Offering a Treasure

As Chen Feng passed by Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds and the others, he stopped in his tracks.

His gaze fell upon Holy Maiden Caixia and Venerable Ice Soul.

He had fought both of these women before, and seeing them again now left Chen Feng feeling somewhat dazed.

The conflict with the two women flashed through his mind as if it had happened yesterday.

Seeing Chen Feng's utterly calm gaze, Holy Maiden Caixia lowered her head.

Venerable Ice Soul showed no stage fright whatsoever, and instead kept his eyes fixed on Chen Feng.

At this moment, a great deal of doubt arose in the hearts of the girls.

They had heard the exact way Fen Wuji and the others addressed them just now.

Fen Wuji addressed the other party as Sect Master Chen, but isn't Chen of the Northern Territory a man? How did she become a woman?

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds had never seen Chen Feng before, so she couldn't help but look at the Venerable Ice Soul and the other women, but their faces were also full of doubt.

"You may all come in too," Chen Feng said casually.

Although Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds didn't know why Chen of the Northern Territory had turned into a woman, she didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly led the other women to follow Chen Feng.

The group quickly entered the reception hall.

After entering the main hall, Chen Feng sat in the main seat and looked at Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji:

"Many thanks to both of you for helping to reclaim the three major star regions."

Upon hearing this, Xu Wuji quickly said:

"I am already extremely grateful that Sect Master Chen has not pursued the wrongdoings of our Void Spirit Race. I have already sent all those clansmen who offended Sect Master Chen Sect Master Chen to your esteemed sect, and they are all at your disposal."

The people that Xu Wuji was referring to were naturally the Void Spirit Race had offended Chen Feng back then.

Especially those few clansmen who coveted Chen Feng's mastery of Star Energy; those people all harbored murderous intentions towards Chen Feng.

Xu Wuji decisively handed over these clansmen.

Chen Feng smiled faintly:

"Clan Chief Xu is joking. If it weren't for your intervention, Chen, would probably be dead at Li Songxuan's hands. This favor is enough to settle the conflict between you and me."

Back in the Weiyang Star Domain, if it weren't for Xu Wuji helping him block Li Songxuan's attack, he would probably have been more than just seriously injured.

He still remembered that favor.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Xu Wuji also revealed a relaxed smile.

He was afraid that Chen Feng would hold their entire Void Spirit Race accountable for the past conflict.

Xu Wuji was extremely grateful that he had listened to Lan Yin's advice; otherwise, the Void Spirit Race and Xingfeng Sect would definitely have been locked in a deadly struggle.

When I get back, I'll have to give that kid a good reward.

"Gentlemen, please feel free to speak if there's anything you need," Chen Feng said again.

He knew that these two must have something to say to him in such a hurry.

Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji exchanged a glance. Fen Wuji, and said:

"Sect Master Chen Sect Master Chen, you must be aware that we are being controlled by the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil. We hope that you can help us eliminate the Devil Qi within us."

Upon hearing this, Chen Feng immediately pointed out with his finger.

Two Immortal Primordial Power quickly entered the bodies of Fen Wuji and the other person.

The Immortal Primordial Power dissipated after circulating through their bodies once.

Only after the Immortal Primordial Power Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji realize the extent of Chen Feng's power, and both of them were horrified.

Since they hadn't noticed anything amiss, if Chen Feng wanted to kill them, he could do it effortlessly.

Chen Feng looked at the two of them and said:

"I can deal with this Devil Qi, but..."

Upon hearing this, both Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji were overjoyed.

Fen Wuji immediately said:

"Sect Master Chen! We'll agree to any conditions, as long as you can help us eliminate the Devil Qi!"

Devil Qi is undoubtedly the biggest hidden danger for the two of them.

This is something that could threaten their lives.

Now that they heard Chen Feng could solve the problem, they were naturally very excited.

"I need a batch of resources here. If you two can gather them, I'll help you deal with this Devil Qi later." Chen Feng tossed out a Jade Slip.

Fen Wuji glanced at the Jade Slip; it contained the names of various materials.

Although they are precious, they are nothing compared to the Devil Qi emanating from them.

"No problem, we can prepare these things within a few days," Fen Wuji said excitedly.

"Alright, you two can go and wait here for a bit. I'll help you resolve the Devil Qi issue later."

The Devil Qi of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil is very difficult to deal with; even cultivators at the Dao Integration stage dare not forcibly strip it away.

However, Chen Feng had a way to deal with it; the Devil Qi within his body could absorb this Devil Qi.

Previously in the Immortal Domain Secret Realm, the Devil Qi of the Extraterrestrial Heavenly Devil had no effect on him, so absorbing the Devil Qi from these two shouldn't be a problem.

Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji knew that Chen Feng had other matters to attend to. After bowing to Chen Feng, they left with Liu Qian.

Soon, only the four women from the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect and Chen Feng remained in the hall.

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds immediately stepped forward and cupped her hands in greeting:

"Sect Master Chen, we have come here specifically to apologize to you for what happened back then."

However, before Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds could finish speaking, Chen Feng interrupted her:

"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me, what do you want in exchange for your lives?"

Chen Feng of the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect didn't have a good impression of him, especially the Holy Maiden Caixia and Venerable Ice Soul, who had caused him a lot of trouble in the past.

Hearing Chen Feng's directness, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds felt a chill run down her spine.

She knew that if they didn't offer enough incentives, the four of them probably wouldn't be able to leave Xingfeng Sect alive today.

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds gritted her teeth and immediately took something from her person:

"Sect Master Chen, this is a rare treasure obtained by our ancestor, the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect."

Chen Feng's expression was initially calm, but it changed when he saw what Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds was holding.

His pupils contracted sharply, and his expression turned to horror.

At the same time, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds and the other girls immediately felt an extremely terrifying aura emanating from Chen Feng!

This aura contains not only the Star Power but also the Immortal Primordial Power.

The group's faces immediately turned pale, and their Primordial Spirit were almost forced out of their bodies.

Fortunately, this aura appeared quickly and disappeared just as quickly.

Chen Feng had already withdrawn his aura.

He stepped down from the main seat and took the item from Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds's hand.

Chen Feng lost his composure because Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds took out was actually a painting, and this painting was exactly the same as his own.

Both the materials and the antique feel they exude are completely identical.

Chen Feng immediately unrolled the scroll, which contained a picture of the mainland.

It depicts mountains, rivers, and magnificent palaces.

Chen Feng tried to activate the painting in front of him, but no matter how much Immortal Primordial Power or Star Power he poured into it, the painting did not react at all.

He dripped more blood onto it, but there was still no reaction.

The scroll looked exactly like an ordinary object, but Chen Feng didn't think it was really an ordinary object.

A painting that is exactly the same as one's own—what a coincidence that is in the world!

Chen Feng stared at Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds: "Where did you get this?"

It's no wonder Chen Feng lost his composure; his biggest secret was the painting.

Without the painting, he would never have come to this world.

His ability to grow to where he is today is due to the scroll's ability to travel between the two worlds.

For years, Chen Feng had been investigating the secrets of the scroll, but he had searched through all the records in the Nine Great Star Domains and found no record of it.

Upon hearing Chen Feng's question, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds immediately replied:

"This item belongs to our ancestor. It is Jade Slip left behind by our ancestor, containing relevant information about this item."

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds handed over a blue Jade Slip.

At this moment, she felt at peace.

Chen Feng was clearly very interested in what she had taken out; otherwise, he wouldn't have lost his composure like that.

Their lives should be considered saved.

Chen Feng took the Jade Slip and then probed it with his Divine Sense.

The information inside the Jade Slip consists of words left behind by the ancestor of the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect before her death, recounting her life story.

The ancestor of the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect was named Ji Miaoyi. According to her, she was not a native cultivator of the Nine Great Star Domains, but came from a place called the Northern Darkness Domain.

The Northern Darkness Domain is a star field that is more than a hundred times larger than the combined size of the Nine Great Star Domains.

Ji Miaoyi was born into a Aristocratic Clan in the Northern Darkness Domain and cultivated her way up from Qi Refining to the Peak Void Refinement.

In search of fortuitous opportunity to achieve Dao Integration, she ventured into the Gods and Devils Ruins in the Northern Darkness Domain.

This scroll was obtained from the Gods and Devils Ruins.

The scroll back then wasn't like it is now; it contained a purple glow and, when it first appeared, it could even influence the flow of time in a certain area.

A treasure capable of influencing the flow of time naturally attracts the envy of countless cultivators.

In a battle for this supreme treasure, hundreds of cultivators at the Void Refinement engaged in a life-or-death struggle.

Ji Miaoyi was just the most inconspicuous of the cultivators.

She was able to obtain the painting only because she was severely injured by her opponent, and her blood accidentally dripped onto the painting.

Then, the scroll transported her to the Nine Great Star Domains.

According to Ji Miaoyi, she appeared in the Nine Great Star Domains with the scroll in the blink of an eye.

Having obtained the treasure and escaped death, Ji Miaoyi was naturally overjoyed.

But she soon discovered that the purple radiance on the scroll had disappeared after it arrived in the Nine Great Star Domains, and the previous mystical power was gone.

