Chapter 1806: Chosen by the Godly Wood
Red lights twinkled, terrifying cosmic energies rose to the skies and blotted out the sun. The crowd saw intertwining red vines among them. Those were probably the viscera of the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree. According to legends, the red Godly Wood contained an infinite amount of blood.
"The one the Godly Wood will choose must be like your ancestors, I want you to stay with me and someday I'll become an emperor! I won't disappoint you,” said Ji Chang, slowly rising up into the air. Nine dazzling dragons appeared, lights shone out and surrounded the tree.
As expected, when the tree heard Ji Chang, it became even more dazzling. It could understand Ji Chang!
At that moment, those watching saw a silhouette appear under the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree. That person looked like an ancient great emperor. He was walking next to the tree, in symbiosis with it. Suddenly, the strong cultivator stretched his hands out and embers appeared, the flames glittered. He exhaled and the embers flew away from his hands and turned into dazzling lights which moved towards the distant mountain ranges.
The small embers rose to the skies before descending and turning into real fire mountains. They looked like true ancient mountains.
"Eternal strength,” whispered Ji Chang after he saw the illusion. Lin Feng and the others shivered too. What a terrifying strength. They all swallowed. That fire was eternal and had turned into a mountain!
"Ancient kings had their own path. I will have my own path too. I will become a powerful ancient cultivator someday. I won't be a disgrace to the Godly Wood,” said Ji Chang confidently. He had the soul of a Champion. The illusion disappeared.
The Heavenly Grace Godly Wood has its own life, thought Lin Feng, amazed. Ji Chang was determined and strong. He really had the potential to become an incredible cultivator. He was never satisfied, always wanting to become stronger and stronger. Without the will to become stronger, a cultivator was destined for failure.
Thunder rumbled. The Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree rose up, the red lights continued blotting out the sky. Suddenly, the tree turned into a bleeding Godly Wood. The crowd frowned. Had the tree chosen and acknowledged Ji Chang?!
The crowd was shivering with excitement. Ji Chang had managed to make the tree submit? Was he going to obtain the tree?
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At the top of the mountain, the old man looked at that display and sighed. “It's the third time in ten years that a tree chose someone. People are really strong these days. The young people of the Godly Wood Clan can't compete with them. How many new kings will appear in the next hundred years?"
Many people were jealous of the Godly Wood Clan's people because they had the privilege of guarding the forest. Many times, the situation had almost deteriorated. However, the strong and powerful clans didn't attack them because anyone could go there and if the trees acknowledged people, then they could leave with them. Therefore, letting the Godly Wood Clan guard the forest wasn't a problem.
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The Heavenly Grace Godly Wood was floating above Ji Chang. The blood-red lights condensed and at that moment, blood appeared and a drop fell down onto Ji Chang's head and penetrated into his body. Suddenly, Ji Chang's cosmic energies became much more powerful. He looked eternal.
"You will follow me for a hundred years now,” Ji Chang said proudly. Suddenly, the red Godly Wood started whistling and penetrated into Ji Chang's body.
It acknowledged him!, thought the crowd in astonishment. They began walking up to him and smiled, “Congratulations, Brother Ji Chang! The Godly Wood acknowledged you! The gods protect you. You will definitely become a king!"
"Brother Ji Chang, you're amazing. Congratulations. You'll soon become a champion."
Ji Chang looked aloof and composed. It was a big step for him. Soon, he'd become a Champion. He suddenly remembered back then when Ying Cheng had become a Champion.
"Ying Cheng, wait for me. Ling Tian is gone, now I'm your new opponent,” said Ji Chang sharply, clenching his fist.
Qi filled the air. The old man reappeared in the sky.
"Ji Chang,” shouted the old man.
Ji Chang raised his head and said, “What is it, Master?"
"You can keep the tree for a hundred years, and in a hundred years you must bring it back. Besides, the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree only has a hundred drops of blood. A drop of blood is extremely valuable. When you bring the tree back, it will need a hundred years to recover. Remember it's a priceless creature!" the old man said to Ji Chang.
Ji Chang nodded obediently and promised, “I'll bring the tree back in a hundred years!"
"Very good,” nodded the old man. He wasn't worried about that. People acknowledged by trees were incredible, and benefited a lot from the time they spent with trees. They were also very determined. They didn't try to steal the trees forever.
"Since the tree already chose an owner, Shen Mu Qi, bring everyone back,” said the old man. The crowd was stupefied.
"Master,” said Lin Feng suddenly. The old man looked at Lin Feng strangely and said, “What do you want?"
"Ji Chang has his own tree, but I haven't tried yet. I hope you can give us more for time to try,” said Lin Feng to the old man. The old man was surprised.
"People who try to find a tree here are usually high-level emperors or higher, or at least, they must be at the top of the medium Huang Qi layer. However, even though you seem to be a cultivator of the top of the Zun Qi layer, it seems that you're hiding your cultivation level. You must have studied some strange and mysterious techniques. Show me your cultivation level."
"Low-level emperor,” said Lin Feng. Then, he released his cosmic energies.
The old man frowned, “You can control ten sorts of cosmic energies? Impressive. Alright, I'll give you a chance, but I have to warn you, people who come here to take Godly Wood are usually medium-level emperors at the least, and usually they are about to become high-level emperors. I don't think you can succeed."
"Thank you, Master. I understand. Having a chance is an honor,” replied Lin Feng politely. He perfectly understood that with his cultivation level it was going to be difficult. The Godly Wood Clan didn't even allow their own young people to come to the forest.
"No problem. If you can take a tree away, then, you'll be able to become much, much stronger. There are a dozen trees. If all the trees are taken away by cultivators, then the region will become extremely powerful,” said the old man indifferently before disappearing.
The crowd looked at Lin Feng strangely. He was a low-level emperor and he wanted to try and take a Heavenly Grace Godly Wood? It was impossible…
"Brother Ji Chang, let's go back. We want to have drinks with you,” said Shen Mu Qi, smiling at Ji Chang. He didn't feel like staying there. Ji Chang had already obtained a tree.
