The Devil's Tribulation

The red mountains were covered with snow and the land was white. It was the end of October and the land was covered with ice and snow. If Pan Chengfeng was not familiar with this place, anyone who came here would get lost. Pan Chengfeng took Qian'er and Shuang'er and walked all the way to the snake demon's territory. Since Shuang'er had eaten the beast meat, her physique had been much better than that of ordinary people. She had no problem walking in such an environment. It was just a pity for Li Qian'er. She was a great Yuanying cultivator and was already unable to walk. Seeing Li Qian'er hanging behind with difficulty, Pan Chengfeng turned around, walked to Li Qian'er, and picked her up. Just as Li Qian'er was about to struggle, she heard Pan Chengfeng's unquestionable voice: "Don't move, your breath is already unstable, and at your speed, you won't be able to reach the place before dark!" Li Qian'er blushed slightly. Pan Chengfeng was telling the truth, but she was afraid that Pan Chengfeng would do that again. But seeing Pan Chengfeng's unquestionable expression, she gave up struggling.

Shuang'er saw Pan Chengfeng holding up sister Qian'er, and she felt a little disgusted and said, "Young Master, you won't do anything bad like you did to me, right?" Pan Chengfeng didn't want to do anything bad this time, but he was worried that Li Qian'er's injury would be affected again, so his tone was surprisingly firm. Since entering the territory of the Red Mountain Snake Monster, Pan Chengfeng has been very careful all the way. If he attracts the attention of the monster now, Pan Chengfeng himself will be fine, but the two delicate beauties will be in danger, because snake monsters don't need to hibernate.

After walking for several hours, they arrived at Pan Chengfeng's secret base without any danger. Seeing the familiar waterfall and pool, Pan Chengfeng smiled with relief: "We are here, this is it, let's go!" Holding Qian'er and Shuang'er, they came to the door of the cave. Pan Chengfeng put Qian'er down and smiled: "Wait a minute." Then Pan Chengfeng pushed away the big rock blocking the door. As soon as he pushed away the rock, Pan Chengfeng seemed to think of something, but it was too late. Qian'er and Shuang'er had already entered. Pan Chengfeng was embarrassed: "You wait..." Before he finished speaking, he heard the two girls screaming together: "What is this painting?!" On the rock wall in the cave, Pan Chengfeng carved a picture of a beautiful woman. In fact, it was Ingres' famous painting "The Fountain" in his previous life. Pan Chengfeng vaguely remembered that it was a naked Western girl, carrying a water bottle to pour water. But the Western girl was replaced by an Eastern beauty.

At night, in Pan Chengfeng's cave, the murals had been destroyed by Pan Chengfeng himself. However, an awkward atmosphere still permeated around the three people. Pan Chengfeng's large-scale social death scene, although Pan Chengfeng explained that it was art. But how could the two beauties believe it? They just thought that Pan Chengfeng was too lonely in the mountains, so he painted a mural to "relieve boredom." Both of them stared at Pan Chengfeng with disgust. Recently, some of the goodwill and image that Pan Chengfeng had finally established in front of Li Qianer have now completely collapsed. Looking at the eyes of the two, Pan Chengfeng explained palely: "Don't look at me like that, I'm not even sixteen years old, how could it be... I'm still a virgin!" Li Qianer's eyes became even more disgusted, and she thought to herself: "He's like this before he's sixteen!" Shuang'er thought: "No wonder the young master thinks about that all day long."

Pan Chengfeng gave up, and sat in meditation angrily to absorb the crystal beads. Whatever you think, I don't mean that. After leaving the cave, I just wanted to leave a mark for my cave, play a prank, and disgust others, but I didn't expect to disgust myself! It's useless to explain it now. It's better to practice. Pan Chengfeng felt that he was not far from the fifth level of Qi training. After absorbing these two medium-grade crystal beads, he should be almost there. Calming down and practicing, Pan Chengfeng soon abandoned all distracting thoughts.

There was a blizzard outside the cave, but it was warm as spring inside. I have to say that Pan Chengfeng's cave was really well dug, worthy of being a real estate agent. Several windows were opened in reasonable places. The chimney was also well designed, and the ventilation was very good. When you light a fire inside, all the smoke goes out through the chimney. Pan Chengfeng put away the crystal beads, stood up and said, "I almost forgot, I have to dig two rooms for you, otherwise it will be inconvenient for you girls." As he said that, he didn't wait for them to answer, and started digging directly from the mural. Soon he dug out a three-meter wide and ten-meter deep passage, and dug a room on each side of the passage. The speed was so fast.

An hour later, the rooms of the two beauties were finished. Pan Chengfeng clapped his hands and said, "You go and choose one and see if you like it. If you don't, I can change it right away." Pan Chengfeng suddenly found rooms for the two beauties. In fact, he had a purpose. They were in the same room, and they would see each other everywhere. Pan Chengfeng felt very embarrassed now... So it was better to separate them quickly so that they would have some private space, which would not be so embarrassing. The two girls were happy to choose their own rooms. Pan Chengfeng breathed a sigh of relief, "I have finally diverted their attention. If they continue to think about it, my personality will be completely ruined."

After the two girls entered the room, they found that Pan Chengfeng had designed a dressing table for them, and there was a mirror on the dressing table. The bed was also covered with animal skins. Although there were no windows on the wall, there were several night pearls hanging on it. The whole room was so bright. The two girls came out, and Pan Chengfeng asked with a smile: "Are you satisfied?" Shuang'er smiled and said: "Thank you, young master." Li Qian'er was also grateful: "You are thoughtful." Pan Chengfeng waved his hand and said: "It's a small matter. From now on, we will practice in our own rooms. If there is anything, just call each other. I will go over there and open a room for myself now."

