Chapter 212: A Crane in the Crowd

Chapter 212: The Crane Standing Up to the Chickens
Yan Shi Jin recalled the images of that year, which were simply ferocious. At that time, Yan Shi Jin was not yet the third true disciple of the sect, but was at the back of the line, so naturally, he was not qualified to go on the field.

The main reason was that if he went on the field, he was expected to be knocked down by a single move, thus Yan Shi Jin could say that he watched the entire competition and was too impressed.

Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s eighth true bias, surprisingly swept away the other two sects’ true bias headliners, the difference in strength was just so much. It was not that the other sect leaders were too pulling, but that the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s true transmitters were all very strong.

“This is almost a wheel battle, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect is so strong?” Chen Fei was surprised.

“That’s not true, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect has elixirs, at the end of a battle, take the elixir, as long as it’s not any major injuries, physical injuries and all that, they can recover very quickly.” Yan Shi Jin said.

Trench!
This was the only feeling Chen Fei had, because this kind of elixir was precious to those outside of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect!

“Then what position did our sect’s then-true top ranker hit?” Chen Fei asked curiously.

“The two sects that were swept to the top of the True Transmission at that time, one was the Sinking Water Pavilion, and the other was our sect.”

Yan Shi Jin shook his head with a somewhat bitter smile, in fact, at that time, the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s True Transmission Head Ranker was already after a hundred moves when he fought with that eighth ranker of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, in the end, he was still slightly inferior and was knocked off the field.

“The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect is very generous, defeating their sect’s True Legend is all about one Nayuan Pearl. If one defeats consecutively, one can also accumulate the rewards. I heard that back then, there was a disciple from the Beidou Building who received a Qiyuan Dan.” Yan Shi Jin recalled.

Enlightened Yuan Dan?
Chen Fei was stunned, a holy medicine for healing wounds, Chen Fei did a Dan Master Alliance mission and got one, which was missed by numerous people. From this, it could also be seen that the crowd valued the Qiyuan Dan.

However, the main ingredient of Qiyuan Dan was the flesh of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s own spiritual tree, and for others, the exceptionally precious Qiyuan Dan, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect could, to a certain extent, achieve mass production.

This was really, a huge gap.

After understanding some things about the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s observance, Chen Fei and the two of them chatted for a few more moments before Yan Shi Jin excused himself and left.

Yan Shi Jin knew that Chen Fei hid in the courtyard to cultivate every day, nearly without interruption. This was one of the reasons Yan Shi Jin admired Chen Fei, having such a strong talent and still being diligent.

This was the only way to keep rising one’s strength.

Yan Shi Jin specially came to talk to Chen Fei about the ceremony today, in fact, he might not be without a trace of expectation, that is, he hoped that Chen Fei would be able to blossom a little bit at the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect Ceremony.

The Immortal Cloud Sword Faction pressed horizontally across thousands of miles in a radius, with the Yuan Chen Sword Faction and the other four sects surrounding it, being the ones most able to feel the pressure of the Immortal Cloud Sword Faction.

Yan Shi Jin naturally knew that the Yuan Chen Sword Faction was no match for the Immortal Cloud Sword Faction, but that didn’t affect the exchanges between the disciples.

The Immortal Cloud Sword Sect was happy to show the strength of its own disciples, and was also willing to give rewards to allow disciples from other sects to challenge them. The more they challenged, the more they promoted.

A top great sect, at their highest point of decision making, never wished to promote the betterment of the sect. As for some different voices at the bottom, that was unavoidable.

The other four sects, too, hoped that their disciples would be able to hone their skills more. Only by seeing the gaps can they rise to the occasion, sitting in a well and watching the sky is the most frightening.

Back then, the four sects’ true disciples were actually able to fight their way to the top five, or even the top three, of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect. But over the years, the strength of the four factions has declined, and the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect has instead gotten stronger and stronger.

In terms of disciple performance, it was in the last few years that it could only hit the seventh or eighth place of the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s True Biographies, and then it stopped.

