Great Swordsman
Ch.78 - Eighth Stage!
Name: Xu Feng
Cultivation Book: Storm Spring (Sixth Stage of Mortal Realm) +
Profession Book : Alchemist (Internship) +
Cultivation Technique : Shadow Step Technique (Advanced Realm), Mortal Heavenly Sword Technique (Advanced Realm ) +, Body Lightening Technique (Advanced Realm) +, Steel Body Technique (Intermediate Realm) +
Available energy: 4
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Xu Feng opened the status panel while grinning at the wooden box lying on top of the mattress. The Spiritual Stone that was there looked different than usual, the size of this Spiritual Stone was larger and its color was sharper and purer than a Low-tier Spiritual Stone.
Xu Feng already had a faint guess in heart so that di did not hesitate anymore and touched the Spiritual Stone. At the same time, a familiar set of texts appeared in his vision.
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Detected 60 Intermediate-tier Spiritual Stones.
Do you want to absorb?
Yes/no.
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Truly an Intermediate-Range Spiritual Stone! Xu Feng almost shouted in excitement. As expected of a great power, the rewards they gave did not disappoint. The excited Xu Feng instantly absorbed all the Spiritual Stones.
The amount of energy on the panel was also immediately updated, reaching a total of 604 units. When looking at those numbers, Xu Feng was a little dazed, he did not expect the Intermediate Level Spiritual Stone Conversion to be so high, it had actually reached a ratio of 1:10!
Xu Feng's face turned red. He was breathing heavily while thinking about how to use that enormous amount of energy. He had even had the time to advance all of his Alchemy Techniques and professions.
Yet Xu Feng's confusion only lasted for a moment, “No, no, cultivation should continue to be the first priority.”
Xu Feng laughed softly at his ridiculous thought. After all no matter how advanced the Alchemy profession was, what use would it be if he could just die from the attacks of the Demonic Beasts or people with bad intentions? Only with absolute strength could he stand up safely!
After making up his mind, Xu Feng no longer hesitated. In one thought, Xu Feng broke through twice in a row, spending a total of 576 units of Spiritual Stones.
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It takes 192 units of energy to advance to the Seventh Stage
Yes/no.
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It takes 384 units of energy to advance to the Eighth Stage
Yes/no.
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At the same time, there was an earth-shaking change in Xu Feng's body.
The first three stages of the Mortal Realm were to develop the body, the Fourth to Sixth stages were for internal Qi enhancement; the Seventh to Ninth stages were for combining and refining body strength and internal Qi. To put it simply, the Seventh stage was the beginning where a cultivator could actually unleash an attack of Qi energy, no longer limited to just coating a weapon.
It could be said that it was a completely new world!
Xu Feng's breakthrough took quite a long time. Luckily no one was around Villa, or they would be aware of the environmental abnormality resulting from Xu Feng's successive breakthroughs. Xu Feng basically sucked all the Qi energy around the Villa dry.
“So this is the Eighth stage?” Xu Feng clenched his hands tightly, he could feel the overflowing power from his body. On the other hand his dantian underwent the biggest change, its size extending to nearly fifteen times.
Intrigued by his new strength, Xu Feng then headed towards the courtyard. He approached one of the trees and stood five meters away and swung his sword casually. A crescent-shaped golden Qi energy appeared in the air and flew towards the tree very quickly. Under Xu Feng's astonished gaze, the tree that was roughly the size of two adults was neatly cut off and toppled over. In front of the Qi energy, the tree was as gentle as knowing!
“This power..” Xu Feng inhaled a breath of cold air, it was only fitting that they called the Seventh Stage the start of a new world, this kind of power had truly surpassed what ordinary humans could do!
Xu Feng recalled that Zhao Quan once said that the Seventh Stage to the Ninth Stage was a bridge to a new life form. Xu Feng slowly began to understand the sentence.
There are still 28 units of energy left in the panel. Xu Feng who saw it instantly upgraded the Steel Body Technique to an advanced realm, depleting 20 units of energy. After the advancement, all of Xu Feng s Techniques were already at the advanced realms.
Now, Xu Feng's panel was undergoing a complete change.
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Name: Xu Feng
Cultivation Book: Storm Spring (Eighth Stage of the Mortal Realm) +
Profession Book : Alchemist (Internship) +
Cultivation Technique : Shadow Step Technique (Advanced Realm), Mortal Heavenly Sword Technique (Advanced Realm ) +, Body Lightening Technique (Advanced Realm) +, Steel Body Technique (Advanced Nature) +
Available energy: 8
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Xu Feng calmed his emotions and walked out of the Villa. He met Ding Xiang and said he would be gone for a while. Afterwards, Xu Feng called Shao Kun and Shao Jun and told them to guard the village.
“Do not worry sir, the village will be safe as long as we exist!”
Xu Feng nodded. As long as this Duo Brothers were in the village, he would not have to worry if anyone tried to make a riot. The reputation of the Third Stage was more than enough to control these people.
After exchanging a few more words with Ding Xiang, Xu Feng left the village. Before leaving the village, he changed his clothes in a white robe and wore a straw hat. He was planning to visit the Shadow House. As for whether the headquarters was destroyed due to the chaos of the bandits, Xu Feng was in disbelief. This was a large-scale organization, it was impossible for mere bandits to be able to tear it down.
With his current strength, Xu Feng only took an hour by running and arrived immediately. He then passed through the same path when he first headed towards the secret place of the Shadow House. Everything was still the same when he first arrived here, the difference was that he was no longer the Fourth Stage.
“Hmm!? You're the young man who's been here, aren't you?”
What greeted Xu Feng was the voice of the old man. It was also the same gatekeeper when Xu Feng first arrived at this place.
“True, there's something I have to take care of.” Xu Feng replied slowly.
“Then go in!” The guard turned the lever beside him lazily before returning to sit and meditate. However when Xu Feng's back was no longer visible, the old guard reopened his eyes, there was a shocked emotion on his face.
“The child.. Her aura seemed different from the first time I met her. I even felt a little depressed when standing in front of him earlier.” There was a bit of confusion on the guard's face. Although Xu Feng had already suppressed his aura, such a huge difference in strength could not simply disappear. This was a natural pressure emanating from the soul in the presence of absolute power.
Xu Feng on the other hand passed through a familiar passageway before arriving in a room. When he first entered, Xu Feng immediately realized that there were fewer members of the Shadow House here.
“What happened? There are very few people here.” Xu Feng approached the reception desk and asked.
“You don't know?” The receptionist raised his eyebrows in surprise before glancing at the badge on Xu Feng's chest.
“New child huh? Just look at the mission board there, you'll find out.”
Confused, Xu Feng then headed towards the mission board. When Xu Feng saw so many papers on the mission board, he was a little astonished. Some of the paper was even stacked because the mission board no longer had any space.
Xu Feng read the missions one by one and soon his face turned strange. Every mission that exists is basically about the kidnapping and killing of bandits. When Xu Feng saw that the one issuing these missions was Fallen Leaf Town and several other large cities, he immediately understood it.
“It looks like the war in the shadows has already started first..”