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Like during the Golden Core stage, after the promotion, Xu Feng's Wood Element flashed with colorful brilliance in his Yuan Ying, even more dazzling and captivating than before.
Completing the Wood Element promotion in such a short time was largely due to the Strange Nascent Soul. It was his unique spiritual power that allowed Xu Feng to reduce the time spent on alchemy while fully meeting the needs of his own Yuan Ying. Every time Xu Feng advanced a level, he wanted to thank the Strange Nascent Soul, but that Yuan Ying remained with its eyes closed, ignoring him completely.
However, Xu Feng also noticed that while helping him advance, the Strange Nascent Soul was gaining significant benefits as well. The Strange Nascent Soul would absorb spiritual power from Xu Feng's Yuan Ying and then return it on schedule. In this process of taking and returning, it grew rapidly, its overall mental state improving significantly, yet its slender eyes remained shut.
The two Yuan Yings grew synchronously within Xu Feng's body. In eight years, Xu Feng completed the First Round of Five Elements Cultivation in the Nascent Soul Stage, and his strength surged once again. At this point, Xu Feng could unleash a punch powerful enough to obliterate a Late Stage Nascent Soul without any magical artifacts, relying solely on the double function of Arrow Meridian.
Calculating the time, there were still two years until Xu Feng's exit from seclusion. After careful consideration, he decided to practice the most challenging Sorrowful Technique.
After advancing to Yuan Ying, Xu Feng's Soul Power also increased, subtly showing signs of breaking through to the mid-stage of Dark Realm. He planned to use these two years to cultivate the Sorrowful Technique to the later stage of Dark Realm. This way, he would have an area-of-effect killing technique; within the Nascent Soul Stage, once Sorrowful Technique was unleashed, there would be nowhere for opponents to escape.
He spent a month refining tens of thousands of Soul Nourishing Pills. This type of pill was not particularly potent, and unable to find better soul-related medicines at the moment, he had to compensate with sheer quantity.
Holding the Soul Nourishing Pearl, Xu Feng diligently practiced according to the cultivation method of Sorrowful Technique day and night.
Soul-related cultivation methods are notoriously difficult and tedious. Many cultivators are reluctant to practice Soul Power because progress is slow and they lack talent; often after ten years of cultivation, they still cannot match a regular cultivator who has trained for five years. Spiritual practitioners are akin to mages in Xian Dao; without talent, it is best not to pursue this path.
After crossing over with dual souls and later obtaining the Soul Nourishing Pearl, Xu Feng's conditions for cultivation were far superior to others. Now he not only had dual souls but also dual Yuan Yings. As long as that Strange Nascent Soul provided some assistance like before, his Sorrowful Technique would surely advance rapidly.
However, plans often fall short; that Strange Nascent Soul seemed uninterested in Soul Power. Its triune spiritual power offered no help for cultivating Soul Power either. After several attempts at communication yielded no response from the Strange Nascent Soul, Xu Feng had no choice but to abandon seeking its help and focus entirely on cultivating Sorrowful Technique.
Two years pass quickly for cultivators; it felt like a mere blink of an eye.
Standing atop a mountain peak, a White Heron flew overhead. Xu Feng gently said, "Come down and shake hands before you go."
The White Heron inexplicably landed beside him on a rock. Xu Feng reached out and patted its head, saying, "Go now, be good." Startled, the White Heron snapped back to reality and fled frantically.
After two years of arduous training, Xu Feng had brought Sorrowful Technique up to the mid-stage of Dark Realm; there was still a long way to go before reaching the later stage. Even so, his mid-stage Dark Realm Soul Power was sufficient to sweep through the Nascent Soul Stage without needing to catch anyone off guard; he could now attack directly with words that would leave opponents mentally stunned for a moment.
This momentary lapse was time for Xu Feng to do as he pleased; in high-level confrontations, even a delay of just one-tenth of a second could lead to death multiple times over. The Sorrowful Technique created such opportunities on a large scale—once unleashed, all cultivators within its attack range would be affected.
