Chapter 1218: A Poisonous Beating Is Fortune

Bang!

Chen Jie punched him in the face, and Xiao Feng felt as if his left cheek had been hit by a big truck, the pain making his teeth feel like they'd fall out.

"You really went all out!" Xiao Feng exclaimed angrily, his speech a bit slurred.

Chen Jie gave a wicked smile and said, "By seniority I'm practically your ancestor—an ancestor beating descendants is perfectly natural."

Bang!

She threw another punch, striking Xiao Feng's right cheek.

Although her punches didn't look fast, he couldn't dodge them no matter what.

Xiao Feng raised his arms to block, but the next second he took another punch to the chest.

Hum~

This punch was very different from the two to the face; after it landed, Xiao Feng felt not only pain but also an indescribable sensation spreading from the point of impact.

His heart and blood vessels seemed to be shaken loose by the blow!

"Huh, this is..."

Xiao Feng furrowed his brows.

He felt that some kind of energy had been present in his body, but with Chen Jie's punches it was rapidly dissipating!

Before he could think it over, Chen Jie's fists rained down on him like raindrops.

Thump thump thump thump

Each second brought several blows, each sending out ripples that infused some mysterious power into his body.

"What... are you... doing? Hiss, it hurts, hurts, hurts... go easy on the punches!"

Xiao Feng asked while taking the blows.

Chen Jie looked relaxed, as if she were merely tapping a sandbag without effort.

She smiled at the corner of her mouth and said, "Ordinary people aren't worthy of my poisonous beating—you're lucky, so endure it well; you won't die."

Xiao Feng was speechless.

This unreliable human ancestor's every punch was like a thug's, aiming for fleshy spots—his chest and abdomen took repeated heavy blows, hurting so much tears welled up.

He tried to resist, but it was completely ineffective.

Accompanying her poisonous beating, Xiao Feng felt intense pain all over; not just where struck, but even his untouched limbs and back ached terribly, it was outrageous!

At the same time, a special power seemed to be gradually fading from his body, a feeling he couldn't describe.

But it seemed his inner sense of security had weakened, like a novice leaving the village for the first time.

Chen Jie beat him with who knows how many hundreds or thousands of punches; Xiao Feng lost all sense of time, not knowing how long the beating lasted.

All he knew was that his whole body ached, each cell feeling as if it were bursting, his nerves experiencing unprecedented pain, like being sliced alive.

Yet his mind remained starkly clear—he just couldn't pass out!

Xiao Feng was really about to cry, crying from the pain!

After a long while, Chen Jie finally stopped, clapped her hands, satisfied and pleased, saying, "All right, the beating is over."

"I..."

Xiao Feng plunged to the ground with a thud, his whole body trembling.

Actually, from the outside he looked no different than before, aside from a bit of swelling on his left cheek and face; he hardly looked like he'd been beaten.

But the intense pain coming from within was hundreds, even thousands of times stronger than the facial swelling, making him spasm uncontrollably, as if having an epileptic fit.

"You're so cruel..."

Xiao Feng gritted his teeth and spoke in a hoarse voice.

Chen Jie wore a smile, squatted down, tapped his forehead, and said with a laugh, "Don't complain, don't resent—focus your mind, calm your breath, and absorb cosmic energy."

Xiao Feng blinked in surprise.

"What does that mean?"

She said, "This beating wasn't for nothing—I just blasted open all the cells in your body; your bones, skin, blood, and muscles are now opened to their maximum, able to take in more energy. Training for one minute now equals a year's usual effect—so seize the opportunity!"

"Ah, this..."

Xiao Feng was instantly dumbfounded.

Her poisonous beating actually meant this?

No wonder Shen Chuo's body grew stronger and stronger after being hospitalized!

Turns out this wasn't punishment but a reward!

It's just... the process is a bit embarrassing.

Xiao Feng's heart jolted; ignoring the pain all over, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and circulated the guiding technique of the Origin Book, silently absorbing energy.

But... something's wrong!

We're indoors—no sunlight reaches here, so cosmic energy must be extremely thin; how could it support his cultivation?

Before he could ask, a rich surge of energy suddenly washed over him, pouring in from all directions.

This energy density was millions of times more intense than sunlight!

If the energy from sunlight were like a wisp of hair-thin airflow, then this energy was like a huge tree that three people could encircle.

Xiao Feng couldn't help but open his eyes to look.

He saw Chen Jie's delicate face bearing a satisfied expression; behind her, a rift resembling a teleportation portal had appeared at some point, and that energy was pouring out from this 'portal'.

Looking past her body, Xiao Feng beheld the vast cosmic starry sky, with stars blazing fiercely, occasional violent explosions, and planets drifting and rotating, full of mystery.

But before he could gaze longer, a chestnut struck his head.

"What are you looking at? Hurry up and cultivate!" Chen Jie scolded, annoyed.

"Oh oh, okay..."

Xiao Feng understood the opportunity was rare, so he quickly closed his eyes again, endured the intense pain, and began cultivating.

The guiding technique operated, strand after strand of cosmic energy flowed in from the gap in Xing Kong, merging into his body.

At this moment, he was like a huge hole in the center of the earth, waiting to be filled.

Wave after wave of energy surged like great rivers, flowing from all directions, pouring into his body that desperately needed filling.

One second, two seconds, three seconds…

The pain permeating his body made Xiao Feng constantly think about stopping.

But he knew that even stopping wouldn't ease this pain that came from every cell; only by gritting his teeth and persisting, filling each cell's needed energy, could he recover.

This is a boon sent by the Lord of Time, the sovereign of the Supreme Cosmos Kingdom and humanity's greatest expert!

"Give me a suck, damn it!"

Xiao Feng let out a low shout in his heart, expanding his perception to the extreme, frantically drawing in cosmic energy.

The originally empty cells, as energy poured in, began to gradually become saturated.

Then, through this absorbed energy, he altered the genetic structure deep within the cells, shedding many flaws and shortcomings of ordinary lifeforms, evolving toward a more perfect state.

At first only one or two cells changed, but as the degree of energy consumption increased, more and more cell tissues followed suit and changed.

Xiao Feng still felt pain, but gradually a sense of itch emerged; it was no longer pure pain, but also brought some comfort.

He could not sense time, not knowing how long each cell needed to be filled.

But his intuition told him that merely a few seconds had passed, and the changes occurring in his body could match over half a month of cultivation!

Chen Jie's words were not false; at this moment, one minute of cultivation equaled a year of normal practice!