48: Beast Taming Technique

Finally, after one clash, Lin Feng's longsword was knocked from his hand and sent flying. His entire body was slammed violently against the rock wall by a massive force, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning pale as paper.

The panda walked over slowly, stopped in front of him, and raised its massive paw, seemingly considering whether to deliver a final blow to the fellow who had disturbed its peace.

Yet, that panda's sure-fire strike stopped abruptly in mid-air, and its massive body shuddered slightly.

The next instant, a cyan beam of light appeared silently between Lin Feng and the panda. As the light faded, it revealed that emerald feather Magic Treasure. Senior Sister Xiao's figure stood quietly upon it, her moon-white dress fluttering without wind.

She did not look at the panda, but first gazed at the heavily injured Lin Feng. Knitting her brows, she flicked her finger, and a Medicinal Pill turned into a stream of light, entering Lin Feng's mouth. The gentle medicinal power dissolved instantly, stabilizing his churning Qi and blood.

Senior Sister Xiao turned her gaze toward the panda. She let out an ethereal and distant low hum from her lips, and her Spiritual Pressure gently descended to envelop it.

The panda's violent aura dissipated instantly; it lowered its head, letting out a submissive whimper, and its massive body crouched down in deference.

Senior Sister Xiao uttered a few more short syllables and swept her gaze over the qing shen bamboo. Although the panda was reluctant, it turned and leaped away without hesitation, disappearing into the depths of the dense forest.

Lin Feng sat slumped on the ground, dumbstruck, his heart filled with overwhelming shock.

"Is this... the true Dao of Beast Taming?"

Senior Sister Xiao walked to Lin Feng's side and gazed at him quietly for a moment, as if weighing a decision.

Lin Feng was heavily injured and listless, his aura in chaos, and the cold air of the xuanming heavy water bead was leaking and unstable due to its master's weakness.

Suddenly, Senior Sister Xiao leaned down close. She reached out with her slender, jade-like fingers and gently lifted his chin.

The next instant, to Lin Feng's astonishment, she lowered her head and pressed her hot, soft lips against his.

"!?!" Lin Feng's mind went completely blank, his whole body stiffening; he was utterly unable to comprehend what was happening at that moment.

But immediately after, a stream of extremely pure spiritual power, in an indescribable and intimate way, flowed continuously from the point where their lips met into Lin Feng's body.

The way this spiritual power circulated was incredibly profound; it instantly coursed through his Meridians, precisely locating every injury, gently repairing the torn vessels, and soothing his churning Qi and blood.

What shocked Lin Feng even more was that this external force could perfectly trigger the Origin cold air of the xuanming heavy water bead within him, causing it to spontaneously cooperate with the circulation of this spiritual power.

"This... this is... Could her spiritual power be this compatible with mine?" Lin Feng's heart trembled; this feeling was profound and indescribable.

He did not know how much time had passed before Senior Sister Xiao lifted her head, ending this unexpected method of healing.

Her expression remained as cold and jade-like as ever, as if what she had just done was no different from ordinary spellcasting, but a flush of crimson quietly appeared at the roots of her ears before quickly fading away.

She avoided Lin Feng's gaze, her tone maintaining its usual calmness, though it seemed a fraction faster than usual: "Spiritual Resonance Transfer. Concentrate and guide your Qi back to its Origin."

Only then did Lin Feng recover from his extreme shock and that strange sensation, his cheeks burning hot and his heart beating like a drum.

He dared not look at Senior Sister Xiao too much and immediately followed her instructions, closing his eyes to concentrate and guide the vast yet gentle spiritual power within him. He discovered that his injuries had already healed by seven or eight parts in such a short time, and his spiritual power had even become quite abundant; he even had more precise control over the cold air.

Senior Sister Xiao withdrew her hand and swept her gaze toward those few upright qing shen bamboo stalks.

