“What kind of extrterrestrial creature is inside?” Chen Feng and Huo Yunlong exchanged glances before looking at Premier Golden Earth.
“Don't look at me. I don't know.” Premier Golden Earth shook his head.
“I thought you extrterrestrial creatures would have some sort of ability to sense one another,” Chen Feng said with a smile. Then, he said, “Soulboost, go check it out.”
“Young Master…” True Immortal Soulboost's face sank.
“What is it? Do you have any objections?” Chen Feng asked.
There was a struggling look on True Immortal Soulboost's face. After a moment, however, he said, “No.”
Next, he became a stream of light as he swiftly rushed into the Yin Yang Treasure Zone.
“Look. Someone else is going in.”
“There really are people who are unafraid of death.”
“It's the mid-level True Immortal with unknown origins.”
“So what if he's a mid-level True Immortal? Going in will just result in death.”
Chen Feng said nothing. Instead, he secretly utilized the Heavengulping Absorption Technique to devour the power of yin and yang there to cultivate himself. Due to this domineering cultivation technique, the power of yin and yang surged over from a distance of tens of thousands of li to arrive before Chen Feng.
“This fellow is truly crazy. He actually dares to cultivate here. Is he not afraid of the attacks from the extrterrestrial creature?” some of the cultivators said.
Despite that, some other cultivators also displayed their various secret techniques to cultivate themselves there. The yin yang energy there was a good cultivation resource for all cultivators.
True Immortal Soulboost had entered the Yin Yang Treasure Zone. In the beginning, there had been no reaction. After two hours, the sounds of battle rang out from the Yin Yang Treasure Zone. The ruckus grew increasingly great and chaotic streams of yin yang energy kept gus.h.i.+ng outwards.
After hesitating for a moment, Premier Golden Earth then asked, “Should we go in and help?”
“No need.” Chen Feng shook his head.
“If he dies inside, he can just blame his own bad luck.”
Hearing those words from Chen Feng caused a chill to run down Premier Golden Earth's heart while Huo Yunlong merely snickered, not saying anything about it.
Sou!
Finally, an injured True Immortal Soulboost charged out from the Yin Yang Treasure Zone, tens of black and white tentacles in hot pursuit behind him. True Immortal Soulboost was a mid-level True Immortal. Although he was injured, he was still able to make it out.
Chen Feng raised his hand and the Immortal Slaughter Sword flew out to send a cascade of sword energy forward, cutting off several of the black and white tentacles. Following that, they heard a deep and loud roaring sound and two streams of light – one white and one black – swiftly appeared to strike the Immortal Slaughter Sword. With a booming sound, the top-grade Immortal artifact was sent flying. Chen Feng himself felt his mind quaking and he promptly summoned back the sword.
Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi! Chi!
The extrterrestrial creature within the Yin Yang Treasure Zone seemingly went mad and countless black and white rays of light shot out wantonly, traversing a distance of millions of li to a.s.sail even the cultivators from the Heavenswave Star Region. Two of them were killed by this wave of attacks.
“Everyone, take action!”
“Blazing Fire s.h.i.+eld!”
“Icy Frost s.h.i.+eld!”
“Five Elemental s.h.i.+eld!”
The cultivators from the Seven Orders and Six Factions displayed various killer moves. As for Chen Feng, a layer of starlight and a layer of water had appeared before him.
“This power is close to that of a high-level True Immortal.” After observing the furious wave of attacks for a moment, Chen Feng was able to come up with an estimate regarding the extrterrestrial creature within the Yin Yang Treasure Zone.
“If it's not a high-level True Immortal, then there is a chance.”
“I'm worried that the experts from the Seven Orders and Six Factions would come. We need to think of something.”
True Immortal Soulboost returned to Chen Feng's side and said nothing. Instead, he silently nursed his injuries. Pondering it for a moment, Chen Feng then sent some longevity energy over to him. Receiving the longevity energy, True Immortal Soulboost's rate of recovery became over 10 times faster.
“Thank you, Young Master.”
