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 322: Dual Sword Combination, Broken

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The scene of Xiao Budian casually watching the show, in contrast to Tuntun fuming with rage, rendered everyone outside the Hidden Dragon Gorge speechless. All of them shot strange looks at Lin Feng and the others of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Zhu Yi, looking up at the sky, sighed. "A lifetime of honor, destroyed in a day!"

At this moment, even the upstanding Yue Hongyan lowered his unyielding head as he seemed to be engrossed in his feet.

Yang Qing's head was twisted to one side; he couldn't bear to watch the scene, being so ashamed that he wished for a hole to hide himself in.

Although Zhuge Fengling did not speak due to Lin Feng's presence, she continued to shake her head while communicating telepathically with her Gold-Digging Mouse. "I deceive and trick people, but even I couldn't hang my own partner out to dry under the gaze of hundreds, especially so blatantly and nonchalantly!"

Her Gold-Digging Mouse nodded fervently as well.

Only Lin Feng still appeared unperturbed as he gazes at the Hidden Dragon Gorge calmly, but he had a bitter smile within. "You little brat, even when backstabbing your teammate you be so high-key – you're a real talent, aren't you?"

The Vivant Joy Holy Man's look was fixated on Lin Feng as he let out a dry cough. "Lord Lin, it seems that your disciple has not yet recovered from his wounds and is incapable of participating in the match."

"If it is to be undertaken solely by…err, by your unofficial disciple…it's not a big deal in the event of a loss, but a win…it might be somewhat unfair to the Sun Moon Sword Sect's Li Dongtao and Yun Mei."

Lin Feng smiled faintly. "I agree with the Vivant Joy Holy Man's words. However, it is still early to make conclusions."

"Oh?" The Vivant Joy Holy Man's gaze flickered as it returned to the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

Just then, in the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Xiao Budian was picking his ear as he looked on Tuntun, whose curses reverberated below. He told her dissatisfiedly, "So noisy. You can't even settle this sort of minor problem. Useless."

Tuntun felt rivers of tears running down her face as she roared with rage. "You're certainly useful. You come and try…Ah!" As she sparred verbally with Xiao Budian, she let her guard down for a moment and was almost hit by one of Li Dongtao's stabs.

Xiao Budian's lips curled. "If I wasn't injured, who needs you?"

"Well, don't be injured then!" Tuntun was absolutely furious, to the point that she was on the verge of coughing up blood. Not only does she have to face the Dual Sword Combination of the Sun Moon Sword Sect disciples, but also spar verbally with Xiao Budian simultaneously; the frustration was definitely getting to her.

Li Dongtao and Yun Mei looked at each other, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Yun Mei let out a moan. "With this sort of opponent…it's sort of embarrassing even if we win."

"Let's win first." Li Dongtao said gruffly.

Both of them ramped up the power as the attacks intensified, to the point that Tuntun did not even have the chance to speak anymore.

It was obvious now that Xiao Budian was merely watching from the sidelines; they obviously would not waste this chance. First take the opportunity to dispatch Tuntun, and it would be much easier to take care of Xiao Budian then.

But at precisely this moment, Xiao Budian suddenly moved.

The half a unfinished fruit was shoved briskly into his mouth; like a flash of lightning, he dashed down the slope, straight to Li Dongtao and Yun Mei.

"Little brother, too simple. We were expecting that." Yun Mei laughed.

She certainly did not back down; her Full Moon Holy Light Sword slashed right at Xiao Budian, precisely to force him to engage head-on to take advantage of his still-raw wounds.

Xiao Budian let out a sharp howl. "Tuntun!"

"Trying that again? I'm not going to fall for it anymore!" Tuntun shouted, irritated.

"Not engaging? I'm returning to my hilltop then." Xiao Budian chuckled impishly. "I'll settle the score with you later." Tuntun roared.

As she talked, Tuntun waved her hand. Grand Sun Primordial Flame flew out like thousands of golden needles, right at Yun Mei in a massive wave.

Yun Mei, though, did not even acknowledge them. She continued to engage Xiao Budian directly while at her side, Li Dongtao swung his blade, helping her block Tuntun's Grand Sun Primordial Flame.

Sun Radiance Sword Manual and Grand Sun Primordial Flame crashed into each other, like the collision of two fiery suns. Sparks flew as blinding light forced people to keep their eyes closed.

At this second, Xiao Budian's lips turned upwards subtly. As his Heaven-Shaking Thunderstorm was activated, he abruptly changed direction in mid-air like the fastest gust of wind. Xiao Budian's body marked a zig-zag trajectory as he withdrew away from Yun Mei and charged at Li Dongtao.

A shadow loomed over Yun Mei; she vaguely felt that something was not right, but that did not impede her movements even a bit. The power of Full Moon Holy Light Sword was pushed to the max, launching at Xiao Budian in the form of a ray of blinding white light. It appeared as if the Milky Way itself was cascading down through the Heavens.

Outside the Hidden Dragon Gorge, a smile suddenly surfaced on Lin Feng's lips as the Sun Radiance Swordmaster's eyebrows knitted into a slight frown.

The other Immortal Soul cultivators watching this scene, meanwhile, all looked to be deep in thought.

Faced with this attack, Xiao Budian just chuckled as he discharged the Tiger Soul Golden Plate with a wave of his hand, releasing the Demon Tiger Soul and blocking Yun Mei's attack.

Yun Mei's face froze. She had planned to hit directly at Xiao Budian, forcing him to abandon attacking Li Dongtao; little did she know that Xiao Budian would suddenly release a Advanced Aurous Core stage Demon Tiger Soul, foiling her plan.

With this, Li Dongtao, in the middle of a fiery battle with Tuntun, instantly fell into a two-front dilemma.

Even more troubling for Li Dongtao and Yun Mei, Xiao Budian's intervention showed signs of isolating the two of them, making each fight on his own and unable to support each other.

Most of the spectators outside the Gorge were still perplexed, unable to figure out how Xiao Budian and Tuntun could reverse the situation with the snap of a finger.

Only a few had looks of realization on their faces.

"Fascinating!" Jiao Junchen exclaimed, clapping.

Shi Xingyun nodded. "Li Dongtao and Yun Mei's coordination is already well-versed. Transitions in the swordplay, links in the spells…all extremely intimate and synchronized."

"Still, it's a pity that humans are ultimately different. Even if they had great chemistry and specifically complemented each other, it is impossible to ensure that two people will always have the same thoughts. Differences in personality, especially, will cause them to make different judgments when faced with the same choice."

In the Sword of Radiance Sect Camp, Zhao Yan looked at Tao Yaoyao with bewilderment. "Big Senior, this is…"

As she stared at the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Tao Yaoyao answered absentmindedly. "Li Dongtao and Yun Mei – they will both actively support and reinforce each other, but differences of character will cause them to choose different methods to go about it."

"Li Dongtao has a stolid disposition; he favors playing things safe. So when Yun Mei is under attack and needs his support, Li Dongtao's choice would be to defend, blocking the blow passively for Yun Mei."

"As for Yun Mei, even though she's a woman, her personality is actually very proactive, and her fighting style inclines towards the radical and the bold. When Li Dongtao is under threat and requires her help, Yun Mei's choice would be to attack actively, to strike at the enemy's vulnerabilities, so as to force the enemy to abandon his target to protect himself."

Tao Yaoyao's gaze fell on Xiao Budian as a smile came across her lips. "That little brat – it seems that he hasn't actually been just watching the show and eating his fruits on that hill. He has been continuously observing the details in Li Dongtao and Yun Mei's fighting. He identified this point and exploited it effectively."

Zhao Yan frowned as he stared at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. "He dismantled the Sun Moon Sword Sect's Dual Sword Combination this easily?"

"It's completely different from myself and that little girl from the Celestial Sect of Wonders – us then was an actual one against two, with the other partner being pretty much redundant." Tao Yaoyao rolled her eyes. "But this little brat, and that little pureblood Taotie – either one of these two has the ability to challenge the Dual Swords of the Sun and the Moon on his own."

"If the two of them confront the Dual Swords of the Sun and the Moon together head-on, they have a reasonable chance of victory – it's just that it would be way more tedious and exhausting."

"Under these conditions, as long as Li Dongtao and Yun Mei exposed a single weakness, it would be ruthlessly exploited and expanded, until there is nothing more that can be done." Tao Yaoyao continued.

She retracted her gaze as she said uninterestedly. "No need to watch any further. With the disintegration of the Dual Sword Combination, the outcome is set. That little brat has obtained his victory in the most energy-efficient manner."

Tao Yaoyao's assessment was correct. After Li Dongtao and Yun Mei's Dual Sword Combination was destroyed, they were unable to fend off Xiao Budian and Tuntun. After struggling for a while, they were promptly defeated.

Xiao Budian successfully entered the top four, and Tuntun also qualified to enter the Ancient Huanghai World.

"Even like this that little brat squeaked through…Mu Senior has even already injured him to that extent…" Outside the Hidden Dragon Gorge, someone in the Heaven Lake Sect said sadly.

Mu Jihai's face was dark as a thundercloud.

In contrast, Song Qingyuan's expression was extremely calm. If you look closely, you could even see hints of relaxedness and satisfaction on his face.

"Although they won, but the majority of the threat was from that pureblood Taotie. Even though Shi Tianhao saw through the gaps in Li Dongtao and Yun Mei's combination, but in fact, in the actual battle, he was playing a support role."

Song Qingyuan smiled silently. "And even like that, he was forced to use a magic item. If I haven't remembered wrongly, when Celestial Sect of Wonders disciples battled before this, most of them were really proud. They only depended on their own Mana and Abhijna and only rarely used external help."

"This one really did reach his limits. Not necessary to worry about him."

On the other side, the Celestial Sect of Wonders party was naturally welcoming the triumphant return of the two. Zhu Yi looked as Xiao Budian, shaking his head. "You! If you want to observe their flaws, just observe. But you just had to make it so conspicuous."

"Nothing was compromised, it went pretty well." Xiao Budian laughed. "Shi Xingyun was pretty on point; if I had fought those two swordsmen alone, it would have been rather difficult. But when I had a helper as well, it's much easier."

He was laughing joyfully, but beside him, Tuntun has completely erupted. "You still dare to say?"

Her petite body was bouncing up and down in anger as she cursed, pointing right at Xiao Budian's nose. "Shi Tianhao, you bastard! Now that the quota for the Ancient Huanghai World has been secured, I'm going to settle that score with you. Do you really believe me, a Taotie, to be a wimp?"

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Chapter 323: Exciting and Dull

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Xiao Budian glanced at Tuntun and smirked. "And you didn't think about shirking your duty? You didn't think about standing aside and watch the two of them gang up on me?"

Tuntun was taken aback for a moment. She actually had this sort of plan in mind – but unfortunately it wasn't executed as fast as Xiao Budian, neither can she match his shamelessness.

"Of course not, from the start it has been me putting my life on the line!" Her volume was now a notch lower.

Xiao Budian snorted. "Oh please. Even if I lost this round, I can still enter the Ancient Huanghai World. The quota was primarily for you – and you want to sit and watch? When has there ever been a free lunch?"

Tuntun wanted to issue another retort, but Xiao Budian terminated her with one sentence. "Golden Deer, Black Spiritual jiao, Heavenly River Jade Fruit, Purple Jade Melon, Crimson Fire Pear and Original Gold Fruit, and Pine Needle Spiritual Snake, Eight Delicacies Chicken, Nine Hearts Spiritual Sparrow, Pearl Fish, Purple Lightning Mink. Oh yeah, and Blue Glow Vine, Emerald Spiritual Celery and Dragon Scale Bamboo Shoot…"

Tuntun swallowed and snorted with feigned coldness. "You…Why are you talking about these things? Now we're discussing how you sold me out!"

It's just that the last line betrayed her true thoughts instantly. "What's the point in saying so much? Not like you have these."

Xiao Budian looked up at the sky and said with a leisurely confidence, "But I'll have these very soon."

Tuntun's eyes lit up. "Really? Where?"

Xiao Budian looked at her and chuckled. "Why tell you? I see that you're not really interested."

"You…" Tuntun's facial features instantly screwed up. She grabbed Xiao Budian's arm and said threateningly, "Give everything to me…half at least, and I won't pursue the matter further!"

Xiao Budian raised his eyebrows. "Nice try. I don't even have enough for myself to eat."

Lin Feng did not bother with this pair of clowns, but instead said to Zhu Yi, "Yi, watch this round carefully. Observe every single detail."

Zhu Yi looked at Song Qingyuan and Gu Lei as they walk towards the Hidden Dragon Gorge and nodded slowly.

Lin Feng's gaze fell on the Hidden Dragon Gorge as well. "This round should be able to verify my hypothesis."

After the fight between Xiao Budian and the Dual Swords of the Sun and the Moon, the second round of the Top Eight Battle would be Song Qingyuan of the Heaven Lake Sect versus Gu Lei of the Purple Clouds Sect.

If you look at their past records, Song Qingyuan has just defeated his nemesis, Du Kun from the Royal House of the Northern Tribes, and was on an upwards trajectory. Meanwhile, although Gu Lei entered the Top Eight via nomination from his junior Li Kuiyin, no one dares to underestimate him either.

As expected, the battle, from the start, bore a resemblance to the collision of two massive planetary bodies. Ice and fire flew through the air along with lightning and thunder – the two demonstrated maximal mastery of their Sect's crafts.

Regardless of the intricate control of the spells or the destructive power of the spells themselves, the two both proved their great proficiency, granting the spectators a feast for the eyes.

They fought through the forests and the hills, with their strength being comparable to each other. This could be said to be the most exciting, and the most balanced fight since the start of the Aurous Core cultivator battles of the Conference.

The turning point of the battle came during a sudden close-in assault by Song Qingyuan, when he activated the Two Bodies of Ice and Fire, defeating Gu Lei with pure physical might.

Looks of regret and disappointment flashed across the faces of the Purple Clouds Sect cultivators. After Gu Lei's defeat, in either Foundation Establishment or Aurous Core, none from the Purple Clouds Sect could make it into the Top Four this Conference.

Gu Lei himself, meanwhile, was rather graceful instead of being bitter. Having exited the Hidden Dragon Gorge, he looked at Li Kuiyin coming towards him and smiled helplessly. "Sorry to disappoint you. If I had known, it's better to have me concede and let you enter the Top Eight."

"It's not like I need this to prove myself." Li Kuiyin shook her head slightly. "If it was me, I would have fell to Song Qingyuan long ago, instead of fighting until the end."

Just as Li Kuiyin said, Gu Lei and Song Qingyuan have supplied an exciting, textbook-worthy battle, benefiting many of the spectators. Although Gu Lei was narrowly defeated, he won every single person's respect.

His seniors and juniors from the Purple Clouds Sect were regretful, but they still came up, one by one, to comfort and console Gu Lei.

On the other side, Song Qingyuan's popularity skyrocketed yet again due to this battle with Gu Lei. The consecutive victories over Du Kun and Gu Lei, two seed candidates, proved the worth of his Top Four seat.

Right now, support for Song Qingyuan to become the champion was almost going to exceed that for even Zhu Yi and Jiao Junchen.

But at this moment, as Lin Feng looked at Song Qingyuan, a subtle smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth. "My previous guess is correct. Unless up until now he has been acting and giving off smoke all along, this man is truly not a serious danger. He can be removed from the list of threats now."

Lin Feng gazed at Zhu Yi by his side, seeing that his eyebrows were crunched up as he stared at Song Qingyuan's figure with a thoughtful expression on his face.

"See it?" Lin Feng asked, smiling.

"Somewhat. I have some inchoate ideas, but it's like looking through frosted glass, completely unclear." Zhu Yi answered.

Lin Feng laughed lightly and gave him a subtle hint. Zhu Yi's eyes lit up instantly. "So that's it. If this is true, it would be much easier to defeat him."

"You must be careful that he's not intentionally laying a smokescreen." Lin Feng reminded.

"Master is right. However, even if he is indeed trying to deceive us, we know where the smokescreen is now. We just have to be careful and prudent." Zhu Yi nodded.

At this moment, Lin Feng gazed at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. "I'm afraid the next battle would be rather dull."

Zhu Yi was taken aback for a moment. Looking at Shi Xingyun and Tao Yaoyao, who were walking towards the Hidden Dragon Gorge, he started to ponder.

Unlike Lin Feng, most of the audience had high expectations for this battle. They all think this shall be an exciting fight that matches the previous one.

Tao Yaoyao, recognized to be the finest Aurous Core disciple of the Sword of Radiance Sect, having made a name for herself since centuries ago. Strictly speaking, she could be considered to be of a different generation from most other participants of the Conference.

Even the younger, more junior disciples of the Sword of Radiance Sect itself did not even know that such a person existed, let alone the others.

Tao Yaoyao has already reached peak Advanced Aurous Core several hundred years ago, only a step away from forming her Nascent Soul. Her talent was dazzling and indubitable, being one of the greatest prodigies of not just the Sword of Radiance Sect, but the entire Nine Heavenly Sword Alliance.

Her strength was so incredible that she, as an Advanced Aurous Core cultivator, was able to annihilate a Nascent Soul elder, creating ripples in many circles.

But lamentably, it was also that very battle that caused Tao Yaoyao's Aurous Core to almost shatter, forcing her to stagnate for centuries at Advanced Aurous Core stage and wasting uncountable years.

But after a hundred years of convalescence, although she can't hope for advancement to Nascent Soul stage yet, Tao Yaoyao has returned to her former strength. Since she entered the Conference, she has crushed all her adversaries along the way, defeating the Dual Sword Combination of the Sun Moon Sword Sect alone. Her unstoppable momentum was rarely even matched among the participants.

While Shi Xingyun was little known before his participation in the Conference. The phrase "Nascent Soul - Chongyun, Aurous Core – Xingyun" only circulated in small circles; this Spiritual Conference of Huanghai was the real stage on which Shi Xingyun shall prove himself.

And she did indeed demonstrate her strength and power, laying waste to her opponents along the way as well to advance. Even Sang Luohe, the top Aurous Core Soul Sorcerer of the Northern Tribes, fell to her – and Shi Xingyun was visibly holding back as well.

Melding the soul of the Immemorial Celestial Dragon into her own Soul, particularly, warned people to not look on her lightly. Even though she only demonstrated the resilience of her Soul, but after melding the Dragon Soul, it was definitely much faster for her cultivation of the Great Qin Empire's Secret Manual of the Five Imperial True Dragons, giving rise to surprises as well.

In contrast to the Foundation Establishment stage pair, Yue Hongyan and Dao Yuting, Tao Yaoyao and Shi Xingyun were regarded as the unrivalled Valkyrs of Aurous Core stage; many busybodies wished that the two would decide with the sword who was the better.

It was the regret of many that Yue Hongyan and Dao Yuting had not managed to fight each other.

And now the Aurous Core pair, Tao Yaoyao and Shi Xingyun, were bound for a collision – they should be able to provide a more exciting battle!

Unfortunately, expectations were far from reality. The intense clash of the beauties that many has anticipated did not show.

The fight between Tao Yaoyao and Shi Xingyun, like Lin Feng has said, was extremely dull and insipid.

In short, it was basically one party all-out attacking, while the other defends like a turtle and refuse to retaliate in kind.

Tao Yaoyao did not let the spectators down. She did not even use the Radiant Clouds Sword Technique – but rather the strongest, Instant Sword Teleportation, immediately, transforming into a streak of light. She was so fast that she was impossible for the naked eye to observe, forcing people to rely on Awareness to sense her.

Within the Hidden Dragon Gorge, streaks of sword radiance weaved a web in the air. When the previous sword radiance yet remained on the retina, the second, third, fourth have already appeared.

While Shi Xingyun's performance disappointed many – she was so extremely conservative, forgoing all possible attacks and using all of her energy on defense, parrying the storm of attacks from Tao Yaoyao.

The anticipated exciting battle turned into a one-sided attack-defense exercise. Apart from the Sword of Radiance Sect disciples, who were audibly stoked, most others felt great disappointment – it was so far from their expectations.

Shi Xingyun's only commendable performance was a spell that astonished the entire audience.

White, Blue, Black, Red, Yellow – Five dragons of five colors of light hovered and spun, linking with each other to form circles. As the Five Elements gave birth to each other, they were impregnable and impenetrable, forming an unchanging fortress that shielded Shi Xingyun at its center. Regardless of the ferocity of Tao Yaoyao's attacks outside, the five-colored barriers were unmoved and unyielding.

Imperial Script of the White Dragon, Imperial Script of the Blue Dragon, Imperial Script of the Black Dragon, Imperial Script of the Red Dragon, and the Imperial Script of the Yellow Dragon – those were the five major branches of the Great Qin Empire's Secret Manual of the Five True Imperial Dragons. It was not easy for ordinary Imperial family members to master even one of them.

Shi Shaogan was already celebrated as a genius for mastering two, the Imperial Script of the Red Dragon and the Imperial Script of the Yellow Dragon.

But Shi Xingyun managed to master all five mantras – such talent was indeed shocking and unbelievable.

When they saw her five dragons flying side by side, the entire audience went hysteric – they could not wait to see whether Shi Xingyun's Five Elements Light Dragons were stronger, or will Tao Yaoyao's Instant Sword Teleportation be sharper.

But Shi Xingyun immediately doused their sudden euphoria. The Five Elements Light Dragons only defended and did not attack – as if hidden under a turtle shell, she allowed Tao Yaoyao to land her blows and just refused to retaliate in any way.

Finally, Tao Yaoyao let herself loose completely, only attacking with zero defense. All her energy was used on attacking, with her defense full of holes like a slice of Swiss cheese – but Shi Xingyun somehow managed to restrain her temptations and consolidate her defense, as if she came up just to force a draw with Tao Yaoyao.

The low-level cultivators watching were depressed and unsatisfied, but Lin Feng, Shi Zongyue and co. watched with much interest. The VIPs all looked on at the Hidden Dragon Gorge, in high spirits and with obvious attentiveness.

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Chapter 324: Early Finals

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Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian both gazed with intense concentration at the light and shadows projected from the opening of the Hidden Dragon Gorge – there, everything that was happening in the Hidden Dragon Gorge was reflected.

Shi Xingyun's Five Elements Light Dragon defenses continued to shrink, gradually, the Light Dragons could no longer be discerned, instead starting to resemble a pure five-colored barrier, like a large bowl placed upside-down on the ground.

Meanwhile, Tao Yaoyao's body literally turned into a streak of ceaselessly flowing sword radiance, attacking Shi Xingyun from all directions, hoping to find holes in her defenses and exploit them.

One attacked like tempest and rain, while the other put up a flawless defense. Although the scene appeared one-sided, but both actually demonstrated outstanding abilities; from another perspective, it was not inferior to the previous battle between Song Qingyuan and Gu Lei.

"She's doing it on purpose." After watching for a while, Xiao Budian said abruptly. "Shi Xingyun is deliberately forgoing the offensive to focus on defense. With her strength, if she really wants to go heads-on with Tao Yaoyao, she won't necessarily be on the losing end."

Zhu Yi nodded, affirming his view. "That's true, but in that case, with their strength being comparable, it will be hard to determine who will come out on top."

"If it's attack versus attack, it would be natural for either to eke out a victory. As long as a slight flaw is exploited by the opponent, it will be almost impossible to turn defeat into victory." Zhu Yi said slowly. "This fighting style, with plenty of room for surprises and lacking prudence, is obviously not what Shi Xingyun wants."

Xiao Budian's eyebrows knitted together. "But this way of completely giving up offense…does she want to seek a draw? If she wants to use this method to win, unless she has other plans, or else, there will inevitably be some sort of mistake the longer the defense is up. After all, the attacker has the initiative."

The two glanced at each other. As their gazes met, their eyes lit up as they said simultaneously, "Tao Yaoyao's Aurous Core!"

Xiao Budian pounded his palm with his fist as he said in realization, "So Shi Xingyun was counting on this. Tao Yaoyao's Aurous Core once suffered irreversible damage – although there are no longer any major issues after centuries of recuperation and her strength was even restored, but after all, something that was once damaged cannot be compared to the original, intact one."

Zhu Yi nodded continuously. "Exactly. Maybe it is not an issue in short fights, but if the clock drags on, Tao Yaoyao's once-damaged Aurous Core might crack once again."

He gazed at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. "Tao Yaoyao's previous battles all ended quickly; partly because of her strength, and partly probably because she knew that she cannot win a feat of endurance. So for every battle, she went all-out from the start in order to end it in the shortest possible time."

"Shi Xingyun knows precisely this, and so is determined to use all her powers to defend and allow Tao Yaoyao to attack unrestrained – to wear down Tao Yaoyao brutally."

"But…wouldn't Tao Yaoyao see through this? She just swaggers right into Shi Xingyun's trap like this?" Xiao Budian questioned, perplexed.

Hearing this, Zhu Yi became thoughtful as well.

"Character." At this moment, Lin Feng said dispassionately from the side. "Tao Yaoyao can choose not to attack – then the two would stare at each other in the Hidden Dragon Gorge, till the end of time."

"But to Tao Yaoyao, this would doubtlessly be admitting defeat, equal to admitting that she cannot break through Shi Xingyun's defenses. This woman's character, being arrogant and extremely competitive, would not allow this."

"And even if Tao Yaoyao knew about Shi Xingyun's plan and restrained her temper, refraining from attacking, there wouldn't be much losses for Shi Xingyun either. They can compete in patience together – Shi Xingyun was prepared to dig in for the long haul." Lin Feng smiled.

"She don't even mind defending like a tortoise in its shell – much less competing on who would die of hunger first."

Although Lin Feng's tone was light, but Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian, as well as Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing, and the others, looked to be deep in thought.

Seeing their expressions, Lin Feng nodded, satisfied. "When your strength exceeds the opponent, you can just crush him with your strength. But when your strength is comparable, or even exactly equal, it is the battle of wills that decides the victor."

He turned to look at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. "Unless Tao Yaoyao has some way to penetrate Shi Xingyun's defenses, or else although it appears that she's the one attacking ceaselessly, the initiative is in the hands of Shi Xingyun."

"As long as her defenses are not compromised by Tao Yaoyao, even in the worst case scenario, she could get a draw. In fact, looking at this sort of untiring attacks by Tao Yaoyao, her Mana drain is far more serious. Therefore, right now, Shi Xingyun has a higher chance of wining."

"The problem is, Tao Yaoyao is at her wits' end – she has no way to break through Shi Xingyun's defenses." A smile surfaced on Lin Feng's face.

As his voice fell, the streaks of light radiating through the Hidden Dragon Gorge suddenly vanished, revealing Tao Yaoyao's figure. She gazed at Shi Xingyun with an expression devoid of emotion and said calmly, "This match…it is me who has lost."

She scanned Shi Xingyun from head to toe. "If this continues, it would be time for you to counterattack, wouldn't it? My Mana attrition is far worse than yours – in an ordinary fight, I would probably come out on the losing end."

Tao Yaoyao abruptly laughed. "No, you wouldn't counterattack. As long as I do not stop, you would continue to defend, until you have worn me down completely."

The barrier formed by the Five Elements Light Dragons dissipated, revealing Shi Xingyun's yellow-clad figure. She looked at Tao Yaoyao, smiling slightly. "You're welcome, Yaoyao."

"Less of that, please." Tao Yaoyao said coolly, having already exited the Hidden Dragon Gorge in a flurry of white, returning to where those from the Sword of Radiance Sect were standing.

Her juniors all fell into a deep silence, not knowing what to say.

In a sense, Tao Yaoyao's was an unexpected rout; according to previous expectations, she was even one of the competitive candidates for the top position, a seed candidate that should enter the Top Four at the very least. But she has in fact been eliminated in the Top Four qualifiers – turning out a moderately unexpected result.

Meanwhile, Shi Xingyun, who has always kept a low profile before this Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, enjoyed a huge boost to her fame and support with this victory. Just like Song Qingyuan, Shi Xingyun's road of advancement was proven to be of great value; both Sang Luohe and Tao Yaoyao were extremely strong adversaries.

Cultivators of the major powers – not just Aurous Core and Foundation Establishment ones, but even many Nascent Soul elders – now saw her in a new light, the gazes directed at her becoming much more serious.

Shi Xingyun returned to the Great Qin Empire lines to see Jiao Junchen laughing. "Tao Yaoyao would definitely find you for a rematch after this."

"If this time we enter the Ancient Huanghai World, Yaoyao could successfully find the Heavens-Patching Vine to repair the cracks on her Aurous Core, I would definitely avoid her the next time I see her." Shi Xingyun said, laughing. She glanced at Jiao Junchen. "It's your turn. Impatient?"

Jiao Junchen nodded easily. "It has been a while since I was unable to stay composed like this. I only just managed to calm myself after writing some calligraphy just now."

"Oh?" Shi Xingyun smiled. "I wish you a swift victory."

"As you say so." Jiao Junchen broke into laughter, and then walked towards the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

At the other side, Zhu Yi bowed to Lin Feng as well. "Master, here I go."

Lin Feng glanced at Jiao Junchen in the distance and said to Zhu Yi, "This man will be a formidable foe for you. However, a battle with him will benefit you enormously – be careful."

After a slight pause, Lin Feng said slowly, "Fighting him…spells are just a minute detail. The key is the strategic directions of the Ancient Confucian Mantras – you could try to think about it, and corroborate with your own thoughts and way."

Zhu Yi's eyes glowed as he smiled. "Thank you for your guidance, Master. I understand."

The spectators, seeing Jiao Junchen and Zhu Yi one by one walked towards the Hidden Dragon Gorge, all regained their vigor and energy. The four previous battles of the Third Round could all be said to have their highlights – now that it was the most anticipated fourth match, all were enthusiastic and in high spirits.

None of those that could enter the Top Eight were frauds – every single one has their own unique skill. And this battle between Zhu Yi and Jiao Junchen, especially, was talked of as an early Finals.

Even the Immortal Soul elders were paying close attention to this battle – the Gambling Holy Man, Zhuge Guang, for example, projected his voice to the Vivant Joy Holy Man with his Mana. "Of those two little nerds, who do you think will win?"

"Those two aren't nerds." The Vivant Joy Holy Man smiled. "Not much needs to be said about Jiao Junchen – he has already consolidated and combined the Confucian classics and universal truths. Nurturing the Air of Righteousness and consolidating himself – to finally realize his own Tao."

"Even that Zhu Yi, although he cultivates the mantra of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, but there are Air of Literature appearing faintly above his head – but unlike Jiao Junchen's, which extends into the sky, his consolidated around his own body."

The Vivant Joy Holy Man shot a look at Zhu Yi and whispered, "In fact, he is also in a phase of nurturing and accumulation right now – once it was released, he shall take the world by storm."

"I have a feeling, if in this battle, Zhu Yi could defeat Jiao Junchen, it might be his opportunity to release his accumulated strength."

Zhuge Guang smiled. "But the question is, can he win?"

A smile surfaced on the Vivant Joy Holy Man's face as well. "Sixty-fourty. Jiao Junchen has a sixty-percent chance of victory – but Zhu Yi has a chance as well."

The smile on his face faded a little. "To look at it objectively, disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders are truly of incredible talent. If Zhu Yi is Intermediate Aurous Core now, then the battle between him and Jiao Junchen – my estimated odds might have to be flipped, with Zhu Yi having a sixty-percent chance and Jiao Junchen just fourty."

There were much incomprehensible stuff contained within Zhuge Guang's gaze. "Every Celestial Sect of Wonders disciple is of great talent – but the others are irrelevant. The key is Zhu Yi and Shi Tianhao – these two, their meteoric rise's effect on the situation is just too unpredictable."

Hearing this, the Vivant Joy Holy Man did not speak, but a look of affirmation came across his face.

One was a direct descendent of the Shi Clan of the Great Qin Empire, while the other was the son of the Grand Advisor of the Great Zhou Empire, the Marquis of Xuanji – Zhu Hongwu. Although both were estranged from their respective families, but blood was something that was often hard to predict.

While the two Immortal Soul elders were conversing, Zhu Yi has already reached the edge of the Hidden Dragon Gorge and leapt right in.

Within the Gorge, Jiao Junchen sat leisurely on the grass, looking at Zhu Yi with a smile. Seeing that Zhu Yi has entered the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Jiao Junchen waved his palm. The white clouds rolled and tumbled, suddenly forming one musical instrument after anther, floating in mid-air.

There was the bell, the Pan, the Guqin, the Se, the Guan, the Sheng, the Xiao, the Tao, the drum, the Zhu, the Yu, the Yong…together, the instruments played a majestic and beautiful melody.

Among the fog, indistinctly, birds, beasts and divine creatures of white clouds danced.

"Rare to have someone like-minded." Jiao Junchen sat on the ground and sang an ancient verse, his voice melting together with the tune and the dance.

Poem, music, dance. The trinity, together, formed a powerful composition, seemingly welcoming Zhu Yi's arrival.

Zhu Yi, seeing Jiao Junchen's appearance, can't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. "Dashao?"

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Chapter 325: Stones From Other Hills Can Polish Your Jade

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Looking at the song and dance in the Hidden Dragon Teapot, most spectators were bewildered, with little idea what was going on.

But Zhu Yi immediately recognized it.

Music, as in Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, and Mathematics – collectively known as the Six Arts of Confucianism. Also known as the Six Great Music or the Six Great Dances – namely, the six types of ancient music, Yunmen, Daxian, Dashao, Daxia, Dahu, and Dawu.

Dashao was what Jiao Junchen was performing now.

Seeing that Zhu Yi recognized the origins of his performance, Jiao Junchen's expression turned into one of joy. "Indeed, a kindred spirit!"

Zhu Yi, however, did not smile. Watching the song and dance silently, he nodded after a moment. "As the ancients said, 'The merit has reached an apogee; truly great! Like the Heavens, there's nothing it does not cover; like the Earth, there is nothing it does not bear. Great merit, having reached the peak, there is no more that can be added to this.' They were right; it is truly deserving of this appraisal."

"The saints and sages of yore said of it – 'The limits of beauty, the limits of perfection'. They felt that the music of Dashao is completely separate from conflict and hostility, and is thus in accordance with the principle of 'rule through rites'." As Zhu Yi uttered these words, his tone suddenly changed. "But mister, you using it, here and now, is instead to erode my fighting spirit, to cause me to yield without a fight. Rather result-oriented, to the extent that the original spirit and grace of Dashao were lost, don't you think?"

Zhu Yi's eyes glowed bright. "If it is a fight you want, then let's fight. It shall be a just battle – indomitable, invincible!"

As he speaks, Zhu Yi clapped his hands lightly. Two currents – one black, one white, rose into the air, forming a shield and a battle-axe. They danced a dance of war in the sky, radiating the raw, masculine beauty of strength.

A symphony of grand, powerful notes sounded. It has a strong rhythm, arousing the passion and fervor in listeners; but near the conclusion, it evoked feelings of peace and amity, like a warrior finally sheathing his sword.

The chant rising from Zhu Yi's mouth was another one of the Six Great Music – Dawu.

Once Dawu emerged, Jiao Junchen's Dashao immediately turned into a rout as it retreated and crumbled.

Jiao Junchen was not annoyed, though. With a wave of his hand, he recalled the cloud creatures and instruments as he quietly listened to Zhu Yi's Dawu, calm and composed.

"The sages said that Dashao has reached the limit of beauty and perfection, while Dawu reached the limit of beauty but not perfection – clearly because they feel that Dawu did not completely retreat from conflict." With the end of the piece, Zhu Yi said impassively. "But today, you and I were going to compete and fight anyway."

"My Dawu – with just cause, fearless and unyielding – is far superior to your Dashao, pretentious and falsely peaceful. Once you have the desire to win in your heart, Shao is no longer Shao – how can it, then, triumph over Wu?"

"Indeed. There is much wisdom I have derived from those words." Jiao Junchen applauded.

But unexpectedly, Zhu Yi offered another twist mid-sentence. "But even real Shao will not necessarily prevail over Wu."

"The sages said that Shao is beautiful and perfect while they judged Wu to be slightly subpar – but that's just their own view and does not represent the absolute truth."

Hearing this, Jiao Junchen's brows creased slightly. "My friend, that's a little too much."

"No such thing as too much. One must not be constrained by books; the sage is mortal too. Since he is mortal, there are limits to him – he could not be omniscient, naturally, he couldn't guarantee that his words are definitely right either." Zhu Yi answered calmly.

"In reality, this was what he himself did. Even when his hair was grey with age, he sought the advice of a child about the great truths and the Tao. 'When many walk together, there must be one among them who can be my teacher' – that is the rationale."

"The more you debate the truths, the clearer they become. Even if the sage himself is alive and standing before me, I will seek his advice and guidance, but also debate and reason with him. If he is wrong, I shall refute him as well." Zhu Yi dusted off his sleeve as he said nonchalantly. "For the scholars of our age, the truth is above all – not even the sage supersedes the truth. He cannot represent the truth; his words are not always the truth."

"When the Emperor is wrong, he dares to admonish him. When the sage is wrong, he dares to refute him. That, is a true scholar."

If Zhu Yi's words came to the attention of some traditional scholars, it might very well trigger an earthquake – and he shall be regarded as a heathen as well.

But Jiao Junchen was not enraged. His eyebrows merely knitted up as he stared at Zhu Yi for a minute. "The truth is above all – well said! When the Emperor is wrong, he dares to admonish him. When the sage is wrong, he dares to refute him. This isn't wrong either."

"The sage taught and guided students, he passed down countless classics – it was precisely to educate the masses, instead of producing a world of yes-men. If someone was able to point out his mistake, the old sage would only be happy."

Jiao Junchen, looking at Zhu Yi, said in a deep voice, "But, you daring to disagree with the sage do not mean that you are definitely correct and the sage is definitely wrong."

"In the world, there are many who are stubborn, who are full of themselves."

Zhu Yi smiled slightly. "The facts shall eventually prove that who is right or wrong. It is not something that can be erased by words – even if it can't be proven now, in the days to come, the answer shall be revealed."

Jiao Junchen's face showed a smile as well. "True. Then, let us discuss something else first."

He was previously sitting on the grass; now, he stood up and tapped his foot. White clouds, swirling, formed a chariot that lifted him up.

Letting out a long laugh, Jiao Junchen charged at Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi did not dare to let his guard down for one of his opponent's rare first strikes. He can clearly sense that Jiao Junchen was not being reckless out of rage, but rather excited. His mental state was at its peak, as if he has been pumped full of adrenaline and must make some sort of movement.

In this state, Jiao Junchen will doubtlessly exhibit himself at his strongest.

In reality, Jiao Junchen was indeed extremely hyped up. Partly because of the argument with Zhu Yi, and partly because of the Dawu that Zhu Yi performed previously. Obviously, Jiao Junchen knew this piece as well – he himself had derived a set of spells from each of the Six Great Music.

But somewhat unexpectedly, Zhu Yi imitated the move – as he faced his Shao, he retaliated with Wu.

Even though he has only previously observed Jiao Junchen using two Arts, Charioteering and Archery, in addition to feeling Music himself, Zhu Yi could already understand the essence of this spell.

As the original author, Jiao Junchen evidently knew that Zhu Yi's Wu was actually different from his own Wu. Similar yet different – but fundamentally, they were identically, both originating from the Dawu of the ancient Six Great Music.

Apart from demonstrating Zhu Yi's spell mastery and his exceptional intelligence, it showed that Zhu Yi himself has a profound grasp of the Six Arts of Confucianism.

This discovery made Jiao Junchen even more thrilled.

"There is no first in scholarship and no second in the martial arts." Sometimes, contests between scholars were even more intense.

Jiao Junchen set out Archery and Charioteering, appearing as if he was on a leisurely hunt as he unleashed wave after wave of attacks at Zhu Yi.

At this moment, Zhu Yi did not imitate the spells for Archery and Charioteering to counterattack. Instead, he activated his own spells as he battled Jiao Junchen.

He took Lin Feng's advice to heart and did not obsess about the minute details of spells, instead carefully contemplating the truths and concepts in Jiao Junchen's spells and mantras.

