Chapter 41: Old Ancestor Feigns Death, Fourth Talent

【Advanced material detected, absorb?】

A message came into Qin Feng's mind.

This surprised him a little.

Previously, results were only given after actively asking.

"Absorb!" Qin Feng agreed without hesitation.

He had been waiting for this day for a long time.

The comb of the nine-year-old rooster in the bag vanished silently, a sunflower was absorbed, and the Moon Heart Grass and Flame Yang Stone obtained from the Hall of Hundred Herbs also disappeared completely.

【Advanced material absorbed, advancement conditions met, advance?】

Qin Feng suddenly let out a breath of relief.

He threw the bag away and punched it in midair, exploding it, leaving Qin Kai beside him bewildered.

The sunflower he had painstakingly cultivated has now bloomed and been delivered, yet he didn't even glance at it.

There were also several other items inside.

I can't figure it out, I can't understand.

He also pretended not to have seen it.

"Advance!"

Upon agreeing, Qin Feng felt his body undergo an earth-shaking change, just like before—this was the evolution of life, a fundamental transformation and sublimation.

From skin and flesh, tendons and bones, viscera, blood marrow, brain matter, down to the cellular and genetic levels, a comprehensive restructuring transformation occurred.

The five senses strengthened, power increased, will fortified, spirit surged, qi and blood boiled, meridians widened, true qi quality improved, and the dantian's qi sea space expanded……

The feather inserted into his shoulder was also expelled, and the wound healed in the snap of a finger.

"Family head, this is……"

Qin Kai sensed Qin Feng's change.

His aura obviously increased greatly.

He suddenly sensed two powerful auras in the distance, his expression changed, yet he somewhat realized: could the family head have erupted with such power to guard against them? The transformation ended, and the aura retracted.

A prompt sounded again in his mind.

【Life gene level advanced leap, increased twentyfold, reward talent: Supreme Yang Heart Flame!】

【Fuse?】

"Fuse!"

This talent surprised Qin Feng greatly, but he immediately fused with it.

But at this moment, a change appeared beside him.

Boom……

An ancestral tomb exploded with a bang.

Qin Feng stared in shock, discovering that his grandfather's ancestral tomb had exploded, dirt flying, yin energy rampaging, and he and Qin Kai were shaken back. From the tomb flew out a withered figure covered entirely in red hair, giving an eerie, ominous feeling.

"That's grandfather!"

His pupils contracted, and he recognized it immediately.

"Grandfather is playing dead?"

Qin Feng was utterly shocked.

At this moment, the new talent was also fusing, directly reaching the genetic level, leaving the imprint of 'Supreme Yang Heart Flame' in the essence of life.

Making this talent seem like an innate bloodline ability.

Qin Feng also noticed a flame igniting within his body, seeping out from his bones, burning his organs, tendons, and bones, even the meridians in his dantian were ablaze, and it permeated his skin.

This flame was strange, enveloping only his skin like sunlight, yet it did not burn his clothing.

He also noticed something off: the impurities that had settled from frequent medicinal baths and ingested pills, which had not been cleared, were actually burned away completely.

Boom……

Qin Feng didn't have time to think much when he saw the Red Hair Monster approach.

Its movement was extremely strange.

It was also incredibly fast.

A pair of cold, ruthless, bloodthirsty eyes, devoid of emotion, locked onto Qin Feng, yet showed a greedy gleam as it raised its arm to strike, but then seemed to sense something terrifying.

It shuddered slightly, then clutched its hair and let out an extremely mournful howl.

Like a beast's roar.

"What is this?" Qin Kai exclaimed, drawing his battle blade and slashing at it, striking the Red Hair Monster, but only sparks flew.

The long blade also shattered with a bang, and he was flung backward. "What's going on?" Qin Feng also prepared to attack, but stopped, looking puzzled.

His power surged, his qi and blood boiled, and he had readied himself for a full-force strike.

"No, we must strike first!"

As for whether it was grandfather, Qin Feng had no time to worry about that.

"Run!" Suddenly the Red Hair Monster spoke, emitting a hoarse, grating sound like sand rubbing, while it still clutched its head, seeming even more in pain.

Footsteps sounded.

Fan Zongshi and the Avian Demon arrived together.

"What kind of ghostly thing is this?"

They both saw the Red Hair Monster and showed looks of astonishment.

The suffering Red Hair Monster, having drawn attention, lunged forward and arrived before the Avian Demon in an instant, grabbing its shoulder and biting its neck.

The Avian Demon immediately let out a miserable scream.

He burst forth with terrifyingly extreme power from within his body, shattering rocks and tearing the earth, trying to shake off the Red Hair Monster, but it was utterly useless.

"Get lost!"

The avian demon roared in fear and anger, erupting with power that could split mountains and shatter stone, so strong it made Master Fan's eyebrows jump, and he quickly fled.

But the sound grew fainter and fainter.

The power grew weaker and weaker.

Finally, the avian demon turned into a desiccated corpse, then exploded into a pile of flying ash, while the Red Hair Monster's body became noticeably fuller.

This sight made Master Fan feel his liver and gall about to burst.

Qin Feng was also frightened.

They all knew how terrifying the avian demon was—it was truly strong, stronger than Master Fan, such a fearsome existence, yet it was killed in the snap of a finger.

"Head of the family, hurry and leave!"

Qin Kai also saw this scene, his face as pale as paper.

"Good!" Qin Feng responded, turned and left.

He fled outward along the route they had come.

Then a tragic cry sounded from behind; immediately, his steps halted as the Red Hair Monster blocked the way ahead, obstructing the path.

"Head of the family, hurry and leave—I'll hold them off!"

Qin Kai immediately stepped forward; although fearful in his heart, he did not retreat at all.

"Go to the rear!" Qin Feng grabbed him and pulled him away.

His interior trembled, his blood and qi boiling.

The true qi in his dantian qi sea also surged, racing wildly through the meridians without stopping even as they tore apart—this was a self-destructive overload, capable of unleashing power far beyond imagination.

Qin Feng also noticed that the Red Hair Monster was holding a person in its hand—it was Master Fan.

He was already listless, his breath weakened to the extreme.

But the Red Hair Monster stared at him, its merciless eyes flashing with icy killing intent and greed, as if regarding him as a slab of succulent meat.

Ah……

Suddenly, he again clutched his head and howled.

"Come, come on, use, use fire…" he cried out, simultaneously emitting a broken, rubbing-like sound.

Qin Feng narrowed his eyes.

His mind raced, and he suddenly recalled that when the Red Hair Monster had first appeared, it too had tried to kill him, but he had happened to merge his innate divine ability, shrouding his body in a layer of flame like sunlight, causing the monster to show fear, then wail and flee.

"Could it be that it fears my innate flame?"

Thinking this, Qin Feng acted.

At this moment, there was no time to delay.

He shifted his stance and instantly appeared before the Red Hair Monster, pressing a palm to its forehead as flame surged forth and poured into its body.

Like ice and snow under the sun, the red hair on its exterior rapidly receded.

The wailing also ceased.

In its merciless yet frenzied eyes, a hint of humanity appeared.

"Little Feng?"

The Red Hair Monster's voice remained hoarse, yet it carried a hint of emotion as it stared blankly at him.

(End of chapter)