Chapter 428: Chapter 272: Three-in-One, Part 2

After all, as the distant relative of a powerful ancestor, he didn’t even need to drop the name; the Outer Sect would immediately give him face.

However, to get Gongsun Jinghong and Teng Jun completely transferred out of the Foreign Affairs Hall, relying on Leng Jing alone probably wouldn’t be enough...

"It should be doable..." Zou Feng told the two women that Leng Jing was willing to help.

After hearing this, the two women were secretly relieved, but they couldn’t help sighing emotionally.

Back in the Great Yan Dynasty, neither Gongsun Jinghong nor Teng Jun would have given Leng Jing the time of day.

After all, not only were the guy’s hobbies utterly perverted, but the side effects of the Evil Skill he cultivated were so severe that he could drop dead at any moment.

Leng Jing’s desperate search for the Glazed Immortal Palace was driven by this very hidden danger, a ticking time bomb that could go off at any second.

Who would have thought that after coming to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, it would be him—of all people—who was thriving the most, all thanks to his ancestral connection.

Gongsun Jinghong couldn’t help but think of the ancestor her Royal Family had been relying on in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. They had been informed of his death the moment they arrived. Who were they supposed to complain to about such a thing?

"Don’t be envious. If you don’t increase your own strength, everything else is meaningless. Let’s get back to Cultivation!"

He said this to Gongsun Jinghong.

Seeing Zou Feng and Gongsun Jinghong begin a second round of Cultivation, it was Teng Jun’s turn to be envious.

She truly wanted to join them. However, her soul-deep fear of dual cultivation was like a strange, tormenting illness, preventing her from ever mustering the determination to practice the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill.

However, Teng Jun already had her own plans. While previously researching how to form a Spirit Body, she had made a discovery that both surprised and delighted her...

「An hour later.」 Leng Jing paid them a visit under the cover of darkness.

As expected, the matter was settled.

Gongsun Jinghong and Teng Jun’s first assignment from the Foreign Affairs Hall was confirmed. They were to help the newly promoted True Disciple, Jiang Wanzhao, clean and organize her newly built manor.

It was perfectly normal for Outer Disciples to be drafted for such menial tasks.

Ordinary people couldn’t go to such places anyway. At the level of a True Disciple, the environment of a manor was not something a common person could withstand.

Therefore, Leng Jing’s request for these specific people was completely reasonable.

Furthermore, since Teng Jun and Gongsun Jinghong were also from Great Yan, they were all fellow countrymen. Specifying that he wanted people from his homeland to help made the request seem even more natural.

In the end, the Purple Cloud Association didn’t make any sneaky moves overnight, so the matter was settled smoothly.

The only inconvenience was that Teng Jun and Gongsun Jinghong would actually have to go and work at Jiang Wanzhao’s manor, meaning they could no longer live with Zou Feng.

As for living together, Zou Feng wasn’t bothered by the other aspects. It was the inability to practice the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill whenever he pleased that was a real pain in the ass.

And so, Zou Feng’s life of Cultivation in the Outer Sect of the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect was finally on the right track.

The main reason was that his troubles were temporarily resolved, allowing him to finally focus on his Cultivation.

During the day, Zou Feng would spend half his time researching his personal menu as the Head Chef.

He spent all his remaining time on Cultivation.

When he couldn’t practice the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill, he would cultivate the Evil Qi Drawing Incantation, the Great Universal Hand, and the Tribulation-Indestructible Body.

He was cultivating the Great Universal Hand because, naturally, one could purchase many strange but highly useful Visualization Maps within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

Crucially, these Visualization Maps were generally inexpensive.

Of course, some Exotic Poisons that were unheard of back in Great Yan could also be purchased in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

The problem was, these poisons were anything but cheap.

And Zou Feng’s current plan was to forge a more potent Spirit Body that was perfectly suited to him.

To achieve this goal in the short term, he couldn’t spend large amounts of Immortal Fate on Exotic Poisons for now.

Therefore, his Cultivation of skills like the Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill had to be put on hold.

But in the end, it all came down to being poor...

As for cultivating the Tribulation-Indestructible Body, his progress had shot up after his body was scoured by that lightning-strike talisman last time.

Furthermore, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had many special, torturous environments, like the Earthly Evil Trench, which were perfect for cultivating the Tribulation-Indestructible Body.

