Chapter 4: 04. A 1000-year-old Blood Fruit
"So you brought 3 of them?" Lin Feng asked, looking at the blood fruits in his hands. After getting the Thunder Command Token, his butler had gotten a lot bolder.
"Well, I don't need so many. Here, take this." Lin Feng threw one of the Thousand-year-old Blood Fruits at Old Song, who grabbed it quickly.
"Many thanks, young master!''
Lin Feng waved his hand and sank his teeth into one red fruit while looking at the other one. Actually, one blood fruit was more than enough for him. Another one would be excessive and harm his body. Thus, he walked to the garden and tossed that one to Bai Xue.
"This is… a b-blood fruit!'' She exclaimed as the dark red ball-shaped fruit landed on her lap.
"Eat it, benefits your body,'' Lin Feng said, his lips stained in the crimson juices of the fruit. Just as he turned around, he heard a not-so-squeaky voice this time.
"Th-Thank you…''
He smiled and headed to his cultivation room. A Blood Fruit had many advantages to one's constitution. It restored vitality, improved physique, gave a permanent increase in strength, etc. As the one he ate was 1000 years old, even Essence Condensation cultivators would fight for it.
For the previous Soul Returning Realm him, this couldn't even be considered as a snack. However, for the current him, it was extremely beneficial.
After he finished eating, Lin Feng could feel the potent energies of the Blood Fruit enhancing his body. Its every aspect, from blood, muscles, flesh to internal organs were improved. Lin Feng felt a pleasurable sensation tickle his body and a healthy red glow appeared on his skin.
"Finally, this is the vitality that I want!'' Lin Feng clenched his fists, feeling warm blood running through his veins.
Taking off his clothes, he immediately sat cross-legged on his bed and started practicing the same breathing method he used in the medicinal bath yesterday. After a while, black and oily impurities came out of his pores.
The smell was nauseating, so he quickly went and took a bath. Returning to his room, he looked at his figure. The previously thin body now seemed to pack some muscles. He looked way better than yesterday.
Lin Feng now felt lighter than before. Sitting down to cultivate, he was excited because of the technique he was going to use. Reverend Essence Chaos Scripture, it was something he had found in the Mystical Land of the Samsara Empyrean King. This technique was planted in his mind and even if he wanted to forget it, he wouldn't.
In his room, Lin Feng closed his eyes and recalled the cultivation technique. The first step to any method of cultivation was to sense the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth.
This Yuan Qi could also be called as worldly energy and by absorbing and refining it within one's body, cultivators practice cultivation to break the limits of their mortal bodies and spirits.
The Reverend Essence Chaos Scripture required ten times more Qi to cultivate compared to a normal cultivation method. This would, of course, increase the difficulty of practicing it to sky-high levels. However, the gains were also greater.
Lin Feng was someone who had reached the pinnacle of cultivation in his world and had the tenacious spirit to comprehend this tyrannical cultivation technique. But even so, it took him nearly half a day to enter the "Sublime State'' mentioned in the Reverend Essence Chaos Scripture.
Once he reached the Sublime State, Lin Feng felt faint wisps of Qi seeping inside his pores. They flowed through and enhanced his meridians. The Qi that was left accumulated in his dantian. Exercising the technique, Lin Feng refined that Qi and sent it all over his body.
He continued this process for an incense stick worth of time and went back to absorbing more Qi. Night came, but he didn't stand up, continuing to cultivate. Any teenager wouldn't be so dedicated to cultivate but for Lin Feng, this felt more like a warm up.
At one point, he had cultivated for an entire year without stopping. Actually, once a cultivator reached the Core Formation Realm, they would mostly seclude themselves. Their cultivation would last decades, or even centuries.
However, they were normal cultivators, and Lin Feng was a freak. Starting from the age of 9 to 24, Lin Feng spent 15, just 15 years to become a Soul Returning Realm cultivator. A normally talented person would require at least several thousand years of hard work to achieve what Lin Feng had done.
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The next morning, the sun sat majestically over the clouds. Its light illuminated the world below and some of that light entered Lin Feng's room through his open window.
"Fuuhh…'' He let out a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.
Now, there was a unique charm about his blue irises. They looked calm, intelligent, and mysterious. Lin Feng moved his body and small cracking sounds echoed.
"I have stepped on the 1st layer of Qi Gathering, finally!'' Lin Feng stood up. With this, he was already more powerful than the previous "Lin Feng."
Peng! He punched the air using a normal martial art he knew.
"Good, good!"
Compared to a normal Qi Gathering cultivator of 1st layer, he was nearly ten times more powerful. Even those in the 3rd layer wouldn't be his match.
As something that came out of an Empyrean King's Mystical Land, the Reverend Essence Chaos Scripture was a technique that even those in the Upper Worlds would fight for. Its might was tyrannical, indeed.
Suddenly, Lin Feng's stomach complained with a churning sound.
"I'm hungry…"
He decided to first go downstairs and wash his face. Although he cultivated all night, he didn't feel a bit tired. This Sublime State helped him cultivate, even though he fell asleep. As expected of something found in a Mystical Land, it was truly profound and miraculous!
As Lin Feng descended downstairs, the servants all greeted him one by one. He casually returned their gesture, causing them to question their eyes and ears. So it really was true, the gossips they'd heard. Young Master Feng has changed!
Today, he found Bai Xue at the dining table. Her maid was beside her, combing her hair. Bai Xue noticed Lin Feng as he entered. She didn't look apprehensive like yesterday.
Lin Feng saw her cheeks had become more rosy and her skin was smoother. It almost looked like it was glowing. She looked more virile and energetic than yesterday. It was all because of that blood fruit.
Lin Feng pulled a chair and sat. He ate the breakfast while trying to speak with Bai Xue. Today, everything seemed new to her. After being engaged to Lin Feng, this was the first time she felt at peace.
Today's Lin Feng didn't have the predatory gaze, which would always focus on her specific body parts. He also didn't threaten his servants, nor did he shout. Actually, he praised the cook, causing her to nearly drop her tray.
When Lin Feng was about to finish his food, the talisman in his pocket heated. He touched it and imbued his new Qi.
"How are you, my son?'' A woman's voice rang in his mind and hearing it, he gulped the chewed food.
"I'm doing alright,'' Lin Feng calmly replied to the voice. Others couldn't hear it because this was a telepathic conversation.
"Eh?'' The voice seemed surprised. "So you finally speak to me, you little womanizer. Now that I have ended my seclusion, you will not stay like that.''
Lin Feng's eyebrows twitched. It was his mother, Lin Ming, who called him. She was a Lesser Core Formation cultivator.
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