I Can Transfer the Side Effects of Evil Skills

Secretly growing wary of the Tianxiang Association, Zou Feng casually asked, ”What kind of apology would you consider sincere, Brother Leng?”

Leng Jing grinned. ”She’d have to come over wearing just her bodice!”

Zou Feng gave him a thumbs-up. ”Brother Leng, you’re a genius!”

After a bit more idle chatter, Leng Jing took his leave.

”I’ll be waiting for your good news, then, Younger Brother Zou!”

During their conversation, Leng Jing had subtly inquired about Zou Feng’s future plans.

Zou Feng knew what Leng Jing was getting at, so he answered truthfully. He told Leng Jing that he would attempt to break through to the Spiritual Energy Realm and advance to the Inner Sect within the next few days.

Upon hearing Zou Feng’s plans, Leng Jing was visibly relieved.

He had been worried that Zou Feng would choose to remain in the Outer Sect, using the excuse of needing to build a stronger foundation.

Although such a choice would have been perfectly understandable, it wouldn’t have been good news for his investors.

An investment doesn’t need an immediate return, but you should at least see some progress now and then.

Besides, while Jiang Wanzhao certainly wasn’t in a rush, Leng Jing couldn’t afford not to be.

He was the one who had strongly recommended Zou Feng, which had quickly sealed the investment.

Leng Jing had also been instrumental in pushing for the recent increase in that investment.

If there were no results to show for too long, Jiang Wanzhao herself might not say anything, but the other people under her would likely make Leng Jing’s life difficult...

After Leng Jing left, Gongsun Jinghong approached gracefully and said, ”Feng, I’m also preparing to advance soon!”

Zou Feng wasn’t surprised. ”Of course. Commandery Princess, just tell me what resources you need.”

He was rolling in wealth now, so he naturally wouldn’t be stingy about helping his lovely companions.

But to his surprise, Gongsun Jinghong stared right at him and said, ”I want... you!”

”Me?”

”That’s right. Once you’ve advanced to the Spiritual Energy Realm, we should cultivate the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill as soon as possible. It should be enough to help me successfully break through!”

From the look on her face, Zou Feng knew she wasn’t joking.

Once Zou Feng reached the Spiritual Energy Realm, the effects of the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill would be more than just doubled in potency.

It could indeed be considered an excellent resource for a breakthrough.

Meanwhile, Qiu Lan, who stood to the side, was completely stunned by what she was hearing.

’That works too?!’

She was, of course, aware of the benefits dual cultivation could bring.

But she had never before seen someone directly break through a major realm in the middle of dual cultivation.

Still, she would find out soon enough whether the method actually worked...

’If it really works, then I’ve really hit the jackpot with my decision!’

As for Teng County, she wasn’t in a hurry. She simply continued to methodically shape the specific Spirit Body she had chosen.

Elsewhere, Bai Rui was leading Zhu Hongyu, whose face was still etched with resentment, toward a mountain peak in the Inner Sect.

”What, still not over it?” Bai Rui suddenly stopped and turned to ask.

Zhu Hongyu gritted her teeth and said venomously, ”I can’t accept it! Finishing first on the leaderboard once proves nothing. He just got lucky and happened to run into a poisonous beast he could counter!”

”Enough! Do you have any idea you nearly ruined Senior Sister Luo’s important plans?”

Hearing this, Zhu Hongyu frowned in confusion. ”But didn’t Senior Sister Luo say she wanted Zou Feng...”

It was precisely because Zhu Hongyu had accidentally overheard that Senior Sister Luo chatting with her martial sisters that she had become fixated on Zou Feng.

Later, she learned that Zou Feng had been taking woman after woman into his rooms, using the dual cultivation techniques she despised to advance by leaps and bounds, all while arrogantly hogging the spotlight.

These stories had thoroughly disgusted Zhu Hongyu.

’He already has such a terrible record in the Outer Sect. If he gets into the Inner Sect, or climbs to an even higher position, who knows how many more innocent sisters he’ll harm...’

And so, when she happened to be placed in the same group as Zou Feng for the monthly assessment, Zhu Hongyu had made no secret of targeting him.

Zhu Hongyu’s original intention was to make a few deliberate ”small errors” while giving commands during the group battle, using a large Alien Race beast to trap and kill Zou Feng.

But things rarely go according to plan. Who could have predicted that the large, poisonous Alien Race creature would be perfectly countered by Zou Feng’s Poison Skill?

”Shut up!” Bai Rui hissed. ”Even if that’s the case, that’s a matter for Senior Sister Luo to handle personally... What did you think you were doing, meddling like that!”

”You alerted him and nearly ruined Senior Sister Luo’s plans... If that had happened, not even I could have saved you!”

Hearing that Senior Sister Luo had already been planning to deal with him herself, Zhu Hongyu was overjoyed.

”When does Senior Sister Luo plan to punish that fiend?” Zhu Hongyu asked impatiently.

Bai Rui glared at her. ”None of your business!”

Zhu Hongyu immediately rushed over, tugging on Bai Rui’s sleeve. ”Come on, big sis, just tell me,” she wheedled.

Bai Rui was a sucker for this kind of behavior. Shaking her head helplessly, she said, ”The high sect has recently located another unknown Outer Realm.”

”They’ll most likely send three or four True Inheritors to conquer it together...”

The more she heard, the brighter Zhu Hongyu’s eyes shone.

Although there was no deep-seated hatred between them, for Zhu Hongyu, seeing a creep like him get the punishment he deserved was an event worth celebrating.

Over the next few days, Zou Feng essentially entered seclusion, preparing to make an all-out push for the Spiritual Energy Realm.

At the same time, he went on another wild shopping spree.

The Blood Spirit Fruit and the Origin Cleansing Heart Bone were just the appetizers.

To ensure his meridians would be strengthened during his breakthrough, Zou Feng bought a slew of items in one go: the Five Elements Meridian Opening Pill, Mountain Embryo Spirit Essence, the Six Qi Meridian Opening Pill, and so on.

The materials he purchased cost him a grand total of over fifteen thousand Immortal Fate points.

In truth, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing.