Chapter 867
Presenting a Treasure
As Chen Feng passed by Fairy Huanxia and the others, he stopped in his tracks.
His gaze fell upon Saintess Rainbow and Venerable Ice Soul.
He had fought both of these women before, and seeing them again now made Chen Feng feel somewhat dazed.
The conflict with the two women flashed through his mind as if it had happened yesterday.
Seeing Chen Feng's incredibly calm gaze, Saintess Caixia couldn't help but lower her head.
Ice Soul Venerable showed no stage fright and kept his eyes fixed on Chen Feng.
At this moment, a great doubt arose in the hearts of the girls.
They had heard the exact way Fen Wuji and the others addressed them.
Fen Wuji addressed the other party as Sect Leader Chen, but isn't Chen Beijing a man? How did she become a woman?
Fairy Huanxia had never seen Chen Feng before, so she couldn't help but look at the Ice Soul Venerable and the other women, but the women's faces were also full of doubt.
"You can all come in too," Chen Feng said casually.
Although Fairy Huanxia didn't know why Chen Beijing 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:
"I would also like to thank you both 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 did not pursue the wrongdoings of our Void Spirit Clan. I have sent all the clansmen who offended Sect Master Chen to your sect. They are all at your disposal."
The people that Xu Wuji was referring to were naturally the members of the Xu Ling clan who had offended Chen Feng back then.
Especially those few clansmen who coveted Chen Feng's mastery of stellar 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 help back then, I would probably have died at the hands of Li Songxuan. This favor is enough to offset the conflict between the nobles and me."
Back in the Weiyang Starfield, 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 Clan accountable for the past conflict.
Xu Wuji was very glad that he had listened to Lan Yin's advice; otherwise, the Xu Ling Clan and Xing Feng 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 to say," 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 stepped forward, bowed, and said:
"Sect Leader Chen, you must know that we are being controlled by the extraterrestrial demons. We hope that you can help us get rid of the demonic energy within us."
Upon hearing this, Chen Feng immediately pointed out with one finger.
Two strands of immortal energy quickly entered Fen Wuji and the other person's bodies.
The immortal energy dissipated after circulating through their bodies once.
Only after the immortal energy dissipated did Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji realize the power Chen Feng had used, and both of them were horrified.
Since they hadn't noticed anything amiss, if Chen Feng wanted to kill them, wouldn't it be as easy as a flick of his wrist?
Chen Feng looked at the two of them and said:
"I can deal with this demonic energy, but..."
Upon hearing this, both Fen Wuji and Xu Wuji were overjoyed.
Fen Wuji immediately said:
"Sect Leader Chen! We'll agree to any conditions, as long as you can help us get rid of the demonic energy!"
The demonic energy 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 demonic energy later." Chen Feng tossed out a jade slip.
Fen Wuji glanced at the jade slip, which contained the names of various materials.
Although they are precious, they are nothing compared to the demonic energy emanating from them.
“No problem, we can prepare these things within a few days,” Fen Wuji said excitedly.
"Okay, you two can go down and wait here first. I'll help you resolve the demonic energy issue later."
Although the demonic energy of the extraterrestrial demons 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 demonic energy within his body could absorb this demonic energy.
Previously in the Immortal Realm Secret Realm, the demonic energy of the extraterrestrial demons had no effect on him, so absorbing the demonic energy from these two should not 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 Illusionary Clouds Immortal Sect and Chen Feng remained in the hall.
Fairy Huanxia immediately stepped forward and cupped her hands in greeting:
"Sect Leader Chen, we have come here specifically to apologize to you for what happened back then."
However, before Fairy Huanxia could finish speaking, Chen Feng interrupted her:
"Enough with the nonsense, just tell me what you want in exchange for your lives."
Chen Feng of the Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect didn't have a good impression of him, especially the Holy Maiden of Rainbow Clouds and Venerable Ice Soul, who had caused him a lot of trouble in the past.
Hearing Chen Feng's directness, Fairy Huanxia 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 Gate alive today.
Fairy Huanxia gritted her teeth and immediately took something from her person:
"Sect Leader Chen, this is a rare treasure obtained by my ancestor, the Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect. I hope to use this item to exchange for a way out for our sect."
Chen Feng's expression was calm at first, but after seeing what Fairy Huanxia was holding...
His pupils shrank instantly, and his expression turned horrified.
At the same time, Fairy Huanxia and the other girls immediately felt an extremely terrifying aura emanating from Chen Feng!
This aura contains not only the power of stars but also the power of immortal essence.
The group's faces immediately turned pale, and their very souls were almost forced out of their bodies.
Fortunately, the 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 Huanxia's hand.
