Chapter Thirty: Seeking Disappointment

  "Brother Chen, congratulations, congratulations! You've actually broken through to the middle stage of Huayuan so quickly. You truly deserve to be the most talented person in our Cloud Yang Sect." A short and ugly-looking man was flattering the person in the middle, although many years had passed, Lu Yu Feng still recognized this ugly person as the one who gave him his mission. The person being flattered in the middle revealed a pleased expression.

  "It's nothing, just good luck, that's all!" Although the man known as Chen Shixiong said it humbly, his face showed an extremely self-satisfied expression.

  Lu Yu Feng had already recognized him. This person known as Chen Shixiong was actually the same Chen Yong who had mocked him in the cafeteria, and was also one of the disciples recruited by that elder.

  At first, Lu Yu Feng was at the 8th layer of Ding Qi, while Chen Yong Cai was only at the 2nd layer. Now he's already in the middle stage of Hua Yuan. It seems that Elder had used his own strength to forcefully break through Chen Yong's Hua Yuan Bridge when he reached the 3rd layer of Ding Qi. However, being able to break through to the middle stage of Hua Yuan in such a short period of time also means he's quite talented. Just look at Feng Chen, who has been cultivating for nearly thirty years and is only in the late stage of Hua Yuan.

  But Luyu Wind knew that with this talent, he couldn't become the most outstanding figure in Yunyang Sect. At least, those who participated in the Ten-Year Resource War were stronger than him, and those who participated in the sect's competition had all relied on their own efforts to break through. Fengchen was no exception; otherwise, she wouldn't have had the strength to participate in the tournament. Luyu Wind thought of Fengchen and shook his head with a smile, then walked towards the Transmission Hall.

  "Halt! Fool, what are you laughing at?" Chen Yong stepped out with one foot, blocking Lu Yufeng's path and not allowing him to pass. Chen Yong had already noticed Lu Yufeng when he approached this place, but in his own eyes now, Lu Yufeng was no longer someone of the same social class as himself, so he let it slide. However, when Lu Yufeng passed by his side, he actually laughed out loud - wasn't that a slap in the face? He was also a great master now, how could he let this waste mock him.

  What's more, this time the inner sect itself came to the outer sect to select some strong disciples to participate in the inner sect competition, which was originally a face-saving thing that his master had worked hard to get, but it was messed up by Lu Yufeng, and he felt like he had lost all face!

  This is just Chen Yong's wishful thinking, Lu Yufeng doesn't have the leisure to mock such a self-righteous person.

  "Junior Chen, I was just recalling some things and couldn't help but smile. What teachings do you have for me?" Lu Yufeng's response wasn't impolite, but in Chen Yong's eyes, it always felt off-putting. Probably because of that "junior brother" title - what qualifications did this waste, Lu Yufeng, have to call himself "junior brother"? That was just how the cultivation world worked: the strong were revered.

  "Since you're so enthusiastic, Master Wind, why don't you spar with me and see if I've made any progress in the past few years?" Chen Yong emphasized the word "Master" heavily, implying that Lu Yifeng wasn't qualified to be his master.

  "Junior brother, our sect prohibits fighting, even outside the sect! If you're really interested, why not find a time to spar in the martial hall?" Lu Yu Feng said with a calm face. To be honest, at the Hua Yuan middle stage, Lu Yu Feng didn't take Chen Yong seriously, and it was clear that Chen's realm wasn't stable, obviously having just broken through. At this time, instead of closing up to stabilize his realm, he was being so restless, which was the consequence of forcibly raising his realm with an unstable foundation.

  "What's with all these rules, if we're going to fight, let's fight." Chen Yong said as he threw a punch at Lu Yufeng, having already decided that he was going to teach him a lesson.

  Watching Chen Yong's fist coming, Lu Yufeng shook his head. His true yuan was surging upwards, but his foundation was unstable. It was clear that Chen Yong only knew how to cultivate and had little experience in fighting with others. This was a lack of combat experience. Moreover, he was too slow, trying to catch those fast-moving demons would be simply impossible. Lu Yufeng took a step to the left, stretched out his right foot, and tripped Chen Yong's foot. Chen Yong couldn't regain his balance, stumbled several times, and fell to the ground with a thud, truly embarrassing himself.

  "Lu Yu Feng, I want you dead!" Chen Yong had never suffered such humiliation before. He flipped over and attacked Lu Yu Feng again.

  "Hmph! Even if you're an outsider, you can't just fight recklessly. Don't you know that?" Just as Lu Yufeng was about to counterattack, a cold hum suddenly came from somewhere, and Chen Yongyu couldn't dodge in time, and was shocked back by the cold hum.

  Obviously, it was the elder who sat at the outer gate who made a move.

