He discovered that Dandan’s injuries were far more serious than he had imagined.
“This queen has not finished cultivating yet. I forced my way out of seclusion. Isn’t it normal to be injured?”
“It’s fine. Stop looking at me like that in such a panic. This queen will be alright after a bit of rest.”
Dandan said.
Dandan was indeed injured, but not by the blood clan realm spirit. The injury came from forcing her way out of seclusion.
In other words, Dandan had already been wounded before she even fought the blood clan realm spirit.
“Forced your way out of seclusion? You have not finished refining that Asura God Stone yet?”
Chu Feng asked urgently.
“Yes. I have not finished cultivating that Asura God Demon Stone.”
Dandan replied.
“Asura God Demon Stone?”
Hearing those five words, Chu Feng’s gaze shifted slightly.
Compared to Chu Feng, Yu Sha’s expression was even more dramatic. It was one of pure shock.
Such an expression rarely appeared on this girl’s face.
Clearly, she also knew about the Asura God Demon Stone.
“What exactly is the Asura God Demon Stone? Is it not the Asura God Stone?”
Chu Feng asked.
“I got it wrong. It is not the Asura God Stone. It is the Asura God Demon Stone.”
“If it were just the Asura God Stone, would this queen need to go into seclusion for so long and put in so much effort to refine it?”
“Besides, if it were only the Asura God Stone, such a small piece could never boost this queen’s cultivation by so much.”
Dandan explained.
“So in that case, this Asura God Demon Stone is an even more powerful cultivation resource than the Asura God Stone?”
Chu Feng asked.
“Of course. The Asura God Demon Stone is the highest-grade cultivation item in our entire Asura Spirit Realm.”
“I truly never expected to find one in your martial cultivation world.”
“And this particular Asura God Demon Stone had been disguised. It was deliberately made to look like an ordinary Asura God Stone on the outside.”
“That is also why this queen did not see through it from the very beginning.”
Dandan said.
“The highest-grade cultivation item? No wonder.”
“But Dandan, why did you force your way out of seclusion before fully refining it?”
Chu Feng asked.
“You idiot. When you were in danger, how could I possibly ignore it?”
The queen retorted.
After some more conversation, Chu Feng finally learned the full details.
The Asura God Demon Stone differed greatly from the Asura God Stone.
Apart from having far stronger cultivation energy, refining it allowed one to remain fully conscious.
In simple terms, when refining the Asura God Stone, the queen would be unaware of anything happening outside.
But when refining the Asura God Demon Stone, the queen could still sense everything going on in the outside world.
So during the time the queen was in seclusion, she had been aware of every single thing Chu Feng went through.
Of course, they shared one common trait: cultivation required complete focus. Unless the refining was fully completed, it could not be stopped.
That was why, even though the queen knew Chu Feng was in danger earlier, she could not stop cultivating to help him.
It was not that she did not want to. She simply could not.
This time, the power that allowed the queen to break free from the Asura God Demon Stone’s control and forcibly stop cultivating came from the Purple Mist Ghost King Pearl.
It was the Purple Mist Ghost King Pearl that gave the queen the strength to escape the Asura God Demon Stone’s hold.
“Silly girl. I could have handled the situation just now. You did not need to get hurt just to help me.”
After learning the truth, Chu Feng felt deep guilt.
Because all of this was ultimately because of him.
If he had not given the queen the power of the Purple Mist Ghost King Pearl, she would not have been able to help him even if she wanted to.
“This queen cultivated for too long and got terribly bored. When a chance finally came to break free from the Asura God Demon Stone, of course I had to seize it.”
“Actually, this queen just wanted to come out and have some fun for a while. Helping you was just a side thing. Do not get too full of yourself.”
Dandan said with a cheeky smile.
Seeing this, Chu Feng gave an awkward laugh.
But in truth, he was only going along with her.
He knew she was lying. This girl craved power more than anything. How could she possibly give up such a perfect opportunity?
In the end, Dandan had done it all for him.
Knock knock knock.
“Young hero Chu Feng.”
At that moment, a knocking sound came from outside. It was an elder from this place.
“Alright, go on. Continue with your marriage recruitment event.”
“Do not disturb me and little sister Yu Sha while we chat.”
Dandan also noticed someone had come looking for Chu Feng. She urged him to leave.
But Yu Sha looked at Dandan with a rather different meaning in her eyes.
After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke.
“Um…”
“I should be older than you.”
Yu Sha said to Dandan.
“I do not care. I came first, so I am older.”
“Call me big sister queen now.”
Dandan put her hands on her hips, looking completely arrogant and proud.
“Then I will just call you queen.”
“You can call me Yu Sha.”
Yu Sha did not obey. After all, this girl had her own personality.
But she was extremely polite toward Dandan.
“Fine then. You two chat first. Anyway, I already know whatever you are going to talk about.”
Chu Feng grinned, then withdrew his consciousness back to his main body.
When he opened the door, several elders were waiting outside.
All of them were holding containers in their hands.
Something was inside those containers, but Chu Feng could not see through them.
Only one of them was obvious to Chu Feng.
It was a huge bathtub.
“Young hero Chu Feng, may we come in?”
The leading elder asked.
“Please, seniors.”
After Chu Feng spoke, the elders all walked in.
The elder carrying the bathtub set it down first.
Then the elders opened their containers one by one and poured the contents into the bathtub.
But the moment they did, Chu Feng frowned slightly.
Inside the containers were insects. All kinds of strange and bizarre insects. Every single one looked utterly disgusting, and none of them were anything Chu Feng had ever seen before.
Moreover, every insect gave off the aura of the Asura Spirit Realm.
“They are all insects from the Asura Spirit Realm.”
Even Yu Sha could not help but speak up at that moment.
After all, whatever Chu Feng saw, both Yu Sha and Dandan could see as well.
Splash splash splash.
At that point, the leading elder also opened his container and poured it into the bathtub.
It was a green liquid that gave off a foul stench.
The liquid carried a corrosive power. Logically, such a powerful substance should instantly kill or even dissolve the insects.
Yet after the liquid entered the bathtub, the insects not only remained unharmed, but became even more excited, as if they had been awakened from a deep slumber.
“Formation activate!!!”
Seeing the insects about to crawl out, the leading elder quickly set up a formation to seal the bathtub.
After sealing it, the leading elder took out a scroll and handed it to Chu Feng.
“Young hero Chu Feng, Lord Black Fiend has ordered this.”
“You are to enter this bathtub and soak your body for twelve hours. After entering, set up this formation on your body to reduce the pain.”
The leading elder said.
“Reduce the pain?”
“Senior, is… is it very painful inside?”
Chu Feng asked.
“Young hero Chu Feng, rest assured. Using this formation will reduce the pain.”
“And it will only benefit your body. There is no harm.”
“Moreover, this is not only Lord Black Fiend’s command. It is something that must be done to participate in the final assessment.”
“If young hero Chu Feng does not wish to continue the assessment, you may ignore this matter. Please decide for yourself.”
After those words, the elders left the place.
When they left, they thoughtfully closed the palace door for Chu Feng. But after closing it, they stood outside the door and showed no sign of departing.
“Chu Feng, why do I have a bad feeling about this?”
Dandan said.
“I also have a bad feeling. Anyone can see that whatever is in there is not good.”
Chu Feng replied.
“Not just not good. It is extremely dangerous. Those insects are all famous poisonous bugs from my Asura Spirit Realm.”
“And that water, if I am not mistaken, is corpse water refined from the bones of Asura realm spirits.”
Dandan said.
“What the heck?”
“Corpse water?”
Hearing this, Chu Feng’s face turned extremely ugly.
