Chapter 383: A Group of Lunatics

"She's gone, disappeared so quickly!" The Black Ox, Siberian Tiger, and others, slightly tipsy, had chased after her, hoping to see the stunningly beautiful woman off. To their surprise, she vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving no trace.

It was incredibly fast! She seemed to teleport; a moment ago, they had clearly seen her graceful and alluring back, but in an instant, she had vanished into thin air.

Chu Feng, possessing fiery golden eyes, felt a piercing pain the moment he tried to use them. In a daze, he saw a flash of lightning cross the area, and then everything returned to calm. That woman's divine perception was terrifying; she had been alerted in advance and used a secret technique to suppress his eyes' special ability, preventing him from gazing at her.

"What a shame!" Chu Feng muttered to himself. "Aren't you afraid of getting a sty?!" The Toad curled its lip. It already knew about Chu Feng's special eye ability and secretly grumbled about his audacity, wondering if he was trying to use X-ray vision on the fairy-like woman.

"Your thoughts are too filthy," Chu Feng said, his old face flushing slightly, then he gave the Toad a hard smack on the head. "Ow!" The Toad yelped in pain, feeling an immense ache in its head and seeing stars. It immediately became enraged. "Is there any justice?! You were clearly the one peeking around, so how dare you accuse me of being dirty? You're a typical thief crying 'stop thief'!"

"Chu Feng, I'll fight you!" Clearly, such resistance was futile. The Toad received a good beating for no reason, making it quite indignant that a dignified divine beast couldn't defeat a mere human.

"One day, when we enter other star seas, we'll definitely strike it rich!" Chu Feng looked at the Toad and chuckled. "What are you planning?!" The Toad recoiled. "When the time comes, we'll have beast fights!" Chu Feng smiled.

"Go to hell!" The Toad stamped its feet, furious, and immediately prepared to challenge Chu Feng to a fight with its Toad Fist.

The group left Shuntian. For the past few days, they had been indulging in a life of luxury, being quite "down-to-earth" as they immersed themselves in the bustling world. They frequented restaurants and clubs daily, sampling all kinds of aged wines from various cellars.

How could they rule the world? After leaving Shuntian City, the night wind sobered them up a bit. The woman's family traveled through the star seas, fought divine beasts, gambled on ultimate raw stones, and interacted with imperial princesses from across the cosmos. They simply couldn't compare; the difference was too vast.

"As much as we can, we'll go begging to the syndicates," Chu Feng said. "A group of people once tried to kidnap me, so we'll pay them a visit and casually 'borrow' some items from their treasuries." When he was at Mount Wudang, several groups had launched night raids, attempting to abduct him, believing he was crippled at the time.

The old grandmaster had said then that previous generations of boxing grandmasters, even older than himself, had visited and secretly attacked the mountain, and there was more than one. That night, the old grandmaster sensed the vital energy of old acquaintances. One was 130 years old, whose boxing skills had reached divine levels, and who had been invincible in the past. Another was from the Bagua School, whose vital energy was like a sea, and whose boxing intent could manifest supernatural abilities, truly terrifying.

Chu Feng had always coveted those ancient boxing manuals. Now he had a legitimate reason to travel to various places and gain insight from them. "Of course, we'll also pay our respects to those syndicates and 'borrow' a few things from them too," Chu Feng added.

"I like that! The syndicates are the most 'generous'. This Golden Arhat Zen Staff we have in hand was taken from their treasury," the Black Ox said, nodding excitedly. The Siberian Tiger also nodded in agreement: "Exactly, those bastards are too wicked. After Kunlun fell into disarray, they didn't hesitate to fuel the fire. Now that Kunlun is jointly managed by various factions, it's time to collect some interest."

Not long ago, a group of great demons from Kunlun suffered misfortunes, their cultivation levels dropped, and they went into hiding, withdrawing from Kunlun, which led to a change of ownership. It can be said that the syndicates made a great effort, co-managing Kunlun with the Jade Void Palace, the Sea Race, and others, effectively excluding the original inhabitants.

After the old lama and others re-emerged, they were negotiating in Kunlun, wanting those people to leave. "Hmm, if we make a tour through various regions, I imagine all parties will be sensible enough to quickly leave Kunlun," the Old Donkey agreed.

