Chapter 29: Fight for First Place with Friendship

  "Success!"

  "It's finally done!"

  The wind blows strongly and rises, or just as the throat is hoarse from shouting, I wish to come again.

  The difference between before and after is so obvious that it's impossible not to feel it, even more so than the feeling of being reborn with a new body as described in the Buddhist scripture "Liu Li Jing".

  Even without focusing his mind to look, he could always feel the crystal clear phalanges of his right index finger, as if they were condensed from the pure sunlight.

  He doesn't need to deliberately imagine it, for in his mind there is already a magnificent Temple of the Sun God, shining brightly as if suppressing the great sun and absorbing all the light from the universe.

  At all times, there is a warm and cozy feeling, flowing from the Temple of the Sun God to the Sun Bone, and then circulating back, as if he is forever soaking in the warm spring formed by the sun god's light, comfortable to the extreme.

  "Haha, Shengu Yongzhù, this step has finally been taken."

  "What's more important is: refine the physical body, condense the Taiyang bone!"

  Thinking of a scene in Jiukong Stone Boundary, Ning Feng had an urge to let out a long whistle again.

  There is one, there will be two. Today, Jiǔ Qiào Shí helps him take a step forward, and after that day, Bǎo Bù Qí will inevitably have a second step, a third step...

  "It turns out that what Jiugongshi brought me was not just the Nine Deaths Heart Method, but the Golden Water itself is the most precious thing."

  The gentle breeze at this moment, the sun's law has just begun, with joy and a clear mind.

  It turned out that the Nine Deaths Heart Method was just the tip of the iceberg of the Nine Apertures Stone.

  It turns out that the use of gold and water is not just to open up the heart method, its true function is indeed mysterious and omnipotent.

  "A casual remark, a pool of golden water polishes, achieves a section of sunny bone."

  "What if it's not just this once, not just one pool, but can push my Taiyang bone to what extent?"

  "Golden water can wash and refine the physical body, help me achieve the sun bone, what about others? What else can it do?"

  Ning Feng thought of that casual remark and the various changes it brought about, and couldn't help but feel extremely fortunate. Otherwise, he really didn't know when he would have understood what the true core of Jiuyou Stone was.

  "It's just..."

  Ning Feng's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he scratched his head, "Where did this golden water come from?"

  "Is it naturally generated?"

  He doesn't even believe it himself.

  Past life and present life, different worlds, different identities, different lives, but there is only one thing that remains the same for him.

  Ning Feng never thought that there was anything in this world that was naturally prepared for him, or any desire that would be handed to him with both hands.

  Everything requires effort and struggle to achieve it.

  Everything has its origin and price.

  Not afraid of hard work and willing to pay the price, but more eager to strive for it. The question is: "Where did it come from?"

  He thought his head was going to burst and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, self-mockingly saying: "I finally understand what 'headless fly' means."

  How did Jinshui come about? This question is even more important. Since it's not something that can be answered in a short time, Ning Feng could only temporarily put it aside.

  Immediately, the look of distress on his face disappeared, and a joyful smile was hung up again.

  If it weren't just a glimpse of the doorway, on the road to immortality he was still an outsider, Ning Feng really wanted to jump directly from the crumbling wall into the sunflower cluster, and roll around happily inside.

  It's not enough to express the joy in my heart.

  "Hmm, when we get back, let's have them build a quiet room in the Water Cloud Pavilion and set up an array formation. Otherwise, next time we cultivate, they might even demolish the house?"

  Ning Feng hummed a tune, lost in thought, and walked down the stairs with quick steps.

  That tune is somewhat vague and seems to be a discordant "Feng Lai Yi" that can make Chen Xiang faint.

  Stepping out of the building, I was met with Shen Zhaoxuan's beaming smile.

  "Big brother, how did you come?"

  Bringing wind with quick steps, laughing brightly.

  He was naturally delighted, having just achieved success in his cultivation. The faces of Ning Caichen, Tianyunzi, Shen Zhaoyuan and Chen Ximiao were still flashing in his mind. He thought to himself that he hadn't let them down, and one of them had appeared before him, so it was only natural that he should be overjoyed.

  Jin Yi Ye Xing, this matter Ning Feng is not involved in.

  He was just about to report the good news to Shen Zhaoxuan, but his senior brother laughed loudly and said: "Haha, junior brother, congratulations on mastering the Sun Technique, you've done something that none of us have been able to do."

  It's just that the wind is naturally humble, and the nine orifices are like gold and water, which can't be mentioned. It's nothing more than repeated efforts and attempts to rely on good luck and heaven's favor to succeed.

  "By the way, how did you end up here, senior brother?"

  Recalling what was said earlier, Ning Feng asked curiously.

