White walls, white bed, white windows.

This was obviously the standard configuration of a hospital room.

Chu Feng opened his eyes and turned his somewhat sluggish eyeballs, looking at everything around him, and thought to himself, "Am I not dead? Was everything just a dream?"

But everything in front of him kept reminding Chu Feng that this was not a dream, he really was lying on a hospital bed.

Slowly, images began to surface in Chu Feng's mind: his childhood sweetheart betraying him, bringing him immense humiliation in a private room, and him running to the rooftop, cursing the heavens in rage.

Thinking of these, Chu Feng's fists involuntarily tightened, turning his knuckles somewhat white from the strain.

And there was… the image of him being struck by a yellow light!

"Yellow light? What was that yellow light?"

"Xuanhuang Technique!"

Then Chu Feng remembered the long dream he had had. It was a very long and painful dream, in which Chu Feng's physical constitution was completely changed. But whether this was real, Chu Feng couldn't be sure.

"Crack!"

As Chu Feng was reminiscing aimlessly, a sound of glass shattering pulled him back from his memories to reality.

"Sister Mei!"

Chu Feng saw the girl standing at the door, her hands empty and eyes reddened with swelling, and called out guiltily. The person who must have been most heartbroken and distressed by his injury was Qin Mei.

Qin Mei was his nominal 'sister-in-law,' though to be honest, that title was a bit too nominal, uncomfortably forced. Qin Mei was his brother's girlfriend, but before they could even discuss marriage, his brother died in a car accident.

And Qin Mei, defying all objections, took on the role of caring for him, the poor soul. And this care lasted for three years, three years of mutual dependency. Chu Feng didn't want to bring Qin Mei any disrepute, nor did he wish to delay her marriage prospects. So they always addressed each other as siblings.

"Xiao Feng, you're awake!" Qin Mei quickly came over to Chu Feng and said, staring at him.

Chu Feng said with shame, "Sister Mei, I'm sorry."

"Wuwu!"

Seeing that Chu Feng had really woken up, Qin Mei directly leaned on Chu Feng and started crying heavily.

"Hm?"

Chu Feng had wanted to comfort Qin Mei with a few words, but he felt a wave of coldness emanating from her body. And under the stimulation of this coldness, the Xuanhuang Technique began to operate on its own.

"Pure Yin Body!"

These four words popped into Chu Feng's mind.

The Xuanhuang Technique mentioned that the Pure Yin Body could promote the cultivation of the Xuanhuang Technique, helping to accelerate the absorption of Spiritual Energy from Heaven and Earth, and shared cultivation would be even more beneficial.

Chu Feng hadn't paid much attention to this part before, but he hadn't expected to encounter such a one-in-a-million Pure Yin Body right after waking up, and even right beside him.

But Chu Feng was now facing a rather awkward problem, as the Pure Yin Body had a fatal attraction to cultivators of the Xuanhuang Technique.

If it were someone else, Chu Feng might not feel awkward, but this was Qin Mei, towards whom Chu Feng always held the greatest respect in his heart.

Smelling the faint floral fragrance on Qin Mei's body, even though it would speed up the Xuanhuang Technique, it also made Chu Feng feel almost like he was going to explode with restraint.

"Sister Mei, I..."

Chu Feng could hardly bear it and said awkwardly.

"Xiao Feng, is there something you need?" Hearing Chu Feng's voice, Qin Mei quickly wiped away her tears and got up from him.

Just as she got up, Qin Mei saw Chu Feng's embarrassment and her pretty face couldn't help but flush with shyness.

Having been caught by Qin Mei, Chu Feng was even more embarrassed and hastily said, "Sister Mei, I need to use the restroom."

Seeing Chu Feng about to get up, Qin Mei, with a blushing face, stammered, "Xiao Feng, you've just recovered, how about I help you?"

"What! Help me!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Feng quickly did a carp flip, leaped off the bed, and then dashed into the bathroom in two steps.

Seeing how agile Chu Feng's movements were, Qin Mei was startled and hurriedly followed to the bathroom door.

Inside, Chu Feng heard the sound of Sister Mei's footsteps and quickly said, "Sister Mei, I'm fine, I can do it myself."

Hearing Chu Feng say he was fine, Qin Mei also felt relieved.

Chu Feng took several deep breaths before he managed to calm his boiling blood.

After settling his fiery blood qi, he stretched out his hands and looked at them. Chu Feng clearly remembered that he had fallen from upstairs. Such a fall, even without breaking bones, should have at least left scrapes, but there were no wounds on his body.

"Could it be that my physique has truly changed?" Chu Feng was still not certain and wanted to find something to test it out.

Eventually, after looking around, Chu Feng set his eyes on the guardrails of the bathroom window.

These guardrails were made from steel bars as thick as thumbs, unquestionably sturdy. Not just Chu Feng, a high school senior, but even a grown adult wouldn't be able to bend these rails.

Having chosen his target, Chu Feng gripped the steel bars and gave them a fierce twist. Instantly, two painful groans emanated from the thumb-thick steel bars, which were then twisted into a pretzel shape.

Looking at the pretzels before him, Chu Feng's heart surged with joy. He knew his physique had indeed transformed.

To twist a pair of thumb-thick steel rods into pretzels would require at least the strength of a hundred pounds in both arms.

And this was just the advantage of the changed physique; as for the Yellow Level Expert mentioned in the Xuanhuang Technique, that was a level where the arms could lift a thousand pounds, utterly beyond the strength of a normal person.

Caught up in his excitement, Chu Feng twisted his hands again, and the pretzels returned to their original state.

"I've really become an expert, now let's see who dares to mess with me!" Chu Feng was filled with tremendous excitement.

"No! Suddenly showing off this kind of kung fu, especially such superhuman strength, could get me noticed by the government. If they catch me to use as a lab rat, that would be too unjust."

And right now, I've only just changed my physique, which makes me just a bit stronger than a normal person. If there really are experts like those mentioned in the Xuanhuang Technique, then I would be in great danger.

It seems that I should keep my powerful abilities hidden unless absolutely necessary! Unless I can become someone who can trample on rules, such capabilities should be shown as little as possible!" Having experienced much, Chu Feng's thinking was far more mature than his peers.

Chu Feng didn't get lost in the sudden surge of power but thought about his future path. After all, having gone through many hardships in the past three years, his thoughts were much more mature than those of his peers.

In the bathroom, Chu Feng had planned out his entire future before finally standing up and preparing to walk out.

Chu Feng knew clearly that leaving the bathroom signaled a farewell to his past. The Chu Feng that would step out would be a brand-new Chu Feng.

"Sister Mei!"

As Chu Feng opened the bathroom door, Qin Mei, who had come to check on him, suddenly bumped right into Chu Feng's embrace.

Qin Mei, who was worried that something had happened to Chu Feng because he had taken so long, had come to check on him, not expecting him to open the door at that moment.

Qin Mei's height reached Chu Feng's chin, and with such a bump, she was enveloped in his arms.

——

New book: Devil Cultivation Master, one-line introduction: School Cultivation Master 2, simple and clear right, you know what I mean!