(It's free.) Xu Qiang can be said to have completely lost his mind, and now Ye Feng tells him that these talismans were all written by Ye Feng himself, Xu Qiang would absolutely believe it.

  "Brother, this Phantom Symbol has been used by me twice. The first time was to test the effect of the Phantom Symbol, and this time is also to test the effect of the Phantom Symbol. I estimate that it can be used at least eight more times, and if properly maintained, it may even be usable one or two more times." Ye Feng's words pulled Xu Qiang back from his daze.

  "Come on, brother, sit down and talk."

  The two sat down again, with Xu Qiang's face showing an uncontrollable excitement. At this point, he didn't need to hide anything either. If he showed a calm demeanor, it would be blasphemy against the Illusion Symbol.

  Moreover, Ye Feng was able to show the Phantom Symbol and had used it once, which explained everything and proved Ye Feng's sincerity, enough for Xu Qiang to feel Ye Feng's kind intentions.

  "What does 'brother' mean?" Xu Qiang asked cautiously.

  "To be honest with you, brother, I need the crystal stone, so I want to hand over this transformation symbol to the Appraisal Pavilion for processing." Ye Feng's words made Xu Qiang immediately put his mind at ease, and the overall situation was settled.

  "But brother, you also know that this reusable talisman should be incredibly difficult to inscribe. Even with Master's cultivation, it was only successfully inscribed once in decades of life experience." The current Ye Feng is not the first time he came to Jianbao Pavilion, and his understanding of talismans is still insufficient.

  Now he has more or less grasped the value of the talisman, and it can be seen that Xu Qiang wants to get the Phantom Talisman very much, so it's also reasonable to raise the price in a roundabout way.

  "Of course, brother understands." Xu Qiang withdrew his attention and pondered the meaning behind Ye Feng's words.

  "So how many crystal stones will this Illusionary Emblem cost?" Ye Feng went straight to the point.

  "To be honest, the value of this talisman is not something I can determine." Xǔ Qiáng said with a self-deprecating smile, and then continued: "According to the rules of the Appraisal Pavilion, this talisman will be put up for auction, as for how many crystal stones it will sell for, that depends on the outcome of the auction."

  "Oh, it's like that." Ye Feng furrowed his brow, clearly he wouldn't be able to wait for the appraisal hall's auction, and their auction wouldn't be held just because of a single Transformation Symbol, Ye Feng wasn't arrogant to that extent.

  "Our appraisal house will make every effort to bring out the maximum value of the items participating in the auction, and afterwards, our appraisal house will only charge a commission of 20%." Xǔ Qiáng explained.

  "Xu big brother, what do you think of this?" Ye Feng said solemnly: "I'll put the Huanhua symbol here, and whenever the auction is held, it's up to you."

  "How can this be? The Phantom Symbol is too precious." Xǔ Qiáng said.

  "It doesn't matter, I trust Jianbao Pavilion more, and I trust you even more, brother."

  Xu Qiang was deeply moved, Ye Feng could do this, it means that Ye Feng really didn't treat Xu Qiang as an outsider.

  "Brother, what do you mean?" Xu Qiang knew that Ye Feng must have had an ulterior motive.

  "Along with those talismans I exchanged for crystal stones earlier, brother, you've helped me gather twenty mid-grade pure crystal stones. I'm in urgent need of them, what do you think?" Ye Feng said.

  "This." Xu Qiang thought for a moment, the talisman paper that Ye Feng sold to Jianbao Pavilion earlier could be exchanged for about 7 or 8 pieces of medium-grade pure crystal stone, which was still short of more than 10 pieces from 20. If he used the transformation symbol as collateral, it would also work. Putting the transformation symbol up for auction, Xu Qiang felt that it could at least sell for the price of one high-grade pure crystal stone, and a dozen or so medium-grade pure crystal stones wouldn't even be worth mentioning.

  There is no risk either. Even if Ye Feng doesn't return the dozen or so mid-grade Pure Crystals, the Appraisal Pavilion will still make a huge profit.

  After a brief consideration, Xu Qiang said: "Brother, if it weren't for the large quantity of crystals you want, I would have given them to you directly. I'm a bit sorry, so I'll put this Transformation Token in the Appraisal Pavilion first, and then immediately send you the crystals you want."

  "Then thank you, brother." Ye Feng was overjoyed to see Xu Qiang agree, and with these twenty pieces of mid-grade Pure Crystal Stones, he could do something that would shock the entire Wang Hai Sect.

  Refusing Xu Qiang's kind persuasion, Ye Feng immediately returned to Wang Hai Pai.

