Chapter 445: An Old Acquaintance

Twenty-something days passed in no time. When Long Tian took his first step forward, the other three people in the tower almost popped their eyes out in shock. After all, they had been trapped here, unable to move, for hundreds of years. Yet Long Tian’s condition after just over twenty days of moving around this floor wasn’t much better than theirs. And now, after merely twenty-something days, this seemingly young guy could already walk around this floor.

Ye Feng looked at Long Tian with relief. “Brother Long, go up once you’re fully adapted. You’re fine here for now. I’ll be leaving first.”

“Mm, try to reach the top floor and see if there are any good things!” Long Tian spoke smoothly, clearly already accustomed to the environment here.

“Don’t worry. If there are any good things, I definitely won’t forget you guys!” Ye Feng gave Long Tian’s shoulder a light slap. Long Tian almost sat down in shock and glared at him fiercely.

“Uh, I’m used to it. I forgot about that…” Ye Feng smirked before lifting off into the air, as if gravity here had no effect on him.

“I’ll knock you to death, you brat!” Long Tian gritted his teeth as he watched Ye Feng show off.

“Keep envying and hating me then. I’m leaving!” Ye Feng vanished from the floor in a flash.

The three powerful demonclan members couldn’t take their eyes off the direction Ye Feng had left. Their half-open mouths and wide eyes clearly showed they were shocked.

“The fifth floor has gravity 32,000 times that of normal, suitable for mid-stage True God-level warriors.” Ye Feng glanced briefly at the two early-stage True God-level demon cultivators in the tower before focusing on Xiao Liu and Tie Niu.

Xiao Liu’s cultivation level should have been only early-stage True God, but under the pressure from the outside world over these days, he must have forced himself to rise to mid-stage True God. Ye Feng had been puzzled not seeing him on the fourth floor before, and now that he saw him with his own eyes, he believed it.

However, since he had only just reached mid-stage True God, he kept his eyes closed, struggling to hold on, completely unaware of Ye Feng’s arrival.

Tie Niu, whose cultivation level had not yet reached the True God stage before, had now also reached the early stage of the True God level. As he was a physical cultivator, his physical strength had also increased to the mid-stage of True God. However, his expression seemed much more relaxed than Xiao Liu’s. At that moment, he was staring at Ye Feng with wide eyes, about to say something, but was stopped by Ye Feng.

“Focus on your cultivation. Don’t worry about me. I’m going up first,” Ye Feng transmitted to Tie Niu’s ear before disappearing from that floor.

“The sixth floor has gravity sixty-four thousand times that of normal, suitable for strong warriors in the late True God stage.” Ye Feng was surprised to see two demon cultivators on this floor as well, but he stayed only for a short while before continuing on to the seventh floor.

“The seventh floor has gravity one hundred twenty-eight thousand times that of normal, suitable for strong warriors in the early Heavenly God stage. This level of gravity actually skips over the strength that peak True God warriors can withstand…” Ye Feng frowned slightly. Even peak True God warriors like Yi Fan could only endure pressure up to one hundred thousand times normal, yet this place exceeded that by a lot. But since Yi Fan wasn’t on the sixth floor just now, it meant he must be staying on this floor.

Ye Feng looked around and found that there was only Yi Fan on this floor. Although Yi Fan’s body was covered in blood, his aura remained stable, indicating that he had already passed the most dangerous phase.

Seeing him close his eyes, Ye Feng decided not to disturb him and continued on to the eighth floor.

“The eighth floor has gravity two hundred fifty-six thousand times that of normal. This level of gravity should be suitable for those whose physical strength is between the early and mid-stage of the Heavenly God stage.” As this thought crossed Ye Feng’s mind, three auras in the distance made his expression freeze.

Those three people were all acquaintances of his. One of them was Mo Jing, the ancient ancestor of the demon world who had almost caused his death some time ago.

But what really froze Ye Feng’s expression were the other two familiar auras.

“Who?” Mo Jing only knew that someone had entered. The high gravity here made mental power almost useless. He looked warily at the figure at the entrance. “Are you—Dao Feng?”

Due to the drastic change in Ye Feng’s aura strength, Mo Jing couldn’t recognize him at first. But he still remembered Ye Feng’s face clearly. The moment he saw Ye Feng, he was stunned as well—he never expected Ye Feng to grow to such a level in such a short time.

