Chapter 456: The Most Tragic Saintess in History

In the setting sun, waves crashed continuously against the small island, splashing up sparkling spray.

The island was tiny, with no vegetation, covered entirely in uneven, pitted rocks. Life was scarce here.

Li Lin awoke with a splitting headache. She had been badly wounded during the final battle, when the native violently struck her head, and those energy dragon horns had inflicted severe injuries. Even now, her ears were ringing, almost like tinnitus, and she was seeing stars.

She gently shook her head. As her senses slightly returned, she immediately knew something was wrong. Her body was sprawled on the ground, the rocky surface digging painfully into her.

"Hmm?!" In an instant, Li Lin became much more alert. Although her ears were still ringing and her vision blurry, her spiritual senses were rapidly recovering. Her body was bound, especially her hands, legs, and even her neck. A silver metal chain was wrapped around her—her own secret treasure, a silver spirit rope—but now it was being used to restrain her!

Then, Li Lin felt a warmth on her lower back. Her senses fully returned in an instant, and she instantly felt her hair stand on end, goosebumps prickling her skin. She almost screamed and lost her temper. But she managed to control herself and, with difficulty, turned her head to look. Her premonition was correct, just as she had felt.

The native was sitting on her lower back. Was he treating her as a stool or a cushion? On this small island covered in rubble, with pits and hollows everywhere, there really was no good place to rest.

But how could this be?!

A dignified Saintess, the foremost younger generation talent of the strongest orthodox lineage on a certain planet—Li Lin reduced to a cushion, a stool? Being sat upon!

What was most detestable was that the native was deep in thought, as if pondering something important, completely absorbed and lost.

She couldn't help but try to attack. The silver rope wrapped around her immediately glowed, directly binding her and preventing her from moving. Especially when she tried to use her spiritual energy, an intense pain shot through her brow, almost splitting it open.

At this moment, the native didn't even turn his head, still pondering something, but with a treasured pestle in hand, he casually struck her on the back of the head. The movement was practiced and natural.

Li Lin rolled her eyes and fainted again. Before losing consciousness, she was filled with extreme humiliation and indignation, hating the native intensely. What had she gone through?

A Saintess, reduced to such misery!

When she woke up again, moonlight filled the sky. The sea surface shimmered, and waves occasionally lapped at the edges of the tiny, rubble-strewn island. She found herself still sprawled on the ground, but a few meters from her original spot; he had moved her.

But... it still filled her with shame and anger!

She was still being used as a stool, and this time it was even worse than before. Evidently, after sitting for a long time, the native had changed positions, placing her on a somewhat protruding rock, which dug painfully into her stomach, making it convenient for the native to use her as a camping stool.

Chu Feng sat there, chin in hand, studying something. This expression, coupled with his casual disregard for her, made Li Lin's lungs feel like they would explode.

It was truly unbearable!

"Dare to attack me again, and you'll suffer more," Chu Feng said without turning his head. In his hand was a sea chart he was studying. In front of him was a five-colored boat about a foot long, and scattered on the ground were many other miscellaneous items.

When Li Lin saw this, her eyes flashed with murderous intent. Except for the boat, everything else had originally belonged to her, but now they had changed hands. At the same time, she felt a chill. Those items, like her protective mystic gold necklace, which had been in intimate contact with her body, had also been taken!

"Get off me," Li Lin said, restraining the fury in her chest and preventing an outburst, keeping her voice as flat and calm as possible.

"Don't bother me!" Chu Feng replied. Then, picking up her golden treasured pestle, he struck her again with a thud. Divine radiance bloomed, and Li Lin rolled her eyes, fainting once more.

As darkness enveloped her vision, her last thought was to curse. With her strong will and enduring spirit, she couldn't take it anymore. She desperately wanted to swear. This native, this man, was simply despicable. He treated her as a cushion to sit on, so roughly, not even giving her a chance to speak, constantly hitting the back of her head with her own treasured pestle.

