447: Chapter 447 A Fortuitous Encounter with a Mount

Master Xuanyang announced: "The threat from the Void Clan is temporarily lifted, but we must not let our guard down. Gao Feng, you and your group have rendered great service."

He paused, "The repair of the Spiritual Vein, the Void Seal, the dissipation of the Lord—each and every one of these was something you won back with your lives. The Sect will not forget, and neither will the Human Realm."

Gao Feng gripped his vajra sword tightly, the phantom of the War God on the blade appearing exceptionally solid under the reflection of the five-colored light from the Spiritual Vein pool.

Master Xuanyang waved his hand with a smile: "Go, return and rest. You have worked hard these past few days."

The group exited the Spirit Source Cave.

The stone door slowly closed behind them, sealing the five-colored light and the dark purple light of the Void Core within the cave.

The liquid Spiritual Qi in the Spiritual Vein pool was still rising; the dried mud at the bottom of the pool had been completely saturated by the Spiritual Qi, and the Spiritual Vein stones at the edges of the cracks regained their pale cyan luster.

The humming of the Formation echoed in the cave, like a low, ceaseless movement.

Moonlight was like water. In the Spirit Plant Garden of the Meteor War God Realm, Chu Lan placed the pot of Sincere Flower next to the fruit vine.

The gold of the petals and the silver light of the Time Holy Vine complemented each other in the moonlight, the flower's fragrance elegant.

Gao Feng sat by the cliff edge. Silver Shadow crawled out from the silver beast tattoo Seal on his wrist, yawning as it lay at his feet.

Moonlight spilled onto its silver-gray fur, making the fine light spots even brighter.

Tianxin walked out of the Spirit Plant Garden, holding the Spirit Fox, whose silver markings glowed faintly in the moonlight.

She walked to Gao Feng's side and sat down, neither of them speaking.

Luo Li's zither music drifted from the music room. The timbre of the Tianyin Zither was ethereal, echoing through the valley.

She was still tuning the strings, but one could already hear the embryonic form of the piece—it was the Star Battle Song, but with a hint of indescribable charm compared to before.

Silver Shadow pricked its ears to listen for a moment, then buried its head back into its paws.

Master Xuanyang stood on the peak of Lingxiao Peak, gazing in the direction of the Meteor War God Realm.

Moonlight spilled onto his graying beard and hair, and no expression could be seen on that aged face, but his gaze was far-reaching.

The threat of the Void Clan was temporarily lifted; the Human Realm's century of peace had been bought with the lives of a group of young people.

They deserved every reward.

The night wind blew across the cliff, carrying the herbal fragrance of the Spirit Plant Garden and the lingering charm of the Tianyin Zither.

The five-colored light in the Spiritual Vein pool was still flowing slowly, the dark purple light of the Void Core intertwined with the Five Elements Formation patterns.

Those meridian nodes that had once been on the verge of exhaustion were now being slowly nourished and revived by a gentle and lasting force.

The Human Realm's century of peace began at this very moment.

The Breakthrough Pill was held in his palm, its warmth seeping through his skin into his Meridians.

Gao Feng sat cross-legged in the cultivation room, the stone door tightly shut, completely isolating the sounds of the outside world.

Spiritual Qi from the Spiritual Vein surged into the cultivation room along the Formation patterns beneath the ground, condensing into a thin layer of spiritual mist above the stone platform.

He put the Breakthrough Pill into his mouth, and the moment the Medicinal Pill entered his abdomen, it turned into a torrent of warmth, surging into his Dantian.

That torrent was not as gentle as the void spirit fruit; instead, it was like a fierce beast that had been imprisoned for countless years, rampaging through his Meridians.

Gao Feng gritted his teeth and guided that force to circulate through his Meridians.

Every circulation washed the spiritual power, making it more solid, and every cycle pushed the endurance of his Meridians to the limit.

The barrier of the Golden Core 5th Stage Late Stage appeared with a fine crack under the impact of this force.

Spiritual power surged through that crack like a tide, pouring into new meridian nodes.

The crack grew larger and larger, and the spiritual power increased.

The Golden Core rotated crazily in his Dantian, compressing, condensing, and precipitating the surging spiritual power.

Fine beads of sweat seeped from Gao Feng's forehead.

The medicinal power of the Breakthrough Pill was far more violent than he had expected, and that force rushed left and right in his Meridians, trying to find an outlet to vent.

He operated the War God Art to its limit, guiding the medicinal power to move according to the route of the Cultivation Technique, over and over again, circle after circle.

His Meridians expanded and were repaired under the scouring of the medicinal power, repeating the cycle.

Seven days later, the medicinal power was finally completely refined.

The barrier of the Golden Core 5th Stage Late Stage completely shattered, and the spiritual power surged into the new Realm like a tide.

The spiritual power of the Golden Core 6th Stage Early Stage flowed slowly in his Dantian, nearly fifty percent thicker than before.

Gao Feng opened his eyes, a flash of golden light passing through them.

He stood up and stretched his somewhat stiff body.

Seven days of sitting cross-legged had made his muscles and bones somewhat sore, but the spiritual power in his body flowed smoothly, and his Meridians were much wider than before.

He looked down at his hands, clenching his fists and then relaxing them.

The power of the Golden Core 6th Stage Early Stage condensed and dissipated in his palms; everything was under control.

Myriad Spirit Space.

Gao Feng's consciousness sank into that independent world.

The spirit marrow in the spirit marrow pool had been consumed quite a bit, but there was still a layer at the bottom of the pool.

There were still more than a dozen meteorite essence crystals left.

There were two more Time Holy Vines, sealed in jade boxes.

He was about to exit the Myriad Spirit Space when he caught a glimpse of something silver-gray wriggling in the corner of the space.

He focused his gaze.

