Li Feng sensed the distorted space within the mind fog, along with the yin energy and demonic energy constantly leaking out of it. What more was there to understand?
The blood mist's earlier actions had probably been intended to open a Spatial Passage.
In fact...
Perhaps the Horned Demon itself had been the sacrifice and medium needed to open the Spatial Passage. It simply hadn't known, thinking it had landed some cushy assignment.
"Tsk, tsk! Screwing over their own people..."
Li Feng shook his head.
He had wondered how that Horned Demon could possibly open a Spatial Passage with its meager strength.
As it turned out, it had merely been a pawn, serving as a sacrifice and a medium.
Luckily, he had had the foresight to kill the Horned Demon without hesitation and immediately devour most of its power.
So even when the blood mist it had become erupted at the end, it couldn't form a true Spatial Passage.
As for the Yin Energy and Demonic Energy leaking from the Twisted Space, other people might have found them troublesome.
But for him, wasn't this right up his alley?
Li Feng immediately controlled the mind fog to devour every last bit of the leaking yin energy and demonic energy.
An endless stream of power surged through his skin into his mind space. As it tempered his skin, the living room in his mind space began rapidly solidifying.
An hour later, the Twisted Space blasted open by the Horned Demon's blood mist finally began gradually recovering.
By then, the Living Room in Li Feng's Mind Space had completely solidified.
Besides the same defensive and confinement abilities as the Bedroom, the Living Room could also lure ghosts and enhance his absorption of World Spiritual Force.
Li Feng had already formed a rough guess about the abilities derived from his visualized objects. They probably related to his understanding of those objects and their functions in reality.
Wasn't a Bed meant for resting? Thus, it had developed the ability to gather and purify World Spiritual Force, nourish the body, and promote rest.
In Li Feng's previous life, there had also been stories about sealing yourself beneath a blanket to avoid being harmed by Vengeful Ghosts.
He didn't know whether those stories had been true in his previous life, but in this world, where Monsters and Demons really existed, Li Feng had subconsciously incorporated that understanding into his visualized Bed.
This allowed it to form a sealing defensive barrier and conceal his aura whenever he covered himself with the blanket.
The Bedroom's defensive and confinement abilities followed the same logic.
Humans built houses to defend against outside threats, keep out the cold, and stay warm. Houses could also be used to imprison enemies.
Once extended into the mind space, those functions became defenses against mental attacks, restraints on others' minds, and the confinement of intangible entities such as anomalies and vengeful ghosts.
As for the Living Room, besides sharing the Bedroom's functions, it was also used to welcome guests.
Extended into the mind space, that meant it could attract certain monsters, demons, or anomalies, while also increasing the rate at which he absorbed world spiritual force.
In short, the living room's complete formation and solidification had not only strengthened Li Feng's mental defenses but also given him the power to attract anomalies, monsters, and demons, and absorb world spiritual force faster. It was a tremendous gain.
It also convinced Li Feng that forming Beds and rooms in his Mind Space was well worth it.
Besides the living room completely solidifying, the mind fog had expanded to a radius of fifteen meters, another considerable improvement.
Sensing the twisted space gradually recovering within the mind fog, Li Feng couldn't help letting out a small sigh of relief.
If that distorted Spatial Rift remained indefinitely, he would have found it rather troublesome.
As time ticked by, the distorted Spatial Rift was repaired bit by bit.
However, just as the Spatial Rift was about to close completely, the leaking Yin Energy suddenly fluctuated, surging to more than twice its previous strength.
Sensing this, Li Feng instantly became alert and muttered inwardly.
We're almost done. Don't spring any more nasty surprises on me now.
Yet what he feared came to pass.
A relatively dense strand of Yin Energy suddenly spilled out of the Spatial Rift, then rapidly expanded into a phantom human figure.
"This is... a Vengeful Ghost!"
The moment Li Feng saw that phantom figure, he realized what it was and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
If it was a Vengeful Ghost, then as long as it wasn't too powerful, it wouldn't be a problem.
On reflection, that made sense. Given the Spatial Rift's strength and size, only low-level Vengeful Ghosts could pass through it.
Horned Demons with physical bodies, as well as powerful Vengeful Ghosts, couldn't possibly pass through such a small Spatial Rift.
Reassured, Li Feng no longer hesitated. His mind fog instantly surged forward, enveloping the vengeful ghost and rapidly drawing out and devouring its power.
Seemingly sensing the danger, the Vengeful Ghost immediately struggled to escape back into the Spatial Rift.
In the end, however, it failed to break free of the mind fog's restraints and was completely devoured.
Afterward, several more vengeful ghosts emerged, and Li Feng controlled the mind fog to devour them all.
As for corrupting them and turning them into Ghost Servants...
Unless a Paranormal Entity or Vengeful Ghost was unusual, Li Feng wouldn't bother corrupting and converting it.
That required synchronizing with a Vengeful Ghost's consciousness.
