Translator: CinderTL
[My child, Ren Sais]
[It has been seven years since you ventured into the Holy City.]
[Although you have shed the Serpent God's bloodline and abandoned all of the Serpent God's blessings, I believe that the Serpent God will still protect you.]
[Because you are the great warrior of our Black Blade Tribe, one of the pioneers who dared to attempt the Transformation Ritual.]
[The Serpent God will eventually awaken again. His eyes will illuminate this world, and his scales will restore the earth.]
[Believe , when that day cos, you will once again receive the Serpent God's blessing and beco one of his angels.]
After reading the contents of the parchnt, Chen Feng sat in deep thought.
Fei Shan looked completely like a normal person and had even awakened the Seed of Life.
Yet, he turned out to be a serpent man from the Serpent Tribe.
Judging by the na, he was likely from the Black Blade Tribe.
"The Transformation Ritual..."
The key point ntioned in the parchnt was the reason Fei Shan could infiltrate the Holy City.
Chen Feng narrowed his eyes, recalling the information he had extracted from Wu Heng.
The walls of the Holy City were inscribed with special runes. Once any Serpent Spirit-related power appeared, it would be detected.
This was why the Holy City was considered the best refuge for humans in this world.
But now...
"After lurking for so long, their ambitions must be significant."
With a flicker in his eyes, Chen Feng rewrapped the parchnt, pondering how to handle it.
Should he return it to Fei Shan's corpse?
Not only would it risk exposing himself, but the presence of a serpent man was a major hidden danger.
He couldn't be sure if there were any serpent n among the Holy City officials searching the bodies.
If they discovered it first, returning the parchnt would be pointless and might even alert them.
What about giving it to Molly?
The thought crossed his mind, and after so consideration, Chen Feng ca up with an idea.
The night passed without incident.
As sunlight spilled over, the town ca alive with people moving about.
On the streets between the wooden houses, groups of robust n in vine armor, ard with spears and bows, headed out. anwhile, n and won in simple linen clothes carried tools to work in the fields.
Whispers of discussion arose, mostly about the events of the previous night.
"I heard Fei Shan's body was found. It was a grueso death; his head was even missing."
"Who could have done it? Do you think it was the serpent n?"
"I don't know, but the Holy City is investigating. There will surely be an answer..."
Similar murmurs reached Chen Feng's ears, with most speculations leaning toward the serpent n.
Without drawing attention, Chen Feng waited quietly in his room until a familiar figure appeared in his line of sight.
"Brother Feng Chen."
Molly, clad in a gray cloak, approached slowly, waving away the vine-armored guards at the door.
Chen Feng nodded in acknowledgnt, his gaze briefly falling on the brown animal skin in her hand.
As expected, Molly walked up and handed it over.
"This is the Life Seed Awakening thod I was fortunate enough to obtain. It can only be cultivated up to the fourth level."
"I hope it can be of so help to you."
She smiled, her words carrying a hint of deeper aning.
"Thank you."
Chen Feng didn't hesitate, thanking her as he accepted it.
His eyes scanned the parchnt, where tadpole-like characters appeared.
With the power of the dream subtly enhancing his understanding, the contents quickly beca clear.
[The Life Seed Awakening thod]
[Guide the Life energy within your body, circulate it through your ridians and acupoints, and temper your physique.]
[ditate on the elents of wind, earth, water, and fire, select one, and determine the type of the Life Seed.]
[Once the elental ditation resonates successfully, the Seed of Life can be condensed in the dantian below the navel. Nourish it with vital substances or daily Life energy to help it grow.]
In an instant, Chen Feng absorbed all the information.
The interface automatically appeared.
[Life Seed Awakening thod: Unawakened (1%)]
A glint of excitent flashed in Chen Feng's eyes. He was certain this cultivation thod was genuine.
Unaware of his thoughts, Molly, seeing him engrossed in the cultivation thod, offered a few words of advice before tactfully taking her leave.
With no one around, Chen Feng closed the door.
Following the key points of the thod, he quickly sat cross-legged and began ditating.
Wind.
Fei Shan's agility, which contrasted with his burly physique, had left a deep impression on him.
However, to his surprise...
Wind?
Chen Feng suddenly felt confused.
Wind has no form. How could he ditate on it?
The thought flashed through his mind, and he then tried ditating on water, wood, and earth.
Though he managed to vaguely visualize so forms, his spirit felt no resonance.
Finally, a strand of crimson force quietly erged, swirling in his palm.
Like a fla, it flickered gently in the sunlight streaming through the window.
"Fire."
Chen Feng suddenly smiled.
