"And I can feel that the lightning and wind attributes within my body have also been enhanced!"
"But I wonder if I can see my own talent?"
Li Feng lowered his head, wanting to see if he could check his own talent.
As soon as this thought arose in his mind,
The next moment.
A prompt appeared in front of him,
【Target: Li Feng】
【Physique: Advanced Training Physique】
【Talent: Lower Lightning Attribute Talent, Lower Wind Attribute Talent】
"I can actually see my own information!”
"And my talents and physique have indeed been elevated!"
Li Feng's eyes lit up, the expression in his eyes full of joy.
His physique had been upgraded to advanced level.
And his talents had also been upgraded to lower level.
In comparison to before, it was like a whole grade had been improved!
In addition to that,
He found that his skin had become much smoother, even the circulation of blood and exerting strength had become more fluent.
"It's truly the thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow!"
Li Feng exclaimed.
The thousand-year-old Spirit Marrow could only be used by a person once, and the second use would have no effect.
In the pool, there was only a thin layer left, barely enough for one person to use.
Li Feng thought it over, and collected the Spirit Marrow.
As for the pool, it was not destroyed.
In case of any chance.
He decided to leave the treasure here, waiting for the next lucky person!
After doing all this,
Li Feng left the cave according to the original path.
"With both talent and physique having been improved!"
"What’s next..."
"Is to kill ferocious beasts and focus on cultivation!"
"Strive to raise my strength to another level before the hunt ends!"
…
A few days had passed in a flash, and today was the day to depart the wild zone.
One by one, the students stepped out of the dense forest and arrived at the gathering area.
Two teachers were already waiting there.
They counted the number of students and tallied the points.
"Mei Guangtao, 13 points."
"Yuan Hanyi, 6 points."
"Kui Ning, 21 points."
"Lou Chen, 19 points."
...
One by one, the students came out. When they saw their points at the top of the list, they showed thrilled expressions.
And when they saw that their points were at the bottom, they were disappointed.
However,
No matter who it was, they all believed that they would not be able to grab the first place in this trial.
After all, Zhou Qi, the strongest martial artist in their class, had yet to come out.
If all went as expected
when Zhou Qi comes out, his points will likely secure him first place.
With this thought, all the students focused their attention on the entrance, even the teachers appeared to be expectant.
However, as time went by, and as the stipulated gathering time neared its end, Zhou Qi had still not appeared, and all their faces gradually changed.
"What's going on? Why hasn't Zhou Qi come out yet?"
"Could it be that he..."
"Impossible! Zhou Qi is the strongest martial artist in our class. There's no way any mishaps could've occurred!"
"But the wild zone is dangerous. Anything can happen. What if Zhou Qi was just unlucky..."
The students murmured amongst themselves.
Just then, a figure emerged from the entrance.
Seeing the figure, everyone was immediately reinvigorated thinking Zhou Qi had finally come.
However, when the figure walked out, many students were left extremely disappointed.
"So it's Li Feng!"
"Can't believe this useless guy actually managed to come out alive!"
"Unbelievable!"
Ignoring the surrounding muttering, Li Feng went directly to the teacher, put down the bag he carried, and said, "Teacher, this is what I found."
The teacher opened the bag, checked its contents and said with some surprise, "103 points in total!"
At this remark, the students around all had expressions of disbelief.
103 points was the highest score among all the students who had come out of the forest!
In other words, if Zhou Qi really failed to arrive, then Li Feng would become the first place!
But how could this be!
It was well-known that Li Feng was a non-practitioner. How could he possibly collect so many beast materials?
Considering the strongest Zhou Qi still hadn't appeared...
"Li Feng, did you see Zhou Qi in the wild zone?"
Pausing for a moment, the teacher asked.
Of course, Li Feng could not tell the truth and shook his head, "No, I didn't see him."
"You still won't tell the truth!"
The teacher on the side chided sternly, "Then where did you get so many materials from these fierce beasts?"
"Of course, I worked hard to get them myself."
Li Feng said, maintaining a calm expression.
At this statement, all the teachers and students present were sceptical.
It was well known.
Li Feng couldn't cultivate. He was just a normal person.
