“Thank you for telling me," Zhao Feng said.
He had just become an outer disciple of Lord Guanjun, and although he didn’t want to offend Nan Gongfan, he wouldn’t take his orders. Zhao Feng’s performance made Nan Gongfan unhappy, but he couldn’t go into a fit right now, so he remembered it in his heart.
It was Zhao Yufei who got some information out of Nan Gongfan’s mouth.
Nan Gongfan said, “I need to warn you that Brother Bei Moi has superb talent. He’s extremely arrogant and he doesn’t allow others to beat him, so don’t go challenging him.”
Zhao Feng felt the same when he heard this. When he had beaten Bei Moi in memorization, the latter was unhappy.
“May I have Brother Nan how good is Bei Moi’s talent for Master to take him in as a core disciple?” Feng Hanyue had resentment in his voice. Even though he was the top genius in the Sky Guards Battalion, he wasn’t even close to becoming a core disciple.
“Haha, if you saw Bei Moi’s potential back then, you wouldn’t have said this," Nan Gongfan laugh contained bitterness and jealousy.
“How many circles were condensed when it was Bei Moi’s turn?” Zhao Yufei asked curiously. They needed around five circles to become Lord Guanjun’s outer disciple.
“At that time, my test result was five and a half circles…” Nan Gongfan seemed to remember the scene three years ago when he entered the Spiritual Martial Hall with Bei Moi.
“Five and a half? That’s more than us.” The resentment in Feng Hanyue’s heart disappeared.
“However, compared with Brother Bei Moi’s, mine was rubbish. His was…eight and a half!” Nan Gongfan took in a deep breath as jealousy, helplessness, and unwillingness appeared in his eyes.
Eight and a half circles!
Feng Hanyue and Zhao Yufei were dazed. Zhao Feng’s heart shook. Eight and a half circles!
Bei Moi’s talent was monstrous. No wonder Lord Guanjun looked at Bei Moi so importantly. At this moment, the geniuses finally realized the difference between Bei Moi and them.
After leaving Spiritual Martial Hall Feng Hanyue, Zhao Yufei, and Zhao Feng returned to the Sky Guards Battalion.
On the same day, they used their identities as disciples of Lord Guanjun to move into better accommodations in the Guanjun Palace.
“Congratulations to both of you for becoming Lord Guanjun’s disciples. I hope that you won’t forget me," Huang Qi said sourly, yet with an admiring look. He remembered how he hadn’t put the two in his eyes when they had first met, but now the two were far above him.
After the two packed their stuff, they went to visit Third Guard.
“Now that we’re all under the same Master, you can come to me if you need any help,” Third Guard gave them a faint smile.
“Can I ask brother’s name?” Zhao Feng didn’t know Third Guard’s true name.
“Being a Guanjun Corpsman, Third Guard is my name now.” The overseer of the Sky Guards Battalion seemed as mysterious as ever.
Zhao Feng and Zhao Yufei were a little surprised at this, and they left Third Guard after a while. After becoming a disciple of Lord Guanjun, the treatment they received was far better than most others within the Guanjun Palace.
On the same day...
Zhao Feng and Zhao Yufei both moved into a building of their own. The building that Zhao Feng moved into had two Martial Artists as guards.
“Greeting, Young master Zhao!” the two guards bowed.
“Greeting, Master.” Seven servants stood there respectfully.
The building was three stories high and it had a small garden.
“The treatment here exceeds even what the Elders of the Zhao sect get.” Zhao Feng clicked his tongue.
If this was half a year ago, he would never have imagined that Martial Artists would be his guards. Just being named a disciple of Lord Guanjun, he received thirty thousand silver and some free resources.
After moving into his new house, Zhao Feng took a nice shower and started to cultivate again. Returning Breath Technique was something that he never stopped training. After training Returning Breath Technique for a bit, he then moved onto Silver Wall Technique. Silver Wall Technique was the only Holy martial art he had and it could increase his strength significantly.