To disguise the true nature of Sorrowful Technique, Xu Feng also specifically cultivated a charm technique called Consort's Smile. Consort's Smile is a famous seduction technique in Xian Dao typically practiced by Female Cultivators to confuse their opponents; as long as one guards their mind effectively against it, Consort's Smile becomes nearly ineffective. For Yuan Ying Cultivators, Consort's Smile is almost akin to silly laughter.
The Gale Sword Formation also relies on Soul Power to activate, and the advancement of the Sorrowful Technique plays a decisive role in its application. With more practice, the power of the Gale Sword Formation will increase several times.
However, ten years have passed, and Xu Feng must emerge from his seclusion. Counting back, Xu Feng has spent one hundred and five years in this retreat.
Down the mountain, the Xu family has sent someone as expected, seemingly to take Xu Feng back. From a distance, Zhou Yu is walking up the mountain path alone.
“Zhou Yu,” Xu Feng smiled and said, “You’re not here to pick me up, are you?”
“No, I’m not here to pick you up,” Zhou Yu's response surprised Xu Feng. “I’m just here to tell you that you can stay in seclusion for another ten years.”
“Uh…” Xu Feng stared closely at Zhou Yu, making her face turn red. “Are you sure you’re not joking?”
Zhou Yu replied angrily, “Who’s joking with you? It’s what Supervisor Xu said; it’s the family head’s intention for you to stay in seclusion for another ten years.”
Supervisor Xu? Xu Ruofei? And the family head? Xu Feng didn’t even know what the family head of the Xu family looked like. How could the family head possibly grant him another ten years of seclusion? Shaoyang Mountain is not just any place; it’s where all Xu Family Disciples aspire to be.
Xu Feng felt a surge of joy and said, “That’s really too… unfortunate. I wanted to return early to help my elder sister with her work and run errands for Zhou Yu.”
Zhou Yu shot him a glare and said softly, “Actually, I also want you to return soon, back to… your elder sister.” After finishing this sentence, Zhou Yu placed a bottle of elixir down and left without looking back. However, she turned around to glance back when she reached a secluded spot.
Xu Feng stored the elixir in his ring. Over the past hundred years, he hadn’t used any of the ten bottles of elixirs Zhou Yu brought him; they were all kept in his Spatial Ring.
Why would the family head give me an extra ten years? Could it be related to Jin Lema? This matter even Xu Ruchu doesn’t know about; how could it possibly be Jin Lema?
Xu Feng couldn’t figure it out at the moment and didn’t want to dwell on it. This extra ten years would be just enough to refine his Combat Techniques and fully integrate his Nascent Soul Stage strength into practical combat.
The first item of cultivation was naturally the Gale Sword Formation. Since entering the second layer with thirty-six swords, Xu Feng could only activate the Gale Sword Formation once. Now, after two years of training, the Sorrowful Technique has advanced to the mid-stage of the Dark Realm, and his Soul Power has tripled compared to before. Controlling the Sword Formation is no longer an issue.
Indeed, when Xu Feng controlled thirty-six Flying Swords this time, it was much easier than before. In his first practice session, he was able to activate it twice with only half the interval time needed previously.
In his second practice session, he again activated it twice.
Third, still two times.
Fourth...
After practicing for ten sessions, Xu Feng showed no progress at all; he could only activate it twice. It seemed that wanting to achieve something significant was not easy. With the ability to activate the second layer of the Gale Sword Formation twice, as long as he didn't face a mass siege, it would be sufficient to handle most situations.
After two years of cultivating Soul Power, he had only managed to increase the activation of the Gale Sword Formation by one time. Xu Feng understood that it would become increasingly difficult to advance as time went on, so he didn't push himself too hard. At his age of one hundred and thirty, reaching this level was already commendable.
