“Kid! I’m warning you, do not be too arrogant! I was injured the last time, that’s why you won. Today we’re going to have payback for the losses we had back in Sky Cloud Forest.”
“Hmph…… that day you took sixty percent of the tiger’s worthwhile one person from our sect died.” One of the Xin disciples had greed and unwillingness in his eyes.
“Stop speaking such nonsense! We’ll take him down quickly in case some accidents happen,” the youth on the left said as he kicked towards Zhao Feng. Immediately the two others followed suit.
“Hahaha, a bunch of trash,” Zhao Feng laughed as he jumped seven meters off the ground and landed on top of the wall of a mansion. He had easily dodged the three frenzied attacks.
“Don’t let him run away!” Xin Gang roared and was the first to leap towards Zhao Feng.
“Run?” Zhao Feng looked mockingly at Xin Gang as he immediately used the Air Pushing Breathing Technique and Lightly Floating Ferry, leaving behind an afterimage in the air.
Not good! Xin Gang felt an unbearable pressure coming from his side.
Pah—-
Xin Gang, who was in mid-air, barely managed to block one punch.
Wah!
Although he blocked it, the force still made him smash into a stone wall and cough out blood.
“This kid’s strength has probably reached quasi-fourth rank. I cannot even take one of his hits.” Xin Gang felt his eyes go black and immediately warned his peers, “Xin Yu, Xin Chen watch out!” However, before he finished warning them, there was a scream coming from his left.
“Ahhhhhh…” Another youth had his bones broken.
“Run!” The last Xin disciple was scared out of his wits and tried to run. However, before he could escape, a whistling sound came from behind.
Peh!
He felt his eyes turn black before he could even see the attack…
Concerning speed, Zhao Feng had learned a high-rank martial art skill and when used, could be compared to martial artists of the fourth rank.
“I will let you off the hook this time, but if you anger me again...” Zhao Feng looked coldly at Xin Gang and then, like a bird, floated away.
“What incredible strength and speed…” the youth next to Xin Gang said dazedly.
“This Zhao Feng has just reached the third rank and already has the strength of a Quasi Martial Artist,” Zhao Feng’s strength right now could be compared with Xin Fei’s.
After finishing off Xin Gang and company, Zhao Feng returned to the Zhao sect. A few disciples that were familiar with Zhao Feng were surprised by his cultivation level.
“When did Zhao Feng reach the third rank of the Martial Path?” They all knew that Zhao Feng’s strength was only at the first rank twenty days ago!
“I heard that Zhao Feng and some Xin family disciples killed a Green Headed Tiger King yesterday and he then stole over half of the spoils…” one well-informed Zhao disciple said.
“One deadly beast is worth twenty to thirty thousand silver. This kid’s bought some super expensive herb that increased his cultivation.”
“What is so amazing about using outer help to increase one’s cultivation? Those people usually have lower strength.”
These disciples were all either envious or disdainful.
Zhao Feng never thought that the information would reach the sect so fast. Not bothering with these people, Zhao Feng walked on. Soon he arrived at his home.
He first saw his mother Zhao Shi sewing clothes.
“Father, Mother, here is one thousand silver,” Zhao Feng walked into the room and took out a stack of silver notes.
“One thousand silver?” Zhao Shi stared as she picked up the notes.
“How did you get so much money?” Zhao Tianyang asked in surprise. When he saw that his son’s cultivation had reached the third rank, a strange glimmer passed through his eyes.
“It happened like this…” Zhao Feng then told them a simplistic story of what had happened in Sky Cloud Forest. After listening to the story, Zhao Tianyang and Zhao Shi had a tinge of disbelief in addition to their excitement. After all, Zhao Feng did not use to perform so superbly. However, being parents, they obviously wanted their children to be successful.
Zhao Feng sat cross-legged in his room and surveyed the chamber. “There is still one more month until the family sparring contest. If I can become an inner disciple…my parents status and treatment should become a bit higher…”
Closing his eyes, Zhao Feng’s consciousness entered the pitch black dimension inside his left eye. The faint green ring had extended to three feet.
