Training base, secret chamber.
After returning from the Ancient Martial Artists Association, Li Feng went straight to the training base. Although he could cultivate in Tianya Pavilion, Li Feng still felt the secret chamber here was safer.
Sitting cross-legged, Li Feng took out the Divine Soul Herb from his spatial bag.
This was his only way to break through his divine sense. Although the Divine Soul Herb had only a 40% chance of success, Li Feng decided to try it.
With that thought, Li Feng did not hesitate. He chewed the entire herb and swallowed it. As soon as it entered his stomach, his expression changed dramatically. He felt as though his internal organs were being torn apart by thousands of ants.
Fortunately, the sensation lasted only five minutes before easing. A large amount of medicinal power rapidly dissolved and flowed quickly through his meridians into his divine sea.
Li Feng immediately began cultivating according to the Divine Control Technique. He knew whether he could break through his divine sense to the Innate realm depended on the herb’s efficacy.
Half an hour later, while cultivating the Divine Control Technique, Li Feng suddenly felt a boom in his divine sea. Then he passed out.
He did not know how much time had passed before Li Feng woke from the coma. He checked his condition in confusion.
Why had he fainted? Had it failed?
Thinking this, Li Feng instinctively swept out his divine sense. Immediately, the entire situation around the training base came into view. Li Feng was stunned, then overwhelmed with joy. His divine sense had naturally broken through.
His divine sense had finally reached the Innate realm.
Originally, with his Postnatal Ninth Layer peak divine sense, he could perceive everything within a 500-metre radius. But now, having broken through to the Innate realm, he could perceive everything within a kilometre radius.
Moreover, his Divine Control Technique could now control ten people. Excluding the Blood Kill Twin Eagles, Su Yangjian, and Fu Yanxiong, he could still control six more.
“Divine sense has finally broken through. It wasn’t easy.”
Since coming to this world, his cultivation had advanced rapidly, but this was the first breakthrough in divine sense. He wondered if his Divine Control Technique could now control Innate realm experts, since they possessed divine sense.
The Blood Kill Twin Eagles seemed to have divine sense too, yet they could be controlled by the technique. So controlling Innate realm experts might not be impossible. Perhaps it only required their divine sense to be weaker than his.
Li Feng thought that if he had the chance, he could test it. Even if it failed, with his current situation, controlling a few Postnatal Ninth Layer ancient martial artists would still be a great help.
“Now it’s time to find a way to restore my strength.”
Li Feng took out a spirit stone and the dragon jade, then began cultivating.
He had no pills to restore his strength, so he could only cultivate step by step. To increase his cultivation speed, he relied on the spirit stone and dragon jade.
In a dense, uninhabited jungle, there was a hidden path leading to the outside world that few knew about. At the end of this path lay the Nangong family estate.
However, in Huaxia, not many people could find this place. Unless one had a certain status and position, they had no qualification to know of it.
This was an absolutely quiet location.
The Nangong family estate was a vast manor hidden among lush greenery, concealed by an enormous invisible array that hid the entire mountain. From afar, no one could detect such a grand manor nestled in the mountains.
At this moment, in the central hall of the manor, the Nangong family elders were gathered to discuss something. The topic was the message Nangong Xin had just sent back, asking the Nangong family to become a vassal family under Li Feng.
“Arrogant. A brat in his twenties actually wants our Nangong family to become his vassal family. I think he’s insanely arrogant.” The speaker was an elder in red robes named Nangong Wu, Nangong Xin’s third great-uncle and the younger brother of the current family head, Nangong Ke.
“Exactly. No matter how far our Nangong family has fallen, we could never become someone else’s vassal family.”
“Who does this Li Feng think he is? Wanting our Nangong family to become his vassal? Does he have the qualifications?”
“I’ve heard this Li Feng is the eldest young master of the Li family, one of the eight top families. With the two-thousand-year grudge between our Nangong family and the Li family, we’re already merciful not seeking trouble with him. Yet he dares to demand we become his vassal family.”
“In my view, we should give him a proper lesson and let him know how high the sky is and how thick the earth is.”
“Yes. Our Nangong family will never become someone else’s vassal family.”
As soon as Nangong Wu finished speaking, a chorus of agreement rose. Even though the Nangong family had declined, they had not fallen to the point of becoming vassals. The Nangong family had its pride.
“Big Brother, let me go to Tianhai City. I want to teach this ignorant Li Feng a good lesson.” Nangong Wu said gravely to Nangong Ke.
“Yes, Family Head. We should teach this arrogant kid a lesson.”
“Family Head, let me go.”
