C2 Betrayal.

On this day, the news of Nangong Lingshuang awakening the Green Rank Phoenix Battle Spirit spread quickly in Youzhou City. This information caused a huge commotion, making the Nangong family the center of attention.

Many families even brought congratulatory gifts to the Nangong family. This caused the status of the Nangong family in Youzhou City to rise.

It did not take long for this sensational news to spread out of Youzhou, and it attracted the attention of many powerful sects.

On that day, several sect emissaries had come to the Nangong family, and they requested to take Nangong Lingshuang as their disciple.

From the start, the Nangong family had been staying on hold.

This action of the Nangong family was proven correct. The incident quickly spread to the Imperial City.

The genius of the Chen family of Imperial City, Chen Aotian, arrived at the Nangong family residence. He was personally received by Nangong Chen.

The Chen family was one of the four major families of the Imperial City. Its foundation was far beyond what the Nangong family could ever hope to achieve. In fact, it was even more powerful than many large sects and powers.

Early in the morning, Ye Feng walked out of the courtyard.

Now that Nangong Lingshuang had awakened the Phoenix Battle Spirit, she had become a genius who shocked the Zhao State. Nangong Lingshuang was highly regarded by many big powers. From now on, Nangong Lingshuang would definitely have a bright future.

As for Ye Feng, the heavy responsibility of reviving the Ye family laid on his shoulders. He urgently wanted to know why his family had fallen back then.

This time, he intended to go to the patriarch's courtyard to ask for departure. He wanted to leave the Nangong family and head to the Imperial City. He planned to investigate the truth behind the fall of the Ye family back then.

As for the engagement that Nangong Chen had promised him, Ye Feng did not care.

If Nangong Lingshuang had a better future, Ye Feng would be very happy for her.

"Nangong Lingshuang has awakened the Phoenix Battle Spirit, her status would be greatly improved. Many big powers are interested in her ability. Their engagement appears to be valid, but in fact, it is void."

A few subordinates of the Nangong family looked at Ye Feng and whispered to each other when passing by his room. In their eyes, Ye Feng could not measure up to Nangong Lingshuang.

"Nangong Lingshuang's talent is outstanding. Ye Feng is not good enough for Nangong Lingshuang."

Their voices were not loud, but Ye Feng could hear clearly what they said. This caused Ye Feng's expression to turn icy.

"You might not know this, but it is possible that the Chen family of Imperial City might be interested in getting engaged to the Nangong family. The one who came to the Nangong family this time is the number one genius of the Chen family, Chen Aotian."

"So Chen Aotian is here as well? He is a genius that has shaken the entire Zhao State. I heard that he has already reached the Qi Condensation Stage before the age of twenty, and he has even awakened a high grade Battle Spirit. His talent is beyond our imagination."

"Of course. Nangong Lingshuang is a dazzling genius. If she is able to get engaged to the Chen family, it will make her stronger. She will definitely become as powerful as Chen Aotian in the future. The two of them are a match made in heaven!"

They continued discussing and didn't seem to care that Ye Feng was passing by.

"Chen Aotian?"

Ye Feng frowned. He had naturally heard of Chen Aotian before. Chen Aotian's talent and strength were considerable. Chen Aotian wasn't someone he could compare with at the moment.

"Has the Nangong family really decided to get engaged to the Chen family of the Imperial City?"

As Ye Feng pondered, he quickened his pace.

Nangong Lingshuang had awakened the Phoenix Battle Spirit, and she would become a genius that impressed everyone.

Everyone thought that Ye Feng wasn't worthy of Nangong Lingshuang. If the Nangong family wanted to end this engagement, they could find Ye Feng to explain the situation to him. Ye Feng didn't want to delay Nangong Lingshuang's future.

A moment later, Ye Feng came to the courtyard. He heard a faint sound of conversation coming from the main room.

The voices were not loud, but Ye Feng could hear them clearly.

