Chapter 12

"Benefactor, you're awake?"

At this moment, Nangong Muxue walked in from outside the cave, her face full of surprise, and her small hands held a bunch of herbs that Ye Feng did not recognize.

Nangong Muxue, the pampered Ninth Princess, was now wearing a plain white long dress that was covered in dirt. Her beautiful face was also smeared with mud, and her black hair was disheveled, as if it had not been tended to for a long time.

"Benefactor, how do you feel?"

Nangong Muxue walked joyfully to the pile of dry grass, squatted down, and stared at Ye Feng with her bright, large eyes.

Ye Feng said nothing, but suddenly grabbed Nangong Muxue's small hands.

"Benefactor?"

Nangong Muxue was startled by Ye Feng's sudden action.

But she did not resist; instead, her dirty little face showed a hint of shyness as she let Ye Feng hold her hands.

Ye Feng now stared at Nangong Muxue's small hands, which were originally tender and white but were now covered in cuts from the sharp leaves of the herbs.

Looking at the once pampered girl, now with a dirty face, he realized that she had been taking care of him all this time.

At this moment, Ye Feng felt something strike his heart.

Since he had come back to life, his heart had been filled with family grudges and national hatred. He had faced the contempt, hostility, and even the pursuit of those around him.

Never before had he felt such a long-lost warmth in his heart as he did now.

If before, the world had only given him a sense of coldness and cruelty, then the clumsy but caring girl in front of him now showed him that even in this cruel and dark cultivation world, there was still light.

Holding Nangong Muxue's small hands, Ye Feng showed a rare gentle smile and softly said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Thank you for your hard work..."

Seeing Ye Feng no longer cold and showing such a gentle smile, along with the three words "thank you for your hard work," Nangong Muxue's large eyes immediately misted over.

She knew that everything she had done and all the hardships she had endured these past days were worth it.

To find precious herbs to treat Ye Feng, she had traversed all the dangerous places around the canyon, in the midst of storms, in the darkness, and under the gaze of fierce beasts...

No one knew how much suffering she had endured, but finally, it all paid off.

Seeing that Nangong Muxue was about to cry, Ye Feng immediately stroked her long hair and said with a smile, "We are now life-and-death friends, right?"

"Uh-huh."

Nangong Muxue nodded her head vigorously, holding back her tears.

Ye Feng's awakening made Nangong Muxue feel a long-lost sense of security.

Finally, in this perilous forest and this dim, lonely cave, she was no longer alone.

She wanted to hug Ye Feng and cry, but noticing how dirty she was, with mud all over her hands, she hesitated.

"Buzz!"

But in the next moment, what made Nangong Muxue tremble was that Ye Feng extended an arm and embraced her, not minding her dirty appearance at all, and whispered, "Thank you."

"Sniff, sniff, sniff..."

At this moment, Nangong Muxue finally could not hold back and started crying in Ye Feng's embrace.

"I was pampered in the palace since I was young, and Muxue knows I can't do anything well."

"Benefactor, when you fainted from the poison, Muxue was really scared, really scared that you would die."

"Muxue is timid, but Muxue knew that I had to try hard for you to have a chance to live."

"But Muxue is clumsy, and a few times I almost fell into the swamp outside the canyon. Muxue was really scared..."

The girl in his arms cried out.

Ye Feng smiled gently and said, "It's okay, it's all over now. I'm awake, and I'm fine."

The girl cried for a while and then fell asleep in his arms, seemingly exhausted from the past few days.

Ye Feng gently laid Nangong Muxue on the pile of dry grass, letting her have a good sleep.

He activated the Creation Divine Technique, and a special golden true qi surged through his body, limbs, bones, and flesh.

The Creation Divine Technique was incredibly powerful, and the golden true qi quickly dispelled all the remaining toxins in his body.

At this moment, Ye Feng once again felt the long-lost powerful strength return to him.

"If the Creation Divine Technique reaches the second level, my constitution will evolve from the Bronze Battle Body to the second stage, the Silver Battle Body, and my physique will further evolve. A small venomous snake's poison would not be able to harm me."

Ye Feng thought to himself.

He knew very well that every time the Creation Divine Technique broke through a level, his body's strength, physique, and flesh would become increasingly powerful.

Ye Feng still remembered that his father, Emperor Ye Qing, had reached the eighth level of the Creation Divine Technique, evolving his constitution into a divine body, immune to all poisons, fires, and spells!

As for the ninth level of the Creation Divine Technique, the Chaos Body, which grants immortality and indestructibility, even the legendary Creation Divine Emperor Ye Qing, who amazed an era, had not been able to reach it.

Ye Feng still remembered that his father, Emperor Ye Qing, had once told him that only he could reach the ninth level of the Creation Divine Technique in this world.

However, in his previous life, Ye Feng was cursed by the heavens and could not cultivate, which became a lifelong regret for Emperor Ye Qing.

At this moment, Ye Feng stood at the cave entrance, his eyes deep and profound.

He put aside some unrealistic thoughts in his mind and walked toward the center of the canyon.

There, the massive body of the venomous mad python still lay.

Even in death, the residual beast aura of the venomous mad python kept the numerous fierce beasts in the forest outside the canyon from daring to approach.

Ye Feng walked to the massive, several dozen meters long snake body and focused his mind.

"Boom!"

A huge, ancient furnace, surging with flames, appeared behind Ye Feng.

It was the Creation Furnace!

Ye Feng's first awakened companion talent!

"Devour."

Ye Feng spoke in a low voice and extended his large hand toward the massive body of the venomous mad python.

"Clang!"

The lid of the Creation Furnace suddenly opened, and a terrifying dark devouring force burst out from the furnace, transforming into a huge, dark, blood-filled mouth in the sky, which swallowed the entire venomous mad python in one go.

"Boom!"

Almost instantly, Ye Feng felt an overwhelmingly powerful force explode within his body.

The remaining powerful demon essence of the venomous mad python was instantly refined by the Creation Furnace into pure primordial energy, strengthening Ye Feng's body, flesh, bones, and dantian.

For a whole half day, Ye Feng stood in the canyon, his aura becoming increasingly powerful.

"True Martial Realm, Ninth Level!"

Finally, at a certain moment, Ye Feng opened his eyes, and golden light shot out from his pupils like two sharp swords, as if they could tear through the air.