Food System in Cultivation World-Chapter 475 - 441: Whose Acting Is More Exquisite?
In the peach forest, the atmosphere was inexplicably strange.
Chen Xu held the insole in his hand, saying he would try it on right then and there.
From Chen Ping’s perspective, this should have been a good thing.
Chen Ping’s first reaction was also one of joy, "Of course, this is good, Second Brother, quickly try it."
He urged enthusiastically, but after a moment, he felt a bit ashamed.
Unconsciously, Chen Ping mumbled a little.
But in the end, he could not say anything more, he could only watch with expectation and anxiety as Chen Xu bent down to take off his shoes, inserting the left and right insoles into them.
And then, he really put on the shoes with the new insoles!
As Chen Xu was putting on his shoes, the two Little Demons on the branches of the peach tree held their breath.
Ah Shi and Wei Yuan were both a bit nervous, especially Ah Shi, who almost wanted to rush out and shout "Don’t wear them."
These insoles given by the spirit, how could they be tried so casually?
Ah Shi did not believe that there was no trickery from Lady Meng in these insoles.
But Chen Xu was not someone who acted recklessly or carelessly; he must have had his reasons.
Ah Shi was afraid of ruining his plan, so he finally suppressed his worry, only his body couldn’t help but squeeze towards Wei Yuan, insisting that the hedgehog retract all its spikes tightly before he was satisfied.
Chen Xu put on the shoes and lifted his foot to try walking.
He sauntered towards Chen Ping, smiling slightly, "Big Brother, what do you think of these insoles?"
Chen Ping mumbled, "Good, they should be very good..."
He originally wanted to say, "They should be very good, right."
But before the sound of the last word could be uttered, suddenly a black aura rose up from beneath Chen Xu’s feet.
This black aura appeared so abruptly and swiftly that when Chen Ping saw it, he was completely stupefied, his mind unable to react at all.
In front of him, a flash of light and shadow rushed by, and Chen Ping only felt his body lighten as his entire being was lifted up by an arm and flung backward.
Flying through the air, he couldn’t help but scream, "Ah—"
He looked set to crash directly from the air to the ground, but Chen Ping didn’t have time to feel frightened; he just exerted effort to turn his head to look back at Chen Xu.
He finally reacted, remembering the scene that had just unfolded in front of his eyes.
Black aura suddenly rose from under Chen Xu’s feet, resembling a dragon or snake, like chains, fiercely and swiftly winding up his entire body!
Bam!
Chen Ping’s whole person was flung onto a peach tree, its branches swayed wildly, causing Chen Ping’s body to jolt up and down.
He hurriedly clutched a peach branch, turning his head in fear to look.
He saw that Chen Xu’s entire being was now completely bound by the black aura, the bandeau holding his hair had fallen off, and his jet-black hair was scattered in the air.
Just a few steps away from Chen Xu, Lady Meng’s eyes glowed, her pupils blood-red, drool dripping from the corners of her mouth... 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Chen Ping was utterly stupefied; neither Chen Xu’s current state nor Lady Meng’s appearance fit within his realm of understanding.
However, while he was not particularly knowledgeable, he was not a fool either.
Although his heart was in turmoil and disbelief, he could not help but shout aloud, "Second Brother...Lady Meng! You, you... Second Brother, be careful!"
Only to see behind Lady Meng, suddenly as if an earth dragon was dancing, countless vine-like strange objects burst forth from the ground.
The whistling vines produced a sharp sound as they pierced through the air, with ferocious force rushing towards Chen Xu uniformly.
This scene resembled a demon tale, suddenly manifesting in reality.
Chen Ping actually did not want to believe that there was anything wrong with Lady Meng, yet Lady Meng was actually launching an attack against Chen Xu?
A sense of heaven and earth collapsing roared in Chen Ping’s mind.
Chen Ping was unaware, but at this moment, Lady Meng also felt as if the sky had fallen.
This was not her plan—
Yes, Chen Xu had put on the insoles she sent him, after which the evil aura and curse contained within the insoles erupted suddenly...
This process was not part of Lady Meng’s plan.
She had sent the insoles to Chen Xu with ill intent, but spirits are inherently cunning and would never expose their malicious intentions in such a straightforward and crude manner.
According to Lady Meng’s original plan, she was first supposed to consummate with Chen Ping, extract his primordial yang, then subtly and unnoticeably seize the Chen Family’s fortune.
Then wait for Chen Xu’s return to give him the insoles.
The evil aura and curse contained within these insoles would not erupt instantly either.
This evil aura was like a chronic poison, subtly gnawing away at Chen Xu’s spirit and primordial qi over time.
Until it created an irreparable breach in him, at that time, it would be the moment for the spirit to seize the other’s cultivation, fortune, and merit!
This was destined to be a long process, requiring careful planning, with water wearing down the stone.
Facing Chen Xu directly in combat would be a last resort.
The gains would be small, and the risks high.
In the cunning nature of spirits, this last resort was the option she ruled out until the very end.
Unfortunately, plans couldn’t keep up with changes.
Lady Meng never imagined that Chen Xu, who should have been tens of thousands of miles away and hard to find, would suddenly return to Xiaowan Village in the middle of the night.
Why did he come back?
How did he suddenly return?
What did he find out?
No... at this moment, those questions no longer mattered.
Because after Chen Xu stepped onto those insoles, for some reason, he triggered the full release of the insoles’ dense evil aura.
When the evil aura surged out like toxic arrows and chains, binding Chen Xu and sensing the dense vitality and virtue in him, the inherently plundering spirit could no longer restrain itself.
Lady Meng’s eyes filled with blood, her ears roared.
All the greed, obsession, and brutality suppressed beneath her beautiful facade poured forth like a raging flood.
Consume him, consume him, consume him, consume the man before her!
Under her façade, every inch of her spirit blood was insanely clamoring, urging Lady Meng to charge toward Chen Xu.
The battle erupted at that moment.
But Lady Meng dared to swear by her own magic name, at this moment, all those frantic vines bursting forth from behind her were not under her control!
She knew no magic of that sort.
The strengths of the spirit lie in crafting deceptive facades, absorbing primordial yang to convert strength, manipulating fortune and curses, and playing with Yin energy and evil qi.
As for the five-element magic, Lady Meng was actually not skilled in any of it.
When it came to direct combat, she was even more adept at hand-to-hand combat.
Lady Meng didn’t know where those rampant vines behind her came from, she only knew all the vines surged toward Chen Xu, so she instantly flashed like a bolt of lightning toward Chen Xu.
Perhaps there was a hidden third party observing, trying to snatch her victory.
Lady Meng could only be faster than them.
And she indeed was very fast, as fast as lightning splitting the night sky, like a meteor swiftly descending to the Mortal World.
So fast that she trailed a long string of afterimages behind her, she was already in front of Chen Xu, her five claws extended, sharp nails glowing with a foot-long cold light, thrusting toward Chen Xu’s heart.
"Lady Meng! Stop!" From the peach tree behind, Chen Ping, who was hurriedly climbing, let out a roar like heaven and earth collapsing.
Chen Ping’s world collapsed at that moment.