  Riding on the little crane, Ye Feng's heart was overjoyed. Twice he came to the town and both times his wishes were fulfilled. Isn't that what life is all about, having your desires come true?

  Landing at the mountain gate, the sword pavilion disciples guarding the gate looked disdainful. Now the entire sword pavilion rarely unites against a common enemy, regarding Ye Feng as a thorn in their eyes, and they can't wait to go up to the life-and-death arena to beat Ye Feng, and then make a name for themselves in the Wanhua Sect.

  "Look who's back."

  "I thought he was scared off and wouldn't dare to come back after leaving." Almost everyone knew that Ye Feng had left in the morning, and most people also believed that Ye Feng had run away.

  When Ye Feng returned, his two disciples naturally would not miss the opportunity to mock him.

  Yefeng smiled slightly and said to the two of them: "You're really ignorant, don't you know the principle that a dog that bites doesn't bark?"

  Having said that, he turned and left.

  "What do you mean." The two were stunned for a moment, then reacted.

  "Trash, you dare to scold us as dogs." The two were about to teach Ye Feng a lesson.

  By the time the two reacted, Ye Feng had already walked far away. Due to their responsibilities, they also didn't dare to leave the mountain gate. With angry eyes fixed on Ye Feng's figure, they cursed: "You're a useless piece of trash, let Ruan Jialin beat you up on the life-and-death stage and then kill you, see if you still dare to be arrogant."

  Feeling great, although being disgusted by two watchdogs, Ye Feng was not affected at all.

  Back in his own dwelling, Ye Feng sat down cross-legged.

  Concentrate your mind and absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

  Ye Feng spent many days practicing seal script calligraphy on talismans, and his cultivation grew unknowingly. Originally, it was a state of gathering energy to stabilize the boundary layer, but vaguely, there was a kind of breakthrough impulse. He felt that he was about to reach the peak state of gathering energy.

  Taking advantage of the good state, why not make a breakthrough and raise the boundary to the peak of gathering energy? Now that there are enough crystal stones in hand, it's possible to successfully refine the air with one effort.

  The mighty heavenly spiritual energy surged towards Ye Feng, filling his body and then returning to his dantian.

  After a long time, a dull pain came from the lower abdomen, and Ye Feng opened his divine sense to check inside. He found that the spiritual energy in the dantian was constantly contracting and then expanding like a balloon.

  After countless contractions and expansions, it finally came to a stop.

  Is this the pinnacle of gathering energy? It feels pretty good, and the spiritual energy inside me seems even more abundant. Every move I make seems to carry a faint whistling sound.

  Ye Feng felt that with his current state of mind, he wouldn't be able to successfully break through to the Qi Refining stage. If he were to force it, he might as well just stabilize his cultivation at the peak of the Gathering Qi stage; going too far would be counterproductive.

  Open your eyes, outside is already sunny, noon has arrived.

  Tomorrow is the day when the life-and-death arena opens, and Ye Feng has been tense for days, preparing everything for the life-and-death arena. Before the big battle arrives, Ye Feng plans to rest for half a day, adjust his body and mentality, and welcome tomorrow's challenge.

  Strolling along, he ran into the Ling Shou Peak disciples. All of them would proactively greet Ye Feng and even make a victory gesture to cheer him on.

  It seems that not everyone looks down on themselves, at least the disciples of Ling Shou Peak are standing behind him.

  "Hey, isn't this Big Brother Liang Hua? What's going on, are you returning my Crystal Stone?" Ye Feng saw the source of this disaster. If it weren't for Liang Hua, there wouldn't be this life-and-death battle today. Liang Hua was the initial spark that set everything off. Seeing him now, Ye Feng naturally couldn't let him go.

  Liang Hua saw Ye Feng and had been wanting to run away. The three-day deadline set by Ye Feng had long passed, and during these days, Ye Feng was busy and didn't have time to bother Liang Hua. Liang Hua still thought that Ye Feng would let him off, and even naively believed that Ye Feng would die in the life-and-death arena, so the crystal he owed Ye Feng would be written off.

  "Brother Ye, you're a magnanimous person, don't bother with me, just treat me like a fart and let me go." When under someone's roof, one has to lower their head. Liang Hua used to bully new disciples too, having been in a high position for so long, she was also used to seeing people bowing down to beg for mercy, no need to learn that.

  "Hmph, I'm in a good mood today, so I won't let a pile of crap like you ruin it. Remember, don't let me see you again." Ye Feng knew that Liang Hua wouldn't be able to produce that many crystal stones, even if he was beaten to death.