Ye Feng ignored him and turned to look at the two young men behind him. One was thin, with distinct facial features and deep black pupils. The other had a childlike face, a robust build, and was a head taller than Ye Feng.
“Xiao Yu… Xiao Bei?” Ye Feng looked at them uncertainly.
“Boss? Is it really you?” The two were also stunned upon seeing Ye Feng, but upon hearing his call, they were sure.
“Ouch, I fell hard!” The one with the childlike face had taken a hard fall.
“I almost forgot about the gravity here…” The thin young man managed to take a step forward, but his body was so weak he almost fell again, only to be steadied by Mo Jing, who had witnessed the scene.
“Damn this place! It made me lose face in front of the boss.” The childlike-faced man struggled to get up from the ground but didn’t stand instead, sitting there and winking at Ye Feng. “Boss, we missed you so much!”
“Xiao Bei, you’ve grown taller than me now.” Ye Feng stepped over and patted his head firmly.
“Hehe, after reaching the divine realm, taking on a human form makes me this tall automatically…” Xiao Bei rubbed his head shyly. “If the boss doesn’t like it, I can shrink back down.”
“No need, just be as you are!” Ye Feng shook his head with a smile.
“Xiao Yu, you’ve matured a lot!” Ye Feng then went over to Xiao Yu.
“Boss…”
“I wasn’t around you all these years, so you must have gone through a lot, right?” A hint of guilt flashed in Ye Feng’s eyes. He had almost witnessed the birth of these two young ones, yet the time he spent with them was less than the time they were apart.
Mo Jing, though puzzled, knew it wasn’t the time to interrupt them, so he simply stood by and watched. When their mood improved slightly, he turned to Ye Feng. “Do you know each other?”
“I witnessed their birth,” Ye Feng said with a slight smile.
Hearing this, Mo Jing was momentarily stunned. He immediately understood what was going on and said nothing more, only shaking his head helplessly. “I always saw you as an obstacle to the development of our demon race, wanting to get rid of you, but I never expected you to have such a connection with our race.”
“Why do you see me as an obstacle?” Ye Feng was puzzled.

“It’s simple. Though I don’t know how you train, your ability to kill opponents beyond your rank shows that your cultivation method is extraordinary. There are also rumors that you’ve inherited some incredible secret techniques. And since you’re from the Demon Realm, those warlike madmen—if they got your help, like such cultivation methods—would likely take over the entire Heavenly Realm. I knew at that time that if your strength continued to grow, given enough time, even I might not be able to match you, so I wanted to get rid of you as soon as possible. But it seems now that I’m not a match for you after all.” Mo Jing was quite self-aware, knowing it would be hard for him to defeat Ye Feng now.

“So you’re not planning to attack me anymore?” Ye Feng smiled.

“I’ve said it before—I’m not your match. Besides, you’re also a friend of two peerless geniuses from our demon race. I, Mo Jing, am not the kind to scheme; I won’t trouble you in any way again,” Mo Jing conceded.

“But I remember you almost caused my downfall that time…” Ye Feng’s lips curled slightly, his eyes narrowing—a look that appeared whenever he was plotting something.

“Well… it was a misunderstanding… If I had known you had such a connection with our demon race, I would never have attacked you.” As a powerful being who had been in the Heavenly Realm for many years, Mo Jing easily guessed Ye Feng’s thoughts. “How about this—as compensation, I’ll give you that extremely waterattribute substance instead of demanding it back.”

“Brother Mo, everyone knows that substance—you couldn’t control it in the first place, and I never intended to return it after taking it. Using something that already belongs to me as compensation doesn’t quite make sense, does it?” Ye Feng grinned mischievously, affectionately putting an arm around Mo Jing’s shoulder. “As the ancestor of the Demon Realm, you must have plenty of valuable things. I won’t ask for more. The three of us brothers will each take a treasure from you. I’ll consider you my friend.”

Mo Jing looked at Ye Feng with a pained expression. “Brother Dao Feng, this is like peeling off a layer of skin from your old brother. I know you wouldn’t even care for top-tier divine artifacts, and I really don’t have anything that would interest you. Besides, those two young geniuses from our demon race—when we first met, I already gave each of them a top-tier divine artifact as a gift.”

Ye Feng glanced at Xiao Yu and Xiao Bei, who nodded to confirm.

“How about this? I’ll tell you a secret about Wan Yao Ling, and from now on we’ll be friends.” As Mo Jing said this, Ye Feng immediately pricked up his ears. The name Wan Yao Ling carried great weight in his heart, but he kept a calm expression on the surface. “It depends on whether the secret is worth it.” “This secret relates to ownership of this secret realm. Do you think it’s worth it?” Mo Jing seemed very confident. “I’m skeptical. If you know such a secret, why is this realm still unclaimed?” Ye Feng still wasn’t convinced. “The truth of the secret isn’t in question; it’s just a matter of whether you meet the requirements. Of course, telling you the secret is one thing, but whether you can take possession of this realm depends on your own luck. Will you agree or not?” Mo Jing patiently waited for Ye Feng’s reply. “Alright, go ahead!” Ye Feng finally nodded.