Chapter Eleven: Turning Calamity into Good Fortune

  "Mu Feng, wake up."

  It was unknown how long had passed when Mu Feng slowly came to from his coma, seeing Yang Zhan's anxious face as he called out his name nonstop by his side.

  Mufeng opened his eyes, Yang Zhan was overjoyed, and gently punched Mufeng's chest, saying: "Mufeng, you're awake, you scared me to death."

  Mo Feng slowly sat up from the ground, looking around. The cave was no longer hot like before, and the thick black fog had also disappeared. The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the sound of churning magma bursting forth.

  "Are you okay?" Mu Feng felt relieved seeing Yang Zhan was fine too.

  "I'm fine, don't worry about me! It seems like we've been rescued?" Yang Zhan heard a sigh and then fainted after hitting the stone wall, unaware of what happened next.

  "Really? Who saved us?" Mu Feng asked pretendingly.

  "I don't know either, let's just go back for now?" Yang Zhan said with a lingering fear, today's events were also a bit too stimulating even for someone as bold as him.

  However, just as the two were about to turn around and leave, Mufeng's abdomen suddenly felt a burning sensation, which quickly spread throughout his body. The intense pain caused Mufeng to let out a loud "ah".

  That sharp pain came and went quickly, in the blink of an eye Mufeng felt no more pain, followed by a warm flow of air spreading from his abdomen to his whole body, a kind of indescribable comfort filled his entire body.

  The skin all over the body hardened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then, like weathered rock, began to fall off piece by piece like snowflakes, replaced by extremely soft but very resilient skin, which is one of the most obvious signs of entering the initial stage of Tian Body Realm.

  Yang Zhan stared at Mu Feng's transformation, as if he had been stunned, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.

  "Good boy, Mu Feng, you've been promoted to the initial stage of the Great Perfection of Body Refining Realm!" Yang Zhan said with a look of surprise in his eyes.

  "Mo Feng, how did you do it?" Yang Zhan touched Mo Feng's skin, his mouth wide open in shock. Just over two months ago, Mo Feng was still unable to enter the ranks of warriors, and yet in such a short period of time he had actually risen by two levels, which couldn't help but make him marvel.

  Mo Feng didn't expect to advance either, it's a bit of a blessing in disguise. However, he was afraid that Yang Zhan would ask some questions and reveal his flaws, so he hastily said: "I don't know what's going on either, but this cave is not suitable for staying for long, let's go back first."

  After hearing what Jing Mu Feng said, Yang Zhan finally came back to his senses and realized he was still in danger. He hastily pulled Mu Feng and ran towards the outside of the cave.

  After another round of twists and turns, they finally escaped the cave. The two used a wisteria vine to slightly cover the entrance of the cave before hastily descending the mountain.

  When the two returned to Red Maple Town, the sky had completely darkened. When they parted ways, Mu Feng repeatedly reminded Yang Zhan to keep today's events confidential.

  But even if Mu Feng didn't remind him, Yang Zhan wouldn't dare to speak randomly. Otherwise, he would definitely be beaten up by Yang Sheng.

  When Mu Feng returned home, Mu Chengzhi and his wife were anxiously waiting in the hall.

  "Didn't you go to Luoshen Peak again today?" Seeing Mu Feng's appearance, Mu Chengzhi had already guessed eight or nine out of ten, and his face suddenly became extremely stern. Lin Hui, on the other hand, looked at her son with a mixture of pity and helplessness, her expression one of resignation.

  However, before the excitement had time to erupt, Mu Chengzhi had already sensed something unusual about his son. He pulled Mu Feng's arm and used a bit of force, then exclaimed in surprise: "You've broken through again?"

  Mo Feng scratched his head and didn't dare to tell Mo Cheng Zhi about what happened on Luoshen Peak today, so he just said: "Today, I had an epiphany, so I accidentally broke through."

  Shocking! Besides shock, it's still shocking!

  In less than three months, he reached the initial stage of the Great Perfection of the Refining Body Realm. This was unimaginable to Mu Chengzhi.

