The celebration went on until three or four in the afternoon before everyone finally left, tipsy from the drinks.
Back home, Li Feng washed up and sobered up a little, then began his cultivation for the day.
Practicing martial arts was like rowing a boat upstream. How could he afford to skip even a day?
Others might need to balance work and rest to ease the impact of the hallucinations, but Li Feng did not.
The moment he began cultivating that day, however, Li Feng felt a difference.
Intense tingling and stabbing pain swept over his entire body. Mind Fog and world spiritual force surged into his skin, constantly tempering it and rapidly increasing its toughness.
Again and again, Li Feng endured the tingling pain across his skin and kept practicing the Skin Tempering movements.
When he finished his physical training after eight that evening, Li Feng could even feel a clear improvement in his skin.
Naturally, visualization came next...
The Living Room he had only recently begun visualizing had become completely stable. It had even begun turning opaque, rather than remaining illusory and transparent as it had been at first.
His Mind Fog had also reached a radius of thirteen meters.
After devouring most of the Weird Mirror's power and corrupting it into a Ghost Servant, all of Li Feng's powers had improved dramatically.
Nothing happened over the next few days. Li Feng returned to his normal routine, diligently cultivating every day.
Thanks to his stronger Mind Fog, both his skin tempering and his mind space improved considerably.
His Skin Tempering, in particular, was already approaching perfection. This filled Li Feng with even greater anticipation and motivation, making him wish he could spend all twenty-four hours of the day immersed in cultivation.
He had not even thought about going out to search for supernatural entities or Vengeful Ghosts in quite some time.
But things had a way of catching him off guard.
The supernatural entities and Vengeful Ghosts he had once searched for in vain were now easily found when he no longer wanted to look for them.
That day, after finishing his training, Li Feng took out the Tracking Compass to check it as usual.
What he saw gave him a jolt.
The Compass needle pointed straight north, trembling slightly.
That meant there were fluctuations of supernatural power north of Pine Court Residential Community.
Li Feng's first reaction was to call the Investigation Department.
But a moment later, he put his phone down again.
Hadn't I wanted to find supernatural entities and Vengeful Ghosts to devour?
Well, isn't this my chance?
Then he remembered Tian Yue, the Night Patrol Officer from the Night Patrol Bureau.
If he ran into another Night Patrol Officer, or some stronger Paranormal Entity, Vengeful Ghost, or Demon, he might not be able to get away so easily again.
But...
Sensing the Mind Fog covering a thirteen-meter radius within his mind space, Li Feng had an idea.
His Mind Fog, with its thirteen-meter radius, could now travel as far as thirteen hundred meters from his body.
The supernatural fluctuations that had triggered the Tracking Compass had to be within two kilometers, not much farther than his maximum range of control over the Mind Fog.
In that case, he could simply send his Mind Fog to investigate.
If there were no Night Patrol Officers or powerful Demons or Vengeful Ghosts, he could head over afterward.
Having made his decision, Li Feng hesitated no longer. Wisps of fog instantly rose around him.
The fog churned, swiftly passing through the roof and drifting north.
Mind Fog was a manifestation of mental and spiritual power. Though it took the form of fog, that was not its true nature, and most objects could not block it.
Houses and walls were naturally easy to pass through.
As for institutional force, he was human, and the owner of this home besides. Naturally, his power was not restricted.
Even in other homes, his identity as a human meant the restrictions on him were relatively minor.
Only the Federation's government departments, the most direct manifestations of the entire human Federation's institutions, possessed institutional force strong enough to noticeably restrict his power.
Even then, he was still far better off than other supernatural entities, monsters, demons, and ghosts.
After all, he too belonged to the Federation's institutional system. Even if he occupied its lowest rung, he still enjoyed the support of the corresponding institutional force, which could weaken many of those restrictions.
Drifting dozens of meters above the ground, the Mind Fog soon left the residential community.
Then it quickly spread downward until it hugged the ground, becoming an inconspicuous layer of nighttime mist that rolled north.
After passing through two residential complexes, he finally discovered something unusual on a street just before entering a third.
"A Horned Demon?!"
Li Feng murmured under his breath and quickly directed the Mind Fog downward.
Near Golden Bell Residential Complex, a Demon with a single horn on his head stared intently at the complex, his face filled with cruelty and excitement.
What he failed to notice was the thin mist that had suddenly enveloped him.
Only as time passed and the fog thickened did he finally realize something was wrong.
"Huh? Is it getting foggy?"
The Horned Demon frowned slightly at the dense fog around him.
He kept feeling that the surrounding fog blocked off his surroundings a little too thoroughly.
Forget it!
The Horned Demon shook his head and turned his gaze back to Golden Bell Residential Complex as power began surging through him.
"Hmm, just a Horned Demon at the lowest Danger Level.
Heh, now I can relax!"
