Phoenix Emperor
Chap 06's. Leaving the wilderness.

Thanks to the three soul crystals he had obtained earlier, Yin Feng's strength had now increased even further, even his cultivation had reached the one-star Spirit Master realm.

However, since two of the three soul crystals were high quality soul crystals, the time it took to absorb them was also very long.

Even so, all the time Yin Feng used was not wasted, because that much time-consuming effort had yielded satisfactory results.

"Maybe it's time to leave this forest."

Ever since he entered the wilderness, over half a year had passed, and now it was time for Yin Feng to leave the wilderness.

Although Yin Feng already wanted to leave the wilderness, Yin Feng did not yet have the desire to return to the sect, as he still wanted to become even stronger.

At the very least, Yin Feng wanted to return after his strength was on par with that of an inner disciple, in other words he had to increase his cultivation to the Heaven Spirit realm.

If he were to return with his current strength, there was still a chance that he would obtain insults from the sect disciples, because his cultivation was still very low.

That was why Yin Feng was determined to increase his cultivation all the way to the Heaven Spirit realm or higher, after which he would return to the Jade Lotus sect.

On his way out of the wilderness, Yin Feng was briefly confronted by some third level spiritual beasts, but all of them he managed to defeat easily.

Other than the third level spiritual beast, Yin Feng had also been blocked by the second level spiritual beast, but Yin Feng avoided it because he was aware of his limitations.

And after traveling for several days, Yin Feng finally reached the outer part of the wilderness, then continued his steps towards the imperial capital.

"May there be a lot of interesting things there."

***

"Patriark, who are we going to send to that tournament later?"

Xu Jiang turned his head towards the first elder, "before that, I want to hear the names of the disciples you guys recommended," he said.

The elders smiled broadly at Xu Jiang's reply, then mentioned the name of the disciple they recommended to attend the tournament in the empire.

The names recommended by the elders were none other than the names of their own best disciples, no one recommended any other disciples.

"What about Huo Jun? Isn't he talented enough?"

"That's true, but his cultivation is still too low to attend that tournament" replied the second elder.

"In addition, Huo Jun hasn't learned our sect's mainstay techniques either, so there's no point in including his name in the list of participants" added the fifth elder.

Hearing that, Xu Jiang could only let out a long sigh while shaking his head slowly, as he had basically understood the disposition of the sect elders.

The Young Cultivator Tournament was a battleground held once every five years, whoever won that tournament would be crowned the greatest young cultivator.

In addition to obtaining the title, the winner would also get other benefits from the empire, one of which was to obtain resources from the empire.

Not only that, his sect would benefit, as the sect whose disciple managed to win the fight would have a good relationship with the empire.

For example, the Heavenly Dragon sect which was the strongest sect in the Bei empire, was also the title holder of the strongest young cultivator nine times in a row.

As for the Jade Lotus sect, the biggest record they had was only to become the third-place holder five times and the second-place three times.

"Alright, since there are only three slots for each sect, then I will give two for your disciples."

"What about the other one?" ask the seventh elder.

"Who?!" ask the elders of the sect almost simultaneously.

"You'll find out after the show starts."

The elders frowned, they were anxious to find out who the disciple Xu Jiang was going to send, yet they could do nothing to make him talk.

"Feng'er, I hope you come to the tournament this time," Xu Jiang said in his heart.

One slot taken by Xu Jiang was dedicated to Yin Feng, although there was no information regarding Yin Feng yet, yet he was confident that Yin Feng had gained strength.

Xu Jiang did not expect for Yin Feng to be the winner of that tournament, because all he wanted was for Yin Feng to be able to add to his experience of that tournament.

"Patriark, is there still no news regarding Yin Feng?"

The third elder's question made Xu Jiang realize from his daydream, "third elder, this is just my feeling or are you really talking about Feng'er a lot lately?"

"It's nothing, I'm just wondering where the boy went."

"Either, even now I have not received any news from him" Xu Jiang said.

Previously, the elders had also briefly inquired about Yin Feng's whereabouts, as he was never seen again in the sect, yet Xu Jiang did not say anything to them.

"Hopefully he doesn't come back here!" said the fourth elder.

"It all depends on himself, if he comes back then I will still accept him" Xu Jiang said.

The faces of the elders seemed to change, they were certainly not happy to hear Xu Jiang's words, because at any time they would not accept Yin Feng's presence.

***

The days of return passed quickly, after leaving the wilderness Yin Feng was now in a fairly large village, but not many residents lived there.

"Young master, I suggest you leave this village as soon as possible" said the waiter of a diner after putting food and drinks on Yin Feng's table.

"Why indeed?"

"This village is not safe" the waiter replied briefly.

"You mean?"

The female servant let out a long sigh, then explained the situation of their village to Yin Feng, after which she asked Yin Feng to leave the village immediately.

Originally, Yin Feng's goal of stopping in the village was just to rest for a few days and fill the supplies, but now he was instead interested in staying longer.

According to the servant's explanation, their village often gets attacks from spiritual animals, and there are already countless how many lives have been lost.

"Tell me everything" Yin Feng said.

"Alright, but I hope you leave the village soon after this."

"I'll leave after filling the supplies, for now you better sit down and tell me everything."

"Well... Alright, I'll tell you everything" The servant let out a long sigh, then sat down opposite Yin Feng.

"It used to be a very quiet and peaceful village, but that peace disappeared after the spiritual animals attacked one year ago."