We Agreed You’d Just Play the Divine Son, So How Did You Become the Forbidden Zone Emperor?

Chapter 158. This Is the Inheritance of the Heavenly Python Clan

On second thought, Cailin looked at Chu Feng’s tall, imposing back with boundless awe and astonishment.

More than anyone else, Cailin knew just how precious the Seven-Colored Spiritual Aura was. To completely refine and absorb it, even an ordinary heaven’s favored would need at least several months, or even half a year, to slowly temper it.

And if anything went wrong during that process, it was very likely that one would be swallowed up and suffer a backlash from that power, causing one’s own cultivation to be devoured instead.

That was also why, for so long, no one had ever dared set their sights on it. They all had enough self-awareness to know that their own abilities might not be enough to match the power of that spiritual aura.

It was precisely because of this that all those who were capable never dared try lightly. But Chu Feng was different—Chu Feng understood his own strength all too well.

Yet Cailin knew nothing of any of this.

In Cailin’s eyes, Chu Feng was merely an ordinary member of the human race.

No matter how much he cultivated, he should not have been able to rival those of the demon races or the Immortal Realm. And yet the truth was right before her eyes: he had completely absorbed the Seven-Colored Spiritual Aura within her body.

The key point was that absorbing it would have been one thing, but in the span of only half an hour, Chu Feng had not only fully refined it, but had even used it to break through two minor realms in succession.

What kind of talent was this?

What kind of foundation was this?

Cailin’s heart trembled violently. She had never imagined that she would witness such terrifying potential in a human.

Cailin even felt somewhat fortunate that she had not continued opposing Chu Feng earlier. Otherwise, even if the Seven-Colored Spiritual Aura had protected her body, she probably still would not have been able to keep her life.

But even so, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Because earlier, she had still harbored a trace of wishful thinking, believing that as long as she submitted to Chu Feng for the time being, the problems that followed would not truly matter.

But now, Chu Feng’s strength had far exceeded her imagination. More than that, Cailin searched through her memories and realized that, in all her impressions, there seemed to be no one capable of contending with Chu Feng.

If that was really the case, then what was she supposed to do in the future?

If Chu Feng never let her go, did that mean she would never be able to return to the Ancient Royal Clan?

And even if she could not return, if she remained by Chu Feng’s side, would she not truly become a prisoner?

At that point, Chu Feng could do whatever he wished with her—summon her at will and dismiss her just as easily. The moment she thought of that kind of life, Cailin could not help letting out a deep sigh.

Just as she was worrying over what her future life would become, Chu Feng’s aura continued to rise, only gradually stabilizing when it reached the mid-stage of the Third Level of the Self-Severing Realm.

Chu Feng slowly rose to his feet, his entire body shrouded in an indescribable pressure, as though a youthful Great Emperor had descended into the world.

That power was impossible to conceal, and as it spread through the surroundings, even Cailin, in her shock, could not help swallowing hard.

Cailin stared blankly at that tall, straight back, her heart pounding wildly.

Suddenly, all the things that had just happened within the chaotic mist surfaced in her mind...

As the Clan Leader of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python Clan, she naturally knew of an iron rule that had been passed down in her clan since ancient times.

And that was precisely why Cailin had remained so hesitant until now.

Once they shared physical intimacy with the opposite sex, they would involuntarily come to regard that person as their everything.

This was an instinct branded into the depths of their bloodline—something that could not be resisted, and could not be defied.

At first, Cailin had sneered at it, thinking it was nothing more than an ancient, outdated custom, an old tale meant to bind their hands and feet and force them to remain loyal. But now, she was gradually able to sense that power carved deep into her flesh, bones, and bloodline.

Perhaps it was because, once the blood of the Ancient Royal Clan’s Tianmang Clan mingled with that of the opposite sex, it underwent a heaven-shaking transformation.

Cailin could feel that a mysterious force within her body was quietly changing. Clearly, at first, she had despised Chu Feng so much that she had not even wanted to look at him, her heart full of resentment. But now, the way she looked at him had changed. From her initial disgust, she had reached the point where she could no longer take her eyes off him, and even found herself admiring him involuntarily.

Although Cailin could clearly sense that power, and desperately wanted to reverse it, she found that it was utterly useless. This was not something she could control. In the end, it could only be attributed to the most primal inheritance of their bloodline.

Those ancient tales had all been grounded in truth. She had refused to believe them before, but now she had no choice but to believe completely.

For example, at this very moment, Cailin merely stole a glance at Chu Feng’s sharply contoured, coldly majestic profile, and her heart skipped a beat again without her control.

So intense...

It really was so intense...

She had never seen such a terrifying heaven’s favored.

Even that lord from the Dragon-Elephant Giant Spirit Clan probably could not compare to this man, could he?

And besides, within the chaotic mist just now, though he had seemed domineering and forceful, in truth... he had not truly humiliated her.

Instead, when he guided the circulation of the spiritual aura within her body, he had even allowed her to vaguely touch upon a trace of a higher, deeper Dao rhythm...

Could it be that Chu Feng had truly been guiding her?

At that thought, Cailin’s cheeks grew slightly warm, and she quickly lowered her head, not daring to look any longer.

But that figure in her heart simply would not fade away.

No, no.

Cailin realized that she seemed to have become possessed. Chu Feng’s voice would not leave her mind no matter what, making her incomparably irritated, and even more unwilling to face it.

Cailin shook her head fiercely and silently warned herself: I am the Clan Leader of the Seven-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python Clan. How can I, because of a single time... end up feeling this way toward him...

Get a hold of yourself!

Yuntian’s condition is still unknown, and yet you are already surrendering just like this. How could you face those childhood companions of yours? If the people of the Heavenly Python Clan found out, how could you live up to their expectations?

Can you not even tell friend from foe?

Yuntian is still waiting for you. If you run off with Chu Feng over something like this, how could you possibly face them?

But the more she warned herself, the clearer that figure in her heart became, as though he had completely seized hold of Cailin’s heart.

Especially his invincible bearing while breaking through just now—it had practically been branded into the depths of her soul.

Perhaps the Heavenly Python Clan had always been like this by nature: once their bloodline fused with that of their chosen other half, they became incomparably loyal.

“What? Have you stared yourself stupid?”

A cold, indifferent voice suddenly rang out.

The moment Chu Feng turned around and saw Cailin standing there in a daze, he could not help teasing her.

Cailin abruptly raised her head and met Chu Feng’s half-smiling gaze. At once, her cheeks flushed bright red.

For the first time in all her years of growing up, Cailin felt a sense of shyness.

She quickly turned her head away and stubbornly said, “What nonsense. Who... who was looking at you? I was thinking about my Seven-Colored Spiritual Aura... and feeling that giving it to someone like you was truly not worth it.”

“Oh? Not worth it?” The corners of Chu Feng’s lips curved slightly as he slowly stepped closer.