There must be something wrong with me-Chapter 647 - 244: Legends of the Immortal Mountain and Divine Powers (Part 2)

To put it simply, if Steward Zhao's friend died, the knot in his heart would naturally be untangled.

This is the path of decisively cutting off worldly ties.

And this is also the best solution.

Because they all know that Steward Zhao values relationships deeply, but they do not understand Zhang Feng's nature.

If Zhang Feng were someone who fears death and seeks only to live, then when Steward Zhao returned to the world earlier and found Zhang Feng,

Zhang Feng might have used their old bond to coerce Steward Zhao into guiding him onto the path of cultivation.

This could likely burden Steward Zhao.

Even if Zhang Feng were a good person,

it's been decades, and even though Steward Zhao once praised his 'Zhang Big Brother' to the skies, no one wants to gamble with the sect's genius.

But now, with the appearance of 'True Man Zhang Feng', matters concerning Steward Zhao have become trivial.

In fact, their discussion was also centered around this issue.

A few years ago, they even sent a Golden Core Perfection elder to the main city to invite Zhang Feng as a guest, but they did not meet this True Man.

This left them disappointed and led them to speculate about who this newly emerged True Man Zhang Feng was.

From beginning to end, they, like Steward Zhao and his disciples, never considered that Zhang Feng and True Man Zhang Feng might be the same person.

Even if such an outrageous idea crossed their minds, without finding the person, it couldn't be proven.

Little did they know.

Regarding hiding,

it was actually Zhang Feng's deliberate intention.

Zhang Feng spread the word when necessary, first letting them know of a 'mysterious True Man' in the main city.

Thus, they would surely send someone.

Then, Zhang Feng could leave, missing the first wave of searches, preventing a group of Nascent Soul True Men from 'arriving together'.

Because Zhang Feng felt that, though he could manage against a Nascent Soul, he might not handle a group of them.

Later,

when they find no results, they might leave people behind.

Perhaps a Golden Core, several Golden Cores, or Foundation Establishment, and so on.

This leaving of people is the result Zhang Feng wanted.

Because without a Nascent Soul presence,

Zhang Feng could unreservedly unleash his spiritual sense and secretly learn their knowledge.

Of course, his main focus would be to gather information about these people's situations and cultivation methods, then plan accordingly.

Especially now, as reality coincided with Zhang Feng's expectations.

At present.

In the city.

Zhang Feng was both cultivating and secretly learning the knowledge of these 'stationed personnel'.

Such as loss-making business trades, and gambling on what or trying what?

With better paths available, Zhang Feng would never engage in it.

Such caution.

Another year passed.

Arriving in this world's eleventh year.

There was one year left until Profound Cloud Sect's disciple recruitment.

Zhang Feng had successfully reached Nascent Soul Perfection; in at most half a year he could attempt 'Divinity Transformation'.

The only thing lacking now was constitution.

He guessed the Divinity Transformation constitution should be at least [5K].

Otherwise, one couldn't withstand the materialization of 'heart and spirit', along with high-dimensional laws and celestial talismans.

In the blink of an eye, another half-month passed.

In a quiet, secluded courtyard in the city.

As Zhang Feng was stabilizing his Nascent Soul Perfection,

a disguised bandit returned with some tea leaves.

Seeing Zhang Feng meditating in the courtyard, he didn't disturb him.

But in his heart, even after eleven years, he still struggled to accept Zhang Feng was a 'True Man'.

Being a smart man, he liked to think a lot and seek logic.

Moreover, the bandit had some judgment capabilities. He could assert that ten years ago, Zhang Feng was indeed Foundation Establishment!

Even if a great king arrived, Zhang Feng was still Foundation Establishment!

From kneeling in the small courtyard to spending a year with Zhang Feng,

he knew for a fact that Zhang Feng's level wasn't high, since Zhang Feng often had him take the lead in facing cliffs and potential dangers.

Sending a Martial Artist to pave the way for a cultivator was itself a sign of low strength.

This couldn't be hidden, nor was it related to inner caution or personality.

Especially given that if Zhang Feng were really at the Nascent Soul level, he'd definitely perish if faced with 'Foundation Establishment level' danger.

So, he couldn't detect Nascent Soul-level dangers.

Furthermore, Zhang Feng always presented himself as Foundation Establishment, even during their journey to find Profound Cloud Sect, he talked about post-Golden Core plans.

He knew Zhang Feng hadn't deceived him.

Moreover, if Zhang Feng truly were Nascent Soul, he wouldn't need to search painstakingly for Profound Cloud Sect.

If he merely spread the word, Profound Cloud Sect might come to him.

But now, Zhang Feng was hiding?

During his thoughts, the bandit paused in the courtyard and looked again at Zhang Feng.

Honestly, he didn't understand what this 'ancient thing' was scheming.

With all the possibilities calculated,

Even if Zhang Feng was truly Foundation Establishment in the past,

the suspicious bandit speculated Zhang Feng might not be at True Man level now, possibly just around Golden Core Great Success level.

After all, that Master Wu wasn't strong either.

To annihilate a weak sect, Golden Core Great Success would suffice.

All these things indicated,

this old thing definitely had issues!

It wasn't just pretending to be weak!

But truly lacked the realm, hence the hiding. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

'Ah, so he was hiding…'

The bandit thought while looking at Zhang Feng, feeling that he had seen through Zhang Feng's intentions.

Yet, just considering that there's a strange cultivator who went from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core within a year,

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