I Can Transfer the Side Effects of Evil Skills

After the discussion, Fang Shi and Chen Zifan naturally hesitated no longer. Since Zou Feng’s proposal didn’t involve using them as cannon fodder, they immediately agreed.

Given that Li Chengxin was highly likely to target Zou Feng, splitting up would actually be safer for them.

Jiang Wanzhao wasn’t a hesitant person. Knowing full well that this arrangement would be more beneficial to Zou Feng, she pondered for a moment before agreeing as well.

The three wasted no more time. They stepped out of the room and leaped off the Flying Celestial Ship.

As True Inheritors of the Immortal Sect, their safety wouldn’t be an issue as long as they weren’t deliberately targeted by formidable enemy figures.

Watching Jiang Wanzhao and the other two leave one after another, Zou Feng turned to Zhao Feixiong. ”Brother Zhao, you should be aware that the journey back to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect will be exceptionally perilous. If you...”

The risks of this trip were immense, after all. Zou Feng had to ask for Zhao Feixiong’s opinion.

Before Zou Feng could finish, Zhao Feixiong waved his hand impatiently. ”Cut the crap. The Xuanwu Poison Domain can’t function without me!”

He didn’t even mention Zou Feng’s life-saving grace; his sheer pursuit of art was reason enough for him to stay.

Seeing this, Zou Feng naturally had nothing more to add.

As for Tian Yun and his other Dao Companions, they had long been bound to him—sharing in his glory and his ruin. If he were to fall, the women would have absolutely no other way out. Bearing the title of the Child of Fortune’s Dao Companions, it was easy to imagine the miserable fate they would face should they become widows.

The same applied to Zhu Caiwei and the other maids.

Although he was mentally prepared to face tremendous danger, Zou Feng still felt it wasn’t secure enough. After all, there was no telling just how perilous the trap Li Chengxin had prepared for him truly was.

After pondering for a while, Zou Feng decisively entered the quiet room alone. On the surface, he was resting to conserve his energy, but in reality, he intended to try and communicate with his ”online friend.”

Zou Feng’s ”online friend” was, naturally, the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven.

At least for now, the Queen Mother certainly wouldn’t want him to perish prematurely, so perhaps she could provide something useful...

However, in the past, it had always been the Queen Mother who proactively sought him out in his sea of consciousness. Zou Feng had never attempted to initiate contact with her and didn’t know if he would succeed.

Pushing the Nine Immortal Ascension Skills to their limits, Zou Feng sank his consciousness into his sea of consciousness, repeatedly calling out, ”Queen Mother.”

Yet, after calling out for a long time, he received no response.

It wasn’t surprising, upon reflection. While he only had the Queen Mother of the Western Heaven as his one ”online friend,” she had undoubtedly cultivated numerous ”friends” in her bid to escape confinement. She might even be busy sweet-talking a new pawn into joining right at this moment.

Just as Zou Feng was about to give up, a supremely eerie aura suddenly surfaced within his sea of consciousness.

”What is it?”

In stark contrast to her eerie aura, the Queen Mother’s voice was forever filled with warmth and benevolence, brimming with ”great love.”

”Greetings, Queen Mother!” Zou Feng feigned frantic desperation. ”Queen Mother, I fear I’m being plotted against by my fellow sect members...”

He immediately skipped over the information he shouldn’t reveal and briefly recounted how Li Chengxin wanted to steal his fortune.

To his surprise, the Queen Mother didn’t take it seriously after hearing his plight. She chuckled. ”I thought something major had happened. This is actually a good thing for you!”

”A good thing?”

The Queen Mother of the Western Heaven suddenly fell silent, clearly playing the riddle-master to keep him in suspense.

Zou Feng initially thought she was simply brushing him off, but a moment later, a flash of inspiration struck his mind.

That’s right. The impending crisis could perhaps truly be transformed into a good thing.

According to his original plan, Zou Feng intended to rush back to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect as quickly as possible and safely advance to the Nascent Soul Realm. Now, with the trouble brought by Li Chengxin, he wanted to properly resolve the situation before returning to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect for his breakthrough.

But precisely because he was constantly fixated on returning and breaking through safely, he had fallen into a blind spot.

With Li Chengxin stirring up trouble, there was no longer any safety to speak of. Therefore, instead of taking immense risks to flee back to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect, it would be better to... find a suitable place and break through right here and now!

After all, once he broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm, whatever schemes Li Chengxin had laid out would be effortlessly resolved. Even if a few Nascent Soul Realm Tribulation Cultivators came after him then, so what? They would practically be delivering ”Great Medicine” right to his doorstep.

The more Zou Feng thought about it, the more reliable and highly feasible this plan seemed.

Having slain Gongyang Wuji, his fortune was currently flourishing, not to mention he had the Nascent Souls freely provided by the two Tribulation Cultivators from earlier ready for refinement. With all these factors stacked together, he could absolutely try to push for the Nascent Soul Realm immediately.

”Thank you for your guidance, Queen Mother!” Having figured it out, Zou Feng still had to put on a show of gratitude toward her.

Though he wasn’t sure if the Queen Mother had actually seen through all of this, or if she was just acting cryptic to fool him.

”It’s good that you’ve figured it out. However, just in case, I will leave a Dharma Aspect in your sea of consciousness. It should be of some help when necessary.

”But remember, this Dharma Aspect can only be activated once...”

Before Zou Feng could even thank her again, the Queen Mother’s voice gradually faded away.

She was, after all, in a state of confinement. Transmitting a Dharma Aspect across such a vast space was clearly no easy feat and took a substantial toll on her.

As for whether the Queen Mother had ulterior motives for leaving the Dharma Aspect, Zou Feng didn’t particularly care. Anyway, deep within his sea of consciousness hung the List of Gods. A mere Dharma Aspect couldn’t stir up any real trouble.

A moment later, Zou Feng discovered that a scroll had appeared in his sea of consciousness.

The Queen Mother was quite thoughtful. Knowing full well that the corrupting power of her Dharma Aspect was too strong, she had contained it within the form of a painting scroll. Whenever Zou Feng needed to use it, he just had to open it.

After observing the scroll for a while and making sure it wasn’t going to cause any unexpected trouble, Zou Feng withdrew from his sea of consciousness.