From the two's first clash through song and dance, the spectators outside the Hidden Dragon Teapot have been perplexed and disoriented by the events. This time, without Zhu Yi's explanation and commentary, many in fact could not understand the intricacies and hidden meanings.

The more advanced cultivators, at the very least, were able to get a rough idea through the fluctuations and reactions of the two's spells and Mana. The less advanced, though, were completely confused.

Shi Shaogan hailed from the Imperial Family of the Great Qin Empire; although he belonged to a cadet branch, but he received of the necessary education. It was just that he has been focused on cultivation since young, and was unenthusiastic about rites and culture.

Now, he felt like he was looking through frosted glass as he watched Zhu Yi and Jiao Junchen's battle. He could discern more than other Foundation Establishment cultivators, but only a smattering of the whole picture.

"Sister, Mr. Jiao does not have the advantage?" Shi Shaogan saw Shi Xingyun frown and couldn't help but ask.

Jolted, Shi Xingyun shook her head slightly. "No, Jiao Junchen has the upper hand now, seizing the initiative of the situation."

"Then why do you look so worried?" Shi Shaogan enquired.

"Zhu Yi is more difficult, more outstanding than me, Jiao Junchen, or anyone else had thought." Shi Xingyun sighed.

She raised her head and gazed at the light and shadows projected from the Hidden Dragon Teapot, murmuring. "He went far as to study Jiao Junchen's mantras and spells when battling him – the key is that he actually learned something. This is really rather surprising."

"He's at a disadvantage now not because he's weaker than Jiao Junchen, but because he's dividing his attention – he's doing something else too."

Shi Shaogan was astounded. "He wants to learn the secrets of the Mantras of ancient Confucianism?"

"Not simply stealing the craft. Judging by his demeanor, he just wants to use it as a reference – stones from other hills can polish your jade." A worried look flashed across Shi Xingyun's eyes. "It is precisely this that is so frightening."

Zhuge Guang was voice projecting with the Vivant Joy Holy Man as well. "This Zhu Yi has already accumulated a robust foundation. Now he is studying Jiao Junchen's spells and mantras, as if completing the last step of the metamorphosis, breaking the pupa and transforming into the butterfly. To use the knowledge derived from Jiao Junchen's mantra to pierce through that final layer!"

The Vivant Joy Holy Man nodded, looking grave. However, his gaze was no longer on the Hidden Dragon Teapot, but on Lin Feng at the other side.

To see Lin Feng appearing absolutely composed and impassive. As he watched the ongoing fight, a subtle, satisfied smile surfaced at the corner of his mouth.

"Everything that is happening now was within the predictions of the Leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. It might even be planned by precisely him." The Vivant Joy Holy Man shook his head, his smile full of bitterness. "This Celestial Sect of Wonders…where exactly did it pop up from? There was never a moment when it did not surprise."

In the Hidden Dragon Teapot, Jiao Junchen also sensed something. "Although I'm happy to help others succeed, but I would rather not become a stepping stone." He smiled.

As he spoke, Jiao Junchen ramped up his attacks, until Zhu Yi, already disadvantaged, was struggling to react and respond.

"Hmm?" Something clicked in Zhu Yi's mind. He suddenly realized that it was becoming harder and harder for him to neutralize Jiao Junchen's attacks; eventually, even stretching himself.

As if he could see inside Zhu Yi's mind, Jiao Junchen could preemptively prepare for his moves and even set traps for Zhu Yi to step into.

Concentrating, Zhu Yi observed that Jiao Junchen was mouthing words as his eyes flickered, as if he was continuously calculating something.

"Ah, so this is Mathematics?" Zhu Yi came to a sudden awareness. The last Art in the Six Arts of Confucianism was Mathematics – the Art of arithmetic, numbers and theory. The spell that Jiao Junchen derived from it, though, was an Abhijna that could continually calculate an opponent's moves.

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Chapter 326: Metamorphosis of the Soul

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Jiao Junchen was not capable of reading minds and hence would not be able to guess what Zhu Yi was thinking. He had simply employed mathematical calculations to assess the hundreds and thousands of possible permutations of thinking and acting which Zhu Yi could have chosen in a blink of an eye.

Every single thought process was ranked by their probability, and from there, he ascertained the most probable course of action which Zhu Yi would choose.

Following which, Jiao Junchen would decisively employ the targeted counter-measure, leaving the impression as though he had read Zhu Yi's mind.

Other than "Shoot" and "Resist", Jiao Junchen also used his finger as a calligraphy brush and painted characters after characters in the air.

The characters would solidify in air and burst towards Zhu Yi with a concentrated amount of mana and principles of Taoism.

The character might be "Ensnare", which would trap Zhu Yi and immobilise him. The character could also be "Stagnate" which would result in the sluggish circulation of mana within Zhu Yi. The many different characters which he could paint resulted in a plethora of wondrous abilities which were literally at his finger tips.

This was the Art of Calligraphy which he had learnt from the Six Arts of Confucianism. Every single character was a single spell on its own. Jiao Junchen was hence able to call upon many different spells at will.

A thought suddenly occurred to Zhu Yi, "Maquis Xuanji's Household Manager, Zhang Hai was also a practitioner of the calligraphy. His most famous spell was known as the The Heaven and Man Manual. In many ways, it was very much similar to Jiao Junchen's Art of Calligraphy."

"Zhang Hai is a Nascent Soul stage cultivator. If we were to compare the power from their calligraphy, Zhang Hai would definitely be stronger than Jiao Junchen. But when it comes to how refined the calligraphy is, Jiao Junchen might edge Zhang Hai out in this aspect. Jiao Junchen definitely has a brighter future in this Art than Zhang Hai."

An interesting idea suddenly occurred to Zhu Yi. It was an idea that was entirely irrelevant to the battle in front of him.

The idea was still sketchy but it did not mess up his train of thoughts. Instead, it was a moment of inspiration.

For a large part of the battle, Zhu Yi had been smothered by Jiao Junchen. Facing the endless and ever-changing attacks of Jiao Junchen, Zhu Yi was like a little boat in the middle of a stormy sea. He could die in any moment.

However, only elation was written on his face. No sign of panic. At all.

At this moment, he was like a beautiful piece of jade which was still covered by a thin layer of rock. Jiao Junchen was like a craftsman, who was chipping off the layer of rock, bit by bit, revealing the potential within Zhu Yi to the rest of the world.

Outsiders might not be able to see it but Zhu Yi was very aware of the changes to his soul. It seemed as though it was ablaze.

It was not ablaze from mana or any form of spiritual energy. The fire was very surreal, something the naked eye would not be able to catch. In fact, one would not even be able to sense it from his soul. Only Zhu Yi could see this flame of wisdom in his soul.

The flame of wisdom was not only refining Zhu Yi's soul. It was also smelting the chunks of knowledge and experience that Zhu Yi had accumulated since he was born, and turning them into new wisdom.

Spells, abhijna, poems, theses and day-to-day observations all led to all sorts of wisdom gained. All the random ideas which had popped out in his head in spontaneous moments of inspiration were now ablaze in the flame of wisdom as they were broken down into simpler forms before combining together to form new wisdom.

Everyone present, except for Lin Feng, did not have a better understanding of Zhu Yi's current state than his challenger Jiao Junchen..

Jiao Junchen could not peer into Zhu Yi's metamorphosis. However, he was not new to such metamorphosis. Back in the days when he was training in the art of Confucianism, his sudden metamorphosis was very similar to Zhu Yi's. It was an accumulation of much wisdom and truth before resulting in an explosive metamorphosis.

This allowed him to be able to grasp a rough idea of when the critical juncture of the metamorphosis was.

"The saying goes, 'The carp has leaped through the dragon's gate to become a dragon - a successful feat'. But not many people notice that there are many other fishs which did not manage to leap through." Jiao Junchen smiled, "I shall give you a hand then since you need my help. But will you remain as a carp or transform into a dragon?"

Jiao Junchen brought his palms together as he chanted an incantation. His aura transformed entirely as white clouds surged and formed a figure in front of him.

The silhouette was dressed in a traditional attire while its facial feature gave off a traditional and authoritative vibe. It was a good ten meters tall as a powerful aura radiated from it.

This was "Rite". The consolidation of all the spirit, character and attitude of the millions of educated people in the world.

The First Art in the Six Arts of Confucianism, the Rites!

Jiao Junchen exclaimed with much solemnity, "The rite of passage to guest!" Following his words, the ten meters tall figure gave a solemn bow to Zhu Yi as its authoritative aura moved towards Zhu Yi.

The rite of passage to guest was one of the five rites. It was commonly performed in the imperial court where the emperor welcomed all honorable guests and visitors from everywhere.

This act was both an act of invitation from the representative of the Great Qin Empire to join the spiritual conference and also an assertion of dominance to remind Zhu Yi of his guest status. Jiao Junchen was taking another step towards controlling the pace of the battle.

Zhu Yi humbly replied, "Thank you, my friend, for your invitation."

Despite facing Jiao Junchen's strongest art among the Six Arts, the Rites, Zhu Yi was completely unfazed. Not only did he not suffer from the pressure, in fact, his soul was metamorphosing at an increased rate, His soul was baptized by the ancient rites as it gained inspiration and sight from the wisdom of the past. This led to an even more accurate grasp of the truth and principles with the assistance of the past and its traditions.

The light in Zhu Yi's eyes were even brighter than before.

Out of a sudden, his left eye suddenly became completely black as all the white in his eye had disappeared, leaving nothing but a metaphorical

However, his right eye was emitting a powerful glow that was blinding. The glow did not contain any form of heat energy. It was just pure and primal. It was just bright.

In the next moment, Zhu Yi's left eye started to emit a light that could penetrate any obstacles as though it belonged to the beams of the brightest sun.

Meanwhile, the glow in his right eye suddenly died down and transformed into a boundless dark, as though nightfall had arrived and engulfed everything.

Absolute darkness breeds brightness while absolute brightness breeds darkness. Zhu Yi had exemplified this theory as he showed how they would reverse, creating an energy that could twist apart almost everything.

Such power, surprisingly did not contain a single tinge of violence, and instead gave off an aura of truthfulness and purity.

Zhu Yi controlled this power with ease as it transformed into a chain of characters bathed in a seemingly messy combination of light and darkness. However, within this obstensible mess, the dark and light did not interfere with one another as the brightest light and the darkest dark resided side by side along a clear and distinct line.

These characters went on and on to rearrange themselves, giving off the impression that it was both an abstract and complex formation as well as a very thoughtful writing on principles and morals.

The tremors created from its formation was already so powerful that it had gotten the ten meters tall figure trembling. It was a sign that the silhouette was about to crumble.

During the process of the formation of the essay from the many different characters, one could almost hear a symphony of classical chinese music. The music was the backdrop for an imaginary which created an impression of sparrows chirping and a fountain in the distant.

Finally, Jiao Junchen started to treat Zhu Yi's work with seriousness. In fact, he was mildly shocked, "What an essay… It is definitely worthy of praises even from the most renowned writers in the ancient times. It was the most perfect blend of chinese cultural aura and the power of Taoism.

"Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!" Jiao Junchen nodded his head fervently as he lauded even more praises, "If you were not able to top the Imperial Exams conducted by the Great Zhou Empire next year, I can't imagine who else could it be…"

The other viewers of the battle could at best only sense that Zhu Yi was about to unleash an unbelievably powerful spell. Only Jiao Junchen was able to fully appreciate the intricacies and the principles behind this spell.

After hearing Jiao Junchen's praises, Zhu Yi did not show any sign of happiness. In fact he was very disappointed as he muttered, "What a shame, it seems like I have not accumulated enough thoughts and ideas."

Despite being in front of Jiao Junchen, Zhu Yi was very upfront as he continued, "I am unable to complete this writing. All that I have accumulated is only enough to craft the introductory paragraph."

"That is quite a shame," Jiao Junchen sighed. "But nevertheless, it is already very special."

Following which, Jiao Junchen changed his hand symbols and incantation as he muttered, "The rites of passage to guest is no longer sufficient to deal with your essay."

Under the propulsion form his mana, the ten meters tall silhouette stood up straight and its figure began to expand once again til it was at least a hundred meters tall. With its noble ceremonial attire, it gave off the impression that it could take on anything.

"Rites of passage to deities!" Jiao Junchen exclaimed as the hundred meters tall silhouette gave a bow.

Among the Six Arts of Confucianism, the Rites was the number one. Then among the Five different rites, the rites of passage to deities was the number one.

It was the one that required the most amount of respect and solemnity and was specially for deities and celestial beings.

"To pray to the mortal souls, to pray to the old kings, to pray to the ancestors…"

Jiao Junchen's expression was nothing but serious as the hundred meters figure kept on bowing, radiating an increaisngly powerful aura.

"To pray to the Earth gods, to pray to the people, to pray to the five peaks, to pray to the small gods…"

Jiao Junchen's hands were placed firmly together as he bowed in unison with the hundred meters figure again. Clouds and winds in the space of the Hidden Dragon Gorge surged as all the spirituality of the Heaven and Earth seemed to surged towards the figure, giving it an impression that it was the perfect combination of Heaven and self. It was as though the silhouette was supporting the archs of the Heaven with its sheer authority and size.

"To pray to the Heaven gods, to pray to the stars and the moons…"

Under the endless pressure from the rites of passage to the deities, even Zhu Yi's amazing essay was unable to form as the characters formed from light and darkness began to scatter.

Because of Jiao Junchen's effort to strip Zhu Yi of his strongest skill, his entire state be it mana, abhijna or spirituality was at a new height.

His expression was solemn as he sped towards Zhu Yi on his sea of clouds while a faint sound of music began in the background.

During the movement, Jiao Junchen let out a howl as he started to dance on the clouds in a set of mystical footsteps.

Zhu Yi studied the footsteps and was shocked as he exclaimed, "Is that the Cloud Gate Dance? The Scroll of Cloud Gate was the oldest among the Six Musics and was known to have been lost over time, leaving nothing but the name of the music. I never thought that I would ever see it again."

Jiao Junchen rode on the sea of clouds as he played the music of the Cloud Gate while his right hand wrote characters. Characters after characters began to take shape in mid-air and they were the six characters which represented the Six Arts of Confucianism.

He also employed the mathematical analysis as he began his projection of Zhu Yi's possible counter-measures.

Rays after rays of light began to shoot towards Zhu Yi like arrows.

The spell seemed messy at first sight. The splitting of power seemed like a recipe for failure as it would weaken the attack. But under the support from the aura of the rites of passage for deities, there was a perfect harmony as the magic from the different Six Arts were smelted into a single furnace. The attack was a synergised and concerted effort that was heading towards Zhu Yi.

The clouds in the air rolled apart as the winds surged at the incoming powerful attack, signalling the impending doom.

Zhu Yi scanned his surroundings and was suddenly overwhelmed by the loneliness which had engulfed him. It felt as though it was him against all.

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Chapter 327: Zhu Yi's Philosophy

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Jiao Junchen's simultaneous employment of the Six Arts did not have any semblance of a chaotic display but rather, they congregated together and formed a powerful wave of attack. It was so powerful that it gave off an aura that even the wave of time would not be able to sweep away.

At this moment, it was as if the millions of Confucianist Disciples and their wisdom and character were all one with him, building up his aura and supporting him with their powers.

It was simply unstoppable!

In the face of an imminent blow, Zhu Yi's characters were trembling as his essay was on the brink of collapsing. It was unable to continue with its writing.

The bystanders outside of the Hidden Dragon Gorge might or might not be able to comprehend the origins of Jiao Junchen's power but they could definitely feel its unstoppable power as their poor souls trembled at its sheer might.

Even the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters that were present were doubting themselves. Their hearts skipped a beat as they questioned themselves if they could handle a blow of this attack.

Only the cultivators who had attained the middle level of the Nascent Soul stage could keep themselves composed in the face of such an attack. But nevertheless, a serious look hung on their faces as they studied the power of this attack.

Song Qingyuan kept his gaze on the Hidden Dragon Gorge, "It seems like Jiao Junchen is still a notch better than Zhu Yi. Zhu Yi is probably set to lose. The Celestial Sect of Wonders will clock a defeat."

At this moment, he was both solemn and regretful at the same time.

Although he had credited most of Jiao Junchen's ability to combine celestial confucianist powers and his own powers to Zhu Yi's continuous retaliations, Song Qingyuan had now become unsure if he himself could fight against the Jiao Junchen who had just laid out all his cards.

At the same time, Song Qingyuan felt disappointed that the person who was about to break the clean record of Celestial Sect of Wonders was not him. It seemed like Jiao Junchen was destined to be the one receiving the honor.

Even Xiao Budian, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing showed worried faces as they stared at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. The pressure radiating from Jiao Junchen's attack was simply overwhelming.

"Master!" Yang Qing beckoned as he gazed at Lin Feng anxiously. However, all that he saw was a calm and composed Lin Feng. In fact, a smile played around Lin Feng's mouth.

Lin Feng looked at his disciples before smiling gently, "Your Second Senior has just won."

When the bystanders heard Lin Feng's words, they were utterly shocked, Very quickly, they turned their heads back to the direction where all the action was happening. What they saw was a fearless Zhu Yi stepping forward towards the insanely overbearing blow that Jiao Junchen had initiated. There was no semblance of fear or hesitation.

"The development of Humanitarianism was never one that simply stagnate itself in old customs. It never allowed itself to be swept away uncontrollably by the tides of time and change." Zhu Yi continued walking forward with determination and resolute.

As he moved forward, waves and waves of mana energy surged out from his body forming a gigantic altar beneath his feet. The mana was chequered in black and white as blinding white lines and the dark black lines intertwined forming an orbit-like shape that looked as though they were meant for the stars in the heaven.

The altar resembled Mandala yet it looked dissimilar at the same time. Both the light and dark energy had achieved a perfect balance.

Zhu Yi was erected on the altar as he faced Jiao Junchen before reciting, "Building on the past and creating a brand new future. That is the real development of Humanitarianism. That is the true pursuit of the educated in our generation. To seek for the truth!"

With his left hand behind his back, Zhu Yi began to write in the air using his right hand. As the bright and dark characters began to form and dance in the air, the incomplete essay began to form again. Before anyone could react, the first paragraph was done.

Despite only being the introductory paragraph, the formation of the essay had released an incredible amount of energy. Its brilliance could outshadow the brightest sun or moon but its strength was not overbearing. It did not radiate any bit of malicious intent or viciousness. However, everyone present could not help but felt the urge to bow down in awe.

In contrast with the fiery rage and aggression exhibited by the normal combative and fighter-style cultivators, Zhu Yi's essay radiated culture and wisdom as his spirit and character permeated every single character.

At this moment, all of the culture that he had within him were all exhibited and displayed in its most brilliant form. The sheer pressure from the radiating wisdom did not allow Jiao Junchen to budge forward.

Jiao Junchen's flair in the Arts congregated above his head to form a pillar of brilliance which shot up straight to the ceiling of the heaven. It was dense as countless characters surged out from the pillar to form an amazing essay.

Meanwhile, Zhu Yi continued to release all the wisdom and culture which he had accumulated and suppressed within himself as it flooded his surroundings like in an immensity which was comparable to the sea.

Everyone who came into contact with the aura of wisdom could immediately gained insights and acquire the knowledge of our ancestors. Anyone could gain enlightenment even for their deepest worries or concerns.

The essay formed by the characters made of the intricate weaving of dark and bright lines collided heavily with the Six Arts summoned by Jiao Junchen. It was not a very violent collision and did not possess any loud or deafening noises. It was simply a one-sided affair!

Jiao Junchen looked up at his hundred meters tall figure peacefully as it slowly crumbled down.

He relaxed his control over his mana as he put his hands together in front of his chest and bowed to Zhu Yi. "Thank you for showing me the way. You have edged me out by showing me your ambitions to educate and enlighten the masses. Your ability to merge your knowledge and skills are also astounding and worthy of much respect. I have lost."

Zhu Yi did not reveal any looko of haughtiness and instead returned the bow with another in an extremely solemn manner. "My achievements in the future will never be without your help and guidance today."

Outside of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, a small group of people fell into deep thoughts after hearing the conversation between Zhu Yi and Jiao Junchen.

After watching their battle, they had managed to acquire some insights on breaking their own training bottleneck, despite not understanding most of it.

Lin Feng and the other elders had witnessed everything as they remained silent.

They all knew that the brighter ones in their individual sects were going to reap tons of benefits from this battle.

Lin Feng was exceptionally pleased as he knew that his people would definitely have gained something from this observation of the battle. From Xiao Budian and Yue Hongyan's eyes, he could see that there was a glimmer of brilliance, indicating the insights which they had gained.

Yang Qing's mana was also surging as the aura sea within him became violent. On top of his spiritual altar, a faint crucible was forming. It appeared that the enlightenment form watching the battle had initiated the advancement to the final level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Lin Feng took notice of this and suppressed this advancement immediately. He allowed Yang Qing to take over the suppressing and terminated the consolidation of the crucible.

Yang Qing regained consciousness and looked at Lin Feng. Lin Feng spoke plainly, "You have the foundation of both the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams and the True Understanding of the Grand Moon right now. The time will only be ripe after you have mastered and comprehended the next mantra which I am about to impart ot you."

"Thank you for your timely reminder, Master!" I must have been too impulsive." Yang Qing recalled as he nodded his head in much embarrassment. "I will continue to train hard and build a strong foundation. I shall not take the shortcut again."

Lin Feng laughed, "Silly lad, don't be too hard on yourself. I am more than happy to see how quick you are picking up things."

Yang Qing smiled back in return after hearing his master's words. Lin Feng turned to look at Zhu Yi, "Today might not be your day to breach the gap to attain the final level of the Foundation Establishment stage. But Zhu Yi has accumulated sufficient wisdom and experience and is now ready to open the door which had barred him from advancement."

Lin Feng spoke to Shi Zongyue, "Prince Anliang, I have something which I would need your help with."

A complicated expression surfaced on Shi Zongyue's face as he gazed at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. He let out a long sigh before replying, "I guess that would help to round off the event. I wouldn't mind helping you."

The Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Gambling Holy Man both remained in silence as they gazed at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. Both of their faces revealed a plethora of complex emotions which were boiling inside them.

The other Immortal Soul stage elders also shared different expressions as they all remained focus on the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man had a gentle smile on his face while complex expressions were donned by Prince Xian of the Left as well as the Sun Radiance Swordmaster.

The Lord of the Heaven Lake Sect, Cao Wei gently frowned while Huo Xiu and the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster remained expressionless.

Meanwhile, Zhu Yi sat down and crossed his legs within the Hidden Dragon Gorge. He was surrounded by streaks and streaks of mana energy as they dashed around him above the altar formed from the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala.

The voluminous amount of spiritual energy within the Hidden Dragon Gorge was being absorbed by Zhu Yi greedily under Shi Zongyue's permission. The Hidden Dragon Gorge was cooperative as it simply allowed the spiritual energy to flow as it wished, instead of obstructing its flow.

Inside Zhu Yi's body, the aurous core was split into two regions of bright and dark. One half of it was emitting a blinding light while the other half was as dark as it could get. The bright and dark regions rotated among themselves as the aurous core remained quiet and peaceful.

Out of a sudden, an extremely loud sound could be heard. A fearsome Yin fire burst into flames beneath his feet. The fire moved across his body rapidly and finally stopped its movement after reaching the aurous core.

The confused masses outside of the Hidden Dragon Gorge gaped at the sight of this. All the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators were still very much confused as they were not familiar with the processes in the Aurous Core stage. On the other hand, the Aurous Core stage and Nascent Soul stage cultivators were utterly shocked with how impulsive Zhu Yi was to attempt to tackle the tribulations of the Yin Fire after such an intense battle with Jiao Junchen.

To advance to the middle level of the Aurous Core stage, one had to make it through the tribulations of the Yin Fire. The Yin Fire would be able to burn away all the impurities within the aurous core, allowing one to ascend the an entire new level of mastery.

However, if one were not able to survive the tribulations of the Yin Fire, one would be instantaneously burnt to ashes. There would be no second try when it came to such critical moments.

Looking at what Zhu Yi was doing, a single thought ran through everyone's head. "He must be crazy!"

Regardless of one's background, every cultivator at the initial level of the Aurous Core stage would take utmost precaution when it came to facing the tribulations of the Yin Fire. They would usually ensure that their bodies were in their optimal state before they would dare to tread onto this path of no return. Even if they had their seniors or masters around them, they would still not dare to take their lives lightly.

However, Zhu Yi had actually chosen to try his luck after such a long battle with Jiao Junchen, who was definitely a formidable opponent. Such act was deemed to be extremely outrageous by the many spectators.

Only people like Lin Feng and Shi Zongyue were able to see that the present Zhu Yi was in the best form of his life.

He might have been severely weakened with the amount of mana drained from his body. But when it came to his understanding about Taoism and the control he had over his body, Zhu Yi was in the best condition possible.

In fact, he could not wait for any longer. Every second spent deliberating on whether he should try to push for an advancement would a second wasted.

Hence, Zhu Yi could not bother leaving the Hidden Dragon Gorge and decided to go through the tribulations within the Gorge.

It was both seemingly long and seemingly short before Zhu Yi opened his eyes and revealed a smile that was childlike innocent. Zhu Yi waved his hands as all Eight elements - Heaven, Earth, Wind, Thunder, Water, Fire, Mountain and Pond all congregated around him.

Above the Eight elements, two streaks of energy patrolled diligently as their black and white color intertwined, creating an illusory feeling.

These elements were not a creation of Zhu Yi's mana. They were created from the extraction and compression of the spiritual energy within the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

The ability to peer through materials and gain insight from simple observations. The ability to communicate with the Heaven and Earth. The ability to extract spiritual energy from one's surroundings.

These were all evidence that Zhu Yi had successfully overcame the tribulations of the Yin Fire. He had successfully advanced to the middle level of the Aurous Core stage.

In unison, everyone shifted their focus onto Xiao Budian, Shi Xingyun and Song Qingyuan.

The only thing that they really wanted to know badly was who amongst the three of them would be the unlucky one to be up against Zhu Yi.

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Chapter 328: No one would want to face him!

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After emerging from the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Zhu Yi went to Lin Feng and bowed. Following which, he faced in the direction of the Great Qin Empire, which was also where Jiao Junchen was, and did a gesture of respect.

Jiao Junchen returned the gesture before paying his respects to Shi Zongyue, Vivant Joy Holy Man and Zhuge Guang. He spoke calmly, "After this exciting battle with my friend, Zhu Yi, I have learnt much and also realized that I have yet to fully understand much of what I have read in the past."

"Hence, I hope to seek your permission to return back and train. If it is possible, I would not be attending the later half of the Spiritual Conference."

Everyone present was totally caught off guard as the three Immortal Soul stage cultivators stared at each other. The Vivant Joy Holy Man advised, "After the Spiritual Conference, there is still the training phase in the Ancient Huanghai World. The world is only opened once every thousand year. The opportunity doesn't come by easily."

Jiao Junchen laughed lightheartedly, "I have already gained much from my fight with Zhu Yi. What I have gained is already more than what I will gain from the trip to the Ancient Huanghai World. I believe that it would be better if I could take this time to digest what I have picked up as much as possible."

Shi Zongyue thought deeply for a short moment before nodding his head, "Alright, you may take your leave then."

After sending his regards to the group of Immortal Soul elders, Jiao Junchen went back to talk to Zhu Yi. "I hope to hear good news about you getting the title of the top scholar at the Zhou Empire Imperial Exams very soon."

After finishing his words, Jiao Junchen turned and leave without any hesitation.

The masses who were attending the Spiritual Conference began to discuss among themselves as they had never expected the fight to end up with Jiao Junchen returning home.

Shi Shaoqian gaped as he muttered, "So he's leaving just like this? I didn't know that the batle with Zhu Yi had left such a huge impact on him…"

Shi Xingyun who was next to him also let out a dry laugh as he staed at Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian and the rest before shaking his head. "Don't you belittle Zhu Yi simply because he is still at the Aurous Core Stage. He has just overcome an enormous bottleneck and will now transit to a stage where he will develop at a rapid speed."

"If nothing goes wrong, I believe that no one will be able to stop him from rising to become a legend in his own right."

Shi Xingyun's opinion was apparently shared by many who were present. Zhu Yi's potential was apparent and his ascent would be unstoppable.

Looking at Zhu Yi, many cultivators who were at the Aurous Core Stage felt an incomprehensible sense of fear eroding their confidence.

Usually, when one could form the aurous core within their body, it would mean that they possessed a certain level of talent and psychological strength. Fear was an emotion that had become somewhat unfamiliar for them. But right now, when they looked at Zhu Yi, they found that long lost sense of fear resurfacing again.

At the initial level of the Aurous Core stage, Zhu Yi could already barge past almost all Aurous Core stage cultivators. With the help of the Nascent Soul stage magic item, he could be almost on par with any grandmaster at the initial level of the Nascent Soul stage.

Huo Ming was already considered a top notch cultivator at the Aurous Core stage. However, he too did not manage to escape the fate of defeat in Zhu Yi's hands.

Jiao Junchen was even stronger than Huo Ming and had once suppressed Zhu Yi. But nonetheless, he was also not spared. In fact, his defeat paved the way of ascension for Zhu Yi as he attained the middle level of the Aurous Core stage.

Now, Zhu Yi's powers had also increased with his advancement. Was there any other cultivator at the Aurous Core stage that could put up a fight against him?

In fact, many of the people present were already stealing glances at the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters.

The expressions on the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters' faces were all varied but generally glum. In fact, some of the cultivators who were at the middle level of the Nascent Soul stage were also taking Zhu Yi seriously.

Jiao Junchen's final attack in the battle had already caught the eye of many of the Nascent Soul stage grandmasters. However, Zhu Yi was still able to defeat him.

And after this battle, Zhu Yi had advanced to the middle level of the Aurous Core stage, which beckoned for them to pay greater attention to him.

What made a large group of the people worried was an old and familiar question.

If he had already possessed such astounding abilities at the initial level of the Aurous Core stage, how powerful would he be once he had attained the final level of the Aurous Core stage?

What about after he had formed his Nascent Soul?

Everyone turned their heads to look at the group of cultivators from the Celestial Sect of Wonders. A single thought ran through everyone's heads, "It seems...seems like maybe… everyone in this sect has this potential and ability?"

Lin Feng watched as the Popularity Score in the system soared and he nodded his head in satisfaction, "Excellent. It seems like it won't be a wasted trip coming here for the conference."

He turned and spoke to Zhu Yi, "Zhu Yi, sit down and regulate your breathing. Consolidate your learnings and strengthen your foundation. You have accumulated much and had only used a little of it. What had happened earlier is nothing but the beginning. Your first usage and release of your accumulated insights and wisdom had already allowed you to advance into the middle level of the Aurous Core stage."

Zhu Yi smiled and nodded his head, "Yes, Master. I share the same sentiments with you." Following which, he sat down in a cross-legged manner and started to nourish his aurous core which had just went through the tribulations of the Yin Fire.

The Vivant Joy Holy Man let out a dry cough and spoke, "At our Spiritual Conference, it is rare to witness an advancement in cultivation right after a duel. I guess it can be considered a beautiful occurrence. Over here, I would like to congratulate Lord Lin!"

Lin Feng smiled gently, "I have to thank Prince Anliang, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Gambling Holy Man for their generosity instead."

"You are very polite, Lord Lin." Shi Zongyue continued as he turned to look at the Vivant Joy Holy Man, "The Top Four have been confirmed. Let's begin the drawing of lots for the Fourth round of battle."

The Vivant Joy Holy Man nodded his head as he waved his hand. Four nametags appeared in the air and on them were the names of the four different remaining participants - Zhu Yi, Shi Tianhao, Shi Xingyun and Song Qingyun.

At the sight of this, many cultivators were embarrassed with their own performances.

Amongst the top four, once again, the Celestial Sect of Wonders have two of the four seats. What made everyone embarrassed was that they had entered with two participants and the very same two had gone straight all the way to the top four.

And Zhu Yi's display of his strength earlier had already made him the best bet to become champion!

After Shi Xingyun's evaluation of Zhu Yi, at least in the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, no one would want to or even dare to challenge him.

No one would want to face him!

The cultivators from both the Great Qin Empire and the Heaven Lake Sect were all praying hard that their own members would not be drawn into the same group as Zhu Yi. They did not want to see their own sect or group humiliated by him.

Even if their own guy were capable of beating Zhu Yi, it would be at a cost that would be unimaginable! The victor would never be able to put up a fight in the finals.

Right now, both the Great Qin Empire and the Heaven Lake Sect wanted the Vivant Joy Holy Man to draw both Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian into the same gorup.

Let the freak fight the freak!

However, there were also some that had different ideas. They wanted their own representative to draw Xiao Budian as their competitor.

After all, regardless of whether it was Song Qingyuan or Shi Xingyun, they had both displayed relatively strong power. If they were to be drawn into the same group, there was still uncertainty as to who would triumph over the other.

Conversely, Xiao Budian's previous performance appeared to be slightly weaker than the rest of the three from the top four. And coupled with the fact that he had yet to recover from his previous injury, he was the ideal competitor to be drawn with.

Shi Shaoqian also shared the same analysis with the majority of the people from the Great Qin Empire and the Heaven Lake Sect. But after he had shared his opinion with Shi Xingyun, he watched his usually prim and proper sister rolled her eyes.

"If we are looking for a passionate battle, it doesn't matter who we draw. But if we really want to enter the finals, Song Qingyuan is a suitable opponent." Song Xingyun went on, "As for the two from the Celestial Sect of Wonders, it would be better if they could settle it between themselves."

Shi Shaoqian was confused by his sister's reaction, "But Sister, even if Shi Tianhao had recovered from his injuries and regained his previous form, he would still be unable to defeat you."

Shi Xingyun did not answer immediately but stared at Shi Tianhao for a good while before muttering, "It does seems like this for now. But there is just this uneasy feeling inside me."

"Maybe it's because I know that if Tianhao only possessed this amount of power, he would never be able to look for the Man with Polycoria for revenge. Because the gap between them is simply too big."

Shi Xingyun continued to mutter to herself, "After acquiring Tianhao's Supreme Spiritual Altar and coupled with his own innate gifts from his polycoria condition, Shi Tianyi's potential is out of scale. Tianhao should know this better than anyone."

"But for some weird reason, I can sense an attitude and confidence that was not in the least affected by this fact. It seems like he is totally okay without having to find Shi Tianyi for revenge. This confidence is not coming from his mysterious master but instead, originates from him."

At this juncture, Shi Xingyun was increasingly confused and perplexed. "With such a confidence, this can only mean that his abilities are definitely more than what meets the eye. However, if he was deliberately trying to conceal his strengths, he couldn't have done so in the previous round against Mu Jihai because any little mishap would result in him losing."

Just as Shi Xingyun was pondering over this matter, the Vivant Joy Holy Man had already deposited all four nametags into the bronze can. And very quickly, he fished out the first nametag.

Shi Tianhao.

And following which, the Vivant Joy Holy Man had to draw Xiao Budian's opponent.

Song Qingyuan.

After the announcement of Song Qingyuan's name, one could hear the sound of the cultivators in the Heaven Lake Sect rejoicing.

In their eyes, such a draw was simply perfect. Let Shi Xingyun figure out how to handle Zhu Yi!

The Nascent Soul stage grandmasters and Aurous Core stage elders from the Heaven Lake Sect glared at the young disciple viciously upon hearing the sound of them rejoicing.

Their behavior was as good as telling the rest of the people that were present that even they themselves were not confident that Song Qingyuan could win Zhu Yi.

Although they themselves also heaved a sigh of relief, they still placed quite a lot of importance in the necessary appearance that their Sect had to put up.

Song Qingyuan was calm and expressionless. In fact, he was reflecting, "Zhu Yi is stronger than I thought. Previously, I had already tried to think of him as someone very powerful. But it seems like I had still underestimated him."

"If his opponent for the Third round was me instead of Jiao Junchen, it could really have been a tough battle."

He shifted his gaze onto Xiao Budian and thought to himself, "Does that mean I might have underestimated this fellow as well? He might have injured himself quite badly in his previous duel with Mu Jihai, but it doesn't mean that he didn't conceal any of his trump cards."

"I had wanted to reserve my trump card for the finals but it seems like I might have to play by ear. I will have to use it if necessary."

Just as Song Qingyuan was deep in his thoughts, he received a voice projection from his Master, Cao Wei. "Qingyuan, I have something I will need you to do. You must remember this one thing later during your duel with Shi Tianhao."

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Chapter 329: To outshine one's master

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After the results of the draw had been released, the sound of mourning from the Great Qin Empire could be heard everywhere. They had simply not wanted Shi Xingyun to face Zhu Yi.

And in the eyes of many Heaven Lake Sect cultivators, drawing Xiao Budian was the best outcome for Song QIngyuan.

Lin Feng laughed very hard inside as he looked at Xiao Budian before saying, "Are you ready? The process could be a little...vigorous."

"Don't you worry, Master! It's nothing for me," Xiao Budian giggled. FOllowing which, Lin Feng turned and spoke to Yang Qing, "Watch carefully."

Yang Qing nodded his head fervently as he saw Lin Feng formed some symbols with his hands. Immediately afterwards, a sea of purple clouds formed and surrounded Xiao Budian.

The only difference was that this time round, there was a faint glimmer of green within the sea of purple.

Lin Feng's actions were of course unable to escape the detection of Shi Zongyue, Cao Wei and the other Immortal Soul stage cultivators. Their eyes widened as they exclaimed in unison, "The Grand Moon Primordial Water?"

The faint green glimmer within the Heaven-Revolving Purple Clouds was from the Grand Moon Primordial Water. Lin Feng had combined both the purple clouds and the primordial water to cleanse Xiao Budian's body and to nourish and heal the injured portions with the primordial water.

Under everyone's intense scrutiny, Xiao Budian's spiritual state had vastly recovered and the energy within his tiny body had also regained the peak which it was at prior to the injury.

"Oh, that's new. I never knew that the Grand Moon Primordial Water could be use this way..." The Gambling Holy Man and the Vivant Joy Holy Man stared at one another before shaking their head after a short moment of deliberation. "The Grand Moon Primordial Water might be able to nourish life but it was never heard or mentioned that it possessed healing properties."

"This must be a special mantra unique to the Celestial Sect of Wonders. After the combination with the Grand Moon Primordial Water, they can achieve such an effect."

Shi Zongyue did not speak but tumultuous thoughts stirred within him. "A leader with never-ending mysteries. A domineering and difficult mountain. A group of disciples with unbelievable gifts and flair. Now we see complex and mystical spells and mantras… Celestial Sect of Wonders… I wonder how much more secrets do you have?"

After Lin Feng had retracted the spell, Xiao Budian reappeared in front of everyone with his morale and physical condition back to its best.

Except for some fatigue visible from his breathing, no one could tell that he had sustained heavy injuries previously.

The sight of this incensed many of the cultivators form the Heaven Lake Sect as it simply meant that Lin Feng and Xiao Budian had intentionally concealed their full sepctrum of abilities in the previous round.

Now, the easy prey might have just become the predator.

But Cao Wei and Song Qingyuan, both master and disciple, were all relaxed as they thought, "If that was the trumpcard that you were banking on, I wouldn't be worried."

Despite having such thoughts, still, Cao Wei reminded Song Qingyuan to handle Xiao Budian with extreme caution. Because they simply to win this battle.

There was no room for failure. Because losing the battle would not simply result in the loss of a place in the Finals.

Cao Wei looked at Lin Feng and spoke faintly, "Now that the previous debts have been cleared, would Lord Lin be interested in another bet?"

Lin Feng thought, "Here we go again."

Without any changes in his expression, Lin Feng replied, "Oh? I can play along if you want. But I'm just curious what kind of objects are we betting on this time round."

Cao Wei continued, "Same as before, let's decide what the other party would have to lay out for the bet. What do you think Lord Lin?"

Lin Feng answered, "Lord Cao, so what do you want this time round? Don't tell me you are interested in one of the rocks on my Mount Yujing?"

"That is correct."

