After traveling through time, my blood became a panacea

A few days later, Xu Feng came out of retreat, and not only successfully broke through to the fourth level of the Human Yuan Realm, but also because he had refined the Yuan Po Dan, he saved a year of hard work, and his realm was completely stable. Of course, this was also because Xu Feng's realm was relatively low, otherwise it would not be so easy to stabilize the newly broken realm.

His talent was not bad to begin with, and the main reason for his failure last time was his mentality. He was too comfortable and too dependent on external things, which led to the loss of his original intention. This time in the Blood Mist Forest, he faced crises several times, which gave him a clear understanding of the path of cultivation. With a change in his mentality, the subsequent breakthroughs were natural.

"Brother Xu." Qi Lin was waiting outside for him to come out like last time. When he saw him come out, he discovered that Xu Feng had a faint smile on his face, and he immediately became excited.

"Success?"

Xu Feng smiled and nodded.

"Great! Congratulations to Brother Xu on your breakthrough. You have a promising future." Qi Lin laughed.

"Thank you for your good words." Xu Feng responded with a smile. He was in a good mood at the moment.

"Oh, by the way, I have something very happy to tell you."

"Oh? What good news?" Xu Feng asked puzzledly.

"Brother Xu, you are no longer a guard of the Sikong family. The fourth lady has already taken you in. In the future, you will be one of her confidants." Qi Lin explained.

"Confidant?" Xu Feng's smile faded a little. "I'm not the Sikong family's illegitimate child, am I? Don't we need to consult the client's opinion on this matter?"

"You don't want to? Brother Xu, you may not understand that being a confidant of a young lady or a young master in the family is much better than staying in the Sikong family as an elite guard. The Sikong family has quite a few elite guards, but few of them are capable of becoming confidants.

Apart from anything else, the monthly salary alone is at least twice as high as that of the family's elite guards, and they don't have to be on duty. They are only responsible for the Fourth Young Lady, so they have plenty of time for practice.

The Fourth Miss is full of sincerity. She thinks highly of you. The reward has been given. I will take you to see it.

Of course, if you are not satisfied after reading it, it is not too late to decline it politely from Miss Four." Qi Lin said.

Xu Feng did not comment. There is no such thing as a free lunch. The more benefits you get, the greater the risks you will take in the future. However, Xu Feng did not mind seeing how sincere Sikong Hongyu was first.

Qi Lin led the way in front and led Xu Feng out of the Sikong family mansion.

"By the way, has the family given an explanation for the changes in the Blood Mist Forest this year?" Xu Feng suddenly asked.

"Shh, the three major families have jointly issued a gag order on this matter. No one is allowed to discuss it anymore. Once discovered, there will be severe punishment." Qi Lin suddenly lowered his voice.

"Gag order? So, the three major families are intentionally trying to reduce the impact of this incident?"

"Could it be that this was already anticipated?" Xu Feng whispered.

"To be honest with you, Brother Xu, my cousin once told me about this matter in private. In fact, something similar to this year's incident happened once more than 30 years ago. A gag order was issued that year, but in less than three years, everyone seemed to have forgotten about it, and the annual land reclamation mission continued as usual." Qi Lin lowered his voice to the lowest level.

After hearing this, Xu Feng thought about it for a moment and quickly figured out some things.

There is a small chance that a sudden horrific change may occur in the Blood Mist Forest. The three major families are well aware of this, but they cannot give up this important way to obtain cultivation resources, so they agreed to conceal this matter. This is to make it easier to recruit monks to fight for their lives. However, they will prepare a life-saving trump card for the core disciples of the family in advance.

Even if they were to encounter an unexpected change and the rest of the people were wiped out, they could barely save their lives. Xu Feng had wondered before, why didn't the three families send cultivators of the seventh level of the human realm or stronger into the Blood Mist Forest? Why didn't other cities compete with Chiyun City for this resource acquisition area that had not been explored much? I think there are some secrets that only a few people from the three major families know.

