My Cultivation Was Wasted at the Beginning, and My Side Effects Were Transferred

52: The host is attacked by an unknown forceUnder the powerful pressure of Zhao Chengan’s aura, Zhao Qingshan gritted his teeth and stubbornly held on, unwilling to kneel.

But his body trembled uncontrollably.

With a thud, he fell to his knees and kowtowed.

“Your Majesty, please forgive me. It is all due to my incompetence. I beg for your forgiveness.”

“Get out! Get out of my sight!”

As soon as Zhao Chengan finished speaking, he lightly waved his hand.

A tremendously powerful surge of spiritual energy shot out, directly sending Zhao Qingshan flying, slamming him hard onto the steps outside the palace.

He continued to slide down.

After sliding down dozens of steps, Zhao Qingshan was dizzy and disoriented, finally coming to a stop.

Zhao Qingshan lay on the ground, looking utterly disheveled, blood still oozing from the corner of his mouth.

His eyes had long turned crimson, filled with bloodshot veins.

He looked incredibly ferocious, giving off an extremely dangerous aura.

With his power at the Spirit Division Ninth Realm, a few superficial injuries were nothing.

However, in front of the Monarch of Tianyu Empire, Zhao Chengan, he still had to feign the appearance of being disciplined by him.

For Zhao Qingshan, it wasn’t just his body that was injured, but his heart.

As the dignified Lord Zhennan, Zhao Qingshan was also a person of high status and power.

He held a pivotal position throughout the Tianyu Empire.

Yet now, he could only act like a grandson, being reprimanded and brutally beaten by Zhao Chengan, the Monarch of Tianyu Empire.

Zhao Qingshan was filled with resentment, yet he dared not speak out.

Not only because the other party, as the Emperor of Tianyu Empire, wielded supreme power.

But simply because the other party was a strong practitioner of the Combination Realm, which already filled Zhao Qingshan with awe, preventing him from having any other thoughts.

Zhao Qingshan dared not complain to Zhao Chengan, so he could only vent all his pent-up fury on Lu Fengming.

As he trembled and left, the seeds of hatred had already been planted deep within his heart.

He swore to mobilize all his strength to tear Lu Fengming into ten thousand pieces.

“Tell me, was what Zhao Qingshan just said true or false?”

Watching Zhao Qingshan’s retreating figure, Zhao Chengan remained unperturbed; he didn’t even show any emotion when he disciplined Zhao Qingshan just now.

Instead, he turned his head and looked at an old eunuch with white hair standing nearby.

Despite the old eunuch’s graying temples and seemingly frail appearance, a closer look would reveal that his body contained an extremely powerful aura.

This power was in no way inferior to Zhao Qingshan’s.

Evidently, this old eunuch was also a top-tier strong practitioner.

“Lord Zhennan should have no reason to deceive Your Majesty. Normally, he is a strong practitioner of the Spirit Division Ninth Realm, while Lu Fengming, whom he spoke of, is merely a strong practitioner of the Spirit Division Second Realm.”

“A battle between a Spirit Division Ninth Realm and a Spirit Division Second Realm should be without suspense. It’s just, I don’t know why…”

At this point, the old eunuch did not continue.

But how could Zhao Chengan not understand his unspoken meaning?

Clearly, the other party also didn’t believe what Zhao Qingshan said.

Because what he said was truly outlandish and illogical.

“Pilang City is one of the most important cities in the southern part of my Tianyu Empire. Cai Yunjun, the City Lord of Pilang City, was originally a confidant of Zhao Qingshan, secretly defecting to me. Yet, after only half a year, he was suddenly killed. This is rather baffling.”

“Issue an order immediately: mobilize the Black Wolf Troop to investigate the full story of this matter, and be sure to find Lu Fengming, whom Zhao Qingshan mentioned.”

Zhao Chengan gave the command with a chilling tone.

“As you command.”

The old eunuch bowed and nodded in agreement.

Black Wolf Troop!

The most terrifying army in the Tianyu Empire.

This army was a special force composed of the most skilled assassins, intelligence gatherers, and various talented individuals drawn from the Tianyu Empire.

Every member of the Black Wolf Troop possessed the strength of the Golden Core Fifth Realm, and every captain was a Nascent Soul strong practitioner.

And this old eunuch was the leader of the Black Wolf Troop.