When Zhao Feng was at the first rank, the green ring’s length was one foot, and it was two feet when his cultivation reached the second rank. Now, it was three feet as he reached the third rank.
As the green ring grew, Zhao Feng found that the power of his left eye increased with it. He could see every item in detail at a range of fifteen kilometers. His mind’s energy and reaction speed had also significantly increased.
Zhao Feng started to decipher Lightly Floating Ferry once more. Soon there was less and less of Lightly Floating Ferry left undeciphered.
One-third left… one-quarter left… one-fifth left…
Night came. Just as Zhao Feng was exhausted, the last bit of Lightly Floating Ferry was deciphered. At this moment Zhao Feng held his breath as he viewed its contents.
“This footwork skill can even…” Ecstasy replaced his exhaustion!
Chapter 15 – Air Crossing Breathing Technique
“…Lightly Floating Ferry, late page: Only with the Air Crossing Breathing Technique can one wield it to its fullest potential. It will be unsurpassed by anyone under the seventh rank and is a peak speed skill for all those under the ninth rank. Below is the contents of the Air Crossing Breathing Technique, and the minimum requirements are being at the peak of the third rank of the Martial Path as well as possessing Inner Strength.”
As the last tenth of the skill was deciphered, Zhao Feng released his excitement. He never thought that a skill such as Lightly Floating Ferry would have a complementary skill. This was technically buffing Lightly Floating Ferry to an even higher level!
Zhao Feng could now confirm that Lightly Floating Ferry was at least a peak rank martial art skill. Most people knew that martial arts were split into Core, Low, Middle, High, and Peak. However, this did not mean that peak ranked martial arts skills were at the top. There were rumors of Holy Martial Skills, skills that surpassed peak ranked martial arts skills.
Likewise, there was the Holy Martial Path above the nine ranks of Martial Path.
Zhao Feng had heard that to enter the Holy Martial Path, one needed to learn a Holy Martial Skill.
Obviously, with Zhao Feng’s status, he couldn’t even think about Holy skills. Even the true Martial Artists of Sun Feather City could not touch the level of the Holy Martial Path.
Night...
Zhao Feng had finally deciphered its contents, and the entire Lightly Floating Ferry was displayed.
“If I can gain an understanding of chi right now, any opponent under the fourth rank will not be a match for me.” Zhao Feng immediately started to learn the contents of Lightly Floating Ferry. Once Lightly Floating Ferry entered the beginning stages, Zhao Feng could immediately start using chi.
Half an hour later, Zhao Feng had only just understood some parts of Lightly Floating Ferry. However, to try and understand chi through Lightly Floating Ferry alone was still a bit difficult.
Sun Feather City had thousands of cultivators who had reached the peak of the third rank, but many of them would never understand Inner Strength and reach the fourth rank. Even some of the sect’s talented youths, such as Zhao Yijian and Zhao Yufei had been stuck for a while and had yet to succeed.
Zhao Feng ended that night with failure.
“Don’t rush! I have just stepped into the realm of the third rank, and if I can train the Air Pushing Breathing
Technique to the peak of the third level, I believe that my chances of success will increase.”
The second day, Zhao Feng once again started to train in the Air Pushing Breathing Technique, as well as Angry Dragon Fists. On the third day, the Air Pushing Breathing Technique was slowly moving towards the peak of the third level. Zhao Feng felt that his body strength had reached a limit now, every time he repeated the Technique it he felt as if he had reached his peak.
He once again tried to condense chi, but still failed. Every time he failed, his strength would fall in exhaustion.
Although Zhao Feng understood the Air Crossing Breathing Technique, to actually successfully form chi was an entirely different matter. However, Zhao Feng did not give up, and every time he tried there would be subtle improvements.
On the same day, Zhao Feng received a written notice:
Tomorrow at noon there will be a very powerful martial artist giving a lecture on the martial arts field.
Every outer disciple received this news.
“An open lecture on the martial arts field?” Maybe it was because the family sparring contest was only one month away, but the outer disciples all started to put in more effort as well.
