Qin Feng received a box of Thunder Origin Fruit with sealed spiritual power fluctuations from the attendant of the Ten Thousand Treasures Building and, having paid with Spirit Stones, turned to leave.
Just as he had taken a few steps, he was blocked by several young n.
"What can I do for Junior Brothers?" Qin Feng narrowed his eyes slightly, donning a gentle smile while inquiring in a gentle tone.
"Junior Brother Qin, please."
The speaker was a descendant of the southern Yun family nad Yun Qian, who had joined the Sect a few years before Qin Feng and possessed the Cultivation of the Foundation Establishnt Realm.
Except for Zhao Jinglei and one other young man, all the others were Foundation Establishnt Realm disciples; judging by their deanor, they were older disciples who had joined the Sect years ago. Therefore, Qin Feng courteously addressed them as Senior Brothers.
"Recently, we've often heard about Junior Brother Qin's reputation. We've long wanted to see you, but never had the chance, and to think we would run into you at the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion; it must be fate."
Yun Qian said with a chuckle, "Junior Brother Qin is the genius of the Spiritual Snake Peak, otherwise you wouldn't have been taken as a disciple by Elder Ning. Geniuses of course like to mingle with other geniuses. Co, let introduce you, this is Senior Brother Xie Ding from my Sky Scorpion Peak.
Not only is Senior Brother Xie a direct lineage heir of the Xie Family in the southwest, but he's also the most outstanding disciple of the Sky Scorpion Peak in recent years. Senior Brother Xie's Cultivation is profound; he's just waiting to earn a spot in the year-end competition, so he can join the Inner Sect Cultivation. When Junior Brother Qin also enters the Inner Sect later, you can definitely get closer to each other."
Qin Feng lightly coughed, pressing down the laughter in his heart as he glanced at Xie Ding's forehead. Noticing the hairline was a bit high but without any sign of balding, he managed to suppress the urge to laugh and saluted Xie Ding, "I have heard of Senior Brother Xie's reputation at the Sky Scorpion Peak. eting you today, I can see that you truly have the deanor of soone from a prestigious noble family, which makes feel rather ashad."
Xie Ding, with a restrained yet proud nod, said slowly, "Junior Brother Qin is too courteous."
After a pause, he added, "I hear that Junior Brother Qin's Cultivation is extraordinary. If Junior Brother Qin has so free ti, perhaps we could find a place to have a friendly exchange?"
Qin Feng's smile progressively faded.
It looks like this guy also wants to gain a reputation by defeating !
More and more, he felt dissatisfied with the person scheming against him from behind. It was indeed adding far too much trouble for him; he did not like to be involved with these fellows nor did he like to fight with them without good reason—a waste of ti not to ntion, if either party got injured, it wouldn't be easy to explain.
After a few monts of silence, he spoke indifferently, "Senior Brother Xie jests, you entered the Sect several years before I did, and your Cultivation is profound. I admit I am not your match, so let's skip the idea of having a sparring match."
"What, are you scared?" A lanky young man with a hawk-like nose and a disdainful gleam in his eye interjected, "Rest assured, Senior Brother Xie is highly cultivated and will asure his strength. He won't hurt you."
Qin Feng glanced indifferently at the person who had spoken. Without retorting, he rely stated, "I must go back and continue my Cultivation; I don't have ti to engage in idle play here. If Senior Brothers like to spar, you might as well go to the Foreign Affairs Hall and pick up so tasks to alleviate the Sect's concerns.
I heard that there's been trouble again recently in the west, bordering the Giant Spirit Sect. If Senior Brothers dare to go, you won't be at a loss for opponents."
"You..." Several people's faces imdiately flushed with a hint of sha and anger, "Qin Feng, Senior Brother Xie wanting to exchange pointers with you is an honor. It's fine if you decline, but why do you speak so insensitively here? Do you think we are all playboys who have never contributed to the Sect?
Humph, we were taking on missions outside when you hadn't even joined the Sect yet!"
"Oh? Well then, I'm truly honored by your high regard."
Qin Feng saluted, "I need to hurry back to Spiritual Snake Peak, so I won't accompany Senior Brothers in idle chatter here. We can et another day."
With that, he turned to bypass these clueless noble heirs.