Lin Feng thought, "Cao Wei is strangely adamant about laying his hands on the rock on Mount Yujing. Yet it isn't something that he wants it for himself. Unless he is simply asking for it on behalf of someone else. Now, that would be interesting… I wonder who that person would be…"

As he thought, Lin Feng followed up with his request, "Sure thing. But if your disciple loses, I want a pair of your Flying Snow Plumes, a male and a female."

Lin Feng stole a glance at Cao Wei before continuing, "The two Flying Snow Plumes must be of the Demonic Commander level. And don't you worry about it, I know that the Heaven Lake Sect has them."

Cao Wei frowned slightly and before he could say anything, Lin Feng cut him off, "I do not need your pair of Flying Snow Plume Kings because I am not a greedy person. If you're unwilling to lay these plumes as your stakes, we can forget about the gamble."

The Flying Snow Plume was a spiritual bird that was native to the snow mountains near the Heaven Lake. Its size was considered rather small and was not much different to the normal sparrow. But its combat power was extremely strong and was definitely amongst the cream of the crop within the Demonic Race.

The male bird was called the Flying Snow Plume while the female bird was called the Heavenly Snow Plume. The pair was even tighter than the couple back at the Sun Moon Sword Sect. Regardless of whether it was the male or the female who had died, as long as one of them was fgone, the other would also commit suicide.

Hence, the number of Flying Snow Plumes and Heavenly Snow Plumes was usually very small. But fortunately, their reproductive ability was considerably good. Nevertheless, only the Heaven Lake Sect had managed to nurture Flying Snow Plumes with considerably high cultivation. The only pair of Flying Snow Plume King and Heavenly Snow Plume King resided within the Heaven Lake Sect.

There were only these two Demonic Lord level plumes and even at the Demonic Commander level, their numbers were still very small. They were a target for enhanced protection and conservation.

Cao Wei hesitated for a short while before nodding his head in agreement, "Alright. But in that case, I might have to request for an additional Fire and Ice Fruit from you. That is if you don't mind…"

"No problem." Lin Feng nodded his head in satisfaction before turning around to see Xiao Budian with his big and grateful eyes. He looked as if he had wanted to dash forward to hug his master. Xiao Budian exclaimed, "Master, you are really the best master in the world!"

"You little brat!" Of course, Lin Feng knew what Xiao Budian had in mind. He could not decide whether to feel angry or humored as he tapped his head and used his vocal projection, "Don't think of them as your food. It's for your training."

Xiao Budian was mildly stunned, "A pair of spiritual birds. And they are merely of the Demonic Commander stage. How can they help me with my training? For agility training?"

Lin Feng smiled, "You will know when the time comes. Now forget about how they will be used and focus on winning first."

Xiao Budian giggled cheerfully, "Don't worry, master. Watch me."

Lin Feng thought for a short while before replying, "In case, what your Master meant is that just in case Song Qingyuan asks to gamble with you, regardless of what the stakes are, just go with it."

Xiao Budian smiled, "Of course! Because I'm definitely going to win."

As he spoke, Xiao Budian leapt into the Hidden Dragon Teapot. Song Qingyuan was already waiting for him inside the teapot.

Seeing that Xiao Budian had entered, Song Qingyuan smiled and spoke, "My master and the gracious Lord Lin have already agreed on a gamble. As their disciples, how about we place out bets as well?"

After he spoke, Song Qingyuan realized that Xiao Budian was looking at him in a very peculiar manner.

Song Qingyuan was a little shocked and immediately thought, "Unless I've spoken something wrong?"

Just when he was extremely puzzled, Xiao Budian laughed naughtily and nodded his head, "No problem, what shall the stakes be?"

Song Qingyuan was very disturbed and concerned with why Xiao Budian was laughing but very soon, he told himself to foget about it and ocntinued, "Previously when my junior was sparring with you, you mentioned that my junior did not have a Nascent Soul stage magic item during the setting of terms for the bet."

While he spoke, he flipped his palm to reveal a completely white and ancient round mirror. The mirror appeared to be made from ice.

As the surface of the mirror flashed a blinding light, the void within the Hidden Dragon Teapot moved like the ripples of a lake, affirming the status of the magic item as a Nascent Soul stage item.

Song Qingyuan spoke, "This is my Nascent Soul stage item, the Aurora Polar Mirror. I'm willing to put this up for your Nascent Soul stage item. How's that? Do you dare to play along with me?"

After his words had left his mouth, before Xiao Budian could reply, a huge commotion was already going on outside of the Hidden Dragon Teapot.

No one had thought that Song Qingyuan would be willing to gamble with such high stakes. An actual Nascent Soul stage item.

Most of the spectators belonged to the Aurous Core stage and anyone of them who was in possession of a Nascent Soul stage magic item was either extremely fortuitous or under the enhanced development program of their own sect.

For cultivators at the Aurous Core stage, possessing a Nascent Soul stage magic item was something that could turned tables. It was a trumpcard which could elevate one's power tremendously.

All battles at the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai were banned from using Nascent Soul stage magic items simply because they would upset the balance between the Aurous Core stage competitors.

Except for himself, even if we had added all the value of every single item he had on himself, it would still not be able to outprice the Aurora Polar Mirror.

When we mentioned "except for himself", it was with the accounting of his potential. If we were simply to account for his current abilities, adding him in would still not be able to outprice the mirror.

Amongst the shocked masses, the ones who found his action the most unbelievable were his own peers from the Heaven Lake Sect.

Everyone that knew him all knew how much he loved his mirror. Anyone that had tried to touch it would have been slaughtered by him.

Following which, everyone was waiting for Xiao Budian's reply. They were all wondering if Xiao Budian would go crazy with him and put his Nascent Soul stage item on the line.

Just as they were wondering what Xiao Budian would do, Xiao Budian nodded his head gleefully, "No problem! Let's do this!"

He clapped his hand and a green glow was emitted from his body. A small three-footed crucible detached itself from his body and floated in mid-air. It was none other than the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness.

Seeing this, the crowd went crazy.

None of them expected these two fellows to have such an immense addiction to gambling. The way they gambled was simply insane. Two Aurous Core stage cultivators gambling with Nascent Soul stage magic items.

In fact, for any of both parties, losing would simply meant bankruptcy.

Even if they could enter the Ancient Huanghai World, it did not mean that they would definitely find Nascent Soul stage magic items easily.

As compared to the gamble between Xiao Budian and Song Qingyuan, Lin Feng and Cao Wei's bet appeared to be childsplay.

It seemed as though both of them had outshone their masters when it came to gambling.

Cao Wei looked at the Hidden Dragon Teapot calmly before a sudden thought occurred to him. FOllowing which, he squeezed a Voice-Projecting Crystal into smithereens silently.

"How is the progress at the spiritual conference?"

A gentle male voice continued from the other end, "Have you gotten the items that both of us want?"

Cao Wei replied plainly, "After building things up, I believe we very close to attaining our objectives. The real show has just began."

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Chapter 330: The Real Intention of Cao Wei

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"How confident are you?" The other party asked incisively.

Cao Wei replied calmly, "A good sixty percent." When it came to the battle between Song Qingyuan and Xiao Budian, Cao Wei was not as relaxed and assured as he appeared. That was because Lin Feng's disciples had shown how they had many tricks up their sleeves and how their opponents had been too often caught off guard.

However, the other party was already satisfied with his reply. "Sixty percent is sufficient. Even if it fails, it's not as if we did not gain anything out of it."

Cao Wei replied plainly, "Other than the rock on Mount Yujing and the leaves from the treasure tree, what else could you have gained?"

"That is my own matter. You just have to relax. Even if you lose the gamble, you will have nothing to lose." The gentle middle-aged man's voice continued from the Voice-Projecting Crystal, "I will compensate you for any of the losses that Heaven Lake Sect shall sustain."

Cao Wei said, "I am currently betting on your behalf and am almost ridiculed by others. Sponsoring the stakes is nothing but necessary."

The middle-aged man laughed, "And that is because you have something that you want as well. That's why you are linking up with me, isn't it?"

Cao Wei replied truthfully, "THat is correct. I must lay my hands on the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness."

"It is but a mere Nascent Soul stage magic item. Let's not talk about the Heaven Lake Sect. Even you yourself will not treat it with such importance." The middle aged man spoke, "I'm sure the true value of it shouldn't lie on the item itself but on somewhere else."

Cao Wei frowned lightly, "Wu Qingrou, this is none of your business."

The middle aged man was none other than the Great Qin Empire's Prime Minister, Wu Qingrou. Hearing Cao Wei's words, Wu Qingrou laughed, "If I didn't remember wrongly, six thousand years ago, there was an Immortal Soul stage cultivator called the Mountain and River Holy Man. The magic treasure that he has with him was called the Mountain and River Void Crucible."

After hearing what Prime Minister Wu had said, Cao Wei's expression changed. Wu Qingrou continued, "Legend has it that the Heaven Lake Sect and the Mountain and River Holy Man do not share a good relationship. In fact, during an intense battle, he lost his life on one of the snow plains very far up north. And because of that, the magic treasure, the Mountain and River Void Crucible has landed in your sect's hands."

"But other than the Mountain and River Void Crucible, there are other nine Nascent Soul stage magic crucibles that come in a set along with the magic treasure."

Wu Qingrou smiled gently, "The Mountain and River Void Crucible might be a magic treasure but it might not be worth that much of your effort. It seems that the magic treasure has some secret that requires all nine little crucibles to unlock. Am I right?"

Cao Wei calmed down and spoke in the plainest tone possible, "So, are you going to interfere in this?"

Wu Qingrou shook his head and replied, "Nope. I do not have the intention to do so. I hope you don't mind but I do like to perform checks on my working partners."

"On a more serious note, I also wanted to see how inclined the Heaven Lake Sect is to collaborate. From this, I can understand how willing you all would want to work with me and this would allow me to better calculate the input that I should invest in this collaboration after gaining a better understanding of the success rate."

Cao Wei heard his reply and nodded his head gently, "That's fair."

After this, Cao Wei suddenly changed the topic, "Now, do you mind telling me how confident you are of locating the precise location of Mount Yujing in the turbulence and currents within the void dimension after acquiring the rock form Mount Yujing as well as the leave from the treasure tree?"

"At most fifty percent." Wu Qingrou answered plainly. "This is purely a hypothesis. Only after laying my hands on these two items, I can then give a more accurate answer. Any talk about this would still be premature."

"Especially the tree on Mount Yujing. No one has seen, it and of course, no one has even touched it. Even I know nothing about the tree."

Wu Qingrou continued, "However, the fifty percent chance is enough for me to make a decision already. I will continue to perfect the plan until it reaches a hundred percent success rate."

Cao Wei did not what to take a stand on that matter as he replied nonchalantly, "And that would be your own business."

Wu Qingrou was not withholding anything as he pointed out directly, "In my plan, your portion is where I find it hardest to control."

Cao Wei was expressionless as he said, "When it comes to my disciple, I am very sure that he has a sixty percent chance of winning. I don't dare to claim any higher but definitely not lower."

Wu Qingrou replied, "If you say so, then that's good."

His voice became softer gradually which was a sign that the voice projection was about to be cut off. Just before it cut off, Wu Qingrou mentioned a line that made Cao Wei's heart skipped a beat.

"After the Spiritual Conference, there might be some changes to the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World. Tell your disciples to hold their horses."

After this line, the connection was completely cut and Cao Wei's brows furrowed. He knew that the last line from Wu Qingrou was an addition act of concern from his partner but the lack of details generated suspicion.

Just as he was communicating with Wu Qingrou, in the Hidden Dragon Teapot, Xiao Budian and Song Qingyuan had already began a vicious battle.

Xiao Budian had already taken the form of the Thunderstorm Demon and God which was a good two meters tall as he struck an attack in the direction of Song Qingyuan, trying to exercise his advantage in close combat.

Song Qingyuan might possess the Two Bodies of Ice and Fire, but when it came to a straight-on close combat battle, he knew that he had little chance in overcoming Xiao Budian's physical prowess. Hence, he did not waste anytime and went straight to focusing on using his spells to attack Xiao Budian from a distance.

Although he had also mastered the Heaven Lake Sect's Dark Polar Blaze Mantra, Song Qingyuan's style was vastly different from Mu Jihai's.

Fang Zhong's icy blaze was the coarsest amongst all of them and that was because he had just mastered the mantra and could not exercise any close control. All he could do was to produce the icy blaze and then launch it towards his opponent, relying purely on the power of the icy blaze.

Dao Yuting's mastery of the mantra was higher than Fang Zhong and could already exercise some close control over it. But nevertheless, she was still at the beginner stage and her fighting style was still rather direct and lacked variation.

At the Aurous Core stage, Mu Jihai, having trained for a good hundred years, his mastery of the icy blaze was way above his two juniors, who were still at the Foundation Establishment stage. And because he had focused all his energy on mastering this mantra, his control of the icy blaze was very good and was capable of producing multiple variations.

Even if the grandmaster at the Nascent Soul stage within his sect coul win him based on mana and raw power, they might not be able to achieve the micro-control that Mu Jihai could over the icy blaze.

And what Song Qingyuan now was displaying once again affirmed his position as the number one disciple of the Heaven Lake Sect, and why Mu Jihai could only stay in his shadows.

The number of spells which he had learnt and mastered was way more than Mu Jihai and any of the spells would have required a large amount of time and energy from any disciple to learn. Even when it came to the mastery of the Dark Polar Blaze Mantra, Song Qingyuan was at least on par with him.

Song Qingyuan's icy blaze was scattered all around the space within the Hidden Dragon Teapot as it slowly turned into a mist-like form that shrouded the interior of the teapot.

Regardless of which direction Xiao Budian was attacking from, he would be blocked by the icy blaze at the first instant.

And strangely, maybe because of the lesson learnt from the previous fight, Xiao Budian had adopted a more conservative battle style as compared to previous wild and bold manner.

If it was still the same battle that he had with Mu Jihai, Xiao Budian would have chosen to barge through the defence from the icy mist with his brute strength.

But now, Xiao Budian was much more cautious as he circled around Song Qingyuan's icy blaze and tested the defence from different angles in an attempt to locate the Achilles' Heel of this strange defence before launching the finishing blow.

"I see you have gained some experience after the previous fight… Or is he trying to conceal his strength so as to reserve his energy for the final battle by winning with minimal cost?" SOng Qingyuan continued with his pondering, "But if he were to be so cautious, it won't be good for me."

"Master has entrusted me with two matter and I have only done one. The next one would be difficult if he were to be so conservative."

At this thought, Song Qingyuan made up his mind and changed his fighting style.

If Xiao Budian had decided to be conservative, Song Qingyuan had decided to be more aggressive as he turned all the icy blaze into sparks of flame contained within an icy cyclone which spun its way towards Xiao Budian.

Lin Feng saw the change in the spell from outside of the Hidden Dragon Teapot and let out an inconspicuous smile.

Song Qingyuan's fearsome attack filled the entire interior of the Hidden Dragon Teapot and had excited all the Heaven Lake Sect cultivators which were watching anxiously from the outside of the teapot.

Some of the disciples exclaimed gleefully, "Senior Mu might have lost but he had nonetheless destroyed the arrogance and courage of Shi Tianhao."

"Without aggression and courage, how could he triumph over Senior Song? Senior Song is definitely going into the finals. If Shi Xingyun from the Great Qin Empire can actually drain some of Zhu Yi's energy, Senior Song would be able to claim the victory in the final battle with ease."

After hearing these words, many of the disicples who were still at the lower echelons showed looks of approval and agreement. Even some of the Aurous Core stage cultivators revealed a smile as they watched Song Qingyuan's attack.

However, the few Nascent Soul stage grandmasters from the Heaven Lake Sect revealed a look of worry and for some, even a tinge of anger.

But most of them were unable to understand, "That's too hasty! The spell might look big and powerful but it has too many loopholes."

"How could he forget about his fundamentals just from making it into the top four? Unless he thought that Shi Tianhao had become a coward and became too impatient for his victory. This is not how Song Qingyuan usually behaves!"

And of course, the patient Xiao Budian was energized at the sight of Song Qingyuan's attack as he consolidated all the wind and thunder energy underneath his feet before springing forward like lightning towards Song Qingyuan. He pierced through a hole in the Dark Polar Blaze Mantra and went straight for Song QIngyuan.

Song Qingyuan's face darkened and was enraged by the sight of this. He quickly recovered his icy blaze as he attempted to reconstruct his tought defence line.

But just as how the strongest and longest dam could be eroded by a single ant nest, once the loophole or weakness had been identified by the opponent, it was only a matter of time before the defence line would crumble in the face of immense pressure.

Regardless of how SOng QIngyuan tried to turn the tables back into his favor, the odds were slowly tilting to Xiao Budian's favor.

The change in tides within the Hidden Dragon Table was simply due to the carelessness of Song Qingyuan and immediately, he had handed the advantage to Xiao Budian.

Outside the Hidden Dragon Teapot, Lin Feng was laughing inside as he thought, "If you really want to play, let me fulfill your wish."

He turned around to look at Cao Wei before asking politely, "Lord Cao, I would like to increase the stakes. But that is of course under the condition that you are willing to play along?"

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Chapter 331: A Crazy Bet!

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In the current battle situation, Xiao Budian turned the tables around and was now in an advantageous position. Lin Feng once again attacked Cao Wei.

For many people, the battle between the two great masters Lin Feng and Cao Wei was more exciting than the sparring match during the spiritual conference.

Earlier, in the battle between Dao Yuting and Wang Lin, the two of them had made bets. At this moment, it was double or nothing.

Everyone fixed their gaze on Cao Wei unblinkingly. They wanted to see if he would respond to the challenge. Regardless, they were in the Hidden Dragon Gorge and Song Qingyuan was at a disadvantage.

"If Master Lin is interested, then I don't mind," Cao Wei's expression didn't change as he said it. He had an air of a tiger who refused to accept death. He wanted a death match with Lin Feng.

Looking at Lin Feng, he said candidly, "If your disciple loses, other than the Fire and Ice Fruit and a rock from Mount Yujing, you must give me a tree branch from your treasure tree, do you agree?"

Lin Feng smiled and responded, "So you have been after these items all this while?"

After pausing for a while, Lin Feng said, "No problem. However, if my disciple wins, then not only must you let me keep my original winnings, but you must give me a speciality from the Heaven Lake: the Dual Polarity Divine Flower. Will you accept this offer, Master Cao?"

Cao Wei's eyebrows arched for a while and he did not respond immediately.

Shi Zongyue and the other Immortal Soul stage cultivators looked at this scene with interest. By demanding such a valuable item as collateral, Lin Feng appeared hell-bent on bleeding the Heaven Lake Sect dry.

The Dual Polarity Divine Flower was a spiritual flower that grew only around the Heaven Lake Sect. As it was birthed from the two extremes of fire and ice, it produced both elemental aspects. It was able to harmonize with the heavens and earth and was mythical beyond belief.

What was particularly unique about the flower was that it only bloomed once every 3600 years. Its value exceeded that of a Nascent Soul stage magic item.

In this sense, it was akin to a magic treasure embryo.

Previously, the Zhuyan Ice Flower that Xiao Budian and Mu Jihai betted on was a mutation of the Dual Polarity Divine Flower.

That was because the Dual Polarity Divine Flower was way too previous and extremely rare. Hence, the Heaven Lake Sect tried to improve upon it and produced the Zhuyan Ice Flower in the end. While it was few in number, it was way more than Dual Polarity Divine Flower.

However, in terms of uses and quality, the disparity was still far too wide. It was not even fit to help the Dual Polarity Divine Flower carry its shoes.

Wu Qingrou did promise that in the bets between Lin Feng and Cao Wei, he would supplement all collaterals. Even if he could not produce the original, he would find one of equal value.

However, the Dual Polarity Divine Flower that Lin Feng demanded still made Cao Wei frown in deliberation.

However, he quickly nodded his head and said, "Alright, let's do it."

Seeing that Cao Wei had agreed, the crowd's sentiments flared. The battle within the Hidden Dragon Gorge had been given much more meaning and significance, and everyone was way more interested.

At this moment, Prince Xian of the Left of the Northern Tribes suddenly opened his mouth and said, "For such an exciting battle, I want in on it too."

Saying that the entire conference fell silent. However, the crowd was becoming increasingly agitated. Everyone knew that the Royal House of the Northern Tribes had quarrels with the Heaven Lake Sect. By interfering now, the Royal House of the Northern Tribes surely meant do ills to the Heaven Lake Sect.

Indeed, Prince Xian smiled, "Between the two juniors in the Hidden Dragon Gorge, I preferred Shi Tianhao who trained under Master Lin. I am willing to bet a Bear King Golden Gallbladder on him. In return, I want the Ice Mirror from the Heaven Lake Sect. Are you willing to take up the bet, Cao Wei?"

The entire crowd began to murmur. The Bear King Golden Gallbladder was one of the most precious items of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes. It was obtained only through killing a Demonic Lord stage Polar Bear Demon and then harvesting its gallbladder. After consumption by human cultivators, it would greatly increase the prowess of one's physical body without any side-effect.

In the history of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes, every single pro who left his name in the annals of history had used the gallbladder before.

A Demonic Lord stage Polar Bear Demon would take more than a thousand years to appear. To kill and extract its gallbladder was a herculean task similar to procuring a Dual Polarity Divine Flower.

Cao Wei's face betrayed no expression as he said, "Taking advantage of the situation, eh? Are you still after my Ice Mirror? I thought that you would want the Snow Tassel that you had previously lost to me back."

Evidently stung by Cao Wei's words, Prince Xian did not become angry. Instead, he laughed, "Are you saying that you don't dare to take up the bet?"

"Why not? However, I don't fancy your Bear King Golden Gallbladder," said Cao Wei calmly. "If you want to bet, bet on your Northern Tribe's Murderous Soul Jade instead."

Prince Xian stopped laughing. His gaze was fixed unmovingly on Cao Wei.

Upon hearing the name of the Murderous Soul Jade, many faces in the audience looked confused. They did not know what it was and they did not know why did Prince Xian become so guarded all of a sudden.

However, for the Immortal Soul stage cultivators and the Nascent Soul stage cultivators, their eyes betrayed a sudden realization.

After checking the system, Lin Feng realized that the Murderous Soul Jade was a rarely-found jade present in the territories controlled by the Northern Tribes. It had the ability to connect one's soul directly with the heavens and earth and was a great helper to the cultivators of the Northern Tribes who specialized in spells of the soul.

Conversely, those who wore the Murderous Soul Jade as an accessory were protected from others who tried to attack them with spells of the soul. It could help in reducing the damage inflicted.

Cao Wei did not want the Bear King Golden Gallbladder but the Murderous Soul Jade instead, demonstrating that he had sharp eyes for these sort of things. For cultivators of Prince Xian's and Cao Wei's levels, other than magic treasures or magic treasure embryos, as well as a few rare items, the items were not really attractive for him.

However, as magic treasures and magic treasure embryos were too expensive, they would not easily use them as collateral. Hence, the items that they were betting on were for the future of their respective sects and disciples with potential. Hence, they were suited for use by Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

The Heaven Lake Sect did not specialize in physical martial arts. Even if they were to use the Bear King Golden Gallbladder, they would still be unable to defeat the Northern Tribe cultivators.

Furthermore, the Heaven Lake Sect cultivators possessed the Burning Ice Spell. In higher-tiers battles, they were not afraid of Northern Tribes cultivators at all.

However, the spells of the soul of the Northern Tribes were a major cause of headache for Heaven Lake Sect cultivators for thousands of years. They never really had a good counter for that.

During the preliminary rounds when Sang Luohe lost to Shi Xingyun, many Heaven Lake Sect cultivators were elated. Even if Song Qingyuan were to battle against Sang Luohe, it would be an extremely difficult battle, let alone Mu Jihai.

The Murderous Soul Jade that the Northern Tribes produced was a decisive tool in defeating them.

Prince Xian of the Left of the Northern Tribes looked at Cao Wei for a good while before grunting, "Fine, I will use my Murderous Soul Jade as collateral against your Ice Mirror."

Cao Wei nodded his head, "I shall accept your gift humbly then."

With that, the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster took out a stone that was akin to a stele.

Lin Feng's eyes narrowed as he noticed that there was sword slash on the stone. It was clear and straight. Initially, it appeared to be nothing extraordinary. However, upon closer inspection, one would realize that it brimmed with powerful, concentrated sword aura.

The sword slash had evidently been there for a long while, but it refused to disappear. What was more shocking was that the sword aura from whence was extremely strong. Under normal circumstances, such a powerful sword aura could carve a massive abyss in the ground.

However, while the sword aura was extremely powerful, it remained concentrated and did not activate.

"Mount Shu Sword Sect, the Shaoshang Sword Artifact?" Lin Feng recognized the history of the sword slash. The Supreme Radiance Swordmaster nodded his head and said, "This was something that the Shaoshang Swordmaster, who visited Xingyun Peak years ago, left behind. I shall use this as collateral against your Matte Glowless Metal, how about it?"

The Sun Radiance Swordmaster looked at the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster with a highly inquisitive look.

If one should obtain the Shaoshang Sword Artifact, one would be able to understand the moves and techniques of Mount Shu's Shaoshang Sword Technique. While it was impossible to cultivate the skills of the Shaoshang Sword Technique through this alone, one would be able to effectively counter many of its moves in the future.

The worth of the stele needed no further elaboration. However, by offering this item up as collateral, it would be interesting if the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster actually lost it to Lin Feng.

For someone like the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster, he would definitely have thought of this point. A single mistake would be catastrophic. Hence, the only possible explanation was that he decided to do so deliberately.

Lin Feng was silent for a while before he nodded his head and said, "If the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster possesses such taste, then I shall reciprocate."

The Gambling Holy Man looked at the Hidden Dragon Gorge for a good while before smiling and saying, "In this conference, looking at how everyone is betting here and there, it kind of makes me want to bet too."

"For such an interesting bet, how could I not join in?" Zhuge Guang smiled as he flipped over his hand to take out an item.

The item floated halfway in the sky and everyone could see it. In that instant, excitement coursed through the crowd.

Other than the few Immortal Soul stage cultivators, everyone else's gaze blazed when they saw it.

The item was a root that looked like a ginseng. Its hair brimmed with spiritual energy and its color was glossy like white jade.

Under its jade-white skin, there appeared to be eight rays of light which rose and sunk together, as if they were dancing. They were blood-red, akin to the blood vessels in the human body.

This spiritual ginseng was like an animal that was alive. Its red light flashed as its body heaved, like a breathing person.

With every flash of red, the spiritual ginseng regained its jade-white appearance. It was extremely glossy like a transparent crystal.

Everyone exclaimed, "Could this be the Eight-Veined Ginseng?"

Everyone on-site understood that for every cultivator, the Eight-Veined Ginseng was one of the most valuable items ever. It could extend one's natural lifespan!

The most potent aspect of it was that the higher the user's cultivation was, the longer his lifespan would be extended upon consuming the Eight-Veined Ginseng. If a Nascent Soul stage cultivator used it, his lifespan could be extended by almost a thousand years.

For every cultivator who was before the Nascent Soul stage, the Eight-Veined Ginseng was an item that was worth cities. This was because a Nascent Soul stage cultivator could only live 3600 years naturally. As one neared the end of one's lifespan, one would die unless one reached the Immortal Soul stage. Countless of Nascent Soul stage grandmasters had fallen like this.

Fortunately, this item was in the hands of the Gambling Holy Man Zhuge Guang. If it was held by any one below his cultivation level, a group would surely descend upon him to snatch it away.

Zhuge Guang smiled slightly and was just about to say something when the Asura Holy Man, who had been silent all this while, opened his mouth.

"I'll join this bet too."

The boisterous crowd suddenly quietened down. Everyone stared at Huo Xiu, Zhuge Guang and the rest of the Immortal Soul stage cultivators. Only one thought was in their minds.

"Crazy!"

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Chapter 332: Ultimate Move

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The bet was originally between Lin Feng and Cao Wei, but now it comprised Prince Xian, the Supreme Radiance Swordmaster, the Gambling Holy Man, Zhuge Guang, and the Asura Holy Man. The craziness of the situation now was unforeseen by neither Lin Feng nor Cao Wei.

In particular, few had foreseen that the originally silent, seemingly uncaring Asura Holy Man would participate in it too.

Earlier, in the Spiritual Conference, the Asura Holy Man did not react too strongly to the defeats of Huo Ming and Huo Chen despite the other Huo Family cultivators' vexation. It was as if he did not care at all.

Zhuge Guang was slightly surprised. He smiled and looked at Huo Xiu and said, "Oh, is the head of the Huo Family interested too? Why not you begin?"

Huo Xiu nodded his head. The air before him began to vibrate slightly as a shining green treasure appeared in it.

It was a skull fashioned from emerald. It was extremely small and delicate, comparable to the fist of an infant. Glossy green light shone off it as it appeared very exquisite.

The emerald skull did not give off any aura or spiritual energy. Everyone on-scene looked at it, puzzled. This item was not famous like the Eight-Veined Ginseng. Everyone stared at it for a good long while as no one could recognize its origins.

However, the Blue Pavilion Holy Man, Cao Wei and the other Immortal Soul stage cultivators looked at it with solemn expressions. They viewed it much more seriously than the Eight-Veined Ginseng.

Only a few people could feel that death aura that the emerald skull emitted. It was extremely faint. Cultivators in the Immortal Soul stage themselves took a lot of effort to sense it. However, the aura of death was extremely pure and concentrated, as if it had come straight from the hell itself. It was the pure epitome of death itself.

What made them more shocked was that the fact this skull was actually a magic treasure embryo.

Zhuge Guang said, shocked, "Master Huo, do you intend to use this as your collateral?"

Huo Xiu's expression was calm as he nodded his head. "Exactly, this magic treasure embryo, the Emerald Skull, shall be my collateral."

With that, everyone knew that this seemingly-unimpressive skull was actually a magic treasure embryo. A collective gasp rippled through the crowd.

The item that Huo Xiu produced could be said to be the most valuable collateral in the entire conference.

Even while they were supposedly held in check by their seniors, everyone's emotions ran amok. Some of the Nascent Soul elders themselves found it hard to control their emotions.

By using such a valuable item as collateral, it was evident that Huo Xiu was not after any ordinary thing.

Tuntun asked Zhu Yi, who was by her side, "What does he want to bet with us?"

By joining this wager, Huo Xiu shocked everyone. However, what he did next was even more shocking.

He looked at Cao Wei and said quietly, "I bet that Shi Tianhao of the Celestial Sect will win. I wish to bet a piece of the Dark Polar Blaze Stone with you. Do you take up the bet?"

Tuntun opened her eyes as she looked at Huo Xiu. She did not expect that his target was Cao Wei, not Lin Feng.

One must remember that Huo Chen lost to Wang Lin in this conference, while Huo Ming was defeated by Zhu Yi. For many people, it would appear as if the enmity between the Huo Family and the Celestial Sect had been set.

However, looking at it now, it appeared that Huo Xiu, an Immortal Soul stage cultivator, would not bear such petty grudges. He completely disregarded the victories and losses of his Foundation Establishment, Aurous Core and Nascent Soul stages disciples.

For Huo Xiu, it was not shameful that his disciples had lost to others. It just meant that they were not skilled enough and required more practice.

Lin Feng and Cao Wei both had calm expressions. Upon hearing Huo Xiu's words, Cao Wei agreed after a while. "Sure, I accept."

The signature move of the Heaven Lake Sect was known as the Dark Polar Blaze Mantra, and the Dark Polar Blaze Stone something that capable cultivators of the Immortal Soul stage would try with all their efforts to form with their innate mana.

In terms of value, it was definitely incomparable to a magic treasure. However, it could be compared to a magic treasure embryo. It could not, however, be cultivated into a magic treasure.

Shi Zongyue looked at Huo Xiu and asked, "Do you wish to borrow the powers of the Dark Polar Blaze Stone to further improve yourself? I feel that you are almost at that level already."

"The Dark Polar Blaze Stone is both blazing hot and icy cold. It's good stuff to use to practice one's swordsmanship."

Huo Xiu's face was calm as he said nothing. However, he did not dismiss Shi Zongyue's guess.

Zhuge Guang smiled, "In comparison to Master Huo's Emerald Skull, my item does seem insignificant."

He looked at Lin Feng and said, "I hope Master Lin will not mock me. I wish to offer my Eight-Veined Ginseng as collateral against your Ethereal Heart Cauldron. How about it?"

The two items could not be easily compared in terms of value. The Ethereal Heart Cauldron could be a powerful object in the hands of someone who specialized in pill cultivation. It could reduce the amount of medicines required and increase its success rate to maximise pill output.

However, the Eight-Veined Ginseng too was extremely valuable. With this item, it was equivalent to extending one's life by a few thousand years. One would hence gain more time to cultivate improve oneself while enjoying one's time in this world.

Lin Feng smiled slightly and responded, "For such a wager, how could the Gambling Holy Man not join in? It would truly be a shame. Since the Gambling Holy Man has such tastes, then how could I possibly refuse?"

At this point in time, the many cultivators from the major powers were all in a bit of a daze.

The stone of Mount Yujing, a branch from the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree, a pair of Demonic Commander stage Flying Snowy Plumes, the Dual Polarity Divine Flower, the Fire and Ice Fruit, the Emerald Skull, the Dark Polar Blaze Stone, the Murderous Soul Jade, the Ice Mirror, the Shaoshang Sword Artifact, the Matte Glowless Metal, the Eight-Veined Ginseng, the Ethereal Heart Cauldron, the Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness and the Aurora Polar Mirror.

All of the items were precious beyond belief. If any small sect to obtain even just one of them, they would treasure it like crazy. They would be afraid to get it even slightly damaged.

Here, however, they were all collaterals in a wager. A wager that involved all of the Immortal Soul stage cultivators present. This whole scene could be simply described as madness.

Other than Zhuge Guang's bet earlier in his days against someone using a magic treasure as collateral, there were few wagers that were crazier than this.

Everyone's gaze fell upon the Hidden Dragon Gorge as they thought, "I wonder if the two people inside knew how important their battle had become."

In the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Xiao Budian and Song Qingyuan were battling intensely. Song Qingyuan had lost the upper hand to Xiao Budian, and it appeared as if he could not turn the situation around.

"Time's almost up, I think master had settled it on his side," thought Song Qingyuan. "It's time for me to act. If not, my disadvantage will grow and then, it may actually be impossible for me to turn the tables around."

Thinking about it now, Song Qingyuan summoned a spell as the Icy Blaze around him changed and turned into a pure icy freeze and a pure red-hot blaze. The two powers were at their extremes as they formed a whirlpool in front in front of him.

This was the exact spell that he had used to overcome the Northern Tribe cultivator Dou Kun earlier on, the Venus of Fire and Ice.

In the whirlpool, a huge power could be felt within it, slowly growing and becoming stronger. This power, however, was not pure. Xiao Budian could feel a semblance of life from it.

In one moment, the whirlpool was blazingly hot and in the other, it was deathly cold like ice. The two emotions combined together, and it felt as if a life would burst forth from within the whirlpool.

Xiao Budian looked at it carefully as he felt an eye, from within the whirlpool, glaring at him intensely.

In the next instant, a crazy force exploded from the center of Song Qingyuan's whirlpool as it flew towards Xiao Budian.

Dou Kun's physical prowess was no weaker than Xiao Budian's one, which right now was bristling with the powers of the storm and electricity. Even so, a direct hit from Song Qingyuan would render one severely injured and out of the fight.

However, Xiao Budian did not show any sign of fear as the Form of the Thunderstorm Demon and God suddenly disappeared and he reverted to his original form.

Facing Song Qingyuan's Venus of Ice and Fire, Xiao Budian slowly raised his right hand. At that point, he felt as if ten thousand tons had fallen upon his right hand. It was unimaginably heavy.

On his right hand, two rays of light, one green and one purple, spun. While it appeared to be small and thin, it brimmed with an unimaginable power.

Xiao Budian abandoned his Heaven-Shaking Thunderstorm, but it did not just dissipate. Instead, it was completely concentrated on his right hand.

Following that, Xiao Budian punched out towards Song Qingyuan's ice and fire whirlpool.

Out of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Prince Xian of the Left of the Northern Tribes, whose physical martial skills were the best, opened his eyes wide in shock.

Every single other Nothern Tribe cultivator opened their eyes as they stared at Xiao Budian in the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

Looking at Xiao Budian's punch, its power was undeniable. It was as destructive as a hurricane and as wild as thunder. The punch itself appeared to have taken a physical form as its powers grew with each passing moment.

In the process of increasing, the thunderstorm continued to crackle out as a terrible energy took its place.

It grew non-stop and it collapsed non-stop. It destroyed ceaselessly, as it exploded ceaselessly. Its power grew with each passing moment.

"Heaven Hammer of the Eight Trigrams, Dual Hammers!"

Xiao Budian learned the secrets of this physical martial art move from Lin Feng. He combined the Heaven Hammer of the Eight Trigrams with his own understanding to form this new, terrifying move.

With this punch, it destroyed the wind and thunder. It destroyed the world and collapsed its two poles!

The powerful punch came into contact with Song Qingyuan's Venus of Ice and Fire. The ceaselessly-swirling whirlpool was destroyed in a single instant by Xiao Budian's punch.

The life within the whirlpool appeared to give out a painful wail, brimming with anger and resentment, but unable to do anything about its fate. It too was completely wrecked by Xiao Budian's punch.

Facing Xiao Budian's powerful punch, Song Qingyuan's expression was filled with shock. A thought surfaced in his heart, "Indeed, he preserved his energy in the battle against Mu Jihai. If not, Mu Jihai would have been destroyed by this one punch alone!"

With this, Song Qingyuan did not dare to hesitate anymore. With his left hand, he summoned an odd spell; his index finger and middle finger became erect like swords as he pointed them towards his forehead.

"I have to use my ultimate move, if not I'll lose for sure. I meant to leave it for Zhu Yi, but right now it appears that I cannot wait anymore."

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Chapter 333: Xuanhuang Four-Word Mantra

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Song Qingyuan summoned a weird spell. In the spaces between his fingers, it appeared as if a sheet of ice had frozen over it. Then, fires blazed over them. It all appeared perfectly harmonious.

In his right hand, his index and middle fingers were straight. Together, they were like a sword. However, he did not point his hand at Xiao Budian. Instead, he pointed it towards his own forehead.

Looking at this action, the first group to be shocked was the Heaven Lake Sect disciples. Everyone stared at Song Qingyuan who was in the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

"The Dual Sword Auras of Ice and Fire!" exclaimed a voice from the crowd. As the speaker was too excited, it sounded like a scream.

Every single Heaven Lake Sect disciple stared at their master, Cao Wei. "The Dual Sword Auras of Ice and Fire is the signature move of our master. Even the Two Elders of Ice and Fire do not know it."

Mu Jihai, who had long viewed Song Qingyuan as his competitor, appeared shell-shocked. It was as if his soul had left his body. He stared dazedly at Song Qingyuan and only regained his senses after a long while. He cried out, "Impossible! He's only putting a show!"

Only by convincing himself of that could Mu Jihai avoid total mental collapse.

For if Song Qingyuan could actually wield the Dual Sword Auras of Ice and Fire, that would mean that he was not on the same level as Mu Jihai. Mu Jihai's struggle up till this point was for his sense of pride and dignity. Now, it had been rendered a joke.

It was not even a funny joke, but one that made its listeners shake their head in disbelief and pity.

However, Song Qingyuan meant to deliver this blow to Mu Jihai anyway. The pressure Xiao Budian exerted on him only forced him to show his hand much more quickly.

After confirming that Song Qingyuan did indeed summon the Dual Sword Auras of Ice and Fire, a Nascent Soul stage elder from the Heaven Lake Sect said with certainty, "He'd won!"

Cao Wei looked calmly at the Hidden Dragon Gorge and then nodded his head slightly. Without this move, he did not believe that Song Qingyuan had a 60% chance of winning.

This was the trust he had in both his disciple and himself.

In the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Song Qingyuan pointed to his forehead as an endless amount of ice sheet engulfed his body. His entire body became an iceberg.

