History's Number 1 Founder

by Stayrr

He time-traveled and got a system but Lin Feng’s pressure is as big as a mountain. System main quest: Ling Feng creates a school, establishing history’s number 1 sect, Ling Feng himself becoming the number 1 founder. And so to become history’s number 1 founder Lin Feng started to work hard. “Your name is Shi Tianhao? Natural born supreme king but it was stolen by your cousin. No

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Chapter 193: An Ambush

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"One purple Talisman-Dollar!"

The frail Elder beside Bai Zhen and the short and fat Elder, who trained in the Grand Moon Sword, directly raised the bid.

The bid was raised by a huge amount as well.

One purple Talisman-Dollar was equal to one hundred red Talisman-Dollars!

Mount Shu Sword Sect was the holy ground of the art of swordplay, and they did not know much about talismans, yet this did not stop them from hoarding and storing large amounts of talismans.

It could also be said that of all the people at the auction, besides the organizers from the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade, the families of the Mount Shu Sword Sect had the most solid financial backgrounds.

"Do you really desire this Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower? If not, do not compete with the Mount Shu Sword Sect. Even if I provide you with support, our combined wealth will still not be enough." Miao Shihao transmitted with voice-projection, "There must be better items yet to come."

Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares sat upright in its chair and wore a blank expression. It was just staring at the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower beside Song Fu, in the middle of the void.

Xiao Yan turned his head and asked, "Master?"

Avatar of Ares laughed and said, "As you wish."

Xiao Yan nodded and rubbed his palms together in excitement and declared his next bid immediately. "110 red Talisman-Dollars!"

"One hundred and fifty red Talisman-Dollars! You wish to compete with Mount Shu's finances? Dream on!" Bai Zhen sneered as he raised the bid without hesitation.

Everybody understood from his bid that Bai Zhen was deliberately trying to cause Lin Feng trouble.

Within the holy abode, uncountable psychic senses were instantly intertwined as they interacted and everybody shared their opinions.

One middle-aged cultivator was shocked. "Who is Mount Shu Sword Sect trying to cause trouble for? Is it the Great Void Sect?"

An elderly voice drifted from a rock not far from him and said, "Don't you know what happened at Shazhou three days ago?"

"Oh, it's you Elder Fei. I'm not sure as I've just arrived at Shazhou today."

Elder Fei understood. "I guess I can't blame you then. Let me tell you the story. A powerful individual that called himself the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders and his disciples appeared 3 days ago and humiliated the Mount Shu Sword Sect!"

The middle-aged cultivator was astonished, "Oh? Since the destruction of the Great Thunderclap Temple, in the human world of cultivation, besides the Great Void Sect and the Great Zhou Empire, there's someone else trying to compete with Mount Shu Sword Sect?"

A female voice cut into the conversation, "You don't say. The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders does have some tricks up his sleeve. He trapped Mount Shu's four big sword cultivator elders of the Aurous Core stage with a wave of his hand, and subsequently relegated them to the foundation establishment stage before sending on of his own disciples in foundation establishment stage to challenge them."

The middle-aged cultivator muttered under his breath. "Even if they were both in the foundation establishment stage, surely Mount Shu Sword Sect will still come out on top? If we are talking about single combat and killing potential, even the Great Void Sect is not as good as Mount Shu."

The lady laughed lightly and replied, "Everybody thought the same. However, the disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders defeated the Shaoshang Sword Elder in one move."

"Just saying, even though the Mount Shu elders had their mastery relegated, their powers were still at the peak of the foundation establishment stage. The disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was only in the middle of the stage."

The middle-aged cultivator was speechless. He wanted to say something a clever retort but he realized that many psychic senses were transmitting the same information all around.

If there were so many witnesses, surely it was not a fabrication.

"So strong…" The middle-aged cultivator mumbled to himself. "That means the person competing with Mount Shu must be the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

Elder Fei's voice once again drifted back, "It should be right. That day, the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders was together with Mirror Master Miao Shihao. His participation in today's auction should also be by Master Miao's introduction."

"But I saw the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders enter with Master Yang of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect." A voice retorted.

Elder Fei was a little shocked. "Then I'm not sure. But it seems like there's no one else besides him in Shazhou with such enmity incurred from Mount Shu."

"Maybe people of Mount Shu just want the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower for themselves?"

Elder Fei nodded and said, "That is indeed a possibility. Let's just watch on in silence."

Atop the seat of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Shaoyang Sword cultivator elder frowned. "Paying large amounts of money just for the sake of a grudge isn't quite appropriate, is it?"

Bai Zhen laughed and said, "This is the idea. But do not worry, we actually do need the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower."

"Fourth Senior Uncle is cultivating an authentic skill called the Flying Sword of Thunder and Fire and has fallen into a bottleneck. He needs the support of a high-quality spiritual fire."

The short and fat elder nodded and said, "It would be nice if we had the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires, but in the end, it's not just something we come across. The Scarlet Thunderous Fire is one of the strongest spiritual fires after the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires and bears the power of Thunder by nature. Surely this will appease Fourth Senior Uncle."

The tall Elder seemed convinced. "That's good then."

Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares was also communicating with Miao Shihao on this side. "What do you think is the highest price that we can call on this Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower?"

"It should not exceed five purple Talisman-Dollars. Anything above that is just pure grudge," Miao Shihao responded without much thought.

The Avatar of Ares nodded as Xiao Yan raised the bid once again. "Two purple Talisman-Dollars."

The holy abode erupted with excitement as the rate of bidding seemed to suggest both parties might actually fight with each other to the end.

Before Xiao Yan finished his sentence, Mount Shu declared their next bid without hesitation. "Three purple Talisman-Dollars!"

The auction fell silent. It was not until Song Fu was getting ready to declare Mount Shu as the winner of the bid for Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower did Xiao Yan declare with his clear voice,

"Three hundred and fifty red Talisman-Dollars."

Over at Mount Shu's side, Bai Zhen and company glanced at each other as the most senior Elder gradually said, "Destroy him."

Bai Zhen nodded his head and raised the bid at once. "Five purple Talisman-Dollars!"

The audience of the auction erupted in an uproar once again. Mount Shu's pattern of raising the bid was way too overbearing.

"Master, what do you think Mount Shu's reaction will be if I raise the price to five hundred and one red Talisman-Dollars?" Xiao Yan's eyes sparkled as he looked towards the seat of the Mount Shu Sword Sect.

The Avatar of Ares was noncommittal. "Let's give it up. This is but a warm-up, raising the bid further is not the way."

Xiao Yan nodded his head and stopped raising the bid.

It was as Miao Shihao predicted. Five purple Talisman-Dollars was about the upper limit of the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower's price. Any upward movement in the price could only be resolved by hostile bidding between the two parties.

Nobody else in the holy abode declared a higher bid as Xiao Yan gave up. This Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower was finally sold to the Mount Shu Sword Sect for five purple Talisman-Dollars.

Some of the others felt it was a bit anti-climatic as they thought this Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower's bidding was going to rise to an outrageous price.

However, the next item up for auction quickly attracted everyone's attention.

A small jade letter drifted in front of Song Fu. Everybody at the auction who recognized good products could tell this was a Jade Letter of Teaching; it was meant to record mantras.

Lin Feng's pupils contracted. His consciousness had not yet scanned the jade letter and could already feel the heavy and ripe energy flowing from it.

Naturally, this was not the aura of the jade letter itself but came from the mantra recorded on it and all its concepts of power.

Song Fu introduced the item. "Upon this jade letter is the record of an Earth-type mantra, named the Book of Nations. Even though there are some defects, the level is extremely high. The starting price is thirty red Talisman-Dollars, and every raise has to be at least one red Talisman-Dollar."

There was a disturbance in the holy abode. Thoughts flashed across Lin Feng's mind as he captured the waves of psychic senses passing around. "The Book of Nations… The full name should be the Heavenly Book of Nations Mantra. This mantra recorded the true meaning of the world and is an Earth-type mantra of the highest level, higher than even the Earth Tripitaka of the Great Thunderclap Temple… Sadly it is but an incomplete article…"

"The Heavenly Book of Nations…" Lin Feng deliberated in his head. As he was doing so, the price of the Book of Nations had already risen to ninety red Talisman-Dollars.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and raised the price himself. "One purple Talisman-Dollar."

The auction quietened down slightly as he opened his mouth.

Over at the side of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, Bai Zhen sneered and said, "Going into battle by yourself?"

"This mantra is useless to us." "Even so, we can't just let him take it like that." "That is the idea."

Once the price rose to one hundred and seventy red Talisman-Dollars, all of Lin Feng's competitors withdrew. Even though the Book of Nations was great, it was ultimately an incomplete mantra and caused its price to plummet by more than ten times of the original value.

"Two purple Talisman-Dollars." At this moment, Bai Zhen finally stepped in. His first bid was already a raise to two purple Talisman-Dollars, which was also equivalent to two hundred red Talisman-Dollars.

Lin Feng's expression remained unchanged. "Two hundred and ten red Talisman-Dollars."

People of the Mount Shu Sword Sect had yet to raise the bid when a cold and elderly voice interrupted the scene. "Two hundred and forty red Talisman-Dollars."

The audience broke out into a commotion as they did not expect a third party to enter the picture with such force.

The third party was quickly recognized by bystanders. "That is the seat of the Yu Family."

The bidder was indeed Yu Wanfeng. He laughed coldly as he cast his view towards Lin Feng's seat. "I will teach you a lesson today for being so arrogant."

Lin Feng's expression once again remained unchanged as he calmly raised the price again. "Two hundred and sixty red Talisman-Dollars."

Bai Zhen and company no longer continued their bidding. They were all sadistically watching Yu Wanfeng carry their mantle to raise the price repeatedly.

"Wherever you have come from, lowly independent cultivator, I will have you know today that the world is big indeed!" The short and fat elder chortled. "We're not the only ones who want to flatten you today!"

The price of this incomplete mantra had already risen to five hundred and fifty red Talisman-Dollars and was way over the value of the item. At the same time, it was the highest price in the auction.

Lin Feng rapped his fingers against the short table beside him, and said after some deliberation, "Five hundred and sixty red Talisman-Dollars."

Yu Wanfeng replied without hesitation, "Five hundred and seventy red Talisman-Dollars."

Lin Feng paused and replied slowly, "Six purple Talisman-Dollars."

Once this price was declared Yu Wanfeng knew that this was Lin Feng's last bid. If he raised the price any further, Lin Feng was bound to give up.

As a Grandmaster of the nascent soul stage, six purple Talisman-Dollars were nothing much to him. Furthermore, he had the backing of the Yu Family's finances.

However, Yu Wanfeng had no interest in the Book of Nations. He wanted to raise the price just to spite Lin Feng.

He had already received insider information from the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade that there would later be an item that he greatly desired, thus he had to reserve his finances.

He already achieved his goal of bleeding Lin Feng for such a great amount.

From his estimations, the value of this incomplete Book of Nations was only three purple Talisman-Dollars and he had raised it a hundred percent.

Lin Feng would have bled even more if he had not given up on the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower.

Yu Wanfeng was elated. "The Mount Shu Sword Sect and I have our sights set on you. Don't expect an easy day ahead!"

The final price of the Book of Nations was six purple talismans-dollars, which was also equivalent to six hundred red Talisman-Dollars.

Yang Tonghui of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect voice-projected to Lin Feng, "If Master Lin wants something else in the future, the Heavenly Master Sword Sect can loan out some Talisman-Dollars to you."

"There is no need." Lin Feng smiled. Beside him, Xiao Yan hesitated before asking, "Master, surely six purple Talisman-Dollars for that mantra is a bit…"

Lin Feng cut him off as he said, "There is no harm as I'm not using my own money."

The auction resumed as he spoke.

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Chapter 194: Friendly Fire

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Following the Book of Nations in the auction was a small black seal.

Song Fu held the black seal in his hands and said slowly, "The name of this magic treasure was the Seal of Closure. One could store mana prior to usage and could be fed into the user afterwards. The mana stored within the seal will not be lost in the process."

"One could withdraw mana from the seal in batches, or all at once." Song Fu paused, and added, "From my own tests, the volume of storage within the magic treasure is enough to replenish the mana of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage from zero to full."

There was a commotion amongst the audience in the holy abode.

Many thoughts mingled and intertwined, especially from the elders of the Nascent Soul Stage. It was evident that they had finally met something they liked.

The whole wide world abounded with herbs and elixirs with the ability to regenerate mana, and the only difference lay in the strength of its effect.

Under normal circumstances, the general consensus was that the best item to regenerate mana was the Cosmos Celestial Elixir. The effectiveness of the item could replenish the mana of a cultivator from the Nascent Soul Stage instantly, even if it were empty.

Under special circumstances, this meant one had an extra life if he were participating in a magic battle.

Its usefulness was not limited to battles. When the cultivator had reached a bottleneck, large amounts of mana were required to sustain the breakthrough to the next level. Thus, when the cultivator's mana was no longer enough, he could consume a Cosmos Celestial Elixir and instantly replenish his mana pool to break through the bottleneck in one execution.

When manufacturing and refining elixirs or magic items, one could consume similar elixirs to sustain his or her mana pool until the process was complete.

The Pavilion of Heavenly Trade once auctioned Cosmos Celestial Elixirs. One such elixir was ultimately auctioned off for four purple Talisman-Dollars; this was the significance of its value.

Even though it was a valuable item, the Cosmos Celestial Elixir was ultimately an exhaustible item. Its volume reduced with every instance of usage.

The Seal of Closure, however, could be reused to replenish mana repeatedly.

Song Fu looked around and gradually said, "The opening price of the Seal of Closure is four purple Talisman-Dollars. Every bid had to be at least eight amber Talisman-Dollars."

Just as he finished his sentence, bidding began to start all around the holy abode

This round of bidding escalated from the very beginning. In the blink of an eye, the price of the Seal of Closure skyrocketed to eight purple Talisman-Dollars.

The bidding slowed down as Aurous Core Stage cultivators pulled out. All that was left were the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

The purple talisman, also known as the original talisman, was not like other talismans. Even the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators could not simply just produce them.

Every piece of purple talisman was the product of the creator's mana and effort.

A certain number of purple talismans could even match that of the Seal of Closure in battle.

The speed of bidding significantly slowed down as the price reached around twenty purple Talisman-Dollars. Finally, the bidding stopped entirely as the price hit twenty-two purple Talisman-Dollars.

All of a sudden, Yu Wanfeng said, "Twenty-five purple Talisman-Dollars."

Once this was said, everyone in the holy abode began to get excited.

Twenty-five purple Talisman-Dollars could be considered the entirety of one's holdings from the perspective of independent cultivators - sometimes even to the grandmasters of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Only a person like Yu Wanfeng, who had the backing of the Yu Family of the Great Qin Dynasty, could make such a bid without hesitation.

Yu Wanfeng smiled as he beheld the Seal of Closure. This item was his main target in this auction. He would have given up every other item he bid for just to get this item.

The Xuanming Primordial Water was of the world's coldest quality. Only the talented demons of the Xuanming Tribe, which coexisted with the Primordial Water, could control the primordial water with ease.

The Yu Family ancestors could be said to be extremely brilliant and talented for creating the authentic Xuanming Mantra. This allowed human cultivators to be able to control this primordial water. However, the strength of the physical bodies of human cultivators paled in comparisons to the beasts of Xuanming, and this created a dilemma.

Cultivators who were training with the Xuanming Mantra could attain a certain level of Xuanming Primordial Water but the total volume had a limit. If one exceeded this limit, he or she was at risk of being frozen to death by the primordial water.

Since ancient times, the Yu Family had two solutions to this problem. One must put in effort to raise the level of one's mana to enjoy dominion over the Xuanming Primordial Water. The other was to train one's physical body to a point where one's physical body could resist the extreme cold brought about by the primordial water.

Yu WanFeng had no talent in training his physical body.

Therefore, he had to find other ways to increase his power and strengthen his control of the Xuanming Primordial Water.

The Seal of Closure thus became his target. Elder Yu was bound to obtain this item today.

"Thirty purple Talisman-Dollars."

Just as he was feeling the glory and about to show off, a sharp and child-like voice rang out from within the holy abode.

Yu Wanfeng nearly fell off his seat. He searched carefully for the origin of the voice and discovered it came from the seat that belonged to Lin Feng.

"Thirty-two purple Talisman-Dollars." Even though Yu Wanfeng was furious, he followed the bid without hesitation.

Xiao Budian glanced at Lin Feng on the seat.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Decide for yourself."

Xiao Budian laughed and nodded. He called out another bid immediately, "Thirty-five pieces!"

"His desire for the Seal of Closure could match mine." As he was thinking, another bid sounded out. "Thirty-six purple Talisman-Dollars."

Yu Wanfeng was stunned. He looked towards the origin of the voice and was instantly dumbfounded.

F*ck, it was the Mount Shu Sword Sect!

These sword cultivators seemed to have something against Lin Feng. If Lin Feng did not say anything, they were also silent, and when Lin Feng made a bid they immediately raised their own bid.

It seemed as if Bai Zhen and the others observed that Lin Feng definitely really wanted the Seal of Closure. They were not afraid of Lin Feng putting them in a spot; it was their turn to force Lin Feng into a corner.

"The problem is, I also want this Seal of Closure!"

Yu Wanfeng cried out on the inside. This time, it was infighting.

"Thirty-seven pieces… No, thirty-eight purple Talisman-Dollars!"

Yu Wanfeng immediately raised the bid.

Xiao Budian was even more outrageous and shouted, "Forty pieces!"

Yu Wanfeng was getting anxious and restless. Before Xiao

Budian's voice dropped, Bai Zhen followed up the bid, "Forty-one purple Talisman-Dollars."

Yu Wanfeng leant back on his seat. He was not so worried anymore as forty-one purple Talisman-Dollars was getting close to his limit.

He glared at Lin Feng and Mount Shu Sword Sect, and muttered with a tone of indignation, "Go and fight among yourselves. If you were to force me, I will rob it from you in the outskirts of Shazhou City."

Once the price was raised above forty-one purple Talisman-Dollars, Xiao Budian became more serious and solemn. He re-raised the bid after a long while, "Forty-two pieces." It was clear that his bidding momentum had slowed down.

The four Aurous Core Stage elders of the Mount Shu Sword Sect were also having a heated discussion on their side.

"Should we continue bidding?" Bai Zhen asked doubtfully.

The tall and lanky Elder that practiced the Shaoyang Sword said angrily, "Lin Feng looks like he's already reaching his limit. If we raise the bid any more we will be taking the Seal of Closure home."

The short and stocky Elder pouted and said, "That's not a big deal. When we engage in battles, we often find ourselves short in reserves despite the sharpness of our radiance. With such an item to replenish our mana would offset our weaknesses and immensely improve our combat effectiveness."

The tall and lanky Elder retorted, "Since you're aware that we are sword cultivators, individuals of our generation do not require any other item besides our swords. We've only achieved today's success by cultivating the art of swordplay to the ultimate level. If we begin to rely on other items and repeatedly look for a way out, our standards in the art of swordplay will only degenerate."

The oldest of the four, and also the most senior Elder suddenly spoke, "There is one last anchoring item that has yet to appear."

As he finished his sentence, the other three of them quietened down. Bai Zhen asked, "So, do we stop here?"

The old man answered, "We can raise the bid one last time. From where I'm sitting, Lin Feng really desires this Seal of Closure."

Bai Zhen nodded, and immediately raised the bid another time.

"Forty-three purple Talisman-Dollars!"

Xiao Budian was silent for a long time before replying, "Forty-four purple Talisman-Dollars."

"I bid forty-five pieces!"

Xiao Budian had barely finished his sentence when Yu Wanfeng, who had been quiet for a long time, voiced his bid all of a sudden.

The holy abode quietened down as everyone waited for Lin Feng's response. However, Xiao Budian finally stopped raising the bid. Yu Wanfeng heaved a sigh of relief even though forty-five purple Talisman-Dollars had exceeded his upper limit. If Lin Feng raised the bid again, he would have had to consider robbing the item afterwards.

The company from the Mount Shu Sword Sect were frustrated. ", this old hag got it in the end!"

The holy abode came alive as everyone began to discuss what just happened.

"The owner of the Celestial Door is but so. Why did he withdraw so easily?"

"Maybe there's a better item to end the auction later."

"That's quite possible. If that's the case, then there's definitely going to be more drama to watch."

"Everyone, the following item is the final item if the action." Song Fu beamed. The previous item, the Seal of Closure, fetched such an outrageous price. How could he not be happy?

"This is a special item. It is an avatar!"

Song Fu clapped his hands, and a flickering shadow radiating golden light drifted out from the sphere of light behind him. It was actually a platinum tiger lying down on the ground, except it was a lot smaller.

The tiger's eyes sparkled with chilling brilliance, as if it was a living thing. Its field of vision had no focal point however, and its pupils were much alike that of an infant. It was quite apparent that it did not have its own consciousness and was incapable of reason.

Yet, its body was emanating an aura of strength and power, displaying the power of the pinnacle of the Aurous Core Stage. The golden energy around it was so thick it almost seemed as if they solidified into sharp blades.

"This Golden Tiger Avatar has been cleared out completely. Anybody can use it as an avatar after cultivation and mediation."

Everyone, including the cultivators of the Nascent Soul Stage, was astonished.

To the cultivators below the level of the Nascent Soul, possessing the power of an avatar with the power of the Aurous Core stage could potentially exceed the individual's original self in terms of power and combat ability.

To the cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage, the Golden Tiger Avatar was clearly powerful and robust and was a good choice in the event that they need to perform reincarnation in another body.

Cultivators of the Aurous Core stage could live for thousands of years, and the life expectancy of Nascent Soul stage cultivators was even longer, but without reaching the level of the Immortal Soul their lifespans were ultimately limited. Towards the end of their mortal life, flesh began to decay and their bodies would be fraught with frailty and ravaged by old age. At this point, many cultivators of the Nascent Soul stage would choose an avatar for rebirth and continue their lives in another body.

This Golden Tiger Avatar was an optimal choice for many of them. If they could gather enough materials and put in effort to cultivate and make sacrifices they could potentially obtain an avatar with the power of the Nascent Soul stage. How could this not excite them?

Lin Feng smiled as he witnessed the uproar in the auction.

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Chapter 195: With the Flow of Feng Shui

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"Everyone in the audience knows all about the goods, so I won't waste any more words." Song Fu smiled cheekily at the audience and said softly, "This Golden Tiger Avatar's starting price is ten purple Talisman-Dollars!"

The holy abode quietened down in an instant. Ten purple Talisman-Dollars were a record starting bid at the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade auction.

However, the silence was short-lived as someone quickly placed a bid, "Eleven purple Talisman-Dollars. I'll have it."

"Only eleven purple Talisman-Dollars and you want to boast?" The onlookers mocked his bid.

"Go big or go home! I raise the bid to fifteen purple Talisman-Dollars."

"Seventeen pieces!" "Eighteen pieces!" "Twenty Pieces!"

The price for the item skyrocketed and exploded to thirty purple Talisman-Dollars in no time.

Yu Wanfeng coveted the Golden Tiger Avatar. His forte was pure cultivation rather than physical strength. If he possessed such a powerful physical avatar as his substitute, his combat effectiveness would be greatly heightened.

In that instant, he began to regret giving everything up to take home the Seal of Closure.

Bai Zhen and company of the Mount Shu Sword Sect looked at each other. As they were not the final winners of the previous item bids, they still retained a large portion of their finances.

The last item up for bidding indeed did not disappoint. Bai Zhen and the others all wanted the item for himself but seemed a little embarrassed about it.

Bai Zhen coughed and said, "Let us purchase it first. We can decide after bringing it back to the Sect."

The tall Elder hesitated. "If we look at the pattern of the bidding, it is highly likely that the price will surpass our limits…"

"Do not deliberate. Buy it." Out of the blue, a voice sounded out from beside them.

A rustic-looking youth abruptly appeared behind them. He was clad in a hemp robe and had a longsword around his waist, but it was not a sword originating from Mount Shu Sword Sect.

He did not exhibit any form of energy or aura, which made people think he was just a normal person without any experience in cultivation or training.

However, upon laying eyes on him all four of them respectfully greeted him. "Mr Kong."

With this youth in a hemp robe in front of them, besides showing respect Bai Zhen and company were even faintly afraid.

This was because the simple-looking youth was Kong Chang, the First Disciple of the Leader of the Lixiong Sword, one of Mount Shu's six big branches.

Of the Mount Shu Six Passages of Sword, the Lixiong Swords were the most vicious, sinister and hostile. Every single one of their disciples was murderous and killed people like chopping butter. Kong Chang lived the stereotype and was the best of them, and was nicknamed the Man-slayer.

Kong Chang looked young, but he had been famous for almost a thousand years and was already a big sword cultivator of the Nascent Soul Stage. His accumulated notoriety and influence intimidated and scared even Bai Zhen and the other three of them.

Kong Chang calmly observed the Golden Tiger Avatar lying beside Song Fu. "This avatar's essence is ample with energy. It's highly suitable for us sword cultivators to train a substitution avatar. I need to have it."

Bai Zhen emphatically nodded and immediately turned around to raise the bid. "Forty purple Talisman-Dollars!"

Once again, the holy abode quietened down as the bid was declared.

Nobody expected the Mount Shu Sword Sect to raise the bid to such an astonishing number.

Raising the bid from thirty purple Talisman-Dollars to forty purple Talisman-Dollars displayed an air of dominance and coveting.

The participants of the auction were naturally rich individuals, but there were not many that could throw forty purple Talisman-Dollars just like that.

After all, nobody would consciously go bankrupt just to purchase an item.

Somebody tried to challenge the bid by raising it to forty-two purple Talisman-Dollars but could not surpass the air of dominance from Mount Shu Sword Sect.

Kong Chang waved his hand as if he was swatting flies. Bai Zhen immediately raised the bid to fifty purple Talisman-Dollars.

Once this bid was declared the entire place went completely silent. The Aurous Core stage cultivators have already entered the mindset of just watching the show as they could not afford to participate at such a high level.

A great many of the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators have also retracted their interest. A small number of them could afford the price of fifty purple Talisman-Dollars but chose to give it up as they witnessed the relentless willingness of Mount Shu Sword Sect to spend money.

Bai Zhen and company looked at each other and smiles broke out across their faces.

Kong Chang tapped the hilt of his sword lightly and said, "Go and collect the item."

He barely finished his sentence when a voice suddenly rang out from within the void. "Sixty pieces."

"Boom!" That triggered an uproar within the holy abode as everyone stared at the radiant rock. Everyone knew it was Lin Feng's seat as could be inferred from previous biddings.

Lin Feng's voice echoed throughout the holy abode. "I bid sixty purple Talisman-Dollars."

Kong Chang's expression instantly turned cold. He peered at Lin Feng's seat and asked, "That is the seat of the Celestial Sect of Wonders that you talked about?"

Bai Zhen and company nodded their heads as Kong Chang gripped the hilt of his sword.

"Do you really wish to fight here, Master Kong?" A voice appeared inside Kong Chang's head. He grunted while his hand finally left his sword hilt and coldly retorted, "I raise the bid to sixty-five purple Talisman-Dollars!"

Everyone got excited as they saw Mount Shu Sword Sect reply with a bid. It was clear the real battle was about to begin.

"Will the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders finally take action?"

"Will they battle Mount Shu Sword Sect to the end? I can't even tell who the likely victor will be."

"There will be a good show to watch now."

Discussions abounded within the holy abode. On Lin Feng's side, whether it was beside his own body or beside his Avatar of Ares, Xiao Yan and his two other disciples along with Yue Hongyan wore weird looks on their faces, as if they wanted to laugh but did not dare to.

Xiao Yan glanced towards the seat of the Mount Shu Sword Sect and muttered under his breath, "Retard, you're done. That Golden Tiger Avatar was consigned by my master to the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade to be auctioned!"

The Golden Tiger Avatar was created by Lin Feng after he defeated and killed the Gengjin Tiger King. He used half of the physical remains and infused it with a third of the essence of the demon's soul to create the current avatar.

"Seventy purple Talisman-Dollars." Lin Feng grinned as he raised the bid once more. He was already in a state of comfort.

"Did you guys not happily raise my bid in the previous round? I will have you know, this is called the turn of the Feng Shui."

Tycoon Miao whispered from the side, "Even if you have no use for such an excellent avatar, you can leave it for your disciples. Why sell it?"

He paused for a moment and continued, "Furthermore, it's quite likely that Mount Shu Sword Sect will acquire your avatar. Will you not be aiding your enemy then?"

Lin Feng laughed. "It's just an avatar. It's not a big deal. If it ends up in the hands of irrelevant individuals then there is nothing more to be said, but if someone wants to use this avatar to cause me trouble then that person will be in for some bad luck."

Lin Feng was acutely aware that the Golden Tiger Avatar had a huge defect, although the defect did not typically display itself. However, Lin Feng had the solution to remedy the defect.

"Surely this is considered selling a fake product? Tsk Tsk. The person who buys the fake is rather pathetic, and the person who goes bankrupt for a fake even more. Take heed, take heed."

At this instance, Mount Shu Sword Sect raised the bid to seventy-two purple Talisman-Dollars and Lin Feng countered with a bid of seventy-five purple Talisman-Dollars without a hint of hesitation.

The seat that belonged to the Mount Shu Sword Sect fell silent for a moment. A cold voice suddenly rang out, "Song Fu, I request that his auctioning credentials be checked. I suspect he is playing a prank with his bidding as he definitely does not have so much money!"

The audience in the holy abode teemed with opinions again. "Is Mount Shu Sword Sect trying to use their influence to push others over because they cannot out-bid them?"

"I don't think so. I have never heard of the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, nobody knows where he's from. Who knows whether or not he has the financial backing?"

"We'll see how the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade handles the situation."

Kong Chang's attitude was rude and indignant. Song Fu frowned as he contemplated his options. It seemed as if he received orders from someone as he slowly responded, "Lord Lin has enough funding to participate in this round of bidding. The Pavilion of Heavenly Trade vouches for this fact."

Kong Chang was stunned. He glared at Lin Feng for a long time and finally declared, "Eighty!"

"Eighty-five." Lin Feng smiled faintly as he coolly responded to Kong Chang's bid.

Kong Chang was infuriated. He gripped the hilt of his sword as he contemplated, several times, drawing his sword and murdering Lin Feng on the spot.

However, he could feel a majestic will watching him from the shadows, forcing him to give up his intentions to fight here.

"Master Kong, listen to my advice. This avatar is not necessary, just give it up." The voice appeared once again beside his ear.

"No, I am bound to get it." Kong Chang took a deep breath as he returned to his original state of tranquillity and calmness.

The voice faintly sighed but said no more.

Kong Chang wore an expressionless face as he raised the bid once more, word by word. "One! Hundred! Purple! Talisman-Dollars!"

Everybody in the holy abode fell silent.

Lin Feng smiled as he estimated Kong Chang's mental limits. He decided to stop raising the bid as he did not want to buy back his own item.

Upon witnessing Lin Feng's inaction, the people of Mount Shu Sword Sect below Kong Chang heaved a sigh of relief.

With the financial background of the Mount Shu Sword Sect family, one hundred purple Talisman-Dollars were not a big deal. However, if the hundred purple Talisman-Dollars were used to purchase but one item, even they would feel bad about it as if their hearts were bleeding.

Even now, it seemed as if their hearts were no longer just dripping with blood but pouring like a fountain!

Kong Chang turned to look at the Golden Tiger Avatar. His bad mood lifted instantly as his eyes glinted with a warm radiance. "If I train and put in an effort to meditate, I can definitely raise the level of this avatar to the Nascent Soul stage."

Just as he was thinking, the discussions within the holy abode got louder.

"Is it just me or does this Golden Tiger Avatar look just like it is from the Gengjin Tiger Tribe?"

"I heard the tiger demons of the Gengjin Tiger Tribe took a huge blow atop the Changchun Peak of the Hengduan Mountains. Even the Gengjin Tiger King perished in battle."

"Changchun Peak? People of the Baicao Sect certainly do not have that kind of ability. Was it the work of the Great Barren Sword Sect?" "No. I heard it was a person called Lin Feng who executed the Gengjin Tiger King. Is the name of the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, not Lin Feng?"

"Are you saying that this Golden Tiger Avatar was taken out by the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to auction?"

"Then Mount Shu Sword Sect…"

Kong Chang listened up to this point. His face turned from red to green as he could feel himself puking blood and he could not do anything to stop it.

"Lin Feng!!!"

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Chapter 196: Counting Money is Hard Work

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As Lin Feng sat on the seat, hearing the discussion going on in the Void Cave, he looked happily at the system as he noticed that his prestige in the northern foot of Kunlun Mountains had gone up to 85 from 75.

According to the system's description, when one's prestige hit 80 he would be able to recruit exceptional individuals in the region with potential values above 24.

The main quest of the system was for Lin Feng to recruit a total of 30 disciples with potential values of 25 and above. Now that he had met the prestige requirement, there would be many people who were willing to become his disciples should he announce that he's accepting new recruits.

However, as to when should he disseminate the news and how should he disseminate the news and the procedures involved in doing so, he was not fully sure about that and would need time to mull it over.

"Recruiting disciples in Shazhou and then bringing them back to the mountain would be the easiest way, but Mount Kunlun is indeed treacherous and a bunch of kids who had yet to begin cultivating the Tao would find it hard to approach the Lingyun Peak."

"However, if I were to recruit directly from Shazhou, it would be more convenient for me. But it would be convenient for my opponents to disturb me too," Lin Feng thought. "Eh! I have a plan. However, for it to be successful, there are some conditions..."

The Golden Tiger Avatar was the last time on the auction table. Once the Gold Tiger Avatar was sold then the auction would be declared over. However, that did not mean that the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai was over.

Those who were willing to negotiate and trade could still remain in the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade. They could stay for three more days.

However, Lin Feng had already achieved his objective for coming here. Under the guidance of the manager, he met Song Fu.

Lin Feng asked, "Could Mr Song help me change 10 purple Talisman-Dollars into 1000 red Talisman-Dollars?"

Song Fu nodded his head, "No problem, this is the specialty of my shop. I have many different currencies here with me."

He clapped his hands, and someone came up to him with the record book.

"Master Lin's objects were sold for a total value of 150 purple Talisman-Dollars. Then, you used 6 purple Talisman-Dollars to purchase the scraps of the Book of Nations. Hence, you have 144 purple Talisman-Dollars."

"According to the rules of my place, I have to take 10% from you as commission. Hence, your finally tally is 130 purple Talisman-Dollars. According to your request, I would change 120 purple Talisman-Dollars for you into 1000 red Talisman-Dollars."

Miao Shihao was shocked as he covered his mouth and exclaimed, "Why is there so many?"

He flashed his gaze then before steeling himself, saying, "Wait, 150 purple Talisman-Dollars, are you saying that you are one who sold the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower and the Seal of Closure?"

Lin Feng smiled and nodded his head.

The Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower and the Seal of Closure were items that Xiao Yan and Xiao Budian obtained from their shopping in Shazhou. Then, Lin Feng remarked how convenient it was for someone to possess a Fortune value of 8.

Once he obtained these items and heard about the auction, a plan began to form in Lin Feng's mind.

The Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower, the Seal of Closure and the Golden Tiger Avatar were all items Lin Feng requested that the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade helped him auction off.

His participation in this auction cost him nothing while allowing him to obtain, for free, a Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra and the scraps of the Book of Nations. Furthermore, he made a profit of 130 purple Talisman-Dollars.

While the Red-Jewelled Thunderflash Tower did possess the Red-Jewelled Thunder Flame, it could not compare to Xiao Yan's Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire or Lin Feng's Grand Sun Primordial Flame and hence was useless to him.

As for the Seal of Closure, with the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds, Lin Feng and his disciples never had to worry about mana ever again in future battles.

Using two items that were of little use to them to exchange for a large sum of money was indeed worth it.

As for the Golden Tiger Avatar, selling it was like hitting two birds with one stone. Not only could he make money from its sale while raising his prestige, he could also conceal a trap within it. As a result, his profits here were vast.

Lin Feng managed to buy what he wanted at the auction and his enemies had inadvertently helped to subsidize his purchases.

This time, Lin Feng would be counting money till his hands hurt.

Miao Shihao's mouth uttered some nonsensical words as he stared at Lin Feng unbelievably, "You...you are truly..."

Lin Feng shuddered in cold sweat as he thought, "I am scared of nothing but the amorous gaze you are shooting me right now."

Song Fu looked at Lin Feng while sighing, "Master Lin is truly capable."

Initially, when Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares followed Miao Shihao into the holy abode Song Fu did not investigate who was behind the Avatar of Ares out of respect for Miao Shihao. However, when he saw Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi following behind the Avatar of Ares he knew that it had something to do with Lin Feng.

The Pavilion of Heavenly Tree was the de facto leader of Shazhou and its intelligence gathering network was superior to other locals. Three days ago, when Lin Feng got into a conflict with Yu Wanfeng and Bai Zhen, Zhu Yi and Xiao Yan were not present on the scene. However, their rendezvous with Lin Feng after the conflict was noticed by the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade.

However, Song Fu did not expose him then as he, like Bai Zhen, thought that Lin Feng disguised himself as such as he was afraid of being recognized at the auction and then getting conned by his enemies.

In reality, that was indeed Lin Feng's intention to numb their senses from the moment he stepped in.

Lin Feng smiled, "I don't do this often. In my life, I need to do something to keep myself amused, no?"

He thought about for a while, before adding, "Mr Song, perhaps I would have another chance to cooperate with you in the future. Then, I would have to trouble you again."

Song Fu smiled, "I can only look forward to that day."

Lin Feng collected his profits, and thought, "What a lad! With so much talisman I could truly traverse through the world worry-free. If I see anyone I don't like, I could just chuck a thousand of these at them to squish them."

Thinking about it, his heart grew cold. With the wealth of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade, if they were to meet with any adversary they could truly use their vast wealth to expel the undesirables. Even the Original Cow Deity would be knocked silly with that money.

In the world of cultivation where talismans were used as money, money could truly be used to kill.

No wonder the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade could be the hegemon in the western region of the Great Qin Empire.

Lin Feng then bade goodbye to Yang Tonghui of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect before leaving Shazhou and returning to the Kunlun Mountains.

However, it appeared that someone had managed to join his entourage.

Lin Feng stared speechlessly at Miao Shihao and asked, "Taoist Miao, I wish to bring my disciples back home. What do you want?"

Miao Shihao replied almost instinctively, "To go with you of course."

Lin Feng's head spun in confusion as he said, "Taoist Miao if you heard correctly my intention was to bring my disciple's back to my sect's abode."

"If you want to be a guest, then I would naturally welcome you. However, as I am quite busy these few days, I could only entertain you after I had completed my work, which would take at least a few days."

Miao Shihao tried to suppress a laugh as he said, "Of course I understand your words. It was you who misunderstand me. What I mean is that I want to return to the mountains with you."

Lin Feng was stunned as he stared at the androgynous-looking and flamboyant Miao Shihao before him. A sense of foreboding rose in his heart as he said, "Do you mean..."

"Finally you understand me! It appears that you are not that stupid after all," Miao Shihao said while smiling vibrantly. "I want to join your Celestial Sect of Wonders. Do you perhaps need a sect guardian or something like that?"

Lin Feng stared with his mouth wide open in shock, as the system sounded beside his ears.

"Congratulations on initiating the sect guardian task."

"Would you accept Miao Shihao as a sect guardian?"

Lin Feng choked on his saliva as he asked with difficulty, "Why do you have this idea all of a sudden?"

Miao Shihao smiled, "Because following you would be interesting. Also, you don't seem to get along well with those thugs from the Great Void Sect, do you?"

"During the auction, I already find you rather appealing, but I had no intention of joining you then. However, after the auction, you surprised me even more. I thought that if I were to follow you it would indeed be interesting, no?"

Lin Feng laughed drily, steadied himself, and made quick mental calculations.

Accepting Miao Shihao as his sect guardian had many pros.

First of all, while he may not appear very reliable, he was rather powerful.

During the battle against Yu Wanfeng, while Yu Wanfeng had to almost rely on his Xuanming Primordial Water for assistance and used up to 90% of his power, Miao Shihao did not exhibit more than just a tiny bit of his power.

His Ray Reflecting Mirror and Superior Cacti Flower were the peaks of mythical spells, but they were not his true powers.

According to his theories, Miao Shihao's powers may be a combination of four items: the Mirror, Flower, Water and Moon. Together, they were a full spell set.

His search for the One Heavenly Primordial Water and the Grand Moon Primordial Water was an attempt to increase the power of the 'Water' dimension of his spell sets.

While Xiao Yan and the rest were highly extraordinary and prodigious, it would still take some time before their talent could be fully realized.

Soon, they would approach a phase of rapid growth. But it was still some time before they could become independent.

Having Miao Shihao and Kang Nanhua around would make many things easier. Sending his disciples out for practice would be easier and safer with the two of them watching over them.

Of course, there were downsides to it too. For example, Lin Feng could be sure that with Miao Shihao's personality it would be too much to expect him to serve the sect as wholeheartedly as Kang Nanhua.

This Miao Shihao, if he were to take a liking to you then he would be willing to aid you even if it meant death in a heartbeat.

However, if he were to lose interest in you, then all the best to you.

However, Lin Feng did not care much for that. Interacting with different people would require different tactics.

Actually, it may be good to have someone with Miao Shihao's feminine personality.

Lin Feng could not help but to part his lips as he looked at Miao Shihao. Using his mana, he announced in a powerful voice, "There are three rules."

"First, do not behave in a feminine way in our sect."

"Impossible!"

"Second, even if we were to go out, please don't behave like that."

"You can't control me!"

"Third, if for whatever reason you become unhappy and wish to leave, pre-empt me first."

Upon hearing the third rule, Miao Shihao appeared stunned. He looked at Lin Feng carefully and realized that Lin Feng was looking at him calmly back.

After a long while, Miao Shihao smiled, not in a seductress way nor in a perverted way, but like a gust of spring wind.

"I agree."

Lin Feng smiled too, "Nice."

However, in the moments that followed, Miao Shihao returned to his original demeanor. He covered his lips and smiled slyly, "However, the first two rules are difficult. Can you please set other rules?"