Throughout his journey, the martial arts and techniques of the Fla Tiger Sect, such as the Fla Tiger Stance and the Crimson Tiger Force, had beco deeply ingrained in him.
Compared to the other elents, fire was the power he was most familiar with.
In an instant, all obstacles vanished.
A fla materialized in his ditation, quickly growing into a fireball.
Fierce claws stepped out from within, and the majestic head of a tiger erged, exuding authority.
Sparks exploded in his ntal visualization, and the tiger's tail lashed, its vertical pupils gleaming with life.
A flying crimson tiger, composed entirely of flas, appeared in his ditation.
Buzz!
A sense of clarity washed over Chen Feng as he felt a slight anomaly in his lower abdon, the location of the dantian in martial arts.
Through internal vision, he saw the Life energy in his body gathering and rging, condensing into a tiny seed-like particle.
It was entirely crimson, as if blended with a portion of his force, yet also resembling a burning fla.
Imdiately.
[The Life Seed Awakening thod: Awakened (1%) ]
Seeing the prompt on the interface, Chen Feng knew he had truly begun.
His gaze lingered on the " " sign for a mont before he quickly took out the snakeskin pouch and opened it, revealing two red crystal-like Serpent Spirit Fruits.
The Life Seed Awakening thod was, to so extent, a part of martial arts.
However, it was more unique and leaned toward strengthening techniques.
Nevertheless, Chen Feng had no intention of using Limit Breaking or Extre Martial Arts on this awakening thod, at least not in the short term.
After all, the Crimson Tiger Force still needed to be elevated to the Heavenly Fla level, and the Extre Martial Fist also required improvent.
Therefore...
"Convert!"
With his mind made up, the two Serpent Spirit Fruits rapidly dissolved, rging into his body like red spiritual light.
Following the thod's key points, he guided the Life energy to nourish the Life Seed.
Soon, warm currents flowed through him. Chen Feng could clearly feel his Life energy replenishing, and the Life Seed in his lower abdon gradually grew.
Over ti, his physique, which had hit a bottleneck, began to be tempered.
His four-dinsional attributes quietly increased as he imrsed himself in the cultivation of this thod.
A day later.
Molly sat alone in her room, cross-legged, attempting to guide her Life energy to consolidate the Life Seed she had recently awakened.
A faint white light emanated from her slightly tanned skin, her curly hair cascading down as her gray cloak had been removed.
The room was utterly silent, and her thoughts once again turned to the burly young man in brown linen clothes.
Is Brother Feng Chen really an outsider?
His awkward accent, his appearance that differed from the southern region, his sudden appearance and disappearance.
Even his intense curiosity about her Life Seed Awakening thod, as if he had never encountered the power of the Seed of Life before.
Her suspicions grew stronger. If it weren't for the portraits of outsiders brought back by the battalion commander from the Holy City—blue-skinned and resembling silver-gray colossi—she would have almost been certain.
This was also why she had temporarily held back from recomnding him to the battalion commander and recruiting him.
"Should I tell the battalion commander?"
The thought crossed her mind, but she couldn't forget the debt of gratitude for saving her life.
Just then, she heard footsteps approaching outside.
Knock, knock!
The sound of knocking followed.
Molly opened her eyes, surprised.
Who could be visiting at this hour?
Puzzled, she got up, straightened her clothes, and went to open the door.
No one was there.
Flecks of sunlight spilled from the sky, the horizon painted with crimson clouds as the sun dipped westward.
She glanced around, her gaze finally falling to the ground.
The only thing there.
A brown parchnt.
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"In martial arts, your stance must be firm!"
"Didn't Senior Brother teach you the Giant Tiger Technique? Starting today, you'll all train with !"
Under the blue sky with drifting clouds, Zhao Jushan's voice echoed from the training ground.
In the neighboring courtyard, Xu Tingxiao stood alone, practicing his stance.
Everything was familiar. Chen Feng put down his phone and walked to the window, his eyes slightly dazed.
Days had passed in the dream, but only one day had gone by on Earth.
The difference in ti was sowhat disorienting.
"I wonder, do those from the Divine Martial Alliance or the Serpent Spirit Cult also experience this when they enter the Serpent Spirit Secret Realm using the key?"
"Is the secret realm they enter the sa world I experienced?"
Chen Feng pondered.
Perhaps after so investigation, he could determine whether it was a difference in ti between the two worlds or a peculiarity of the dream.
With this in mind, he glanced at the serpent-shaped mark on his palm.
It was dull, as if its energy had been depleted.
Indeed, his Serpent Spirit Power was completely exhausted. If he wanted to return to the Serpent Spirit Secret Realm, he would need to find a way to gather more.
