Chapter 4: A Discussion Regarding Soldiers (1/2)
Chapter 4 : A Discussion Regarding Soldiers
“The human physique cannot be compared to a phoenix’s body. The phoenix, as a fetus, already had spirit energy. Once it is born, it already had the strength to burn the sky and torch the ocean. One flap of the wings can destroy a large mountain. As for a human, one must start off with a solid foundation before he can begin the cultivation path.”
“Currently, I am no longer the sect master of the royal phoenix race; now, I am only a regular human being. If I want to change my physique, I have to start training the “Immortal Phoenix Physique.” Once the grand completion is achieved, I can live for ninety-thousand years. Even after death, my body will not decay.”
“The biggest advantage of the “Immortal Phoenix Physique” is that it can change the innate constitution of a human, making it more powerful and refined.”
Unfortunately, the “Immortal Phoenix Physique” was very difficult to cultivate; even Feng Fei Yun, in his past life, with the body of a phoenix as a base and the ninth level of Heaven’s Emergence, couldn’t reach grand completion. It was an accurate reflection of the degree of challenge it was to cultivate.
In the present, Feng Fei Yun could only start from scratch, once again, step by step on the road of torturous cultivation. It was the only way to survive, for this world was a place where the strong bullied the weak; if one doesn’t want to be eaten alive, then he has to be the strongest.
In his mind, Shui Yue Ting’s beautiful figure emerged again. Now, she was a goddess among the Saints, but he was only a weak, humbled mortal.
If another meeting were to occur, she would not recognize the current Feng Fei Yun, for her pride wouldn’t allow her to even glance at a tiny and ordinary human.
With this thought, Feng Fei Yun stopped in his tracks. He took a look at the strange pedestrians around him and saw that they all had black hair, black eyes, and yellow skin. These weren’t demons in human form, but they were actually humans.
Feng Fei Yun had always cultivated in isolation in the depths of the Phoenix Mountain, so his knowledge of the human world was non-existent.
As for the foreign architectural style, he appreciated the antiquitic aura. The wooden balcony and the roof cornices decorated with engravings of birds. Each of the houses were a unique work of art.
The cultural atmosphere was strange to Feng Fei Yun as well, stimulating his curiosity. His mind was filled with questions, he mumbled: “It seems like the Spirit Vessel had brought me to the other end of the world or a different world completely.”
His current location was at the Spirit State city. In the span of a few thousand miles, Spirit State city was the oldest and biggest city. It oversaw the surrounding towns, and it had over ten million inhabitants.
Spirit State city was only an average ancient city within the Jin Dynasty. From Feng Fei Yun’s knowledge, the Jin Dynasty was a whole world; it was extremely vast without boundaries. There were at least ten thousand cities that resembled the size of Spirit State city.
As for what was outside of the Jin kingdom, he did not know. A normal human’s knowledge was naturally limited.
“This young master Feng was a person who only plays around, awaiting his own death. His knowledge was too little; nine parts of ten are related to women, and the remaining part is related to drinking and partying. I am the dignified Patriarch of the Demon Phoenix Race; why did my soul fuse with such a scum?”
“Ugh, what is the point of complaining? This guy is me now. I will have to accept my fate.”
Feng Fei Yun reluctantly accepted his situation with a sigh.
If he wanted to quickly adapt to the new environment, he had to widen his knowledge. He would have to know this world before he could be adapt to it.
“The library in the Feng’s mansion has a world map and other geographic findings; I can go take a look at them.”
Feng Fei Yun changed his direction back towards Feng’s mansion and increased his pace.
Feng Fei Yun’s background was quite extraordinary. His father was the governor of Spirit State city. He was in charge of not only the ten millions people in the city but also the dozen surrounding counties. Each year, officials everywhere entered Spirit State city to bribe him with treasures and money.
One could say that Feng Fei Yun’s father was the king of this corner, reigning over the surrounding thousand miles and millions of citizens.
He was the only son of the governor; thus, no matter how many maidens he had ruined, no one dared to say anything. Even when someone refused to accept the unfairness, they were arrested and beaten to death by the guards. To not obey the young master was the same as not obeying the governor.
Feng Fei Yun’s house was the Feng mansion, and it was the governor’s office of Spirit State city. Surrounded with magnificent decorated pillars, high walls with many gardens, and nine entrances and nine exits, along with five hundred servants and maids; it was almost an imperial palace.
Even though Feng Fei Yun was the second generation’s master without any talents in martial arts or literature, his dad, Feng Wan Peng, was an exceptional character well versed in both fighting and the arts.
Twenty years ago, Feng Wan Peng was third place in the Jin Dynasty’s annual literary competition. He was well versed in literary work, thus, the library of the Feng mansion collected more than one hundred thousand books including ancient literature, martial arts manuals, strange information, geographical history, and Buddha scriptures…
Feng Fei Yun did not like reading since he was young; he didn’t even know all of the characters.
This was his first time being in the library’s pavilion. In front of his eyes were ancient books, writings on bamboo strips, and even pretty copies rewritten by human hands. His heart was filled with excitement, wondering why he had never went to such a place before.
“Young master, the master had said to not let you into the library. If you ruin his collection, the master will be thunderously furious; then everyone will have to suffer from his wrath.”
“Young master, you cannot read any of the books here! It is not too late to get out! Otherwise once the master finds out, we will all be clubbed to death.”
Four pretty young maids in charge of monitoring the library surrounded him. All of them were wearing pretty cloth robes decorated with clouds. Their ages ranged from sixteen to twenty, and their faces resembled pretty flowers; their skin was silky smooth. All were young and beautiful girls.
The girls were begging Feng Fei Yun as if they thought he was going to burn down the whole library. Although they acted respectfully toward Feng Fei Yun, inside, they looked down upon him. He was only an idiot without any talents in literature or martial arts. If his dad was not the governor, then he wouldn’t even be comparable to a beggar.
Young master Feng was illiterate before, but the present was not the same as the past. Although he was not an extreme expert in literature, having lived for one thousand years, his accumulation of knowledge was frighteningly large; it was not something mortals that could only live for dozens of years could compare to.
“So as long as I can read, can stay here?”