“Good!!”

Li Guanqi shouted, and an invisible wave spread out from the Spirit Ruin!

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed, and the sky darkened!

The originally clear night sky was suddenly covered by dark clouds!

Li Guanqi’s hands grasped the air, and a phantom scarlet longsword suddenly appeared!

The Sword Spirit stood behind him at some point, looking at the boy holding the Spirit Ruin longsword with a complex expression.

No one knew what he was thinking…

In a flash, Li Guanqi gripped the sword with both hands and took a sudden step forward, thrusting the Spirit Ruin longsword into Cao Yan’s forehead!

In an instant, purple lightning ravaged Cao Yan’s forehead!

Crack!

A crisp sound suddenly rang out!

With Li Guanqi’s roar, the phantom longsword became slightly more solid.

Crack, crack, crack!!!

Continuous cracking sounds echoed, and then the restriction on Cao Yan’s forehead exploded with a bang!

Boom!!

This sword had drained all of Li Guanqi’s Golden Elixir Primordial Energy and Divine Sense.

Just as Li Guanqi was about to collapse, a pair of large hands caught him from the front.

Ye Feng didn’t know what had happened, but he knew that Li Guanqi was exhausted.

At this moment, Cao Yan’s huge head was shrinking at a visible speed.

In just a breath, it had shrunk significantly, and a faint whistling wind surrounded him.

The spiritual energy in the air began to gather towards him.

Seeing this, Ye Feng quickly threw out over a hundred Spirit Stones!

Boom, boom, boom!!

The Spirit Stones floating in mid-air exploded one after another, turning into the purest spiritual energy which Cao Yan absorbed into his body.

Soon, Ye Feng sensed that Cao Yan’s aura had risen from the Qi Refining stage to the early stage of Foundation Establishment!

But the rising aura didn’t stop, and the surrounding spiritual energy became very thin.

Without hesitation, Ye Feng threw out nearly five hundred low-grade Spirit Stones!

One by one, the Spirit Stones turned into a handful of flying ash, and Cao Yan’s aura continued to rise rapidly.

In no time, his aura had reached the Foundation Establishment stage!

But just before reaching the Great Perfection, he began to frantically suppress his realm!

He hadn’t absorbed spiritual energy from Spirit Stones for many years, and his ravenous pubic region had reached its limit.

Continuing to restore his realm would be detrimental to his future foundation.

He knew this very well, so he began to frantically suppress his realm.

While hungrily absorbing spiritual energy, he also stabilized his realm.

His head was no longer as large as before, now looking only slightly bigger than an average person’s.

Ye Feng witnessed all of this and couldn’t help but mutter.

“Big head actually looks quite handsome now!”

“My position as the second most handsome is under threat!”

Indeed, Cao Yan, whose features were no longer distorted, was quite handsome.

His features were straight, his face slightly thin, and his cheeks slightly sunken.

There was a scholarly air between his brows, making him look gentle and elegant, like a noble young master.

Only the scorched skin on his forehead was a bit conspicuous.

His bald head had grown three-finger-length hair, making him look much more pleasing than before.

And his injuries were healing quickly, a change brought about by his restored strength.

However, Cao Yan’s figure was still thin, much like his previous skin-and-bones appearance.

But his spirit was much better than before.

After a long time, Cao Yan slowly opened his eyes!

Ye Feng was slightly stunned, wondering if it was an illusion, but he felt he saw a flash of blue flame in Cao Yan’s eyes!

Cao Yan turned to look at Ye Feng, his face still pale, his lips white.

But the feeling he gave off was completely different from before.

The gentle and elegant Cao Yan no longer had the numbness of merely surviving.

With a tight-lipped smile, he bowed to Ye Feng and said, “Second Brother!”

Ye Feng, in a daze, suddenly grinned and waved his hand with a smile.

“Oh, no need to be so polite between brothers, Third Brother~”

Though he said he didn’t mind, his smile was almost reaching his ears.

Scratching his head, he didn’t know what to say.

Cao Yan reminded him, “Put Big Brother down first, he must be exhausted.”

“Oh, oh, oh! Right! I almost forgot.”

After a while, the slowly waking Li Guanqi saw two heads.

Startled, he quickly got up, stared at Cao Yan for a long time, and said in disbelief.

“Cao Yan?”

Cao Yan smiled shyly and nodded, “Big Brother, it’s me, Cao Yan.”

Li Guanqi, pale-faced, smacked his lips and turned to Ye Feng, saying, “If we ever run out of money, selling this kid to a high-class brothel should make us a fortune.”

Cao Yan, with a bitter face, said, “Big Brother Li, come on… I just escaped one pit to fall into another.”

At this, the three of them burst into laughter!

After Li Guanqi got up, Cao Yan bowed to the two again, sincerely saying.

“I won’t say anything pretentious, but in the future… all the pills for Big Brother and Second Brother are on me!”

The two were slightly stunned and shouted, “You’re an alchemist??!!”

Cao Yan, a bit embarrassed, touched his nose and said, “Don’t I look like one?”

As he spoke, a wisp of blue flame suddenly appeared in his hand!

The space around the flame slightly distorted, and the surrounding temperature rose significantly.

The two’s eyes lit up with joy, realizing they had indeed found a treasure as the Sword Spirit had said!

Moreover, in Li Guanqi’s perception, the flame Cao Yan possessed…

Its quality was likely extremely high!

Li Guanqi couldn’t help but ask in a low voice, “Third Brother, the quality of your Spirit Root is…?”

Ye Feng quickly asked, “Royal Grade?”

But Cao Yan, a bit embarrassed, held up one finger.

Seeing this, Ye Feng let out a sigh of relief, patting his chest, “Ah, a Single-Element Heavenly Spirit Root~ I thought so.”

However, Li Guanqi felt something was off, as the flame’s intensity didn’t seem like that of a Single-Element Heavenly Spirit Root.

Cao Yan shrugged, “Above that.”

Ye Feng’s face froze, suddenly deflated like a wilted eggplant.

“Didn’t expect even Big Head to be like Big Brother!!”

“Heavens!! Is there any justice left?”

“Since when are Saint-Grade Spirit Roots so common!!”

Cao Yan was slightly stunned, clearly not expecting Li Guanqi’s Spirit Root to also be Saint-Grade!

Li Guanqi was extremely happy, never expecting to find such a rare alchemist!

At this moment, Cao Yan suggested, “Should we go raid the Dark Blood Alliance’s lair?”

Their eyes lit up, and they headed straight for the Dark Blood Alliance’s lair under the cover of night, conducting a bandit-style raid.

The common people in Lingchang City, even if they heard the commotion, didn’t dare to go out.

Families huddled together, trembling in the corners of their rooms.

Until the next morning, a joyful cheer echoed throughout Lingchang City!!

“They’re dead!! Hahaha!! They’re all dead!!”

“Come out and see!! The Dark Blood Alliance guys are all dead!! Their bodies are hanging on the city walls!!”