"Huff... Is this the power of the Innate? So overwhelming that I don't even have the strength to resist?" Zheng Changde murmured, with a sense of awe and powerlessness rising in his heart.

Zhou Mengjie, awakened by Zheng Changde's murmur, suddenly retracted all her aura, so much so that the powerful energy around completely vanished as if it had never appeared.

Zheng Changde, who was a Pseudo Innate expert, swiftly twisted his body as the gale disappeared, landing gently on the ground like a withered leaf.

After giving Zheng Changde a glance, a hint of regret flashed in Zhou Mengjie's eyes. After contemplating, Zhou Mengjie moved her hands, a piece of parchment appearing in her hands, and with a flick of her fingers, the parchment shot towards Zheng Changde.

"This is a Cultivation Technique to control the Soul Seal Device, take it for cultivation!" Zhou Mengjie said flatly.

"What? A cultivation method for the Soul Seal Device? Is this really the method to cultivate the Soul Seal?" Zheng Changde said with delight on his face, filled with disbelief, but soon, he seemed to believe it.

Then, holding the parchment like a precious treasure, he scrutinized it intently.

Joking aside, one could easily become obsessed with such a thing, right?

Besides, it's impossible for Zhou Mengjie to provide a fake thing.

Thus, Zheng Changde naturally embraced the parchment directly.

"Read it here and remember, this should not be spread. This is the cultivation method of Haoran Sect, if leaked, even I would not escape culpability!" Zhou Mengjie said in a serious tone.

"Yes, Miss, rest assured, I will keep it to myself, it won't be spread! You can be a hundred times assured, although I, Zheng Changde, am not particularly talented, I can certainly keep a promise and a secret, so Miss, there's no need for concern." Zheng Changde said earnestly, with infinite joy in his heart. For someone like him, stepping further in power was exceedingly difficult, but with this cultivation technique, he could unleash much of the Soul Seal Device's power, a significant boost to his overall strength. Even against ordinary early-stage Innate experts, he would remain unbeaten.

...

Humiliation...

Getting stronger...

This was Zhu Bufan's most significant feeling after leaving the Phoenix Nest Inn.

Though Zhou Mengjie hadn't said anything extreme, it was more of a blatant humiliation to Zhu Bufan.

"Xiaofeng, how are you doing? Are you okay?" The voice of Old Lan echoed in Zhu Bufan's mind, with a tone of apparent concern.

"Grandpa, rest assured, I'm okay! Haha, the humiliation I endured back in Nanli City was a hundred times worse, wasn't it overcome? Humph, the more they say, the more it drives me forward! So what they say will only become stepping stones for my progress, Grandpa, you can rest easy." Zhu Bufan said in a low voice.

"Good... good... good..." Old Lan said three goods, indicating his worry was about Zhu Bufan not handling the blow well affecting his confidence, but Zhu Bufan's perseverance surprised Old Lan greatly.

"Grandpa, is there any way to quickly enhance power?" Zhu Bufan asked solemnly.

"Haha, yes, of course, there is! But right now, our priority is not something else, but to resolve the greatest threat on your body!" Old Lan transmitted this message.

"Grandpa, do you mean the Soul Seal Device, the Bear's Knife?" Zhu Bufan asked back through the voice transmission.

"That's right!" Old Lan confirmed seriously.

...

Upon returning to the inferior room area, Zhu Bufan found that except for Zhou Wei and a few others, the surrounding people either kept a wary distance or eyed Zhu Bufan angrily, none approached him.

"Isn't he Zhu Bufan, I heard he's the exiled legitimate son..."

"Did you know? He's supposedly Zhou Xiaotian's eldest son?"

"Hmph, eldest son? I think he'll lose his life because of this status!"

"Right, offending Lady Xu, isn't that just asking for death? Rest assured, he's already offended Lady Xu, so he won't live much longer."

"That's not necessarily true, Miss Zhou Mengjie is quite protective of him, right? With her guarding, there shouldn't be any danger, right? We've all seen Miss Zhou Mengjie's strength. You say, how could he have such luck? Just after offending Lady Xu, Miss Zhou Mengjie steps out to protect him, truly fortunate."

"Hmph, what do you know? Isn't it all because of... never mind, anyway living among these two forces, Zhu Bufan's life is indeed worse than a dog..."

...

Having been accustomed to various rumors, Zhu Bufan didn't mind, instead, he felt more at peace alone.

Closing the door, Zhu Bufan sat cross-legged on the ramshackle bed, a short dagger between his legs, the Bear's Knife!

Then, a brief blue light flashed between Zhu Bufan's eyebrows, the Eye of Mang Sea appeared before his eyes, followed by a dense blue mist that spurted out, forming into a tangible shape under Zhu Bufan's watch.

This was the image of Old Lan in Zhu Bufan's consciousness.

"Grandpa, we can start!" Zhu Bufan whispered.

"Alright!" Old Lan agreed, instantly, a blue light screen enveloped the entire room, isolating all the aura inside. Following that, Old Lan lightly tapped the dagger with his finger. A streak of blue like a meteor shot out from Old Lan, accurately landing on the dagger, followed by an eruption of extremely rich water energy that transformed into mysterious talismans, wrapping around the Bear's Knife.

"Bang!"

Instantly, a dazzling earthen yellow light burst out from the Bear's Knife, an astonishing feat that repelled the energy released by Old Lan!

At the same time, in the Wang Mansion in the capital of Li Chu Country,

Zhou Xiaotian, who was reviewing documents, suddenly sat up, a piercing light flashed in his eyes, and his whole body trembled. The power on his body roared and exploded, disintegrating both the wolf-tail red ink brush in his hand and the little nanmu chair into dust, scattering everywhere.

"Not good! Something happened to Baldy and the others!"

"What? That's impossible, Baldy and the others, though not strong, shouldn't be threatened by anything normal." In front, several guards in armor and a strategist changed colors.

"I feel someone is trying to refine the Bear's Knife!"

Zhou Xiaotian had left a trace of spiritual consciousness inside the Bear's Knife, not because he cared about a Soul Seal Device, but because Baldy and the others were too weak. Even if they had control over Bear's Knife, they couldn't unleash its power, instead, it might be taken away by others. Now, once someone attempted to refine it, Zhou Xiaotian's consciousness in Bear's Knife would be disturbed immediately.

Then, Zhou Xiaotian would regain control over the Bear's Knife.

"Hmph!" Zhou Xiaotian sneered coldly, "Bold fool, my Zhou Xiaotian's possession is not so easily tampered with!"

As soon as the voice fell, Zhou Xiaotian's fingers suddenly formed a Seal Technique.

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