Strongest Medical Saint

"I suppose you're interested in the cultivation technique I practice?" Shen Feng's lips curled with a touch of mockery.

In response,

Dong Zhantian's expression remained unaltered as he smiled, "It seems you intend to reject my good will? Don't you care about the people close to you at all? Can you protect them forever?"

"Since you've made it clear, I'll be straightforward too. You don't have to join our Fire Burning Valley, just hand over the cultivation technique you practice, and I can assure you that our valley will never conflict with you. When necessary, we can even offer protection to you and your loved ones."

After witnessing Shen Feng restore and absorb Duan Hongnian's energy from before his death, Dong Zhantian yearned endlessly for Shen Feng's cultivation technique. He even speculated that Shen Feng's ability to step into the legendary Foundation Establishment Realm might also be due to the cultivation technique he practiced.

Hearing Dong Zhantian brazenly threatening Shen Feng, Wu Xingliang, Song Tianhao, and others believed this man must be insane. His aura wasn't even as strong as Duan Hongnian's, so where did he get the courage to threaten Shen Feng?

Could it be that the recent battle scared him senseless?

The people by his side had always been Shen Feng's Achilles' heel, yet Dong Zhantian dared to use that against him. Shen Feng had no interest in wasting words with this man, so he unleashed the overwhelming aura of the tenth layer peak of Foundation Establishment from within his body toward Dong Zhantian.

Dong Zhantian's own aura suddenly erupted, the aura of the initial stage of Golden Core, but it was firmly suppressed by the aura of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In the end, Dong Zhantian's Golden Core aura completely collapsed, and Shen Feng's aura focused on him, rendering him almost unable to move.

Dong Zhantian, whose ability to move was sealed, showed no fear in his eyes, only calmness, as he said, "Do you know what you're doing? You indeed have the ability to kill a Golden Core mid-stage powerhouse, but what about when you encounter a Golden Core late-stage, peak Golden Core, or even Half-step Nascent Soul powerhouses?"

"Even if our Fire Burning Valley exhausts all its resources, can't we kill you alone? Even if you manage to evade our assassination attempts, I don't believe all your loved ones can escape as well."

"My offer still stands; you can still join the Fire Burning Valley now. Wouldn't it be wonderful to become a respected elder endowed with power?"

The light flickered in Shen Feng's eyes; the Dong Zhantian before him was too strange. Having no power to fight back in his hands, he still managed to remain so composed.

Shen Feng placed his hand on Dong Zhantian's shoulder, and his perceptive force and spiritual energy instantly invaded Dong Zhantian's body.

After sensing the state of Dong Zhantian's Dantian, Shen Feng's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

The Golden Core inside Dong Zhantian's Dantian was too vacuous; his realm had been artificially elevated.

Moreover, there was a stream of blood qi within his Golden Core. According to Shen Feng's sensing, his Dantian had been refined by someone, and the man before him had long since become someone else's puppet.

Indifferently, Shen Feng said, "No wonder you dare to be so arrogant. Turns out your real body isn't here. I hadn't expected the Fire Burning Valley to master such puppetry techniques."

After a moment's pause, Dong Zhantian replied, "That's right, that's right, I find myself increasingly intrigued by you. This body is indeed just a puppet under my control."

"As long as I'm within a certain range, I can manipulate this body through secret arts."

"It is akin to my avatar."

With a wave of Shen Feng's hand, spiritual energy immediately rushed toward the puppet's face.

Under the impact of the spiritual energy, the puppet's face began to melt away rapidly; to put it clearly, the puppet was wearing a very elaborately made human skin mask. If one didn't sense carefully, they would not notice it at all.

Once the human skin mask had completely melted away, the puppet's face was revealed to be exceptionally hideous, resembling that of a gorilla.

Yin Mengwei, who stood idly by, felt sick to her stomach thinking about how her body had been defiled by such an ugly puppet upon hearing the conversation between Shen Feng and Dong Zhantian and seeing the puppet's grotesque features.

The Fire Burning Valley's method for crafting puppets required selecting those with Golden Core Stage cultivation.

The puppet at hand must have had its own consciousness in the past when Fire Burning Valley forcibly enhanced its cultivation to the Golden Core Stage.

This method of puppetry is extremely special, not only transmitting Dong Zhantian's voice but also every nuance of his facial expressions.

Of course, the first time he dealt with Yin Mengwei, it was Dong Zhantian's actual body that took the field, but afterward, when he had to leave Fire Burning Valley, he let this puppet take action while he secretly followed behind, unbeknownst to Yin Mengwei and the others that Dong Zhantian also possessed a puppet body.

"If I contact Fire Burning Valley now, you and those with you will forever live in the throes of being hunted. You should be clear about what choice is most advantageous for you," Dong Zhantian continued.

However, impatience flashed across Shen Feng's face as he directly gripped the puppet's neck with his palm and said, "I'll wait here for only one day; I hope the people from Fire Burning Valley can arrive on time in a day."

Having said that.

Shen Feng suddenly began to extract the cultivation and energy from within the puppet's body, with no intention of releasing his grip. He did not want to hear Dong Zhantian spout any more nonsense.

It wasn't long before.

With a "bang!"

Dong Zhantian's puppet body directly turned into a mist of blood in the air.

Meanwhile.

In a hotel room in Capital City.

"Bang!"

An ancient-looking bronze mirror suddenly shattered.

A young man with a sullen face, his brows tightly furrowed, looked exactly like the puppet which hadn't removed the human skin mask—it was Dong Zhantian's actual body.

Moments ago, he had been watching everything happening at the entrance of the Xu Family estate through this antique bronze mirror and controlling the puppet as well.

Fortunately, this kind of puppetry didn't have any backlash—otherwise, when Shen Feng killed that puppet, he too would have been affected to some extent.

Fury covered Dong Zhantian's face, and coveting Shen Feng's practice, he muttered to himself: "What an ignorant fool. Do you think you are invincible because you have the power to kill a Golden Core Middle Stage expert?"

"How dare you destroy my puppet. I must show you what true heritage is, the real substance of the Great Sects from thousands of years ago."

"Only waiting one day? You will pay for your arrogance."

As he spoke.

He pulled out a cellphone, finding the modern world's way of communication very convenient. There was no need to use treasures for long-distance messaging, which would consume Spiritual Energy after all.

He made a call to his own father.

After the call connected, he relayed the events here in detail.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone before a stern voice asked, "Zhantian, is the cultivation technique you mentioned real?"

Though the tone was serious, the voice shook slightly, betraying the speaker's agitation.

Dong Zhantian assured, "Father, I witnessed it with my own eyes. If our Fire Burning Valley can obtain that cultivation technique, then we will become the true rulers of the entire Earth."