"With pleasure,” said Ji Chang, smiling back. He was very happy, he had obtained a Heavenly Grace Godly Wood. The others didn't move, though. Just like Lin Feng, they also wanted to try and get a tree.
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After they left, Lin Feng continued running through the forest using his thousands and thousands of clones.
At the same time, he released his godly awareness palace and sensed the powerful cosmic energies all about him.
Lin Feng ran at full speed and landed in front of a Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree, but that tree wasn't an king, it seemed. However, Lin Feng didn't look at the tree, he looked at the earth next to it.
Dong!
Lin Feng suddenly jumped, earthly lights rose up to the skies.
Lin Feng started running around like a madman, while the earth shook and cracked. A gigantic tree slowly emerged from the ground, but then it stopped, it didn't leave. Its energies were extremely thick and dense. It was provoking Lin Feng, it seemed.
"That tree is quite amazing,” whispered Lin Feng. Then, world strength emerged… it was the world of his spirit!
The tree suddenly started shaking violently. The tree turned into a Godly Wood and suddenly left in a flash of red lights.
"Eh?" Lin Feng frowned, the tree had reacted strangely when it sensed Lin Feng's energies, and even fled.
PMG Chapter 1807
Chapter 1807: Nobody Knows What Awaits Them, But who can't Recognize a Monarch?
Lin Feng used his boat to chase the tree, light following lightning. At the same time, he kept releasing the strength of his spirit world. He wanted to imprison the tree inside. If he managed to catch up with the tree, he'd be able to capture it. Lin Feng didn't have time to be acknowledged by the tree, he wanted to kidnap it!
However, Lin Feng hadn't anticipated that the tree would be so sensitive and would escape.
The boat was amazingly fast. However, it couldn't catch up with the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree. The tree was behaving strangely, moving in an enigmatic manner. Lin Feng was startled.
As Lin Feng was chasing the tree, he realized that the trees on the ground had gone still. There was no cosmic energy anywhere anymore.
"Eh?" At that moment, the old man sensed something strange, what was going on in the forest?
"The Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree can't acknowledge him,” muttered the old man, and then closed his eyes again. Lin Feng was a low-level emperor, he couldn't be acknowledged by a Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree. Such a thing had never happened in the Godly Wood Valley.
Lin Feng was annoyed and stared after the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree. It didn't want to acknowledge him. Was there anything he could do to kidnap the tree? It seemed there was no hope. There were guards. Only incredible geniuses could be acknowledged by the Heavenly Grace Ancient Trees and the guards probably paid attention to that, otherwise, why would there have been guards?
As Lin Feng was thinking, a mighty Qi rose up in the air, and the ground shook violently. Lin Feng frowned.
"It's there!” Lin Feng stopped and turned around. He looked at the place he had passed by. Another tree was breaking through the soil!
Lin Feng's boat suddenly turned around and moved in that direction. The whole forest started shaking violently.
At that moment, more terrifying cosmic energies rose up in the air. Lin Feng felt them, and sensed some demonic cosmic energy. Of course he recognized that energy!
Boom!
The gigantic tree broke through the soil and appeared in front of Lin Feng. It was much more ancient and majestic than the tree Ji Chang had obtained, truly a Tree King. Its Qi was unruly, obstinate, and powerful. All the ten thousand things of creation submitted to such a creature.
"That's…” Lin Feng was astonished. Suddenly, he jumped off his boat and walked up to the tree. The tree didn't act in a hostile way. Quite to the contrary, it looked friendly, as if it wanted to make friends with Lin Feng!
At the top of the mountain, the old man suddenly opened his eyes again. Rumbling sounds spread in the air and above Lin Feng, the old man appeared once again and stared at the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree.
"How is that possible?" wondered the old man. Why had this Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree shown up? He could remember the last time it had acknowledged someone. Since that person had brought the tree back after a hundred years, it hadn't acknowledged anyone else, apparently abandoning all cultivators and refusing to acknowledge people. Many people had tried, but they had all failed in the last thousand years.
That Tree King had abandoned kings and Champions. But now, it had reappeared. It had voluntarily shown up in front of Lin Feng!
"Where does that young man come from? Surprisingly, the tree wants to get to know him. Does the tree really want to acknowledge him?" The old man was staring at Lin Feng. Ji Chang had obtained a tree, that was no surprise. However, at that moment, he was stunned. If Lin Feng had taken a tree, that would have been quite surprising already, but if he managed to take THIS tree, that would be absolutely astonishing, because he had seen so many people fail with this tree.
Lin Feng looked at the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree calmly. He didn't release a powerful Qi like Ji Chang, he just looked at the tree as if he were looking at an old friend.
"You want to come with me?" Lin Feng asked the Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree calmly. The Tree turned into an illusion, and a silhouette appeared under it, his hands behind his back, looking arrogant and proud.
"It's him!"Lin Feng frowned, he had already seen that silhouette in the Netherworld Demon Emperor's small world, and of course, he had also heard many rumors about him. Now, he was right here in front of him. It was as if there was a connection between Lin Feng and this person.
This person was the Demon Emperor. In the small world, before he had broken through to the Huang Qi layer, he could kill emperors. A thousand years had passed since he used to be the strongest, the Demon Emperor!
Lin Feng admired the Demon Emperor. As a Zun cultivator, he could also kill emperors, just as incredible an achievement.
At that moment, the Demon Emperor suddenly stretched his hand out to the tree and the tree became even darker. An imprint appeared, as if it had existed on the tree forever.
Nobody knows what awaits them, but who can't recognize a monarch?
The instant that sentence appeared on the tree, Lin Feng's heart started pounding. What was going on?
The world was big, the Continent of the Nine Clouds was gigantic. There were also trillions and trillions of people, but such things were rare!