To a certain extent, these also reflected the strength of their respective sects today.

Time flowed, in the blink of an eye, another twelve days passed.

The Thousand Origin Locking Heart Skill was greatly completed, and Chen Fei felt a slight change in his mind power, while the frequency of entering and exiting the Heart Creeping Realm was shortened from ten days to eight days due to the Thousand Origin Locking Heart Skill’s great completion.

On the eighteenth day, the Zhen Longxiang advanced to the consummate level.

By the hot springs, Chen Fei looked at himself in the reflection of the water, unsurprisingly, the advancement of the Zhen Dragon Elephant had caused Chen Fei’s appearance to undergo another relatively obvious change.

There wasn’t much of a change in height, it only grew by a few centimeters. But physically, it became more proportional. Anyone who was new to martial arts could see the explosive power that Chen Fei’s figure possessed at this moment.

The giant strength characteristic of the Tong Yuan Gong had no effect on Chen Fei nowadays. This was because Chen Fei’s strength at this moment had long surpassed the power boost that the Giant Strength trait could give.

The skin on his body had become even tighter, and the subtleties had become so tough that when Chen Fei purposely cut it with his Qian Yuan Sword, he actually had to exert a little force in order to cut the skin.

Although the Qian Yuan Sword did not add sharpness characteristics, it was after all a semi-spiritual sword, and its sharpness was naturally still much more powerful than ordinary blades. Just like this, it even required force to cut Chen Fei’s skin.

Not only was it toughness, the skin after the cut, soon stopped bleeding, and then slowly showed signs of healing. Obviously, Chen Fei’s ability to heal himself had also improved significantly.

The last thing was the face, it was actually still the same face, not so much so that when others saw Chen Fei, they wouldn’t be able to recognize who this person was. But anyone who saw Chen Fei again would realize that Chen Fei had become good looking and had a unique feeling.

Before, it was still just a well-defined outline, of the durable type, and one would have to look at it a few more times before finding it good looking. Nowadays, with a single glance, one could spot Chen Fei in the crowd.

“This gong method, as always, is not doing its job.”

Chen Fei rubbed his chin, and the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but reveal a hint of a smile. On the twenty-third day, three days away from the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect’s viewing ceremony, the Heavy Elemental Sword Technique was cultivated to the Grand Completion level.

During this recent period of time, Chen Fei had even given up a lot of time for refining pills, and whenever he had time, he was drenching himself under the waterfall.

The Zhen Longxiang was cultivated more slowly because of the lack of Yuan Qi. The Heavy Yuan Sword was entirely too high in terms of the proficiency required for cultivation, and even though Chen Fei was nearly soaking under the waterfall, it still took such a long time.

It was good that now the Heavy Yuan Sword Skill had finally reached great completion.

In the courtyard, Chen Fei looked at his palm, the center of his palm, at some point, had long since become pitch black.

As the Heavy Elemental Sword Technique advanced to the grand completion, Chen Fei was able to control this power in the subtleties. Thus, at this moment, even without a sword in his hand, Chen Fei could still condense the power of the Heavy Origin Sword Technique into his palm.

Of course, compared to condensing it into the sword blade, the power in Chen Fei’s hand would be much weaker at the moment, after all, a body of flesh and blood could not be compared to a sword blade.

Chen Fei also did not intend to go up against the enemy empty-handed, and now this was just testing the changes in the entire technique after the Heavy Elemental Sword Grand Completion.

A few moments later, the black color in Chen Fei’s palm gradually dispersed. Chen Fei looked into the distance, his cultivation was still about 10% short of reaching the peak of the Viscera Practicing Realm.

Thousand Origin Locking Heart Skill Grand Completion, Zhen Long Xiang Completion, and Heavy Yuan Sword Technique Grand Completion, at this moment, Chen Fei’s strength, relative to two months ago, when he was competing with Zeng Zaiwen, had grown a large chunk forward.

If one were to speak of a shortcoming, the strongest stance in the past was now slightly mediocre.