In the early morning, the crimson sun leaped from the sea, and sacred morning glow scattered over the emerald ocean, dazzling brilliantly.

Li Lin opened her eyes again. She felt an unbearable pain in the back of her head, after being hit twice in a row by her own most potent weapon—the treasured pestle. The feeling was truly awful. The morning glow fell warmly on her, but her heart was filled with desolate sorrow. She had never felt so unlucky, so miserable; she truly wanted to end her own life.

But how could she resign herself to this? She wanted revenge!

That scoundrel had moved her again, but was still using her as a stool, still sitting squarely on her. She felt she was probably the most miserable Saintess in history. Even ordinary disciples of her lineage garnered significant attention when they ventured out, let alone the foremost direct disciple—someone destined to inherit a powerful holy land, the strongest on a planet!

Uncharacteristically, Li Lin remained silent this time. She didn't want to be rudely knocked unconscious by that scoundrel again. At this moment, she just quietly tilted her head to watch. At the same time, she was very careful, not daring to make any big movements.

Li Lin completely recognized the five-colored ship gleaming in the morning glow. It should be the treasure ship of Penglai Immortal Island; Chen Sheng, Chen Pu, and others had piloted it yesterday, docking it off the coast of Mount Putuo. She guessed that this shameless, utterly despicable King Chu, after capturing her yesterday, had immediately rushed to Mount Putuo and stolen the five-colored ship.

In fact, that was exactly what happened. Chu Feng had hastily pursued Li Lin, forgetting about the large ship. Only after he was done did he remember, quietly rushing back. He found that no one had touched the ship, apparently not wanting to incur the wrath of Penglai. Then, he decisively stole it!

Now, the ship had shrunk to about a foot long and still emitted a five-colored glow. Last night, Chu Feng spent most of his time studying this ship. It could even perform spatial jumps—it was truly too advanced!

However, despite its shimmering glow, it was an ancient artifact. It must have been unearthed from some ruins not long ago, and many parts of its interior emanated a decaying aura. To use it long-term, it would require a major overhaul. Chu Feng had no intention of doing so. He wasn't a master artificer and lacked the means, unless he could refine it in the Eight Trigrams Furnace of the Grand Pure One next time and see if it could be repaired.

"Awake?" Chu Feng tilted his head to look at her and said, "Don't shout or scream. Cooperate, and I guarantee you won't faint again."

Li Lin found his words extremely awkward to hear, and her teeth ached with suppressed rage. At this moment, Chu Feng finally stood up, stretching leisurely towards the sun, looking utterly comfortable. Meanwhile, Li Lin's face was clouded with dark lines. She desperately wanted to curse him. Her waist felt like it was about to break; it was numb and slightly aching.

"Get some sun," Chu Feng said, pulling her up. He made her sit there, facing the morning glow, looking very kind-hearted.

But Li Lin wanted to punch him, wanted to kill him!

Because her cultivation was sealed, she was bound by the silver rope, and her physical body was weak. Her rear was currently sitting on a very irregular stone, digging painfully into her. This island was like that, covered in irregular large stones. Otherwise, Chu Feng wouldn't have used her as a cushion or a stool. As for this beautiful and powerful captive, he had no intention of being gentle or compassionate. He was simply using her effectively and rationally.

Li Lin saw a black bracelet on Chu Feng's wrist. It was made of spatial stone, and it had originally belonged to her! But now she could only stare helplessly. All her possessions had changed hands. Scattered on the ground were some miscellaneous items, such as a long dress and underwear, which made her want to rage. Clearly, Chu Feng had rummaged through her personal belongings and, not wanting them, discarded them in front of her.

"These are all yours again," Chu Feng said with a slight smile. At the same time, he asked, sounding doubtful, "The internal space of your bracelet isn't very large, and as a Saintess, you don't seem to have many secret treasures. Are you truly the strongest successor of an orthodox lineage?!"

