Chapter 40: Entering the Gate (Part 2)

  "Cháng qīng, gēn shū zǔ lái ba!"

  Translation: "Long life, come with great-grandfather!"

  Li Feng gave an order and then led Lingfeng to walk towards the high platform together.

  As soon as he stepped onto the stage, Ling Feng felt five powerful divine senses sweeping across his body. Unlike the Southern Barbarian tribes, cultivators referred to the soul orifice as the Sea of Consciousness and the power of the soul as divine sense.

  Those who use their divine sense to probe the wind will naturally know that it is these few Tianji Pavilion cultivators on stage!

  Ling Feng's soul power was extremely strong, almost surpassing that of the foundation-building cultivators. When he was probed by the divine sense of the five cultivators on stage, he was initially startled, but then quickly regained his composure.

  "With the 'Ding Shen Zhu' bestowed by the High Priest to protect my body, I suppose these few foundation-building monks won't be able to sense anything with their divine consciousness. I don't need to worry at all!" Ling Feng's heart was certain, his face calm and serene.

  In fact, even without the "Concentrating Pearl" given by Salomon, with his current strong spiritual consciousness, he is not inferior to the six people on the stage. As long as he uses the Shadow Clan's secret technique "Introspection Technique", ordinary foundation-building cultivators would be unable to detect the beast soul aura on him!

  "Li Shixiong, this child is your own nephew that you often mention, isn't he?" The Tianji Pavilion cultivator who was sitting with Li Feng earlier stood up and said with a smile, looking at Lingfeng.

  "Feng Shidi guessed it right!" Li Feng stroked his beard and smiled, patting Lingfeng's little head, a pleased expression on his face. "This child is indeed my own nephew Qing!"

  "What a rare Wind Attribute Spiritual Root! It's hard to come by!" Feng Shidi's eyes shone with envy as he praised.

  "In the midst of the spiritual roots, the wind attribute is quite rare. I'd say that in our vast Tianji Pavilion, with tens of thousands of disciples, only a handful possess the wind spiritual root. It's even rarer than the heavenly spiritual root!" Another dark-skinned Tianji Pavilion cultivator chuckled and said.

  "Fenglinggen is rare, but compared to Tiangengen, there's still a significant gap!" Li Feng smiled and patted Lingfeng's back, saying softly: "Changqing, go quickly and pay respects to the several Shifu!"

  Ling Feng hastily stepped forward and bowed down, respectfully knocking his head on the ground several times in front of the five people.

  "We cultivators of the Tao don't need to perform such grand rituals!"

  After standing up at Lingfeng Station, that 'Feng Shidi' smiled and looked at him, saying a sentence.

  "You should have spoken up earlier, now I've suffered a few unjust knocks!"

  Ling Feng cursed in his heart, but a pure and innocent smile appeared on his small face.

  "I'll take Qing to the inner hall, Brother Feng. Can you please keep an eye on things here for a bit?" Li Feng said, pulling Lingfeng's small hand, as he spoke to 'Brother Feng'.

  "Brother Li can go ahead, I'll be fine here!" 'Feng Shidi' nodded with a smile. It seems that he has a pretty good relationship with Li Feng.

  "Thank you!" Li Feng said with a word of thanks, and then greeted the other four Tianji Pavilion cultivators before taking out a red small sword, carrying Lingfeng, and driving the sword light to fly towards the valley.

  A gentle breeze whistled past his ears, but he didn't feel the strong wind hitting his body. Ling Feng was being held in Li Feng's arms, flying with the sword, its speed incredibly fast.

  Heart knowing he was about to enter Tianji Pavilion, Ling Feng's heart was filled with curiosity, and he looked forward to it.

  As far as the eye can see, peaks emerge and disappear, mountains rise one after another, thin mist wraps around and swirls, building upon building stands tall among the peaks, under the veil of light cloud, it seems to be covered with a layer of gauze, full of fairy house momentum, making people look at it with reverence.

  "How beautiful!"

  The beautiful scenery in front of Ling Feng's eyes made him dizzy and fascinated, and he couldn't help but exclaim from the bottom of his heart.

  "Cui Ping Mountain's seventy-two peaks, the spiritual veins of the earth crisscrossing, the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy is exceptionally abundant, this is a blessed place for us to cultivate!"

  A faint voice came from beside his ear, and Ling Feng turned back to himself, looked up, and saw Li Feng smiling at him.