In the next instant, the iceberg disintegrated with a large boom, like a volcanic eruption. Endless amount of lava spewed towards the sky.

The iceberg steamed non-stop as blazing fire danced in the sky. The two of them quickly turned into two columns of smoke, one red and one blue. Then, they merged together into one and floated into the sky, before disappearing.

Within the Hidden Dragon Gorge, the sky remained blue and the water azure. Song Qingyuan's spell disappeared as if it had never even been cast in the first place.

However, everyone, particularly Xiao Budian in the Gorge, could feel that in the vastness of the sky within the Gorge, a huge amount of energy trembled and vibrated. It was as if doomsday had come early, paralyzing everyone with fear.

Invisible and non-corporeal, but one could definitely sense the terrible presence within. In one moment, it could be next to you, killing you in one fell swoop. You did not even have the chance to react.

Xiao Budian squinted his eyes as he noticed Song Qingyuan, who was not that far away from him, was calm. The two of them stared at each other like this for the longest while.

While their distance was extremely close, Xiao Budian could feel that should he take one step closer to Song Qingyuan, the sword aura that had enveloped the entire surroundings would come forward and slay him.

While it was invisible, it did not mean that it did not exist. Xiao Budian could feel becoming increasingly wary.

"Unless it's a Nascent Soul stage cultivator like Prince Chong Yun, he would be able to kill most early Nascent Soul stage cultivators with this spell. If he had the help of his Nascent Soul stage magic item the Aurora Polar Mirror, then he could kill maybe a few of Nascent Soul stage cultivators."

Xiao Budian then smiled suddenly, "However, it can't do much to me."

His tiny body approached Song Qingyun. His expression was carefree as his entire body brimmed and cackled with thunder and wind. At the last instant, they all went to his head before disappearing.

In Xiao Budian's eyes, there was an infinite amount of light dancing. At the start, there was only the tempest and storm. Later, they were filled with the incarnations of heaven and earth, fire and water, mountains and rivers and the various forms of the Eight Trigrams. They swirled, rose and sank, resembling the chaos of creation itself.

Above Xiao Budian's head, the thunder and wind had disappeared. However, what replaced it was a turbulent starry sky. It was as if the earliest universe had formed over Xiao Budian's head.

In that instant, Xiao Budian's gaze no longer fell on Song Qingyuan. Instead, it looked towards the distant nothing.

Only Zhu Yi, who was out of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, knew that Xiao Budian was looking at him.

Xiao Budian softly muttered a few words, "Second Senior, you have your impressive literary talent. As for me, I have my Xuanhuang Four-Words Mantra."

As Xiao Budian stepped forward, the ice in Song Qingyuan's eyes danced. He waved the sword symbol that he had formed with his right hand, as the entire Hidden Dragon Gorge began trembling. The Hidden Dragon Gorge began to glow as it prepared its defensive mechanisms.

Without a sound and without the vibration of any aura, nothing could be seen in the air. However, everyone could feel that a terrible energy had been activated by Song Qingyuan as it charged towards Xiao Budian.

In this moment, Xiao Budian finally turned his head around as he stared at Song Qingyuan. He raised his palms as he clenched them into fists in the air.

"Zì! (字, word)"

With Xiao Budian's gentle bellow, his entire surrounding began to tremble as the various dimensions collapsed upon each other. The various slices of space stacked themselves on top of each other, like a shiny, glittering wall.

In these broken dimensional slices, one could feel a mad energy trembling within it. It was like a trapped beast that had no mean to escape.

Xiao Budian slowly stepped forward as he recited, "There are four cardinal directions, they read 'Zì' (字). The wide heavens and the infinite amount of space are now under my command."

As Xiao Budian advanced, he continued his recitation. A limitless, and all-intrusive energy could be felt slowly coming down. Even Song Qingyuan's invisible sword aura appeared to have lost its luster in its wake.

Song Qingyuan's face changed color rapidly. To pull off his Dual Sword Aura of Ice and Fire, he needed to use all of his energy. Now, his sword aura had been suppressed by Xiao Budian along with his own spiritual energy too. He could do nothing but struggle.

In that instant, Song Qingyuan had lost his former calm. His facial expressions betrayed only fear.

He could have never imagined that after using his Dual Sword Auras of Ice and Fire, he was still no match for Xiao Budian.

In that instant, Xiao Budian had appeared before him. His calm expression had a sliver of tyranny and violence in it.

"As a disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, only my seniors and juniors are fit to spar with me. The rest of you are not worthy!"

Xiao Budian looked at Song Qingyuan before smiling and then punching out. Song Qingyuan's entire person was sent flying.

In that instant, the defensive mechanism of the Hidden Dragon Gorge came into play. It protected Song Qingyuan, but at the same time, it declared him to be the loser.

Out of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, the atmosphere was solemn amongst the Heaven Lake Sect cultivators, as if someone had just died. The total amount of years everyone had spent cultivating was easily more than a thousand years, but they could not control the rising sense of helplessness.

They really wanted to look at their master Cao Wei in the hopes that he could provide them with some form of support and eliminate their sense of helplessness. But they did not dare to do so.

Reason told them to not disturb Cao Wei at this moment.

They noticed Cao Wei's sentiments, but others did not. The scene dissolved into chaos as everyone could only the frantic expression in each other's eyes.

Xiao Budian's previous performance made everyone think that there existed a great difference between Zhu Yi and him. However, looking at it now, regardless of the fact that Zhu Yi had just ascended into the middle Aurous Core stage, it was evident that Xiao Budian's powers were no less than Zhu Yi's.

Zhao Yan said with his mouth agape in shock, "Could... could this be the power to control space? While it was still raw and unrefined, it possessed an immense amount of awareness of the cosmos. It seems like the type of understanding only a Nascent Soul stage cultivator possesses."

Tao Yaoyao's face had an undescribably solemn expression as Zhao Yan's question was left unanswered.

The might of the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders once again shocked everyone.

Cao Wei stared expressionlessly at the Hidden Dragon Gorge. His body appeared to have turned into a statue.

"I thank Master Cao for his generosity on behalf of my disciples," said Lin Feng, smiling. "I welcome you to take part in similar bets with me in the future."

"There are two more rounds coming next. Will Master Cao be willing to bet two more rounds? Oh, right, please give me your collaterals right now. I remember Master Cao saying once that he did not like to owe others stuff. We are similar in this regard."

Cao Wei finally moved. He turned over to look at Lin Feng in the eye as he took in a deep breath and said heavily, "If I dare to bet, I dare to lose. My Heaven Lake Sect can afford this loss."

Next to him, Prince Xian laughed, "Don't forget my Ice Mirror too."

Huo Xiu did not say anything, but as he was standing right there Cao Wei could not ignore him.

In that instant, despite Cao Wei's thousands of years worth of cultivation, he made an action similar to spitting blood.

The Supreme Radiance Swordmaster's expression was deeply respectful as he handed over the Shaoshang Sword Artifact. The Gambling Holy Man smiled bitterly before handing over his Eight-Veined Ginseng.

Cao Wei's Flying Snow Plumes and the Dual Polarity Divine Flower were flying over from the Heaven Lake Sect. They would not reach in an instant.

However, Lin Feng had already won big this round. When Xiao Budian and Song Qingyuan exited the Hidden Dragon Gorge, he demanded the Aurora Polar Mirror. Song Qingyuan, who was already depressed with his loss, almost fainted in anger.

If not for the fact that everyone's gaze was onto him, Song Qingyuan would rather battle to the death with Xiao Budian than to hand over his Aurora Polar Mirror. Even if he did not win, he could always run away. For him to surrender his Aurora Polar Mirror was like asking him to surrender his life.

However, with the pressure of Lin Feng and Cao Wei and the few other Immortal Soul stage cultivators on him, Song Qingyuan could only helplessly surrender the mirror. The sorrow in his eyes was akin to a young girl who had just been gang-raped by a thousand men.

Xiao Budian took the mirror gracelessly, looked at it for a while before smiling at Zhu Yi and asking, "Second Senior, now do I have a Nascent Soul stage magic item?"

Zhu Yi smiled in spite of himself. Xiao Budian's next words further triggered the already terribly depressed Song Qingyuan.

"This is good business. Second Senior, when it's your turn will you make a bet against Princess Xingyun?"

Hearing that, everyone from the Great Qin Empire, including the three Immortal Soul stage elders, bristled with rage.

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Chapter 334: I'll Cross the Tribulation When I Want To

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In response to Xiao Budian's suggestion, Zhu Yi smiled but did not say anything. Every single member of the Great Qin Empire too remained silent.

"Comrade Shi, please," Zhu Yi clamped his fists together and made a slight bow to Shi Xingyun, before advancing slowly towards the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

Shi Xingyun's gaze flitted between Xiao Budian and him. Suddenly, his face broke into a smile. Shaking his head, he said, "For this round, I acknowledge defeat."

With these words, the audience was shocked.

While everyone knew that Zhu Yi was indeed powerful, but with Shi Xingyun's powers everyone knew that he did stand a chance against him. For him to admit defeat so quickly was indeed shocking.

What was harder for everyone to accept was the fact that Shi Xingyun's admission of defeat was tantamount to sending Zhu Yi into the finals. His competitor in the finals, however, would then be Xiao Budian. Like the Foundation Establishment stage round, the Celestial Sect of Wonders was sure to win the championship here.

Regardless whether Xiao Budian or Zhu Yi won, the championship was a guarantee for the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Once again, the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders turned the Spiritual Conference into an internal sparring contest. What made this more awkward than the Foundation Establishment stage round was the fact that only two disciples of the Celestial Sect took part, and both progressed to the finals. The other competitors were all soundly defeated.

However, everyone saw the trick here. After Xiao Budian showed of his true powers, the situation became extremely precarious for Shi Xingyun.

Even if she used up all of her powers and defeated Zhu Yi (with a bit of luck), she would hardly be able to battle against Xiao Budian in her exhausted state. There was no chance of victory for her and the victory would still belong to Xiao Budian and the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Defeating Zhu Yi and the myth of the Celestial Sect of Wonders' claims to invincibility would indeed be something glorious. In the context of this Spiritual Conference, such an achievement would be comparable to the title of champion.

However, the problem was that Zhu Yi would definitely not be defeated so easily.

While it was difficult for others to gauge, Shi Xingyun was very clear about her chances as she knew about the extent of her brother's, Prince Chong Yun, abilities.

The battle between Prince Chong Yun and Xiao Yan in the battle of Xingyun Peak was indeed controversial.

In terms of results, Prince Chong Yun lost a Nascent Soul stage magic item. A disastrous result indeed.

However, Xiao Yan himself had expended all of his powers after he unveiled his power of the primordial fires. He was akin to an oil lamp that had run out of fuel.

In his frustration, Prince Chong Yun had used his magic treasure, the Evil Shadow Sword. While he did lose his calm, it also gave Lin Feng the chance to deliver the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor. With the protection of the Flaming Dragon Celestial Armor, Xiao Yan's powers were fully recharged and he could resume his battle.

Had Prince Chong Yun not used his Evil Shadow Sword, Xiao Yan would have been unable to suffer another blow from him.

Even so, for the early Aurous Core stage, Xiao Yan to battle against Prince Chong Yun, who was considered the top Nascent Soul stage cultivator out there, and achieve such a result was indeed something that he could be proud of.

Shi Xingyun was unable to determine whether Xiao Yan or Zhu Yi was stronger, but from observing the differences in powers between Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi she managed to get a rough idea.

During the battle against Prince Chong Yun, Xiao Yan was only in his early Aurous Core stage. Now, Zhu Yi was already in the mid-Aurous Core stage.

While Shi Xingyun appeared courteous and polite, she too had pride in herself. She would not debase her unnecessarily. She was clear that while she did stand a chance against Zhu Yi, battling against him may reveal her biggest secret.

Under the condition that she did not reveal her greatest secret, she was likely to lose in a battle against Zhu Yi. As for Zhu Yi, he would require a lot of effort to overcome her.

"This is a battle with such a small chance of victory. Furthermore, no life is at stake here. It is not worth my effort to fight here."

Facing Shi Shaoqian's query, Shi Xingyun explained, "Here, I wish to witness a battle between the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

With respect to Shi Xingyun's decision, Prince Anliang, Shi Zongyue, was unable to refuse it outright. However, Shi Zongyue understood Shi Xingyun very clearly. While Shi Xingyun's explanation could placate Shi Shaoqian, it was unable to satisfy him.

Shi Zongyue's gaze turned towards Shi Xingyun. Shi Xingyun smiled and then shook her head.

With a heavy heart, Shi Zongyue sighed and said slowly, "The Great Qin Empire decides to forfeit this round."

The audience was silent for a moment, and then a ruckus ensued.

At this moment, the finalists for this round had been decided. Both were disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian. They would be fighting for the title of champion in this Conference.

At this point, everyone appeared numb, just like Mu Jihai and Song Qingyuan initially. When there appeared to be a slight hope of catching up, resentment and envy would foster as others sought to overtake them.

However, when the disparity in terms of abilities became too big to surmount, there would no longer be envy nor jealousy. Instead, respect and admiration would ensue.

Since the commencement of the Spiritual Conference, the disciples under Lin Feng continually changed people's impressions of them. The bold claim that "the disciples of the Celestial Sect are first amongst equals" was deeply engraved in their mind. No one doubted that statement anymore.

In reality, it was because anyone who ever doubted that statement was beaten to a pulp by Xiao Budian, Wang Lin and company.

Everyone looked at Xiao Budian and company with mixed and complicated emotions.

However, when they looked at Lin Feng, their gaze was filled with respect, even the group of Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

It was precisely that young man before them, with the neutral expression, clad in purple robes who created the Celestial Sect of Wonders, whose ascendancy was akin to the rising sun.

Till now, excluding Wang Lin's forfeit in the final Foundation Establishment stage round, the Celestial Sect of Wonders had only lost once. The one loser was Yang Qing, who lost to his senior, Yue Hongyan. Other than that, the Celestial Sect had not tasted defeat.

In the end, the only person who could defeat a disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonder was another disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

Next, another disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders would face defeat. But for the crowd, what was shocking was that regardless who was defeated, the winner would still be a disciple of the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

"Looking at this scene now, the winner should be Zhu Yi, right?" Zhao Yan of the Sword of Radiance Sect sighed slightly. "While Shi Tianhao is strong, but his mastery is only at the early Aurous Core stage whereas Zhu Yi is already in the mid-Aurous Core stage. While he had just reached that stage, it appeared that he is already at his peak."

Tao Yaoyao nodded, "You're right. The disciples of the Celestial Sect will experience a startling improvement with every increment in terms of mastery. Zhu Yi, with his mid-Aurous Core stage mastery, has a decisive edge over Shi Tianhao, who is in his early Aurous Core stage."

The audience began to discuss in earnest again. They were all interested as to who was the stronger disciple from the Celestial Sect of Wonders. Most people hedged their bets on Zhu Yi.

When they were both in the early Aurous Core stages, no one could tell who was the stronger one. Now that Zhu Yi had advanced to the mid-Aurous Core stage, his chances of victory appeared to have increased greatly.

While everyone was discussing intensely, Xiao Budian looked at Zhu Yi and smiled.

When others caught sight of his smile, a chill crept through their flesh.

Zhu Yi arched his eyebrows and said, "Little Junior, going from the mid-Aurous Core stage to the late-Aurous Core Stage is already very difficult. Now, are you seeking to skip the mid-Aurous Core stage? Once you encounter the Tribulations of the Yin Wind, it would not be easy."

Xiao Budian smiled and said, "I fully understand where Second Senior is coming from, but I insist on doing it my way."

Lin Feng said gently, "Just do it then, I'll take care of the rest." With that, a sliver of purple gas flew out from Lin Feng's fingertips and enveloped Xiao Budian.

Shi Zongyue, the Blue Pavilion Holy Man and the other Immortal Soul stage elders looked at the scene with their eyebrows arched high in incredulity. "Master Lin, are you..."

Without needing an explanation from Lin Feng, they saw Xiao Budian sit cross-legged in the middle of the purple gas as an infinite amount of spiritual energy was absorbed into his body.

Xiao Budian's Nine-Holed Aurous Core within him inhaled and exhaled. Then, a streak of azure gas flew out from within the Aurous Core.

A blaze of Yin Fire burned from the bottom of his feet and the covered his entire body.

The Tribution of the Yin Fire!

The entire crowd fell silent immediately as they stared, open-mouthed, at Xiao Budian. "This person wanted to go through the Tribulation of the Yin Fire and advance into the mid-Aurous Core stage right here right now?"

Countless amount of people were filled with mixed emotions. For many Aurous Core stage cultivators, they were highly wary and even deathly terrified of the Tribulation of the Yin Fire. However, for a disciple of the Celestial Sect, it appeared to be nothing.

For Zhu Yi, one could say that he surpassed his bottleneck after his battle with Jiao Junchen. However, Xiao Budian appeared to treat his entire matter as if it was nothing.

It was as if he had almost forgotten about it and only remembered it today, and hence he decided to settle it ASAP.

Otherwise, it appeared as if Xiao Budian was only doing it now because he needed the extra power.

It was almost as if Xiao Budian viewed ascending into the mid-Aurous Core stage not as something that he could or could not do, but rather something that depended on whether he wanted or not to do.

At this moment, every single Aurous Core stage cultivator, even some Nascent Soul stage elders, appeared to be in tears.

Since when was it so easy to go through the Tribulation of the Yin Fire? Had I been doing it wrong all this time?

Looking at this scene, Lin Feng smiled and thought, "Perhaps only Xiao Budian could pull this off."

Xiao Budian's Nine-Holed Aurous Core had been practising exhaling and inhaling spiritual energy all this while. Hence it knew how to slowly release the impurities within it. Hence, the Tribulation of the Yin Fire was to him something very easy. The only reason he did not choose to go through it sooner was because he wanted to reinforce his foundation.

Because for Xiao Budian, the truly difficult test was the Tribulation of the Yin Wind that he needed to undergo as he moved on from the mid-Aurous Core stage to the late-Aurous Core stage. Hence, he needed to be adequately prepared for that.

However, very few people knew about that. Outsiders knew almost nothing. All they saw was Xiao Budian easily going through the Tribulation of the Yin Fire.

Following Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian too ascended to the mid-Aurous Core stage. In one step, he crossed a barrier that countless other cultivators had failed to do so.

As for Shi Zongyue and the other Immortal Soul stage elders, their expression was solemn as they fixated their gaze on him. They were not shocked that Xiao Budian ascended so easily as they had seen numerous talented individuals in their thousands of years of experience. Hence, they were relatively calm.

Instead, what piqued their interest was the fact after Xiao Budian ascended to the mid-Aurous Core stage, he, like Zhu Yi, was able to easily gather spiritual energy from around him and craft the symbol of the Eight Trigrams.

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Chapter 335: The Final Battle Between Disciples

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Shi Zongyue and the other Immortal Soul stage elders fixed their gaze on Xiao Budian as he formed the symbol for the Eight Trigrams through absorbing spiritual energy.

Normally, a cultivator's spells were monotype. After they passed into the mid-Aurous Core stage, they could also only manipulate one type of spiritual energy in the environment around them.

For better mantras, cultivators that had perfected them could use more than one type of spiritual energy from the environment around them.

For example, the Great Qin Empire's Secret Manual of the Five Imperial True Dragons could allow a mid-Aurous Core stage cultivator, who had perfected all five of its components, to manipulate five different types of spiritual energy and form five true dragons. They could harness the powers of metal, wood, water, fire and earth, and were considered to be the top of their league.

However, both Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi were able to absorb eight types of spiritual energy from the environment to form their Eight Trigrams. For such a powerful move, it would still be understandable if only one person could do it, as it could be attributed to his own individual prowess.

However, if two people were able to do the exact same thing identically, there could only be explanation; it was a result of their training.

"What kind of terrifying mantra is this?" asked the Sun Radiance Swordmaster as he sighed with a slightly horrified expression.

The Supreme Radiance Swordmaster said hesitantly, "When the Celestial Sect of Wonders' eldest disciple, Xiao Yan, ascended to the mid-Aurous Core stage on the top of Xingyun Peak, such a scene did not manifest. Instead, all he did was to absorb all the fire spiritual energy from around him and turned into an inferno..."

His gaze betrayed panic as he then said, "Wait... the amount of fire-type spiritual energy that he managed to manipulate was abnormal. There wasn't so much fire-type spiritual energy on Xingyun Peak to begin with. I think he combusted other types of spiritual energy."

Thinking about it here, his expression became complex. Every single Immortal Soul stage elder had a complex expression on their faces.

A mid-Aurous Core stage mastery was nothing to them normally. However, the spells of the Celestial Sect of Wonders betrayed a terrifying power and potential, which made them understandably alarmed.

The many Immortal Soul stage elders looked at Lin Feng silently.

This blow struck them deeper than the outstanding performances of the Celestial Sect's disciples earlier.

For the Celestial Sect to have such a powerful mantra, it meant that even if the Celestial Sect did not possess extraordinary talents, their rise would still be inevitable.

Lin Feng did not have to look at Shi Zongyue and company to know that his prestige in the system, as well as the prestige of the entire sect, was increasing rapidly. He could feel the awe in their hearts.

Lin Feng looked contentedly at Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi as he said, "Good, very good. Now that the both of you are in the mid-Aurous Core stage, both of you should try your best here. After the two of you reached the late-Aurous Core stage, I have even more techniques and spells to teach you."

"The Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams is only the beginning."

Lin Feng withdrew his mana and scattered the small purple gas world. Xiao Budian emerged from it, exhaled and looked at Zhu Yi. Smiling calmly, he said, "Second Senior, please guide me."

Zhu Yi smiled back slightly and said, "Little Junior, please."

While the atmosphere between the two of them were cordial, the faces of the disciples of the

Heaven Lake Sect were dark like storm clouds.

Ever since Xiao Budian went through the Tribulation of the Yin Fire and ascended into the mid-Aurous Core stage, many disciples of the Heaven Lake Sect bore furious expressions

Song Qingyuan, looking at the scene before him, was ashen-faced.

Because this meant that in his fight against Xiao Budian, Xiao Budian did not use the full extent of his powers.

He only reserved all his powers for the battle against his Second Senior. As for Song Qingyuan, it appeared that such power was unnecessary.

Such a realization almost made Song Qingyuan and the other Heaven Lake Sect disciples crazy with depression. They could not even verbalize their grievances.

However, reality had demonstrated that in the fight against Song Qingyuan, Xiao Budian did not need to use all of his powers to achieve victory.

This, in particular, made the Heaven Lake Sect disciple feel terribly useless, particularly SOng Qingyuan.

Even the master of the Heaven Lake Sect, Cao Wei, felt useless beyond belief despite the calm

expression on his face.

Other than the Heaven Lake Sect, the rest of the audience looked at Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian in anticipation. At first, they thought that there would be no question on the victor in the fight between Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian.

Who knew that in the blink of an eye, Xiao Budian ascended to the mid-Aurous Core stage.

Looking at him go through the Tribulation of the Yin Fire, it appeared that he found it easier than Zhu Yi. After he passed that Tribulation, there was no period of weakness. Instead, he appeared to be in his physical peak.

This made the battle for the championship all the more exciting, as everyone was dying to find out which disciple would emerge victorious.

As Lin Feng watched Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi enter the Hidden Dragon Gorge, he waved his sleeves as a young man clad in purple robes fell onto the ground. It was Wang Lin, whom went for his closed-door training under Lin Feng's protection after he made some new revelations about his spells after his battle with Dao Yuting.

Lin Feng smiled, "Wang Lin, you chose to end your training at the right time. You can watch the final, most exciting round."

Wang Lin looked at the Zhu Yi's and Xiao Budian's disappearing figure as his gaze flashed. "Are Second Senior and Little Junior fighting for the champion of the Aurous Core round?"

Saying that, Wang Lin fell silent. Instead, he decided to focus intensely on the Hidden Dragon Gorge. For him, watching this battle would bring unspeakable benefits.

Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing and even Tuntun and Zhuge Fengling too quietened down as they stared at the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

However, when their gaze fell upon Wang Lin, they felt something funny.

While they knew that Wang Lin's mastery was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, they could feel that after his closed-door training, he had undergone a drastic transformation.

"What was that?" The four of them thought about it in unison. Then, they shook their heads.

Tuntun, whose mastery was the highest, looked at Wang Lin again and thought, "Something is different here."

Wang Lin was nothing more than a distraction. The stars of the show were still Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian.

As the two of them entered the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Xiao Budian patted his hands and said, smiling, "Second Senior, it will be the same as before. Whenever I spar against you, I would use all my strength."

Saying that, Xiao Budian pushed his entire body off with the sole of the feet and flew towards Zhu Yi like an arrow.

Xiao Budian's words made Zhu Yi remember the first spar they had a long time ago. That was before Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing joined the sect. At that time, both Xiao Budian and he were in the Foundation Establishment stage.

At that time, Xiao Budian was always in a rush. Finally, while the powers of both cultivators were similar, Zhu Yi took advantage of Xiao Budian's impatience to overcome him.

The scene appeared to replay before him, but Zhu Yi knew that his Little Junior now would not make the same mistake twice.

Hence, Zhu Yi's strategy changed as well. No longer was he trying to run circles around Xiao Budian to exhaust him. Instead, Zhu Yi decided to confront Xiao Budian upfront.

Zhu Yi took in a deep breath as his entire body emitted light. Infinite amount of light rays criss-crossed in the Hidden Dragon Gorge and formed the shape of a huge mandala.

The Light Mandala!

In the center of the mandala was a glow of light, its two hands were closed and it sat cross-legged. From within, one could feel a boundless amount of light brimming with self-awareness and intelligence, brimming with Buddhist teachings.

Unlike others, as disciples of the same sect, both Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi understood each other very well. They were both clear about what trump cards they each possessed. Hence, to achieve victory, they had to use something novel.

After Zhu Yi learned from Lin Feng one of the treasured teachings of the former Great Thunderclap Temple, the Forever-Bright Tathagata Mantra, he used to combine its powers with his Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams. Now, he was fighting purely with this mantra alone.

The Light Mandala emitted countless amount of light, akin to an eternal shield that warded off all forms of evil. It blocked its caster's enemies out, and as Xiao Budian charged towards the center of the Light Mandala, his way was blocked immediately.

Looking at the scene, Xiao Budian could not help but to laugh. "The Forever-Bright Tathagata

Mantra is indeed extraordinary, but there's no way it could surpass our Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams. Second Senior, if you wish to pull off some trick, perhaps you have

compromised on quality for novelty."

Saying that, Xiao Budian raised his right punch as an startling amount of wind and thunder began to concentrate on his right arm. The two different powers crackled and danced as they grew exponentially in strength. As they grew, they then disappeared and gave off an apocalyptic energy.

Xiao Budian punched outwards. It was his Dual Hammers of the Heavenly Hammers of the Eight Trigrams. As Xiao Budian was already in the mid-Aurous Core stage, coupled with the fact that he had absorbed the spiritual energy from around him within the Gorge to enhance his punch, this punch was much more powerful than the one he had unleashed on Song Qingyuan earlier on.

With his punch, he smashed the Light Mandala. It was akin to using a thousand-ton hammer to destroy a porcelain object.

While the Light Mandala was indeed stunning, it was unable to block Xiao Budian's punch. It shattered into thousands of light fragments.

However, while the Light Mandala had been reduced to light fragments, it did not completely disappear. Instead, tiny rays of light began to envelop Xiao Budian.

At this moment, countless amount of black light appeared out of nowhere and began to merge with the light rays. In the blink of an eye, it formed a black-and-white sacrificial altar.

Xiao Budian became trapped in the sacrificial altar, as if trapped in a small universe. Before him, the black emptiness of space was alight with stars and bright milky ways.

The Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala!

From the milky way, Xiao Budian heard Zhu Yi's voice, "Little Junior has a point. I know this, of course, Little Junior actually think that I am that sort of person?"

"However, all combatants shall seek to obtain victory righteously and deftly. A combination of deftness and righteousness is the way to success."

From that voice, Xiao Budian could feel that the mandala world that Zhu Yi conjured had established Xiao Budian as its center and was rapidly collapsing onto him.

The entire formation began to collapse from underneath Xiao Budian's feet. The entire world that

Zhu Yi created now rushed towards its own destruction.

The entire mandala that Zhu Yi operated mimicked the powers of the destruction of the heaven and the earth. If it were to blow up in this instant, with Xiao Budian's mastery, there was only one thing that he could do.

"Yu!" Xiao Budian's expression was neutral and he did not panic. He raised his tiny fist, and the "Yu" mantra from the Xuanhuang Four-Word Mantra began to activate.

In that instant, the space was filled with a huge amount of energy. The entire light-and-darkness appeared to be filled with countless of columns as something appeared to have stabilized the world till it was as firm as a mountain.

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Chapter 336: Clash of the Titans

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After Xiao Budian used the "Yu" mantra, he managed to stop the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala from collapsing unto itself and hence, halted its destructive potential.

Despite the fact that Zhu Yi was the creator of this tiny universe, he was unable to destroy it.

Zhu Yi furrowed his eyebrows, but before he could make his next step, Xiao Budian made his next move.

Within the Great Boundaries, Xiao Budian punched his chest with both of his hands. From within his fists, tiny waves began to spread. Soon, the entire space within the Great Boundaries was trembling, and one could see tiny wave-like patterns forming in the space, like water ripples.

After the Hammer of the Yellow Heaven Bell smashed against Xiao Budian's Green Bronze Crucible of Emptiness, he obtained revelations and was able to synthesize his revelations with his "Yu" mantra. In doing so, he created this deviation.

The ripples in the space continued to spread unabatedly, and was different from the induced collapse that Zhu Yi was trying to achieve. While Zhu Yi's forced destruction of the Great Boundaries spread inwards, Xiao Budian managed to force its destruction from inside-out.

Xiao Budian's "Yu" mantra was able to destroy Zhu Yi's Great Boundaries!

Zhu Yi's eyes shone. This was the first time since he created the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala that the entire formation managed to be destroyed by someone. While he knew that his Little Junior was exceptional, but he only fully understood his powers through this spar.

Zhu Yi nodded his head gently. His expression was calm as he clapped his hands together. In the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Zhu Yi began to absorb different forms of spiritual energy. Before him, another tiny world was formed. Immediately, he trapped Xiao Budian, who had just escaped from the Great Boundaries of the Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala into it.

Xiao Budian's eyebrows jumped as he looked skywards. The stars in this universe were hurtling towards the ground as they morphed into comets that sought to smash against his head.

He then looked down as he realized the very earth was breaking apart. Giant crevices began to appear as a yawning canyon grew bigger and bigger, as if it wanted to swallow Xiao Budian whole.

A flood roared towards him, its waves were as high as the heaven itself. It galloped and roared towards Xiao Budian. At the same time, an endless inferno burned around him as they enveloped Xiao Budian.

A screaming wind, completely black, descended from the sky like a dancing, black dragon. At the same time, lightning and thunder crackled in the sky as they bolted towards Xiao Budian.

Gigantic mountains trembled and crumbled in a magnificent landslide, as they apparently sought to crush Xiao Budian underneath themselves.

Scars and crevices appeared on the ground underneath Xiao Budian, as they turned into swamps and muddy fields that seemed to go on forever. They sought to drag Xiao Budian down below.

In this tiny world, the heavens and earth churned. Fire and water clashed. The wind and thunder came together and the mountains and rivers up-ended each other.

In this world, it seemed like the apocalypse itself had came. Endless amount of disaster and dangers appeared and they all surged towards Xiao Budian.

"You ranked first amongst all disciples in terms of understanding about the our sect's secrets about creation itself," laughed Xiao Budian fearlessly, "However, to say that you could defeat me with these stuff, aren't you underestimating my abilities?"

Saying that, Xiao Budian's entire body trembled with wind and thunder. Then, he transformed into the Form of the Thunderstorm Demon and God about two meters high. It punched the strong gale and thunder, stomped the inferno and flood. It strode past the crevices and canyons on the ground as if they were flat ground and it did not even seem to care about the comets in the sky.

The mountains that were collapsing towards it were destroyed by him in one punch.

All forms of disasters were unable to overcome Xiao Budian. With every step he took, the tiny world trembled.

At the end, blood coursed ceaselessly through Xiao Budian's body, blazingly hot like the sun itself. It illuminated an entire corner of the world.

From the space, Zhu Yi's voice could be heard, calm and collected, "I have never underestimated you."

With that, two rays of black and white appeared in the small world, merging with the latter's elements.

XIao Budian did not realize something abnormal about it, but soon he realized that something additional had entered this small world that Zhu Yi had created.

Day and night.

The power of the light transformed into day, while the power of night transformed into night. Day and light exchanged non-stop. A sense of time appeared to have entered this world.

Time within this world was different from time outside, however. In the span of only a breath, it appeared that one day had passed. It was too fast for someone to even catch it, and if one were to be careless one would appear to have missed a few days within this tiny world.

To Xiao Budian, this was nothing. However, what was terrifying for Xiao Budian was the fact that the elemental attacks against Xiao Budian within the world sped up, till he could almost not react against them.

However, as soon as he regained his senses, he realized that half of his body had been stuck within the ground as floodwater gurgled over his head. Comets and asteroids struck against his head like rain.

As soon as he managed to escape, he was once again struck by a ferocious gale and he fell back into the swamp. Then, he was enveloped by fire as they burned around him, frying his forehead.

"Second Senior's spells could control time itself?" Xiao Budian forced himself to calm down as he tried to protect himself and warded off the attacks that came at him from all directions.

As he tried to protect himself, a thought appeared in his mind, "No, it's not only that. Second Senior did not only alter the flow of time in this tiny space."

Xiao Budian was battered by Zhu Yi's attacks like a sandbag. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and asked, "Second Senior, do you dare to say something to me now?"

There was a silence, and one could only hear the howling of the wind, the rumbling of thunder, the swirl of the flood and the sizzling of the inferno, but not Zhu Yi's voice.

Xiao Budian smiled, "Indeed, you don't dare."

Zhu Yi's voice suddenly came, and in it there was a certain degree of mirth, "Not bad, you finally realized."

He spoke quickly, like firecrackers. His words appeared to have been combined and one could barely understand his enunciation. It did not seem like Zhu Yi's normal pattern-of-speech.

Zhu Yi's spell did not appear to speed time up. Instead, it slowed time down.

It slowed down Xiao Budian's reaction time, or rather, his reaction speed.

The wind, thunder, water and fire did not speed up, and Zhu Yi's voice did not speed up too. Instead, Xiao Budian's reaction slowed. Hence, he found everything to be faster.

Indeed, a second could make a world of difference. In the battle, a slower reaction time would make a world of difference. Xiao Budian's reaction time had slowed, and hence he was assaulted by Zhu Yi's various attacks.

However, upon understanding the rationale within this, Xiao Budian ceased to worry. A hard-to-decipher smile crept over his face.

However, Xiao Budian did not take this chance to counter-attack. Instead, he continued to allow himself to be battered by Zhu Yi. Sitting calmly on the ground, he expended all his energy defending himself as his eyes darted about, as if he was thinking about something.

Looking at this, Zhu Yi frowned. He could feel that something was amiss.

"Xuanhuang Four-Word Mantra, Xuanhuang Four-Word Mantra..." Zhu Yi muttered under his breath and then his face changed. "Since there is the 'Yu' Mantra, could it mean that..."

At this point, Xiao Budian laughed. "Second Senior, I must thank you. Earlier on, there was something I did not fully understand about the 'Yu' Mantra, now, thanks to you, I finally managed to understand it!"

Laughing, Xiao Budian raised his hands and bellowed, "Zhou!"

A huge amount of power came from within Xiao Budian as it completely covered the world that Zhu Yi had created.

Time, in that instant, appeared to stop. The floodwater stopped in mid-air as the blazing inferno froze. The collapsing mountain stopped in mid-air, and one could see the falling meteors and comets stopping in mid-air.

The black gust of wind and lightning appeared froze too, as if they were in a painting.

In the next instant, the tiny world that Zhu Yi created with his mana collapsed. Dust and smoke covered the sky and Xiao Budian stepped out from within, his expression neutral.

Zhu Yi looked at Xiao Budian and nodded his head. "Little Junior, your 'Zhou' is indeed powerful."

"Not only did you manage to stop time in my world, but you also placed a limit on my mana and psychic awareness, forcing me to surrender my control over it." Zhu Yi said slowly. "With more cultivation, your mastery will improve and your understanding of time and space too will improve. One day, you may be able to freeze time too."

Xiao Budian smiled and said, "Thank you Second Senior for the inspiration."

From within the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Xiao Budian looked at Zhu Yi and said smiling, "Second Senior, receive my next blow!"

He slammed his fists together and said in a low voice, "Zhou!"

The "Zhou" mantra activated once again, but now it was targeted at Zhu Yi.

Frozen by Xiao Budian's "Zhou" mantra, Zhu Yi felt as if he had been turned into a clay model, incapable of moving.

He could not move, he could not speak. Even the thoughts in his head slowed.

"The four cardinal directions are 'Yu'. Since time immemorial, time itself had been called 'Zhou'. Little Junior's 'Zhou' word is, however, a time-based spell." Zhu Yi could feel even his soul freezing. He was completely incapable of moving, even his thoughts appeared to be stopping.

However, he was not an ordinary person. The more dangerous his predicament, the calmer he became. " Since time immemorial, time itself had been called 'Zhou'. Little Junior's 'Zhou' sought to manipulate time, but he could only manipulate the present and past, not the future. He is unable to control the ever-changing future."

Zhu Yi's eyes suddenly opened. One of his pupils was black and the other white. From the pitch-black darkness an infinite amount of light spewed forth, and from the infinite brightness a darkness, darker than night itself, emerged. The two powers turned and spun, and they appeared to be writing countless amount of words which formed into an essay.

Once the essay emerged, it managed to break the seal Xiao Budian's "Zhou" imposed on Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi then said quietly, "I will continue to walk down this path. It will bring about infinite possibilities, brimming with unexplored potential and possibilities. This is not something that time alone could decide. Little Junior, you can't stop me."

Saying that, the bright essay became unstoppable as it weighed heavily down on Xiao Budian.

"Is that so? Let's find out," Xiao Budian was fearless as he raised his two hands and a shocking amount of power began to vibrate in the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

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Chapter 337: Invincible, Truly Invincible!

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Xiao Budian extended both arms and two obviously different, but deeply-interconnected powers surged within the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

He deployed both "Yu" and "Zhou" from the Xuanhuang Four Words Mantra at the same time.

The four cardinal directions were represented by the word 'Yu', while time had always been represented by 'Zhou'. The combination of time and space, 'Yu' and 'Zhou', represented the universe at its earliest stage.

Xiao Budian's powers created a new world, and it was much more real than the worlds that Zhu Yi had created earlier with his Great Boundaries of Celestial Light and Darkness Mandala and the powers from the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams. It was more perfect and the power that it encompassed was much stronger.

The Hidden Dragon Gorge began to vibrate as the shadow of an old man with a moustache could be seen in the skies in the Gorge. He looked at Xiao Budian with a certain incredulity.

The old man was the Original Soul of this magic treasure. It was the first time he had revealed himself since the beginning of the Spiritual Conference!

He too was shocked by Xiao Budian's attack, for the small world that Xiao Budian created came into conflict with the world within the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

The two worlds rubbed against one another vigorously.

The combined attack from Xiao Budian's "Yu" and "Zhou" completely suppressed the powers of the essay that Zhu Yi had penned with his Light and Darkness Characters.

"Second Senior, you seek to harness the power of Man to move forward in time to a better future, and that's a truly remarkable move," Xiao Budian's voice resounded, commanding and majestic. "However, mankind will always have to reside in the universe."

Zhu Yi looked at Xiao Budian quietly and stayed silent for a long while. Then, he closed his eyes as all of the mana on his body appeared to have went away. Even the essay that he had wrote with his Light and Darkness Character went away as he accepted being crushed by Xiao Budian's "Yu" and "Zhou".