Lin Feng's smile froze on his face. He exhaled, looked at the sky, shook his head and waved his hand. His intention was clear. He wanted Miao Shihao to either shut up and accept it, or walk off.

"The independent cultivator Miao Shihao has officially become a sect guardian. You have completed the sect guardian quest and earned a chance at the lottery system"

Lin Feng sighed, "How come I feel that I have made a terrible mistake?"

As his entourage disappeared into the sky above Shazhou, a dimensional tear appeared in the void as a flash of sword radiance emerged. The Nascent Soul stage sword cultivator, Kong Chang, could be seen.

"I'm too slow," Kong Chang's two eyes were blood-red. He stared at the direction of the Kunlun Mountains. "We aren't finished!"

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Chapter 197: A Welcome Back Party

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Lin Feng and company headed through the Kunlun Mountains and approached the vicinity around Lingyun Peak. Breaking through the void, they were received by the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree upon Mount Yujing.

Landing on Mount Yujing, Miao Shihao appeared to have been shocked. Staring at Mount Yujing and the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, he was dazed for a long while before he finally exclaimed, "Now here's a place fit for human inhabitation."

Lin Feng agreed that everytime someone was taken aback by Mount Yujing he felt a glow in his heart.

However, he still laughed drily at Miao Shihao's exclamation, as he thought, "Saying that would piss off god-knows how many people."

As the company walked towards the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, they saw a group of ten kids running towards them.

These kids were all wearing form-fitting purple robes and a little blush was present on their snow-white faces. Each and every one of them had adorable complexions.

A strong aura could be felt around them as their eyes sparkled like newborn infants. They were imbued with a childish innocence and the taint of the world was absent from their complexion. These were the kids that Lin Feng had brought back from the Hundred Herbs Sect.

Around 12 people ran out to welcome them as most of them ran in front of Lin Feng. They neatly formed two rows, with one row comprising six kids. Similar to little adults, they bowed in unison.

Their clear youthful voice sounded as one, "Welcome back to the mountain grandmaster."

Lin Feng was slightly taken aback, but due to the presence of Miao Shihao next to him, he could not express it. He nodded his head and smiled, "Eh, thanks for the welcome."

Despite not knowing what was going on, this ceremony did give him some face.

The 12 kids raised their heads, looked at Miao Shihao, and bowed again while saying, "Welcome honorable guest, if there's anything that did not please you about our welcome please forgive us."

Miao Shihao looked at the kids interestedly, then praising, "Not bad, really not bad."

He laughed a bit before continuing, "However, I am not a guest. I am a part of the Celestial Sect of Wonders too. Just call me Brother Shihao."

The kids were at a loss as they had never seen anything quite like that before.

One of them pulled his companion's sleeves, asking, "Brother Huanzi, what should we do? Mr Kang didn't teach this before."

Looking at the increasingly disorganized group of kids, Lin Feng coughed quietly before saying, "He is another sect guardian of our sect. He is the Master of Mirror and Flower, Miao Shihao. All of you could just address him as Mr Miao."

"Yes, grandmaster." The 12 kids reorganized themselves and soon took on an adult-like demeanor again. Respectfully, they bowed to Miao Shihao and said, "Good day to you, Mr Miao."

The sides of Miao Shihao's mouth twitched as he said, "Meh, this isn't as interesting as before."

The group of kids then welcomed Xiao Yan and the rest.

"Welcome back Big Master."

"Welcome Back Second Master."

"Welcome back Little Master."

As they had not formally recognized their masters, they could only be said to be kids within the sect without a fixed master. Hence, according to the sect's ranking, they had to address Xiao Yan as Big Master, Zhu Yi as Second Master and Xiao Budian as Third Master.

At that moment, Wang Lin was the Third Master.

While they greeted Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi normally, they noticed that Xiao Budian was only a little bit older than them. 12 tiny faces scrunched like a bun.

Xiao Budian, however, took on his new role gladly. With a loud "hm" as a reply, he made the kids even more confused.

Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi looked at each other in shock too.

Yue Hongyan looked at the kids curiously. This time, Little Huanzi took the lead as the group fell into a disarray. He giggled as he shouted, "Welcome back, Sister Hongyan."

Looking at this scene, Lin Feng turned to the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree and saw Kang Nanhua walking over.

"You taught them this?" Lin Feng smiled as he asked Kang Nanhua. Kang Nanhua nodded his head, and said, "I was bored and there was nothing to do, so I decided to teach them a bit of manner. Next time, when you open up your sect and have to deal with guests, these kids can help with the reception."

Looking at these kids, Lin Feng noticed that the oldest was no more than six or seven. He inadvertently sighed to himself, "Looking at their age, this should be the time when they are the most carefree and wildest. Instead, you disciplined them into this."

Kang Nanhua's tone became deeper as he said, "Due to their tribulations in the Hundred Herbs Sect after their minds cleared up they are a lot mature than kids of their age and are more aware of details. They were not hard to discipline."

Looking at the group of kids, Kang Nanhua's expression appeared different. "Furthermore, I quite like interacting with them..."

Lin Feng's heart was twitched slightly as the felt that there was something amiss about Kang Nanhua.

At that moment, Miao Shihao's attention became focused on Kang Nanhua. Sweeping him with his gaze, Miao Shihao asked, "For a cultivator in the Aurous Core stage, why is your mana so strong?"

Lin Feng coughed drily as he made introductions.

Miao Shihao analyzed Kang Nanhua with his gaze as he said with a tinge of envy, "What a lad, your mana level put me, a cultivator at the brink of the Nascent Soul stage, at shame. How did you do it?"

"Was it through the Great Thunderclap Temple's 'Herculean Diamond Sutra'? Nope, you do not seem to be a Buddhist. Was it through the Great Spirit Star Book of the Great Spirit Sect? Nope, you don't seem like one." Miao Shihao began to circle Kang Nanhua. "Wait, this aura. Could it be the Great Chaos Primordial Water? Did you manage to produce the Great Chaos Primordial Water."

Kang Nanhua smiled slightly, "Indeed, I have."

Miao Shihao giggled, "Aiyah, this style of yours. Truly you appear different from the rest, and I like that."

Kang Nanhua was made slightly speechless by Miao Shihao, but as a result of his personality he just laughed it off without saying anything.

"Go up to the mountain and find a nice cave to rest in," Lin Feng said while he slapped Miao Shihao on the shoulder. Miao Shihao was not angry. Rather, he smiled a bit and headed off to the peak by himself to find his own cave.

Kang Nanhua remarked as he looked at Miao Shihao's disappearing frame, "I feel that he is not as airy-fairy as his behavior suggests."

Lin Feng smiled drily, and said, "Even if that's so, he is already driving me slightly crazy."

"How's Wang Lin?" Lin Feng asked as he shook his head.

Kang Nanhua replied, "Three days ago, he felt that he had already made the necessary preparations and hence, he sealed himself in the cave. He planned on reaching the Foundation Establishment stage in one go."

Lin Feng calculated silently for a while. Three days outside is the equivalent of 300 days in the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, which is almost a year.

"I wish him all the best," Lin Feng waved his hand and Xiao Yan and the rest went on their way.

After bidding Kang Nanhua goodbye, Lin Feng went to a quiet secluded spot and entered the system interface.

As he had accepted Miao Shihao as a sect guardian, the system rewarded him again with another lottery. Lin Feng decided to make the best out of this chance.

Firstly, he entered the Spin-A-Wheel page. He looked at it carefully, and he realized that it did not have the much-needed Sect Establishment deed.

He furrowed his eyebrows as he exited the Spin-A-Wheel page and entered the Dice system. There was nothing there too.

While the two systems randomly gave out 15 items each, they would not update the items they issued out before they were used.

That was to say that as long as Lin Feng had to undergo one more lottery before the Spin-A-Wheel system and the Dice system would give him a new selection of items.

That was to say that since both systems did not possess the item Lin Feng wanted, he had to resort to two other ways to obtain the deed.

Firstly, he could choose to use the method that got him the Great Hall of the Main Pavilion. That would be through the Lucky Draw system.

In the Lucky Draw system, there were four types of sticks: red sticks, long white sticks, white sticks and short white sticks. Drawing the red stick would allow one to exchange for an item of choice with the item Lin Feng used as a collateral.

The white stick would waste the chance at the Lottery System and return the collateral, whereas the short white stick would confiscate the collateral without giving anything in return.

As for the long white stick, it is like a 'chance' card. While it would not return the collateral to Lin Feng, it would randomly pick an item to give him.

The first Sect Establishment deed Lin Feng obtained, the Great Hall of the Main Pavilion, was obtained after he had drawn the Long White Stick.

However, this Lucky Draw system was too risky. The item it may randomly issue out may not be what he needed.

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Feng decided to try the second method.

He decided to try for one of the mysterious boxes in the Spin-A-Wheel system to hopefully obtain a big 'three-in-one' prize.

After understanding the rules, Lin Feng understood that he had a 25% chance of getting a mysterious box. If he could obtain the special 'three-in-one' prize, and obtain three prizes in one go, then his chance of obtaining his deed would increase significantly.

Whereas for the Lucky Draw system the main goal was still to obtain the red stick.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, and after counting the sections he activated the Spin-A-Wheel system.

The wheel spun quickly and after three revolutions its speed began to slow significantly. It spun another half-revolution and appeared to be stopping.

"Three-in-one, special prize, three-in-one, special prize..."

The idealists would say that Lin Feng's prayers had touched the heavens while the realists would say that a 25% was rather reliable.

In the end, through his calculations, the wheel stopped at Lin Feng's desired section.

The special prize, the mysterious box, belonged to him now!

"Next, I still need some gambler's luck." Lin Feng's heart felt like 15 different buckets drawing water at once. It was truly nerve-rattling.

He opened the mysterious box, and three rays of light shone from it.

"Nice!" Lin Feng was elated as he felt that he could almost burst from joy.

The first ball of light flew before him, and after the light had gone a crimson roll of silk appeared before him.

"The Demon-Destroying Crimson Silk. While it's useless in battle it works wonders controlling someone's inner demons."

Lin Feng looked at the system's description, as he pondered, "Well, it's something useful no doubt. One's inner demons are a major obstacle in cultivating. Let's not talk about me, even my disciples will face problems against their inner demons. As their master, while I can't help in that regard this silk can."

The second ball of light flew before Lin Feng and revealed itself to be soft armor. It appeared to be made out of jade as it shone radiantly.

While it appeared weak like a flowerpot, the soft armor emanated a strong mana and it appeared to possess a strong, indomitable will of its own.

"The Ancient Jade Armor, an Aurous Core stage item with extremely powerful defensive capabilities. It works wonder against contact sparring moves."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "Not bad too, while I can't use it I can bestow it to my disciples."

While the two items from the mysterious box were not bad, Lin Feng became increasingly panicky.

He still did not manage to obtain his Sect Establishment deed.

Lin Feng thought about the path that he had taken. While he had obtained nonsensical items from the Lottery system before, most of the time he was successful.

"Could I have messed it up this time?

He stared tightly at the last ball of light.

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Chapter 198: The Right Spin

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After obtaining the mysterious box and obtaining the 'three-in-one' prize, Lin Feng had won two decent prizes from it. However, he still felt as if his heart was stuck in his throat.

His coveted Sect Establishment sect was still not to be found.

Lin Feng stared intently at the last ball of light, which finally faded away to reveal its true self.

"Huh?"

Lin Feng rubbed his eyes as he could not believe what he had just seen. "What day is it today?"

"I don't recall helping any old grandmothers across the road recently," Lin Feng said, slightly panicky. Everyone said that one's personality was eternal. However, with his immensely good luck, today could it mean that he was headed for a reversal of luck soon?

Images of the Spin-A-Wheel with none of his coveted items flashed in his mind together with that of a dice system that set him up for loss. He also saw himself drawing the short white stick, forfeiting his collateral...

It's not that Lin Feng was a pessimist, but rather the scene before him was too unbelievable.

After the third ball of light faded, what was before him was another mysterious box!

Lin Feng stared at it with his mouth open, "Is that what it meant by 'another go'"?

He thought about it carefully for a while before discovering another odd fact. If a mysterious box had only one item in it, it would be coated completely in black with a question mark on top of it. There would be no other distinguishing features.

However, for three-in-one boxes, other than a black body there would be silver stripes on it too!

And in that moment, what appeared before Lin Feng was a black box adorned with silver stripes. It was exactly the same as the box that had just come out of the Spin-A-Wheel.

"Why is my luck so good today? Does that mean lightning will strike me tomorrow?" Lin Feng's heart panicked as he thought about it. "It couldn't be that I used my fortune later as collateral for this right?"

He was unsure if he could return this box.

If he did return it, what would be the point of doing so?

"Hm! What a joke," Lin Feng's temper rose as he pressed on the mysterious box. "Every person will be confronted with death some day, I might as well as live in the moment. Open!"

The box opened, and three balls of light flew out of it.

It was another three-in-one!

Two balls of light faded and with that, two deeds dropped into Lin Feng's hand.

Lin Feng looked at them carefully. One of the deeds was for the construction of a medicine room, and another was a deed for the construction of a library, one that he had barely missed earlier on.

"Well, what now? Would I get another box," Lin Feng was now totally relaxed as he stared intently at the last ball of light.

However, the system did not let him have his way. After the light from the third ball of light faded away, what landed before him was a small statue about the size of a palm.

The statue was weird. Its entire body was black but shining with an odd light.

The statue was a mythical beast. It had the head of a bird and the body of a beast. It possessed wings like a bat and paws like tigers and lions. Its two eyes glared with menace.

Lin Feng could almost hear the statue roar as if it had a life of its own.

"The Black Jade Statue of the Black Crow, its seal possessed a sliver of the soul of Tianluo, one of the ferocious birds. It possessed a huge amount of dark powers."

Tianluo, otherwise known as the Black Crow, was one of the most power Immemorial Demons. Born from a limitless cesspool of darkness, it was a demon with an unlimited amount of dark power.

Lin Feng fidgeted with the statue in his hand, as he thought, "Dark powers? Let's keep this first, eh."

While he was happy with the few items he obtained, he still lacked the two deeds he needed to establish his own sect.

"Collateral, collateral. Who could be certain about one's character?" Lin Feng exited the system and went to the herb plot in the valley. He summoned Xiao Yan, and asked smilingly, "The question I left you the last time, have you thought of an answer already?"

Before leaving for Shazhou and right after he set up this herb plot, Lin Feng felt that his plot of herbs lacked something. Now that had an answer, it was time for him to collect his 'homework' from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan smiled, "I thought of it, master."

He looked at the many curious types of herbs in the valley and said, "In the plot here, we have everything but water."

Lin Feng nodded his head satisfactorily as Xiao Yan's words encapsulated his sentiments perfectly.

While he did have the soil of the Blessed Spiritual Land, these magical herbs and plants could not survive solely on the earth. It would hardly be an ideal situation.

If he could water his herbs with water imbued with a large amount of spiritual energy, then the growth of his herbs would reach a new level.

Lin Feng pointed with his finger and some of the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds morphed into running water. They flowed through the plot, irrigating the plants.

"The water formed from the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds are filled with spiritual power, but I still think that something is lacking," thought Lin Feng. "Nevermind, this will do for now. We'll do it step by step and see if we could find better water sources."

He called Xiao Yan to feed Lucky with his Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire. After Lucky ate the primordial fire, he jumped into the valley and dissolved into a plot of blessed soil.

While the herb plot had already taken shape, it would still require Lucky's blessed soil to accelerate their growth.

The stumps of grass that had been the Xihe Grass before they lost their life force immediately regained their vitality after landing into the Blessed Spiritual Soil. From the previously dry stumps grew many seedlings, which soon turned into clumps of young grass.

The young grass grew swiftly and in the blink of an eye became almost an inch high. The green grass then turned to a golden yellow and began to shine with a blazing intensity, as if they were little suns

Lin Feng and Xiao Yan stood on the valley and stared. What appeared before them was a sea of gold.

"Now that's more like it," Lin Feng nodded his head as he began to harvest a large amount of golden Xihe Grass.

Holding a bunch of Xihe Grass in his hands, he felt the heat from their mana as he thought, "Next, I'll see if I could cultivate the Grand Sun Primordial Flame from the Xihe Grass.

In Shazhou, while the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai was over, the city was still as busy and bustling as ever thanks to its position as the westernmost trading city of the Great Qin Empire.

Suddenly, two powerful auras sped through the sky and caused the markets of Shazhou to become momentarily quiet. Quickly, however, everyone's attention went back to trading.

In the clouds above the city's moat stood a group of people. An air of wildness and malice surrounded them as if they were swords that had just been unsheathed from the scabbards.

One of them wore a robe made out of hemp. His demeanor was cold. It was the Nascent Soul stage Elder Sword Cultivator of Mount Shu, Kong Chang.

Bai Zhen and the rest stood behind him.

Kong Chang squinted at the void and said slowly, "Why are the Sword of Radiance Sect and Intense Flaming Sword Sect here?"

A tear began to appear in the sky and a great bunch of azure clouds began pouring out from it. On top of the clouds stood an elegant old man. Seeing Kong Chang, he smiled and said, "How's Master Lixiong?"

As Kong Chang was the Big Disciple of the Lixiong branch of Mount Shu, his title was naturally Master Lixiong. His successor would, of course, adopt this title too.

Looking at the old man, Kong Chang arched his eyebrow as his expression softened, "Oh, so it's you, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster. Does your Sword of Radiance Sect afford so much importance to this matter too?"

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster smiled and said, "Master Lixiong, you are being too serious."

Kong Chang turned his gaze to the other side, as his face hardened and he said, "Flying Fire, is that you?"

In the other tear, an inferno blazed from within. In the inferno, one could see a human silhouette. It belonged to a middle-aged person clad in red.

Only Nascent Soul stage cultivators possessed a power terrible enough to tear open space itself. Indeed, that was one of the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters of the Intense Flaming Sword Sect, the Flying Fire Grandmaster.

His appearance was coarse but majestic, like a male tiger.

However, those who were familiar with the Flying Fire Grandmaster would know that amongst the many bad-tempered members of the Intense Flaming Sword Sect, he was an exception. His razor-sharp tiger teeth were coated with venom.

Underneath his coarse appearance was a calculative and sly mind.

Bai Zhen and the rest faced the Flying Fire Grandmaster, but they did not dare to take advantage of their numerical supremacy. Rather, they appeared all the more careful.

After the Flying Fire Grandmaster showed himself, he looked at the Sword of Radiance Sect's Azure Clouds Grandmaster and laughed, "Azure Clouds, did you come for one of your grand-disciples?"

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster said, "This is but a small matter. What I am concerned about is the sudden appearance of a new master. I wonder where he came from."

As he said that, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster thought, "That stupid girl had already made a bet. If she were to lose then she'll be their slave. My Sword of Radiance Sect could not lose this person."

A pact of three years was coming to its deadline soon. While his opponent had grown exponentially, he decided to make a trip himself to better understand what he was up against.

The Flying Fire Grandmaster shook his head," Regardless, for someone to be able to summon you, he must be really good." He was clear that while the Azure Clouds Grandmaster seemed serene, one should not underestimate his powers.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster smiled slightly and said, "What brought you out? Could it be the incident in Wuzhou City that year?

The Flying Fire Grandmaster did not mind this slight taunt, as he grunted, "Li was so unfortunate back then. For our Intense Flaming Sword Sect, we'll get our due when one of our disciples get bullied."

"For the past two years, I searched persistently for my opponent. Who knew that the Taoist Lin would be so good at covering his tracks? No one could find him. This was his first concrete sighting and hence, I rushed here as fast as I could to see what he's made up of."

Upon hearing these words, Kong Chang turned up his nose slightly as the Azure Clouds Grandmaster smiled as if he did not care.

Only a fool would take the words of the Flying Fire Grandmaster to heart.

Kong Chang lightly tapped his scabbard, as he said, "Let's not talk too much. I shall seek the location of Lin Feng from the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade. I will avenge my Mount Shu Sword Sect."

In another corner of the space, an old ragged voice sounded, "Master Kong, please don't blame me for being naggy but I advised you to make peace with him."

"Why would blame you? However, while the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade speaks of peace and wealth, I could not do that as a member of Mount Shu," said Kong Chang quietly. "During the auction, you advised me against buying the Golden Tiger Avatar, but I did not listen. In the end, I fell for Lin Feng's trap."

At that moment, Kong Chang was calm and rational. He appeared to have moved on from his tribulation at the auction.

"Lin Feng is not some ordinary person. He could be an independent cultivator who wanted to set up his own sect and hence, his ambitions are not small," said Kong Chang quietly, "Currently, the situation of cultivators in the Divine Lands is very delicate. A sudden entry by an outsider would change and complicate the game, and perhaps not for the better."

At the auction, Kong Chang did away with his haughty attitude and paid attention to every possible news about Lin Feng. The more he heard, the more seriously he treated Lin Feng.

"My trip here is simply a reconnaissance. I wish to know more about Lin Feng. If necessary, seniors from Mount Shu would come down personally and settle it with the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

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Chapter 199: Conspiracies Abound!

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In the Grand Celestial World, the major powers had tried to eradicate the influence of Buddhism in it for 20 years. After destroying the Great Thunderclap Temple, the realm of human cultivators underwent major changes. The balance of power between the three major forces no longer existed.

As of now, the Great Zhou Empire, which had initiated the destruction of Buddhism, slowly took over the role played by the former Great Thunderclap Temple. The Great Zhou Empire was founded by the strongmen Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu. Its power grew by the day.

The Great Qin Empire had never been weaker than the Great Zhou Empire until recently. Due to the internal squabbles between the four major families and the imperial family in the Great Qin Empire, in addition to the proliferation of sects on its territory, the Great Qin Empire gradually lost its position of power to the Great Zhou Empire.

This was not something that the Mount Shu Sword Sect wished to see. While the Mount Shu Sword Sect joined the Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance to destroy Buddhism earlier on, it did not wish to see the Great Thunderclap Temple replaced by an equally powerful successor.

In the past 20 years, the major powers increased their competition and struggle, weakening the fragile peace that held together the human realm.

With an already messy situation, the Mount Shu Sword Sect did not want any more factor to further complicate it, especially without knowing how to deal with Lin Feng and company.

Kong Chang said calmly, "Let's not discuss too much with the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade. All I wanted to know is the general direction where Lin Feng was headed."

"The Pavilion of Heavenly Trade has sold information for money before. Quote me a price, and I will definitely pay it without bargaining."

Two people stood within the concealed spot in space, one of them was one of the three major executives of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade, Song Fu. At that moment, he arched his eyebrow slightly and asked, "Your opinion, Elder Tan?"

Next to Song Fu stood an old man who was staring intently into space.

He was another executive of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade. As the most senior, he ranked above Song Fu.

"Business will always be business. Private dealings are too done in the name of business," the Elder Tan sighed as he projected his voice across space to Kong Chang, "This master of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is mysterious. Even my Pavilion of Heavenly Trade could not provide much information about him."

"He appeared suddenly in Shazhou before mysteriously disappearing. I don't know where was he headed to, but I can tell Master Kong something of value. When he was dealing business in Shazou, he once showed a magical rock that hailed from the Kunlun Mountains."

Kong Chang nodded, "That's enough."

He gnashed his teeth, "One of my Aurous Core stage disciple, Liu Yang, got into a bit of a scuffle with him. Then, he disappeared in the Kunlun Mountains. It appears that he has something to do with that."

The Flying Fire Grandmaster frowned and said, "The Kunlun Mountains stretched for thousands of miles. Without a specific target, how would you find him?"

Kong Chang was silent for a bit, before saying, "Let's find the leader there first."

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster said quietly, "Do you mean the Aeolus Sect?" Saying that he waved his robes and endless amount of azure clouds spilt out from within. He was gone in an instant.

The Flying Fire Grandmaster gave a resounding laugh, and in a blaze of fire, disappeared too.

Kong Chang turned his head to the direction of the Kunlun Mountains and said, "Let's hope this trip is worth something."

In the southern side of the Kunlun Mountains, a tall mountain spiralled straight into the clouds. The sea of clouds reached no higher than its halfway mark.

The peak of this mountain was situated in the midst of heaven-encompassing squalls. On its peak stood a giant palace, and as squalls circled it endlessly it was difficult to see.

Going through the belt of squalls, one would see a majestic palace appear.

In its main pavilion, three guests took their seats. One of them smiled and said, "The Holy Wind Mountain of the Aeolus Sect is indeed impressive."

The person wore a full set of white robes, and on the robes were cursive Chinese calligraphy written all over it. However, instead of projecting an untidy feeling, it emanated a mythical feel.

His appearance was refined and elegant while appearing uninhibited. People could not really tell the difference.

In the master's dais sat a youth in azure robes. Upon hearing that, he smiled and said, "You are too kind, Mr Zhang."

The youth appeared to no more than 13 to 14 in age. He was young and his hair hung freely. His expression was like jade and he looked quietly elegant. He had a bookish feel about him and was more like a scholar than Mr Zhang.

However, the youth in azure robes was actually a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. His title was originally the Cyclone Grandmaster, but as his physical body reached its limit he transferred his soul into another body to remain immortal.

During his soul transfer, as he was protected by a strange treasure his level of mastery was not affected. Also, he managed to preserve all his memories from the previous life.

"The Holy Wind Mountain is indeed a blessed spot. You are too humble, Master Cyclone," said the guest sitting opposite Mr Zhang. He was Yu Wanfeng, a grandmaster in his Nascent Soul stage from the Yu Family whom Lin Feng had met earlier in Shazhou.

Mr Zhang, whose full name was Zhang Hai, was the Household Manager of the residence of the Great Zhou Empire's Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu.

Everyone knew that Zhu Hongwu, Marquis of Xuanji, had three main Household Manager. However, in the eyes of the strong, Mr Huang San and Mr Tao Er were nothing.

They only had respect for Mr Zhang Hai, who is the strongest amongst them.

Zhang Hai was second only to the Marquis of Xuanji himself, as he had personally killed two Nascent Soul stage cultivators during the destruction of the Great Thunderclap Temple.

While Yu Wanfeng and Master Cyclone were both Nascent Soul stage cultivators, they still showed Zhang Hai due respect.

Zhang Hai laughed, "I wonder if I am able to meet your honourable sect's leader?"

Master Cyclone shook his head and said, "Actually, it's really quite unfortunate. My senior is meditating alone right now and is unable to receive Mr Zhang."

"It's alright, I don't actually have much to say except with respect to Lin Feng from the Celestial Sect. He dared to pull stunts right under your sect's eyelids, but your leader decided to cultivate alone rather than to settle him. It seems to me that the unworthy benefitted this time round." While saying that, Zhang Hai appeared to be scribbling something on the tea table next to him.

Master Cyclone frowned slightly, before saying, "He resides in the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains. No matter what he does, as long as he doesn't come down south my sect is fine with it."

"If he dares to cross the border, who cares if my leader is cultivating or not? I'll settle him myself."

Zhang Hai and Yu Wanfeng looked at each other in the eye, smiling.

While Master Cyclone's tone was light, how could anyone sleep at ease when their beds were tilted. As the closest sect to the Celestial Sect of Wonders geographically, the Aeolus Sect was probably the most alert and the most sensitive to Lin Feng's movements.

As Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders grew in influence over the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, the Aeolus Sect would be lying if they said that they were not concerned.

Who knew? Maybe Lin Feng wished to unify the Kunlun Mountains?

What Master Cyclone said to Zhang Hai and Yu Wanfeng was simply hinting to them that he was unwilling to be a tool of theirs.

With the rise in Lin Feng's fame, the Aeolus Sect had long known about the death of Mr Tao Er at his hand as well as the death of Yu Tian from the main lineage of the Yu Family. Also, they knew about the skirmish between Yu Wanfeng and Lin Feng during the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai earlier on.

As Master Cyclone reposed himself calmly, he knew that the two people before him were more panicky than him.

Zhang Hai and Yu Wanfeng too were clear about Master's Cyclone intentions. However, as they actually needed his Aeolus Sect's support, they did not mind helping him out with this issue.

Yu Wanfeng began by saying, "Earlier on in Shazhou City, I was careless. I did not realize that he was the person who killed my disciple. If not, he wouldn't have left Shazhou alive."

He paused for a while before continuing, "I have already sent word of it back home. My Fifth Brother would be coming any day soon to the Kunlun Mountains to make Lin Feng pay for what he did."

Master Cyclone's shone, "Could it be Yu Qianshan? Your relative, who was killed by Lin Feng, was the son or grandson of Yu Qianshan?"

"Correct, he was my Fifth Brother's grandson," said Yu Wanfeng as he nodded his head. He did not add that the emphasis the Yu Family placed on this issue was partially due to Xiao Budian too.

Yu Wanfeng thought, "I can't believe that little b*stard is still alive. I must kill him this time round."

Zhang Hai too said, "This person killed the Household Manager of the Marquis of Xuanji's household. Unforgivable! I travelled so long and so far to get to the Kunlun Mountains just for him."

He laughed softly, "Also, he had taken away one of the Marquis' sons. If he were to inculcate some harmful values or even encourage him to commit patricide, well, while the Marquis isn't exactly scared it will still be a major loss of face for him. I came to bring him home too."

Yu Wanfeng and Zhang Hai were clear in their intents. Instantly, Master Cyclone smiled, "Since this person behaves in such an unforgivable manner and offended so many people, my Aeolus Sect would help the cultivators of the Kunlun Mountains to get rid of him."

"I am deeply grateful for the assistance the two of you promised."

Yu Wanfeng asked, "However, in the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, where exactly is this Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

Zhang Hai too turned his head. He was concerned about this too.

"I'm not sure now as this Lin Feng had never been still. But I do believe that he will appear sooner or later," Master Cyclone said with a hint of a smile. "In the past months, someone had met with him in the Kunlun Mountains. I had instructed my disciples to bring that person back here to the Holy Wind Mountain."

"Thinking about it, this person has probably been caught by now."

On top of Mount Yujing, Lin Feng carefully fanned the power of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame within the kindling of the primordial flame. An eye-piercing golden primordial flame began to burn as he slowly fed it Xihe Grass.

Other objects that touched the Grand Sun Primordial Flame would be reduced to ashes in an instant. The Grand Sun Primordial Flame would not be nourished by them though, and its power would not increase because of that.

Only the Xihe Grass, upon being burnt by the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, would be able to convert its spiritual aura into firepower.

Lin Feng paid attention to changes in the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. With the help of the Xihe Grass, its firepower grew exponentially.

"It's almost there," Lin Feng thought. Indeed, in the next moment, the primordial flame began to slow as if it had hit a bottleneck.

Lin Feng did not blindly try to increase the flame's intensity by feeding it more Xihe Grass. Instead, he took this chance to communicate ceaselessly with the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. In the whole process, he could feel his consciousness being seized by the Grand Sun Primordial Flame.

Before that, using the Abhijna Analytic Device he was able to understand the workings behind the Heavenly Stings of the Sun. Through further analysis and experimenting, he was able to increase his understanding of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame before him.

Not only did Lin Feng want to recreate the real Grand Sun Primordial Flame, but he wanted to take this chance to understand the true power of the spells behind it.

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Chapter 200: Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun

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Lin Feng quietly probed the boundaries of the power of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. Like nine suns blazing in the sky, it was immense, all-encompassing and infernal.

The brightest and strongest fire in all heavens and earth could not light a match next to the power he felt.

This was the antithesis of all things unholy. It did not even need to touch them; its mere presence was enough to evaporate all unholy things near it by simply concentrating the Yang energy in the atmosphere.

Lin Feng did not possess the Mantra of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, so even if he managed to cultivate a huge amount of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame he was unable to control them.

It would be easy to defeat ordinary foes, but when it comes to enemies who had cultivated the Grand Sun Primordial Flame too the tables would be turned against him quickly.

Hence, despite possessing the Xihe Grass, Lin Feng did not blindly raise the firepower of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. Instead, he took the chance to understand it better.

"The Grand Sun Primordial Flame is indeed the pinnacle of positive Yang energy, as it could destroy all things Yin. However, like the sun, it has nurturing properties as it could accelerate the growth of plants," thought Lin Feng to himself. "In this type of flame, it possesses both destructive and creative powers. It's indeed marvellous."

Lin Feng's entire body was surrounded by the light of the flame. In the golden pyre, it appeared to possess many spells and incantations. Ceaselessly, they arranged themselves and finally, formed a book.

"Other than the Spell of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, this spell is another way to control the Grand Sun Primordial Flame." Lin Feng suddenly opened his eyes. Golden rays of light danced in his pupils, like two tiny suns. "I could name this the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun!"

Lin Feng breathed in and the Grand Sun Primordial Flame that surrounded him entered his mouth.

In the next instant, Lin Feng coughed and a blast of fire, gold like the dawn, was spat out. It fell onto the clumps of Xihe Grass.

Now, Lin Feng did not restrict its power. Rather, he decided to push the power of the primordial flame to its limit.

"The limitations set by the Golden Crow has been broken by me!" As if he had reached a bottleneck and needed a breakthrough, Lin Feng connected his consciousness to the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. With the endless power of the Xihe Grass, the firepower rose exponentially.

Rise, rise, rise!

The external limitations that were imposed on it were finally broken completely. The Grand Sun Primordial Flame burned ceaselessly as the peak of Mount Yujing became clouded in an endless sea of golden fire. Half of the mountain appeared to dazzle bright like gold.

Lin Feng smiled. "Come back!" The powerful Grand Sun Primordial Flame instantly went back to Lin Feng and landed before Lin Feng. Now, it was shrunken to a small ball of golden fire and was no longer as eye-catching as before. Like the sun on a brand new day, it was bright but not hot, gentle but not weak.

"Success," Lin Feng breathed out before calling Xiao Yan over. Smiling, he said to him, "Xiao Yan, be prepared. Whether or not you could form your aurous core depends on this moment."

With that, Lin Feng flicked his finger and a portion of the flame before him floated before Xiao Yan. At the same time, he passed to Xiao Yan a copy of the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun.

Xiao Yan concentrated his focus as he tried to digest the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun. After a while, he appeared to have gotten it. He opened his mouth and swallowed the flame into his belly.

Away from Lin Feng's control, the Grand Sun Primordial Flame began to expand exponentially. Xiao Yan did not dare to be careless as he devoted all his energy to mastering the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun. Only then did he manage to cultivate the primordial flame, and allowed it to become part of his powers.

Under the guidance of Xiao Yan, the Grand Sun Primordial Flame entered his Aura Sea and into his spiritual crucible. Upon entering the crucible, it came into contact with the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire.

The two primordial flames, upon meeting one another, was less like two long-lost relatives and more like two predators engaged in a deadly struggle.

Xiao Yan's eyebrows contracted as sweat began forming on his forehead. Looking at that, Lin Feng said, "The objective is not to combine both fires but to use them for your benefits to help form your aurous core."

"The most important thing here is your crucible. That should be at the heart of your spells. You should be at the center and the fire only an aid for you. Do not let the fire overpower you, for that's the wrong path."

Upon hearing that, Xiao Yan reacted immediately. He no longer tried to combine both flames. Instead, he sought to guide them and force them to cooperate in cultivating and strengthening his crucible.

Noticing that he was on the right path, Lin Feng nodded his head.

With Xiao Yan's intelligence, Lin Feng did not need to teach him how to do it specifically. That was not the path of a Taoist master.

He only needed to set a general direction and tell Xiao Yan about the nature of the spell as well as the right path.

Just like how Buddhists did not teach their disciples any specific mantra but instead asked them to achieve Nirvana through their heats, the ancient wise men did not focus on the specifics but rather, taught their students how to develop the right attitude. This by itself was a principle.

Lin Feng taught his disciples the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams but he only touched on the principles of the space and void as well as the creation of elements. As for the specifics, he left that up to his disciples to understand those themselves.

While it's faster for a master to teach his disciples what he knew exactly and by the book, the disciple may fall into a trap whereby he could not innovate and create his own path in the future.

Many things can only be understood through an individual's own hard work. That would be more valuable and suitable for oneself.

What Lin Feng wanted to do was only to guide Xiao Yan on the right path instead of deviating from it.

"Eh? Wang Lin came out?" Lin Feng's heart sensed as he turned towards the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. "This feeling, did he successfully enter the Foundation Establishment stage?"

From the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, a shadow came down. Calm and serious, it was indeed Wang Lin.

At that moment, he was enveloped by a powerful aura. The very feel he gave off was different compared to that of a Qi Cultivation stage cultivator. It was the characteristic of a cultivator who had split apart the aura sea and entered the Foundation Establishment stage.

After successfully entering the Foundation Establishment stage, Wang Lin stood firm and steady like a mountain. However, in his firmness, he emanated a powerful killing aura, causing all who were near him to shiver.

Before Lin Feng, his demeanor changed. A smile broke on his face. It was as if the grey clouds had disappeared and the sun came back.

"I offer my greetings to you, master."

Lin Feng looked at him and thought, "Such a laggard. While others were in their Aurous Core stage, you had just entered Foundation Establishment."

"Furthermore, your period of exponential growth has yet to arrive. You need to wait till at least past your Foundation Establishment stage when you form your aurous core. Wang Lin, you still have a long way to go."

Thinking about it, Lin Feng sighed and thought, "With a low innate ability, the difference in the early stages of cultivation can really be wide."

However, he did not reveal that on his face as he did not want to upset Wang Lin's enthusiasm. Different people required different methods.

If they were to change the environment around them, then it may not matter. However, with Xiao Yan and two other prodigies as fellow disciples, anyone else would have collapsed under the pressure.

Lin Feng was grateful that other than his intelligence, Wang Lin's determination was a full ten. If not, he would have been completely demoralized by the other three.

Hence, for Wang Lin, Lin Feng needed to encourage him non-stop on top of imparting teachings to him.

As for the other three, Lin Feng had to dowse their self-confidence at times and plant challenges along their ways to prevent them from having it too easy. It was the opposite for Wang Lin.

Lin Feng smiled, "Wang Lin, I've always said that I'll celebrate for you after you reached your Foundation Establishment stage. Here's a present."

He flipped his palm a bolt of white thunder flew before him.

Wang Lin looked at it carefully. It was actually a circle pulsating with the power of lightning. "Zzz zzz zzz," it went.

"Master, this is..." Wang Lin raised his head to look at Lin Feng. Lin Feng smiled, "This is the Dual Polarity Circle. Opening it would create a divinely bright area between the two poles which could prevent enemies from coming in. This can be used for both offence and defence, truly a marvel!"

Wang Lin's eyes shone. He was not good at physical martial arts and cultivated mainly spells. He was a cultivator, true and true. Someone like him was most afraid of enemies coming near him.

Especially foes who were well-versed in physical martial arts who fought in close combat.

With this, Wang Lin could hide within the light generated by the two poles and slowly used his spells to bombard his opponents into defeat.

While the Dual Polarity Circle was an Aurous Core stage item, it was just right Wang Lin now. Facing Foundation Establishment stage and even Aurous Core stage cultivators, this would be the ultimate defence.

As for Nascent Soul stage cultivators, Wang Lin was not their match with or without the item, so that's out of the question too.

Lin Feng smiled, "How?"

Wang Lin nodded his head, "Thank you, master."

Lin Feng smiled. The Dual Polarity Circle was actually the first magic item he crafted by himself. The original materials were from the Polar Aurora Sword that he obtained when he first came to this world.

The Polar Aurora Sword was a Foundation Establishment stage item. If he could obtain the Antarctica Earthly Sword, its direct counterpart, then he would be able to form an Aurous Core stage called the Dual Polarity Tao Sword.

With this revelation, Lin Feng remade the Polar Aurora Sword after entering into the Aurous Core stage. While he did not have the Antarctica Earthly Sword at hand, he used the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds as a substitute.

He did not know whether it was a result of using a substitute, but the final product differed slightly. The sword became a circle.

However, its power increased. The Dual Polarity Circle before him was in no way weaker than the Dragon Slaying Sabre or the Black Wind Flag. It too was the pinnacle of all Aurous Core stage items.

When he gave these items to his disciples, Lin Feng had put some thoughts into it. He tried to give according to their present conditions. Upon receiving the item, Wang Lin was naturally happy.

With the Aeolus Formless Mantra and the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, if I could recreate the Book of Nations, then I am left with only one more spell," Lin Feng's heart was already elsewhere by now.

"If I could obtain all these items, I may be able to gather disciples in Shazhou."

Thinking about that, Lin Feng arched his eyebrows and looked at Wang Lin, "Wait, there's something strange about his powers."

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Chapter 202: Cursed Lone Star

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Lin Feng suddenly felt that the mana in the body of Wang Lin had a sudden fluctuation, which was a little abnormal.

"Lin, perform some spells for me to see." Lin Feng knitted his brows while saying.

Wang Lin nodded his head and performed a new spell, which was not the Celestial Finger of Styx.

"After I had consolidated my powers, I learnt a new type of spell. However, I still need the guidance of you, my master."

He used his palms to initiate the spell and under the surge of his mana, a black-yellow line slightly appeared in space. A turbid path emerged from the inside of it gradually.

As Lin Feng saw the current situation, he flicked his brow and soared into the sky. He then set foot on the black-yellow path that Wang Lin had created.

The path did not seem to have an end. In the instant that Lin Feng landed on the path, the scenery and all matter disappeared from his line of vision.

In front of his eyes laid a path of nothingness. At the same time,

countless memories rushed into his mind and ferociously attacked the soul of Lin Feng.

"Was that the power of Samsara?" Lin Feng said as he calmed his soul. As he looked beneath him, innumerable withering bones and arms were emerging from the black-yellow soil and grabbing ferociously at Lin Feng, trying to pull him into the path.

The base of this path seemed to have buried hundreds and thousands of resentful souls. Once any sign of life land on the path, these souls would try to pull them down to accompany them.

Lin Feng comprehended and said, "Your new spell is able to create the pathway linking life and death?"

It was obvious that although Wang Lin used the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams to consolidate his powers, he managed to infuse the power concept of several Pearl of Styx to enter it during his understanding of the mantra.

Lin Feng did not mind this and maintained the calmness of his soul, refusing to be affected by the power of Samsara.

The clawing bones that were attacking his ankles had crushed even before they could reach the body of Lin Feng.

What Lin Feng minded was that this spell cast by Wang Lin contained a streak of dark and frightening aura within it.

Yes, it was frightening.

Since Lin Feng formed the golden elixir and survived the frightening experience, there had been very little things that made him frightened in this world. But after experiencing the mana from Wang Lin, Lin Feng felt a little frightened.

