Every time I think about it, it feels like a dream.
A dream I don't want to wake up from.
After dinner,
Chen Xiwei washed the dishes, took a short rest, and then entered the training room to begin her intensive training.
There was less than a month left until the all-school hunting season!
She had to elevate her strength to the martial artist realm within this month!
Only in this way, she would be certain of getting first place.
And during the hunting season, she could face the Double-headed Python and have the confidence to kill it!
Otherwise,
Li Feng would be expelled from the academy!
"My current strength is only 9500 catties, and I'm still a lacking by 500 catties!"
"Chen Xiwei, you've got to exert yourself!"
After silently cheering for herself, Chen Xiwei was about to start practicing.
But just then,
She suddenly noticed a strange number on the strength tester in the room.
9900!
"Strange, why was there such a number on the strength tester?"
"Could it be broken?"
Chen Xiwei was somewhat surprised.
Thinking this, she didn't pay too much attention to it and decided to call someone to repair it tomorrow.
She then put these thoughts away and continued to practice.
......
“A few days of hard cultivation finally raised my physical strength to 9900 jin, only one step away from the martial artist's realm of 10,000 jin!”
“But the last one hundred jin didn't see any further improvement!”
"It must be that I have reached the peak of the martial student realm. I must break through this bottleneck to reach the martial artist realm!"
In the room, Li Feng's eyes were bright, silently thinking.
He didn’t know how to break through the bottleneck.
According to what he knew, many martial students faced this challenge, some overcame it quickly, others didn’t manage to their whole life.
Everything depended on chance.
There was no specific pattern.
So, Li Feng was not in a hurry.
"Since I have no clue for now, it is probably a good idea to practice some martial arts first!"
Li Feng pulled out a secret manual. On the cover, it clearly wrote a line: "Luo Yan Steps!"（A secret book for steps as light as smoke）
This was the reward he received from the academy for becoming the top scorer.
Bronze-level agility!
He had had it for several days, but Li Feng had been addicted to body building so he didn't learn it yet.
Considering the current predicament, Li Feng decided to make it a priority to learn it.
“The room is too small and the movement is too big to practice. I'll go outside to practice."
With this thought,
Li Feng decided to go outside.
He had heard Chen Xiwei's voice when she returned, so he didn't take the keys. He closed the door and left.
......
…Within a grove of trees,
Li Feng was practicing agility.
"Luo Yan Steps", as a bronze-level martial art, is naturally extraordinary.
If practiced successfully, one can move quickly in a small range, with a speed akin to teleportation, making one elusive.
However, the only difference from the teleportation is that during the movement, one's path would have a series of illusions, like smoke.
These illusions could cause a certain distraction to the opponent, making it difficult to target accurately.
The effect was indeed powerful.
But precisely because of this, the training conditions were very strict, posing stringent requirements on the martial artist's breath control, blood flow, and body flexibility.
But Li Feng, with his low-grade wind attribute talent, was naturally compatible with agility skills.
So he didn't encounter any obstacles while training.
Despite being a bit clumsy at the beginning,
With the passage of time, his mastery over "Luo Yan Steps" became more profound.
After a few hours.
A silhouette was swiftly moving back and forth in the woods, as fast as smoke. Often, in the blink of an eye, before anyone could see clearly, it would have already disappeared.
"A bronze-level agility skill is indeed formidable!"
Li Feng stopped, took a deep breath, his forehead slightly covered in sweat, but there was a grin on his face.
After his intense practice, he had successfully mastered the basics of Luo Yan Steps.
"Now that I have both wind and thunder attribute talents, plus I’ve mastered both “Poku Dao” and “Luo Yan Steps” - two Bronze-level martial arts."
"With these, even if I face a mid-level martial artist, I will be able to put up a fight and even defeat him!"
Feeling his strength gradually increasing, it was naturally a joyous occasion.
Checking the time, it was already late at night.
Li Feng decided to return home.
Just then,
As Li Feng walked into a narrow alley not far from his home, he furrowed his brows and his gaze swept towards the dark part on the wall on his left.
From there,
An old man slowly emerged.
"What a sharp young man!"
The elder praised with a sigh before stepping forward to ask in a deep voice, "Are you Li Feng?"
"Why are you blocking my path?
Li Feng frowned slightly and asked quietly.
