Chapter 1045

However, at this time Lin Feng naturally did not know about the Zhao siblings' quarrel.

Now, he is rushing back to his home at full speed.

After all, having been out for so long, he also misses his several wives a bit.

But thinking of the original work, that spirit race seemed to have disappeared during the period when Xiao Yan, Gu Xun'er and others entered the Tian Mu for training, Lin Feng's brow involuntarily furrowed slightly.

"As for the Soul Heaven Emperor's side, he may have already started his plan, and I don't know if I will make it in time."

Thinking that he is still only a two-star Dou Zun cultivator, Lin Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of worry.

However, this is unavoidable; after all, he will definitely go to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.

Before that, he can only temporarily avoid stepping into the Dou Sheng realm.

After all, he does not want to encounter other ancient race Dou Sheng experts there.

"Whoosh!"

As Lin Feng flew at full speed, he finally returned home at the moment the first ray of sunlight shone on the earth the next day.

"Who dares to barge into the Lin manor!"

And just as Lin Feng passed through the spatial barrier outside the inner city where he and his wives lived, a coquettish shout suddenly rang out from the horizon.

At the same time, a green streak of light flashed past extremely fast and then stopped directly a few li in front of Lin Feng.

"Yo, little girl, you've even learned to act fierce toward your young master."

Seeing the green-colored graceful figure flying over, Lin Feng's eyes flashed with surprise as he teased.

"Young... young master!"

Seeing the person clearly, the green-clad woman's delicate oval face stiffened for a moment, then quickly turned extremely delighted.

And while speaking, the woman's figure flickered a few times, quickly arriving beside Lin Feng, then she tightly embraced him, burying her small head against her young master's chest.

"You girl, why are you suddenly so excited."

Suddenly being embraced, Lin Feng immediately indulged, pulling this petite soft body into his arms, his finger lightly tapping her jade nose.

"Hehe, this isn't Qing Lin missing the young master, is it?"

Hearing that, Qing Lin gave a simple smile, then her beautiful green eyes curved slightly as she acted coquettishly.

Seeing this, Lin Feng merely shook his head lightly and then asked, "Where are Cao Ying and Dan Chen? And why are Yun'er and Xiao Zhao'er also missing?"

"Not long ago, Xian Er sister and Senior Yun Shan came here to play for a few days, and Zhao'er, upon learning there was a Space Wormhole directly from Heijiaoyu here, insisted on going back to see it. Yun'er sister had no choice but to take her back."

Saying this, Qing Lin also shrugged helplessly.

She then continued, lightly parting her lips: "As for Ying Er sister and the others, they recently succeeded in absorbing the Heavenly Snake blood and emerged from seclusion, their strength having reached one-star Dou Zun. Afterwards, they thought the Void Lightning Pool was an excellent place to train, and with their nine-tier Heavenly Phoenix wings granting extreme speed, they could already cross the void into the pool, so they went there to retreat."

"No wonder I said they weren't at home; it turns out they went to the Void Lightning Pool."

After hearing Qing Lin's words, Lin Feng finally learned the whereabouts of his wives.

Having said that, he pondered briefly and then continued asking, "Have Feng Er and Cai Lin emerged from seclusion?"

"No, Feng Er sister and Cai Lin sister still have no news; presumably they haven't emerged."

As soon as the former's words fell, Qing Lin shook her head and replied.

"Ah, fine."

Hearing that Cai Lin and Feng Er had not yet emerged, Lin Feng also sighed disappointedly.

However, he then reached out to hook Qing Lin's tender chin, admiringly saying: "Your Emerald Snake Triple Flower Pupil is truly terrifying; in such a short time, you have relied on the Heavenly Snake remnant soul, that intermediate half-sage Nine Nether Earth Abyss Python expert, and the Heavenly Snake blood to reach five-star Dou Zun."

"And as for me, the young master, I have painstakingly struggled to reach only my current two-star Dou Zun"

While speaking, Lin Feng couldn't help but firmly pinch this girl's chin, showing his jealousy.

Hearing that, Qing Lin shook her head, then looked up at his face and lightly laughed: "That's not because the young master wanted to let all the sisters and Chen Er sister also raise their strength; otherwise, if the young master alone hoarded the resources meant for everyone, his strength would long ago not be just the current two-star Dou Zun."

