On the fifth day, just as Xu Yi was preparing to begin refining, Niu Gangfeng and Shi Wenjie suddenly came storming in. Niu Gangfeng immediately ordered Xu Yi to take out the Spiritually Communicating Treasure so he could inspect the results. As he spoke, a command token appeared in his hand. He activated its restriction, and a screen of light appeared—the same shape as the screen the Heaven Devouring Demon King had once used to strip Xu Yi of his treasure.
"Brother Niu only gave me the token three days ago. The restrictions recorded in it are obscure and difficult to understand. I've studied them without pause these past three days and only made a little progress. You want to inspect the results already? That's asking the impossible."
The instant he finished speaking, Niu Gangfeng slapped at him. Xu Yi dodged to the side. Niu Gangfeng raised an eyebrow. "Oh? You've gotten bold enough to dodge now?" As he spoke, he blurred forward and launched into an attack.
Xu Yi simply lay down. An aura of utter grief spread through the cave.
Niu Gangfeng found it deeply unsatisfying. He had tried every trick in the book, but Xu Yi's consciousness was completely immersed. It was like roughing up a sack—there was no pleasure in it at all.
Most importantly, he truly didn't dare take Xu Yi's life.
After a bout of roughing him up, Shi Wenjie spoke up to stop him. Niu Gangfeng seized the chance to back down. Xu Yi had become a blood-soaked heap on the ground, yet he smiled and said, "Brother Niu's methods aren't all that impressive. Anyway, looking like this, I'll need at least seven or eight days to recover. I've been exhausted from studying the texts these past few days, so this is a