What Was This Presence?

Outside the Mysterious Bookstore, just fifty meters from the entrance, a group of people were gathered. Inside, a young man lay on the ground, half-dead and convulsing. His stomach was swollen like a balloon. Although he was unconscious, his face was still contorted, clearly indicating that he had gone through a painful struggle while unconscious.

Actually, the fainting of a minor Spirit Master wouldn't attract much attention. What's really surprising is that the reason for this minor figure's fainting is related to the Mysterious Bookstore, and that he fainted after consuming a flower bud. This is what makes it impossible for everyone to ignore.

It's important to know that most of the cultivators present had just eaten a flower bud. Although one bud hadn't caused any reaction, with this sudden turn of events, who knows if it might happen to them as well?

Furthermore, everyone wanted to know what the effects of these flower buds were; at least if there were any problems, they needed to know the truth before they died.

"Everyone, make way, the shop owner is here." At this moment, Ma Feifei and Zhang Yunji came out of the Bookstore, with Zhang Yunji leading the way and Ma Feifei following behind.

Upon seeing that it was Ma Feifei, everyone made way for Ma Feifei. Ma Feifei arrived at the crime scene and looked at the figure lying unconscious on the ground, momentarily at a loss for words.

He doesn't know how to treat it...

The system has not provided any explanation regarding the effects and functions of the flower buds. Ma Feifei had asked the system before, but the system did not provide an answer. This means that the effects of the flower buds are still a mystery. To fully understand the effects of the flower buds, one must experience them slowly on one's own.

The only certainty is that eating the flower buds will absolutely not harm the body; on the contrary, it will have certain benefits. That's why Ma Feifei was able to confidently give these flower buds to the cultivators. But now, things have gone wrong.

"Sigh... my head hurts." Ma Feifei sighed softly. If he had known that these people had such a low tolerance for stress, he would have preferred to finish the task of listing the Plum Blossom later and slowly finish them with Yun Qingyang.

Hindsight is no use now; the most urgent task is to find a way to revive the unconscious cultivator in front of us, otherwise it could easily cause negative consequences.

Thinking about this, Ma Feifei pondered for a moment, then placed his hand on the cultivator's stomach. Ma Feifei possessed Innate Purple Qi, the source of Taoism Dharma Power, and the flower bud grew on a plum tree. The two should belong to the same school, so perhaps it could have some effect.

When Ma Feifei touched the cultivator's stomach with his palm, he felt the energy within the cultivator's body surging erratically. Clearly, his own Spiritual Power was unable to suppress the power of the flower bud, causing him to be devoured by the power of the flower bud and eventually faint.

Strangely enough, when Ma Feifei touched the cultivator's stomach with his palm, the chaotic power within the cultivator seemed to gradually calm down, as if he could sense the wisp of Innate Purple Qi within Ma Feifei's body.

"Could it really work?" Ma Feifei muttered to himself, and began to urge the wisp of purple energy towards his left hand, the one pressing against his stomach.

As the Innate Purple Qi gathered in Ma Feifei's left arm, it began to emit wisps of purple aura. A Great Dao pressure began to emanate, and the surrounding cultivators were all forced back by this aura. Those with lower cultivation levels were pushed back even further.

"So powerful!" A powerful Spirit Emperor was forced back five meters by this aura, even after using all his Spiritual Power to resist it. Looking at Ma Feifei's back, the Spirit Emperor's eyes revealed extreme shock.

As the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, Ma Feifei has never truly been seen making a move, and no one can see through his Ma Feifei level. Therefore, Ma Feifei's cultivation level has always been a mystery to the vast majority of cultivators.

Some people speculated that Ma Feifei had already entered the Immortal Realm, but this was quickly refuted because there are no heavenly tribulations on the Azure Dragon Continent now. Without experiencing a heavenly tribulation, one can never enter the Immortal Realm.

Some people speculate that Ma Feifei, like President Gongsun Qiong, who is now King Chu Qiong, is an ordinary person. However, this theory is not convincing, because someone once saw Ma Feifei punch a cultivator at the peak Spirit King ninth stage during a Nine-tailed Silver Fox incident last year.

But no matter how much speculation there is, there is no consensus on Ma Feifei's level of attainment, and opinions vary widely.

Now, for the first time, Ma Feifei displayed his strength in front of so many people, and the purple aura emanating from his arm alone was enough to scare everyone away.

"Such a powerful aura, only a great figure at the Spirit Saint Fifth Stage realm or above could achieve this!" Everyone was secretly shocked, and from this moment on, they had a range of estimations about Ma Feifei's strength.

While everyone was amazed by Ma Feifei's strength, Ma Feifei himself also showed a slight surprise, because he felt the chaotic energy in his stomach not only calm down, but also begin to drill into Ma Feifei's palm and flow into Ma Feifei body.

"It was absorbed by me?" Ma Feifei felt the energy flowing into his arm, which merged with the innate purple energy. However, the Innate Purple Qi did not change in any way, nor did it increase in quantity.

As the energy from the unconscious cultivator's body continued to flow into Ma Feifei's arm, his stomach gradually sank in until it returned to its original shape.

"It's gone, it's gone." A cultivator who saw this couldn't help but whisper. The swollen belly returned to normal, and the young cultivator's face gradually returned to calm. Everything was turning for the better, which naturally meant that a solution had been found.

Sure enough, after a short while, the cultivator opened his eyes and awoke from his unconsciousness.

"Thank you... thank you... shopkeeper." Although the young cultivator was still somewhat bewildered, seeing Ma Feifei standing in front of him, he naturally knew that Ma Feifei had saved him, and immediately stood up to express his gratitude. Ma Feifei was now an object of respect for all cultivators in Dubian Town. He, a mere Spirit Master realm, could only admire Ma Feifei's face from outside the Bookstore on ordinary days. Now that Ma Feifei was standing in front of him, he was naturally extremely excited, and his words were somewhat incoherent.

"Of course, no need to be so polite," Ma Feifei said kindly. However, he was somewhat suspicious. After Ma Feifei absorbed all the energy from the young cultivator's body, Ma Feifei could no longer sense any bud energy from him. Did this mean that the energy was only temporarily present in their bodies and hadn't been absorbed? Once the bud energy was removed, would they lose this peculiar energy?

Sensing the Innate Purple Qi within his arm, Ma Feifei seemed to understand something.