Actually, Ye Guan knew that the pagoda lord was definitely hiding something from him.
However, he was not particularly concerned about it now.
What he cared about most at the moment was strength.
In this world, strength was the true path to supremacy.
Only being strong oneself was truly strong.
Qin Feng glanced at Ye Guan, feeling somewhat surprised inside.
Did this fellow really not know his own background?
From his investigations, Ye Guan was an adopted son of the Ye family, but Ye Guan’s specific identity remained uncovered.
From the current situation, Ye Guan’s identity was certainly not simple.
Of course, Ye Guan himself was also extremely extraordinary.
A seventeen-year-old Sword Immortal.
Not to mention in the Central Divine Continent, even if placed in the main Guanxuan Academy, he would count as a genius.
A genius like this, once he became a Sword Emperor, would carry immense weight.
One must know, the main Guanxuan Academy had only three Sword Emperors.
At this thought, Qin Feng smiled. “Brother Ye, in this world, background and connections are naturally important, but I feel personal effort is even more crucial. If we cannot be strong second-generation, then let us become the strong first-generation.”
Ye Guan smiled slightly. “Well said: if we cannot be strong second-generation, then become the strong first-generation. Brother Qin, these words resonate deeply with me.”
Qin Feng laughed heartily.
Ye Guan said gravely, “Brother Qin, I wish to enter the cultivation grounds of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion to train.”
Qin Feng smiled. “Arranged.”
Ye Guan smiled. “Thank you.”
Qin Feng laughed heartily. “No need for thanks. I wonder which aspect Brother Ye wishes to cultivate.”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Spatial gravity.”
Qin Feng said, “As far as I know, Brother Ye can already adapt to fifteenfold spatial gravity.”
Ye Guan nodded. “Does the Immortal Treasure Pavilion have higher-level spatial gravity?”
Qin Feng smiled. “Yes. Follow me.”
With that, he turned and left.
Ye Guan followed.
A moment later, Qin Feng brought Ye Guan to a black great hall.
Qin Feng looked at Ye Guan. “This is the highest-level cultivation site in Yue City. Cultivating here for one day costs twenty thousand gold crystals.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Guan hesitated, then said, “Can I get a discount?”
Although he had some money now, he felt it was still better to spend frugally.
One must prepare for danger in times of peace.
Qin Feng laughed heartily. “I will give you one month free.”
Ye Guan shook his head and smiled. “That would not be proper.”
Qin Feng said, “There is nothing improper about it. Consider it my way of making a friend of you. Of course, if you look down on me, that is another matter.”
Ye Guan smiled bitterly. “Brother Qin, you are taking this too seriously.”
Qin Feng laughed heartily. “Brother Ye, go in.”
Ye Guan nodded slightly. “Alright.”
Qin Feng suddenly said, “Do you want to start from sixteenfold, or…”
Ye Guan said gravely, “Start from sixteenfold first.”
Qin Feng nodded. “Good.”
As soon as Ye Guan entered the hall, a terrifying spatiotemporal gravity immediately pressed down on him, but he only furrowed his brows slightly.
A moment later, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Brother Qin, seventeenfold.”
Outside, Qin Feng nodded and waved his hand.
Soon, the spatiotemporal gravity inside the hall increased to seventeenfold.
Inside the hall, Ye Guan slowly closed his eyes. A moment later, he suddenly said, “Brother Qin, eighteenfold.”
Eighteenfold.
Qin Feng’s eyes narrowed slightly as he gently waved his right hand.
Inside the hall, the spatial gravity directly reached eighteenfold.
At this point, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Brother Qin, twentyfold.”
A trace of solemnity flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes. Twentyfold was a bit outrageous.
One must know, Ye Guan was only at the Space-Shattering Realm.
Among the people he knew, no one at the Space-Shattering Realm could withstand twentyfold spatiotemporal gravity. Even some monstrous geniuses from demonic clans with extremely terrifying physical bodies could not do it.
After a moment of silence, Qin Feng waved his hand again.
Inside the hall, the spatial pressure immediately rose to twentyfold.
Boom.
Ye Guan instantly felt his entire body sink. At this moment, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
This was exactly the sensation he wanted.
Oppression.
A sense of suffocation.
Soon, Ye Guan began thrusting his sword. At first, it was slow as usual, but before long, his sword speed began to gradually increase.
He was not simply practising sword techniques. He was familiarising himself with the rules of this spatial gravity. He discovered that each time the spatial pressure increased, it was because the spatial mass had grown heavier.
Space was also a form of matter.
This was his discovery.
To adapt to this spatial gravity, one must first become familiar with this spatial matter, and that required a certain process.
Inside the hall, gradually, Ye Guan’s sword grew faster and faster.
Outside, Qin Feng watched this scene, his expression extremely solemn.
What he saw was not twentyfold spatiotemporal gravity. He saw a terrifying sword cultivator.
If Ye Guan came out, with this speed, who in the same realm could withstand him?
Not to mention the same realm, even surpassing two or three realms would pose no problem.
Monstrous.
Qin Feng shook his head and smiled. A figure like this, if placed in the main Guanxuan Academy, would definitely have a spot on the Prodigy List.
At this thought, Qin Feng could not help but feel it somewhat absurd.
Why?
Because on the Prodigy List, the lowest realm was the Great Tribulation Realm.
Above Space-Shattering Realm was Annihilation Realm, above that was Earth Law Realm, then Heaven Law Realm, followed by Minor Tribulation Realm, and only then Great Tribulation Realm.
Compared to Great Tribulation Realm, Ye Guan was five realms lower.
One could only say that Ye Guan was the most formidable Space-Shattering Realm cultivator he had ever seen.
At this moment, Ye Guan suddenly said, “Brother Qin, twenty-onefold.”