Saying this, Qing Lin extended a jade arm and gently caressed his face.

"You girl, your mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter."

Hearing Qing Lin's comfort, Lin Feng immediately gave a light smile and then looked at Qing Lin with an affectionate expression.

"Hmph, young master, I am already twenty-three years old; I am no longer a little girl!"

Hearing that, the girl's jade nose twitched slightly, then she pouted her little mouth in dissatisfaction.

"Mm, indeed not small; at least a D, if developed properly, surely at least an E."

Regarding the girl's dissatisfaction, Lin Feng's gaze swept over the pair of peaks before her, then he nodded in agreement.

Saying this, Lin Feng thought that this girl had now matured, and it was about time to pluck her.

"This little girl, I can't just raise her for nothing; at least I want her to bear me a few hundred—no, this girl won't escape from my palm."

Thinking of this, Lin Feng's arms holding Qing Lin unconsciously tightened a bit more, and he silently thought.

After all, the feelings between him and Qing Lin are mutually perceptible.

However, because he has been too busy with prior matters, he has simply never had time to deal with it.

"Young master... big bad guy!"

And Qing Lin, seeing her young master's gaze fixed on her big rabbit in front of her, immediately happily "scolded" him.

Immediately afterward, she hurriedly puffed out her chest, letting her young master better observe the shape of those big rabbits.

After all, every time she sees her young master doing that with the other sisters, her heart is filled with envy.

Now, finally, it's her turn, right?

"Hehe, little... no, big Qing Lin, today just happens that no one else is around; young master I'll take you to play some adult-only games."

Lin Feng, upon seeing that pair of big rabbits, immediately hugged Qing Lin with a face full of an evil smile, then his figure swiftly vanished on the spot, entering the room containing his specially made twenty-meter big bed.

Young master, this... this really can be eaten?

Not long after the two entered the room, Qing Lin's flustered voice immediately rang out.

Qing Lin, you must believe the young master. Also, by the way, use that pair of rabbits to pinch.

Immediately after, Qinglin, that naive little white rabbit, became a real woman under the temptation of Lin Feng, the big gray wolf.

Moreover, Lin Feng forced her into as many as seventy‑two humiliating positions!

"I didn't expect Qinglin, that girl, to be so formidable—no wonder she carries both human and snake‑person genes. This feeling is unique in the world! If I weren't sturdy enough to endure her draining, I might have been sucked dry!"

Several days later, Lin Feng put on a new azure robe, his face full of lingering satisfaction as he stepped out of the room where he had stayed for several days.

Qinglin, that girl, truly exceeded his expectations.

Even compared with the other few women, she was no less.

Then, after casting a glance at the exhausted, sleeping Qinglin, he closed the door and headed toward the Library Pavilion within the city.

The so‑called Library Pavilion was merely a collection he assembled for his family's convenience, gathering books he had acquired over the years and giving it that name.

However, although the collection excludes cultivation techniques, combat arts, and alchemy manuals, the books in total amount to nearly ten million volumes!

Originally, Lin Feng had only collected tens of thousands of volumes, most of which came from the hundreds of cultivators who perished in the Western Wilderness Great Desert and the medicine‑dust Naji they left behind.

However, when he was creating a person, he learned from Qinglin's fragmented remarks.

Recently, Xian Er sent people through the Space Wormhole, gradually transporting several batches of goods from the Northwest Continent.

The majority of those were cultivation techniques, combat arts, training insights and manuals, alchemical knowledge, experiences, and prescriptions.

One should know that the current Heavenly Treasure Pavilion is a renowned establishment on the Northwest Continent; its collection needs no introduction. Moreover, Xiao Yixian ordered her subordinates to bring Eighth Grade Pills as compensation and had many Northwest Continent factions' collections engraved at once.

Even excluding techniques and prescriptions, the books alone contributed over a million volumes!

At the same time, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Xin Lan, the three women, were not idle; they gradually "borrowed" many books from their respective families for engraving.

Finally, although the books were originally meant to be returned to their families, in Lin Feng's Lin Mansion each one remained as an identical copy.

And the number of books for each family also exceeded a million volumes!