In the following time, Xu Feng continued to focus on intense training, primarily on Combat Techniques, with spiritual power as a supplement.
Although he could only activate the Swift Wind Thirty-Six Swords twice, Xu Feng still spent half a year practicing it until he mastered all thirty-six swords. The technique of the Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin Formation was further developed here; while the Gale Sword Formation originally moved in straight lines with only a few directions, it was now transformed into curves and solitary lines, becoming completely free Flying Swords. The Sword Formation unleashed was nearly impossible to defend against.
Next, he practiced Diablo. This archery technique, like the Gale Sword Formation, could only be practiced secretly at night to avoid attracting the attention of the mountain disciples. If word got out, it would cause trouble. Xu Feng's Archery Skills were too unique; once they appeared, it was almost certain that it was him, and others couldn't replicate them.
With his Nascent Soul Early Stage Five Elements Body, there was no doubt that against a Late Stage of Nascent Soul opponent, he could kill with a single arrow. Thanks to the presence of Arrow Meridian within him, Xu Feng mastered the power of the upgraded Dark Destroyer in just seven attempts during his archery training.
After mastering these two powerful techniques, Xu Feng turned his attention to magical artifacts. Each artifact required him to infuse spiritual power anew and understand its changes. He spent three years testing five Five Elements Treasure Blades, a pair of flying knives, a pair of Wings of the Strange Dragon, a Blackstone Shield, and a pair of dark gold gauntlets.
During these three years, Xu Feng refined the Mind Armor sent by Xu Ruchu. This was Xu Feng's first Supreme Treasure; previous items that claimed to be Supreme Treasures were not comparable.
Supreme Treasures require a Yuan Ying level or higher to truly unleash their power. Therefore, even with substantial wealth at the Golden Core Stage, Xu Feng did not purchase an exceptional Treasure Blade.
The defensive power of Mind Armor was at least three times stronger than Lingxi Armor. More importantly, because Mind Armor contained a large amount of Xuan Tie Mu, it possessed an extremely strong self-repair capability and was almost indestructible.
In the following years, Xu Feng practiced the Sorrowful Technique again in hopes of advancing it to the later stage of Dark Realm. Unfortunately, as ten years approached, he still hadn't broken through but had made some progress compared to before.
In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed.
During these ten years, what shocked Xu Feng the most was the change in the Strange Nascent Soul. In the first ten years, Yuan Ying assisted Xu Feng's own Yuan Ying in completing its Wood Element advancement. However, in these latter ten years, the Strange Nascent Soul no longer paid attention to Xu Feng and focused all its energy on itself. Xu Feng's Five Elements Power was rapidly drained by it without any return, causing his spiritual cultivation over these ten years to regress instead of progress; only his Soul Power remained unaffected and improved.
Originally his greatest support, the Strange Nascent Soul had turned into a vampire over these ten years. Xu Feng fed it with his own essence blood, nurturing it until it became plump and healthy—its size even doubled compared to Xu Feng's own Yuan Ying—making him feel like a friend in front of it.
Fortunately, the Strange Nascent Soul had some restraint. Every time it saw Xu Feng looking "malnourished," it would slow down its absorption rate. Once Xu Feng regained his strength, it would feast on him again, leaving Xu Feng in a state of near collapse.
Luckily, this exhausting life lasted only ten years. A month before Xu Feng emerged from his seclusion, the Strange Nascent Soul stopped its absorption and began to inject the special spiritual energy back into Xu Feng's Yuan Ying, allowing Xu Feng's spiritual power to recover within that month.
This was the last phase of Xu Feng's retreat. After tonight, he would return to the Xu family and serve alongside Xu Ruchu for the family's benefit.
Xu Feng sat on the Cold Jade Bed, preparing for his final cultivation session.
The air in the cave stirred slightly, and miraculously, two figures appeared.
"Father!"
"Immortal Lord!"
The two called out softly and knelt before Xu Feng.
Xu Feng was stunned...
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