Chapter 669: Chapter 540
Lin Feng spent too much time comprehending Sword Intent this time.
If Qian Xunyue had made this wager with him earlier, he wouldn’t have gone to comprehend Sword Intent but would have fully focused on enhancing his Cultivation.
After all, the strength gained from enhancing Sword Intent is far less than the strength gained from enhancing Cultivation.
"Try merging the Five Elements Power!"
Lin Feng took a deep breath and then he gently lifted a palm; with a thought, the Five-Colored Vigorous Origin emerged above his palm.
Subsequently, Vigorous Origins of five colors separated, dispersing on Lin Feng’s five fingers, each one corresponding to a different Attribute.
Lin Feng’s current Vigorous Origin was only a mixture of five Attributes, not truly merged.
If they were completely merged, the color of his Vigorous Origin would not be multicolored.
"Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, let’s try to merge according to the theory of the Five Elements Interactions!" Lin Feng murmured to himself; having lived two lives, he naturally understood the principle of the Five Elements generating and overcoming each other.
"Gold generates Water, let’s try merging these two Attributes first."
Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin condensed on Lin Feng’s thumb, Water Attribute Vigorous Origin condensed on his index finger, and Lin Feng slowly brought the two fingers together.
Lin Feng was just attempting now. A real grand fusion would be to completely merge the Five Elements Power within the nine Spirit Vortices inside his body.
The Five Elements Vigorous Origin on Lin Feng’s fingers was just a test to see the likelihood of success.
Lin Feng’s fingers slowly touched each other, and the Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin on them intertwined with the Water Attribute Vigorous Origin. With a thought, Lin Feng pressed them together.
Thump!
A soft bang resounded, and the blue Water Attribute Vigorous Origin immediately shattered, dissipating into the world.
Lin Feng’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, and then he gathered another strand of Water Attribute Vigorous Origin to continue the attempt.
Thump thump thump!!
After trying over a dozen times, the results were all the same, all were the Water Attribute Vigorous Origin shattering.
"No good, the power of the Gold Attribute is too strong, and the Water Attribute is too weak!"
Lin Feng muttered to himself, his Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin came from the practice of Silent Annihilation Heart Method, his Water Attribute Vigorous Origin came from the practice of Great Sea Technique.
Although both were Low Grade Level Six Cultivation Techniques, Lin Feng had practiced Silent Annihilation Heart Method for so long and had already reached the Fifth Layer Realm, far surpassing the Great Sea Technique.
Therefore, the power of his Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin was much stronger than that of the Water Attribute Vigorous Origin.
With the strength imbalance between the two, it was very difficult to merge!
"Earth generates Gold, try these two Attributes."
Immediately, Lin Feng controlled the finger that condensed Earth Attribute Vigorous Origin and began to merge with the Gold Attribute.
Lin Feng was not blindly attempting; after careful consideration, his Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin was strong, but the Earth Attribute was not weak either.
Although the cultivation level of the Thousand Mountains Xuanzhong Technique was not deep, this Cultivation Technique was of a high grade, reaching Upper Grade Level Six, so Lin Feng tried to merge these two Attributes.
The Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin and Earth Attribute Vigorous Origin came together, and Lin Feng slowly pressed them towards each other.
As expected, neither of the two types of Vigorous Origin shattered immediately.
Seeing this, Lin Feng was overjoyed. If they didn’t shatter immediately, there was hope for complete integration.
Then, Lin Feng controlled the two Attributes of Vigorous Origin, carefully merging them together, his actions very gentle and extremely slow.
The two types of Vigorous Origin entangled each other, gradually showing signs of merging, but after a short while, there was a bang, and one of the Vigorous Origins split.
Unexpectedly for Lin Feng, the one that split was not the Earth Attribute Vigorous Origin but the Gold Attribute Vigorous Origin.
"The Earth Attribute is actually stronger than the Gold Attribute?" Lin Feng felt somewhat surprised; it seemed that the Thousand Mountains Xuanzhong Technique was indeed formidable.
Just as Lin Feng was about to try again, suddenly, a voice abruptly reached his ears.
"Lin Feng, come to the main hall!"
The voice was deep and authoritative, unmistakably belonging to his master, the Sky-reaching Peak Master Huangfu Qing.
Upon hearing this, Lin Feng paused for a moment, then nodded and immediately stood up to leave the loft to head towards the main hall.
When Lin Feng arrived at the main hall, he found that aside from his master Huangfu Qing, his second senior sister An Nuan, seventh senior sister Hua Suifu, eighth senior brother Feng Shaoyu, ninth senior brother Yun Fei, and tenth senior brother Tian Chen were all present inside the hall.
"Greetings, Master!" Lin Feng bowed to Huangfu Qing.
"Hm, take a seat!" Seated in the main seat, Huangfu Qing nodded slightly.
