"Please enjoy, Your Majesty." Chu Feng said with an eager smile.
Before Egg, he truly was like a servant—no, to be more precise, more like a bodyguard.
No matter what Egg did, Chu Feng could accept it and never grow tired of it. He only had affection for her.
Naturally, he didn't feel put out by humbling himself for Egg's sake. On the contrary, he was perfectly happy.
Because if Egg was happy, Chu Feng would be happy too.
"Help me set up a formation."
Her Majesty took the origin gem.
"Of course."
Chu Feng didn't delay. Knowing Egg wanted to refine the origin gem right away, he quickly stepped back a few paces and set up a barrier to envelop her.
Chu Feng knew this origin gem was somewhat special, and even Egg would need some time to refine it.
And this barrier would help Egg focus more on the refinement.
"So that's your game—playing the beauty card. Picking something useless to you, just to win a pretty girl's smile."
"But I suppose I can't blame you. A realm spirit this beautiful—I've never seen one before either. Perhaps no man can resist such temptation," Li Ming Gongzi said lightly, as if he had seen straight through Chu Feng.
"Heh..." Chu Feng just smiled faintly at Li Ming Gongzi's words, then said: "The bond between Egg and me is probably something you don't understand. To me, she's more like family—far more than just a contract relationship."
"Perhaps," Li Ming Gongzi said indifferently.
"Oh, did you enter the Heavenly Court Holy Temple as well just now?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course." As Li Ming Gongzi spoke, he suddenly raised his arm, and an object flew into Chu Feng's hand.
Chu Feng caught it and found it was a bamboo slip. Though small, the slip was covered in complex inscriptions.
"This is what you obtained from the Heavenly Court Holy Temple?"
"The Heavenly Court Holy Temple truly lives up to its reputation as the most powerful ruin in all the Outer Realms. It really has everything."
Chu Feng looked amazed. He could already tell that what was inscribed on this small bamboo slip was no ordinary thing.
It was a martial cultivation path—and one that was remarkably easy to understand.
Although he had only glanced at it without properly contemplating it, Chu Feng could sense that this cultivation path was extraordinary.
If he could comprehend it, he might just gain the insight needed to break through to the Ninth Stage Martial Ancestor realm.
"It's yours," Li Ming Gongzi said.
"Mine?" Chu Feng's eyes widened in surprise.
"I won't say it twice," Li Ming Gongzi said coldly.
"But..." Chu Feng wanted to decline.
"No 'buts.' This thing is useless to me, but if you comprehend it, you'll very likely grasp the key to breaking through to the peak of the Martial Ancestor realm," Li Ming Gongzi said.
"Even if it's useless to you, still..." Chu Feng still didn't want to accept, because his entry into the Heavenly Court Holy Temple had been entirely thanks to Li Ming Gongzi.
And this thing was extraordinarily valuable. Even if it was useless to Li Ming Gongzi, in a place like the Hundred Refinements Ordinary Realm—or even in the Upper Realm—it could sell for an enormous price.
After all, for a martial cultivator, the rarest treasure was a comprehensible martial cultivation path. And this one was so remarkably easy to grasp.
For any cultivator, this was absolutely the most precious thing.
"Enough. You saved my life when you extracted me from the Blood Scale Demon Clan earlier."
"Compared to one's life, these worldly treasures are all insignificant."
"If you truly think this thing is precious, then accept it. After that, we'll be even," Li Ming Gongzi said.
"I really can't do anything with you, can I? In that case, I'll graciously accept," Chu Feng said.
"Your realm spirit will need some time to refine that stone. You might as well use this time to comprehend it," Li Ming Gongzi said.
"Very well." Chu Feng didn't stand on ceremony. He sat cross-legged and prepared to contemplate the martial cultivation path on the bamboo slip.
As for his own safety, he wasn't worried. At this point, he and Li Ming Gongzi had essentially made peace.