Even the old man's heart was pounding. He had seen many, many geniuses in his life, and he had been a guardian for two thousand years. He had seen too many geniuses, and so many of the so-called Champions, but he had never seen such a thing.
Lin Feng slowly walked up to the tree, and the tree didn't escape. Lin Feng stretched out his hand and caressed the tree. He touched the words, they looked eternal.
"Nobody knows what awaits them, but who can't recognize a monarch?" He caressed the words as he repeated them, then moved back and looked at the tree again, smiling calmly. “Come with me, I won't disappoint you. In a hundred years, I'll be the king in the region."
"In a hundred years, I'll be the king in the region…” The old man shivered and stared at Lin Feng.
Lin Feng and Ji Chang were different. Ji Chang had released a grandiose display. He was already walking on the path of a Champion. Lin Feng's Qi was different, he was smiling and looked friendly and gentle, but he was saying that he'd become a Champion within a hundred years.
The only common point they had was their self-confidence. They were sure they would become peerless cultivators someday.
The Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree kept shaking. Terrifying rumbling sounds spread in the air, the gigantic tree started shining as it turned into a black stick, a rare wooden stick.
Nobody managed to control that tree in a thousand years, and now it's really going to acknowledge that young man?, thought the old man. His heart was pounding. The tree was above Lin Feng's head. A black drop fell from the tree onto Lin Feng and penetrated into his body, it looked like blood, before the tree flew into Lin Feng's body.
"It acknowledged him,” the old man frowned. He was astonished. The tree hadn't acknowledged anyone for a thousand years, and now it acknowledged this young man.
Lin Feng smiled calmly. He had succeeded, and obtained a Heavenly Grace Godly Wood. Now, he would be able to cure Emperor Wu Tian Jian's injury and on top of that, the tree would be very beneficial to him.
"Young man,” said a voice at that moment.
Lin Feng raised his head and smiled at the old man, “Master, thank you very much."
"You only relied on yourself, I didn't do anything,” smiled the old man calmly, “Tell me your name and where you come from."
"My name is Lin Feng and I'm a student at Champion University in the Holy City,” said Lin Feng politely.
"Your clan?" asked the old man again.
"I come from a small world. I didn't know about the great world before. And regarding my clan…” Lin Feng just smiled. He didn't need to say much, the old man already understood. He didn't come from a strong clan.
"A small world, you didn't even know about the great world,” whispered the old man. Then, he smiled and said, “Go and remember to come back in a hundred years."
"Thank you, Master,” said Lin Feng, bowing to the old man before departing.
The old man stared at Lin Feng and smiled, “Champion University, Lin Feng, I'll remember your promise. In a hundred years, you'll be a king!"
PMG Chapter 1808
Chapter 1808: Getting Ready To Go Back
In the banquet at the palace, people were drinking and laughing. Ji Chang was at the center of attention.
"Brother Ji Chang, a tree acknowledged you. You'll soon become a Champion. When you become a Champion, I'll come and see you. You're amazing,” flattering Shen Mu Qi, raising his glass and smiling at Ji Chang.
"I'd be very happy if you did,” replied Ji Chang, smiling politely.
"I'll come too! I wish you much success, Brother Ji Chang,” said a woman laughing and raising her glass. The crowd was having fun.
At that moment, the crowd was overflowing with amazement. Ji Chang was a proud student at Champion University in the Holy City. He had obtained Heavenly Grace Godly Wood, and would definitely become much stronger within a short time.
"Someone is coming!” A few silhouettes had appeared. They looked dispirited.
Shen Mu Yun smiled, “Brothers, did you obtain anything?"
"I didn't. None of the Heavenly Grace Ancient Trees acknowledged me. I need to become stronger and then I'll come back and try again,” said one of them indifferently.
Shen Mu Qi nodded and said, “Please come back then. I'll lead the way. I'm sure a tree will acknowledge you sooner or later."
"Thank you very much, Brother Shen Mu,” said the few cultivators nodding.
Shen Mu Yun asked, “Has that guy come out?"
"Oh, we saw him chase a tree with a boat, We don't know where he is now,” replied one of them. The crowd smiled indifferently at the news, their focus on other things.
"He overestimated himself,” whispered some people indifferently. They didn't despise weak cultivators, but Lin Feng had overestimated himself. He had thought a Heavenly Grace Godly Tree would acknowledge him even though he only had the strength of a low-level emperor. Such a thing had never happened.
Chang Lin looked embarrassed and whispered, “Poor Lin Feng, he thought he could obtain a Heavenly Grace Godly Tree, he was dreaming."
He shook his head as the people continued having fun and drinking.
Someone else soon arrived. People raised their heads and looked at them, it was Lin Feng. They all looked amused that he had finally come back.
When Lin Feng saw that everyone was staring at him, he understood. Many people wanted to make fun of him, but he didn't feel like explaining anything. He immediately went to Chang Lin and smiled, “Brother Chang Lin, I have things to do. I'm off."
"Are you leaving?" asked Chang Lin surprised. Lin Feng had brought so many good things to trade and now he wanted to leave. He understood that Lin Feng felt awkward though, so he could understand why he wanted to leave.
"Brother Lin Feng, we'll meet again,” said Chang Lin nodding and smiling.
Lin Feng looked at the crowd and said, “Everybody, I'm off."
Lin Feng then left as quickly as he could. He had already obtained a tree, so he had nothing to do there anymore.
The crowd watched him go strangely. Of course, Lin Feng was just a guest there, they would quickly forget him.
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Lin Feng sat in his boat as he left the Godly Wood Valley. Nobody prevented him from leaving. He back out to the Great Shiny Mountain as his clone disappeared. It had been a great trip. Thanks to the nice old man who had allowed him to stay a little longer, he had obtained a tree!
Lin Feng didn't leave the Great Shiny Mountain immediately however. He was looking for a hidden cave…
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An ancient pitch-black tree appeared indistinctly. Several kinds of cosmic energies condensed. The whole cave was filled with cosmic energies.
