Great Swordsman
Ch.5 - Cultivation Book and Cultivation Technique
Tang Guan was one of Ye Fenfang's men. Their task was only one, which was to squeeze as many spiritual stones out of the weak outer disciples as possible. That way, Ye Fenfang could absorb qi faster and ascend to the fourth stage as soon as possible.
The sect also did not prohibit such actions. After all, this is a world where power rules, if you are weak, then blame yourself.
On the contrary, in the sect's view, this kind of state actually brought good things. With harsh environmental conditions, students can grow to be more resilient.
Hence, the sect turned a blind eye to such an incident.
“Luckily the surveillance around the sect increased lately. Tang Guan and his accomplice should not dare to make trouble for a while.”
Xu Feng muttered softly. At least he won't have to worry about being targeted in the next month.
Every year, the Lotus Sect would carry out a grading event for every disciple who had reached the three-year time limit.
Thanks to that as well, a month before the event began, the sect would start to tighten the scrutiny so that the disciples would not resort to any fraudulent means such as using various kinds of treasures smuggled in by their families.
The sect needed talented people, not a bunch of spoiled children from rich families.
“I need to use that time lapse as best I can. If possible, immediately reach the fourth stage in order to become an inner disciple!”
Xu Feng immediately set his goal. Although the available time was extremely mepet, Xu Feng was confident that he could achieve it with hard work.
If one heard what Xu Feng was thinking, he would definitely regard Xu Feng as a lunatic.
Reaching the fourth stage of the mortal realm within a month? What joke! Not to mention the hard work, even if one were to walk upside down, achieving it within a year was still impossible.
Xu Feng took a step faster and soon arrived at his hut.
He stood silently staring at the tattered hut in front of him, his face showing a dumbfounded look. No matter which side he looked from, this hut was the type that would undoubtedly drift the very first when a storm occurred.
Roof of straw, walls of mixed mud and wooden branches. Xu Feng was even sure that this hut would not survive a light storm.
“This sect is too inhuman.”
Xu Feng muttered in disbelief. He had no memory of the look of this hut. After all, the memories he inherited were only memories that contained important information. Various other small memories are lost while in the process of transfer due to the collision of two different people's memories.
Xu Feng simply did not think that the hut in question would actually look like this; it was more suitable to call it houses made by small children!
“How can one sleep in it without worrying about seeing a starry ceiling when waking up in the middle of the night?”
Xu Feng massaged his forehead and sighed lightly. He didn't want to think too far.
In a helpless feeling, Xu Feng walked into the hut.
There's nothing special in it. There was only a bed, a closet, a table and a chair. Even the floor is still ground.
Xu Feng threw his face away unconcernedly and immediately approached the closet in one corner of the room and pushed it away.
The wall that was originally covered by a closet is now wide open.
Following the memories, Xu Feng inspected the wall and found a slight scratch mark. Without wasting any time, Xu Feng dug through the mud wall until he found a bag of shabby cloth that had been tightly pressed down by the mud.
“This is it! Spiritual stone!”
Xu Feng exclaimed excitedly. His hand hurriedly grabbed the pouch and opened it slowly.
Instantly, his eyes were dazzled by a pale blue light. It took a while for Xu Feng's vision to return to normal.
The look in his eyes turned towards the glowing stones.
“One, two, three, four.. There are seven low-tier spiritual stones here!”
Xu Feng started counting every spiritual stone and was surprised by the results.
Every month, the sect would distribute resources to each of its disciples. This was one of the common rules in the Lotus Sect.
To the outer disciples, the resources provided were only low-tier spiritual stones. There are four in total.
Although it impressed a little, that amount was still an extremely precious treasure. After all, spiritual stones were an extremely rare and expensive item, especially from the point of view of an ordinary person with no special background.
What made Xu Feng surprised was that the previous owner of the body managed to store seven spiritual stones. Given the existence of scoundrels like Tang Guan, being able to save in this amount was already quite incredible.
Not to mention the need for life. Because of the need to fill their stomachs, many disciples were forced to sell their spiritual stones and exchange them for gold or silver taels to buy food stocks.
The sect was not an orphanage, there was no necessity to feed its disciples.
“This is it..”
Xu Feng carefully touched one of the spiritual stones.
When his skin touched the cold texture of the stone, a series of blue-colored text appeared in his vision simultaneously.
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Energy found: 2 units
Absorb?
Yes | No
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“It's exactly the same! No difference whatsoever!”
Xu Feng shouted so loudly and laughed out loud.
“Of course choose Yes!”
