Fantasy, starting with a treasure bowl

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Inside the Treasure Basin space

Swish!

Lu Feng sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his hands forming a mysterious hand seal. He seemed to be at a crucial moment in his training, standing motionless like a wooden statue.

"Soul Devouring Technique, Devour!"

Suddenly, Lu Feng's eyes widened, and the next moment his palms shot out into the air. Instantly, an invisible soul aura swept out, transforming into an invisible, hungry beast that lunged at the air not far away.

Swish!

The hungry beast suddenly missed its target, and the surrounding soul energy gradually dissipated, as if its power had been exhausted.

"It can devour the souls of others and use them for its own purposes, thereby greatly enhancing its own soul power."

"What the ancients said was indeed true; this technique does have some merit..."

Standing there, Lu Feng looked thoughtful.

After nearly an hour of secluded cultivation, he had not only recovered from most of his injuries, but he had also completely mastered the Soul Devouring Technique that Gu Canyang had taught him.

However, since he was currently inside the treasure basin, there were no souls for Lu Feng to devour, so he only practiced his skills a little.

As for the true effectiveness of the Soul Devouring Technique, we'll have to wait and see in actual combat!

"Young Master Lu, it's about time you left. How was your seclusion this time?"

At this moment, the remnant soul of Gu Canyang reappeared out of thin air and cast a concerned glance.

"It's so-so, but it doesn't disappoint you..."

In response to Gu Canyang's question, Lu Feng grinned and said, "I've mastered most of that Soul Devouring Technique manual. It's time for me to leave this place."

"This child is teachable."

Seeing Lu Feng's confident expression, Gu Canyang merely stroked his long beard without saying anything. He then flicked his sleeve again, sending Lu Feng out of the treasure basin space.

hum!

As a strange, mysterious light enveloped him, Lu Feng felt a momentary dizziness before his eyes. Then, the surrounding environment gradually became familiar and clear, indicating that he had returned to the Starfall Secret Realm.

However, the sandstorm that had been raging around had disappeared, and the surrounding area was completely silent for miles around, with only a gentle breeze blowing and rustling.

"Is the celestial disaster over...?"

Seeing this, Lu Feng also showed emotion, "As expected of the legendary celestial bodies, even a small portion of their overflowing power can create such a terrifying natural disaster, even powerful enough to annihilate a Yuanhai Realm expert..."

He had only heard rumors about the horrors of the astral disaster before, but now he had finally witnessed it with his own eyes.

If Lu Feng hadn't had the help of the Treasure Basin and the artifact spirit Gu Canyang, he would most likely have perished at the hands of the Star Calamity!

Unfortunately, the treasure basin is now only in a broken state. Although it forms its own small world inside, it cannot hold living beings for long and can only hold some remnants of souls and dead objects.

In other words, even if Lu Feng encounters a life-or-death crisis in the future, he will not be able to hide in the Treasure Basin's internal space indefinitely unless the Treasure Basin can be completely repaired.

However, even though Lu Feng has collected a lot of Immortal Stones over the years, he has only been able to repair about one-fifth of the Treasure Basin at most, and it is still a long way from being completely repaired!

"Looks like I'll need to acquire more Immortal-Nourishing Stones in the future..."

Thinking of this, Lu Feng took another deep breath and got up to leave.

...

Meanwhile, on the other side

Outside Falling Star Valley, Zhang Dabiao and his men from the Wusheng Sect remained hidden, lying in ambush, like a group of patient hunters.

"Chief Zhang, it's been almost three days, and there's still no news about Xu Tianlong. Should we keep waiting...?"

Li Li huddled under a patch of grass, holding his breath and then turning to look at Zhang Dabiao beside him, seemingly unable to contain himself any longer.

After all, they had been guarding this place for three days and three nights, but they hadn't even seen a few disciples of Falling Star Academy, let alone Xu Tianlong, their inside man!

"Damn it! What's your rush, kid!"

Faced with Li Li's request, Zhang Dabiao frowned and cursed in a deep voice, "The array seal on Earth Tiger Star is weakening, and the disciples of Falling Star Academy, in order to reinforce the array seal, will most likely not leave Falling Star Valley easily, and will not discover the ambush we laid in advance..."

"Right now, all we need to do is wait for Xu Tianlong to return, and then use him as bait to lure those Falling Star Academy disciples into lowering their guard and becoming more cautious. Then our grand plan will succeed. Do you even know what strategy is?!"

After saying that, Zhang Dabiao glared angrily at Li Li beside him, seemingly feeling that the latter was too impatient and lacked composure.

"Uh, Chief Zhang is right!"

Upon hearing this, Li Li seemed to realize that he was in the wrong and immediately bowed his head in respect.

Shh...!

At that moment, a faint gust of wind came from the side, growing closer and closer, which made Zhang Dabiao and the others shudder.

Whoosh! Thump...!

Just as Zhang Dabiao and his men, who had been lying in ambush for a long time, were about to draw their swords, they saw a white-robed figure covered in blood and in a disheveled state slowly step out from the woods beside them. Finally, he stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Wait a minute!"

"This kid looks like... Xu Tianlong?"

"Holy crap, it really is him!"

Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao and the others didn't have time to think. They immediately removed their disguises and rushed forward, landing in front of the badly injured Xu Tianlong.

"Brother Zhang...!"

Struggling to his feet, Xu Tianlong looked up at Zhang Dabiao, panting heavily as he pleaded, "Please...please do me a small favor! Give me a few more life-defying elixirs...!"

"If only Brother Zhang were willing to lend a helping hand, I would gladly go through fire and water for you!"

Despite his severe injuries, Xu Tianlong slowly extended his right hand, intending to grab Zhang Dabiao's ankle. His face was pale, and he looked like a stray dog, completely devoid of his former arrogant demeanor.

"Xu Tianlong, who on earth injured you like this?"

Faced with Xu Tianlong's request for help, Zhang Dabiao did not immediately agree, but instead asked tentatively, "Could it be that nameless nobody named Lu Feng again...?"

After all, almost everyone in and around Falling Star Academy knows that Xu Tianlong and Lu Feng have a grudge, and the latter has been opposing the Five Spirits Society recently, so the two sides have a long-standing feud.

"Lu Feng? Heh, that kid is long dead and nowhere to be found, he's not even worth mentioning!"

With another cold laugh, a cruel glint flashed across Xu Tianlong's pale face, followed by a disdainful tone.

Although he was unable to kill Lu Feng with his own hands to avenge his sworn brother Cheng Xuyuan, Lu Feng was already at his limit when the Star Calamity struck, with nowhere to escape and certain to die!

Therefore, in Xu Tianlong's view, he has now avenged his great enemy!

As for Xu Tianlong's current decision to go to Falling Star Valley to meet with Zhang Dabiao and others despite his severe injuries, it is because he has his eye on the extremely precious and rare "Life-Defying Elixir" in their possession!

The reason why Xu Tianlong's strength increased so dramatically, and he even stepped into the half-step Yuanhai Realm, was not only due to his own extraordinary talent, but also entirely inseparable from the help of the "Fate-Defying Elixir". It was almost like he was taking drugs to get there!

This is also why Xu Tianlong initially betrayed the righteous path, chose to collude with the Wusheng Sect, and even knew that Zhang Dabiao and others were spies planted by the Wusheng Sect in Luoxing Academy, but did not speak up to report them.