Zhao Feng remembered what Lord Guanjun had said earlier: 'The point of the nine ranks of the Martial Path is to strengthen one’s blood, bones and organs. The true purpose of Inner Strength isn’t to kill but to strengthen one’s body. On this point, many cultivators have gone on the wrong path.'
It was easy to see that the true purpose of the Martial Path was to train one’s body and foundation, which made Zhao Feng even more dedicated to training Silver Wall Technique.
Once the Silver Wall Technique reached the tenth level, his body would exceed the limits of mortals and he won’t even need to worry about the power released when trying to reach the Holy Martial Path.
For the next few days, Zhao Feng focused on Silver Wall Technique, Returning Breath Technique, and other skills such as Star Finger and Smoking Transparent Step. But the progress of Silver Wall Technique was just too slow after it broke through to the sixth rank.
Not only that, Body Strengthening Techniques needed time and effort to slowly build up.
Resources can speed up the progress of body strengthening techniques, Zhao Feng thought.
He organized his items and found that there was four hundred thousand in silver notes in his pockets.
Hm? That’s heaps!
Zhao Feng stood dazed for a second before remembering that all these items came from the bandits he slew, especially the seventh rank one. That person alone gave him over two hundred thousand silver.
Chapter 86 – Exchanging in Province City
Zhao Feng suppressed his excitement as held his hundreds of thousands in silver notes and left his building. He had never dreamed of having so much money. Back at the Zhao sect, his allowance was only twenty silver per month!
I can probably buy many resources to help my Silver Wall Technique…, Zhao Feng thought.
Soon, he walked out of the Guanjun Palace, somewhere he hadn’t been before. The size of the Province City far exceeded Sun Feather City. Cultivators and carriages could be seen everywhere.
Zhao Feng didn’t even need to ask directions of the market, he went with the flow and arrived there. Hundreds of meters away, he saw a shop with the sign ‘Medicine Pavilion’ on it.
“The power behind Medicine Pavilion is indeed strong. They even have a shop in the Province City.” Zhao Feng’s eyes lit up with joy. He had gone to the Medicine Pavilion a few times back in Sun Feather City, and he knew the quality of goods they had there were high.
“Three Forest Moonlight Grass…Precious Snow Jade Marrow…Bone Connecting Pill…Final Seven Poisonous Snake Guts…, Zhao Feng felt dizzy just looking at the variety of items.
Shua! Shua!
Zhao Feng opened his left eye and scanned all the items. In an instant, he had memorized all the names, appearances, and descriptions.
The thousands of pills, medicines, and resources would take a Martial Learner years to memorize, but Zhao Feng only used a few breaths to seal them in his memory. He then closed his eyes and scanned through the items in his head to try to find what he needed.
“Is there anything you need?” A Martial Learner came over and asked respectfully. He had sensed that Zhao Feng’s aura was much stronger than the others.
“En,” Zhao Feng replied. He immediately called out four items. “Three packs of Bone Strengthening Powder, Three Blood Condensing Body Strengthening Pills, Three Chi Storage Pills, and one Sun Gathering Pill.”
The Martial Learner trembled as he asked, “Are…are you sure you want these?”
“Bone Strengthening powder, one of the best resources to help body strengthening techniques, costs around thirty-nine thousand silver per pack!” a nearby cultivator exclaimed.
Zhao Feng had asked for thre
e at once!
“Little friend, are you sure you’re not kidding?” A middle aged pill master walked over and released his sixth rank aura.
“Mao Pill Master!” The nearby pill makers and Martial Learners looked at him respectfully.
Immediately, the situation here caught the attention of many others.
“Kidding? I don’t have such a habit,” Zhao Feng smiled faintly.
Mao Pill Master walked over and calmly said, “Friend, these precious items add up to a total of forty thousand silver. Are you sure you can afford it?” It was obvious that Mao Pill Master didn’t believe that Zhao Feng had that much silver.
Forty thousand silver!
The nearby customers took in cold breaths and sighed. They wouldn’t have thought that the few items a fourteen-year-old youth called out would cost forty thousand silver.
“Yes.” Zhao Feng stared back at the pill master.
Hmph!
