The next day, Tianya Pavilion.
After several hours of circulating his energy to heal, Li Feng had recovered about forty percent of his true qi. Though not much, Li Feng was already satisfied. He believed it would not be long before he returned to peak condition.
Opening his eyes, Li Feng did not leave the room immediately. Instead, he took out the spatial pouch and emptied its contents into the spatial ring.
Before having the spatial pouch, Li Feng thought one was quite good. But after using it, he found the space too small. A few square metres could not hold much.
Now with the spatial ring, it was different. At least a hundred square metres of space was enough for many things.
After finishing this, Li Feng took out the walking stick again to examine it. Because it had been stored with the spatial ring, Li Feng felt it was no ordinary stick.
However, after carefully inspecting the walking stick for a long time, he could not figure out its use or what wood it was made from.
“Could this walking stick just be a burial item?” A trace of doubt flashed in Li Feng’s mind. He tossed the stick into the spatial ring, then took out the giant egg.
“What exactly is this egg? An egg that can block divine sense is probably no ordinary egg. Could it be a demon beast egg from before the Middle Ancient era?” A glint appeared in Li Feng’s eyes. Though he had never seen a demon beast, Earth had experienced the brilliant martial civilisations of the Remote Ancient, Ancient, and Middle Ancient eras. It was not impossible for a few demon beast eggs to remain.
But if this giant egg was a demon beast egg, could he hatch it?
Li Feng thought about it and felt hatching was not impossible. As long as it was not a dead egg, it could be hatched.
Ordinary eggs only needed suitable conditions to hatch. But if this was a demon beast egg, what were its hatching conditions? He could not hatch it like a chicken egg.
Li Feng’s knowledge in this area was pitifully limited. No matter how he thought, he could not come up with a good method.
Forget it. He would not dwell on it. In the future, when he had time, he would try various methods. If successful, it would be a pleasant surprise. If it failed, no great loss. He could pretend he never obtained the egg.
With this thought, Li Feng tossed the giant egg into the spatial ring and left the room.
“Young Master Feng, Leader Zhong asks you to come over.” An Eagle Eye intelligence agent at the door saw Li Feng emerge and said to him.
Li Feng nodded and went to Zhong Shuhui’s office.
“Zhong Shuhui, what is it?” Li Feng asked as soon as he entered her office.
“Young Master, Situ Lei has come. He wants to see you.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“Situ Lei, from the Situ family. I did not expect them to come so quickly.” Li Feng gave a cold laugh upon hearing this. He did not need to guess Situ Lei’s purpose. It was undoubtedly for Situ Qiang.
“Where is Situ Lei now?” Li Feng asked.
“I have arranged for him to wait in a private room downstairs.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
“Then let him wait.” Li Feng said coldly. With Situ Qiang in his hands, he held the initiative. He did not want to meet Situ Lei so soon.
“How does Young Master plan to handle Situ Qiang?” Zhong Shuhui asked.
“What good suggestions do you have?” Li Feng did not answer but asked in return.
“Situ Qiang is the young master of the Situ family. If Young Master kills him, it would mean offending the Situ family entirely. That offers us no benefit. After all, we have already offended Chen Junyi. Offending the Situ family again would mean offending the entire Hongmen.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“So what if we offend the entire Hongmen? Do you think I, Li Feng, fear them?” Li Feng sneered. Hongmen, he truly did not fear offending.
“Young Master does not fear Hongmen, but I believe before breaking through to the innate realm, Young Master should avoid offending them.” Zhong Shuhui said gravely.
“Then just release Situ Qiang?” Li Feng said.
“Of course not. I think we should use Situ Qiang to obtain the benefits we want from the Situ family.” Zhong Shuhui said.
“Benefits?” A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He had no intention of killing Situ Qiang. Otherwise, Situ Qiang would already be dead and not captured. This was not because he feared offending the Situ family, but because Situ Qiang was useful to him.
However, Zhong Shuhui’s words reminded him. With Situ Qiang in his hands, he held an important bargaining chip against the Situ family. It would be a waste not to use it properly.
“Yes. From my previous investigations into the Situ family, in the direct line of Situ Ming, Situ Qiang is the only heir. I believe Situ Ming would never allow anything to happen to Situ Qiang. To preserve his life, Situ Ming would likely pay a heavy price.” Zhong Shuhui said.
Li Feng nodded.
“By the way, Zhong Shuhui, where is the old fellow that Lu Shuang brought being held?” Li Feng thought of the ninth-level acquired elder. When Lin Ge captured him, it was clearly to use the divine control technique on him.