He was not scared of Wang Lin. In his eyes, Wang Lin did not possess extremely potent powers, but within his mana consisted of a power concept that developed a sense of fright within Lin Feng.

That was a power that superseded death.

Heaven and Earth could be destroyed!

When there was new life, there was naturally destruction. After destruction followed creation. This cycle was known as destiny.

A cultivator might surmount the entrance to life and death and exceed the boundaries of human longevity, attaining immortality.

But in the face of the destruction of Heaven and Earth, they would be unable to escape death.

If a man suffered, his entire family would not be spared from it too.

Therefore, after superseding life and death, the only thing that could frighten Lin Feng was only nature and the destiny that would destroy everything in the world.

As for Wang Lin, he had only finished consolidating his powers and he had already realized a portion of the power concept of the destruction of Heaven and Earth.

"You are displaying remarkable intelligence, which makes me more excited to see your performance after you form the golden elixir." Lin Feng sighed, "This type of intelligence is too outrageous."

Initially, when Xiao Bu Dian comprehended the Two Elements of Thunderstorm, Lin Feng had already felt that it was not simple.

But Wang Lin's realization of the powers of the destruction of Heaven and Earth involved a higher level of intelligence, which makes one puzzled.

Life and Death are the foundations of everything and they are also the most powerful Two Elements of Creation, even higher than that of Thunderstorm and Light and Darkness.

Wang Lin had just established his foundation and had already experienced the edge of "destruction". This made Lin Feng sighed endlessly, "Following animals like all of you really remove the fun and leisure as the stress that you all give is extremely intense. I also have to work hard, otherwise, there may be a disaster coming."

Would there not be a disaster? By the looks of Wang Lin, disasters would come endlessly and he would be all alone. He was entirely a cursed lone star.

What was a cursed lone star?

Simply put, it was colloquially known as a jinx. He would be free on his own and rid of all curses even if he got himself into big trouble. But the people around him would be jinxed.

It was like a storm. The center of the wind was mild and quiet, but its surroundings would be torn apart and anyone near it would be killed.

Since Lin Feng had already accepted Wang Lin as his disciple, he could not push him aside. He had also decided not to change

Wang Lin's personality and his style of doing things.

If his style and personality changed, Wang Lin would not be Wang Lin. In the future, it might be hard to say if he could achieve the success that was predicted of him.

Since he did not plan to change Wang Lin, what Lin Feng could only do was to ceaselessly strengthen his own body. When Wang Lin brings upon a disaster, he could ensure that he would not be swept into the crisis.

At the same time, Lin Feng heartlessly thought, "But, there are some lucky chaps around Wang Lin, people whose destinies were good, at least they will be able to resist the jinx from Wang Lin?"

While his mind was filled with nonsensical thoughts, Lin Feng released his mana and easily stepped away from the Road to River Styx. He nodded at Wang Lin and said, "That was not bad, but there is room for improvement."

"In other words, you need to increase and deeply comprehend the way of destruction. Your understanding now is lacking and you also need to understand the way of the creation of life, before you can rise above your level."

Lin Feng adopted a serious tone, "Otherwise, even if the destructive powers allow you to become formidable and unbeatable, without similar powers of creation, your road in the future will become narrower until you walk into a dead end."

"Pure destructive power will totally remove your own lease of life. When it reaches that point, it will be too late. Not only will your level of mantra be unable to increase, you may even lose your life."

Wang Lin's expression was also very serious, nodding while saying, "I will definitely remember your teachings."

He lowered his head and pondered for awhile, before saying, "Please take a look, Master."

As Wang Lin lifted his hand and pointed into space, another black-yellow death-ridden path appeared. Lin Feng scanned the area before finding out that even though the death-ridden path was very intriguing, it did not contain the destructive powers that left people frightened.

Lin Feng laughed, "Very good, you have good control of your own powers now."

Wang Lin also smiled, "I shall name this power the Destructive Death. It shall not be loosely used. It will only be used against a formidable opponent by entering the Destructive Death Stage, before fitting the entire destructive concept into your mana and killing the opponent."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "This will be the best, but this will be a test of your judgement. At times, your opponents will not give you the opportunity at another shot to regain your standing."

Wang Lin agreed, "Master, I will remember your teachings."

"As for the power concept of creation…." Lin Feng lifted his hand and pointed. A huge amount of Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds in the sky surged into Wang Lin's body. "Use your heart to understanding the wonder within. The Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds is also known as the mother of all Heaven-Revolving Clouds and it has the unlimited power of creating all matter.

"And your Destructive Death spell is also not bad with more potential to be discovered." Lin Feng followed by saying, "The core of the Pearl of Styx lies in the River Styx Primordial Water."

Wang Lin nodded repeatedly, heeding Lin Feng's advice.

At this point, Lin Feng suddenly felt that at the bottom of Mount Yujing and the Lingyun Peak within Mount Kunlun resonated a familiar power pulse.

"This feels very similar, where did I see it before?" Lin Feng suddenly remembered, "Yes, it is the Grand Moon Primordial Water."

Why did this thing suddenly appear at Lingyun Peak?

Lin Feng felt that it was weird. He saw through space and his godly awareness landed on Lingyun Peak, seeing a flustered young man decked in a white dress being surrounded and pursued by a group of men dressed in green.

"It is really him." Lin Feng's brows slightly frowned. This young man who was being pursued was Yang Qing, someone who he had met before due to fate.

Yang Qing was a disciple of the Cloud Water Cave Sect from the north foot of Mount Kunlun. When Lin Feng initially came to Mount Kunlun to search for Mount Yujing, he had once acquainted with Yang Qing and went through the appearance of Grand Moon Primordial Water and the Grand Fire Crow revolt.

During that period, a disciple from the Aeolus Sect, Gao Fan, attempted to steal the life power of many alongside him. He used the evil spell, the Great Furnace of the Commons, to reinforce and refine the Grand Moon Primordial Water, only to be destroyed by Lin Feng. The Grand Moon Primordial Water whereabouts were unknown from then on. He deduced that it should have been buried inside the body of someone who was at the scene.

He just did not expect that the lucky guy was Yang Qing.

After a long time without seeing Yang Qing, Yang Qing's cultivation had finally risen to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

But it was a pity that his opponents overwhelmed him. The leader had even cultivated till the Aurous Core stage. If it were not for the fact that he was trying to catch Yang Qing alive, Yang Qing would have long been defeated.

Lin Feng gaze brightened, "Is that the Aeolus Sect?"

The mana of this group of men dressed in green was obviously cultivating the Aeolus Formless Mantra from the Aeolus Sect. The spells that they were exhibiting were spells like the Tornado Cut and the Helical Ground Hurricane, mostly from the Aeolus Sect.

Yang Qing was his old self. His battling powers were of average ability and he was pushed to the edge by a bunch of enemies.

Luckily for him, every time Yang Qing was unable to hold on, his index finger would lock straight like a blade and point forward.

There would be a streak of jade-green water spurting out of it.

This jade-green water was the Grand Moon Primordial Water.

Once it enters the river valley at the Lingyun Peak, it would

immediately convert the river water into a jade-green color.

After that, these greenish river water would be under the command of Yang Qing, to help him ward off his enemies.

The spiritual energy of the river water was very powerful. They key laid in the majesty of the water, which could easily counter the opponent's move. It could even easily force a cultivator of the Aeolus Sect to back off.

Upon seeing this scene, Lin Feng sighed, "The Grand Moon Primordial Water is termed the commander of all waters. It was definitely not a false claim, as Yang Qing could easily strut his powers in any place filled with water. Over here, his powers could

trounce a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage.

"If this was a big lake or a huge river nearby, his powers will rise.

If it was at the sea, his powers will be indescribable."

The thing was, Yang Qing had already fought valiantly for a long time, which caused his mana to deplete. Even if it was the Grand Moon Primordial Water, there was no way it could be continually utilized for very long.

Lin Feng shook his head slightly, "Out of so many individuals, only you have attained the Grand Moon Primordial Water. Your luck is not bad, even as your mana is depleting, you have stumbled upon us. Young man, your luck never seems to run out."

He turned his head towards Wang Lin, "Go and prepare to practically train your spell, along with your new Dual Polarity Circle.

Wang Lin's eyes brightened as he heard of that.

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Chapter 203: If the Disciple Is Like This, What Can the Master Do?

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Yang Qing only felt that his entire body from head to toe was extremely cold. It was as if he fell into an ice cove. He was shivering uncontrollably.

But he knew from his gut that the chills that he was feeling right now were different from the cold that he felt normally.

This was a chill within his soul and had nothing to do with temperature changes. His soul was unstable and it could disintegrate any second, which was what was causing the chill.

"Is this the result of my soul being overly worn and my mana overly drained?" Yang Qing felt that his consciousness gradually grew blurry. To have sustained until now, it was only possible due to one breath in his heart.

Ma Zhi, a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage from the Aeolus Sect, was standing at a distance and he was creepily laughing at Yang Qing, who was crumbling.

"Originally, I only wanted to interrogate you regarding any news of the leader of the Celestial Sect. I did not expect that your body contained the Grand Moon Primordial Water, the most powerful out of all the Primordial Waters." Ma Zhi laughed, "For this thing to land in your hands is only a violation of its powers. Just hand it over to me!"

Ma Zhi, who was holding the fort for his fellow sect members, suddenly wielded his hand and charged towards Yang Qing like a hurricane.

Yang Qing gritted his teeth and controlled the Grand Moon Primordial Water. Using water to resist water, he formed a water wall using a large amount of water to act as a barrier for himself.

The hurricane crashed into the water wall, causing the water wall to crumble. But it still managed to stubbornly block off the attack of the hurricane.

Ma Zhi laughed and conjured a spell. Immediately, a formless and shadowless Nine Heaven Formless Squall punched out and broke open the water wall in an instant.

At this moment, Yang Qing was already seeing stars, but he still hung on. He whispered to himself and his palms were fixed together. A large amount of jade-green Grand Moon Primordial Water sprayed out and resisted the Nine Heaven Formless Squall.

The extremely sharp Nine Heaven Formless Squall caused the jade-green water flow to break into fragmented pieces. However, while the jade-green water flowed separated, it did not land on the ground. In a blink of an eye, the water flow reorganized into a new shape and continued to disintegrate the Nine Heaven Formless Squall.

As Ma Zhi saw this, his eyes displayed a greater sense of greediness within it. "The Grand Moon Primordial Water is definitely some good stuff. But what a pity, it still cannot protect you."

Yang Qing was bitter. His cultivation was lacking compared to Ma Zhi and he was unable to command more of the Primordial Waters. It was already the end of the crossbow and he was soon to be defeated by Ma Zhi's Nine Heaven Formless Squall.

"The Grand Moon Primordial Water cannot protect him, but I can."

A voice suddenly resonated from space. It came from all directions as if it was everywhere. Ma Zhi was shocked. Before he could even react, the Nine Heaven Formless Squall suddenly disappeared.

Ma Zhi was extremely stunned. As he turned his head around, he saw an indifferent young man, dressed in purple and sitting on the back of a Feilian, descending from the sky.

"Foundation Establishment Stage?" Ma Zhi's brows creased and he looked at the Feilian more carefully. His face changed color, "This is the Feilian from my Aeolus Sect, why is it in your hands?"

The young man in purple was Wang Lin. He ignored Ma Zhi and commanded the Feilian to land beside Yang Qing.

Yang Qing's consciousness was blurry but the impression that Lin Feng and his disciple left on him at Mount Kunlun was unforgettable.

In his blurry state, he recognized Wang Lin, "You are Elder Lin's disciple?"

Wang Lin said, "Come up, my master wants to see you."

Before Yang Qing could reply, Ma Zhi interrupted, "Who are you, how dare you interfere in the matters of the Aeolus Sect? Also, where did this Feilian come from?"

A layer of understanding suddenly appeared in his eyes, "Half a year ago, Liefeng felt that the Feilian that he had given to his missing disciple had appeared at the north foot of Mount Kunlun. He went on to search for it, but suddenly news of him disappeared. Did you do it?"

"Who exactly are you people?"

"You are not here to interrogate Yang Qing regarding news of my Celestial Sect?" Lin Feng's voice resonated in space. "I am the leader of the Celestial Sect, Lin Feng."

"As for the Liefeng Taoist, he trespassed into the cave of our sect and has been killed by me."

Ma Zhi furiously shouted, "So it was really the doing of all of you!"

Lin Feng's voice was neutral and without emotions. He replied in space, "The Aeolus Sect seems to have some motive against my sect, tell me, what are you all planning to do?"

Ma Zhi hmphed and knew that he was unable to catch Yang Qing today, but he was also unwillingly to give up. He thought to himself, "It seems like this Celestial Sect of Wonders is somewhere near Lingyun Peak. I will quickly report to my master and return another day to this scene."

As he was thinking, Ma Zhi suddenly realized that Purple Clouds started to surface and surround them, trapping everyone inside.

"This is not good!" Ma Zhi's expression changed, as he released his Nine Heaven Formless Squall to destroy the Purple Clouds.

But as the Purple shrouded all of them, it secretly contained some form of Spatial Mystery that dissolved Ma Zhi's Nine Heaven Formless Squall.

After Wang Lin helped Yang Qing up the Feilian, he jumped off the back off the Feilian. Seeing Ma Zhi, he started to attack without even speaking a word.

He used both his hands to conjure up a spell and a black-yellow path emerged from within the Purple Clouds. It was dark and mysterious. Indeed, it was the Road to River Styx.

Numerous cultivators of the Aeolus Sect landed on the path and they were immediately attacked by the Power of Samsara, causing their souls to become unstable.

A portion of the cultivators who were in the Foundation Establishment Stage were forcefully dragged into the path by the countless bones and claws emerging from the path.

These cultivators who were attacked did not resist. Rather, they looked at a loss and their pupils seemed to show countless images of debris.

They were all attacked by the Power of Samsara, causing their mind to be confused. They alternated between the innumerable memories of the past and present. Such a huge amount of information bombarding them caused them to be unable to focus their attention to think, which naturally led them to be helpless against the attacking bones and claws.

As a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage, Ma Zhi was able to maintain the stability of his soul and overcome the barrier to death. The impact on him was remarkably lesser. He looked at Wang Lin, "What spell is this? It was extremely aggressive against cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage."

But Ma Zhi also chuckled in his heart, "Looking at you, as the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, you will not have done this through your own hands. All you did was to trap us, but let your disciple do the dirty deed."

"I will capture your disciple and force you to set us a path to escape."

At this point, Ma Zhi was full of energy. He fixated his palms together and let out the Nine Heaven Formless Squall, which cut sharply on the Road to River Styx.

Ferocious and sharp, the all-conquering squall destroyed the Road to River Styx.

Wang Lin creased his brows, "Against a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage, there is no more room for courtesy."After saying this, Wang Lin's body was filled with a blanket of black gas.

An extremely ominous and frightening aura blanketed the entire area of the Purple Clouds. A disastrous and destructive power concept surged out, seemingly to destroy everything.

"What is this power?" Ma Zhi was slightly shocked, but was still contemptuous, "Regardless of the power, it is still only in the Foundation Establishment Stage."

He controlled the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, ferociously aiming it on the forehead of Wang Lin.

Wang Lin creepily laughed and flipped his palms. A light circle floated in space and released a bright radiance on his forehead.

"Zz..zz..zz..zz" A screeching electric sound resonated and countless white lightning rays emerged from the light circle before rapidly expanding into a large boundary. It was like a bowl in a reverse position on the ground, protecting Wang Lin who was within it.

At the same time, Wang Lin rushed towards Ma Zhi with his finger pointing out.

Ma Zhi had an ominous feeling about it, but before he could hide, a large amount of black, deadly spiritual energy appeared within a ten feet radius of him and surrounded him.

Celestial Finger of Styx! The Finger of Destruction!

After Wang Lin had successfully established his foundation, the power of his Finger of Destruction rose tremendously. Now that he has entered the destructive stage of the River of Styx, the black and deadly spiritual energy was infused into the power of the destruction.

The Finger of Destruction of today was the true and original version.

It was no longer to kill someone but to totally remove all its targets and reduce them to nothingness.

Ma Zhi felt threatened, but he continued to command the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, wanting to take the first step to kill Wang Lin.

At this point, he felt a huge threat towards himself. He had already forgotten the plan to capture someone as a hostage and was hoping to kill the extremely fearful Wang Lin in front of him.

The sharp Nine Heaven Formation Squall cut at the balls of lightning rays, generating countless electrical sparks, but it did not really overcome the lightning rays.

Ma Zhi stared, "Magic Item from the Aurous Core Stage? And the most top-notch one?"

Under the attack of the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, the surface of the light boundaries of the Dual Polarity Circle greatly twisted and countless white light rays circulated on the top of it and destroyed the attack of the Nine Heaven Formation Squall. This prevented the Nine Heaven Formation Squall from taking another step towards the lightning pool.

Under the protection of the Dual Polarity Circle, Wang Lin was untouchable. Ma Zhi was in trouble as he was under the attack of black and deadly gas that contained destructive powers.

The deadly spiritual energy from before only eroded the life within creatures. But the deadly spiritual energy now was extremely dominant. It just needed an instant to destroy the protective mana of Ma Zhi.

Ma Zhi screamed in terror and bore the pain. He wielded out a small flag and the small flag instantly shot out 7, 8 streaks of the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, roaringly breaching through the deadly gas by Wang Lin.

After emerging from the deadly gas, Ma Zhi looked at the Dual Polarity Circle with a lingering fear. Wang Lin had a powerful Magic Item protecting him. He could accept that, but the Finger of Destruction attack on him was something he did not expect.

If it were not for the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, Ma Zhi's skin would have been torn out even if he had not perished. And this was even based on the fact that he was a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage.

He learnt his lesson this time. The Nine Heaven Formation Squall was not to be used to attack Wang Lin, but to protect himself. In this way, even though Wang Lin's Finger of Destruction could be performed in alternate space, its effect would not be present.

The deadly gas space had just taken shape before being torn apart by the Nine Heaven Formation Squall.

The only thing was, in this way, Ma Zhi could no longer threaten Wang Lin. He was feeling even more dejected, "If I gather all the squalls to attack, I may have a chance to break through his defense. In that way, I will no longer be threatened by his mantra."

"To exchange my life with a small fry in the Foundation Establishment Stage is not worth it"

Looking at Wang Lin, Ma Zhi developed a chilling thought, "If the disciple is already so vicious, what even scarier monster is the master?"

The battle entered a stalemate. Both parties were unable to decide what to do with the other party.

Wang Lin creased his brows, "It was as master had said, these destructive powers are a burden to myself. In the short term, it may be fine, but if I enter the Destructive stage of the River of Styx for too long, my body will feel uncomfortable. If I continue to fight on like this, it will be to my disadvantage."

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Chapter 204: Everything Except One Has Been Prepared

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As the battle with Ma Zhi entered a stalemate, Wang Lin was strategizing while thinking to himself, "A cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage is definitely not easy to kill. If I erect a spiritual altar, I may have a higher chance of winning.

After sparring with a cultivator from the Aeolus Sect, Wang Lin enhanced his understanding of his powers.

In this realm, except for my fellow sect members, I am invincible."

The Aeolus Sect was the most prosperous sect in Mount Kunlun.

Although they cannot be compared to the 3 Great Holy Ground, they are of a higher level than the Intense Flaming Sword Sect and the Sword of Radiance Sect.

Their Aeolus Formless Mantra spell contained its own special traits and allowed one to cultivate the Nine Heaven Formless Squall, one of the Four Grand Primordial Winds. Its battling powers were extremely strong.

But when facing Wang Lin, the cultivators of the Aeolus Sect in the Foundation Establishment Stage were unable to fight back against him.

When facing Ma Zhi, a cultivator in the Aurous Core Stage, Wang Lin had his own way to fight against him. After initiating the Destructive stage of the River of Styx, Wang Lin was able to threaten the powers of the opponent. Under the protection of the Dual Polarity Circle, Wang Lin was even able to match up to Ma Zhi.

"If I reach the later stages of the Foundation Establishment Stage, even without the Dual Polarity Circle, I am still able to fight against him." Lin Feng thought to himself, "After I form the golden elixir, killing him will be an easy feat."

Wang Lin made a quick judgement, "For me to kill this guy will be pretty difficult. I have to take a risk."

As he stared at Ma Zhi, he suddenly made a move that shocked Ma Zhi.

Wang Lin changed his spell and retreated the light boundaries of his Dual Polarity Circle. Countless white lightning rays reformed into a similar shape to the Dual Polarity Circle in space. Under Wang Lin's control, the light circle changed into a white rainbow and attack Ma Zhi directly.

He gave up his Dual Polarity Circle as a defense and changed it to an offense.

"This rascal is putting his life on the line." Ma Zhi was stunned before becoming furious, "No, he has the protection of his Celestial Sect leader. When our fates are intertwined, his teacher will not sit and ignore. At that point, the person at a disadvantage will be me."

Thinking till this point, Ma Zhi did not dare to hesitate anymore. He lifted the Nine Heaven Formless Squall but did not use this to fight it out with Wang Lin. Rather, he tapped on the rapid wind speed and quickly shifted to avoid the attack of the Dual Polarity Circle.

Wang Lin's lips revealed a smile but did not relax his stance. Besides the Dual Polarity Circle, the spells of Finger of Styx and Road to River Styx were released in an endless stream, forcing Ma Zhi to scurry around.

Lin Feng, who was standing on the clouds, was watching this entire scene and he also laughed while shaking his head.

Of course, he would not sit around and watch as Wang Lin face danger. If Wang Lin's life was in peril, he would definitely step in.

Allowing his disciple to undergo rigorous practice was not the same as letting him die.

But Wang Lin was not planning to rely on Lin Feng's power, fearlessly using a potentially life-threatening method to bully Ma Zhi.

Wang Lin's real motive was to borrow Lin Feng's presence to put psychological stress on Ma Zhi, such that Ma Zhi fought timidly.

In other words, Wang Lin was just using a psychological battle to attack Ma Zhi, so that he could gain an upper hand.

If Ma Zhi was really tough, Wang Lin did not mind sparring roughly with him.

Lin Feng looked at Wang Lin, nodding his head, "Wang Lin's practical experience in battle is not bad. In terms of practical battling experience, if both parties' abilities were not far off from each other, what determines the winner is mostly on the mental state, experience and even the adaptability of the parties. All these can be used to one's own advantage."

Wang Lin was fighting to his heart's content whereas Ma Zhi was oppressed to the brink of death. He abruptly put his heart to it, agitating all his Nine Heaven Formless Squall and rushed towards Wang Lin.

"Are you going to put your life on the line now" Wang Lin raised his eyebrow and the dreadfully long Road to River of Styx extended out. After that Wang Lin pointed at the Road to River Styx.

The Road to River Styx was instantly filled with black gas. The power of the Destructive stage of the River of Styx was put to its extreme extent.

The Dual Polarity Circle flew up halfway through space and drew an arc across space. Like a Divine Thunder descending from the Nine Heavens, the arc hacked straight towards Ma Zhi.

Under the command of Wang Lin, the defense by the River of Styx and the attack by the Dual Polarity Circle represented both defensive and offensive options for Wang Lin.

In reality, he was waiting for Ma Zhi to put his life on the line after getting too impatient. If they continued to grind it out, Wang Lin would be first to collapse.

But Wang Lin gave Ma Zhi too much psychological pressure.

But even so, Ma Zhi remained calm. He leapt into mid-air, controlled the Nine Heaven Formless Squall to change its direction and cut through Wang Lin's Road to River Styx and Dual Polarity Circle. It then flew towards the Purple Clouds which was enveloping the entire space.

This time around he attacked it from all directions, dazzling Wang Lin. Who knew that he was not trying to put his life on the line, rather he was trying to escape.

"I displayed a desperate posture and that Celestial Sect leader was too focused on his disciple. His attention on this Purple Clouds barrier was undoubtedly lesser, which presented me with an opportunity."

Under the guidance of the Nine Heaven Formation Squall, Ma Zhi's body abruptly shrunk until the size of a needle, which was thinner than a piece of hair. It gently flashed in space before disappearing.

A streak of light-green ray that was unobservable charged towards the Purple Clouds barrier that Lin Feng had created.

Even though the barrier was strong, Ma Zhi focused on his power on a dot, using the dot to break the surface, causing the power of the barrier to dissipate. It was eventually pierced by the light-green ray of Ma Zhi.

The light-green ray was like a slithering snake, meandering through the Purple Clouds barrier, trying to pierce through it and escape the heavy encirclement.

As the crucial ending approaches, Ma Zhi became more and calmer.

This action seemed to be reckless, but it was actually the result of countless strategizing in Ma Zhi's mind, trying to find the weakness of the Purple Clouds barrier. At the same time, he had to carefully avoid the besiege from Purple Clouds from elsewhere.

Although Ma Zhi's actions were completed in a breath, it could not escape Lin Feng's eyes.

"What a slimy leech." Lin Feng laughed, "The question is, can you escape?"

The Purple Clouds barriers that were initially like fog suddenly started to sublime and became solid.

This change in the Purple Clouds barriers made Ma Zhi feel as if the smooth path that he created was suddenly shut. It was unable to move, less meander its way through. Even if it wanted to twist and turn, it was unable to do it.

It was like a person swimming, who suddenly felt that the surrounding water started to turn to ice and leaving him frozen inside.

A bug being surrounded by a pine resin. After the pine resin had solidified, the bug who was still full of life was still trapped inside.

Ma Zhi felt like the bug who was trapped.

Lin Feng came before the Purple Clouds and looked at the trapped

Ma Zhi, frowning and saying, "That was my negligence."

Lin Feng laughed, "No harm, I will learn from my lesson."

Emerging from space, Lin Feng swayed his sleeves and collected Ma Zhi along with his Purple Clouds. After that, he went beside the Feilian.

Yang Qing, who was on top of the Feilian, was trying his best to keep focused. After seeing Lin Feng, he heaved a sigh of relief, "I am very grateful to you for saving me again."

After finishing his sentence, Yang Qing's mind went blank and he fainted.

Lin Feng slapped the back of the Feilian and the Feilian carried Wang Lin and Yang Qing towards Mount Yujing, following Lin Feng's back.

Reaching the peak, Lin Feng pressed his finger on Yang Qing's forehead. A majestic spiritual energy surged through the aura sea of Yang Qing, helping him to recover from the depleting mana and recuperating his soul concurrently.

At this point, Yang Qing's soul was on the verge of snapping, just like a piece of pottery with many cracks, only slightly away from being totally crushed.

Under the nourishment of a large amount of spiritual energy at Mount Yujing, Yang Qing's cracked soul rapidly recovered.

After a long while, Yang Qing finally awoke. After a moment of being at a loss, his eyes begun to develop some focal distance and managed to see Lin Feng standing in front. He immediately flipped his body and knelt in front of Lin Feng, "My deepest gratitude for your benevolence to save me."

Lin Feng swung his hand, "You can only build something new after demolishing something old. Whatever is happening now is due to your good fortune and your ability to grab the opportunity."

Listening to his words, Yang Qing was fully awake and said, "Thank you, elder." Presently, he was very calm and focused on guiding the spiritual energy into his own aura sea.

A huge amount of jade-green water flow suddenly surged through his aura sea. It was indeed the Grand Moon Primordial Water, which became stronger after absorbing the spiritual energy.

Lin Feng's psychic sense peered into the body of Yang Qing, quietly observing the Grand Moon Primordial Water. His heart felt that the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, which he had just understood, corroborated the existence of the Grand Moon Primordial Water.

The Grand Sun Primordial Flame and the Grand Moon Primordial Water were arch-enemies. Both were extreme, but in the realm of life, the Sun and the Moon were always connected even if they were opponents of each other.

Lin Feng borrowed the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun to gain a deeper comprehension of the way and concept of the Grand Moon Primordial Water.

His mind gradually guided the Grand Moon Primordial Water in Yang Qing's body, moving it in a weird rhythm.

Yang Qing had already obtained the Grand Moon Primordial Water for quite some time and had also gleaned some of its patterns and principles. Regarding the process of moving the primordial water, his comprehension of it was able to fit with Lin Feng and supplement the lacking aspects, such that the understanding of the both of them gradually reached the same level.

At the end, mystical texts continuously appeared from the Grand

Moon Primordial Water and they congregated to form a scripture.

The mana within Lin Feng's body also followed the movement of the scripture.

After a while, Lin Feng's right hand conjured a spell and condensed a warm-greenish water droplet, reminiscent of a piece of jade.

"This spell can be called The True Understanding of the Grand Moon." Lin Feng grinned, thinking, "If I just supplement the incomplete parts of the Book of Nations, all the materials will be present."

He twisted his head towards the direction of the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, Xiao Yan and 3 others had retreated there.

"There is only one thing that we lack now. My plan can be carried out smoothly. Right now, everything except one has been prepared."

Lin Feng looked at Yang Qing again. The Grand Moon Primordial Water in his body started to become stronger. In the end, he started to fly up in his own aura sea, establishing a high tower.

This was a chance to build something new after demolishing something old. Yang Qing grabbed the opportunity and under the help of Lin Feng, he successfully understood the true meaning of The True Understanding of the Grand Moon. He was now finally able to control the Grand Moon Primordial Water in his body.

"I shall help you one more time." Lin Feng grinned and pointed his finger. The leaves of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree begun to descend and convert into a wisp of heavenly light, infusing into the forehead of Yang Qing.

Yang Qing's body jerked and the spiritual altar in his aura sea kept promoting higher and higher, one level and another level until it reached 9 levels high.

First-grade Spiritual Altar!

A First-Grade Spiritual Altar that was jade-green in color and filled with mysticism.

Lin Feng looked at Yang Qing and was also stunned, "Mm, it looks much more relaxed than the spiritual altar that Yue Hongyan had erected initially."

He whipped out the Talent Analysis Device and used it to scan Yang Qing. He eyes suddenly stared straight.

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Chapter 205: The Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues Chapter 2

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The 4 sections of Yue Hongyan's talent potential statistics were: 8 points for Innate Ability and Intelligence and the 7 points for Determination and Fortune.

Both the Innate Ability and Intelligence were 8 points, which was very rare. But she first established the spiritual altar, she would have attained only a Second-Grade Spiritual Altar if it not for Lin Feng's Black Heavenly Treasure Tree leaves.

Even with Lin Feng's help, her establishment of the First-Grade Spiritual Altar was also very risky.

And now it did not seem that Yang Qing's establishment of a First-Grade Spiritual Altar was very difficult. At least it was much easier than what Lin Feng had expected, up to the point that he was suspicious. Since when was it so easy to attain the First-Grade Spiritual Altar?

The Talent Gathering Camp of the Great Void Sect also did not contain cultivators who had all attained the First-Grade Spiritual Altar.

It was true that the mantra that Yang Qing cultivated was no longer the mediocre mantra of his small Cloud Water Cave sect. The True Understanding of the Grand Moon was a grade better than the Mantra of the Apocalyptic True Flame, but for Yang Qing to attain the First-Grade Spiritual Altar so easily was also abnormal.

This led Lin Feng to subconsciously whip out his Talent Analysis Device to scan Yang Qing. After scanning Yang Qing, Lin Feng recalled that Yang Qing had its own sect.

But the Talent Analysis Device gave the Talent Potential Statistical Value of Yang Qing, Lin Feng was amazed, "What is happening? Yang Qing's sect is also in trouble?"

Yue Hongyan was like that, now the same was happening to Yang Qing.

Lin Feng suddenly felt guilty, "Don't tell me, I also hold the destiny of a cursed lone star. Whoever is with me will be jinxed?"

This discovery made Lin Feng unhappy. Although this might signify that he was someone of great fortune, being a jinx is not something to be happy about.

Especially when this made Lin Feng recall the label of "Destined to be alone", which made him shudder even more. "You must be kidding me, I do not want to be that way!"

After shaking his head, Lin Feng comforted himself. "It must be that I have some form of fate with the cursed lone stars of different places. It must be this way."

Discarding the random thoughts in his mind, Lin Feng began to focus on the various components' statistics of Yang Qing. His eyes stared directly at the statistics, as he was shocked by the values.

9 points for both the Innate Ability and Intelligence!

Mother of God!

Lin Feng lifted his head to look at Yang Qing and his heart was in a whirl. "You are truly a prodigy!"

Innate Ability and Intelligence were both 9 points. Together they added up to 18 points, what did that signify?

Looking at the rest of the people would give the answer.

Xiao Bu Dian's Innate Ability was 10 points, Intelligence was 8 points, together they added up to 18 points.

Xiao Yan's Innate Ability was 8 points, Intelligence was 9 points, together they added up to 17 points.

Zhu Yi's Innate Ability was 7 points, Intelligence was 9points, together they added up to 16points.

Wang Lin…forget it. In front of Wang Lin, better not mention about Innate Ability, or else things would get sour.

Apart from them, out of the others who had great potential that was analyzed by Lin Feng, Xiao Zhen Er, the Empress of Xiao Yan's harem, had an Innate Ability of 9 points and Intelligence of 8 points. Together they added up to 17 points.

Yue Hongyan's Innate Ability and Intelligence were both 8points, together they added up to 16 points.

Simply put, Yang Qing's Innate Ability and Intelligence that were both 9points meant that he had a pure innate talent, even surpassing that of Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi, who both possessed the true destinies.

Lin Feng's stared straight at Yang Qing, "You don't reveal your true nature…following this pattern, your Determination and Fortune are also…wait!"

Fortune was only 8 points.

It could not be compared with Zhu Yi, but it was also not lousier than Xiao Yan, Xiao Bu Dian or Wang Lin. No wonder he was able to pick up the Grand Moon Primordial Water amongst so many.

But the Determination…was only 5points, what does it mean?

Lin Feng looked at Yang Qing's statistics in a daze, feeling slightly down.

His burning heart felt like someone had poured a pail of cold water over it, making him disappointed. Lin Feng lifted his eyes to look at the silent face of Yang Qing and he was unsure of what to do.

"Determination of 5 points, Determination of 5 points…." Lin Feng shook his head and laughed bitterly. Determination of 5 points was seriously off the mark.

This shows that the psychological aspect of Yang Qing had a big problem and he could not handle serious issues. When facing obstacles, he had a defeatist mindset.

And his emotions were easily fluctuated. For example, it was easy to make him angry, hurt and overly concerned about the opinions of others.

People with high determination would try to prove themselves to rebut others who looked down on them.

Whereas people with low determination would question themselves when others question them and become more unconfident and even feeling inferior.

Lin Feng recalled his interaction with Yang Qing. He had a friendly personality and was even soft. Some parts of him existed an unconfident and inferior mindset.

"Such a low determination will seriously affect his success in the future." Lin Feng sighed. Determination of 5 points almost showed that Lin Feng would waste the potential of his Innate Ability and Intelligence by at least half of them.

If there were no further issues, Yang Qing's results in the future would be far below his expected success.

Lin Feng's looked at Yang Qing gloomily, "Both you and Wang Lin are opposite extremes."

Innate Ability and Intelligence of 9 points, Determination of 5 points and Fortune of 8 points. The total Talent Potential added up to 31 points, which was slightly higher than that of Yue Hongyan. But if both were allowed to develop, Yang Qing would definitely be surpassed by Yue Hongyan.

Innate Ability and Intelligence decided the lower limit, while Determination and Fortune determined the upper limit.

As the Spiritual Altar in the Aura Sea stabilized, Yang Qing opened his eyes and looked at Lin Feng. He bowed, "Your repeated help will never be forgotten by me."

Lin Feng put his worries aside and chatted with Yang Qing.

After learning from Yang Qing about his encounter with the Fire Crow Demonic Commander, Lin Feng lamented the ordeal.

After escaping from the Fire Crow Demonic Commander, Yang Qing returned to his own Cloud Water Cave and honestly reported the incident to his sect elders. It was because of this that the news spread, allowing the Aeolus Sect to know that he had contact with Lin Feng.

Lin Feng sighed, "I burdened you."

Yang Qing shook his head, "How can I blame you? It was the Aeolus Sect that was overbearing and harbored ulterior motives."

Lin Feng replied, "What is your sect now?"

Yang Qing wore a sorrowful expression, "The entire Cloud Water Cave has been ruined. My master, ancestors, elders and all my fellow brothers have all faced trouble."

Lin Feng creased his brows, "It's also done by the Aeolus Sect?"

Yang Qing shook his head, "This is not the case. Before the Aeolus Sect, the Cloud Water Cave met with a big calamity. I was away during that period of time and this was how I managed to avoid the calamity."

He recalled, "At that point in time, I peered from faraway and saw a greenish fire appearing at the Cloud Water Cave. When I reached, the fire had already disappeared and the entire Cloud Water Cave had been razed to the ground."

"A greenish fire?" Lin Feng's first reaction in his mind was to think of the True Torch of Kṣitigarbha, one of the Seven Legendary Primordial Fire in the world.

Talking about the various spiritual fires in the world, the most famous one that has a green flame was the True Torch of Kṣitigarbha. This fire was the essence of all earthly fires. Its color was light green and its power was almost limitless.

Lin Feng pondered while his heart faintly moved, "True Torch of Kṣitigarbha, True Torch of Kṣitigarbha…."

Yang Qing's tone was grieving and he almost shed tears. "I am collecting the remains of my fellow sect members before the Aeolus Sect came to arrest me. As I escaped from their hands, I was unable to collect and bury the remains of some of my fellow sect members."

Lin Feng sighed, unsure of what to say to Yang Qing. He was unable to speak words of condolences to Yang Qing.

After thinking for a while, Lin Feng sent word to Miao Shihao and invited him over. After simply explaining the situation, he said, "Please ask the Elder of Mirrors and Flowers to follow him one round around the Cloud Water Cave, so as to help the sect members rest in peace."

"You do have a good heart. You have not let me down for thinking highly of you." Miao Shihao clenched his lips as he laughed. Looking at Yang Qing, he sighed, "Also another man who treasures relationship. Okay, let me walk one round with you around this place."

Before leaving, Miao Shihao was serious for a few moments. As he looked at Lin Feng, he said, "The leader of the Aeolus Sect is already someone who has attained immortality. Although he has retreated without interfering into matters for some time, he will be alarmed if something happens to Aeolus Sect. Do not forget about him."

Lin Feng grinned and nodded without saying a word, as he watched Miao Shihao and Yang Qing left.

Suddenly, Lin Feng had a feeling, looking surprisingly in the direction of the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World.

The prompting system also sounded at the same time.

"Congratulations to the host's immediate disciple, Shi Tianhao, for his promotion to the Aurous Core Stage."

"Congratulations to the host's immediate disciple, Zhu Yi, for his promotion to the Aurous Core Stage."

"As half of the host's immediate disciples have successfully formed the golden elixir, a system reward will be specially given to the host. His current mantra cultivation will be promoted to a small realm.

Lin Feng laughed, "Waiting for you!"

In an instant, Lin Feng felt a streak of Negative Wind spiraling above his head.

The middle phase of the Aurous Core Stage promoted to the late stage of the Aurous Core Stage had caused the Tribulations of the Yin Wind to come!

The cultivator transcended the violent movement of the gathered spiritual energy, converting it to Negative Wind. The Negative Wind blew directly from the top of the Baihui acupoint, causing the soul to leave the body. Unable to resist its power, the soul is eventually blown away like dust.

But at this moment, Lin Feng only felt that the Negative Wind on top of his head was like a breeze blowing. Although it was ferocious, it was unable to leave any signs of it in Lin Feng's mind.

At this moment, his expression was mild, as if the Negative Wind did not exist. The purplish-golden jade pill in his body was flashing and the Negative Wind surrounded and circle around it.

Tribulations of the Yin Fire was to burn off the impurities of the golden elixir, while the Tribulations of the Yin Wind was to remove the surface flaws of the golden elixir.

After going through both of these obstacles, the golden elixir of the cultivator could reach the perfect realm and prepare for the Soul Formation.

Lin Feng's soul startled and he opened his eyes. In a blink of an eye, time seemed to elapse for millions of years. The Negative Wind that surrounded the body became peaceful in an instant. Both time and space froze at this instant.

In the next instant, the ferocious and dark wind storm had already returned to the natural heavenly spiritual energy. There was no transition of time and process, but it revealed a taste of nature, as if the logic of the heavens and earth was supposed to be that way and that it had never been as natural as that before.

Lin Feng peacefully took an inner look at his golden elixir. It was dripping with a piece of a jade pill, flashing a purplish radiance. On the surface, it did not seem to have any flaws.

The late stage of the Aurous Core Stage had been completed!

At this point, Lin Feng heard a new prompt from the prompting system, "Please allow the host to choose a reference for the foundation mantra and create the 'The Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues' second chapter, 'The Four Appearances Articles'

As Lin Feng heard it, he laughed.

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Chapter 206: In Half A Year's time, Open the Doors and Accept Disciples

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Lin Feng's mind entered the system. In the Mantra Creation System, the skies were dark and the Eight different scenes: Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Mountain and Pond, were set up in eight different positions.

And above the Image of the Eight Trigrams were Earth, Water, Fire and Wind, which combined in space to become a ball that continually intertwined and vibrated.

Within it, an evil aura that could create immense chaos was released.

Redefining the fortunes of the Earth, Water, Fire and Wind could improve stability and bring the rotation of the Earth back to the orthodox track." Lin Feng understood that in his heart and quietly thought of a mantra immediately.

Initially, the mantra that he thought of was the treasure of the Aeolus Sect, the Aeolus Formless Mantra.

After continuously catching Gao Fan, Zhang Sen and other Aeolus Sect members, as well as swallowing the aurous core of the Liefeng Priest, Lin Feng had already attained the entire Aeolus Formless Mantra.

This mantra contained the abhijna to cultivate the Nine Heaven Formless Squall, which was considered one of the top powers in the Wind mantras. It far exceeded the Heavenly Winds Scriptures that Lin Feng infused when he first created the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams.

As expected, after providing the Aeolus Formless Mantra to the system, the hurricane in space rapidly became more peaceful and settled down.

"After that is Fire." Lin Feng thought of the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, which could give the Grand Sun Primordial Flame after cultivation. This was also the top-notch power in the Fire mantras.

After the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, it was closely followed by the True Understanding of the Grand Sun, which was just comprehended by Lin Feng. As mantras that could cultivate the Grand Moon Primordial Water, the True Understanding of the Grand Sun and the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun were equally powerful.

