Chapter 43: Crisis

It was late at night, and Bitter Bamboo Peak was exceptionally quiet.

Not going out at night was Bitter Bamboo Peak’s unspoken rule.

Bitter Bamboo Peak was too dangerous at night, and one could easily disappear if they were not careful.

Therefore, compared to the other peaks, Bitter Bamboo Peak was exceptionally quiet at night.

Unexpectedly, a black shadow silently arrived outside Zhou Feng’s courtyard.

This black shadow was naturally Sun Gui.

He was in his daytime clothes and wore an eerily calm expression as he looked toward the room where Zhou Feng was.

During this process, Sun Gui was like a ghost. He did not make a single sound as he walked.

Under the cover of the night, it was challenging to discover that such a person was moving.

Zhou Feng was also making preparations in his room.

“Someone is here!?”

His eyebrows suddenly jumped violently as Battle Instinct was triggered.

Had someone sneaked in? This was the first thought in his mind.

Zhou Feng did not expect that someone would actually take advantage of tomorrow’s martial arts competition to make a move on him.

After realizing that someone was going to make a move on him, Zhou Feng lay on the bed without making a single sound.

Fortunately, he had not lit the lamp earlier, so all the preparations were carried out in the dark.

The people outside should think that he was asleep!

Zhou Feng lay on the bed and tried to control his breathing so that it was the same as when he was asleep.

After a while, a strange fragrance slowly drifted to his nose.

“Smoke? You actually use this kind of thing?”

Zhou Feng sniffed the smell and realized that it was somewhat familiar.

Then, he instantly remembered. Wasn’t this ordinary smoke?

The reason he was so familiar was very simple—he had prepared this kind of smoke as well.

This kind of smoke could be said to be a very common product. It was sold everywhere in the mountainside market.

Compared to the Ecstasy Incense that Zhou Feng had mentioned before, the effect of this kind of smoke was much weaker.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of smoke would not affect cultivators above the Qi Gathering realm.

This was because as long as one circulated their spiritual power, they would be able to wake up in an instant.

However, if the enemy was in a deep sleep, this kind of smoke would be able to display a rather strong effect.

This would make the sleeping person sleep more soundly, and it would be harder to wake up.

It was even possible that the person who looked down on this kind of smoke would hasten their demise because of its effect.

After all, this kind of smoke was too low-level. Even if one did not deliberately guard against it, they would still suffer.

Zhou Feng had Poison Immunity, so this kind of smoke had no effect at all.

He even played along and pretended to be sleeping even more soundly on the bed in response to this.

However, what made him feel a little strange was that Sun Gui did not enter directly from outside. It was as if he was waiting for something.

‘Eh? This fragrance?’

Suddenly, Zhou Feng smelled another fragrance, very similar to the previous smoke. It even mixed with the previous smoke to form a new scent.

‘I see! Is this the killing move?’

At that moment, Zhou Feng immediately realized that the hidden scent was the killing move.

The first smoke was a diversion, while the Bewitching Incense was the real killing move.

Normally, when people smelled the first smoke, their first reaction would be to play along.

However, if they thought this way, they would be tricked by the hidden Bewitching Incense.

This mixture of smoke could make a person lose consciousness in an instant.

Even Zhou Feng, who was immune to poison, felt a little sleepy at that moment.

This feeling was as if your brain was constantly sending out commands to make you sleepy.

However, Poison Immunity was still at play, and Zhou Feng was not affected by the Bewitching Incense.

The wooden door was pushed open, making a slightly ear-piercing sound, and then a person slowly walked into Zhou Feng’s room.

Sun Gui was holding a small knife that was emitting a faint glimmer in his hand, his expression one of madness.

His 9th Level of Qi Condensation cultivation burst out with terrifying spiritual power as he ruthlessly stabbed straight into Zhou Feng’s heart.

“Die!”

At that moment, Zhou Feng opened his eyes.

He completely ignored the small knife in Sun Gui’s hand, and he jumped forward, only shifting his body at the last moment.

The small knife that was emitting a faint glimmer stabbed into his chest.

Zhou Feng instantly caught Sun Gui, who had launched a sneak attack, and his right hand covered Sun Gui’s mouth and nose.

On his right hand was the Ecstasy Incense that he had prepared beforehand.

Almost at the same time, the Demon-Devouring Armor rose from both sides.

Unfortunately, Zhou Feng’s Demon-Devouring Armor was completely useless against the small knife made of unknown materials. Not only was it extremely sharp, but it could also break through the defensive layer of spiritual power. The Demon-Devouring Armor outside of his body could not block any damage at all.

However, other than the Demon-Devouring Armor, Zhou Feng also had a layer of Bone Coating as a defense.

This Bone Coating layer saved Zhou Feng’s dog life!

Sun Gui felt resistance, and his hand unconsciously moved.

Then, he was distracted by the Ecstasy Incense.

“This is Senior Brother Sun!? 9th level of Qi Condensation realm!?”

The moment they started fighting, Zhou Feng saw clearly who the assailant was and what realm he had reached.

Naturally, Zhou Feng was astonished. He had originally planned to hunt Sun Gui tonight, yet his Senior Brother had beaten him to the punch and came to hunt him down instead.

The terrifying thing was that this Senior Brother of his had reached the 9th Level of Qi Condensation!?

Compared to him, the quality of the spiritual power of the 9th Level of Qi Condensation was simply overwhelming.

Zhou Feng felt that he could not even break the Demon-Devouring Armor covering Sun Gui’s body.

As for Zhou Feng, not only had his armor been slashed ruthlessly, but his wound was also so big Zhou Feng’s heart could fall out at any moment.

The only good piece of news was that the Ecstasy Incense had taken effect. 

Zhou Feng relied on his Poison Immunity to negate the Ecstasy Incense’s effect.

Unfortunately, Sun Gui did not have such means, so he fell into a trance and could not even hold the knife in his hand.

“Little Flower? You’re back?”

In his trance, Sun Gui actually thought that Zhou Feng was someone else.

‘A good opportunity!’

Zhou Feng made a prompt decision and used Ghost Shadow Steps to escape. He rushed out of the room in an instant.

Sun Gui snapped out of his trance immediately.

“Give Little Flower back to me!”

Sun Gui’s eyes instantly turned red upon seeing the familiar person in front of him disappear.

At that moment, he was like a mental patient who had gone crazy.

Zhou Feng didn’t dare to stay too long and ran straight down the mountain.

Sun Gui followed closely behind. 

Such a big commotion had woken up many people on Bitter Bamboo Peak, but no one walked out of their rooms out of curiosity. Instead, it was as silent as ever.

“It’s over!”

Sensing Sun Gui chasing closely behind him, Zhou Feng felt an unprecedented sense of danger.

This time, he might die here!

Who would have thought that this Sun Gui would hide his cultivation so deeply? He was a 9th Level Qi Condensation cultivator, for f*ck’s sake!

He had reached such a realm, and yet he had not made a name for himself in the inner sect!?

He could compete for more resources with this kind of strength and begin to forge a Soul Altar and break through to the Soul Altar realm.

One had to know that hiding one’s strength in the Tri-Gu Sect was equivalent to courting death.

If you hid your strength, the cultivation resources you obtained would be reduced.

The lack of cultivation resources also meant that your cultivation speed was similar to many others’. Once your cultivation speed could not keep up with others, you would only be able to become the others’ nourishment.

It was precisely because of this that Zhou Feng would put in so much effort to raise his cultivation level.

As such, he never expected that such a deviant was hidden in Bitter Bamboo Peak.