Chapter 27: The Strange Pattern

  Yue Zi Feng had originally planned to rent the cheapest house. After all, he was just a minor cultivator, and although he came from the Five Elements Sword Sect, he wasn't some core disciple with plenty of spirit stones to squander.

  Jiang Feng, however, did not think so. He wanted to use this period of time to cultivate himself and naturally wanted a better house. As soon as Yue Zifeng wanted to rent the cheapest house, he was rejected by Jiang Feng at the time.

  Jiang Feng took out the Ling Stone and rented the two best houses in this street. One for himself, one for Yue Zifeng. This would make Yue Zifeng look at him with new eyes.

  After moving in, Jiang Feng has been practicing diligently. For a full 40 days, Jiang Feng did not leave his residence. Nor did he see the arrival of Yue Zifeng's fellow disciples, so he could only continue to wait.

  The practice of the Five Elements Sword Sect's swordsmanship has undergone a heaven-shaking transformation since encountering the Ghost Sword. Jiang Feng is currently cultivating this new swordsmanship. In just 40 days, Jiang Feng's gains have surpassed the sum of his previous cultivation time. He has also truly realized that this practice is not ordinary.

  Just yesterday, Jiang Feng was cultivating when he suddenly felt a strong itch on his right arm. At the same time, the spiritual energy within his body began to surge towards his right arm in large quantities.

  He stopped his cultivation, rolled up his sleeves, and Jiang Feng saw that on his right arm, there was a white, animal-tail-like pattern that was glowing. The spiritual energy throughout his body also rapidly surged towards it.

  This pattern on the maple had never been seen before. On the right arm, except for a scar that was once bitten by a fox, there were no other tail-like patterns. But that scar had long since disappeared, and it's unknown why it would appear in this pattern.

  The spiritual energy in his body was draining too quickly, as if it had all been sucked away by the flower pattern. Jiang Feng's first reaction was that he had fallen into a trap. And it was likely related to the fox that had bitten him.

  Also no time to scold the fox for being ungrateful. Jiang Feng hurriedly mobilized his spiritual power, wanting to see if there was a way to stop the supply of spiritual power. If he could stop it, then think of a way to figure out what this pattern was all about.

  Just as he tried to control his spiritual power, the flashing pattern stopped. The spiritual power also stopped surging over. Jiang Feng also hastily began to carefully examine the pattern. However, no matter what method he used, he couldn't get rid of the pattern. He didn't even understand what the pattern was.

  When there was nothing else to do, Jiang Feng stopped and thought of a way. The flower pattern was quiet at first. But soon after, the flower pattern began to absorb Jiang Feng's spiritual power again. And as long as Jiang Feng stopped it, it would stop. Once Jiang Feng did nothing, the flower pattern continued to absorb his spiritual power once more.

  The spiritual power in his body was being washed away bit by bit by the flower pattern. Without spiritual power, the flower pattern calmed down. Until Jiang Feng's spiritual power recovered a little, the flower pattern would continue to absorb it. It just left a little bit for Jiang Feng each time.

  From the process of absorbing spiritual energy from the flower pattern, Jiang Feng did not find any changes in his body. The flower pattern seemed to only need spiritual energy and did not intend to harm his body. But having such a thing on him, no one could be at ease.

  "Is the fox spirit intentionally trying to harm me? But it's been so long, why did it only appear now? Is it really trying to harm me?" Jiang Feng muttered to himself.

  After thinking for half a day, I still couldn't figure out the reason. And even more so, I couldn't think of a way to get rid of the flower pattern. Jiang Feng had an idea when he was at a loss.

  "Isn't it that you want to absorb spiritual energy? I'll give it to you. Let's see how much you can absorb. After absorbing enough, what will you become?" Jiang Feng said so.

