Chapter 40

"Lord Xuanji's mansion sent how many people into the mountains to pursue the Li Feng Society?"

Old Vulture was taken aback for a moment, then asked in a hoarse voice, "Who are you?" He wanted to turn over to see who it was, but as soon as he moved, he was firmly stepped on and could only continue to face the yellow earth.

Lin Feng's voice came calmly, "You don't have the right to ask questions. If you don't want to die, answer my questions obediently."

"Do you want to continue living and enjoy life after reaching the Foundation Establishment stage? Lord Xuanji isn't your biological father; you're just serving him. There's no need to risk your life, right?" Lin Feng said with a smile.

Old Vulture was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Including me, there are ten Foundation Establishment cultivators and over a hundred Qi Condensation cultivators. Mr. Huang San from the mansion is leading the team."

Lin Feng asked, "Mr. Huang San?"

Old Vulture was somewhat surprised. Mr. Huang San from the mansion was well-known, so why did Lin Feng look like he had never heard of him?

But since he was in Lin Feng's hands, he didn't dare say much. He just introduced, "Mr. Huang San is the third steward of the mansion. He is responsible for the outer affairs of the mansion." After a pause, he added, "Mr. Huang San is a Core Formation cultivator."

Lin Feng grinned. Zhu Hongwu of Lord Xuanji's mansion really had a grand setup, with a Core Formation cultivator as a steward, and he was just the third steward, with two more above him.

With such a lineup, they should be able to take down the great monk Huiku, but only if they didn't disperse their forces and let Huiku pick them off one by one.

Lin Feng looked at Old Vulture on the ground, nodded, and realized that leaving him alive to report to Mr. Huang San was indeed useful.

With a Core Formation cultivator leading the team, even if Huiku had the Twenty-Four Heavenly Bodhisattva Formation, he would have to be cautious.

Calling out to the little guy in the distance, the little one ran over with the white bone hammer. Lin Feng gave him a nod, and the little one immediately walked behind Old Vulture with a grin.

Although Old Vulture was lying on the ground and couldn't see what was happening above, the familiar feeling of his hair standing on end and his scalp tingling surged again.

"No!"

At this moment, the bald old man had no other thoughts. As long as he wasn't knocked out again, he was willing to pay any price.

But things didn't go as he wished. The little one, familiar with the routine, struck the back of Old Vulture's head with the hammer, knocking him out again.

Lin Feng confiscated Old Vulture's storage bag, stuffed the old man into a stone cave, and then called Xiao Yan and the little one to leave.

Old Vulture was a subordinate of Lord Xuanji's mansion, supplied with abundant cultivation resources by the mansion.

When Lin Feng opened his storage bag, the various pills and spiritual items made his eyes dazzle, and he couldn't help but sigh, "This risk-free business really pays off quickly."

In the storage bag was also a cultivation technique called the Cangming River Technique, a water-based technique that could increase the thickness of a cultivator's true qi.

Water, by nature, is something that wins by quantity. The thicker it is, the stronger the force. Cultivators who practice water-based techniques generally have more substantial and abundant magical power than those of the same realm.

The Cangming River Technique was just like that, increasing the thickness of a cultivator's magical power. When the technique was fully mastered, the cultivator's magical power would flow like a mighty river, powerful and unstoppable.

Lin Feng was already practicing two cultivation techniques, the Nine Heavens Thunder Technique and the Unmoving Vajra Technique. Both techniques, when mastered, produced extremely powerful and fierce lightning and fire magical power, but they also consumed magical power quickly.

Lin Feng's main offensive method was the Foundation Establishment-level magical tool, the Northern Pole Celestial Magnetic Sword, which was very draining. If Lin Feng could master the Cangming River Technique, his total magical power would increase significantly without changing his realm, making it easier for him to wield the Northern Pole Celestial Magnetic Sword.

This water-based technique was undoubtedly a timely rain for Lin Feng.

Others would have to start from scratch to practice a cultivation technique, but Lin Feng could easily master it using the system's hidden attributes.

Feeling the surging magical power in the ten acupoints he had already opened, which was at least thirty percent thicker than usual, Lin Feng smiled in satisfaction.

Lin Feng practiced the Cangming River Technique while on the move and quickly caught up with the Li Feng Society group.

It was more accurate to say that the Li Feng Society group had stopped moving.

A black-clad man with a scar on his face stood at the edge of a cliff, looking grim. A group of Li Feng Society cultivators gathered around him.

Zhu Yi was tightly watched by two people, moving through the forest. His washed-out blue robe was already torn in several places, making him look very disheveled, but his expression was still relatively calm.

A Li Feng Society cultivator couldn't help but say, "That monk must have been taken out, right? He usually talks big and acts like he's above everyone, but now he's showing his true colors."

The black-clad man stroked the scar on his face and said calmly, "Don't underestimate him. Unless the other side has a Core Formation cultivator, Huiku won't be in trouble."

"That monk has deep cultivation. If not, we wouldn't have thought of recruiting him."

A cultivator beside him asked, "So we just wait here?"

The black-clad man sighed, "I'm not waiting for Huiku; I'm waiting for the two brothers who were chasing that fat man."

"Zhu Hongwu sent pursuers so quickly, which means that fat man successfully escaped and reported back. I just hope those two brothers are smart enough to escape when things get bad." The black-clad man frowned, "But so many days have passed, and they still haven't come to join us. I fear... sigh!"

The Li Feng Society cultivators fell silent, and the black-clad man took a deep breath, "The pursuers are getting closer; we can't wait any longer."

He took a strange-shaped spirit stone from his pocket, threw it into the air, and then changed his hand seals, forming several different seals. A large amount of spiritual energy surged in a peculiar rhythm and pattern.

Lin Feng had been observing from a distance and immediately paid attention when he saw the black-clad man's actions.

The spirit stone flashed a few times in the air and then disappeared.

Suddenly, a patch of light appeared on the steep cliff below. When the light disappeared, a cave entrance appeared on the originally plain stone wall.

As soon as the cave entrance appeared, Lin Feng felt a dense flow of spiritual energy, indicating that this was not an ordinary cave but rather the entrance to a blessed land.

The black-clad man's actions were not to remove a concealment spell but to use the spirit stone as a key to open the passage to this cave.

This was clearly a pre-planned escape route for the Li Feng Society. Now that they were surrounded, they decisively used it.

The black-clad man led the way, jumping off the cliff and sliding into the cave entrance on the cliff wall. The Li Feng Society cultivators immediately took Zhu Yi and followed him in an orderly manner, entering the cave together.

Lin Feng didn't dare to delay and quickly rushed to the bottom of the cliff with his two disciples. Fortunately, the cave entrance was still open and hadn't closed after the Li Feng Society group entered.

The three of them entered the cave and looked inside. They could vaguely see a tunnel that went downward. Lin Feng estimated the distance and realized the tunnel was leading deep underground.

As they moved forward, they encountered many forks, with multiple tunnels crisscrossing. This cave was actually a complex underground palace.

Lin Feng frowned because he suddenly realized he couldn't sense Zhu Yi's location.

The underground palace had both abundant spiritual energy and a large amount of impure energy, which mixed with the spiritual energy, making the environment particularly chaotic.

In such a chaotic environment, Lin Feng couldn't sense the crystal he had left on Zhu Yi.

At the same time, the system's notification sounded in Lin Feng's ear.