However, Lin Feng was annoyed. The Heavenly Grace Ancient Tree was a child of the earth and sky. Even though the Demon Emperor used to control that tree, its cosmic energies were still the cosmic energies of the earth and sky, and Lin Feng's cosmic energies were different.
In the real world, Lin Feng had to rely on his own cosmic energies. He could use cosmic energies in the outside world to practice cultivation, but he couldn't use them to fight. Understanding cosmic energies and using them were different things.
"As long as it has all sorts of cosmic energies, it's beneficial for me. It is connected to all things."
In the world of his spirit, Lin Feng made the tree appear, and suddenly powerful cosmic energies rose to the skies. The cosmic energies of the ten thousand things of creations of the real world penetrated into his own world. Lin Feng was seated cross-legged at the foot of the tree and studying its cosmic energies.
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Two months later, terrifying cosmic energies rose to the skies from the cave, they were very thick and overflowing. If there had been people near enough to see, they would have noticed him from quite far away, and have easily sensed the energies.
Lin Feng came out of the cave. His boat appeared again, and he jumped into it. He was ready to leave the Great Shiny Mountain.
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In the Holy City, in Champion University…
During those few months, Tiantai continued becoming stronger. Jing Shou and Yun Qing Yan had continued recruiting people. At the same time, Hou Qing Lin took people out to travel and practice cultivation. Tiantai didn't mind whether their new members were old or new students in Champion University, but they had to adhere to Tiantai's philosophy. There couldn't be rivalries between the members, or they ran the risk of being expelled. Of course, becoming a core member of Tiantai was extremely difficult. They had to take an exam.
Many strong cultivators noticed that Tiantai was rising. Lin Feng had told the Moon Group that within three years, he'd challenge them. Three years was so short, even very talented low-level emperors couldn't become medium-level emperors within three years, but Tiantai had said they'd challenge the Moon Group!
Ji Chang's Club's Star Group kept declining. Ji Wuyou and Yu Wen Jing were practicing cultivation really hard, and rarely showed up. Ji Wuyou couldn't accept his defeat, and was going insane. He wanted to become extremely strong and fight against Lin Feng again. The next time he fought against Lin Feng, they might be on the medium ranking list.
Everybody knew that Lin Feng and Ji Wuyou now had the strength of the medium ranking list, but they just hadn't thought about going up against those people.
——
Two people appeared in Champion University and headed straight to Tiantai.
"That's Lin Feng, but who's that?" asked Yun Qing Yan when she saw a young man walking next to Lin Feng. He looked extremely strong and noble. That person couldn't be from Champion University, otherwise, she would have recognized him.
"Jun Mo Xi, from King of Hell Palace,” introduced Lin Feng.
Yun Qing Yan was astonished, her beautiful eyes twinkled as she smiled at Jun Mo Xi, “You're Jun Mo Xi the Prince of Hell!"
"That's me!” Jun Mo Xi smiled back and nodded at Yun Qing Yan. He appeared quite friendly and easy-going.
"This is Yun Qing Yan,” Lin Feng said to Jun Mo Xi. At that moment, many people came out.
"Jun Mo Xi, what are you doing here?" asked Huang Fu Long, smiling at Jun Mo Xi. Hou Qing Lin and Tian Chi also came out, they were surprised Jun Mo Xi had come.
"I asked Jun Mo Xi to come. I need to talk to you all,” said Lin Feng to Hou Qing Lin and Tian Chi. “Brothers, I need to go back."
"Go back,” Hou Qing Lin and Tian Chi's eyes lit up. However, they looked pensive. Tiantai wasn't weak, they would have no problem in the small world, but the nine great celestial castles' leaders were high-level emperors. They couldn't possibly defeat them.
"Brothers, the only group which can pose a threat to us is Qing Di Mountain,” said Lin Feng, “We can consider the journey as a cultivation challenge. Also, our world should be at peace."
"Alright, let's go back,” said Hou Qing Lin. Besides, they wanted to find their teachers. Lin Feng had told them their friends were in Yao Ye Island. They could finally go and see them.
"I agree, too,” said Tian Chi with a nod.
Lin Feng smiled, “Since you agree, let's choose some people from Tiantai to come with us. The others can stay with Qing Yan and Jing Shou."
PMG Chapter 1809
Chapter 1809: Memories
Lin Feng called some members of Tiantai over very quickly. Hou Qing Lin, Tian Chi, Jun Mo Xi, and he were sure to go back. Huang Fu Long wasn't interested in going back to the small world, he preferred staying in the great world and practicing cultivation with the other members of Tiantai.
Qing Feng and Wu wanted to travel with Lin Feng and the others. Suan wanted to stay there. Tantai and Qin Wu also wanted to follow Lin Feng.
Yun Qing Yan wanted to follow Lin Feng, but he refused because she had to stay there to manage Tiantai. Besides, she was a medium-level emperor and had a particular social status, so she could solve many problems. Xi Men Xiao, Qiu Ming, and Yi Ji could help her. Jing Shou could take people away to practice cultivation. At the same time, he could choose suitable people and teach them things. After all, Champion University's students weren't ordinary, and not all of them wanted to become assassins, they were all free to choose their own path.
So eight people – Lin Feng, Hou Qing Lin, Tian Chi, Jun Mo Xi, Qing Feng, Wu, Tantai and Qin Wu – got ready to travel.
Lin Feng and the others left quickly, not wanting to waste time. After all, three years from now they had to fight against the Moon Group. That wasn't something insignificant. They had to become really, really strong, and they also had to remain good fighters.
The Moon Group didn't cause any trouble, and gave them time. The members of the Moon Group wouldn't waste their time on silly things, either.
After leaving Champion University, the group of people sat in Lin Feng's boat. However, there were nine silhouette in the boat, as Lin Feng had released a clone too.
Lin Feng's clone was driving the boat and Lin Feng's real body was sleeping. He was in his spirit world, not wasting time. The others didn't waste time either, their eyes closed in meditation. Sometimes, they opened their eyes when they were tired, so they could enjoy the landscapes.