"Clan Head Nangong, have you thought about the marriage alliance between our Chen family and your family?"

Nangong Chen didn't answer the man's question immediately.

The man continued, "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you agree to the marriage, not only will the Chen family make the Nangong family become the number one power in Youzhou City, but Miss Nangong will also be able to enjoy abundant resources when she marries to the Chen family. You should be clear about what this means."

His voice was filled with pride, as if he was feeling high and mighty.

"There's no problem. It's the Nangong family's honor to have a marriage alliance with the Chen family. But you have to keep your promises to me."

Perhaps it was because the offer was too tempting that Nangong Chen agreed to it.

"Of course. The Chen family will keep its word. In a few days, I shall bring Lingshuang to Imperial City."

An even younger voice, full of confidence, agreed.

Needless to say, the owner of this voice must be the young master of the Chen family, Chen Aotian.

Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat when he overheard the conversation of the three men.

Although Ye Feng didn't request to maintain the engagement, he still couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine when Nangong Chen personally agreed to the marriage.

Just like what the subordinates had said, Nangong Chen had betrayed his promise to Ye Feng and secretly agreed to a marriage alliance with the Chen family of Imperial City.

Ye Feng suddenly understood that in Nangong Chen's eyes, he was just a pawn to be used to help Nangong Lingshuang awaken the Battle Spirit. When he lost his value, Nangong Chen could kick him away.

However, just as Ye Feng felt indignant in his heart, Chen Aotian's voice sounded again.

"I heard that Lingshuang had an engagement with someone before?"

"Yes. However, Young Master Chen does not need to care about it. That young man is just an unknown person in the residence. The engagement can be cancelled at any time."

Nangong Chen did not deny it. It came straight from his mouth that he considered Ye Feng to be a mere unknown person. Nangong Chen did not take the vague promise seriously.

Ye Feng listened to the conversation quietly, and his heart became colder and colder.

"Cancel the engagement? It's not enough."

Chen Aotian said coldly.

"What does Young Master Chen want me to do then?"

Nangong Chen asked in puzzlement.

"It's unacceptable for my woman to have an engagement with someone else. This kind of person can't be allowed to live in this world! Do you understand what I'm saying?"

Chen Aotian replied coldly, his words were filled with murderous intent.

"I understand. Leave this matter to me. I will definitely kill this man to show the sincerity of the Nangong family."

Nangong Chen didn't hesitate. In his eyes, Ye Feng was as insignificant as an ant. Nangong Chen didn't need any reason to kill Ye Feng.

"Kacha!"

Ye Feng clenched both of his fists tightly, and the sound of bones coming together was audible. His eyes were red and filled with flames of fury.

At this moment, the aura unleashed by the once gentle young man was actually terrifying.

There was nothing wrong with the Nangong family not fulfilling this engagement. What made Ye Feng the most furious was that Nangong Chen agreed to Chen Aotian's request to kill him without any hesitation.

"Someone is here!"

The Martial Cultivator's senses were extremely sharp. He immediately noticed the movement outside the room.

Nangong Chen and Chen Aotian quickly stood up at the same time and went outside to investigate.

"It's you!"

Nangong Chen's eyes shone with a malevolent light.

"Breaking into the patriarch's courtyard? What is your intention? Do you have sinister motives?"

Ye Feng looked at Nangong Chen and a cold smile emerged on his face. His expression was full of sarcasm.

Nangong Chen looked at Ye Feng without any emotion in his eyes. He treated him like a stranger.

"Ye Feng, not only are you a trash, but your character is also despicable! We treated you well. Now that Nangong Lingshuang has awakened the Phoenix Battle Spirit, you want to steal the secrets of the Nangong family. What do you think I should do with you?"

"Stealing secrets?!!"

Ye Feng's eyes flashed with a terrifying cold light. At this moment, he was showing a calmness that he shouldn't have at his young age.

