard to get into..."

Chu Feng pondered for a while, then stood up and checked on Chen Shi Tou.

He found the kid was like a wild boar, crazily smashing against a tree trunk. The rough bark was constantly being chipped away into fragments and falling to the ground...

Chen Shi Tou's skin was flushed red, and many places were already scraped raw, but he seemed oblivious, still smashing madly against the tree trunk.

"Good progress in cultivation. Skin Grinding is just barely at the beginner stage. If he can't build a house, he probably won't catch a cold sleeping on the ground."

Chu Feng saw that Chen Shi Tou was enthusiastically cultivating and decided not to disturb him, leaving on his own.

Chu Feng walked along the streets of Yong'an City, stopping occasionally to get his bearings.

Finally, he arrived at a blacksmith's shop and slowly walked in.

"Customer, what kind of weapon do you need?"

The old blacksmith heard footsteps, stopped what he was doing, and turned to greet him.

He didn't recognize Chu Feng because Chu Feng was in his true form. To evade the Fang Family's pursuit, he had disguised himself when he purchased the Mò Dāo, Heavy Mountain.

It wasn't until Chu Feng took out the Mò Dāo, which was already broken into three pieces, that the old shopkeeper said with a look of panic.

"Young hero, we are only responsible for selling weapons, we never get involved in fights!"

The old blacksmith's face was ashen. He couldn't imagine that the young hero who could wield this 300-pound Mò Dāo would be killed.

But with the weapon broken like this, its owner was likely in dire straits...

Chu Feng smiled. The old blacksmith's expression clearly showed he hadn't recognized him and thought he was an enemy seeking trouble.