  Shen Zhaoxuan naturally wouldn't say that he came over every day to take a look, and with a faint smile said: "Brother just so happened to have something to ask of his younger brother, didn't expect to be fortunate enough to catch up with his younger brother's successful cultivation and be able to leave the mountain."

  He wouldn't say that; originally thinking that if his own junior brother hadn't left the mountain, he would take the blame for him and didn't plan on calling him out.

  "What's going on?"

  Ning Feng was somewhat curious. Although Shen Zhaoxuan tried not to put pressure on him, he knew that his own senior fellow disciple had high expectations for him to successfully cultivate the Sun Technique.

  Under these circumstances, he still came to find him despite knowing that he was in seclusion for cultivation, which shows that the matter is by no means ordinary.

  Ning Feng was slightly worried, fearing that something related to Ning Caichen would slip out of his senior brother's mouth.

  Shen Zhaoxuan saw that he was somewhat nervous and hastily explained: "Younger martial brother, the matter is indeed important, because it was personally arranged by the True Person of Palm Teachings."

  Ning Feng felt relieved upon hearing this, as long as it had nothing to do with his own grandfather, then there was no big deal.

  Shen Zhaoxuan said with a somewhat strange expression, as if suppressing a smile, "Do you still remember what happened on the day Master lectured on the Tao, Younger Brother?"

  Ning Feng nodded, somewhat dazed.

  He certainly remembers that on the day before, Tian Yunzi was speechless and transformed into all things; later Shen Zhaoxuan asked three questions clearly, which one is not a matter of remembering even after ten or a hundred years.

  Shen Zhaoxuan endured and endured, but the corners of his mouth still curved up in an arc, revealing a color that couldn't help but laugh: "Tianxing Peak's Zeng Zuimei, Tianji Peak's Bao Xi, the two of them fought fiercely for Chen Ximiao's sister, causing the sect master to become enraged and heavily punish them."

  Shen Zhaoxuan, being a magnanimous person, didn't mention how he was punished or the miserable state of the two individuals. Instead, he went straight to the point: "The True Person of the Palm Teachings and the Master of the Zhufeng Mountains both think that although this matter is not serious, its influence is very bad, so we need to take action to teach everyone in our school the importance of mutual love and assistance."

  "So......" Ning Feng's heart was filled with ominous premonitions, and his expression was no less strange than Shen Zhaoxuan's. Many people had a sense of impending doom at home, as if disaster was coming from above.

  Of course, Zeng Xiu and Bao Xi's suffering, he personally expressed delight.

  "So... " Shen Zhaoxuan shrugged and spread his hands in a helpless gesture, saying: "The Sect Leader thinks that friendship within the sect is more important than cultivation, so he has ordered all thirty new True Transcendents of this generation to gather together to complete a task."

  "As for what specific matter, it's still under discussion, Master may have known about it, but I'm still in the dark."

  Ning Feng listened to Shen Zhaoxuan finish speaking, scratched his head, and knew that this matter was not open for discussion. Especially since he had already begun learning the Sun Scripture, it didn't make much of a difference anyway.

  "Come on, junior brother, let's go pay our respects to Master together."

  "Master must be happy for you too, disciple."

  Shen Zhaoxuan grasped Ning Feng's arm and took him to the mountain peak.

  "Master knows?" Ning Feng was startled, it had been so short a time.

  Shen Zhaoxuan burst out laughing and said, "It's not just the master, I'm afraid that even the Nine Peaks of the Divine Palace, the masters of all the mountains, all know that just a moment ago, the successor to the current Sun Technique has already been decided, and it's still from our master's sect."

  Hahaha~~~~

  His laughter was loud and clear, ringing out far and wide, even as the two figures disappeared into the distance, the sound of their laughter still lingered.

  Tianyun Peak's summit, Shen Zhaohan brought Ningfeng down with him.

  The Master's Taoist temple, with Shen Zhaoxuan's respect for Tianyunzi, how could he fly in?

  Just as they were about to walk away, a cold hum was heard in their ears. The next moment, the sky and earth spun around, and when they opened their eyes again, they saw an angry face staring back at them.

  "Shen Zhaoxuan, Ning Feng, paying respects to the master."

  The two brothers hastily paid their respects and moved them over, with a furious expression on his face, still seething with anger was Tianyunzi.

  When making a bow, be sure not to forget to steal a glance at the situation around you.

  This was his first time coming to Tianyunzi's cave mansion.

  The space they are in is extremely vast, not as if it were in the belly of a mountain, but rather like an endless and boundless wilderness, with the starry sky inverted.

  The stars hang low over the vast plain!

  Seeing this, Ning Feng's eyes couldn't move away.

  Outside, it was a clear and cloudless sky, but here, the stars were shining brightly. Not only that, but with just a wave of his hand, he saw three shooting stars streaking across the sky, falling towards the distant wilderness.

