A Cunning Pervert in the Cultivation World

Li Feng’s eyes flashed with confusion for a brief moment.

He quickly swept his spiritual sense over both women.

Yue Lan only had some residual cold energy clinging to her body, while Lan Suyao’s face was pale and her breathing slightly unstable, but neither of them had suffered any truly severe injuries.

With enough time and proper recovery, Lan Suyao would be fine.

Seeing this, Li Feng gave a small nod and let out a sigh of relief.

Without saying another word, his figure blurred and vanished from the top of the Divine Tree.

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In the next instant, he reappeared inside the room.

And the entire chamber was covered in ice.

”What...”

Li Feng stood frozen in place, completely dumbfounded as he looked around.

Thick layers of transparent ice coated every surface... the walls, the floor, the ceiling, even the furniture.

Delicate frost patterns spread across the windows like frozen spiderwebs, and the once-warm spiritual lamp now flickered weakly beneath a thin shell of ice.

The extreme cold bit into his skin the moment he arrived.

When he exhaled, a long stream of white mist drifted out from his lips and slowly dispersed into the freezing air.

Li Feng’s eyes narrowed.

This cold... this unique, pure, and extremely domineering ice aura—

He recognized it immediately.

Divine Ice Phoenix.

His gaze instantly turned serious.

Without wasting another second, he turned and stepped out of the frozen room.

The moment he emerged into the open, an even more bizarre scene unfolded before his eyes.

”...?”

The courtyard and the surrounding grounds had been completely transformed into a frozen wasteland.

Thick ice covered the stone paths, the trees, and even the distant corridors.

Sharp icicles hung from the eaves like suspended spears, and the once-lively spiritual plants now stood rigid and lifeless beneath layers of frost.

Yet beyond that frozen domain—

...As far as his eyes could see, the rest of the imperial palace was engulfed in raging flames.

Li Feng stood frozen for a moment, staring at the surreal contrast before him... one side a frozen wasteland, the other a sea of fire.

”...What the hell happened?” he murmured under his breath.

Just then, a familiar spatial fluctuation descended from above.

Li Feng turned his head.

The Divine Brick floated down from the sky and stopped right in front of him.

Lying on her back atop the brick was a small, exhausted figure... or rather, an exhausted elegant and beautiful bird.

It was Yue Bing.

Her tiny body rose and fell weakly with each heavy breath, her usual lively energy completely drained.

The soft white feathers around her were slightly disheveled, and her eyes looked half-lidded from fatigue.

”Chirp... chirp...”

A weak, tired cry escaped her beak.

Yue Bing slowly turned her head and looked at Li Feng with a clearly begrudging expression.

Even in her exhausted state, her small eyes carried a trace of complaint and resentment.

”Chirp... chirp... chirp??”

(I was still recovering... and you forced me out to fight such a monster??)

Li Feng seemed to understand the meaning behind her exhausted complaint.

His brows furrowed slightly as he asked in a low voice,

”...What happened?”

Yue Bing did not answer.

She simply let out another weak chirp before plopping limply back onto the surface of the Divine Brick, her tiny body rising and falling with heavy breaths as if she had completely used up every last bit of her strength.

A moment later, a stream of information flowed into Li Feng’s mind through his connection with the Divine Brick.

As the scenes unfolded one after another, the look in Li Feng’s eyes slowly turned cold.

It seem while he had been inside the Divine Brick, a cloaked figure had suddenly appeared and launched a lethal attack aimed at Yue Lan and Lan Suyao.

The enemy’s strength and speed were so extreme that even the Divine Brick had failed to react in time.

At the most critical moment, Yue Bing who had still been recovering inside Yue Lan’s soul forced herself to appear.

She intercepted the killing strike, then detonated her full ice domain in a violent explosion of pure frost, successfully repelling the cloaked figure and forcing them to retreat.

”...Good. Good... you bastard...”

His voice was low and filled with suppressed killing intent, as he turned his head and looked back at the raging flames consuming the distant parts of the imperial palace.

Everything was spiraling out of control.

The frozen courtyard, the sea of fire beyond, the sudden assassination attempt...

He wanted to find the culprit immediately, but in this chaos, he wasn’t even sure where to begin looking.

Then he paused.

A certain set of words suddenly resurfaced in his mind.

Today... Outer wall...

Purple Death’s earlier information echoed clearly within him.

Li Feng’s brows furrowed deeply.

Without further delay, he was about to store both Yue Bing and the Divine Brick away—

But just then, Yue Bing suddenly lifted her small head one last time.

Her exhausted eyes carried a rare trace of genuine fear as she let out a weak yet serious chirp.

”Chirp... chirp...”

(Be careful... That guy is strange... and scary.)

Li Feng’s eyes flashed with slight surprise.

For a Divine Beast like Yue Bing to show such clear fear... the cloaked figure was clearly no ordinary opponent.

Still, he gave a small nod.

Li Feng looked at the exhausted little phoenix lying weakly on the Divine Brick and offered her a faint smile.

”Leave the rest to me,” he said gently. ”You go and rest.”

Yue Bing stared at him for a moment in silence.

Her small, tired eyes lingered on his face, as if carefully weighing something.

Then, in a soft and somewhat reluctant tone, she let out another weak chirp.

”Chirp... chirp...”

(You aren’t such a bad guy... Be careful.)

Li Feng’s smile lingered for a brief moment before he raised his hand and carefully stored both Yue Bing and the Divine Brick away.

Only then did he finally turn fully toward the imperial palace that was being swallowed by raging flames.

Without another word, he shot into the air.

The higher he rose, the more complete the devastating sight became.

And as far as his eyes could see, everything was burning.

The once-magnificent halls and corridors of the imperial palace had turned into a sea of fire.

Thick black smoke billowed into the night sky, and even further beyond... out toward the distant capital city as flames could be seen devouring large sections of the urban landscape.

Li Feng’s expression grew heavier.

...What exactly happened here?

His gaze sharpened.

Without further hesitation, he turned and flew straight toward the outer wall of the palace... the location Purple Death had given him.