After deliberating over these two forms of mantras, the Water and Fire images that were mixed up had stabilized.

At this moment, there was only one image left in space, Earth, which was still left in chaos.

Lin Feng breathed deeply, retracting his consciousness from the system. He took out the Book of Nations which he had auctioned on the seas, while also whipping out the Heaven and Earth mirror.

After attaining the Book of Nations, Lin Feng meticulously tried to figure out the powers that they contained. A very subtle similarity allowed Lin Feng to confirm that the Heaven and Earth mirror was cultivated by an elder cultivator in the past who cultivated the Heavenly Book of Nations mantra.

When the Heaven and Earth mirror was broken, the Book of Nations attained at the auction also had something missing. But if the two items were brought together, Lin Feng had the confidence that he could reconstruct the original look of the Heavenly Book of Nations.

At that point, the Heaven and Earth mirror could also be repaired.

After attaining the full Heavenly Book of Nations mantra, Lin Feng could successfully create his own 'The Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues' Chapter 2 'Four Appearances Articles'.

It was of higher power than the mantra of the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams.

"The basic requirements have been prepared." Lin Feng nodded his head, crushing a Voice-Projecting Crystal. In its radiance, the voice of the Pavilion of the Heavenly Trade's head, Song Fu, resonated, "Master Lin?"

Lin Feng calmly said, "Mr. Song, can you help me to spread a news. I hope that the entire region of the north foot of Mount Kunlun will hear about it."

Song Fu replied, "Please say it, Master Lin."

"From today onwards, my Celestial Sect of Wonders will start to recruit disciples at Shazhou half a year from now."

"I hope that the Pavilion of the Heavenly Trade can help me spread this news. I will bear all the costs."

Song Fu was silent for a moment, before replying, "Master Lin, the Mount Shu Sword Sect, Sword of Radiance Sect and the Intense Flaming Sword Sect are all searching for news of you. They are trying to find out the location of your sect."

Lin Feng laughed, "No harm if there are fellow sects who want to visit, my Celestial Sect of Wonders will be there to entertain them."

Song Fu laughed, "Since it will be this way, I will accept this business request and I will not let you down."

After the communication was cut, Song Fu twisted his head and looked at Elder Tan, who was beside him. "What if the Mount Shu Sword Sect tries to restrict Lin Feng and his Celestial Sect of Wonders from progressing by offering us a larger sum of money to restrict any relevant spreading of news regarding the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

Elder Tan replied monotonously, "Business is business. Firstly, we need to have credibility. Since we have accepted this business, we must finish it as promised. Even if the other party offers a higher price, we must not lose our credibility."

Song Fu nodded his head, "He wants to accept disciples at Shazhou, will that affect us?"

Elder Tan laughed, "On the contrary, I feel that he will be an important client for us in the future. The precondition will be that he is able to remain down-to-earth."

Song Fu also laughed, "I have the same thoughts as what you mentioned. Therefore, I will channel all the resources in the pavilion to spread the news for this Celestial Sect leader."

After concluding his conversation with Song Fu, Lin Feng grinned, "Mount Shu Sword Sect?"

He turned his head and looked at the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World. Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi had already emerged from the cave, with their mana being stable and consolidated.

At first glance, it looked like there was no Foundation Establishment Stage and there was a strong vibration of their mana, alike a smoke sea. But in truth, both possessed supernatural mana now and they were way beyond the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Congratulations to the host's immediate disciple, Xiao Yan, for promotion to the Aurous Core Stage."

The prompting sound from the prompting system resonated in Lin Feng's ear and he laughed. After attaining the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, Xiao Yan retreated to the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World to form the aurous core. He started slightly later than Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi, but his speed was not much slower.

Inside the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, there was a sudden flashing of a flame. A shadow flew out from it and a huge pair of wings emerged impressively from its back.

It was just that the color of both sides of his wings was different. One side was pure golden in color, while the other side was purplish-blue in color.

At a closer glance, his wings were in fact formed by flames and it was burning ferociously.

Xiao Budian, Zhu Yi and Wang Lin saw it and they were amazed by it. Zhu Yi said, "Senior, this was cultivated from the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire and the Grand Sun Primordial Fire."

Wang Lin nodded his head, "Looking at this, after senior promotes to the Aurous Core Stage, he can finally control the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire in the Nefarious Almighty Sword."

Xiao Yan kept the flaming wings on his back and landed in front of Lin Feng and the others. He greeted Lin Feng, "Your disciple extends his greetings to you, my master." Lin Feng laughed and said, "Good job, Yan, good job."

"You have not disappointed me." Xiao Yan smiled. Looking at Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian, he sighed, "It is a pity that you all are slower than me by a step. I no longer have a share in the treasure that master had promised."

Xiao Budian and the others all laughed, while Lin Feng said, "You are still okay. It is a pity for Zhu Yi as he is slower by a little."

Zhu Yi admired in his heart, "Master, you have not entered the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, but you know the progress of our cultivation at your fingertips."

He was also a little regretful. Because of a weird change in the spiritual altar, Xiao Budian was later in consolidating the crucible for promotion to the late stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage. But in the end, Xiao Budian was the fastest to form the elixir, which was faster than him by a little only.

"Junior, congratulations." Zhu Yi lifted his spirits and congratulated Xiao Budian. Xiao Yan and Wang Lin also congratulated Xiao Budian.

Xiao Budian laughed loudly, "Master, where is the reward?"

"Don't rush, don't rush." Lin Feng said. "Firstly, let me see all of your aurous cores."

Lin Feng divided his supernatural awareness into three parts and entered all three of their bodies.

Three aurous cores that were flashing with a purple radiance appeared in front of Lin Feng. He heaved a sigh of relief, "Luckily, they are all purple in color."

After that, Lin Feng realized that all three of the elixirs had their differences.

Apart from the flashing purplish radiance, Xiao Yan's aurous core was almost transparent like glass. Within the interior of the aurous core were two balls of flames that were clearly separated. Each flame took one side and burnt quietly.

On one side, it was a bright golden color. It was really the Grand Sun Primordial Fire.

On the other side was a gloomy purplish blue color. An aura of destructive power concept emanated from within it, making it seem evil.

"Very good, with the purple pill as a base, the aurous core had a different image, which was of a better grade than a purple pill.

Lin Feng nodded his head, before looking at Zhu Yi's aurous core. In the heart of the purplish light, there was a half-black, half-white spherical pill, as the black and white mixed in it.

Looking more carefully at Zhu Yi's aurous core, which was half-black and half-white, seemingly a perfect blend. Although they looked like they were combined, the black and white were clearly separated.

Within the aurous core, the powers of light and darkness were balanced. When mixed together, they supplement each other, as if there were unlimited potentials to grow.

"Zhu Yi's understanding of the way and concept of light and darkness is already very comprehensive."

The aurous core of Zhu Yi was also fine. At this point, Lin Feng had already fully let go of his worries. But as he looked at Xiao Budian carefully, Lin Feng was in a daze.

The cultivator in the early stage of the Aurous Core Stage had not experienced the Tribulations of the Yin wind and the Tribulations of the Yin fire, which would inevitably lead to flaws in the quality of the aurous core.

But the aurous core of Xiao Budian was surely too botched up?

The surface of the aurous core had revealed nine big, black holes!

Lin Feng was shocked when he saw this and was scared that the elixir Xiao Budian had formed was problematic.

This problem was not something that was uncommon. Some of the cultivators had limited powers. Although they were able to forcefully form the aurous core, the aurous core was extremely brittle and full of holes. If there was a small collision, the elixir would break and the person would die.

"But all those were yellow pills. Xiao Budian had formed a purple pill, thus it should not be that bad for him?" Lin Feng calmed his nerves and observed it more carefully. This time round, he found an opening.

This nine-holed aurous core that Xiao Budian had formed was constantly swallowing and spitting out spiritual energy through the holes.

It was not a flaw in the aurous core that led Xiao Budian's spiritual energy to be dissipated out of his body. Rather, it was like the breathing of humans. He continually sucked in the spiritual energy of the outside world into the aurous core while removing the impurities in the aurous core from his body at the same time.

Xiao Budian's nine-holed aurous core could remove the impurities in his body without needing to borrow the strength of the Tribulations of the Yin Fire.

Lin Feng was amazed, "Good job, you are definitely special."

After checking the aurous cores of his disciple and making sure they are fine, Lin Feng was now able to fully let go of his worries. Opening his mouth, a streak of green light flew out and landed in mid-space.

The green light dissipated, revealing a small, three-foot crucible, which was Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness.

The Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness landed in front of Xiao Budian. Xiao Budian laughed and extended his finger to touch it. The Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness reformed to a green ray and drilled into his fingertip.

Lin Feng instructed, "Take your own time to consolidate it and meticulously figure out the power concept within it."

Xiao Budian laughed, "I got it, Master."

He stole a glance at Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi, laughing cheekily without stopping. That behavior was irksome.

"Rascal, are you aggravating us on purpose?" Xiao Yan jokingly reprimanded Xiao Budian and tried to catch him before he escaped. "I have not flicked little birds for very long. You are asking for it today!"

Zhu Yi and Wang Lin looked at each other and laughed. They became childish and went forward to catch Xiao Budian together.

Lin Feng saw that they were playing a fool and he also shook his head while laughing. His heart was tempted and his awareness entered the Ring dimension. He appeared in front of the small Taotie, Tuntun.

Tuntun saw him and cheered, "You have finally come!"

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Tuntun stared eagerly at Lin Feng, expecting Lin Feng to understand what was on her mind.

Of course, Lin Feng knew. He smiled slightly, then removed the Heavenly Cage Mantra while retrieving half of the Gengjin Tiger's cadaver to be handed over to Tuntun.

The sudden surge of happiness overwhelmed Taotie.

Everything seemed too good to be true for Tuntun. She was hesitant and slightly doubtful and encircled the Gengjin Tiger's cadaver. She thought to herself, "Could he have poisoned this?"

Lin Feng looked at her in an amused manner, knowing perfectly well just what Tuntun was thinking. He laughed, "If you don't want, I will take it back."

Upon hearing this, Tuntun panicked. She quickly spread herself over the cadaver, dying to protect what she believed to be already hers.

"I am Taotie, and I am not afraid of any poison. Any poison can still be consumed by me," Tuntun patted herself on her head, "After being tricked by this dude so many times, I have become muddled myself."

At this thought, Tuntun felt rejuvenated and transformed into her original self with a sound that resembled a toddler's wail.

A human face with a goat's body, her eyes at her armpits, tiger fangs and human claws. With her current appearance, she was not in the least bit adorable. She jumped onto the Gengjin Tiger's cadaver and started devouring it.

Looking at her less than flattering demeanour, Lin Feng curled his lips, "She couldn't care less about the rest when it comes to eating."

Taotie's Heavenly Gift was indeed intimidating; despite being reduced to a mere wisp of a soul, she could still promptly devour the cadaver which was extremely hard in its entirety.

After finishing half of the Gengjin Tiger's cadaver, little Taotie started to show some stark changes.

Initially, a transparent soul, her soul started flashing blinding golden light, as her body seemed to be plated with a layer of metallic lustre that made her look impressively shiny.

She shut her eyes and hummed to herself while the golden light changed continuously and her seemingly transparent body started to acquire a corporeal form.

In the process, her body emanated a gas that smelled strongly of masculinity and blood, like that of a real corporeal body.

After a long while, Tuntun exploded into laughter, "I have finally acquired a corporeal body!"

With a quick turn, she transformed into human form. Now she looked like a little girl – strong, sturdy and solid, but feminine and adorable, much different from her previous soul-like existence. The Tuntun now gave off fragrance, and her complexion was so fine and perfect and soft.

Her immense powers seemed to flow through her body. Even though she was not a demon of the Demonic Lord category, she was as powerful as a Demonic Commander and was only a step away from forming the Demonic Soul and ascending to become the Demonic Lord.

Tuntun warmed her body up, then raised her gaze at Lin Feng. She extended her little hand, and said in a hostile manner, "Give me the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, and I will forgive you for imprisoning me. If you refuse, tsk!"

Lin Feng gave her an ambivalent grin, "You fool, you seem to have forgotten the pain you went through?"

He opened up his palm, instead of the Heavenly Cage Mantra, it was a purple gas that formed an independent entity, enclosing Tuntun within.

"I am unlike my former self!" Tuntun raised her volume, swung her hand, forming golden flashes of light resembling the tips of many blades. It was Gengjin Tiger Tribe's Heavenly Gift.

These golden flashes of light landed on the purple gas but were unable to split it apart. Tuntun noticed that and twitched her nose, "Gengjin Tiger Tribe is useless, and pales in comparison to the White Tiger Tribe's, their ancestors, immense powers."

She opened her mouth and took a deep breath. As though her mouth was a bottomless pit, she sucked all the purple gas in.

Once the gas was in her body, Tuntun's eyes lit up, "This is some good stuff! It is full of life and tastes good! I can never have enough of it!"

Lin Feng snickered upon hearing this, "Nothing comes free in this world."

Tuntun was slightly alarmed and quickly realised that the purple gas she inhaled could not be converted into demonic powers for herself the way she always used to be able to.

While she was able to inhale all the purple gas, she could not digest it. The purple gas remained the same as it was, and was trapped in her body.

And as Lin Feng willed it mentally, all the purple gas inhaled by Tuntun immediately condensed into a sphere, forming a separate world by itself.

Tuntun stared through her body and could even see that within this spherical small world, a prehistoric era was at its inception, and everything was transforming incessantly.

Regardless of how she used Taotie Tribe's Heavenly Gift, she could not disintegrate this separate small world within her.

Lin Feng snickered again, "Be careful to not eat too much, it won't do you stomach any good."

New changes can be observed from the purple gas within Tuntun: all living things aged and decayed, inching towards complete destruction; the little world marched towards lonely destruction.

The spherical purple little world rapidly withered away, like a balloon being popped all of a sudden.

"This is not good!" Tuntun was apprehensive. She realised that the little world made of purple gas was breaking down and the entire world would soon be completely destroyed.

Lin Feng had used his magical powers to create the little world that simulated the disaster of the

Destruction of Heaven and Earth. It was a horrifying sight.

The power of the Destruction of Heaven and Earth was so terrifying that even if it were a simulation, it could make anyone tremble in fear.

Tuntun did not doubt at all that if this little world were to break down and be destroyed within her, its destructive power could wreck her body entirely alongside too.

As it was a moment of life and death, the Lolita did not hesitate to give in. After all, she was used to it. Her demeanour became extremely natural, as she tried to solicit sympathy from Lin Feng, "It's my fault this time, please forgive me!"

Lin Feng laughed, "Why do I feel that it would do me more good to completely destroy you? That would save me the trouble if someone repays me with more evil deeds."

Tuntun curled her lips sadly, "You have shackled me for so long, and I can't even complain for a bit."

Deep down, she sighed continuously, "And I thought I could retaliate. Who knows he could suppress me with ease. It seems like even Mum isn't his opponent, and as he said, only Dad can

be pitched against him."

Lin Feng just wanted to frighten her to serve as a warning and to impress his authority on her, but he had no intention to kill her. He willed it mentally and halted the destruction of the Celestial Small Worlds. The purple gas reformed and left Tuntun through her mouth.

Tuntun watched him through the side of her eyes, with the gaze of a child who was caught by an adult for stealing sweets but who still eyed the sweets eagerly, drooling secretly.

Lin Feng smiled, "I have promised to give you the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, and I will not renege on my promise, so you'd better be obedient."

"You need it, and I am the one who is giving it to you, so you should be more sensible."

Tuntun was unhappy secretly. For all this while, she could always get what she wanted, and could even ask for more whenever she wanted more.

But now that she was in a disadvantaged position with a weak bargaining power, Tuntun nodded in an obedient manner, and smiled unctuously, "Yes, I will be, I will be."

How would Lin Feng know whether she was genuine about it?

But that did not matter, for she was ready to fight him if he did not keep his promise.

Lin Feng flicked his finger, the Grand Sun Primordial Flame appeared in front of Tuntun. Tuntun rejoiced and quickly swallowed it.

After she had swallowed it, she shut her eyes and got into a peculiar pose, a training stance exclusive to the Taotie Tribe.

Her little tummy rose and fell. Her Heavenly Gift was exercised to its fullest potential. When it came to the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, even Tuntun had to be careful to refine it before she could call it hers.

Ling Feng was calm and waited quietly for her to complete the process.

After a long while, Tuntun suddenly opened her eyes. Blinding golden sparkles flashed from her pupils.

"Dark Aqua Xuanming, you are not my opponent anymore!" Tuntun guffawed at the sky, feeling extremely pleased with herself, "This time round, unless you seek refuge at Xuanming Tribe permanently, I will find you and I will mate with you!"

Lin Feng coughed a few times - what he heard made him choke. Even though she knew the reason Tuntun wanted the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, to hear her say it out aloud so explicitly,

Lin Feng was torn between tearing up and laughing, he looked at Tuntun, "And that's all you think of."

After guffawing, Tuntun turned to look at Lin Feng and straightened herself up, "Can you release me back to the Barren Expanses? I have not seen my parents in a long time, I miss them dearly."

Lin Feng exposed her true intention very unkindly, "You don't have to lie. You must be missing your Dark Aqua Xuanming and you want to forcefully seize him to do that thing right?"

"To mate, it is to mate!" Tuntun tried to correct him, only to realise a little too late that she should not have said that when Tuntun stared at her with an ambivalent smile.

Her toes tapped the ground and pressed against each other as she uttered with her head bowed low in embarrassment, "My primary reason is real because I miss my parents, and then, out of convenience, only strictly out of convenience, I will go look for Dark Aqua Xuanming…"

Lin Feng shook his head with a smirk, "You shouldn't be too eager to leave. Like you said, if Dark Aqua Xuanming sought refuge at Xuanming Tribe's place, your wish cannot be fulfilled."

"You must wait till you recover your powers as the then Demonic Lord before you can take any actions."

Tuntun panicked, "But it would be disastrous if Fox Fen that foxy bitch got there first!"

Lin Feng eyed her and laughed again. His laughter was an immoral and insincere one, as though he were the Wolve disguised as a granny trying to deceive the Little Red Riding Hood.

He sighed deeply, "Oh, what a pity! I still have lots of sumptuous foods here that I wanted to give you."

"For example, there are the Grand Sun Primordial Water, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, the Nine Heavens Formless Squall, and then there is also a third of the Gengjin Tiger Demonic Soul's essence…"

Before Lin Feng could complete his sentence, Tuntun leapt towards Lin Feng and embraced his leg, nodding incessantly, "I will stay, I will stay, I will stay!"

Once the Lolita was placated, Lin Feng's consciousness left the Ring Dimension.

At this point, Xiao Budian was still running and hiding at Mount Yujing to avoid being captured by Xiao Yan and his people.

Lin Feng shook his head without a smile and diverted his attention to the last chapter of the Book of Nations and the Heaven and Earth Mirror.

He contemplated silently and immersed his self in the state of the boundless power of the Earth.

The Earth was reticent, heavy and stable; it looked ordinary, but its powers were immense.

The Earth and the Heaven: the Heaven, it was boundless in its expanse; the Earth, it was the bearer and the supporter of the Heaven.

The Earth was seemingly ordinarily, but it could support everything, and accommodate anything.

Lin Feng suddenly beamed and touched the Heaven and Earth Mirror with his finger. A soil yellow beam appeared in the mirror and shrouded the last chapter of the Book of Nations.

Innumerable letters and symbols emerged from the book, but they were clearly incomplete, and many sentences did not flow. But as the Heaven and Earth Mirror continued to shine, the texts emerged more rapidly, and gradually they became complete.

Meanwhile, the Heaven and Earth Mirror trembled gently. On the mirror, an ancient and abstruse word slowly appeared.

"社!" (pronounced as "shè")

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Chapter 208: Four Appearances to Unlock the Book of Heaven

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The word refers to the God of the Earth, concentrating the powers of the Earth. With that word on the Heaven and Earth Mirror, the device gives off an entirely different aura.

Lin Feng quietly tries to detect the changes within the Heaven and Earth Mirror. Suddenly he tapped it with his finger, casting the Dual Dimension Vacuum Charm.

The edge of the dimension to be replaced was located right in the middle of the Heaven and Earth Mirror. Under normal circumstances, if Lin Feng cast this charm, the Heaven and Earth Mirror would have been broken into two halves.

But at this point, the Heaven and Earth Mirror emanated a soil yellow beam, and condensed into an almost solid form, resisting the strong destructive effect inflicted by the Dual Dimension Vacuum Charm.

The dimension at which the middle part of the Heaven and Earth Mirror was located trembled like small waves for a long while, before finally returning to stillness. The dimension was not replaced whatsoever. The powers of the Heaven and Earth Mirror overpowered the Space, preventing Lin Feng's Dual Dimension Vacuum Charm from taking its supposed effect.

Lin Feng was not frustrated at all. In fact, a smile appeared on his face.

While this was definitely not the mirror's primary function, to be able to hold down Space demonstrates its inimitable prowess as a Nascent Soul Stage weapon!

After acquiring the Heaven and Earth Mirror that year, it was first repaired with the Galaxy Sand, before being strengthened with the Gaia Jade. Today, after being refined with the help of the Heavenly Book of Nations, it finally recovered its past glory.

"What an interesting device, " Lin Feng chuckled, turning his attention once again to the Heavenly Book of Nations.

In the Space, countless letters arranged themselves into order. Initially incomplete and lacking at places, with the help of the Heaven and Earth Mirror, the missing parts were filled in, revealing itself as a complete mantra.

The mantra occupied Lin Feng's mind as he tried calmly to memorise the mantra. Even though he was physically in the Vacuum, he seemed to still be connected to the Earth.

Lin Feng could feel that he was gaining in strength and power. He opened his eyes, "The Heavenly Book of Nations is indeed extraordinary."

Within the mantra system, in Space, the last uncertain element, the Earth, has finally been stabilised at this moment.

The Earth, Water, Fire and Wind – these four elements were all considered stable, the system reminder rang beside his ear.

"The number of types of the fundamentals reference mantra fulfills the requirement, let the combine now!"

"Mantra combination begins… Mantra combination is successful… Begin the creation of The

Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues, Second Chapter, Four Appearance Articles!"

"The second chapter of the Heavenly Classic of the Way's Virtues, the Book of the Four Appearances Unlocking the Heaven, is successfully created!"

An image appeared in Lin Feng's mind: space was in chaos, and amidst the chaos, it was suddenly shattered.

"Whoosh!" like a flame falling into boiling oil, the fire burned ferociously.

Initially just a small flame, with a blink of the eye, the fire burned ubiquitously in the primeval state of the universe.

Shortly after that came the sound of water, gushing out from the raging fire and shooting high up to the sky.

Concurrently, the soil turned. Everywhere was covered in broken pieces of soil.

The hurricane roared on with a deafening noise.

The entire primeval state of universe had completely lost its delicate balance, transforming into endless chaos involving soil, water, fire and wind. Each wreaked havoc in a magnitude that was completely unparalleled.

Lin Feng quietly watched the violent movements of the soil, water, fire and wind, as they became more violent with the passage of time. However, amidst the chaos, a peculiar balance was reached, finally from them all emerged a bubble-like object.

Lin Feng willed it mentally and the bubble quickly exploded. From it spurted two air currents – one clear the other murky.

As soon as these two air currents appeared, the chaotic state of the Earth, water, fire and wind was finally ended as calmness was restored. The clear current gradually rose, while the murky one slowly sank.

The murky stream slowly sank, becoming heavier and heavier by each second. It condensed to form a solid base, transforming into the Earth crust, then into mountains, streams and rivers.

The clear stream gradually rose, further and further away. It was ubiquitous and capricious, transforming into the sky, then into the stars, sun and moon.

The sky and the Earth were separated. A whole new world was born, just like that.

Lin Feng tried to contemplate the theory within, and was momentarily enlightened, "Destroy the Heaven and the Earth, separate the primeval state of universe, reset the soil, water, fire and wind, split the sky and the Earth, create the world – this should be essence of the Four Appearances Unlocking Heaven Book."

"Now, I can finally execute the last step." Lin Feng's consciousness left the System Dimension.

He had a gut feeling and he raised his head to gaze at the direction of the Space.

There, he could vaguely see the lightning flashing and hear the thunder rumbling. A specter of oppression and fear hovered above the peak of Mount Yujing.

"My Lord, I am facing my Lightning Tribulation soon," Kang Nanhua's voice rang beside his ears.

Lin Feng came to the edge of the precipice of Mount Yujing and stared down. On the precipice there was cave from which a thick and powerful aura emanated from it – that must be Kang Nanhua's handpicked place of residence.

"Focus on overcoming the Lightning Tribulations, do not worry about the other matters. I will use my powers to protect you," Lin Feng said, "This round of Lightning Tribulations, are you confident?"

There are three major tribulations at the Aurous Core Stage, and the last tribulation is the Lightning Tribulations. Once one transcended them, one could become a Nascent Soul. From thereon, one could traverse the entire sky and Earth, explore all of the Space, travel tens of thousand of miles, and live a long life.

The lifespans of Cultivators will be increased. Becoming an Aurous Core was another challenge that they must face. Once successful, they can live up to a thousand years.

To cross over from the Aurous Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage was another challenge. If one could successfully become a Nascent Soul, one's lifespan will be increased to 3600 years.

As long as the Soul was not damaged, the cultivator's lifespan would not change.

Living for up to 3600 years practically made one as good as immortal.

Yet, the Lightning Tribulations are the most dangerous ones of the three tribulations of the Aurous Core. Many warriors and heroes alike had failed at this essential challenge.

Having a formidable accumulation of powers, noble Aurous Core qualities, and strong determination are all essential qualities that one must possess. In fact, one must also need some luck to succeed.

To overcome the Lightning Tribulations, one must do it oneself, without the help of others. If anyone extended a helping hand, the tribulations would only become more difficult.

The Lightning Tribulations are completely different from the lightning powers performed by the Cultivators. Even if it was the lightning summoned from the sky, its destructive powers were still no match for the Lightning Tribulations.

The Lightning Tribulations were undoubtedly the most potent force in this world.

Not too long ago, Zhu Yi chanced upon an artifact used by a Cultivator to learn the Dark Mantra at the Great Hengduan Mountains. That person was a Cultivator belonging to the later stage of the Aurous Core stage, but because he could not stand against the Lightning Tribulations, he was directly struck by the lightning and turned into ashes.

Even though Kang Nanhua was well-versed in many mantras and was extremely skilled and powerful, Lin Feng was worried for him.

"My Lord, please don't worry on my behalf. If not for the fact that I am now on Mount Yujing, I would be only 70 percent confident about overcoming the Lightning Tribulations," Kang Nanhua smiled and replied, "But now, I am 90 percent confident that I can get through this unscathed."

Lin Feng nodded, "If that's the case, carry on. I will do my best to protect you."

Kang Nanhua exited from the cave and sat cross-legged on a bulging spot on the precipice of the mountain. His mastery of the Ancient Mantra of the Flowing Sand of Ganges was at its peak now.

Without any forewarning, there was a sudden huge crack in the Space. A thick bolt of lightning

emerged from the crack, striking directly at Kang Nanhua's head!

The Lightning Tribulations was such that no matter where and how you hid, the lightning would still split the Space and find its way to you.

Cultivators of the later stage of the Aurous Core Stage had to discover the secrets of Space from the Lightning Tribulations' Space-splitting power. This was what many Cultivators of the Nascent Soul Stage had to go through to understand the secrets and mysteries of the Space.

Before Kang Nanhua, the Sand of the Ganges and the Great Chaos Primordial Water combined with each other, shielding him from the lightning.

His entire body shook violently as a result of the strong impact, but his heart remained calm.

Lin Feng could palpably feel the pressure of overcoming the Lightning Tribulations. Even though he was merely a bystander, he found it extremely frightening.

For a human being to face these lightning strikes is tantamount to an egg being crushed by a mountain – it felt like one could be deadly disintegrated any time.

One bout of lightning strikes after another struck Kang Nanhua mercilessly, yet he was like a reef by the sea, unafraid of the strong waves and cutting wind.

Before his Soul Formation, being able to witness the true colours of the Lightning Strikes up close was, to Lin Feng, an invaluable experience and that no amount of gold could buy.

While observing Kang Nanhua fending himself against the Lightning Tribulations, Lin Feng had a sudden thought, "When a Cultivator establishes his foundation, he must be indefatigable in his

pursuit, and unwavering in his commitment."

"To brew the Golden Elixir is to overcome the fear of death, attaining the enlightenment of the soul."

"And the Soul Formation, on the other hand, was a test of the Cultivator's mental strength. When faced with an impending life-threatening danger, they should remain fearless, calm and courageous."

To cultivate oneself was to disobey the laws of nature and to go against God-ordained fate. The ultimate outcome was not to be as one with nature, but to understand the laws of nature while

retaining our agency, before creating a world of our own.

Once enlightened about this, Lin Feng could feel his Golden Elixir turning and tossing, as his soul seemed to fuse as one with Space. He could sense that the Earth was watching him, and he immediately understood, "Am I going to face the Lightning Tribulations soon too?"

At this moment, the lightning strikes began to abate gradually. Kang Nanhua was as pale as death, but light appeared above his head and a shiny purple Golden Elixir emerged from the top of his head.

The Golden Elixir that Kang Nanhua successfully produced was also purple in colour, but he was covered in cracks and crevices, so fragile that it looked as though it could be shattered easily.

"Open!" Kang Nanhua remained as pale, but he was certainly delighted. He raised his head and blew at his Golden Elixir.

His Golden Elixir emanated light. Amidst the light, a shadow slowly emerged, and it belongs to the outline of a newborn baby.

But this baby sat cross-legged with his hands clasped together chanting the mantra. The Sand of the Ganges and the Great Chaos Primordial Water orbited around the baby.

Lin Feng saw that and thought to himself, "So this is Kang Nanhua's nascent soul."

Kang Nanhua called out gently, and the Nascent Soul above his head entered his scalp."

Lin Feng landed beside him and beamed, "Congratulations for successfully reaching the Nascent Soul Stage."

Kang Nanhua laughed, "All thanks to my Lord for inviting me to Mount Yujing. This could not be so successful without your help."

Lin Feng smiled while shaking his head. He did not utter a word. The truth was, he should be grateful to Kang Nanhua, for his experience would make it much easier for Lin Feng in the future.

Time passed quickly in the mountain. After spending some time recovering his powers, Kang Nanhua was almost back to his prime. With his formidable powers, even if he merely stood there, it seemed as though he could open the Space.

At this point of time, Miao Shihao brought Yang Qing back to Mount Yujing. After Cloud Water Cave was destroyed, Yang Qing had nowhere to go. When Lin Feng was willing to let him stay at Mount Yujing, of course, he was more than grateful. After all, a beautiful haven like Mount Yujing was hard to come by.

One day, after checking the Calendar, Lin Feng called his four disciples – Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing, Miao Shihao and Kang Nanhua – to his side.

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Chapter 209: Arriving in Shazhou

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"From the 8th of May, my sect shall open its doors at Shazhou City and accept disciples."

Once everyone had arrived, Lin Feng said while smiling, "While it had been quite some while, there were some preparations that had to be made. From tomorrow onwards, I hope that everyone will follow me to Shazhou."

Zhu Yi inquired, "Are you making preparations in case someone decides to interfere?"

Lin Feng smiled and said nothing. From within his robes, he took out a bundle of talismans and passed it to a few people. They were the Talisman-Dollars he made during the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai.

Among Xiao Yan and the other three, each of them received 15 purple Talisman-Dollars and 150 red Talisman-Dollars. Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing were each given 5 purple Talisman-Dollars and 50 red Talisman-Dollars.

Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing were shocked. They did not dare to accept.

The purple Talisman-Dollars were Nascent Soul stage talismans. Each of them had the power of an attack from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. While it was technically money, 99% of cultivators would not dare to use it. Instead, they would choose to hide it and use it in crucial moments to save their lives.

Even the red Talisman-Dollars were equivalent to a strike by an Aurous Core cultivator. As both Yang Qing and Yue Hongyan were in the Foundation Establishment stage, these talismans packed an immense amount of power to them.

Regardless of whether they were from the former Covenant of Liefeng or the Cloud Water Cave, they received more Talisman-Dollars from Lin Feng than they had ever seen.

Lin Feng thought, "Those who come to Mount Yujing shall be disciples of my sect. How can I let you get away?"

Looking at the flustered Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing, Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's alright, just take it. I believe that our trip to Shazhou this time will not be smooth. For the both you, the talismans might come in handy."

He turned his head towards Xiao Yan and the rest and said, "Same for the four of you. These talismans belong to you now. How you want to use them is entirely up to you."

"However, don't blame me for not warning you ahead of time that once we opened up our sect, many people will want to join you as disciples."

Xiao Yan laughed, "Don't you mean that our disciples shall honor us instead, master? Why does it sound like we have to give them welcoming gifts?"

Lin Feng stared at him with a quirky half-smile. "Oh? In that case, why don't I see you honoring me?"

Xiao Yan spread his hands and laughed, "Take from me what you desire, master."

Xiao Budian and the other three burst into laughter as they knew that Lin Feng was kidding around with Xiao Yan.

Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing looked on with admiration at them.

One should not refuse what a senior had given. Despite Lin Feng's easy-going attitude, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing did not dare to refuse the gifts a second time, particularly after Lin Feng explained to them his intentions.

Yang Qing sneaked a glance at Lin Feng's immediate disciples, noticing that they did not mind Lin Feng giving the talismans to them.

Seeing that, Yang Qing was slightly relieved. Respectfully, he accepted the talismans as he thought, "I was already in senior's debt before this. Now, he gave me such valuable talismans. I must be careful during the upcoming trip to Shazhou so as to not ruin his plans."

Yang Qing decided in his heart, "If I can help in anyway, I'll do it."

Yue Hongyan also relaxed as she accepted the talismans, thinking to herself, "Senior is truly magnanimous. For this trip to Shazhou, should anyone dare to stop us or block our paths, I'll be the first to get rid of them. There will be no need to trouble Xiao Yan and the rest."

Lin Feng looked at Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao and said smilingly, "I am not a rich man, so I can't afford to give the two of you anything."

Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao laughed. Miao Shihao, in particular, laughed crazily as he said, "Look at you, if you need help I have some money I can lend you."

After interacting with him for many days, everyone had grown accustomed to Miao Shihao's feminine behavior. However, looking at his appearance now, everyone stared awkwardly at the ground.

Lin Feng looked at Miao Shihao. His mouth twitched at the sides as he said, "There's no need for that."

He waved his robes and his Avatar of Ares appeared next to him. Lin Feng spoke, "I still have something to attend to here, so my Avatar shall head with you to Shazhou."

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. Lin Feng's Avatar of Ares growled quietly, "Let us move."

The purple clouds encircled them and brought the six of them through the void and away from Mount Yujing. Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao followed tightly behind.

Looking at them go, Lin Feng sat cross-legged on top of the mountain as he said, "Let us begin. While we have limited time, stress too can be a form of motivation."

Exiting the void, the Avatar released Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian to let them fly on their own while carrying Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Budian were like two wild horses free from their restraints. They enveloped themselves in two rays of golden light and charged towards the northern horizon at lightning speed.

Zhu Yi looked at them while shaking his heads, "They are almost going to become masters. How can one feel relaxed about entrusting them with such responsibility?"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's alright. Your Little Junior is after all still young. I am not even sure if he would get any disciple this time round. As for Xiao Yan, while he is playful, but before others, he will not disappoint."

He looked at Zhu Yi and continued, "To be a master is a trial for you guys too. On one hand, it's psychological training. On the other hand, it's also for you to improve your mastery."

"If you only understand half the content, how can you teach your disciples?"

Zhu Yi nodded solemnly and replied, "What master said is true. I will take extra care in these aspects and I vow that I will never mislead my disciples."

Lin Feng looked at Wang Lin, "Wang Lin, you have already entered the Foundation Establishment stage. I know that you want to focus on cultivation, but like what I've just said, accepting disciples is a trial for you too."

Wang Lin nodded, "I understand. If anyone wishes to become my disciple, I will teach them patiently."

In the span of the conversation, the group had already reached the sky above Shazhou. In the sky, one could see a tear. Song Fu, one of the three executives of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade, stood smiling in the space.

Seeing him, Lin Feng turned and smiled at Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao. The three of them advanced forward and stepped into the void, appearing before Song Fu.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Budian, who went ahead of them, paradoxically came up behind them. Looking at Song Fu, they wiped their smiles from their faces and stood properly behind Lin Feng.

Lin Feng's gaze fell on the old man behind Song Fu.

Upon seeing the person, Miao Shihao's eyes glittered as he smiled and said, "Sorry to trouble you, Boss Tan."

Lin Feng had heard Miao Shihao and Kang Nanhua mentioning about the composition of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade before. With Miao Shihao's words, he immediately understood that the old man was the leader of the three executives of the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade. He was in his Nascent Soul stage and much more powerful than Song Fu.

Elder Tan's hair was entirely white. He had a benign expression and he chortled when he heard Miao Shihao and said, "I must come out and receive the master of the Celestial Sect of Wonders in his visit to Shazhou."

Turning his head, he looked at Lin Feng and said apologetically, "One of the other executives had been doing closed-door training since 10 years ago. Hence, he would be unable to attend your sect-opening ceremony. I hope you will not take offence."

Lin Feng smiled gently, "It's alright."

As they entered Shazhou City, they needed somewhere to rest. Naturally, Song Fu had prepared everything ahead of time.

What made Lin Feng happy was that in a span of a few months, many talented young people had come to Shazhou to join his sect upon hearing the news.

Through the Talent Analysis Device, he gathered that many of them possessed high potential values. This made him extremely joyous. After all, the system main quest required him to accept at least 30 disciples with potential values of 25 and above into his set.

"Also, I had to be thankful that no other major sect exists in the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, other than the Pavilion of Heavenly Trade which is technically a commercial body."

His heart was content. When he chose to raise his prestige here, it was not solely because he wanted to build his sect here. It was also because of the ties the Kunlun Mountains had with the wider cultivation world.

As time passes, Lin Feng's official sect-opening day on 8th May approached and increasing number of wannabe-cultivators gathered around Shazhou City. Seeing that he almost managed to complete the quest, Lin Feng's heart was elated with joy.

While the potential values of many would-be recruits just barely passed 25, Lin Feng was already very happy.

What made him even more satisfied was that amongst the four component values of his future disciples, none of them was particularly low.

This was good news. While stunning prodigies appeared extremely rarely, he already had disciples like Xiao Yan and the other three. For his second generation of disciples, it was better to go for stability.

A sect needed exceptionally talented individuals as much as it needed steady and firm disciples to serve as its bedrock. The two types of disciples complemented each other, and only with both could one advance far.

As Lin Feng thought about it, a disturbing thought entered his mind. Kang Nanhua's voice sounded next to his ear, "Master, may I please come in?"

"Sure." Lin Feng was sitting cross-legged in the quiet room when Kang Nanhua opened the door. Smiling, he said, "A bunch of colleagues have arrived in Shazhou. They wished to join in the sect-opening ceremony as observers."

Lin Feng nodded his head. In the past few days, many cultivators came to Shazhou hoping to witness the ceremony.

Many of them came from the sects in the northern foot of the Kunlun Mountain. They were curious about the new and upcoming Celestial Sect of Wonders.

The number of sects that could successfully challenge the Mount Shu Sword Sect could be counted with one hand. Most of them had at least a Nascent Soul stage cultivator as their leaders. None of them had an Aurous Core stage one.

With their abilities, they were unable to affect Lin Feng much.

"This time, Master Wu Yunliang of the Ethereal Mountain Sect came personally. He is accompanied by his disciple Meng Chaoran." Kang Nanhua paused for a while before continuing, "I feel that Meng Chaoren isn't ordinary. He should be in the latter phase of the Aurous Core stage. While he is a far cry from the Nascent Soul stage Wu Yunliang, I feel that there's something extraordinary about him."

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Chapter 210: Blocking Our Path!

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The Ethereal Mountain Sect was located to the east of the southern foot of the Kunlun Mountains and bordered the Great Qin Empire. While it was no older than a thousand years, it was a wonder in its heydays, equalling even the Aeolus Sect.

However, in the months that followed, The Ethereal Mountain Sect infuriated the Great Qin Empire and was suppressed by it, leading to its eventual destruction.

While extraordinary figures had appeared before from the sect, the pressures of the outside world coupled with the internal struggles within the sect had led to its fall from grace. No longer able to compete for dominance with the Aeolus Sect, it was relegated to mediocrity.

However, despite its misfortunes, the Ethereal Mountain Sect still possessed one Nascent Soul stage cultivator as its leader. He stabilized the situation in the Kunlun Mountains and helped to slow its decline.

The master of the Ethereal Mountain Sect, Wu Yunliang, may appear to be no more than 40 or 50 years old. He had some white hair, and his demeanor was serious and unforgiving.

Lin Feng did not appear before him. Instead, he sent Kang Nanhua in his head for the negotiations.

In the negotiations, Wu Yunliang indicated that he would like to meet with Lin Feng. Kang Nanhua concurred and brought him over to Lin Feng.

In Lin Feng's eyes, this made him wary as he thought, "Wu Yunliang is a cunning person. He probably has other intentions in mind that led him to initiate this meet-up."

Lin Feng turned away his gaze as he saw the middle-aged man standing next to Wu Yunliang. He was clad in purple robes and his expression was plain. He did not speak but just sat there quietly.

"Could this be the Meng Chaoran that Kang Nanhua mentioned" Lin Feng observed quietly. Regardless of the situation, the person appeared detached and uncaring.

Both Kang Nanhua and Lin Feng felt that there was something about Meng Chaoran that made him stood out.

He was like a volcano, and one that's located undersea rather than on the earth, to boot.

During negotiations, one could sense a fire burning under his calm outer appearance.

"He is quite similar to Kang Nanhua. Such a personality is not bad, but it invites tragedy," Lin Feng shook his head slowly as he thought suddenly. "Oh, has Yang Tonghui arrived?"

To meet his old friend, Lin Feng decided to head out himself. The newcomer came in a blaze of azure light. It was indeed Master Skywalker, Yang Tonghui, of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect. Behind him followed ten plus people, all of whom were wearing azure apparels. They tied a blue belt around their waist and a longsword hung from their sides. This was the uniform of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect.

