Dominating the Powerful Families: Rebirth of Chapter 297: Saving You Feng_1

After figuring out the root cause, Dugu Zixi loosened his hold and spoke to him with utmost seriousness, "You’re not poisoned! The bead inside your body is the one causing all this trouble. It keeps sucking away your life force without stop. If things go on like this, you won’t last more than three years before death claims you!"

In less than three years, you’ll be dead!

Those final words from Dugu Zixi hit You Feng like a massive hammer blow, sending sharp agony straight through his heart in an instant.

His lifelong pursuit had been immortality and rising to the Fairy Realm.

But Dugu Zixi now revealed that without treating his condition, only three years remained for him—such absurdity, such bitter irony.

Staring at Dugu Zixi, You Feng demanded in a low tone, "What must I do then? How do I cure this illness of mine?"

As he uttered those words, dryness gripped his throat, turning his voice rough and hoarse.

Dugu Zixi answered calmly, "Just take out the bead from inside your body, resume your cultivation, and in time, your health will improve gradually."

You Feng’s eyes locked onto Dugu Zixi right away, a flicker of doubt appearing in them, "I fought with my life on the line to get this bead—does it truly have to come out?"

A haughty, icy laugh escaped Dugu Zixi, "I’m only making a suggestion. Removing it or keeping it is your choice! Zixi and I want nothing to do with your worthless bauble!"

Useless trinket!!!

A sharp pang stabbed right into You Feng’s heart!

The very item he cherished and battled fiercely for turned out to be nothing more than a ’useless trinket’ to everyone else!!!

You Feng’s emotions right now were in complete turmoil.

This Dugu Zixi was nothing short of infuriating!

Watching the clash between the elder and the youth, Shen Tianxing felt a growing headache too.

Unwilling to let the tension linger, she spoke sincerely to You Feng, "Xiaofeng, no matter how precious that bead is to you, we have no interest in taking what belongs to you. If we were the greedy type, we wouldn’t be donating massive amounts of our earnings to charity."

"Fairy King Zixi is an incredibly great being, and he holds a very high and irreplaceable position in my heart. I hope you can trust him too!"

With Shen Tianxing chiming in like that, You Feng declared resolutely to Dugu Zixi, "I’ll put my faith in you! Proceed, do what needs to be done!"

Dugu Zixi cast a casual look at him, confirming no hidden intentions lingered, then informed You Feng, "I’m going to seal your sleep acupoint now, plunging you into profound slumber. Next, I’ll pull the bead from your sea of consciousness. Rest assured, I’ll hand the extracted bead back to you afterward."

You Feng nodded firmly, "I get it, go on!"

With those words spoken, he shut his eyes, surrendering completely as if ready for Dugu Zixi to act freely.

Witnessing his compliance, Dugu Zixi deemed him somewhat more palatable at last.

Extending his hand, he sealed You Feng’s sleep acupoint to induce deep slumber, then quietly projected his Divine Sense into You Feng’s sea of consciousness, drawing near the white bead.

That white bead appeared to have its own awareness. Detecting Dugu Zixi’s Divine Sense nearing and sensing peril, it swiftly retreated further into You Feng’s sea of consciousness.

Dugu Zixi wasn’t about to allow its getaway. Forming a net of Divine Sense, he swiftly ensnared the white bead, cutting off its link to You Feng in a single motion.

At last, he withdrew it from You Feng’s sea of consciousness, and it meekly settled into Dugu Zixi’s palm.

The Chaos Spiritual Pearl had indeed gained sentience.

Realizing Dugu Zixi had blocked its drain on You Feng’s life force, it brimmed with unwillingness and bitterness.

Even under Dugu Zixi’s control, it kept transmitting grievances to him, "Why did you have to take me out? Why? Why?"

Once You Feng awoke, Dugu Zixi addressed it coldly, "You formed an equal contract with You Feng, yet you acted like evil cultivators, devouring his life force to boost your cultivation. Such behavior defies the Heavenly Dao. I removed you from his sea of consciousness to rescue both him and you! Had You Feng perished, your end would have followed. Instead of thanking me, you dare resent me—do you think a Fairy King like me couldn’t erase you in one strike?"

Dugu Zixi’s harsh reprimand left the Chaos Spiritual Pearl utterly silenced.

Hearing this, You Feng shot Dugu Zixi a look of deep gratitude.

His sentiments toward the Chaos Spiritual Pearl were deeply mixed.

He had poured immense effort into it, braving brutal fights across realms and descending to the Mortal World, all to claim this Chaos Spiritual Pearl.

Never did he imagine the Chaos Spiritual Pearl would deliver not eternal life, but near-total ruin.

Without meeting Shen Tianxing and Dugu Zixi, the Chaos Spiritual Pearl would have consumed him in mere years, all unbeknownst to him, leading straight to his downfall.

Just imagining that fate ignited in You Feng a fierce impulse to shatter the Chaos Spiritual Pearl.

Gazing at Dugu Zixi, his eyes swirled with intricate feelings—admiration, envy, a hint of jealousy—before they all faded into serenity.

Turning to Dugu Zixi, You Feng stated, "Fairy King, I can’t master this Chaos Spiritual Pearl, so I offer it to you now as thanks for preserving my life."

Yet Dugu Zixi shook his head indifferently, "As I’ve stated before, we won’t claim your Chaos Spiritual Pearl, and that remains my position."

At a loss for a reply, You Feng fell silent upon hearing this.

Dugu Zixi then clarified for him, "Your Chaos Spiritual Pearl is truly a treasure, but it’s suffered severe damage, leaving it with scant energy. It needs a host to latch onto, drawing life force and energy from them to rebuild its cultivation. Without enough power, it can’t display its abilities."

With that, Dugu Zixi addressed the Chaos Spiritual Pearl in his palm, "Little pearl, return the life force and energy you stole from You Feng right now, and I’ll locate a suitable haven for you to restore your cultivation bit by bit."

The Chaos Spiritual Pearl refused to relinquish the life force and energy it had painstakingly gathered, acting as if it hadn’t heard Dugu Zixi at all.

Dugu Zixi’s eyes narrowed sharply as he warned sternly, "Little pearl, obey me now. Refuse, and once I act, your easy times are over."

Sensing the intense menace in Dugu Zixi’s tone, the Chaos Spiritual Pearl twitched in furious defiance a few times.

In the end, though, it yielded and restored the life force and energy it had siphoned from You Feng back to its owner.

Feeling his life force and energy flow back, You Feng promptly activated his Cultivation Method to draw it into his body and steady his cultivation base.

Under Shen Tianxing’s wide-eyed shock, You Feng’s form shifted from that of a four- or five-year-old child back to his true appearance.

An exceedingly refined and strikingly handsome man materialized before her eyes.