Zhang Feng slowly flowed the energy through every part of his body. His Dantian was filled to the brim so now he wanted to impact the Condensing Energy Realm. Zhang Feng exhaled lightly as he got ready to break through the Condensing Energy Realm. Zhang Feng took out a handful of Low-Grade Spirit Stones. He rapidly absorbed the aura in them and carefully guided it as the bottleneck was thinning quickly. Zhang Feng carefully merged all the 12 Qi's in his body as it began to shrink rapidly. The 12 Qi's rotated in a circle as energy from them was getting removed and combining into a single Condensed Qi strand. This process takes some time usually as 9 strands need to be condensed but in Zhang Feng's case, 12 strands needed to be condensed. So naturally, it took a lot of time. Days passed as Zhang Feng finally condensed all the strands into a single strand. The strand was much larger than the previous ones. It had a greyish aura around it. "That must be the Chaos Qi, " thought Zhang Feng. The strand was much larger than normal ones. As soon as the strand condensed, Zhang Feng felt the aura in his body reach a limit as a low boom sounded. The surrounding Qi converged and made Qi vortex surrounding Zhang Feng. The impact of the vortex caused the inn to shake a little. The innkeeper got alarmed as he thought that powerhouses were fighting nearby. The vortex soon diminished and Zhang Feng got up. He had successfully broken through to Condensing Energy Realm! Zhang Feng's eyes showed a satisfied look. He clenched his hands as he felt a burst of power gushing through his arms. "Strong.... " muttered Zhang Feng and landed a punch on the practice wall. The wall didn't even budge but a web of cracks was formed on it.
"Now I can even compete against a 5th Stage True Qi Powerhouse." Just as Zhang Feng said that clouds began to gather in the sky. A heavy gale of wind started blowing as the moon got blocked because of the clouds. "Shit! Is this a Heavenly Tribulation? But I'm just in Condensing Energy Realm. No, No there is no time to think that now! I need to get away from here right now! This building will definitely fall! I need to go as far as possible! Otherwise, it will definitely attract attention and who knows what might happen next." Zhang Feng jumped out of the window and darted across the street in the direction of the forest. Zhang Feng looked back and saw the cloud quickly following him. Although the speed of the cloud was much slower than Zhang Feng, it was definitely coming towards him without any obstruction. Zhang Feng urged his body to go faster.
Soon he reached the city walls. The guards were surprised to see a person running so quickly in the middle of the night. Zhang Feng stopped and handed them the pass he had got when he entered the city. The guards checked it and said, "Yes, you may go. But can you tell us that why are you in such a hurry?" asked one of the guards curiously. Zhang Feng quickly thought of an excuse and said, "My brother didn't return home since morning. I fear that something unfortunate might have happened. So I need to go into the forest and check." said Zhang Feng.
"Oh, you two must be very close then. Well, go on then. I hope nothing bad happens to your brother. " said the guard with a kind smile. "Thank you, big brother! Then, I will take my leave! " saying that Zhang Feng darted off towards the forest.
After a while, the clouds passed over the wall. The guards looked bewildered. They just stared stupidly at the cloud. They watched the cloud go away towards the forest. "I had heard that when a Cultivator reaches Body-Spirit Fusion Realm, he will go under a Heavenly Tribulation. The Tribulation is a type of cleansing. And very few people can overcome that. Who could be so strong in Matterhorn City? Could it be someone from the major forces?" said a guard. "Who knows? It's best if we don't offend that Senior. Do not even try to peep, understood?" warned the head guard. All the guards nodded solemnly. "Could it be that boy.... " muttered a guard as he thought of Zhang Feng. But then he quickly dismissed the possibility. How could a kid be at Body-Spirit Fusion Realm?
Zhang Feng zoomed through the forest and finally stopped at an open space that was quite far from the city. No one should notice him here. He was exhausted from running constantly. Zhang Feng quickly replenished his aura by absorbing the Qi from Middle-Grade Spirit Stones. Now wasn't the time to be a miser. The Tribulation might arrive at any time. Low-grade Spirit Stones contain energy but it's not as pure as that of Middle-Grade Spirit Stones. After a few minutes, Zhang Feng finally heaved a sigh of relief as all the energy was finally replenished.
Just as Zhang Feng exhaled, a round of thunder echoed through the sky. Zhang Feng looked up and saw a dark blue cloud approaching him. "Is it here?" muttered Zhang Feng as he readied himself. The thunder echoed through the sky. A bolt of lightning zoomed through and struck Zhang Feng. Bang! Zhang Feng got knocked down a few feet backwards. "Dammit! I didn't expect it to be so fierce! Next time I will be ready!" Zhang Feng quickly got up to face the next lightning bolt. Light flashed through the sky as another spear-shaped lightning struck him. Zhang Feng lightly breathed a directly punched the bolt. A loud bang sounded as the two forces collided against each other. Zhang Feng looked up to see smoke coming from his hand. The hand felt numb but there wasn't any serious damage. Instead, he felt his blood boil with excitement.