Upon meeting Lin Feng, Yang Tonghui smiled and said, "Sorry to disturb you, Master Lin."

Lin Feng smiled. The Heavenly Master Sword Sect was included in his calculation as it was a chess piece that could play an important role. Maintaining good relations with it would bring more benefits than harm.

Yang Tonghui and his entourage paid their respects to Lin Feng. Suddenly, Yang Tonghui said, "Master Lin, I've heard that some people were unhappy about your successful Sect-Opening Ceremony."

Lin Feng smiled, "Is it the Mount Shu Sword Sect?"

Yang Tonghui nodded his head and said, "From reports, it is possible that Master Lixiong will personally make an appearance."

Lin Feng's heart was slightly jolted by this piece of news. For members of the demon clan, they started off as Demonic Soldier, followed by Demonic General, then Demonic Commander and finally a Demonic Lord who possessed his demonic core. Afterwards, after forming their indestructible demon soul, they would become Great Demonic Saint.

In comparison, human cultivators started off as Qi cultivators, before moving on the Foundation Establishment stage, then the Aurous Core stage, then the Nascent Soul stage and before finally entering the Immortal stage.

In the rules of the Grand Celestial World, an Aurous Core stage cultivator could call himself a master, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could call himself a grandmaster while an Immortal stage cultivator would call himself a supreme master or a holy master.

Kong Chang's title as the Master Lixiong was due to him being the eldest disciple of the Lixiong Branch of the Mount Shu Sword Sect.

And Master Lixiong's master was a cultivator who had already entered the Immortal stage. At the same time, he was the supreme master over all members of the Lixiong Branch.

Cultivators in the Immortal stage were the crème de la crème in the hierarchy of the Grand Celestial World. The power they possessed was unparalleled by any other cultivator.

Upon hearing that, Lin Feng's expression did not change. He did not need any further explanation, but said softly, "It's alright."

Looking at this, Yang Tonghui smiled gently and decided not to raise this topic any more.

As the two of them talked, Lin Feng received Miao Shihao's message.

"Master, I think I'm in a bit of a tiff here." While he was relaying a bad news, Miao Shihao's tone was laid-back and relaxed.

However, something that could trouble Miao Shihao definitely gave Lin Feng a cause of concern.

"Xiao Yan was bringing a few guys from Shazhou who wished to join our sect back. However, on the way back, he was stopped by some people," said Miao Shihao, "It appears to be our old friend, Yu Wanfeng of the Yu Family."

He stopped for a while before continuing, "Other than him, there was Master Cyclone from the Aeolus Sect and someone whom I did not recognize. However, he was rather fearsome."

Lin Feng replied softly, "Wait for me, I'll be there soon."

He turned and smiled at Yang Tonghui, before saying, "Come with me."

With that, Lin Feng stepped into the room. He looked at Meng Chaoran and Wu Yunliang, before saying, "I wish to thank the both of you for participating in my Sect-Opening Ceremony."

Looking at Lin Feng's sudden appearance, Wu Yunliang's eyes flashed. In an instant, he smiled and said, "This must be Master Lin. It is truly my fortune to be able to meet with you."

Without waiting for him to say anything, Lin Feng said, "The Sect-Opening Ceremony will commence soon. But before that, I wish to invite everyone to watch a show."

Wu Yunliang looked at Meng Chaoran without saying anything other. He then said, "Show us the way."

Without further ado, Lin Feng led the way.

Before leaving, he released a whole bunch of purple clouds as it wrapped up the many masters and would-be disciples saying there and flew with him towards the outskirts of Shazhou City.

On the way there, Lin Feng explained the situation to Kang Nanhua while informing Zhu Yi and the rest to rendezvous with Xiao Yan and Miao Shihao.

About a hundred li southeast to Shazhou, Miao Shihao and Xiao Yan stood in mid-air facing a group of people. Underneath them were a group of youths, numbering from 6 to 7.

Despite feeling the tensions in the air, the youths looked at the two sides in the air with a look of admiration on their faces.

Xiao Yan looked at the people opposite him, saying in a deep voice, "These people travelled all the way to Shazhou to join my sect. Why are you obstructing our path?"

Opposite him were the many disciples of the Yu Family, led by Yu Wanfeng, as well as a bunch of Aeolus Sect cultivators led by Master Cyclone.

Next to them stood a middle-aged man whose white robes were decorated with a whole bunch of calligraphy characters. However, he did not appear grubby or shabby. Rather, he gave off a strong mythical feel.

The middle-aged man in the white robes appeared extremely elegant but wild at the same time. He gave off a strong pressure to all around him. He was Mr Zhang Hai from the Marquis of Xuanji's household.

Despite Xiao Yan's questioning, the three of them pretended to have not heard it. They did not even bother to listen to the Aurous Core stage, Xiao Yan.

Next to Master Cyclone emerged an Aurous Core stage cultivator, who swept Xiao Yan with his gaze before saying, "Your Celestial Sect of Wonders is no more than a third-rate sect. By accepting these disciples, you are depriving more worthy sects of talents and cheating them of their potential."

He looked down at the many youths underneath him before saying, "I am the Premier Elder of the Aeolus Sect, Shu Xianshi. Today, the Aeolus Sect is taking in disciples. All of you can join the Aeolus Sect."

Upon hearing that, Xiao Yan was so angry that he laughed instead. "Hur hur, you are undermining my sect in front of us."

Shu Xianshi looked at Xiao Yan from the corner of his eyes and said, "These kids have the right of choice too. They should be allowed to join the sect that they want. Are you going to force them into your sect?"

In his heart, he was gleeful as he thought, "My Aeolus Sect has a history of tens of thousands of years. For long, it dominated the Kunlun Mountains. How can your new sect compare to us? Any one with a functioning brain will pick us over you."

The youths on the ground looked at each other. Finally, they concentrated their gaze on one of them, whose expression suggested that he did not have a care in the world.

"What should we do, Liu Xiafeng?"

The youth called Liu Xiafeng shrugged his shoulders and said, "I've heard of the Aeolus Sect, which is apparently the premier sect in southern foot of the Kunlun Mountains. Before the rise of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, they could be said to be number one sect in the Kunlun Mountains."

Hearing his words, Shu Xianshi smiled before an expression of displeasure crossed his face. In a solemn voice, he said, "Foolish child, even till now the Aeolus Sect ranks first."

Upon hearing that, Liu Xiafeng arched his eyebrows and smiled, "Not meaning to be rude, but despite you saying that I still choose the Celestial Sect of Wonders. That's the reason I'm here anyway."

He looked at the other youths and said smiling, "You too, right?"

It was apparent that Liu Xiafeng commanded the respect of the other youths around him. With his words, everyone nodded their heads vigorously in agreement.

Shu Xianshi stared at the scene before him with his mouth open in shock. He never thought that Liu Xiafeng would make such a choice.

"A mere third-rate sect can be compared directly to my Aeolus Sect? Don't lie to yourselves!" Shu Xianshi landed on the ground in that instance as he stared, black-faced, at Liu Xiafeng and company. His gaze fell onto Liu Xiafeng.

An Aurous Core stage cultivator did not even need to touch an ordinary person to kill him. His mere aura sufficed.

However, while Liu Xiafeng appeared to have cultivated Qi before this, how could he resist the pressure of an Aurous Core stage cultivator?

However, he remained defiant. Fearlessly, he looked at Shu Xianshi and said coldly, "Your Aeolus Sect may be powerful, but is it more powerful than the Mount Shu Sword Sect?"

By offending the Mount Shu Sword Sect, what benefits could it possibly bring the Aeolus Sect?

In that instant, Shu Xianshi was unable to reply Liu Xiafeng. In a fit of anger, he turned the aura around him into a cyclone as he charged towards Liu Xiafeng.

Without using any spell and relying solely on projecting his mana, he could rip Liu Xiafeng to pieces.

"Go back to the southern foot of the Kunlun Mountains, this isn't the place for you to do your nonsense," Xiao Yan's mocking voice suddenly sounded next to Shu Xianshi. In the next instant, all one saw was a fist that split open Shu Xianshi's cyclone, which came tumbling down before him.

Shu Xianshi's appearance was furious, but he was chortling inside. His objective was to trigger Xiao Yan.

During the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai, Xiao Budian's battle with the Mount Shu Sword Sect's sword cultivators had already become a stuff of legend. Shu Xianshi's underestimation of his opponents was merely a ploy.

As he appeared to have been beaten into submission by Xiao Yan, he was actually well-prepared. His next move was his most powerful move, the Nine Heavens Formless Squall, which would morph into invisible blades, slashing towards Xiao Yan!

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Chapter 211: Those Who Think Otherwise, Step Out Now!

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Countless of sharp knife-shape squalls flew towards fearsomely towards Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan chuckled as he completely ignored the Nine Heavens Formless Squall of Shu Xianshi. He punched the space in front of him mightily, causing it to ripple.

The smile that was appearing on Shu Xianshi's face froze.

In that moment, he felt as if he was trapped in a building during an earthquake. There was a possibility that the very space before him could collapse.

"How could this be possible? He's only in his Aurous Core stage..." Shu Xianshi began contemplating this notion as he noticed that the space he was in actually began to collapse into itself. Black lines appeared in this space, blinding him.

Based on a single punch, Zhang Hai, Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng's facial expressions changed. Originally, they who ignored Xiao Yan at first were now filled with shock.

As Nascent Soul stage cultivators, they naturally knew that the black lines in space were not something corporeal; they were tears in space itself!

Xiao Yan's Crash of the Eight Trigrams was originally a supremely destructive force. After he entered the Aurous Core stage, his power was raised to a shocking new level.

The specter of death floated above Shu Xianshi's as he did not dare to belittle his foe anymore. Hastily, he summoned the Nine Heavens Formless Squall to defend himself. His entire body became a gust of wind as he retreated.

Fortunately, Xiao Yan was not actually an Aurous Core cultivator. The Crash of the Eight Trigrams could only damage space rather than completely destroy a portion of it completely. If not, Shu Xianshi would have been dead.

Xiao Yan's mouth twitched as he said, "Do you think you can leave?" He took out his Black Wind Flag and waved it as his entire body was covered by it. In that instant, he appeared behind Shu Xianshi.

Shu Xianshi was scared witless. "You dare..."

"Why not?" Xiao Yan smiled coldly as he punched again.

The space before them tore open again as Master Cyclone walked out from it. He commanded, "Young man, don't be too arrogant."

While Master Cyclone appeared to be a youth of only about ten years old, his tone was like that of an old man. The powers from his Aurous Core could be felt from his body. It was truly terrifying.

With a wave of his hand, a light wind began to blow. While it was no way as fierce as Shu Xianshi's Nine Heavens Formless Squall, it tore apart Xiao Yan's Crash of the Eight Trigrams instantly.

Xiao Yan had already known about Master Cyclone's true powers from Miao Shihao, but he betrayed no fear as he chuckled, "Little old man, the person who shouldn't be too arrogant is you."

Behind him, two wings made out of flames emerged. A golden flame, dazzling and blindingly bright and giving off pure Yang energy, covered half the sky.

"The Grand Sun Primordial Flame!" Zhang Hai and the rest exclaimed in shock as they stared at Xiao Yan's golden wings.

Master Cyclone's heart was taken by fear. His telepathically controlled Nine Heavens Formless Squall became a shield as it blocked the Grand Sun Primordial Flame.

This time, he used his true powers and prevented Xiao Yan's Grand Sun Primordial Flame from breaking through his defences. However, poor Shu Xianshi caught in his master's squall.

Master Cyclone's face was filled with rage as dozens of Nine Heavens Formless Squall destroyed the Grand Sun Primordial Flame charging towards them. Then, like a tempest, it charged straight for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan looked at the squall approaching him with a relaxed and calm attitude. He laughed, "Master, I can handle this."

From the space came Lin Feng's voice, "Fighting with someone like him would only leave the both of you injured. That's not what I want."

As soon as the voice sounded, an old bronze mirror giving off a dusky yellow light appeared before him. Where the light landed, it was as heavy as the earth. Master Cyclone's Nine Heavens Formless Squall landed on the Mirror of Dusk's light and could not advance anywhere beyond that.

Despite the fact that the dusky light was repeatedly torn apart by the squall, it quickly regenerated and was able to firmly resist the Nine Heavens Formless Squall.

Wind and Earth are respectively the lightest and heaviest elements of all. In the end, neither could overcome the other.

The Master Cyclone's face darkened as he withdrew his Nine Heavens Formless Squall. Then, he saw Lin Feng walking out from the space, followed by Kang Nanhua, Yang Tonghui, Wu Yunliang, Meng Chaoran and company.

Due to the commotion, the other wannabe-cultivators in Shazhou who headed out to watch were shocked too. They left the city in tiny groups, and from a plain far away they observed the exchange of blows between Lin Feng and Master Cyclone.

Master Cyclone looked at Lin Feng coldly and asked, "Are you the Celestial Sect's master, Lin Feng?"

Lin Feng did not even acknowledge him as he said to Xiao Yan, "Take them back to the city please."

Xiao Yan smiled in response. Without even acknowledging Master Cyclone, he landed to the ground and with his mana, he immediately bundled up Liu Xiafeng and the rest.

Looking at Liu Xiafeng, he smiled and said, "Not bad, you're indeed a hard nut to crack."

Liu Xiafeng could feel the power coming from within Xiao Yan healing his wounds. He smiled lazily and replied, "I just dislike the way they belittle others."

Looking at the situation, Master Cyclone's face turned dark as he bellowed, "Stop them!"

With that, he rolled out another squall. This time, Miao Shihao, who had been watching the fight from the side, parried the strike.

When Master Cyclone attacked at first, Miao Shihao hoped to take up the challenge. However, with the focus of both Zhang Hai and Yu Wanfeng on him, he could not afford to be careless. Now, with Lin Feng around, he did have to worry.

"Such a bad temper," Miao Shihao smiled coyly as his middle finger recoiled and touched his thumb while his index, ring and little finger pointed forward. With this gesture (Orchid Finger) , he drew four squares in he air.

In that moment, a perfect rhombus-shaped mirror appeared in the sky and floated up to receive Master Cyclone's Nine Heavens Formless Squall.

The mirror dazzled as an exact replica of the Nine Heavens Formless Squall shot out from the mirror.

The two squalls were exactly the same. As they clashed in mid-air, they disappeared.

Master Cyclone's face fell as he said, "Miao Shihao, do you want to be like these third-rate sects?"

Behind him, Yu Wanfeng laughed, "This screwed up Celestial Sect of Wonders is truly shameless. It accepts all kind of people, even ladyboys like the Master of Mirrors and Flowers"

Yu Wanfeng looked at Lin Feng, and mocked derisively, "Or perhaps, this is your fetish?"

Upon hearing that, not only were Lin Feng's disciples infuriated, even the normally calm Kang Nanhua frowned.

The many cultivators from afar who came to watch the ceremony looked at Lin Feng and Miao Shihao with a strange expression on their faces.

Surprisingly, Miao Shihao, who had just been insulted, was calm. Not only was he not angry, he laughed.

"Hahahahaha!"

Miao Shihao's laugh grew in volume. The very heavens vibrated from his laugh.

As his laugh's volume increased, the sound of his laugh changed.

In the start, it was coy and feminine. Soon, it became clear and loud. Finally, it became strong and masculine.

Throughout the laugh, Miao Shihao's entire frame changed. In the beginning, he was slim. While his face was ethereally handsome, he no longer gave off a feminine feel.

In that instant, Miao Shihao appeared to have transformed into a hunk, virile and energetic.

"As illusion becomes reality, reality becomes an illusion."

Miao Shihao's laugh suddenly stopped. He shook his head, sighed and said, "The mirror reflects off water like a flower as dreams are immersed in illusion. Life is like that, no? What is an appearance? Is it really important? Who can guarantee that what we see is real?"

Here, his demeanor changed again. He was no longer feminine, but rather overtly masculine like Kang Nanhua and Meng Chaoran, calm and collected while being as moderate as a jade.

Zhang Hai stared at Miao Shihao for a while before sighing, "Master of Mirrors and Flowers, your Spiritual Illusion Charm's mastery has improved another level. Looking at you, you aren't far from the middle phase of the Nascent Soul stage."

"Thank you." In one sentence, Miao Shihao returned to his original demeanor as the slightly feminine and androgynous Brother Shihao. He smiled seductively at Lin Feng and said, "My improvement is thanks to my master."

Lin Feng smiled and replied, "I just prodded you in the right way."

Yu Wanfeng's face turned bronze green as he looked at Miao Shihao. As he was about say something, he saw Lin Feng staring at him at his heart missed a beat.

Lin Feng's gaze landed on Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng and he said, "I just heard someone mentioning that my sect is third-rate and not worth a hoot."

Master Cyclone said coldly, "So what?"

Lin Feng put his hands behind his back and surveyed his surroundings. He said calmly, "Everyone here is from the Kunlun Mountains. All of you can be witnesses here."

Wu Yunliang's heart jolted as he asked, "May I ask Master Lin what am I supposed to witness?"

Lin Feng smiled and said a single sentence, plunging everyone into a deep silence.

A short while later, the many cultivators threw decorum out of the window and began to discuss amongst themselves.

"This master of the Celestial Sect, has he gone mad?"

"Even if he's from the Mount Shu Sword Sect or the Great Void Sect, he wouldn't dare to say such a thing. This person is crazy."

"We don't need to say anything. Neither the Yu Family nor the Aeolus Sect will permit this transgression."

Even Wu Yunliang, Meng Chaoran and Yang Tonghui who stood behind Lin Feng stared at Lin Feng absurdly.

Lin Feng's words rang non-stop in their heads.

"Disciples of my Celestial Sect of Wonders are invincible against other cultivators of a similar level."

Zhang Hai stared intently at Lin Feng and asked, "When you said 'same level', do you mean that your disciples, who may be in the earlier phase of the Aurous Core stage, can easily defeat a disciple in the later phase of the Aurous Core stage?"

Lin Feng nodded calmly. His gaze swept across all the chattering personnel. Then he looked at the slightly incredulous Yu Family disciples and the disciples of the Aeolus Sect and laughed softly.

"All those who think otherwise are welcome to challenge my sect right here, right now."

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Chapter 212: The Ferocious Xiao Yan

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Lin Feng said calmly, "Anyone who does not believe that to be true, come and challenge us. My Celestial Sect of Wonders will accept your challenge without any question."

Yu Wanfeng was so angry that he actually laughed, "What an arrogant person! Are you not scared that your tongue will drop off from spouting your lies?"

"Even the premier Great Void Sect does not dare to say such a thing! Mount Shu Sword Sect's swordplay techniques are without parallel under the heavens and excel in offence but even they are not so full of themselves."

"Indeed, you are a madman," nodded the Cyclone Grandmaster while smiling. He looked at the group of youths behind Lin Feng, all of whom wished to join Lin Feng's sect. The Cyclone Grandmaster said to them, smiling, "Do you still want to be the disciples of such a brazen person?"

"If you still do not know when to control yourself, your destruction will soon be at hand. In a destroyed nest, there is no intact egg. It's not too late for you to change your minds."

Xiao Yan chuckled, "A Nascent Soul stage cultivator who can't even take down an Aurous Core stage cultivator. I think that your Aeolus Sect should hurry up and fall apart when there's still time. Waiting any longer will just be humiliating."

The cultivators of the Aeolus Sect were all incensed. However, upon recalling the fate of Shu Xianshi, as well as the Grand Sun Primordial Flame that Xiao Yan had used in his battle against the Cyclone Master, their spirits fell again.

Only the elder next to the Cyclone Grandmaster sniffed, "What an ignorant and brazen upstart! Today, I will discipline you."

The elder's body emitted a perfect aura and was obviously an Aurous Core stage cultivator. He stepped out from the crowd and gazed coldly at Xiao Yan.

The Cyclone Grandmaster's face was dark. He did not say anything, indicating tacit approval for the elder's actions.

Yang Tonghui became deeply worried upon seeing this as he thought, "By sending a late Aurous Core stage cultivator to challenge an early Aurous Core stage cultivator, isn't that just tacitly agreeing that your own early Aurous Core stage cultivators and middle Aurous Core stage cultivators are no match for him?"

His gaze fell upon Xiao Yan and thought, "However, this person here is truly ferocious. With only an Aurous Core stage mastery, he managed to control the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. Such powers exceed those of his equals." While he was late because he followed Lin Feng onto the scene, he still witnessed the battle between Xiao Yan and the Cyclone Grandmaster.

Wu Yunliang said quietly to Meng Chaoran, "Isn't the Grand Sun Primordial Flame owned only by the Fire Crows? I wonder if it was formed through the machinations of the disciple himself, or through the efforts of his master. If every single disciple of their sect is so strong, then it is truly a terrifying prospect."

Meng Chaoran replied quietly, "The elder is one of the few strong ones in the Aeolus Sect. Furthermore, the Nine Heavens Formless Squall is one of the few Four Grand Primordial Winds and is no way inferior to the Grand Sun Primordial Flame. Perhaps he has a plan?"

Wu Yunliang nodded his head, "We shall see."

Xiao Yan looked at his challenger from the Aeolus Sect. Then, he turned and smiled at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng nodded his head. Xiao Yan's body shimmered, and in an instant, he was in front of the elder.

"Do you think that you are all-powerful now just because you possess the Grand Sun Primordial Flame?" The elder smiled coldly before his body moved vigorously. A saber glinted amidst the ferocious winds and made a beeline for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan's eyebrows arched, "A cultivator specializing in physical martial arts?" He was not scared of his attack at all and received it with his Crash of the Eight Trigrams.

However, the elder's saber was as unpredictable as the wind. His swordplay was extremely strange and it changed constantly as he searched for weaknesses.

Xiao Yan hated this type of guerrilla warfare tactics the most. He smiled coldly as he waved the Black Cloud Flag. His body was covered by a dark light as he moved randomly through space more quickly than his opponent.

The elder arched his eyebrows and said, "This magic item can alter space itself. It's more troublesome than the Grand Sun Primordial Flame." His saber changed again. While it was originally dark and hard to see, it now became virtually invisible.

The radiance from his saber dissipated into thousands of pieces and was distributed amidst the wind. Through his machinations, the wind became a giant cyclone as it enveloped everything within a hundred meters.

The elder waved his hand and extracted a large amount of Wind-type energy from the air around him and incorporated them into his cyclone, causing it to become even stronger.

Xiao Yan became increasingly wary. While the Black Cloud Flag could constantly change its position, it was still within the cyclone.

In the cyclone, there would be occasional flashes of saber radiance. While it appeared weak, as long as it managed to catch a trace of Xiao Yan it would shine brightly and the elder himself would appear in the next instant. The scattered saber radiance congregated in the instance and its powers increased greatly.

Xiao Yan tried to avoid them, but the saber radiance would scatter once again in the cyclone until it caught its target again. Upon which, it will congregate.

The elder's saber radiance congregated before scattering before congregating again as if it was following his will. Together with the cyclone, it was able to control the teleportation abilities of the Black Wind Flag.

Xiao Yan dodged the saber radiance again. He became increasingly incensed, as he smiled coldly, "Do you honestly think I am not scared of you?"

He lifted the Black Cloud Flag and as the elder's sword radiance found him, they congregated together into a giant sword radiance, cleaving towards his head.

Xiao Yan smiled coldly as he used his Crash of the Eight Trigrams again. However, he did not use it for offense. Rather, he used its defensive form as layers upon layers of destructive powers formed an endless wall and blocked the elder's sword radiance.

At the same time, Xiao Yan's Grand Sun Primordial Flame erupted suddenly as it charged towards the elder. The elder took out an item, which was called the Divine Flame Glass Shield and blocked the onslaught of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame.

Lin Feng suddenly became anxious as he thought, "There's really such a thing! No wonder he was spoiling for a fight."

The Cyclone Grandmaster saw this and arched his eyebrow. The Divine Flame Glass Shield could only withstand the attack for a short while. Before long, it would give way to the Grand Sun Primordial Flame.

All of a sudden, an idea struck him. He said slowly, "The Grand Sun Primordial Flame is owned by the great demon, the Golden Crow, and his tribe. How could your disciples be possessing it? Unless you are collaborating with the Fire Crows?"

Lin Feng smiled, "Who says that the Grand Sun Primordial Flame is owned only by the Golden Crow and his tribe? You're right, the fire crows can control the Grand Sun Primordial Flame intuitively, but it does not mean that the Grand Sun Primordial Flame is owned only by them."

"There are Seven Legendary Primordial Flames that were a result of creation. Those who possess the skills to understand the creation of heavens and earth can naturally use these flames too."

The Cyclone Grandmaster snorted, "It's easy to say that. But if what you say is true, produce another primordial flame for me."

Before he finished his sentence, he heard Xiao Yan's cough from the battlefield. Beyond the brilliant gold radiance of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, a dark, purplish-blue blaze appeared too!

In comparison with the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, what it lacked in intensity it made up for in its cruelty.

The Cyclone Grandmaster and everyone else stared with their mouths agape. The combination of the dark purplish-blue blaze and the Grand Sun Primordial Flame bombarded the Divine Flame Glass Shield until it was reduced to nothing but ashes. The elder operating the shield was burnt to crisp.

It happened so fast that the Cyclone Grandmaster could not even save him.

The face of Mr Zhang of the Marquis of Xuanji's household became dark as he said, "The purplish-blue blaze. Could it be the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Flame, the most destructive of the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires?"

The Cyclone Grandmaster's mouth twitched as he looked at Lin Feng. However, Lin Feng had no intention of acknowledging him.

This made the Cyclone Grandmaster tremble. Right after he told Lin Feng to produce another primordial flame, Xiao Yan shoved the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Flame in his face.

What made him even more humiliated was the gaze of everyone else around him. A late Aurous Core stage cultivator of his sect actually lost to an early Aurous Core stage cultivator, Xiao Yan. It appeared that Lin Feng's proclamation that his disciples were "the first among equals" was true.

Yu Wanfeng's face was even more ominous. Xiao Yan's use of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame against the Cyclone Grandmaster had already changed his opinion about him. He knew that Xiao Yan was ferocious, but he did not expect him to be this ferocious.

He looked at Lin Feng as he heart grew cold, "With such a disciple, how terrifying would the master be?"

With this deduction, he realized that Xiao Budian, who was next to Lin Feng, was in no way inferior to Xiao Yan.

Earlier on in Shazhou City, Yu Wanfeng witnessed Xiao Budian defeating a whole bunch of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the Mount Shu Sword Sect. However, he believed that he had received assistance from Lin Feng.

Now that Yu Wanfeng began to think about it, Lin Feng did not just suppress the mastery of those disciples to the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. He probably did something else too.

However, looking at Xiao Yan's ferocity, Yu Wanfeng did not dare to think about that anymore. He stared at Xiao Budian with caution in his eyes as he thought, "As of now, he already possessed a terrifying amount of power. If he were to further develop his powers..."

Yu Wanfeng's caution turned into killing intent. Shi Tianyi was an important chess piece for the Yu Family's future developments. He could not afford any slip-up.

Thinking about that, he realized that he missed out something.

In only half a year, Xiao Budian had advanced to the Aurous Core stage.

Such a terrifying speed was completely unparalleled. Even Shi Tianyi, who was lauded as a prodigy by all, could not match that.

Yu Wanfeng stared intently at Xiao Budian and noticed that Xiao Budian's appearance did not change much. This was to say that even if Xiao Budian had cultivated in the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, he used very little time.

Such a discovery made Yu Wanfeng even more hellbent on killing him.

Xiao Budian felt Yu Wanfeng's gaze as he turned his head to look at him. His tiny face did not any trace of a smile as he said quietly, "What? Does the Yu Family want to have a go too?"

Yu Wanfeng did not say anything but looked at Lin Feng. He noticed Lin Feng staring at him expressionlessly.

The cultivators of the Yu Family glared angrily at Xiao Budian. However, upon recalling what he did back in Shazhou City as well as Xiao Yan's powers, they became crestfallen.

A middle-aged Aurous Core stage cultivator suddenly stood up and said loudly, "Don't be too brazenly arrogant, I'll challenge you."

Xiao Budian's face was expressionless as he replaced Xiao Yan on the battlefield. "Bring it on."

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Budian as he coughed dryly and said, "I haven't finished."

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Chapter 213: Truly Invincible

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Xiao Budian stretched his elbows and legs and said expressionlessly to the challenger, "Bring it."

The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Budian as he coughed dryly and said, "I haven't finished."

Xiao Budian said impatiently, "If there's anything to say, say it now and quickly."

As the onlookers looked at Xiao Budian, who was only 11 to 12 years old, they were unable to control their laughter.

On the side of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, everyone gazed at Xiao Budian. Xiao Yan laughed to the sky as he thought, "Little b*stard, is this the only thing you learned?"

The middle-aged cultivator's mouth twitched, but he controlled himself as he said, "Your sect claims to be the first amongst equals, hence will you be willing to battle two at once?"

Upon saying that, the cultivators around burst into discussions without giving any regard to the honor of the Yu Family.

"Could you skin be any thicker? Why not use 20 cultivators to fight him?"

"He's still a kid. Let's not talk about you bullying someone younger than you. You now wish to bully him with a numerical advantage? What happened to age, experience and wisdom?"

"Is this befitting of one of the four great families of the Great Qin Empire? The face of the Yu Family is totally gone now thanks to you!"

While everyone was cautious about the rise of the Celestial Sect of the Wonders, they were still deeply displeased with the words of this middle-aged cultivator.

What's the point of winning if you obtain victory through numerical advantage? That would be such a hollow victory.

Even the cultivators of the Aeolus Sect, who were on the same side as the Yu Family, changed their perceptions of them.

The cultivators of the Aeolus Sect who stood closer to the Yu Family began to move away from them.

Only the middle-aged cultivator remained calm as he stood his ground. He accepted the derisive mockery of everyone else and he did not take back his words.

Even members of the Yu Family were shamed by the words of the middle-aged cultivator. They looked at him confusedly as they wondered why was their senior displaying such weakness.

Only a few Aurous Core stage cultivators of the Yu Family who were next to him remained calm.

The normally bad-tempered Nascent Soul stage head of the Yu Family, Yu Wanfeng, looked on darkly but he kept his silence.

His expression was noticed by Lin Feng, who took notice of it.

Thoughts swirled in Lin Feng's mind as he finally understood Yu Wanfeng's plan. He laughed coldly to himself, "Nice, so your plan is to forsake all dignity just to kill Xiao Budian!"

"You really do care a lot for Shi Tianyi, sadly, this debt must be paid." Looking at Xiao Budian who had turned his head to face him, Lin Feng nodded calmly.

Xiao Budian's expression was calm as he turned around and stuck out his finger. He pointed at the middle-aged cultivator and said, "You."

Then, he pointed to the bunch of cultivators behind him and said, "You, you, and you. The four of you, fight me."

The chatter resumed.

The four people who were marked by Xiao Budian were the four Aurous Core stage cultivators of the Yu Family. One of them was in the middle Aurous Core stage, while the other three were in the early Aurous Core stage.

Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran looked at each other, and the master of the Ethereal Mountain Sect laughed bitterly in his heart, "There's truly such a master and such a disciple."

"While others want to beat him up in a group of two, he finds it to be not enough. He wants to fight four at once!"

Yang Tonghui looked at Xiao Budian interestedly and thought, "He could rise to the Aurous Core stage so quickly. Did the master of the Celestial Sect feed all seven of my Celestial Elixirs to him"

"Earlier on in Shazhou City, in the little purple atmospheric cell, this guy managed to defeat all those Mount Shu Sword Sect disciples by himself."

While the Yu Family's original plan was to forgo their dignity to kill Xiao Budian, Xiao Budian's intent to challenge all four of them to a fight greatly incensed them too.

The leader of the small group turned to look at Yu Wanfeng, "Sixth Uncle?"

Yu Wanfeng took in a deep breath as he said, "Youxin, it's up to you now, don't disappoint me."

Yu Youxin, the middle-aged cultivator, nodded his head. He turned around and said expressionlessly, "Since you insist, then we shall not disappoint our family. We'll fight you together."

The three Aurous Core stage cultivators nodded their heads, and the four of them advanced to their respective spots on the battlefield, surrounding Xiao Budian.

"Rise!" Yu Youxin and the other three cast the Yu Family's signature move, the Mantra of Xuanming. In an instant, cold, white aura rose from their body. The entire space around them soon became covered in a freezing fog.

In the fog, a completely transparent blue drop of water appeared before Yu Youxin, giving off an extremely cold aura. That was the Xuanming Primordial Water.

The other three of them did the same as they summoned their own Xuanming Primordial Water. The four Aurous Core stage cultivators attacked together as the Xuanming Primordial Water froze the immediate surroundings, turning what would otherwise be a nice summer day into a wintry chill.

"This time, we must kill him!" Just as Yu Youxin was about to make his move, he paused suddenly as he could not detect Xiao Budian's location.

In the next instant, Yu Youxin heard two consecutive cries of agonies.

That voice could not have belonged to a mere child.

In the next instant, Yu Youxin heard a thunderous storm brewing up next to his ears. It was so loud that he almost went deaf. A ferocious gale coupled with wild streaks of lightning tore apart the freezing fog together.

Xiao Budian appeared before him. His entire body was surrounded by gale and thunder, like a divine being.

Yu Youxin swept the battlefields with his eyes as his body turned ice-cold.

His other three companions had already been defeated by Xiao Budian. They fell from the sky and churned up a small cloud of sand as they landed.

Yu Youxin initially felt that he had overestimated Xiao Budian's abilities. However, reality demonstrated that Xiao Budian was much more powerful than he had imagined.

He did not hesitate anymore as he conjured and raised a small blue sail.

The small blue sail floated halfway up to the sky and suddenly, it gave off eye-piercingly bright blue light. The bone-chillingly cold wind flew in all directions.

The onlookers below the Aurous Core stage who touched these winds shivered immediately as if they had fallen into an ice crevice.

Everyone was shocked. They immediately widened the distance between themselves and the blue sail. Despite not being the target of the blue sail, they could still feel its chill. How could such a small sail be so powerful?

Someone with particularly sharp eyes recognized it immediately. "This is the Xuanming Sail of the Yu Family. It's a Nascent Soul stage magic item!"

The aura of the sail vibrated, it was almost exactly the same as the aura on Yu Wanfeng's body.

Everyone's gaze fell upon Yu Wanfeng. No one would have thought that he would be so cruel as to secretly give his own Xuanming Sail to Yu Youxin.

He truly wanted to kill Xiao Budian.

Yang Tonghui arched his eyebrows as he looked at Yu Wanfeng. "This person is truly shameless, but does he have to resort to this? Could it be that there's enmity between them and Xiao Budian?"

Facing everyone's discussion and finger-pointing, Yu Wanfeng pretended as if they did not exist. He stared intently at Lin Feng as if scared that Lin Feng would rescue Xiao Budian.

He did not dare to attack himself, as he feared detection by Lin Feng. Hence, he secretly passed his Xuanming Sail to Yu Youxin and company with the intention of killing Xiao Budian right here.

If Lin Feng were to assist, he would intervene.

Yang Tonghui turned his head to Lin Feng and said, "Why aren't you intervening? A Nascent Soul stage magic item is completely out of his league..."

Thinking about that, Yang Tonghui looked at Xiao Budian. With that gaze, his eyes widened in shock.

Xiao Budian looked at the sail fearlessly. First, he used his Infinite Thunderstorm to attack the Xuanming Primordial Water released by the Xuanming Sail. After charging, the power of his Infinite Thunderstorm was in no way inferior to it.

However, the Xuanming Primordial Water released by the Xuanming Sail was different from those of Yu Youxin and company. It incorporated Yu Wanfeng's understanding of the workings of space as a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

The Xuanming Sail appeared to be able to freeze itself. It surrounded Xiao Budian's gale and thunder cover as it squeezed towards its center.

Xiao Budian was in no way anxious as he stretched out a hand to pat his forehead, "Go!"

From his forehead emerged a green light, and from the green light emerged a small three-legged crucible.

Telepathically, the three-legged crucible vibrated vigorously before disappearing from its original position. It sped through space, and in the instant which it disappeared, it reappeared before Yu Youxin.

Yu Youxin was shocked, "How is this possible? With the Xuanming Primordial Water of my Six Uncle's Xuanming Sail, all space should have been sealed... Wait, could it be a Nascent Soul stage item too?"

The people around him gasped. Those with sharp eyes realized that Xiao Budian's Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness too was a Nascent Soul stage magic item like the Xuanming Sail. However, there were major differences.

Yu Youxin's Xuanming Sail had the same aura as Yu Wanfeng as it originally belonged to Yu Wanfeng, who lent it Yu Youxin temporarily.

However, the aura of the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness was exactly the same as Xiao Budian's.

In other words, this Nascent Stoul stage magic item belonged to Xiao Budian personally.

Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran looked at each other. Meng Chaoran shook his head slightly and Wu Yunliang sighed again. His gaze fell upon Lin Feng. Increasingly, he found Lin Feng unpredictable.

"An Aurous Core stage disciple who was given a Nascent Soul stage magic item. This cannot simply be described as 'exorbitant'! That is a Nascent Soul stage item, not a Nascent Soul Talisman." Wu Yunliang had a daughter, but even for his daughter, he did not give her a Nascent Soul stage item for self-defence.

Wu Yunliang turned and looked at Xiao Yan and the rest of Lin Feng's disciples. He calculated in his heart, "If every single one of them possessed a Nascent Soul stage item, that will be truly..."

Everyone who watched the battle was emotionally charged. Within the battle itself, Yu Youxin frantically waved the Xuanming Sail to protect himself as he tried to counter the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness. The two Nascent Soul stage objects clashed.

The Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness crashed onto the Xuanming Primordial Water released by the Xuanming Sail. It vibrated like ripples on a water surface.

In that instant, the Xuanming Primordial Water, which was in the solid state, finally resembled actual water.

The Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness could not challenge the Xuanming Sail by itself, but what it could do was to break the seal it imposed on the surrounding area. Riding on gale and storm, Xiao Budian rushed before Yu Youxin in the blink of an eye.

The ferocious thunder struck Yu Youxin.

Looking at Xiao Budian victorious in the sky while the four Aurous Core stage disciples of the Yu Family lay motionless on the ground like dead dogs, everyone present was stunned. In their minds, Lin Feng's words echoed.

"Disciples of my Celestial Sect of Wonders are invincible against others of their class!"

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Chapter 214: More and More Opponents

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Yu Wanfeng stared at Yu Youxin and the three other cultivators lying motionless on the ground, stunned.

Then, Yu Wanfeng felt like slapping himself twice. If he could give a Nascent Soul stage magic item to Yu Youxin and company, why couldn't Lin Feng?

However, he never expected Lin Feng to directly bestow the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness to Xiao Budian, allowing Xiao Budian to own it completely.

This caused him to further speculate Lin Feng's prowess. "If he treats Nascent Soul stage items so lightly and gives them to his disciples so easily, then this person is possibly beyond the Nascent Soul stage. If that's the case, then my entire household needs to be very careful."

Many thoughts swirled through Yu Wanfeng's brains. However, after a while, he focused his attention again because something that almost made him go crazy happened.

After defeating Yu Youxin and company, Xiao Budian stared at the temporarily out-of-control Xuanming Sail and said smiling, "This item is not bad, I want it."

Saying that Xiao Budian activated the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness, which spat out a ray of green light. It surrounded the Xuanming Sail and absorbed it within the crucible.

Yu Wanfeng's eyes almost burst and he almost spat blood out in anger, "Little b*stard, do you want to die?"

With his mana, he managed to extricate the Xuanming Sail from within the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness.

Yu Wanfeng was the true owner of the Xuanming Sail, which was his natal magic item. The communication between the two was very close and his mastery exceeded that of Xiao Budian. With this summon, the Xuanming Sail immediately broke free from the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness.

In that moment, Lin Feng smiled and said, "This item shall be the prize of this battle."

Laughing, Lin Feng waved his finger and a cloud of purple gas formed a small world, enveloping the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness.

The Xuanming Sail, which was making a ruckus within the crucible, was calmed almost immediately.

Xiao Budian hugged the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness and laughed, "If I say it's mine, it's mine."

Yu Wanfeng was infuriated. Throwing all concerns to the wind, he roared and mana coursed through his body, turning into an icy blast. He went straight for Xiao Budian.

Looking at the situation, Miao Shihao smiled and said, "Yu, the two of us should get to know each other better."

Saying that Miao Shihao stuck out his body and retrieved Xiao Budian while blocking Yu Wanfeng's path at the same time.

"You transsexual piece of sh*t, scram!" Yu Wanfeng bellowed as the Xuanming Primordial Water coursed out and turned into an extreme chill.

This time, Miao Shihao did not use his Ray Reflecting Mirror nor his Superior Orchid Cacti. Instead, he smiled and said, "Sadly, the person who should scram is you."

His right hand formed an orchid symbol with his fingers and he pointed his hand at Yu Wanfeng's Xuanming Primordial Water. In that instant, a torrent of water rushed towards him.

That was one of the four techniques of the Mirrors, Flowers, Water and Moon Technique: the Canglang Water Technique.

"Is this the spell that Miao Shihao cultivated with the One Heavenly Primordial Water?" Lin Feng looked interestedly at the scene before him. He saw Yu Wanfeng's Xuanming Primordial Water crashing against Miao Shihao's Canglang Water Technique and disappearing instantly.

Yu Wanfeng roared in anger as the Xuanming Primordial Water attacked Miao Shihao non-stop. However, they were all reduced to nothing by Miao Shihao.

Yang Tonghui, Wu Yunliang and company watched this amazing spectacle unfold in awe.

Everyone knew that the Master of Mirrors and Flowers, Miao Shihao, had two ultimate techniques: the Ray Reflecting Mirror and the Superior Orchid Cacti. This was also the source of his title. Today, however, he demonstrated a brand new move.

While this spell appeared simple, the power within it made everyone on-scene looked at it in awe.

The Xuanming Primordial Water, one of the Six Great Primordial Waters, could not advance beyond the blockade of this technique, demonstrating the power of Miao Shihao's Canglang Water Technique.

"Could it be that Miao Shihao's spell could dissolve Yu Wanfeng completely?" Lin Feng thought about it in his heart. Then, he realized that Miao Shihao had decided to turn the tables on Yu Wanfeng by heading straight for him.

