When I Return from Foundation Establishment, I'll Explore the Depths with Miss

Time Flies, and another half month passed.

Inside a guest room at the Tianxing Sect Market.

Han Feng sat cross-legged, his eyes tightly shut. Magic Power curled around his fingertips as he traced abstruse, intricate rune patterns through the air before him.

Success!

He had attained the introductory level of the Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation.

"System, give me an Attribute Addition!"

[10 Attribute Points consumed. Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation upgraded to (Minor Accomplishment)!]

[10 Attribute Points consumed. Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation upgraded to (Major Accomplishment)!]

[20 Attribute Points consumed. Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation upgraded to (Perfection)!]

As his Attribute Points were depleted, a vast and complicated understanding of restrictions flooded into his mind in an instant.

Han Feng opened his eyes and, without hesitation, took out that ancient-looking Wooden Box.

He gathered Magic Power at his fingertips and, following the method of the perfected [Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation], attempted to break the restriction upon it.

However, half an hour passed.

The patterns on the Wooden Box merely flickered with faint light a few times, remaining utterly motionless.

Han Feng withdrew his hand, his brows tightly furrowed.

It still would not open.

The restriction on this Wooden Box was far more profound than he had imagined.

It seemed that his perfected [Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation] was still not enough.

The following morning.

Han Feng returned to that elegant shop.

"Young Master Han, you're here."

The one opening the door was still the maid Xiao Mei. Her attitude toward Han Feng was considerably warmer than before.

"Is Miss Xin here?"

"Yes. Miss is waiting for you in the Quiet Room."

Han Feng stepped inside, passed through the front hall, and entered the Quiet Room.

Xin Ruoyin was still dressed in white, seated behind the tea table. When she saw him enter, she raised her head and revealed a faint smile.

"Young Master Han, today..."

Before she could finish, Han Feng cut her off directly.

"Miss Xin, I have already comprehended the [Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation]."

For an instant, the air in the Quiet Room seemed to freeze.

Xiao Mei's hand, holding the tea tray, stiffened in midair.

A trace of disbelief also surfaced in Xin Ruoyin's clear eyes.

Half a month!

The [Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation] was more than ten times as complex as the [Minor Five Elements Restriction Formation]!

Even she herself had spent a full two years back then before barely reaching the level of Major Accomplishment.

Han Feng had needed only half a month?

"Young Master Han, is that true?"

Xin Ruoyin's voice carried an almost imperceptible tremor.

Han Feng did not waste words. He picked up an empty Jade Bottle from the table, Magic Power surging at his fingertips.

Runes even more intricate and abstruse than those he had used when setting up the [Minor Five Elements Restriction Formation] last time rapidly took shape at his fingertips, transforming into streams of light that sank into the Jade Bottle.

Bzzzt!

A profound Blue Light Screen instantly sealed the Jade Bottle completely.

The entire process flowed like drifting clouds and running water, completed in one breath.

Xin Ruoyin slowly rose to her feet, walked to the table, and lightly touched the Blue Light Screen with a pale finger.

A powerful sealing force traveled up through her fingertip.

She began trying to break it.

The time it took for an incense stick to burn passed.

Fine beads of fragrant sweat seeped across Xin Ruoyin's forehead.

The Blue Light Screen merely swayed faintly, showing not the slightest sign of breaking.

She couldn't undo it!

Xin Ruoyin withdrew her hand and stared blankly at the Jade Bottle, then at Han Feng's calm face. Stormy waves surged through her heart.

His mastery of this [Spirit Sealing Restriction Formation] had already... surpassed her own!

She actually couldn't break the restriction he had set!

"I had another enlightenment last night..."

Han Feng shrugged. With a casual wave of his hand, the Blue Light Screen enveloping the Jade Bottle quietly dispersed.

Another enlightenment?

Xin Ruoyin looked at Han Feng, brilliance flickering repeatedly in her cool, clear eyes.

How could there be such a breathtakingly gifted genius of the formation arts in this world?!

In just one short month, this man's figure had already been deeply branded into her heart.

"Miss, Miss..."

Seeing her mistress staring straight at Han Feng, Xiao Mei couldn't help lightly poking her in the waist.

Xin Ruoyin snapped out of it as if waking from a dream. A flush rose on her cheeks, and she hurriedly lowered her head.

Han Feng also felt somewhat awkward.

In that brief instant when their gazes met, he had indeed been drawn in by her astonishing beauty and distinctive allure.

"Young Master Han, your current attainment in the formation arts is no longer beneath mine."

Xin Ruoyin calmed her emotions and spoke softly, a trace of bitterness in her words.

There was nothing left she could teach him.

"Is that so? Then that really is rather troublesome."

Han Feng frowned.

"Does Young Master Han have some worry?" Xin Ruoyin asked with concern.

Han Feng decided not to hide it any longer and directly took the ancient-looking Wooden Box from his Storage Bag.

"To be honest, Miss Xin, I studied formations and restrictions precisely to open this box and retrieve what is inside."

Xin Ruoyin held the Wooden Box in her hands and examined it carefully.

After a moment, she sighed.

"The restriction on this Wooden Box is far from ordinary. I fear it was the work of a Core Formation Stage expert."

A Core Formation expert!

Han Feng's heart tightened.

"With Magic Power at the Qi Refining Stage, no matter how brilliant one's restriction techniques are, it is absolutely impossible to open it."

Xin Ruoyin gave her conclusion. "Breaking restrictions sometimes requires absolute strength as well. For a restriction left behind by a Core Formation Cultivator, one would need, at the very least, the Magic Power of a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator to have even a sliver of a chance of forcibly breaking it."

So that was it.

It wasn't that his skill was lacking—it was that the difference in Level was simply too vast.

"How about this."

Han Feng pondered for a moment before making his decision. "I'll leave the Wooden Box here. Help me study the restriction on it. Once I reach the Foundation Establishment Realm, I'll come find you again."