"If it weren't for it, you probably wouldn't have learned the art of Yin Soul control by now, oh, by the way."

"If it weren't for it, you wouldn't even have the possibility to know me, let alone meet your little girlfriend. Joining a famous Cultivation World sect might be possible, but to become a direct disciple is simply a pipe dream."

"If not for it, your limit would be between Divinity Transformation and Void Refining, which is the upper limit that an average cultivator can reach in a lifetime."

The serpent rolling at the bottom of the lake started to gradually calm down, seemingly having fallen asleep, and the lake surface also stagnated... just like Jiang Feng's heartbeat now.

The ECG line was almost flat.

As expected, it had to be his own senior sister who best knew how to break her junior brother's defenses.

Lies won't hurt people, the truth is the swift blade. The senior sister and junior brother would often stab each other for fun with words. Sometimes Jiang Feng could say two things that made Liu Tangxi's Dao heart shatter, and sometimes her couple of truths could defensively break Jiang Feng without fail.

For this, some sect disciples commented:

They suggest locking them both up; don't let these two out to harm others.

"You mean, I should thank it, right?"

The corner of his mouth twitched a few times, squeezing out those words.

In response, Liu Xianzi's answer was...

"Hmm, kowtowing to it twice wouldn't be too much."

Crack!

Teeth gritted.

Fists clenched, bones creaked, gritting his teeth. If he didn't know he couldn't win, Jiang would have wanted to rush over and pin his own senior sister to the ground and fiercely... spank her.

"Thinking of rebel again? Submissive in external battles, aggressive in internal conflicts, is that it?"

She glanced at him.

After hearing this, Jiang Feng's energy deflated instantly.

A cheeky grin appeared; one could tell Jiang's state of mind was still pretty good. As for the source of Liu Tangxi's earlier statement, of course, it came from him.

This was Jiang Feng's personal mantra.

A few days ago, he still remembered experimenting with his senior sister after optimizing the firearms in his hand, extracting saltpeter from the minerals dug out from the Bat Cave, grinding it into powder, making his weapons more powerful.

Even Liu Tangxi praised him highly, and later the new weapons he developed... Wait a minute.

What happened later?

Why can't I remember anything?

Why am I here?

Noticing the confusion in the young man's eyes, Liu Xianzi did not interrupt but gave her junior brother plenty of time to think and digest.

She had always been concerned about Jiang Feng's mental state, although she knew her junior brother had a resolute mind, having such a monster living within him would inevitably affect his temperament.

In three years, the serpent not only didn't weaken but grew stronger. She had mentioned a long time ago that when Jiang Feng reached Nascent Soul, then he would have the initial qualification to control this power.

Continuously increasing the level from the Nascent Soul as the dividing line, the more he could control the power of this Spiritual Energy Lake, but the higher the risk as well, because that meant Jiang Feng's body was becoming increasingly compatible with the preconditions for the Demon Night True Monarch's revival.

For her junior brother's opportunity this time and the power gained, she was sincerely happy, but equally worried from the heart, finally, the young man's eyes gradually regained clarity.

"Yeah, senior sister, why am I chatting with you here? This is the world inside the Dantian..."

His expression was blank.

Struggling to think about the issue, he then realized his memory seemed to have gaps. He remembered attending the Nine Peaks martial assembly before, if he wasn't mistaken, the last match should have been against Gu Miyun, but he couldn't recall anything that happened afterward.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, Jiang Feng's face changed drastically, and his voice trembled.

"Senior sister, I, I didn't get killed, did I? Am I just a remnant soul now? Am I already dead? Is this the carousel stage? Preparing for the end?"

"..."

Silence.

Not that he guessed right.

But his junior brother's thinking is always so whimsical and unique, she didn't even know what to say.

But upon seeing this scene, he instead felt he was right, and his whole legs went weak.

"No, senior sister, you have to save me!"

"I'm only twenty, I'm still young, I have a fiancée outside, and a little girlfriend, I can't die young."

"Being able to talk to you proves there is still hope for me. Senior sister, we are our people so let's not hide it, if it doesn't work, can we find someone for a body switch? Being an Evil Cultivator is better than losing my life."

"If it doesn't work out, even finding a madman is fine."

