49: Destroying the body and covering up all traces, Xiang Zhili’s curiosity!

The golden Talisman’s light was restrained, yet it emitted a terrifying pressure that made Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators tremble, completely dissolving the berserk spiritual energy of the Hunyuan Bead.

Feng Yue’s pupils contracted sharply; his proud Hunyuan Bead had been easily neutralized!

“What… what kind of Talisman is this?” He looked at Lin Feng in shock, an alarm blaring in his heart.

Lin Feng held the soft, delicate body in his arms, not even sparing Feng Yue a glance.

He simply raised his other free hand, spread his five fingers, and made a grasping motion towards Feng Yue.

“Noisy.”

As his voice fell, the air above Feng Yue’s head suddenly twisted.

A transparent giant hand, entirely condensed from pure spiritual energy, appeared out of thin air, several zhang in size, with fingers like pillars supporting the sky, bringing with it a pressure even more terrifying than the golden Talisman, and grabbed down towards Feng Yue’s head!

“No!”

Feng Yue was terrified; he wanted to escape, wanted to sacrifice his Yellow Luo Umbrella to resist.

But under the terrifying pressure emitted by the giant hand, his body seemed to be suppressed by an invisible mountain, making even moving a finger a luxury.

Magic power stagnated, Divine Sense stung!

This was… what terrifying cultivation!

He hadn't even seen how the other party attacked clearly!

The giant hand descended without any fireworks, yet it carried an irresistible will.

“Pfft—”

The giant hand gently squeezed.

Feng Yue, the madman who was still so ferocious just moments ago, turned into a cloud of blood mist and exploded, without even uttering a scream.

Flesh mixed with shattered bones, scattered everywhere, staining the ground red.

The purple-glowing Hunyuan Bead and the Yellow Luo Umbrella, having lost their master’s control, dimmed in spiritual light and fell from mid-air.

The entire exchange took but a blink of an eye.

Many Treasures Woman was held in Lin Feng’s arms, her nose filled with his faint masculine scent, and her cheeks involuntarily flushed.

She had just been pulled back from the brink of death, her mind still reeling, and hadn't had time to fully appreciate the warm embrace.

Immediately after, she witnessed that shocking scene with her own eyes.

That incredibly powerful Feng Yue, who had pushed her to despair, just… gone?

Crushed by this… by the man she had considered a “male concubine,” with a casual squeeze?

Many Treasures Woman’s almond eyes widened, her red lips slightly parted, and her entire body froze, her mind a blank.

She looked at the bloodstains on the ground, then mechanically turned her head, looking up at Lin Feng’s handsome yet slightly indifferent profile.

Sunlight filtered through the gaps in the branches, shining on his face, giving her the illusion of looking up at a deity.

“Male… male concubine?” she murmured subconsciously, her voice as thin as a mosquito’s buzz, with a hint of… dazed cuteness.

Lin Feng lowered his head, glanced at her, and a half-smile played on his lips.

“What, doesn’t it look like it?”

Many Treasures Woman felt a surge of panic under his gaze and quickly struggled out of his embrace, her cheeks so red they looked like they might drip blood.

“You… who exactly are you?” Her voice trembled slightly, no longer daring to speak to Lin Feng with her previous tone.

Lin Feng did not answer, bending down to pick up the Hunyuan Bead and the Yellow Luo Umbrella from the ground, casually wiping away the Divine Sense imprint on them, and tossing them into his Storage Pouch.

These two top-grade Magical Artifacts were indeed of good quality.

… … … … … …

Half an hour later.

The smell of blood in the forest had been completely cleared by Lin Feng using two mid-grade Talismans.

Feng Yue’s remaining pair of [Divine Wind Boots] also fell into his hands, but Lin Feng, fearing athlete’s foot, burned them away with a single flame.

Han Li was still lying unconscious nearby.

Lin Feng walked over and checked his breathing, which was still steady.

After a moment of thought, he took out a Forget-Me-Not Pill from his Storage Pouch, and also applied a Hypnosis Talisman, setting a wake-up time.

Then, he moved Han Li to a hidden place he had previously sensed with his Divine Sense; there were many Spiritual Plants inside, including the main ingredient for the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Consider it a small compensation for the victim’s trouble.

Only after all this did he turn his gaze to the uneasy Many Treasures Woman beside him.

At this moment, Many Treasures Woman no longer had her previous arrogance and charm; instead, she was like a frightened little rabbit, timidly looking at Lin Feng, her hands unconsciously twisting the corner of her clothes.

“You… what do you want to do?” Her voice carried a hint of timidity.

Lin Feng looked at her, his expression calm: “What is your name? Do you know Nangong Wan?”

“I… my name is Song Bao’er, Senior Martial Uncle Nangong is my grandmother’s Junior Sister.” Many Treasures Woman answered honestly, not daring to conceal anything.

Lin Feng understood; no wonder the System didn’t react to Song Bao’er.

This character in the original work was indeed not a very important supporting female character; even he, an old Mortal fan, didn’t even know her name, and she died within two chapters of her appearance.

“Why did you protect me earlier?” Lin Feng asked the doubt in his heart.