"Yellow Ox, what special substances are really needed for alchemy?" Chu Feng asked. This time, he wasn't planning to cause bloodshed, but rather to "friendly" scout out valuable items from various powers to improve himself.

He had now gathered a fair number of exotic fruits, enough to allow someone to break the sixth set of shackles. He wanted to use the Supreme Eight Trigrams Furnace on Zijin Mountain in Jiangning to refine them. A mixture of various exotic fruits, combined with roc blood and other ingredients, might produce an astonishing medicinal liquid, allowing him to evolve further.

"Divine beast blood—this is crucial. It can turn decay into wonder, but such a thing is too precious; ordinary people would never dare to use it," the Yellow Ox explained slowly. It had been somewhat worried earlier that even after extracting some ancestral blood from the Black Underworld Roc King and refining a mass of silver blood from the alien tiger, it still wasn't much. This was because the true blood produced by these two alien creatures was very little, thin, and impure.

"But now, I'm no longer worried. We are absolutely not lacking in the most important divine beast blood!" The Yellow Ox looked at the Toad. The Toad immediately became restless, completely unnerved, and glared, saying, "Little brat, what are you looking at? Be careful, or I'll give you a good beating!" Its mouth was still crooked and its eyes askew, unable to recover. Its appearance was quite unsightly, a complete contrast to the beautiful and refined Yellow Ox.

The Yellow Ox beckoned to it with a small hand, directly challenging it to a fight. "That's right, we're not short on divine beast blood!" The group all nodded, chuckling. "Alright, I'm not playing with you guys anymore!" The Toad's fur bristled, and it leaped high, ready to flee.

Unfortunately, Chu Feng grabbed it in one swift motion, forcefully suppressing it. "Ah... I am the divine beast of Earth's foremost family! Who dares to touch me? Fairy sister, help me!" The Toad screamed heartbreakingly, wailing like a ghost.

"What's all the fuss about? If we really find all the alchemy materials, you'll only have to contribute a little blood. Then we'll give you medicinal liquid and divine pills, which will definitely allow you to evolve." "Nonsense! I'm providing divine beast blood. Can the pills you give me compensate for that loss?" The Toad retorted defiantly.

"Haven't you seen how much milk a ranch produces daily? And what do those cows eat? Just grass. It's the same for you; you contribute divine beast blood, but you can actually replenish it by simply eating some food." Upon hearing this, the Toad was indignant: "Chu Lunatic, you have no morals! Do you even know how to use a metaphor? I'll fight you! Do you really think I'm a dairy cow?!"

"Settle down, you're too noisy!" the Black Ox said. The Toad looked back at him with squinted eyes and said, "Hey, aren't you a cow? How come you don't produce milk? You're useless! With your size, you should be producing lots of milk every day, yet I haven't seen a single drop!"

One had to admit, its mouth was truly a bit obnoxious. The Black Ox was in human form, but upon hearing this, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a wok. He wished he could bite the Toad to death! "Moo!" *Bang bang bang...*

"You dead ox, how dare you sneak attack me?! Watch my Mountain-Striking Ox Fist! I can beat you even with a Siberian Tiger in between us! This is an invincible heavenly skill!" "Roar!" The Siberian Tiger roared, "You little tadpole, are you looking for death?!"

The Toad, bruised and swollen, flew sideways and yelled, "Damn it, so the legend is true, you can't touch a tiger's butt! I was just using force to hit the ox across the mountain. Why are you getting so agitated?!" "Moo!" "Roar!" "Croak!" "Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!"

"Grandson, who are you calling son? How dare you kick me with a black donkey's hoof?! I'll beat you to death, croak!" The place immediately erupted into chaos, with everyone fighting wildly.

Chu Feng felt a headache coming on. The Yellow Ox, however, remained quiet, watching the commotion from the side. It reminded the others, saying, "This toad is deliberately provoking you. It wants to escape amidst the chaos, so beat it hard."

"You little calf, you're truly hateful! If you're so brave, come and challenge me one-on-one! Oh my god, you don't hit someone's face! Whoever dares to lay a hand on my handsome face again, I'll go crazy on them. Damn, Siberian Tiger, do you want to die?! Ow, you black milkless ox, have you tired of living?!"