Back in Pine Court Residential Community, Li Feng sensed the Horned Demon's aura through his Mind Fog and immediately felt reassured.
He quietly opened his door, avoided the surveillance cameras, and hurried toward the northern side of the community.
With Mind Fog enveloping him and concealing every trace of his power, Li Feng raced toward Golden Bell Residential Complex.
At the same time, he silently pondered the situation.
The first place the Wedding-Dress Bride appeared during her second descent seemed to have been Golden Bell Residential Complex.
And now this Horned Demon seemed to be eyeing Golden Bell Residential Complex too.
He really had no idea why supernatural entities and demons liked that complex so much.
While Li Feng hurried toward Golden Bell Residential Complex, the Horned Demon began charging toward the Compound Wall.
Thud, thud, thud...
His feet pounded the ground as the Horned Demon charged headlong toward the Compound Wall like a Vajra.
But he had barely taken two steps when he felt his foot suddenly catch on a rope.
Thud, thud, thud...
Boom!
The Horned Demon instantly lost his balance, staggered a few steps, and crashed to the ground with a thunderous boom.
The sudden mishap nearly knocked the Horned Demon out cold.
It took quite a while before the Horned Demon slowly recovered. Grimacing, he looked behind him and cursed inwardly.
Which bastard did something this rotten? Why the hell would anyone string a rope along the ground?
That nearly killed me...
Yet when he looked carefully, he could find no trace of a rope.
Strange...
The Horned Demon was utterly baffled. With his eyesight, even in this thick fog, there was no way he would have missed a rope if one had really been there.
Did I imagine it? Was I just careless and tripped over my own feet...?
The Horned Demon scratched his head, withdrew his gaze, and looked toward Golden Bell Residential Complex again.
Excitement and greed flashed through his eyes once more, and he charged toward the complex again.
Thud, thud, thud...
Ah!
Bang!
He had barely taken two steps before the Horned Demon let out a sharp cry and fell flat on the ground again. His chest tightened, leaving him unable to catch his breath for quite some time.
A little later, once his breathing gradually eased, the Horned Demon clutched his chest and climbed up. He turned to examine the ground, which was perfectly level.
Strange... Why did I fall again?
The Horned Demon rubbed his chest, deeply puzzled.
Huff!
Drawing a deep breath, the Horned Demon charged toward Golden Bell Residential Complex again.
This time, however, he was noticeably slower and kept part of his attention on the ground beneath his feet.
This time, he finally managed not to fall.
As he drew close to Golden Bell Residential Complex, the Horned Demon gradually relaxed and began picking up speed.
The next moment, he felt nothing beneath his foot. His entire body pitched forward and slammed heavily into the ground.
Bang!
Staring at the Compound Wall just inches away, the Horned Demon remained stunned for a long time.
Did I... fall again?
For a moment, the Horned Demon began questioning his life.
Earlier, he had seemed to trip over a rope. This time, his foot seemed to have stepped into empty space.
Slowly pushing himself up, the Horned Demon looked beneath his feet. There were no holes or dips, only a broken mirror.
Could it be... I didn't step into empty space, but slipped instead?
This time, the Horned Demon did not even stand up. He simply sat on the ground, staring doubtfully at the broken mirror.
In truth, he had not slipped. His foot really had stepped into empty space.
Just moments earlier, Li Feng had finally reached the vicinity.
The first thing he did was use the Weird Mirror to sense and connect to the mirror someone had discarded on the ground.
By sheer coincidence, the Horned Demon stepped right onto that mirror during his final charge.
Almost instinctively, Li Feng willed the Weird Mirror Reality-Inversion to activate, unleashing its ability to pull people into Mirror Space.
So when the Horned Demon brought his foot down, of course it landed on nothing.
The Horned Demon's earlier stumbles had also been Li Feng's handiwork.
By turning fog into a rope, he only needed to give a light tug beneath the Horned Demon's feet as he ran forward to send him sprawling.
Li Feng was not trying to make fun of the Horned Demon. He was merely holding him back to buy himself time to arrive.
As for using the Weird Mirror's ability to make him miss his footing after arriving, that had merely been an unconscious reaction on Li Feng's part.
Li Feng had just connected to the mirror and was observing through it.
Then the Horned Demon planted his foot right on its surface.
With a huge foot suddenly bearing down on him, Li Feng instinctively activated the Weird Mirror's ability, making the Horned Demon step into empty space.
Looking at the Horned Demon sitting outside Golden Bell Residential Complex's Compound Wall and questioning his life, Li Feng could not help rubbing his nose.
"Heh, that's what you get for stepping in the wrong place."
It took another long while before the Horned Demon finally rose slowly and walked toward the Compound Wall.
He surveyed his surroundings once more. Only after confirming that nothing was wrong did he push off lightly, grab the top of the Compound Wall with both hands, and haul himself over in one forceful movement.
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