Even if something unexpected happened one year and the pioneering team was wiped out, causing a big uproar, it would not matter. Most of the cultivators in the city who knew the inside story relied on the three major families for their livelihood and obtained what they needed for cultivation from the three major families. Once they gave up the Blood Mist Forest, they would lose more than half of the cultivation resources and income, and everyone's cultivation would be greatly affected. Therefore, the pioneering mission was imperative, even if there was a risk of annihilation.

The remaining few cultivators who did not rely on the three major families would not go against the three major families for no reason. After all, this was a very small probability event, which only happened once every few decades, so the three major families worked together to conceal it, and no one mentioned it again in less than three years, as if it had never happened.

After thinking this through, Xu Feng didn't worry about it anymore. Anyway, he would never go to the Blood Mist Forest again.

Qi Lin quickly brought Xu Feng to a two-story house. It was only 500 meters away from the Sikong family's residence, and the two arrived in less than a moment.

"This is..." Xu Feng looked at Qi Lin.

"Brother Xu, you will be the owner of this house from now on." Qi Lin said with a smile.

Qi Lin went forward and knocked on the door, and soon a maid opened it.

"Call the rest of the people to the yard to meet your master." Qi Lin said to the maid.

The maid glanced at Xu Feng and quickly responded respectfully.

This two-entry courtyard is not big, but it has everything you need, including a training room. If you are an elite guard in the Sikong family, although you can have an independent room, it is far inferior to an entire mansion.

The servants soon gathered in the front yard, including two young maids, two servants, and a cook.

"Greetings, sir." The five of them bowed to Xu Feng together.

"Brother Xu, these servants were selected for you by my cousin. Here are their indentures, please keep them. Speaking of which, you have replaced me in joining the reclamation team this time and have made a great contribution. My cousin has also made indirect contributions by helping to replace people, and has received a lot of rewards. This is his little gift to you." Qi Lin said with a smile.

Although the Sikong family only harvested 70% of last year's harvest this year, the prices of most resources have increased significantly because the other two families were completely wiped out. In the end, the harvest is almost the same as last year. The other two families not only lost a large number of cultivators, but also harvested almost nothing. As one gained, the other lost, and the Sikong family won a great victory this year.

"Is that so? Then please thank Manager Niu for me." Xu Feng said with a smile.

Qi Lin quickly agreed.

"The fourth young lady is really generous. She directly gave me a mansion. A two-story mansion like this in Chiyun City would probably cost at least five thousand taels of silver, right?" Xu Feng said calmly, touching his chin.

Before, when Xu Feng was the guard of the Ninth Young Master, his monthly salary was only five Qi Gathering Pills and twenty taels of silver, which was equivalent to seventy taels of silver in total. The salary of the Sikong family's elite guards was generally fifteen Qi Gathering Pills and fifty taels of silver per month.

I don't know what treatment Sikong Hongyu will give me. Although Xu Feng was credited with the first merit this time, he won't have to worry about the elixirs needed for cultivation in the next two years, but what about two years later? Who would complain that they have too many cultivation resources?

Xu Feng also understood that Sikong Hongyu was definitely not interested in his own strength, but his talent for sensing danger in advance. If he was to be used, he would definitely have to go to some dangerous places. But this was just the remnant of the former medicine body constitution, which would disappear in ten or eight years at most, and could not last long.

It seems that I can only decline this Fourth Young Lady's offer, Xu Feng thought to himself.

"It will be more than five thousand taels, but the mansion is just an accessory. The fourth lady will also give you a gift." Qi Lin said.

"Huh? Anything else?" Xu Feng asked puzzledly.

"You'll know if you go to the backyard yourself. I'll take my leave first." Qi Lin smiled and looked at Xu Feng meaningfully, then turned and left without waiting for him to ask any more questions.

Xu Feng raised his eyebrows and watched Qi Lin go away. After pondering for a moment, he told the servants to do their duties and then walked towards the backyard.

After passing through the gate and taking a few steps, Xu Feng saw a graceful woman standing next to a rockery. It seemed that she had heard the noise in the front yard and had been waiting for him.

The woman wore a white veil, her eyebrows were like distant mountains, her eyes were like autumn water, her black hair was gently drooping, dancing in the wind. She wore a lavender long skirt, the hem of the skirt swayed gently in the breeze, making her temperament even more extraordinary.