As soon as Nangong Wu spoke, two middle-aged men stood up.
Nangong Ke’s eyes flashed. He said nothing but turned his gaze to the elder beside Nangong Wu. This elder was Nangong Su, the Grand Elder of the Nangong family.
“Grand Elder, what do you think?” Nangong Ke asked.
When Nangong Ke addressed Nangong Su, everyone fell silent. Nangong Su was not only the Grand Elder but also the stabilising force of the family. Without him, the Nangong family might not even be able to hold onto their ancestral home.
“In the message Nangong Xin sent back, she said this Li Feng has Postnatal Ninth Layer peak strength. What do you all think?” Nangong Su said gravely.
“Postnatal Ninth Layer peak? How is that possible?”
“Li Feng is only in his twenties. How could he have Postnatal Ninth Layer peak strength?”
“It must be false. A Postnatal Ninth Layer peak in his twenties? Has there ever been someone with such monstrous martial talent in the world?”
As soon as Nangong Su spoke, most shook their heads. They had cultivated for decades to reach Postnatal Ninth Layer peak and simply could not believe a young man in his twenties possessed such strength.
“Nangong Wu, what do you think?” Nangong Su looked at Nangong Wu.
“Grand Elder, if it’s a message from Nangong Xin, then it must be true.” Although Nangong Wu found it hard to believe Li Feng had Postnatal Ninth Layer peak strength in his twenties, he knew Nangong Xin would never lie about this. From his understanding of her, she would never send such news unless she had confirmed it.
“Third Uncle, that’s impossible. There has never been a Postnatal Ninth Layer peak ancient martial artist in their twenties.”
“Yes, I don’t believe it either.”
“Even the Xuanyuan family couldn’t cultivate such a young expert.”
“Enough.” Nangong Ke snorted coldly and looked icily at the speakers. “Just because you’ve never heard of it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. This news comes from Xin’er, and she has confirmed it. Li Feng has slain Postnatal Ninth Layer peak ancient martial artists. If he didn’t have that strength himself, how could he kill them?”
Hearing Nangong Ke’s words, everyone shut their mouths. They simply refused to believe it, but thinking of their eldest miss, Nangong Xin, they had no choice but to accept it.
Nangong Xin was named “Xin” because she was born with a seven-apertured exquisite heart. Although she had not yet activated its heaven-defying abilities, with her keen judgement and the family’s intelligence network, she could not be wrong.
Nangong Su’s gaze swept over the crowd as he spoke slowly. “There are no Postnatal Ninth Layer peak ancient martial artists in their twenties now, but a thousand years ago, there were Innate realm experts in their twenties. Have you all read the family records and forgotten?”
Everyone felt a chill in their hearts. They had not forgotten. They simply refused to believe such young powerhouses still existed in the world today.
“Grand Elder, even if Li Feng has such strength, demanding our Nangong family become his vassal is still too arrogant. No one has ever dared speak to our Nangong family like this.” At this point, a middle-aged man stood up.
“Yes. Our Nangong family has not fallen to the point of becoming vassals.”
“Moreover, Li Feng is from the Li family, and the Li family has enmity with us.”
As the man finished, two others agreed.
“Li Feng is indeed very arrogant.”
A wise glint flashed in Nangong Su’s eyes. “But this is an opportunity for our Nangong family.”
“Grand Elder, why do you say that?”
Everyone looked at Nangong Su in confusion. If anyone else had said this, even Nangong Ke, the Nangong family members would have erupted in anger.
“Because of our current situation. How much longer can the Nangong family hold on?” Nangong Su asked gravely.
At this, everyone fell silent.
The Nangong family’s situation was extremely dire, almost at a dead end.
“Grand Elder, Li Feng is merely a Postnatal Ninth Layer peak ancient martial artist. What help could he provide our Nangong family?” Nangong Wu asked.
“Li Feng cannot help us now, but what about the future? We should leave a path open for the Nangong family. With Li Feng’s talent, he will become a powerhouse. In the future, with his protection, even if we cannot overcome the coming crises, the family will not be exterminated.”
Nangong Su glanced at the crowd and continued. “Moreover, the person behind Li Feng who could cultivate such a young powerhouse is probably no ordinary figure. It absolutely cannot be the Li family.”
“Grand Elder, you mean…” Nangong Ke and Nangong Wu thought of a possibility, and their expressions changed.
“It’s not impossible. If it’s truly as we suspect, then our Nangong family becoming his vassal is not out of the question…” Nangong Su said this, then fixed his gaze on Nangong Wu. “Nangong Wu, take some people to Tianhai City. You should know what to do.”