The Hidden Dragon Gorge's defensive mechanism came into play as it announced the victor of this match.

At this instant, the audience out of the Hidden Dragon Gorge gasped collectively.

While Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi battled each other fiercely, the cultivators beyond the Gorge watched on in complete daze.

However, this also made many people deeply ashamed, particularly the Aurous Core stage cultivators who had taken part in the Spiritual Conference earlier on. Other than Shi Xingyun and Tao Yaoyao who kept a calm facade, everyone else was smiling bitterly and shaking their heads.

In the battle amongst disciples of the same sect, they had both shown their true powers. They held back in every single fight before that.

If they were to use that power in all previous matches, then no one would have been able to overcome them.

In that instant, everyone became very sombre. This battle between the two disciples of the same sect was indeed extraordinary.

A freak from the Celestial Sect of Wonders could only be dealt with by another freak from that sect.

A group of Nascent Soul stage elders looked on with heavy hearts, for before them were two cultivators who had far surpassed their limits as Aurous Core stage cultivators. Before the two of them, the Nascent Soul stage elders were humbled.

Regardless of Xiao Budian or Zhu Yi, both of them were able to fight against any Nascent Soul stage cultivator. Early Nascent Soul stage cultivators with limited battling experiences may actually die at their hands.

Xiao Budian emerged from the Hidden Dragon Gorge with a neutral expression on his face. He did not celebrate joyously at this victory. Instead, he lifted to his head and shouted, as if pleasantly surprised at this victory.

After that bellow, he lowered his head and mumbled to himself, "Brother, I will soon find you."

The hundreds of cultivators out of the Hidden Dragon Gorge stared at Xiao Budian with complicated expressions. In their hearts, they were all thinking, "He's barely 10 years old..."

Xiao Budian's mumbling wasn't loud, but everyone on-scene heard it.

Before today, many people would be sorry about hearing about Xiao Budian. When he mentioned his plans to seek revenge from a powerful cultivator with polycoria, many became fearful for him.

For the cultivator with polycoria had already become one of the most talented young cultivators in the whole of the Grand Celestial World. He was bound to enter the annals of history.

After obtaining Xiao Budian's supreme spiritual altar, his start-point was way higher than Xiao Budian's. No matter how hard Xiao Budian tried to catch up to him, the person who started earlier would always have an advantage.

However, ever since today, everyone had the same thought, "The cultivator with polycoria is in some serious sh*t right now."

In the Purple Clouds Sect, Li Kuiyin looked at Xiao Budian and said, "This guy is that strong?"

"He surpassed everyone's expectations," said Gu Lei, who was next to her, seriously as he nodded his head. "The polycoria cultivator has a rival now."

Li Kuiyin muttered, "He deserves it, why did they do such a despicable things all those years ago?"

She paused for a while before a suspicious look appeared on her face. "A cultivator in the late Aurous Core stage could survive the Void Lightning Tribulations and then understood the secrets of Space. However, his understanding over the secrets of Time will be limited. This guy is only in the mid-Aurous Core stage and he had already understood the secrets of time?"

"While it's a bit rough, but yes, he understood," Gu Lei said. "The secrets of the Celestial Sect of Heavens are truly terrifying."

Xiao Budian's 'Zhou' mantra also garnered someone else's attention.

"Sister, could Shi Tianhao's 'Zhou' word mantra really stop time?" Shi Shaoqian's face was unimaginably serious. He was truly terrified of Xiao Budian's Xuanhuang Four-Words Mantra.

Shi Xingyun said slowly, "Yes, Tianhao's 'Zhou' mantra was formed after he understood the secrets of Time itself. Now, he is unable to freeze time in a selected area, but he is able to freeze time for a particular person or an object."

"This is different from the spell of the souls of the Royal House of the Northern Tribes. It was different from the spell that Sang Luohe used against my Black Nightmare Prison. That soul spell only suppressed my soul and separated its connection with my physical body. It took away my five senses, but my soul was free and could think independently."

Shi Xingyun looked at Xiao Budian and continued, "However, Tianhao's spells are able to paralyze someone completely, stopping the flow of time completely and preventing them from even thinking."

"Someone with a powerful soul may be able to better resist it. For example, Zhu Yi was still able to think and counter-attack with his own spells. However, the speed of his reaction would have been greatly reduced and suppressed," Shi Xingyun took a deep breath. "Even if one was a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, they may be defeated by Tianhao if they weren't careful. Their reaction time would've been slowed by at least half."

Shi Shaoqian asked, "Speaking about Zhu Yi, he was quite a disappointment. Everyone expected him to emerge as champion, so why did he throw in the towel?"

Shi Xingyun looked at him and said, "Shoaqian, there's much for you to learn. Do not let your fantasies become reality, particularly the stuff that you do not understand."

Shi Shaoqian was stunned. Before he could say anything, there was a movement from within the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

Under the protection of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, Zhu Yi was unscathed. However, he did not follow Xiao Budian out of the Gorge, but instead he chose to put his hands behind him and closed his eyes, standing still at this spot.

After a long while, Zhu Yi suddenly opened his eyes as he began to write in space with his right hand.

This time, he did not use the Light and Darkness Characters. Instead, he simply wrote in the air. He left the words hovering the sky. The first paragraph that he wrote appeared to be his startling essay.

After he finished his first paragraph, however, Zhu Yi did not stop writing. Instead, he continued and wrote even more words.

The audience out of a Hidden Dragon Gorge was completely shocked. Jiao Junchen, who had fought against Zhu Yi earlier on, was only able to force Zhu Yi to complete the first paragraph. During his battle against Xiao Budian, he also wrote only a single paragraph. That single paragraph was then suppressed by Xiao Budian's "Yu" and "Zhou".

Now, however, the second paragraph of the essay appeared.

While he used his mana to leave his words in the air, many in the audience, while not possessing Jiao Junchen's literary skills, too could feel that Zhu Yi would show off an even more impressive revelations once he finished writing it.

All obstructions, all chains, all difficulties and challenges shall eventually be overcome!

One would overcome one's enemies and challenges. Time itself would be overcome. The limits of this world too shall be overcome. Only with the power of man can one advance forward continuously without limit.

Shi Shaoqian looked at the scene before him with his mouth open as Shi Xingyun's words rang by next to his ears, "Now do you understand? Zhu Yi realized that Shi Tianhao's 'Yu' and 'Zhou' were not easy to overcome, but he would continue to resist it rather than to be defeated by it."

"He wanted to feel the various restrictions and limitations the world imposes on him to find out how could he overcome them. Now that he had finished with his second paragraph, he'll surely be able to overcome Shi Tianhao's 'Yu' and 'Zhou'."

Zhu Yi emerged from the Hidden Dragon Gorge. Xiao Budian turned his head towards him as the two exchanged a smile.

Looking at the two disciples, everyone, including the Nascent Soul stage elders, were shocked by the battle they had just witnessed. The Spiritual Conference suddenly sank into a silence as countless pairs of eyes stared at Lin Feng and the group of Celestial Sect disciples behind him.

A single sentence resounded endlessly in everyone's mind.

"Amongst other cultivators in the same stage, the disciples of my Celestial Sect of Wonder are invincible."

Lin Feng first said this sentence during the battle of the sect-opening ceremony in Shazhou City. At that time, many people thought that he had lost his mind. Then, everyone became speechless.

Then, after more and more people heard his claims, many people in the Grand Celestial World thought that he was exaggerating. The many cultivators who took part in this Conference probably thought the same at the start.

But now, reality had shown them how wrong they all were!

Every single cultivator looked at Lin Feng, then at Xiao Budian, Zhu Yi, Wang Lin and company. They all felt as if they were staring up an impossibly high mountain.

Even Shi Zongyue looked at Lin Feng with a complicated expression. He gently sighed and announced calmly, "The winner for this year's Spiritual Conference of Huanghai for the Aurous Core stage round is Shi Tianhao of the Celestial Sect of Wonders!"

Lin Feng smiled slightly and said nothing. He entered the system to look at his prestige points.

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Chapter 338: I Too Want to Go!

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Lin Feng entered the system to view his prestige value. According to the system, Lin Feng's prestige value had almost skyrocketed overnight in Yuzhou City and the Sea of the Northern Wind, both of which were located in the northeast of the Great Qin Empire.

Furthermore, the prestige of the Celestial Sect of Wonder on a whole reached 80 points too. It increased exponentially and without precedent. This increase was greater than the one after the sect-opening ceremony at Shazhou City.

After the sect-opening ceremony at Shazhou City, the Celestial Sect of Wonders' prestige in the northern foothill of Mount Kunlun was no more than 75.

What made Lin Feng happier was the fact that the Celestial Sect of Wonders' overall potential value amongst the various sects that had taken in this Conference had reached 70.

With the flow of time and without any major incident, the potential value could transform into actual prestige value.

Lin Feng's personal potential value in those regions reached 70 too.

The only exception was the Sword of Radiance Sect, which resided in the southeastern region of the Great Qin Empire. As Lin Feng had accompanied Xiao Yan for his rendezvous on Xingyun Peak earlier on, Lin Feng's personal prestige had reached 80 while the sect's prestige had reached 70 after the battle of Xingyun Peak.

On this foundation, after another increase through the Spiritual Conference, Lin Feng's personal prestige value and his sect's prestige value had increased to 85 to 80 respectively in the southeastern region of the Great Qin Empire.

"Just as I predicted," chuckled Lin Feng. He was like a fox who had successfully stolen a hen. "Taking part in this conference not only increased prestige locally but by coming into contact with the major forces in the world my prestige and fame would spread throughout the land."

"Of course, the condition was that those rascals must perform well during the conference. Looking at it now, they did not disappoint."

While he was immensely happy, Lin Feng then took a look at the explanation of the system's main quest. "Prestige in the world must exceed 80. Eh? They did not mention if it's my personal prestige or the sect's prestige."

However, with his understanding of the blasted system, the world prestige here would refer to both his personal prestige and the overall prestige of his sect. The two of them must hit 80 for it to work.

From this angle, this Spiritual Conference of Huanghai could have been said to be a resounding success. However, there's still quite a long way to go before he could finish the system's main quest. However, for this conference, this was quite a big step forward for Lin Feng.

Furthermore, during this conference, Lin Feng and his disciples earned many nice things. When those rascals entered the Ancient Huanghai World, he believed there would be even more gains.

With their stats, if they did not obtain a clean victory then they would have truly let down their fortune values.

Other than gambling with others for their treasures, Shi Zongyue also offered compensation for Xiao Budian's near-assassination. After the Conference ended, he would get the Vivant Joy Holy Man to pass it to Lin Feng personally.

Thinking about it here, Lin Feng frowned. Initially, Xiao Budian's assassination squad consisted of four people, excluding the green-robed Nascent Soul stage elder Zhao Xin and the grey-robed elder who delivered the killing blow. Lin Feng only caught three of them and he deliberately let one of them go.

Using his Steel Tree Avatar, he attempted to spread his nets wider and find out if he could discover more leads and find the main instigator of the assassination.

However, looking at it now, his counterpart had already made plans. After the Aurous Core stage cultivator escaped, he concealed himself very thoroughly. He broke off all contacts with the outside world and no one sought to contact him. Lin Feng stalked him for a long while but he was unable to find anyone to hunt down.

Lin Feng recalled his Steel Tree Avatar and thought, "I'll leave a mana mark on him and we'll wait and see. If he so much as moves, I'll feel it."

The Spiritual Conference had ended, and what's coming up next is the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World. It's time for 16 Aurous Core stage cultivators and 8 Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to go inside and cultivate.

However, many of the Conference's cultivators were still enraptured by the exciting battles of the Conference.

From Yue Hongyan defeating the couple, Li Bingqing and Zou Yuhua, from the Sun Moon Sword Sect to Wang Lin defeating Huo Chen, and then to Yue Hongyan defeating Shi Shaoqian and Wang Lin's ferocious battle against Dao Yuting, they had demonstrated powers that even Aurous Core stage cultivators had to respect.

In the Aurous Core stage round, the battle was even more exciting. However, when everyone began to recall the battle, they were depressed to find out that the battle that had left the strongest impression was the one between Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian, where the two disciples of the same sect sparred against each other for the championship title.

This was truly a depressing tale, as before Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi began their battle, everyone thought that the both Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi had seized a close victory from Mu Jihai and Jiao Junchen respectively.

They felt that Mu Jihai's and Jiao Junchen's losses were due to bad luck.

However, after witnessing the final battle between Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi, many people wept. They realized that neither Xiao Budian nor Zhu Yi had used their true powers in their battle against cultivators against other sects. In reality, both of them possessed the ability to completely trump the Aurous Core cultivators of other sects.

A cultivator who had attended past conferences sighed, "The Conference this years was more intense and exciting compared to those of previous years. There were also more talents this year."

The cultivator next to him murmured, "No matter how many talents there are, no matter how exciting the battles were, one truth cannot be denied."

"The Spiritual Conference of Huanghai this year belonged to the Celestial Sect of Wonders."

Saying that, everyone around them agreed in sombre silence. Someone wanted to rebut and opened his mouth. However, he realized that there was nothing he could say in rebuttal, so he just sat down, sighed and kept quiet.

Prince Anliang, Shi Zongyue, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Gambling Holy Man Zhuge Guang exchanged glances. Together, they shook their heads as a bitter smile appeared on their faces.

Shi Xingyun, Jiao Junchen, Tao Yaoyao, Song Qingyuan, Li Dongtao, Yun Mei, Gu Lei, Dou Kun, Huo Ming...

Shi Shaoqian, Dao Yuting, Huo Chen, Zhamu Zeluo, Li Bingqing, Zou Yuhua...

These were stars from the respective sects for this year's Spiritual Conference. In his opinion, the quality of the conference that year was the highest in a thousand years. The various disciples who joined the Conference were all able to sweep through their opponents with their powers.

Amongst the three of them, the Vivant Joy Holy Man hosted the most Spiritual Conferences of Huanghai. According to him, he believed that the quality of participants for the Conference that year was the highest. Many participants in the Conference this year possessed the abilities to sweep through the Conference with their powers.

However, all of these talented cultivators became the stepping stones for cultivators of the Celestial Sect of Wonders. They were reduced to notches in their belts.

In the Foundation Establishment stage round, three of them took part and all of them entered the top 8. The only one who did not enter the top 4 was Yang Qing, and that was because he was defeated by his senior Yue Hongyan. In the end, Wang Lin and Yue Hongyan hogged the top 2 spots, causing the battle for the Foundation Establishment stage to turn into an intra-sect competition for the Celestial Sect of Wonders.

In the Aurous Core stage, the Celestial Sect was even more dominating. Only Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi entered, and only the two of them made it to the finals. The other competitors were reduced to mere pacers for the two of them. The final battle between Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi would go down in history as the pinnacle of fights between Aurous Core stage cultivators, shaming the many other cultivators of this conference.

What made people even more shocked was the fact that the two of them were only in their mid-Aurous Core stage, rather than the late-Aurous Core stage!

The path of a cultivator was long and winding, but most of them would have the willpower and determination to walk that path. However, after encountering Lin Feng's disciples, many of their self-confidence had been shattered.

Initially, some of them dismissed Lin Feng as a trickster and were suspicious of him. Now, they thought in terror, "If he could produce such disciples, how powerful must he be?"

Shi Zongyue sighed as he waved his sleeves and said, "We opened the entrance to the Ancient Huanghai World. The Top 16 Aurous Core stage cultivators of this Conference and the top 8 Foundation Establishment stage cultivators for this year's Conference could proceed via the Sea Dragon Boat.

"The other disciples could enter the the Hidden Dragon Gorge to trade and demonstrate their spells and skills, but fighting is strictly forbidden."

"If anyone wishes to leave, they're free to do so."

Many people chose to stay. While they were unable to enter the Ancient Huanghai World, but they could take this chance to network and meet new people, expanding their network of contacts.

Furthermore, after those who had entered the Ancient Huanghai World exit the world, they could be the first to receive them and build rapport with them. Those who would be returning from the Ancient Huanghai World would surely bring treasures back with them, and hence they could gain some benefits from them.

Those who had obtained the rights to enter the Ancient Huanghai World would follow their leaders and fly into the sky of the Sea of the Northern Winds. There, they would board the Sea Dragon Boat which would then submerge underwater and sail towards the entrance of the Ancient Huanghai World.

When Lin Feng came to the Conference this year, not only did he bring Jieyu and the Kui Cow King, he also brought along Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian, Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing, Tuntun and Zhuge Fengling.

Watching the seven of them board the Sea Dragon Boat, the other sects cursed them silently. "Freaks!"

Lin Feng smiled and looked at them board the ship, but in his heart, he wailed, "Why must I stay behind! Why am I missing out on such a good deal? This Ancient Huanghai World is ridiculous, why can't Nascent Soul stage cultivators enter?"

"Going along would be such a blessing! There are medicines, treasures, potential to increase one's cultivation. One may even find pretty girls there!"

Lin Feng's brain whirred as he thought, "Why not I bring the Steel Tree Avatar in?"

He turned to his disciples with a solemn face as he said, "When you guys go into the Ancient Huanghai World, remember to stick together. If you find any goodie, don't rush to use it or to distribute it, take it first. Never compete with each other."

As the group of them prepared to descend into the Ancient Huanghai World, the image was too perfect and Lin Feng did not dare to watch.

Thinking about it made him giddy, and he knew that the relationships between his disciples were close like brothers. However, he could not resist adding the last sentence, targeted towards Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian and Wang Lin.

Lin Feng was scared that they would be too aggressive and accidentally make a mistake in the heat of battle, injuring each other. Such an outcome would be catastrophic.

The group of them nodded in agreement as they took Lin Feng's words to heart. However, what Lin Feng said made them all open their eyes wide in shock.

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Chapter 339: Life is as Lonely as a Snowflake

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Facing his little group of disciples, Lin Feng waved his hands.

His mana began to expand in the sky and it turned into a flat, black surface. Using his right hand as a pen, Lin Feng wrote a whole bunch of words on the black surface.

"Discuss the importance of cooperation when entering the dungeon."

He paused for a while, before crossing out the word 'dungeon' and then replacing it with 'Ancient Huanghai World'.

Normally, Yue Hongyan, Yang Qing, Tuntun and Zhuge Fengling did not count. With just Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian and Wang Lin, they could easily own the place and complete the 'Three-All Policy'.

Eat all, take all and snatch all. They could even kill all.

However, it was exactly this that led Lin Feng to worry. He tried to underscore the importance of teamwork to them, not because he wanted to ward off any outsiders, but because he wanted to preserve the harmony within the team itself.

Regardless, for prodigies like them, they could have accidentally brought with them the halo of death on their head.

The halo of death referred to a situation whereby while they themselves would be fine in the dungeon and exit with all the loot, all of their teammates would have died inside.

Lin Feng coughed drily, "The Ancient Huanghai World is large, so for the group of you must stick together it would truly be a waste."

7 disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders would enter the Ancient Huanghai World together. They were the biggest group amongst everyone present, as other groups had at most 3 or 4 people entering the world.

"Let us form groups first," said Lin Feng slowly, "Tianhao, Tuntun and Zhuge Fengling shall be in one group."

He looked at Zhu Yi and Wang Lin and said, "Zhu Yi, Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing shall be in the other group."

Lin Feng spent a lot of time pondering how should he split the group. For those in the same group, they must agree on who should lead, what strategies they would utilize in order to achieve harmony.

This question was indeed important to Lin Feng. If he himself were to enter the Ancient Huanghai World, he would undoubtedly be the one giving the orders.

However, now that he could not enter, the issues of leadership and strategies became a bigger problem.

Xiao Budian and Zhu Yi were the two disciples with the highest level of mastery. They could not be in the same group. While Xiao Budian may be young, he was bright and full of ideas.

Hence, in terms of abilities, placing the two of them in the same group would be a waste.

Wang Lin and Xiao Budian too should not be in the same group. While Wang Lin ranked above him in terms of seniority, Xiao Budian's mastery was higher than his. If the two of them were to have any disagreement, it would be terribly problematic.

Hence, despite knowing about the chilly relations between Zhu Yi and Wang Lin, Lin Feng decided to group them together.

The only problem was that the troublemakers Xiao Budian, Tuntun and Zhuge Fengling were all the in the same group, and there was no one who could effectively control them. They would surely become the strongest, quickest and best-prepared trouble-making squad.

"But since they are going into the dungeon, let them be."

With a hint of mischief, Lin Feng continued saying, "After the groups have been split, you could still explore the different parts of the Ancient Huanghai World. Members of the same group can move independently, but please look out for each other and try to stick close."

The seven of them nodded their heads. Lin Feng looked at them for a while before smiling suddenly.

He looked at Zhu Yi's group and said smiling, "In your group, only Zhu Yi is in the Aurous Core stage, and hence he had more responsibilities to bear. If you meet any enemies that needed everyone's help to overcome, you must not only devise tactics but also fight on the front line."

"Simply speaking, you must be both the strategist and warrior."

"For the rest, Hongyan shall be the second tank in the group. You'll also be partially in charge of inflicting damage-per-second."

"For Wang Lin, you should try to stay as far away as possible and find a suitable spot to attack. You'll mainly be in charge of inflicting maximum amount damage-per-second."

"Yang Qing could take a more backseat role. Try and support your three seniors and heal them if possible. You have seen how I healed your junior with the Grand Moon Primordial Water and our sect's spells?"

As Lin Feng said excitedly, he turned his head to look at Xiao Budian and said, "For you three, it's simple. Tuntun would be the main combatant, Tianhao will be in charge of inflicting maximum damage-per-second and Zhuge Fengling, try not to get in the way."

Saying that he paused as if he had more to say, then he realized that the seven disciples before him stared at him with their mouth agape and eyes glazed.

Everyone's brains were filled with question marks.

In their eyes, Lin Feng could see the sense of confusion in their eyes.

The seven of them had frozen expressions as they stared confusedly at their master. Loss was written all over their faces.

"Life is as lonely as a snowflake," Lin Feng deliberately revealed a joyous expression before raising his head to the sky and sighing.

An appearance of shame crept over the disciples' faces. They were ashamed of being unable to understand their master's teachings.

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "I don't blame you." He was kidding at first. The group before them had more than enough battling experiences. In the face of true danger, they would definitely react accordingly. Why would they require Lin Feng's rigid battling techniques?

Honestly speaking, Lin Feng set this stratagem out for them to vent his frustration at him being unable to go down into the dungeon with them.

After he watched Zhu Yi and the rest boarded the Sea Dragon Boat, Lin Feng conveyed the ways to operate the boat to them. Then, he sent them off to the Sea of the Northern Wind.

Nearby, Shi Zongyue, the Blue Pavilion Holy Man, Cao Wei, Huo Xiu and the other Immortal Soul stage grandmasters were doing the same thing.

As the eight Sea Dragon Boats descended together as they disappeared from the surface of the lake and went towards the Sea of Northern Wind. There, there was a source of bright light. That was the entrance to the Ancient Huanghai World.

As they passed into the light, the eight Sea Dragon Boats entered the Ancient Huanghai World. Lin Feng stared at its entrance and he focused his gaze on its entrance.

He discovered, to his surprise, that the entrance of the Ancient Huanghai World trembled a bit after Zhu Yi and the rest entered it.

Lin Feng thought about it carefully as he realized that the connection between the Ancient Huanghai World and the Divine Lands were not as firm as he had previously thought.

He turned his head to look at Shi Zongyue, who nodded and said, "When an external entity enters the Ancient Huanghai World, it would cause the already-unstable Ancient Huanghai World to become more chaotic. That's why we limit the number of people who enter it."

The prince of the Great Qin Empire stared at the entrance with a serious expression as he said, "I stand guard here to ward off any accidents."

Lin Feng nodded his head and said nothing. He projected his gaze to the Hidden Dragon Gorge far away as he noticed many cultivators trading over there. Some Nascent Soul cultivators were present there too.

"Why don't you join in the fun?" Lin Feng smiled as he asked Jieyu and the Kui Cow King, both of whom were currently stored in Lin Feng's Celestial Small World.

Jieyu and the Kui Cow King thought for a while before replying, "Thank you master for your kindness, but we'll pass."

Lin Feng did not force them. In an exchange between human cultivators, the presence of two demonic lords may not be very appropriate. It may even make the whole thing very awkward.

"Master Lin, if you have the time, why not follow me to the Purple Clouds Peak on Mount Thunder? We extend our most sincere welcome," asked the Blue Pavilion Holy Man, smiling.

Feeling his sincerity, Lin Feng gratefully nodded his head and said, "I am deeply touched by your sect's kindness. I will definitely make the trip there one day. When that day comes, I'm afraid I would have to disturb you."

As the two of them talked happily, Lin Feng suddenly felt one of his Voice-Projecting Crystal shatter. A voice was transmitted to him. It was Xiao Yan's.

"He contacted me recently, there was no problem then..." Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat as he heard Xiao Yan's intermittent voice, "Master... come... quick..."

Lin Feng could hear Xiao Yan breaking the spatial talisman he had given him earlier. This allowed Lin Feng to locate his exact location.

"Eh? It's one of the Middle Worlds, and an Ancient World."

Lin Feng arched his brows as he looked at the Blue Pavilion Holy Man and Shi Zongyue. He nodded sincerely, "Something urgent cropped up. I must go. Could you help me with looking after my affairs here?"

With that, Lin Feng turned around and disappeared into the void.

Shi Zongyue and the other Immortal Soul stage elders looked at each other. Numerous thoughts floated through their minds as they tried to guess what made Lin Feng disappear in such a rush.

In the void, a light appeared on Lin Feng's head, then a silhouette. It appeared similar to the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree on Mount Yujing.

The light danced a bit as Lin Feng dashed through the limitless void. He went at a speed way above the limit of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

In the next instant, Lin Feng broke through space as he landed in a brand new world. This world felt ancient and Lin Feng could feel several immensely powerful presence.

However, this did not stop Lin Feng from feeling an immense rage when he saw Xiao Yan. His heart burned as the anger went straight to his head.

He saw Xiao Yan sitting cross-legged weakly on the top of a mountain. His long black coat was severely damaged and his inner purple robes were more or less destroyed too.

Lin Feng did not need to approach to feel that the several powerful auras smashing against Xiao Yan's body, weakening him.

"Who did this?" Lin Feng's face was expressionless and his voice was icy like the Nine Nether Drought.

Xiao Yan looked at Lin Feng and his face broke into a smile. His normally tough and rugged face now betrayed signs of weakness as he said softly, "Master..."

Saying that, Xiao Yan's face turned. With a mighty splat, he coughed out a mouthful of blood.

This blood did not land on the ground. Instead, it began to burn in mid-air. It burned gold, azure and two dots of light, blue and red, shone from the gold. As the three types of fire burned simultaneously, they vaporized the blood into smoke in an instance.

Lin Feng nodded his head, "Nanming Primordial Fire, very good, very good... very good!"

The mountain beneath his feet crumbled into stones with a stomp. Lin Feng was truly angry.

Looking at the scene, Xiao Yan was shocked. He always remembered his master as a calm, collected person. The last time he saw Lin Feng this angry was when he tried protecting Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian and was injured.

That time, Tao Er, who tried to make a move against them, was reduced to nothing.

Xiao Yan grabbed Lin Feng's sleeves, "No... master... it's not Zhen'er's family members, it's... it's my... cough!"

Panicking, Xiao Yan was overcome by his internal injuries and fainted.

Lin Feng looked at the scene before him puzzled. He reached out to grab Xiao Yan as he examined him with his mana. His face turned immediately.

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Chapter 340: Causing Trouble for Oneself

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After using his mana to assess Xiao Yan's internal condition, an odd expression appeared on Lin Feng's face.

For he realized that Xiao Yan's wound was not caused by external forces. Instead, the Nanming Primordial Fire within was not just a residue left in his body after the fight.

According to Lin Feng's prediction, Xiao Yan probably tried to absorb the Nanming Primordial Fire by himself. He didn't expect the three primordial fires to start fighting in his body.

In another body, Xiao Yan's current predicament was a result of his internal body losing control.

The Seven Great Primordial Fires possessed the abilities to incinerate the heavens and earth. Once they met, they would not respond well to each other.

Instead, they would be like tigers fighting for dominance. They would not cease fighting until a victor had emerged.

Earlier on, Xiao Yan could control the Grand Sun Primordial Flame and the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire because of special reasons.

For the Grand Sun Primordial Flame, he had mastered the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun. For the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, he wielded the Nefarious Almighty Sword.

With these two items, combined with the control and balance brought about by the Great Celestial Way of the Eight Trigrams, Xiao Yan was able to control the powers of the two fires. Not only was he unharmed, but he could also his primordial fire-based Aurous Core to surpass other Purple Aurous Core cultivators.

However, such a balance was inherently forced and weak. Now that he tried to add the Nanming Primordial Fire into his body, the balance was instantly destroyed. The three types of primordial fires rioted in Xiao Yan's body and reduced him to crippling wreck.

"Did your wife tried to teach you her house's Nanming Primordial Fire?" Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan and was unsure whether he should laugh or cry. "Her feelings for you are indeed strong, but you two idiots are too reckless!"

Lin Feng smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I did not expect to obtain the Nanming Primordial Fire so easily. Now, it appears to be a big problem."

He extended his palms as an unlimited amount of purple gas appeared, enveloping Xiao Yan within.

As the Lin Feng's mana was channelled into Xiao Yan's body, it suppressed the three primordial fires within him that were running amok. They were beaten senseless by Lin Feng's mana.

The three primordial fires appeared to be sentient. They flew into a rage at the same time, and then stopped they appeared to tacitly agree to stop fighting before attacking Lin Feng together.

As the battle was within Xiao Yan's body, Lin Feng was very meticulous with the control of his powers to avoid harming Xiao Yan.

However, he would not back down in the face of the primordial fires. Instead, he sought to control them. The longer the primordial fires were allowed to run amok, the greater the damage Xiao Yan would incur.

Lin Feng's eyes shone. In his eyes, one could see the destruction and rebirth of the universe and the creation of the original elements as well as the splitting of the heaven and earth.

The power within Lin Feng could calm the chaotic currents of the universe, and under the pressure of this power, the three primordial fires began to slowly retreat. They slowly retreated, heavily wrecked, back into Xiao Yan's Aurous Core.

After calming the primordial fires in his body, Xiao Yan's pained expression calmed. While he was still weak, he was past the most dangerous zone.

After a while, he regained his senses. He looked at Lin Feng and smiled bitterly, "To think I was so confident earlier on, I could not imagine that in the blink of an eye I would need master's help again."

Lin Feng looked at him sourly and said, "This is worse than getting trashed by others, as all of your wounds are self-inflicted. If you were beaten by others, I will beat them up for you. Now, what can I do?"

"Do you want me to beat you up?"

Xiao Yan cheekily replied, "Master, please calm yourself. I did not expect that absorbing the Nanming Primordial Fire would lead to so many problems."

"The more you wish for something, the harder it will be for you to get it," Lin Feng tapped his head and then said, "With your current mastery and your current revelations from our sect's spell, it is impossible for you to simultaneously control all three primordial fires."

Lin Feng continued, "You should have known that, right? If you wish to control all three types of primordial fires, then you should reach at least the late Aurous Core stage, where your Aurous Core will be impeccable."

Xiao Yan grimaced, "Yes, when the three primordial fires were wrecking havoc in my body, I felt that I would've been able to control them had I been in the late-Aurous Core stage mastery."

"From now onwards, including after we returned to Mount Yujing, you should conduct your own closed-door training. Don't fight with anyone. We'll discuss more after you reached the late-Aurous Core stage," said Lin Feng. "With my protection, you could fight others. But do you really want to be protected by me all the time?"

Xiao Yan shook his head vigorously, "No way! Relax master, I will concentrate on reaching the late-Aurous Core stage."

Bitterness was written all over his face. He understood clearly in his heart that without Lin Feng's power, he was completely unable to suppress the three chaotic primordial fires.

When others tried to pick a fight, even if Xiao Yan used only his inherent mana and spells, he would lose control of the three primordial fires.

Unless Lin Feng remained by his side at all times to take care of him like a mother hen, but such an existence would be a nightmare for Xiao Yan.

Looking at Xiao Yan's bitter face, Lin Feng sighed in his heart.

The most senior disciple of his sect had been incapacitated.

Before this, Xiao Yan could be said to be Lin Feng's number 1 fighter.

His personality was stubborn and fearless. Faced with any challenge to his sect, he would be the first to stand up and respond.

Now, he was as helpless as a newborn. The difference between the past and present almost made Lin Feng laugh.

Looking at Lin Feng trying to stifle his laugh, Xiao Yan's lips twitched hesitantly. Soon, he too burst out in laughter. Shaking his head, he too realized that this misadventure really did him in.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, relax. This may not be a complete debacle. Focus on cultivation and after you reached the late-Aurous Core stage your powers would increase exponentially with three primordial fires in your body."

He then said, "If you could take advantage of the Tribulation of the Yin Wind to integrate the Nanming Primordial Fire into your Aurous Core, then the quality of your Aurous Core would go up by one stage. After you formed your nascent soul, it will greatly benefit you."

"Of course, there are many dangers associated with this. When you undergo the Tribulation of the Yin Wind, you must be a thousand times more careful. This will require some careful planning. However, you don't need to worry too much as I'll help you arrange it. What you need to do right now is to cultivate calmly and calm the three primordial fires in preparation for your ascension into the late-Aurous Core stage."

Xiao Yan nodded his head and said, "I understand, I will not disappoint you master."

With that, Lin Feng re-ignited the Fire of the Eight Trigrams in his heart and laughed, "Your Nanming Primordial Fire was given to you by your wife, right? How was the meet-up?"

Xiao Yan sniggered and said, "Yeah, I've seen her. The Nanming Primordial Fire was indeed given to me by her. She also passed me her family's spell, the Holy Lihuo Mantra."

Lin Feng's face twitched, "You truly are reaching our arms to everywhere. Good job, Xiao Yan. You've already touched taken the dowry."

However, Xiao Yan's mood worsened quickly, "However, after I met with Zhen'er for a brief moment, we split. She said there's something going on with her family at the moment..."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "It appears that her family did not plan to stick with their original plan."

He looked at Xiao Yan and then continued, "I wonder if this would affect Xiao Zhen'er's plans for marriage? Normally, with her ability and talent, she should have complete autonomy over her marriage. However, if her family planned to stick to their original plans, then things may turn ugly."

Xiao Yan said softly, "If that happens, I'll come here again to bring her away."

Lin Feng thought, "Xiao Yan, while you may not be successful in marrying her, but you have to have an open mindset in the meantime. It may be just a hiccup, but it would be the cherry on top of your bedazzling life."

"Anyone who tried to steal your girl really has no idea what he's up against. In all honesty, they're just giving you presents. You can derive many benefits from them too."

"Oh yeah, master, how's the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai?" Xiao Yan thought of it suddenly and asked. "By coming here, will your plans be affected?"

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Don't worry, in the Foundation Establishment round, Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing were all amongst the top 8. In the end, Wang Lin and Yue Hongyan both entered the finals and clinched the first and second placing. Hongyan is the champion of the Foundation Establishment stage round."

Hearing that, a joyful expression appeared on Xiao Yan's face. He was about to say something, but he paused and then asked carefully, "Fifth Junior, who did he lose to?"

Lin Feng understood what he was thinking before laughing, "Yang Qing was unlucky. During the quarter-finals, he was paired up with Yue Hongyan."

Xiao Yan relaxed and then said, with a trace of schadenfreude, "Then his luck is really too bad! Meeting Third Junior is not as bad as meeting Fourth Junior! Was he beaten senseless by her?"

Lin Feng shook his head and continued, "In the Aurous Core stage, both Zhu Yi and Tianhao entered the finals. In the end, Tianhao won."

Xiao Yan burst out laughing, "Good job! Wonderful! I'm relieved!"

Lin Feng looked at him from the corner of your eyes, "Why won't you be relieved? They're both in their mid-Aurous Core stage."

Xiao Yan smiled, brimming with pride, "This is a good thing! I can't wait to compete with them to see who's stronger..."

Here, he stopped. He suddenly remembered that he had lost his powers. He could not even compete against Wang Lin, Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing right now, much less Zhu Yi and Xiao Budian.

To be brutally frank, he may not even beat Zhuge Fengling.

Xiao Yan looked sheepishly at Lin Feng with a pained smile before saying, "We'll compete after we all enter the Aurous Core stage..."

Lin Feng laughed till he could no longer help it. He wanted to poke fun at Xiao Yan before his heart jumped and he thought, "What's going on at the Sea of the Northern Wind? What could possibly go wrong with seven Immortal Soul stage elders there?"

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Chapter 341: Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation

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Lin Feng could not bother to continue joking with Xiao Yan. He used his mana to turn Xiao Yan around, broke through space and rushed towards the Sea of the Northern Wind.

When Lin Feng arrived, he could not help but feel shocked.

The boundless Sea of the Northern Wind had disappeared.

The sea water had been evaporated and what was left was just a huge and deep hole.

The environment had changed totally and the lake body had been converted into an empty basin.

At the bottom of the basin, there was a hole that looked like a well. Around a hundred meters down, there was a flashing ray.

That was the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World. Initially, it was buried under the Sea of the Northern Wind, but now it was exposed.

Shi Zongyue, the Gambling Holy Man and the Blue Pavilion Holy Man were all shocked as they stood outside the Ancient Huanghai World.

The vast and abstruse mana surging out from the three of them were holding on to the spatial gap at the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World.

The various power concepts of power, time, space and life were convulsing between the Heavens and Earth, but at the same time were proceeding with caution.

Above the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World, the Hidden Dragon Gorge was floating in mid-space. The gorge descended in the reverse direction and the opening of the gorge shot out streaks of light rays. Inside the rays was space that was changing continually and it was connected to the Ancient Huanghai World.

What made Lin Feng's hair stand was that he felt the instability of the Ancient Huanghai World. It was prone to collapsing.

All thanks to the powers of the three Immortal Soul Stage Elders and the alternate world time zone of the Hidden Dragon Gorge, the Ancient Huanghai World was barely supported and not primed to collapse yet.

Lin Feng could even see the edge of the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World clearly. It was shaking tremendously.

The space between the Ancient World and the Divine Lands were colliding non-stop. It was on the verge of destruction. A minor movement would cause the Ancient World to collapse.

Even if the Ancient World did not collapse fully, its direct connection to the Divine Lands would disappear.

Lin Feng felt a streak of cold air rushing to his head from his toes. Besides Xiao Yan, all his Immediate Disciples were in the Ancient Huanghai World. If the Ancient Huanghai World was to fall, the entire Celestial Sect of Wonders would be wiped out!

Without hesitation, he expressed his intentions to the three elders by nodding his head slightly. After that, he wriggled his fingers, causing a light spot to be produced. The light spot landed at the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World.

The light spot grew gradually. It was converted to countless light rays. With a mysterious orbit and rhythm, these light rays formed a charm.

Within the charm, countless runes and formation maps started to combine one by one. They created an extremely large pattern that covered a few hundred miles square radii.

This pattern consisted of the two extremes of Yin and Yang. The power within it was tremendous.

In the next moment, the huge formation pattern started to shrink suddenly. It was converted to a size around the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World and landed on top of the opening to the Ancient Huanghai World.

Lin Feng conjured a spell with his right hand and shouted, "Two Elements of Creation Formation, open!"

"Six Forms of Creation and Destruction, Heaven and Earth Change, Rise!"

An overwhelming amount of yellow light was emitted and purple gas was released from the formation. They were converted to the skies and the ground. As the skies and ground formed, balance was achieved and all matter came to life, forming a perfect world.

Lin Feng used the Two Elements of Creation and Destruction to initiate this overwhelming change, infusing it to the intersection point between the Ancient Huanghai World and the Divine Lands. It brought stability to space.

Forgoing the offensive and defensive functions of the Two Elements of Creation and Destruction, Lin Feng focused all the power of the formation to stabilize space, eventually bringing the Ancient Huanghai World back from the brink of collapse.

Shi Zongyue, Zhuge Guang, and the Blue Pavilion Holy Man all heaved a sigh of relief. As they looked at Lin Feng, they became more curious about him.

