Tianya Pavilion.
“Ge Feng, congratulations.” Seeing Ge Feng emerge from the cultivation room, a glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. After two days of secluded training, Ge Feng’s cultivation had completely stabilised.
“Li Feng, thank you.” Ge Feng expressed his gratitude very sincerely. If it weren’t for Li Feng, reaching the fifth level of the Postnatal Realm would have taken him goodness knows how many years.
“Li Feng, from now on, no matter what it is, as long as you call for me, I will definitely help without hesitation.” Ge Feng said gravely.
He fully understood what his words meant, but he didn’t care. Because the other person was Li Feng. Even if Li Feng had given him the Thousand-Year Ice Dew for some ulterior motive, Ge Feng still felt it was worth it.
“Hehe, if I ever need you in the future, I’ll be sure to ask.” Li Feng smiled. This was exactly the promise he had been waiting for. Ge Feng was now a Postnatal fifth-level ancient martial artist from a mysterious family, so he must have plenty of trump cards. At this moment, Li Feng needed someone like Ge Feng to assist him.
“And me, and me!” Ge Ying quickly piped up from the side.
“You? Break through to Postnatal fifth level first, then we’ll talk.” Li Feng glanced at Ge Ying and said with a laugh.
“Ah…” Ge Ying looked disappointed. Although she was at the peak of Postnatal fourth level, breaking through to the fifth level was far from easy. Normally, it would take several years. Even after taking the Thousand-Year Ice Dew, fully digesting the medicinal power hidden in her body would still require quite some time.
Li Feng and Ge Feng couldn’t help laughing heartily at her expression.
“By the way, Ge Feng, now that you’ve broken through to Postnatal fifth level, can you help me with something?” Li Feng asked.
“Li Feng, I already said it earlier. Whatever you need, just say the word. Even if it means mountains of knives or seas of fire, I won’t hesitate.” Ge Feng replied seriously.
“Nothing that dramatic. I need you to help me train some people.” Li Feng said with a smile.
“Train people?” Ge Feng was taken aback, not quite understanding.
“I have a combat team. I want you to train them for me.” Li Feng thought of the Black Eagle squad. If the Black Eagle members only trained in seclusion, their strength would improve too slowly, so he decided to give them special intensive training.
However, because of matters with the Hongmen, he didn’t have much time right now, which was why he thought of Ge Feng. Ge Feng came from a reclusive family, he was reliable, and his strength was at Postnatal fifth level. He was the best choice.
“A combat team?” Ge Feng was stunned.
“Yes. Come with me.” Seeing that it was still early, Li Feng said to Ge Feng.
“I’m coming too!” Ge Ying hurriedly added.
“Alright, come along.” Li Feng nodded.
The three left Tianya Pavilion and drove to the training base in the suburbs.
“Li Feng, this place is…” Seeing the enormous training facility, a trace of surprise flashed across Ge Feng’s eyes.
“This is where my Black Eagle combat team trains. Right now, the members have only just cultivated true qi, so their strength is still very weak. Therefore…”
Before Li Feng could finish, Ge Feng interrupted him. “Li Feng, did you say every member of your Black Eagle team has cultivated true qi?”
“Yes.” Li Feng nodded.
Shock flashed through Ge Feng’s eyes. He asked, “Li Feng, how many people are in your Black Eagle team?”
“Twenty-five.” Over time, several Black Eagle members had died, but after each loss, Li Feng had replenished the numbers from the reserve team. The squad still maintained twenty-five members.
“Twenty-five ancient martial artists.” Shock flickered in Ge Feng’s eyes. Having spent so many days in Tianhai City, he already knew Li Feng’s identity as the eldest young master of one of China’s top families. In little more than a month, without the Li family’s support, he had built a considerable foundation in Tianhai City.
Yet Ge Feng had never expected Li Feng to have twenty-five ancient martial artists under his command. Were twenty-five ancient martial artists a lot? Not really. In the Ge family, they could easily produce that many. But Li Feng was different. These twenty-five had been built entirely by his own hands.
Ge Feng couldn’t help comparing himself to Li Feng. They were about the same age, but there was simply no comparison. Li Feng surpassed him in both strength and achievements.
“You could say that.” In this era, people liked calling martial artists “ancient martial artists”. Li Feng had no choice, though in his heart, he still felt “martial artist” sounded better.
“Ge Feng, I need you to train them harshly.” By “train”, Li Feng didn’t mean supervising their cultivation, but real combat training. Previously, Li Feng would occasionally spar with the Black Eagle members to temper them, but for the coming period, he wouldn’t have the time, so he turned to Ge Feng.
Originally, the Blood Kill Twin Eagles would have been the best choice. After all, with the Divine Control Technique, they would never betray him. But to deal with possible revenge from Chen Junyi, he needed the Twin Eagles’ help, leaving Ge Feng as his only option.
After Li Feng explained his real intentions, a glint flashed in Ge Feng’s eyes. “Li Feng, rest assured. I won’t let you down.”