Though his divine control technique could now control innate experts, they were hard to find. Controlling one was not easy. Without the spirit-trapping talisman, he could not have controlled Blood Shadow.
But controlling ninth-level acquired ancient martial artists was much simpler. After controlling them and providing cultivation resources, they could soon become innate experts.
“In the underground iron prison.” Zhong Shuhui replied.
Only then did Li Feng recall that Tianya Pavilion had an underground fighting arena. But after it became his territory, the arena had stopped operating and become an Eagle Eye training base.
“Take me there.” Li Feng said.
Zhong Shuhui nodded and led Li Feng to the iron prison in the underground fighting arena.
“Young Master, the old fellow is inside.” Zhong Shuhui handed the prison key to Li Feng.
“Zhong Shuhui, wait outside.” Li Feng said, then opened the iron prison and walked in.
Three minutes later, Li Feng emerged from the prison, followed by an elder.
Zhong Shuhui looked at Li Feng, then at the elder, her eyes filled with shock. Li Feng had controlled a ninth-level acquired ancient martial artist in such a short time. What method did he use to control them?
But curious as she was, Zhong Shuhui did not ask. She understood some things should be asked, others not.
“He is called Lu Xiong. From now on, he is one of us.” Li Feng did not explain further. The divine control technique was something only he could know.
Now with Lu Xiong controlled, plus Blood Shadow, Lu Shuang, Lin Ge, and the Blood Kill Twin Eagles, his forces were growing stronger. However, Li Feng felt no pride. He knew that as his strength increased, so did his enemies.
Previously, he had clashed with the younger generation like Qin Feng. But in the future, it would be different. Not to mention others, after Blood Shadow’s failed operation this time, the next one Chen Junyi sent might be an innate expert.
There was also the power behind Tianhai City’s four great families. He had nearly crippled the Zhao and Liu families. That power would not remain indifferent. It was a force that could easily destroy a first-rate family, and a first-rate family had at least two innate experts. One could see how powerful the backer of the four great families was.
Additionally, there was the Blood Sand assassin organisation. This time he killed Colour Butterfly, and previously Asura. Two silver-level assassins had died by his hand. The next one sent would likely be a gold-medal assassin. Asura had been at the eighth acquired level. By Li Feng’s guess, a gold-medal assassin might be innate.
At the same time, the upcoming Fist King Championship loomed. It was for the Nine Dragons Jade. According to Ge Feng, every appearance of the Nine Dragons Jade saw countless innate experts die. So even with several ninth-level acquired ancient martial artists around him now, facing innate experts meant certain defeat.
Last night at Tianfu Tower, clashing with Blood Shadow had deeply shown him the gap between ninth-level acquired and innate.
Moreover, this was the era of thermal weapons. Last night, Zhu Yuanyang’s rocket launchers could not even be blocked by innate experts. Without his powerful divine sense, even Blood Shadow would likely have been reduced to ashes.
So now, even with one innate expert and three ninth-level acquired ancient martial artists by his side, Li Feng did not feel particularly impressive.
At the same time, Li Feng had already decided to raise his subordinates’ strength as soon as possible. At least elevate Lu Shuang, Lin Ge, and Lu Xiong to the innate realm. Only then could he have a chance against Hongmen or the power behind the four great families.
There were mountains beyond mountains, people beyond people. Anyone who underestimated others or overestimated themselves invited destruction.
Zhong Shuhui nodded. With the precedents of the Blood Kill Twin Eagles, Blood Shadow, Lu Shuang, and Lin Ge, she had become numb to it.
“Now take me to see Liu Dongjian.” Li Feng said gravely.
“Follow me, Young Master.” Zhong Shuhui led Li Feng to another iron prison, opened the door, and said to him, “Young Master, Liu Dongjian is inside.”
Li Feng nodded and walked in. Zhong Shuhui and Lu Xiong quickly followed.
Glancing at Liu Dongjian bound in iron chains, Li Feng sneered and said, “Family Head Liu, I did not expect we would meet in a place like this. If I remember correctly, this is our second meeting.”
Looking at Liu Dongjian, Li Feng felt a thousand emotions. Right here in Tianya Pavilion, in this underground fighting arena, he and Liu Shichao had called each other brothers. But in just over a month, everything had changed. Liu Shichao had become a lonely ghost, and Liu Dongjian his prisoner.
“Li Feng!”
Liu Dongjian raised his head, staring at Li Feng with cold eyes, gnashing his teeth as he said, “Li Feng, if you have the guts, kill me now. Otherwise, one day I will tear you into ten thousand pieces and scatter your ashes.”