The Black Wolf Troop only obeyed the Monarch of Tianyu Empire, Zhao Chengan, and disregarded orders from any other organization.

Therefore, it became Zhao Chengan’s most formidable trump card.

As the most powerful assassination and intelligence organization of the Tianyu Empire, once it was deployed,

it would be as easy as pie for the Black Wolf Troop to find Lu Fengming and uncover the truth behind the destruction of Pilang City.

In fact, Zhao Chengan didn’t even consider Lu Fengming a serious matter.

What he cared about were Zhao Qingshan and other restless elements within the Tianyu Empire.

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In an unknown deep mountain forest.

In recent days, Lu Fengming, having escaped Zhao Qingshan’s pursuit, did not rest. Instead, he lay low and quietly hid here.

Because this deep mountain forest had sparse spiritual energy and was rarely visited by people, no one came to disturb him.

Lu Fengming was very clear about the gap between himself and Zhao Qingshan.

A difference of six minor realms was definitely not something Lu Fengming’s current trump cards could match.

Fortunately, Lu Fengming had already made preparations.

His trip to Qianyue City had allowed Lu Fengming to acquire the Yan Yang Divine Fruit.

Without any hesitation, he took out the Yan Yang Divine Fruit and quickly refined it.

“Ding! Host successfully consumed Yan Yang Divine Fruit. Host’s cultivation has increased to the Spirit Division Third Realm.”

A system notification immediately sounded in Lu Fengming’s mind.

Hearing this, Lu Fengming nodded in satisfaction.

From the Spirit Division Second Realm to the Spirit Division Third Realm.

Lu Fengming had consumed countless pills, yet had always been unable to break through.

He never expected that a single Yan Yang Divine Fruit would allow him to break through directly.

It was indeed worthy of being something bought at a high price; it was the real deal.

“Ding! Friendly reminder to Host: the side effect transfer target, Yunxiao, has dropped to 3% health. Please be careful, Host, and do not continue to court death.”

Just at this moment, another system notification sounded in Lu Fengming’s mind.

That old fellow only has 3% health left?

Lu Fengming narrowed his eyes.

Fortunately, he had already broken through his realm, so there was no need to continue taking pills now.

Let that old fellow recuperate for a while longer and contribute his last bit of energy to his grand cultivation endeavor.

It seemed there was also Xiao Tingsheng, that system owner.

“Kid, you’re lucky; you get to enjoy the good life with me.”

A hint of an evil smile appeared on Lu Fengming’s lips.

“Ding! Host refines 100 Pei Yuan Pills!”

“Ding! Host refines 100 Yang Yuan Pills!”

“Ding! Host refines 100 Five Elements Pills!”

...

System notifications kept ringing in Lu Fengming’s mind.

Others refined pills one by one.

Lu Fengming found this speed too troublesome, so he simply poured all the pills into his stomach in one go.

Anyway, with the Side Effect Transfer System and Xiao Tingsheng as his transfer target,

at most, it would cause Xiao Tingsheng indigestion, and no serious consequences.

After swallowing thousands of pills, Lu Fengming felt an immense primal power erupting within his body.

He was but a hair’s breadth away from breaking through.

...

While Lu Fengming was happily devouring pills, Xiao Tingsheng was suffering greatly.

“System, what exactly is going on? How do I feel like my internal organs are being roasted, suddenly encountering raging flames, and then plunging into an ice cellar, even having a feeling of indigestion?”

Xiao Tingsheng was completely dumbfounded.

Throughout this period, he was either in the process of suffering or on his way to suffering.

He hadn’t eaten anything, yet he felt like he had eaten too much and had indigestion.

His body was alternately hot and cold, causing Xiao Tingsheng to endure unprecedented, inhuman pain.

Unable to figure it out, Xiao Tingsheng could only turn to the system for help, hoping it could answer his questions.

“Ding! Detected Host is under attack from an unknown force.”

Unknown force?

Who could it be? Could it be Lu Fengming?

Xiao Tingsheng’s first thought was that Lu Fengming was responsible for this mischief.

After all, besides Lu Fengming, Xiao Tingsheng hadn’t offended many people.

Those people simply weren’t qualified to bypass the system and directly attack him.

Other than Lu Fengming, the system owner, Xiao Tingsheng couldn’t think of who else would be secretly harming him.