A mysterious force was pulling him toward the unknown. Tian Feng was sure that Yuki was pulling him back to the Celestial world. Thus, he made no effort to resist the mysterious force. After a brief moment, the pulling force disappeared. Thinking that he finally return back, Tian Feng open his eyes excitedly only to see darkness surrounding him.
It was not the darkness of night.
It was not the darkness of losing sight.
Although it was strange, he could feel that he can sense and see his surrounding up to a certain extent. At this moment, his body was glowing with white light. Suddenly, he recalled this scene from when he first cultivated the fused cultivation technique.
At that time, he saw a naked girl who was enshrouded by light. That girl said she's Yuki. Due to the various problems at the time, he had completely forgotten to ask Yuki about this. Turning around, he once again saw a girl. However, this time there was no light emitted from her nor was she naked.
Adorned in a white rope, her appearance was quickly changing from a young girl into a mature lady. Tian Feng was staring at this scene before him with a dumbfounded look. He was petrified to a spot, incapable of having thought, incapable of moving forward. Just like a status, he stared at her until the change finally come to a stop.
The moment Tian Feng woke up from his trance, the lady had already moved closer to him. She looked exhausted, it was nothing like the divine appearance from a moment ago. Noticing that Tian Feng has recovered his senses, she said, "FengFeng! I'm Yuki. Earlier, I have expended too much energy to pull you back. I'm very weak and I'll be going into hibernation soon. After that, you won't be able to use most of the system function including the assistant function. It will take a while before I can recover."
"FengFeng! I must warn you not to think about Earth again. Next time, I might not able to pull you back like this time."
Everything was happening too fast, Tian Feng took a while before he can process the information. "Yuki! If I let you consume all my point and some of my soul, will you be able to recover?"
A moment of silence...
"FengFeng! About the points... I had already consumed everything. As for your soul, even if I were to consume it all, It won't be sufficed. If you really want to help me recover faster, you have to consume stronger souls. Don't forget that I live in your soul. If your soul is strong, I'll also be strong."
At this moment, Tian Feng opened his mouth but no word comes out. My points... all my points are gone. That was around 90 million points. I only lack a mere 20 million before I can buy the next realm cultivation technique.
Amid his series of emotions, Yuki said, "FengFeng! I have to go now."
Only then did he notice that the lower half of Yuki's body had already disappeared. As everything that happened was too sudden, he didn't know what to do or say at this moment.
Eventually, Yuki disappeared. Just as he thought that he would be returning to the outside world, he didn't. He was still here in the darkness.
No way... You must be joking with me!
He had thought that he would be automatically returned to the outside world once Yuki disappeared. However, looking at the situation now, that didn't seem to be the case. How am I suppose to get out now?
He shouted but there was no echo returning back. Just how big is this place? Trying to walk forward, he noticed that he wasn't standing on a solid ground. He was actually floating. Tian Feng tried everything he could possibly think of until he was exhausted mentally.
Just as he was about to give up and sleep, he suddenly thought of his new space. Flicking his wrist he took out the Hell Tribute and began to study it. Last time, he had Yuki research on its function. Thus, he still remembers the workflow of the object.
The Hell Tribute act as an interface connecting two different worlds together through space. Through this connection, it was capable of transporting objects back and forth as long as there was enough Qi to support the whole transportation. One of the worlds is the Celestial world, perhaps he can somehow make use of this thing to return back.
However, this doesn't explain why those eight men required the fox's blood. In Yuki's research, there's no mentioning of blood.
Why blood? Why the fox?
He has no clue about this. However, as he has nothing better to do anyway, he decided to try using his own blood. Tian Feng raised his hand and about to inflict some wound but he discovered that he was currently in soul form and incapable of drawing out blood. Not to mention blood, he can't even draw out his Qi.
He sighed helplessly. I should have asked Yuki about this when she was here earlier.
With nothing better to do, he recklessly infused his spiritual energy into the object. However, nothing happened. Thinking that it was too little, he infused more of his spiritual energy into the Hell Tribute.
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In the tent of the outside world...
Li'er was sitting next to Tian Feng holding his hand. The two foxes had already reverted to the beast form as it can't maintain human form for too long. The mother was guarding outside while the little one was staying inside. She was staring at her master with a sad look. Ever since she had become the latter's pet, her life had been easy and her strength had also increased steadily. Not to mention that yesterday, she had her bloodline cleaned and gain three tails.
Li'er fixated her gaze upon Tian Feng's face. Nobody knows what she was thinking but one thing was sure. She was currently feeling helpless. Suddenly, she noticed that Tian Feng's face was becoming paler at a visible pace.
Upon seeing this sight, she immediately activated her spiritual sense. Only then did she notice how weak Tian Feng's soul was. Not knowing what to do, she can only transfer her soul energy to Tian Feng through their Duo Cultivation technique.