Chapter 80: A Heaven-Sent Opportunity
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“Chen Fei, come in with me!” Su Ran called out with a smile.
“Is that appropriate?” Chen Fei was taken aback. Su Ran had never allowed him into the secret chamber before.
“I have a Frost Jade Bed here, and when I cultivate, it should be beneficial for you as well,” Su Ran explained.
“Alright then!” Chen Fei laughed and got up from the bed, making his way toward the secret chamber.
Inside, Chen Fei and Su Ran sat side by side on the Frost Jade Bed.
“When I refine the elixir later, you can cultivate your spiritual power beside me. It will not only help strengthen your mind but also benefit your body.
“The only downside is that it might get a little hot,” Su Ran warned.
“Got it!” Chen Fei nodded, indicating he was ready.
Then, Su Ran took out the Fire Cloud Fruit. Instead of eating it, she sat cross-legged, forming intricate hand seals. Instantly, waves of intense heat radiated from her body.
The heat clashed with the cold aura emanating from the Frost Jade Bed, creating a misty vapor that quickly enveloped the two of them.
Soon, Chen Fei saw the familiar sight of a phoenix apparition. He could even hear faint phoenix cries echoing in his ears.
As the phoenix bathed in flames, the heat waves became even more terrifying. If not for the Frost Jade Bed, Chen Fei wouldn’t have been able to endure it.
The rising mist, like a fine drizzle, drenched both of them, making Chen Fei’s heartbeat quicken and his blood surge.
Through the mist, Su Ran’s thin clothing seemed almost transparent, revealing tantalizing curves that sparked endless imagination.
Unfortunately, this beautiful sight lasted only for a moment. The phoenix apparition flapped its wings, instantly evaporating all the moisture. Soon after, the Fire Cloud Fruit placed in front of Su Ran was completely dried up by the flames.
Seeing this, Chen Fei was dumbfounded. So, Su Ran didn’t consume the Fire Cloud Fruit but absorbed it directly with her phoenix bloodline?
At that moment, his spiritual senses clearly perceived an astonishing change—the originally thin spiritual energy in the chamber had suddenly become incredibly dense.
The next instant, all that rich spiritual energy was absorbed entirely into Su Ran’s body.
Observing this strange phenomenon, Chen Fei couldn’t help but suspect that Su Ran’s phoenix bloodline ability was similar to the Void Heaven Cauldron’s refining efficiency.
After absorbing the Fire Cloud Fruit’s power, Su Ran took out two high-quality third-tier pills.
Once again, she didn’t swallow them. Instead, she formed more hand seals, causing the phoenix apparition to flap its wings. Soon, the pill in front of her was partially dried by the flames.
Like inhaling and exhaling, the dried pill turned into an extremely dense spiritual essence, which was then completely absorbed into Su Ran’s body.
It only took ten breaths for a high-quality third-tier pill to be fully refined by Su Ran without a trace of waste.
Chen Fei, who had been observing her instead of cultivating, was shocked.
As he suspected, Su Ran, with her phoenix bloodline, could directly absorb the medicinal effects of rare herbs and pills without any waste.
In fact, in some ways, her refining efficiency seemed even greater than that of the Void Heaven Cauldron.
At least, unlike the cauldron, which would filter out spiritual energy it deemed unworthy, Su Ran wasted nothing.
“With such an incredible bloodline talent, how could she not be a match for Su Wu?” Chen Fei wondered.
“Could it be that Su Ran’s phoenix bloodline only awakened recently?” That seemed to be the only logical explanation for why she had struggled against Su Wu.
“My wife has more secrets than I thought,” Chen Fei mused, unable to focus on cultivation.
Before long, Su Ran finished refining the two high-quality third-tier pills and the Fire Cloud Fruit.
At that moment, the phoenix apparition faded, and the heat waves vanished.
Su Ran looked exactly as she had before, showing no obvious changes. It was as if the immense power she had just absorbed had never existed.
Chen Fei, as a ninth-rank Grand Spiritualist, couldn’t even sense her aura—she felt like an ordinary person.
In contrast, Chen Fei himself was completely drenched from the constant steam, looking like someone who had fallen into a river.
“How do you feel?” Su Ran asked as she finished her cultivation, looking at the drenched Chen Fei.
“Not bad!” In truth, Chen Fei hadn’t cultivated at all. He had been too distracted by Su Ran’s enticing figure.
“When I cultivate, there will be a surge of spiritual energy that benefits your body. Also, when I activate my bloodline, cultivating your spiritual power beside me will yield twice the results with half the effort.
“Let’s continue!”
With that, Su Ran formed more hand seals. Even without rare treasures, she could still awaken her bloodline further using the Frost Jade Bed’s icy power.
Seeing this, Chen Fei finally began practicing his spiritual cultivation technique.
Compared to the Yin-Yang Emperor Technique’s dual cultivation, this ordinary spiritual cultivation method was far less effective. Even with Su Ran’s assistance, progress was agonizingly slow.
After an entire night of cultivation, Chen Fei had only managed to add a single star of light to his third spiritual orb.
At this rate, it would take him years of arduous cultivation just to condense his third orb completely.
A so-called once-in-ten-thousand-years genius of the Spiritualist path needed years of hard work to advance a single step. For someone with average talent, wouldn’t it take decades just to improve slightly?
Early the next morning, Su Ran had breakfast with Chen Fei before calling for Miao Yue. After giving some instructions, she fully armed herself and left the Su family estate, heading for Falling Spiral Valley to hunt.
As soon as Su Ran left, Chen Fei also departed, transforming into his alternate identity—Huangwu City’s noble, Chen Yang.
Not long after they had left, they coincidentally met again at the city gates.
“Brother, I’ll be counting on you,” Su Ran spoke much more politely when addressing Chen Yang.
Seeing Su Ran suddenly treating him so formally, Chen Fei felt a bit uncomfortable. He secretly pondered when he should reveal the truth about his “brother” identity.
Just ten minutes after they left Huangwu City, word had already reached the City Lord’s Mansion.
“They’ve left the city?” Upon hearing the news, Ye Chenyi’s face lit up with joy.
“This is a heaven-sent opportunity!” He laughed, feeling as if the heavens themselves were assisting his City Lord’s Mansion.
Just yesterday, he had sought out Wei Tinghong from Qinghai Academy, asking for help in eliminating Chen Yang, promising to lead the city’s noble families in allegiance to the academy.
Wei Tinghong had agreed but stated that he couldn’t take action within Huangwu City.
Ye Chenyi had been displeased with this answer, but he was certain that Chen Yang would leave the city before the secret realm opened.
He hadn’t expected his prediction to come true so quickly—only a day later, Chen Yang had left on his own.
Without hesitation, Ye Chenyi hurried to find Wei Tinghong, planning to use a borrowed knife to kill his enemy.
