Chapter 1646: Want to Borrow Your Dao Body

"Ji Xingge senior, Ji Xingge senior~"

Xiao Feng shook his head to dispel distracting thoughts, calling out to the guide.

He Xianzi returned to his side, eyed him suspiciously, saw that he took a beating without getting angry, and felt weird.

"Big brother, you wouldn't have a masochistic streak, would you?" she asked softly.

"Huh?"

Xiao Feng glared, kicked her butt, and said irritably, "I don't have one, but if you want, I can cultivate a masochistic streak for you."

"No, no, no, I was wrong, I was wrong." He Xianzi instantly gave in.

Not long after, the clouds parted, and the immortal Ji Xingge's figure appeared ahead.

The kind-looking middle-aged Daoist smiled gently: "Little friend Xiao Feng, it's been years, your aura has grown considerably."

"I've been diligently cultivating lately." Xiao Feng explained, then asked, "Is Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang on the mountain?"

"She is here; my junior sister hardly ever goes out, always cultivating in seclusion." Ji Xingge replied.

He led the way ahead, bringing Xiao Feng through layer after layer of grand formations and mists, into the depths of Yunchu Mountain.

As we walked, he also asked, "I once heard Junior Sister Xun Shuang mention that you left the Nine Provinces to battle several venerables; I don't know how it turned out."

Xiao Feng shook his head: "No fight broke out; the venerable of the Wild Beast Clan and the strongmen of various tribes suddenly announced they'd seclude themselves for ten years, and I don't know where their lair is, so I've temporarily set this aside."

Ji Xingge exclaimed in astonishment: "You actually have the strength to clash with a venerable?"

Xiao Feng gave a noncommittal reply: "Hard to say; against a weaker venerable I might have a chance, but against a stronger one I wouldn't even get a chance to strike."

"This..."

Ji Xingge's expression stiffened, feeling his worldview dealt a heavy blow.

A Tribulation-stage cultivator actually has the power to resist, even defeat, a venerable.

This is unthinkable even throughout Yunchu Mountain.

Even the most gifted senior sister and Junior Sister Xun Shuang, over countless years, could hardly achieve this while at Tribulation stage.

Xiao Feng's talent and power utterly surpassed his imagination, completely beyond ordinary reasoning.

In the course of chatting, the two passed through the mist and arrived inside Yunchu Mountain.

Ji Xingge's attitude toward Xiao Feng grew much more respectful; he clasped his hands and said, "You should know where Junior Sister Xun Shuang's peak is; you can go see her directly. Since you're acquainted, no need to announce your arrival."

"Thanks for guiding me, senior." Xiao Feng returned the salute and flew deeper with He Xianzi.

The peak where Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang cultivates is called Original Peak; he had stayed there a long time and was quite familiar with it.

He Xianzi had also stayed on Original Peak; she expertly led Xiao Feng there.

Soon, Original Peak lay before their eyes.

At that moment, a wisp of white mist drifted from afar, entering the mountain without Xiao Feng sensing it, and lingered somewhere.

Original Peak already had drifting clouds and mist, like a fairyland; adding or losing a wisp made no difference.

Xiao Feng spotted a huge protruding rock on the cliff face of the peak from afar.

That rock hung over the cliff edge, seeming ready to fall at any moment, yet it remained steady and never dropped.

A white-clad fairy maiden sat on the stone, her features indiscernible, her aura ethereal and vacuous; without using one's eyes, one's divine sense could hardly detect her presence.

"Fairy Maiden, are you cultivating?"

Xiao Feng drifted down and stood beside the Enlightenment Stone.

He Xianzi also behaved herself this time, not daring to speak, standing obediently to the side.

On the Enlightenment Stone, Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang opened her eyes.

"Fellow cultivator, you've come."

She spoke lightly, her tone calm, gazing straight ahead without looking at Xiao Feng.

"Well, I've recently encountered some matters and lost the talent I was proud of. The world's rules seem to have changed; I can't return, so I've come here to ask the Fairy Maiden to lend me something." Xiao Feng said candidly, without deceit.

"Lend what?" Xun Shuang Fairy Maiden asked.

Xiao Feng said: "Innate Dao Body."

"This... probably not possible."

Xun Shuang Fairy Maiden didn't move, but her body tensed slightly, her voice hurried, and she answered quickly.

Xiao Feng thought she might have misunderstood, and hastily explained: "Fairy Maiden, don't get the wrong idea; I mean no disrespect to you, I merely wish to replicate your Innate Dao Body's quality to strengthen my own power."

"Replicate the Innate Dao Body? What do you mean?" Xun Shuang Fairy Maiden expressed confusion.

She had indeed misunderstood.

As soon as Xiao Feng spoke of borrowing her Innate Dao Body, her first thought was that he wanted to seize her physique via dual cultivation—a wicked act unworthy of the orthodox path—so she refused decisively.

But after Xiao Feng's explanation, her curiosity was piqued.

Xiao Feng said: "It's like this; we previously researched, didn't we, that the Dao of All Things can evolve into everything in the world. I initially thought it could only create matter and energy, never expecting it to have more wondrous uses. Not long ago I was attacked by a venerable, my divine stature destroyed, my talent imprint erased. Unexpectedly, turning misfortune into blessing, I instead learned how to inscribe my own talent."

He recounted in detail his encounter with Elder Mo Long and how he later etched talent runes.

Xun Shuang Fairy Maiden listened, astonished: "This method is akin to creation; no ordinary person could achieve it. Fellow cultivator... what stage of your Dao have you reached?"

"This..."

Xiao Feng gave a wry smile: "As for the laws of all things, I haven't even grasped the basics; perhaps it simply forbids comprehension, leaving only self-study."

The principles he currently masters are only the Five Elements and Yin Yang, plus minor ones like heavenly fire and elemental fire.

As for the Dao of All Things, although studied extensively and capable of myriad transformations, his comprehension value remains zero.

"This is impossible..."

Xun Shuang Fairy Maiden shook her head repeatedly, feeling incredulous.

She rose, drifted down from the Enlightenment Stone, landed before Xiao Feng, and asked: "Fellow cultivator, can you let me see how you alter your talent?"

"Naturally."

Xiao Feng did not refuse, he nodded slightly.

In order to let the Fairy Maiden see more clearly, he directly cut off half of his own head, exposing his divine seal for her to inspect.

At this moment, three common talents were engraved on his divine seal; he casually released a skill, and Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang sensed the effect of his talents.

Then Xiao Feng, with a thought, erased the talent seal, dissolved his divine seal, and quickly reformed a brand-new divine seal.

Next, in her presence, he inscribed three different talents onto it.

He struck again, his aura completely different, the gap very obvious.

Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang witnessed him doing all this, shocked enough to cover her mouth.

"You can already overturn yin and yang, maneuver creation... This is a great divine ability; even a Great Luo may not be able to do it!"

Xiao Feng didn't really understand this; he only knew that his current control over himself was already very high.

He sincerely said: "Grasping these is also a helpless move; if my original talents were still there, I would never have made such a presumptuous request. Fairy Maiden, may I..."

Fairy Maiden Xun Shuang thought for a moment, then nodded slightly: "Give it a try; I also want to know whether there could be a second Innate Dao Body in the world."