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For the people of Gold Fire City, the Holy City was another world, with different people and different things. They were proud of their Gold Fire Tower.
The Gold Fire City was a town for weapon crafters. There were weapon-making clans everywhere, and people admired them, especially people who were from the northern part of the city. The Mu Clan had already surpassed the Yan Clan and had become the strongest weapon manufacturing clan. There were many talented young people there, including Mu Lin Xue.
Mu Lin Xue had already broken through to the Huang Qi layer and become a core disciple at the Gold Fire Tower. Everybody admired her. Back then, the teachers had recruited disciples, and the old man who had recruited her as a disciple was a Celestial Emperor. Even the leader of the Gold Fire Tower addressed him respectfully. It seemed that the old man came from Vast Celestial Ancient City.
Such cultivators were considered extremely strong in the Gold Fire City. When people heard that such a cultivator had recruited her as a disciple, they were astounded. Even her clan benefitted from such things. Mu Lin Xue and Muyi had particular positions in their clan now. Things had changed a lot for them!
Mu Qing Ying was living a happy life. She had gotten married to a young man from the Si Ma Clan, a clan from the eastern part of the city. Si Ma Nan initially wanted to marry Mu Lin Xue, but she had refused. Then Mu Qing Ying had expressed her interest, so now they were married, and they made weapons together.
At that moment, Si Ma Nan and Mu Qing Ying were outside of the Gold Fire Tower, where they were in charge of the competition. The competition was different from when Lin Feng was there. Yan Feng and others had competed to manage the competition, but the teachers had chosen Si Ma Nan.
"Qing Ying, the competition is fun. Look, two people have already made an imperial weapon. They're already Level One Professors, that's rare,” said Si Ma Nan, pointing out a group and smiling.
"Indeed, not bad. But they're much weaker than you back then,” said Mu Qing Ying with a smile. She could remember the competition back then, she could remember how arrogant she used to be. When she thought of that, she had the impression she had been ridiculous. She also remembered that bastard, the perverted guy with whom she had collaborated. What a humiliation!
But now she had changed, and she also understood that back then Lin Feng didn't have time to explain anything to her. He had never needed to prove anything to her.
Si Ma Nan remembered that competition too. He took a deep breath and said, “Back then, Yan Feng was also talented. His imperial weapons were great. He also broke through to the Huang Qi layer shortly afterwards. Unfortunately, he had to face Lin Feng, otherwise, Yan Feng would have been the champion. Lin Feng could kill emperors with the strength of the Zun Qi layer. And now, I, Hen Chang Tian and Ge Qing Feng all became much stronger. I wonder how strong Lin Feng has become."
"Let's hope he didn't become stronger than you,” said Mu Qing Ying, laughing. That guy was cruel, but in Gold Fire City, even four-five year old children knew about Lin Feng's story.
Mu Qing Ying didn't know that Lin Feng was in the crowd. He could see Qing Ying and Si Ma Nan. Surprisingly, they had gotten married. Lin Feng was surprised, but happy for them. Even though Mu Qing Ying had changed, she still had a bad temper.
"That weapon crafter is strange. Apart from controlling a weapon manufacturing technique, he can also understand deployment spells. How complex,” Tantai said to Lin Feng, “By the way, Lin Feng, your deployment spells are incredible, can you make weapons, too?"
"Back then, I participated in this very competition. I ranked first, I was the champion,” replied Lin Feng with a laugh.
Tantai's eyes twinkled, he said cheerfully, “Awesome, you'll help me learn about weapons then!"
"With your physical strength, you don't need imperial weapons, and concerning great imperial weapons, if you want some, you need to go and steal them from rich kids,” shot back Lin Feng jokingly.
"Lin Feng, you said you wanted to go and see your friend, is she in Gold Fire Tower?" Qin Wu asked Lin Feng.
Lin Feng nodded, “Indeed, she's here. It's good that we had to cross Gold Fire City, so I can keep my promise."
"Qing Ying, the competition is over,” Si Ma Nan said, standing up.
At the same time, Mu Qing Ying heard the name "Lin Feng".
She glanced around, looking at the crowd, and started shaking.
It was him!
"Lin Feng!"
Si Ma Nan chose three people, they had the possibility to enter the Gold Fire Tower. The crowd burst into applause. However, it was as if Mu Qing Ying hadn't heard anything at all.
She was staring as she shouted, “Lin Feng!"
"Lin Feng?" Si Ma Nan frowned and slowly turned around, immediately seeing Lin Feng.
The crowd was surprised when they saw Mu Qing Ying and Si Ma Nan's reactions. But they had also heard of Lin Feng.
"Lin Feng, they're shouting 'Lin Feng'?" Some people remembered Lin Feng's name and frowned. Si Ma Nan and Mu Qing Ying watched Lin Feng as eight young people walked up to them.
Those eight people looked incredible, so strong! If they had seen only one person who was that strong, that would have been different, but eight of them, and all together, that was incredible!
"Long time no see,” Lin Feng greeted them with a smile. The crowd frowned. Was that Lin Feng? The one who had amazed all of Gold Fire City?
"Long time no see,” replied Si Ma Nan, also smiling.
Mu Qing Ying was still rather astonished. She said, “Lin Feng, you're still alive!…"
"Eh..,” Lin Feng smiled wryly.
Outside of the tower, many people heard Lin Feng's name and immediately came over to investigate.
"Since you're still alive, you should have come back before! Lin Xue misses you so much, she keeps saying she wants to leave to find you,” said Mu Qing Ying. People shivered. This was the real Lin Feng, the legendary Lin Feng!
"Haha, Lin Feng, no wonder that you wanted to come to the Gold Fire Tower,” said Tantai, as if he suddenly understood something, and then burst into laughter as Lin Feng blushed. Hou Qing Lin and Tian Chi looked at Lin Feng and rolled their eyes… he was such a player!
