บท 17: This one here is a genius.

"What kind of house is this…"

Chu Feng and Su Mei were speechless. After all, the building in front of them was nothing like they had thought before.

"What? Disappointed I didn't send you all into a mansion?" Feng Xiantian calmly stated as he lit up a torch using Spirit Power, and many followed afterward.

Chu Feng did not miss this action. As someone who was under the apprenticeship of a World Spiritists, he knew the difference between Martial Power and Spirit Power.

To be more clear, the building was not even similar to the one Feng Xiantian lived in the Feng Family's Compound. No, it was… Weird and hard to explain.

Slabs of stone and wood were put together to form walls, it somehow actually looked nice. There were no gaps, yet when one looked from the outside it seemed like just anyone could peek from the outside.

"Make yourself at home." Feng Xiantian said as he lied down on the hard surface of the floor. A yawn escaped his face.

"Remind me who are you again kid?" Chu Feng, being the slightly rude person he occasionally was asked.

"You know my older brother, that is why I decided to help two people in need of said help."

"It can't be that your older brother is… Feng Bai?"

The voice inside Feng Xiantian snorted.

"This Empress still doesn't get why you bothered to help brats like them…" She scowled, while Feng Xiantian rolled his eyes, for no reason known to the two.

"Are you my mother?"

He said in his thoughts but received no response from her.

"Indeed, my brother is a Core Elder of the Azure Dragon School, a rare Profound Realm Expert of the school at that too."

Chu Feng's gaze changed, no longer did it contain annoyance towards the little kid. Instead, he had a bit more respect and normality. Feng Bai was and had been someone who had helped him greatly.

Without the help Feng Bai had given him, Chu Feng would be at least two layers weaker and would be bullied by the Core Disciple he fought for the legacy of the Sky Imperial Sage.

"I offer you my apologies kid, your name was Feng Xiantian right?" Chu Feng received a nod from the growing in boredom kid.

"Then…"

The day after that, Su Mei and Chu Feng left almost immediately. The Azure Dragon School was still a good day worth of distance if they wanted to hurry, so they did.

A gust of wind surrounded the house, Martial Power spreading in every corner of the house. One could notice red, silver and gold auras around the room inside the house.

*BANG*

Feng Xiantian broke through to the third Layer of the Origin-Realm without any effort in the slightest.

The three auras roared, contained inside the house by the Gray Spirit Formation Feng Xiantian had laid down earlier.

The auras broke down mid-air and however the surrounding area in tri-colored liquid-like substance.

"...I might hate you a lot brat, but I cannot deny it that even in my Asura Spirit World, I've never seen such a monstrous talent like you."

Feng Xiantian did not really care about the praises of a soul inside him. "How about you seal a contract with me to become my World Spirit?"

"Well, in a realistic world I'd have said yes, but remember? I hate you a lot. Besides, your power is too low. Unless you reach the Profound Realm you will be unable to sign a contract with me."

"I see, then next year should be okay." Feng Xiantian stated,"Speaking of that at least I can celebrate the new year with my family before I leave."

"...Are you actually serious? New Year is literally five weeks away. How in the hell can you breakthrough to the Profound Realm in such a short time?!"

Feng Xiantian curled his lips coldly as he spoke,"I will do it, if you want to we can even have a small bet."

Although she did not believe that Feng Xiantian could do something this monstrous, there was still the fact that he had broken through several layers in a short period of time.

"I refuse."

The boy rolled his eyes, already knowing that he was going to be refused. What was the point of a bet when both of them knew the outcome?

"Hello, my little and cute disciple." Feng Xiantian instantly narrowed his eyes and had his guard up upon hearing a new voice.

After a moment, he relaxed knowing that the owner of this voice was none other than his new master, Xuan Rou.

"To whom may I owe this visit to?" Feng Xiantian asked a bit more respectfully than before. The Golden Dragon made out of Martial Power she had faced earlier was equivalent to the attack of a weak Dao Seeking Cultivator a decently high realm of the Mortal Realm back at the Chaotic Dimensions.

"I am your master… Of course, I'd want to visit you. I am here to hand you a gift, allow me to teach you a Spirit Formation… It's primarily a Slaughtering one, but you can also use it to seal some powerful Monstrous Beasts to aid you." Xuan Rou smiled, despite being covered in runes, that smile still looked enchanting.

Her transparent hand rose up and a thread of Spirit Power traveled in the sky, before arriving in front of Feng Xiantian. It finally took the form of a manual which read:

"Slaughtering Formation - Myriad Spirit Devourer"

Xuan Rou smiled even more upon seeing the slightly in awe expression of Feng Xiantian. "This Slaughtering Formation cannot be considered extremely awesome upon reaching the peak, but at your level it's more than enough."

"Most World Spiritist who are White-Cloaked and Gray-Cloaked probably don't even know what a Slaughtering Formation is in the first place."

She continued to brag about the capabilities of World Spiritists for the next half an hour yet Feng Xiantian did not seem to mind it in the slightest. In fact, he was listening with great interest to what she was saying.

"Her ability to bullshit truly amazes even this Empress…"

The Asura World Spirit inside him scowled. As a noble, she was not used to people talking for so long, this was an extremely boring session for someone like her.