"Hearsay that he used a formation to trap the Great Void Sect's Six Appearances Sword in Shazhou. I wonder if this is the formation? His creation of formation is independent on geography, which is very frightening!"

Although they heaved a sigh of relief momentarily, the three of them were still pale and were not relaxed from the ordeal.

"It is all thanks to Master Lin, but now is not the time for chatting." Shi Zongyue peered towards the sky seriously, "As the landlord, I am ashamed to have let all of you witness this embarrassing scene."

Before he even said, Lin Feng could feel a frightening power gathering above his head.

At present, the priority was to stabilize the Ancient Huanghai World. Lin Feng threw everything else to the back of his head. Now that he could catch his breath, he lifted his head to look upwards.

As he looked upwards, Lin Feng was shocked, "Screw this!"

The skies were no longer blue. It was as if someone ripped it apart and revealed the pitch-dark universe. There were countless stars and the most dazzling of them all was the Navagraha.

The Navagraha was supposed to be extremely far away, but they seemed extremely close at this point.

"Venus, Jupiter, Mercury Mars, Saturn, Sun, Moon…" Lin Feng's expression turned as awful as Shi Zongyue and the rest at this point. He stared at two shadows near the Sun and Moon that were dull, but they possessed a frightening vibration of mana.

"Those two are the dull stars, North Node and South Node…" Lin Feng took a deep breath, "Nine luminaries!"

The seven luminaries of coupled with the two hidden luminaries, the North and South Node, formed the nine luminaries.

At this point, Lin Feng could tell that the power of the nine luminaries were disturbed by unnatural actions. The tremendous powers of the stars gathered above the Ancient Huanghai World and formed a giant and frightening spell formation.

This power that made Lin Feng frightened was gathering in this giant formation. It was as if a heavenly punishment was about to descend and strike Lin Feng and the rest.

After checking with the system, Lin Feng was about to spew vulgarities, "The Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation?! I thought that it has already disappeared? Who caused it to be brought over here?"

A formation that tapped on the immense power of the Heavens and Earth were always considered to be the best. Although it was difficult to create the formation, once it was initiated, its power was bound to please its owner.

The most famous formation in the world of human cultivation were the Mountain Defense Spell Formation from the Three Great Holy Grounds, the Supreme Yin-Yang Void Formation from the Great Void Sect, the Vairocana Formation from the Great Thunderclap Temple and the Immortal Heaven Universal Sword Formation from the Mount Shu Sword Sect.

Besides these, the demonic clan also possessed powerful spell formations that could move the Heavens and Earth and they were all from one type.

Among all those formations, the most outstanding one was the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. It tapped on the powers of the stars directly. As the Nine Luminaries aligned, it exuded a powerful stature that could destroy the Heavens and Earth.

But it was just that this formation had disappeared a few thousand years ago and nothing was heard about it since.

The most unbelievable part of this formation was that it used patterns as its foundation to supplement various magic treasures without the need to rely on geography, just like Lin Feng's Two Elements of Creation and Destruction Formation.

The source of the power of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was from the Cosmic Nine Luminaries. Its power did not come from a specific location on the ground, but from the skies.

In this case, the result was that the position of this formation could be shifted!

Another unbelievable point of this Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was that its powers were far-reaching. Lin Feng could see the formation from where he was, but the fact was that the distance of the formation from him was at least a hundred thousand meters away.

Lin Feng's Mount Yujing could shift its position and land anywhere in the Divine Lands. This enabled Lin Feng to be a walking weapon. But now he also experienced the taste of meeting an opponent that was about to attack him with a weapon of the same class.

"It actually taps on the powers of the stars. The creator of this formation is either a genius or a lunatic!" Lin Feng did not think that he would see the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. Furthermore, from the looks of this formation, although it was not set up very pleasantly, it served an effective purpose with its pattern trap.

The magic treasures that were used to create the formation were not the best, causing the formation to be unable to unleash all its powers. But it was already very powerful.

Lin Feng could see a few streaks of light flashing around the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. They all possessed vast supernatural powers. It seemed to be Huo Xiu and other Immortal Soul Stage Elders that were attacking the formation.

But it was visible that the formation was not just under the control of one Great Demonic Saint with an indestructible soul. The power of the formation isolated Huo Xiu's attack completely. What was even more amazing was that its power was increasing too.

The radiance of Mercury became even brighter. Lin Feng could feel that the other party's next move was to continue aiming at the vulnerable Ancient Huanghai World.

"Even if it was not a perfect Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, its power was still immeasurable." The Blue Pavilion Holy Man commented. "The first strike from Venus destroyed the defensive formation set up by Prince Anliang and the rest."

"Prince Anliang's formation was already sufficiently powerful, but it was still taken down by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation."

The Blue Pavilion Holy Man said, "Next up, the second strike from Jupiter will land on the Sea of the Northern Wind. It will evaporate the entire Sea of the Northern Wind. If it were not for our efforts at minimizing its effects, the entire Ancient Huanghai World would be destroyed."

"It is the third strike now!"

Shi Zongyue and Zhuge Guang looked extremely unhappy. Since when were they unable to retaliate?

The opponent saw that they were trying their best to protect the Ancient Huanghai World. That was why they were so daring.

It was not just Lin Feng's Celestial Sect of Wonders. The rest of the disciples from the other sect were all their budding talents and future pillars.

In the face of death, the various Immortal Soul Stage Elders were going to make a decisive move. It was guaranteed that they would be trying their best to protect the Ancient Huanghai World.

Lin Feng stared at the sky, saying, "The three of you, please aid the rest of our comrades."

He said decisively, "Let me take care of things here."

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Chapter 342: What Everyone Wants

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After listening to Lin Feng's words, Shi Zongyue and the rest were stunned.

Shi Zongyue was hesitant to speak. The Blue Pavilion Holy Master had a slightly closer relationship with Lin Feng and spoke with less reservations, "Master Lin, if you are alone, I fear that…"

Lin Feng replied calmly, "Please rest assure that I have the confidence to deal with the situation."

"Passively waiting for the formation to attack us is not good idea. If we want to overcome the formation, we have to think of something to break it instead of retreating."

Lin Feng looked at the flashing rays in the sky, "I believe that the three of you can tell that the attack on the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation by the Huo Family and their alliances has reached a critical point. If more help is rendered, they can overcome the formation."

Shi Zongyue and the rest understood this point. As they wanted to stabilize the Ancient Huanghai World previously, they could only watch anxiously without providing help.

At this point, the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation went obscure suddenly. Lin Feng and the rest were anxious as they knew that the third attack was impending.

Mercury flashed with a bright radiance suddenly. At the same time, a streak of blue light beam was emitted out of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. It was targeted towards the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World below it.

Lin Feng could barely see hundreds and thousands of spell formations flashing within the light beam. Each and every of the formation seemed to contain the water-type spiritual power of the oceans. It left one frightened.

Whereas now these hundreds and thousands of spell formations gathered together to form a vigorous light beam and was striking down towards the four of them.

Lin Feng squinted his eyes slightly. This was the strongest attack he had faced ever since he came to this world.

This attack tapped on the tremendous powers of the stars and could move Heaven and Earth. Regardless of whatever Immortal Soul Avatar or magic treasure, they were not even worth a mention in the face of such an attack.

Within the group of Immortal Soul Stage Elders, except for Shi Zongyue, whoever had to face this streak of light beam were bound to get seriously injured. To even survive this attack would be a miracle.

Lin Feng lifted his head to look at the descending light beam. He stretched out his hand and whipped out a huge black umbrella.

Sky-Shielding Umbrella!

The pupils of the Shi Zongyue and the other two shrank. With their intelligence gathering powers, they naturally heard of the Stellar Holy Man's unsuccessful encounter with the umbrella on Xingyun Peak.

But, could this umbrella withstand the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation?

Lin Feng was also unsure, but for the disciples in the Ancient Huanghai World, he had no choice but to press on.

The blue light beam was about to hit. The three of the elders opened their eyes wide and were ready to help Lin Feng.

But their eyes became wider and wider immediately and their gazes became more and more sluggish.

The huge light beam was about a kilometer away before a weird tune reverberated through space. The light beam became extremely thin in an instant and landed on Lin Feng's Sky-Shielding Umbrella eventually.

That was as if a basin of water was about to be spilled on Lin Feng, but landed on the umbrella and deflected away from it, not causing Lin Feng to be even touched by a drop of water.

But the water was converted to a huge wave instantaneously as it was deflected away from the umbrella. It caused the vast lands of the Sea of the Northern Winds to be drowned in water and the entire land area was about to become an ocean.

This scene showed that Lin Feng did not block off just a basin of water, but the attack of a water-type spiritual power.

Under the control of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, this spiritual power possessed a tremendous destructive strength.

But now that it was quickly dispersed by the Sky-Shielding Umbrella, it was converted to normal flowing water. Although the volume was infinitely high, it did not possess the frightening power that it did before.

As the Sky-Shielding Umbrella was raised, everything under it was protected even if the skies were unrelenting.

Shi Zongyue and the Vivant Joy Holy Master regained their awareness. They used various methods to collect the flowing water. Such a huge volume of water should not be allowed to flood the place, otherwise, the entire southeast area of the Great Qin Empire will be flooded into a huge swamp comparable to the Great Swamp of the Ancient Regions.

They looked at Lin Feng at this point and were not just cautious and fearful anymore.

Although Lin Feng was not present when the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation first attacked, he was able to turn the tables around by using his powers even though he had just arrived not long ago.

First, he used a formation to stabilize the Ancient Huanghai World. After that, he could resist the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation without being hurt in the process.

With his methods, he could be considered as resourceful and invincible.

Shi Zongyue and the other two had lived for thousands of years and they had seen many people with such invincible powers. But they had not expected to witness someone of Lin Feng's prowess. They had even thought they had overestimated him, but it seemed like they had underestimated him instead.

Lin Feng held the umbrella up and kept it above the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World. His gaze was fixated on the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation and he said calmly, "Let me settle things here."

Even though he had said it before, the three Immortal Soul Stage Elders felt different when he said it again.

Shi Zongyue gritted his teeth, "I shall bring the Hidden Dragon Gorge over. The two of you stay here to help Master Lin."

After he finished speaking, Shi Zongyue carried along the Hidden Dragon Gorge and flew up. As he was tied down by the Ancient Huanghai World, he could only withhold his punches and not retaliate. He was withholding all the anger in his heart.

The figure of an elder with a long beard flew out from the Hidden Dragon Gorge and his face was equally sulky. He was the spirit of the magic treasure of the Hidden Dragon Gorge and he was extremely unhappy.

Although it opened an Alternate World Time Zone internally, the Hidden Dragon Gorge was actually a magic treasure that was designed to kill. Stabilizing space was not its strongest suit. The true power of the Hidden Dragon Gorge was its slaughtering ability.

Shi Zongyue shouted and his body was converted to a light figure. In mid-space, a huge person around the height of nearly three hundred feet appeared. His body was burning with a ferocious fire. It had a dragon head but a human body and its roar broke through the Nine Heavens.

Crimson Imperial Dragon King!

As the Crimson Imperial Dragon King revealed himself, burning flames started to engulf the ground. Regardless of Huo Xiu or Lin Feng and the rest, they could feel the burning sensation engulfing them. With their cultivation, they felt as if they fell into an oven.

This was the natural aura that the Crimson Imperial Dragon King exuded and not an attack that he initiated. The vast ground of the Sea of the Northern Wind was burnt and tiny cracks started to appear on the ground.

As the Hidden Dragon Gorge vibrated, its size grew larger gradually. It became a hundred feet high and its diameter was the size of ten huge gorges. As the powerful mana vibration dispersed, it caused cracks in the surrounding space.

Flashing golden light dragons began to fly out of the gorge opening and orbited around the right shoulder of the Crimson Imperial Dragon King. The Crimson Imperial Dragon King lifted his own right shoulder and the burning flames infused with the golden light dragons, forming a streak of golden light beam which shot straight towards the Nine Heavens.

The areas in which the golden light beam interacted with experienced a dispersal in the spatial waves. The light beam contained an all-conquering and magnificent power concept. It seemed to puncture through unlimited worlds until it reached its target and it was unwavering.

Even the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation experienced slight tremors. Under the combined efforts of Shi Zongyue and the Hidden Dragon Gorge, this ultimate attack was unleashed.

The distant horizon burst out in flames and it engulfed the entire sky, causing it to become a crimson red color.

Although this strike by Shi Zongyue was slightly less powerful than the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, it caused tremors among the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation as it struck it. Some of the runes at the edges of the formation were even damaged.

After the damage occurred, the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation started to repair itself rapidly. But Huo Xiu, Sword Radiance Swordmaster and the rest would not give it any opportunity to do so.

All their attacks were focused on the flaw that Shi Zongyue had created. As a few Immortal Soul Stage Elders joined hands to attack, the firmament was about to be torn apart. The damaged formation was also about to collapse and the portions of it that were broken had become more and more.

The radiance of the formation became dimmer and the huge cracks in the sky began to consolidate. The cosmic skies became further and further away and looked to disappear soon.

But no one was taking it easy. That was because they found out that Mars was getting brighter and brighter!

"There is still a fourth attack?"

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster's expression changed. He stared at the formation and said in a deep voice, "It wants to abandon the defensive powers of the formation and speed up the fourth attack."

A group of the elders were in low spirits as they heard that. Previously when the formation struck for the first time, it took a while before the second blow came. But it was not because the formation was natural in this way. It was because the formation had to conserve a certain portion of its power to resist their attacks, which slowed down the rate of attacks.

But it was obvious the opponent was about to strike for the last time. That caused the abandonment of its defensive powers and engaged the attacks of the elders willingly. However, the fourth attack was about to be unleashed.

Prince Xian of the Left looked extremely ghastly, "The fourth strike taps on the cosmic powers of Mars. It is similar to the Venus in the first attack and will be stronger than the second and third attack!"

The first attack tapped on the cosmic powers of Venus and destroyed the defensive formation of the Sea of the Northern Wind of the Great Qin Empire.

That formation was definitely not in the same level as that of the Great Qin Empire's Grand Protection Formation. Furthermore, the geographical conditions of the Sea of the Northern Wind were average. However, it was still a powerful formation but was still destroyed by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

The second attack using Jupiter and the third attack using Mercury were in fact slightly weaker.

But now, the destructive power similar to the first strike was incoming!

Under the command of Shi Zongyue, the Immortal Soul Stage Elders were attacking the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation frantically. They wanted to destroy it before the fourth attack could be unleashed.

Their combined attack was not to be trifled with. They destroyed the formation in a few moments completely.

But they were still one step late. A streak of crimson red light beam was descending from the sky and it was more ferocious than the combined attack of Shi Zongyue and the Hidden Dragon Gorge. It was targeting the opening of the Ancient Huanghai World with a tremendously violent power.

At this point, everyone was looking upwards.

Lin Feng was holding the Sky-Shielding Umbrella and watching the entire scene quietly.

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Chapter 343: Turning the Tide

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Under the Sky-Shielding Umbrella, Lin Feng lifted his head to look at the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, which was slowly dissipating. The formation released its last huge crimson red light beam.

It was like the third attack of the formation, but now it tapped on the cosmic powers of Mars. The crimson red light beam contained ferocious flames within it and combined hundreds and thousands of fire formations together.

The fire-type spiritual power within the light beam was concentrated. From Lin Feng's experience, such ferocious flames were sufficient to raze a huge amount of land to the ground and even vaporized it.

The powers of the Seven True Primordial Fires were on a higher level, but the Primordial Fires that he had seen were all limited by their volume. Compared to what he was witnessing now, it was like a difference between a water droplet and an ocean. This caused the destructive powers of the Primordial Fires and the light beam to be of a different magnitude.

Lin Feng grasped the umbrella tighter and tighter with his finger. When he had resisted the third attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, he felt a tremendous tremor and almost lost his grip. Now, a more powerful attack was incoming.

Time and space above the umbrella started to change again. The light beam, with a diameter of around a kilometer, became thinner in the process of changing. It eventually shrank to a diameter of only a foot and converted to a vigorously burning fireball, smashing on the top of the Sky-Shielding Umbrella.

Under the attack of the fireball, there was an earth-shaking tremor and a streak of fire was deflected off the umbrella, but the umbrella was still in working condition. Not only was it not destroyed, there was not even a hint of scratch on it.

The streak of fire that deflected off the umbrella converted itself to a fire shooting star the size of a mountain as it left the boundaries encapsulating the umbrella's powers. The entire surroundings were engulfed by flames instantaneously.

Regardless of Shi Zongyue in the air, the Sword Radiance Swordmaster and the rest, or the Blue Pavilion Holy Man on the ground, they all witnessed Lin Feng resisting the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. Even after facing the attack, Lin Feng was undisturbed by it.

This left everyone speechless, especially Shi Zongyue.

He knew in his heart that the fourth attack initiated by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was much stronger than his combined attack with the Hidden Dragon Gorge.

Even if it was him facing the fourth attack by his own, he could only try to avoid it. Taking it on head-to-head would only result in serious injuries or even death for him.

But now Lin Feng was fine even after such a devastating attack on him. Regardless of whether it was due to the Sky-Shielding Umbrella or Lin Feng's own powers, they only proved that Shi Zongyue was clueless about how to deal with him!

This fact made all the Immortal Soul Stage Elders speechless.

After a while, Shi Zongyue spoke in a deep voice, "This time around, we have to thank Master Lin for turning the tide!"

Firstly, he used his formation to save the collapsing Ancient Huanghai World. After that, he single-handedly resisted the third attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

Following that, he even managed to overcome the even stronger fourth attack by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

In this battle, Lin Feng disproved the legend of the invincibility of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

Before this, the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation destroyed the defensive formation of the Sea of the Northern Wind in the first attack and the second attack had to be resisted with the efforts of a few Immortal Soul Stage Elders.

In the hearts of the Immortal Soul Stage Elders, Lin Feng's defensive abilities were the best among everyone present, which won the respect of everyone.

Although Lin Feng did not attack the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation directly, the effect he brought about in this battle was second to none. It was not exaggerating for Shi Zongyue to claim that he turned the tide.

"You are too kind, Prince Anliang." Lin Feng's voice resonated, "Can we apprehend the other party?"

Shi Zongyue and the rest put out the burning flames and landed on the ground.

"I am ashamed to say this, but the other party has escaped after his formation had collapsed." Shi Zongyue shook his head while saying, "The collapse of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation has caused quite a huge chaos in the surrounding spiritual energy and led to a mess in the entire space."

"The other party's cultivation is not beneath mine. He took opportunity of the chaos to escape. We were unable to stop him."

Shi Zongyue said in a deep voice, "However, I can tell that this was caused by the Qiong Qi demonic tribe by observing the change in the demonic powers. They are a ferocious bunch, but I am unsure of how they got the opportunity to take control of the long-lost Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation and used it to seek trouble."

Lin Feng creased his brows slightly, "This place is very far from the Barren Lands of the demonic world. How did this group of demons rush over to the Sea of the Northern Wind without alerting Prince Anliang and the Great Qin Empire?"

Shi Zongyue was embarrassed and lowered his head, "The Great Qin Empire will investigate this thoroughly and give everyone an explanation."

Regardless of whether it was Lin Feng, Prince Xian of the Left, Sword Radiance Swordmaster, Sun Radiance Swordmaster, Blue Pavilion Holy Man, Huo Xiu or Cao Wei, every one of them was very serious now. The Immortal Soul Stage Elders were furious and the anxious atmosphere seemed to tense up the entire place.

Although the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was strong, it would still be difficult to hold the Immortal Soul Stage Elders back if they wanted to leave.

But the Ancient Huanghai World was fixed there in place. If it was destroyed by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, all the budding talents of the great powers were bound to be killed over there.

Dou Kun, Sang Luohe, Tao Yaoyao, Li Dongtao, Yun Mei, Gu Lei, Huo Ming, Song Qingyuan as well as Dao Yuting were all elite disciples of the powerful sects. Even if these sects had a huge array of talents, it would be devastating to lose these group of talents.

As they matured, they would become the pillar of their respective sects and leave their name in history. If they were killed here, it would cause a huge uproar within their own sects internally.

To the Great Qin Empire, the same logic applied to Shi Xingyun and Shi Shaogan.

Not to even mention the Celestial Sect of Wonders, where all of Lin Feng's Immediate Disciples except Xiao Yan were stuck in the Ancient Huanghai World. If someone were to wreak havoc, Lin Feng and Xiao Yan would be clueless about how to proceed in the future.

To have been played by someone, this group of Immortal Soul Stage Elders were in low spirits.

Cao Wei was speechless and crushed a piece of the Voice-Projecting Crystal. He used his mana to communicate with Wu Qingrou.

As he got through to Wu Qingrou, he criticized, "This is your so-called 'another change'?"

Wu Qingrou replied calmly, "The Qiong Qi demonic tribe has laid a move? Mm, what method did they use?"

Cao Wei answered coldly, "You do not know?"

"I knew about it beforehand." Wu Qingrou said, "But it was just intelligence. As for the details, I am unsure of them."

After hesitating for a moment, he followed with, "I did not orchestrate the plan. Speaking of it, I am not even the person who initiated or supported it. I was just someone who knew about it."

Cao Wei was silent for a moment before he started to describe the entire proceedings calmly.

"Oh? So it was the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. This is indeed a surprise." Wu Qingrou was interested about what happened, "But the powers of the leader of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were within my expectations."

Cao Wei creased his brows, "You wanted to exploit the attack by the demonic tribe to test Lin Feng's true abilities?"

Wu Qingrou replied, "It was not the main plan, but the rewards have been fulfilling. I am satisfied."

He muttered to himself, "His formation can stabilize space. Even though the Middle World is so huge, stabilizing the boundaries of space is manageable."

"But then, if his Sky-Shielding Umbrella can withstand the attacks of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, then what are its limits?"

Cao Wei interrupted him and said monotonously, "We can talk about all this later. What I want to know now is the person who provided the Qiong Qi demonic tribe with the convenience to enter the Divine Lands?"

Wu Qingrou laughed, "If your powers were greatly undermined, who will benefit the most from it?"

"I have said it, I did not plan this entire thing. I am just a bystander."

Cao Wei said, "You decided to watch without helping even though you know the entire situation. That is because you can benefit from all this."

"You are right, that is the case." Wu Qingrou admitted steadily and laughed, "But this matter has caused your disciples to be affected. I will make amends for that."

Cao Wei was silent and ended the communication between the both. He pondered for a moment and turned his gaze towards Lin Feng. Many ideas flashed across his mind suddenly.

Lin Feng started to think about a lot of things too, "Those who are participating in this spiritual conference have a pretty close relationship with the royal family of the Great Qin Empire. For something this big to happen, I suspect three parties."

"The Great Zhou Empire, the Great Qin influential families and the royal family itself."

Lin Feng raised his brows, "The question is which side is Wu Qingrou on?"

Was he loyal to the orthodox royal family of the Great Qin Empire, or was he more towards the side of the influential families?

Previously at Xingyun Peak, was his actions of making Prince Chongyun lose face a true representation of his intentions or was he projecting a false image?

"The difference in this is very big." Lin Feng sighed, "If he is gathering the influential families, then he would be sure to assist the Shi family secretly and support Shi Tianyi. If Xiao Budian wants to deal with Shi Tianyi in the future, then he will be big problem."

"But if he is on the side of the royal family, then he will be of a great help to Xiao Budian. Even if they just want to play with the emperor's mind, I will also receive a lot of freedom to control things."

Lin Feng thought of a lot of things, but could not figure out some things. He could only shake his head and forget about them temporarily.

As the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation was destroyed and the Qiong Qi demonic tribe had retreated, everyone was more relaxed. Shi Zongyue allowed the group of people that were stuck in the Ancient Huanghai World to leave.

In the first instant of facing the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, this group of people were protected. Some of them were even unaware, but as they saw the devastation around them, they could not help but feel frightened.

After this ordeal, the Ancient Huanghai World had become extremely unstable. All the elders were using the Voice-Projecting Crystal to communicate with their disciples.

Many of them who had stayed at in the Ancient Huanghai World for a few days were disappointed when they finally left as they felt that the rewards they received were too little due to the time constraints.

As the Celestial Sect of Wonders' disciples left the Ancient Huanghai World, they were in pretty good spirits as they saw Lin Feng.

But as they first met, Xiao Budian used his mana to communicate with Lin Feng.

"Master, Mu Jihai wanted to attack me secretly, but I took care of him."

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Chapter 344: Three-Pronged Strategy

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After listening to Xiao Budian's words, Lin Feng's expression did not change and he asked, "What are the details?"

"Not long after we reached the Ancient Huanghai World, we broke up to execute our plans. But there was a sudden tremor that occurred. I believe it was caused by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation." Xiao Budian explained the situation. "Due to the tremors, I was trapped in some territorial waters, where the dual polarity strength was powerful."

"Mu Jihai was walking past coincidentally and wanted to attack me. After I freed myself from the encirclement of the dual polarity strength, I killed him."

Xiao Budian paused for a moment, before supplementing, "However, there were only the two of us there. I am sure no one else was around."

Lin Feng shook his head, "Even without witnesses, Cao Wei will still know that you killed Mu Jihai. On the bodies of such core disciples, Cao Wei will always leave behind prints of his mana. If he died due to a disaster in the Ancient Huanghai World, then he was just plain unfortunate."

"But if he was murdered, then Cao Wei will know instantaneously."

"However, that is unimportant." Lin Feng said, "A person must know who his friends and enemies are. Someone who seeks to kill will get killed sooner or later. If Cao Wei is unhappy, he can find me."

After hearing what Lin Feng said, Xiao Budian laughed, "Yes, Master!"

Lin Feng turned his head to look at Cao Wei and started to ponder about many things.

Before Lin Feng knew anything, Cao Wei had already known that Xiao Budian killed Mu Jihai, but he did not make any move.

Although Mu Jihai was not comparable to Song Qingyuan or Dao Yuting, he was still a budding talent that the Heaven Lake Sect had nurtured. Regardless of who found fault first, Cao Wei would not let the matter rest if he was just killed that way.

But now Cao Wei seemed to be indifferent, which made Lin Feng confused.

"There must be something going on if things are abnormal." Lin Feng shook his head. "Forget it, different situations call for different measures."

He turned his head to look at his disciples. As compared to disciples from the other sects who left the Ancient Huanghai World disappointed, the disciples of the Celestial Sect of Wonders were in higher spirits.

As he saw this scene, Lin Feng laughed, "The time may have shortened, but as the three destined individuals entered the fray with a few others of good fortune, everything was balanced again."

"As efficiency increases, the shortening of the time will not pose a problem."

Lin Feng looked at the few of them and laughed, "What rewards did all of you gained from this visit?"

Zhu Yi and a few of them looked at each other and laughed. Wang Lin seemed to be especially pleased among everyone.

Lin Feng was curious. After Wang Lin matured, he became more and more cold towards others. His reaction now was very rare.

Wang Lin saw that Lin Feng was looking at him. He stepped forward and passed Lin Feng the Pearl of Styx.

As Lin Feng saw this, he knew that Wang Lin had benefited a lot from his trip to the Ancient Huanghai World. He collected something inside the Pearl of Styx, which showed the importance of that item.

What made Lin Feng curious was the fact that Wang Lin placed the item in the Pearl of Styx, which contained the River Styx Primordial Water that could destroy matter. Wang Lin was unafraid that the item would be destroyed.

After taking over the Pearl of Styx, Lin Feng peered inside it using his supernatural awareness. He saw a stone altar that looked like a flawless white jade.

"Oh?" Lin Feng thought and used his mana to explore the stone altar. He realized how miraculous it was.

This stone altar was created from an extremely pure spiritual energy. Its nature was between that of a real entity and that of spiritual energy.

Inside the stone altar, it contained the most primitive form of heavenly will and philosophy. It was calm and pure. If those below the cultivation of the Aurous Core Stage were to cultivate this stone altar and infuse it into themselves, then they would be able to erect a top-grade spiritual altar.

More accurately speaking, at least a first-grade supreme spiritual altar was possible.

This was a heavenly stone birthed from the Heavens and bred on Earth.

For every cultivator with a lacking Innate Ability, this was the most precious thing to them.

Lin Feng looked at Wang Lin and saw that he was excited, which revealed his cognizance about its effects.

"Good, very good!" Lin Feng was happy for Wang Lin. He even felt that the trip to the Ancient Huanghai World was not fruitless as they had obtained this stone altar.

Lin Feng said to Wang Lin seriously, "When we returned to Mount Yujing, I will personally watch over your cultivation. I will also make some plans to maximize the potential of the stone."

Wang Lin heard and nodded his head repeatedly. Not only was he determined, he was excited and felt that he finally saw the light at the end of the tunnel.

Lin Feng returned the Pearl of Styx to Wang Lin and looked at the rest, laughing, "What did the rest of you gain from this trip? Show me."

Yang Qing scratched his head and laughed foolishly, "I found a spiritual herb by chance, but I am not sure about its use. I will need your help, Master."

Lin Feng received the spiritual herb from his hands. The grass stems were long and only its tip was blood red."

After cross-checking with the system, Lin Feng pondered for a moment and said, "This herb is called the Berserker Herb and it is the main ingredient in cultivating the Berserker Pill. But I do not recommend that you use it."

Yang Qing nodded his head. The reputation of the Berserker Pill was well-known in the Grand Celestial World and was only useful those below the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Stage.

The consumption of this pill would lead to a short-term burst of mana, but there would be after-effects of weakness and harm to the cultivator's flesh or soul.

This pill should only be used in an emergency as it was a double-edged sword.

Furthermore, Yang Qing knew the Grand Moon Flash Flood Mantra which brought about the same effects. However, the after-effects were less pronounced and his body would not be harmed either. Since it was more powerful than the Berserker Pill, Yang Qing did not have to use the Berserker Herb naturally.

From Lin Feng's perspective, he did not approve the use of this pill by anyone else either. Instead of taking this pill, it was more reliable to enhance one's own abilities through other methods.

"Maybe we should cultivate some pieces of the Berserker Pill, in case of emergencies?" Lin Feng thought of it. Suddenly, his vision landed on Xiao Budian. "Actually, it can be done this way…"

As Lin Feng looked at him, Xiao Budian laughed, "Master, I obtained this."

As he said, he retrieved the Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness. There was a jade-green vine inside the crucible. After seeing it, Lin Feng could not help but laugh, "Nice one kid, your eyes are really spot on."

Lin Feng recognized that the vine inside the crucible was the Heavens-Patching Vine, a specialty from the Ancient Huanghai World that could not be found elsewhere.

The Heavens-Patching Vine was the most effective spiritual herb to mend cracks in the Aurous Core. The greatest obstacle for Xiao Budian's Nine-Holed Aurous Core was to promote from the intermediate stage to the advanced stage.

As the Tribulations of the Yin Wind were averted, the Yin Wind would carve out the Aurous Core, removing its flaws. But Xiao Budian's Aurous Core already had nine holes that allowed it to spit and swallow spiritual energy. This led to the purification of the Aurous Core.

This enabled him to overcome the Tribulations of the Yin Fire much easier than others but caused him to meet with a higher risk and difficulty when it comes to the Tribulations of the Yin Wind.

With the Heavens-Patching Vine, along with the help of other magic items, this would greatly smoothen Xiao Budian's path to promote to the advanced stage of the Aurous Core Stage.

Xiao Bu Dian was also very satisfied and kept laughing.

Lin Feng returned the crucible to him and turned his attention towards Yue Hongyan. Yue Hongyan smiled, "I have also obtained a spiritual herb. I think it is the Spiritual Enhancement Herb. It can help with my cultivation."

Lin Feng's eyes brightened and he laughed.

The Spiritual Enhancement Herb was a very notable spiritual herb in the Grand Celestial World. That was how Yue Hongyan recognized it immediately. It was very rare and its effects were very precious. As what Yue Hongyan said, it could effectively help with cultivation and increase the rate in which they absorbed and cultivated spiritual energy.

But only Lin Feng knew that it was the most important ingredient in cultivating the Spiritual Replenishment Elixir.

With it, Lin Feng could see a huge pile of Spiritual Replenishment Elixir coming his way.

Zhuge Fengling stepped back, but Lin Feng probed, "What did you get?"

"Nothing, nothing much…. I found the shell of a beast." Zhuge Fengling replied, "It can help to mask the tracks of people."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "It is suitable for you, keep it safely."

Zhuge Fengling was stunned for a while and looked at Lin Feng cautiously. After confirming that Lin Feng was not being sarcastic, she heaved a sigh of relief. She still thought that she had to hand over a useful item and was nervous as she thought hers was insufficient.

At this point, Lin Feng looked at Tuntun. Without even waiting for her reply, he commented, "Whatever you have obtained, you must have eaten it."

Tuntun snorted and made a silly face at him, but she did not retort back.

Lastly, it was Zhu Yi. He smiled slightly and retrieved something out. Then he handed it over to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng fixed his eyes on it and realized that it was a turtle shell the size of a palm. There were patterns on the turtle shell. As he observed it more carefully, it was actually the image of the Nine Palaces.

The turtle looked ancient and did not seem eye-catching, but it encapsulated a mysterious power within it. It looked small but was actually very grand. It was just able to hide itself well and not reveal itself.

Lin Feng felt familiar as he looked at the turtle shell.

Looking at this turtle shell was like looking at the embryos of magic treasures, which included the Zhuyan Demon Eye, Soul Creator Seal, and the Emerald Skull

This turtle shell was also an embryo of a magic treasure.

Lin Feng was a little stunned as he looked at it. He lifted his head to look at Zhu Yi and started laughing bitterly in his heart, "Damn, you are unbelievably spot on in finding treasures. You are the best among all my disciples in doing this."

Lin Feng looked at the dazzling treasure and he could not help but guess, "They have really used the Three-Pronged Strategy of eating, taking and stealing everything away. They have balanced the stakes in the Ancient Huanghai World. I wonder if everything that was good in there is now in my hands?"

As he was thinking of it, he turned his head around and saw that the Sword Radiance Swordmaster was looking at him with a perplexed look.

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Chapter 345: Fame and Victory

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Although the Sword Radiance Swordmaster hid it well, Lin Feng was still able to spot his confused look.

Awkwardness, Dilemma, Low-Spirited…all forms of emotions were tangling together.

Lin Feng pondered for a moment and realized why the Sword Radiance Swordmaster would be in such low spirits. It was related to the Heavens-Patching Vine that Xiao Budian brought back.

Tao Yaoyao, who was beside the Sword Radiance Swordmaster, was also in low spirits.

After her Aurous Core cracked when she killed a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator, Tao Yaoyao had been hiding in the cave at Xingyun Peak for recuperative purposes. She had been recuperating for hundreds of years. This time around, she left to attend the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai to get the Heavens-Patching Vine.

Only with the vine would there be any chance of repairing Tao Yaoyao's cracked Aurous Core and attaining a full recovery.

With Tao Yaoyao's gifted cultivation, she would have achieved the Nascent Soul if not were for her injury.

Not only was it a torture for Tao Yaoyao to remain in the Aurous Core Stage, it was also a huge loss for the entire Sword of Radiance Sect.

But everything came to nothing in the end. The Heavens-Patching Vine landed in Xiao Budian's hands. How can the Sword Radiance Swordmaster and Tao Yaoyao not be in low spirits?

But the Heavens-Patching Vine had no owner. Whoever could get it was more capable. The Sword Radiance Swordmaster could not expect Lin Feng to hand over the Heavens-Patching Vine illogically. The two of them were not even that close in the first place.

Taking it away from Lin Feng was also not plausible. With Lin Feng's current ability, the Sword Radiance Swordmaster would be crazy to try and snatch it from him.

Therefore, the only way was for the Sword Radiance Swordmaster to communicate with Lin Feng and suggest a trade for the Heavens-Patching Vine with one of his own magic items.

That was the source of the Sword Radiance Swordmaster's awkwardness, dilemma, and low spirits.

Previously at Xingyun Peak, after Murong Yanran lost to Xiao Yan, the Sword Radiance Swordmaster accepted Murong Yanran as his disciple. Given that he had not accepted any Immediate Disciples in hundreds of years and broke his streak for Murong Yanran, it was a silent challenge towards Lin Feng.

He was telling Lin Feng that one day his Immediate Disciple will spar with Xiao Yan again and avenge her loss.

Both parties knew that the battle between Xiao Yan and Murong Yanran had only just started.

Hence, the Sword Radiance Swordmaster had the intention to go against Lin Feng.

At the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, the Sword Radiance Swordmaster had placed his bet on Song Qingyuan when he fought Xiao Budian. On one hand, he favored Song Qingyuan at that point in time. On another hand, it was a continuation of the competition between both sects.

Under such a circumstance, it was a dilemma for the Sword Radiance Swordmaster to find Lin Feng for help.

But for the Sword Radiance Swordmaster and the Sword of Radiance Sect, the relative importance of Tao Yaoyao compared to Murong Yanran was obviously higher.

That was why the Sword Radiance Swordmaster calmed his mind quickly and walked towards Lin Feng. He said gradually, "Master Lin, I have a request that I hope you will help me in."

Lin Feng smiled slightly and replied straightly, "Are you here for the Heavens-Patching Vine?"

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster nodded his head, "Since Master Lin is aware of everything, I shall not beat around the bush. Tao Yaoyao requires the vine to recover from her injury. I hope Master Lin will be willing to trade the vine over. I am willing to make up for any loss you incur."

Lin Feng nodded his head slowly, "I am afraid I have to let you down. I have my uses for this Heavens-Patching Vine."

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster was silent and stared at Lin Feng. Lin Feng looked back at him calmly. The Sword Radiance Swordmaster could tell that Lin Feng did not do this on purpose or wanted to raise the value of the vine.

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster's heart sank. That was what he was most worried about. He was worried that Lin Feng would have a legit use for the vine, which would make it difficult to retrieve the vine from him.

But Lin Feng's next words gave him hope again. "I will grow this vine in within the confines of my sect. After a year, you can bring Tao Yaoyao over to seek for the herb from me."

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster creased his brows. After a while, he asked, "Not sure what does Master Lin want in exchange for it?"

Lin Feng laughed, "When it comes to then, I will inform you beforehand."

The Sword Radiance Swordmaster gaze flashed and he nodded his head, "That is a deal."

Although the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation made the ending of the spiritual conference disappointing to many, the entire episode had still reaped many rewards for Lin Feng and his disciples.

The visible rewards were the bets won in the various competitions.

Ice Amber, Sun Essence Stone, Geocentric Fire Lotus, Nine-Circled Ice Orchid, Zhuyan Ice Flower, Flying Snow Plume King, Dual Polarity Divine Flower, Eight-Veined Ginseng, Shaoshang Sword Engravement and the Aurora Polar Mirror.

With the addition of the Spiritual Enhancement Herb, Berserker Herb, Heavens-Patching Vine, the Heavenly Stone Altar and the turtle shell, they had almost ransacked the entire treasure trove of the Ancient Huanghai World.

Furthermore, during the trade activity, Zhu Yi had also cut out Min Du's teeth. As Xiao Budian was being attacked, they also scammed a whole lot of items from the Great Qin Empire.

Just all these items showed the abundance of rewards that they reaped.

Whereas for the intangible rewards, they included Lin Feng's rise in fame after the battle with the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation and the reputation of his Celestial Sect of Wonders as they flourished in the spiritual conference. All these made Lin Feng extremely pleased.

Besides proving the dominance of the Celestial Sect of Wonders, the strong showing of his disciples also allowed them to build up their reputation.

After today, after the news had spread, Lin Feng's disciples would become labeled as the future talents in the Grand Celestial World.

This would also remove the reputation of the Celestial Sect of Wonders having a lot of evildoers.

"But not everything is good." Lin Feng pondered. "Regardless of the assassin who was aiming Xiao Budian, or the Qiong Qi demonic tribe that brought the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation along, there are many areas to reflect upon."