The lanky young man's eyes turned sharp as he stepped to the side to block Qin Feng's path.
"What, do Senior Brother want to make a scene here?"
Qin Feng chuckled, "This is the Ten Thousand Treasures Building; even though this Ten Thousand Treasures Building is located within our Beast Taming Sect's Market, there are still rules. Are you sure you want to cause a disturbance here?"
The young man's face changed color, glancing at the Ten Thousand Treasures Building's Deacon who was already frowning in their direction. Hurrying, he said, "Qin Feng, don't wrong a good person. We just wanted to make your acquaintance with no ill intentions."
"But I am not interested in your acquaintance right now."
Qin Feng sidestepped and walked past him, heading towards the exit without looking back.
"You... huh, this guy is way too arrogant," the lanky young man said, visibly annoyed as he watched Qin Feng's departing silhouette, his face reddening.
Yun Qian snorted coldly, "If you ask , he knows of Senior Brother Xie's renown and doesn't dare to engage, so he used such a la excuse to leave."
"Indeed, Senior Brother Xie's Cultivation is profound. His Lifebound Spiritual Beast, the Three-Tailed Poison Scorpion, has mystical Divine Skills and incredible power. Qin Feng is not his match."
"Hmph, at least he knows his place. He's just a novice at Foundation Establishnt; not to talk of fighting with Senior Brother Xie, even we brothers could probably defeat him easily."
Surrounded by the flattery of his fellow disciples, Xie Ding felt increasingly elated. However, he still suppressed the triumph in his heart; despite his expression betraying his emotions, he nonetheless spoke in what he assud to be a modest tone, "Don't speak like that, fellow disciples. Qin Feng must have so ability; we shouldn't underestimate him just because he has just established his foundation."
"Senior Brother Xie is right. A lion uses all its strength even when hunting a rabbit."
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"Hmph, Senior Brother kindheartedly offered him friendship, even wanted to exchange pointers and guide him in his cultivation. Yet that Qin fellow didn't know what was good for him and refused Senior Brother Xie's goodwill. With such a temperant, who would want to associate with him in the future?"
"When the great competition of the Outer Sect arrives, and disciples from all peaks gather, even if Qin Feng doesn't want to compete, it won't be possible anymore. At that ti, Senior Brother Xie can fight him fair and square and show him the might of our Sky Scorpion Peak."
Birds of a feather flock together, people are sorted into groups. Xie Ding, being born into a family of nobles, surrounded himself with disciples from other cultivating families after joining the sect. Although he himself practiced diligently and had decent talent, the character he developed under such circumstances is indeed indescribable.
Zhao Jinglei coldly watched as several people fawned over Xie Ding, but this ti, he did not join in.
Ever since he saw Qin Feng at the Ten Thousand Treasures Building, he had beco reticent.
Suddenly, he realized that the young man who had arrived at the sect with him on the sa tower ship, the one whose cultivation was much weaker than his, had now surpassed him in cultivation level.
When they first entered the sect, Qin Feng was at the fourth level of Qi Refinent while he was already at the seventh. On the tower ship, he even gathered the disciples from Tieling County, trying to subdue them to his will.
Yet now, two years had passed, and he had only advanced from the seventh level to the eighth. Although this pace of cultivation would be considered good for an ordinary cultivator, it paled in comparison to Qin Feng's progress.
In truth, he possessed so self-awareness, knowing that he was not a supre talent unlikely to enter the Inner Sect through the Outer Sect competition, which is why he focused more on making friends.
Now that he had seen Qin Feng, who was once far inferior to him in both status and cultivation, who had now beco a Foundation Establishnt disciple, an existence he had to look up to, he realized his past life might have been too mundane.
The joy and rrint he thought he had, as well as the considerable effort he put into making these fellow disciples his friends, did not seem to make him any stronger.
A realization gradually dawned on him in his heart, the true essence of cultivation.
He listened as his friends continued to sing Xie Ding's praises, speaking irrelevant flatteries, and Zhao Jinglei suddenly felt that if he continued to live this way, it didn't seem to hold much aning.
Perhaps, he could try a different way of living.
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Qin Feng left the Ten Thousand Treasures Building without taking the earlier incident to heart. They were just a few worldly-unwise noble heirs, albeit with so small sches, but they hadn't caused him much trouble, and he wasn't about to brood over it.