Zhao Feng was very anticipatory of this lecture. He had only been at the Zhao sect for half a year, and this was the first time he had this kind of chance.
Morning of the next day...
Although it wasn’t noon yet, there were already a lot of Zhao sect disciples here. Zhao Feng even saw many strong outer disciples that weren’t usually seen.
“Look…those are two of the top three outer disciples, Zhao Yufei and Zhao Yijian! Even Zhao Guang, who is ranked fifth, is here!”
The main focus of these people were those at the peak amongst the outer disciples.
At the Zhao sect, there were over one thousand youths from the age of thirteen to eighteen. Over half of them had cultivations of the second rank. Obviously, when Zhao Feng first came, he was indeed the bottom.
On the field, those that that held the most attention were those that ranked in the top ten. The most focused on person was Zhao Yufei, who was fifteen years of age. Her beauty stood out amongst the crowd. She wasn’t just pretty, she also had great talent and was ranked third, tied with Zhao Yijian.
“Look! That is Zhao Yue who is ranked first!” There was a buzz as Zhao Yue appeared.
Zhao Feng did not even need to find him as the crowd split apart by itself. Through the pathway came a youth, sixteen or seventeen years of age. He wore azure colored clothes and had a simplistic face.
“He is Zhao Yue?” It was Zhao Feng’s first time seeing Zhao Yue; he had only heard rumors about him before.
Zhao Yue was older than most disciples, being seventeen years old. This was because once someone became eighteen years old, they were considered adults and could no longer be counted among the younger generation. Zhao Yue often cultivated endlessly inside his own room, so it wasn’t common for him to be seen by others.
At this moment, Zhao Feng’s eyes locked onto Zhao Yue, and he felt the tremendous pressure coming from him. Although their ranks were the same, Zhao Feng could feel the pressure that being emitted by Yue.
Zhao Feng also perceived the immense strength hiding in Zhao Yue’s muscles. Because Zhao Yue was older, this meant that he had cultivated longer and had the best foundation. In terms of strength, he was definitely ranked first!
No wonder he was worthy of the title of being the strongest outer disciple!
Zhao Feng couldn’t find any flaws on him. As Zhao Yue appeared, Zhao Yijian, who was ranked third, and Zhao Guang, who was ranked fifth, showed their fighting intent. There wasn’t much difference in strength between the top five outer disciples.
There was still a bit of time before the lecture started. Soon, there was another shout.
“Zhao Gan’s here!”
“Zhao Gan? The person ranked amongst the top five?” The gazes of many disciples turned towards a certain direction. The person arriving was a short haired youth whose body was as slim as a leopard.
Zhao Gan?
Zhao Feng felt that the name was familiar. Soon he remembered that this person was Zhao Kun’s brother. And sure enough, behind Zhao Gan came a familiar figure, Zhao Kun!
Zhao Kun had also spotted Zhao Feng. Zhao Feng saw him walk to his brother and say something.
En?
Zhao Gan spun around and his cold eyes locked onto Zhao Feng.
“You’re that Zhao Feng?” Zhao Gan said expressionlessly as he walked over.
Hua!
There was a shock that went through the crowd.
“What is going on? Why would Zhao Gan trouble someone who is so unknown?”
“Unknown?” Someone shook his head and mocked, “Zhao Feng is not some unknown brat. A few days ago he killed a Green Headed Tiger king by accident!”
“Oh, it’s him!”
“I heard that he beat up Zhao Gan’s little brother. I bet you Zhao Gan is coming for revenge.”
After a short discussion, the crowd soon calmed down. Most of the disciples had playful looks on their faces, as Zhao Gan was tied for fifth among the outer disciples.
At this moment, even Zhao Yue, who was ranked first, Zhao Yijian and Zhao Yufei, who were equally ranked third, looked over.
Zhao Yijian had a gloating expression on his face. He knew Zhao Gan’s strength quite well. Zhao Xue, who was next to Zhao Yijian, sighed, but after remembering how Zhao Feng had acted in the Medicine Pavilion, her soft expression was replaced by coldness.
