Time slowly passed. As it neared nine in the morning, the double cultivation bonus buff from "Purple Qi Arriving from the East" had ended.
"Phew!"
Ling Feng opened his tightly shut eyes, exhaling a mouthful of stale air. He looked full of vigor.
Two hours of cultivation had brought his cultivation base to the middle stage of the first level of Qi Refining, still quite a distance from the second level.
"From now on, I'll focus on cultivating during these two hours from seven to nine. I'll use the rest of the time for other things."
Ling Feng mused. While strength was important, rushing was useless. After all, he couldn't just stay in seclusion cultivating all day; that would make one foolish.
"Right, let's try this character card and see who it summons."
As Ling Feng jumped off the rock, he retrieved a character card from his system space. Gazing at the pink big tree and the bold characters for "Fox Spirit Little Matchmaker," Ling Feng called out in his mind.
In the "Fox Spirit Little Matchmaker" anime, the strongest character before his transmigration was likely Bai Qiu En.
Even the Third Young Master of Ao Lai Kingdom had to address him as Senior. In the demon realm, strength commanded respect, and someone who the Third Young Master called Senior was definitely not weaker than the Third Young Master at that time.
However, who it would be depended on luck.
"System, use the Random Character Summoning Card!"
[Ding! Usage successful! Summoned character companion: Tu Shan Hong Hong! Companion function and Myriad Worlds Crossing function unlocked!]
The character card broke free from Ling Feng's hand and floated in front of him. Instantly, it glowed with radiance, and a figure materialized before Ling Feng.
Whoosh!
Although the system said it was Tu Shan Hong Hong, before Ling Feng could even see her appearance, he felt a punch coming straight at him, accompanied by a young, enraged voice.
"Human! Die!"
"Holy crap!"
Since Ling Feng had become a cultivator, his physical attributes far surpassed those of ordinary people, and his reaction speed had naturally increased. He quickly reacted and raised his hand to block.
However, the immense force of that punch sent Ling Feng flying.
That's right! He was sent flying! Ling Feng was blown back by the force, crashing into the trunk of a tree.
"Hiss, that hurt!"
A sharp pain shot through his back, his internal qi surged, and a sweetness rose in his throat. He spat out a mouthful of blood.
This was the first time Ling Feng had coughed up so much blood. If Ling Feng hadn't already become a cultivator, with his enhanced pain tolerance and physical condition, that punch could have directly landed him in the hospital.
"What's going on!?"
This sudden change stunned True Monarch Cloud Soaring in mid-air, who had been preparing to make an appearance as Ling Feng stopped cultivating. He had no idea what had happened.
"What the heck is this? Õ_Õ"
This punch left Ling Feng completely bewildered, sharing the same expression as True Monarch Cloud Soaring.
Ling Feng pushed himself up, leaning on the tree, and looked up.
The owner of the fist was Tu Shan Hong Hong from his memory. However, the Tu Shan Hong Hong before him looked very young. Her beautiful face was covered in dust, and she was only about 1.2 to 1.3 meters tall.
She wore tattered cloth clothes, with yellow talismans stuck to her limbs. Her face was filled with anger.
It was as if Ling Feng had done something heinous. She was still in the motion of punching.
Wait!
Ling Feng suddenly remembered that Tu Shan Hong Hong looked like this during the time in the anime when she and Tu Shan Rong Rong were captured.
Those talismans were restraints for demons, weren't they?
While they were extremely harmful to demons, they had their limits. Once a demon's power exceeded the limit the talismans could withstand, they became useless.
Tu Shan Hong Hong clearly didn't have that much demon power yet. But even with her demon power sealed, she could still send Ling Feng flying. This proved Tu Shan Hong Hong's strength.
Yet, Ling Feng felt it was far from just that. Tu Shan Hong Hong's complexion looked somewhat pale.
"Human! Give Rong Rong back!"
Before Ling Feng could figure things out, Tu Shan Hong Hong, filled with rage, stomped her foot and lunged at Ling Feng, throwing a punch.
"Holy crap! Wait! Damn it, I'm not!"
Ling Feng hadn't finished speaking, but the fist was already close. Helplessly, Ling Feng quickly rolled aside, dodging Tu Shan Hong Hong's furious punch.
Boom!
However, the large tree Ling Feng had been leaning against didn't have legs to dodge. It was directly struck by Tu Shan Hong Hong's punch, its trunk snapping and the upper half crashing to the ground.
"Whoa! Is the power of this punch that terrifying? It broke a tree trunk with one hit? Her previous punch wasn't even her full power?"
"If I had taken that punch earlier, I wouldn't even need to go to the hospital. They could just find a good spot for my coffin."
Ling Feng's eyes widened. He looked at the tree trunk, now only half intact, and the upper half that had fallen with a crash, kicking up dust. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead.
His body wasn't much harder than the tree. There was no doubt that if he had taken that punch, he would have been crippled, if not killed.
But this wasn't the time to be thinking about that.
Ling Feng had a rough idea now. If nothing was wrong, this Tu Shan Hong Hong was from the timeline in the anime when she and Tu Shan Rong Rong were captured by Taoist priests from the Yi Qi Dao Alliance.
Otherwise, it wouldn't explain why Tu Shan Hong Hong harbored such intense hatred towards Ling Feng. It was only possible during that period of capture.
[Host's analysis is accurate. The current Tu Shan Hong Hong is from the time when she and Tu Shan Rong Rong were captured. With Tu Shan Rong Rong not by her side, she believes something has happened to Rong Rong, causing her to go berserk.]
"Damn it, you system are screwing over your host."
[This is not my fault. Random summoning is inherently unpredictable.]
"Forget it, I still need to calm Tu Shan Hong Hong down. System, are there any methods?"
"Even a Tu Shan Hong Hong with her demon power sealed is too strong for a mere Qi Refining first-level cultivator like me to handle." Ling Feng's body trembled slightly.
[Tu Shan Hong Hong has not eaten or drunk since being captured for several hours. Her stamina is limited. Even in her enraged state, her stamina is not infinite. It is recommended that the Host engage in a war of attrition.]
"War of attrition? You want me to fight a war of attrition with her? Those two moves earlier almost completely drained me. I'm afraid my stamina will run out first."
Whoosh~
Ling Feng was still planning to argue with the system in his mind, but the enraged Tu Shan Hong Hong had already pounced, her fists the size of sandbags smashing towards him.
Bong!
Sensing danger, Ling Feng quickly got up and pushed off with his right foot, launching himself to dodge Tu Shan Hong Hong's punch.
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Ling Feng looked at the ground where he had been standing, a fist-shaped crater left by Tu Shan Hong Hong's punch.
This showed the immense strength of Tu Shan Hong Hong. It was important to remember that her demon power was sealed. If her demon power wasn't sealed, he would have been dead by now.
Whoosh!
"Give Rong Rong back!"
Seeing her punch miss, the enraged Tu Shan Hong Hong quickly threw another punch at Ling Feng, who was still in mid-air.
"It's over! One punch and I'm finished! Xiali Longyin!"
At the critical moment, Ling Feng took out Xiali Longyin from his system space and held it in front of him, attempting to block the punch.
Clang~~
Xiali Longyin indeed blocked Tu Shan Hong Hong's punch.
But Ling Feng was sent flying backward by the terrifying force. The hand holding the sword went numb at the tiger's mouth, and Xiali Longyin flew out of his hand, embedding itself in the ground.