Li Feng nodded, unaware that this decision would completely change Ge Feng’s life.
The three entered the training base and saw two small Black Eagle squads drilling on the training ground.
Li Feng said to Ge Feng, “Go test their skills.”
“I’ll do it!” Before Ge Feng could reply, Ge Ying leapt forward and charged towards the Black Eagle members on the field.
“Ge Ying…”
Ge Feng was about to call her back when Li Feng stopped him. “Let Ge Ying test them. With her strength, dealing with them will be effortless.”
After body forging and cultivating true qi, most Black Eagle members were at Postnatal first level, though their combat power reached Postnatal second level. Still, against Ge Ying at the peak of Postnatal fourth level, they stood no chance.
Although Ge Ying was a girl, she was no delicate flower. Having undergone trials in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains for so long, her combat experience was considerable.
Sure enough, the moment Ge Ying charged in, she was like a tiger descending the mountain. Under her attacks, the Black Eagle members couldn’t withstand even a single move and were sent flying one after another.
Tap-tap-tap…
The sound of hurried footsteps approached. It was Tian Lang and the others who had received the alert. The moment they entered the training ground, they saw Ge Ying dominating the field, sending Black Eagle members flying left and right. They immediately flew into a rage, thinking someone had come to cause trouble.
But when they spotted Li Feng at the edge of the field, they froze. With Li Feng present, it clearly wasn’t an attack.
“Young Master Feng, how is this possible?” Tian Lang and the others came to Li Feng’s side and asked.
“Training.” Li Feng replied expressionlessly.
“Training?” Tian Lang and the others were stunned. Looking back at the field, they saw the fight was already over. Apart from Ge Ying, both small squads of Black Eagle members were lying on the ground.
“Li Feng, your subordinates are too weak. They can’t even beat me.” Ge Ying walked over to Li Feng and said with a cheeky grin.
Hearing this, the corner of Tian Lang’s mouth twitched.
He knew exactly how strong those two squads were, yet they couldn’t even defeat a girl. He understood that Ge Ying was also one of the martial artists Li Feng had mentioned, but still, a girl? Even if she was a martial artist, wasn’t this strength a bit too terrifying? These two squads had cultivated true qi and become martial artists. They were no longer ordinary people. Any one small squad could easily wipe out his former Tian Lang mercenary group.
“That’s why they need training.” Li Feng’s gaze swept across every Black Eagle member’s face, then pointed at Ge Feng. “This is Ge Feng. From today, he is your instructor and will be in charge of your training. The training ends only when you can defeat him.”
With Ge Feng’s current early Postnatal fifth-level strength, for all twenty-five Black Eagle members to defeat him, each would need at least peak Postnatal third level, and that was assuming Ge Feng’s strength didn’t improve.
But Ge Feng had taken the Thousand-Year Ice Dew, and its effects hadn’t been fully absorbed yet. Over the next period, his cultivation would advance rapidly. Li Feng estimated that within two months, once Ge Feng fully absorbed the dew’s power, he could at least reach peak Postnatal fifth level.
At peak Postnatal fifth level, the Black Eagle members would need to reach early Postnatal fourth level to have any hope of defeating him together.
So although Li Feng’s condition sounded simple, accomplishing it would be far from easy.
“And me, and me!” Ge Ying said from the side.
“Right, and Ge Ying too.” Li Feng paused for a moment, then continued, “Ge Feng is at early Postnatal fifth level, Ge Ying is at peak Postnatal fourth level. Whenever they are at this training base, their words represent mine. You must cooperate unconditionally with their training. Understood?”
“Yes!” To the Black Eagle squad, Li Feng’s orders were absolute. Moreover, having just witnessed Ge Ying’s strength, none of them felt any dissatisfaction.
“Ge Feng, Ge Ying, come with me.”
Li Feng led the Ge siblings away from the training ground, showed them around the base, then said, “Ge Feng, Ge Ying, from now on you’ll have to live here while training the Black Eagle squad.”
“This place is fine.” Ge Feng said indifferently. He was a martial arts fanatic who didn’t care about food or accommodation. Besides, having him train the Black Eagle squad basically meant getting to fight every day, which suited him perfectly.
Ge Ying was a little reluctant, but thinking that helping train the squad was helping Li Feng, she kept her complaints to herself.
“Li Feng, your Black Eagle members are only at Postnatal first level, yet their combat power is equivalent to Postnatal second level. How?” Ge Feng finally asked the question that had been bothering him. Although Ge Ying’s fight had lasted less than five minutes, he had already noticed the anomaly.
A glint flashed in Li Feng’s eyes. He said solemnly, “Because of body forging.”
“What? Body forging?” Ge Feng’s expression changed drastically. He nearly jumped in shock and stared at Li Feng in disbelief. “Li Feng, your Black Eagle squad has actually undergone body forging? How is that possible? Isn’t the body forging technique long lost?”
