Chapter 1871 - 1867: Nourishment

"Alright, Family Master, we’ll take care of it right away!"

The Qi Family brothers nodded, then turned and left the office.

After the two brothers had left, Chen Feng was about to continue reviewing documents when he suddenly thought of the Devouring Sky Python and the Old Priest.

Since the beach battle that night, both were severely injured and currently in a state of recovery.

Now, with the imminent war between the Chen Family and the Yan Hall, it was a crucial time for manpower.

If these two Heavenly Rank Perfection level fighters were unavailable,

then Chen Feng would be lacking in confidence.

So he planned to check on their injuries first.

With a thought,

Chen Feng had the Tianqi Holy Pearl absorb him into the Tianqi World...

It was a golden grassland.

The sky was light purple, with seven-colored auspicious clouds floating above.

This world, like a fairy tale, was the Tianqi World.

After being teleported here by the Tianqi Holy Pearl, Chen Feng looked around and found an aged figure not far away, sitting cross-legged on the ground, surrounded by a large amount of nature’s spiritual energy.

This was none other than the Old Priest.

Chen Feng rushed forward.

But his footsteps were light.

Because he knew the Old Priest was currently nurturing his origin energy in peace, so he could not afford to be disturbed.

Otherwise, if he caused the Old Priest to go into deviation,

it would be a real disaster.

Chen Feng tiptoed in front of the Old Priest.

He saw the Old Priest, eyes closed, sitting cross-legged on the ground, while the nature’s spiritual energy within the Tianqi World, gathered by him, merely circled around his body but could not integrate into it.

Seeing this, Chen Feng was momentarily stunned but quickly realized the reason.

The reason was that the Old Priest was merely a Soul Body, without a physical form, so he couldn’t directly absorb the nature’s spiritual energy.

No matter how rich and pure the nature’s spiritual energy in the Tianqi World was,

he couldn’t directly absorb it into his body to repair his Soul Body.

To absorb nature’s spiritual energy, one must have a physical body.

And the Old Priest happened not to have one.

But given this,

why was he meditating here and gathering so much nature’s spiritual energy?

Thinking of this, Chen Feng was filled with confusion.

However, the Old Priest was currently in a state of meditative cultivation.

So Chen Feng couldn’t directly inquire; he could only shake his head, turn around, and prepare to leave.

"You’re here!"

Just then, a gentle voice from behind reached him.

Chen Feng quickly turned around, only to see the Old Priest had opened his eyes.

"Senior, you’re awake. I thought you were meditating, so I didn’t disturb you!"

Chen Feng said with a smile.

"It’s just shallow cultivation, so I knew when you entered the Tianqi World!"

The Old Priest explained.

"How is your condition now?"

Chen Feng asked caringly.

"It’s alright. My Soul Body is stabilized and won’t disperse temporarily, so I’ve saved my life!"

The Old Priest said with a laugh.

Indeed, the state of his Soul Body was not great.

However, compared to that night on the beach, it was considerably better.

Remember, that night on the beach, the Old Priest’s Soul Body was so illusory it was almost breaking apart.

Now his Soul Body had recovered somewhat and appeared vaguely human-shaped.

"That’s good!"

Chen Feng nodded relievedly and then pointed at the nature’s spiritual energy circling around the Old Priest, asking with confusion, "Senior, did you gather this nature’s spiritual energy? Didn’t you say the Soul Body cannot directly absorb it to recover and can only rely on sleep? If that’s the case, why gather this energy?"

"You’re right, but nature’s spiritual energy is not only useful when absorbed into the body. I gathered these energies around me to nourish my Soul Body. Nature’s spiritual energy contains a special element that can have a certain restorative and nourishing effect on the Soul Body, though it requires a large amount of pure energy. Since I can’t directly enter a sleep state now, I gathered this energy to nourish my Soul Body for some recovery effect. Look, isn’t my Soul Body much better than before?"

The Old Priest explained.

Upon hearing this,

Chen Feng was momentarily stunned, then carefully examined the Old Priest from head to toe, nodding quickly.

Indeed, the Old Priest’s Soul Body was much more solid.

He initially thought this was due to the Old Priest’s cultivation.

Unexpectedly, it was with the help of the nature’s spiritual energy’s nourishment.

This surprised Chen Feng quite a bit.

He had never heard that nature’s spiritual energy could nourish a Soul Body.

Quite novel indeed.

But since it’s effective, that’s good.

"So that’s how it is!" Chen Feng nodded thoughtfully, looking at the Old Priest with curiosity, "Why don’t you directly enter a sleep state, Senior? Isn’t sleep more effective for Soul Body recovery?"

"I would like to sleep, but you kid won’t let me!"

The Old Priest replied helplessly.

"Ah? Why am I not letting you sleep?"

Chen Feng was stunned for a moment and asked, puzzled.

"Don’t think that just because I’m in the Tianqi World, I’m unaware of the situation outside! The Tianqi Holy Pearl has told me that as soon as you returned, you got into a conflict with that major power, Yan Hall. This is a big problem. Compared to the previous Tie Sect, Yan Hall is much harder to deal with. Given the current state of affairs, a battle between you and Yan Hall is inevitable. In such circumstances, how can I possibly sleep? If I end up waking up to find you’re gone, whom am I supposed to look for?"

The Old Priest said, casting a glance at Chen Feng.

Upon hearing this,

Chen Feng shook his head with a smile.

So the Old Priest couldn’t fall asleep because he was worried about something happening to him!

Previously, Chen Feng thought it was due to the unstable state of the Old Priest that prevented sleep.

This warmed his heart.

Clearly, the Old Priest was quite concerned about him.

It was expected, though; when Emperor Tianqi’s will appeared before, Chen Feng realized the relationship between the Old Priest and Emperor Tianqi was unusual.

Likely, the Old Priest was under Emperor Tianqi’s command.

Thus, as Emperor Tianqi’s inheritor and holder of the Tianqi Holy Pearl,

the Old Priest must have taken a keen interest in him.

Even so, this genuine concern was quite touching for Chen Feng.

Thinking of this,

Chen Feng shook his head with a smile, saying, "Nothing escapes Senior’s notice. I’m indeed worried about the battle with Yan Hall. Once it begins, the Chen Family will be in dire straits. If you and the Devouring Sky Python were here, I’d be confident in challenging Yan Hall. But now, due to the battle with that monster, you two are severely injured. Currently, the only competent fighter in the Chen Family seems to be myself. The Little Pillow currently only has middle-stage Heaven Rank strength, still inadequate to confront a major power head-on!"