"Awesome! Let's go again! " Zhang Feng gave a provocative gesture towards the sky. The Tribulation seems to understand what Zhang Feng was saying and gave a loud clap of thunder in response. A huge bolt, nearly 4 metres long and 50 cm wide zapped Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng understood the solemnity of the attack, so he directly attacked with Wind Tiger Claw. The attacks again collided with an explosion much bigger than before. One after another, lightning bolts attacked Zhang Feng. Zhang Feng's whole body was covered with blisters and small wounds. But Zhang Feng didn't slow down. He attacked even fiercely. He knew that his physical strength might get improved to some extent. So Zhang Feng decided to utilize this opportunity to break through to the second layer of the 4-Bronze Bell Body. "4-Bronze Bell Body!" yelled Zhang Feng as he opened the Bronze Body. His skin hardened and showed a bronze lustre. Feng attacked rapidly. After 10 lightning attacks, Zhang Feng felt his body get a little stronger. He could feel his bones becoming hard and skin getting clear to some extent. But still, he didn't break through to the 2nd Layer of 4-Bronze Bell Body. Soon the last bolt of lightning was left. "This isn't going to work. I need a stronger resource to break through. Sigh, but it will take some time then. What should I do?" pondered Zhang Feng. Suddenly he thought of something and his face showed a crazy smile. "Could I do that... but would the force would be too strong? I could die if there is the slightest mistake.... Should I... or should I not?" muttered Zhang Feng. In the end, he firmed his will and said, "No Pain, no gain. I will take the risk." Soon Zhang Feng saw the last Lightning bolt coming to him." The bolt was stronger than all the previous ones. Even Zhang Feng at his peak would have to be extremely careful.
Just when the bolt was about to hit Zhang Feng, Zhang Feng opened all his body pores and absorbed the lightning. He furiously ran 4-Bronze Bell Body through his body. The energy was so destructive that Zhang Feng's 40 per cent of internal organs were badly damaged in an instant. Zhang Feng spat buckets of blood. He was bleeding from all the 7 orifices. His heart began to beat furiously. The blood began to pump rapidly in his body. Yet it wasn't enough. The energy moved throughout his body vigorously. Zhang Feng held on and continued to refine his body from the energy. Zhang Feng's face was pale from heavy blood loss. He could feel himself losing his consciousness. But he tightly bit his tongue to stop him from passing out. Because he knew that if he fainted there was a high chance that he would die due to heavy bleeding. "Hold on! Hold on! I can't die yet! I have to avenge Uncle Xiao! I have to kill Zhao Family, Ye Family and Fire wind Mercenary group! I cannot die here!" Zhang Feng said with a firm tone. Zhang Feng simultaneously ran the Chaos God Scripture to fasten the healing. Suddenly, a ray of light fell on Zhang Feng. The light looked holy, pure and sacred. Zhang Feng felt all his body pores open automatically as they began to absorb the light. "Comfortable...." muttered Zhang Feng. His body felt warm and light. "This must be the Sanctification process Master told me. " All his wounds began to heal rapidly and his cultivation started getting stabilized Zhang Feng was now able to focus completely on refining the Lightning bolt. Soon Zhang Feng saw another Bell forming in his body. After a while to Bell was completely formed. Just as the Bell was formed it began to ring loudly. Both the bells began ringing as his body strengthened. His muscles became flexible and strong. His bones had a bronze tinge on them. They looked as if they had been painted with a bronze layer. Various Bell sounds echoed through his body as he cracked the bottleneck. Bam! Dang! A Bell sound rang twice from his body as broke through the 2nd layer.
Zhang Feng gave a low roar as broke through. His old skin dropped and was replaced by a new one. His new skin looked like a bright jade. Zhang Feng sighed lightly and got up. He saw that the Sanctification light was not gone yet. He then quickly sat back down and ran the Chaos God Scripture and simultaneously also refined the lightning energy. Zhang Feng decided to break through to the 2nd Stage of Condensing Energy. His realm was already stabilized by the holy light. Now the remaining lightning energy could be used to break through to 2nd layer. Originally he wanted to wait for at least one month before breaking through but now he didn't have to worry. He could break through anytime. Zhang Feng rapidly absorbed the energy and completely filled his Dantian. Zhang Feng felt a 2nd Qu strand condense rapidly. As the energy was in huge quantity and pure in quality, it quickly condensed.
