Wang Feng sat in his cabin with his eyes closed, 12 Flags arranged around the room along with many materials placed on multiple places on the floor. He was currently working on an array.
After he had successfully arranged all those things, he took out an Earth Grade sword from his inventory, the same sword he gained after killing those desciples of Strom Manor in Black Wind Mountain, and placed it at the center of the array.
He then retreated to the side and held a token in his hand, after observing every detail for the last time, he breathed lightly before sending his Qi and intent into the token.
Instantly, the flags shone and the materials disappeared from their places, dissolving into specs of light, covering the entire cabin. After the light disappeared, what remained was just a sword, the sword he had placed in the center.
He stood in his place and waved his hand, making a Heaven Grade Scorching Yang Crystal appear in the room. He looked at the Crystal for a moment, sensing it's vast amount of energy, before he sighed, "*sigh* it's a bummer that these crystals can't be used for cultivation."
He shook his head before sending his Qi and intent into the token. The next moment, the sword on the floor floated up, the air crackled with tense energy as a faint outline of a circle was visible on the ground.
The sword suddenly erupted with a deep red aura of killing and struck the crystal.
*Clinnnk*
Wang Feng stopped pouring his Qi into the token and huffed lightly, "d*ng man, I only used it for a moment but it actually leached more than 5% of my Qi...", although 5% sounded negligible, it is to be known that the current him had the reserves of around 20-25 peak Initial Element Realm Cultivators.
So, 5% of his reserves were more than the entire Qi reserve of a Peak Initial Element Realm. Meaning that using the array for just this small moment would take the entire Qi reserves of a Peak Initial Element Realm Cultivator.
Wang Feng walked to the side where the sword had struck the crystal. As he reached the side, he saw that the sword had completely been jammed into the crystal. His eyes flashed with surprise and satisfaction.
He walked to the sword and with some effort, pulled the sword out. "Although the Qi consumption is huge, but so is the result. A single use of this Killing Sword Array, an High-Earth Grade Array, can split into a Mid-Heaven Grade Crystal, that has the defensive power of about an ordinary Separation and Reunion Realm Cultivator, quite easily."
He then looked at the sword and the token in his hands, "unfortunately, I can't make this array into an array plate, unless I have complete access to my spiritual power and soul...", he spoke as he sighed softly before putting the sword to the side.
"Status", Wang Feng said to thin air and a blue panel appeared in front of him.
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[Status]
[Name: Wang Feng]
[Race: Human]
[Age: 15 years]
[Physique: Five Element True Body, Unyielding Golden Skeleton]
[Cultivation: 3rd Stage Qi Sea Realm (Peak)]
[Cultivation Technique: Primordial Origin Art]
[Martial Techniques: Shadow Phantom Steps (Low-Mysterious Grade), Five Attribute Sword Art (High-Mysterious Grade), Vacuum Palm (Low-Earth Grade), Focus Punch (Peak Common Grade)]
[Refined Treasures: Gold Incinerating Beast Flames]
[Artifact Refiner: Peak - Common Grade]
[Array Master: High - Earth Grade]
[Combat Power: Peak Qi Transformation Realm]
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Wang Feng looked at his status and nodded in satisfaction. It has been a full month since he had started refining arrays. Now, after a full month of just focusing on arrays, he has successfully reached High-Earth Grade Array Master rank.
Plus, he gained a great surprise after he reached the Earth Grade Array Master Rank, which solved the most pressing worry of his.
"Now, all that's left is for me to ...", just as he was muttering to himself, he heard a knock on his door, making him look towards it with a raised brow. But the brow relaxed as he felt a familiar aura behind the door and stood up.
"Hello Senior Sister Xia, how have you been?", he asked with a smile as he looked at Xia Ning Chang who stood across the doorframe, while moving aside to let her in.
Xia Ning Chang smiled and said in her soft and low voice, "hello Junior Brother, I've been fine..", she said as she slowly stepped in and looked around, feeling the pulse of Qi around her from the many Arrays he had laid down here. "...and looks like junior brother has been doing quite fine as well."
I chuckled and answered teasingly, "well, I have to work hard if I want to surpass you~", Xia Ning Chang chuckled at that and sat on a chair and he sat on his bed. The two talked about what they had done since they last met, filling Wang Feng with a sense of peace and companionship.
As they talked, Wang Feng inquired about Meng Wu Ya. Xia Ning Chang fell silent for a second before she answered, "master has just returned from outside again."
Wang Feng made a strange expression, "why is he leaving the sect again and again at such short intervals? I remember that he went outside twice in the last three-four months."
Xia Ning Chang nodded before thinking for a moment and answered, "did Junior Brother wonder why I hadn't broken through to the True Element Realm when I could have before I started transitioning to the new system."
Wang Feng stilled and remember that, his thoughts turning, 'wait, is it time..?', he looked at her and nodded, "I did find it strange at that time... But I think I know why."
This time, Xia Ning Chang stilled and looked at him with her wide and big eyes, "You do...?", Wang Feng nodded and said, "I think he was waiting for a special treasure for you to absorb before breaking through, like the Foundation Dews, right?"