Of course, Chen Fei’s stance even in the sects of the true biographies, belongs to the forefront of the existence, even those who practice the true biographies of the recluse line, did not reach the same level as Zeng Zaiwen, do not dare to say that the stance is stronger than Chen Fei.

The good thing is that Chen Fei cultivates the Heavy Yuan Sword, which itself can forcefully control the field, and once the force field is out, even if the stance is not as good as others, in the end, he can force the other party to reduce speed.

If the opponent slowed down, wasn’t it the same as speeding up himself!
Three days later, on the martial arts field of the Hall of True Transmission, thirty True Transmission disciples had gathered, and later on, the crowd would be departing for the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.

This time, the one leading the crowd to go was not only the True Transmission Hall’s Master Zhou Cunshan, but also several other elders, Wu Guangyin was among them, as well as the Law Enforcement Hall’s Elder Zhong Benyuan.

At the same time, Chen Fei also saw Qu Qingsheng, the head of the Yuan Chen Sword Sect, a very ordinary looking old man, in terms of aura, not as good as the other elders around him, as if he was an old man who was incapable of martial arts.

Of course, no one would really think that Qu Qingsheng was incapable of martial arts, instead, it was this state of completely restraining his aura that made people feel even more terrifying.

“This trip is mainly to observe the ceremony and see the gap between myself and others, so that I can better cultivate after I return.”

Qu Qingsheng looked at the thirty true legends underneath, these people could be said to be the Yuan Chen Sword Sect’s most promising seedlings to break through to the Realm of Practicing the Orifices.

The Yuan Chen Sword Sect certainly still had quite a few inner disciples who were at the peak of the Viscera Practicing Realm, but those disciples were either too old to have any hope of breaking through. Either that or they had broken through once but ultimately failed.

And then there were those that had insufficient foundations, and as a final result, the odds were that they would still fail to break through.

The Viscera Practicing Realm and the Orifice Practicing Realm seemed to be separated by a single realm, but those who were truly able to step through this layer were ultimately in the minority amongst the many disciples.

Among the inner disciples, of course, there are also people who can break through by chance, but the number of people is very, very small, and there may not be a single person in ten years. Therefore, it is still the true disciples who have the greatest hope, of which the thirty people in front of them are the most.

“After the ceremony, there is still a competition. Don’t be blind, if you realize that the difference in strength is too great, you should know how to endure. If the difference in strength is very small, then follow your heart.”

Qu Qingsheng looked around the crowd, his gaze pausing for a moment on Chen Fei, whose name had rung in his ears a few times in recent months.

After all, in a few months’ time, he was able to cultivate the Heavy Elemental Sword, a technique, to the point of profundity, which would naturally attract the attention of the sect’s senior management.

“Alright, depart!”

Qu Qingsheng said with a smile, turning around and walking towards the bottom of the mountain. It was as if he was taking an idle stroll, favoring a strangely fast speed. The many elders in the back followed, their stances feeling a little less unique than Qu Qingsheng’s.

Chen Fei saw his master Feng Xiupu, presumably because Chen Fei had traveled this time, Feng Xiupu deliberately followed. There really is something, Feng Xiupu can also take care of.

A group of people vast, spend an hour’s time, came to a mountain gate, it is the Xian Yun Sword Sect’s mountain gate that Chen Fei had come once at the beginning.

When he first came to Immortal Cloud City, Chen Fei’s first goal was to worship under the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect. After all, it was the hegemon within thousands of miles around, and I’m afraid that anyone who aspired to the path of martial arts would be the first to choose the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect.

Unfortunately, at that time, Chen Fei’s cultivation was insufficient, so the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect didn’t even give him a chance.

Now that such a long time had passed, returning to this place at this moment had caused Chen Fei to have a trance-like feeling.

“Sect Leader Qu, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, I hope you’ll bear with me if I’ve missed the welcome!”

Seeing Qu Qingsheng, the Immortal Cloud Sword Sect elder hurriedly stepped forward and welcomed the Yuan Chen Sword Sect crowd to the mountain.

(End of chapter)