  A weak foundation, a shaky ground. The Refining Body Realm is the foundational realm for martial artists, and it's also an extremely crucial one. How well this foundation is laid determines the martial artist's achievements in their cultivation path, so generally speaking, advancing through the Refining Body Realm is a very slow process.

  The young men in the town need at least one or two years to practice martial arts from the beginning to break through to the initial stage of Lian Ti, but Mu Feng only used less than three months, how can such a talent not make Mu Cheng Zhi excited?

  "It seems that our Mu family has hope." Murong Chengzhi muttered, and his anger suddenly dissipated.

  Mo Feng looked at the joy on Mo Cheng Zhi's face and felt that the latter was hiding something from him. This feeling had been there before, but after asking a few times, Mo Cheng Zhi and his wife remained tight-lipped.

  "Feng Er, I heard you're going to have a competition with Jiang Meng in a month?" Lin Hui Rou said.

  "Mm!" Murong nodded slightly.

  He knew that Jiang Meng would definitely spread the news of the competition at Qing Shi Tai a month later everywhere, and this was something he had brought up himself. He definitely wouldn't let go of this opportunity to humiliate him.

  "Jiang Meng, I will definitely defeat you in a month." Murong clenched his teeth and said quietly.

  "You're not even skilled yet, and you want to compare with others? You're just asking for trouble." Mu Chengzhi finally came back to his senses from the shock and excitement earlier, and a basin of cold water was poured directly at Mu Feng's face.

  Jiang Meng's strength was not ordinary, and he had also cultivated many martial arts. The two of them clashed, and it was estimated that no one would believe that Mu Feng had any hope of winning.

  Mo Chengzhi also knew that Jiang Meng often bullied his own son, but as a fight between children, he couldn't intervene as an adult. Moreover, the powerful Jiang family behind Jiang Meng was not something he could afford to provoke at this time.

  If it were in the past, a single thought would have been enough to make the Jiang family disappear completely from Hongfeng Town. Alas, if it weren't for that incident, he wouldn't be hiding in this remote small town either. Thinking of this, Mu Chengzhi couldn't help but sigh.

  "Dad, you have to have faith in me!" Although it was a bit impulsive to suggest competing with Jiang Meng, he could feel that his opponent wasn't as strong as he had imagined during their exchange today. If he could break through to the middle stage of the Refining Body Realm within a month and combine it with his extremely keen senses, he might not be unable to win in one battle.

  But Mufeng knew that if it were before today, he would still have some difficulty breaking through within a month. However, now that he had the Heart Flame Ingestion technique, advancing would be much easier.

  "Dad will definitely support you, but the way of martial arts is to be humble and prudent, otherwise it won't last long." Mu Chengzhi feared that Mu Fengxiu's rapid progress would make him arrogant and complacent, so he was also solemnly reminding him.

  "Got it, Dad." Mu Feng looked at Mu Chengzhi and nodded seriously.

  "It's fine if you know. Get some rest early tonight, and tomorrow morning I'll teach you a set of martial arts." Mu Chengzhi got up and slowly returned to his room.

  Mufeng looked at Muzhizhi's departing back and his eyes also lit up.

  Martial arts can enable martial artists to fully exert their strength and achieve the effect of enhancing combat effectiveness.

  It's said that Jiang Meng has cultivated two or three martial arts, if today he wasn't too careless and didn't use his martial arts, then I really wouldn't have been able to withstand those three punches.

  Lin Hui brought out a steaming hot dish from the kitchen behind the hall and said, "Feng Er, you haven't had dinner yet, hurry up and eat, if you wait any longer it won't taste good."

  Mo Feng only then realized that his stomach was growling with hunger, looking at Lin Hui's loving smile, a warm feeling surged up in his heart, if it were in his past life, he would have starved to death without anyone caring.

  "Thanks, Mom!" Mu Feng took over the dishes and started eating big mouthfuls, but his eyes were a little moist.

  "Slow down, silly child." Lin Hui looked at her son gobbling down his food and a hint of a relieved smile appeared on her face.

  "Dad, mom, I will definitely let you live a good life." He secretly vowed in his heart. Mu Feng, who had never felt family affection in his previous life, was also deeply moved by Mu Chengzhi and his wife.