"Nangong Chen, you are the one who's despicable. I, Ye Feng, used my Intrinsic Spiritual Essence as the price to help your daughter escape danger and awaken Green Rank Phoenix Battle Spirit. Not only did you not show any gratitude, you even betrayed your promise and colluded with the Chen family. You want to repay my kindness with ingratitude and kill me. My one regret is that I didn't see your ugly character clearly before!"

Ye Feng's words were sharp and his statement made Nangong Chen's expression turn sinister.

"Is this the person who was engaged to Lingshuang?"

Chen Aotian glanced at Ye Feng dismissively. His expression was filled with contempt.

"Yes, he is."

Nangong Chen nodded in confirmation.

"Second Layer of Body Refining Stage Cultivation Level, you are simply too weak! How can you match Lingshuang?"

Chen Aotian mocked.

"I don't care about killing a trash. I will leave this matter in your capable hands."

After Chen Aotian made this statement, he left immediately. He was so arrogant. In Chen Aotian's eyes, Ye Feng was just a useless trash. Chen Aotian couldn't even be bothered to kill Ye Feng himself.

"Hand over the marriage certificate and I will spare your life!"

After Chen Aotian's departure, Nangong Chen addressed Ye Feng coldly.

The marriage certificate was the proof of Ye Feng and Nangong Lingshuang's engagement. Ye Feng knew that if he obediently handed over the marriage certificate, he might die even faster.

"Why are you in such a hurry to get the marriage certificate? Are you so desperate to kill me?"

Ye Feng looked at Nangong Chen with disdain. He was not afraid at all.

"You're about to die, and you still have so much nonsense to say! Take Ye Feng down, and we will thoroughly search for the marriage certificate!"

With a wave of his hand, several figures emerged from the corner. They obviously had murderous intent, and they immediately surrounded Ye Feng so he could not escape.

Ye Feng's cultivation level was merely at the Second Layer of Body Refining Stage. How could Ye Feng be able to fight these people? Therefore, Ye Feng didn't resist and allowed these people to overcome him.

"I'm just wondering. Does Lingshuang know about this?" Ye Feng inquired coldly.

He and Nangong Lingshuang were childhood sweethearts. Ye Feng refused to believe that Nangong Lingshuang would be so heartless towards him.

"Lingshuang is a genius. Why would she want to be with a trash like you? You should give up!"

Nangong Chen said with a triumphant smile.

However, when he said this, he never thought that without Ye Feng's Intrinsic Spiritual Essence, Nangong Lingshuang might not have been able to save her own life. How could Nangong Lingshuang become a genius then?

In the world of martial arts, profit was all that mattered and the strong preyed on the weak. Without sufficient strength, one was destined to be dominated by others.

Today, Ye Feng had witnessed Chen Aotian's insufferable arrogance. Ye Feng had truly understood the principle of the strong preying on the weak.

As a young man with no support of the family and low cultivation, Ye Feng could only be trampled upon at will, especially in front of big families like the Nangong family.

Ye Feng was locked up in a damp and dark dungeon. Nangong Chen intended to execute him tomorrow.

Looking at the dark walls and the cold prison around him, Ye Feng smiled bitterly.

In order to save Nangong Lingshuang, Ye Feng did not hesitate to sacrifice his Intrinsic Spiritual Essence. However, what Ye Feng got in return was the cancellation of their engagement and the threat to his life by the Nangong family.

"Nangong Chen, you have betrayed me. One day, I will make you regret what you did today!"

Ye Feng's eyes were blazing with determination. At this moment, the obsession that was bursting out from Ye Feng's body was so strong.

Now, the only way to calm the anger in Ye Feng's heart was by cultivating.

Ye Feng found a flat place and sat down with his legs crossed. The bead in Ye Feng's palm was emitting a gentle light.

"Previously, it was you who absorbed my elemental energy. Now, it's your turn to help me."

Ye Feng stared at the bead and whispered softly. His eyes sparkled with the light of hope.

