Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 12,309,917

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Minor Achievement+)

Skills: Flame Saber (Mastery+) Wind Control (Mastery+) Five Elements Array (Great Perfection) Sword Control Technique (Perfection+) Thousand Faces (Great Perfection) Mysterious Nether Spear Technique (Great Perfection)

Realm: Qi Condensation (Twelfth-layer Perfection)

Divine Power: Immortality

Jiang Feng was breathing rapidly.

He never expected his Fortune Points to increase this much.

But thinking back to the Underground Palace, he first evaded the danger from the Barefoot Monk, then dealt with the Cyan Snake King, Mo Changlin—the Grand Elder of the Divine Sect—and finally, even gained the recognition of the Three-tailed Wolf King, earning free access in and out of the outer circles of the Underground Palace.

Time and again, each danger was worse than the last.

Especially after wiping out the entire Cyan Snake Demon clan, he eliminated the greatest trouble for the Divine Sect.

Both the Cyan Snake King and Mo Changlin were capable of threatening his life.

Now that both of them had perished in the Underground Palace, Jiang Feng became the biggest winner. How deadly those crises truly were, only Jiang Feng himself knew in his heart.

It was only natural that his Fortune Points shot up like this.

"Right now, the most important thing is to improve my strength."

Jiang Feng thought for a moment, then put eight million Fortune Points into his Yang Technique.

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Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 4,309,917

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Great Success)

Realm: Qi Condensation (Twelfth-layer Perfection)

Jiang Feng felt his Spiritual Power reaching its peak, and his Spiritual Sense could already cover the entire Dragon Capital; nothing in the Capital City could escape his awareness.

He saw Xiao Zhan in the Jinluan Hall, discussing with his ministers how to strengthen Dragon Capital and the National Gate’s defenses, how to stabilize the situation with the Turkic side and keep them subservient to Great Tang.

After seizing the Imperial Authority, Xiao Zhan didn’t proclaim himself emperor, but supported the Seventeenth Prince as the Puppet Emperor, and brazenly controlled the government.

The court ministers had all been brought firmly under his control—apart from Han Tieshan, everyone else who voiced dissent was dealt with thoroughly.

Jiang Feng saw Han Dong training with the Two-Handed Sword in a secret chamber.

Outside the secret chamber, Xiao Zhan’s dispatched experts stood guard—there were loose cultivators and even cultivators from the Purple Bamboo Forest—having already pledged loyalty to Xiao Zhan, helping him protect Han Dong’s safety.

This was something Jiang Feng had asked Xiao Zhan to handle.

He needed to eliminate the Cyan Snake King in the Underground Palace, and couldn’t let Han Dong fall into the snake’s hands again or face other dangers.

"Chief Wang, Chief Ma, Chief Feng, you’re all back in Dragon Capital."

Jiang Feng sensed three familiar auras outside the Imperial City.

It was Chief Wang and the other two.

After Uncle Huo’s entire family was hanged by Li Yang at the North City Gate, Chief Wang and the others fled Dragon Capital overnight with their families. Later, after Li Yang died, Xiao Zhan launched a coup, and rebellions broke out all over.

Chief Wang and the others were in very dire straits.

After Xiao Zhan’s sweeping victory and the destruction of the Li Family, as Great Tang teetered on regime change, the rebels were either hiding or surrendering.

The three of them saw hope. They discussed and decided to bring their families back to Dragon Capital, moving back into their old alley.

The three families were still cleaning and tidying up the courtyard—it seemed they had just returned not long ago.

Jiang Feng withdrew his spiritual sense, feeling very uncomfortable inside.

If Uncle Huo were still alive, tonight he surely would have brought yellow rice wine, pork head, and white tofu pickles to share with Uncle Huo, celebrating his upgrade in cultivation.

As a Longevity Practitioner, Jiang Feng had long realized that the people around him would vanish one by one—not just Uncle Huo, but Han Dong too.

Yet Uncle Huo’s family had died because of him, and every time he thought about it, Jiang Feng felt miserable.

"Back then, with Chief Wang and the others working under me, I ruled strictly so they never got any perks. Just when they finally became Prison Chiefs, they had to flee with their families because of me. Now that I see them again, perhaps I should make it up to them."

Jiang Feng murmured to himself.

He did have some feelings for these old friends.

But separation was the norm. Jiang Feng had no intention of disturbing them, for fear of bringing more trouble to their lives.

"I’ll have Xiao Zhan arrange new posts for them, give them some silver taels, and make sure their descendants can live with dignity in the Dragon Capital."

Jiang Feng made up his mind.

He retracted his Spiritual Sense, his eyes returning to the panel.

"There’s still more than four million Fortune Points left."

"I already have Twelfth-layer Qi Condensation cultivation, but my Flame Saber and Wind Control are only at mastery. If other cultivators found out, they’d laugh at me."

"And Sword Control Technique—just one step away from Great Perfection."

"Just level them up!"

Jiang Feng upgraded Sword Control Technique first.

Then dumped the rest of his Fortune Points into the Flame Saber.

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Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: None

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Great Success)

Skills: Flame Saber (Perfection) Wind Control (Mastery) Five Elements Array (Great Perfection) Sword Control Technique (Great Perfection) Thousand Faces (Great Perfection) Mysterious Nether Spear Technique (Great Perfection)

Realm: Qi Condensation (Perfection)

Divine Power: Immortality

Jiang Feng couldn’t help but laugh at himself.

He’d thought using up all his Fortune Points would bring all his skills to Great Perfection, but unexpectedly, the gap between Perfection and Great Perfection in Sword Control Technique ate up way more Fortune than he thought.

As a result, Flame Saber barely reached Perfection.

Wind Control was still at the Mastery stage.

But with his current Qi Condensation Perfection, holding two Innate Magical Treasures and a bunch of Great Perfection skills, there was no one in Dragon Capital who could threaten him anymore.

Even if the Cyan Snake King manipulated all those loose cultivators, leading them in an assault on the Divine Sect for the Dragon Capital Underground Palace, Jiang Feng could still handle them with ease.