"Is that so?" Mu Qing Feng seemed to understand that Lin Feng was a player and had many women. Mu Qing Feng looked at Qing Feng, she looked extraordinarily strong and was far more beautiful than herself. Mu Qing Ying felt a bit jealous. Qing Feng was even better looking and stronger than Lin Xue!
After a short while, another group of people came out of the Tower. Some people's hearts started pounding; the teacher in golden purple clothes, teachers in golden red clothes, and teachers in purple clothes, that was stupefying! And a beautiful woman was there, too!
Mu Lin Xue was there! And among them, there was also Duan Mu, the Celestial Emperor!
"Lin Feng, my boy, you finally came back to see us!” exclaimed Duan Mu, smiling at Lin Feng. The crowd was astonished, a Celestial Emperor was calling Lin Feng "my boy"?! It meant that they knew each other, a Celestial Emperor had come out personally to greet Lin Feng!!
PMG Chapter 1810
Chapter 1810: Can I Come With You?
"Master Duan Mu!” Lin Feng smiled, “Master Duan Mu, you came back to the Gold Fire Tower!"
"At my cultivation level, you want to go back to simplicity. You want to enjoy life, you want to enjoy the simple pleasures of life. If the conditions are not appropriate to become a Saint Emperor, then it's too hard. It doesn't matter anymore, anyway,” Duan Mu smiled calmly.
Lin Feng was surprised, but then thought it over. Indeed, people like Duan Mu had seen enough in life. He was a Celestial Emperor, he was extremely strong. He wanted to enjoy the simple things in life.
The crowd was dumbstruck. Among them, only a few people knew that Lin Feng and Duan Mu knew each other. Even Mu Lin Xue didn't know this. Someone had just gone to find them to tell them that Lin Feng was back, so the teachers had gone to find her. However, her heart was pounding. She had millions of thoughts suddenly.
Even though she was quite talented, someone like Si Ma Nan wasn't weaker than her, so the fact that Duan Mu had recruited her as a disciple was incredible, she was extremely lucky. She didn't understand before, but now she understood why.
It had to be because of Lin Feng, because he knew Duan Mu. Only Lin Feng could have asked him to take care of her. Without Lin Feng, he would have never recruited her.
Mu Lin Xue looked at Lin Feng with love in her eyes and said, “Lin Feng, a long time has passed. You didn't even send me a message."
"I didn't want to disturb you while you were practicing cultivation,” Lin Feng smiled back. Years had passed, Mu Lin Xue had long broken through to the Huang Qi layer. She looked more mature and even more beautiful.
"Hehe,” Tantai laughed. Lin Feng looked at him angrily. Was he stupid or what? How could he laugh?
"Jun Mo Xi the Prince of Hell, Princess Qing Feng from the Animal World, Wu the sun supernatural bird, how incredible. Lin Feng, you don't even introduce me to your friends?" said Duan Mu as he glanced at Lin Feng's friends. When the members of the Gold Fire Tower heard Duan Mu, they were astonished. These people with Lin Feng… they were astonishingly strong. The Prince of Hell, the Princess of the Animal World, the sun supernatural bird, those people were terrifying!
Lin Feng had become much stronger if he was with such incredible cultivators!
"Master Duan Mu, you're too kind,” said Jun Mo Xi, bowing before Duan Mu. After all, he was an incredible cultivator, they had to respect him!
"Master Duan Mu, Jun Mo Xi, Qing Feng, and Wu know one anthers. That's Hou Qing Lin and that's Tian Chi, and there, Tantai and Qin Wu. They are all my friends and students at Champion University,” said Lin Feng.
Duan Mu's eyes twinkled. “You really joined Champion University?"
"Yes, after leaving the Vast Celestial Ancient City, I went to the Holy City and I joined Champion University. It's been a while,” Lin Feng sighed.
Duan Mu nodded, “Alright, you didn't disappoint me. You're a real genius. I hope you can become a Champion."
"When I become a Champion, I hope you'll come to the ceremony!” smiled Lin Feng.
Duan Mu's eyes glittered sharply. He nodded and said, “Alright, no matter where I am, in the future, I'll try to keep current with the news of the Holy City. If you become a Champion, I'll come!"
The crowd was astonished by the conversation. Even though they didn't understand everything Duan Mu and Lin Feng were talking about, they could see that it concerned serious matters that they couldn't imagine. Duan Mu obviously thought highly of Lin Feng. Maybe Lin Feng would become a terrifying cultivator some day?
It seems that the champion of the competition back then became a strong cultivator, thought many people. Mu Qing Ying's eyes were twinkling as she watched Lin Feng. He only had the strength of the Zun Qi layer, but Duan Mu was talking to him that way. He was probably hiding his real cultivation level!
"Everybody, let's go to the Gold Fire Tower!” Duan Mu declared, smiling at Lin Feng and the others. Everybody walked into the tower at his words.
Many people were agitated. Those terrifying geniuses were here, Duan Mu was welcoming them himself, and there were students from Champion University. What was going on?
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Lin Feng and the others followed Duan Mu into the tower and they all headed to a courtyard.
"Lin Feng, do you need to do anything here?" Duan Mu asked Lin Feng. Lin Feng wouldn't have needed to come with so many people if he had just come to visit.
"I do,” said Lin Feng nodding, “I need to solve some issues in the nine great celestial castles. We're going back this time."
"Lin Feng, I need to warn you of something,” said the teacher in golden purple clothes. He was the Level Nine Professor who had judged their competition before.
"Master, is there something wrong?" asked Lin Feng.
"Last time we went to Vast Celestial Ancient City, a cultivator from the Everlasting Palace chased us and then came to the tower. He didn't attack us directly, but after that, I investigated a little and I found out that Sword Mountain had informed the Everlasting Palace of your whereabouts. They told them where you were," said the professor, “Because you have a friend in Sword Mountain, I was extremely worried, I hoped you wouldn't go there. Don't go there!"
