87 Training (2/2)
Zhao Feng left this until last because he wanted to strengthen his foundation, which would help him absorb it better.
Closing his eyes, Zhao Feng ate the Sun Gathering Pill. After reaching the seventh rank, the progress of Zhao Feng’s cultivation had slowed down. Immediately, Zhao Feng felt a surge of hotness spread throughout his body.
The energy of this pill needed to be slowly released and absorbed. Zhao Feng took more then seven days with Returning Breath Technique circulating nonstop to take in all the energy.
***********************
_Eight days later..._
Zhao Feng had absorbed almost all of the energy of the Sun Gathering Pill. At this time, the green light in the dimension of his left eye had reached 2.5 meters.
A month of hard work had not let Zhao Feng’s cultivation reach peak seventh rank.
_I can’t believe that Bei Moi’s almost at the ninth rank since cultivation slows down so much after the seventh_ , Zhao Feng thought in his heart.
It was good that his Silver Wall Technique had reached the peak sixth rank, and it set a solid foundation for him, which gave him confidence that he could reach the eighth rank in three months time.
_Hu!_
Zhao Feng could feel the power within him as he breathed in and out. The quality and quantity of his Inner Strength had increased dramatically.
_No seventh ranks should be my opponent now. I might even to be able to take on some normal eighth ranks, but there’s no chance of winning if I meet a monster like Bei Moi!_ , Zhao Feng estimated his strength.
He could challenge those of the eighth rank, and he might even have a chance at winning if they were normal cultivators of the eighth rank. If they were prodigies like Nan Gongfan or Bei Moi, they would have at least half-Holy ranked martial arts. He could not beat them, as the latter also had the strength to challenge those of higher ranks. Bei Moi had already killed a cultivator of the ninth rank.
*****************
Zhao Feng finally came out of secluded mediation after a month.
At this time a servant reported to him, “Young master, while you were in secluded meditation, Lady Zhao Yufei and Young Master Feng Hanyue both came to find you.”
_Oh?_
Zhao Feng stretched his body while walking out of his house slowly. Feng Hanyue’s house and Zhao Yufei’s houses were not far away.
Soon, the three met together.
“Brother Zhao, it seems that you’ve improved quite a bit in one month,” Feng Hanyue gave a faint smile and he was slightly curious.
“Still not good enough compared with Brother Feng.”
Zhao Feng found that Feng Hanyue had almost reached the limit of the seventh rank, not tarnishing the name of the top genius of the Ten Sky Guards.
Zhao Yufei had increased by leaps and bounds as well, reaching the seventh rank.
Today, the three youths discussed their skills and the others wanted to spar. Zhao Feng didn’t reject this notion either and sparred with the two.
The final result was that Zhao Feng fought Feng Hanyue to a standstill, while Zhao Yufei lost by a bit.
Throughout the sparring, Zhao Feng used only sixty to seventy percent power of his Silver Wall Technique and he slightly conserved the power of his other skills such as Star Finger and Smoking Transparent Step.
Even then, Zhao Feng was surprised at Feng Hanyue’s strength as the latter may have hidden his strength, too. But the one who was most shocked was Feng Hanyue; he wouldn’t have thought that after just one month, Zhao Feng would be able to fight on par with him.
While they were sparring, Zhao Feng realized that both Feng Hanyue and Zhao Yufei had trained in a few half-Holy ranked martial arts as well.
“Being disciples of Lord Guanjun, we can go to the Treasury Hall and choose a total of ten half-Holy martial arts,” Feng Hanyue told him.
This news made Zhao Feng jump with joy. No wonder Third Guard and Bei Moi didn’t seem to put half-Holy martial arts in their eyes.
The advantage they gained by being a disciple of Lord Guanjun was just too big. Zhao Feng decided to go to the Treasury Hall when he had time.
“Oh yes, I forgot to tell you that Nan Gongfan invited us to spar with each other in three days, and Bei Moi will be there as well…,” Feng Hanyue said.