Converting large numbers of Ghost Servants could very well throw his consciousness into chaos.
As for anomalies, although they seemed to pose no risk of a mental backlash, they might draw the attention and attacks of powerful beings from other dimensions, which could be even more dangerous.
Once the spatial rift had completely healed and stopped leaking yin energy and demonic energy, Li Feng withdrew the mind fog from the Golden Bell Residential Complex and returned to the Pine Court Residential Community.
Only after reaching home did Li Feng quietly breathe a sigh of relief. This time, despite the scare, he had made it through safely.
After checking the time, Li Feng decided to call it a day and resume cultivating tomorrow.
After sleeping until morning, Li Feng got up feeling refreshed. He first went to the Investigation Department to clock in, then returned home to continue cultivating.
The moment he began, Li Feng sensed a tremendous difference. Surging mind fog and world spiritual force rapidly flowed into his skin in an endless stream.
Although this brought pain like a thousand cuts across every inch of his skin, Li Feng managed to force a smile.
The greater the pain, the faster his cultivation progressed.
He practiced again and again until, around noon, Li Feng suddenly felt his body shudder.
The next instant, intense pain swept through his skin, followed by a cool, tingling sense of comfort. His skin trembled slightly as it underwent a fundamental transformation.
"Mmm..."
Li Feng couldn't help letting out a groan, a happy smile spreading across his face.
He had finally broken through again, reaching the perfected stage of Skin Tempering.
According to the Human Body Tempering Art, this was the highest stage of Skin Tempering, the first step of Body Tempering.
After this, he could only move on to tempering other parts of his body, such as his muscles, tendons, and bones.
"Phew!"
Once his body finished transforming, Li Feng exhaled a long breath of stale air, slowly ended his practice, and stood up.
In front of the bathroom mirror, Li Feng's skin rippled like water, rising, falling, and shifting entirely at his command.
Recalling Yuan Chengfang's appearance, he made the skin of his face rapidly shift and reshape itself, gradually approaching the image in his memory.
Finally, a face identical to Yuan Chengfang's appeared in the mirror.
Looking at his captain's face in the mirror, Li Feng couldn't resist grinning.
The Yuan Chengfang in the mirror silently grinned as well, instantly losing her usual bearing and demeanor.
Perhaps because he had never observed her closely before, the appearance Li Feng had assumed still differed from Yuan Chengfang's in many ways.
But that was no longer a matter of controlling his skin's transformation. It was because his observations hadn't been detailed enough.
Next, Li Feng recalled Wu Cheng's and Zhao Fei's faces.
Soon, Wu Cheng and Zhao Fei appeared in the mirror in succession.
Later, he even transformed into every man, woman, elder, and child whose appearance he remembered.
By controlling how his skin tightened and swelled, Li Feng could even become fat or thin at will, or freely alter his body's outward appearance between male and female.
Apart from being unable to change his height or bone structure, he could almost pass for the real person.
In that sense, he could already achieve a thousand transformations to some degree.
Moreover, he had only completed the Skin Tempering stage. Once he finished Flesh Tempering and Tendon and Bone Tempering, perhaps he could take those transformations further, truly assuming countless forms and switching between male and female at will.
Looking at the figure and face in the mirror, almost indistinguishable from those of his beautiful next-door neighbor Zhang Qian, Li Feng couldn't help chuckling.
"Heh heh..."
Unfortunately, controlling his skin couldn't alter his voice, so he still sounded like himself.
The sight of a beautiful woman speaking in a man's voice made Li Feng's smile freeze.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and his skin rippled like water as he quickly returned to his normal appearance.
Afterward, Li Feng tested the other changes in his skin.
His senses had become sharper, and his defenses had improved considerably as well, reaching the level of leather armor.
Even with a knife or sword, an ordinary person would have a hard time inflicting a fatal wound on him.
Then Li Feng practiced Skin Tempering once more.
He knew that perfected skin refinement meant his skin had already reached the peak condition described in the Human Body Tempering Art.
Still, Li Feng couldn't quite accept stopping there. Perhaps he was special?
The result, in fact, left him delighted.
As he performed the various skin tempering movements, mind fog and world spiritual force truly continued flowing into his skin, tempering it and increasing its strength.
In other words, he really had broken through the limits of the Human Body Tempering Art.
Perhaps he could pioneer a new chapter of the Human Body Tempering Art.
Unable to help himself, Li Feng threw even more focus into cultivating.
Only when evening arrived did Li Feng stop his Body Tempering practice and switch to visualization.
Vast amounts of pure energy continuously separated from the mind fog, flowing into the soul within his mind space, as well as the rooms, beds, and other objects.
A new structure was also slowly taking shape: the Second Bedroom connected to the Living Room.
Thanks to the vast supply of pure energy, the Second Bedroom began rapidly solidifying the moment his visualization brought it into being.
By the time Li Feng finished his visualization practice for the day, the Second Bedroom was already more than halfway solidified.
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