Chapter 2: Down from the Mountain

  After many days, Chu Zifeng had become familiar with every nook and cranny of the cave, and even found a kind of wild fruit to eat in the cave. After eating his fill every day, he began to cultivate the "Qingmu Emperor's Secret".

  I don't know why, but when Chu Zi Feng started practicing according to the method on the White Jade Stele, he already felt a small flow of energy in his body. At first, Chu Zi Feng didn't pay much attention to it, but as his body became stronger and stronger, even able to lift a 50-jin stone in the cave while frogs were jumping around, Chu Zi Feng couldn't help but wonder what was going on with his body. Although practicing would strengthen one's body, this had only been a few days, so it shouldn't have any effect yet, right?

  "Was it something to do with the milky white water and that little snake?"

  As soon as he thought of the two poisons he had contracted when he first entered the cave, his body suddenly felt cold and hot, and he ran to the stone room. It was only then that Chu Zi Feng realized that the milky white water and the fiery red snake had unintentionally helped him. The two toxins collided with each other in his body, eventually merging into one, and forming a stream of air within him, which made his cultivation have an effect of doubling his efforts.

  But what was that milky white water? What kind of snake was that fiery red little snake? Why did the two combine to be beneficial and harmless to oneself, Chu Zi Feng didn't know!

  Chu Zi Feng didn't want to waste any more time thinking about things he couldn't understand, and so five days passed again. With the help of the energy within his body, Chu Zi Feng quickly entered the initial stage of the Pure Body Realm.

  At this time, Chu Zifeng could already lift a sixty-jin stone and was jumping back and forth on the path between the water pool and the stone room like a frog, only now he had to rest for a while after every ten or so meters before continuing to jump. This was Chu Zifeng's cultivation method, also the initial cultivation method recorded on the White Jade Stele.

  On the fifteenth day, Chu Zi Feng found some words left behind by Xuan Tian Da Di in the cave. He finally understood that the milky white water he had drunk earlier was not poisonous, but a kind of water that could remove toxins from the body. However, when first consumed, it would cause numbness throughout the body. The small red snake was called Huo Long She, a rare creature said to be the descendant of Jiao Long, and after countless years of evolution, it had lost its dragon-like characteristics except for the single horn on its head. It possessed extremely potent venom, and even a powerful deity would perish if bitten by this snake. Fortunately, Chu Zi Feng had drunk the cold ice water before being bitten by Huo Long She. The cold ice water was also a detoxifying agent, and when Huo Long She absorbed it from Chu Zi Feng's blood, its own venom was neutralized, causing it to wither away. However, the combination of the cold ice water and Huo Long She's toxins within Chu Zi Feng's body created a new kind of power that unexpectedly helped him instead.

  On the twentieth day, Chu Zi Feng can now lift an eighty-jin stone, and the distance he jumps in the cave is getting farther and farther. Moreover, he doesn't feel tired at all, his face is rosy, and the illness that has been entwining him for many years seems to have been driven out of his body, and will no longer entwine Chu Zi Feng.

  After a whole month, Chu Zifeng's cultivation had reached the middle stage of Refining the Body, and the "Qingmu Emperor's Imperial Decree" seemed to have been practiced halfway.

  "This is strange, the 'Qīng Mù Dì Huáng Jué' is the strongest technique of Xuán Tiān Dà Dì's physical body, it shouldn't be possible to reach this level so quickly... Could it be that the relationship between the Ice Water and the Fire Dragon Snake has caused my cultivation to double, allowing me to complete half of the 'Qīng Mù Dì Huáng Jué' in such a short time?"

  Chu Zifeng himself didn't know that he had already stayed in the Xuantian Cave for a month. In this place where one couldn't see the sun or moon, it was fundamentally impossible to distinguish time. Chu Zifeng felt that his cultivation was almost complete, so he would often sleep in front of the White Jade Stele and then cultivate again after waking up. Like this, day after day passed, and a month had already gone by.

  By the second month, Chu Zi Feng's cultivation had reached the late stage of Refining the Body, and he could lift a 100-jin stone in the cave and do frog jumps back and forth without needing any rest or pause halfway.

  Bang, bang, bang.

  The sound inside the cave was actually Chu Zifeng practicing, the method of refining his body was to strengthen his body with power, and since there was nothing else to practice here except for rocks, so in these two months, Chu Zifeng could only add weight to the rocks, constantly doing frog jumps.

  Sigh...

  Hmph...

  Chu Zi Feng lifted a 100-jin rock from the stone room and jumped to the front of the water pool. He threw the rock towards the water pool, and there was a loud "bang" sound in the cave. The rock collided with the wall, causing a slight earthquake inside the cave, and the rock that Chu Zi Feng had thrown split into more than ten small rocks.

  "No way, I've actually become this powerful!"

  Chu Zi Feng couldn't believe his own eyes, his strength had actually become so great, a hundred jin of rock could be thrown away with just a flick of his wrist, shattered with just a thought. Was he still himself?