The reason Wang Feng said Dews was because except for the Nine Yin Foundation Few from the original, there were many other dews, each representing different element or attribute.
Xia Ning Chang's eyes widened further before she chuckled and answered, "yeah and now, master found one such dew that is nearly ripen. Since I have transitioned to the Peak of 3rd Stage Foundation Realm, he said it would be better and faster to absorb that dew.", Wang Feng internally hummed, 'So it is that...', he then narrowed his eyes and looked at her slightly unhappy look.
He asked normally, "so, which one is it?", Xia Ning Chang stayed silent for a few seconds before she spoke Nine Yin Foundation Dew. Wang Feng looked at her increasingly downcasted look and said, "then why are you so upset?.... Is it about the collecting process?"
Xia Ning Chang was again surprised that he seemed to know the collection process, but she nodded with a look at he couldn't quite place. Wang Feng smirked, "then how about I help you collect it~?", Xia Ning Chang's mind blanked for a moment before she stuttered out with a slightly red face, "bu..but.. doesn't that... require Yang Qi users?"
Wang Feng chuckled and answered, "oh you don't have to worry about those small details, I have my own ways around it~", he said while looking at her wailed mouth teasingly, making her blush harder.
Wang Feng wanted to move closer to her, but stopped himself as he asked her how long will it take for the dew to form. She suppressed her embarrassment and told him that it would take precisely 13 days for it to ripen.
Wang Feng nodded and the two talked for a few more minutes before Xia Ning Chang left. Wang Feng looked at her as she left and thought to himself, 'it's probably the best time as it given me an excuse to ask Old Meng for help.'
He groaned and walked out. He honestly didn't want to ask anyone, even Meng Wu Ya, for help with what he wanted to do next. But unfortunately, he was currently too weak to hide the effects, the reaction that will be brought from what he was planning.
He was in deep thought as he walked out of his cabin. As he was walking towards Meng Wu Ya's Treasurer Hall, he saw a few disciples standing in a circular position, looking at two disciples fighting, One of whom he knew.
He stepped forward and saw Yang Kai fighting against another disciple in a duel. "Oh, he broke through 6th Stage Initial Element Realm?", Wang Feng muttered in surprise as he looked at Yang Kai moving swiftly through the ground, effortlessly dodging attacks from his opponent.
Wang Feng intently observed his footwork and after a few moments got the gist of it, "a wind attributed movement technique that propells the user to move as swift and unpredictable as the wind."
If Yang Kai or any other of the disciples had heard Wang Feng's analysis after just a few seconds of watching Yang Kai use the technique, they would be scared shitless and look at him as if he was a monster.
Wang Feng's analysis was correct and Yang Kai was using such technique. The technique allowed him to avoid his opponent's attacks in an unpredictable manner, making him look like a leaf swaying to the unrestrained wind.
After exactly 10 seconds of Wang Feng completing his analysis, he saw Yang Kai punch the wind out of the disciple's lungs with a punch to the gut, making the disciple arc his back before tumbling on the ground, laying while groaning as he rubbed his stomach.
When the disciple laid on the ground for five seconds without moving, a slight sound of bell sounded from around the place, signaling the end of the duel.
Only Wang Feng detected faintly where the sound came from, a tree a short distance away, from where a dark hall disciple was watching and recording the result of the duel. The only reason he was able to sense it was because the other party had the cultivation of Qi Transformation Realm, while Wang Feng had experience with fighting many on that realm.
After ignoring the dark hall disciple, Wang Feng walked forward silently and hung his arm over Yang Kai's shoulder, "damn man! That was clean.", Yang Kai slumped slightly forward from the pressure of Wang Feng's sudden arm over him.
He stopped himself from groaning when he heard Wang Feng's voice and looked at him strangely, "the fuck! Wang Feng, wait... you're still alive!?", Wang Feng looked at him with a strange expression before his eyes twitched and he pulled back.
"Shut it bitch! You're still alive and you expect me to die *humph*", Wang Feng replied with a snort. The two looked at each other for a few seconds before they both started laughing out.
"Honestly, I'm relieved that you didn't die, otherwise I would have to hunt down the bastard who did it~", Yang Kai teased as he looked at him with calculating eyes, sensing the aura his body emitted, which resembled that of a Peak 8th Stage Initial Element Realm Cultivator.
Wang Feng looked at him with disdain, "you can't even sense me when I walk up to you and you want to deal with someone who might have killed me..", While internally, Wang Feng felt gratitude, warmth and felt that his decision to help Yang Kai was indeed correct.
Yang Kai's mouth twitched as he heard this and shook his head, "where are you heading to? I haven't seen you in a while, so how about a drink?", he offered Wang Feng, who agreed after a thought.
The two had became quick friends before, but hadn't have time to sit down and talk for some time. With both of them having their own burdens and such, so the two wanted to just relax for a bit.
The two walked into the Black Wind Town while talking, they ate lunch and drank wine in a restaurant, talking about their cultivation and adventures in the last few months. By the end of it, the two felt unexpectedly light, either from the alcohol or from sharing a bit of their stories with each other.