  "The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the foundation of cultivation, regardless of whether it's the Taoist's divine powers or the secret techniques of our Southern Barbarian tribe's shamanism. At its core, they all involve absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into one's body and converting it for one's own use. This is what is meant by 'all things return to one', that their origins are the same! Ling Feng suddenly had an epiphany, thinking about his own beast soul bloodline, but he didn't need to rely on the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to cultivate. He could directly seize the power of the demonic beasts and transform it into his own use, obtaining a powerful force that was unmatched even among the various tribes of the Southern Barbarian region!"

  "Evergreen, the Tianji Pavilion is not like your own home. After you enter, you must be careful with your words and actions, don't easily provoke trouble. Although Uncle Zu has some connections within the sect, there are many people more powerful than him. If you accidentally offend these people, even within the sect, it's hard to avoid disaster. At that time, even if Uncle Zu intervenes, he may not be able to guarantee your safety!" Taking advantage of the spare time on the way to the inner hall, Li Feng earnestly warned his nephew, lest he get into unnecessary trouble after entering the pavilion.

  "Uncle, rest assured, Chang Qing will definitely not stir up trouble and bring you any inconvenience!"

  "You don't have to worry about being bullied, you know that your unseen master is a renowned figure in the sect, except for a few ancestors, his prestige is the highest!" Li Feng was afraid that he would be burdened with worries, and hurriedly added another sentence with a smile.

  Ling Feng's curiosity grew even more after hearing this. He thought for a moment and asked: "Great Uncle, who exactly is Master Chang Qing?"

  "You'll know when the time comes!" Li Feng gave a sly smile and didn't answer.

  Ling Feng saw the situation and didn't think it was good to continue asking questions. Judging from his own "Uncle Ancestor" tone, that unseen master was also a foundation-building cultivator, but in Tianji Pavilion, whether in status or reputation, he was much stronger than "Uncle Ancestor". This was extremely beneficial for Ling Feng and had no drawbacks. The higher the status of those close to him, the more secrets of Tianji Pavilion he would obtain, which would be of great help in completing the tasks assigned by his clan in the future!

  After about half an hour, Li Feng put away the sword light and took Lingfeng down to a mountain peak below. After landing, Lingfeng looked up and saw a majestic grand hall in front of him.

  At Li Feng's invitation, the two of them walked directly towards the temple gate.

  "Long time no see, Uncle Master!"

  The two disciples guarding the gate bowed and saluted as they saw Li Feng approaching.

  "Hmm!" Li Feng responded faintly, without looking at them, and led Lingfeng into the hall.

  "I can't see it, but this 'uncle' of mine still has a lot of airs about him!"

  Ling Feng smiled secretly in his heart, his footsteps uninterrupted as he closely followed Li Feng and walked past.

  Upon arriving at the grand hall, a white-faced monk wearing a purple robe saw Li Feng and came forward with a smile on his face.

  "Brother Li!" After a greeting, he glanced at Ling Feng and smiled: "Why bother Brother Li to send someone over personally? Is this kid..." He didn't finish his sentence, but suddenly felt a divine sense probing towards him from the side.

  "Wind Attribute Spiritual Root!" The white-faced cultivator's tone was one of surprise, and he looked at Li Feng, saying: "This child is indeed the direct descendant of Brother Li's family!"

  "Not bad!" Li Feng nodded his head, a smile on his face, and said: "Zhang Shidi, my nephew's talent should be qualified to become an inner disciple, right?"

  "That's natural!" Zhang Shidi smiled and replied.

  This 'Junior Master Zhang' is named Zhang Zhenglin, responsible for the internal affairs of the Tianji Pavilion. All new inner door disciples must go through him to verify their identity, register and record, in order to enjoy the monthly welfare benefits provided by the sect.

  "Zhang Shidi, I'm entrusting this nephew of mine to your care. In two days, after the recruitment of disciples is over, I'll come with Zhang Sun Shixiong to take him away!"

  "Oh?" Zhang Zhenglin's face first showed a surprised expression, then relaxed and smiled:

  "It's not easy for a Wind Spirit Root disciple to emerge, and naturally, Elder Zhong Sun won't let him off easily!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he and Li Feng couldn't help but exchange a knowing smile.

  "Chang Qing, you stay with Master Zhang for two days first. Grandmaster has some things to attend to. After two days, I'll come with your master to pick you up!" Li Feng patted Lingfeng's little head and instructed.

  Ling Feng responded with a single word. Then, Li Feng turned around and left the grand hall.