  "Thank you, Brother Ye." Liang Hua didn't dare to breathe loudly and turned around to run away, fearing that Ye Feng would change his mind.

  Chased away Liang Hua, Ye Feng strolled aimlessly, watching the busy disciples, and found himself feeling somewhat bored with nothing to do.

  Suddenly, he had a move in his heart and didn't know how Zhen Xuetian was doing. Since coming to Wanghai School, he has been in seclusion all the time. Ye Feng went to Lingzhi Peak several times but never saw Zhen Xuetian.

  For this nominal cousin-in-law, Ye Feng had a deep impression. It was because of him that Zhen Xuetian came to Wanghai Sect in the first place.

  Anyway, since there's nothing going on now, might as well go take a look at Zhen Xuetian.

  Ye Feng arrived at Ling Zhi Peak with ease.

  From a distance, I saw several busy figures in the spiritual field, and all the spiritual cultivators were at work.

  Familiar Lingtian, familiar scene, Ye Feng was a little nostalgic for the situation when he worked in the Spirit Beast Peak to pay off his debts. Although every day was difficult and exhausting, he was full of energy.

  "Hey! Isn't this the useless Ye Shidi of the Mingyun School?"

  Ye Feng had just arrived at the depths of Ling Zhi Peak, near the disciples' residence, when he saw that annoying Fei Fei.

  Feifei saw Ye Feng and the fire in her heart couldn't be contained, this useless person had repeatedly opposed her, making her lose face in front of everyone.

  What's most infuriating is that Ye Feng gave Mei Zhi Ruo a storage bag, when there were clearly two more, yet he didn't give one to himself. How could Fei Fei stand for this?

  As soon as he saw Ye Feng, he immediately sneered with a sarcastic tone.

  "Yefeng you lai le." Mei Zhi Ruo's face had a rarely seen smile on it.

  "Master Mei." Ye Feng ignored Fei Fei and directly greeted Mei Zhi Ruo.

  "You really have to go on a life-and-death arena with that Sword Pavilion disciple, Ruan Jialin tomorrow." Mei Zhi's words were laced with concern. All along, Mei Zhi had a good impression of Ye Feng, who was infected by his unyielding and self-improving spirit.

  "Yeah, it's been decided long ago." Ye Feng said calmly.

  "The rules of the life-and-death arena are not to be taken lightly, it's too dangerous." Mei Zhi Rou furrowed her brow, seemingly unwilling to see Ye Feng step onto the life-and-death arena.

  "Hmph, you're overestimating yourself, let Ruan Jialin beat you to death." Feifei said angrily beside him.

  "Shut up! Believe it or not, I'll teach you a lesson right now." Ye Feng glared at Fei Fei with anger, what's wrong with her, why can't she get along with him.

  "YOU!" Feifei also glared at Ye Feng.

  "Alright, both of you stop messing around." Mei Zhi Ruo interrupted the two.

  "I'm too lazy to reason with you, you uncouth fellow." Fifi said indignantly.

  "Blonde girl, dare to provoke me again, I won't be polite." Ye Feng's good mood was dampened by Feifei's malicious words.

  "Yefeng, you have come to Lingzhi Peak for something." Meizhuo changed the subject, fearing that the two would start arguing again.

  "I came to see Xue Tian's younger sister, I don't know if she has come out yet." Ye Feng remembered his purpose.

  Mei Zhi felt a faint sense of loss in her heart when she heard that Ye Feng had come to see Xuan Xue Tian, not herself.

  "Snowy Sky Junior Sister has already left the mountain pass and followed Old Man Yin to take care of some business, leaving Ling Plant Peak. She might not be back until tomorrow," Mei Zhi Ruo said.

  "Oh, I see. It seems that this trip was in vain." Ye Feng said, thought for a moment, and handed over a storage bag to Mei Zhi Ruo.

  "Mei Shijie, would you mind giving this storage bag to Xue Tian Biao Mei?" Ye Feng had packed some crystal stones inside, which were a gift for Zhen Xue Tian.

  "Alright, I'll definitely help you pass it on." Mei Zhi Ruo replied.

  It's another storage bag, and I don't even have one, Feifei is about to explode with anger.

  "Yè Fēng."

  Yu Feng walked out very far and heard Mei Zhi Ruo's summons, turned his head back.

  Mei Zhi Ruo rushed towards Ye Feng and waved her hand, "Remember, you must come back, we're waiting for you."

  "Don't worry, Mei Shi Jie, when I get back, I'll give you a big gift." Ye Feng clenched his fist firmly and then left Ling Zhi Peak with large strides.