Chapter 682: Compatibility 99%!

The two chatted for a while, and Bing Lu slowly woke up.

She seemed a bit dazed, forgetting what had happened before she passed out.

After waking up, she looked confused as she got up, scratched her head, and muttered to herself, "How did I end up sleeping here..."

Only after seeing Xiao Feng did she gradually recall what had just happened.

Then her face instantly darkened with anger as she snapped, "You despicable bastard! I'll fight you to the death!" She grabbed her long whip and sprang up, ready to attack.

"Huh? Are you sure you want to go all-out against me?"

Xiao Feng had anticipated her reaction; with quick eyes and hands, as she just rose, he pressed his large hand directly onto the center of her forehead.

If she dared to move even a little, he would snap off her pair of little horns.

"Ah! You... you bastard..."

With her head held down, whether out of concern for her safety or fear of her weakness being exploited, Bing Lu felt afraid.

In this situation, whether Xiao Feng wanted to kill her or punish her, she had no strength to resist.

"What... what do you want?!" she demanded, clutching her whip and refusing to let go, though her tone had already weakened.

Xiao Feng replied irritably, "Stay put and behave! Answer whatever I ask you, then follow my actions later—no running around, got it?"

"No... no way!" Bing Lu gritted her teeth and refused.

"Huh?"

Xiao Feng reached out and grabbed her right horn.

"Fine, fine, I'll answer, I'll agree, okay..."

Bing Lu instantly gave in, dropped her whip, clenched her fists, and wrapped her two straight horns to prevent him from touching them.

This look of hers—both fearful and unwilling to yield—was rather cute.

However, Xiao Feng paid no attention, merely repeating his earlier question: "What have you been doing since you arrived here? Have you discovered anything special?"

Bing Lu pouted, unwilling but forced to comply, answering: "As soon as I entered, I saw the city full of white bones; I couldn't find He Er Na's trace, worried she might be in danger, so I searched everywhere for her. Searching and searching, I ended up here... As for the special thing you mentioned, I haven't encountered anything."

In other words, she's spent these few hours running around aimlessly, encountering no inheritance at all?

Xiao Feng frowned slightly.

The density of primeval inheritances within the imperial palace is high, whereas outside the city it could be very sparse.

Of course, it's also possible that Bing Lu's careless nature prevented her from noticing those primeval inheritances hidden in the dead city.

"Follow me; He Er Na will come later as well," Xiao Feng said.

"No!" Bing Lu instinctively wanted to oppose him.

But after Xiao Feng gave her a look, she immediately shrank her neck, lowered her head, and said, "Well, seeing as you've begged so hard... I'll grudgingly protect you for a while."

Thud

!

As her words fell, a chestnut struck the center of her forehead from Xiao Feng.

"Enough with the nonsense, keep up!"

"Yes." Bing Lu put away her weapon and followed behind him, muttering softly, "Hmph! It's not nonsense at all..."

After subduing Bing Lu, Xiao Feng returned the way he came to the Imperial Study.

The Imperial Study still held many things unexamined; he wanted to search through the entire primeval-era imperial palace's inheritance thoroughly, then slowly select what he needed.

Therefore, he wouldn't overlook any decent spot; he had to search carefully.

Originally Bing Lu could have acted as an assistant and split up, but first, considering how unreliable she was, she'd likely just hinder him.

Second, as an NPC, even if she tried earnestly she couldn't gather all the information on the primeval inheritance, so they might as well act together.

Several minutes later, the two returned to the Imperial Study.

Xiao Feng told Bing Lu, "There are plenty of good things in here; you can look around freely, but don't hastily claim them as your own, lest you miss opportunities."

"What good things?" Bing Lu said dubiously, distrusting him intensely.

Xiao Feng said, "Just look and you'll know." Too lazy to explain, he kept his head down, continuing to search the other half he hadn't examined yet.

"Fine, I'll look then!"

Bing Lu gave a light snort and casually grabbed a duster from the bookshelf.

Then she exclaimed, "Huh, what is this? It looks quite powerful!"

Xiao Feng turned his head to look.

"Wow, just entered the Imperial Study and already found a primeval inheritance treasure!"

"Let me take a look."

He took the duster over and examined its information.

The system prompted: 【You have discovered the primeval inheritance Ninefold Heavenly Dao, compatibility 99%; accept inheritance now?】

Xiao Feng:???

99%!!!

This thing's compatibility with him is actually that high!

This damn thing is just a duster, a little toy Daoists use to shoo mosquitoes!

Could it be that he, Xiao Mou, is suited to be a mosquito‑chasing Daoist?

At that moment, Xiao Feng froze.

"What's wrong? Is this thing too powerful, scaring you?" Bing Lu wore a look of contempt, never missing a chance to mock him.

Xiao Feng held the duster, momentarily unsure what to decide.

Should he accept the inheritance immediately?

A 99％ compatibility rate is rare; any higher would be 100％.

But such a perfect inheritance might not exist at all!

This whisk gave him a rather ordinary feeling; it didn't seem to be a particularly powerful weapon.

But the name Ninefold Heavenly Dao sounds quite powerful

‑looking!

To study or not to study?

This is a problem!

Xiao Feng fell into deep thought, remaining silent for a long while.

Ice Deer raised a hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "Hey, are you stupid? Asleep? You stinky man, He Er Na is mine, you're a little reptile, you're…… ow! You hit me again!"

Xiao Feng came to his senses, holding the whisk, and temporarily did not accept the inheritance.

He still wanted to see if there was something better!

Anyway, no one else is coming here, and he has plenty of time to choose slowly.

Holding the whisk in his left hand, he tapped the rude Ice Deer with his right hand and scolded: "Keep looking! What's with all the nonsense!"

He himself also immediately began searching on the bookshelf.

The whisk couldn't be taken out of the imperial study, but using it inside the room was fine.

He casually swung it a few times, wondering how the feel was.

He never expected that this swing would cause something to happen!

The whisk stirred up a wisp of fresh wind, and dust on a nearby bookshelf scattered down.

Given the dilapidated condition of the place, once a wind arose, the books on the bookshelf would normally turn to dust and vanish.

But the gentle breeze raised by the whisk did not turn those ancient books into powder!

Instead, they were renewed; the books that could have been damaged at any moment actually became normal books!

"What the heck?"

Xiao Feng was greatly startled and casually picked up a book.

With the book in hand, the system gave no notification of discovering a new primeval inheritance; obviously this was just an ordinary book!

The text on the book cover translated to "Complete Explanation of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Path"; opening the cover, the front matter had no table of contents, going straight into the main text.

"In the primeval beginning, ordinary cultivators yearned to ascend to the heavenly realm, thus they greatly cultivated the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Path using the cosmic origin. The Heaven-Reaching Ancient Path is the heavenly way. It initiates from the primordial earth and reaches up to the Chaos Holy City…"

The opening is a passage introducing the content of the Heaven-Reaching Ancient Path.

The so‑called Heaven-Reaching Ancient Path is not an actual road, but a cultivation method from the primeval era, a way to grow stronger.

Of course, the "primeval" referred to here is not the primeval era as Xiao Feng imagines it, but the primeval era as seen by the author!

The primeval era as seen by modern people is undoubtedly an even more distant past.

In that era, the universe was not a sky full of star systems, but rather a vast, boundless "Primitive Continent" and an infinitely high, unreachable "Heavenly Realm".

The Primitive Continent is the so‑called "Human Realm", teeming with endless living beings, immense and boundless, expanding every day.

And within the Heavenly Realm dwell many powerful immortals.

The most famous place among them is the "Chaos City"!

(End of chapter)