Upon hearing this, Song Bao’er’s cheeks flushed again, and her gaze was somewhat evasive: “I… I saw that you were good-looking, and abandoned by your fellow disciples, looking very… pitiful, so… so I wanted to save you…”

Towards the end, her voice became softer and softer.

Lin Feng couldn’t help but laugh; this reason was indeed… a bit cute; he truly didn’t understand the thoughts of a third-generation immortal.

“Still, thank you, Miss, for your help.” Lin Feng’s tone softened a bit, “Given that you showed no killing intent earlier and sacrificed yourself to save me, I will not kill you.”

Song Bao’er immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and joy appeared in her eyes: “Really? Thank you, Male… Senior!”

She no longer dared to call Lin Feng “little male concubine.”

“However,” Lin Feng changed the subject, “you must forget everything that happened today.”

Song Bao’er’s face stiffened: “Forget?”

“Yes, forget.” Lin Feng took out a jade bottle and poured out a few crystal-clear Medicinal Pills, “These are Forget-Me-Not Pills. After taking them, you will forget what happened recently, but they will not harm your Divine Soul.”

Song Bao’er looked at the Medicinal Pills, a hint of reluctance and struggle flashing in her eyes.

She was extremely unwilling in her heart, but seeing Lin Feng’s unquestionable gaze, she dared not resist.

“I… I understand.” She responded softly, taking the Medicinal Pills.

Lin Feng then said, “I will leave the Magical Artifacts on your person to you. When this matter is concluded, I will hand you over to Nangong Wan, and she will take you safely out of the Blood Forbidden Ground.”

Song Bao’er’s heart became even more complex upon hearing this.

She silently took the Forget-Me-Not Pills. Soon, her eyes began to become hazy, and a moment later, she softly collapsed.

Lin Feng had also mixed a sleeping pill into those Forget-Me-Not Pills. He had changed Song Bao’er’s original fate, and he didn’t know what would happen, so it was safer for her to sleep for a while.

Lin Feng reached out to support her and took her into his exclusive Immortal Cave space.

“System, is it really impossible to form a bond with Song Bao’er?” Lin Feng asked in his mind.

“Ding! Target character Song Bao’er, too little screen time in the original work, did not meet the standard for a supporting female character, unable to form a bond.”

The System’s answer was cold and mechanical.

Lin Feng sighed softly; well, saving her life was also returning a favor.

Next, was the main purpose of this trip—finding Nangong Wan.

According to the development speed of the original plot, Nangong Wan should not have reached the Forbidden Ground Stone Palace yet, so he still had plenty of time.

Lin Feng identified a direction, and his figure flickered, transforming into a faint phantom, and swept towards the depths of the dense forest.

Approximately one incense stick’s time after Lin Feng left.

In the forest where he had previously fought, an aged figure emerged silently.

This person was dressed in Huangfeng Valley Elder attire, with white hair and beard, a lean face, but with sharp glints flashing in his eyes when they opened and closed. It was precisely one of the Human Realm’s four Soul Transformation Stage Cultivators whom Lin Feng was very wary of—Xiang Zhili!

At this moment, he had concealed his entire aura with a secret technique, appearing no different from an old Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator whose Lifespan was nearing its end.

“Oh?” Xiang Zhili stroked his long beard, his gaze sweeping over the forest below, a hint of surprise appearing in his eyes.

“Just now, there were indeed several spiritual energy fluctuations here, one of which far exceeded a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, and even… faintly touched the threshold of the Nascent Soul Stage.”

He frowned slightly: “The Restrictions of this Blood Forbidden Ground are no small matter; even a Nascent Soul Early Stage Cultivator entering would be suppressed to Qi Refining Perfection. Who could unleash such power in this place? Could it be that some incredibly powerful treasure or forbidden secret technique was used?”

Xiang Zhili’s eyes lit up. He, a dignified Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator, disguised as an old Qi Refinement Stage man, was precisely to find the spatial node rumored in the Human Realm to secretly Ascend.

And if there was a powerful treasure that could resist the Restrictions, it would add a glimmer of hope for survival in secretly crossing the spatial node.

His Divine Sense slowly spread out, meticulously probing every inch of the surrounding land.

Soon, he detected some residual spiritual energy traces where Feng Yue had turned into blood mist, and where Han Li had previously lain.

“Hmm? There’s also the aura of lightning spiritual energy; it seems a struggle occurred. One party seems to have been completely annihilated, body and soul.”

Xiang Zhili’s eyes flickered. He had entered the Blood Forbidden Ground this time to find the spatial node, but he never expected to sense such abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations.

“Interesting, interesting.”

He formed several peculiar hand seals, and two faint green lights lit up in his eyes.

It seemed he was activating some secret technique.

A moment later, the green light in his eyes receded, and a look of understanding appeared on his face.

“Let’s go see which Fellow Daoist is here.”

His gaze finally settled on the direction Lin Feng had left, and his figure flickered, turning into an almost imperceptible faint shadow, silently pursuing in the direction Lin Feng had departed.

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In the original work, the Blood Forbidden Ground arc has too many minor characters, so most of them will be cut.

The next chapter will be released soon~