Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6: No Talent then Transform!

Old Man saw the excited Lu Feng and laughed, “Look carefully.” Saying this, Old Man spun his right hand, and quickly struck across. Lu Feng couldn’t see anything, and only saw a stone half the size of a human, smashed into bits.

Lu Feng was stunned, whilst the Old Man laughed and said, “Amazing, right?” Lu Feng immediately pulled his sleeve and laughed, “Master, you definitely must teach me this.” Old Man stroked his beard whilst laughing, and said proudly, “My technique, it is called One Force Strike. As far as you’re concerned, if you wish to learn this in a day, that is impossible.”

“You b.a.s.t.a.r.d Old Man!” Lu Feng suddenly wished that he could pull out the Old Man’s beard, however, the Old Man laughed again and said, “However, you can carry out this style, its destructive power compared to mine will not be much, but scaring people is definitely possible.”

Lu Feng thought that being able to scare people was not bad, and had no choice but to say, “That’s fine. Quickly teach me.” Old man slightly nodded his head before asking, “Do you know what cultivation is?”  Lu Feng didn’t know what it was at all. For the past 6 months, Old Man did not teach him anything, and instead made him carry out errands everyday. Then in the night, he had to sleep on an ice-cold stone bed. The thought of it made him feel bitter, “You never even told me, how would I know.”

The Old Man stroked his beard and smiled. “Good. Then I’ll explain it to you.”

Lu Feng opened his eyes wide to listen. He remembered asking people before in town, except how would the ordinary people know how to cultivate. Even the priests did not know clearly what cultivating was, all they did was preach of the countless years they cultivated as monks.

However, the Old Man before him, whom Lu Feng had spent half a year with, Lu Feng felt that even though the Old Man likes teasing him; he definitely had some ability, especially the strike just now, which attracted him even more, as he looked at Old Man with a well-behaved look.

Old Man at this time, immediately became serious, and said, “To cultivate for immortality, is equivalent to fighting for your life against the heavens. Once you start training, you cannot stop. Are you sure you want to do this?”

Lu Feng forced a smile, “If this was our Earth, there would be many who despite longing to, are unable to cultivate. Going up and down the heavens carefreely.”

The Old Man’s face suddenly had a bewildered expression, “What Earth?” Lu Feng turned around and laughed, “Nothing at all.” The Old Man had no choice but to continue saying, “Listen carefully, going up and down the heavens freely sounds impressive, but how many people do you think can reach this realm?”

Lu Feng curiously asked, “How many people?”

The Old Man solemnly said, “Let’s say ten thousand people practice cultivation, only one person out of all of them will be so powerful. Do you believe that you are this person?” Lu Feng’s complexion suddenly turned sickly and he gently coughed, “Not being invincible under the heavens, having some strength is enough.”

“Good then, seeing that you realised, this is not bad. Many people are far too greedy, after all not everyone’s spiritual roots can reach such a realm.”

Lu Feng had read before in novels about spiritual roots. Having better spiritual roots meant that the person had better talent in cultivating. He asked excitedly, “Master, this spiritual root, how can it be tested? Help me test my spiritual root a bit.”

The Old Man stared at him and said, “I had already tested yours.” Lu Feng puzzled asked, “Already tested? When did that happen?”

“It is the bed you sleep on  every night, did you not figure it out?”

Lu Feng depressingly said, “Is it not the ice cold stone bed? What else is there to feel?”

The Old Man didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, “ It’s a spiritual root testing device made from spirit stone.Those with inferior Spiritual Roots won’t feel anything special, including you.”

“What was mine?” Lu Feng face had an expectant look. The Old Man burst into laughter, “You don’t have even a single spiritual root.” Lu Feng made a pooh sound, “Old Man, I think there is an error, could it be the thing is broken.”

Seeing that Lu Feng does not believe him then said, “You brat! You just recognised me as you master, and now you have the gall to disrespect me!!” Lu Feng had no choice as he wanted to learn but to say, “Master, Master, is this enough.”

The Old Man then continued, “Not having spiritual roots doesn’t matter, the worst is the people who abandon themselves to despair.” Lu Feng curiously asked, “What? It’s possible to cultivate spiritual qi without a spiritual root?”

“Of course, a lot of people without spiritual roots are cultivating. It’s just that it takes a whole lifetime to make any progress, unless you are from a large family or a influential clan and use some miracle pill. Which forcefully creates a spiritual root.”

Lu Feng’s two eyes brightened, “Then it is possible?”

“Of course, it’s called the Houtian Transformation.”

Lu Feng thought long and hard, then muttered to himself. “If I can manage to take some of the Immortal Fruit from the Realm of the Immortals, wouldn’t that mean I would gain a new power?” Once Lu Feng thought about that, he wished he could hurry and obtain all the Spirit Coins and go to the Immortal’s realm.

The Old Man saw Lu Feng’s dazed expression and said. “Were you even listening to what I was saying?” Lu Feng snapped back into attention and replied,”Yes. Yes I was, Master. Please continue with your speech.”

“En, I’m done telling you about the spiritual roots, so let’s talk about your training. Since you’ve just started training and thinking about cultivating. You need to first acc.u.mulate Spirit Qi.

Lu Feng excited, immediately said “I know, I know, it is to acc.u.mulate Qi into the body’s dantian. Then with this Qi it can be use for abilities, right?”

The Old Man’s mind was boggled, “When did you learn this?” Lu Feng laughed, “I read from novels.” The Old Man was confused and asked, “Novels? Which master’s secret book?” Lu Feng almost spat while laughing, “Nothing much, it’s just a random person’s writing.”

The Old Man made an “Oh” sound and then continued, “Since you already know about Spirit Qi then I won’t continue on that. All of us have a s.p.a.ce where we store Spirit Qi, that is where you want to store it. Inside the common spirit stone there is a relatively large number of Spirit Qi in it which can be absorbed.”

Lu Feng half understood and asked, “How are you supposed to collect it?” The Old Man helplessly said, “Don’t I make you meditate daily?” Lu Feng depressed asked, “You’re talking about sitting cross legged?”

“Of course.”