Ji Miaoyi guessed that the scroll had probably exhausted its power while transporting her to this star field.

In the years that followed, Ji Miaoyi studied the painting while searching for her way back.

But even after five thousand years, she still hadn't figured out the secret of the scroll, and she couldn't even find the way back. In the end, she had no choice but to give up and then founded the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect in the Weiyang Star Domain.

Before her death, Ji Miaoyi passed the scroll to her disciple, hoping that future generations could unlock the secrets of this priceless treasure.

After reading the information in the Jade Slip, Chen Feng felt a surge of emotions.

He was certain that Ji Miaoyi's journey to the Nine Great Star Domains was due to the scroll's teleportation ability.

He was very familiar with the transmission of the scroll; there was almost no delay or sensory input, and the transmission was completed in an instant.

Chen Feng already had a guess in his mind: the scroll that Ji Miaoyi obtained might be a one-time use item, or a replica, and its power would disappear after being used once.

Chen Feng had never heard of the "Northern Darkness Domain" before.

He had learned about the names of many star systems Beyond the Realm before, but the Northern Darkness Domain was not among them.

Either this star field is too far from the Nine Great Star Domains, or this star field is not even in this universe.

Regardless, the appearance of the scroll in the Northern Darkness Domain suggests that the scroll may hold a secret.

Seeing that Chen Feng remained silent, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds and the others also kept quiet and waited.

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds valued this treasure of her sect highly.

She wouldn't have brought out this treasure if it weren't for the fact that the sect's survival was at stake.

Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds also hopes that Chen Feng can unravel the secret of the painting.

After all, this treasure had been passed down through several generations of their Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect, but no one had managed to figure it out.

A moment later, Chen Feng's voice rang out in the room:

"I will accept this gift. From this day forward, all grudges between your Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect and me are settled."

Hearing Chen Feng's words, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Thank you, Sect Master Chen!" Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds bowed respectfully to Chen Feng.

She hesitated for a moment, then said:

"Sect Master Chen, I wonder if my Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect can continue its development in the Weiyang Star Domain?"

Now that the Weiyang Star Domain has been taken over by the Xingfeng Sect, whether their Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect can continue to stay in the Weiyang Star Domain depends on Chen Feng's decision.

Chen Feng said calmly:

"Illusory Radiance Star still belongs to you."

Having received Chen Feng's affirmative answer, Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds was finally relieved. She thanked Chen Feng again and then left with the other girls.

Before leaving, the Holy Maiden Caixia gave Chen Feng, who was standing there deep in thought, a long, meaningful look.

Decades later, when she saw Chen Feng again, she realized that the gap between them had reached an unimaginable level.

Throughout the entire ordeal, Chen Feng only glanced at her once.

This made her feel a pang of disappointment.

After Fairy Illusory Rosy Clouds and the others left, Chen Feng's true form suddenly appeared in the arena next to the immortal corpse puppet.

He took the scroll from the immortal corpse puppet and examined it carefully.

But after observing for a long time, he didn't find anything unusual, and even the scroll in his mind didn't show any abnormalities.

Chen Feng originally thought that sending his main body over would make the painting react, but the result disappointed him.

"It seems my only option is to search for the Northern Darkness Domain." Chen Feng began to ponder how to find the Northern Darkness Domain.

He only knows a name; there is absolutely no other information.

To find someone by their name, one can only rely on deduction and divination.

Although he possessed several treasures related to divination, they were all of low quality and could not possibly be used to deduce matters in other star regions.

If it were that easy to find, that ancestor of the Illusory Radiance Immortal Sect would have been found long ago.

Soon, Chen Feng thought of another Immortal Technique.

This technique is called the Heavenly Mystery Technique. It is a mid-grade Immortal Technique. After casting it, one can glimpse a trace of heavenly secrets, but the price is extremely high. It not only consumes lifespan but also Immortal Primordial Power.

This Immortal Technique was one of the Immortal Technique given to him by the Sea Fork Race.

Compared to offensive Immortal Technique, this Immortal Technique can be used without cultivation.

Chen Feng immediately manipulated the immortal corpse puppet, sending it back to its cave abode to continue absorbing Immortal Primordial Power.

Performing the Heavenly Mystery Technique requires a large amount of Immortal Primordial Power, which the immortal corpse Immortal Primordial Power does not possess.

After the immortal corpse puppet left, Chen Feng also disappeared from the main hall.

He planned to help Fen Wuji and the other person resolve the Devil Qi, and then return to Earth to cultivate again.

There's not much time left before the cultivators from the Haotian Secret Realm arrive, so the most important thing right now is to focus on improving our strength.

Even if the outcome of the painting matter is deduced, it can only be put on hold for now.