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Chapter 119: Chapter 119: The Story-filled Ming Lao
"What?"
Just a second ago, that man was still teasing and mocking Lin Feng, how could he know Lin Feng, such a ’pretty boy,’ would dare to not retreat but advance in the face of him, and was caught off guard immediately.
But after all, he is a martial master at the peak of Ninth Layer, and he has done no small amount of killing and looting, a local tyrant that dominates the area, with naturally extraordinary strength. In a mix of fury and rage, he punched out.
However, the rock was not small in size and even stronger in force. Although the rock was shattered by the man’s punch, he was also forced to stagger back three or four steps.
"Damn kid, you’ve succeeded in angering me, I’m going to kill you..."
"Is that so?"
An indifferent voice suddenly sounded by the man’s ear, causing him to suddenly get goosebumps all over.
When did it happen, how could it be so fast, Lin Feng who was just on the other side, has now appeared near him?
When he turned his head to look, all he saw was a shadow slamming into his chest, utterly incapable of choosing how to react.
This punch came when his old strength had faded and new strength had not yet arisen, how could he have the strength to block?
With a ’bang’, the powerful Gang Qi wrapped the domineering fist power and perfectly blasted into that man’s body. One could only see the Gang Qi breaking out from the man’s back, creating a hole in a large tree five meters away.
"You..."
The man glared with round eyes, a smear of blood slowly trickling down the corner of his mouth. He tried to lift his hand, but it was unsustainable, and in the next moment, he died with a loss of breath, falling straight down.
His heart was blasted, impossible to escape death.
Lin Feng, from beginning to end, was unphased, killing a martial master at the peak of Ninth Layer with a Seventh Layer martial master’s strength. If anyone else could have done this, they would probably boast about it wherever they went, but for him, this was definitely not a matter of pride.
After taking the money bag from the man’s body, Lin Feng got back on his horse and changed direction, continuing on his way to Divine Wind Camp.
Han Surou had been hiding at the top of a tree and only let out a sigh of relief when there were no more movements, and immediately swallowed an elixir.
She leaped down from the treetop, hesitated for a moment, and did not run towards the direction of Divine Wind Camp. Instead, to everyone’s surprise, she ran back. When she confirmed no one was by the riverbank, she stood still for a full three or four seconds, then shook her head and said, "Sorry, passerby."
Her eyes also caught sight of that shriveled corpse, which invoked her curiosity, but she did not pay much attention. In her view, the young man leading the horse must by now have no place to bury his body.
... 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
Lin Feng raced back to Divine Wind Camp on his horse and arrived at the small wooden hut on the mountainside.
"Eh, back so soon?"
Wang Shan held a big bundle of firewood in his arms, seemingly just having come down from the mountain.
Lin Feng nodded, exchanged greetings with him, and then went to the back of the hut to continue his cultivation.
"Where did you run off to?"
However, at this moment, an unexpected voice came through, startling Lin Feng. He subconsciously glanced at Wang Shan, who shrugged at him, clearly also unaware that the old man was around.
Indeed, the wooden door opened, and the old man came before Lin Feng with his hands behind his back. To be honest, Lin Feng always felt that this old man was not simple. Although the other party had no aura of a strong person, the more it was like this, the more he should not be underestimated.
But Lin Feng was certain of one thing: there wasn’t the slightest ripple of Gang Qi on the other person’s body.
Although Lin Feng was puzzled in his mind, no matter what, this old man was nominally his mentor, his master, so he didn’t dare to be too negligent.
"I went to the Imperial City."
Lin Feng said truthfully.
The old man didn’t say much in response, "Follow me."
Having said that, he left straight away, and Lin Feng glanced at Wang Shan, who gave him a helpless look.
Seeing this, Lin Feng didn’t bother to think too much about what kind of trick the strange old man was pulling, and simply followed him to a cliff.
"You are a Ninth Grade Star, staying with me, do you feel like your talents are being wasted?"
The old man asked this question out of the blue.
Lin Feng didn’t respond. In fact, he didn’t feel his talents were wasted or not. He didn’t need any mentor at all; he was only looking for a backer to balance the influence of Yu Wen Tuo.
Seeing Lin Feng’s silence, the old man didn’t say much else and just threw something at Lin Feng, "Take it and make good use of it; I really can’t teach you anything now."
"Also, I know you have conflicts with that kid Yu Wen Tuo. What sort of character he is, I am naturally aware. Otherwise, you, a Ninth Grade Star, wouldn’t have come to me. Although I don’t have much ability now, my eyes are not blind, and my ears are not deaf."
Lin Feng looked at the pigeon-egg-sized stone he caught in his hand, "Soul Jade Stone?"
When Lin Feng said this, it surprised the old man, who then looked at Lin Feng, "You know about it?"
Lin Feng was stunned for a moment, realizing that he had misspoken. Although the Soul Jade Stone was not considered an unparalleled treasure, it was definitely rare because its function was to strengthen a Martial Artist’s spiritual power. Of course, this strengthening was not immediate but gradual, continuously nourishing the spiritual power and subtly augmenting it over time.
One should know that for a Martial Artist, spiritual power is often elusive, the body can be cultivated, and though spiritual power can also be cultivated, such methods could even be considered Secret Techniques, showing their preciousness and definitely not something everyone can obtain.
"I saw it in the ancient books of the family before, I remember a bit."
Lin Feng explained immediately.
Hearing this, the old man didn’t say anything further.
"Thank you, mentor."
Lin Feng promptly put away the Soul Jade Stone and thanked him sincerely; it was something he needed the most right now. Because he had two Stars, his spiritual power currently was not strong enough to allow him to operate both Stars in battle simultaneously. Only Lin Feng would encounter such a situation; if it were anyone else, even if they had two Stars, let alone fighting, they couldn’t even manage basic communication, as if the other had fallen into a silent state.
Now, the appearance of this Soul Jade Stone, although it couldn’t immediately allow Lin Feng to have the Mo Yu Demon Dragon and the Shield Bone Dragon two Stars appear together at the same time, but at least it laid the foundation for this future possibility.
The old man waved his hand, "This thing is useless to me now; I was thinking of leaving it for Wang Shan, but let’s forget about Wang Shan. From now on, you don’t need to call me mentor, just call me Old Ming, with my caliber, I’m not qualified to be anyone’s mentor."
"Besides, Wang Shan will take care of the things in the fields, and you, if you have some spare time, just help out a bit."
Old Ming waved his hand and then left.
Lin Feng watched his retreating figure, feeling a great curiosity rise in his heart. To have the Soul Jade Stone in Hu Ben Country, this man’s identity was definitely not simple.
"It seems there’s a story."
Lin Feng clutched the Soul Jade Stone in his hand, and he could clearly feel a pure force emanating from the stone.