  "What incredible strength!" This was Lu Yufeng's first reaction, and the cold hum wasn't directed at him, but rather spread throughout the entire high altitude, yet he still felt a surge of blood rushing through his veins.

  "Hmph..." Chen Yong reacted, looked around in the direction of the sound, then turned back to glare at Lu Yufeng with a fierce expression. "Consider yourself lucky, hope you stay that lucky!" After saying that, he swept his sleeves and left, followed by the people who were just flattering him earlier.

  Lu Yu Feng looked at Chen Yong who was leaving, shook his head and continued walking into the inner door. He didn't want to get involved in trouble, but trouble came looking for him! In Lu Yu Feng's heart, someone like Chen Yong, who was so restless, had already been written off!

  "Are you Lu Yufeng?" As soon as Lu Yufeng entered the side hall of the outer gate, preparing to hand over his task, he heard a voice. Lu Yufeng turned his head and saw an old man slowly approaching him. This old man was someone Lu Yufeng had never seen before, and he didn't know who it was.

  "The young man is indeed Lu Yu Feng." Lu Yu Feng bowed his hands to the old man.

  "Look at your dodging speed just now, you've already broken through to the Huayuan realm, right? This is the Huayuan realm's cultivation method, take it!" The old man waved his hand and a jade slip appeared in front of him, quietly suspended in mid-air.

  "Th-th-this..." Lu Yufeng hesitated, according to his understanding, these sects all had their own rules, without a certain level of strength and status, they did not have the right to pass on their skills.

  "What's wrong?" The old man said with interest to Lu Yu Feng.

  "What's this skill?" Lu Yufeng still didn't dare stretch out his hand to touch it, he needed an explanation.

  "Don't worry, I'm the Transmission Elder!" The old man smiled slightly and explained. Only then did Lu Yufeng stretch out his hand to take the jade slip. However, he only put it in his bosom and didn't store it in the storage ring. The principle of 'an innocent commoner is not guilty, but if he holds a jade tablet, he will be guilty' was something that Lu Yufeng still understood.

  "Do you have any other doubts?" For some reason, this old man seemed to be very interested in Lu Yufeng.

  "I don't know if the elder knows, but is there a battle technique that doesn't require consuming one's own true yuan to use?" Lu Yufeng was just asking about the nature of Qifeng Yin's battle technique.

  "It's possible to use it without exhausting one's own true yuan? That's impossible, I've cultivated for over a hundred years and have never heard of such a thing." The Transmission Elder also looked puzzled. "Why do you have such doubts?"

  "The little one is just looking to see if there's such a battle technique. If there is, it can save a lot of true yuan during the fight." Lu Yufeng wouldn't be foolish enough to reveal his own Wind Departure Seal.

  "This idea of yours is quite innovative, but I've never heard of such a battle technique." The Transmission Elder chuckled and said, "Do you have any other questions?"

  "I don't know, does our sect have any cultivation methods for strengthening the body? I want to increase my physical strength." Lu Yufeng had suffered greatly in his battles with the demon spirits due to his inferior physical strength, so he needed to find a way to make up for this weakness.

  "Have you been to the Demon Forest? Everyone who returns from the Demon Forest has this idea, but we humans mainly cultivate our True Yuan power and don't need to cultivate our physical bodies. That's a unique cultivation method of the demon tribe. In the past, some sages tried to use True Yuan to temper their physical bodies, but the recovery ability of the physical body is fundamentally insufficient to balance the damage caused by True Yuan to the flesh. It would take a very long time to recover, and it's not worth it. So, humans focus on the intensity of our True Yuan power, which is already common knowledge in the cultivation world." The Transmission Elder patiently explained to Lu Yu Feng.

  "Thank you, Elder, for enlightening me. I understand now and have no more doubts." Lu Yufeng bowed his hands in gratitude to the Transmission Elder.

  "Alright, since you're an inner disciple who has been dismissed, as long as you break through to the Huayuan realm, you can return to the inner sect. Now you can go back!" The Transmission Elder waved his hand at Lu Yu Feng, indicating that he could leave.

  "Oh, right, this is the task for this time!" After Lu Yufeng handed over the package on his back to the place where he received the task, he turned around and left. In fact, Lu Yufeng already had a way of achieving merit now, so whether or not he returned to the inner sect didn't matter much to him.

  Watching Lu Yu Feng turn around and leave, the elder's eyes became even more thought-provoking. He had also heard that there was a Ding Qi Six Layer disciple who had stayed in the You Lin for nearly ten years and had even broken through to the Hua Yuan realm, which shocked people!

  "Accumulate thickly and burst forth thinly!" The elder sighed and disappeared in a flash!