Her slender fingers traced several profound runes in the air, which shimmered with cyan spiritual light before vanishing into the bamboo. The qing shen bamboo glowed slightly, rapidly shrank, and transformed into several beams of light that entered an inconspicuous dark green bracelet on her wrist.

"Let's go." She turned and walked toward the feather Magic Treasure hovering a foot above the ground, leaping gracefully onto it.

Lin Feng suppressed the palpitations in his heart, followed her instructions, leaped onto the feather, and stood behind her.

The space on the Magic Treasure was not spacious, and the two were quite close; he could even smell the faint, cold fragrance emanating from her.

"Stand steady." Before Senior Sister Xiao's words had faded, the cyan feather transformed into a beam of light and shot into the sky.

The moment of takeoff was too abrupt. Lin Feng had just recovered from his heavy injuries and had not yet regained his strength; he stumbled, nearly being thrown off by the massive inertia.

In his desperation, he instinctively reached forward and wrapped his arms around Senior Sister Xiao's slender waist, only then barely stabilizing his figure.

Where his hands touched, through the thin layer of her moon-white dress, he could feel the suppleness and warmth of her waist, along with a subtle, momentary tensing.

Lin Feng immediately realized his rudeness, his cheeks burning instantly, and he hurriedly tried to let go: "Senior Sister, I..."

"Don't move." Senior Sister Xiao's voice came from the front, still cold and seemingly without ripples, but she did not break free, nor did she look back; she merely adjusted the speed of the Magic Treasure to be a little steadier.

Upon hearing this, Lin Feng's arms stiffened; he didn't know whether to let go or not.

He could only maintain this slightly intimate posture, feeling the warmth from his palms and the slight itch of her hair brushing against his cheek in the wind, while the cold fragrance lingering at the tip of his nose seemed to become even clearer.

His heart beat like a drum; he could only gaze forward, not daring to make any movement.

Senior Sister Xiao seemed unaffected, though that flush of crimson behind her ears quietly appeared once again, only to be quickly masked by the spiritual light circulating around her.

The cyan feather sped through the air, carrying them away from the Black Abyss Forest. The Magic Treasure was extremely fast, and before long, they flew back to the vicinity of the Tianxuan Sect's mountain gate.

The Magic Treasure landed slowly on a quiet small hill near the residential area of the Outer Sect Disciples.

Senior Sister Xiao leaped down first, and Lin Feng immediately let go, following closely behind.

Senior Sister Xiao flipped her wrist, and the dark green bracelet shimmered with spiritual light. She handed the bracelet to Lin Feng: "The qing shen bamboo is inside; you can take it out by guiding it with your spiritual power."

This was actually a storage Magic Treasure. Although it looked inconspicuous, the ability to contain living spirit plants while maintaining their spiritual essence was definitely not something an ordinary Storage Pouch could compare to.

Lin Feng was slightly stunned; he hurriedly took it with both hands, feeling a slight coolness: "Thank you, Senior Sister, for your generous gift. This favor... this Disciple does not know how to repay it."

Senior Sister Xiao nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping over Lin Feng, as if she wanted to say something more. There was an extremely fleeting moment of hesitation in her eyes, as if she were weighing whether to take the Opportunity to bring him back to Beast Taming Peak...

But in the end, she only said indifferently: "Mm. Go back and Cultivate diligently, stabilize your Realm; reaching Foundation Establishment early is the right path."

After speaking, she said no more, turned, and gracefully leaped onto the cyan feather, transforming into a beam of light as she headed straight toward the direction of the inner sect's Beast Taming Peak.

"Senior Sister Xiao... did she seem to want to say something?" He shook his head, suppressing his chaotic thoughts.

"Regardless, being able to obtain the qing shen bamboo this time is already a massive Opportunity. The most important thing right now is to go into seclusion as soon as possible and stabilize my mind."

One month later, Lin Feng emerged from seclusion. He was already at the eighth level of Qi Refining.