Hearing this, Li Lin's heart bled. It was too hurtful. After being captured, she had truly suffered immense provocation. She didn't want to bother with him, nor did she want to explain. How many people could bring many secret treasures? They had all been destroyed during the cross-realm journey.

At this moment, Li Lin lowered her head and noticed her own state. She finally couldn't help but cry out, feeling a mix of shame and indignation, because her clothes were tattered and barely covered her, revealing much of her fair skin.

"What... what did you do to me?" Any woman's first reaction at this moment would be panic.

"Everything," Chu Feng replied calmly.

"You—you—you..." Li Lin's face turned pale. However, she was no ordinary person. She instantly forced herself to calm down, and after careful sensation, felt nothing amiss. At the same time, she recalled that this bastard had used her as a stool yesterday, studying the five-colored ship, her personal items, and magnetic stones. He had sat there engrossed all night, with no time to do anything untoward to her.

At this point, she wanted to get up, not wanting to sit like this, but it was impossible. She was bound by her own silver metal chain and couldn't move.

"No, something's in my body! What is it?!" Her expression suddenly changed, and her face turned pale.

"I pondered for most of the night, and using a field researcher's methods, I inserted several magnetic crystal needles, engraved with numerous runes, into your body. Hmm, you'd best not use Free-Roaming realm energy from now on. Otherwise, they'll explode, and you might also be blown into a bloody mess with a bang," Chu Feng informed her.

This was a bolt from the blue for Li Lin. Her cultivation had been restricted?!

Chu Feng warned, "Only I can remove those field magnetic needles. Don't try to move them yourself, or I can't guarantee you won't lose an arm or a leg."

Li Lin's face turned pale. She had, with great willpower, severed her own cultivation to cross realms early—was it just to suffer?

"Don't worry," Chu Feng said with a grin, "My evolution speed is very fast. As the tide rises, so do the boats; you'll recover quickly. I need a powerful Saintess as a follower."

"What else have you done to me?!" Li Lin's psychological endurance was still very strong; she quickly calmed and composed herself.

"I took a set of photos of you: sexy and alluring, astonishingly beautiful, and worth collecting!"

"You..." Li Lin erupted. While other things hadn't fazed her much, knowing this, she was shocked, enraged, and afraid, cursing him repeatedly.

Chu Feng was speechless. He had just said it casually; how could he have had time to mess with that? Last night, studying the Suppressing Domain Seal and other things had been very draining. This woman's reaction was too extreme. He finally understood that sometimes a Saintess was no different from an ordinary woman. Li Lin was now in a complete emotional frenzy, ready to fight him to the death.

"Don't worry, just be my good maidservant, attending to me like a 'red sleeve adding fragrance'. All those photos will be deleted, not a single one left, and you'll still be a Saintess."

Chu Feng said casually. He suddenly understood that a Saintess must be flawless. If anything scandalous were to get out, she probably wouldn't be able to remain a Saintess once she returned to her holy land. That's why she was so emotional.

"Don't even think about crossing me. I've encrypted and stored that photo collection. If anything happens to me, those things will automatically be sent out across the world after a certain period."

Chu Feng was bluffing. He hadn't actually done any of those improper things, but he spoke with such conviction. The most crucial part was that Li Lin didn't care about anything else, but she cared immensely about this. Even though she was skeptical, she took it seriously, warning Chu Feng that if something truly happened, she would go down fighting, even if it meant her own death.

"Is it really that serious? Haven't you seen our planet? No celebrity here would feel comfortable going out and greeting people without having taken some photo shoots. By rights, you're the biggest star on your planet; living so conservatively must be too difficult. Alas, how backward. Your planet is too primitive, a barbaric land," Chu Feng shook his head, looking superior.

