Xiao Fei successfully broke through to the Void Refinement realm. He did not announce it to the outside world but kept Number One in the space to continue cultivating, with Number Three handling daily affairs outside.
Number One, currently in the space, had his consciousness spread across the 360,000 mu of land within the space, sensing it meticulously.
Based on his previous promotion experiences, a Great Dao law would appear in the space with each advancement to a major realm.
The two laws he currently comprehended, "Laughter" and "Gathering and Scattering," originated from this.
As the jade disc was repaired and the space was perfected, the newly appearing laws became increasingly difficult to find.
After searching for a long time without success, Number One and Number Two simply withdrew their consciousness from their bodies and merged completely with the space.
If the space were a world, he was now the Heavenly Dao of this world, knowing every blade of grass, every tree, and every speck of dust within it.
Soon, he discovered an anomaly on a newly formed mountain within the space.
He had already planted a patch of spiritual herbs on the mountaintop, and now the herbs on the peak were swaying in a gentle breeze.
This gentle breeze had been circling the mountaintop.
There had been no wind in the space before; this should be the first wisp of wind to appear in the space.
Xiao Fei’s consciousness probed the mountaintop for a long time, finally confirming that the newly appearing law in the space was, in fact, the law of "Wind."
Wind was formless and traceless between heaven and earth, capable of being both gentle and fierce. It was as soft as nothing but could penetrate everywhere, possessing the power to destroy heaven and earth.
Excellent, the good things that appeared in the space had never disappointed Xiao Fei.
Immediately, Xiao Fei’s consciousness settled on the mountaintop, quietly seeking to comprehend the law of wind.
In the blink of an eye, 200 years had passed in the space.
On this day, Xiao Fei’s consciousness finally returned to Number One’s body.
He extended a finger, and a wisp of gentle breeze swirled around his fingertip. Then, this wisp of breeze grew increasingly fierce, causing Xiao Fei’s robes to flutter violently.
As the gentle breeze turned into a gale, it rapidly spread around Xiao Fei, forming a wind domain around him.
Within this domain, countless wind blades raged, gathering and scattering. When gathered, they could crush everything in their path; when scattered, they could transform into a gentle breeze caressing the face.
Each law, according to its characteristics, formed a different domain with its own unique features.
His wind law domain could not possess the strong invasive ability of the gathering and scattering law, but its destructive power was greater, along with some other functions.
After testing the wind law domain, he walked to a corner of the space where a large number of wooden chests were piled up. These chests were all filled to the brim with spirit stones.
Since he and Huang Feifei had returned to the martial world, they could earn a large amount of spirit stones every day, accumulating so much in a short period.
He opened these wooden chests one by one, and piles of glistening spirit stones poured out, scattering onto the land within the space.
Upon contact with the ground, the spirit stones were immediately decomposed into spiritual energy and integrated into the soil. The concentration of spiritual energy in the space rapidly increased, and the speed of time flow accelerated once more.
After the 10 million high-grade spirit stones he scattered were all decomposed, the speed of time flow within the space finally reached 80 times.
From then on, the growth rate of spiritual plants in the space could be accelerated significantly.
If he had enough spirit stones, he would have liked to accelerate the speed of time flow even further.
The gourd on the vine in the space, after growing for so long, was only the size of a chopstick tip. He wondered how many years it would take to grow further.
As for the legendary Jianmu tree, it had only two tender leaves at the beginning and still had only two tender leaves now, though the leaves had grown larger.
If this Jianmu tree were to grow to the point of connecting heaven and earth as legend had it, it was unknown how many years that would take.
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Since Xiao Fei and Huang Feifei joined the battle, the cultivators of the Tianyuan Realm had received powerful logistical support, and their combat effectiveness had greatly increased, resulting in several major victories.
"Thank you for the pills, fellow Daoist Xiao. Starting tomorrow, we will launch a full-scale counterattack!"
"This should be the final major battle. We have made thorough preparations and intend to annihilate the invading undead in this engagement."
Elder Ouyang Yu of the Sacred Pill Sect handed over a storage bag filled with spirit stones, received a large batch of pills from Xiao Fei, and bid him farewell.
"Take care, fellow Daoist Xiao. We await news of our great victory."
In the past few days, many sects and factions had commissioned Xiao Fei to refine a large number of pills.
The various forces of the Tianyuan Realm had joined forces to launch a counteroffensive against the alien undead.
Xiao Fei and Huang Feifei did not accompany the troops in pursuit. They were considered logistical personnel, and such fighting and killing matters had nothing to do with them.
Their precious hands were worth more than a same-level undead, even if just a fingernail was injured.
Three days later, the bustling camp became deserted, with only a few non-combatant logistical personnel remaining.
Even Ancestor Xiaoyue, who had always stayed by Xiao Fei's side, had gone to the front lines this time.
In the shop, only Xiao Fei and Huang Feifei remained, along with the sleeping Xiao Lan.
Xiao Lan had been sleeping in the space since she absorbed a large amount of giant's essence blood and was decomposed from the giant's body by Xiao Fei.
In the past few days, Xiao Fei noticed that his second sister was about to wake up, so he took out the cave dwelling refined from the Soul Nurturing Wood and placed it in the backyard of the shop.
"Young Master! Try the Autumn Moon Cake I made!"
There had always been outsiders in the shop. Huang Feifei finally had a moment of private time with him, making some pastries and enjoying them together.
"Mmm! Delicious! So delicious!"
Xiao Fei praised heartily after eating a piece of the crisp and soft Autumn Moon Cake.
Just then, two hidden arrows materialized a foot in front of Xiao Fei and Huang Feifei. By the time he noticed them, it was too late.
The hidden arrows were extremely fast. Xiao Fei only had time to pull Huang Feifei behind him. With a "whoosh," both arrows pierced his chest simultaneously.
These two hidden arrows carried immense destructive power. The moment they entered Xiao Fei's chest, his body instantly exploded.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Xiao Fei's body disintegrated into pieces in front of Huang Feifei, splattering a large amount of blood and pulp onto her face.
The man most important to her had just died before her eyes, reduced to dust.
Huang Feifei felt as if she had fallen into an endless darkness.
Young Master was dead!
The Young Master, whom she considered her entire life, had been eating her cake just a moment ago and was now utterly annihilated.
"Hahaha..."
"The number one alchemist of the Tianyuan Realm, nothing more!"
"This little girl seems to be quite good-looking. Why not snatch her back and present her to the Ghost King!"
"..."
Various voices emerged from all around. Over a dozen figures converged on Huang Feifei, but she was currently immersed in darkness and despair, oblivious to everything around her.
Gradually, a black aura emerged from her body, spreading onto the floor beneath her feet, causing the floor to rapidly decay.
The Autumn Moon Cake on the nearby table quickly grew mold and rotted.