From their point of view, the reason Li Feng was able to get these many materials was perhaps that Zhou Qi had met with an accident in the wilderness, and Li Feng had just happened to come across his body.
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"It looks like Zhou Qi really met a dangerous encounter in the wilderness!"
The teacher responsible for tallying the points sighed regrettably.
Zhou Qi was a promising youngster and had the potential to become an elite class student.
But he lost his life in this wilderness trial, presumably, he'd been devoured by a savage beast.
No one suspected that Li Feng was responsible for Zhou Qi's death.
After all, it seemed utterly impossible.
If the two had indeed encountered each other, Li Feng would undoubtedly have been the one to lose his life.
"Teacher, any further enquiries?"
Li Feng asked.
"No more, you guys can start boarding the bus now."
The teacher waved his hand and paused again, and then said to Li Feng: "By the rules, since you scored the highest points, making you the first place, the reward from the academy will be converted later for you."
Nodding, Li Feng returned to the bus and started waiting.
The other students also boarded the bus.
Soon, the bus started moving, heading towards the base.
On the way to the wilderness, more than forty students had come. But now, only thirty-two were left.
One test had reduced the number by more than ten.
This was the wilderness!
Dangerous and brutal!
……
"Li Feng, it would be better if you stay in the base for this period. If there is nothing important, try not to go out."
Upon returning home, Li Feng's mind still echoed with what the teacher had said after he chose his martial arts in the academy.
He knew what the teacher meant.
Zhou Qi's father, Zhou Cheng, was a late-stage martial artist. Seeing his son die in the wilderness, he would undoubtedly not let this matter rest.
And Li Feng was inevitably related to Zhou Qi's death.
Zhou Cheng was not bold enough to confront the academy, but he might decide to target Li Feng.
The outcome was predictable if a commoner was targeted by a martial artist.
Martial artists were not allowed to casually attack ordinary people in the base. This was why the teacher hoped Zhou Cheng could contain his anger.
However...
"Now, I have already metamorphosized!"
Li Feng chuckled.
After receiving the Spirit Marrow and enhancing his talents and attributes, in the subsequent three days, he had been constantly forging his physique and hunting beasts.
With the help of the elemental bee essence, Li Feng kept drinking beast blood, which caused his strength to grow rapidly in just three days!
Just his physical strength alone had increased by two thousand kilograms!
"Boom!"
Li Feng punched the strength tester, causing it to shake violently.
At the top, a number popped up.
6021!
With just his physical strength, he had a power of six tons!
Directly reaching the state of a late-stage Wudao practitioner!
And that was not even considering his lightning attribute talent!
In the past, his inferior lightning attribute talent provided him a double boost.
But with the upgrade to a lower level talent due to the Spirit Marrow, his attribute enhancement increased to four times!
In other words,
Every punch that Li Feng threw now had at least a terrifying twenty tons of power!
He didn't know the extent of the terror caused by a twenty tons punch.
But, on the last day, he had punched a two-meter-large boulder.
Just with one strike, it had turned to dust!
And, with his lower wind attribute that boosted his speed by nearly five times, even if he were to confront someone in at the mid-stage of Wudao, he was confident enough to fight!
And now,
The elemental bee essence on his body could still support him for six more days.
He had six portions of level 2 beast blood and twenty-three portions of level 1 beast blood.
With these resources,
And coupled with his advanced physical cultivation, Li Feng was confident that he could reach the Wudao realm within ten days!
At that time, even in front of Zhou Cheng, a late-stage Wudao practitioner, He would be confident of holding his ground!
"Cultivation!"
"To reach the Wudao（Martial arts） realm in the shortest time possible!"
After deciding, Li Feng began to retreat.
He threw himself wholeheartedly into enhancing his strength.
...
… Inside a single villa in the Inner City District, Luyang Base.
A middle-aged man, with a dignified appearance and emanating a powerful aura, roared with a grim face: "My son is dead, and you still haven't found out who the murderer is! Why am I even keeping you?"
Zhou Cheng was full of rage.
He had been waiting at home for his son to bring back good news, but instead, he received a terrible disaster.
How could he accept this?!