For now, he had no plans to return. Suppressing his stray thoughts, he turned his attention to the interface.
[Life Seed Awakening thod: Second Level (1%) ]
[Strength: 40.2→42.7]
[Agility: 35.4→37.2]
[Constitution: 48.3→51.3]
[Willpower: 39.5→41.2]
A 9-point increase in attributes.
The two Serpent Spirit Fruits had directly propelled him to the second level.
But this wasn't his greatest gain.
He had noticed a subtle change in his body since the birth of the Life Seed.
With a thought, a strand of crimson force appeared in his palm.
Flas swirled, lifelike.
If soone else were present, they might have truly believed he could control fire.
Then.
"Explosive Fist."
His arm suddenly swelled slightly, muscles bulging, veins protruding.
Yet, the Crimson Tiger Force in his palm didn't dissipate. Instead, it grew deeper.
As he carefully observed this, Chen Feng realized that the path of the Seed of Life was indeed the right choice.
Previously, he couldn't use force and the Explosive Fist simultaneously.
But with the Seed of Life acting as a diator, this issue was effortlessly resolved.
The reason was that both force and physical strength were forms of the body's Life energy.
After activating the Seed of Life, he could now combine these two skills, unleashing even greater power.
Beyond that...
Looking at the force in his hand, Chen Feng quietly activated the fire Life Seed within him.
Strands of Life energy flowed out, enhancing the force.
In an instant, the Crimson Tiger Force beca even more crimson and deeper, like a restless spark ready to explode.
"So, this must be the special feature of my Life Seed."
Chen Feng recalled so key points ntioned in the Life Seed Awakening thod, as well as Molly's specific advice.
Though each person's physique was different, if the elental ditation resonated with the sa elent, the enhancents would generally fall within the sa broad category.
For example, wind elents were more related to speed and perception.
Water and wood elents leaned toward recovery and healing, while earth elents focused on defense.
As for fire elents, they were oriented toward offense.
Like now.
The force in his hand was restless and aggressive. Chen Feng thought of a word.
Explosive!
More aggressive, with greater destructive power than others at the sa level.
Eager to test it, he quickly retracted the force and left the courtyard, heading to a training room.
Spanning hundreds of square ters, the room had wooden windows on both sides, with specks of dust floating in the sunlight.
This was a private space the Fla Tiger Sect had built for him after he beca a Grandmaster.
It was equipped with various small fitness equipnt, swords and other weapons placed on racks in the corner, and several ironwood dummies at the front, wrapped in human-shaped sandbags.
With no one around, Chen Feng walked across the wooden floor to the sandbags.
Buzz!
The force reappeared, and he quietly activated the Life Seed within him.
Then, with a single palm strike, he hit the sandbag.
Boom!!
The sandbag and ironwood dummy exploded, scattering sand and iron fragnts as if scorched by fire.
Chen Feng's eyes glead. He knew he had only used a wisp of force and hadn't even employed any force techniques.
Yet, the effect was several tis stronger than the Fla Blast Style.
"Good."
Satisfied, he sensed soone approaching.
The commotion from his strike had attracted attention, and Xu Tingxiao, who had followed him, stood at the door.
Dressed in a white robe, his short hair slightly ssy, his eyes were sharp, and his hesitant expression was unmistakable.
"What is it?"
"Senior... Senior Brother, could you... give so guidance?"
Xu Tingxiao asked shyly. Chen Feng chuckled.
This kid had beco much more obedient since returning from Yun Port.
With their master unconscious and Third Martial Uncle busy managing affairs, there was no one to guide him.
"Alright."
Chen Feng nodded, signaling him to co in and demonstrate what he had learned.
Although Chen Feng's cultivation relied on Limit Breaking, his insights and realm allowed him to spot so key points.
"At the Steel Fire level, the force should be aggressive like fire and fierce as steel."
"Your strikes are too light. Be ruthless, and your movents need to be sharper..."
After a few brief pointers, Chen Feng suddenly sensed sothing unusual.
His gaze shifted to a black crow flying overhead.
A faint malice brushed past him, and he narrowed his eyes.
"The Divine Martial Alliance?"
Just like the feeling of being watched before, the black crow didn't leave imdiately. Instead, it circled above for a few seconds.
With a thought, Chen Feng instructed Xu Tingxiao to continue practicing diligently, then found an excuse to leave.
"Caw!"
The unpleasant cry of the crow echoed as it stopped circling and flew toward the back mountain, descending lower and lower.
Chen Feng's eyes turned cold. Enhancing his perception, he quickened his pace.
Finally, in the shaded woods of the back mountain.
A figure appeared, seemingly waiting for him.
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