  "True beauty."

  Ning Feng silently praised in his heart, the next moment, his eyes widened, and the starry night sky was covered with a layer of turbulent white clouds in an instant.

  Clouds shroud the mist, covering the starry sky. In the instant when clouds gather and disperse, a red sun rises in the east, as if an enormous hand had suddenly torn open the night curtain.

  The sky is changing in such a mysterious and magnificent way, with winds so strong that it's hard to keep one's eyes open, leaving one in endless wonder.

  "The rolling and unfolding of clouds in the sky can be understood, after all, our sect is called Tianyun Peak."

  Ning Feng thought strangely: "What is the situation with the stars hanging low in the vast wilderness?"

  He was still in a daze when he heard Tianyunzi's voice in his ear.

  "Hum, old fellow, you're really ignorant."

  Tianyunzi cursed and scolded for a moment, glanced over, but ultimately restrained himself because of the younger generation present, and did not continue.

  Ning Feng hastily withdrew his attention, not daring to look again.

  The two brothers-in-law lowered their heads together and didn't dare ask who "Lao Pihu" was.

  With toes thinking, apart from the noble Sun God Temple's leader True Person Shen Bu Yi, there won't be any other candidates.

  After a while, Shen Zhaoxuan sensed that his master's anger had dissipated somewhat, and only then did he cautiously ask: "Master, is it settled?"

  "It's settled."

  Tianyunzi replied in a bad mood: "It's just the time when the sun fruit is ripe, and all the new disciples of this generation have gone to climb the bronze ancient tree to pick the sun fruit."

  "Hmm..."

  Shen Zhaoxuan and Ning Feng had different expressions.

  One is shocked after knowing what it is; another has never heard of the bronze ancient tree.

  "Climbing trees and picking fruits? What's going on?"

  Ning Feng's mind was filled with question marks, and he opened his mouth, wanting to ask for clarification.

  Tian Yunzi swept her sleeve and coldly snorted: "Ning Feng, don't ask, you'll see when you get there."

  "As a teacher, I have only one sentence..."

  Hearing this, Ning Feng hastily cupped his hand around his ear and leaned in to listen.

  "Friendship among classmates is very important..."

  Ning Feng nodded, and judging from Tianyun's appearance, he knew there was more to come, so he continued listening.

  "Then let's take first place with friendship!"

  "Uh..." Ning Feng's face fell, and he really wanted to shout out: This is too difficult, his disciple can't do it!

  "Don't make that annoying face, it's irritating."

  Tianyunzi hummed again, a smile in his eyes, and said with a relaxed tone: "I thought you were at a critical moment, Ningfeng, when you should focus on your cultivation."

  Later, thinking about it, your Sun Fist has already entered the door, which means that your innate physique is extremely compatible, and even stronger than Master's by a few points. It's not a bad thing to divert your attention appropriately, practice more, solidify your foundation, and not continue to compete with Master Shi Bo."

  Tianyunzi's face lit up with a smile when he talked about the introductory content of Taiyang Fa, and his joy was not hidden at all, making the atmosphere suddenly relax.

  Ning Feng accompanied Xiao Xiao, with a confused mind, unable to understand what this activity for fellow villagers' friendship had to do with solid foundation.

  "Could it be that Master has other plans for him?"

  He thought of this, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, had some ominous premonitions, and felt that the cultivation behind him was quite different from the closed-door bitter practice he had imagined.

  "Tomorrow, let your senior brother lead you to Fusang Valley."

  "Go now, it's also annoying to look at."

  Tianyunzi is now in a very good mood, waving his hand and jokingly scolding his own disciples.

  Shen Zhaoxuan saw him like this, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face. He smiled and bowed with Ning Feng to bid farewell.

  Tianyunzi was very decisive and with a flick of his sleeve, the two people in front of him suddenly felt dizzy and returned to their original positions.

  "Is this... an illusion?"

  Ning Feng curiously turned his head to look, but saw that the peak was shrouded in a layer of cloud and mist, and couldn't see it clearly.

  He lifted his head again, and the red sun was high in the sky, with no clouds for thousands of miles, a clear and bright blue sky.

  "Cultivating immortality is a vast and profound path."

  "I just took one step, and then another."

  Ning Feng calmed himself down in his heart and then went to Shui Yun Jian with Shen Zhaoxuan, who had a smile on his face all the way.

  Along the way, Second Sister and Fourth Brother were seen on Mount Tai, each carrying Liu Yizhen and Mu Xiaoshu as they flew towards the mountain peak. They flew hastily, passing high above, without noticing Ning Feng and the others.

  "It seems they can't escape either."

  Ning Feng suddenly felt a lot better and asked with a smile: "Shixiong, can you now tell me what Fusang Valley, Bronze Ancient Tree, and Sun Fruit mean?"