"Where is Xueji now?"
Rather than continue examining the treasure, Chu Feng asked about Xueji.
Xueji was, after all, the Spirit World being residing within Chu Feng's body, and he had always held a special fondness for her. So compared to any treasure, Chu Feng wanted far more to confirm that Xueji was safe.
"Brother Chu Feng, Xueji is staying at my place right now. You can rest easy — she's doing wonderfully."
"Her talent is extraordinary, far beyond what any other Spirit World being can compare to. Naturally, I wouldn't truly treat her as a slave."
"Quite the opposite — I've been feeding her the finest food and drink. You can imagine how well she's been living."
"Just stop that girl of yours from tormenting me. Once we leave this place, I'll take you to see her."
After saying this, the old cat looked up at Yusha.
"Little girl, your young miss has been living the good life. Once you see her, you'll regret ever raising a hand against me. You'll even apologize."
"Because your young miss hasn't suffered a single hardship under my care. In fact, her cultivation has soared — she's far stronger than you now."
However, Yusha's expression remained utterly blank at the old cat's words. If anything, the look in her eyes suggested she wanted to strike him with a few more sword cuts.
Seeing this, the old cat grew frightened and said no more.
"Old Cat, release your martial cultivation first."
"Don't try to hide it. If you dare, I'll be able to detect it, and you won't like what happens then."
Chu Feng said to the old cat.
He already knew that the old cat was a Purple-Robed Spirit World Master.
But he did not know how high the old cat's warrior cultivation actually was.
Within this corridor, the ability to restrain the old cat had nothing to do with how formidable Chu Feng's barrier techniques were.
In truth, compared to the old cat's barrier techniques, his own were vastly inferior — they were not even on the same level.
What he had relied on was none other than the power of foresight he had seized here.
Without the power of foresight, relying solely on barrier techniques, he would have been no match for the old cat whatsoever.
So Chu Feng wanted to verify the old cat's warrior cultivation, to ensure that after leaving this place, he could still keep the old cat under control.
The old cat glanced at the Heavenly Master's Horsetail Whip in Chu Feng's hand, and only then did he release his martial power.
"Third-rank Half God?"
With the Heavenly Master's Horsetail Whip in his grasp, Chu Feng could determine whether the old cat was concealing his true level.
The old cat was indeed a Third-rank Half God.
His warrior cultivation was weaker than his barrier techniques.
Though a Third-rank Half God posed no real threat to Chu Feng, the level was still considerably higher than Chu Feng had expected.
Back when he first encountered the old cat, Chu Feng had assumed the creature was merely an existence from the Upper Realm who could suppress them only because they had been too weak at the time.
He had never imagined the old cat to be this powerful.
"That horsetail whip of yours is quite the treasure."
"You were able to enter this place because of it, weren't you?"
The old cat stared at the Heavenly Master's Horsetail Whip in Chu Feng's hand.
"What, you want to try and take this treasure from me too?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course not, of course not — I wouldn't dare."
The old cat forced a nervous grin.
"Old Cat, you and I did cross paths once. If not for you snatching the God-Sealing Bamboo Slips and kidnapping Xueji, I might have been willing to call you a friend."
"But the trouble you've caused has burned that bridge long ago."
"If the God-Sealing Bamboo Slips are truly gone, you could offer other treasures in compensation."
"But if anything has happened to Xueji — even the slightest harm — then you can only pay with your life."
As soon as Chu Feng finished speaking, his eyes suddenly turned piercingly sharp.
The moment the old cat met those eyes, his expression changed drastically. He quickly turned his head away, not daring to meet Chu Feng's gaze.
In those eyes, he had seen killing intent — killing intent so cold that even he felt a chill run through him.
"Yusha, go back for now."
At Chu Feng's words, Yusha obeyed without protest, returning directly to the Spirit World space.
Chu Feng then reached out toward the unconscious Bai Yunqing, and the Universe Bag on Bai Yunqing's body flew into his hand.
This Universe Bag was also protected by a formation.
Though Chu Feng possessed an extremely powerful power of foresight, the power of foresight offered no assistance in breaking the Universe Bag's protective formation.
So breaking this formation would have to rely on his own skill — but clearly… this was a formation Chu Feng could not break at the moment.
Chu Feng employed the ambush formation to continue searching Bai Yunqing's person.