Chapter 40: Provoking to the End

  Ye Feng patted his hands and walked back to Qin Yan's side, smiling: "Sister Yan, you also saw that these few rascals are obviously the kind who bully the weak and fear the strong. My strength is greater than theirs, my kung fu is better than theirs, beating them would be pointless, it's just a pity I couldn't get them to apologize to you."

  Qin Yan's intoxication had completely worn off by then. She looked at the direction in which the thugs had run away and said, "What's there to regret? I'm fine, aren't I? Ye Feng, you don't really think they'll come back for revenge, do you?"

  "Of course not, only a fool would wait for them. Let's just beat them up and get it over with. Come on, Yan Jie, you've had quite a bit to drink, don't drive, let's take a taxi back."

  The two of them took a taxi back to Qin Yan's law firm.

  Qin Yan settled Ye Feng in and handed him a key, saying: "Ye Feng, this is the key to this office. You can temporarily stay here for the next two days. This office is usually not used, it's just for storing miscellaneous items. Auntie also stayed here for a few days. If you want to drink water, there's a water dispenser here. The bottled water here was sent by Xinghua Sister's company, Muanyuan. Additionally, this room has a bathroom with toilet facilities. In short, you can rest assured and stay here for the next few days."

  Yefeng Xiedao: "Yan Jie, I've troubled you, it's getting late, you've also had a lot of wine, go back and rest early, tomorrow morning I'll go to the office for work, won't be back until noon, and only return after you're all done with work in the evening, don't worry, I won't disturb the law firm staff at work."

  Qin Yan gave him a white eye and said: "What are you talking about? Since you call me sister, don't be so polite. This law firm was opened by me, I let my own brother stay here for a few days, who dares to have an opinion? You can go to bed early too, if there's anything, remember to give me a call."

  Ye Feng sent Qin Yan off and watched as he hailed a taxi and left before letting out a long sigh.

  Yefeng also hailed a taxi and told the driver, "Go to Haitian Food Plaza."

  Ye Feng was in a hurry to return to the seaside, not because he really wanted to fight with those thugs, but after his anger had slowly dissipated, Ye Feng also thought that it would be fine to just let it go. It wasn't that he was afraid of those thugs and their police backers, but rather he felt it was unnecessary. After all, he was just a delivery worker, and probably wouldn't have any further dealings with these people in the future anyway.

  The main reason he came back was that he sensed a large number of souls on the beach, yes, it can be described as a large amount.

  When having dinner with Qin Yan, he didn't have the mind to sense anything. When pinching off Le Ge's wrist, he also didn't go to sense anything. But after punching that scoundrel Xiao Qi flying away, several scoundrels were shocked and stunned. Just as the boss came over to mediate, Ye Feng suddenly had an idea, he realized that this beach was very large, very vast, and with a heavier yin energy, maybe there would be many souls, so he quickly sensed it.

  This feeling gave him a great surprise, the number of souls here far exceeded his imagination, and in his range of perception, there were no less than 500 souls floating around.

  This was the first time Ye Feng had sensed so many souls in his life.

  This means that Ye Feng can collect 500 or even more soul points in a very short period of time by the sea.

  How could this not surprise him?

  So at that time he decided that after sending Qin Yan back, he must quickly return here and seize the opportunity to collect the souls here as his own.

  Since getting the hint from Fa Zhen, knowing that there is evil cultivation in this real world where Ye Feng lives, he has had a sense of urgency in his heart. He even has an intuition that he will meet this evil cultivator sooner or later.

  But what made Ye Feng even more puzzled was that if there were so many souls on the coast of Xiaohui District, why didn't the evil cultivator who cultivated by refining souls to increase his strength come to collect them? If he had been in Mingzhu City's Xiaohui District for some time, wouldn't he have discovered that there were so many souls here?

  For this reason, Ye Feng couldn't guess, perhaps Fa Ze would know, but Fa Ze wouldn't tell him because his cultivation wasn't enough to meet the conditions.

  After arriving at the seaside, Ye Feng took a deep breath of the salty air and focused his mind to intensify his search for Soul Points.

  As for whether Lao Ge and others will come to avenge him, it's no longer important to Ye Feng. If they come, all the better, he can use his Soul Capturing Technique to make them thoroughly afraid and convinced; if they don't come, then they're just lucky.

  Half an hour passed, an hour passed, and Le Ge waited for a group of thugs who didn't come, while Ye Feng had already collected all the souls by the sea.

  New souls need to be replenished, and it's likely to take another day. The few scattered souls that have been supplemented so far are not worth wasting time on.