On the other side, Zhao Yufei had an interesting face. Zhao Feng’s performance at the archery field had shocked her. As a result, Zhao Feng was now one of the main focuses on the field.
“Kid, today you are going to get humiliated in front of the crowd.” Zhao Kun’s lips curled into a smile. Zhao Gan walked step by step, and every step he took caused the atmosphere to tense up.
“Yes, I am Zhao Feng.” Zhao Feng showed a faint smile as he sized up Zhao Gan.
Chapter 16 – Beating Zhao Gan
“Yes, I am Zhao Feng.”
Zhao Feng neither retreated nor gave way. Instead, he faced off against Zhao Gan. This sight shocked many other disciples.
“When did Zhao Feng break through to the third rank?” Zhao Kun and company finally realized Zhao Feng’s change. Even Zhao Xue, who was standing next to Zhao Yijian, was stunned.
“Hmph! Just a useless piece of trash using outside help to break through. These people are especially vulnerable,” Zhao Yijian said disdainfully.
“Maybe…” Zhao Xue answered.
“Zhao Feng, you are stronger than I imagined. No wonder you could beat up my brother,” Zhao Gan praised Zhao Feng as he stopped two steps away from him.
“Stop praising me; you’re here to take revenge for your brother, I presume?” Zhao Feng faintly smiled.
“Yes!” Zhao Gan swiftly continued, “Although my brother is a useless piece of trash… He is still my brother.” Zhao Kun’s face turned ugly as Zhao Gan spoke. This brother of his never gave him face to anyone.
Zhao Gan continued, “You are younger than I and have just reached the third rank. So I won’t bully you. If you can live past my first ten moves, then I will let this off the hook.”
“Sure.” Zhao Feng was a bit surprised by how Zhao Gan acted. Zhao Kun’s brother was not as arrogant as he had imagined.
The two faced off on a piece of spare land on the martial arts field.
“It is starting now…”
Zhao Gan’s aura suddenly became cold, and his four limbs started to bend, like a poisonous snake. Thirteen Changes of the Poisonous Snake!
Some of the disciples knew the history of the skill. As Zhao Gan’s opponent, Zhao Feng felt a strange chill. While both brothers had learned Thirteen Changes of the Poisonous Snake, Zhao Gan could give him great pressure.
“Second change of the Poisonous Snake!” Zhao Gan struck l
ike a snake towards Zhao Feng’s head.
Zhao Feng only felt a chill coming towards his head. The opponent’s speed and power was double that of Zhao Kun. It was good that his left eye could still easily see the route of Zhao Gan’s attack, so he put up a fist to block.
Pah!
Zhao Feng threw off Zhao Gan with his punch, but he felt that the opponent’s body was like butter. Zhao Gan twisted on the ground and then used explosive speed and power to charge back towards Zhao Feng.
“No wonder he is worthy of being the fifth best outer disciple!” He had the sensation that his opponent wasn’t a person, but a deadly, cunning snake instead.
Pah! Pah! Pah…
Zhao Feng had a solemn look on his face as he faced off against Zhao Gan. In this short amount of time, Zhao Feng had almost lost many times.
“I wonder how far I can go without using my left eye.” Zhao Feng was very calm. Once he used his left eye, his reaction speed and vision increased dramatically, so it would not be any challenge for him.
Of course, without using his left eye, Zhao Feng’s reaction speed had already surpassed other Martial Learners of the same rank.
In the beginning, Zhao Feng was under great pressure. However, as the fight continued, he honed his experience and battle prowess in this fight against Zhao Gan.
Pah! Pah! Beng…
The two shadows fought together on the field. The two of them both used close battle skills, and the speed they fought at was extremely fast.
“Zhao Feng’s strength is stronger than I imagined.”
“It has already been five moves.” A few of the other disciples felt that this was unbelievable.
“His improvement is so insanely fast.”
Zhao Xue’s breathing rate started to increase.
Not far away, Zhao Kun kept wiping the sweat off his forehead. He thought that with his brother’s strength, he would only need two or three moves to take Zhao Feng down, but the latter had unexpectedly improved so much.
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