"Senior sister, say something, Sister! If you especially hate evil and are unwilling to do such outrageous things, can't you even find an animal!"

"Better to live shamelessly than to die well, find a spiritual beast to put me in, and at worst, I'll cultivate into a human again later..."

Seeing her junior brother almost jumping up, she just looked up at the sky; sometimes, really...

She also really wanted to call the police.

So, amid Jiang Feng's screams, Liu Tangxi raised her hand emotionlessly.

Bam—

A slap.

The arm swung in a full arc, sending Jiang Feng flying more than ten meters.

He let out a scream and then abruptly opened his eyes.

"Senior Sister, I was wrong!"

Breathing heavily.

His forehead was covered in cold sweat, seeping through his upper body.

What came into view was the all-too-familiar ceiling, his eyes blurred, unable to clearly make out the objects in front of him despite forcefully widening them, seemingly awakening from a dream, yelling with all his might, though his voice was exceptionally weak.

But even this dry and hoarse sound immediately stirred a reaction around him.

"Awake, he's awake!"

"Senior Brother is awake, Little Junior Sister, Sister Su Yi! Senior Brother has finally woken up!"

A familiar scene again.

After this voice called out, a group of people rushed in from the front yard, forming a circle, and naturally not including Liu Tangxi, who had just slapped someone.

"You all are..."

He opened his mouth.

Pain radiated from his throat, so intense that he couldn't say a complete sentence, his face contorted in agony, his eyes gradually regaining clarity, just as he attempted to prop himself up, but.

"Hiss~"

The pain widened his eyes.

"Senior Brother, don't move around, here, have some water first."

She skillfully lifted the man's head, carefully feeding him a sip to moisten his throat; this scene, in reality, hadn't occurred often within the mountain gate, strictly speaking, only twice.

The first time was after being crippled by Jin Shan.

The second time was now.

His throat tasted slightly sweet, clearly having quite a bit of clotted blood stuck within, after lightly moistening the throat, it became slightly more comfortable, his mind a tangled mess of mush, only now did Jiang Feng realize just how bad his physical condition was.

"What happened to me..."

Mumbling in confusion.

But despite only voicing such a simple question, Lin Jiangxian, who had been guarding the bedside for four days, immediately appeared aggrieved, her eyes welling with tears, her tone carrying hints of grievance but mostly tenderness.

"Senior Brother, you were injured like this during the Nine Peaks Martial Arts Tournament, while battling Senior Brother Gu."

"Oh."

Suddenly enlightened.

He barely moved his head; it must be said that Master Gu's judgment was quite reasonable, saying that if one isn't recovered in ten days half a month, then one really won't recover, but thankfully.

He wasn't dead yet.

"That guy was so vicious? Where did I provoke him... hiss~"

Another gasp.

Attempting to recall the details of that battle, but Jiang Feng had already forgotten most of it, because as the fight reached its final stages, his physical body started to overload with Thunder Technique entering the body and Demon Heart Technique, he was already in an incoherent state.

The last strike was purely an instinctual counterattack made through his body, any events beyond that were completely lost in memory.

"Senior Brother, it wasn't Chief Gu who injured you like this."

Liang Yu proactively stepped forward.

It was clear her expression was also quite helpless; originally thinking she herself had gone mad enough, but compared to Jiang Feng, realized she indeed paled in comparison,

"That day, it was after Thunder Yuan entered your body that you forcefully fought for a whole hour straight; not only that, you also employed a high-intensity Spiritual Energy recovery Secret Technique, persisting until the end when you were spent and exhausted, even used the Mountain and River Fan, but fear not Senior Brother, several Peak Masters have come to check and found there was no damage to your essence, so please rest and recover patiently."

"Mm, mm."

Listening to Liang Yu's words, the youth nodded in rare compliance, fragments of memories began slowly reconstructing in his mind, looking around, only then did he notice someone seemed to be missing from home.

"Where is Senior Sister?"

The scene fell into silence, everyone exchanging glances, unsure whether to bring it up, yet Lu Luo, who had pushed in the wheelchair, revealed a healthy smile.

"Oh her."

"At this moment, she is at Dragon Head Peak slapping people, by now, I estimate, she should have been doing so for two hours already?"

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