Immediately, Lin Feng took a seat beside Tian Chen.
Huangfu Qing glanced at several disciples, pondered for a moment, then spoke loudly: "The Nine Peaks Martial Arts Competition will be held in five days. Suifu, Shaoyu, and Lin Feng, you three will participate this time."
"Yes! Master!"
Lin Feng responded, but both Hua Suifu and Feng Shaoyu were silent, and upon hearing Huangfu Qing’s words, were both slightly startled.
Because the Nine Peaks Martial Arts Competition was a gathering for the Outer Sect’s elite, to participate with low strength would result in an embarrassing defeat.
The two couldn’t figure out why Huangfu Qing allowed Lin Feng to participate as well.
Immediately after, the two turned to size up Lin Feng, and were completely taken aback upon doing so.
"What?"
"Earth Martial Master Seventh Layer? How is that possible?"
Hua Suifu and Feng Shaoyu both appeared stunned, their eyes wide in disbelief as they looked at Lin Feng.
Yun Fei was equally astonished and stood there frozen!
Among them, Tian Chen was the most exaggerated. Shocked, his whole body shivered, and he accidentally shattered the chair beneath him with an unstable burst of energy.
"This...this...this...!" Tian Chen bulged his eyes, stammering, unable to speak a word.
How could this be possible?
Wasn’t he only Earth Martial Master Fifth Layer when he returned last time?
It’s only been a little over two months! He actually advanced two layers of cultivation!
"Eleventh junior brother, how on earth do you cultivate?" Tian Chen couldn’t hold back anymore and loudly asked Lin Feng.
Tian Chen’s inquiry prompted Hua Suifu, Yun Fei, and Feng Shaoyu to all gawk at Lin Feng, eagerly awaiting his answer, equally curious to know.
It hadn’t been long, yet Lin Feng had reached the Earth Martial Master Seventh Layer Realm; this was practically inconceivable!
Especially for Hua Suifu, she remembered clearly that when Lin Feng first arrived at Sky-reaching Peak, he was only at the True Spirit Realm in cultivation, and she had just been in closed-door cultivation. Now his cultivation was almost catching up to hers!
Among the senior brothers and sisters, the only one not particularly surprised was the second senior sister An Nuan.
An Nuan knew of Lin Feng’s ability to absorb the essence Qi of others, but seeing Lin Feng’s rapid increase in cultivation level, her eyebrows couldn’t help but furrow slightly.
Just how many people did he absorb from? To reach such a realm in such short time!
An Nuan felt she needed to investigate Lin Feng; if he was indeed prone to killing, she would have to stop him.
Hearing Tian Chen’s question and seeing everyone’s intense gaze, Lin Feng chuckled dryly and said, "Well... it was cultivated by absorbing spirit stones!"
Lin Feng wasn’t exactly lying; he indeed cultivated by absorbing spirit stones, although the rate of absorption was terrifyingly fast!
Tian Chen and the others were taken aback upon hearing this. Absorbing spirit stones?
Nonsense, right?
They too absorbed spirit stones during their regular cultivation! But could cultivating with spirit stones be this fast?
For Martial Artists at the Earth Martial Master level, even with continuous absorption of spirit stones, one would only be able to absorb a few thousand middle-grade spirit stones per day.
Even if one cultivates non-stop by absorbing spirit stones, it would still take at least a hundred days to breakthrough in a layer of cultivation!
They simply didn’t believe Lin Feng’s words, but none pressed further, as after all, it was a personal secret.
"Alright!"
At that moment, Huangfu Qing waved his hand signaling for everyone to quiet down.
Huangfu Qing seemed unsurprised by Lin Feng’s level of cultivation, as if he had known about it all along.
"This Martial Arts Competition, you three must give it your all and not bring shame upon the name of Sky-reaching Peak. Whoever performs exceptionally will be handsomely rewarded by me!" Huangfu Qing said solemnly.
"Yes! Master!" The three of them replied in unison.
At this moment, Lin Feng couldn’t help but evaluate his seventh senior sister Hua Suifu, and his eighth senior brother Feng Shaoyu, discovering that both had made significant progress in their cultivation.
Seventh senior sister Hua Suifu’s cultivation had already reached the peak of Earth Martial Master Eighth Layer, not far from the Ninth Layer.
And eighth senior brother Feng Shaoyu’s cultivation had improved even faster, reaching the Earth Martial Master Sixth Layer. Lin Feng remembered that just four months ago he was at the Earth Martial Master Fourth Layer.
Lin Feng couldn’t help but marvel; the disciples of Sky-reaching Peak were indeed exceptional, each a peerless genius.
Ninth junior brother Yun Fei’s cultivation was also strong, having reached the Earth Martial Master Fifth Layer, his improvement was not slow either.