“You're the first great helper I managed to obtain. In the future, I will still need you to lead the charge. You dying here would be too much of a waste,” Chen Feng said coolly. Hearing that, True Immortal Soulboost sighed to himself. Unfortunately, there was nothing he could do about it. Previously, he had put some distance between himself and Chen Feng with a plan in mind. But his soul imprint was in Chen Feng's hands. Short of Chen Feng dying, he would forever be under Chen Feng's control.
Naturally, there was also a very vicious method of control where the subordinate would die along with the master. Though, Chen Feng had chosen to not make use of this method, otherwise True Immortal Soulboost would not even have the guts to think about running away.
“This extrterrestrial creature is very powerful. However, despite our provocations, it is not coming out. This proves that there is something going on here. Is there something that's even more important to it inside?” Chen Feng said with a smile.
“Could there be a Yin Yang Tree here?” Huo Yunlong interrupted.
“Yin Yang Tree!” Chen Feng's heart gave a thump. Then, he waved and a sapling appeared on his palm. The sapling was part black and part white, giving off quite the unique image. The moment it appeared, it furiously devoured the surrounding streams of yin yang energy.
“This is a Yin Yang Tree!” Huo Yunlong and Premier Golden Earth blurted out in shock. Even the eyes of True Immortal Soulboost shone with light.
“It's just a sapling,” Chen Feng said smilingly.
This sapling of the Yin Yang Tree had been inside the Longevity Tower for quite some time, but its rate of growth was slow, far inferior compared to the Domain Tree that had long since borne fruits .
At that very moment, however, this small sapling seemingly went mad. It became like a bottomless pit and no matter how much yin yang energy it devoured, it seemed insufficient to satiate its appet.i.te. At the same time, the sapling also began growing.
“Tsk, tsk. If this Yin Yang Tree is thrown into this Yin Yang Treasure Zone, I believe it would not take long before it bears Yin Yang Fruits,” Chen Feng said with a chuckle.
“A good item! I didn't think you would possess this spiritual tree.” Huo Yunlong felt somewhat envious.
Chen Feng himself was secretly feeling smug about it. He thought back to the many rare spiritual trees inside the Longevity Tower. Only, their growth rate was very slow.
Pondering for a moment, Chen Feng then advanced, approaching the Yin Yang Treasure Zone before stopping. In order to allow the Yin Yang Tree to absorb even more of the yin yang energy, this was a necessity.
“That fellow's gone crazy.”
“Those fellows came from the Death Dimension. It is only natural for them to be bold. The Death Dimension is far more dangerous compared to this Wilderness Dimension.”
After approaching the Yin Yang Treasure Zone, an even more vigorous wave of yin yang energy engulfed the Yin Yang Tree. Chen Feng could sense countless small pores appearing on the roots, branches and leaves of the Yin Yang Tree. The pores were furiously absorbing the yin yang energy.
The Yin Yang Tree in Chen Feng's palm appeared to be no more than one chi tall, but that was all due to the power of s.p.a.ce. In truth, the Yin Yang Tree was 10,000 zhang tall.
After absorbing so much yin yang energy, the Yin Yang Tree grew furiously, rising taller and bigger after just a brief moment.
True Immortal Soulboost, Huo Yunlong and Premier Golden Earth moved to stand beside Chen Feng. The rate at which he was absorbing the yin yang energy would surely trigger an attack from the extrterrestrial creature inside the Yin Yang Treasure Zone.
However, time pa.s.sed and there were no movements from within the Yin Yang Treasure Zone. Eventually, the Yin Yang Tree grew to a height of 30,000 zhang.
Again it grew, reaching a height of 50,000 zhang. It devoured countless streams of yin yang energy, causing Chen Feng himself to fall into a slight state of disbelief. His side had been constantly standing on guard, but no attacks came.
“What's going on here?” Gaping at what they saw, the cultivators from the Seven Orders and Six Factions were puzzled as well. They did not understand why no attacks came for Chen Feng's team.
“Could it be? As long as we do not enter a certain radius, we will not be attacked? But the scale at which those fellows are absorbing the yin yang energy is enough to make my heart shudder.”
“Come. Let's test it.”
“I'm not going. It is too dangerous. That's suicide.”
