At the end of the month, Jiang Yunfeng did indeed disappear for several days...
The time, location, and particulars of his Warrior transformation were secrets among secrets. Even a disciple like Fang Qianyuan knew nothing about them.
When Fang Qianyuan visited again in early May and finally saw Jiang Yunfeng, he could not help being startled.
Jiang Yunfeng still looked as he had before, but his human eyes were long gone, replaced by eyes that came from some unknown creature.
Those beastlike vertical pupils held a piercing gaze, with searing white lightning flickering faintly within them. A vast, abyssal aura emanated from them.
Fang Qianyuan's scalp instantly tingled. He felt as though an unimaginably terrifying Desolate Beast had fixed its gaze on him.
"Ah, Qianyuan, you're here." Jiang Yunfeng met his eyes, then briefly closed his own. When he opened them again, the lightning in his pupils had receded.
His gaze remained piercing, but without that lightning, Fang Qianyuan no longer felt his scalp tingle when he looked at him.
Had that Desolate Beast-like aura not remained, Fang Qianyuan would almost have thought he had imagined what happened.
"I've just received a Desolate Beast Body transplant, and I'm still adjusting," Jiang Yunfeng explained.
"I see," Fang Qianyuan said.
Jiang Yunfeng asked, "Did you come here for something?"
Fang Qianyuan said, "Nothing in particular. I just came to see you, Master. How are you feeling now?"
Jiang Yunfeng smiled. "Not bad. The transplant went very smoothly."
Fang Qianyuan could only turn to asking him about cultivation. Jiang Yunfeng answered patiently, but before long, weariness appeared on his face, and he said, "Head back for now."
Fang Qianyuan rose and bowed. "Then I'll take my leave, Master."
After Fang Qianyuan left the Jiang Residence, a middle-aged cultivator in white robes emerged from