On the other side.
Ke Nian, an early-stage martial artist, was reprimanded, nodding his head obediently.
After a scolding, Zhou Cheng calmed down a bit and said in a deep voice: "My son Zhou Qi may not have been powerful, but with a bunch of first-level beasts in the hunting area, how could he have been killed? Besides... even if he encountered danger, with the wind attribute talent, he couldn't have been bereft of the opportunity to report it! So, he must have been ambushed!"
"Check! Is there anyone who hated my son or had a spat with him? Find out for me!"
Hearing this,
Ke Nian felt kind of bitter.
He was very clear about Zhou Qi's character.
He was arrogant and domineering, naturally making numerous enemies.
To find the murderer from these many enemies was like finding a needle in a haystack.
However,
At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, and said, "Speaking of this, I did remember something while inquiring about the news. The young master liked an elite class martial artist from his school named Chen Xiwei. Chen Xiwei had an engaged husband named Li Feng. This person doesn't have any physique or talent for cultivation. He just goes to the First Academy and is in the same class as the young master, and only because of Chen Xiwei's influence."
"The young master viewed him as an enemy and insulted him several times. But when the hunting trial ended, this Li Feng had obtained a load of beast materials and became the top scorer of the class."
Hearing this, Zhou Cheng's face darkened: "Such crucial information, why didn't you report it instantly!"
"I... I just didn't think much of him. He is a commoner incapable of cultivation."
Ke Nian explained.
"Idiot!"
Zhou Cheng's face darkened, "Someone with no cultivating ability, managing to survive the hunt and becoming number one, surely has a connection with my son’s death!"
"Even if he didn't kill him, he must have encountered my son’s belongings... Ke Nian, you personally bring this Li Feng
to me!"
Upon hearing this,
Ke Nian hesitated and said, "Sir, in the base, martial artists aren’t allowed to act recklessly against ordinary people. Moreover, Li Feng is the fiancé of a student of the Elite Class of the First Academy. If this gets discovered, we will likely be in a passive position."
"Who said anything about killing him?"
Zhou Cheng said in a deep voice, "I just want you to bring him to me. I will question him personally. If he is indeed not the murderer, then there would be no problem. But if he is indeed the one who killed my son, I will not let him go!"
"Moreover…"
"You wouldn’t know how to handle this matter discreetly, would you? As long as no one sees it and there's no evidence, even if the base has suspicions, they would not dare to act against me for the sake of a mere commoner!"
Hearing this, Ke Nian nodded, "I understand, I will go right away!"
With that said, seeing that Zhou Cheng had no further instructions, he withdrew.
After he left.
Zhou Cheng, who remained in the room, could no longer suppress his rage. He punched the table.
With a loud bang, the table turned to dust.
Zhou Qi was dead, and death couldn't be reversed.
So, after he was done feeling sorrow, he resigned himself to that.
However…
The information about that treasure was a major concern!
He simply couldn't treat it lightly!
"Li Feng…”
Murmuring this name, a murderous glint appeared in Zhou Cheng's eyes.
……
"I'm back."
Chen Xiwei, carrying a large bag of beast meat, pushed the door and walked in.
At the first glance, she saw a table full of dishes.
Ever since that day, whenever Li Feng was home, he would cook a meal and wait for her to return.
After the initial surprise.
Chen Xiwei had gotten somewhat used to it.
In the past.
Each time she was about to enter the house, she would have to constantly muster courage in her heart to step into what was, in her opinion, an ice-cold, temperatureless house.
Now, she was even somewhat looking forward to returning.
Leaving the meat behind, Chen Xiwei washed her hands and sat down at the dining table.
The dishes had already been picked up.
She knew this was because Li Feng had already finished eating.
And the lingering heat from the dishes was a representation of Li Feng's concern— he would only start cooking when she was about to reach home, so that when she returned, she could eat warm food.
This point, Li Feng did not express out loud.
But Chen Xiwei could feel it.
This was the first time she felt Li Feng's care. But it was such a small thing, this minuscule point, it made Chen Xiwei feel thrilled.
After all.
Compared to the previous Li Feng, the Li Feng now was much, much better.