Douluo Continent: I am a biologist, and I have awakened a weapon spirit?

"preparation----"

Xiao Wu raised her palm and then slashed downwards sharply.

"start!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chief Fei Lei transformed into a bolt of lightning and attacked.

So fast!

Faced with the lightning bolt shooting towards him, Chen Feng instinctively activated "Instantaneous Movement," which slowed everything in front of him down considerably, allowing him to make a timely blocking move.

Ding!

That was the sound of the Flying Thunder Clan Chief's claws clashing with Dust Edge's sword.

Chief Fei Lei showed a human-like expression of surprise, seemingly not expecting Chen Feng to be able to keep up with his speed. At this moment, Chen Feng also tried to counterattack, wanting to use his signature light and heavy sword techniques.

As long as he can bring Chief Fei Lei into his rhythm, then the outcome of this match is already decided for him.

However, just as Chen Feng slightly shifted the longsword in his hand, before he could make any move, the Flying Thunder Clan Chief's claws made contact with the longsword and separated instantly, and the next attack came again.

Chen Feng frowned slightly. He could sense that the Flying Thunder Clan Chief was faster than him, making it difficult for him to react in any way. He could only try his best to block the Flying Thunder Clan Chief's attacks.

Whenever he tried to parry and then made a small move, Chief Flying Thunder would quickly disengage as if startled, and then launch the next attack, giving him no chance whatsoever.

"Tsk, I've been dragged into my opponent's rhythm," Chen Feng sighed inwardly.

Of all the types of opponents, the ones he dislikes the most are still the speed-type opponents, especially those who are faster than him.

The last speed-type Soul Master that Chen Feng found extremely troublesome was Bai He, the patriarch of the Min Clan, who left Chen Feng, who was still a Soul Master at the time, completely helpless.

While Titan and Niu Gao are also difficult to deal with, at least they will interact with you. Whether it's Titan's powerful force field or Niu Gao's absolute defense, at least you have something to fight against.

But the white crane doesn't interact with you at all. During training, you can't even touch the hem of your clothes. You lose without any competition, which is extremely frustrating.

Chief Flying Thunder seemed to share this sentiment. Although it appeared to be engaged in fierce combat with Chen Feng, with the clanging of claws and swords creating a lively atmosphere, Chen Feng knew that Chief Flying Thunder held back in every attack. This allowed it to quickly withdraw when faced with changes and then choose to launch the next offensive or simply retreat.

In addition, the Flying Thunder Clan Chief's own extreme speed allows its attacks to be continuous, a fighting style that the Flying Thunder Clan Chief has developed over a long period of survival.

"Xiao Feng seems to be falling behind," Xiao Wu said worriedly from the sidelines.

She saw Chen Feng struggling to defend himself against the lightning attacks. Although he blocked all of his opponent's attacks, he looked quite disheveled.

“Besides the White Crane Clan Chief, this is the first opponent who can't keep up with him.” Tang San shook his head slightly. “He used to use his speed to bully others, but this time it’s the other way around.”

"What should we do then? If Xiao Feng's sword strike misses, we won't be able to pull Chief Fei Lei into the cycle of reincarnation." Xiao Wu frowned.

Tang San looked at her with some surprise, "What does whether the sword points to the center or not have to do with whether or not we can be pulled into the cycle of reincarnation?"

Xiao Wu blinked. "Isn't it that you have to point your sword at someone to pull them in? I've seen Xiao Feng point his sword at someone every time he uses the Reincarnation Abyss."

Tang San laughed, "That's just Xiao Feng's personal habit. If he had to point his sword at someone, how could he possibly enter the Reincarnation Abyss by himself?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two saw Chen Feng point his sword at Chief Fei Lei, but given Chief Fei Lei's speed, he naturally couldn't hit him at all.

However, the man and the rat still disappeared from the spot, turning into two blurry shadows.

The sudden change in the surrounding environment startled Chief Fei Lei slightly, and Chen Feng took the opportunity to launch an attack with his sword in his right hand, while his left hand began to charge up the power of the Azure Sluggish Divine Claw.

Chief Flying Thunder quickly reacted and transformed into lightning once again to clash with Dust Blade. However, this time his movements were not as fluid as before. In his "momentary" state, Dust Blade's movements became somewhat sluggish between attack and turn.

This is because the cycle of death suppresses and depletes the spirit of the beings within it.

Although both sides are bearing this suppression and attrition, Chen Feng has become completely familiar with this environment through repeated use, while Chief Fei Lei is a newcomer, and the situation is completely reversed from before.

In addition, although Chen Feng did not directly summon spirits to possess the body, he kept activating the trigram position belonging to Xue Di, which made it difficult for Chief Fei Lei to concentrate on dealing with Chen Feng. He would always pay attention to the changes in the Kan trigram position from time to time.

With this shift in momentum, the original speed difference between the two has been significantly reduced.