It was a cub the size of a palm, silver-gray all over, with soft fur, like a newborn kitten.

Its limbs were slender, its tail fluffy, and its ears stood up sharply.

Its eyes were pale purple, and stars seemed to be flickering in its pupils.

It was curled up on a meteorite essence crystal by the spirit marrow pool, sleeping soundly.

Gao Feng was stunned.

The Myriad Spirit Space was his personal space, and apart from himself, no living creature had ever been able to enter.

How did this cub get in?

He squatted down and reached out to gently touch the cub's back.

The fur was soft, and its body temperature was slightly cool.

The cub was startled awake, raised its head, and looked at him with those pale purple eyes.

There was no fear, no vigilance, just a curious tilt of its head.

Then it stood up, stumbled toward Gao Feng's hand, and rubbed its head against his finger.

Its body was glowing faintly, and fine light spots were flowing on its silver-gray fur.

Gao Feng sensed the aura on it—Void, but with an added trace of gentle vitality originating from the Myriad Spirit Space.

He exited the Myriad Spirit Space, and the cub followed him out.

The silver-gray figure landed on the floor of the cultivation room.

It looked around curiously, sniffing the Formation patterns on the stone wall with its nose, then ran to the stone door and scratched it a few times with its paws.

Gao Feng pushed open the stone door and walked out of the cultivation room.

The cub followed at his heels, stumbling and nearly tripping over the threshold several times.

In the hall of the Immortal Cave, Tianxin was organizing Talismans.

Seeing Gao Feng come out, she was about to speak, but her peripheral vision caught the silver-gray thing at his feet, and her words changed to: "This is..."

"A Void cub." Gao Feng looked down at the little thing at his feet, "It was gestated by the residual energy of the Void Core and the Spiritual Qi of the Spiritual Vein. It has no malice."

Tianxin squatted down, and the cub looked up at her, yawning.

The Spirit Fox poked its head out of her shadow.

Seeing the cub, it jumped out of the shadow and cautiously approached.

The cub also looked at the Spirit Fox.

The two little creatures stared at each other for a moment, and the cub reached out a paw and patted the Spirit Fox's nose.

The Spirit Fox took two steps back, then approached again, rubbing its head against the cub's face.

Tianxin and Gao Feng watched this scene, sharing a rare glance, neither speaking.

Su Ning walked in from outside the Immortal Cave.

Seeing the cub, her gaze fixed.

She quickly stepped forward and squatted down, sensing it carefully with her spiritual sense for a moment.

When she looked up, her eyes were full of surprise.

"It has a space talent! It's not innate; it was acquired when the Void Core and the Spiritual Vein gestated it together.

If you can sign a contract with it, it can help you shuttle through the Void Realm, making future investigations much more convenient."

Su Ning lowered her voice, "And its talent is purer than my Spatial Magic; it's an instinct, and it doesn't need to Cultivate."

Gao Feng squatted down and held the cub in his palm.

The cub looked at him with those pale purple eyes and rubbed against his finger again.

Its body was very light, like a ball of cotton.

Tianxin stood to the side, rarely saying a few more words: "It chose you."

Gao Feng did not hesitate.

He forced out a drop of essence blood with his spiritual power.

The bright red blood bead floated at his fingertip.

The cub seemed to sense something; it raised its head, sniffed the blood bead with its nose, and then stretched out its tongue to lick it gently.

The blood bead submerged into the center of its brow, turning into a silver pattern, then disappeared into its fur.

The cub's body suddenly glowed with silver light, which lasted only for a breath before receding.

It jumped from Gao Feng's palm to the ground, rolled over, and stood up again.

It was no longer a palm-sized little thing; it had grown to half an arm's length, its limbs were more powerful, and fine silver patterns appeared on its fur, somewhat similar to the Spirit Fox's patterns.

It ran to Gao Feng's feet, rubbed its head against his calf, and then turned into a streak of silver light, merging into his right wrist.

A silver beast tattoo Seal appeared there, the form of the beast being a crouching leopard.

"Silver Shadow. Since you came from the Void Realm and have silver fur."

After Gao Feng finished speaking, the silver beast tattoo Seal on his wrist glowed slightly, as if in response.

Silver Shadow's abilities were transmitted from it to Gao Feng's Sea of Consciousness at the moment the contract was signed.

Short-range spatial teleportation—can instantly move to any position within the field of vision; Void Realm fissure perception—extremely sensitive to unstable spatial nodes in the Void Realm; Shadow Devouring—feeds on shadows and can purify the resentment in the Void Realm.

Golden Core 1st Stage.

Chu Lan ran over from the Spirit Plant Garden.

Seeing the silver beast tattoo on Gao Feng's wrist, and then seeing the Spirit Fox playing with a ball of silver light, she couldn't help but ask: "What is that?"

"A Void cub, named Silver Shadow." Tianxin answered briefly.

Chu Lan squatted down, and Silver Shadow revealed its form from the silver light.

She reached out to touch it, but Silver Shadow stepped back vigilantly, hiding behind Gao Feng's feet.

Chu Lan curled her lips: "It doesn't bite people..."

Yao Guang walked out of the alchemy room, holding a bottle of newly refined rejuvenation pill.

She was also stunned when she saw Silver Shadow, but accepted it quickly.

Lin Yue returned from outside, still covered in dust.

Seeing Silver Shadow, he frowned and examined it for a long time: "What is this? It looks pretty good.

But no matter how good it looks, it's not as practical as my defensive Formation."

Luo Li raised her head from the Tianyin Zither, glanced at Silver Shadow, and said to Gao Feng: "It suits you quite well."

Later that evening, Chu Lan squatted in the Spirit Plant Garden talking to the fruit vine, saying that Gao Feng had a companion beast, and she wanted one too.