After leaving the market and riding the Spiritual Vulture back to Spiritual Snake Peak, Qin Feng shut himself in his yard, practicing diligently every day. Consuming elixir pills in conjunction with Body Tempering Spirit Liquid for cultivation allowed him to experience what it was like to fly.
If his previous body tempering speed could be described as a tortoise's pace, then now, his cultivation speed had beco like a crazed young mustang.
Only now did he discover how delightful it was for one's cultivation speed to advance rapidly.
The deacon from the Ten Thousand Pills Pavilion had not lied. Indeed, after Qin Feng used the elixir pills and spiritual objects he recomnded, his cultivation speed increased by far more than tenfold. Before the effects of the elixirs wore off, he could clearly feel his physical body being refined by an abundant flow of Spiritual Power every mont, causing intense changes to his physique.
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His blood and qi were pure and weighty, and his skin and flesh had beco crystal-clear and translucent, which even made his ridians more resilient and broader. His acupoints had also deepened, capable of harboring more True Yuan circulations and enabling him to reach for higher realms.
After the effects of the Body Tempering Spirit Liquid and the Elixir Pills had faded, he would rest for two hours to read Dao Scriptures and practice spells, then consu Thunder Origin Fruit as nourishnt.
While refining the Spirit Fruit, his body would experience bursts of tingling sensations.
That was the force of mild thunder and electricity circulating within and without his body, stimulating each inch of his flesh and igniting the potential within, enhancing the efficacy of tempering his Taoist Body by threefold.
By evening, he would then sip a few mouthfuls of Ice and Fire Spirit Wine, savoring the exhilarating interplay of extre cold and fiery heat. After the bone-chilling cold had passed, he would imdiately feel the searing sensation of flas.
This cycle of being frozen solid only to then feel as if roasting alive was indeed so intense that he felt torn between the realms of immortals and mortals, helplessly addicted.
Fortunately, the agony was short-lived, and once the cold and heat dissipated, the Spiritual Energy contained within the wine would slowly nourish his Primordial Qi, replenishing his body which had been emptied by the tempering.
With the aid of these various cultivation thods, Qin Feng's cultivation grew day by day, the True Yuan in his Dantian becoming increasingly dense, and the tempering effect surprisingly good.
If he could continue this cultivation routine without interruption, he might even complete the early stage Foundation Establishnt tempering before the big competition, thoroughly tempering his flesh and acupoints. With a bit more luck, advancing directly to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishnt wasn't entirely out of the question.
Of course, while his progress was fast, it was also costly—this was the pace he maintained at the expense of twenty to thirty thousand Spirit Stones.
Honestly, even Noble Heirs from great families wouldn't spend so much every day on cultivation, and as one progressed, the required resources and the cost in Spirit Stones would increase even more.
If he were to continue cultivating in this manner, the remaining tens of thousands of Spirit Stones he had would definitely not suffice.
However, Qin Feng wasn't thinking so far ahead; he was seized with urgency for the mont.
As long as he was victorious in the year-end big competition, all the resources he had expended would be worthwhile.
Besides, his cultivation had already improved, and once he entered the Inner Sect, it would be no trouble to find new opportunities and ans to earn more Spirit Stones.
He reckoned that earning Spirit Stones as an Inner Sect Disciple compared to an Outer Disciple should be much simpler and present many more avenues.
Even without such ans, Qin Feng felt his master and senior brothers would not leave him unsupported. Even if they couldn't directly provide him with cultivation resources, they would surely guide him on how to earn more.
Ti marched on, day by day, and Qin Feng's cultivation continued to strengthen. As the year's end drew closer, the atmosphere amongst the various Outer Peaks grew increasingly tense. Especially those who believed they had a chance to enter the Inner Sect were heavy-hearted, fearing defeat and the loss of such a valuable opportunity.
In addition to the Outer Sect competition, the Sect would also dispatch Elders and Disciples from the Outer Peaks to various locations to recruit new disciples.
The Beast Taming Sect had a vast enterprise and an enormous demand for disciples, thus recruiting a significant number of new disciples each year. Then, from among such a vast number, the Outer Peaks would select the true talents for cultivation.
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