"Trouble" Comes Knocking

While Gu Fengchen quietly absorbed the Flying Dou Skill in his room, things outside the Myriad Medicine Pavilion were getting lively.

"Are you kidding? That was a Three-Star Dou Shi, and he got slaughtered just like that?"

"That kid was clearly still a Dou Zhe yesterday. How did he become a Dou Shi today? Where did this little monster come from?"

"What the hell do you know? A genius like him must be one of those hidden masters living among ordinary people. He definitely didn't go all out yesterday. For all we know, he still hasn't used his full strength today."

Before long, news of Gu Fengchen effortlessly killing a Dou Shi spread throughout Qingshan Town.

"Oh, right. I heard the Misty Cloud Sect is recruiting disciples. I wonder if that kid has a chance."

"Maybe Jia Nan Academy would suit him better. After all, Jia Nan Academy is freer."

"For a genius like that, maybe he could join both? No one said joining the Misty Cloud Sect meant he couldn't enter Jia Nan Academy."

"You really exploited that bug."

Inside the antique room, Gu Fengchen pressed his hands against the soft wings, closed his eyes, and carefully sensed the soul within.

Speaking of which, Gu Fengchen's Soul Power was truly no weaker than that of others his age.

That was without considering any external factors, purely in terms of Soul Power.

It seemed that having lived two lives after transmigrating had made his Soul Power stronger than that of ordinary people after the souls of both lives fused. Xiao Yan's talent in his younger years might have come from the same reason.

The stronger one's Soul Power, the more easily one could control Dou Qi, absorb more Dou Qi during cultivation, and cultivate faster!

Steadying his mind, Gu Fengchen began slowly resisting the Residual Soul within the scroll.

The next moment, Gu Fengchen saw a gigantic black eagle. With a spread of its wings, it shot into the sky in the blink of an eye, surrounded by scorching black flames.

The black eagle soared through the air, then suddenly let out a piercing cry. The cry passed through the scroll and struck Gu Fengchen's soul.

It then traveled along Gu Fengchen's arm and, like a drill, desperately rammed into his mind. Even Xiao Yi Xian beside him was slightly affected.

His first time facing a soul-type attack made Gu Fengchen's entire body shudder violently, and his face turned several shades paler.

But in the next instant, an even more terrifying sound appeared in Gu Fengchen's mind.

That sound seemed to come from a dim expanse of stars.

It was filled with endless desire and greed.

That was right—greed. Greed that wanted to devour everything.

An ancient beast was about to awaken, hailing from ancient mythology.

Taotie swallowed the little eagle in a single bite, letting out a satisfied, delighted sound.

Hm?

That was it?

Gu Fengchen slowly opened his eyes.

Taotie's power was indeed terrifying. It had directly devoured that tiny eagle spirit completely.

Moreover, after absorbing that Soul Power, Gu Fengchen felt vaguely comfortable.

Now, Gu Fengchen understood why the Taotie ferocious beast had once been so endlessly greedy.

Eating really did provide an abundant return. Not only was eating enjoyable, it could also increase one's strength. Anyone would develop a habit of gluttony under those circumstances.

After the Residual Soul had been directly devoured by Taotie in such a "hardcore" manner, Gu Fengchen placed both palms on the pair of eagle wings again.

Gu Fengchen slowly circulated the Dou Qi within his body along the route described in the scroll.

When Gu Fengchen's Dou Qi appeared in his palms, the eagle wings on the black scroll suddenly shone brilliantly.

Gu Fengchen could feel intense pain radiating from the meridians in his back.

Fine purple light began battering Gu Fengchen's back, forcibly tearing open two extremely tiny branch meridians.

In the Original Work, Xiao Yan had been knocked unconscious by this pain.

But Gu Fengchen did not find it particularly painful. Compared to the suffering of the Indestructible Golden Body, this was nothing.

Once the absorption was complete, Gu Fengchen slowly exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Qi.

He took out a palm-sized Bronze Mirror from his Storage Ring. Using the reflected light, Gu Fengchen could see the black eagle-wing tattoo on his back.

"Kind of cool," Gu Fengchen remarked. He looked inward at his body and found that the Dou Skill had opened two tiny branch meridians in his back. At his command, the Dou Qi in his body surged into those newly opened branch meridians.

Gu Fengchen could feel the eagle-wing tattoo on his back gradually heating up. After receiving the flow of Dou Qi, the purple wing tattoo immediately released a faint purple radiance, eventually transforming into wings with physical form.

The purple wings looked somewhat illusory, likely because his Dou Qi was not sufficient.

Gu Fengchen controlled the pair of purple wings and lightly flapped them. A faint buoyant force appeared beneath him.

The buoyancy brought by the wings lifted Gu Fengchen's body one centimeter off the ground.

Gu Fengchen controlled the wings to flap again, wanting to fly a little higher. However, his flight was somewhat clumsy. It was his first time flying, after all, so he needed more practice.

Still, no matter what, this was definitely Gu Fengchen's most reliable means of survival at present.

After practicing the Flying Dou Skill, Gu Fengchen sat cross-legged and resumed cultivating.

However, not long after he began, Gu Fengchen felt his cultivation reach a bottleneck.

Hm.

Gu Fengchen sucked in a breath. He had only broken through to One Star Dou Shi not long ago, yet he was already about to break through again.

Having cheats really was awesome.

Gu Fengchen took a deep breath and focused on cultivating.

Around Gu Fengchen, incomparably dense World Energy poured into his body.

Very soon, he broke through to Two-Star Dou Shi!

Qingshan Town, Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

As usual, Xiao Yi Xian opened the doors to receive patients, treating the injuries of passing mercenaries and earning consultation fees. The only difference was that some mercenaries who were normally loud and carefree seemed to have vanished into thin air. The remaining mercenaries who came for treatment arrived only in twos and threes, and they were as quiet as quails.

Gu Fengchen stopped meditating and stretched. Just as he was about to open the door, he heard a rapid knock from outside.

Gu Fengchen paused, thinking it was Xiao Yi Xian. But when he opened the door, he found an unfamiliar woman standing outside.

The woman had delicate, beautiful features. Her round oval face looked rather sweet, and there was a beauty mark at the corner of her right eye.

Gu Fengchen did not know her, so he frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

"My name is Lin Yue. I..." Her cheeks were bright red with bashful embarrassment.

"Lin Yue, you bitch! You actually snuck in ahead of us!"

Before Lin Yue could finish speaking, another woman rushed in.

Gu Fengchen was full of question marks. He noticed that the entrance of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion seemed quite lively. Thinking someone had come to cause trouble again, he hurried to the front hall.

The first thing Gu Fengchen saw was Xiao Yi Xian's jealous expression. Somewhat displeased, she said, "Gu Feng, you really showed off today. So many people have come looking for you!"

"Looking for me?"

Gu Fengchen looked up and saw more than a dozen graceful women standing outside.

Some wore revealing clothes, some danced in flowing light garments, and some... Sister, you're already forty. What are you doing joining in?

In short, every one of them became incredibly excited upon seeing Gu Fengchen, and the meaning behind their words was more or less the same.

Things like wanting to bear his children, being unable to eat or sleep without him, and so on.

Many people had witnessed Gu Fengchen's thunderous attack in front of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion today.

A strong man like Gu Fengchen, who was both handsome and capable, was a worthwhile investment for women of every age!

Gu Fengchen had a headache. He could deal with enemies, but dealing with women...

In his previous life, Gu Fengchen had still been a virgin. No, he had never even had a girlfriend, much less learned the self-cultivation of a playboy. With so many women making flirtatious advances at him all at once, he truly was not used to it!