Xu Feng did not wait and immediately directed his mind towards the ‘Ya’ button
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Absorbing energy ... Absorption complete
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Name: Xu Feng
Cultivation Technique: Shadow Steps (Not yet learned ) +
Available energy: 2
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Xu Feng's focus was on the Spring Storm's Cultivation Book. There was nothing special about this cultivation book. In fact, the Spring Storm Cultivation Book was extremely common since almost every outer disciple was allowed access to it, just like some other ordinary cultivation books.
In fact, there was no difference between each Cultivation Book. No one is stronger or weaker. The difference between each Cultivation Book only lies in the way it stimulates the physical potential of the individual.
There were all sorts of Cultivation Books, but all of his essences were the same, namely to break through the nine levels of the mortal realm.
“Mari try..”
Xu Feng directed his mind to the ‘+’ button on the back of the cultivation book. Suddenly, a new set of texts appeared.
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It takes 6 energy points to advance to level two
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Xu Feng was somewhat surprised by the amount needed. Not because the cost was too high, but precisely because the cost was too small than he expected.
Following simple mathematics, Xu Feng only needed three low-tier spiritual stones to ascend to the second realm of the mortal realm.
One had to know that every month, the sect would give three low-tier spiritual stones to every outer disciple. Even if Xu Feng only lay down for an entire month without doing anything, his strength could still grow by relying solely on the spiritual stones of the sect.
Of course, Xu Feng would not waste such time.
“About more!”
Xu Feng chuckled while absorbing the energy from the remaining six spiritual stones. Immediately, his energy points changed to 14.
Looking at the number of points that had changed on the screen, Xu Feng nodded in appreciation. It is the capital for him to start a new life in this chaotic world, and also the starting point for carving out his own legend.
There was no way he could stay calm.
Xu Feng tried to ease the emotions in his heart and directed his mind at the Cultivation Technique section of – Shadow Steps.
This technique was the only reward given by the sect to any newcomer who had just been accepted as a new disciple. Unfortunately, Xu Feng's predecessors had such poor talent that even after so many years this technique he had not been able to learn.
As expected, a notification prompt appeared before him.
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It takes 5 energies to learn the Shadow Steps
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“Sigh, really a cheating tool!”
Xu Feng sighed in admiration. Different from a Cultivation Book, learning a Cultivation Technique was even more difficult several times. After all, the Cultivation Technique encompassed too many aspects and was extremely demanding. There was not a single resource that could help one learn a technique faster.
It all depends on will and hard work. Of course, talent is also another motivating factor.
Feeling impatient again, Xu Feng immediately chose an improvement on his Cultivation Book and Cultivation Technique in quick succession.
“Urghh..”
Xu Feng groaned softly as a strange strength slowly crept within his body. It felt so warm and soothing, giving off an intoxicating feeling of pleasure. In a moment, Xu Feng felt all the burdens of his mind just disappear, replaced by a calm and peaceful feeling.
But that feeling only came in an instant and disappeared in an instant anyway. Xu Feng even felt a little lost, he still wanted to enjoy that intoxicating atmosphere a little longer.
But before he could complain any further, a wave of information instantly hit his head. Some contained a basic understanding of the Shadow Steps, and the rest were memories of him who seemed to have practiced this technique for many years.
Xu Feng was even a little dazed.
Waves of information were slowly imprinted in Xu Feng's mind before completely fusing together completely. In the process, every muscle and bone fiber on Xu Feng's body also underwent an astonishing change, as if trying to adjust so that his body could use the Shadow Step Technique according to his memory.
In just an instant and Xu Feng managed to learn a technique that took many years for others.
“This feeling is amazing.”
Xu Feng exhaled and clenched his hands high. He felt very energetic for the first time, and he even had the illusion that he could crush a stone with just one punch.
Of course, it was merely an effect due to the sudden increase in strength. He was actually still not at the level of stirring a rock with a single blow. Even so, Xu Feng's strength had indeed undergone a drastic increase.
Xu Feng slowly clenched his hands and firmly punched the empty space in front of him. The speed of his punch was extremely fast and seemed to carry a great amount of power. It even faintly produced a slight gust of wind.
“So so …
“I'm roughly three times stronger than before. It's just that I don't think the increase of each stage turns out to be very far.”
Xu Feng muttered in his heart. The threefold increase in strength is not as simple as 1+1+1. The current Xu Feng could defeat ten of himself in the past easily even without using the Shadow Step Technique.
Being in a good mood, Xu Feng opened the cheat panel.
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Name: Xu Feng
Cultivation Book: Spring Storm (Mortal realm second stage) +
Cultivation Technique: Step Shadow (Basic ) +
Available energy: 3
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Counting 6 energy points for the enhancement of the Spring Storm Cultivation Book and 5 energy points for the Shadow Step cultivation Technique, Xu Feng again fell poor.