  He took out a large number of spirit stones, and Jiang Feng sat down, starting to guide the spiritual energy within the spirit stones into his own body. He deliberately guided the spiritual energy towards the flower pattern on his arm. The flower pattern felt the spiritual energy coming over actively and immediately began to absorb it. Now Jiang Feng's body was like a medium, a medium that specialized in transmitting spiritual energy to the flower pattern on his arm.

  Ling Shi was not something that Jiang Feng lacked, he wouldn't be stingy with Ling Shi. The patterns on his arm weren't polite either, no matter how many came, they were all absorbed without error. Very quickly, Jiang Feng had consumed hundreds of low-grade Ling Shi. Still, it wasn't enough to fill the patterns on his arm. He could only take out mid-grade Ling Shi and continue with this task.

  After consuming over three hundred mid-grade spirit stones, the floral pattern on my arm finally stopped absorbing spiritual energy. Now, the floral pattern on my arm has transformed into a small fox curled up together.

  It's as if he had a new tattoo on his body. Nor did this fox-like tattoo change in any way. This stumped Jiang Feng. If there were some changes, Jiang Feng could think of ways to deal with it. But now, so many spirit stones were wasted, yet there was no change at all.

  Pondered for a whole night, still couldn't figure it out. Jiang Feng was worried all night too. But now he can neither clear up nor understand what's going on. No matter how much Jiang Feng worries, it's useless.

  "You damned fox, if you dare to harm me, I'll skin you and make a hat out of your fur." Jiang Feng said with hatred.

  Putting aside the matters of the flower pattern on his body, Jiang Feng walked out of his house. After cultivating for forty days, Jiang Feng needed to get some things for himself, which would also help him in his cultivation and increase his attack power.

  A place to provide accommodation for masters, in the northeast corner of Fang City. The closest from there is the store district. Especially good houses like Jiang Feng's will naturally not be far from the store district.

  However, Jiang Feng did not go to the nearest shopping district, but instead went around it and headed towards where the monks were setting up their stalls. As a small Qi-refining monk, he didn't need to buy anything from the shops anyway.

  There are many masters in the street stall area, most of whom are loose cultivators. There are also some disciples from various sects who set up stalls here when they go out. In a place like this, setting up a stall is very simple. Just pay some spirit stones to the person in charge of the market and find a place to lay down a piece of leather, that's it.

  One by one, Jiang Feng selected some usable wound medicine from the shops. Whenever he saw talismans, he would buy a few. He didn't care whether they were good or bad, nor did he care what kind of technique they belonged to. As long as he saw them, he would buy them. After all, he wasn't short on spirit stones.

  In no time, the entire street stall area knew that Jiang Feng was buying talismans in bulk. Anyone who had talismans for sale all came over. Jiang Feng didn't stand on ceremony either; anyone who came over, as long as they took out a talisman, he would buy it at market price. Anyway, talismans weren't expensive things.

  After buying a large number of talismans, Jiang Feng had thought about buying some magical instruments. However, after searching through the street stalls, he didn't find any good quality items. It was even less likely that he would find what he needed. Jiang Feng could only head towards the store district.

  There are many shops in the shopping district, selling all kinds of things. Some specialize in selling dan medicine, some specialize in selling faqi, and some shops even have gongfa for sale.

  Jiang Feng didn't want to go from store to store. He found the largest storefront and walked in. As soon as he entered, a shop assistant came up to him and asked what Jiang Feng needed.

  The fellow is a fourth-level Qi-refining cultivator. For a cultivator like Jiang Feng, this kind of reception is already quite good. If it weren't for that, no one would even bother to receive him.

  Looking around the spacious store, there weren't many things on display. However, Jiang Feng saw that they had magical artifacts and medicinal pills, so it seemed that this store's business scope was not small after all.

  "Do you have Gou Ji Dan here?" Jiang Feng asked.

  As soon as Jiang Feng spoke, the shop assistant laughed. He said: "Senior, you really came, our store just received a few solid foundation pills. However, this price is not cheap."

  "Spirit stones are no problem, as long as you have them." Jiang Feng said nonchalantly. He really was lacking in everything except spirit stones.