"Is this how you repay your benefactor? I should have let that Fierce Beast tear you to pieces earlier," Chu Feng said irritably.
He had thought that since Tang Ying's family possessed the Demon Subduing Spring Water, if she truly knew how to repay a kindness, she should simply hand it over to Chu Feng. But she actually started setting conditions — that was really going too far.
"Oh come on, don't be mad. It's not much — just protect me for ten years," Tang Ying said.
"Not a chance," Chu Feng said.
"One year."
"Half a year."
"One month — surely one month is fine?"
"That's the Demon Subduing Spring Water — it's incredibly valuable. If you don't put in some effort, I won't be able to convince my father to give it to you," Tang Ying said, looking thoroughly aggrieved.
"Fine, fine, I agree — but only one month, not a single day more. And you have to take me to get the Demon Subduing Spring Water right now. I need it urgently." For Wang Qiang's sake, Chu Feng had no choice but to compromise once again.
"Haha, great, wonderful! But you'll have to wait — we'll head back once my Third Brother arrives," Tang Ying said.
"How long will that take? I don't have much time," Chu Feng said.
"When we were being chased by the Fierce Beast earlier, I already sent out a distress signal. They should be here soon," Tang Ying said.
"In that case, I'll wait a bit." After saying this, Chu Feng sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and rested his mind.
In truth, he wanted to contemplate the Martial Dao and see if he could attempt to break through that bottleneck. After all, once he broke through the bottleneck, he could advance his cultivation and step into the second rank of Half Martial Ancestor.
Though Chu Feng was already a Half Martial Ancestor, he knew that in a place like the Outer Realm, the first rank of Half Martial Ancestor was nothing at all. He needed to advance his cultivation as quickly as possible.
"Quickly take these pills — they can heal your injuries." But just as Chu Feng was about to begin his contemplation, he noticed Tang Ying treating the wounds of those people.
Those people had been injured by the Fierce Beast, and their wounds were far more than mere surface injuries. From what Chu Feng could see, even though the healing pills Tang Ying produced were of decent quality, relying on them alone would not allow the wounded to quickly shake off their pain.
Whoosh— Suddenly, Chu Feng extended his finger, traced a circle on the ground with a sweeping motion, and pointed at it. "All of you, get inside that circle."
"Uh... what are you trying to do?" Upon hearing this, all of them froze with alarm.
Although Chu Feng could now be considered part of their faction, they clearly still could not accept this fact and remained wary of him.
"Oh come on, just get in when he tells you to. Hurry, hurry, stop dawdling," Tang Ying said.
Once Tang Ying spoke, they seemed not to dare disobey, and one by one they hurriedly entered the circle Chu Feng had drawn.
"Chu Feng, what exactly are you doing?" Then even Tang Ying asked curiously.
However, Chu Feng ignored Tang Ying and simply watched those people.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh— Once everyone had entered the circle, Chu Feng's hands began to shift at astonishing speed. Wave after wave of powerful barrier force surged forth, falling into the circle and forming into a formation.
"Dragon Pattern-level Royal barrier power?"
After witnessing the barrier power Chu Feng displayed, nearly everyone present was utterly dumbfounded.
But Chu Feng paid no attention to them and focused solely on setting up the formation — it was a healing formation.
Within this healing formation, their mangled and bloodied bodies not only healed rapidly, but the pain completely vanished as well. Their recovery was thorough and total.
"Done." With a sweep of his sleeve, the formation dissipated like smoke.
At that moment, all those who had been inside the circle were brimming with energy — even more vital than before they had been injured.
"Thank you." The group hurriedly clasped their fists in gratitude, a touch of shame still visible on their faces.
After all, they had been on guard against Chu Feng just moments ago, when in reality he had been trying to heal them.
"Wow, Chu Feng, you're amazing! Not only is your cultivation incredibly powerful, you're actually a Dragon Pattern-level Royal World Spiritist too! Oh my god, I'm so in awe of you — to have such an incredible bodyguard, I've really struck gold!" Tang Ying ran up to Chu Feng, screaming with excitement.
"Could you keep it down?" Chu Feng shot her a glance. "Half an hour at most. If your brother doesn't show up within half an hour, you're taking me back to your Tang family."
"Okay, okay, okay, no problem!" Tang Ying said with a beaming smile. After learning that Chu Feng was a Dragon Pattern-level Royal World Spiritist, her fondness for him had grown considerably — even a hint of adoration had appeared in her eyes.