Chapter 20

In this world, perhaps everything can have a trajectory, a reason, and constraints, but the heart alone cannot be confined. The joys and sorrows, the partings and reunions, the deep emotions and strong bonds in life can only truly reveal their inherent meaning after enduring the winds of time and the rains of the world.

On the defendant's stand in the first trial, Ye Feng's state of mind suddenly elevated, something he had not anticipated.

When the first trial ended and the bailiff escorted Ye Feng back to the detention center, his mother followed closely behind from the courthouse. Despite her leg disability, she stumbled along, struggling to keep up with the prison van until it was out of sight.

Through the rear window of the van, Ye Feng watched his mother's hunched and swaying figure. Despite the immense injustice he had endured, he had never shed a single tear, but at that moment, he was overwhelmed with tears and sobs.

Driven by her deep love, Ye Feng knew that even if his mother was afraid, worried, or anxious, she would try to suppress these feelings in her heart and not express them. After the first trial, Ye Feng never saw his mother cry again; instead, she held his hand and smiled. The more she tried to hide her worry, the more Ye Feng knew she was deeply concerned. For his mother, who came from a rural area and knew little about the law, the label of a murder suspect on Ye Feng's head brought her pain and pressure akin to a life-and-death separation.

Ye Feng suddenly felt that the most painful thing in the world was not a temporary separation, but a permanent farewell. The most heart-wrenching and helpless thing was also a permanent farewell. His simple and honest mother could accept a temporary separation, but she could never accept a permanent farewell. A temporary separation was already unbearable, but at least they knew they were still within reach, living quietly. But a permanent farewell? The helplessness of life left no outlet for resentment. When a permanent farewell came, where would the tears of those left behind flow?

In his heart, Ye Feng vowed to take revenge on Liu Yong, Liu Meimei, and all those who had harmed him, because they had not only hurt him but also his dearest and most beloved mother.

Back at the detention center, Ye Feng immediately entered a state of concentration and began sensing and collecting souls. By dinner time, he had successfully collected six souls, a record for him since he started collecting souls.

At 10 PM, Ye Feng lay down on his bed early, allowing his consciousness to enter the Nine Star Space.

When Ye Feng sat on the second-level platform to begin his cultivation, the benefits of his elevated state of mind during the trial became apparent. The elevation in his state of mind slightly increased his normal cultivation speed, which, though only a little, was a huge surprise to him.

Ye Feng understood the principle of accumulating small gains, and his state of mind would not stop here; there was still much room for improvement.

On the second night back at the detention center, Ye Feng finally advanced his cultivation progress to 40%.

Starting from the third day, Ye Feng no longer entered the space to continue his cultivation but focused entirely on collecting soul points.

By the fourth day...

In the middle of the fifth night, Ye Feng finally accumulated 500 soul points.

Excited and delighted, Ye Feng did not hesitate to enter the space and connect with the space laws, successfully advancing his cultivation progress to 90% of the total.

Next came the most exciting moment for him.

Ye Feng walked to the spirit-gathering cabinet and eagerly took out the bound ancient book of cultivation techniques and the jade box from the middle shelf.

As expected, this set of cultivation techniques was an upgraded version of the basic techniques, specifically the upgraded versions of the Star Cloud Step and the Qi Control Technique. Ye Feng was quite satisfied with this. The upgraded Star Cloud Step was more complex and allowed him to dodge attacks effortlessly in a crowd without being harmed. The upgraded Qi Control Technique was even more satisfying. After learning this technique, he could make better use of his current internal qi cultivation, not only hovering in the air for a period but also sliding a distance in the air with the help of the Star Cloud Step. In other words, he could leap over walls and obstacles as easily as walking on flat ground, and with a single leap, he could easily jump to a height of five or six meters or even higher.

Unfortunately, Ye Feng's current cultivation was still far from the realm of external qi emission, so he could not fully utilize the Qi Control Technique.

As for the heavenly treasure in the jade box, it was, as Ye Feng had expected, another human-grade heavenly treasure.

To be precise, this heavenly treasure was not a single item but three items, but because they had the same effect, they counted as one (type) of heavenly treasure.

Ye Feng immediately had a question because, according to the space laws' previous hints, the number of heavenly treasures in each shelf of the spirit-gathering cabinet was different: one in the first shelf, two in the second, and four in the third.

However, the second shelf contained three items, but they counted as one (type).

So, Ye Feng sought an explanation from the space laws.

The laws answered Ye Feng: "The heavenly treasure in the second shelf is a human-grade mid-quality item, while the Soul Refining Pearl in the first shelf is a human-grade low-quality item. One human-grade mid-quality heavenly treasure is equivalent to two human-grade low-quality heavenly treasures. Therefore, although the jade box in the second shelf contains only one (type) of heavenly treasure, it is equivalent to two human-grade low-quality heavenly treasures in quantity."

Ye Feng was immediately disheartened, realizing that the quantity could be calculated this way.

So, he immediately asked, "If that's the case, how many human-grade low-quality heavenly treasures would one human-grade high-quality heavenly treasure be equivalent to, and what about a human-grade supreme-quality one?"

The laws answered, "A human-grade high-quality item is equivalent to two human-grade mid-quality items, which is equivalent to four human-grade low-quality items. A human-grade supreme-quality item is equivalent to two human-grade high-quality items, four human-grade mid-quality items, and eight human-grade low-quality items. The exchange ratio between them is a doubling increment. If the space owner finds this method of representation unclear, the laws will directly use supreme-quality, high-quality, mid-quality, and low-quality to clearly indicate the heavenly treasures in each shelf. This misunderstanding and confusion caused by the laws is a mistake, and the laws will replace the heavenly treasure in the top shelf jade box with a human-grade high-quality item as compensation for the space owner, but this will only happen once, not again."

Hearing this, Ye Feng's mood immediately improved. As a result of the laws' previous vague explanation, he received a compensation, directly obtaining a human-grade high-quality heavenly treasure in the third shelf jade box, which could be considered a significant benefit.

After the misunderstanding was cleared, Ye Feng focused on the heavenly treasure in the jade box. The appearance of this treasure looked like three thin stone slices, giving the impression that they could be easily crushed in the hand.

According to the space laws, this heavenly treasure was a human-grade mid-quality item called the Space Escape Stone, similar to the Soul Refining Pearl he initially obtained, which could not be consumed.

The Space Escape Stone was one grade higher than the Soul Refining Pearl not only because of its more powerful effects but also because it had no cultivation stage restrictions. The Soul Refining Pearl could only be used after reaching the fourth stage of soul refining, but the Space Escape Stone had no such restriction and could be used at any time.

From its name, one can infer its function: the two key terms are "space" and "escape." It allows the user to instantly go to any desired location, similar to spatial teleportation.

The distance of this teleportation is unlimited; one could instantly move from the North Pole to the South Pole.

The term "escape" means to save one's life or flee. On Earth and in Huaguo, this function might not seem very important, but in the Tianlong Cultivation World, it was significant. One can imagine a low-cultivation cultivator facing a high-cultivation cultivator, such as a Yuan Ying or渡劫期 cultivator, and using the Space Escape Stone to escape danger. No matter how high the other's cultivation, they would be helpless against this life-saving treasure. Which cultivator would not covet such a treasure?

With this treasure, fleeing after killing and plundering in the cultivation world would be a simple matter.

The method of using the Space Escape Stone was simple: hold it in your hand, mentally focus on the place you want to go, and crush it to instantly arrive.

Ye Feng now had three Space Escape Stones, meaning he had three opportunities to use the Space Escape Stone.

Such a miraculous treasure truly lived up to its status as a human-grade mid-quality heavenly treasure.