Chapter 131: Discovered

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A roar erupted from the demonic energy, and powerful spiritual power surged forth from it. The black halo trembled violently, nearly shattering.
“Um?” Ye Chenxing’s expression shifted slightly. He had underestimated the power of this wolf. Quickly, he bit his index finger, squeezed out some blood, and chanted an incantation, creating a blood-red symbol.
The blood-red symbol fell onto the black halo, coating it in a layer of red armor. In an instant, the light grew brighter, suppressing the struggling wolf inside once again.
After casting the spell, Ye Chenxing’s face turned pale, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, nearly collapsing into the snow. He fought to steady himself, then reached out to claim the Snow Lotus Fruit nearby, successfully picking it.
After absorbing the essence of the Snow Lotus Fruit, Ye Chenxing’s pale complexion regained some color, and his previously weakened body was instantly restored to full strength. But he didn’t dare to stop. Grabbing the Snow Lotus Fruit, he dashed down the mountain.
By the time Ye Chenxing had left, the demonic energy had finally been shattered by the wolf, which dispersed the remaining energy.
The wolf roared, but it had lost track of Ye Chenxing. It turned and retreated into the snowy mountains.
With the Snow Lotus Fruit in hand, Ye Chenxing returned to the core grassland area, where he began refining the fruit.
Meanwhile, Chen Fei and Su Ran, now joined by good fortune, encountered more opportunities. After refining the Earth Spirit Liquid, they discovered three-colored cloud mud leaves and cracked scale fruits.
Chen Fei absorbed the three-colored cloud mud leaves, which allowed him to reach the third-level Magic Spirit Master realm and the early fourth level of the Spirit Control Master in the Martial Spirit Master rank.
Su Ran absorbed the Cracked Scale Fruit, which greatly boosted her cultivation. Now, she had the combat power of a ninth-grade True Spiritual Master. By using forbidden techniques, she could even reach the power level of a peak ninth-grade True Spiritual Master.
With their strength increasing, both were confident. If Ye Chenxing recovered his strength, they could easily contend with him. With a little more time, they would no longer fear his power.
“A phantom beast at the peak of the eighth-grade True Spiritual Master!” Chen Fei’s spirit cat detected a phantom beast nearby.
Chen Fei chose to confront the beast directly. Killing it would significantly help Su Ran.
“Madam, after absorbing the spirit of this phantom beast, you should be able to achieve the fighting power of a ninth-grade True Spiritual Master, right?” Chen Fei asked.
“Yes!” Su Ran nodded, “Once I refine the spirit of this phantom beast, I should reach the level of a mid-ninth-grade True Spiritual Master. If I use forbidden techniques, my strength will be comparable to a peak ninth-grade True Spiritual Master.”
“That’s great!” Chen Fei smiled. Even if Ye Chenxing recovered, he could only suppress a peak ninth-grade Martial Spirit Master. Together, Su Ran and Chen Fei could contend with him, although they wouldn’t be able to defeat him yet. But reaching this level meant that time was on their side. Ye Chenxing’s rate of improvement could never match theirs.
Chen Fei moved to attack the phantom beast, merging with his sword and using the Xu Tian Ding’s special ability to absorb the opponent’s power before striking. With a single blow, the phantom beast, a peak eighth-grade True Spiritual Master, was defeated.
The gray-clothed man from Qinling, who had been watching from a distance, was shocked by Chen Fei’s mysterious ability.
“As expected of a genius from a holy land. A peak eighth-grade phantom beast—I’m not even sure I could kill it with one strike,” the man thought, greed flashing in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Ye Chenxing, having successfully refined the Snow Lotus Fruit, had fully recovered from his injuries and reached the level of a Thousand-segment Spiritual Master. With the blessing of his secret technique, his aura was now nearly invisible. As he passed within a few meters of a phantom beast at the late stage of eighth-grade True Spiritual Master strength, the beast didn’t even notice his presence.
Ye Chenxing sensed the gray-clothed man from Qinling who had been secretly following Chen Fei and Su Ran. The man hadn’t detected Ye Chenxing’s presence.
“Someone from Qinling?” Ye Chenxing thought, narrowing his eyes. “He must have sensed Su Ran’s Phoenix bloodline.”
Ye Chenxing’s expression darkened with murderous intent. He had already considered Su Ran’s Phoenix bloodline his treasure and would never allow anyone to take it from him.
Ye Chenxing didn’t immediately attack the gray-clothed man. He realized that the first priority was to secure Su Ran’s Phoenix bloodline, then deal with anyone who knew about it. He would wait for the right moment, remaining undetected by the other man.
Silently, Ye Chenxing approached Su Ran, while Chen Fei and Su Ran remained unaware of his presence. Su Ran was still refining the spirit of the phantom beast that Chen Fei had just killed. Chen Fei stood nearby, using his spirit cat’s perception to cover a 3,000-meter radius to ensure no one discovered Su Ran’s use of the Phoenix bloodline.
As usual, there was no sign of anything unusual until Ye Chenxing entered the one-kilometer range of his perception. Chen Fei’s heart skipped a beat.
“Someone is approaching. They’re less than a kilometer away from us!” Chen Fei thought, his senses heightened. A sense of crisis surged through him.
How powerful was the civet cat’s perception? It could sense even phantom beasts with the peak strength of an eighth-grade True Spiritual Master from three kilometers away. But now, someone had approached within a kilometer, and although Chen Fei sensed the presence, he couldn’t pinpoint the person’s exact location.
This meant that the person was either a ninth-grade True Spiritual Master or a phantom beast of the same strength.
Chen Fei immediately alerted Su Ran. She was shocked and stopped absorbing the essence.
“Yi!” The two didn’t hesitate. They immediately gathered the spirit of the phantom beast and fled in the opposite direction.
Ye Chenxing, seeing this, was slightly surprised. He noticed that Chen Fei was only at the early stage of a fourth-grade True Spiritual Master. Though he couldn’t ascertain Su Ran’s cultivation, he sensed her strength was far below his own.
As a Thousand-segment Spiritual Master, with the blessing of his secret technique, Ye Chenxing’s concealment abilities were so advanced that even a ninth-grade True Spiritual Master couldn’t detect him within a kilometer range.
“No wonder Chen Fei is still alive,” Ye Chenxing mused. “One of them must be at the mid-level of a ninth-grade True Spiritual Master, or stronger.”