Eternal Life: I Rely on Fortune Points for Improvement

Chapter 568: Chapter 272: Arrival (Part 3)

Lü Su had a bold idea.

"This... impossible, he’s not that kind of person."

The Saintess thought for a moment, then shook her head.

"How do you know he’s not that kind of person?"

Lü Su said indignantly.

"Although he is cunning and treacherous, he would never risk his life just to lure us here and use the demon beasts here to tie us down.

Since he came in, it must mean he knows that there’s a path inside Senli that can safely reach the Blood Domain."

The Saintess spoke with utmost seriousness.

She had fought Jiang Feng so many times.

She didn’t know about other things, but she did know Jiang Feng’s character well—especially his greed for life, fear of death, and tendency to run at any sign of danger.

She vaguely remembered that the first time the two fought, Jiang Feng hid in the Divine Sect Mansion for two or three years straight, while she wasted time at the door. Jiang Feng laid low inside, quietly building up power. When his cultivation was finally strong enough, he burst out and killed all of them completely unprepared.

So the Saintess believed Jiang Feng must know that there’s a safe route deep in the Forbidden Forest that leads successfully to the Blood Domain.

Otherwise, Jiang Feng would never have chosen this path.

He definitely wouldn’t have risked so much just to lure them into the depths of the Forbidden Forest.

"Junior Sister."

Suddenly.

Two fellow apprentices from Mad Blade Martial Arts Hall flew here from afar.

"Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Liu, did you find any clues?"

The Saintess hurriedly asked.

"Mm."

Brother Zhou and Senior Brother Liu exchanged a look and nodded at the same time.

"Where is he?"

The Saintess and Lü Su asked in unison.

"Don’t be anxious yet, let us explain first."

Brother Zhou advised.

"Please, go ahead."

The Saintess took a deep breath.

"We followed your instructions and went back to investigate the Nether King River. We found several traces of magical attacks, and as we continued downstream along the Nether King River, we discovered a few wounded Great Demons and quite a few river demon corpses.

Without exception, their injuries were all caused by cultivators’ magical techniques and divine power. We suspect Jiang Feng has been moving downstream along the Nether King River, which is why we haven’t been able to find him in the forest."

Senior Brother Liu speculated.

"There was a Catfish Spirit, wounded by the Dragon Bone Bow, that tried to devour us when it noticed us on the surface. But Junior Brother Liu slashed it to death with one stroke."

Brother Zhou followed up.

"Junior Sister, Jiang Feng is on the Nether King River."

Lü Su’s face flushed with embarrassment.

The initial marker on the compass was at the Nether King River fifteen hundred miles southwest. Back then, they had all thought it was just a coincidence that Jiang Feng appeared there.

Once they realized he’d been tracked, he would surely hide in the forest, since only the forest was suitable for concealment and ambush.

So after finding a few fragments of magical treasures there, Lü Su and the Saintess searched for Jiang Feng in the forest, since as Beast Masters they could communicate with the demon beasts within.

Even though they didn’t get any useful information along the way, they figured Jiang Feng must be hiding well.

Until nearly twenty days later, when the Saintess sensed something was off and told Brother Zhou and Senior Brother Liu to search the Nether King River instead.

Unexpectedly, they really did find Jiang Feng’s trail at the Nether King River.

"Mm, we were all wrong. In Jiang Feng’s eyes, following the Nether King River is definitely a relatively safe or fast route to reach the Blood Domain."

"We all thought he was playing hide and seek with us in the forest, but never considered that he’d already worked out a safe route—one that’s exactly the Nether King River!"

The Saintess nodded. She realized, belatedly, that with Jiang Feng’s cowardly nature, if he chose to enter the Blood Domain via the Forbidden Forest, he must have a preplanned safe route; he’d never risk such danger otherwise.

Although she understood Jiang Feng’s character, her thinking hadn’t gone deep or far enough.

At the very least, she had completely overlooked the Nether King River.

