Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Hmph, of course, I know.”
Lin Hui scoffed at Bing Ruolan. He was aware that the institution forbade students from using power without supervision.
Not resigned to the outcome, Lin Hui turned around to look at Luo Feng, who was protected by Bing Ruolan, then said mockingly, “Luo Feng, no wonder Xiaoxiao turned away from you, you’re just a good-for-nothing who hides behind ladies!”
Lin Hui spoke so loudly that the students around them heard him clearly. With that, a few students who were quite close to Lin Hui immediately chimed in.
“Lin Hui, let it go. Luo Feng has the support of our class representative, how are you his match?”
“Exactly. Luo Feng found someone new to curry favor from, he won’t give a d*mn about you anymore…”
All sorts of hurtful remarks were heard one after another.
Luo Feng raised his brows upon hearing them. His expression changed as he grew furious.
They were humiliating him in public!
Luo Feng forced himself to calm down by taking a deep breath.
“Lin Hui’s now at the later phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary, and has a force of over 2750 pounds, I’m definitely not his match at the moment. However, since I have an extremely strong spiritual power now, I can cultivate very quickly. I’ll be victorious if I can break through to Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary!”
After analyzing the situation, Luo Feng was struck with an idea. He went around Bing Ruolan, then looked at Lin Hui coldly. “Lin Hui, I challenge you to a battle in ten days during our martial arts duel class, and I’ll defeat you!”
The chatter around them stopped at once. Everyone looked at Luo Feng in shock as they had not expected him to say that.
Bing Ruolan furrowed her brows, and was about to dissuade Luo Feng when Lin Hui suddenly laughed disdainfully.
“Hahaha… Young fella, I accept! I’ll give you ten days! You better not forget the promise we made today during our martial arts duel class!” Lin Hui looked as cunning as a wolf when he replied.
Luo Feng nodded, and responded seriously, “I’m a man of my words!”
The others were dumbfounded. Luo Feng was actually implying that he would defeat Lin Hui during their martial arts duel class.
Lin Hui interpreted it that way too. He scornfully said. “Luo Feng, you don’t gain strength from empty talk, trash will always be trash! See you in ten days!”
Afterward, Lin Hui strode away from the training ground with a few of his sidekicks.
“Luo Feng, you acted too rashly…” Once Lin Hui left, a soft sigh was heard. Bing Ruolan shook her head at Luo Feng.
She thought that he acted that way earlier because Lin Hui had provoked him.
Lin Hui had activated the Third Meridian Cycle long ago and was already at the later phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary. On the other hand, Luo Feng had only just activated the Third Meridian Cycle. In Bing Ruolan’s opinion, Luo Feng had very low odds of success for the upcoming duel.
“We’ll find out soon if I acted too rashly just now,” Luo Feng said confidently.
Bing Ruolan was startled when she saw Luo Feng’s confident look. She then shook her head.
Being the class representative of Silver Moon Class, Bing Ruolan knew the strength of all her classmates very well. Although Luo Feng broke through to Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary earlier, he was still no match for Lin Hui.
“Forget it, I don’t have the right to give him orders, I just hope that he won’t blame me in the future for not warning him.”
Bing Ruolan kept quiet after that.
Of course, Luo Feng knew that it was not a simple task to defeat Lin Hui, thus he was rather anxious too. He thanked Bing Ruolan for her help, then returned to his courtyard.
Being one of the four great institutions in the Billow Dynasty’s Flowing Cloud Ridge, Purple Sun Institution was so supreme that it occupied the space of a thousand acres. Therefore, every student had their own courtyard in the institution.
The residence of Outer Institution students was very simple, a pavilion built in a square courtyard within brick walls.
“Lin Hui’s current strength is of a later phase of Level Three Meridian Boundary, and has a force of over 2750 pounds, I mustn’t underestimate him! I must increase my strength to the middle phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary by the time of the duel if I want to win.”
Luo Feng stood straight in his courtyard and was ready for his cultivation.
He retrieved the porcelain bottle that was given to him. After crushing the beeswax seal of the bottle, he poured out a round turquoise pill. The air around Luo Feng was instantly filled with a faint smell of medicine.
“I have two Vitality Condensation Pills now. One Vitality Condensation Pill allows a martial artist at Level Two Meridian Cycle Boundary to cultivate for three days, two Vitality Condensation Pills should be enough for me to break through to Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary,” Luo Feng said to himself, then consumed the spirit pill.
The drug melted in his mouth very quickly. Luo Feng felt a cooling sensation flowing to his stomach, followed by a flow of hot air that flowed out instead, which circulated to every part of his body!
Luo Feng knew that the medicine had already dissolved in his body. Without further ado, he began practicing his Fundamental Class martial art, Leopard Fist!
In the Nine Levels of Meridian Cycle Boundary, the first level preserved health, the second level strengthened the body, the third level perfected energy, the fourth level coupled strength and gentleness, the fifth level toughened bones…
Among them, health preservation and body strengthening meant the recuperation of one’s body.
Being at Level Two Meridian Cycle Boundary, Luo Feng required plenty of vitality to stimulate his body’s potential and strengthen his body.
The cultivation of martial arts allowed him to gain vitality quickly.
Leopard Fist was a Fundamental Class martial art. It had a total of five techniques, which were Leopard Pace, Leopard Fist, Leopard Pounce, Leopard Strike, and Leopard Crack!
When Luo Feng closed his eyes, he pictured all Leopard Fist techniques in his mind. After taking a deep breath, he clenched his fists tightly and began practicing from the first Leopard Fist technique.
