Due to a chance encounter in the Mist Ghost Forest, Ling Feng had unlocked the Qi Refining Mixed Element Lock and effortlessly slain the Third Elder, embarking on his journey to the Imperial City.
Along the way, he still needed to pass through the Heavenly Vein Forest.
In the Heavenly Vein Forest, Ling Feng encountered a hunting team targeting a Demon, led by Blood Python.
Blood Python also had an adopted daughter named Little Li.
After two days, the team finally smoothly exited the Sea and Sky Barrier and reached the outskirts of the Heavenly Vein Forest.
As the sun set, everyone set up camp once more, planning to rest for a day, and by tomorrow, they could successfully exit the Heavenly Vein Forest.
Just then, a sudden rush of dense hoofbeats erupted from behind, stirring up clouds of dust.
The group looked back and saw a team of about twenty or thirty people riding a breed of Demon Horse, all clad in Light Armor and radiating an intense and formidable aura, urging their horses to burst out of the woods, racing towards them.
In the blink of an eye, they arrived in the clearing where the Hunting Blade Team was located.
The leader, a handsome young man, pulled on the reins and his steed immediately stopped, followed by the knights behind him who reined in their horses and dismounted.
As night approached, they too decided to rest here for the night.
This area, which was Ling Feng’s campsite, backed by mountains and facing water, was an excellent habitat.
"This gentleman, this must be Yellow Stone Valley, right? With one more day’s journey, we should be able to exit the Heavenly Vein Forest, right?"
Among the horse team, a middle-aged man approached Blood Python, bowed respectfully, and asked quite amicably.
"Indeed," Blood Python replied without delay, also bowing respectfully and answering with a smile.
The Samurai in this horse team exuded a powerful aura, far surpassing that of his hunting team by hundreds of times, but fortunately, they seemed to be from a distinguished aristocratic family and did not seem to consider the hunting team, who lived on the edge of the blade, worth noticing.
"Thank you for letting us know," the middle-aged man turned and walked to the horse of the handsome young man, took the reins, and said with a smile, "Young Master, we’ve been traveling for a full day, let’s rest here for the night and continue our journey early tomorrow."
The handsome young man nodded, dismounted gracefully, handed his steed to a Samurai behind him, and then strode over to help a young lady from another horse, saying with a smile, "Cousin, let me help you down!"
The young lady on the horse, dressed in Baiyi and about sixteen or seventeen years old, had eyes like stars and lips like dabbed rouge, her fair skin as delicate as mutton fat jade.
The members of the Hunting Blade Team couldn’t help but give her a few extra glances.
The young lady was washing her face by the stream when a ragged girl, carrying a black cat, approached.
She fetched water from the stream, muddying it, which annoyed the aristocratic Miss.
The aristocratic Miss went on to punish the frail girl, but Ling Feng, unable to stand by, intervened.
He stood in front of the frail girl.
Unnoticed by anyone, the frail girl, looking at Ling Feng’s silhouette, finally showed a hint of softness in her stubborn eyes.
Ling Feng, with a deft move, easily defeated the aristocratic Miss, his figure dashingly heroic.
The handsome young man from the Lio Family, upon seeing the scene, surprisingly did not side with his own people but instead clapped and cheered.
When a connoisseur makes a move, it is apparent!
Lio Yunfei, the young master of the Jiaangdu Lio Family, had been raised strictly and from an early age was nurtured by his family, so his perception was naturally not lacking.
Ling Feng’s move just now, although it was only against a maid, made Lio Yunfei realize that Ling Feng’s True Qi was not ordinary but was Spiritual True Qi.
Therefore, Lio Yunfei took a more appreciative glance at Ling Feng.
"Brother, I am Lio Yunfei, may I ask how to address you?"
Ling Feng’s gaze turned to Lio Yunfei, silently musing that this young man did not seem unreasonable, and replied indifferently, "I am Ling Feng!"