Chapter 1049

But now, following the old monk of Xinchan Hall's guidance, he came into the belly of this snowy mountain.

Aside from that inexplicable strange man, there was nothing else.

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou grew more and more agitated as he thought, just as he was about to lose control.

"Ah… what is this?"

Cheng Feishi had far greater courage than Shangguan Haitang and the other three.

Shangguan Haitang and the other three searched mostly around and beneath the stone platform, even nearby areas.

No one dared to desecrate this "Strange Hero Elder."

Only Cheng Feishi, raised in the marketplace, cared nothing for moral codes or etiquette.

At first, he pretended to search carefully near the stone platform.

But as he searched, his playful nature arose, and he deliberately edged closer to the strange man.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou seemed lost in thought and unobservant.

He probed the strange man's nostrils, then tugged at his wild, tangled hair.

Then he touched the string of prayer beads.

In short, his actions made Shangguan Haitang and the other three roll their eyes repeatedly.

Yet they could do nothing about Cheng Feishi.

They feared the Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou would see and scold Cheng Feishi.

Shangguan Haitang and the other three deliberately and unintentionally shielded him.

They also urged Cheng Feishi to stop desecrating the Strange Hero Elder.

Cheng Feishi paid no heed to any of this; his playful spirit only grew stronger.

Suddenly, he moved behind the strange man and noticed an odd bulge beneath his back robe.

Overcome by curiosity, Cheng Feishi lifted up the back hem of the strange man's robe.

A deep blue, eerily strange flower bud suddenly appeared beneath the back hem.

Cheng Feishi was astonished and couldn't help exclaiming,

"Ah… what is this?"

Shangguan Haitang and the other three, closest of all, immediately leaned in to look.

"Huh! This flower bud is deep blue—could it be the deep-blue flower my father seeks?"

What the Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou sought was a deep-blue flower.

This one, though a flower, was merely a bud, not yet bloomed.

Seeing it, Shangguan Haitang felt uncertain and hesitant.

"What? You found it? Let me see!"

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou, who had nearly given up all hope, suddenly heard their cries and instantly dashed over.

Pushing aside the others, he saw the deep-blue flower bud—so eerie, yet so intoxicating to him.

"It's it! It must be it!"

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou wasn't certain, for it did differ somewhat from what the Xinchan Hall monk described.

But he had searched everywhere, and this bud was the closest match.

Moreover, even unopened, this bud radiated a strikingly bewitching and sinister beauty.

All of them were mesmerized by it.

"If this is it, then where is the Tian Xiang Doukou?"

Duan Tianya, too, was dazed by the flower bud, vaguely seeing Liu Sheng Xueji.

He immediately snapped back to clarity and asked calmly,

"That's right! Where is the Tian Xiang Doukou?"

Shangguan Haitang also came to his senses, searching every inch around the bud, even lifting the entire back hem of the strange man's robe.

They discovered the bud stood firmly atop the hard stone platform—no trace whatsoever of Tian Xiang Doukou.

"Uh…"

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou now regained some clarity, scanned the area, found nothing, and grew frantic.

"You're all incredibly stupid."

Cheng Feishi, bold and careless, bluntly called the Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou and the others fools.

Suddenly, he reached out and grabbed the unopened flower bud.

"Cheng Feishi…"

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou and the other three were startled.

What is this fool doing?

Unexpectedly, Cheng Feishi yanked hard—trying to pluck out the flower's core outright.

"Insolent…"

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou flew into rage and prepared to strike Cheng Feishi away.

But just then, Cheng Feishi's entire body suddenly turned golden yellow.

He looked as if he'd been doused in a bucket of gold paint, becoming a golden man!

"Jin Gang Bu Huai Divine Art? Cheng Feishi, what are you doing?"

Shangguan Haitang, seeing this, was frantic—why, at this moment, had Cheng Feishi suddenly unleashed the foremost of Great Ming's two divine arts—Jin Gang Bu Huai Divine Art?

The Iron-Galled Zhuge Shenhou, seeing this, was equally stunned.

Does Cheng Feishi intend to destroy his own Tian Xiang Doukou?

"Ah! Haitang, it's not that I'm running the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art on my own.

It's that this flower is sucking me…"

Cheng Feishi suddenly screamed at this moment, looking utterly wretched.

"This flower?"

Zhu Tie Dan and the others were greatly astonished — a flower could make Cheng Feishi run the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art?

"Yes! I thought this flower bud had never bloomed, so the Celestial Fragrance Cardamom might be inside the pistil.

So I wanted to pluck the pistil and offer the Celestial Fragrance Cardamom to Shenhou.

Who knew that the moment I touched the pistil, I felt as though the pistil was sucking me.

All the true qi in my body, without even a thought from me, was directly drawn away by it.

This Indestructible Diamond Divine Art must be trying to defend me…"

Cheng Feishi was trembling in pain, screaming nonstop.

While chattering on, he slowly made things clear.

"This… how could this be?"

Shangguan Haitang was utterly astonished — a flower bud that had yet to bloom could actually absorb a martial artist's true qi?

Is this still a flower?

"Godfather, Cheng Feishi seems unable to hold on any longer!"

At this moment, Duan Tianya noticed that the true qi Cheng Feishi was outputting was growing less and less.

Clearly this Number One secret agent of the Yellow rank was about to be drained dry by a flower.

"Tianya, Yidao, prepare yourselves — go replace Cheng Feishi!"

He was unafraid of the flower being divine; rather, he feared that the flower might truly be just an ordinary flower.

Zhu Tie Dan now believed what Cheng Feishi had said — that Celestial Fragrance Cardamom was very likely hidden within the flower's pistil.

Since this flower wanted to suck people's true qi, apart from himself, the four great secret agents were just right to let it suck them dry.

As long as he obtained the Celestial Fragrance Cardamom, he would have a chance to turn the tables and become the master!

"Ah? Godfather…"

Looking at Cheng Feishi's miserable state, his face had almost been sucked hollow.

His flesh and bones were also collapsing rapidly.

The whole person looked like a drug addict.

Even the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art seemed somewhat dim and lustreless.