"Is Jie Tianran truly so desperate for quick results?"
Chu Feng couldn't make sense of it.
After all, these things were only harming the people of the Seven Realms Sacred Hall.
Still, to be certain, Chu Feng set up a formation to test the items.
After testing them, he activated his Heavenly Eyes to get a clearer look.
And the result left Chu Feng genuinely shocked.
"Has Jie Tianran lost his mind?"
Chu Feng said.
"Are they really harmful?" Fu Xing asked.
"They will drastically shorten one's lifespan, and the damage is nearly impossible to repair."
"They're essentially an enhanced version of forbidden medicine. The danger of forbidden medicine lies in the backlash — as long as you endure it, you'll be fine."
"But the backlash of these items permanently devours one's lifespan."
Chu Feng explained.
"How much lifespan will they devour?" Fu Xing asked.
"It depends on talent. For those with good talent, heavy use of these items means they likely won't live past ten years."
Chu Feng said.
"Ten years or less — for someone with good talent?"
"What about someone without good talent?"
Hearing this, Fu Xing turned pale with shock.
"For someone with poor talent, it's hard to say. It could be less than a year, or they could die on the spot during cultivation."
Chu Feng said.
"This Jie Tianran really has gone mad."
Fu Xing stared at the cultivation items, a wave of lingering fear washing over her.
In truth, she had agonized over it for a long time before finally giving up on using these items for cultivation.
After all, the people of the Seven Realms Sacred Hall had indeed reaped considerable gains from them.
As a Spirit World Master, it was incredibly difficult to resist such temptation.
"Good thing you didn't cultivate with them."
"By the way, can I have these?" Chu Feng asked.
"Of course."
"But what do you want them for?"
"Don't tell me you're planning to use them for cultivation — could it be that you can purge the harmful substances inside?"
Fu Xing was puzzled, and even a little worried.
After all, Chu Feng was the kind of person who always walked a dangerous path, constantly courting peril.
"I can find a way to expose Jie Tianran's wrongdoing to the public and ruin his reputation."
Chu Feng said.
"I'm afraid that won't work."
"I've spent quite some time in the Seven Realms Sacred Hall."
"I've found that the people there are no longer merely loyal to Jie Tianran — they practically worship him blindly."
"It feels like Jie Tianran could make up any excuse and a whole crowd would believe him."
Fu Xing said.
"Whether they believe it or not is their business."
"But I need to make this public."
Chu Feng said.
"You're right. After you tell them, what they choose to do is up to them."
"So Chu Feng, if my Master and the others are willing to join forces with you, I'll go to the Ancestral Martial Realm's Sect Master City to let you know."
"Also, even though you're much stronger now, I won't let you leave me too far behind. I'll catch up."
Fu Xing said.
"I know."
Chu Feng figured that Fu Xing saying this meant she had her own methods.
Besides, he had never doubted Fu Xing's talent.
After parting ways with Fu Xing, Chu Feng met up with Little Fish.
The president of the Martial Arts Trading Company and that madwoman had been plundering the power of the Divine Era all along.
Now that Chu Feng had found the answers he was seeking, it was time for him and Little Fish to begin their own journey of seizing the power of the Divine Era.
It would have been fine anywhere else.
But in the Seven Realms Star River, Chu Feng felt particularly excited.
Along the way, he couldn't wait to take out the power he had just extracted from the cultivation site.
"What remarkably unique power."
Even Little Fish, who had seen far and wide, felt her eyes light up with wonder and longing upon seeing this power up close.
"This power is truly special. Not only can it be used for cultivation, it should also help your family's cultivation in the ancestral land."