In that instant, Yu Wanfeng regained his calm. He did not dare to be careless and immediately used the Xuanming Primordial Water to protect himself. The blue icy water shielded him like an ice castle, keeping him safely inside.

However, what appeared to be an impregnable castle eroded before the Canglang Water. With only a single wave, the castle was reduced to nothing and Yu Wanfeng himself was disorientated by the torrent.

"Sixth Brother, this is quite the disappointment," an icy cold voice sounded suddenly as the space next to Yu Wanfeng split open.

An elder with a wispy beard and a dark expression stepped out from the split in space. In the time it took him to raise his hand, the Xuanming Primordial Water turned into a barrier and blocked the Canglang Water from the pathetic Yu Wanfeng.

Yu Wanfeng, who was drenched and shamed, said, "Fifth Brother..."

Upon hearing the form of address, Lin Feng knew who was the person without even having met him.

The Yu Family had another Nascent Soul stage grandmaster who was respectfully referred to by the disciples of the Yu Family as the Fifth Granduncle, Yu Qianshan. His aura coursed powerfully through his body as his mastery exceeded that of Yu Wanfeng. He had already reached the middle phase of the Nascent Soul stage.

However, Lin Feng's attention was not focused on him at all. Instead, he turned his head to look at the sky on the horizon.

Over there, the space began to open again as three sword radiances flew out and appeared before everyone.

The first person was a youth clad in a robe made out of hemp. His expression was coldly sharp. It was the Nascent Soul stage cultivator of Mount Shu Sword Sect, Kong Chang.

To the left of Kong Chang was a sword radiance in the shape of an azure cloud. After it stopped, the elder who emerged from it had an expression of grace and finesse.

To Kong Chang's right, a sword radiance burned brilliantly. From the flames, a rough middle-aged man stepped out from it.

Yang Tonghui, upon seeing them, arched his eyebrows as he introduced them to Lin Feng, "The youth in the hemp robe is the first disciple of the Lixiong Branch of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, Master Lixiong Kong Chang."

"The elder is the Azure Clouds Grandmaster of the Sword of Radiance Sect. His mastery is extremely high and his ranking in the sect is high as well. The middle-aged man is the Flying Fire Grandmaster of the Intense Flaming Sword Sect."

Lin Feng nodded his head. He remembered more than two years ago he was involved in a skirmish with the Intense Flaming Sword Sect after accepting Xiao Yan as his disciple.

While the Aurous Core stage elder from the Intense Flaming Sword Sect eventually backed off after falling for Lin Feng's trick, that was one of the most perilous moments for Lin Feng ever since he stepped into this world, particularly because he was still a Qi Disciple back then.

As for the Sword of Radiance Sect, Lin Feng turned his head to look at Xiao Yan meaningfully, who clenched his fists tighter.

Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran looked at each other. Meng Chaoran shook his head and said, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders is in trouble now. They have more and more enemies." Wu Yunliang agreed.

Upon arriving, Kong Chang swept the crowd with his razor-sharp gaze. Finally, his gaze fell upon Lin Feng as he thought, "Who is this person? Why am I not getting anything?"

However, as a sword cultivator, he was never scared. He stared intently at Lin Feng and said coldly, "Are the master of the Celestial Sect, Lin Feng?"

Sweeping the crowd with his psychic consciousness, he heard the discussions of everyone in the crowd. His brows stood up immediately, "Your Celestial Sect of Wonders' disciples are invincible against those of the same class? What an appetite!"

He slowly pulled out his longsword and balanced it before his chest. "If that's the case, I, Kong Chang of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, challenge you to a battle. What do you say?"

Everyone in the vicinity began to chatter once again. While they knew that the Mount Shu Sword Sect was bloodthirsty and fierce, they did not expect Kong Chang to challenge Lin Feng straightaway after arriving.

Yang Tonghui arched his eyebrows and said, "Brother Kong, it will be the Sect-opening Ceremony of the Celestial Sect of Wonders soon. Choosing to battle now may be disrespectful."

Kong Chang replied emotionlessly, "We sword cultivators discuss only the way of the sword instead of customs or traditions. If you don't even understand this principle, then the Heavenly Master Sword Sect has gotten too used to your rotten life of luxury."

"You..."Yang Tonghui squinted his eyes.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster next to Kong Chang stepped forward and said lightly, "Tonghui, we are all from the Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance. We are close like twigs of the same branch, don't tar our good working relationship with one another."

Yang Tonghui's face turned sullen. Before the Azure Clouds Grandmaster, he was silent.

Kang Nanhua said suddenly, "Master Yang's words are righteous and true. The Celestial Sect of Wonders shall remember it." He stepped forward, looked at Kong Chang and said lightly, "If my Lord were to fight you personally, then it would appear as if he's bullying the weak. If you wish to spar, I'll entertain you instead."

Kong Chang snorted derisively, "Only you?"

The Flying Fire Grandmaster next to them laughed, "Cut the crap, start fighting already!" Laughing, his entire body turned into a blast of fire radiance and shot through the sky. In an instant, he appeared before Kang Nanhua.

The blazing-hot fire dyed the sky red and the cold that was brought forth earlier by Yu Wanfeng disappeared immediately. Everyone felt as if they were enveloped in a furnace.

Kang Nanhua did not appear to mind, however. He flicked a droplet of water with his finger which flew up to the skies to receive the blazing sword radiance of the Flying Fire Grandmaster.

Initially, the Flying Fire Grandmaster did not mind. However, the moment his sword touched the droplet he realized something was wrong.

The droplet immediately burst open. What appeared to be a small droplet turned into an entire lake as a breathtakingly humongous amount of water appeared.

Kang Nanhua's finger flicked repeatedly as droplet after droplet of water flew towards the sword radiance of the Flying Fire Grandmaster. All of the droplets burst open and came together. It was if the four seas had emptied out into the sky.

"The Great Chaos Primordial Water!" The Flying Fire Grandmaster came from a major sect and he had seen and heard much. Immediately, he recognized Kang Nanhua's abilities. He did not dare approach it and instead rode away on his sword radiance.

Regardless of who it was, fighting someone of the same level as him who had mastered the Great Chaos Primordial Water was a stupid option.

Looking at the scene before him, Kong Chang's eyes shone as he said, "Finally, someone who has the ability to fight me."

Saying that the ordinary-looking Kong Chang was immediately enveloped in a startling sword aura. It was as if his entire body became a sword.

A divine sword that had already left its scabbard and with the ability to cleave apart heavens and earth.

Whish! Whish! Whish!

Kong Chang's hemp robes tore apart as infinite and blazingly bright radiance shone from his body.

Limitless amount of sword radiance clouded the area he was in.

Kong Chang's entire body turned into a sword radiance brimming with killing intent. Like the glare of the sun, he shot straight towards Kang Nanhua.

The Lixiong method of the Mount Shu Sword Technique only required one sword to slay its foes.

Normally, they would hide hundreds and thousands of sword aura within themselves and endure the agony of thousands of swords slicing within their bodies. Without harming their enemies, they would have already injured themselves. However, in the instant they revealed their powers, all of the sword aurae would burst from within their bodies, powerful beyond measure.

Kong Chang's use of the method was truly terrifying.

Everyone's gaze fell upon Kang Nanhua.

"The Lixiong Sword's fame is well-deserved." Facing Kong Chang's sword, Kang Nanhua's expression did not change. He sighed quietly and in the next instant, the Sand of Ganges and the Great Chaos Primordial Water appeared before him.

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Chapter 215: A Bunch of Freaks

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Facing Kong Chang's Lixiong Sword, Kang Nanhua slammed his palms together as the Sand of Ganges and the Great Chaos Primordial Water began to spin.

A single speck of the Sand of Ganges matched with a single drop of the Great Chaos Primordial Water. The two of them combined. Soon, numerous other specks of sand and drops of water began to merge and formed a shield in front of Kang Nanhua.

The shield was a perfect circle. On it, one could see numerous meanders of a river, ebbing and flowing like a real river. Each meander led to another, and one could not guess where did the river begin or where did it end.

This was the result of Kang Nanhua combining his Infinite Sand Shields of the Ganges with the Great Chaos Primordial Water, turning it into the rock-solid Great Chaotic Shield of the Ganges.

Looking at Kang Nanhua's Great Chaotic Shield of the Ganges, Lin Feng was no longer worried about him.

Kang Nanhua's original Infinite Sand Shield of the Ganges' speciality was that while it could be shattered by the enemy's attacks, it would speedily reform and regroup and continue to resist the enemy's onslaught.

However, the fact that it could be breached meant that it had weaknesses. A defence consisting primarily of the Sand of the Ganges was insufficiently thick and sturdy.

Introducing the Great Chaos Primordial Water into it would raise it to a next level.

When Kang Nanhua gave Xiao Yan and company the Great Chaotic Shield of the Ganges earlier on, he had yet to go through the Thunder Tribulations and formed his Nascent Soul. Now, after forming his Nascent Soul, it could be unabashedly said that his Great Chaotic Shield of the Ganges was the strongest defensive measure a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could possess.

Looking at the ordinary-looking shield, it emitted an eternal and everlasting power.

Kong Chang released the sword aura that he had stored within his body for thousands of years and concentrated them into a dazzling sword radiance. His Lixiong Sword, while it was no more ferocious nor stronger than the Shaoshang Sword, ranked the first amongst the Mount Shu Sword Sect in terms of offensive prowess.

In the entire Grand Celestial World, it was one of the few truly devastating attacks.

An endless amount of sword radiance that could pierce the heavens and earth landed on Kang Nanhua's Great Chaotic Shield of the Ganges like bolts of lightning.

Amidst the flying specks of sand and the countless granites that tumbled off the shield, one would expect that the Sand of Ganges, after being mercilessly attacked by the Lixiong Sword, would lose its potency.

However, after the sword radiance dimmed and Kong Chang's energy faded, Kang Nanhua's shield remained intact.

At that moment, a great indent appeared on the shield that made it look like a funnel now. It was just inches away from being penetrated by the Lixiong Sword.

However, the few inches that preserved the integrity of the shield were akin to the distance to the horizon; they were simply unsurmountable.

Everyone on-site was stunned.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster looked at Kang Nanhua and sighed, "Junior, you are truly fearsome."

The Flying Fire Grandmaster and Yang Tonghui both had dark expressions on their faces. Regardless of whose side they were on, they were both deeply stunned by Kang Nanhua's powers.

The Mount Shu Sword Sect was the premier sword sect under heavens. It occupied one of the three great holy spots in the world, and all of its disciples were sword cultivators. No one cultivated spells nor tried to craft magic items. They relied upon only a longsword to dominate everything under the heavens. Their ferocity and battle-worthiness brought them fame.

There was even an unofficial saying that went "Mount Shu's disciples are greater by one tier." This meant that in terms of actual battling capabilities, any disciple of the Mount Shu Sword Sect could battle a disciple one level higher than him.

For example, Kong Chang, despite only being an early Nascent Soul stage cultivator, could easily challenge a middle Nascent Soul stage cultivator with his Lixiong Sword.

However, Kong Chang, who initially wished to challenge Lin Feng, had been blocked by Kang Nanhua.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster's expression was indescribably complicated as he looked at Lin Feng and Xiao Yan. "The matter regarding the Celestial Sect of Wonders...is becoming increasingly difficult to resolve."

Zhang Hai of the Marquis of Xuanji's household also looked at Zhu Yi, who was by Lin Feng's side, and sighed, "Young Master Yi, in only a span of two years, went from a scholar with no expertise in cultivation to a cultivator in his Aurous Core stage."

"Such talent is sufficient to demonstrate that he is truly the son of the Marquis."

Ever since he appeared, Zhu Yi, who was quietly next to Lin Feng, had paid occasional attention to Zhang Hai.

Upon hearing Zhang Hai's words, Zhu Yi smiled and said, "Mr Tao Er said the same thing earlier. Initially, I replied that my master's high level of mastery was a result of his own capabilities whereas my mastery today is a result of my hard work and my master's teachings."

"Today, my answer is different."

Zhu Yi said quietly, "Mr Zhang, please do not ask me to go back. You will not succeed."

"However, you could report to my father that I will make my return to Tianjing City one day. And that day is drawing near."

Zhang Hai's eyes turned into slits. "I will settle Tao Er's murder. Afterwards, I will definitely bring Young Master Yi back, so please don't think too much."

He turned to Lin Feng and said, "You tricked my Young Master and killed one of my household managers. Today, I demand an answer."

Lin Feng had already known about Zhang Hai's origins from Zhu Yi. He did not try to make a move, but instead said, "The Great Zhou Empire obeys the commands of Emperor Liang Pan."

Such a confusing statement left everyone stunned.

Zhang Hai arched his eyebrows and said, "Cut the crap, all thieves must be killed!"

As he said that, Zhang Hai extended the fingers of his right hand and wrote the word "诛" ('to kill') in the air.

The moment the word appeared, a strong gust of killing intent was released. Everyone on-scene could not even raise their heads in face of this pressure.

For the cultivators with a lower level of mastery, an image appeared before their eyes: they saw themselves kneeling on a scaffold before a chopping block as a giant sword was lifted above their heads. While they wanted to resist, they could not and could only await their death.

Standing in the middle of the air, Lin Feng did not even react. He did not even look at Zhang Hai.

Next, to him, Zhu Yi stepped forward and said slowly, "Mr Zhang. I've already said. You cannot do it."

Zhu Yi too extended his fingers and wielded them like swords. With two swishes, he deployed the "Qian Sword Technique" and the "Dui Sword Technique" from his Way of the Facile Blade.

With "Qian" on top and "Dui" below, he formed the "Lui" hexagram.

"A gentleman must understand the rites and rationality," said Zhu Yi quietly. "An upright gentleman must understand rites. However, he must understand rationality too. You kill without reason and attack without purpose, behaving irrationally. You will not stand."

The two sword aura that Zhu Yi conjured slowly dissipated the terror conjured by Zhang Hai's "诛" character.

Zhang Hai shook his head and smiled, "Is this the nonsense that you had learnt in the past two years? I'm afraid it's preposterous."

He did not have to write anything now as his mere words were enough to change the character. "诛" quickly became "谬" ('preposterous'), destroying Zhu Yi's "Lui" symbol.

Zhu Yi arched his eyebrow, "Using force to overcome wit? Are you running out of words?"

Saying that Zhu Yi's Aurous Core begun to vibrate violently as a black aura and a white aura surrounded his body.

One repelled all creations, and was bright to the extreme while the other absorbed all creations, and was extremely black.

He released two more sword auras, one of which was his "Gen Sword Technique" and the other was his "Kan Sword Technique."

With "Gen" on top and "Kan" on the bottom, he formed the "Meng" hexagram.

The "Meng" hexagram brought with it the meaning of a knowledge renaissance.

I did not seek to ask the unknowing child. The unknowing child asked me, and hence I must reply. If I were to ask the question over and over again disrespectfully, then it's an affront to heaven.

At that point of time, I shall not give a reply.

With his "Meng" hexagram, Zhu Yi sealed the power of Zhang Hai's "谬" character.

Zhang Hai shook his head and almost laughed. His Nascent Soul power burst and destroyed Zhu Yi's sword aura immediately.

Zhu Yi did not panic. Instead, he slammed his fists together and conjured a spell while chanting, "Infinite light and darkness, thou art the two polarities of creation."

When Zhu Yi's black and white sword aura appeared, Lin Feng smiled and said, "This is a result of Zhu Yi's Aurous Core formation and synthesis of the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams. Together with his mastery, he formed the second technique of his Way of the Facile Blade."

As Zhu Yi conjured the spell, the two black and white sword aura he released turned into the two polar opposites of light and darkness, forming a great Bai Sema.

The Bai Sema looked uncannily like a devil's snare, but it was not one.

An infinite amount of piercingly bright light shone as an infinite amount of dark streaks weaved together like the movement of stars in the world. Together, they appeared to form a small world.

Zhu Yi's second self-created technique was called the "Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala".

Zhang Hai's face changed suddenly as he saw Zhu Yi's "Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala". A small light appeared at the center and the small world was sucked into it as if doomsday had arrived.

This was what Zhu Yi learnt from Lin Feng; after understanding about true destructive powers he incorporated them into his spell to maximize its destructive capabilities.

As the entire world was about to be destroyed, Zhang Hai's mana, which was sealed within it, was reduced to nothing.

"This disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, is he still human?"

All of the spectators looked on speechless. "Other than Xiao Yan, this disciple too managed to resist the powers of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator."

"A bunch of freaks!"

"The Celestial Sect of Wonders is so strong?"

Zhang Hai's expression changed too. He took a deep breath and took out a brush. He said solemnly, "Young Master Yi, I must admit that you stunned me. However, this reaffirmed my desire to bring you home!"

Looking at the situation, Lin Feng smiled as he flicked his finger. A white streak of lightning entered Zhu Yi's body. "Zhu Yi, fight without restraint. Show your household manager what moves you have."

Zhu Yi was jolted. He looked at Zhang Hai fearlessly as he charged forward.

On the other side, Yu Qianshan, who was originally immobilized by Miao Shihao, was freed by Yu Wanfeng. Yu Qianshan looked at Xiao Budian, as his gaze brimmed with killing intent. Without another word, he sprinted forward.

Master Cyclone snorted, "Since your Celestial Sect of Wonders does not know when to stop, you shall pay for it." As he said that, he summoned his Nine Heavens Formless Squall again.

A whole bunch of disciples from the Aeolus Sect and the Yu Family followed their grandmasters as they surged towards Lin Feng.

Lin Feng, however, smiled. He turned to look at Xiao Yan and the rest and said, "You must treasure such an opportunity to spar."

Xiao Yan smiled, "Finally, we could demonstrate the power of the Great Celestial Sect of Wonders. We should thank them."

"Nice," Lin Feng smiled. With another flick, an earthly-yellow streak of light landed on Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan laughed as he stood ready to receive Master Cyclone.

Xiao Budian's speed was faster than him. Green light brimmed on his body as he disappeared into the void. In the next instant, he appeared before Yu Wanfeng.

Wu Yunliang stared at the scene in disbelief. He looked at Meng Chaoran and realized that he too was equally stunned, "The master of the Celestial Sect is so confident. He allowed a bunch of Aurous Core stage disciples to battle with Nascent Soul stage masters."

Meng Chaoran then turned his gaze to Lin Feng, "Why doesn't he fight? Why does he have so much confidence in his own disciples? Could it really be that he doesn't care? Or is there another reason?"

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Chapter 216: The Inevitable

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The cultivators of the Yu Family and the Aeolus Sect followed their grandmasters as they surged towards Lin Feng.

They did not dare to tackle Xiao Yan and company nor Lin Feng. They decided to leave those freaks for their respective grandmasters to settle.

A bunch of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, led by a group of Aurous Core stage cultivators helmed by Shu Xianshi, charged towards Wang Lin.

Wang Lin's expression was calm as he remained silent. However, mana surged through his body as black gases were released from his body. He went straight into the Destructive Stage of the River Styx. Today, he was out for blood.

Yue Hongyan, who was next to him, moved even faster. Her Black Ember Pole-Ax filled the sky with black flames as she charged straight into the crowd.

Wang Lin arched his eyebrows as he thought, "Little Junior was not exaggerating. This woman is truly fierce. Truly, she doesn't give chance to her foes..."

He turned his head to look to the side.

Yang Qing, looking at the surging crowd, took a deep breath, "I must repay Senior's compassion towards me. Dying is no big deal, I'm not scared."

Despite saying that, Yang Qing knew that he was nothing compared to his previous sect, the Cloud Water Cave, or the Yu Family and the Aeolus Sect. In his fight against his foes, he felt as if he could let go of something.

He was never a skilled combatant. Now, he was about to pay for his lack of proficiency.

Wang Lin arched his eyebrow and did not turn his head back. He killed an Aeolus Sect cultivator with his finger and rushed towards Yang Qing saying, "Fight without worry, you are strong."

In the time it took Yang Qing to react, Shu Xianshi, the Aurous Core stage cultivator of the Aeolus Sect, was already in front of him. Looking at Yang Qing releasing the Grand Moon Primordial Water, his eyes blazed. "Such a treasure is wasted on your hands. Give it to me!"

While he said that, purple light exploded before him, spitting an inferno.

Shu Xianshi shrieked, "Purple Talisman?! The Nascent Soul stage Purple Talisman!" As he was about to flee on his Nine Heavens Formless Squall, the blazing inferno consumed him.

Wang Lin shook his sleeves, "What a load of crap." Looking at the stunned Yang Qing, he said, "Fight fearlessly. If you can't beat them, use master's talismans. Those aren't keepsakes."

Yang Qing was slightly stunned, but he decided to calm himself down. Determination flashed in his eyes.

Before him, a bunch of cultivators from the Yu Family rushed forward. Someone had conjured the Xuanming Primordial Water and Yang Qing responded to it with his Grand Moon Primordial Water. Emerald colored water swirled with a deep blue torrent as the Yu Family cultivator lost control of his Xuanming Primordial Water.

The Grand Moon Primordial Water fought water with water and was the supreme leader of all types of water. Even if the enemy were to use all five other primordial waters against him, the Grand Moon Primordial Water would still prevail.

Yang Qing's mastery may not be as high as his opponents, but he did absorb a stream of Grand Moon Primordial Water earlier in the Kunlun Mountains. The Grand Moon Primordial Water now coursed like a flood as the Yu Family cultivators' Xuanming Primordial Water changed its allegiance to it.

Yang Qing cast a spell and the Xuanming Primordial Water turned against its owners. In that moment, tens of Yu Family cultivators were frozen into ice statues.

After being frozen by the Xuanming Primordial Water, their spirit would succumb to the freeze, sealing their fate.

Looking at Yang Qing's killing intent underneath his calm appearance, Wang Lin arched his eyebrows and smiled slightly.

He pointed randomly with his finger and the Road to River Styx appeared. From the ground, tens of thousands of skeletal claws emerged as they dragged their enemies below the ground into Hell.

The sight was witnessed by all present. Many of them were despondent as they thought, "Even a Foundation Establishment stage disciple is so precious, could they really be first amongst equals?"

While his sons and cousins died in waves, Yu Wanfeng did not show even a hint of concern. His attention was entirely fixated on killing Xiao Budian.

However, Xiao Budian was stronger than he thought.

Xiao Budian, who connected with the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness, could travel through space with its help, just like Yu Wanfeng. He was not scared of Yu Wanfeng's Nascent Soul abilities to seal off and destroy space.

This greatly reduced the disparity in abilities between Yu Wanfeng and Xiao Budian. Yu Wanfeng only beat in Xiao Budian in terms of battle experience and the fact that Nascent Soul stage cultivators could suppress the powers of Aurous Core stage cultivators.

Xiao Budian did not panic as he said, "While your mana beat mine, I beat you in many other aspects."

Right after he said that he quickly moved through space and appeared before Yu Wanfeng. He threw a fist at him.

Yu Wanfeng snorted coldly as he concentrated his mana in response. Suddenly, he felt as if something was amiss.

Xiao Budian's punch was way faster than usual.

Its power was like that of a powerful gale or a deafening thunder that was about to reach its pinnacle. In other words, it was at the height of its power.

There was nothing else but speed and power here.

Faster than a gale and fiercer than thunder.

This was the physical move, Heaven-Shaking Thunderstorm.

After forming his Aurous Core, this was the technique that Xiao Budian had derived from the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams.

At this moment, his pre-pubescent body was filled with a terrifying power.

Every fiber of his body crackled with energy. Every orifice and every nerve brimmed with lightning and sizzled!

Xiao Budian's clothes and hair rustled with electric currents. In his immediate environment, even the specks of dust floating in space were immobilized by the electricity.

Yu Wanfeng was shocked and he did not even have time to think. His Xuanming Primordial Water flew before him to shield him from Xiao Budian's punch.

"Boom!" In the explosion, the ice shield formed by the Xuanming Primordial Water was actually shattered by Xiao Budian's electrically-charged punch.

While Yu Wanfeng himself was unharmed, his face turned green. He understood clearly that had the punch landed on him, he was a goner.

Xiao Budian's mana could not beat his, but his physical martial arts was better than his!

Yu Wanfeng's superiority over Xiao Budian in terms of mana was actually less than Xiao Budian's superiority over his in terms of physical martial arts.

Yu Wanfeng's face was sullen as he traded blows with Xiao Budian. Next to him, Master Cyclone was just as flummoxed.

With the help of the Heaven and Earth Mirror, Xiao Yan was able to completely forgo his defences as he utilized all his offensive abilities against Master Cyclone. The Crash of the Eight Trigrams, the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire and the Grand Sun Primordial crashed were all used to bombard Master Cyclone, whose hair was singed and face muddied from the relentless onslaught.

Not mentioning his internal pain, his Aeolus Sect's techniques were all swift like the wind. While they were deadly, they were more suited for offence than defence.

However, with the Heaven and Earth Mirror cloaking Xiao Yan in the Central Wutu Divine Light, his attacks were useless against him. In the end, the offensive-based Master Cyclone could only try and dodge Xiao Yan's attack without being able to land a scratch on him.

Master Cyclone's appearance was no older than 13 or 14. His black hair hung loose and his face was flawless like jade. He had a scholarly air to him.

However, in reality, he had extended his life by transferring his soul to another body. His age was actually in the thousands, but now he was beaten to pulp by someone more junior than him by eons. Master Cyclone was deeply unsettled by this fact.

He slammed his palms together and performed a weird incantation. In that moment, hundreds of Nine Heavens Formless Squalls gathered together.

The originally invisible squall began to stack upon one another to form a longsword about 3 meters long, 1 meter wide and 60 centimeters thick!

This was the Sword of Aeolus!

When this sword was revealed, everyone looked at it. This technique of Master Cyclone could rival the Lixiong Sword in terms of destructive and offensive powers.

The Heaven and Earth Mirror could not resist such a move!

Xiao Yan looked at it, and laughed, "Let's have a swordfight then!" He withdrew his Heaven and Earth Mirror and his Grand Sun Primordial Flame. A blunt sword as wide as a door and as heavy as metal appeared in his hands.

The Nefarious Almighty Sword!

Xiao Yan raised his Nefarious Almighty Sword as an endless amount of purplish-blue fire filled the sky. The night sky brimmed with an unearthly glow.

The purplish-blue flame was overflowing with the intent of destroying everything. Compared to the Sword of Aeolus, it was crueller and fiercer.

Almighty Heaven-Slaying Blaze!

After Xiao Yan formed his Aurous Core, this was the second technique he derived from the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams.

Bellowing, he parried the Sword of Aeolus with his Nefarious Almighty Sword.

The night sky was left with a purplish scar where the two swords connected, almost as if the heaven itself was split into two.

The shock wave from the clash stirred up a sandstorm as the dark sky was illuminated by the light from the clash.

In that instant, the voices of the other battles died down as all everyone could hear was the blazing fire and the wind.

Everyone opened their eyes as they could not believe that Xiao Yan, with his Nefarious Almighty Sword, was still standing after receiving a strike from Master Cyclone and his Sword of Aeolus.

Xiao Yan, Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian, all of whom were in their Aurous Core stage, were able to challenge the Nascent Soul stage Master Cyclone, Zhang Hai and Yu Wanfeng.

"The rise of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is unstoppable!"

Wu Yunliang, who had been watching the entire battle, sighed.

Meng Chaoran, who was next to him, turned and stared, "Big Senior, are you sure?"

Wu Yunliang nodded and said, "It's easy to praise others when their fortune is good. However, helping others when they are in need is difficult. However, with the current situation, the two could not be discussed as if they are equals."

Meng Chaoran said quietly, "Let's not even talk about the Aeolus Sect. The opposing side has the Yu Family, the Intense Flaming Sword Sect, and possibly the Sword of Radiance Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect!"

"If we are not careful, our Ethereal Mountain Sect could be instantly destroyed."

Wu Yunliang's face was calm, "One can only find treasure through hardship. Our Ethereal Mountain Sect had already reached its most perilous moment, what more do we have to fear?"

Meng Chaoran nodded his head, "If that's the case, then go and do what you must. I'll help you."

Wu Yunliang's face almost broke into a smile. As he was about to say something, the smile froze on his face.

A giant pressure suddenly descended upon everyone on-scene.

This feeling was not an ordinary type of fear. Rather, it was an intuitive, primal fear, similar to the one a rabbit has when meeting a wolf or a lion. It came from the deepest regions of one's soul.

Everyone turned and looked in one direction. Over there stood a man, a young man.

His face was handsome and elegant as he wore a white robe. His body felt light like sand without any hint of sharpness. He was like a gust of wind or a natural fountain.

However, his eyes shone like stars in the night sky. It was almost as if he could pierce through one's soul with his gaze.

This was the Great Void Sect's current leader, the All-Under-Heavens Strider, Pang Jie!

With Pang Jie's appearance, not only did Kong Chang, Zhang Hai and company feel the pressure. Even on the side of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, regardless of whether it was the Nascent Soul stage Kang Nanhua or Miao Shihao or the Aurous Core stage Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi, everyone felt a giant pressure crushing them. They could feel their mana being obstructed by an unknown force.

"Pang Jie is only in his Nascent Soul stage, he shouldn't be so powerful..." Wu Yunliang looked at Meng Chaoran and they said in unison, "Magic treasure! It must be a magic treasure that Pang Jie possesses that brought about this pressure. Furthermore, this magic treasure must be from a cultivator in his Immortal Soul stage!"

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Chapter 217: Holy Mountain! Holy Mountain!

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In the Grand Celestial World, only the greatest cultivators who had attained the Immortal Soul Stage could smelt and mold their own magic treasures. All cultivators below the Immortal Soul stage could only cultivate magic items and not magic treasures. The magic items created would be benchmarked against the stage which the cultivator was at. The different stages were the Nascent Soul Stage magic item, Aurous Core Stage magic item, the Foundation Establishment Stage magic item and the Qi Training Stage magic item.

From the above paragraph, it was understood that the concept of magic treasures and magic items were totally different.

Magic treasures would develop its own treasure spirit and like an independent life form, it would possess the ability to think and to remember. Also, it could absorb the spiritual energy from its surroundings to improve its own capabilities.

Hence, a magic treasure could potentially become stronger than its original Immortal Soul Stage cultivator.

The ability to upset the balance of Yin-Yang and flip mountains and oceans was not beyond question!

Pang Jie, being the leader among the disciples who had come down the mountains of the Great Void Sect, was in possession of a magic treasure given to him by his master not to anyone's surprise.

The Great Void Sect, being the number one place for cultivation, definitely had magic treasures which were more powerful than the conventional ones.

Before the magic treasure had even revealed itself, it already managed to suppress the masses of the Celestial Sect of Wonders with only its aura.

Kong Chang, Master Cyclone and the rest were not affected in the least. The balance of power was tilted the moment Pang Jie picked his side.

Kong Chang looked at Pang Jie begrudgingly but he remained silent.

Meanwhile, Zhang Hai, Master Cyclone, Yu Qianshan and Yu Wanfeng did not hesitate as they built on the momentum and increased the power of their attacks on Xiao Yan and the rest.

The Flying Fire Grandmaster was still looking from the side, waiting for his turn to pounce and take advantage of the situation.

Yang Tonghui and the Azure Clouds Grandmaster stood facing each other. Yang Tonghui kept quiet as the Azure Clouds Grandmaster sighed with much regret. But he was more relieved than regretful as he muttered, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders is still too thin… There isn't enough talent and resources."

The other cultivators who were watching the fight might not recognize Pang Jie but they would had guessed that it was him from the robe that had white auspicious clouds stitched over it as well as the powerful ripples of mana that he dissipated.

"So it's not just Mount Shu Sword Sect that was displeased with the Celestial Sect of Wonders… It seems like the Great Void Sect is also equally unhappy."

"Since the Great Thunderclap Temple was already destroyed, only two of the traditional three sacred land for cultivation remained. Now that both of them, the Mount Shu Sword Sect and the Great Void Sect, had set their mind to destroy the Celestial Sect of Wonders, it is fated to vanish from the face of our land."

"It seems like the Celestial Sect of Wonders might not only be unable to open its Sect. It might just be destroyed."

"It has so many talents in the Sect though...What a waste…"

"So what if they are prodigious? If they don't know how to act by the rules, they are doomed to die."

As the masses discussed, some of them started to have different ideas.

"This might just be a golden opportunity to befriend members of the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect. If I were able to do so, this would not be a wasted trip…"

A Nascent Soul Stage Grandmaster from a mid-tier sect, the Cloud Elephant Sect, from the Northern Feet of Mount Kunlun thought after thinking about his long trip to Shazhou.

The Cloud Elephant Grandmaster stepped forward and exclaimed, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders had behaved inappropriately and angered everyone. Since both the Great Void Sect and Mount Shu Sword Sect have taken the lead to punish the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the Cloud Elephant Sect shall assist them in their punitive measures!"

Following which, the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster extended his fists and large amount of white mist formed. The cloud mist congregated to form a gigantic white elephant which was the size of a knoll. It gave a loud roar as it charged towards Kang Nanhua who was in the middle of a fight with Kong Chang.

Meng Chaoran saw what the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster did and instantly frowned, "Hitting a man when he is down...What a despicable act."

Wu Yunliang who was behind him muttered, "Now that the Great Void Sect has joined in, I'm afraid the Celestial Sect of Wonders would not be able to survive this onslaught."

It was always well known that with great risks came great rewards. But when there was no chance at all, it would be futile and even stupid to gamble for a win.

As he thought about this, Wu Yunliang sighed and decided not to participate in the fight.

Yu Wanfeng and Master Cyclone laughed in unison after seeing how the tides had reversed. "Mr Lin, it seems like your Sect won't be opening anymore. Let's see if you will flee without your poor disciples!"

"Oh, is it?"

Regardless of whether his disciples were in an advantageous or disadvantageous position, Lin Feng, since revealing himself, had been standing quietly on top of an artificial void.

As he stared at afar, a smile began to form on Lin Feng's face. He was not looking at the powerful Pang Jie but rather at the eastern sky.

In the East, a red semi-circle was putting its best to extend itself out of the horizon as it radiated a warm and golden glow.

The surrounding cloud mist was set ablaze by the sun rays as it reflected bits and bits of the sun's golden glow.

It took only a split moment for the transition between the dark sky and the glowing dawn. Soon enough, before everyone could fully savor and appreciate the beauty of the sunrise, the entire red circle was above the horizon.

In the process of the countless fearsome battles, the entire night had passed.

Lin Feng smiled casually and said, "The Eighth of May has arrived. I welcome everyone to our humble abode at Mount Yujing. Thank you for gracing the opening ceremony of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

After he completed his sentence, everyone was left surprised and stunned at his words. Only Pang Jie's expression changed after hearing his words.

The void above everyone's head suddenly rippled vigorously like boiling water.

Just like the tides, the purple cloud mist started to sweep across the entire sky as they expanded and encroached into every bit of the sky, dying it an auspicious purple color.

Everyone was just shocked as they watched the sea of purple clouds which was at least a good hundred thousand acres. If one were to pay a bit more attention to what was within to the sea of purple clouds, one would notice a tall white jade-like mountain which was a few thousand feet tall.

A frightening amount of energy which was boundless like the heavens and mighty like the oceans rippled across the sky!

Within the sea of purple clouds, one would be able to see treasure trees, treasure towers, treasure swords et cetera. They were all part of the countless silhouettes that one would be able to identify within the purple clouds.

And on the white-jade spiritual mountain, one would be able to see fountains and springs as well as well-trimmed trees and shrubs, just as one would expect from a dreamland.

However, at the foot of the mountain, which was still far above the rest of the masses, countless gales and thunderstorms congregated as they formed both the steps onto the spiritual mountain as well as the security measures to deny access for any intruders.

Before the rest could regain their composure from the shock, amidst the rippling of the purple clouds, the majestic and humongous spiritual mountain suddenly started to drop and was going straight for the land beneath it.

And it happened that Xiao Yan, Xiao Budian, Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng were all below it!

Fortunately, Xiao Budian and Xiao Yan had already understood Lin Feng's plans and with a grin, they disappeared from the area of effect of Mount Yujing in a flash.

And just as Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng wanted to dodge away from Mount Yujing, they found themselves rooted to the ground and unable to move!

Let's not talk about transporting through void and space. The mana within their Nascent Soul Stage cultivator bodies was sealed and was unable to circulate.

In fact, their entire body was numb and they could not even lift up their pinkie!

"No!" Both Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng shouted in despair as they watched Mount Yujing landed on them, crushing them into smithereens.

Even the Nine Heavens Formless Squall and the Xuanming Primordial Water were unable to protect them.

Both of them were Nascent Soul Stage Grandmasters but they did not even had the chance to split their own souls. All they could do was to wait for their bodies to be crushed and for their souls to disintegrate into nothing!

They did not have to split their own soul because Mount Yujing would do it for them!

"What the….?! Even the mountain of the Celestial Sect of Wonders can move?" Everyone was in a daze after the previous scene as they stared blankly at Mount Yujing.

On the peak of Mount Yujing, Lin Feng, dressed in a purple robe, was quietly erected on top of a treasure tree which was big enough to cover most of the sky above.

In the pupil of his eyes, one could see chaos. But in the next moment, the chaos disintegrated to form the four big elements (Earth, Water, Fire and Wind). And in the next instant, the four big elements settled down to transform into a new and habitable world.

None of these was visible to the rest as it belonged to the sea of self-awareness within Lin Feng. Only he could see the silhouette of a little infant, who was wearing a purple robe, within him.

And the facial features of the little infant was exactly the same as the one Lin Feng had when he was a kid.

As the infant opened his eyes, his dark pupils were completely free from any impurities that the world had and was crystal clear. It was as though it was symbolic of how the world had just been created and there was a brand new beginning!

"The Nascent Soul Stage is indeed filled with its mysteries and wonders." Lin Feng smiled gently. It was during the instant when Pang Jie appeared, his original body on Mount Yujing had finally survived the tribulations of the Nine Heavenly Lightnings and succeeded in bearing the nascent soul!

After attaining the Nascent Soul stage, Lin Feng's connection with the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, Mount Yujing and the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds had reached a new level.

The new stage also allowed Lin Feng to further his understanding of the mysteries of space and void. That was how he managed to coordinate with the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, which then allowed him to transport Mount Yujing through void and space whenever he wanted!

From now on, he could transport anything to and fro from the different realms as he wished.

Lin Feng looked down at the masses who were still in shock as he spoke plainly, "For the comrades and fellow cultivators who had came here to grace my humble ceremony, I am very honored by your presence and I welcome you all to stay. As for the intruders and the unwanted guests, I want you all to stay as well."

After he spoke, Lin Feng lifted his hand and made a grabbing motion in the direction where Zhu Yi, Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao were fighting with Kong Chang.

Yu Qianshan's goatee was erected as he glared at Lin Feng with much hatred, "Lin Feng, the Yu Family will never let you go for killing my brother!"

Even in the legendary sects like the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect, their Immortal Stage cultivators would not reveal themselves easily.

If the Aurous Core Stage cultivators are the supporting pillars of a Sect, then the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators would be the marble slab which the pillars were supporting. They formed the leadership rank of the Sect and decided the actual reserve in the strength of a Sect.

If we were to put it in the perspective of the Aeolus Sect and the Yu Family, losing a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator would be comparable to losing an arm!

Such hatred would be sufficient to mobilise the entire Yu Family.

Lin Feng's expression was plain as he said coldly, "Of course, the Yu Family will not give up like this. Because they won't be losing only one Nascent Soul Stage cultivator today. They will be losing two."

Yu Qianshan's expression changed as he heard Lin Feng continued, "And this is merely the beginning."

As Lin Feng talked, he suddenly spreaded out his five fingers.

As an unbelievable loud sound shook the entire universe and the void spaces residing at its corners, the void in front of Lin Feng collapsed into countless streaks of the natural elements as fire, water, wind and earth all surged towards Yu Qianshan.

Yu Qianshan let out an awkward shriek as he called upon a voluminous amount of Xuanming Primordial Water to form a barrier in a mad attempt to parry the elemental blows.

The dark blue Xuanming Primordial Water kept on coagulating and concentrating till it formed an ice shield which was almost matte black. The shield radiated an aged aura of authority which withstood the test of time.

Xuanming Magic Shield!

The most powerful defensive spell in the mantra of the Yu Family!

But it was useless! Totally useless!

It took only a blink of an eye for both Yu Qianshan and his Xuanming Magic Shield to be engulfed in the current of elements as they disappeared without a trace into the void!

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Chapter 218: Unparalleled! Unparalleled!

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In the Eastern sky, the energy from the rising sun contrasted against the dead silence from the plains.

Once in awhile, there would be weird noises heard and they belonged to the sound of people swallowing their saliva.

Everyone was shocked and stunned by what had just happened.

Yu Qianshan, a supreme cultivator who was stronger than Yu Wanfeng, was an old man in the middle level of the Nascent Soul Stage but was slayed with ease by Lin Feng.

He was slayed in a split second and did not even managed to put up any resistance. He was not even given a chance to flee.

A supreme cultivator in the middle level of the Nascent Soul Stage was vaporized like this without a trace.

Previously, people suspected that it was due to the immense strength and power of Mount Yujing that allowed Lin Feng to destroy Master Cyclone and Yu Wanfeng with ease. But now that he had exhibited his ability to destroy Yu Qianshan in the blink of an eye, the fear in everyone's heart became real.

Yang Tonghui's eyes were glowing as he exclaimed, "To slay a cultivator at the middle of the Nascent Soul Stage would require the power of a supreme cultivator in the Immortal Soul Stage. I had always thought that he was a man of mysteries and it seems like I'm right!"

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster's face darkened as he understood that the tides had changed. Now with Lin Feng supporting Xiao Yan, he knew that the ball was no longer in the Sword of Radiance Sect's court.

In the entire Sword of Radiance Sect, they only had a single sword master that was at the Immortal Soul Stage.

"For sitting on the fence and hesitating, we will definitely pay the price." Wu Yunliang's expression was even darker than the one on the Azure Clouds Grandmaster's face.

The Flying Flames Grandmaster thought for a short moment, "I might have duelled with their elder but it was merely a single move. In fact, I was disadvantaged in that duel. Does this mean he won't come and look for me?"

The Cloud Elephant Grandmaster could only wished to turn back time as he totally regretted his bold and unethical move.

Why was I so lowly and greedy? Now that I had stood up and actually attacked them, I won't be able to evade from any of the responsibility.