  Chu Zi Feng had not realized that he was no longer the same person as two months ago, not only had he gotten rid of the illness that had plagued him for eighteen years, but his strength had also increased greatly, and even his physique had undergone a drastic change.

  Chu Zi Feng now has a height of 1.8 meters, with extremely developed muscles all over his body, but his skin is very fair and tender, like that of a newborn baby, delicate and vulnerable to the slightest touch.

  "Try 'Qīng Mù Dì Huáng Jué' and see if there's a breakthrough."

  Chu Zifeng activated the powerful force that had been building up inside him. The force that had been forming within his body began to stir, and Chu Zifeng grasped both fists tightly, leaping into the air. In mid-air, he performed several consecutive flips before landing in front of the rocky wall. With a fierce cry, he punched both fists towards the rocky wall, and two fist-shaped masses of white energy simultaneously struck the wall.

  Bang...

  Another tremor occurred inside the cave, and pieces of rock shot out in all directions.

  Chu Zi Feng flipped over and landed on the ground, looking at the rock wall he had just hit. On that rock wall, two deep holes suddenly appeared. Chu Zi Feng's eyes widened in shock: "Did I do this? This is too incredible! I can actually punch out two such deep holes in the rock wall. Could it be... my 'Qing Mu Emperor's Secret' has already been mastered?"

  "The Qingmu Emperor's Secret" is the most powerful technique of Xuántiān Dàdì, but it doesn't mean that it has great power when it's just been practiced. Instead, its power changes with the cultivator's own cultivation level. In other words, the higher Chǔ Zǐ Fēng's cultivation level is, the greater the power of "The Qingmu Emperor's Secret" will be.

  In the mountains, there is no sun or moon, and time flies by. This is already the third month that Chu Zi Feng has spent in the cave.

  On this day, Chu Zi Feng sat cross-legged in front of the white jade stele, circulating the internal energy within his body. He felt an external energy entering through his crown and concentrating at his Dan Tian. Within a minute, the energy dispersed to every acupoint on his body, continuously flowing and merging with his original inner power to form a new force - the legendary True Qi.

  A layer of true energy surrounds Chu Zifeng, and countless small stones on the ground are all stirring. As Chu Zifeng's kung fu runs faster and faster, the small stones on the ground actually slowly rise up, constantly rotating around Chu Zifeng's body.

  After an hour, Chu Zi Feng gathered the true energy in his body back to his dantian. At this time, Chu Zi Feng slowly opened his eyes and felt that the true energy in his body was getting stronger and stronger. So, Chu Zi Feng stood up, lifted a 200-jin rock, and with a slight movement of his foot, his figure shot out like an arrow, jumping on the rocky wall of the stone room as fast as lightning, without any signs of exertion, just like doing something very ordinary.

  "I've broken through! I've finally broken through the late stage of Qi Refining and entered the realm of Nourishing Qi. I can finally leave this place and go home."

  No need to think too much, everything on the white jade stele has been deeply etched in Chu Zifeng's mind. Even without this white jade stele, Chu Zifeng can still cultivate on his own. What needs to be done now is to leave here as soon as possible and return to the outside world.

  Chu Zi Feng walked to the rock wall south of the stone room and once again circulated the true energy within his body. With a loud "bang", Chu Zi Feng's palms struck the rock wall.

  Squeak...

  The rock wall hit by Chu Zifeng emitted a series of "creaking" sounds, countless rocks fell from the stone room above, and a crack suddenly appeared on the rock wall. A strong light shot in from outside the crack, shining directly into Chu Zifeng's eyes.

  Wanlong Mountain has not changed at all, the scorching sun is still shining mercilessly on the earth, and the water of Wanlong Waterfall is still so urgent.

  When Chu Zi Wind reappeared on Mount Wanlong after three months, he was standing in front of a giant boulder at the summit. A stone gate appeared on the boulder, which was the exit of the Xuantian Cave Mansion.

  "It turned out I wasn't at the foot of the mountain, but in the central position of the entire mountain."

  The stone gate was closed, which was also in accordance with the will of Xuántiān Dàdì, and did not allow anyone to discover the existence of Xuántiān Cave Mansion.

  Chu Zi Feng stood at the summit of the mountain, took a deep breath, and his clothes were still the same set from three months ago, but they had already become tattered and worn out. His hair was disheveled, making him look like a savage.

  "Haha, I can go home now."

  Chu Zi's body moved, leaving a residual image at the top of the mountain peak. He had already rushed down the mountain, like a rolling stone, without stopping for a moment, and not following the mountain path. Borrowing the rocks and trees in the mountain, he jumped left and right, passing through a forest, and within ten seconds, he arrived at a field at the foot of the mountain.

  Chu Zi Feng hurriedly returned home, after getting off the mountain he didn't stay and once again took to the air, landing only three times in the fields before arriving at a stone bridge called "Gui Xiang Bridge", which was also the entrance of Z City. On top of the bridge hung a sign made by China Mobile Communications that read: "Z City Welcomes You".