Anger appeared on Mao Pill Master’s face, because if Zhao Feng was actually buying it, the high level of the Medicine Pavilion would appear.
Although Mao Pill Master didn’t shout, his sixth rank aura expanded.
“Do you think that I don’t have the right to do so?” Zhao Feng asked coldly as he released a ferocious Inner Strength.
Instantly, the air seemed to freeze and the customers nearby had a feeling of being suffocated. Mao Pill Master stiffened and could feel that his Inner Strength had been suppressed. Luckily, the aura lasted for only a second before fading away. Apart from the nearby seven or eight people, no one else felt it.
“What’s going on?” A pill learner didn’t even know what had happened.
Cold sweat appeared on Mao Pill Masters back. “Please follow me to the second floor.”
According to the rules of Medicine Pavilion, if twenty thousand silver worth of goods were to be exchanged, they had to go to the second floor.
The change in attitude by Mao Pill Master made some people curious, but there were a few that had felt the powerful aura that came and went in an instant.
“Martial…Martial master…” a cultivator of the fifth rank mumbled bitterly to himself.
But because his voice was too soft, no one else heard him. Those that knew the truth felt shocked, as if they had lost their souls. Mao Pill Master looked deeply at Zhao Feng, then raised his hand. He had never seen such a young Martial Master before. Once one became a Martial Master, they would be looked up in awe by Martial Learners and Martial Artists.
Martial Masters weren’t just symbols of power; they were symbols of status as well. But this youth of only fourteen years old had already reached this level!
“No need, I’m busy. Just trade here,” Zhao Feng shook his head.
This immediately made Mao Pill Master slightly awkward, but he couldn’t go against it, so he had to exchange right there.
“Bone Strengthening Powder, thirty-nine thousand a pack, three packs equals one hundred seventeen thousand silver; Blood Condensing Pills one pill thirty-two thousand silver, three pills ninety-six thousand silver; Chi Storage Pills one pill forty-four thousand silver, two pills eighty-eight thousand silver; Sun Gathering pill eighty thousand silver each…it all comes to a total of three hundred and eighty-one thousand silver!” Mao Pill Master announced.
Three hundred and eighty-one thousand silver!
The nearby customers took in cold breaths. One had to know that one whole deadly beast was only worth thirty thousand silver, and they had to risk their lives and go into the depths of the Sky Cloud Forest to hunt one!
Even Martial Masters wouldn’t dare to enter the true depths of the Sky Cloud Forest.
“Here’s the silver.” Zhao Feng took a thick pile of silver notes out and put them on top of the counter.
“The number’s correct.” Mao Pill Master could confirm if it was legal tender or not by looking for the stamp of the thirteen country pact. The thirteen country pact included the Cloud Country and the Maple Fire country. This pact was also called the Sky Cloud Thirteen Country Pact and they all used the same currencies for easier trading.
Soon, Mao Pill Master and two others went to grab what Zhao Feng wanted.
“Bone Strengthening Powder, three packs; Blood Condensing Pills, three; Chi Storage Pills, two; Sun Gathering Pill, one,” Zhao Feng confirmed everything was there.
“This youth can take out such a wad of cash.” The eyes of a few cultivators in the Medicine Pavilion twinkled. Two of them even followed him with grim faces. They didn’t know Zhao Feng’s true cultivation.
“Mao Pill Master, that customer…” A Pill Learner saw that something was wrong.
“The customer’s safety outside of the Medicine Pavilion has nothing to do with us. Apart from that, this customer’s cultivation and background…” Mao Pill Master didn’t worry for Zhao Feng. A fourteen-year-old Martial Master must have a strong background.
As soon as Zhao Feng walked out of the pavilion, he sensed two people following him. He gave a cold laugh, but he didn’t bother with them.
Being the disciple of Lord Guanjun, he could do almost anything he liked in the Guanjun Province because his master was the overlord here.
“Young master.” As soon as Zhao Feng entered the Guanjun Palace, the head guard of the sixth rank came over and greeted him. Eight Martial Artists, including the head guard, stood respectfully.