As the scene which Yu Qianshan was killed by Lin Feng in the blink of an eye replayed in his head, the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster felt a chill ran down his spine as he began fleeing for his poor and worthless life.

However, he was not that fortunate as Lin Feng had not forgotten about him. "I'm sorry but it's too late to run!"

The Avatar of Ares belonged to the system and hence was different from the usual split that cultivators had. The power of the Avatar of Ares would grow along with the progress in Lin Feng's training and did not require any further refining or upgrading. Hence, the Avatar of Ares was also at the Nascent Soul Stage as of now.

And not only that, it was at the limits of physical strength of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul Stage!

A Demonic Lord descended from the Immemorial Demons with the strongest physical body could at best match the Avatar of Ares' physical prowess!

The body of the Avatar flickered and in the next moment, his body became a single punch that flew towards the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster. His body was moving so fast and with so much force that it created sonic waves which rippled away from its body, exploding the air and void around it, generating a sand storm in the deserted plains.

The Cloud Elephant Grandmaster already had half of its body in the void as he was about to flee.

However, he was physically tossed out of the void by the insane punch which the Avatar of Ares had planted onto him.

"How dare you!" the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster exclaimed in fury as he was angered. He bumped both of his fists together and a white gigantic elephant which was the size of a mountain, stampeded towards the Avatar of Ares, shaking its head during its movement to demonstrate its fury and prowess.

The Avatar of Ares was not daunted by the charging elephant and instead remained still as he stood proudly in mid-air. All he did was to lift his right fist nonchalantly as he threw it forward!

"Heavenly Hammer of the Eight Trigram! Hammer of the Chaos!"

The body of the Avatar was surging with energy and vitality. With a radiance brighter than the Sun, in a single punch, the Avatar destroyed everything that stood between its fist and the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster, including the white elephant. Everything was smashed and stacked like the debris of the primal chaos of the universe!

The white elephant did not even had the chance to moan before it disintegrated into spiritual energy. The Cloud Elephant Grandmaster shared a similar fate as his physical body exploded upon contact with the Avatar's fist.

The Nascent Soul of the Cloud Elephant Grandmaster had wanted to flee but the Avatar was faster as he grabbed onto the soul and squeezed tightly. Under the pressure, the Nascent Soul almost shattered as it lost all energy to even attempt to explode.

Zhang Hai, who was fighting with Zhu Yi, trembled at the sight of this as he thought, "Such domineering abilities! Only the Emperor and the Marquis would stand a chance against him.. How in the world did Young Master Zhu Yi find such a powerful man to be his Master?"

"I'm not his competitor. Better flee now than never!" This thought flickered through Zhang Hai's mind as he lifted his calligraphy brush and painted the Dun character (Flee/Escape) before vanishing into the void.

His technique was quick and much faster than the ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

"You want to run? Don't even bother." Lin Feng lifted his right hand and used it like a blade as he made a slashing motion. The power of the Fences of the Heavens rippled towards where Zhang Hai was and immediately, it sealed the power of the Dun character.

Instantly, Zhang Hai's body was caught within the point of intersection between the two dimensions.

Half of his body was still in the real world while the other was caught within the currents of the void.

The sheer power between the dimensions was applying pressure from the tiny crack between the dimensions and his body, despite being a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, was twisted into a messy clump as blood splurted out in a fountain-like manner.

Zhang Hai's body was thrown out from the slit of the void but his injuries did not reduce the amount of anger and hatred which he bore towards Lin Feng. He threw away any ideas about fleeing as he lifted his brush to write an enormous Ren character (Human/Man).

Zhang Hai spoke with a solemn and authoritative voice, "The sharpest item in the world is not the blade of a sword but the tip of the brush (or pen). The strongest power in the world does not originate from the Gods but from the heart!"

The Nascent Soul Stage Magic Item, the Spring and Autumn Brush.

The most powerful character in the Heaven and Man Manual was the Ren, "人".

The character's power oozed out as it enveloped the entire world before seemingly splitting our world into three portions (Translator's Note: Study the shape of the character) with its immense power.

"How laughable."

Lin Feng shook his head as he let out a laugh, "When they used the word heart, they do not mean the heart of a single man but rather the heart of the masses. How could you misrepresent something as important as this. If you can't even comprehend such basic wisdom, I don't see how you're qualified to even discuss the matters of morality and passion."

Lin Feng extended his finger and immediately the Ren character vanished into nothing. And following which, Zhang Hai saw how he was enveloped by purple clouds which entrapped him in an independent small world.

Zhang Hai was like a bird trapped in a cage as he kept on trying to break free from this enclosure. Character after characters were written using the Spring and Autumn Brush but to no avail.

Instead it was the small world which was formed from the purple clouds that kept shrinking as though it was the end of the world.

Zhang Hai stared at the shrinking "world" which he was caught in with much fear but he knew that struggling would be futile as he closed his eyes and awaited for his death.

Kong Chang's eyes were blood-red as he gave a death-stare at Lin Feng. However, his expression was increasingly composed before he gave out a loud howl as though it was intended to chase away all his fears and hesitation. "In my batch of Sword Cultivators, we hold onto nothing but our swords. We will charge forward and relent to nothing."

"Leader of the Celestial Sect, watch out for my sword!"

Kong Chang's clothes vaporized as he transformed into a single blinding sword radiance. The radiance this time round was so much greater than the one previously when he was facing Kang Nanhua.

The sword Qi which had been accumulated for thousands of years was released in an instant, and of course, his body would be the first thing destroyed!

At the center of the sword radiance, a five year old boy charged forward with a sword. It was none other than Kong Chang's nascent soul!

Facing Kong Chang's trump card, Lin Feng was not even in the least bothered as he simply activated the Fences of the Heavens as an invisible barrier blocked the path of Kong Chang's powerful sword radiance.

Kong Chang's sword radiance was like the waves of a tsunami pounding onto the shoreline but just as how the shoreline never crumbled, the countless radiance were redirected but were never able to bypass the Fences of the Heavens.

"Stabilize!" Lin Feng waved his hand as the formless Fences of the Heavens took form and transformed into countless purple clouds. They encircled around the broken fragments of the sword radiance along with Kong Chang's nascent soul before transforming into another Celestial Small World again.

A beam of white light suddenly surged across the sky as it penetrated through the sea of violent purple clouds before landing on Lin Feng's body.

The one who had made his move was none other than Pang Jie.

Pang Jie donned a solemn expression as he placed both his hands behind has back. He was standing on a patch of void and if one were to examine his forehead closely, one would notice a circular dot of light which was like a small circular mirror.

The circular mirror was flashing so brilliantly that it gave off the impression that it was like the Sun shining onto the world beneath it.

The Great Void Techniques: The Great Void Treasure Mirror of the Heavens!

A powerful aura and impression radiated from the depths of the mirror as it was seemingly like the eye in the pale blue sky.

The eye gave no semblance of any emotions as it stared frowning from the sky with nothing but authority.

The eye gave off the feeling that it had seen time itself as though it had control over everything.

It gave off the impression that the eye could destroy anything within the sight of its master!

Even Lin Feng could sense that his mana became slower whenever the mirror shone onto him. The suppressive ability of the mirror was very real indeed.

"Hmm...I'm impressed. The Great Void Sect is indeed powerful in its own way." Lin Feng laughed, "But it's not anywhere near what it is needed to be!"

He lifted his hand and the powers of the Fences of the Heavens surged once again as he isolated the glow form Pang Jie's mirror before performing a Dual Dimension Vacuum Charm.

The positioning of the spell was at the line of symmetry on Pang Jie's body!

The activation of this spell would split his body into half and switched their positions!

"Huh?" Pang Jie could sense the erratic movement of the void currents around his body and immediately tried to stabilize the currents with his Nascent Soul Stage powers. But soon enough, he realized he had no control over the splitting of void and immediately, he knew that he had to make a move!

Upon attaining the Nascent Soul Stage, Lin Feng had acquired a very in-depth understanding of space and void and thus, no Nascent Soul Stage cultivator would be able to parry or handle his atack!

Essentially, he was unparalleled below the Immortal Soul Stage!

"Enough!"

Pang Jie's expression changed as his moved his body and a silhouette flew out from the top of his head in a flash.

The silhouette was a good hundred feet tall and wore a magic cloak which was stitched with sun, moon, stars, oceans and mountains. It was stepping on the white clouds beneath the Heaven.

However, there was nothing on the silhouette's face. No eyes, no nose, no mouth. Nothing.

But it was the very fact that it lacked any facial feature that gave it an aura of supremacy as though it was the only true being in the world, the personal embodiment of nothing but the Tao!

It was the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra! The symbol of a cultivator at the final level of the Nascent Soul Stage.

Just with this mantra, Pang Jie was able to destroy everyone present!

But there was a single exception.

"The Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra?" Lin Feng identified it immediately. "The All-Under-Heavens Strider and the final level of the Nascent Soul Stage… I must admit that this is already quite impressive!"

"But it is still futile and useless when they are placed in front of me."

Lin Feng extended his right hand with his fingers extended out, before suddenly squeezing his fist tightly.

Pang Jie's Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra lost all of its authority and supremacy the moment Lin Feng squeezed his fist as the void where Pang Jie was at was pulverized instantly. Countless currents of elements surged as though the universe had reverted to its primal state of chaos!

The Mantra was drowned in the currents of elements and crushed by the impact from them!

The strongest ability of a cultivator at the final level of the Nascent Soul Stage, the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra, was destroyed and disintegrated!

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Chapter 219: Destruction. In the blink of an eye

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The ability to form the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra was the symbol of a final level Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Once the time was ripe, the cultivator would then refine the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra before combining with his or her own Nascent Soul to complete the evolution to the Immortal Soul.

The Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra represented the combination of all of the cultivator's abhijna and mana. It was a combination of incredible power.

Below the Immortal Soul Stage and within all the different levels of all the different stages, the one with the biggest gap would be the difference between the middle and final level of the Nascent Soul Stage. And the very reason for that was because of the existence of the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra.

For Pang Jie, he had an extremely strong and mysterious aura within his Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra.

Under the vast and open sky, it was like a lid to the entire world as it loomed above almost everything. It also radiated an immense authority as though it had the powers to govern everything in our world.

It also seemingly symbolized the impartiality of the Heavenly Tao because everyone had to submit themselves to the rules and law of the Heavenly Tao.

The All-Under-Heavens Strider, Pang Jie had studied the highest and most difficult of manuals in the Great Void Sect and was definitely one of the top cultivators among all the final level Nascent Soul Stage cultivators.

But right now, when he had to face the Lin Feng's currents of elements, even his powerful Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra could not put up against the chaotic and destructive powers of the currents.

Pang Jie donned a serious look as he gave a long sigh, before his figure slowly blurred into the surroundings.

It was this blurring effect that allowed Pang Jie to avoid being destroyed by the powerful currents which Lin Feng had sent.

Just as the currents of elements were about to come into contact with Pang Jie, he faded his physical body and escaped into a separate dimension temporarily, leaving nothing but a mirage of his old self!

And the moment which the currents had stabilized and no longer posed a threat to Pang Jie, he solidified again and returned to where he was.

The Great Void Sect had a repository full of powerful and formidable spells with limitless permutations. The one which Pang Jie had used required him to understand the Art of Metaphysical Transformation before he could hide himself in an alternate dimension as he willed.

With the help of the Art of Metaphysical Transformation, Pang Jie managed to evade Lin Feng's attack. Decisively, he kept his Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra.

The truth was harsh but Pang Jie had accepted the fact that the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra, which had allowed him to outfight any opponent in the Nascent Soul Stage, was powerless against Lin Feng.

Pang Jie calmed himself down before putting his palms together and muttered, "Magic Treasure, reveal yourself."

And following which, he flipped his palms and made sure they were facing upwards. A bright mixture of colors which included black, white, yellow, green, red and blue flashed as a frightening amount of mana rippled across the surroundings.

Magic treasure! Only a magic treasure would possess such an astounding entrance!

The entrance was almost similar to the entrance of an Immortal Soul cultivator!

Xiao Yan's Heaven and Earth Mirror, Zhu Yi's Desolate Nine Thunder Divine Web, Xiao Budian's Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness became restless after sensing the aura of the magic treasure.

All of these Nascent Soul Stage magic items had revealed emotions which were very human. It was a simple display of awe and veneration when a human met his or her superior.

They behaved like the subjects of an Imperial Court facing their Emperor. If the Emperor wanted them to die, they must die! That was the very fear that they had!

Soon, the colorful glow died down but the aura of supremacy was increasingly stronger.

Amidst the colorful treasure glow, a one feet long small sword began to reveal its shape and size.

The Great Void Sect Magic Treasure, the Six Appearances Sword!

A human voice was heard from the Six Appearances Sword as it questioned Lin Feng, "A formidable feat it is to be able to summon the currents of elements… Who are you?"

Lin Feng studied the Six Appearances Sword with much interest. After all, this was the first magic treasure he had managed to lay his eyes on since coming to this world.

After hearing the arrogant tone of the sword, Lin Feng smiled gently as he could not even bother replying to the sword. Immediately, he flicked his finger and a dot of light flew up into the sky before expanding rapidly.

Countless rays of light intertwined with one another in a very mystical track and pattern to form an enormous spell formation.

Within the spell formation, countless runes and sketches floated. When they combined and overlapped with one another, they constructed a humongous black-white picture of sorts which loomed over a few hundred square feet of area.

Pang Jie and the Six Appearances Sword were also entrapped within the spell formation. Pang Jie shared with the sword, "This is their Sect's spell formation."

The sword once again spoke in an aged voice, "Too much form and nothing practical. It won't be able to stop me."

A loud humming sound began as the shape of the Six Appearances Sword changed. The once colorful glow was reduced to a single green glow.

At the center of the green glow, the figure of the Six Appearances Sword had disappeared. But the sound of the dragon's roar could be heard as a hundred feet long three storey boat emerged from the green light.

The gigantic boat was bursting with destructive energy as it pulverized all the spiritual energy surrounding it, leaving nothing but an empty void wherever it passed.

The huge boat gave off the impression that nothing could stop it in its way.

The First Appearance of the Six Appearances Sword, the Soaring Dragon's Boat!

Pang Jie leapt up and landed on the boat as the boat transformed into a green treasure glow, seeking to penetrate through the walls of the spell formation.

Seeing this, Lin Feng nodded his head lightly, "The magic treasure which an Immortal Soul Stage cultivator could craft is indeed remarkable."

But too bad. It would still be useless!

Lin Feng muttered, "The Two Elements of Creation Formation, Open!"

"The Change of the Heaven and Earth, Rise!"

Countless Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds surged into the spell formation as they formed a vast sky which loomed above the heads of Pang Jie and the Soaring Dragon's Boat.

The speed at which the Soaring Dragon's Boat was travelling at was insanely fast as it travelled across countless space-time dimensions in the blink of an eye. But no matter how fast it was travelling at, it was still trapped under the same patch of sky, never to escape from this world.

"It seems that this spell formation is more than meets the eye!" The Soaring Dragon's Boat passed of the remark in surprise. And as the green glow flickered, into a white glow, its form began to change again.

At the center of the white glow, the hundred feet long giant boat shrunk continuously until it became a three feet long sword.

The Second Appearance of the Six Appearances Sword, Sword of the Righteous Way

Governing the Heavens with the laws of the Righteous Way.

Pang Jie extended his hand to grab onto the Sword of the Righteous Way as he did a forceful slashing motion at the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds.

Immediately a white and shiny sword radiance surged towards the ceiling of the world which Lin Feng had created. The radiance was so powerful that it looked as if it would create a huge gash in the ceiling of the world.

Wherever the sword radiance had passed, all spiritual energy would be destroyed leaving a track of black nothingness.

"Hmm… The power from your sword is comparable to my attack on the Formation Bursting Drum back then." Lin Feng smiled, "If the Heaven and Earth Change only had the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds, I'm afraid you might have just won."

"But right now, you're about to witness the true powers of the Heaven and Earth Change."

Endless sunset-yellow glow began to lit up within the Two Elements of Creation Formation as the Central Wutu Divine Light transformed into the thick and heavy land within the spell formation.

The Heaven and Earth had finally been completed and they would now coexist together.

The vast sky could encompass anything.

The heavy and big land could carry countless lives.

It was a complete world with the Heaven above and the Earth below. There was perfect harmony and there was nothing unnatural about this artificial world which Lin Feng had crafted.

The powerful sword radiance which the Sword of the Righteous Way was like a powerful gale. It could destroy everything in our world but not the world itself.

Instead, Lin Feng's inclusion of the Central Wutu Divine Light had created a powerful natural energy within the world which bullied both Pang Jie and the Sword of the Righteous Way.

"What a powerful and domineering formation. Even if the real Formation Bursting Drum were here, I don't think it would be able to hack this formation apart." The Sword of the Righteous Way muttered quickly, "Change!"

In the depth of the white glow, a eerie blue glow soon replaced it as the shape of the sword began to change again, to reveal the third appearance of the magic treasure.

A blue shield appeared beside Pang Jie, radiating a blue glow which formed a ball that encapsulated Pang Jie.

The Third Appearance of the Six Appearances Sword, Acalanātha Void Shield.

The world outside might be going through destruction but as long as one resided in the Acalanātha void, one would be indestructible!

The shape of the shield immediately demonstrated its strong defensive capabilities as it managed to absorb the powerful blows from the Two Elements of Creation Formation, Heaven and Earth Change. But Pang Jie and the magic treasure were still unable to escape from the formation.

Everyone who were outside of the formation were just staring blankly at the gigantic spell formation. While they were already used to the shock and surprises that Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders had to offer, they were still amazed right now.

That was an actual magic treasure that Lin Feng was fighting against. Both Pang Jie and the magic treasure might not have lost but they were definitely imprisoned within the spell formation.

Regardless of whether they were the people that were against Lin Feng, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster and the Flying Flames Grandmaster, or the people who supported Lin Feng, Yang Tonghui from the Heavenly Master Sword Sect, or the neutral party like Wu Yunliang and the rest, all of them were silent.

The people who were against Lin Feng and the Celestial Sect of Wonders were only swarming to find trouble with Lin Feng earlier had been destroyed in the blink of an eye.

The Yu Family's Six Granduncle, Yu Wanfeng, was dead.

The Yu Family's Five Granduncle, Yu Qianshan, was dead.

The Aeolus Sect's Nascent Soul Stage Grandmaster, Master Cyclone, was dead.

The Cloud Elephant Grandmaster had his physical body exploded and his nascent soul captured.

The Household Manager of Marquis of Xuanji's house, Zhang Hai, was captured alive.

Kong Chang of the Mount Shu Sword Sect had his physical body destroyed and nascent soul captured.

Except for the All-Under-Heavens Strider, Pang Jie who had mastered the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra and possessed the Six Appearances Sword, none of them managed to survive Lin Feng's first move!

Even the strongest of them all, Pang Jie, along with his Six Appearances Sword, was entrapped within the spell formation.

Lin Feng was still composed as though nothing had happened. He did not even bother looking at Pang Jie or the Six Appearances Sword but rather shifted his concentration onto Zhang Hai and Kong Chang whom he had already sealed in their Celestial Small Worlds.

The Celestial Small Worlds were still shrinking and collapsing into a smaller sphere. Seeing how his end was near, Zhang Hai had already submitted to fate as the lack of hope was apparent on his pale face.

Lin Feng stood there expressionless as he thought, "If you don't appear soon, he is going to die."

Just at this moment, a voice rang, "Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, please show mercy."

The voice was sharp but the sheer mana in it ripped apart all void and space directly.

An aged man appeared in front of everyone. He was clad in a rosy red coat and he had a very pale face. He did not have any beard or moustache, which revealed his identity as a eunuch.

But the powerful rippling of his mana also revealed his identity as a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

"It's the Great Zhou Empire's Grand Ceremonial Eunuch, Mei Wulang, also known as Eunuch Mei!" Someone immediately recognized him as the leader of eunuchs in the Great Zhou Empire's palace. He was very trusted by the Zhou Emperor Liang Pan.

Some of them were excited by his entrance, "Please tell me that the Great Zhou Empire wants to fight with the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

Zhang Hai could only represent Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu but Mei Wulang could represent the intentions of the emperor himself.

Lin Feng remained unfazed as he stared at Mei Wulang quietly.

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Chapter 220: Gifts

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"Eunuch Mei is also here… Unless the Great Zhou Empire also wants to go to war with the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

The surrounding masses began to discuss as more and more unbelievable theories were thrown around.

Lin Feng did not show any sign of fear as he simply stared at Mei Wulang calmly.

Mei Wulang moved to a place not too far away from Lin Feng and stood still over there. Out of a sudden, he bowed in front of Lin Feng with much respect, "I, the humble servant of the Emperor (Translator's Note: Humble way of expressing his respect for the Emperor), Mei Wulang, am here to offer a gift to the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders to congratulate him on the opening of his Sect. It is a simple gift and hence, I seek your forgiveness."

After hearing his words, everyone was shocked as they stared hard at Mei Wulang, wondering if he was being sincere or sarcastic.

But the more they examined him, the more they felt that something was unusual.

Mei Wulang was so sincere and humble, his smile so gentle and warm that it was borderline unreal. In this world, it was only probably the Immortal Soul Stage cultivators that could draw this amount of respect and admiration from Mei Wulang.

Most importantly, Mei Wulang was alone. Although he was a very famous cultivator at the final level of the Nascent Soul Stage, Pang Jie's plight had shown that even the cultivators at that level would not be able to put up a fight against Lin Feng.

If he had wanted to pit himself against Lin Feng, he would definitely not approach Lin Feng in such a manner.

Some of the people had began to look around to find the legendary Great Zhou Empire's Divine Martial Army but they were nowhere to be seen.

Mei Wulang completely ignored the shocked look on the people's faces as he smiled and continued, "Whatever that Mr Zhang had just done, they were all simply a misunderstanding. He had misunderstood the intentions of Marquis of Xuanji and had disrupted the Opening Ceremony of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Hence, the Emperor had ordered myself to come forth to express our apologies."

He gently clapped his hand and the void behind him cracked open as a group of people brought a few gift boxes forward.

These people were at best in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Therefore, they also symbolized the lack of malicious intent.

As they opened the gift boxes one by one, one would be able to notice that all the gifts were materials to craft powerful magic items. Although the gift boxes were only about half a meter long, the interior space was a separate dimension of its own and hence, could contain a lot of things.

Mei Wulang, the Great Zhou Empire Palace Superintendent, recited out himself, "Restrained Heat Flint, one ton, Amherst Lamprophyre, a ton, Green Moss Stone Marrow, one ton, Stalactite Crystals, one ton...

Everyone's jaws dropped when they realized the gifts that the Zhou Empire had given to Lin Feng were not a joke and were actual expensive and precious minerals.

They were all very precious resources for crafting and the quantity which were given to Lin Feng for not in the least bit small.

With the reserves that the Great Zhou Empire had, the tonnes of materials were definitely not raw minerals but rather processed ones which only bore the essence of the minerals.

The Restrained Heat Flint was one of the the best fire-type materials for crafting fire-type magic items. One would have to look for an erupting volcano and to cool its lava before refining it to acquire the Restrained Heat Flint. From ten tonne of volcanic ash, one could only refine a single kilogram of Restrained Heat Flint.

The Amherst Lamprophyre would be created from the refining of rocks which had been struck by the natural lightning. Manmade lightning casted using spells would not be able to achieve the desired effects. Hence, one could appreciate the rarity of such resources.

The Green Moss Stone Marrow needed one to excavate the stone fossils of a ten-thousand year old tree before they turned into charcoal and following which, to refine and extract the essence from the stone fossils.

The Stalactite Crystals' rarity was commonly known as they were the same stalactites that we learnt in the standard natural geography.

Any of these resources or materials would give an insanely high price of ten red talismans for a single kilogram.

And what the Great Zhou Empire just did was to dump a single ton of everything to Lin Feng.

And Mei Wulang was not done.

"...Ice Fantasy Supreme Rock, hundred pieces. Glory of the Beginning crystals, ten pieces, Jade Azure Sand, five bags, Matte Glowless Metal, ten kilograms."

After he had mentioned all these items, everyone was left speechless. For some of them, their eyes were red with greed as they stared at the boxes which the servants were holding onto.

If not for the deterrence factor arising from both the Celestial Sect of Wonders and the Great Zhou Empire, they would have dashed forward to plunder all these items.

In fact, if not for the insane abilities that Lin Feng had displayed, they would have totally stolen the items.

It was because these items were really that precious.

A hundred pieces, ten pieces, five bags and ten kilograms sounded as if they would not be able to match the price of the previous gifts.

But for those who truly understood the value of these treasures would know that the value of any of these four items would beat the previous items hands down.

The Ice Fantasy Supreme Rock was the best ice-type material out there. It was condensed by aeons and aeons of ice and had even blended into the concept of space and time. It was so rare that it usually took only a single fragment of a small rock for everyone to fight against one another.

The Glory of the Beginning crystals was said to be one of the mystical items that were created in the midst of the creation of the Heaven and Earth. It was said to contain the purest form of spiritual energy and had the power to change fate.

The Jade Azure Sand and the Matte Glowless Metal were ranked as the Six Mystical Metals and were all insanely good ingredients for crafting the flying swords. As long as one were to put in one or two scoops of the metals, the strength of the flying sword would increase by a single notch, and the sword would also gain special properties.

Seeing these items, regardless of whether they were the cultivators from the smaller sects or even Yang Tonghui, the Flying Flames Grandmaster and the Azure Clouds Grandmaster, they were all very much envious and attracted by the gifts.

The three of them looked at one another and a single thought ran through all their heads, "It seems like the Great Zhou Empire have to splurge quite a bit."

The Great Zhou Empire had indeed invested quite a bit as following the precious minerals, they continued to deliver twenty purple deity robes and many other powerful magic items.

Everything that Liang Pan gave came in sets. This meant that the Purple Deity Robes, the Ceremony Sealing Swords, the Fortune Jade and Pearls and the Panlong Jade Belt all came in twenty pieces.

Even though the Great Zhou Empire might have an abundance of reserves, taking out so many of the treasures in a single go would still be very painful for them.

After the recitation was done, Mei Wulang retrieved a white jade scroll form his sleeves and humbly spoke to Lin Feng, "The Emperor knows that Mr Zhang might have disrespected you and ordered myself to deliver this jade scroll as a form of apology."

As the jade scroll opened, it let out a blinding white light. And in the center of the white light, a crown glistened and projected two silhouette above it. One of it radiated an aura of righteousness while the other radiated an aura of viciousness.

The two silhouettes combined and melted into one another, generating a violent rippling of energy which was so strong that it looked as if it could tear apart all void space.

The Nascent Soul Stage magic item, the Golden Crown of Angels and Demons!

Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran who were standing aside look at one another before sighing. Meng Chaoran spoke, "If the purpose of all of these is to buy back Zhang Hai's life, it would indeed be a bad deal."

"His life? It would be more than enough to buy ten lives." Wu Yunliang nodded his head, "The Great Zhou Empire wants to create an alliance with the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

Meng Chaoran frowned, "But the Marquis of Xuanji and Lin Feng do not seem to get along well. Cracks will definitely form on this relationship. Liang Pan would not dampen the heart of his loyal subordinate just to get into the good books of an outsider."

"But before the relationship is fully fractured, both parties will have a common interest." Wu Yunliang's eyes glowed as he muttered in a deep voice, "Befriend the distant enemies and attack the near ones. This is the most simplest of logic but it is also most commonly right."

Meng Chaoran repeated Wu Yunliang's words in his mind and immediately understood what he meant.

Mount Yujing could move through time and space but the geopolitics of the world was largely settled already. The only blank space left was Mount Kunlun.

Lin Feng's roots were set in Mount Kunlun and both the Celestial Sect and the Zhou Empire were separated by the Great Qin Empire and the Mount Shu Sword Sect. Even if they had any disputes, there would be no immediate to resolve them. Instead, they could sandwich all powers that were between them.

Now that Lin Feng and the Yu Family as well as the Mount Shu Sword Sect had developed unfriendly relationships, the Great Zhou Empire found the time even more opportune than before to get into Lin Feng's good books.

Of course, that was under the premise that Lin Feng had showcased his abilities, and must be worth the time and money to buy over.

Meng Chaoran looked up immediately and stared at Wu Yunliang, "Unless the Great Zhou Empire intends to attack the Great Qin Empire?"

Wu Yunliang nodded his head as his eyes glowed with ambition, "This is the golden opportunity for our Ethereal Mountain Sect."

Meng Chaoran suddenly spoke, "But the abilities and power which the Celestial Sect of Wonders had just showcased was no more powerful than the Sword of Radiance Sect and the Intense Flaming Sword Sect. I don't see why the Zhou Empire would splurge so much on them."

Wu Yunliang replied, "Maybe there might be other reasons...Let's just watch the show."

His heart turned cold when he suddenly recalled a line that Lin Feng said when Zhang Hai was about to fight with Zhu Yi. "The Great Zhou Empire, at the end of the day, is still under the control of the Emperor, Liang Pan."

It sounded confusing and irrelevant previously but now when it was placed in the context of the current situation, Wu Yunliang realized that Lin Feng might have predicted that something like this would happen.

Lin Feng stared at Mei Wulang and his servants calmly before giving a gentle smile, "I welcome all friendly visitors."

He pointed at the Celestial Small World which Zhang Hai was in and instantly released the completely-despaired Zhang Hai.

Zhang Hai stared at Lin Feng for a good long while before looking at Mei Wulang. Afterwards, he let out a long sigh and kept quiet.

Emperor Liang Pan's big spendings definitely meant that the Marquis Xuanji would have minimally agreed to the plan.

The fact that the Marquis did not inform Zhang Hai meant that he wanted him to test out the true abilities of Lin Feng.

From the look of things, Zhang Hai had managed to understand some of Lin Feng's abilities and hence, this was not a wasted trip.

But to finish his mission in such a manner, Zhang Hai could not help but laugh at himself. But all of these thoughts and reflex actions remained within himself.

After releasing Zhang Hai, Lin Feng continued and released Kong Chang.

Seeing this, everyone was at a loss for words.

Even Mei Wulang could not help but frowned, "If Lin Feng dares to whack Kong Chang into this state, it already means that he was not afraid of any act of revenge from the Mount Shu Sword Sect… But why is he releasing Kong Chang now?"

Kong Chang was also shocked and wary of this sudden act of kindness, "What do you want from me…"

Lin Feng did not wait for him to finish his sentence and immediately used a clump of purple clouds to wrap around his nascent soul. Following which, he delivered him to Yang Tonghui and spoke in an utmost dignified manner, "Today is the opening ceremony of my Sect. We have seen enough blood today. I'm afraid I have to trouble my dear friend Yang Tonghui to send Master Kong back to Mount Shu."

Yang Tonghui was caught off guard and a peculiar expression formed on his face.

Kong Chang, landing into the hands of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect could be both a golden opportunity and also a recipe for disaster.

"Unless he wants me to…" Yang Tonghui thought as his expression became even more confused.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, left it there as he looked at the horizon in the distant and muttered softly, "My old friend, why don't you come out now?"

In the distant horizon, the sea of clouds opened up slowly to reveal the figure of a person.

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Chapter 221: The Opening Ceremony

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In the distant horizon, the colorful clouds opened up to reveal the slender and composed figure of a young lady dressed in green.

She radiated a dignified aura as her elegant facial features revealed her identity. She was none other than the next-in-line of the Great Void Sect, Yan Mingyue.

Yan Mingyue, who was seemingly at the limits of the horizon, was right in front of everyone right after a single step. She gently tucked the loose strands of her hair behind her ear as she smiled at Lin Feng, "How's life, Master Lin?"

For those who recognized Yan Mingyue, there was only one thought that raced through their heads, "Isn't that the previous All-Under-Heavens Strider? Hasn't she been missing for many years? Why would she suddenly appear now?"

A lot of people had their eyes focused on the Two Elements of Creation Formation that was in the sky. Despite their line of sight being obstructed, everyone knew that Pang Jie, the successor to Yan Mingyue's All-Under-Heavens Strider title, was imprisoned within the formation.

Lin Feng looked at Yan Mingyue before his eyes swept across the masses before him. Amongst them, only Mei Wulang did not exhibit any tinge of surprise at the appearance of Yan Mingyue.

Because of this. It was apparent to Lin Feng that Yan Mingyue had came along with Mei Wulang.

After the circulation of some thoughts in his head, Lin Feng smiled, "Congratulations to my dear Cultivator Yan for not only regaining a second life but also attaining a higher level of cultivation."

Yan Mingyue smiled gently and replied, "That was all thanks to your benevolence. I am deeply grateful for the assistance which you had rendered back then."

She flipped her palm to reveal a ruby red pearl which had been hidden between her hands.

The pearl itself was a transparent crystal which had a brilliant flame at its very core. From afar, the flame resembled the burning passion within the eyes of a living person.

This object outshone all the rest of the gifts which Mei Wulang had brought immediately right after its appearance. The only gift which could at best be on par with it was the Golden Crown of Angels and Demons.

But as Lin Feng released his powers to gain a better sensing of how powerful the pearl was, he immediately realized that its value was definitely above that of the Golden Crown of Angels and Demons.

He shifted his gaze upwards and asked Yan Mingyue, "Is this a Magic Treasure embryo?"

Upon hearing his words, a complete silence engulfed the entire area.

The words, magic treasure, were just simply too precious.

One must not mistake the embarrassing performance of the Six Appearances Sword as the lack of power of a magic treasure. The only reason why it could not break free from the Two Elements of Creation Formation was because of the sheer strength of the formation. If it were any other formation, it would have stood no chance against the powerful Six Appearances Sword.

If one were to cast his vision across the entire world, other than the Two Elements of Creation Formation, the remaining formations which were able to contain the Six Appearances Sword could be counted with one's fingers.

Yan Mingyue nodded her head gently, "This treasure is called the Zhuyan Demon Eye. It is formed from the eyes of the Immemorial Celestial Dragon who had attained the level of the indestructible demon soul. It contains the fire-type abhijna and the mana of the Immemorial Celestial Dragon. I can be used as a magic treasure embryo to cultivate magic treasure."

Lin Feng smiled and accepted the Zhuyan Demon Eye with pleasure. Following which, he extended his hand before waving it, reducing the Two Elements of Creation Formation to a spot of light which returned to his hand.

Pang Jie and the Six Appearances Sword finally broke free from the formation. Seeing that Yan Mingyue was here, Pang Jie immediately understood what had just happened.

He went to Yan Mingyue with much solemnity before speaking faintly, "Congrats Senior Yan."

"Yan Mingyue, you..." The Six Appearances Sword's spirit was going to talk before it stopped itself after discovering something.

Yan Mingyue nodded her head, "Junior Pang, Revered Elder Six Appearances, it has been a long time since I last saw both of you."

Pang Jie asked, "Senior Yan, when do you plan to go back to Mount Baiyun?"

Yan Mingyue smiled, "After congratulating Master Lin, I do intend to return to take a look at how things are back at Mount Baiyun."

Pang Jie replied harmlessly, "That would be excellent. The lord and the elders all missed you dearly."

Lin Feng watched how they caught up over a little chat and was very much amused by it. Both of them wanted each other dead so badly yet they were trying so hard to keep up with the facade of peace and harmony.

If not for Chen Gang, Lin Feng would have been duped by their superb performance and not be aware of the internal strifes within the various factions of the Great Void Sect.

Pang Jie suddenly turned around to look at Lin Feng with a peculiar look on his face. It looked as though he was trying to comprehend something as he stared dead straight at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng returned the stare in a composed manner. After a good long moment, Pang Jie removed his gaze and without saying anything, he retreated to the back of Yan Mingyue, seemingly placing the ball in her court.

It seemed that his pride and ego did not allow him to bow down to Lin Feng, but in the current circumstances, he had no choice but to pass it on for now.

Seeing thi, Lin Feng retracted his gaze as well and spoke plainly after a moment of silence, "You are always welcome to be my guest at Mount Yujing."

Pang Jie was shocked by his words but remained silent.

Yan Mingyue's eyes also revealed signs of being surprised by Lin Feng's words. She examined Pang Jie before a smile of enlightenment stretched across her face as she no longer spoke a single word.

It was only now when Lin Feng turned around and spoke to the rest, "Despite the minor hiccups, the opening ceremony has gone on as planned and I sincerely thank everyone for gracing my ceremony. Now, I urge you all to follow me to tour my humble abode."

As he spoke, the sea of purple clouds rumbled and dissolved into Mount Yujing, revealing the true appearance of Mount Yujing.

Lin Feng led the way as he flew up to the top of Mount Yujing. Following him closely were his disciples, Xiao Yan, Xiao Budian and the rest.

Yan Mingyue smiled gently as she took a great leap into the air with Mei Wulang and his servants following closely behind.

Pang Jie remained still as he watched the rest ascended the mountain.

The others exchanged glances before buddying up to ascend the mountain. Some of them stole a glance at the lonely figure of Pang Jie first before leaving very quickly, afraid to reveal any sign of sympathy or contempt.

Even though Pang Jie had been humiliated by Lin Feng and outshone by Yan Mingyue, he was not someone that any of them could afford to offend.

Yang Tonghui kept the sword nascent soul of Kong Chang and spoke to both the Azure Clouds Grandmaster and the Flying FLames Grandmaster, "Let's go."

Following which, he leapt onto his flying sword and led the disciples of the Heavenly Master Sword Sect up the mountain.

Both the Grandmasters let out a sigh after looking at each other before following Yang Tonghui.

They were both conflicted along with Yang Tonghui as they muttered to themselves, "Master Lin, Master Lin, you have really stumped us by handing Kong Chang to us."

Immediately after ascending Mount Yujing, everyone was shocked as they sensed the sheer amount of spiritual energy on the spiritual mountain. The presence of a mystical aura had caught all of them in a trance as they felt as though they had all been enlightened by the slightest bit just from breathing the air on Mount Yujing. All of them had already felt that the trip to Mount Yujing was not a wasted one.

Yan Mingyue's eyes glistened as she thought, "What a place… The only places which can be compared with Mount Yujing would be Mount Baiyun, the old Nirvana Land of the Great Thunderclap Temple and Mount Shu.

She smiled as a thought came into her head, "Longye, If only you knew how precious and valuable Mount Yujing was, I wonder how regretful you will be…"

Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran also revealed an expression of disbelief after landing on Mount Yujing. They looked at each other in disbelief and envy soon overcame the look of shock.

"Pang Jie and Kong Chang are both still alive. It seems like the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect would not be going for a fight to the death with the Celestial Sect of Wonders," Wu Yunliang spoke gently.

Meng Chaoran nodded his head as he agreed with his senior, "Pang Jie and Kong Chang might be important members of their sects but at the end of the day, they are merely the second generation disciples anyway."

"The powers of the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect are unquestionable but the Master of the Celestial Sect is not someone to belittle. With this spiritual mountain acting as his fortress, it would cost a lot to destroy him. Even the Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect would have to deliberate their decisions before making their move."

Wu Yunliang nodded and sighed, "If the opponent was any weaker, they could have erased him with much ease. But when the opponent carries some weight, even if victory were guaranteed, they would still have to consider the cost of a war. Any undue haste in making a move might result in a bargain for any third party."

"The Great Thunderclap Temple should serve as a reminder for all of them. If not for that incident, how would a spiritual land of Buddhism be destroyed so easily?"

Even though the Great Thunderclap Temple was destroyed, the only one who benefited from its disappearance was the Great Zhou Empre. The Great Void Sect and the Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance did not gain much out of it and instead lost quite a few powerful cultivators. No one wanted a repeat of such incidents.

Meng Chaoran continued, "There is no such thing as a never-ending vengeance when there is no interest involved. The Great Void Sect and the Mount Shu Sword Sect might be displeased but they would not send their entire sect to fight. At most, they would only send an Immortal Soul stage cultivator to find trouble at the Celestial Sect."

Wu Yunliang smiled disappointingly, "It seems that we are going to return empty-handed."

Meng Chaoran simply spoke softly, "We can only accept our fate. We have already done our best."

As the masses gathered at the peak of Mount Yujing, they could see twenty children who were around seven to eight years old standing in two neat rows, waiting for them earnestly.

The children were all dressed in a purple costume and were all fair-skinned and unbelievable adorable.

One would be able to sense the pure spiritual energy that they were radiating as they showed flair and talent which were unadulterated.

Seeing that Lin Feng and the rest had returned, the group of children moved forward in unison to welcome their master back with a bow before greeting in unison, "Welcome back, my lord."

Following which, they bowed in the direction of Yan Mingyue and the rest, "Welcome, dear guests of Mount Yujing. If we show any form of disrespect, do forgive us."

After roughly half a year of living on Mount Yujing, these children who were almost cultivated into pills had recovered and even digested some of the medicinal energy within their bodies.

Under the close supervision and tutelage of Zhu Yi and Kang Nanhua, all of them had a considerable grasp over their spiritual energy.

After sending their greetings to the guests, the children went on to greet Xiao Yan, Kang Nanhua, Miao Shihao and the rest.

"Welcome back, masters."

"Welcome back, Mr Kang and Mr Miao."

Upon seeing this, Yang Tonghui could not help but praise, "Lord Lin is indeed a good master. All his disciples are so outstanding."

"That is an overstatement," Lin Feng smiled in return.

The Flying Flames Grandmaster glanced around the peak of Mount Yujing and a smile played around his mouth but he remained quiet.

The only thing he feared now was to aggravate the already stale relationship with Lin Feng. Hence, he would not make any unnecessary comments.

Lin Feng saw his expression and of course he knew what the Flying Flames Grandmaster was thinking about. He was mocking at how empty the mountain was.

Time to witness a miracle.

Lin Feng controlled himself and made sure he did not splurt out the previous line which was in his head.

He smiled and spoke professionally, "I am deeply sorry if any of you were offended with the run-down state of my humble abode."

As he spoke, he raised his arm and a bright flash flew up into the sky.

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Chapter 222: The Sect Master's Ceremony

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"My sect's shabby grass-thatched cottages have certainly amused you lot."

As he said this, Lin Feng activated his hidden System Establishment Deed. In a flash, a ray of light shot up towards the sky.

This ray of light carved an arc across the sky, before bursting violently into a splendid cloud of effulgence, slowly falling towards the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree.

