Chapter 4: Wind Rising

In the prison, the Pill Hall overseer was leading his subordinates in frantically repairing Fu Feng's constantly withering body.

At least Xiao Yi thought so; seeing the Pill Hall personnel busy to the point of not even wiping their sweat, which is almost impossible for cultivators, since staying spotless is basic cultivator knowledge, unless they simply had no chance.

Indeed, that's exactly the case; they must finish the experiments they want to do before the Young City Lord arrives, and they must also ensure that this person appears before the Young City Lord completely intact.

"Um, do you need any help?" Xiao Yi asked, stroking his beard.

In an instant, all the Pill Hall personnel stopped what they were doing and stared at him blankly.

"Sure, you can help me fetch something." the Pill Hall overseer said, then went back to being busy.

"Replenish his spiritual energy; his divine sense is starting to grow again."

"Speed up his body's absorption capacity, using Cold Toad Tears."

"Combine it with Golden Crow Fire for body tempering."

"No, his body is too weak; use the Five Elements Body Forging Method to first push him to the Iron Bone Realm."

"Good, his body can now withstand third-grade pills. Xiao Yi, fetch my medicine box." The Pill Hall overseer's eyes lit up, looking at Fu Feng as if he were a priceless treasure.

Fu Feng, immersed in cultivating his sea of consciousness, was continually delighted; as various spirit medicines that could replenish his body and divine sense merged into him, his divine sense surged like a rising tide, quickly breaking through the current space and forcibly expanding.

Fortunately, as his divine sense expanded, the Thirty-three Layers Chaos Spirit Refining Grand Method also began operating automatically; otherwise he might have died from his head bursting due to the sudden surge in divine sense.

Not long after, Fu Feng's divine sense reached the level of the second stage of cultivation, Soul Lock!

Without him controlling it, his divine sense naturally formed a spherical protective barrier; thereafter, if anyone wanted to probe his memories, they could only do so by forcefully breaking through.

Of course, this barrier can only block those whose divine sense is weaker than his; to truly be effective, one must continually improve the quality of their own divine sense.

Watching his divine sense surge each time he cultivated his technique, Fu Feng's sense of accomplishment exploded.

It's like playing a low-level game where defeating a small monster gives you half a bar of experience, and two monsters let you level up; the temptation of directly seeing the fruits of your effort is irresistible.

So he instantly became addicted, to a degree comparable to a level‑fifty bronze player.

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"That's how it is, young master; please advise on how to deal with that person." Li Tou said solemnly and respectfully to the Young City Lord.

Wei Yi, the Young City Lord of Yunhai City. Actually he still has an older brother, but unfortunately, because he was unwilling to inherit the family business, he left the Cloud Immortal Realm long ago, and it's said he has built quite a foundation elsewhere.

At this very moment, the Wei Gongzi rumored to be suave and debonair is freaking out.

"First raise his cultivation, then directly search his soul; if that still doesn't work, go ask the Cloud Immortal to deduce the heavenly secrets." Wei Yi was rather annoyed.

"Yes, subordinate retiring!" Li Tou kept a cold expression on his face.

"Wait a minute, Big Head!" Wei Yi called out to the departing Li Tou. "Captain Li, first see if you can get any information out of him; if you find he's colluding with the Demonic Cult, he will be severely punished without mercy!"

"Yes!" Li Tou hurried away.

Waiting for his back to disappear at the door, the maid beside Wei Yi finally couldn't help but laugh.

"Pfft! Li Tou's head looks even bigger now, hahaha." Qing Ye said while laughing; just thinking about him still trying to look dignified made her laugh until tears came out.

"Alright, don't mock others anymore." Wei Yi also rubbed his temples; the pressure had been building these days, and today he had somewhat relieved it.

"How much longer will my father and the elders be back?" Wei Yi asked.

"Replying to the young master, we don't know either!" Hong Ye replied, sticking out her tongue playfully.

"Ahhh! How much longer do I have to endure this?!" Wei Yi finally couldn't help but let loose.

"Alright, young master, hurry up and attend to government affairs; there are still a bunch of documents waiting for your review." Qing Ye came up to him holding a stack of scrolls.

Wei Yi's heart instantly turned to ash, and he slumped over the desk like a noodle.

"Wait a moment," he suddenly stood up, as if he had thought of something. "Aren't you the ones my father sent to help me? Go, finish these; this young master still needs to cultivate." Wei Yi felt he had found the right way.

"If the young master isn't afraid of the City Lord blaming him, then I and Qing Ye have nothing to worry about." Hong Ye said softly, instantly shattering Wei Yi's fantasy.

Remembering his father's dignified aura, Wei Yi instantly lost his words and obediently began handling government affairs.

Actually, Yunhai City doesn't have any major matters to handle; major affairs are sufficiently dealt with by the City Lord's staff, and the City Lord only needs to be strong enough in cultivation.

This Young City Lord consistently acts rashly; if something can be settled with fists, he absolutely won't think about it, and despite his extraordinary talent, this leads him to avoid using his brain.

As for the rumored suave demeanor, that's just hearsay; nobody needs to take it seriously.

"Young master, according to our intelligence, we've discovered another four hidden bases of the Demonic Cult." After finishing miscellaneous tasks, the next step was his favorite intelligence segment.

That's right; although our Young Master Wei acts rashly, deep down he believes he relies on intellect.

But this time he discovered a problem: "Which number is this?"

"Replying to the young master, we've already handled eleven this month." Qing Ye answered.

"Something's off; have they gone mad?" Wei Yi felt strange.

"Members of the Demonic Cult are basically lunatics; otherwise they wouldn't practice a curse technique that doesn't even spare themselves." Hong Ye muttered on the side.

Everyone agrees on this: a curse technique requires a sacrifice to release the curse upon a target, and the best sacrifice is oneself. Aside from mortal enemies, nobody would do such a thing.

"They're just lunatics, not fools." Wei Yi frowned. "What's the situation elsewhere?"

Qing Ye knew Wei Yi was asking about the other three Cloud Seas, so she replied: "Elsewhere it's the same; recently Demonic Cult followers have been running rampant, attacking cultivators in the Cloud Seas everywhere, and the other three Cloud Seas seem to be gathering their forces, hoping to wipe out the Demonic Cult in one fell swoop."

"Oh, they actually all came up with the same idea." Wei Yi was quite surprised.

"Yes, the Demonic Cult suddenly showed the ability to provoke Cloud Beast rampages, posing a great threat to passing cultivators; many small towns now dare not act alone. Earlier, the merchant ships of the Liao and Lin families also encountered a Cloud Beast rampage, and the Lin family fleet almost capsized." Qing Ye said.

"Contact the other three families, say we're joining this operation for the safety of the trade routes." Wei Yi indicated that although he didn't know what had happened, he would definitely take advantage of any benefit.

"Does the young master already have someone in mind?" Qing Ye asked.

Wei Yi said: "Of course, I, the young master, will personally go and see what tricks they're up to."

Qing Ye: ……

"By the way, you all remember to finish the rest." Having said that, he turned and left.

Hong Ye: ……