I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

When Chu Feng appeared in the courtyard, Mu Wanqing, who was admiring the flowers, merely glanced at him indifferently before looking away, as if he were nothing more than air.

"The people from the Northern Wilderness Palace have been here," Chu Feng said, walking up to her and getting straight to the point.

Mu Wanqing's actions of pruning the flower branches suddenly stopped.

She suddenly turned her head, and for the first time, a look of surprise and uncertainty appeared in her clear, cold phoenix eyes.

"Have people from the Northern Wilderness Palace arrived?"

"That's right." Chu Feng nodded. "However, I've already killed him."

"What?!" Mu Wanqing completely lost her composure. The golden scissors in her hand clattered to the ground. Her elegant and noble face was filled with horror. "You killed him? How is that possible! The person who came was at least a Foundation Establishment stage martial arts cultivator. You... could it be that you have already successfully established your foundation?"

"Not yet." Chu Feng shrugged. "But even without Foundation Establishment, killing a martial arts cultivator isn't that difficult."

Mu Wanqing stared blankly at Chu Feng, her heart filled with turbulent emotions.

She simply couldn't imagine how someone who hadn't even stepped into the threshold of martial arts cultivation could kill a true Foundation Establishment realm expert.

The man harbored far more secrets than she had imagined.

After a brief moment of shock, a hint of pity suddenly appeared in her eyes as she looked at Chu Feng.

"If you want to live, you'd better run away quickly." Mu Wanqing's voice was somewhat complicated. "Run as far away as possible, and never come back to this Northern Wilderness."

"Once the powerful figures from the Northern Wilderness Palace arrive, you, and the Great Xia Dynasty you have just established, will cease to exist."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng raised an eyebrow: "Just how powerful is this Northern Wilderness Palace?"

A deep sense of apprehension appeared on Mu Wanqing's face. She spoke slowly, her voice low.

"Within the Northern Wilderness Palace, there are no fewer than several dozen terrestrial immortal realm martial artists, just the ones you saw before."

"As for the Foundation Establishment realm martial arts cultivators you just killed, there were more than twenty of them!"

"And the four elders of the Northern Wilderness Palace are rumored to have already reached the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm, and are only one step away from the next major realm."

"As for that mysterious palace master..." Mu Wanqing paused, her voice becoming serious, "rumor has it that he may have broken through his shackles and entered the Spirit Gathering Realm!"

"Spirit Gathering Realm?"

Chu Feng stroked his chin; this was the first time he had ever heard this term.

"Little brother, the cultivation levels of martial arts cultivators, from lowest to highest, are Foundation Establishment, Spirit Gathering, Purple Mansion, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul."

The demoness's voice rang in his mind at just the right moment, explaining the basics of cultivation to him: "Each major realm is divided into nine levels. The so-called Foundation Establishment Realm is merely the starting point on the path of cultivation, while the Spirit Gathering Realm is when one truly enters the inner sanctum, able to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for one's own use, and is more than ten times stronger than the Foundation Establishment Realm."

After listening to the demoness's introduction, Chu Feng had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

He looked at Mu Wanqing's face, which was filled with fear and solemnity, and grinned: "A mere Spirit Gathering Realm cultivator is nothing to be ashamed of."

When Mu Wanqing heard this, she could hardly believe her ears.

She looked at Chu Feng as if he were an idiot, her voice tinged with exasperation: "Nothing serious? Do you even know where you are? This is the Northern Wilderness! A barren land where spiritual energy is scarce and martial arts have declined!"

"Here, even a terrestrial immortal can sweep away everything, and a Foundation Establishment cultivator is already a god-like existence. As for a Spirit Gathering cultivator, they wouldn't even dare to dream of such a thing! And you actually say it's nothing special?"

She thought Chu Feng must have gone mad; his ignorance was utterly ridiculous.

"Kid, don't be too careless," the demoness couldn't help but warn. "With your current cultivation level, even with the Burial Coffin in hand, you'll struggle against cultivators at the seventh level of the Foundation Establishment Realm or higher, let alone the four elders at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Realm. As for the Spirit Gathering Realm, if you encounter one now, you're certain to die."

"Don't you still have me?" Chu Feng thought to himself, scoffing.

"Me?" the demoness said irritably. "I'm just a remnant soul now. Every time I use my power, it's a huge drain on my energy. Dealing with that old bastard Zhuge last time already weakened me considerably. You expect me to fight every day? Unless you can get the Burial Coffin to devour enough energy! Like the spirit stone mine it devoured last time, but that kind of resource is definitely hard to find in the Northern Wilderness Region anytime soon."

"Therefore, the most crucial thing now is for you to successfully establish your foundation as soon as possible! Once you enter the ranks of martial arts cultivators, with your special physique and that broken coffin, dealing with several Foundation Establishment Ninth Level cultivators will not be a problem."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng frowned slightly: "Then how can I quickly establish my foundation?"

Previous experience had taught him that simply relying on the energy feedback from devouring powerful individuals was no longer enough for him to break through that barrier.

"The fastest way..." The enchantress's voice suddenly took on a playful tone, "is both far away and right before our eyes."

"Take down this extremely Yin-type person in front of you."

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng's heart stirred, and his gaze unconsciously fell on the stunningly beautiful woman opposite him, his eyes brazenly scanning her exquisite and shapely body.

That gaze seemed to see right through her, inside and out.

Mu Wanqing felt extremely uncomfortable under his gaze. Her delicate brows furrowed, and she subconsciously took a half-step back, asking warily, "Why...why are you staring at me like that?"

Chu Feng did not answer immediately, but slowly approached her.

"I must establish my foundation as soon as possible in order to have the strength to contend with the Northern Wilderness Palace."

"And now, the fastest way for me to complete the Foundation Establishment..." He leaned close to Mu Wanqing's ear, his hot breath brushing against her earlobe, and said, word by word, "is you."

Mu Wanqing's delicate body stiffened abruptly. She instantly understood what was happening. The color drained from her elegant and noble face, replaced by endless shame, anger, and coldness.

She abruptly raised her head, her beautiful phoenix eyes blazing with fury, and she shrieked in a shrill voice, "Chu Feng! You also want to use me as a cultivation furnace?!"