Four seconds passed quickly. Chen Feng, who had gradually gained the upper hand, seized the opportunity. Just as the Flying Thunder Clan Chief was about to attack again, he first clashed with the chief with his sword, and then, without warning, as the chief was about to break away, he suddenly grabbed him with his left hand in a claw shape.

A huge cyan claw shadow appeared and directly grabbed the body of the Flying Thunder Clan Chief. The Flying Thunder Clan Chief felt a pain that came from the depths of his soul, and his entire mind seemed to become much duller.

Before it could react, Chen Feng's longsword was already at its neck.

"Chief, I won."

At this moment, Chief Fei Lei was still under the influence of the Azure Sluggish Claw. It took him several seconds to process the words he received and react. He slowly nodded, indicating that he had admitted defeat in the competition.

Chen Feng smiled slightly, released the cycle of reincarnation, and took a few steps back, waiting for the Flying Thunder Clan Chief's sluggish state to disappear.

A few seconds later, the Flying Thunder Clan Chief returned to normal, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the Little Flying Thunder Rat also came over.

The Flying Thunder Clan Chief looked at the little Flying Thunder Rat with some reluctance, but still pushed the most outstanding child in the clan toward Chen Feng.

"Squeak squeak squeak".

"This child is now in your care," Xiao Wu translated.

"I will protect and nurture it well," Chen Feng promised.

Chief Flying Thunder looked deeply at his left hand, hugged the little Flying Thunder Rat, and turned to walk into the forest.

It had sensed the power of the Azure Sluggish Claw and recognized its origin, which made it feel much more at ease.

Having the little Flying Thunder Mouse follow such a human would definitely be beneficial to its growth, so the Flying Thunder Clan Chief decisively chose to let it go.

Watching its father leave, the little Flying Rat's eyes showed reluctance.

Chen Feng stroked its furry ears. "Don't worry, we'll have a chance to come back and see Chief Fei Lei again in the future. By the way, you don't seem to have a name yet. How about we call you A Fei from now on?"

"Squeak." The little flying rat nodded.

Chen Feng then said to Tang San, "Xiao San, take out the Ruyi Hundred Treasure Pouch and let A Fei go inside. See if he can adapt to it. If he can't, we'll probably have to go straight back to the academy, and we'll have to stay hidden during the day and go out at night to avoid attracting attention."

"Alright." Tang San took out his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch. "Afei, I'm going to put you in here now. Don't resist. I've also put some herbs in here. If there's anything you're interested in, you can tell me. But don't touch it yourself, because many herbs need to be specially processed before they can be eaten. Otherwise, they can be harmful or even fatal to your body. Understand?"

"Squeak." Afei stood up obediently, indicating that he would not do anything reckless.

After confirming that A-Fei understood what he was saying, Tang San put it into his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch, and released it again a few minutes later.

"How are you feeling? Is there anything that's bothering you?" Chen Feng asked.

Ah Fei first shook his head, then called out twice more.

Xiao Wu's expression was a little strange. "It said it's quite comfortable inside, but it makes the mouse a little sleepy."

Chen Feng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled:

"Go to sleep if you want, as long as you're not uncomfortable. By the way, Fei, can you sense the outside world from inside? Can you get out of the magic bag by yourself?"

When asked about these two questions, Afei responded with "yes" and "no" respectively, because it hadn't tried coming out on its own yet.

So the three men and the mouse tried again and discovered that when Afei figured it out, it could crawl out of the magic bag on its own.

"From this perspective, the Hundred Treasure Pouch is indeed a container that can hold soul beasts very well. If it can be successfully replicated, it can play a significant role in the relationship between humans and soul beasts," Chen Feng said, stroking his chin.

"I can try to replicate its circuitry, but this material..." Tang San touched the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch in his hand and shook his head helplessly.

He can identify metals, but when it comes to identifying fabrics, he's completely clueless.

"It's alright, someone will eventually recognize it. If all else fails, we can try it little by little. We can mobilize the masses in this regard, and maybe we can even come up with some different kinds of magic bags," Chen Feng said.

"You mean... a bounty?"

"more or less."

Xiao Wu also became interested in the Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch at this moment, and she said eagerly:

"Hey mistress, can you take me in too? I want to see what it's like to be in there."

Chen Feng's lips twitched, but he remained silent.

Tang San didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Since Xiao Wu wanted to play and there was no danger, he agreed and put Xiao Wu into his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.

After a while, Xiao Wu came out from inside, yawning, and said:

"Ah Fei is right, it is indeed quite comfortable inside, but it makes you sleepy."

Chen Feng joked:

"Now we have a portable sleeping bag when we go camping in the wild."

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Xiao Wu's eyes lit up. "Little San, if we're ever outside, I'll sleep in the Ruyi Magic Pouch."

Tang San was both amused and exasperated. "Let's sleep in a tent if we can. The Hundred Treasures Pouch isn't exactly a proper place to sleep."