Despite saying that, seeing Chen Feng's team remain safe there, some of them finally could not hold back anymore and they approached the Yin Yang Treasure Zone. Seeing nothing happen to the first fellow, the rest began approaching as well.
“As predicted, nothing happened. Looks like there will be no danger as long as we do not venture into the central area.”
Next, the cultivators from the Seven Orders and Six Factions cast a look of greed at the Yin Yang Tree in Chen Feng's hand. If it had been just a small sapling, they might not have considered s.n.a.t.c.hing it. At that very moment, however, the Yin Yang Tree in Chen Feng's hand was furiously growing. Most importantly, it was able to grow furiously here. This ability gave rise to their greed.
“Hand over the Yin Yang Tree. It is not something you can have.” The cultivators from the Five Elements Order were the first to step forward. Two of them moved forward, wanting to s.n.a.t.c.h the Yin Yang Tree in Chen Feng's hand.
Chen Feng responded with an icy smile and said nothing.
“You don't know the meaning of death!”
The two cultivators disappeared. When they re-appeared, their hands were already rus.h.i.+ng forward to grab the Yin Yang Tree in Chen Feng's hand.
Chen Feng remained still, but an invisible wave of energy fluctuations spread out. As a result, the faces of the two cultivators sank and they backed away, their bodies shaking uncontrollably.
True Immortal Soulboost was standing before Chen Feng, light radiating out from one eye while darkness radiated out from his other eye. The eye radiating light was on par with a blazing sun while the light radiating darkness was on par with a black hole.
“A soul cultivator.”
The cultivators from the Five Elements Order cast a look of fear at True Immortal Soulboost. Back then, it was True Immortal Soulboost who had utilized a secret soul technique to repel them.
Naturally, this secret technique was not one of the secret techniques from the Longevity Scripture. It was the Secret Yang Soul Technique. It was quite a decent secret soul technique even in the Celestial Longevity Plane. However, it was still no match for the Soul Subduing Mantra in the Longevity Scripture.
“Soulboost, follow me well. If your performance is outstanding enough, I can consider teaching you the secret techniques recorded within the Longevity Scripture.” Chen Feng's voice rang out within True Immortal Soulboost's sea of wisdom.
“The Longevity Scripture!”
Hearing that caused light to glint across True Immortal Soulboost's eyes, but he rapidly calmed down. For all the cultivators from the Celestial Longevity Plane, the Longevity Scripture was the number one scripture, something that one would yearn for even in their dreams.
Naturally, there were indeed some who had cultivated the secret techniques recorded in the Longevity Scripture, but only a small portion of it. Even the members of the past imperial family had been incapable of mastering all the secret techniques in the Longevity Scripture.
True Immortal Soulboost knew that Chen Feng possessed the real Longevity Tower. Thus, he was certain that Chen Feng was in possession of the complete Longevity Scripture.
In the beginning, he had grown greedy for it and he was finally subdued by Chen Feng. But his greed only grew as he eagerly hoped to learn the cultivation techniques recorded in the Longevity Scripture. Thus, when he heard Chen Feng's words, he sighed to himself. He would have to perform well and work hard for Chen Feng.
“This is just a seedling. I don't think it is worth having you fellows risk your lives to s.n.a.t.c.h it. While I may not be a great talent, killing off a few True Immortals is still not an issue for me. And if I go all out, I may be able to take down even more,” True Immortal Soulboost said calmly, looking at the cultivators standing before him.
None of them thought of True Immortal Soulboost's words as arrogant. As a mid-level True Immortal, he was indeed qualified to say that.
“Is that so? I do want to see how many of us you can kill.” A voice then came from the sky. Even before this person arrived, True Immortal Soulboost could already sense danger.
s.p.a.ce then cracked and a mighty-looking cultivator, riding on a circular disc, appeared before them all. After arriving, he swung his hand and the temperature of their surroundings plummeted to the extreme, seemingly becoming sealed with ice. Next, a hand formed from ice moved to grab the Yin Yang Tree.
1 Chen Feng obtained the Yin Yang Tree in during the Xu Family Auction arc.
1 li = 0.5 km
1 chi = 0.333 m
1 zhang = 3.333 m