Qiong Qi was one of the four Great Beasts along with the Taoties, Hun Dun and Tao Wu. With a pair of wings and spiky furs, the Qiong Qis had a body shape like an ox and tiger. It was extremely ferocious and was one of the most savage tribes in the demonic clan.

The Grand Sage of Qiong Qi was listed as one of the current Ten Demonic Sages. The other Grand Sages of various demonic tribes did not dare to offend him as he was one of the most unforgiving demon.

The Qiong Qis had an enmity with the Great Qin Empire. If they had the opportunity to attack the Great Qin Empire, they would not let go of it.

But that begs the old question. Qiong Qi resided in the Barren Lands of the Demonic Clan World. The spatial gap was hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Sea of the Northern Wind. How did they travel across the territory of the Great Qin Empire to attack the Ancient Huanghai World?

Lin Feng would not believe that someone did not pull strings somehow. Similarly, the other Immortal Soul Stage Elders were not convinced either.

And this was what made Shi Zongyue, the Vivant Joy Holy Man and the Gambling Holy Man furious. They had to investigate the truth of the matter.

Furthermore, the Qiong Qi demonic tribe had taken control of the long-lost Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation. To the Great Qin Empire, that was an extremely ominous news to hear. This meant that the capital, Xiling City, as well as the other Great Qin territories, were under a precarious situation.

This required consultation with the highest level of the Great Qin Empire and the appropriate measures had to be enforced. This was especially since someone was helping them, which left Shi Zongyue and the rest feeling uneasy.

At this point, the Ancient Huanghai World was shaking tremendously. The opening connecting both worlds was starting to shut.

Previously, Lin Feng and the rest requested their disciples to exit quickly. That was an accurate decision. Under the attack of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, the Ancient Huanghai World had to be shut down after a few days even though it was planned to be a month initially.

This edition of the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai had officially ended and the curtains were closed. Everyone was returning to where they came from.

Everyone had mixed feelings. To all the cultivators who had participated, the experience was etched in their minds. Regardless of whether it was the intense competition or the attack by the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, it would always be remembered by the masses.

Whereas for the various leaders, there were many problems to think about and many things they still had to do. This spiritual conference was probably just the start of everything.

Lin Feng had also summoned Jieyu and the Kui Cow King to escort everyone back.

To him and the Celestial Sect of Wonders' disciples, they still felt good. Lin Feng had even hoped to see a few of his disciples spar.

Xiao Budian looked at Yue Hongyan and laughed, "Fourth Senior, did you notice? The guy who proposed to you, Shi Shaogan, just went to find Dao Yuting from the Heaven Lake Sect, hahaha!"

Yue Hongyan's thin brows raised, "Do not mention him anymore. He is too ridiculous."

Zhuge Fengling laughed, "I saw it too. But from the looks of it, he was rejected by her too. He is too silly. I am not sure what he is thinking all the time."

Everyone was smiling as they thought of Shi Shaogan approaching Dao Yuting and confessing to her like how he did with Yue Hongyan with a serious look on his face.

Even Zhu Yi and Wang Lin could not help but laugh.

Lin Feng also revealed a laughing intent and thought, "If Dao Yuting was not chosen by Cao Wei to be the partner to Song Qingyuan, she might have a related marriage with Shi Shaogan."

"Dao Yuting, Dao Zhiqiang…" Lin Feng raised his head and pondered for a moment. But he put this issue aside for the moment and turned to Xiao Budian, laughing, "Oh yes, your Big Senior is back."

As the few of them heard it, their eyes brightened and saw Xiao Yan landing on the ground as Lin Feng wriggled his sleeves.

Seeing Xiao Yan's weak self, a few of them were shocked and furious. Xiao Budian was enraged, "Who did this?!"

Zhu Yi's brows creased. Wang Lin and Yue Hongyan exuded a cold aura, while even Yang Qing was furious.

"Relax, relax." Lin Feng waved his hand. After explaining Xiao Yan's condition, Xiao Budian and the rest were all stunned and looked at Xiao Yan in a daze. After a while, all of them laughed.

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

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Chapter 346: Xiao Yan Insulting and Ridiculing

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The thing was, love and hate were not random.

As the eldest senior, Xiao Yan often took care of his juniors. Whenever there was something to do, he would be the first to step up.

That was why when everyone saw that Xiao Yan was injured, they were all enraged.

But after realizing the real reason for Xiao Yan's injury, they were all stunned. After a while, they all regained their awareness and could not stop laughing.

Xiao Yan's face turned black, "All you rascals, I am so seriously injured and all of you still dare to laugh?"

"Laugh, laugh, laugh! Only know how to laugh, is it so funny?"

Xiao Budian twisted his lips as he smiled, "No…no, it is not funny. Hahaha…not funny, hahaha!"

As he was saying, Xiao Budian continued laughing, which left Xiao Yan in low spirits.

Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing were laughing secretly too. As they saw Xiao Yan's eyes looking over, they hid their reaction quickly. But they were still red from holding it in.

Wang Lin laughed while shaking his head and went forward to slap Xiao Yan on the shoulder. "Big Senior, you are different from me. You do not have to fight so hard."

Xiao Yan opened his mouth wide. He wanted to say something but nothing came out. He could only shake his head in annoyance.

After Zhuge Fengling had seen Lin Feng and the rest, Xiao Yan had already left. It was her first time seeing Xiao Yan. But she had always heard of him.

After all, before the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai, the most famous disciple in the Celestial Sect of Wonders was Xiao Yan, as he carried the two Primordial Fires and defeated a Nascent Soul Stage Elder.

Many people were relieved when they found out that Xiao Yan was not taking part in the competition.

Of course, their worries were unfounded after the entire thing, as all the other disciples were equally outstanding.

"He puts himself down so easily. He is not as outstanding as he sounds." Zhuge Fengling used her spirit to tell her Gold-Digging Mouse. Her Gold-Digging Mouse shook her head and said, "Things are not as simple as they seem to be."

Zhuge Fengling was stunned for a while, before her Gold-Digging Mouse continued saying, "He is in a very weak state now. But if you look beside him, the leader of the Celestial Sect is watching over him. He will be able to overcome the difficulties and all this will be a blessing in disguise."

Zhuge Fengling looked at Lin Feng before looking at Xiao Yan and she was shocked, "How could I forget this? If he overcomes this barrier, then he will have three Primordial Fires. He will be very scary then. I think even his juniors will be frightened of him."

As Zhuge Fengling was worried about the future, the entire Celestial Sect of Wonders all continued to stare at him.

Tuntun was laughing the most. When she was first released by Lin Feng and caused trouble on Mount Yujing, she was scared away by Xiao Yan's combination of the two Primordial Fires. This caused her to be extremely ashamed of herself.

Now that Xiao Yan's cultivation of the Primordial Fire had gone awry, she was gloating over it.

Her smile left Xiao Yan furious. He could not wait to give her one tight slap and let her remember about their past encounter.

"Do not laugh anymore. This is an unfortunate accident and there is nothing to laugh about." Zhu Yi said.

Xiao Yan added, "Look, Second Junior understands. This is just an accident. Humans can make errors too!"

Xiao Budian pursed his lips. Looking at Zhu Yi's back view who was facing them, he questioned, "Second Senior, since you say it this way, then why is your back facing us?"

"Furthermore, why are your shoulders trembling?"

Xiao Yan was speechless and sighed. With such a heartless junior, he stopped struggling to prove himself.

Lin Feng looked at him pitifully, laughing to himself, "Xiao Yan, as the saying goes, 'if you never do it, you will never die'."

Xiao Budian asked curiously, "But speaking of it, how did you get the Nanming Primordial Fire?"

The rest of them were also curiously looking at Xiao Yan.

The Nanming Primordial Fire was one of the Seven Primordial Fires and it is the world's most powerful source of fire.

Shi Zongyue cultivated the Secret Manual of the Five Imperial True Dragons. He mastered the Imperial Script of the Crimson Dragon and achieved the Nascent Soul. He further cultivated the flesh of the Crimson Imperial Dragon King. But when he faced the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, he could only avoid it.

But with his cultivation, if he controlled the Nanming Primordial Fire or the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, he could take on the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation face on.

With his own powers and an outstanding formation, this power that he had was terrifying.

The Seven Primordial Fires were one of the most outstanding powers in the world. For Xiao Yan to possess three of them was very rare.

Xiao Yan sighed, "It was Zhener who passed it to me."

A few of them thought that it was ridiculous and only Xiao Budian knew the true reason. He laughed, "Zhener is the person Big Senior misses the most. After they parted many years ago, they set a date when they will meet again. He went to find her this time around."

Everyone was enlightened at this point. They knew that Xiao Yan was looking for a wife, but they were unclear of the concrete details. After hearing what Xiao Budian said, they became even more curious and stared even harder at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan scanned every one of them and pursed his lips, "Do you all have to be so excited?"

"If you are so interested, go and find someone you like too. What is the point of being interested in me?"

He was very energetic at this point and pointed towards his juniors as if he was instructing them what to do. "Not that I want to put you all down, but look at all of you. You are all not young anymore but are still without a partner. Are you all not ashamed?"

Xiao Yan criticized Zhu Yi first, "Second Junior, logically speaking, if you only hope for things to happen without acting on them, it is pointless. You should know this better than me."

After that, he looked at Wang Lin. "Third Junior, I know that you are hardworking and are without distractions. But if you only concentrate on your cultivation, your life is too boring. You might lose your virility!"

He peered at Yue Hongyan and Yang Qing but did not speak. With regards to their relationship lives, Xiao Yan knew about them roughly. That was why he did not speak further.

Following that, he went all out on Tuntun. "Especially you, what is so funny? Instead of mocking me, why not reflect upon yourself and think about why the Xuanming dumped you!"

Xiao Yan looked at Tuntun in disdain. After sizing her up, he looked into the sky and snorted, "If it was me, I will not fancy you either."

"What did you say?!" Tuntun was furious and was hopping mad. Luckily Xiao Budian reacted fast and held her back, if not she would rush forward to whack Xiao Yan.

Tuntun pointed at Xiao Yan and roared furiously, "Watch and see, I will reproduce successfully with the Dark Aqua Xuanming!"

"Kekekeke..." After hearing Tuntun roaring furiously, everyone was almost overwhelmed and choked on their saliva.

Xiao Yan ignored her and only looked at her from the side of his eyes. After that, he let out a snort and caused Tuntun to be enraged again.

"As for you…" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Budian, "You are still young, there is no rush yet."

He looked at Zhu Yi and the rest and laughed, "You are not as old as them, but still single."

"I understand completely why all of you are concerned about my love life. That is because you all do not have it on your own, hahaha. Master said something once that I feel is appropriate in this situation."

Xiao Yan laughed savagely, "People are always very passionate about things they do not have…oops!"

Before he finished speaking, he was hit hardly on the back of his head.

Lin Feng stood behind him expressionlessly and stared at Xiao Yan for a brief moment. After gaining the chills from watching him, Lin Feng smiled suddenly. His smile was very warm like sunshine.

"When I was at the Ancient Desolate Galaxy for leisure purposes, I explored many worlds and experienced many cultures." Lin Feng said, "There was a culture that is very interesting."

"In that society, there exists a group of people who were single and did not have any love partners. They could not get used to seeing those who already had a family or who already had a love partner."

"When these people spoke in their own love languages in front of the singles, they would be tied and burnt by the singles." At this point, Lin Feng sighed, "That is very cruel!"

As he was saying, he turned his body around and did not bother about the fun his disciples were having.

A frightening laugh resonated behind him. Xiao Yan said in a trembling voice, "What…what do you all want? Let me tell you, I am the most unafraid of fire…ouch!"

"Taotie, I remember you. If you use the Grand Sun Primordial Fire to burn me, I will let you have a taste of not just one Primordial Fire in the future…. ouch! Master, save me!"

Lin Feng pursed his lips where no one could see, "You deserve it! Do you not know the logic of not showing affection, or you will get into trouble? You still dare to insult and ridicule the singles. You must be courting death!"

Although Xiao Yan possessed the power of the three Primordial Fires, he was in a weak state now. He used his entire mana to repress the three Primordial Fires. Even though he had cultivated the Scripture of the Great Heaven-Illuminating Sun, he could not use it now. He was badly burnt by Tuntun's Grand Sun Primordial Fire.

Lin Feng was just having fun with them. He could not possibly allow his eldest disciple to be burnt to death by a group of singles.

Xiao Yan's gaze was filled with hopelessness and weakness. It was as if he was a weak girl that was being raped again and again by countless men.

Lin Feng laughed, "Okay, stop acting. Tell me the full details of how you met Xiao Zhener." Due to the episode of the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation, Lin Feng did not have the time to ask him in detail.

As they got into serious business, Xiao Yan became serious too. "After my first communication with you ended, I met someone suddenly and he brought me to meet Zhener."

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Chapter 347: The Three Conditions

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After hearing Xiao Yan's description, Lin Feng's gaze flashed, "Oh? Do you know who that is?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, "Not sure. I can only confirm that this person's cultivation is very high. If I were to fight him, I will be unable to retaliate at all. Although I did not make a move, I had that feeling."

Lin Feng heard that and nodded his head slightly, "Mm, he is at least in the cultivation of the Nascent Soul Stage."

Xiao Yan had already attained the cultivation in the intermediate stage of the Aurous Core Stage. Before he cultivated the Nanming Primordial Fire and got into trouble, his Grand Sun Primordial Fire and Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire's combination could overwhelm a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator in the beginner stage. Even a cultivator in the intermediate stage of the Nascent Soul Stage might not be able to match up to him.

At least a supreme cultivator who had cultivated the Heaven and Earth Appearance Mantra in the advanced stage of the Nascent Soul Stage was required.

But Xiao Yan was still able to battle a cultivator in the advanced stage of the Nascent Soul Stage.

If he claims to not have any chance against this cultivator even before they had even fought, then this guy must be a very powerful Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

Xiao Yan nodded his head repeatedly, "I also think so. He only said that he is bringing me to see Zhener. Besides that, he did not even speak. After reaching the place where Zhener was at, he left quickly. Zhener did not even tell me who that was. Seeing that she was unwilling to talk about him, I did not probe."

Xiao Budian interrupted, "Big Senior, maybe this guy is your love rival?"

Xiao Yan replied unforgivingly, "No, from his attitude and the tone of Zhener's voice when she mentioned him, he should be her elder. I think they should be quite close, most probably an elder that is blood-related to her."

Zhu Yi creased his brows, "Her father?"

Xiao Yan shook his head, "I am not sure. If that is the case, that is good news. At least that means that he has given his silent consent with regards to things between Zhener and I, but…"

He sighed, "But it seems like he is not her father."

Everyone was silent. If that person is only her uncle, such a secret arrangement will explain that there is a great possibility that her family is disapproving of her relationship with Xiao Yan."

Especially Xiao Zhener's parents, who might not approve of it.

Lin Feng was not one who was particularly fond of talking about conspiracy theories, but he had never minded using the evilest thoughts to speculate about others.

Although it is commonly said that one should not harbor evil thoughts, it is also necessary to guard against others. That person had helped Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhener secretly, which meant that he felt sorry for Xiao Zhener and could not bear to keep Xiao Yan and her separate.

However, he could have sinister intentions too. After knowing Xiao Yan's background, he could exploit Xiao Yan and Lin Feng to gain personal benefits.

"Let us hope he is a friend and not a foe." Lin Feng thought in his head, before looking at the troubled Xiao Yan.

Lin Feng laughed, "Worried about your spouse?"

Xiao Yan replied, "I hope to be together with Zhener. If her family forces her to do something she does not want to, I will take her away for sure. But if it is that way, she may be unhappy."

"I can see that Zhener's relationship with her family is very good. I do not want her to be put in a difficult spot." Xiao Yan said with a sense of loss. "That is why I am thinking that if I can get the approval of her family members, it will be great."

Lin Feng coughed and he scanned the rest of his disciples, "This is a rather serious conversation. If it is not handled properly, there will be a lot of trouble."

"Although the few of you are single, you will all face such a problem in the future. Come, tell me about what you think." Lin Feng looked at Yue Hongyan and Tuntun, "Oh, the two of you need to consider the relationship between a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law. But the logic is the same."

Xiao Budian and the rest looked at one another. Tuntun twisted her lips and said unceremoniously, "What is so difficult about this? Firstly, we copulate and then when we have the next generation, all the problems will be settled!"

"Kekekeke…" Everyone coughed. They almost choked on their saliva. Xiao Yan pointed at Tuntun and he opened his eyes wide without speaking.

Although he knew Tuntun's train of thought, Lin Feng was also dumbfounded. He was shocked by her perspective of doing things first and worrying later.

"This is actually a pretty good idea." Lin Feng laughed bitterly and looked at the rest, "What do you all think?"

Wang Lin thought for a moment and answered hesitantly, "There is a famous saying in my hometown village, 'The more the mother-in-law looks at the son-in-law, the closer they get'. Big Senior, you can try building a close relationship with Zhener's mother first followed by progressing slowly to Zhener's father."

As the crowd heard it, their eyes brightened. Lin Feng nodded his head in agreement, "Oh, that is not a bad idea. It is a more reliable idea."

Xiao Yan was happy as he heard the idea but he was soon troubled. "But, what do I talk about with her mother? I do not know what she likes."

Xiao Budian scoffed, "Stupid! Just ask Zhener directly."

Zhu Yi creased his brows slightly and said, "Just fish some news out about her father from her."

"You do not have to focus on her interests, but it is still pertinent to be able to speak in the same language so that you can communicate with her."

Everyone was debating about the matter. They exhibited a wide variety of ideas, which gave Xiao Yan a lot of ideas.

Lin Feng laughed, "Xiao Yan, you must bring her back successfully. You must fulfill both the soft and hard aspects."

"The soft aspect, which is your guy to girl relationship, I believe that you and Zhener know what to do."

Xiao Yan nodded his head repeatedly and asked curiously, "Master, what about the hard aspect…what does it mean?"

Lin Feng said, "The hard aspect means that your conditions must be to the liking of her parents."

All the disciples looked at Lin Feng curiously, "What are the conditions?"

Lin Feng looked at Xiao Yan first, "Oh, your appearance is fine. It should not be a problem."

Xiao Yan laughed bitterly, "Master…"

"Please treat your appearance seriously," Lin Feng waved his hand. "Your appearance must at least be decent. This is actually very important in making your first impression. If the first impression is not good, it will be difficult to save yourself."

Xiao Yan cried, "Master, I am not just a little handsome. I am extremely charming!"

Around him, Xiao Budian and the rest scoffed at him and were in disdain of his boastful words.

Lin Feng laughed, "After, you must always desire to seek improvement and also have the potential to be unearthed."

He looked at Xiao Yan and laughed, "Oh, you fulfill these conditions…"

Xiao Yan had just smiled before he heard Lin Feng followed with, "…Before you screw yourself over from this, you have fulfilled these conditions."

Xiao Budian, Tuntun, and the rest could not help but laugh. Xiao Yan was dumbfounded and started to laugh bitterly after a while.

Lin Feng continued saying, "But apart from this, there are three more conditions before you can deal with your father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Xiao Yan focused and the others stopped laughing, focusing their attention on Lin Feng.

Lin Feng coughed and said seriously, "These three conditions are a house, cart and money."

"Huh?" Xiao Yan and the rest opened their eyes wide and they looked stunned.

After a while, Xiao Yan said, "Master, as for a house, I can understand. Is it referring to a house that we can live in? As for the cart and money, I am a little confused. I have only seen a horse-cart, bull-cart, and other similar carts. It cannot be a small little cart used to ferry goods around, surely?"

"I am totally unsure about what money means. Even if it is a house or a cart, I am also unsure of what it has to do with her parents."

Lin Feng shook his head while laughing, "Actually, you do not understand all of them."

"The so-called house is one where you live in. But in our context, it is the place where you cultivate!"

Lin Feng followed with, "'Mantras, Land, Wealth, and Partner'. As for 'Mantras', whatever I taught you is the best of the best. But as for 'Land', you have a problem."

"I am very happy for you to continue living at Mount Yujing after you married. But the problem is, if you think about it, if you want to get intimate with your wife, there may be people listening to the both of you. That will be such a spoilsport, won't it?"

Xiao Yan stoned in position. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked fiercely at Xiao Budian and Tuntun.

Tuntun snorted and turned her head around. But her eyes were full of laughing intent and they were rolling about in glee.

Xiao Budian laughed cheekily and looked at Xiao Yan with puppy eyes.

But the more he did this, the more furious Xiao Yan was. He waved his fist at Xiao Budian.

Lin Feng continued, "As for the cart, your interpretation as a horse-cart is accurate. Its purpose is to chauffeur people around."

His terrifying voice was like the devil speaking into Xiao Yan's ears, "Think about it. With a cart that can ferry people around, isn't it such a cool thing in front of your future parents?"

"Even if they are not concerned about it, it will be saving your face in front of other gossipmongers."

Xiao Yan's eyes brightened and looked at Jieyu, "Master, is it just like you?"

Lin Feng laughed while nodding his head, "You learn fast."

"As for money, it is even more simple. It is the 'Wealth' inside the 'Mantras, Land, Wealth, Partner.'"

Zhuge Fengling was stunned as she saw Lin Feng and his disciples having fun. She felt envious, "It is so nice to have such a fine master-disciple relationship!"

As they were laughing and having fun, they had already reached Mount Yujing. Just as they landed on the peak, they saw Kang Nanhua welcoming them, "Welcome back to Mount Yujing, Master."

Lin Feng saw his expression and could not help but ask, "Nanhua, what is it?"

Kang Nanhua nodded his head slightly, "There is news from Shazhou saying that the Great Zhou Empire had sent people to deliver Zhu Yi's examination script."

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Chapter 348: Pulling All Cards to Turn the Tide

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After hearing what Kang Nanhua said, Lin Feng nodded his head and looked at Zhu Yi, "Go and retrieve it."

After finish speaking, he used his finger to draw out a talisman, which landed on Zhu Yi's forehead and disappeared.

Zhu Yi bowed towards Lin Feng and left Mount Yujing under the protection of his mana. After descending on the Divine Lands, he flew towards Shazhou County.

Lin Feng looked at his back view and thought to himself, "Besides Zhu Yi, Xiao Budian's enmity with his fellow clan member has to be resolved soon." As he was thinking, Lin Feng signaled towards Xiao Budian, "Tianhao, come over."

Xiao Budian walked in front of Lin Feng, "Master?"

Lin Feng said, "The Zhuyan Ice Flower that you won from Mu Jihai during the spiritual conference, bring it over."

Xiao Budian followed his orders and retrieved the Zhuyan Ice Flower. After Lin Feng took it over, he said to Yang Qing, "Yang Qing, give me the Berserker Herb that you got from the Ancient Huanghai World."

Yang Qing retrieved the Berserker Herb and Lin Feng said, "The both of you will exchange the magic items. Zhuyan Ice Flower will go to Yang Qing while Tianhao will keep the Berserker Herb."

"The third mantra of the Xuanhuang Four-Words Mantra must be memorized and understood. This Berserker Herb will be of great help." Lin Feng's tone of voice was very serious, "But you must always remember that it must not be eaten. It helps you to fathom after cultivating the rest of the medicinal power. After fathoming it, the medicinal power must be expelled from your body, otherwise the foundation of your vitality will be compromised."

Xiao Budian's eyes brightened and he laughed, "I really need this thing."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "Use only one leaf each time. Take more doses but at lesser amounts. Take it step by step."

He looked at Yang Qing, "Yang Qing, cultivate the mantra that I passed down you and you can try consolidating the crucible after that. After promoting to the advanced stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, you shall cultivate this Zhuyan Ice Flower. The day that you form the Aurous Core will not be far from now."

"You must be calm in everything you do and not be hasty."

After hearing it, Yang Qing nodded his head repeatedly, "Please rest assured, Master. I will bear your teachings in mind."

Xiao Budian came in front of Yang Qing and laughed, "Fifth Senior, I have brought back a lot of good things this time. They consist of all the parts of a plant, such as the Heavenly Clock River Jade Fruit, Purple Jade Melon, Crimson Pear and the Celestial Golden Fruit. I am planning to mix them in the medicinal valley. Can you help me to take care of them?"

Yang Qing laughed slightly, "Just leave it to me."

Xiao Budian cheered and came before Xiao Yan, laughing, "Big Senior, let Lucky demonstrate its effects again please."

Xiao Budian was extremely excited as he saw the image of countless tasty fruits on the mountain valley, as they grew under the prompt of the Blessed Spiritual Land.

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes, "If you want me to die, just say it to me straight." Only the Seven Primordial Fires could feed Lucky. If he even dared to use his Primordial Fire given his current condition, he must really be looking for trouble.

Xiao Budian sighed but he reacted suddenly. He turned his body to stare at Tuntun and Tuntun felt that what he was doing was ridiculous.

"Never mind, you do not have to make any move, Big Senior. You will just need to summon Lucky out." Xiao Budian laughed.

Xiao Yan looked at Tuntun and recalled that she possessed the Grand Sun Primordial Fire. He nodded his head immediately, "Control a little. If Lucky consumes too much of the Primordial Fire at one go, it would be indigestible and could possibly cause hurt too."

"No worries, no worries!" Xiao Budian reassured him in delight, as if he was looking at countless delicacies in front of him.

As he was thinking, Xiao Budian looked at Tuntun again cautiously, "With so much good food around, I have to be aware of her. Especially the Golden Deer, Black Spiritual Dragon, Nine Heart Spiritual Sparrow and the pair of Flying Snow Plumes. I must keep them for later. I must not let her consume it secretly."

Tuntun could not understand Xiao Budian's cautious look and twisted her lips, "Ridiculous. I cannot get what you are thinking about."

Lin Feng laughed as he saw this scene and slapped Xiao Budian's head, "Don't keep thinking about eating only. You must also focus on your cultivation."

"In fact, this spiritual conference is not the best time for you to promote to the intermediate stage of the Aurous Core Stage. But since you have already done it, then forget it. But you must be more serious in your cultivation now. "Lin Feng pinched Xiao Budian's cheek, "Otherwise, when the Tribulations of the Yin Wind comes, you will suffer!"

Xiao Budian laughed, "Don't worry, Master. I will be serious."

Lin Feng nodded his head and thought in his heart, "The Gengjin Flowing Water Rock, Heavenly Cinnabar, Remains of the Thunder Dragon, Feilian King Claws, Panlong Blood, Sun Essence Stone, Geocentric Fire Lotus and the Nine-Circled Ice Orchid."

"In addition, there is also the Heavens-Patching Vine. When all these items are added together, along with the protection from my mana, will supplement the leaves and branches of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. This should enable Xiao Budian to promote to the advanced staged of the Aurous Core Stage with a high probability. However, I am not fully confident."

"Oh!" At this point, Lin Feng was a little stuck. The main objective of the Aurous Core Stage cultivator was to refine his Aurous Core such that it was free from impurities and looked flawless.

But Xiao Budian's Aurous Core had nine holes in it. Since it was formed, it already had nine big holes.

If it was someone else's Aurous Core, getting nine holes in them would have already led to the crushing of the Aurous Core.

This means that there Xiao Budian's purple pill had an anomaly, resulting in the formation of such an Aurous Core. It seemed like there was a direct relationship to his cultivation of the nine crucibles when he was forming his Nine-Tiered Spiritual Altar during his Foundation Establishment Stage. That was why such a weird Aurous Core was formed.

It was extremely strong. The nine holes spat and swallow at the same time. Its ability to suck in spiritual energy at such a fast rate was far beyond any normal person, which enabled Xiao Budian's mana to become one of the most vigorous among all of Lin Feng's disciples.

The combined mana of Xiao Yan and Zhu Yi may not even match up to Xiao Budian.

In the same realm of cultivators, only those who had cultivated the Great Chaos Primordial Water could match up to Xiao Budian in terms of the vigor of their mana.

Furthermore, as the nine holes spat and swallow, they removed the impurities from the Aurous Core, allowing Xiao Budian to breeze past the Tribulations of the Yin Fire.

But there were both blessings and curses. The special characteristic of his Aurous Core caused Xiao Budian's cultivation in the Aurous Core Stage to be much easier first before becoming difficult later. The Tribulations of the Yin Wind mended the holes. Promotion to the advanced stage of the Aurous Core Stage caused the Aurous Core to be flawless, which made it more difficult for him compared to other cultivators.

That was why after observing the special characteristic of Xiao Budian's Aurous Core, Lin Feng had already started preparing in secret. He gathered intelligence and news, researched and thought about things, so that he could find a way for Xiao Budian to make a breakthrough in the future.

Under the motivation to achieve a specific target, the Spiritual Conference of Huanghai allowed Lin Feng to reaped heavy benefits, including the huge number of things that he had wanted.

"In this way, not much problems will arise." Lin Feng nodded his head slightly and called for Xiao Budian and the rest to return for their cultivation.

Xiao Yan wanted to keep himself behind closed doors for a period of time. As long as he could complete the advanced stage of the Aurous Core Stage, he would have the opportunity to cultivate the Nanming Primordial Fire. At that point, with the Three Primordial Fires in his hands, he could achieve anything he wanted to.

As for Zhu Yi, he was someone who could deliver surprises. As what Lin Feng, Kang Nanhua and Miao Shihao mentioned previously, Zhu Yi was not a particularly outstanding individual, but he was very stable in his progress.

The matter of fact was that Zhu Yi had achieved an improvement after his battle with Xiao Budian. If he continued on this path, he would reach the advanced stage of the Aurous Core Stage soon and not meet with any risky situations.

Unlike Xiao Yan and Xiao Budian who caused Lin Feng to be worried all the time, Zhu Yi's cultivation was very stable. When Kang Nanhua looked upon him favorably to be the first to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, he had his own reasons.

Yang Qing had to push for progress. His Talent and Innate Ability were enough to support him in achieving a rapid progress. What could possibly restrict him was his weak Determination. Fortunately, there was the Demon-Destroying Crimson Silk to help him. Lin Feng had also set out the path for him. Bar any surprises, reaching the advanced stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage was not a problem.

Yang Qing's first obstacle was opening his Aura Sea in the Qi Cultivation Stage, for him to advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The foundation of the Qi Cultivation Stage cultivator was a determined mindset. This was something that Yang Qing lacked. However, the fortunate thing was that with the help of the Grand Moon Primordial Water, Yang Qing could stumble over the obstacle. It was an opportunity that only happened once in a blue moon.

The most difficult obstacle for Yang Qing in the future was forming the Aurous Core. In terms of his mana, his inner self was to seek longevity. In terms of his determination, he was to overcome the barriers of life and death.

Thus, Lin Feng's help was still needed when Yang Qing formed the Aurous Core.

As for Yue Hongyan, it was the complete reverse of Yang Qing. She was courageous and fearless. Although she had reached the advanced stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, Lin Feng did not want her to rush towards the Aurous Core Stage, but wait out for a period of time first.

This will greatly reduce the difficulty of her forming the Aurous Core. In addition, her cultivation path will be much smoother in the future.

"As for the last person…" Lin Feng spoke but left Wang Lin out. Wang Lin stood beside him quietly and Lin Feng nodded his head slightly, "Follow me."

He retrieved the Heavens-Patching Vine and planted it in the medicinal valley first. After that, he took out a part of the vine from the Heavens-Patching Vine.

Wang Lin was curious, "Master, isn't this thing used to patch the Aurous Core?"

Lin Feng smiled slightly, "That is because it is very precious. No one dares to use it for a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator."

The biggest effect of the Heavens-Patching Vine was to mend the broken Aurous Core of a cultivator. But besides this, it can also heal a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator's crucible, Spiritual Altar, Aura Sea if they were incomplete.

It lived up to its name. For any flaws, it could patch them up.

But as Lin Feng said, the Heavens-Patching Vine was too rare. Out of the many worlds, only the Ancient Huanghai World had it.

After hearing it, Wang Lin felt a little hot, but he nodded his head without speaking.

Along the way back to Wang Lin's residence, Lin Feng passed the vine to Wang Lin. Wang Lin also retrieved the Supreme Rock Spiritual Altar he got from the Ancient Huanghai World.

"No rush." Lin Feng said as he took out a small ceramic bottle for Wang Lin. It was the Spiritual Replenishment Elixir that he got from the system, which could be used to increase one's Innate Ability.

Lin Feng wanted to go all out, thus he was pulling all cards, trying to turn the tides for Wang Lin.

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Chapter 349: A Shocking Progress

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"Ever since your setback when you were forming the Spiritual Altar, I have also felt that it was a pity." Lin Feng said, "This piece of Spiritual Replenishment Elixir can increase a cultivator's Innate Ability and spirituality, hence it is very suitable for you."

Wang Lin's eyes brightened and he took the ceramic bottle that contained the elixir. His cultivation path was so tough because his Innate Ability was lacking.

With the same amount of time for cultivation, the spiritual energy that he absorbed was much lower than a normal person. Not to even mention Xiao Budian or Yang Qing, whose Innate Abilities were unbelievably high.

Xiao Budian's one breath of spiritual energy could match up to Wang Lin's half a day of cultivation. Such a gap cannot be closed just through hard work.

As he was excited, Wang Lin's expression changed and he lifted his head to look at Lin Feng. He hesitated, "Master, the rest of the disciples…"

Lin Feng smiled slightly, "No worries, I have already derived the formula for this elixir as well as collected the required components to make it."

With the Spiritual Enhancement Herb, along with other medicinal components, Lin Feng could produce the Spiritual Replenishment Elixir in large quantities.

He paused for a moment and smiled, "When I talk about increasing one's Innate Ability, I mean that it can only work on those whose foundation was weak. The effects will only be obvious then. If I let your Youngest Junior and Fifth Junior to take it, there will not be any obvious effects."

After hearing this, Wang Lin smiled brightly. He had never evaded the topic of his fellow sect members having higher Innate Abilities than him, especially when they joke about it. He would never mind it but faced the problem steadily, which was the appropriate method to solve the problem.

"Then I am relieved." Wang Lin finished saying and took the Spiritual Replenishment Elixir out of the ceramic bottle without hesitation. He cracked his neck and swallowed the elixir.

After swallowing the elixir, Wang Lin sat on his knees and used his mana to digest the power of the elixir. He absorbed its power and guided the medicinal power to change his body.

Lin Feng stood at one side and watched quietly. His supernatural awareness was also observing the change in Wang Lin's body. If anything happened, he could react in time too.

Under the effects of his supernatural awareness, Lin Feng could see Wang Lin's entire body system clearly. There was a dim blue light that was flowing to his limbs and bones, spreading itself across Wang Lin's body.

Meridian system, skeleton, flesh as well as all the acupoints were the destinations of the dim blue light.

Under the effects of this dim blue light, Wang Lin's body experienced a tremendous change.

As the medicinal power flowed through his body, Wang Lin's mana was also flowing. At this point, the effects of the medicinal power and Wang Lin's change could be observed.

Initially, the mana in his body was very rigid. But now it became active and flexible.

The movement of his mana seemed to have transformed from a street road to an expressway. At the same time, there seemed to be more room for his mana to flow about.

His absorption of spiritual energy into his body for the conversion into mana seemed to occur more rapidly. Compared to his current state, Wang Lin's previous rate of cultivation was lacking.

Lin Feng's expression changed as he saw Wang Lin's soul being nourished by the dim blue light.

Innate Ability did not just influence one's body foundation. Anything related to cultivation was influenced by Innate Ability.

Besides body foundation, the activity of one's soul and resilience all had to do with Innate Ability.

The more active one's soul was, he would be more sensitive to the spiritual energy in the external world, which enabled him to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation more efficiently.

Under the nourishment of the dim blue light, Wang Lin's soul became more active than previously. Lin Feng could feel that Wang Lin was more sensitive to the changes in the spiritual energy in the external world.

After the dim blue light had covered Wang Lin's entire body and changed his body totally, it started to surge towards his Dantian Aura Sea.

After the light enumerated in detail into Wang Lin's Aura Sea, Wang Lin's Aura Sea started to shake vigorously.

As if a tsunami just happened, Wang Lin's Aura Sea was experiencing huge waves within it and they splashed vigorously and intensely.

"Wang Lin, grab this opportunity." Lin Feng nodded his head and his finger pointed to the Supreme Rock Spiritual Altar. Under the attack of the Purple Clouds, the Supreme Rock Spiritual Altar was smashed to pieces and was converted to a flashing white radiance. The radiance pierced through into Wang Lin's spirit.

This white radiance moved upwards towards Wang Lin's forehead, as if it was the movement of the Nine Heavens Silver River, into his Dantian Aura Sea.

After Wang Lin's Dantian Aura Sea was infused with the white radiance, it became even more magnificent. In the heart of the Dantian Aura Sea, there was a huge swirl. And within that swirl itself, there was a jade-white stone altar rising gradually.

A huge amount of Wang Lin's mana surged into the stone altar and dyed it purple instantaneously, converting it into a purplish-jade stone altar. Around the purplish-jade stone altar was the yellowish River Styx Primordial Water. Whereas the tip of the stone altar was covered in black fog.

This image was like the one when Wang Lin formed the Spiritual Altar on his own. But the difference was that a bright radiance was flashing inside the black haze. It was as if a breath of life was inside a mass of destruction.

The purplish-jade stone altar rose from the ground and moved upwards continually. Layer by layer, it started to take shape. This time, it was shaped into the Supreme Rock Spiritual Altar that originated from the Ancient Huanghai World. Wang Lin's spiritual altar reached the seventh layer at an alarming rate and continued to form more layers.

Lin Feng creased his brows as he observed Wang Lin. He found out that after the purplish-jade spiritual altar reached above seven layers, there were signs of unstable tremors. When it was at the eighth layer, it was still okay. But as he continued to form the ninth layer, there were weird changes occurring.

After forming the ninth layer of the spiritual altar, Wang Lin's purplish-jade spiritual altar started to shake vigorously. There were even cracks appearing at the foundation of it and it looked as if it was going to collapse.

As Lin Feng saw this, he did not hesitate. He quickly retrieved a part of the Heavens-Patching Vine and used his mana to convert the vine to a streak of jade-green radiance. It was then infused into Wang Lin's body.

The jade-green radiance was converted to a thick vine in Wang Lin's Aura Sea and engulfed the spiritual altar.

After it was engulfed by the vine, the cracked spiritual altar was made stable again. The original cracks were disappearing slowly too and the altar became flawless again.

Lin Feng and Wang Lin heaved a sigh of relief. Lin Feng moved his finger again and a piece of leaf from the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree landed on Wang Lin's eyebrows.

The spiritual power of the leaf was absorbed by Wang Lin and landed on the top of the spiritual altar, completing it.

The purplish-jade spiritual altar was completed with a roar. The mana in Wang Lin's body became more consolidated and powerful.

Inside his Aura Sea, there was a nine-layered purplish-jade spiritual altar. At the top of the altar, there were black clouds surrounding it, making it seem like a forbidden zone. There was a cold and destructive aura emanating from it.

"Although it is not the old school ten-layered supreme spiritual altar, it has its own special characteristics too." Lin Feng nodded his head in satisfaction, before observing that Wang Lin's mana was surging vigorously again.

The destructive gas at the top of the spiritual altar descended and gathered towards the center of the altar. It wanted to form the crucible too.

As Lin Feng saw this, he broke out in laughter, "Wang Lin, it seems that you have been holding in too much previously!"

With regards to this, not only did Lin Feng not stop him, he even pointed his finger towards Wang Lin's brows and used his mana to help him.

Previously, Wang Lin had accumulated more than enough power during the beginner stage of the Foundation Establishment Stage, but he was stuck at the stage of forming the spiritual altar and could not advance.

However, the present Wang Lin unleashed everything that he had been holding in.

In one shot, he broke through all barriers ahead of him.

Under the support of Lin Feng's mana, Wang Lin became even more powerful. A cold and black four-tiered crucible was erected on the spiritual altar gradually. As Wang Lin injected more and more of his mana into it, the crucible began to take its shape.

During this process, something interesting happened, which caught Lin Feng's eye.

