Chapter 517: Dual Cultivation

Wind Spirit Island, a spatial fluctuation appeared.

Xiao Feng used the Shen Jie pass, teleporting to the place where he had left—on Bald Head Mountain.

The ground's formation had dimmed, the energy of the twenty godheads was exhausted, turning into powder and disappearing.

He glanced aside and didn't see He Er Na's figure; he guessed she had returned near Wind Rest Town.

The elemental energy concentration in Shen Jie was very high; as soon as he appeared on the mountaintop, Xiao Feng felt very comfortable, like coming down from a plateau where the air's oxygen level had risen.

"Master, are you back?" a voice came from the depths of his heart.

The master-servant contract link allowed He Er Na to always sense the master's aura and her distance from him; as long as she was in Shen Jie, she could basically feel it.

Xiao Feng grunted, replying: "I handled a few matters on Zhu Shen Da Lu, and incidentally brought Dai Ni Si to play for half a day. Are you busy now? If not, come keep me company."

"Busy, so busy!" He Er Na immediately replied, as if afraid he'd forcibly summon her away, making an excuse to dodge: "The frontier minister of Storm God Nation has come to collect the security tax; after I see him off, I'll go find the master."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Feng immediately asked: "What security tax? They couldn't possibly know we smashed Holy Flame Island and came to cause trouble, could they?"

Holy Flame Island and Storm God Nation are closely related; if the news of the Red Horn King's killing got out, the Storm God's chief deity would surely be displeased and send people to investigate the truth.

At this critical juncture, the frontier minister suddenly visited Wind Spirit Island; he very likely came to investigate the case!

He Er Na replied: "Perhaps there is that possibility, but when I slaughtered the residents of Holy Flame Island, I did not use pure wind-element power, leaving traces that cannot prove it was me. Even if they suspect, they cannot produce evidence. As long as we finish the security tax procedure and send them off, it will be fine."

After all, she had been the island lord for nearly a thousand years, knowing many ways to survive in the Element Sea.

When facing an enemy with deep background, either do not provoke them, or swiftly kill them without leaving traces, so that the enemy's 'background' cannot find out it was her doing.

Relying solely on the traces at the Holy Flame Island scene to determine it was her doing is obviously impossible.

In this matter, Storm God Nation might suspect her of having a motive, but as long as they cannot produce evidence, they will not act rashly.

Otherwise, if the various powers of the Element Sea learned of it, they would all feel endangered and jointly rebel against the God Nation, possibly affecting the entire divine nation's order.

This is something the chief deity does not wish to see.

Xiao Feng asked: "What is the security tax? Do we have to pay a lot of money?"

He Er Na explained: "We this

Those island forces relatively close to the Shen Jie territory, more or less receive the Shen Jie's protection, so they need to pay some fees to the Shen Jie border minister every ten years. Originally, tax was about due recently; the envoy's arrival is timely, not necessarily because of Holy Flame Island.

"Alright..."

Xiao Feng indicated understanding.

He said to her: "When you're done, come over; I'll start cultivating first."

"Okay, master."

He Er Na replied.

This matter seems less troublesome than imagined; she can handle it herself, no need for Xiao Feng to intervene.

Xiao Feng, having nothing else to do, took out twenty godheads, inlaid them onto the high-grade elemental origin grand formation, and directly entered a cultivation state.

The godheads emitted strong energy; strands of pure divine power separated, circulating within the formation, continuously gathering toward Xiao Feng's body.

Although in-game cultivation is calculated per hour, actually cultivation increases every minute and second.

With the operation of the Origin Book technique, Xiao Feng's body began to draw in these elemental divine powers, absorbing them into himself, gradually raising his cultivation.

At the same time, divine elemental power and willpower also increased bit by bit during cultivation, albeit slowly.

One hour, two hours, three hours...

The cultivation process was boring; Xiao Feng occasionally wondered whether he could divert some energy to train his willpower while raising his cultivation level.

He tried it, splitting his mental will into two: one part continued maintaining the cultivation state, absorbing energy from the magic formation to strengthen himself.

The other half entered a 'contemplation' state, conjuring a blank image in his mind, then, in his usual way, envisioning a chessboard with two people playing against each other.

These two people were both himself, but their chess strategies differed.

This can be understood as him, while already multitasking, further multitasking, splitting his thoughts into three parts, doing three things simultaneously.

The fourth hour passed, and the system information refreshed again.

"【You cultivated diligently, gaining 521 cultivation points, 2 divine elemental points, 30 willpower points.】"

Xiao Feng glanced at the information, his mood greatly improved.

Sure enough, this method works!

One hour yields 30 willpower points; although not as good as focused usual training, the difference isn't large.

If he usually trained specifically, it would settle every few minutes, each time adding four or five points,

over an hour he could gain several tens of points.

In Shen Jie, cultivation effect doubles, so it would approach 100 points.

Now this dual-focus cultivation yields 30 per hour, like a buy-one-get-one bonus; over a long time, the effect is still quite good.

Currently Xiao Feng's willpower is around 11,000 points, still lacking 89,000 to reach the divine threshold.

Calculated at 30 per hour, that's under 3,000 hours, about a hundred days.

If his cultivation first reaches level 300, he could still find time to specially train willpower, boosting speed threefold or more, breaking through to divine level in a shorter time!

Xiao Feng continued cultivating without pause.

Five hours, six hours, seven hours...

Because the cultivation effect was too good, unnoticed, he actually kept cultivating for a full day before stopping.

The godhead energy in the formation gradually depleted; the massive energy contained in the twenty godheads transformed into over ten thousand cultivation points and several dozen divine elemental points.

In terms of conversion rate, it's very low, very low.

But cultivation is inherently like that; it's impossible to absorb a single Upper God godhead and become an Upper God oneself, otherwise nobody would need to cultivate—just eating would suffice!

When Xiao Feng finished cultivating and opened his eyes, He Er Na had already arrived beside him and had been waiting for quite a while.

Seeing her, Xiao Feng smiled and said: "You came, why didn't you call me?"

He Er Na walked into the formation, helped Xiao Feng up, and softly said: "The master is concentrating on cultivation; I dare not disturb. Looking at the master's expression, the mood seems good?"

Hmm, not bad; just before returning to Shen Jie, I had just done intense exercise at Xiao Zhai, my body and mind were released, very pleasant. Xiao Feng said with a smile.

Ah? Xiao Zhai? Intense exercise? This, could it be…?

He Er Na was startled upon hearing this, still thinking her precious daughter had fallen victim to foul play.

She worriedly said: "Master, Dai Ni Si is still young, how could you…?" Her tone carried some blame.

Xiao Feng chuckled: "What are you thinking? I'm not that kind of person? I'm referring to Mi Nieya; your precious daughter is still fine."

He hadn't done anything bad to Dai Ni Si; he just had her call him "dad" a few times.

Ah, that's alright then…

He Er Na let out a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

Xiao Feng's tone shifted; he pulled her over, laid her back in his arms, had her sit on his thigh, and said teasingly: "Speaking of Dai Ni Si, that girl has recently pissed me off; I can't take it out on her, so I'll put the score on you. Since we're both free today, we can settle the accounts properly!"

(End of chapter)