The full moon rose into the sky. The holy moonlight shone through the iron bars of the window above the prison and onto the floor. At the same time, it also enveloped the bead in Ye Feng's palm.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, the bead glowed brighter and brighter. Inside the bead, there was a strange sound like a faint buzzing.

In the next moment, the moonlight in the dungeon seemed to have turned into sinewy threads which continuously flowed into the bead. The buzzing sound became even louder.

The bead slowly rose into the air and began to vibrate at an extremely high frequency.

Ye Feng took a deep breath and held his breath. He began to circulate the Essence Condensing Cultivation Method and gathered the elemental energy that was floating in the air.

It was as if there was liquid surging inside the bead. Waves of lights bloomed like divine splendor. In the void, the elemental energy fused with the moonlight and seeped into the interior of the bead, causing its surface to gradually fade then become clearer again.

After doing this several times, the bead's surface turned into a deep green color that had never been seen before. It emitted a green halo as if it was a high-grade ancestral green.

The strange sound started again. The bead slowly floated above Ye Feng's head, and a green halo enveloped Ye Feng's body.

Ye Feng, who was bathed in the green light, sensed a great comfort enveloping his body, and his spirit felt a hundred times stronger than before.

"The bead is finally full!"

He gazed at the floating beads in the air. Ye Feng was elated. This was the first time he had ever experienced the saturation of the bead, so it was inevitable that he would be a little unfamiliar with it.

At this time, a drop of jade-green dew appeared on the surface of the bead. It gradually slid from the bead and fell towards Ye Feng's body.

The droplet was crystal clear, and it was surrounded by a jade-green luster. An incomparably pure elemental energy bloomed from the droplet, causing the elemental energy in the entire spatial zone to become several times denser.

"Green dew drop!"

Ye Feng cried out in surprise. This was the green dew drop that his father had mentioned. The one that possessed a powerful energy!

"This drop of dew is indeed extraordinary."

Ye Feng mused to himself while sensing the surging energy fluctuations coming from the drop of dew. At the same time, the green dew drop had already entered his body through the Baihui acupoint on top of his head.

In an instant, the dew drop turned into endless elemental energy, spreading out in all of his meridians. This elemental energy was extremely powerful, even stronger than all the miracle pills that Ye Feng had heard about.

The elemental energy was circulating in his meridians, and the powerful energy was nourishing his bones and body. In just a split second, Ye Feng could feel his cultivation level break through to the Third Layer of the Body Refining Stage.

Most of the energy produced by the green dew drop had yet to be absorbed by Ye Feng.

"It's so powerful!"

Ye Feng was amazed and overjoyed. Even though he was prepared for the powerful energy contained within the single green dew drop, he was still stunned when he felt the combined powerful energy of all the green dew drops.

Ye Feng didn't think too much about it. He circulated the Cultivation Method at an accelerated speed, fully absorbing the powerful energy that was drifting in his bloodline.

"Fourth Layer of Body Refining Stage!"

"Fifth Layer of Body Refining Stage!"

In less than the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Ye Feng actually broke through three layers in a row under the nourishment of the powerful energy released by the green dew drop!

Due to the fact that Ye Feng's speed of breakthrough was too fast, there were actually endless elemental energies crazily swirling in the void and secretly forming an elemental energy storm in the dungeon.

Ye Feng's body shone. The light from his body and that of the green halo were reflecting each other. A shocking transformation was happening in Ye Feng's body as well.

"Intrinsic Spiritual Essence!"

Ye Feng's eyes sparkled with excitement. At this moment, he could clearly feel the Intrinsic Spiritual Essence reforming in his body at a very fast momentum.

Within moments, a brand new Intrinsic Spiritual Essence appeared in Ye Feng's body. The new Intrinsic Spiritual Essence was many times stronger than the one that Ye Feng had given Nangong Lingshuang. This was the perfect Intrinsic Spiritual Essence.

"My Intrinsic Spiritual Essence has been recovered fully. It's time to awaken my Battle Spirit in this dungeon!"