The group soon settled down in the Red Mountains. Pan Chengfeng had reached the fifth level of Qi training. He carried the tripod all over the mountain during the day, practiced Overlord Fist at night, and finally meditated to absorb the crystal beads. The several auxiliary spells of Hurricane Slash required the foundation to practice, so Pan Chengfeng had been improving his body training and cultivation these days. Shuang'er finally got started with Qi training on the seventh day. Like Pan Chengfeng, the first thing she did was to play with the space bag. She put the long sword in and took it out, having a lot of fun. Li Qian'er was concentrating on healing her injuries, and occasionally guiding Shuang'er in her training. Although her complexion was much better than before, she was still very weak.

In the afternoon, Pan Chengfeng carried a snake demon back to the cave. It was originally able to fit into the storage ring, but Pan Chengfeng felt it was necessary to show off his "strength" in front of his two future wives. So every time he carried the prey back, Shuang'er was always surprised, and Li Qian'er was expressionless every time. Since the death of She, Li Qian'er's attitude towards Pan Chengfeng has changed 180 degrees, and she rarely takes the initiative to talk to Pan Chengfeng. Pan Chengfeng didn't care, anyway, the main thing was to let them see it, as for the reaction, Pan Chengfeng believed that it would come slowly.

Pan Chengfeng left the snake demon behind and began to scale and skin it. He said happily, "Is Qian'er feeling better today?" In fact, Pan Chengfeng would ask this question every day, and Li Qian'er would nod every time, and today was no exception. After asking Li Qian'er, Pan Chengfeng turned around and asked Shuang'er, "Did Shuang'er make any further progress in his cultivation today?" He asked the same question every day, and Shuang'er would always reply sweetly, "Master, Shuang'er feels like he has made another big step forward." After the routine greetings, Pan Chengfeng began to cook. After the snake meat was cut, part of it was thrown into the cauldron, and some unknown medicinal materials were thrown in, and the fire was lit to stew the snake soup. Part of it was roasted, and Pan Chengfeng bought a lot of seasonings. Now, as long as he cooks, the two beauties will actively wait by the side to eat. After all, it was really too fragrant, and even Li Qian'er couldn't help swallowing her saliva.

Seeing the expressions of the two girls, Pan Chengfeng secretly said, "To capture a person's heart, you must first capture her stomach! No matter if she is fasting or not! To capture the hearts of a group of people, I must be a top chef!" Pan Chengfeng had started looking for some herbs that could be used as spices before. He found some, but unfortunately he still couldn't find chili and cumin. Pan Chengfeng believed that there would be some in the Red Mountains. With such a large mountain range, he had only found the tip of the iceberg. As long as he could find these two things, no one could escape from his palm! It would definitely be popular with both men and women! Although the cooking culture of this era already has frying, stir-frying, steaming, roasting, stewing, braising, smoking and pickling, the seasoning is still too monotonous.

Soon the snake meat was ready. Pan Chengfeng cut two pounds of roasted snake meat and a bowl of snake soup for Qian'er. Shuang'er, the little foodie, had already started cooking. After a comfortable meal of snake soup, Pan Chengfeng said, "Tomorrow I plan to look for the flower snake. I lost the fangs last time, and I was sad for many days." Li Qian'er almost spit out half a mouthful of snake soup, and asked in surprise, "You lost the fangs? Didn't I see that you can clean up those materials?" Pan Chengfeng said awkwardly, "I only understood it after I went to Wanbao Pavilion. The fangs of the previous venomous snakes were all lost. The most regrettable one was the fangs of the flower snake at the peak of the third level of body refining. It hurts my heart so much!" Shuang'er asked curiously, "Is that thing expensive? How many crystal beads can it be exchanged for?"

Pan Chengfeng thought for a moment and said, "The kind of crystal beads you suck every day are 10 million." Shuang'er subconsciously said, "You're lying!" Li Qian'er was speechless and said, "It's true. If it's a poisonous snake tooth at the peak of the third level of body refining, it's really worth the price." Shuang'er was stunned, then got up and walked out. Pan Chengfeng asked curiously, "Shuang'er, where are you going?" Shuang'er said, "Ten million crystal beads, go find them quickly!" Pan Chengfeng said bitterly, "I've already checked it out, I don't know which monster got it for free."

Shuang'er looked at Pan Chengfeng for a long time, and suddenly said, "Master, you are such a spendthrift!" Pan Chengfeng rolled his eyes and said, "You think I am willing? I didn't know anything at that time. Not only that, but I lost a lot of materials before. My storage ring was too small to hold them, so I lost them. Ah~ It hurts to think about it."

When Li Qian'er heard Pan Chengfeng say that, she asked casually, "Daoyou, have you been in the Scarlet Mountains for a long time?" Pan Chengfeng said casually, "Not a few years, about five years." Li Qian'er asked again, "Five years? Do you practice like this every day?" Pan Chengfeng said, "About the same. I occasionally go back to the village and basically live in the mountains. What's wrong? Qian'er is interested in this?" Li Qian'er said, "Daoyou, haven't you encountered those powerful beings in the mountains? For me, let alone fighting with others, even if I fly in the air, I will be discovered." Pan Chengfeng said, "I've heard about this. There are many powerful monsters in it, and many of them have transformed." After a pause, Pan Chengfeng said with hatred in his eyes, "Once the White Wolf King led a pack of wolves into our village and killed many villagers. Although someone lured them in, I still wanted to skin it!" Li Qian'er was also stunned: "How dare the monster go out of the boundary?" Pan Chengfeng said, "Who knows? Anyway, the rules are meant to be broken. I must avenge this grudge!"