"I am Ke Nian. I am here under the orders of my master, inviting you for a feast!"
"No need."
Li Feng replied, "I don't know your master, nor do I wish to... Please leave and don't block my way home."
Upon hearing this, Ke Nian's eyes narrowed, revealing a hint of fierceness.
"My master is Zhou Cheng, a strong figure in the whole of Luyang base with a high possibility of stepping into the Martial Master realm in the future. Don't you want to give him even this bit of face?"
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Upon hearing this, Li Feng was inwardly shocked.
Zhou Cheng has indeed started monitoring him!
It wasn't surprising!
After all, Zhou Cheng's son died mysteriously and involved a secret treasure of heaven and earth.
He would naturally not take it lightly.
And this time Zhou Cheng sent people to invite him, all in order to pressure him for information.
As long as Li Feng went, regardless of the final result, he probably couldn’t escape unscathed.
With such thoughts, Li Feng looked at Ke Nian and said slowly: "If your master comes personally, I would naturally give him some face. But as for you... Who do you think you are?!"
Upon hearing this,
Ke Nian's face instantly changed.
Even though he was a subordinate of Zhou Cheng, he was also at the early stage of the martial artist realm. He was considered a strong person in the whole Luyang base.
But now, he was looked down upon by a person who was known to everyone as waste.
This was an outright slap in his face.
"You’re toasting wine but not eating punishment wine. In that case, I will capture you and bring you to my master myself!"
With that said,
Ke Nian's face sank, his figure flashed, his palm turning into claws, then reaching out to grab Li Feng.
He was in the early stage of the martial artist realm, so his strength was extraordinary.
And Li Feng was just an ordinary person. So, in Ke Nian's opinion, with this tactic, he should be able to capture Li Feng easily.
However,
Just when he was about to reach Li Feng, Li Feng vanished, leaving behind a wisp of smoke that blurred his vision.
"What a marvelous agility skill!"
Ke Nian was somewhat surprised, and he praised subconsciously.
Then, as if realizing something, he snapped back to reality and exclaimed: "You're actually able to cultivate?!"
"Rumours outside say you're just waste, but you’ve been hiding it from everyone!"
Li Feng didn't speak but drew out his war blade that he got from Zhou Qi, and slashed it towards Ke Nian.
Seeing the war blade, Ke Nian was startled: “Young Master Qi's war blade... It seems that Young Master Zhou Qi was indeed killed by you!”
"Since you already know, then I must silence you!"
Li Feng snorted, utilizing Luo Yan Steps, then instantly appeared in front of Ke Nian, slicing down.
Rip.
In an instant, a glint of cold light arrived in a flash, directly falling onto Ke Nian's arm, blood burst forth.
"Boy, you’re looking for death!"
Ke Nian was injured and his face turned ferocious.
The previous attack was as swift as lightning. If he hadn't dodged desperately, this attack would have cut off his head.
A martial artist was injured in front of a martial student, and he almost lost his life; how could this not infuriate him?
Despite his left arm being injured, his strength greatly reduced.
But he was still a martial artist!
At this moment, angry he rushed towards Li Feng with an unstoppable force.
"What a pity!"
Li Feng thought inwardly.
The knife could have killed Ke Nian.
But the opponent's fighting experience was abundant, he ducked instinctively, thus escaping the fatal blow.
But......
That was all!
Although Ke Nian was in the martial artist realm, the gap in power between him and Li Feng was not that big.
Li Feng had the backing of his wind and thunder attribute talent which had already surpassed Ke Nian in terms of power and speed.
In addition, both of his attained Bronze-level skills, Blade Skills and Agility were completely unleashed.
It could be described as total domination.
Hence,
Ke Nian wanting to turn the tables was just wishful thinking!
After a few moves,
Li Feng seized the opportunity, his figure flashed into a cloud of smoke.
When he appeared again, he was already in front of Ke Nian.
Without the slightest hesitation, he slashed directly at Ke Nian's head.
This time, Ke Nian could not evade, his severed head flew up, blood spouting out like a fountain.
His body fell to the ground, motionless.
"Huff..."
After neatly dealing with a martial artist, Li Feng exhaled.
"Martial artists in the early stage have no power to resist me!"