Afterwards, Chu Feng no longer felt a headache. He sat with the Yellow Ox and the Golden Eagle, watching their brawl with great interest, letting them do whatever they pleased. In the end, the Toad was miserable. It had provoked several individuals alone, hoping to escape in the chaos, but ended up drawing even the Yellow Ox into the fray, who then joined the group in ganging up on it.

"Damn it, what a pity! My peerlessly handsome face, the most dashing in the entire universe, has been beaten into this state by you! Oh my god, it hurts like hell!" The Toad's mouth was already crooked and its eyes askew from a previous encounter with someone from Longhu Mountain. Now, it looked even worse: black eyes, sausage-like lips, a head full of bumps, and a face swollen like a pig's head.

"So satisfying!" Although the Black Ox also had a patch of blue and purple on his face, he felt refreshed. "Milkless ox!" the Toad said, looking back. Instantly, the Black Ox's face darkened again. He was extremely displeased, his nostrils flaring white smoke. "Damn you, you blasted toad, you really deserve a beating!"

Along the way, Chu Feng quietly left the group, telling them to wait for him ahead. He rushed overnight to the foot of Mount Taihang, where his hometown, Qingyang Town, was located.

He privately met with Old Man Zhao, leaving some exotic fruits for him. The Great Thunderous Bow was a gift from the elder. He also visited the general store and secretly met with Uncle Liu, leaving exotic fruits for him as well. Back when he lived in the town, these two elders were like family to him.

Chu Feng came and went quickly. This wasn't his first time returning, but he always did so secretly, not wanting to be discovered and cause trouble for the elders.

Over the next few days, the major syndicates were in a panic. In their words, "Chu Lunatic is a bandit who came to loot, and with those few exotic beasts, they're like a swarm of locusts." This time, they were much gentler, not attacking the syndicates or taking lives as before. Instead, they "borrowed" items from each family's treasuries very politely, which was even more infuriating.

They managed to acquire several rare items like field domain books and unique ancient texts, which Chu Feng treasured as if they were priceless. To Chu Feng's regret, he couldn't find the whereabouts of the Baji School or the Bagua School. He had hoped to spar with those two 130-year-old martial arts grandmasters.

"The locusts are here! Everyone, quickly move your treasuries! That bastard Chu Feng snatched the Celestial Master's notes that our Ancient Alliance found—it's infuriating!" The Ancient Alliance was furious, wanting to spit blood. Chu Feng had already attacked and occupied them once, and now he was back again!

"Damn it, our extraterrestrial civilization had a bundle of white jade slips, a mythological diagram, and he just took it! Why didn't you say something earlier so we could have prepared a warning and defense?!"

Chu Feng and his group were acting wildly, like a plague of locusts, looting what they needed. They wanted to refine medicine and improve themselves to rapidly evolve. "Yellow Ox, what else do we need?!"

"We're missing the most crucial ingredient: lightning-struck wood. Ideally, it should be a thousands-year-old peach tree that was struck by lightning and survived. Other exotic trees struck by lightning would also work." The Yellow Ox explained that this type of lightning-struck wood, which survives destruction, contains a wisp of primordial life force, making it incredibly rare for alchemy and sure to guarantee the success of the elixir.

However, after looting several families, they couldn't find any. Soon after, the Dragon Lady sent a messenger to inform Chu Feng that there was plenty of lightning-struck wood in the East Sea—as much as he wanted—because a significant portion of the true dragon's nest was constructed from it. Chu Feng was stunned upon hearing this: a true dragon's dwelling, an entire nest of lightning-struck wood?!

In space, there was complete darkness. At that moment, far from Earth, in the depths of the cosmos, metallic glints appeared, cold and profound. These were warships, revealing their colossal silhouettes. One of them opened fire, and a planet in front of it was instantly destroyed! The tranquility was shattered, and a terrifying aura emerged in the starry sky. Behind that massive warship, countless others appeared, spreading across the sky, seemingly poised to envelop the entire starfield.

Soon after, having completed another spatial leap, they emerged from a wormhole, approaching the solar system. Their target: Earth! This was destined to be a monumental storm!