In short, with these new training aids, there was hope he could break this Skill through to the Realm of Transcendence and Sanctity in a short amount of time.

Amidst this fulfilling and busy schedule, a month passed in a flash.

"Evil Qi Drawing Incantation (Minor Success), Progress: 25%"

Stepping out of the Earthly Evil Trench once more, Zou Feng was quite satisfied with his Cultivation progress.

After all, it had only been one month, yet this Skill had already broken past the Initiate stage to reach the realm of Minor Success. The speed was simply astonishing.

However, on the List of Gods, the brightness of Gongyang Marquis’s name—his number one sponsor, who was bearing the side effects of the Evil Qi for him—showed no obvious change.

’He’s so damn resilient. Just how strong is this guy?’

’Good thing he probably has no way to track me down...’

’Of course, it could also be because I’m within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect. With the Celestial Dao Cauldron overhead, no external divination techniques can have any effect.’

In truth, with a Skill like the Evil Qi Drawing Incantation, one could already forge a Spirit Body after reaching Minor Success.

But the Spirit Body Zou Feng had in mind required the Evil Qi Drawing Incantation to reach Great Success, and for the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill to reach the level of Extraordinary to Saint. Only then would it be safest.

As for what kind of Spirit Body Zou Feng intended to create...

A month ago, he had carefully researched the various Spirit Bodies documented within the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect.

Although his access level prevented him from viewing many of the entries, it didn’t matter; the number of Spirit Bodies available for him to research was already in the thousands.

Considering his own circumstances, Zou Feng had focused his attention on three particular Spirit Bodies.

The Karma Poison Body, the Returning Ruins Melting Furnace Body, and the Soldier Cauldron Body.

With his Five Poison Holy Lotus Skill and Great Universal Hand, Zou Feng was already equipped to smoothly form the Karma Poison Body.

The Karma Poison Body would not only allow him to better command all manner of poisons but would also provide a decent boost to cultivating mentally corrupting Skills.

The Returning Ruins Melting Furnace Body could be formed by using the Tribulation-Indestructible Body and the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force. It was a constitution that, in theory, allowed one to use their body as a Melting Furnace to achieve the Refinement of all things.

However, forming this body was only possible under ideal conditions.

After all, neither his Tribulation-Indestructible Body nor his Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force had reached the Realm of Transcendence and Sanctity.

As for the final option, the Soldier Cauldron Body was, naturally, a constitution suited for practicing dual cultivation arts.

Currently, Zou Feng’s Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill was very close to breaking through to the Realm of Transcendence and Sanctity. If he were to form this body, his chances of success would be quite high.

However, Zou Feng wasn’t particularly satisfied with any of these three options.

Or rather, he was not content with condensing only one of them.

’Besides, I have my big-shot sponsor to take the hit for me. Why not try to form all three at once?’

’And ultimately forge a special constitution, unique to me, with power beyond comprehension.’

A special, "Three-in-One" Spirit Body—that was Zou Feng’s current plan. Otherwise, he could have already attempted to form the Karma Poison Body a month ago.

Even though just forming the Karma Poison Body would have been very good, it would have paled in comparison to Su Qingyu’s Innate Calamity Poison Body.

General introductions for all of these could be looked up on his Token. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Zou Feng’s plan wasn’t just a flight of fancy. With his current knowledge, he knew that as long as he didn’t have to worry about the side effects, the probability of successfully creating the "Three-in-One" body was quite high.

The prerequisite, however, was that he first had to cultivate both the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill and the Tribulation-Indestructible Body to the Realm of Transcendence and Sanctity.

The Evil Qi Drawing Incantation, meanwhile, had to reach Great Success.

He also needed to purchase several types of Elixirs suitable for aiding the formation of such a Spirit Body.

When he returned to Courtyard Nine, he found that Teng Jun and Gongsun Jinghong, who had been working at Jiang Zhenchuan’s manor, had also come back.

The two women weren’t actually finished with their chores at the manor, but even laborers need to rest, so they would rush back here whenever they had free time.

This time, however, the two women had returned for a more important reason than just their scheduled day off.

In two days, the Outer Disciples’ "monthly exam" was scheduled to take place.

As the saying goes, the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect did not support idlers. More importantly, the exams were a way to discover promising disciples early on and provide them with targeted training.

Therefore, this monthly exam—especially for disciples who had only recently joined—was an event that demanded to be taken seriously.