Chen Feng lost his composure because what Fairy Huanxia 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 opened 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 energy 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 would happen in the world!
Chen Feng stared at Fairy Huanxia: "Where did you get this?"
It's no wonder Chen Feng lost his composure; his biggest secret was the scroll. Without it, he wouldn't have even 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.
Over the years, Chen Feng has been investigating the secrets of the scroll, but he has searched through the records of the nine star regions and found no record of the scroll.
Upon hearing Chen Feng's question, Fairy Huanxia immediately replied:
"This item belongs to our ancestor. It is a jade slip containing information about this item left behind by our ancestor during his lifetime."
Fairy Huanxia 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 Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect, recounting her life story.
The ancestor of the Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect was named Ji Miaoyi. According to her, she was not a native cultivator of the Nine Star Domains, but came from a place called the Northern Underworld Domain.
The Northern Underworld is a star field that is more than a hundred times larger than the combined size of the nine major star fields.
Ji Miaoyi was born into a prominent family in the Northern Underworld and cultivated all the way up from Qi Refining to the peak of Void Refining.
In search of an opportunity to achieve enlightenment, she ventured into the ruins of gods and demons in the Northern Underworld.
This scroll was obtained from the ruins of gods and demons.
The scroll back then was not like it is now; it contained a purple glow and when it first appeared, it could even affect 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 order to seize this supreme treasure, hundreds of cultivators at the Void Refinement staged a life-or-death battle.
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 took her to the Nine Star Regions.
According to Ji Miaoyi, she appeared in the Nine Star Domains with the scroll in the blink of an eye.
Having obtained a priceless treasure and escaped death, Ji Miaoyi was naturally overjoyed.
But she soon discovered that the purple radiance on the scroll disappeared after it arrived in the Nine Star Regions, and the previous divine 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 Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect in the Weiyang Star Region.
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 Star Domains was due to the scroll's teleportation ability.
He was quite 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 name "Northern Underworld Domain".
He had learned about the names of many star regions outside the boundary before, but the Northern Underworld Region was not among them.
Either this star field is too far from the nine major star fields, or this star field is not even in this universe.
Regardless, the appearance of the scroll in the Northern Underworld suggests that the scroll may hold a secret.
Seeing that Chen Feng remained silent, Fairy Huanxia and the others also remained silent and waited quietly.
Fairy Huanxia valued this treasure of her sect very much.
If it weren't for the fact that this matter concerned the very survival of the sect, she wouldn't have taken out this treasure.
Fairy Huanxia 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 Illusionary Cloud 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 item. From this day forward, all grudges between you, Huanxia Immortal Sect, and me will be wiped clean.”
Hearing Chen Feng's words, Fairy Huanxia breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Thank you, Sect Leader Chen!" Fairy Huanxia bowed respectfully to Chen Feng.
She hesitated for a moment, then said:
"Sect Leader Chen, I wonder if my Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect can continue to develop in the Unknown Star Region?"
Now that the Weiyang Star Region has been taken over by the Xingfeng Sect, whether their Huanxia Immortal Sect can continue to stay in the Weiyang Star Region depends on Chen Feng's decision.
Chen Feng calmly said:
"Phantom Cloud Star still belongs to you."
Having received Chen Feng's affirmative answer, Fairy Huanxia was finally relieved. She thanked Chen Feng again and then left with the other girls.
Before leaving, the Holy Maiden of Rainbow Clouds 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 process, Chen Feng only glanced at her once.
This made her feel a pang of disappointment.
After Fairy Huanxia and the others left, Chen Feng's true form suddenly appeared in the scene 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, 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 the only option is to search for the Northern Underworld." Chen Feng began to ponder how to find the Northern Underworld.
He only knows a name now; there is absolutely no other information.
If you want to find someone by their name, you 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, the ancestor of the Illusionary Cloud Immortal Sect would have been found long ago.
Soon, Chen Feng thought of another immortal technique.
This technique is called the Heavenly Secrets 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 energy.
This magic technique was one of the magic techniques given to him by the Sea Chariot Clan.
Compared to offensive immortal techniques, this immortal technique can be used without cultivation.
Chen Feng immediately manipulated the immortal corpse puppet, sending it back to its cave to continue absorbing immortal energy.
Performing the Heavenly Secrets Technique requires a large amount of immortal energy, which the immortal corpse puppet 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 demonic energy, and then return to Earth to cultivate again.
There's not much time left before the cultivators from the Haotian Secret Realm arrive, so it's most important to focus on improving our strength right now.
Even if the outcome of the painting's discovery is determined, the matter must be put on hold for now. (End of Chapter)