The downside was that members of the Dan and Cao families, upon discovering this, flew over in a rage and blocked Lin Mansion, berating it for several days.

As for the Ye family, they simply said, "If you want to copy, just do it."

Anyway, without Lin Mansion's help back then, the Ye family would have disappeared long ago; they're just some books, nothing serious.

Meanwhile, Qinglin was not idle either; during Lin Feng's trip to the ancient clan, she also followed the Space Wormhole back to the Northwest Continent and then made a visit to Heavenly Snake Mansion.

After she expended a large amount of Eighth Grade Pills crafted by Cao Ying and Dan Chen, as well as discarded Heavenly Demon Puppets, and especially after the master of Heavenly Snake Mansion learned that these strange puppets could absorb energy to upgrade, he personally helped Qinglin pack the books from his own mansion.

And under the women's plundering, combined with the massive supplies obtained from the Creator Saint's relics, could the Library Pavilion's collection not grow wildly?

So now the Library Pavilion's books have surpassed ten million, reaching a staggering figure!

"The number of books here is probably close to matching the Heavenly Empire's official library's collection, and that's without even counting techniques or prescriptions."

Arriving at the Library Pavilion, Lin Feng gazed at the endless shelves and couldn't help but exclaim.

One should know that this Library Pavilion spans several floors, each containing over three million books!

However, although each floor is vast, the women were meticulous, dividing the books into many sections.

Thus, Lin Feng did not feel dizzy or overwhelmed.

At the entrance of the first floor, following the sign, Lin Feng located the existing ancient relic zone of Central Continent, and his figure vanished in an instant.

He darted swiftly toward the location marked on the sign!

This time, without doubt, he came to investigate information about the Light‑Shadow Space left by an ancient Dou Emperor strongman in Central Continent, to determine the ruin's construction date and details.

"Found it."

Shortly after, Lin Feng stopped beside a bookshelf in the ancient relic zone of Central Continent, joyfully eyeing several volumes whose spines bore the words "Light‑Shadow Space."

He reached out, took one of those books, and began flipping through it rapidly.

"I didn't expect the history of this Light‑Shadow Space to be older than that ancient Emperor Tuo She!"

After leafing through several books, Lin Feng slowly closed the volume in his hands, his tone trembling with awe.

In the book penned by the Creator Saint that he held, he learned that the so‑called Light‑Shadow Space had been a famed Dou Emperor ruin tens of thousands of years ago.

At that time, many high‑level Heavenly‑Step cultivation techniques and combat arts, as well as bizarre artifacts unheard of by cultivators across the continent, emerged there.

However, back then, because primordial qi was abundant in the world, no one paid attention to whether the site contained any.

After all, the cultivators who entered originally sought the various techniques, combat arts, prescriptions, heavenly materials, and divine weapons inside.

Later, as primordial qi in the world gradually waned, eventually even the Peak Nine‑Star Dou Saint masters could no longer find qi to break through to Dou Emperor.

Cornered, they once again turned their attention to that Light‑Shadow Space.

However, because the Light‑Shadow Space only admits cultivators below the Dou Zun rank, even the Nine‑Star Dou Saint masters cannot alter this rule.

Helpless, the group of Nine‑Star Dou Saint masters could only send their juniors to search inside for traces of qi that might help them break through to Dou Emperor.

Yet, those who entered found nothing no matter how they searched.

Consequently, the later Peak Nine‑Star Dou Saint masters largely stopped paying attention to that Light‑Shadow Space.

"But the burning technique and the method of forging Imperial Spirit Flame exist in the Light‑Shadow Space; could it be that after Emperor Tuo She ascended to Dou Emperor, he visited the place and later left some of his belongings there?"

After pondering for a long time, Lin Feng promptly returned the book to its spot and silently speculated in his mind.

After all, this already seemed the most likely truth to him.

"But the Creator Saint somehow knows about the existence of primordial imperial qi, yet we don't know his era or affiliation; how can he be so bold, using Nine‑Tier Celestial Phoenix and Grand Void Ancient Dragon to cultivate the Dragon‑Phoenix primordial fruit?"

Recalling the information he had seen earlier in the books, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel a deep sense of doubt.