Qin Feng glanced at Ye Guan inside the hall and waved his hand.
Soon, the spatial pressure inside the hall rose to twenty-onefold.
Two hours passed.
The spatial pressure inside the hall had risen to twenty-twofold.
During this time, Qin Feng did not leave. The more he watched, the more astonished he became. Each time, he thought Ye Guan had reached his limit, but in the next moment, Ye Guan would immediately prove him wrong.
Another two hours passed, and now the spatial pressure inside the hall had become twenty-threefold.
Twenty-threefold.
Outside, Qin Feng fell silent, his face solemn.
At this point, he was no longer merely shocked. He was profoundly shaken.
At noon the next day, the spatial pressure inside the hall had become twenty-fivefold.
Twenty-five times heavier than the outside spatial pressure.
What did that mean?
Qin Feng stared at Ye Guan inside the hall, a complex look flashing in his eyes.
Madman.
This was his thought at the moment.
This Ye Guan’s attitude towards cultivation was too terrifying. He could sense that each time, Ye Guan was struggling greatly, but in the face of that struggle, Ye Guan was excited.
Abnormally excited.
He knew Ye Guan was constantly challenging his own limits.
Five days passed.
At this point, the spatial pressure in the hall where Ye Guan was had reached thirtyfold.
Inside the hall, Ye Guan thrust his sword slowly, like an old man, but as time passed, his speed began to increase bit by bit, and it grew faster and faster.
About two hours later, Ye Guan’s speed had become the same as outside.
At this moment, he had completely adapted to thirtyfold spatial pressure.
Ye Guan suddenly said, “Brother Qin, thirty-onefold.”
At this point, all the spatial pressure in the scene vanished completely.
Ye Guan was stunned.
Qin Feng walked in. He looked at Ye Guan, shook his head, and smiled. “Brother Ye, thirtyfold is already the highest spatial pressure in Yue City.”
The highest.
Ye Guan’s brows furrowed.
Qin Feng looked at Ye Guan as if looking at a monster.
Ye Guan nodded, then lay on the ground. He slowly closed his eyes.
Comprehension.
Over this period, his attainment in space had greatly improved.
Three points: familiarise with space, integrate into space, transcend space.
Space had patterns. As long as one familiarised oneself with these patterns, results would come twice as fast with half the effort.
Actually, his current power could already easily destroy space, then utilise the explosive force from spatial collapse to produce immense power.
That was the Annihilation Realm.
But he had not chosen to break through.
Because he felt he could push to even greater extremes.
Actual combat.
Ye Guan suddenly sat up. He looked at Qin Feng. “Brother Qin, shall we spar?”
What he needed now was actual combat.
Upon hearing this, Qin Feng’s eyelids twitched. “Do not joke. Look at all this fat on me. Do you think I look like someone who fights? Visiting a brothel is fine, but fighting, forget it.”
Ye Guan smiled bitterly.
Qin Feng said gravely, “You want actual combat?”
Ye Guan nodded. “Yes.”
Qin Feng stared at Ye Guan. “Go to the Guanxuan Academy and challenge the rankings.”
Ye Guan was somewhat puzzled. “What ranking challenge?”
Qin Feng’s expression became rather strange. “Do you really not know that the Guanxuan Academy has a martial list?”
Ye Guan shook his head. “I do not.”
As soon as he arrived in the Central Divine Continent, he went to the Dao Sect, and the Dao Sect… no need to mention it. Talking about it would only bring tears.
Qin Feng explained, “In the Guanxuan Academy, there is a martial list. All geniuses from the Central Divine Continent and below it can participate, as long as they are no older than twenty-five. The geniuses on this martial list serve as a benchmark for the younger generation in the Central Divine Continent and represent the quality of its talents.”
Ye Guan shook his head. “I am not from the Guanxuan Academy.”
Qin Feng smiled. “Even if not from the Guanxuan Academy, you can participate.”
Ye Guan fell silent.
Qin Feng added, “There are rewards.”
Ye Guan immediately looked at Qin Feng. “What rewards?”
Qin Feng smiled. “Tenth place receives five hundred thousand gold crystals per month, ninth place seven hundred thousand, eighth place one million, seventh place one million three hundred thousand… third place three million gold crystals per month, second place four million, first place five million gold crystals per month, plus one hundred thousand immortal crystals.”
Five million gold crystals.
One hundred thousand immortal crystals.
Ye Guan’s expression changed.
He had quite a few gold crystals now, but his spending was also enormous. Over this period of cultivation, he had already spent nearly four hundred thousand gold crystals.
This was only because Qin Feng had given him free access. Otherwise, he would have spent even more.
Qin Feng continued, “Most importantly, if you achieve first place, you might get to see a strand of imagery left by the Human Sword Master.”
Upon hearing this, Ye Guan froze. “Imagery left by the Human Sword Master?”
Qin Feng nodded. “Yes. If the Human Sword Master is in a good mood and grants you some inheritance, that would truly be a massive gain. Of course, it may not happen unless you are very special, because over so many years, he has only appeared once, and that was thousands of years ago.”
The Human Sword Master.
Ye Guan immediately felt a sense of longing. Of course, he did not care about any inheritance. He cared about meeting the Human Sword Master.
If he could meet the Human Sword Master, perhaps he could directly borrow the Qingxuan Sword.
Although the chance was slim, it was still a chance.
At this thought, Ye Guan said in his heart, “Lord Pagoda, I remember you said before that you know the Human Sword Master, right?”
The little pagoda said, “Yes.”
Ye Guan thought for a moment, then said, “If I reach first place, will he come out for your sake?”
After a moment of silence, the little pagoda said, “Of course. Although he is very powerful, he still would not dare to disregard my, Little Pagoda’s, face.”
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