  It's already past 11 at night, and the number of customers at the nearby barbecue stalls is much smaller compared to the peak hours of 7-8 pm. Many barbecue stalls have started to close down one after another.

  Ye Feng crouched by the sea and smoked a cigarette, indulging in the joy and excitement of collecting 560 points of soul value within just one hour.

  He decided that from now on, every night when he had time, he would come to the seaside of Xia Hui District to collect souls. At this rate and speed, it wouldn't be long before he could impact the mid-term perfection of the second-order Lianqi Condensing Spirit realm.

  The law stipulates that by investing 9,000 points of soul value, one can successfully reach the middle stage of the second-order Lianqi Condensing Spirit realm within ten minutes. However, the condition is that you must invest 9,000 points of soul value at the beginning of the upgrade. Otherwise, once the normal cultivation program starts, it can only be gradually advanced, or every 1,000 points of soul value or every 100 points of other three values can increase the progress by 10%.

  After Ye Feng's cultivation reached the initial stage of Qi Condensation, the law had reminded him that the amount of four values required to increase the progress of the middle stage of Qi Condensation would need to be increased tenfold. In other words, during the initial stage, for every 10% increase in progress, Ye Feng only needed to exchange 100 points of Soul Essence or 10 points of other four values. However, during the middle stage, for every 10% increase in progress, he would need to exchange 1,000 points of Soul Essence or 100 points of other four values. As for the peak stage, the law had not reminded him, but Ye Feng was not difficult to guess that it would definitely require exchanging 10,000 points of Soul Essence.

  This tenfold increase in rate is unacceptable to Yefeng, so after leaving the watch house for two days, Yefeng has been carefully considering.

  A single surname upgrade only requires 9,000 points, while exchanging at a steady pace to mid-term perfection would require 10,000 points. Comparing the two, the former is obviously more cost-effective.

  And after reaching the middle stage of the second-order perfection, this calculation becomes even more apparent. To advance from the middle stage to the peak stage, only 27,000 points of soul value are needed, or 2,700 points of other three values. However, if calculated according to the requirement of 10,000 points of soul value for every 10% progress, advancing to 100% would require exchanging a terrifying 1 million points of soul value or 10,000 points of other three values. Which is more cost-effective and which is not, it's clear at a glance.

  Although Ye Feng didn't have a good head for economics, he could still calculate this account clearly, so he finally decided that his future cultivation would focus on upgrading his surname once.

  As for how much soul value is needed to upgrade from the third stage of foundation building to the initial stage, Ye Feng can also roughly estimate that with 27,000 points of soul value or three times the other three values, it should be around 81,000 points of soul value or 8,100 points of the other three values. This amount is even more terrifying, and Ye Feng doesn't dare to think about it for now.

  Therefore, his focus must shift from space to reality, seize every moment and opportunity to collect souls, and obtain the most easily available merit values.

  This is also the reason why Ye Feng insisted on being a water delivery worker. As a water delivery worker, he would deliver water to customers every day and receive their thanks. Although this thank you may seem insignificant, what if it accumulates over time? Every day, his goal was to deliver more than 100 buckets of water. According to the calculation that ten thank-yous could earn him a point of merit value, he could gain at least 10 points of merit value per day.

  Moreover, water is not free, and there are also commissions that can be earned. It's a win-win situation, why not do it?

  Just as I was deep in thought and had finished smoking, I was about to get up and leave when a rumbling sound came from afar, getting closer and closer, and a large group of people appeared in the distance.

  With Ye Feng's eyesight, without the need for spiritual sense, he could clearly see that there were twenty-five people in total, divided among sixteen motorcycles. The leader was none other than the rascal named Wu Zi from before, and behind his motorcycle was Le Ge, who already had a splint bandage on his wrist.

  Ye Feng spat out a mouthful of saliva and slowly stood up from the sandy beach, calmly watching as his opponent closed in on him.

  At this time, Ye Feng was no longer the innocent boy who would be enchanted by Liu Meimei's smile and unable to sleep for a night. After experiencing so many things and obtaining the unique Nine-Star Space, he had stepped onto the path of cultivating truth and his mindset had undergone its first transformation, becoming much more mature and stable, with greater courage and boldness.

  Facing these little rascals, even without using the Soul-Sealing Technique, relying solely on my mastery of the Star Cloud Step and Air-Control Arts, I can easily take them down.

  But to avoid further trouble, Ye Feng still thought that using the Soul-Capturing Technique was more direct and effective.

  Since I've already offended them, I might as well go all the way.