Sword Mountain! Lin Feng's eyes shone. Sword Mountain wanted to kill him?
Sword Mountain weren't his enemies, the only two people who connected him to Sword Mountain were Ruo Xie and Emperor Wu Tian Jian.
Ruo Xie was a disciple of Sword Mountain, so he couldn't have tried to hurt him, so what about Emperor Wu Tian Jian?
Emperor Tie Jian had fought against Emperor Wu Tian Jian many years before. Lin Feng didn't know why, did Emperor Tie Jian hate Emperor Wu Tian Jian that much? Lin Feng couldn't believe it. But that was the only possibility. After all, when he went to Sword Mountain, nothing wrong had happened.
"And what about my good friend Ruo Xie?" Lin Feng asked of the professor.
"I haven't heard of him. When you left, I heard that he had gone traveling to choose his own path,” replied the professor earnestly.
"Alright, good,” said Lin Feng frowning.
Duan Mu looked at him, “Lin Feng, do you want to go to Sword Mountain? I can take you there."
"Lin Feng, Sword Mountain has many cultivators in Gold Fire City. They'll soon know you're here. Let him go with you,” said Mu Lin Xue, she was very worried. After all, Sword Mountain had great emperors! Lin Feng couldn't do anything against them.
"No need. We're not enemies,” said Lin Feng shaking his head, “Even if Emperor Tie Jian shows up, I'll tell him my social status. If a great emperor dares fight against me, Sword Mountain will be wiped off the map," said Lin Feng. Indeed, they weren't enemies. And Emperor Wu Tian Jian and he weren't that close, either. They just got along quite well. Qing Feng and Wu had memories with their clan. If Emperor Tie Jian dared attack, the Animal Clan would destroy Sword Mountain.
"Alright, not bad. I'll transmit some memories to you. If you are in danger, let me know,” Duan Mu said, opening his third eye, which emitted dazzling lights. He put the lights in a talisman and gave the talisman to Lin Feng. “If you have a problem, break the talisman and I'll come."
"Thank you very much, Master,” bowed Lin Feng. Duan Mu was extremely generous. If Qing Di Mountain attacked him, he could ask a celestial emperor for help!
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The group of them spent more time with the elders, and then it was time to leave. “Duan Mu, thank you again for today. I'll come back to the Gold Fire Tower to see you again. I'm off!"
"Are you leaving?" Duan Mu asked. “Why are you in such a hurry?"
"Master Duan Mu, I can't waste time. In Champion University, the competition is extremely high,” said Lin Feng.
Duan Mu nodded, “Champion University's geniuses are determined. No problem, be off with you!"
"Teacher!” said Mu Lin Xue, standing up right then.
"What? You want to abandon your teacher and leave?" said Duan Mu smiling, “I transmitted some techniques to you, and you need to choose your own path now. If you need anything, come and find me."
"Thank you very much, Teacher!” said Mu Lin Xue. She sounded like a little girl and was smiling like one. Then, Mu Qing Ying looked at Mu Lin Xue and said, “Sister Lin Xue, are you…"
"I'm going to trave!,” smiled Mu Lin Xue. She looked at Lin Feng and said, “I want to go and travel with you. You can't refuse, right?"
When Lin Feng heard Mu Lin Xue, he smiled wryly, but Duan Mu had nodded his assent. Lin Feng didn't know how to refuse!
"Alright, you can temporarily stay with us. We'll come back to Gold Fire City on the way back anyway,” Lin Feng agreed. He also wanted to bring Mu Lin Xue back to her clan for a visit…
PMG Chapter 1811
Chapter 1811: On Yao Ye Island
At the Yao Ye Islands, bestial Qi was floating above the millions of islands. At that moment, on one of them, an explosive Qi rolled out, dust floated in the air, stones exploded, and the ground crackled.
Two gigantic apes were fighting. They both looked like gigantic towers. Great wooden sticks filled the sky, bearing terrible and explosive power.
At that moment, a pitch-black demon hand came slamming down, explosive thunder erupting as it did. The fist shadow crushed the rising energies, which returned to the void.
"Haha, Yuan Fei, you lost again!" said the Great Earth Demon Ape, laughing loudly. Yuan Fei looked exhausted.
"Damn it. Come again!" said Yuan Fei, holding his wooden stick. He refused to lose!
"Forget about it. Yuan Fei, you already progressed a lot!" said the gigantic ape. The Great Ape Emperor was there, too, all three apes in company with one another.
"Hehe, I still have to destroy the Celestial Qi Castle, I'm still not strong enough!" said Yuan Fei. Back then, the Celestial Qi Castle had taken control of him, he had to get his revenge.
"Yes, your father is still in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit in the small world. I wonder how he's doing," mused the Great Ape Emperor. His gigantic eyes were twinkling. The entrance to the small world had probably been sealed already. They couldn't go back!
"We've all made great progress, Ban Ruo, Li Hen, Xing Zhan are all emperors. Someday, we'll go back and destroy the Celestial Qi Castle," said Yuan Fei loudly. His eyes were shining.
"Yuan Fei!" someone called out at that moment. A few people had arrived. Yuan Fei raised his head and saw Ban Ruo and the others. He smiled and said, “I was just talking about you guys, and now you're here. Are you getting ready to go and travel a bit?"
"Indeed. We've been back for a while already. We should go travel and practice now," said Xing Zhan. He didn't like staying in the same place all the time.
"Alright! What about you, grandpa?" asked Yuan Fei to the Great Ape Emperor.
"You can go. I'm not coming," said the Great Ape Emperor, shaking his head. He was old. He couldn't keep up with the young people anymore.
"Alright, we're going!" smiled Yuan Fei. He didn't want to waste time. He immediately rose up into the air. However, he saw people in the distance, coming towards them quickly.
What's that? They're so fast!, thought Yuan Fei and the others, gazing into the distance. They frowned and stopped moving. The light beam was getting closer, and resolved itself into an ancient boat carrying many young people.