"I think with my current strength, I should be able to compete with martial artists in the mid-stage or even late-stage!"
"But if I come across a senior martial artist in the late stage, I'm afraid I'll be outmatched!"
"And Zhou Cheng has already targeted me. This time the person he sent was killed by me, he will certainly not let it go, and might even make a move himself next time!"
"He has been in the late stage of martial arts for several years and I am probably not his opponent yet!"
"I must quickly elevate to the martial artist realm!"
Li Feng thought inwardly.
Although Li Feng was only one step away from becoming a martial artist, this step was a world of difference.
If he could take this step, his strength would surely surge dramatically!
By then, he would naturally not have to fear Zhou Cheng!
"I heard that there's a way for martial artists to break the realm shackles!"
"It’s through breaking the limit in a battle!"
"It seems that I need to go to the wilderness!"
With such thoughts, Li Feng made up his mind.
......
...Early the next morning, Li Feng arrived at the martial artists' supply hall in the base.
This was a must-go place for the martial artists of Luyang Base before going into the wilderness.
Because here, there are the most abundant number of supplies for martial artists.
They could purchase the best quality and price weapons and equipment, even the obtained beast materials could be traded here.
Moreover,
Martial artists could also accept tasks here.
Some forces and individuals would post tasks, inviting martial artists to help them complete them in the wilderness. Once the conditions are met, you could receive the task rewards.
Under normal circumstances, many hunter teams would casually accept several tasks when going hunting in the wilderness, earning some extra money.
In simple terms,
It serves as a Martial Artists Guild.
Li Feng came here intending to purchase some necessities for wilderness survival.
The hall was bustling with crowds.
Li Feng took a casual look around, then went into a large shop.
"What can I do for you, sir?"
A shop assistant came over and asked respectfully: "Our Cuiyu Building sells various items, healing and recovery pills, and purchases and sells beast materials, etc., at fair prices, never deceiving old or young!"
"I plan to go to the wilderness and want to buy some necessities for wilderness survival. Do you have any recommendations?"
Li Feng asked.
The clerk smiled and said, "Well, in that case, I highly recommend our wilderness survival kit. It contains pills for injuries, restoring blood, and concealing aura, plus pest repellent, marching tents, survival rations and compressed beast meat, and
even signal flares for help. Almost every martial artist equip with a set, and it's selling well!"
Li Feng looked it over and thought it was pretty good.
Without any hesitation, he settled for a set right away.
A survival pack costs three hundred spirit stones. Li Feng also purchased some additional healing and recovery pills which cost about six hundred spirit stones in total. Only then did he leave the shop under the respectful gaze of the shop assistant.
Spirit stones were valuable. To be able to take out six hundred spirit stones and remain unperturbed indicated the wealth of a powerful martial artist.
The reason for Li Feng's calmness was mainly because these spirit stones were obtained from Zhou Qi's end.
They were practically windfalls.
Even if he spent them, he wouldn't mind.
Li Feng placed the survival kit and other supplies in his storage bag.
Now that everything was ready, Li Feng planned to leave the hall and head to the wilderness.
But at this moment...
He suddenly heard the sound of pleading from not far away.
" Please, I beg you, help me!"
A thin little girl stood in front of a martial artist, begging pitifully.
The young martial artist wore a troubled expression, "It’s not that I don't want to help you, it's just that your task is too difficult... a Two-headed Python is a medium-ranking Level Two Monster Beast. It requires at least a mid-staged martial artist to hunt it. I'm not up to it.”
“Moreover, the reward for your task is just a beast egg that’s of no use and can't even be hatched... I'm helpless, sorry."
Saying this, he left in a hurry.
The other martial artists also ignored the little girl, deliberately walking far around her.
Seeing this scene, a martial artist standing not too far from Li Feng sighed, "Speaking of which, this little girl is really pitiful... orphaned from a young age, then when she was adopted, her adoptive mother also fell seriously ill within a few years. It just never rains but it pours."
“In order to save her adoptive mother, the little girl has been here for many days, but no one has been interested in her task."
"Mainly because that Two-headed Python is just too strong and hard to find. It’s indeed very difficult to hunt it!"
"Poor child!"
"Speaking of this girl's task reward, a pet egg that she’s been hatching from childhood for over a decade still hasn’t cracked, it might be something special!"