During the formation of Wang Lin's crucible, a great portion of it was cold and black. But at some moments, it would be converted to a jade-white state, exuding warmth and comfort. After, that it would be converted back to its pitch-dark state, exuding a cruel and cold aura.

It alternated between both states continually. During this conversion process, Wang Lin's crucible became more and more consolidated and it looked as if it was going to be completed soon.

As Lin Feng saw this, he nodded his head in satisfaction, "Yes, the efforts before were not wasted. Besides the destructive power concept, Wang Lin's understanding of the power concept of life has also become deeper."

He laughed, "I shall give you more support." As he finished saying, he retrieved the Dual Polarity Divine Flower that he won from the wager at the spiritual conference.

The Dual Polarity Divine Flower was a spiritual flower that was a specialty from the Snow Mountains. It contained the power concepts of Ice, Fire and Life amongst many others. It could enable the most eloquent communication between Heaven and Earth, but it only blooms once in every 3600 years.

To Wang Lin, the Ice and Fire power concepts had little use. The main point was in the aura of life it contained and the way of the combination of two extremes.

Lin Feng took out a petal from the flower and allowed it to enter Wang Lin's body. It was converted into a streak of pink radiance and it landed on the crucible.

As if it was adding fuel to a flame, the black gas that was surrounding Wang Lin's crucible let out a huge roar and surged even more powerfully.

Life and Death, Creation and Destruction. There was a continuous reversal of two extreme powers.

After a long wait, Wang Lin's crucible was finally completed. It was not black or white, but was purple like the spiritual altar. The crucible contained countless runes, which revealed the secrets to destiny.

Whereas there was black fog looming inside the crucible, as if they were dancing flames. Inside the black fog, there was a white light spot appearing on and off. It looked like a firefly. Although its radiance was small, it was extremely eye-catching.

Wang Lin only opened his eyes at this point. His eyes were flashing with a hint of cold, but beneath the cool exterior, it was filled with warmth. His pitch-black pupils made it unfathomable.

He faced Lin Feng and bowed towards him. He was silent but everything was said in the silence.

Lin Feng lifted his palms and dragged him off the ground. He laughed, "Cultivate well. With your previous accumulation, it will not be difficult to reach the Aurous Core Stage."

"I have the idea and I will not let you down, Master." After finished saying, Wang Lin sat on his knees and his mana started to revolve again.

He had really held it in previously and was unwilling to waste any more time.

Lin Feng laughed and a streak of Purple Clouds engulfed Wang Lin. His formation of the Aurous Core this time around might be easier, but not exactly too quick. Wang Lin had prepared for this moment for very long.

Currently, it seemed like there would be some shocking progress.

"Oh?" Lin Feng was looking over Wang Lin, but he thought of something suddenly, "Is it Xiao Budian and Tuntun? What did these two troublemakers bring back to the mountain again?"

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Chapter 350: Picking up Trouble

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Xiao Budian and Tuntun would often leave Mount Yujing to go to Mount Kunlun for leisure activities.

In fact, they went out to search for delicacies to fill their stomach.

When they saw something delicious, they would bring it back to enjoy slowly.

But this time, Lin Feng could feel that the both of them brought back a live thing. This live matter contained an obscure power that was difficult to detect, but it was extremely ferocious.

This left Lin Feng confused, "What did these two troublemakers bring back?"

He used his supernatural awareness to scan the area and saw that Xiao Budian and Tuntun were sneaking up the mountain. They were looking left and right to make sure no one was looking at them. After confirming that, they were both relieved.

They fled into Xiao Budian's cave and look around the cave cautiously. After confirming that no one was there, Xiao Budian retrieved his Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness.

Lin Feng saw a flaming red small fox inside the three-foot high crucible.

The fur of the fox looked radiant, as if there was a vigorously burning flame. Its body was well-proportioned and it looked very graceful. Although the edges of its ears looked like they came from beasts, they revealed a servile aura.

It was just that the small fox looked like it was sick and was sprawled inside the Green Bronze Ding of Emptiness. It squinted its eyes and was unwilling to move.

It did not seem to care about what Xiao Budian and Tuntun was going to do to it and just laid on the floor without energy.

It was as if it was willing to be killed later as long as no one was disturbing it right now and let it rest.

But as Lin Feng saw this small fox, his eyes kept twitching. That was because the fox did not just have one tail!

"One, two, three, four…eight, eight tails." Lin Feng saw Xiao Budian's expression of hunger and the movement of his lips, "Silly kid, does he know what he is bringing back?"

From Lin Feng's knowledge, the Heavenly Fox tribe from the demonic clan had a different talent. A small demonic fox in the Qi Cultivation Stage had one tail just like a regular beastly fox.

But when they promote to a demonic general, that was the equivalent to the human Foundation Establishment Stage, they would grow one more tail.

And as they formed the Aurous Core and promote to a demonic commander, the number of tails would increase to three.

From then on, as they grew by a level, the number of tails would increase by one.

Hence, in the intermediate stage of a demonic commander, there would be four tails. In the advanced stage, there would be five tails. Six tails would be when they formed the demon soul and were promoted to a demonic lord. In the intermediate stage of a demonic lord, there would be seven tails.

As for a demonic fox with eight tails, it meant that it was in the advanced stage of a demonic lord. It was only one step away from cultivating the indestructible demon soul and becoming a demon in the Grand Sage level.

As the demonic fox cultivated the indestructible demon soul and achieved the level of a Grand Sage, the number of tails would increase to nine. After that, any further increases in cultivation would lead to varying numbers of ring patterns on its tails.

Right now, the sprawling fox that was in the crucible looked harmless like a pet, but it was a demon in the advanced stage of a demonic lord.

Furthermore, it looked like it came from the Flaming Fox tribe from the Heavenly Fox tribe, which was one of the strongest tribes in terms of fighting power from the Heavenly Fox tribe.

The power of this small fox was unrivaled under normal circumstances, such that not even Jieyu or the Kui Cow King could match up. In the entire Mount Yujing, only Lin Feng could overcome it.

But it was just that it was obvious that the demonic fox seemed to be in bad shape. That was why it was acting weak and allowed Xiao Budian and Tuntun to keep it captive.

Lin Feng used his supernatural awareness to scan it and he felt that the fox's body contained a very frightening power. This power did not belong to the original body of the fox, but rather it was an external power that was devoured by the fox.

But this power was too strong, such that a demon lord could not even digest it. It was causing chaos within the fox's body and expended almost all of the fox's energy, causing it to be weaker than a small demonic fox. That was why it was 'picked up' by Xiao Budian and Tuntun.

"This power seems very familiar…" Lin Feng's gaze flashed. He recognized it, "This is the same feeling I had with the Grand Sun Primordial Fire and the Nanming Primordial Fire. But I still think it is not entirely the same."

"Nice one, this is also one of the Primordial Fire!"

Lin Feng was a little shocked, "What fortune is this, besides the Nanming Primordial Fire, there is actually another Primordial Fire that has come knocking on our door."

Besides Lin Feng, Xiao Budian had also discovered the problem with the fox. Although he was unsure of the concept behind the number of tails that the fox had, this did not interfere with his idea that the demonic fox contained an extremely frightening power within it.

Xiao Budian touched his jaw, "This is a little difficult to deal with."

He used his elbow to knock Tuntun and said, "Hey, you said that this thing tastes nice, that is why we brought it back. What do we do now?"

Tuntun pursed her lips, "I did not know it will be like that from the start!" She was a little guilty. As a demon, she knew what the number of tails on the fox signified.

Xiao Budian laughed, "Seeing that it is able to repress such a frightening power, the level of cultivation of this demonic fox is not low. It is just in a weak state now."

"Since you suggested to bring it back, after it has recovered fully, it will find you to settle the debt first."

Xiao Budian laughed while looking at the fox, "Hey, do you think what I said is correct?"

The eight-tailed fox continued to squint its eyes and was lazy to even lift its head.

At this point, there was a figure outside the cave. Someone walked into the cave. It was Xiao Yan.

Upon seeing him, Xiao Budian and Tuntun were stunned. Even Lin Feng was a little taken aback. But he understood it immediately. The person most sensitive to the power of the Primordial Fires on Mount Yujing was Xiao Yan, undoubtedly.

As Xiao Yan walked into the cave and saw the small fox, he said unkindly, "Did the two of you pick up nonsense again."

Xiao Budian laughed cheekily while Tuntun rolled her eyes.

Xiao Yan observed the eight-tailed fox meticulously and said in a deep voice, "It must have devoured one of the Primordial Fires. The Primordial Fire is countering back, that is why the fox is in such a weak state. He is experiencing the same issue as me."

"Although it does not have as many varieties of Primordial Fire as me, the combined strength of the Primordial Fire that it devoured is much bigger than mine." Xiao Yan lifted his head to look at Xiao Budian, "This is a risky situation. The powers of the fox and the Primordial Fire are locking horns now. Regardless of the outcome, there will be a backlash."

"If the Primordial Fire emerges victorious, not only will it burn him to death, it will spread and endanger the mountain. And for it to resist the power of the Primordial Fire, the power of the demonic fox was also not one to be trifled with. If it cultivates the Primordial Fire successfully, it will be a disaster if he causes trouble on the mountain."

Xiao Budian revealed a dreadful expression and looked at the demonic fox, sighing, "I can only let Master handle this then, but it is such a pity!"

Xiao Yan replied unkindly, "What is such a pity? You are not young anymore, don't always just think about eating."

At this point, Lin Feng's voice resonated in space. "I have already known about the matter. Don't fret. The two of you shall watch over this fox. If anything happens on Mount Yujing, I will be the first to know."

Xiao Yan and Xiao Budian acknowledged in agreement and Lin Feng continued with, "Come here Tuntun, I have something to ask you."

Tuntun felt guilty. Before she could even reject, a streak of Purple Clouds appeared and pulled her over to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng looked at her calmly. Tuntun looked a little uneasy and stared down at her toes.

"Do you know this fox?" Lin Feng's voice was very steady, but as it landed in Tuntun's ears, it was as if she was struck by lightning. She wanted to deny, but as she looked at Lin Feng, she nodded her head bitterly.

Lin Feng asked, "Tell me, where is the background of the fox?"

Tuntun answered in low spirit, "That is an eight-tailed demonic fox with a cultivation in the advanced stage of a demonic lord. It comes from the Flaming Fox tribe among the Heavenly Fox tribe and its name is Hu Yanyan. It has a nickname called the Flaming Fox King. Although it is in the advanced stage of a demonic lord, it is the most outstanding ever to exist. It is at the peak of the demonic lord level and is only a step away from achieving the indestructible demon soul."

"She is the daughter of the first wife of the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage. At the same time, she is the most doted-on daughter of the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage. She is also a vicious character in Mount Qingqiu and her name rings loud in the entire Barren Lands. She is almost an outstanding talent like Long Ye, the successor of the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage."

As Tuntun said to this point, she twisted her lips, "She is also the backer of Hu Fen."

Lin Feng looked at her expression and knew that she suffered a lot at the hands of Hu Yanyan in the past when she went to find trouble with Hu Fen.

"For whatever reasons, she actually devoured such a huge amount of Primordial Fire that has left her so weak." Tuntun said mockingly, "I must take this chance to exact revenge!"

Lin Feng laughed, "How do you want to do it?"

Tuntun thought for a moment and opened her mouth to say, "Of course I will…" As she opened her mouth, she could not continue.

If it was possible, she would swallow Hu Yanyan to appease herself. But as she thought of the frightening power of the Primordial Fire, she backed out, considering how even Hu Yanyan was tortured by it.

"But I cannot let her get away with it!" Tuntun scoffed. "My mother lacks a scarf made from fox skin!"

Lin Feng laughed again, "Let's talk about it after we deal with the Primordial Fire in her body."

After sending Tuntun away, Lin Feng pondered, "Let's find a time to investigate which Primordial Fire the fox has in her body."

Lin Feng was thinking but his expression changed all of a sudden.

After confirming that Wang Lin's cultivation would not be disrupted, Lin Feng flew into the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World rapidly.

Over there, the young lady carrying a huge sword casket and walking around the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree continuously had already disappeared. Only the huge sword casket was under the tree and was shaking tremendously while letting out a pitiful roar.

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Chapter 351: The Most Ferocious Blade

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When Lin Feng first stepped into the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, there were three native inhabitants.

One of them was Lucky the yellow, earthen baby. Lin Feng later found out that Lucky was the anthropomorphic manifestation of the Blessed Spiritual Soil, which was a special type of soil on which anything could grow.

However, making Lucky do anything was never easy. Lucky had a very specific appetite that can only be sated with the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires.

Other than that, there was a dishevelled old man who played chess with himself non-stop. His chessboard was special as it contained another dimension. Entering his chessboard would make one fall into a deep sleep.

Earlier on, Xiao Budian and Xiao Yan inadvertently dropped into it. Lin Feng had to spend a lot of effort to get them out.

The last inhabitant was a maiden who carried on her back the scabbard of a giant sword. She circled the miniature version of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree within the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World non-stop.

In spite of the maiden's diminutive frame, the scabbard she carried was 20-30 meters in height. It was like a tiny mountain. Carrying the sword, the maiden looked like an ant moving a mountain. While comical, it did was a shocking sight.

At that point, the maiden had disappeared. There was only a giant scabbard on the ground, which vibrated non-stop.

Within the scabbard came a dreadful sound. It was as if something was struggling to get out of it.

Lin Feng's expression was heavy as he walked to the side of the scabbard. He looked at the giant scabbard before him as he felt a wild energy rocking it from within.

"Roar!"

A roar, that seemed to come from a time immemorial, suddenly came from within the scabbard. It shook the endless expanse of the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World. It was as if a giant beast had risen from its slumber.

Lin Feng's pupils dilated as he felt a terrible aura from the roar. It brimmed with fearsome cruelty and violence, brimming with an unstoppable desire to kill and destroy. The roar resembled all the worst calamities of the world.

Destruction! Massacre! Murder! Obliteration!

The most violent and ferocious beast under heaven was ready to break free from its cage and reappear on this world!

The lock mechanism at the tip of the scabbard sprung open from the vibration as a thousand rays of cold light appeared in mid-air. In that instant, the sky within the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World was lit with a terrible blue light, stirring fear in everyone's hearts.

Within the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World and underneath the Treasure Tree, the old man who was playing chess with himself finally reacted. He raised his head as he looked emotionlessly at the scabbard.

Lucky hid behind the Treasure Tree. He curled up in a ball, trembling non-stop.

Even the leaves of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree started to shake. A gigantic entity, one that could be felt through the different dimensions, seemed to have appeared as it noticed the various changes around itself.

From the exit of the scabbard, a giant sword slowly pulled itself out.

Lin Feng arched his eyebrows as he discovered that the giant sword was caked with rust. From its blade to its handle, the giant sword was caked with a thick layer of rust. It resembled a rusty metal rod more than a sword and did not possess any of the sharpness an ordinary sword should have.

However, this rusty blade possessed a terrible power within it. Lin Feng had only encountered such a power when he battled against the Nine Luminaries Heaven-Crushing Formation.

As the rusty sword was about two-third out of the scabbard, Lin Feng felt a panic in his heart. Almost by instinct, he opened the Sky-Shielding Umbrella.

In the next instant, Lin Feng opened his eyes wide. He saw that the last one-third part of the sword was without any sign of rust at all. It glimmered with a bright light, and it was also where the sword's terrible powers came from.

An unimaginably sharp aura rushed towards Lin Feng. The one-third part of the sword was sharper than anything Lin Feng had ever felt. It reflected a terrifying light, almost as it could cut through the sky and slice across dimensions.

In the blink of an eye, the giant sword had already flown before Lin Feng.

Fortunately, Lin Feng had raised his Sky-Shielding Umbrella in time. If not, with his current mastery, he was unable to react to the speed of which the sword had flown towards him.

The giant umbrella vibrated tremendously. It was almost in danger of leaving Lin Feng's hands. From the umbrella came an ear-splittingly sharp sound.

However, the giant sword was unable to penetrate the umbrella's defences. It flew back, but Lin Feng's heart sank.

"What was that?" Lin Feng thought in panic, "That was only one-third of the power of the entire sword, and it was already so terrifying. If one removed all of its rust, how much more powerful would it become?"

At that moment, an understanding suddenly struck Lin Feng. "This sword could very well be a powerful magic treasure. It is powerful beyond my comprehension, but it has yet to be perfected."

"The maiden who carried the sword was the spiritual manifestation of the sword. By walking round and round the Treasure Tree, it was her form of cultivation."

Even though that was all of his personal deduction, Lin Feng felt that it could not be wrong. "Right now, the blade is only one-third complete. Is she in a rush?"

Lin Feng looked at the ferocious blade carefully before he noticed, suddenly, tiny specks of rust on the pointy end of the blade. It was as if impurities had been mixed into a crystal-clear pool of water. It was terribly uncomfortable to look at.

"Eh? Could this be a chance?" Lin Feng thought to himself as he kept his Sky-Shielding Umbrella.

The minute Lin Feng kept his Sky-Shielding Umbrella, the giant sword's malicious intent surfaced. It pointed itself towards Lin Feng, ready to strike him.

Lin Feng took a deep breath and raised his right hand and pointed it at the giant sword. He then curled his fingers into a fist.

The Heaven and Earth Destroyer spell was conjured and its target was the impurities on the tip of the giant sword.

Under Lin Feng's bombardment, the impurities on the sword disappeared. From the tip of the sword down, one-third of it had been made perfect and unblemished, without a single trace of rust.

The fearsome aura and killing intent of the sword went up a notch as the entire Heavenly Cosmic Ray World became inundated by it.

At that point, the leaves of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree rustled furiously and trembled non-stop. Some of the leaves even fell after being exposed to the sword radiance.

However, after a while, the aura died down. The killing intent of the giant sword became less and less pronounced before it completely went calm.

With one-third of it giving off a brilliant light and the remaining two-third of it still caked in rust, the sword flew back into its scabbard, tip first. The scabbard then fell on the ground.

After the sword returned to its scabbard, a little "thud" could be heard. The locks on the scabbard flew into action as they locked the sword up within the scabbard. It went back to normal again.

Looking at that, Lin Feng exhaled and said, "My guess was correct."

The reason the giant sword went into a rage like a ferocious beast was because it wanted the rust on its untainted one-third portion to be cleaned. It was just a tiny step away from doing so.

Once the sword had returned to its scabbard, the terrifying aura had disappeared as well. The Heavenly Cosmic Ray World went quiet once again.

On the surface of the scabbard, dozens of new, bright chains appeared. They writhed in the air. However, they were extremely thin and in comparison to the thirty-meters high scabbard, they were like tiny little threads of silk.

The maiden who bore the sword earlier on appeared once again. As usual, her face was expressionless. The dozen little chains wrapped themselves around her body and tightened in an instant, securing the weight of the scabbard on her.

As the maiden carried the scabbard and continued walking, her feet made a heavy "thud". She began to circle the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree once again.

Her footsteps were extremely heavy and slow. However, every step felt extremely stable and was filled with an unstoppable, unshakable feel. No one could stop her as she made her rounds.

Looking at this scene, the chess-playing old man at the bottom of the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree withdrew his gaze and focused his attention once again on the chessboard.

The chess pieces that were previously immobile began to move.

Lucky too stuck his head out warily from behind the Black Heavenly Treasure Tree. Noticing that his fellow original inhabitant had returned to her natural state, he began to revert to his natural self. He jumped to the bottom of the tree and laid on the ground, falling asleep in an instant.

Lin Feng shook his head and laughed. He turned and looked at the sword-bearing maiden and gently arched her eyebrows and thought, "She appeared older."

Before today, no matter how much time passed within the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World, the sword-carrying maiden did not change one bit. She was just as how Lin Feng first saw her, skinny and no older than 11-12 years old.

Now, however, her frame had obviously grown. While she was still skinny, it was evident that she was around 14-15 years old.

Lin Feng tutted in amazement, "This is interesting. I don't know if it's a result of today or what. Right now, I'm not confident of wielding this word. However, I was able to appease it today. Perhaps it'll be useful one day?"

Lin Feng exited the Heavenly Cosmic Ray World as he thought, "With the Sky-Shielding Umbrella, I do not ever have to worry about defence. If I have the chance to cultivate this sword, then my offensive abilities will increase exponentially. It's truly a goal I wish to work towards. The question is, how do I go about doing this?"

Thinking about it, Lin Feng's nose twitched as he smelled something nice.

"This smell..." Lin Feng's brain became filled with black posts as he wheezed in his heart. He turned over and saw a feminine, handsome young man clad in a flowery gold-lined robe walking towards him.

It could only be Miao Shihao.

"Eh, master, why did you not tell me that you are back? I'm heartbroken!"

The first thing that Miao Shihao said upon seeing Lin Feng made Lin Feng want to punch him in the face.

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Chapter 352: Do You Think that I Can't Settle You?

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"Is something the matter, Shihao?" By now, Lin Feng more or less knew how to deal with him.

When he teased, the best response was to change topic rather than engage in his banter.

If you were to argue with Miao Shihao, he would climb just go with the flow and be even more outrageous. While you may get angry at him, he would pretend that there's nothing wrong and treat it as a display of affection from you. From his point of view, it was something interesting.

Hence, the best response in these cases would be to divert the topic to something more serious.

While Miao Shihao appeared flippant, Lin Feng could tell from his eyes that he had a message to relay to Lin Feng.

Miao Shihao twitched his mouth as he looked, slightly sad, at Lin Feng. Lin Feng could feel himself getting goosebumps.

"The fox demon that Tianhao and the rest captured, I've seen it," Miao Shihao's right hand curled as he seductively ran it through his hair. "The Eight-Tailed Fox Demon possessed the powers of a Demonic Lord. Furthermore, it's a fire fox. At her peak, I am not her rival."

"If I could advance into the late-Nascent Soul stage and get my cosmic form, then I could battle her."

Lin Feng nodded his head, "According to Tun Tun, the demon's name is the Hu Yanyan. She's rather famous in the Barren Expanses and is respectfully known as the Fire Fox Lord. She was the favourite daughter of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox."

Miao Shihao gently plucked at his eyebrows, "Oh, so it's her. I've heard of the name Hu Yanyan before. She is one of the more prominent demons of the recent generation. She is almost equal in rank to the Long Ye, the disciple of the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage."

Saying that, Miao Shihao's face changed suddenly. He suddenly looked at Lin Feng up and down perceptively with an unfriendly gaze.

Lin Feng looked at him strangely and asked, "What are you doing?"

Miao Shihao asked with a serious face, "Master, are you enamored with the fox demon?"

Lin Feng glared at him, "What nonsense!"

"Eh? Don't you know, master?" Miao Shihao's face was serious but he relaxed his body. However, he continued to ask Lin Feng seriously, "Master, how much do you know about this Hu Yanyan?"

Lin Feng arched his eyebrows slightly and replied, "Up till today, nothing. All that I know about her is from what Tun Tun told me. What's wrong with this demon?"

"There's the problem..." Miao Shihao said quietly. However, he then lifted his head to look at Lin Feng with an expressionless face. Smiling, he said, "No problem, it's no problem at all. It's not a big deal. Even if you don't know, it's fine."

He then muttered, "The fox demon is surely unable to take a human form. Erm, there should be no problem... Not knowing is better, not knowing is always better."

Lin Feng walked before him and asked, "What's the matter? What do you mean that not knowing is always better?"

"Nothing, nothing!" Miao Shihao laughed and realized that Lin Feng was still there, looking at him calmly. Miao Shihao felt a sense of guilt in his heart.

His mouth twitched and he said suddenly, "Master, the real reason I'm here today concerns the bunch of trash from the Great Void Sect."

Lin Feng stared coldly at Miao Shihao. Miao Shihao no longer behaved in his usual flippant self. Now, he was unimaginably serious.

Because of that, Lin Feng knew that this b*stard was trying to change the topic.

"What's the matter, let's hear it," Lin Feng rolled his eyes and he stopped asking. Instead, he allowed Miao Shihao to continue speaking.

Miao Shihao gently breathed out and said, "I have news from within the Great Void Sect that Pang Jie, the All-Under-Heaven Strider, has been stripped of his post. He is now doing closed-door training at Mount Baiyun."

He paused for a while before continuing, "Looking at him now, he may have surpassed a bottleneck and is now trying to enter the Immortal Soul stage!"

Lin Feng looked into the sky, "So that's it..."

The core disciples of the Great Void Sect were no ordinary mortal. Initially, when Pang Jie lost the battle of Shazhou City, his entire reputation was gone. However, he himself knew the true extent of his losses.

"Who will be the next All-Under-Heavens Strider?" Lin Feng probed. "Yan Mingyue can't assume the same role a second time. She may benefit in other ways, but she surely would not return to the position of the All-Under-Heavens Strider. While everyone viewed her as the saint of the Great Void Sect, it is more of an honorary title."

Miao Shihao nodded his head in agreement. Curling his lips, he smiled coyly, "Master is right. While Yan Mingyue had returned to Mount Baiyun, she will not take up the role of the All-Under-Heavens Strider. No one knows what arrangement the Great Void Sect has for her."

"As for the new All-Under-Heavens Strider..." Miao Shihao was serious for a while before he continued slowly, "Your Brother Shihao has no concrete news as of now, but I did hear a whisper."

"The new All-Under-Heavens Strider may not be from the new generation of disciples of the Great Void Sect. It may not be Yan Mingyue or Pang Jie's juniors, but it's possible that it will be one of their batchmates, or even someone their senior."

Lin Feng's eyes flashed, "Oh, will he be from the Radical Party or the Conservative Party?"

Miao Shihao answered with certainty, "Conservative Party, there's no doubt to that."

Lin Feng did not say anything as numerous thoughts swirled in his mind. By right, Pang Jie's abdication of his position would not have been problematic had his successor came from the Radical Party like him.

After all, Pang Jie did no wrong. It was not as if he resigned to atone for his mistakes. To a certain extent, he was duped by Yan Mingyue.

However, now that a member of the Conservative Party had taken over Pang Jie's title, it could only mean that there had either been a major conflict within the Great Void Sect between the Conservative Party and the Radical Party or that the two sides had called for a truce.

Lin Feng smiled, "The new All-Under-Heavens Strider is quite mysterious, but he must show himself one day sooner or later."

Miao Shihao nodded his head, "You're right."

"As for the fox demon...," Lin Feng changed the topic back to the original one.

Miao Shihao's face turned slightly as he yawned into the sky, "For that, master, I suddenly remember that I haven't been sleeping well for the past few days. I plan to go back for a nap. At ease, at ease."

With that, he walked off before Lin Feng could even reply.

Looking at Miao Shihao's gyrating waist as he walked away, Lin Feng noticed that he was barely concealing his haste. Lin Feng almost laughed, "You think I can't deal with you? Shihao, you are too young too simple!"

Finally, Lin Feng had a way to deal with Miao Shihao. He was incredibly happy. Furthermore, even without Miao Shihao, he was confident in finding a way to find out more about Hu Yanyan.

"What is he hiding?" Lin Feng was suddenly intrigued. He found Tun Tun and asked, "With regards to Hu Yanyan, other than the information you provided the previous time, is there anything else I should know?"

Tun Tun grew up on the Barren Expanses. She was clearer than Miao Shihao about matters concerning the Demonic Clan. Furthermore, her relationship with the Heavenly Fox Tribe had been rocky at best. To phrase it nicely, one's enemies know one best.

Now that Lin Feng thought about it, Tun Tun was the most suitable person to ask for information about the Heavenly Fox Tribe.

Who knew that upon hearing that, Tun Tun was stunned. A shocked expression appeared on her face as she took stock of Lin Feng for a long while. Then, she glared at him and said, "Despite your demeanor, all you males are the same!"

Lin Feng was completely thrown by her statement. He was almost unsure how should he respond before he angrily grabbed Tun Tun by her head and raised her into the sky. "You b*tch. If I don't beat you, you won't behave right?"

"Let me go! Let me down!" Tun Tun kicked her legs in the air as she struggled non-stop. She looked at Lin Feng, her face filled with suspicion. "Am I wrong? I bet you are interested in Hu Yanyan. If not, why are you so keen on hearing about her news."

"I can still understand if demons want to chase her, but I cannot believe that you men are just as shallow. All of you are completely seduced by her!"

Hearing that, Lin Feng did not become angry. Instead, he inquired, "You just said 'you men'. What do you mean by that?"

Tun Tun was stunned. She stopped struggling as she stared at Lin Feng curiously, "What? Don't you know?"

Lin Feng put her down and smiled, "I knew of her existence from you only, don't you remember?"

"Right!" Tun Tun slapped her head and turned to look at Lin Feng. "Furthermore, Hu Yanyan is super weak right now. She can't even take a human form. You probably haven't seen her human form before right?"

Lin Feng shook his head, smiling, "Are you saying that I would be completely enamored by her if I see her human form?"

Tun Tun said seriously, "Hu Yanyan is known as the Fire Fox Lord. Privately, however, many demons of the Barren Expanse call her the 'Hot Fox Lord'. She is the universally recognized hottest thing in the Barren Expanse."

"The number of demons that go to Mount Qingqiu to woo her is enough to flatten the mountain."

Lin Feng was surprised, "She's prettier than Long Ye?"

Tun Tun's mouth twitched, "According to your human standards, they are about the same. However, according to demon standards, Long Ye is a celestial jade tree. She cannot compare to neither foxes nor humans."

She looked at Lin Feng from the corner of her eyes, "Hu Yanyan formed her human form and came to the realm of man, where she caught the eyes of a prince from the Great Qin Empire who was an Immortal Soul stage cultivator. After he was rejected by her, he sought to forcefully take her. In the end, the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage had to come personally to bring her back safely."

"This became a legend in the Barren Expanse and further spread Hu Yanyan's fame. At the same time, she became the most well-known beauty in the Barren Expanse."

After Lin Feng heard the story, he said smiling with a bit of interest, "Then I must thank you for 'picking' her up."

Tun Tun muttered disgruntledly under her breath and turned her head away, "All males are the same. Superficial!"

"A little girl who dreams of mating with a male has no right to say that I'm superficial," Lin Feng smiled as he shook his head. He felt a tiny tremor in his heart as he turned his head to find Xiao Budian staring at him with an odd expression.

After paying his respects, Xiao Budian opened his mouth to speak in a weird tone, "Master, the fox demon kept playing dead until a while ago. Just now, she suddenly said she wanted to meet you."

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Chapter 353: The Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze

Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations

Lin Feng followed Xiao Budian into his abode. In there sat two people, staring at each other awkwardly.

To be precise, there were one human and one demon. One of them was a youth clad in a black and purple robe. That was Lin Feng's eldest disciple, Xiao Yan, and the other one was Hu Yanyan.

"Eh? She is already able to take up a human form? Her ability to cultivate the primordial flame is faster than I'd expected. It looks like her gift in cultivation is in the super-genius range." That was the first thought that entered Lin Feng's mind upon seeing Hu Yanyan.

However, he then realized the cause of the misunderstanding between Miao Shihao, Tun Tun and him.

It was because the human form Hu Yanyan took up was astonishingly beautiful.

Honestly speaking, Long Ye and the Yan Mingyue, along with Xiao Yan's childhood sweetheart Xiao Zhen'er, could compare with Hu Yanyan in terms of looks. However, their beauty was a lot more restrained and withdrawn, even for the demon Long Ye.

Hu Yanyan, on the other hand, was heart-stoppingly beautiful. She brimmed with a raw sensuality that hit you in the face when you first see her.

Her face was without a single blemish. It was perfect.

Her demeanor was icy-cold and uncaring. While it helped to offset her sensuality, her coolness made her more beautiful, like an ice queen.

Lin Feng turned his head to look at Xiao Yan and realized that he was unbelievably awkward. He did not even know where to put his hands.

Placing a virgin next to a seductress together and then leaving the two of them alone for a while was indeed very awkward for the young man.

Xiao Budian's expression was odd too as his gaze shifted between his Big Senior and Hu Yanyan. He was filled with curiosity and his odd gaze made Xiao Yan want to bury himself in the ground.

Lin Feng looked at Hu Yanyan and asked, "You wish to meet with me?"

Hu Yanyan lifted her head to look at Lin Feng. Her expression was ice cold and she nodded her head, "Are you the master of the Celestial Sect? I offer my respects to you."

Lin Feng's face was expressionless as he looked her straight in her eyes. After a long while, he nodded his head and said, "It appears that you are an inherently cold person. Born of the Heavenly Fox Tribe, you have strong potential and is blessed with good looks."

Hu Yanyan's eyes betrayed a flash of humiliation as she recalled many unfortunate memories. However, she looked at Lin Feng in the eye and noticed that his gaze was clear. It was without the lust that she had often seen that pissed her off many times before in the past.

Hu Yanyan was silent for a while before she continued, "You are correct. For many things, I indeed managed to have my way."

Lin Feng nodded his head and suddenly raised his hands. A gust the purple gas enveloped Hu Yanyan.

She was shocked, but soon she realized that Lin Feng's spell was not meant that imprisoning her. Instead, it sought to feel for power changes within her body.

Lin Feng's psychic consciousness soon found a target within Hu Yanyan's body. It brimmed with malicious intent and was a dark, apocalyptic blaze.

"The Heavenly Apocalpytic Blaze! It is one of the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires," Lin Feng read from the system. Immediately, he realized that the uncontrollable fire within Hu Yanyan's body was the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze.

The Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze was black in color. Similar to the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, it was called a demonic fire. Every time it appeared it would bring about calamities.

This type of primordial fire relied on incinerating all other creations to strengthen itself. Not only could it burn and absorb the powers of human and demon cultivators, it was able to devor other types of primordial fires if it possessed a numerical advantage.

The Burning Ice Technique of the Heaven Lake Sect was passed down from an Immortal Soul stage cultivator of the sect. After he inadvertently witnessed the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze's power, he combined it with his understanding of the elements of fire and ice from his own sect to produce this powerful spell.

The Burning Ice Technique was able to use one's opponent's mana as fuel to strengthen itself. However, this was only temporarily. After the spell had been stopped, the blaze conjured by the spell would be extinguished, along with the opponent's own mana.

However, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze was able to strengthen itself permanently after consuming an opponent's mana.

This caused the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze to be especially fierce. With only a tiny ember, it could expand endlessly until it engulfed the world in a fiery sea.

From a certain perspective, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze was more problematic than the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire. While it was not as destructive as the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire, it was more persistent and hardy.

The Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and the Nefarious Spectral Primordial Fire were widely recognized as the two deadliest and most destructive primordial fires amongst the Seven Legendary Primordial Fires.

However, the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze within Hu Yanyan's body began to exhibit changes. It appeared to half dormant.

The power of the primordial fire fought against the Hu Yanyan's demonic powers. However, it did not exhibit any of its devoring abilities.

This discovery made Lin Feng gasp in wonder, "Normally, a cultivator who wished to master the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze faces a difficult dilemma: to cultivate the Blaze, you must use your own mana. However, in doing so, there's a chance of being devored by the Blaze."

If the cultivation was unsuccessful, one's mana would then become fuel for the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, causing it to burn bigger and bigger. Then, it would become harder and harder to control. Soon, one would sink into a vicious cycle. Hence, for thousands of years, there were precious few people who could control the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze.

Many people who sought to control the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze spent an inordinate amount of time and care. However, many still fell victim to it.

Lin Feng withdrew his psychic consciousness and Hu Yanyan touched her lips slightly without saying anything.

"You wish to contact the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage?" Lin Feng asked.

Hu Yanyan nodded her head, "Yes, and I hope that you will accede to my request."

Without Lin Feng's permission, even if Hu Yanyan had the Voice-Projecting Crystal, she was unable to contact the outside world.

"Sure, go ahead." In a heartbeat, Lin Feng released the enchantments that surround Mount Yujing for Hu Yanyan.

Hu Yanyan thanked Lin Feng and crushed the Voice-Projecting Crystal immediately to contact her mother, the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage.

After the crystal connected, a calm voice came from the other side, "Yanyan, where are you now?" The voice was unimaginably flat. One could hardly believe that it belonged the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage, who was infamous for creating turmoil all across the world.

The only reason everyone said that Hu Yanyan was the prettiest female member of the demonic tribe was that no one dared to approach the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage, one of the Ten Demonic Saints.

The Heavenly Fox Grand Sage, otherwise known as the Nine-Tailed Grand Sage, was the leader of the Heavenly Fox Tribe. Along with Long Ye's master the Heavenly Charms Grand Sage, Tun Tun's father the Taotie Grand Sage and the Golden Crow Grand Sage, they were known as the Ten Demonic Saints. They were the top demons of the Barren Expanses.

While this demon was not as well-versed in battling as the others, her bag was full of tricks as well. She was undoubtedly one of the top demons of the Barren Expanses.

The flat voice continued asking, "Did you meet with any difficulty?"

Hu Yanyan simply told her about how she managed to obtain the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze. Then, she described her current condition. She deliberately skipped some parts about how she was picked up by Xiao Budian and Tun Tun.

The Heavenly Fox Grand Sage fell silent before saying, after a long while, "Yanyan, how long more do you have before you master the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze?"

Hu Yanyan looked at Lin Feng before turning away. She then said slowly, "Your daughter does not know, but it won't be long."

The Heavenly Fox Grand Sage was silent for another long while before she said, directly to Lin Feng, "Master Lin, my daughter now faces the problem of the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze and is incapacitated. I am unable to bring her back to the Barren Expanses too."

Lin Feng was expressionless and said nothing. He knew that the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage would have more to say.

"I heard that Master Lin too is looking after the Taotie Grand Sage's daughter and that you helped her reform a physical body and took good care of her. Hence, under these extenuating circumstances, I have an unreasonable request to ask of you," said the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage slowly. "I hope that you would allow Hu Yanyan to stay at your place for a while."

"Master Lin's disciple can cultivate both the Grand Sun Primordial Flame and Nefarious Spectral Primordial Flame. I believe you have a certain amount of understanding into the matters of these things. I hope that you could assist my daughter in mastering the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze."

Finally, the Heavenly Fox Grand Sage said, "If my daughter manages to master the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, she will give you half of it. Beyond that, I will give you a token of my appreciation too."

Lin Feng did not respond.

Next to him, Hu Yanyan's face betrayed a shocked expression. However, it passed quickly and her usual, emotionless face returned.

"No problem," Lin Feng thought through it for a while before he agreed. The Heavenly Fox Grand Sage quietly said, "Sorry for the trouble, Master Lin, and thank you."

Following that, she said to Hu Yanyan, "Yanyan, focus on cultivation. After you master the Heavenly Apocalyptic Blaze, return to Mount Qingqiu."

Hu Yanyan said coldly, "I understand."

The connection was severed and Lin Feng swept Xiao Yan with his gaze. He said casually, "It's your role now."

Xiao Yan was stunned and then, a grimace appeared on his face. He telepathically communicated to Lin Feng, "Master, could you find someone else for this task?"

Lin Feng looked at him with a half-smile, "Why? Are you scared that you are not up to it?"

"Normally, it would be fine," Xiao Yan said, smiling bitterly. "However, with my condition now, not only is my mana at rock-bottoms, but I too am extremely anxious and frustrated most of the time as I had to do battle with the three primordial fires within me."

Lin Feng smiled, "That's even better. Under these conditions, you can train your concentration. With such a tempting object next to you, I guarantee that your concentration will be top-notch at the end of it."

"All the best, Xiao Yan! Don't forget, your childhood sweetheart is still waiting for you. If your lust takes over you, how would you be able to meet her?"

Xiao Yan stammered, "Master, you... you are deliberately setting a trap for me!"

"No, it's training," Lin Feng smiled mischievously as he thought, "Look at you! In my previous life, I had so many of these encounters and hence, I can maintain my calm. Look at how easily you give way to pressure! Aren't you afraid of making a fool out of yourself?"

He tapped Xiao Yan on the shoulder and then said, "Well, that's that. Arrange accommodation for our guest and then head over to the Tripitaka Block."

He turned his head to look at Xiao Budian, "Follow me. The second generation disciples had managed to establish strong foundations. It's time for you to be a master to them."

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