Immortal Realm, Geng Metal Spirit!

Looking at Ye Feng's resolute eyes, Li Guanqi was momentarily at a loss for words. That inexplicable trust felt almost too heavy for him to bear. He didn't understand... Why had he become an object of reverence for someone like Ye Feng? Ye Feng was exceptionally talented in his own right; had he been in any other sect, he would have been the most dazzling prodigy among them. Yet simply because they chose to follow him, they had ended up carrying such anxiety... The corner of Ye Feng's mouth curled up slightly. Looking at Li Guanqi, he spoke in a firm tone. "The path of cultivation has always been an act of defying the heavens. If I backed down every time danger arose, I, Ye Feng, would never have made it this far." "Heh heh, Boss, your luck in gambling has always been good. Don't worry." Li Guanqi sighed softly. Hearing Ye Feng speak like this meant he had already made up his mind long ago. Be it Cao Yan or Xiao Chen, both of them possessed far greater talent than he did. Even though Ye Feng cultivated with all his might, he could merely keep himself from being left behind by them. A light flashed on Li Guanqi's storage ring, and a square crimson-gold jade box appeared in his hands. Looking down at the jade box, Li Guanqi felt deeply emotional. He murmured softly, "Old Ye... do you think it's worth it?" Ye Feng reached out and took the jade box into his own hands, laughing heartily. "Worth it! Of course it is!" Li Guanqi looked up and asked again, "Then do you think... you prefer who you are now, mature and composed, or the cynical, free-spirited self you used to be?" Ye Feng smiled slightly, turning to look at Li Guanqi's worried expression as he said, "I prefer who I am now." With that, Ye Feng opened the jade box without hesitation. *Boom!* A surge of overwhelmingly sharp Geng Metal power erupted from the jade box, its aura slicing through heaven and earth. In the blink of an eye, it tore straight through the sky of the Purple Spirit Grotto-Heaven! Cultivating atop a distant mountain peak, Cao Yan and Xiao Chen were both startled the moment they sensed this aura. Waking from their cultivation states one after another, their eyes filled with shock as they looked toward Li Guanqi's direction. *Whoosh! Whoosh!* The two hurried over, their eyes full of confusion as they looked at Li Guanqi and whispered. "Boss, what is Second Brother trying to do?!" "Tsk, what on earth is that thing in his hand? Isn't this a bit too ridiculous..." Cao Yan said nothing, merely locking his brow in a tight frown as he stared at Ye Feng, a flicker of worry flashing deep in his eyes. "Second Brother!" "The thing in your hand... you..." Ye Feng grinned at the brothers around him and bantered with a chuckle, "Once I swallow this thing down, I'll be completely reborn." As soon as the words left his mouth, Ye Feng reached directly into the jade box and took hold of the golden spiritual light. Yet the moment he picked it up, the fingers on his right hand were sliced clean off at the base! As several fingers tumbled down and blood splattered, Ye Feng's expression did not waver in the slightest; he calmly opened his mouth. Only his gradually bloodshot eyes revealed that he was not nearly as calm as he seemed! Watching Ye Feng open his mouth to swallow the spiritual light, even the lively Xiao Chen fell silent. He could naturally tell what kind of consequences might follow if one swallowed such a thing! *Boom!* Ye Feng's tongue was mangled instantly! His entire lower jaw was lacerated with countless wounds by the formless Geng Metal power. Yet Li Guanqi watched as Ye Feng's ferocious, contorted throat moved slightly, forcing down that spiritual light along with his own blood. Within breaths, Ye Feng had already sat cross-legged upon the ground. Even though his entire chin was reduced to a bloody pulp and blood poured out ceaselessly, Ye Feng did not waver in the slightest from start to finish. Li Guanqi called out softly, "Sect Master, can you help me activate the Jingchan Glazed Array?" *Buzz!* Barely three breaths after the voice transmission went out, an utterly terrifying array gleaming with silver light descended upon the Purple Spirit Grotto-Heaven with a roar! Silver light radiated across the entire array, its vibrant spiritual qi evoking a sense of immense purity and sanctity. The great array slowly settled down, enveloping Ye Feng completely within it. Lu Kangnian stepped out from the void, his brow tightly furrowed as he looked down at Ye Feng and murmured, "What happened here?" Li Guanqi gave a brief explanation. Lu Kangnian frowned and scolded in a low voice, "Aren't you two just making reckless trouble?!" "He asked for it and you just gave it to him?!" "If it's truly as dangerous as you say, you should have made thorough preparations first!" Lu Kangnian looked furious—not because Ye Feng had swallowed something that offered only a slim chance of survival, but because they had jumped right into it without preparing anything at all. With a broad wave of his sleeve, Lu Kangnian summoned several spirit-gathering array discs and sealing boundaries one after another. Next, more than ten purple-gold jade boxes filled with medicinal pills were placed beside Ye Feng. After a long pause of contemplation, Lu Kangnian frowned and retrieved several jade slips from his storage ring, looked at them, and shook his head. Finally, his eyes lit up, and his hands rapidly formed an intricate series of incantation gestures. At once, the winding brook in the rear mountain rippled slightly, and its stream water leaped into the air, darting into the Purple Spirit Grotto-Heaven like a ribbon of azure silk. The water wound around Ye Feng's body, radiating a faint blue glow that nourished his physical form. Only after completing all this did Lu Kangnian finally let out a sigh of relief. He turned to Li Guanqi and snapped, "If any of you dare to do something this dangerous again without making any preparations, see if I don't beat the crap out of all of you!" With that, the man looked at Ye Feng, who was bleeding from every pore, sighed, and said with worry, "The rest depends on whether he can pull through on his own." Though Ye Feng appeared calm on the outside, his mind was stretched to its absolute limit! The moment that spiritual light entered his stomach, it turned into a savage beast of primeval chaos. If his current self failed to withstand its onslaught, his soul, his flesh, and every trace of his existence would vanish within that spiritual light! In other words... If he failed to devour it, he would die here today! Sensing a faint trace of Ye Feng's current condition, Li Guanqi could no longer hold back. He pulled out his jade pendant and sent a voice transmission to Su Xuan. "Grandfather, what on earth was inside the crimson-gold jade box you had Uncle Long bring over back then?" Soon, the old man's voice sounded in Li Guanqi's ear. "The Immortal Realm's Geng Metal Spirit." Hearing the words 'Immortal Realm' left Li Guanqi utterly shaken, and when he heard 'Geng Metal Spirit,' his heart pounded wildly! Wasn't this thing somewhat similar to the lightning spirit he had used to forge his clone back then? However, its grade and rank were likely terrifyingly high. "This is a tribulation of life and death. If he can endure it, Ye Feng will possess the capital to step into the Immortal Realm alongside you in the future!" "If he cannot endure it... his body will perish and his Dao will dissipate!" Li Guanqi lowered the jade pendant, his eyes filled with profound worry... Beneath his white robes, his fists clenched tightly. He took a deep breath and suddenly roared, "Old Ye... hang in there! I... bet! on! you! to! win!" *Spurt!* The robes on Ye Feng's body were suddenly shredded by countless razor-sharp forces, and a burst of blood mist erupted from his muscles. More than a hundred bloody gashes opened across his entire body all at once, yet his furrowed brow smoothed out, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly. Within his consciousness, Ye Feng's figure manifested. Facing the colossal Geng Metal Spirit, he showed no fear whatsoever, conjuring a longsword in his hand and charging straight into the fray! And the outcome of this slaughter would decide Ye Feng's life or death.