A low grunt escaped from Zhang Feng's mouth as he broke through to the 2nd Stage of Condensing Energy. Zhang Feng got up and looked in the sky. The Tribulation cloud had already dispersed. Dawn was breaking. The sun had a gold-red colour as it was rising. The entire sky had a fiery orange colour. "I don't know if this is the same Sun from my last life," muttered Zhang Feng. "Well, I will definitely find out when I get stronger." Saying that he gave a confident smile as gazed afar. He was definitely looking forward to the future when he would become strong. Strong enough to protect himself. His dignity. His friends. His loved ones. Strong enough for people to look up to. Strong enough to be a ray of hope. He would never allow a similar disaster like Xiao Family to happen.
Zhang Feng felt a dirty smell in the air. He saw that his body secreted all the impurities and dirt which had got accumulated since he had started cultivating. "I urgently need to take a bath." thought Zhang Feng as he looked for a river. Soon he came across a clear river. He threw his clothes and jumped into the river. His clothes were already in tatters from the Tribulation. So they were of no use. Zhang Feng took a long bath and came out. He wore new clothes and decided to set out for the city.
Zhang Feng rested for 2 hours in the Sky Pagoda and set off. He had reached fairly deep in the forest. It could be considered his luck that he didn't meet any wild monster during the tribulation. "Next time I must be prepared for this and get a secured and isolated location." thought Zhang Feng. After a while, he was pretty sure that he was lost. He had a gloomy look on his face. Suddenly his stomach gave a loud growl. Zhang Feng sighed in annoyance. "I need to hunt for some food." Soon Zhang Feng found a perfect prey. It was a wild hare. The hair was quite tall and had sturdy legs. It was the size of a car. Zhang Feng found it had a cultivation of Initial Condensing Energy Realm. "Easy prey.. " said Zhang Feng chuckling to himself.
Zhang Feng directly jumped on the hare and lightly punched it. The hare turned around and saw Zhang Feng. Seeing Zhang Feng's cultivation at the 2nd Stage of Condensing Energy, it kicked out fiercely. Originally it expected that both the attacks should collide and get dissolved. But the here's kick got broken without any resistance and hit it directly. The hare died with a shocked look on its face. Zhang Feng took out a sword and quickly cut the hare and stored it in his storage ring.
He hadn't hidden his cultivation as he forgot about it. "I need to be more careful in future." Zhang Feng practised the 1000 Face Transformation while the meat cooked. He had succeeded in cultivating it till the first layer. Now he could change his face into 1000 different faces. He quickly tried to change his face. After changing the face Zhang Feng took out a mirror and looked in it. His face had become more ordinary and completely different from the original one. His skin had become pale white and his jawline much sharper. His sword-like eyebrows had changed into normal curved ones. But his eyes were deep and full of vicissitudes. They showed a sense of mystery and made a person who looked into them get easily lost. But this appearance much less eye-catching than the original one. His temperament was still there. That was something extremely difficult to hide. But comparatively, it was a little less than before. Zhang Feng showed a satisfied look after seeing his face.
The meat cooked and Zhang Feng added spices and herbs to the meat. He was a good cook in his last life. As he was an orphan so he had to do all his things by himself since childhood. Soon a fragrant aroma spread throughout the area. Zhang Feng took the meat and placed it on a wide leaf.
Just as Zhang Feng was about to eat it, he heard a rustle of leaves. Zhang Feng placed the leaf down and got ready to attack. A figure came into Zhang Feng's view. It was a girl who looked like she had suffered from some injuries. The girl wore a white dress. She had a stunning body, with perfect curves and the perfect amount of fat in the right places. The two peaks on her chest stood firm and proud. She carried an exquisite sword that was stained with blood. Her skin was snow-white with a pale rosy colour. Her hair was blue like ocean waves. Her whole body exuded an indifferent and cold temperament.
Although she was standing with the support of her sword, she still looked like she was ready to attack any incoming opponent.
"Fairy, Goddess..... " thought Zhang Feng as he looked at her. Her face was covered with a veil. Well, she had every right to do so. With a body and temperament like this, her face would surely cause wars among nations. The word 'Beautiful' wasn't enough to describe her. She looked perfect in every aspect. Zhang Feng felt regret that he couldn't see her face. For the first time, his heart fluctuated after seeing her. But there weren't any emotions showed on his face. But when Zhang Feng checked her cultivation, his heart was full of waves. He couldn't calm down for a time. However, his eyes didn't show any waves. They were clear, devoid of any ripples. The reason Zhang Feng got shocked because he saw that the girl had a cultivation of the 10th Stage of Body Refining!
Quote : "He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears"...