Chapter 5359: The Difference Between the Two
Chu Feng chuckled softly and said, âMy psyche is indeed much stronger than ordinary people.â
âLooks like Iâm an ordinary person in big brother Chu Fengâs eyes too,â Bai Yunqing said with a chortle.
âDonât misunderstand. Thereâs no way youâre an ordinary person,â Chu Feng said.
âIâm joking! Though I honestly donât think that I can be considered a prodigy compared to you. Looks like weâll definitely win the bet at this rate. I bet that Jie Yu didnât see this coming. Iâd love to see his face when he loses. Letâs see if he still dares to talk big before me!â Bai Yunqing said.
Having crossed blows with Jie Yu before, he knew that the latter was around the same level as him. Jie Yu was indubitably a prodigy, but he wouldnât stand a chance against a monster of Chu Fengâs caliber.
âStill, we shouldnât get careless. We know too little about this place,â Chu Feng said. His many encounters with danger had taught him the importance of staying vigilant.
âBig brother, how are you able to remain humble when youâre already this powerful? I have much to learn from you,â Bai Yunqing said.
He found it charismatic how Chu Feng continued to maintain a low profile despite his strength, and it left him wondering if he would be more credible if he carried himself like the latter.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
The two of them advanced on.
They passed by a cavern, a long passageway, a palace, and many other places. A test was waiting for them in each of these places, Chu Feng would do his best to fully satisfy its requirement before proceeding ahead.
He simply didnât have sufficient information about the trial, so he had no choice but to resort to the dumbest method, which was to do everything to his very best.
Bai Yunqing noticed that the tests were becoming increasingly demanding on oneâs psyche. To avoid becoming a burden, he curbed his outflow of psyche to preserve his strength as far as possible. This way, he could ensure that he would reach the end while retaining sufficient psyche to refine the crystal into a cultivation resource.
But things didnât go as he wished.
The two of them had just reached the location of the next test. It was a sinister red palace, but unlike the previous tests, there was no suction force here that devoured their psyche. On the contrary, a powerful force was restricting the amount of psyche they could release.
âWhat the hell! What should I do, big brother Chu Feng? Why is it not consuming my psyche anymore? Is the trial acting weird because weâre reaching the endpoint? Jie Yu will laugh at me if he sees that I havenât even fully refined my crystal!â Bai Yunqing panicked.
He wanted to release all of his psyche at the very end, but the test suddenly turned around and restricted the outflow of his psyche instead. This meant that he couldnât exchange his psyche for the cultivation resource anymore!
It was simply too embarrassing if he cleared the trial without even getting a chance to properly refine his crystal.
âNo worries. Thereâll be a way for us to clear this test,â Chu Feng calmly replied.
Using his finger as a brush, he drew out a spirit power circulation method in mid-air and said, âUse this method to channel your spirit power, then try to release your psyche.â
Bai Yunqing immediately did as he was told. To his delight, he was able to release his psyche once he employed Chu Fengâs method, and the sinister red palace still devoured his psyche as long as he was able to release it.
âIt works! Thanks, big brother Chu Feng,â Bai Yunqing exclaimed in delight.
Not going to let the second chance he was given go to waste, he frenziedly released his psyche to feed his crystal. His crystal quickly turned white, then gray; before long, it started showing a blue tinge.
But he knew that this was far from enough. Chu Fengâs crystal was already emanating a divine aura, having reached the level of Immortal Dragon Mark. Even if he couldnât reach Chu Fengâs level, he must at least not pale in comparison to Jie Yu.
âDonât release all your psyche. Keep half of it,â Chu Feng suddenly said.
âAll right.â Upon hearing Chu Fengâs words, Bai Yunqing hurriedly controlled his psyche output. Once he reached half capacity for his psyche, he stopped and said, âBig brother, Iâm done.â
It was only then that Chu Feng began releasing his psyche. It didnât take him long for him to satisfy the red palace, and the tightly-shut doors at the opposite end of the room creaked open.
Another palace awaited them at the other side of the gate, just that it was even more unnerving. It was entirely black in color, looking almost like a black hole.
As soon as the two of them stepped into the black palace, the doors behind them slammed shut, sealing their path of retreat.
Bai Yunqingâs face paled.
As soon as he stepped in, a powerful suction force enveloped him and furiously siphoned away his psyche. To make things worse, he couldnât stop his psyche from flowing out at all!
This reminded him of Chu Fengâs earlier warning, and he looked at the latter with grateful eyes.
He had previously intended to just retain the bare minimum of psyche required for him to clear the subsequent tests because the red palace had alerted him to the possibility that he might not have a chance to expend his psyche afterward. He thought that it would be fine since he could simply control his outflow of psyche.
In fact, he thought that Chu Feng had only told him to retain half his psyche earlier on because he wanted to fill up the red palace himself. After all, the final reward was proportionate to the amount of psyche they expended here.
It was only now that he realized that he was grievously wrong.
Chu Feng must have already sensed the danger lurking ahead, which was why he reminded him of such. Bai Yunqing was glad that he had done as he was told, or else his lack of psyche would have threatened his life here.
He felt remorseful for having thought that Chu Feng was a selfish person.
Pah!
Bai Yunqing gave himself a tight slap to punish himself for having such thoughts.
âWhat are you doing?â Chu Feng was confused by Bai Yunqingâs sudden act of self-harm.
âIâm punishing myself for my foolishness. Itâs fortunate big brother is with me, or else I would have been a goner,â Bai Yunqing said with a smile.
He didnât reveal the truth because he was too embarrassed to say that he had second-guessed Chu Fengâs goodwill.
âWeâre brothers; thereâs no need for such words between us. Do you have enough psyche? Tell me if you donât have enough,â Chu Feng said.
He was worried that Bai Yunqing would be in danger from having insufficient psyche. If that were the case, he would have to increase his psyche output and quickly satisfy the black palace.
âI have enough for the time being,â Bai Yunqing replied. âBut big brother Chu Feng, how did you know that this would be the next test? Most world spiritists would have found a way to overcome the red palaceâs psyche blockage to clear that test, but they would have probably wondered if the blockage would get worse in the subsequent tests, thus prompting them to quickly use up their psyche. Otherwise, they might risk losing out on the reward.â
âI thought the red palace was likely to be a trap to mislead us into depleting our psyche,â Chu Feng said.
âWere there any clues in the red palace?â Bai Yunqing said.
âNot at all. It was just a guess,â Chu Feng replied.
âItâs lucky that big brother Chu Feng is here, or else I would have fallen for that trap.â Bai Yunqing shook his head with a bitter smile.
He was no newcomer when it came to tests, having visited many remnants with his master, but he knew that he was still lacking compared to Chu Feng.