Chapter 456 - Third Attempt to Climb the Qilin Mountain (2/2)

“Nothing!? Strange…” Qin Fen scratched his head. Clearly, there was an intense hostility just now, how can I not find any enemy? Are my martial senses playing tricks on me?

Qin Fen closed his eyes, again, having unable to locate any enemy.

“He will still go up the mountain?” Song Jia took a step forward and shook Song Zhenting’s hand back and forth like a little girl. “Next time, I also want to watch…”

“This…”

“Daaaddddddddd…” Song Jia cried like a baby. Immediately, Song Zhenting felt his bones turn soft. He looked at this lovely daughter and then turned his gaze at the repeated playing of Qin Fen on the projection, the thirst to beat Qin Fen rising once more.

Song Zhenting stretched his three fingers. “You need to agree to three things, first, you are not allowed to speak; second, you are not allowed to interfere; and finally, you can’t be willful.”

“Mhmm, mhmm!” Song Jia nodded, again and again. “No problem! Let’s go, let’s go! We need to grab good seats!”

While getting dragged by his daughter to the top of the mountain, Song Zhenting didn’t forget to glance back at the Qin Fen in the projection with hatred.

One day, two days, three days… Qilin Mountain was as quiet as ever. For the next three days, Qin Fen didn’t go up the mountain again. He had been staying at the foot of the mountain, sitting in the cross-legged position most of the time outside of eating and sleeping.

Steward Hou, sitting on the rocking chair in the hall on the top of Qilin Mountain, suddenly opened his narrowed eyes as he heard a thunderclap-like explosion from the foot of the mountain. A slight smile spread on his lips as he muttered to himself, “Kid, you still have one last chance. If you don’t show any more progress, it won’t be surprising for Master to kill you right then and there, paying no heed to your background.”

Thundersteps!

Mysterious Daughter of Nine Skies looked at the place where Qin Fen was sitting before in shock. After bits and pieces of rocks flew everywhere with a powerful shockwave, a half-a-meter size pit had appeared there, as if a mortar shell had just exploded there.

Hashimoto stared at the slipstream left by a high-speed body on his left in a daze. This slipstream wasn’t left by the high-speed movement of Thundersteps but by the high-speed maneuver of the Wukong Technique just after the Thundersteps.

Thundersteps had a unique aspect. Even if it helped Qin Fen moved faster than the Wukong Technique, it would not leave any trace in the air. That was the true strong point about Qin Fen’s Thundersteps.

“The Wukong Technique used by a fifteen-star martial artist can actually be so fast…”

Hashimoto gazed at Qin Fen, who had landed not too far away. Qin Fen, who had not sweated even a single drop after having fought two martial dao masters back to back at Hallasan, was already sweating profusely after using a single high-speed maneuver using Wukong Technique, gasping for breaths with his hands on his knees.

Having compressed his true energy, stimulated the blood cells in his body through an instant burst, and gathered all of his physical strength, the speed of the Wukong Technique had exceeded the limit of a fifteen-star martial artist.

Qin Fen regulated his breathing and readjusted his body back to his peak. He raised his head slightly and looked at the top of the Qilin Mountain. “I will show you this time clearly and ask Song Jia’s hand in marriage.”

Thundersteps resounded again! Immediately, Qin Fen appeared before the gate of Qilin Mountain. At the sight of this, Hashimoto Nagashiro shook his head gently and muttered to himself, sighing, “A tiger might not get angry if it’s disturbed once, maybe twice, but what about thrice? Besides, he isn’t a tiger but a Qilin.”

Watching Qin Fen’s shrinking back as he went up the mountain, the Mysterious Daughter of Nine Skies’ heart skipped a beat a few times. She clenched her fist nervously as she muttered to herself. “He will be fine time, right?”

“It’s hard to say.” Hashimoto Nagashiro shook his head. “It’s really hard to say. Qilin is a divine beast-level martial artist, a top-level martial artist. How can God allow a young martial artist to violate its prestige? Let alone the military generals standing behind Qin Fen, even if there was a divine beast-level martial artist behind Qin Fen, Qilin would still not give him face.”

Going up the Qilin Mountain for the third time, Qin Fen’s feelings were significantly different from the last two times. The prickling, vicious glares around him had turned as soft as cotton; they didn’t pose any distraction. Apart from the awe of the majestic mountain, he only felt admiration; nothing more, nothing less.

A few thousand meters above the sea level was nothing in the eyes of martial dao master. After having climbed a few hundred steps, Qin Fen furrowed his brow slightly as he looked up at the countless steps. The next moment, his feet left the ground.

Wukong Technique! Take off!

Enjoying the wind blowing on the mountain, Qin Fen flew all the way up the mountain; his martial attire flapping hard against the wind. For the first time in his life, he felt a sense of heroism, that the Earth was under his feet when looking at the mountains below.

Shaking his shoulders slightly, Qin Fen flew horizontally before he landed before the hall on the top of the mountain.

Steward Hou, who was resting on the rattan chair as always, nodded to Qin Fen’s bow before pointing at the nearby peak of the mountain.

Qin Fen straightened his spine and lifted his legs, climbing towards the peak.

The first step, second step, third step, fourth step… eightieth step.

Qin Fen looked at the last step before turning his gaze at the nearby stone house. A faint smile spread across his lips as a clap of thunder resounded under his feet! The last step, the eightieth step shook suddenly before it exploded into countless pieces!

Thundersteps! Attack!

The last two times Qin Fen went up the mountain, the initiative to attack was in Qilin’s hand. Going up the Qilin Mountain for the third time, Qin Fen had not only prepared his martial skills, he also was fully prepared to fight!