"But it's comfortable in there. If it's really camping in the wild, sleeping in the magic bag is much better than sleeping in a tent." The more Xiaowu thought about it, the more reliable it seemed.

"Well... we'll talk about it later..." Tang San replied somewhat helplessly.

After resolving the issue of carrying Afei, the three set off again, heading towards Red Sand City on the edge of the Death Desert.

On the way, Chen Feng briefly told Tang San and Xiao Wu why they were going there. Apparently, there were rumors that members of the Chen family had appeared there, but they didn't know if it was true or not, so they went to check it out.

Tang San and Xiao Wu both knew something about Chen Feng's background, so they had no doubt about this reason, let alone connect it to Ma Hongjun.

Soon the three of them arrived in Red Sand City again. After entering the city, Chen Feng first went to the local Soul Arena with Tang San and Xiao Wu, hoping to find any clues there.

Finding someone in a city is very difficult, especially in this era when the household registration system is almost non-existent and the target may be hiding their identity.

Therefore, the Soul Arena, a place with a large number of Soul Masters, became Chen Feng's target, since the martial soul characteristics of the Chen family are quite obvious.

However, after staking out the Soul Arena for several nights, the three of them failed to find any suspicious targets or learn any outstanding sword spirit masters who had appeared there.

And during these past few days, their daytime searches yielded no useful information.

Chen Feng was already mentally prepared for this outcome. He didn't linger there any longer, but instead set off back to the academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

It's okay if the three of them can't be found; the sect can send people to continue the search.

As long as the Chen family is really here, they will eventually find clues over time.

Chapter 259 University and Suifeng Sword Technique

It took about ten days for Chen Feng and his two companions to return to Tian Dou City.

The reason it took so long was mainly because Flying Thunder Rat had complained to Chen Feng that the Star Dou Great Forest was too boring and wanted Chen Feng to summon it more often to see the outside world.

However, Chen Feng's Reincarnation Abyss is an independent area, making it impossible for the Flying Thunder Rat to come into contact with the outside world after the Spirit Awakening. It was only by bringing the Flying Thunder Rat out of the Star Dou Great Forest this time that its wish was fulfilled.

So the three of them walked very slowly along the way, and visited every city they passed through. Although Afei could not openly show himself, he could still observe the outside world from inside the Ruyi Treasure Pouch, and could be considered to have seen the world.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Chen Feng asked Tang San and Xiao Wu to take A Fei back to the academy first. Then he went to find Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin and told them that there might be members of the Chen family living in Chisha City.

"Red Sand City? Are you sure?" Chen Xin asked in surprise.

"It can't be completely certain, but it's possible," Chen Feng said.

As for the source of this information, Chen Feng did not elaborate, nor did Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin inquire further.

Because they believed that Chen Feng wouldn't talk nonsense about such things.

"Uncle Jian, if there's even the slightest possibility, we should send someone over to check it out," Ning Fengzhi said.

Chen Xin nodded: "We should send people over, but not too many. If they want to remain anonymous, making too much noise will only make things worse. Feng Zhi, you know that Xiao Feng's lineage has some issues with their martial soul. If the Spirit Hall finds out, there's no guarantee that there won't be any trouble."

“That’s true. Then I’ll send one or two reliable people over there to investigate slowly. This can’t be rushed,” Ning Fengzhi said after thinking for a moment.

Chen Xin considered it for a moment and agreed, but then, as if remembering something, he asked:

"Speaking of Crimson Sand City, Feng Zhi, does anything come to mind?"

"Uncle Jian, are you referring to... that great battle back then?"

“Yes, the place where our ancestor Chen Yang fell is in the Death Desert, and Xiao Feng is now saying that there are members of the Chen family living in Crimson Sand City on the edge of the Death Desert, which makes me think of something,” Chen Xin nodded and said.

"Could it be that they did this to make it easier to mourn Senior Chenyang?" Ning Fengzhi guessed.

Chen Xin nodded, "That's possible. I can take some time to go and check it out later. Maybe I'll find some clues."

"After that Ning family elder left with the child, did no one think to go and see that place?" Chen Feng asked.

Chen Xin shook his head. "My great-grandfather went out to search several times back then, so he must have been to that place, but he probably couldn't find it."

"I hope we can achieve something this time," Chen Feng said.

Ning Feng asked, "Speaking of which, Xiao Feng, what are your plans for the future?"

Chen Feng thought for a moment and briefly explained his idea of ​​building a new campus. Ning Fengzhi asked in confusion:

"Isn't the academy good now? Tiandou City is the capital of the empire, and the academy has many advantages here."

“There are no large gathering places for soul beasts around Tiandou City, which is not conducive to future work. Moreover, although Tiandou City is prosperous, the academy is limited by its location here. Therefore, building a new campus is imperative,” Chen Feng said, shaking his head.

Ning Fengzhi gave him a deep look and understood the meaning behind his words.