Chapter 39: Passive: Longevity

Zhou Feng finally enjoyed the benefits of joining the sect this time.

If he was just an itinerant cultivator, it would be impossible for him to come into contact with the secret sect techniques, such as the three Demon-Devouring arts.

Let alone learn them.

And the biggest benefit of joining a sect was that Zhou Feng could come into contact with some cultivation techniques.

But correspondingly, a Gu had been planted in his body, 

He suspected that the Tri-Gu Sect had a method to control the Gu and subsequently all Tri-Gu disciples.

Even those so-called Elders were under the Sect Leader’s control.

Otherwise, there were simply too many disciples who wanted to defect.

With such an intensely competitive environment in the inner sect, there would definitely be some who would cower and want to flee the sect.

However, there were no rumors about this.

Therefore, Zhou Feng had reasons to suspect that the Tri-Gu higher-ups possessed some secret technique. They could control their Gu or the Gu planted in their bodies may have some kind of flaw.

Zhou Feng had thought about this before, but his strength had been weak, so it was useless to think about it, and he temporarily put it aside.

Now that his strength was steadily increasing, he also had to consider this aspect. After all, his endgame was to escape from the Tri-Gu sect.

“My cultivation is still a little low! I’m afraid that I need to reach the Soul Altar realm to be able to understand this aspect of information!”

Zhou Feng felt that his cultivation was still a little low.

He had yet to be able to come into contact with this aspect of information.

Moreover, counting the days, the martial arts competition would be held in a few days.

This could be considered his first time participating in the martial arts competition after joining the inner sect.

He had to quickly prepare for this!

At the very least, he had to cultivate the Demon-Devouring Armor. He did not want to be beaten to death during this competition.

Coincidentally, the resources Qian Shang had sent were enough for him to cultivate for a period.

Zhou Feng planned to enter secluded cultivation, cultivating until the martial arts competition before coming out.

“Oh right! I should be able to draw passive skills now!”

He recalled that the progress bar on the skill panel had almost been full after the last hunt.

If he counted the time, he could draw passive skills now.

Sure enough, when he opened the skill panel, the progress bar was full.

“Draw!”

[Drawing…]

A few seconds later, a brand new passive skill appeared in front of him.

Longevity: Your lifespan is longer than that of an ordinary person. You have an additional 20 years of lifespan.

Zhou Feng did not expect that he would be able to randomly obtain such a passive skill!

Wasn’t this an additional 20 years of lifespan out of thin air?

Moreover, there were no side effects and no price to pay.

Life was the most precious thing.

Perhaps when one was young, many people didn’t care much about their lifespan. But when one was old, they would start to sigh. If only they could live a few more years!

Now, Zhou Feng had directly gained an extra 20 years of lifespan.

This feeling was too strange!

Now, a thought began to appear in his mind.

That was if he could randomly pick a passive skill that could grant him immortality, then he would be able to live forever.

However, it was very obvious that this was almost impossible. Such a heaven-defying passive skill would probably never appear in his lifetime.

“An additional 20 years of lifespan out of thin air… Is this what it feels like?”

Zhou Feng felt a warm current wash over his entire body, and then his body seemed to become lighter.

After carefully sensing it, he did not feel any difference in his body from before. Or rather, he did not feel any obvious difference.

Unfortunately, he did not know how long he could live.

“I should hurry back and cultivate the Demon-Devouring Armor!”

Since Zhou Feng didn’t feel any difference, the joy in his heart slowly faded, and he prepared to go back and cultivate the Demon-Devouring Armor.

With that, he directly walked down the mountain peak.

…

The mountainside market was still very lively.

As the Tri-Gu Sect’s treasure-gathering plate, the sect maintained the order of the market quite well.

The shop where Qian Shang and his daughter were wasn’t disturbed during this period.

It was probably because the passersby saw the words ‘Bitter Bamboo Peak’ hanging outside.

Although the name Zhou Feng was almost unknown, he was still from Bitter Bamboo Peak. Ordinary inner disciples did not want to provoke it.

Another point was that the martial arts competition was not far away.

At that time, all the inner disciples would have a big battle.

Under such circumstances, all the inner disciples would have a chance to prove themselves.

And according to the results of the martial arts competition, some of the marketplace’s benefits would also be redistributed.

Once Zhou Feng’s performance in the martial arts competition was not good, then people would come looking for trouble with Qian Shang and his daughter.

Qian Shang would have to pay another protection fee to find a new backer.

It was also because of the calm before the storm that Qian Shang and his daughter’s shop was almost undisturbed.

“How is it, daughter? Does this Young Master Zhou have any potential?”

During this period, Qian Shang had collected a lot of information on Zhou Feng. After all, he had invested heavily in him.

And all of this was only because of his daughter’s intuition. If his daughter’s intuition was wrong… then this investment would be wasted.

Therefore, Qian Shang had collected a lot of information about Zhou Feng and let Qian Qianqian analyze it.

Of course, because Zhou Feng had been brought to Bitter Bamboo Peak as soon as he entered the inner sect, and collecting information about Bitter Bamboo Peak was not so easy, it was uncertain whether the information was accurate or not.

“From the information you collected, Young Master Zhou seems to be really powerful!”

Qian Qianqian, who was blind, gently stroked the Treasure Mouse in her palm and calmly recounted Zhou Feng’s experiences.

“Climbing out of a Gu Refinement Cave is already a one-in-a-million chance!

“Furthermore, after entering the inner sect, he was assigned to Bitter Bamboo Peak and could still live for so long in that environment!

“He has even antagonized Young Master Zhao a few times, but nothing happened!”

“…”

After hearing this, Qian Shang lost interest. What he cared about was whether his investment was worth it or not.

If the investment succeeded, then they could finally gain a firm foothold in the Tri-Gu Sect.

As for returning to the Eastern Land for revenge, Qian Shang no longer dared to think about it.

At present, his only thought was to peacefully spend the rest of his life with his daughter.

“Right! Daughter, should we continue expanding our business? The poisonous Gu we raise seem to be very popular!”

As they chatted, Qian Shang brought up the topic of business.

They had a special method, so the poisonous Gu they raised were very popular.

The Penta-Poison Gu cultivators were especially fond of these high-quality poisonous Gu.

Qian Shang’s current idea was to expand his business and build a bigger pond for raising Gu.

Even if he were to do that, however, there were still many problems to be solved.

Thus, Qian Shang first asked his daughter for her opinion.

“Let’s wait for the outcome of the martial arts competition! Maybe we’ll have to escape from here. I keep feeling that this place is very dangerous!”

Qian Qianqian hesitated for a moment, and her tone was slightly worried.

She kept feeling that the Tri-Gu Sect was very strange, but she didn’t know where to start.

This wasn’t a feeling she got from a single person. Instead, she felt that the entire Tri-Gu Sect was very strange.

It was as if there was some sort of conspiracy, but this feeling came and went, and Qian Qianqian couldn’t explain it.