She’d only thought Jiang Feng would steer clear of that area, but instead he had escaped right along the river downstream.

"Everyone, head over to the Nether King River!"

"Kill!"

Lü Su gave the order.

They had an incomplete map; though they didn’t know the forest’s full terrain, they did know which direction the Nether King River lay.

In an instant, they soared into the sky, charging fiercely toward the Nether King River.

Who knew, with over three thousand miles between them, when would they catch up?

Jiang Feng was flying over the Nether King River.

The river’s surface was silent and still, like a pool of dead water.

Here, the color of the water had shifted—fading from black to a lighter jade green. The paler the color, the calmer the water became.

Jiang Feng spread his spiritual sense across the area, even probing into the riverbed, but found nothing. There was no sign of life at all—not even small fish appeared in this region.

This eerie phenomenon left Jiang Feng anxious and uneasy.

He knew the Forbidden Forest was perilous, home to Great Demons. While the Nether King River was a relatively safe route, that was only true because he had the Dragon Bone Bow’s protection.

If not for this innate magical treasure and the directions from the Little Cyan Snake, Jiang Feng would never have dared enter here.

So Jiang Feng continued downriver for another two days.

He slowed his speed over these two days.

The river surface remained utterly silent, as if sealed by a spell—even his spiritual sense couldn’t detect movement in the water. Two days later, as he glided over the mute river, Jiang Feng sensed, through his spiritual sense, a faint sound of running water up ahead.

The familiar sound filled him with elation—he couldn’t wait to reach that area fast.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a scream echoed from upstream.

"Crashhh!"

The once-silent waters seemed to shatter their shackles; dynamic scenes unfolded, the current began to flow, then gathered speed, until finally the waves surged violently.

Just as when he first saw the Nether King River, the current was swift and terrifying.

Jiang Feng felt as if struck by lightning.

The hair on his body stood on end.

He dared not look back—he only felt some dreadful presence behind him, watching him.

He had a gut feeling that the deathly stillness of the Nether King River had been caused by the owner of that voice. As for what the being was doing, or how it managed to turn the river into dead water over two days, Jiang Feng had no clue.

The only thing Jiang Feng was sure of was that no matter if the presence was demon or something else, it was unimaginably terrifying—a being he must never provoke.

So, no matter how dangerous it got downstream,

he dashed ahead at full speed. He’d rather run into a dozen Foundation Establishment Great Demon ambushes in front of him than meet the eyes of the horror behind.

That deep-rooted fear in his soul was something he’d never experienced before.

And so, without looking back, Jiang Feng ran on for three days and three nights.

At last, he arrived at a cliff.

The cliff spanned the entire Forbidden Forest, making it seem as if the world had been split apart. The raging river plunged off the cliff, thundering below.

Jiang Feng stood atop the cliff, gazing into the distance—below, a layer of spiritual energy mist shield hovered over the forest’s canopy.

The elevation difference here was more than a thousand meters.

The region below teemed with dense spiritual energy, far more abundant and fierce than atop the cliff—tenfold at least.

No one knew what force bound it here.

The spiritual energy in the world below had formed a dense mist shield.

It was as if below the cliff, a natural Spirit Gathering Array had locked in all the spiritual energy, turning that region into a paradise, a land of immortals.

"According to the map, I’ve reached the border between the Forbidden Forest and the Blood Domain. Once I get through the forest ahead, I’ll truly enter the Blood Domain, reaching the territory of the Cyan Cloud Sect."

Checking the map, Jiang Feng spoke with excitement.

"I wonder how much my Fortune Point has increased on this journey?"

"And as for that terrifying being that appeared behind me—what could it possibly be?"

Jiang Feng muttered to himself.

Soon after, he checked his status panel.

After three days and nights fleeing without rest, he’d completely forgotten to check his panel, all because the gaze behind him had been too terrifying.

Name: Jiang Feng

Fortune: 33,299,711

Cultivation Technique: Yang Technique (Perfection+)