Mid-grade Spirit Artifact: Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc

After the city's protective formation was deactivated, Lu Feng flew and landed beside Ji Qingqing.

Are you alright?

His gaze swept across the faces of the group, finally settling on the back of the crowd where one person was missing.

Where is Lin Amei?

Everyone lowered their heads, and no one spoke.

"What happened? Tell me." Lu Feng's tone turned serious.

Seeing this, Ji Qingqing recounted everything that had happened in Shouyun City in the past few days.

She recounted how the ten Hua Jin artists who had been trained in the Transformation Realm left behind by Guan Shanhai took turns sacrificing themselves, how the city's protective formation was repeatedly revived after its energy was depleted, and how Lin Amei bypassed everyone and was the first to jump into the formation's core. She spoke slowly, leaving out every detail.

Lu Feng felt a lump in his throat after hearing this.

He remembered the round-faced girl, the first time she shouted his name with great enthusiasm in the square, the way she talked animatedly in the tent about how gods fought and mortals suffered, and how nimbly she collected essence blood each time.

Lu Feng remained silent for a few moments before taking out 1,200 Low-Grade Origin Crystal from his storage bag.

"One hundred coins each for Lin Amei and the ten fallen warriors. You are responsible for delivering them to their families."

"You can divide the remaining one hundred among yourselves."

He handed the Origin Crystal to Ji Qingqing, not giving her too many because, given their cultivation levels, giving too many would only attract unwanted attention.

"My lord, this..."

"This is just a small token of my appreciation. You must accept it." Lu Feng's tone left no room for negotiation.

"Furthermore, the matter of the demonic beasts has been completely resolved. Such an incident will not happen again."

Ji Qingqing had never seen Lu Feng so serious before, and subconsciously put the Origin Crystal away.

Lu Feng then took out several bottles of Jin Recovery Pill and handed them to her, urging them to quickly restore their strength.

Ji Qingqing accepted the pill, but did not take it immediately.

She led a few people and turned to walk towards the monster corpses outside the city, where they began collecting essence blood and monster cores.

Lu Feng didn't stop them. He knew that if he didn't let them do something, they wouldn't be able to focus on their recovery.

After they collected the essence blood and demon cores and handed them over, Lu Feng accepted them without hesitation.

Ji Qingqing then led everyone back to the tent and began meditating to recover.

Lu Feng stood guard for them outside the tent.

An hour later, Xiao Tianqi arrived at Shouyun City.

Lu Feng then left the tent and came to Xiao Tianqi's side.

Xiao Tianqi landed at the city gate and breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw that the city was safe and sound.

He then heard that Lu Feng had arrived more than an hour earlier than him, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

He had considered that Lu Feng might be slightly faster than him, but he never expected that his recovery speed at the peak of the Great Grandmaster Perfection would be half that of his opponent.

Especially now, Lu Feng doesn't seem to have exhausted his True Essence at all.

"My lord, has Su Ying really returned to the North City Demon-Slaying Bureau?"

After explaining the situation in Shouyun City, Lu Feng asked a question.

"With your current strength, you're already stronger than me. Don't call me 'sir' anymore. If you don't mind, just call me Uncle Xiao like Little Ying does!"

Uncle Xiao!

Upon hearing Lu Feng call Uncle Xiao, Xiao Tianqi immediately smiled.

"Good! Good! Good! I told Little Ying about you killing Zhao Changgeng back then. Knowing her as I do, she probably went back to the Demon-Slaying Bureau to beg her father to save you!"

I never imagined it would turn into you being used as bait!

Lu Feng nodded after hearing this, feeling deeply moved.

"Huh!"

"Your cultivation level?"

Only then did Xiao Tianqi realize that Lu Feng's cultivation had actually reached the Great Early Grandmaster.

"I gained some insights from the previous battle, which led to my breakthrough!" Lu Feng didn't elaborate further.

Although Xiao Tianqi was surprised, it seemed normal for Lu Feng to kill Wu Qingfeng.

The two chatted like this, about the higher-ups of the Western Demon-Slaying Bureau, Wu Qingfeng's usual character, and the relationships between the various Demon-Slaying Bureau. During the conversation, Lu Feng asked his own question.

From Xiao Tianqi's words, Lu Feng gained a clearer understanding of the ranks of the Celestial Person Realm and demonic beasts.

