"Southern Heaven Sword Sect Elder Qiu Jianfeng..."
Beside the arena, Li Chengfeng watched the sect members swarming over, his gaze lingering on Qiu Jianfeng, the Southern Heaven Sword Sect elder leading them. His expression remained calm.
He sensed a peculiar medicinal power lurking dormant within his body, constantly causing a certain aura to emanate from him.
Yet beyond that medicinal power, there was another unique aura neutralizing it, utterly transforming the original medicine's effects and properties.
Originally, this elixir was meant to cause the aftereffects of battle to linger within Li Chengfeng's body, preventing him from displaying his full strength.
But neutralized by that other peculiar aura, the elixir that should have done nothing but drag Li Chengfeng down had instead become a fine medicine capable of nourishing his body...
Feeling the strange, uncanny medicinal power within him, Li Chengfeng could not help narrowing his eyes as he recalled what had happened that night.
"Qiu Jianfeng gave this thing to Sun Qing, coercing and tempting him into delivering the elixir to me, so that I would be unable to fight at full strength in my clash with Jian Wuchen and thus lose to him."
"Sun Qing originally planned to smear the elixir evenly over my body, fooling Qiu Jianfeng's senses. That way, I could still perform normally in the arena, while also avoiding trouble from an Innate Realm expert."
"Who would have thought that just as Sun Qing took out the bottle and finished explaining, Jian Wuchen would arrive?"
As thoughts stirred in his mind, Li Chengfeng looked again at Jian Wuchen, whose expression was calm, as though he were a disciple cherished by Qiu Jianfeng. Li Chengfeng's expression shifted slightly. "Even a publicly acknowledged Sword Child like Jian Wuchen is subjected to this sort of targeting."
"The power dynamics