The resplendent blaze made everyone gasp in shock.

The cloud of light dissipated, gradually revealing its true identity - a magnificent, towering palace.

The light and shadows slowly fused into tangible entities, finally morphing into a physical mass, with the towering palace descending upon Mount Yujing.

The palace's main hall was thirty meters high, eighteen rooms wide, but no one knew how far it extended. The entire building glimmered with a faint purplish gold, with cornices mounted on all four corners and the Dragon, Phoenix, Turtle and Qilin resting on each one respectively. Six layers of platinum-glazed tiles shimmered brilliantly.

The palace walls were skirted with elegant, regal white jade fences, made of material similar to that of Mount Yujing, which rimmed the entire main hall.

The nine storeys of stairs were also constructed from the same material, which made the main hall's majestic infrastructure look like the stairways to heaven. The entire hall seemed incredibly lofty and imposing.

A seemingly virtual nebula floated above the apex of the main hall. It was as dazzling as a galaxy - mystical, vast, and endless.

The Sun, Moon, Venus, Jupiter, Mercury, Mars and Saturn.

Among the roving stars were these seven celestial bodies suspended over the galaxy, like masters of the heavens controlling everything beneath them.

And at the still, dark base of the main hall's nine storeys of stairs, was a wheel of light, gently spinning along.

The wheel of light was spinning with ceaseless and indifferent determination, an unbending will that could decide it all.

A will that would decide the fate of all living things for one, ten, hundred, thousand generations!

Like the ever-flowing river of history, the wheel of fate always spins forward. Nothing in existence can stop it, everything has been determined! Fate cannot be stopped! Fate cannot be changed!

In the Netherworld, this ever-spinning wheel of light drives, regulates and records the tens of thousands of generations and the cycle of life and death for all living things in the universe.

The Seven Luminaries above are eternally unmoving, while the Netherworld below is always spinning.

There was a plaque placed above the entrance of the main hall, with the characters representing "Heavenly" calligraphed on it, emanating an imposing immortal aura that could move the earth and the heavens.

Everyone stared blankly at the Heavenly Palace standing before them. It wasn't just Yang Tonghui's visiting convoy who were astounded, even Lin Feng's own disciples, Kang Nanhua, and Miao Shihao, gazed at their sect's grand palace in awe.

After a good long while, Wu Yunliang finally recovered from the shock and laughed bitterly at Meng Chaoran. "Why do I feel that the Ethereal Mountain Sect's palace seems like a straw-house when compared to this palace?"

Meng Chaoran nodded unhesitatingly. "A house that would be blown down by just one gust of wind."

Yan Mingyue's eyes glimmered, and thought to himself, "Creating things from empty space? With such abhijna, his true mastery levels must be higher than I thought."

Lin Feng scanned his audience. This spectacle was indeed presented to carve a deep impression in the minds of Yan Mingyue, Mei Wulang and Yang Tonghui, but it was also to instil pride and faith in the hearts of the young cultivators about to enter his sect.

Lin Feng silently thanked the Cyclone Master and Yu Wanfeng, who were both selfless and benevolent people.

The Battle of Huangyuan was for Lin Feng to highlight his strength, but Xiao Yan's current battle would totally be an exhibition to showcase the fruits of the Celestial Sect of Wonders' teachings.

They were unmatched by all others with the same mastery level, and their Aurous Core cultivators can even hold their own against Nascent Soul cultivators.

After this day, the name of the Celestial Sect of Wonders will definitely be renowned through the whole of the Grand Celestial World.

For the young talent about to enter the sect, this has paved them a long yet bright path to a blazing future.

But to protect them, Lin Feng has been using his own mana to shield them. Although Xiao Yan and the others were battling outside with all their might, the newcomers were still separated from the battlefield by a barrier, hence they couldn't experience the full impact of the ongoing action.

Lin Feng then used the sect's deed in a manner similar to creating objects from empty space to engrave another deep mark in their minds, letting them know that their future would definitely be promising if they follow him.

The response was quite assuring. A band of youngsters were flabbergasted and speechless with sparkling eyes, regardless of whether they had already explored the world.

While the crowd was still reeling in shock, Lin Feng didn't stop his onslaught. With three consecutive flicks of his fingers, another three rays of light blazed through the skies and landed simultaneously on the empty patch behind the Celestial Grand Palace.

On the left stood a massive house shaped like an abode. At first glance, it seemed simple and bulky, but upon closer inspection, its intricate details gave forth a sense of imperial grandeur.

The abode was filled with the spiritual energy of greater intensity than that of Mount Yujing. This was because the abode contained a spell formation that continuously drew in and gathered the spiritual energy from Mount Yujing.

The Flying Flames Grandmaster stared at that Disciples' Abode in complete astonishment. Even though he didn't enter it, he could still feel the densely concentrated amounts of spiritual energy inside just by standing outside with his Nascent Soul mastery.

"Residing and training here would definitely yield twice the results with just half the effort." The Flying Flames Grandmaster exclaimed. "Heck, if he raised a pig in that place, it might even transform into a demonic beast after a few years!"

Under Lin Feng's control, the other two structures landed on the other side of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, opposite the Disciples' Abode.

Two rustic and quaint buildings fell into place. One of them gave off a strong herbal aroma that could relax one's entire body, so potent that even cultivators suffering from many years of pain would enjoy slight relief.

This was the Elixir Chamber. Lin Feng opened the chamber doors wide. The Eight Trigrams were arranged on the floor in their specific positions at the heart of the room, and in the middle of the formation stood a single Elixir Cauldron.

The floor of the chamber was dotted with several futons, with a Wind and Fire Fan resting on each futon.

Numerous large gourds were hung on the walls. Preserving the elixirs in these gourds would prevent them from losing their medicinal capabilities, which may even strengthen after aging in the gourds.

Upon sensing the area, Lin Feng realized that, although the cauldron he prepared was of high quality, it still missed the mark by a bit. With a wave of his hand, the original cauldron vanished, and the Ethereal Heart Cauldron now sat in the centre of the chamber.

Yang Tonghui was puzzled. "Lord Lin, this cauldron is ..."

"This is the Ethereal Heart Cauldron." Lin Feng smiled, "I obtained this by chance. I think it's not bad."

Everyone who recognized the cauldron took a full gulp of air.

It isn't just 'not bad', it's jaw-droppingly formidable!

Yang Tonghui was thoroughly amazed. "I heard that this cauldron can only be effective using fires at least of the level of the Scarlet Thunderous Fire or the Acalanātha Inferno. It has endless uses, and can even rely on its core to strengthen the flames, allowing it to complete crafting elixirs at minimally thrice the speed of normal cauldrons.

"It's just that this cauldron had been missing for almost a thousand years, with its whereabouts perpetually unknown. I never thought it would be in Lord Lin's hands."

Lin Feng smiled. "It happened by chance."

He turned to look at Xiao Yan, then threw the Elixir Chamber's deed at him. After construction is completed, a building's deed can only be used for allocating ownership.

"Xiao Yan, you're in charge of the Elixir Chamber. From today onwards, you'll be the master of this chamber."

Xiao Yan caught the deed, turned and glanced at the chamber and the Ethereal Heart Cauldron, then grinned joyfully. He bowed and said, "I shall abide by your orders, Master."

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster, who had been silent this whole time, laughed to himself bitterly. "This brat has the talent for crafting elixirs? Ugh, this is really agonizing!"

The building beside the Elixir Chamber was the Tripitaka Block. Lin Feng, however, did not open it for viewing, and simply introduced it briefly.

Everyone understood why, but couldn't help inspecting the exterior of the ten-meter-high three-storey building out of curiosity. "Who knows, perhaps this block holds the Mantra Scrolls of the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

Lin Feng held onto the deed to the Tripitaka Block and looked at Wang Lin. "Wang Lin, train harder. The day you form your Aurous Core will be the day you inherit this block."

Wang Lin took a deep breath then bowed respectfully. "I won't let you down, Master!"

Lin Feng then turned to look at Zhu Yi. "Zhu Yi, from today onwards, I'm appointing you as the Chief Instructor of all the new disciples of this sect. All the new disciples will build their foundations under your wing before being trained by other instructors."

"Compassion, righteousness, fairness, and strictness - these are the qualities I require, and expect, from you as your master."

Zhu Yi straightened his robes, then grovelled to the ground and said, "I will abide by your teachings, Master."

When Xiao Budian noticed Lin Feng's gaze shifting towards him, he spat his tongue out and lowered his head before taking a peek. He immediately heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Lin Feng shaking his head smilingly before prying his vision away.

When Yang Wulang and Zhang Hai witnessed all this, they looked at each other without saying anything, with their gaze showing a tinge of distress.

Lin Feng then led everyone to the main hall.

The massive doors slammed open, and a soft pleasant sound drifted from within. The interior of the hall was shrouded with purple Qi which glowed with vigour.

Below the roof of the hall hung a galaxy, with countless stars that formed numerous mystical and splendid constellations.

In a flash, Lin Feng was already seated cross-legged on the hall's main throne, being oddly laid back and not at all serious. But in the eyes of everyone else, he was brimming with regalness and authority.

Xiao Yan and the other disciples already knew the flow of events, and split into two groups and led the guests down the two sides of the hall.

Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao stood beside Lin Feng, and grinned as they observed Zhu Yi direct the horde of new disciples into the main hall and to Lin Feng's throne.

As expected, at the vanguard of the convoy of new disciples was a well-mannered young man in white and a lady with scarlet hair, dressed in red robes. They were Yang Qing and Yue Hongyan.

They were the first two who were completely overwhelmed and subdued by Lin Feng in the Battle of Huangyuan.

They were at the front of the army of disciples and led the rest in bowing before Lin Feng.

"We pay our respects to you, Grandmaster!"

Lin Feng looked at the horde of people below and felt a weird tingling sensation in his heart. A voice then resonated in his mind, "This is my sect ..."

This was Lin Feng's own voice.

The System's prompter then sounded in his ears.

"Congratulations to Lord Lin for officially founding his own sect, and for recruiting thirty disciples with potential values exceeding 25, establishing the foundations for the sect's second stage!"

"Congratulations to Lord Lin for completing the Main Quest of the System 2.0!"

"We now present him with the Special Prize for completing the Main Quest of the System!"

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Chapter 223: A Successful Conclusion

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After the Sect Master's Ceremony, Lin Feng's Celestial Sect of Wonders was officially open and recruiting disciples, and the day came to an end.

In essence, under the outstanding leadership of Lin Feng's comrades, his four direct disciples each demonstrated their respective speciality spells, gradually fending off the incoming enemy onslaught, which ended in a merciless defeat for their foes.

With a total of 34 talented disciples with potential values exceeding 25 recruited, Lin Feng has successfully achieved the target he set.

Surely, this was a successful and momentous Sect-Opening Ceremony that all can learn from!

Actually, there were over 50 new disciples inducted. Besides those with potential values exceeding 25, there were around 25 others with potential values exceeding 20.

In this group, there were some with more passable personalities and stronger minds who were also taken in by Lin Feng.

As this was his first time establishing a sect, Lin Feng prioritized quality over quantity. Since his sect was still in its budding stages, taking in too many disciples at once would be impractical as there were not enough resources to go around, and he lacked ample manpower to train them.

Hence, many prospective disciples who displayed less talent were already rejected at Shazhou City. Although it was a cruel move, Lin Feng had to harden his heart and do what he deemed necessary.

Among the majority that were accepted, Lin Feng was most impressed by two individuals boasting potential values of around 30.

They were Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing. They were taken in by Lin Feng as his direct disciples, and they also gave Lin Feng two chances at the Lottery. Although those were technically given by the System, it can also be considered as Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing's Disciple Induction Ceremony.

Lin Feng's Disciple System also listed out their personal particulars.

"Name: Yue Hongyan

Age: 17 Years and 5 months

Current Mastery Level: Middle Level of the Foundation Establishment, Spiritual Altar Realm.

Potential Stats: Innate Ability - 8; Intelligence - 8; Determination - 7; Fortune - 7.

Recommended Training Method: Recommended to be trained in Fire-type spells. Recommended to take the Divine Martial Way of the Muscular Body as her main direction of development of Abhijina."

"Name: Yang Qing

Age: 17 Years and 1 month

Current Mastery Level: Middle Level of the Foundation Establishment, Spiritual Altar Realm.

Potential Stats: Innate Ability - 9; Intelligence - 9; Determination - 5; Fortune - 8.

Recommended Training Method: Recommended to be trained in Water-type spells. Recommended to use Spells as the main direction of development of Abhijna. Also talented in nurturing spiritual herbs and medicines, hence recommended to hone the skills in this area.

Note: Determination values are lower. Will tend to produce large inconsistencies during the training process. Requires close attention."

Lin Feng flipped through the pair's particulars and began to come up with various ideas for training them.

As for the guests who came to observe the ceremony, Kang Nanhua and the others were responsible for seeing them off, hence there was no need to trouble Lin Feng.

When the Sect-Opening Ceremony ended, everyone was still in high spirits. But once the guests took their leave, they became disconcerted and at a loss.

The cultivators from the northern foothills of Mount Kunlun were saddened by the monstrous overpowering forces that had suddenly risen in their own area.

The Flying Flames Grandmaster did come in high spirits but left feeling dejected. He was even secretly glad that Lin Feng did not stir any trouble with him.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster left feeling terribly bitter as if he had eaten a gold thread. Or, in his own words, he had his guts stuffed with gold thread which choked him all the way up his throat.

Yang Tonghui held onto Kong Chang's Nascent Sword, feeling very troubled like the other guests. The Heavenly Sword Sect's subsequent confrontations with Lin Feng would really be like walking on a tightrope.

But if they handle them well, the Heavenly Sword Sect stands to reap amazing benefits. Yang Tonghui felt his heart heating up just from thinking about that prospect and continued on his journey in pain yet feeling hopeful at the same time.

As for Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran, although they did get a chance to speak to Lin Feng privately, the reply they received was not a favourable one.

Lin Feng did not mind them sitting on the fence. The Ethereal Mountain Sect and the Celestial Sect of Wonders were not the same, with no previous connections. Since Lin Feng did not demonstrate enough mastery previously, it was definitely normal not to be noticed by them.

Lin Feng's thought process was always very straightforward: if you didn't possess enough skill, why should neutral parties take your side? No one owes you anything.

And vice versa, I don't owe anyone else anything. You shouldn't expect to receive anything from me after coming empty-handed.

After sending off Wu Yunliang and Meng Chaoran, there was only one group of visitors left.

As he looked at Yan Mingyue who was standing in front of him, Lin Feng said softly, "Just one Zhuyan Demon Eye definitely wouldn't suffice."

If outsiders heard what Lin Feng said, they would probably be shocked. How would a Magic Treasure Embryo be inadequate for a Sect-Opening congratulatory gift?

Yan Mingyue, however, looked calm. She knew what Lin Feng was driving at, and simply nodded. "I understand."

The lady in green robes smiled, "There will be a follow-up, I promise."

Lin Feng stared at her momentarily then replied softly, "I hope I can accept your follow-up gift."

Yan Mingyue laughed. "But of course, or else I wouldn't be able to survive Lord Lin's wrath."

"Oh right, there's one more thing." Lin Feng suddenly thought of something. With a flick of his finger, a cloud of black smoke dropped to the ground and morphed into a tall, burly middle-aged man around six meters in height.

His skin colour was a weird purplish black, he had two thick and long strands of moustaches above his lips, and he had two bifurcated antlers growing on his head.

He was the Black Dragon Jieyu in its human form.

He emanated a strong domineering aura as if he was the Ruler of the Heavens. But in front of Lin Feng, Jieyu held back his aura and bowed respectfully to Lin Feng, "My Lord."

Jieyu then straightened back up, turned, and saw Yan Mingyue. He nodded to her. "It's been a long time, Lady Yan."

Yan Mingyue chuckled upon seeing Jieyu, "So you're following Lord Lin now."

Lin Feng waved his hand. "I summoned him to ask him whether he was interested in following you back to the Great Void Sect."

When Jieyu heard this, his face turned pale.

Yan Mingyue, on the other hand, cracked a smile and said casually, "I think this dragon won't be willing to go back there."

"Oh?" Lin Feng was slightly puzzled and turned to look at Jieyu. In all honesty, although Jieyu was not being ill-treated by Lin Feng, he was not being treated exceptionally well either and received very little benefits.

Lin Feng used one-half of the Gengjin Tiger King's corpse to produce the Golden Tiger Avatar, while the other half was given to Tun Tun.

As for the Demon Soul Essence, a third of it was used to craft the Tiger Soul Golden Plate and given to Xiao Budian, another third was used for the Golden Tiger Avatar, and the final third was still with Lin Feng, with none for Jieyu.

Most importantly, dragons are rumoured to be very lecherous, but there are no female beasts here for him to hook up with.

Never mind Tun Tun, that temperamental brat would never fall for Jieyu. He should already consider himself fortunate if Tun Tun does not devour him as prey.

Why would Jieyu accept such treatment yet not wish to return to the Great Void Sect?

Lin Feng looked at Jieyu and said, "I kept you with me that day for various reasons, but if you wish to return to the Great Void Sect now, I wouldn't hold you back ..."

As he spoke, he saw Jieyu shaking his head violently like a Buleng Drum, "No, My Lord, I don't want to go back. I'm very happy here, please don't chase me away!"

Lin Feng was taken aback by Jieyu's reaction. If Yan Mingyue was not standing beside them, Jieyu would already be bawling out loud while hugging Lin Feng's legs.

Yan Mingyue tried to control her laughter, and explained, "Lord Lin, it's like this. Jieyu married a female Immemorial Celestial Dragon in the Great Void Sect's Dragon Pool ... Um, the female dragon has the powers of a Demonic Lord."

Upon hearing this, it dawned upon Lin Feng: all this drama was just because Jieyu was afraid of his wife?

Lin Feng was speechless, and when he mentally compared Jieyu to Tun Tun, he was so flustered that his heart pounded as if there were a hundred thousand alpacas galloping across. "For f*ck's sake, are demons all so pathetic? This is an embarrassment to all men ... no, all male demons!"

Since Jieyu was so unwilling to leave, Lin Feng couldn't force him either, and he just sent Yan Mingyue on her way.

Once the last guest left Mount Yujing, large blinding amounts of light suddenly burst forth from the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on the summit, and the branches and leaves of its overarching canopy began to sway violently.

The light opened a hole in space, and the entire mountain lifted into the sky. The colossal holy mountain of white jade gradually disappeared into the gap in space.

The majestic holy mountain seemed to have vanished with no effort at all. It was as if it had never existed on the barren plains outside Shazhou City.

This seemingly miraculous sight would later become one of Shazhou City's most well-known legends.

Yan Mingyue stood on the clouds and watched Mount Yujing disappear into space. After a good long while, she just let out a soft sigh without saying anything.

Pang Jie, who was standing behind her, said, "The entire mountain has entered the turbulent flow of space, it's very hard to track its movements. We can't attack them even if we wanted to."

"If all the Great Void Sect's Immortal Soul warriors are activated at once to comb the entire flow of space, we might be able to hunt them down."

Yan Mingyue replied softly, "You know that's impossible."

"Yes, I know. He's not of demon descent." Pang Jie's tone was calm. "Not to mention, with others coveting from afar, if our Great Void Sect launches a full-fledged assault, we'll be leaving ourselves open to those who wish to take advantage of the situation."

His gaze was unreservedly shifting between Yan Mingyue and Mei Wulang.

Mei Wulang smiled humbly without a word.

Yan Mingyue did not reply to Pang Jie's subtle chiding, and just smiled faintly. "If not for Lord Lin's reminders, I would have been tricked by you, Junior Pang."

"Since when were you able to conjure an avatar of the final level of the Nascent Soul stage? If I'm not wrong, your true self hasn't advanced to the Immortal Soul Realm yet."

Pang Jie replied calmly. "Everyone has their lucky breakthroughs. Isn't it the case for you too, Senior Yan?"

"I must thank the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders for this." He gazed in the direction that Mount Yujing disappeared to. "I must return to Mount Baiyun now. If I manage to reap any rewards this time, Lord Lin will take half the credit, and you, Senior, will take the other half."

"Thank you both for teaching me this lesson together."

With that, Pang Jie's avatar vanished into space.

Mei Wulang finally spoke. "Lady Yan, your junior is no simple person. If this wasn't an avatar, I would have cracked my brains to make him stay here."

Yan Mingyue smiled and looked towards the distant space at the horizon. "If he's not that simple, then the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders would be even harder to handle."

"I don't even know what he's doing now either."

At that moment, Lin Feng, whom Yan Mingyue was complaining about, was trying to decipher the new Quest given by the System.

Lin Feng raised his eyebrows. "It seems easy, but judging by the System's tendency to give misleading hints, why do I feel like something's just not right?"

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Chapter 224: The Newest Main Quest

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Lin Feng stroked his chin as he pondered over the newest Main Quest of the System. He thought to himself, "It seems easy, but judging by the System's tendency to give misleading hints, why do I feel like something's just not right?"

Main Quest 2.1 -- Spread your name, expand your influence.

Quest Description: Congratulations to the Host for successfully opening the sect and officially beginning the journey to build it up.

But when compared to the entire world out there, the sect is still a tiny fledgling. The Host still has a long way to go before the sect can be established as a renowned and respectable organisation.

From today onwards, the Host would have to improve the sect's basic infrastructural facilities and extend the sect's influence throughout the entire Grand Celestial World to achieve a Worldwide Popularity score of 80 and above.

Time Limit: 10 years. If the Quest is not completed within the given time limit, the Host will be killed immediately.

"Worldwide Popularity?" Lin Feng blinked and took out his Popularity System. After examining it for a short while, he started to frown.

He first looked at his previous territory at the Northern Foothills of Mount Kunlun.

Half a year ago, after the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai at Shazhou City, Lin Feng's popularity score at the Northern Foothills of Mount Kunlun was already 85 points.

But even after all the commotion of opening a sect, Lin Feng's popularity in the region only increased by a mere 5 points to reach a total of 90.

This was not even close to the speed at which the sect's popularity was skyrocketing at previously

Lin Feng mulled over it for a moment. "Soaring to greater heights after achieving success is always harder than starting something from scratch. It looks like the higher your popularity is, the harder it is for it to grow."

Lin Feng's popularity as an individual was separated from the sect's popularity as a whole and compared to his current individual score of 90, the sect's popularity in the Northern Foothills of Mount Kunlun was much lower at 75.

Lin Feng then recalled that his sect's popularity during the Spiritual Conference of Hanhai was only a meagre 50 points.

Such a drastic increase could definitely be attributed to the recent battle on the barren plains outside Shazhou City, where Xiao Yan and his comrades fended off an opponent in the Nascent Soul stage.

"My personal popularity can raise the sect's overall popularity, since I'm its Sect Master and Grandmaster after all, while my disciples' achievements can also contribute to the overall score."

Lin Feng then realized, after examining the scores for the areas beyond the Northern Foothills of Mount Kunlun, that both his individual popularity and the sect's popularity were considerably lower everywhere else.

Some areas did show more optimistic scores, probably thanks to the battle before the Sect-Opening Ceremony.

When Yang Tonghui and the others who attended the Sect-Opening Ceremony returned to their respective sects, they spread the word of the battle in their home regions, which helped Lin Feng and his sect gain a stronger reputation.

But in spite of this, Lin Feng's personal popularity and the sect's overall popularity were still low when looking at the entire Grand Celestial World, and there was still a considerable gap to close to achieve the Main Quest's requirement of 80 points.

Lin Feng sighed, "There's still a long way to go!"

What would be beneficial for increasing one's popularity?

He could attempt to accomplish a grand feat that no one has ever achieved before and amazed the world.

Or, he could rely on someone else's repute. One always sees further when standing on the shoulders of giants.

Lin Feng carefully pondered for a bit before exiting the Popularity System and went on to check the newest special reward given by the System for completing the Sect-Opening Ceremony.

It was an umbrella, a big black umbrella.

As he held the handle, Lin Feng felt the canopy of the umbrella between his fingers and thought, "This may be useful, but if the user isn't careful, this may become counter-productive. Using it requires the utmost attention to detail."

Then, an idea flashed in his mind, and Lin Feng slowly cracked a smile as warm and bright as the springtime Sun.

With a wave of his hand, two balls of fire dropped to the ground and morphed into two human figures.

Both had similar appearances, each with a skinny and feeble body, a pointy mouth with the jaw frills of a monkey, a purplish black face with blushed cheeks, a pair of small ears pointed upwards, and a bald head without a single strand of hair.

One looked like a teenager while the other looked like a middle-aged man.

They were the Fire Crow Young Master and the Fire Crow Demonic Commander whom Lin Feng captured alive previously when he first arrived in the Kunlun mountains to search for Mount Yujing.

Both bird demons have morphed into their human forms. As they faced Lin Feng, they just stood there obediently, having lost all their bad temper, and not even daring to breathe too loudly.

Lin Feng looked at them and said, "Since you had offended me previously, I imprisoned you for a period of time as punishment."

The Fire Crow Demonic Commander nodded vigorously, "I was rude then. I had offended you, Senior. Please forgive me."

He hesitated for a bit, glanced at the Fire Crow Young Master, then said, "Our clan's young master is still young and immature, please be understanding. The Master of our clan only has this one child and is now separated from his only flesh and blood, I beg you to show some pity and mercy."

The Fire Crow Young Master's antlers haven't been polished, but he knew clearly that even his father, the Fire Crow King, was an insignificant small fry in Lin Feng's eyes. He didn't dare to fight back and just bowed submissively before Lin Feng, "I was immature then. Senior, please show some mercy and spare me this time round."

Lin Feng grinned, "Looks like you've learnt from your mistakes. I don't enjoy killing others, so I'll let you off this time, but I need you to convey a message for me."

The Fire Crow Young Master and the Fire Crow Demonic Commander were elated to hear this, and the young master quickly asked, "Does Senior Lin have things that you wish to discuss with my father?"

"I have nothing to say to him." Lin Feng glanced at the Fire Crow Young Master, "I want you to bring a message to the Golden Crow Grand Sage."

"The Grandmaster?" The Fire Crow Young Master and the Fire Crow Demonic Commander were both stunned, but as they looked at each other, neither dared to probe the matter further and both lowered their heads. "Please tell us the message, we'll definitely convey it for you."

Lin Feng lifted his finger, and a cloud of purple Qi dropped down in front of the two demons. He said, "Take this with you and give it to the Golden Crow Grand Sage."

The Fire Crow Young Master kept the purple cloud diligently and departed Mount Yujing with the Fire Crow Demonic Commander into space.

Lin Feng gazed across the space and watched as the duo faded into two black specks before eventually vanishing over the horizon. He smiled, "Don't disappoint me."

Tianjing City, Capital of the Great Zhou Empire.

At the central meridian of Tianjing City, stood a towering palace facing south. It was the Imperial Palace of the Great Zhou Empire, the heart of the entire nation.

Inside the palace, all the walls and rooms were lined with layers upon layers of lacquered yellow tiles, which not only made the entire palace look incredibly luxurious, but also incomparably majestic, like a celestial palace that descended from the heavens to the mortal world.

In the middle of the palace, stood the magnificent main hall constructed purely from white jade. The main hall shimmered with a scarlet glow that looked like it could fend off all evil.

In the east wing of the main hall, in a warm, quaint room, a middle-aged man sat upright on a grand chair.

Anyone who saw the man would gain the wrong impression that he was holding up the room - that instead of the big white pillars at the side of the room that two people could wrap their arms around, it was the man sitting in front of them who was holding up the ceiling.

This man not only held up the room, but also the entire main hall, even the skies, the earth, and the heavens.

He wore gorgeous clothes and a purplish golden crown, he had partially white temples, and his hands were as white and spotless as jade, which made him seem like he yielded unlimited power.

He was the pillar of the Great Zhou Empire, the Marquis of Xuanji, Zhu Hongwu.

The large table in front of him was laid with the various memorials presented by the respective state governments of the Great Zhou Empire. He needed to arrange them and add his own inputs before presenting them to the Zhou Emperor Liang Pan. This was his responsibility as the Grand Advisor of the Great Zhou Empire.

After he placed another memorial down, Zhu Hongwu lifted his head up and stared at the door, with his dilated pupils as black as the cosmic galaxies. "Come in."

An old eunuch entered the room. He seemed meek and subservient, and said very gently, "His Majesty summons the Grand Advisor to the main hall to discuss some matters."

Although he was very servile in front of Zhu Hongwu, the mana emanating from his body was incredibly terrifying. After all, he was a great cultivator in the middle level of the Nascent Soul stage, and a grand eunuch only second to Mei Wulang in the palace hierarchy.

But in front of Zhu Hongwu, he was as obsequious as a lowly slave.

Zhu Hongwu nodded, "I understand." He put the memorial down and stood up.

As Zhu Hongwu rose from his seat, the old eunuch momentarily felt as if the skies and earth all trembled in that instant.

Under the escort of the old eunuch, Zhu Hongwu left his chamber in the side hall and arrived at the main hall, following gingerly behind the eunuch as he slowly stepped inside.

Inside the main hall, a middle-aged man wearing a Nine Dragons Golden Crown and dressed in gorgeous imperial robes sat upright on the Dragon Throne.

At first glance, the Dragon Throne looked as if it was above the main hall facing south, but upon a closer look, one would realize that the throne was isolated from the rest of the main hall, residing a separate space-time.

The man sitting on the throne had a face that resembled white jade, with faint traces of old age yet not showing any signs of weakness. Instead, these traces made him look even more dignified, with an aura that could control everything under the heavens. He was the Zhou Emperor, Liang Pan.

Beneath Liang Pan, Mei Wulang stood there decorously, while Yan Mingyue sat quietly on a round stool, merely acknowledging Zhu Hongwu's arrival with a simple nod.

As he saw Zhu Hongwu enter the hall, Liang Pan grinned joyfully, "Please be seated."

Upon his orders, a little eunuch brought a wooden stool over. Zhu Hongwu thanked him and sat down.

"Hongwu, the son you bore with Lady Meng, Zhu Yi, has really surprised me." Liang Pan seemed very jovial, addressing Zhu Hongwu by his given name, and conversing as if they were close friends, which showed the intimate relationship between the Emperor and his advisor.

Zhu Hongwu replied calmly, "I wouldn't dare to accept Your Majesty's compliments."

"This definitely isn't undeserved praise." Liang Pan waved his hand. "Lady Yan and Wulang have already explained the situation to me in detail, and indeed, as Lady Yan had mentioned previously, your son's master is certainly no ordinary person."

"Wulang, explain the situation to Hongwu."

Zhu Hongwu turned to Mei Wulang and Yan Mingyue, "Looks like Zhang Hai returned empty-handed."

Mei Wulang replied respectfully, "The Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders is even stronger than we imagined." He then recounted everything that he had witnessed for Zhu Hongwu.

Zhu Hongwu nodded and said composedly, "Based on what you said, the Celestial Sect of Wonders bears greater strength than the Aeolus Sect and the Sword of Radiance Sect. They certainly wouldn't be easy to eradicate."

"But, although they boast outstanding advantages, they also bear fatal flaws."

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Chapter 225: The Dilemma of the Sword of Radiance Sect

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Zhu Hongwu said composedly, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders boasts outstanding advantages, but also bears fatal flaws."

Yan Mingyue and Liang Pan looked at each other. Liang Pan's interest was piqued, and asked, "Oh? Please share what you have learnt."

"It would be an honour, Your Majesty." Zhu Hongwu stood up and bowed, and carried on to share, "The Celestial Sect of Wonders' strongest point isn't that its mantras and abhijna are strong, though the mastery levels of its disciples far exceed those of their peers. Neither is it due to the sect's master Lin Feng's impressive abhijina."

"The sect's mantras and abhijina may be powerful, and its disciples may have been able to rely on Aurous Core levels of mastery to fend off a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, but this is not an unprecedented feat. As far as I know, there have been a couple of talented new individuals who have accomplished this before."

"Not to mention, a key reason as to why the disciples could challenge a Nascent Soul cultivator was that their sect master Lin Feng handed them Nascent Soul weapons, which greatly increased their combat capabilities."

"The sect's mantras and abhijina cannot be underestimated, but there's no need to overestimate their powers either."

Zhu Hongwu's gaze was resolute and his tone was calm. "As for the sect's leader Lin Feng, being able to crush the heavens and earth, and conjure matter from virtual space, are certainly impressive feats that even some cultivators in the initial Immortal Soul stages cannot replicate. However, many Immortal Soul cultivators with advanced mastery levels also possess these powers."

"Pardon my rudeness, but even Your Majesty can achieve them."

Liang Pan nodded and chuckled, "Hongwu, you forgot to mention yourself."

Zhu Hongwu replied, "I wouldn't dare to be placed on the same level as Your Majesty."

Liang Pan then said, "But the things that the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders has demonstrated so far may not be his entire arsenal."

"Your Majesty is indeed perceptive. I concur with that thought." Zhu Hongwu continued, "This is why I have recognized this sect's strength. The sect master is very mysterious, it's extremely difficult to gauge his true mastery levels."

"But as I mentioned previously, while these may be the Celestial Sect of Wonders' outstanding areas, they are not the sect's greatest weapons. Their sect's true ace is their sect's mountain, the legendary Mount Yujing!"

Zhu Hongwu's unwavering gaze finally showed some movements. "That mountain is truly mystifying. The sect's entire residence can enter the turbulent flow of virtual space, making it nearly impossible to track them down. This is the Celestial Sect of Wonders' most formidable weapon, one that is the hardest to counter."

Regardless whether it's Mount Shu of the Mount Shu Sword Sect, or Mount Baiyun of the Great Void Sect, or even Tianjing City of the Great Zhou Empire, all these places are stationary and unmovable.

It doesn't matter whether these places are penetrable - as long as people wish to attack them, they can be attacked.

Only Mount Yujing can be concealed in virtual space. Even those with incredible amounts of tolerance cannot track down Lin Feng's sect no matter how much they wish to ram down his front door.

The other three present nodded in agreement.

Due to the overbearing powers of Mount Yujing and the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, even if it emerges from space and lands on a physical area, penetrating it would be even harder than ascending to the heavens.

Once Lin Feng decides to move Mount Yujing, hardly anyone can stop him. Who knows how many great cultivators would be sacrificed just to attack Mount Yujing.

But once Mount Yujing disappears, it's almost impossible to locate it again. When it surfaces next is entirely dependent on Lin Feng's mood.

Yan Mingyue said calmly, "In order to defeat the Celestial Sect of Wonders, its leader has to personally ride Mount Yujing to launch an attack on either Mount Baiyun, Mount Shu, or Tianjing City in a battle to the death. Only then would there be a slim chance of annihilating them."

"But the price to pay would be unimaginable."

Zhu Hongwu grabbed his fists and said faintly, "This wouldn't be easy if he had no desire to attack. But judging by his actions, he's definitely not a dull and unmotivated person. If he wants something, he would crack his brains to obtain it."

"This implicates the sect's greatest weakness. Although they are stellar, they can falter due to an unstable foundation. Besides the sect master himself, there are no other Immortal Soul cultivators in the sect. Once the sect master falls, the Celestial Sect of Wonders would be doomed."

As he spoke, Zhu Hongwu closed his eyes. "As strong as he is, there's only one of him. There are only two Nascent Soul stage cultivators and three Aurous Core cultivators among the remaining members of the sect. Although their combat skills are formidable, even the sect master must surrender if cornered by three to five Immortal Soul cultivators."

"The only thing we need to think about is how to prevent him from escaping using the holy mountain."

Liang Pan gently tapped the armrest of his throne as he deliberated for a while, then said, "Our initial strategy hasn't changed. We'll maintain friendly relations with distant states and attack those near us. We'll befriend the Celestial Sect of Wonders and attack the Mount Shu Sword Sect and Great Qin Empire."

"In this plan, the strength of the Celestial Sect of Wonders would be of great use to us."

Zhu Hongwu and Mei Wulang replied simultaneously, "We shall follow Your Majesty's orders."

Mei Wulang hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders may have other plans. He spared the Lixiong Master of Mount Shu, Kong Chang, and sent him to the Heavenly Sword Sect. It seems like he has other things in mind."

Liang Pan smiled, "He definitely wouldn't willingly become cannon fodder for us, but sending Kong Chang's Nascent Sword to the Heavenly Sword Sect is indeed an interesting move. It seems like he wants to dissolve the Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance from the inside, and I support that."

"Whether he becomes cannon fodder, isn't up to him." Zhu Hongwu said softly, "It depends on whose tactics are more superior."

Yan Mingyue looked at Liang Pan and Zhu Hongwu and cracked a faint smile as thoughts rushed through her mind. "Zhu Hongwu, your tactics may not even be as witty as Lin Feng's. Lin Feng, what exactly can you do this time?"

The Xingyun Peak, the main peak of the Yunhuan mountain range at the south-eastern region of the Great Qin Empire, is the sect residence of the Sword of Radiance Sect, a member of the Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance.

On Xingyun Peak, a woman in white sat cross-legged in one of the caves. Her facial features were beautiful, and green jade earrings hung from her delicate earlobes, gently swaying, and producing a crisp clank of jade.

A dainty ray of sword radiance swerved around her incessantly, before slowing down and landing on the scabbard on her back.

"Well done, Yanran, you are gradually grasping the essence of this sword technique." A beautiful middle-aged woman appeared before the woman in white and smiled, "You didn't waste any time training in the holy abode where time flows faster."

The woman in white was Murong Yanran. Her childishness had faded, and her face was bright and refined.

When she saw the beautiful middle-aged woman, Murong Yanran grinned and exclaimed, "Master!"

The middle-aged woman was the Tong Ling Priestess, an outstanding Aurous Core cultivator from the Sword of Radiance Sect. She smiled to herself as she glanced at Murong Yanran, "Yanran's talent is truly exceptional. Within such a short time, she has already reached the middle level of the Foundation Establishment stage. She shouldn't have any problems battling Xiao Yan."

With that thought in mind, the Tong Ling Priestess let out a smile and advised Murong Yanran on some areas of improvements for her mantras before returning to her own chamber.

Before she even sat down, the Tong Ling Priestess received a message from her master, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster. "Is Master already back from his expedition to investigate the Celestial Sect of Wonders?"

"Although the Celestial Sect of Wonders has caused quite a stir at the Northern Foothills of Mount Kunlun, it shouldn't be able to hold a candle to the Sword of Radiance Sect's thousands of years of experience. Mount Kunlun, Mount Kunlun, let's see if they can handle an assault from the Aeolus Sect first."

As she pondered over this, the Tong Ling Priestess arrived at the Azure Clouds Grandmaster's quarters. When she saw the Grandmaster, she immediately bowed and greeted him, "Good morning, Master."

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster, who had been back-facing her, then turned around. The Tong Ling Priestess was thoroughly shocked when she saw his expression.

She has never seen her master look so troubled before.

"Master ..." The Tong Ling Priestess was at a loss.

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster sighed and asked, "How are the mastery levels of that brat Yanran?"

When he mentioned Murong Yanran, the Tong Ling Priestess became revitalized, and beamed, "After secluded training in the Holy Abode, Yanran has successfully formed her spiritual altar and reached the middle level of the Foundation Establishment stage."

"Moreover, she erected a Class Two spiritual altar!"

The Tong Ling Priestess has enough reason to be proud. Adding the time spent training in the Holy Abode where time flows faster, Murong Yanran wouldn't even be 20 years old. She hasn't been in the sect for ten years and she has already erected her spiritual altar, making her one of the best among the Sword of Radiance Sect's young disciples in this generation.

Especially since she erected a Class Two spiritual altar, it would mean that she had a decent chance of forming a Purple Pill in the future. This would be considered as an extremely outstanding achievement for the Sword of Radiance Sect.

The Tong Ling Priestess thought that the Azure Clouds Grandmaster would be elated as well, but when he heard the news, he frowned even more and laughed bitterly. "The middle level of the Foundation Establishment stage, huh, the middle level of the Foundation Establishment stage ... The three-year pact is almost up, what should we do?"

The Tong Ling Priestess sensed forbidding. "The three-year pact ... Master, has Xiao Yan improved drastically? What did he do at the Celestial Sect of Wonders ..."

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster's face was as crumpled as a Chinese bun. He smiled wryly as he nodded and sighed repeatedly, without any energy to speak.

The Tong Ling Priestess took a deep breath. "What's his current mastery level, the final level of the Foundation Establishment stage? In that case, there's still a chance of winning if I confer an Aurous Core stage weapon to Yanran ..."

Before she could even finish her sentence, the Azure Clouds Grandmaster shot his hand up to interrupt her. "Xiao Yan has already formed an Aurous Core, and judging by his mana pulses, it's no doubt a Purple Pill."

The Tong Ling Priestess was completely taken aback, so shocked that her mouth was wide open with no regard for her image. "How is that possible?! Even with Yanran's aptitude and her continuous training in the Sword of Radiance Sect, she's only at the middle level of the Foundation Establishment stage. How can that brat already have formed an Aurous Core?"

"Moreover, that brat is so young. Was he training in an abode where time flowed a thousand or ten thousand times faster for these three years? Does such an abode even exist?"

The Azure Clouds Grandmaster shot her a frustrated glare and said, "Not just that, the mantras and abhijina he mastered are incredibly formidable, and can even control both the Grand Sun Primordial Flame and the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Flame. His combat skills can crush nearly all the Aurous Core cultivators in existence."

He stared at the Tong Ling Priestess and said sombrely, "Naturally, that includes you too."

The Tong Ling Priestess gawked at her master in astonishment. The Azure Clouds Grandmaster forced out a bitter laugh. He still had his pride as a Nascent Soul Grandmaster, there were some things he just couldn't say.

After witnessing the battle between Xiao Yan and Master Cyclone, even the Azure Clouds Grandmaster himself was not confident of defeating Xiao Yan. Even if he did win, it would be a very close victory with severe damages on both sides.

Otherwise, why would he be wallowing in anxiety like this?

If a disciple challenges someone to a battle, but her master isn't even her opponent's match, heck, even her Grandmaster isn't confident of defeating the opponent, what's the point of such a stupid challenge?

The Tong Ling Priestess felt sick and dizzy and only came back to her senses after a good long while. She inhaled deeply, "Yanran's bet with that brat was that she would become his slave if she lost. The Sword of Radiance Sect cannot afford to be humiliated like this!"

"We must find a way to prevent this from happening!"

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