The Celestial Person Realm has nine levels.

The first level allows the user to unleash a domain that extends one zhang around their body, and it is crimson in color.

Two layers, two zhang in length, orange.

Three layers, four zhang in length, yellow in color.

Four layers high, eight feet tall, green.

Five heavy and sixteen feet long, green.

Six layers, thirty-two feet long, blue.

It is seven layers high and sixty-four feet long, and purple in color.

Eighth layer, one hundred and twenty-eight feet, golden.

Nine layers, 256 feet tall, white.

A sixth-tier Demon Emperor also possesses nine transformations.

One transformation allows the beast to grow ten times its original size, two transformations twenty times, and so on, up to ninety times.

Before reaching the Celestial Person Realm, demonic beasts are generally a level stronger than human cultivators of the same level due to their physical strength.

However, once humans reach the Celestial Person Realm, they gain a domain and can then contend with demonic beasts of the same level.

Upon reaching the Yin Spirit Realm, humans possess divine sense and Spirit Artifact, making them no longer a match for demonic beasts of the same level.

However, monsters also have their own advantages—they have a strong reproductive ability and a lifespan that is dozens or even hundreds of times longer than that of humans.

Just then,

The token at Xiao Tianqi's waist suddenly vibrated.

Xiao Tianqi took it down and looked at it; his expression changed slightly.

"What happened?" Lu Feng asked hurriedly when he saw that Xiao Tianqi's expression was off.

"Fengyang City and Xiajing City have fallen."

"I'll go to Fengyang City to provide support, you go to Xiajing City." After saying that, Lu Feng prepared to leave.

"Song Xuanji and Qin Bailian have already killed the attacking monsters and are now cleaning up the mess."

"We can't be of much help even if we rush over. Don't worry, although the city has been breached, the casualties in both cities are not high."

Hearing Xiao Tianqi's words, Lu Feng stopped in his tracks.

"Once things are settled in Shouyun City, we'll return to the Demon-Slaying Bureau to reunite."

"Alright! I'll leave the cleanup to Uncle Xiao. I'm going to cultivate. Contact me if you need anything."

Lu Feng got up and returned to the tent.

The tent was still spotless. He sat cross-legged on the cushion, took out Wu Qingfeng's storage bag from his bosom, and poured out the contents one by one in front of him.

The first thing I picked up was a Bagua (Eight Trigrams) array plate.

The array plate was small, about the size of a palm, with a bronze mirror embedded in the center and Bagua patterns engraved around it.

Two fine runes were engraved on it.

Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact!

Unexpectedly, this array plate was actually Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact. Without the slightest hesitation, Lu Feng bit his fingertip and dripped a drop of blood onto the array plate.

A flash of white light appeared, and a faint connection was established between him and the array plate.

"The Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc!"

After recognizing the master, the name and purpose of the array plate were directly transmitted into his consciousness.

This is a Spirit Artifact specifically designed for setting up formations.

Its primary function is to act as the core of the formation, replacing the one who sets up the formation to guard it.

However, if one's cultivation level has not reached the Yin Spirit Realm, one must continuously inject True Essence into the array plate in order to maintain the operation of the array.

This thing isn't very useful to him right now.

Lu Feng then put the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc into his storage bag and continued to look through it.

The storage bag still contained a jade slip, a silver token, several bottles of pills, and a pile of Origin Crystal.

Lu Feng picked up the jade slip and began to examine it.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them.

"Four Symbols Formation!"

The jade slip contained the Four Symbols Formation that Wu Qingfeng had set up in Canglan City.

He was just saying the Eight Trigrams Profound Mystery Disc was useless, and now the formation has appeared.

He opened the system panel:

[Host: Lu Feng]

[Cultivation Level: Great Early Grandmaster]

[Cultivation Techniques: Spirit Condensation Art (Beginner); Nine Extremes Essence Condensation Art (Fourth Level); Nine Extremes Heaven-Breaking Slash (Ninth Level); Phantom Sword Art (Mastery)]

[Perfect Martial Arts: Phantom Sword Formation, Phantom Sword Art, Startling Thunder Flash, Hundred Beasts Body-Tempering Art, Walking on Air...]

[Formation: Four Symbols Formation (Incomplete)]

[Demon Points: 49,000,000]