"Fine, since I now know whether that Light‑Shadow Space was created by Emperor Tuo She or not."

Immediately after, he shook his head and ceased paying attention to the Creator Saint's matters.

However, recalling that the books recorded many Dou Qi Continent cultivators and unheard‑of items appearing inside that Light‑Shadow Space.

Lin Feng couldn't help but extend his palm, gently rubbing his chin, murmuring softly, "In the era when Dou Emperors frequently rose, many cultivators still could not recognize those bizarre artifacts. What could they be?"

Thinking of this, he gave a wry smile, "Isn't the Creator Saint tormenting people? He provokes curiosity yet never explains what those things are. Even if he doesn't know, he should at least mention their function!"

By the end, he couldn't help but grind his teeth, silently cursing the Creator Saint in his mind.

"Alas, it seems the more data I read, the less my questions are resolved; instead, they only multiply!"

After letting out a heavy sigh, Lin Feng immediately, filled with doubts, left his personal library and headed toward the depths of the void.

Although he currently only has on him a key that is suspected to be that of the black-and-white metal box.

But no matter what, he still wanted to try and see if he could open that box.

After all, what if?

"I don't know if this black-and-white iron box can bring me any surprise."

Not long after, Lin Feng rushed into the depths of the void again, gazing at the storage ring on his finger, and couldn't help murmuring.

And after saying that, he immediately flicked his storage ring and took out the black-and-white metal box he had previously obtained from Zhao Yuan.

"This thing, I don't know what exactly is inside. I just hope it doesn't make me lose out, after all, to obtain you I have paid a huge price. Otherwise, I could have helped Ying'er or Chen Er enter the Heavenly Realm Soul, instead of being stuck at the peak of the Spirit Realm."

Gazing at the metal box before him that came from the Dou Emperor's secret realm, Lin Feng let out a light sigh.

Earlier, when he helped Zhao Yuan revive, he indeed spent a huge price!

And although this box comes from the light-and-shadow space constructed by that ancient Dou Emperor.

But that space also produced many rather ordinary things, and he dare not guarantee that this time he won't suffer a loss.

After taking out the black-and-white metal box, Lin Feng then flipped his palm and took out a jade box of bluish-green.

"Click~"

As Lin Feng gently opened the lid, a white key made of some unknown metal, quietly placed inside the jade box, immediately entered his field of vision.

This key is exactly the one he previously obtained from Dong Yan, the sect master of the Fire Spirit Gate in the Western Wasteland.

Several years have passed, and the key has remained unchanged, still pure and flawless white.

Not even the pure white mutton-fat jade is as pure as this key.

And on the key are etched mysterious patterns that are hard to fathom.

At the same time, on this key whose age is unknown, a faint white light continues to emanate.

Shining on Lin Feng's face, it made him instantly feel extremely comfortable, his heart filled with an unparalleled sense of peace.

"What a pity, there's only one key; if only I could find a second one. Moreover, judging by the appearance of this box, I think the second key should be black."

After a long while, Lin Feng gazed at the edge of the key, observing the extremely unnatural patterns intersecting, and couldn't help but speculate.

Such a strange key is obviously not the only one.

However, although he has traveled to many places over the years, he has merely been fortunate enough to obtain this one.

After a moment of silence, Lin Feng immediately reached out and picked it up.

And the instant he picked up that cold key, just as before, it instantly released a surge of vigorous life force that entered his body.

"This key is indeed a good thing; I just hope this most important box won't disappoint me."

Saying that, Lin Feng's expression slightly tightened, then he let out a heavy breath.

Immediately afterward, he focused his gaze intently on the box.

Since there was no one else around this time, he meticulously scanned every part of the box.

Even the mysterious patterns carved on the box, he didn't miss a single line, carefully scanning each stroke.

"I never expected that a Dou Emperor powerhouse would play such a trick!"

As his gaze continually swept over the black-and-white metal box, Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted, and he stared in shock at it.

The longer he looked, the more he felt something was off about the box.

And when he carefully recalled, the first time he saw the black-and-white metal box was in the wooden hut in the valley where Zhao Yuan lived.

He suddenly realized that the black-and-white metal box he sees now is completely different from the one before!

Exactly, this box has changed!