Maybe the normal guards weren’t aware of Zhao Feng’s background, but the head guard had some connections, and he knew Zhao Feng’s identity.
“Guanjun Palace!” The two following behind him jumped.
Teng! Teng!
Their footsteps immediately stopped. They despaired even more when they saw the head guard greet Zhao Feng respectfully…
Guanjun Palace.
This gigantic city controlled twelve other cities and those that could be called Young Master must have connections with 'that person'…
Thinking up to here, cold sweat appeared on the two Martial Artists. Just a step further, and they would’ve been in hell!
Chapter 87 – Training
Guanjun Palace...
Zhao Feng returned back to his house and made the servant get a bathtub of hot water ready, so he could put his Bone Strengthening Powder in. This Bone Strengthening Powder was similar to the other powder he had used before; it was just hundreds of times better.
I heard that the Bone Strengthening Powder has extremely good effects for body strengthening techniques. I wonder if it’ll be of use for my Silver Wall Technique. Zhao Feng started to soak in the medicine water.
The boiling hot water could easily burn through the skin of normal people, but it had no effect on Zhao Feng’s strong body.
Gulugulu!
The water suddenly started bubbling and it turned into a purple-red color like a flower blossoming. Zhao Feng felt a searing pain come from his body, and it slowly seeped into his blood and marrow.
“What a powerful medicine!”
Cold sweat appeared on Zhao Feng’s forehead, but he managed not to scream. According to what it said on the Bone Strengthening Powder’s packet, normal seventh ranks needed to split one packet in half and use them separately. Zhao Feng was confident that his Silver Wall Technique was a top tier body strengthening technique and so he used a whole packet instead.
He didn’t know that his body had been changed by the mysterious eye, and that he could absorb more of the medicine at once.
Peh Peh! Peh Peh!
Zhao Feng felt sizzles of heat being released from his left eye, which cooled his whole body down and allowed him to absorb the medicine at a faster rate.
The amount and speed at which he absorbed the powder was at least twice the speed of others, which was why he felt that the medicine was extremely powerful and pure.
For a few hours, Zhao Feng suppressed pain which would make a normal person faint.
Half a day later, Zhao Feng finally adjusted to the pain. At this tim
e, he slowly circulated Returning Breath Technique, which helped him absorb the medicine more evenly.
One whole day and night later, Zhao Feng was finally able to take in all of the medicine, but there were still some remnants inside his body.
“No wonder it’s a precious body strengthening item…"
Zhao Feng felt that the increase in Silver Wall Technique was very obvious. Before, Silver Wall Technique had just stopped progressing when it had reached the sixth level.
This was exactly just like what Third Guard had said, Holy body strengthening techniques were easy to learn, but as they progressed, it got harder.
It was good for Zhao Feng that his body had undergone a change by merging with the mysterious left eye, which increased the rate medicine was absorbed at.
After using one packet of Bone Strengthening powder, Zhao Feng thought about the other resources that he had at hand: one Sun Gathering Pill, three Blood Condensing Pills, and two Chi Storage Pills.
The Blood Condensing Pill also helped improve the body. He remembered what Lord Guanjun had said deeply, that the nine ranks of the martial path focused on the body.
The use of Chi Storage Pills was to purify one’s Inner Strength, and he bought them for his Returning Breath Technique. The last Sun Gathering Pill cost eighty thousand silver and it could increase the cultivation of men who trained the Yang laws.
Body, Inner Strength, Cultivation. The four items Zhao Feng had bought were focused on all three, with the first being the most important.
Next, Zhao Feng ate a Blood Condensing Pill, which could strengthen the body. This pill also took Zhao Feng over two days to fully absorb.
After taking in this pill, Zhao Feng felt both his body and Silver Wall Technique increase in power.
According to his plan, the next ones he was going to eat were the Chi Storage Pills. Because his body foundation was extremely strong, Zhao Feng felt his Inner Strength increase by leaps and bounds. This made him fully aware of the fact that the foundation must be solid.
For the next half a month, Zhao Feng concentrated solely on Silver Wall Technique and Returning Breath Technique.
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