Li Lin gritted her teeth and said, "Our world has been connected to the interstellar network for tens of thousands of years." Her world was considered a high-level planet, where evolutionary civilization was highly prosperous and developed. Although technology was merely supplementary, she still felt it was far superior to this place. Now, to have her birthplace scorned as a barbaric planet by a native of a declining land, she could not accept it.

"Alright, powerful Saintess from a high-level planet, my maidservant, let's get going!" Chu Feng called to her, and released the silver metal chain. "I warn you, don't think about crossing me. Otherwise, the magnetic needles inside you will explode, and it will be very gruesome," Chu Feng warned again.

With such a powerful maidservant by his side, he decided to fully utilize her power to accomplish great things. Otherwise, it would be too wasteful! Li Lin's face alternated between pale and green. She truly wanted to slap this native to death, but she dared not act rashly. She genuinely felt something inside her and feared it would explode.

The next moment, Chu Feng instructed Li Lin to pilot the five-colored ship. They performed a spatial jump and appeared in the East Sea. He, meanwhile, lay comfortably in a rocking chair, not expending any energy, letting Li Lin activate the great ship and so on. He was not only using her as a maidservant but also as a laborer.

"According to the sea chart on the five-colored ship, Penglai should be in this sea area. Search thoroughly!"

After most of the day, they truly found it. An enormous island was shrouded in white mist, looking very hazy. Ordinary people could not approach it.

"Today, we'll just familiarize ourselves with the place, find the correct location. Next time, you'll be the one to 'cause trouble' here," Chu Feng said.

Li Lin's face was originally expressionless, and she didn't really want to acknowledge him, but now she couldn't help but roll her eyes. Then, Chu Feng decisively launched a sneak attack, using the treasured pestle to knock her unconscious and bind her again. Before Li Lin lost consciousness, she was exceptionally shocked and enraged. She truly was the most miserable Saintess in history. At the same time, she realized that this scoundrel must have some secret he didn't want her to know.

Next, Chu Feng, without delay, took out the stone he had brought from Immemorial Mountain, carefully sensed it, and then quickly headed in that direction. He ascended an island. It was precisely where Yellow Ox, Ouyang Feng, and the Toad had disappeared. He was back again, missing them greatly, and came to see.

"They can come out?!" Chu Feng was shocked, because he found writing. He had been there once before and left them a message. Now, he found that there was a response, an engraving left behind!

Meanwhile, the outside world erupted. It was as if heaven and earth had been turned upside down.

Chu Feng's battle on Mount Putuo saw him sweep through all enemies, slaughtering many. At the last moment, he had even pursued Saintess Li Lin. And according to feedback from some royal families in the South Sea, Saintess Li Lin had truly fallen into his net and been captured alive. This was simply explosive news, shaking every corner of the world and causing chaos along the star paths behind all the famous mountains.

Chu Feng had already posed a threat to Saintess-level evolvers?!

In fact, the situation was far more serious than people knew. The shock wasn't confined to Earth; it had also alerted those beyond the domain! After the major incident yesterday, someone had specifically leaked the news to the outside domain, alarming a Saint! Because among those Chu Feng swept through in the Mount Putuo battle, there was the younger brother of a certain Saint Son, a direct descendant of a certain Saint. This lineage had too few members and was close to breaking its bloodline inheritance. That protective Saint, upon hearing the news, immediately came to kill.

Furthermore, Li Lin's capture—she was the Saintess of the strongest orthodox lineage on a certain high-level planet—also alarmed relevant powerful individuals across the starry sky. Beyond the domain, many powerful beings were monitoring Earth, receiving reports frequently, far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Yin Jiuque was covered in cold sweat. He knew that his decree to kill Chu Feng, and his tempting offer of a Saint's bronze seal, had ultimately caused immense trouble! He had called upon his sworn brother, the Saint of One Hundred Transformations, Yuwen Chengkong, who had also arrived outside Earth.

Chu Feng's butterfly wings had lightly flapped, causing various events to pile up and ferment, until they finally prompted a Saint to act!