The moment Luo Feng moved, he felt the difference from his past cultivations.
Back then when he cultivated Leopard Fist, he always felt that his movements were too obscure and stiff. Luo Feng’s steps were now majestic, and he was able to perform fist techniques effortlessly, such that there was a smooth flow from one technique to the next.
Leopard Strike!
Luo Feng fixed his gaze on a gigantic rock five steps away from him and bent his body slightly forward. Subsequently, he bounced up like a leopard, pierced through the wind, and leaped five steps forward.
“Boom!”
The instant his fist hit the gigantic rock, it shook a little. Cracking sounds were heard as cracks could be seen extending out from where his fist hit.
Leopard Crack!
Luo Feng’s eyes sparkled, and he roared loudly. The ground beneath him began to crack, and his right shoulder quivered a little. A frightening echo filled the air around him as if a furious leopard just roared!
“Crack!”
Initially, there were only cracks as wide as a finger on that gigantic rock that had the height of an average person. In the blink of an eye, the cracks extended further until a booming sound was heard; which was when the whole rock shattered into numerous pieces!
He stood still and looked at the shattered rock pieces on the ground. Luo Feng was surprised when he recalled the thrill at the moment he performed Leopard Fist earlier.
“Unbelievable, I’ve always encountered difficulties when I performed Leopard Strike previously. I can’t believe that I was able to perform even Leopard Crack so freely now!”
Shocked, Luo Feng shocked began figuring out the source of the change and realized that it could only be explained by the merging of souls, which elevated his comprehension of martial arts too.
Followed by that, Luo Feng could not help but breathe quicker than he did, and was clearly very cheerful about the outcome.
A martial artist with a great understanding of martial arts could comprehend it faster.
On top of that, the higher one’s boundary level in martial arts was, the faster one could cultivate and also display more power! The weak could even overcome the strong!
“If I can cultivate the Yellow Rank Middle Class martial arts, Roaring Tiger Fist to Success State, Lin Hui won’t be a match for me even if I’m only at the early phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary!” Luo Feng was excited.
As soon as he set his goal, he continued his cultivation.
While Roaring Tiger Fist was powerful, it was so overbearing that it was an extreme burden to one’s body. Unless one cultivated it to the third level, Energy Boundary, the cultivation was more harmful than beneficial.
Leopard Pace!
…
Leopard Strike!
Leopard Crack!
…
Owing to Luo Feng’s swift moves, the courtyard was suddenly full of fist winds, and the sound of fists punching through the air was constantly heard. Consequently, the courtyard was also very dusty and sandy.
After performing Leopard Fist for over ten times, Luo Feng felt the vitality that originated from the Vitality Condensation Pill in his body kept flowing along with his fist energy.
The waves of vitality slowly became very violent, as if a vortex formed to gather all vitality in his body.
“I’m almost breaking through! Why is it so fast?!”
Upon sensing the change in his body, Luo Feng was quite stunned. He realized that he was going to break through!
‘What a rare opportunity, I don’t know when this will happen again if I miss it!’ Luo Feng who came to a sudden realization quickly sat with his legs crossed in the courtyard.
A strong feeling of emptiness could be felt at that moment. Luo Feng quickly retrieved the last Vitality Condensation Pill that he had.
“Success or failure depends on this! Lin Xiaoxiao, I bet you didn’t think that the Vitality Condensation Pill that you left behind will be the first brick to my ascension!”
Luo Feng uttered, then consumed the Vitality Condensation Pill! He later shut his eyes, and controlled the overflowing vitality in his body that was heading for the two meridian cycles at his spleen!
Two days went by in a flash.
Luo Feng still sat with his legs crossed in the courtyard, but a few fallen leaves were seen on his body. Since the students in the institution had a lot of freedom during their daily lives, nobody disturbed him throughout the past two days.
“Bzz!”
A strange ruffle began spreading out from Luo Feng’s body. Even though there was no wind in the courtyard, the fallen leaves around him flew up!
On the spur of the moment, he opened his eyes. His eyes shone so brightly with flashes as if there was lightning.
“Swoosh!”
Luo Feng leaped up at once, then widened his arms like a big bird. He then pounced toward an abandoned stone at one corner of his courtyard.
“Leopard Fist!”
Luo Feng yelled, then launched his fist on the rock in the speed of light.
“Boom!”
The abandoned rock with a height of two average people was sent flying a meter away from the ground, then shattered into countless pieces!
“Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary!”
Luo Feng smiled confidently when he saw the pieces on the ground.
Two Vitality Condensation Pills and two days of full-on training later, Luo Feng finally activated two meridian cycles at his spleen. At last, he was truly a martial artist at Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary.
“I have six activated meridian cycles in my body now, and my force is nearly 1650 pounds! That’s equivalent to a martial artist in the middle phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary! If I were to face Yang Ting again, he’d be half-dead!”
Luo Feng clenched his fists tightly as he mentioned. He was elated when he felt the endless force within his body.
Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary was also known as Energy Boundary and mainly used one’s vitality to strengthen one’s body and to increase one’s power.
Normally, martial artists in the early phase of Energy Boundary had a force of only 550 pounds. Those in the middle phase had a force of 1650 pounds, whereas those in the later phase had a force of over 2750 pounds.
Due to the merging of souls in Luo Feng’s body, he had eighteen meridian cycles in total. Since he just broke through to Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary, his force was over 1650 pounds, which was comparable to the middle phase of Level Three Meridian Cycle Boundary!