Suddenly, Yuan Fei's eyes went wide, staring at the boat.
"Lin Feng!"
"And Hou Qing Lin, Tian Chi, and Jun Mo Xi!"
Ban Ruo and the others recognized the people who were coming, they could see them now. Their hearts accelerated as the boat finally stopped in front of them.
"Brothers, Lin Feng!" Ban Ruo and the others greeted their friends. They were back!
"Ban Ruo, Li Hen, Xing Zhan." Hou Qing Lin walked over to them and they all bumped fists hard. Tian Chi followed, smiling. So many years had passed, and finally, they were together again.
"Brother!" They looked at Hou Qing Lin, who looked even more amazing than before.
Lin Feng grinned widely. “Six of us are reunited, and with Ruo Xie, we're seven! Four people are still missing, as well as our teachers."
"Tiantai's disciples will definitely gather again!" proclaimed Tian Chi loudly.
"Lin Feng, you're good, you found Hou Qing Lin and Tian Chi!" Ban Ruo exclaimed to Lin Feng. Back then, he had also saved them from the Celestial Qi Castle.
"We bumped into each other in the Holy City. Now we came back to see you. We want to do what our teachers wanted us to do. We also recreated Tiantai in the Holy City," Lin Feng beamed.
"Lin Feng is right. We recreated Tiantai in the Holy City. This time, we came back because we want to go to Ba Huang. Things should change in the nine great celestial castles," Hou Qing Lin said grimly. The nine great celestial castles controlled their small world, and considered the strong cultivators of the small world as prey, they had to change that.
Ban Ruo frowned, “Brother, even though we all became stronger, I don't think we're ready for the nine great celestial castles. They all have high-level emperors. Even medium-level emperors are difficult to defeat. If we go back…"
Ban Ruo stopped talking when he thought about that. Unless the members of Yao Ye Island helped them, they couldn't return to the nine great celestial castles.
"Don't worry. We have many good things," smiled Hou Qing Lin dangerously. Ban Ruo and the others nodded. Since Hou Qing Lin said that, it meant they knew what they were doing. They all couldn't wait for the day when they'd destroy the Celestial Qi Castle.
"Let's go. Let's go and see Master Shen Yu, and then let's head to the nine great celestial castles," proposed Lin Feng. They were at Yao Ye Island, they had to go and greet the elders, doing otherwise would be impolite.
"Yes, Hu Yue missed you!" said Xing Zhan. Lin Feng's eyes twinkled. How was Hu Yue doing?
"Demon Ape, come with us," Lin Feng said to the Great Earth Demon Ape. The ape descended from the sky and landed in front of Lin Feng. His Qi was terrifying and oppressive.
"What? You came back, and you don't want to fight against me?" asked the demon ape, smiling at Lin Feng. Back then, Lin Feng used to go and fight against him all the time to practice.
"You kept humiliating me back then, but you can't anymore!" grinned Lin Feng cheerfully.
The demon ape said, “You show off! Come here and fight!"
Then, the Great Earth Demon Ape stepped back and sent Lin Feng a challenging look.
Lin Feng smiled indifferently before charging ahead with his wind speed. He was much faster than before!
The Great Earth Demon Ape also jumped forwards and shouted furiously, the earth and the sky shook. The ape raised his hand, which blotted out the sun and came slamming down.
Lin Feng raised his fist, too. He didn't dodge the attack. Their fists collided violently. A terrifying strength rocked everyone. The Great Earth Demon Ape had the sensation that his forearm was broken. He was driven backwards, staring at Lin Feng as he was forced away.
"What do you think?" asked Lin Feng. He was standing there motionless, grinning at the big ape. His friends were astonished. Lin Feng and the Great Earth Demon Ape had a similar physical strength? He even won against the ape?
"Little boy, you progress way too fast," sighed the Great Earth Demon Ape, scratching his furry head. He looked annoyed, “I need to practice more."
He came down to join them, nevertheless.
Lin Feng watched him and laughed. Then, the group of friends headed off to meet the elders of Yao Ye Island.
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After a short time, they landed on an island thick with bestial Qi. A silhouette in red appeared, jumping over to Lin Feng and hugging him.
"Lin Feng, little brother, you came back to see your sister," said Hu Yue cutely. Lin Feng was speechless. She hadn't changed at all.
"Sister Hu Yue, so many of my friends are here, I can't spend too much time with you, I'm sorry!" replied Lin Feng.
Hu Yue looked at them approvingly and smiled, “Good little boy. Your friends are really strong, and there are two beautiful girls too. No wonder you forgot about me."
"How could I?" said Lin Feng, smiling wryly. He glanced at Shen Yu, begging for some help here.
Emperor Shen Yu glanced at Hu Yue and sighed, “You can leave him alone now."
"Mind your own business!" sniffed Hu Yue, but she still let Lin Feng go.
"Is everyone alright?" Lin Feng asked Shen Yu.
Shen Yu nodded, sharp lights glittered in his eyes as he asked, “Lin Feng, you and so many of your friends came here, is there a specific reason?"
"Yes, we want to go back to Qing Di Mountain. We need to sort out some issues…" Lin Feng nodded.
"Do you need Yao Ye Island's help? After all, Qing Di Mountain is a great imperial group." Emperor Shen Yu was worried for them.
"Uncle Shen Yu, the great emperor of Qing Di Mountain wouldn't dare show up. And we can deal with the others," replied Lin Feng, smiling confidently. "Shen Yu, Hu Yue and the others looked impressed.
Hu Yue smiled, “I want to come with you and have some fun."
"Eh…" Lin Feng looked at her, what did she want to do?
"Don't worry. I won't disturb you!" said Hu Yue.
Lin Feng could only smile wryly and nod, “Alright!…"
"Hehe, let's go. I'll take you to your little girlfriend, she missed you!" said Hu Yue, hugging Lin Feng again before they left. Everybody looked at her strangely…