Then, the thing he did most every day was cooking over twenty meals a day.

Besides the General's family, there were five cultivators in his household.

Their realms were just so-so, not comparable to the 'Corpse-driving Brothers'.

But they did have some basic spiritual qi structure.

...

In the blink of an eye, a year had passed since coming to the mansion.

Every day, Zhang Feng did the most was cooking during the day and sneaking into one of General Hang's studies at night.

Compared to the martial arts world, where everyone liked to hide their secret manuals.

General Hang placed the magic manuals in this study and allowed the five cultivators in the household to view them at any time.

Zhang Feng also took advantage of this convenience, continuing to look for opportunities to view them under the guise of a cook.

After all, his strength was currently too low, and exposing himself too early wasn't good.

Thus.

Another year passed.

Zhang Feng's constitution reached [242] with ten spiritual thoughts through slow learning.

In the household, he was completely like a nobody, just doing his proper duties.

Living carefree.

Zhang Feng also learned the 'Fire Spirit Shield' magic.

It was the best magic in the study and was Zhang Feng's main topic of analysis for the past two years.

The structure of it was more complex than Earth Spike, being formed with 'two strokes'.

Coincidentally, with two strokes, the difficulty increased exponentially.

Because during the time the first stroke was completed, and the second stroke was not yet formed, the first stroke's structure would irregularly oscillate.

This required distraction to control and continuous modification of the second stroke, corresponding to every position of the first stroke, to form a complete structure.

It required more detailed control and management of the strength.

Zhang Feng felt this was exercising 'the control of mind and spiritual qi.'

Also exercising the mind.

Of course, drawing a rough version can actually cast some of it.

But Zhang Feng liked to pursue perfection, trying to do everything about knowledge relatively perfectly.

Moreover, control must be practiced.

Otherwise, he could not cast the magic like Turning a Deer into a Horse that he wanted.

Thus, since entering the General's mansion, after two years of practice in succession.

Zhang Feng now could instantly cast the 'Fire Spirit Shield'.

The appearance of this magic was like covering the chest front, chest back, and limbs with fire attribute, forming an incomplete 'armor'.

This was the Fire Spirit Shield.

It looked a bit abstract.

Currently, Zhang Feng was also trying, while maintaining balance, to add more, striving to cover his whole body.

But interestingly, during the process of adding, Zhang Feng also tried to combine it with earth attribute's strokes.

Simply put, it was extracting some strokes from the fire attribute and trying to add them to the earth attribute.

In this going back and forth, Zhang Feng accidentally drew a magic similar to a 'Earth Wall'.

This was considered an 'upgrade' from Earth Spike.

The complexity was '1.7 strokes'.

This made Zhang Feng excited, thinking that the basic construction principles of spiritual qi could be connected.

...

In a blink of an eye, another month passed.

Today at noon.

General Hang was in the large courtyard, watching the five cultivators practicing magic, surrounded by several officers and soldiers.

"General."

At this time.

After finishing cooking, Zhang Feng brought a few food soldiers to deliver meals to the others.

"Zhang Feng is here."

General Hang saw Zhang Feng and showed the smile that often hung on his face.

The General's entire family was very fond of this great chef, Zhang Feng.

But it was precisely the favor of the General's family that made a few cultivators unhappy.

After all, in their view, Zhang Feng was at best an ordinary cook.

Fortunately, Zhang Feng didn't 'get carried away'.

They also thought Zhang Feng was sensible, so they hadn't deliberately troubled him over the past few years.

However, today.

After delivering the food.

Zhang Feng didn't leave, but glanced over at the water sword being practiced in the courtyard and then looked at a small building's rooftop 300 meters away.

At the edge of the rooftop, there were two gunmen dressed in gray clothing.

From a normal person's perspective, their clothing seemed to blend into the concrete railing.

At the same time.

They held old-fashioned sniper rifles, hidden behind the railing, aiming here.

Observing their austere expressions, they exuded an aura of rigorous training and competence.

Zhang Feng felt they weren't here for revenge, but like professional assassins sent by a certain General.

Seeing this, sensing the danger.

Zhang Feng suddenly realized he had been stable for almost three years without knowing it.

"Hmph!"

But at this moment.

One of the cultivators in the courtyard, seeing Zhang Feng still not leaving, looked at his water sword and said discontentedly: "What are you, a cook, looking at? Do you know how to do it?"

He said this while controlling the water sword to circle around Zhang Feng.

Zhang Feng observed for a few moments, currently really not understanding the structure of the water sword, instead studying the more magical armor and Earth Spike upgrade, he honestly said: "No, I don't."

"Haha!" The cultivator laughed at this and then dispelled the water sword while saying: "You, a cook, don't know magic, but you know how to cook? With the time spent on petty learning, it's better to make more dishes."

"Hmm." Zhang Feng thought for a moment and didn't say much, focusing more on what those people 300 meters away were going to do.

"Eh, Daoist Li, say less." General Hang was a peacemaker and didn't want his people to quarrel.

Also, in his mind, whether it was his cook or his cultivators.

They were all indispensable parts of his life.

Hence, harmony begets wealth.

But just then, as General Hang wanted to persuade further.

Bang!

The sound of two gunshots rang out almost simultaneously, targeting General Hang.

"Sniper!"

"Protect the General!"

As the crowd just heard the gunshots and instinctively wanted to protect the General.

Rumble—

Zhang Feng had already lightly lifted his hand, instantly causing a large earth spike like an earth wall to surge from the bluestone bricks, standing in front of General Hang.

The bullets were completely embedded in the earth wall.

"This is... Earth Wall?"

"Zhang Feng... is a cultivator?!"

"Such a thick earth wall, such a strong spiritual qi fluctuation, what realm is he at?"

"Formed in an instant..."

The people in the courtyard were shocked.

'Trouble! There's a mighty cultivator!' The two gunmen 300 meters away, when seeing Zhang Feng's gaze, were also taken aback and immediately turned to abandon their guns and flee.

Rustle—

As everyone was surprised and the two were fleeing.

The earth wall scattered.

Revealing two deformed bullets in mid-air.

As Zhang Feng beckoned, with inner strength and spiritual qi boosted, they heard a swishing sound break through the sky, and the bullets shot rapidly towards the distance.

After completing all this within a few seconds.

Zhang Feng looked at the few stunned officers and soldiers,

"300 meters southeast, the rooftop of the small building.

The two assassins have been hit in the back by me and are now unconscious, go tie them up and interrogate."

"Yes..." The officers subconsciously responded, and after seeing General Hang's nod, they immediately ran that way.

Tap tap...

As the few officers took orders and went, their footsteps also brought many people back to their senses.

General Hang looked at Zhang Feng after a few seconds of buffering, "Zhang... Zhang Feng, are you a cook?"

"Yes, I am a cook." Zhang Feng looked at the crowd who were looking at him in horror, "But I didn't just say I'm a cook. I also never said I'm not a cultivator."

Zhang Feng said, looking at the few surprised cultivators, and pointed to the overturned bluestone ground,

"Guys, you may not be able to stop bullets, but you can pave bricks, right?

Instead of standing there dazed, why not use your magic to smooth the ground."

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