Volume 1 Chapter 14: Becoming an Immortal of the Five Elements Sword Sect

  The spiritual energy surged and dispersed back into his body, indicating that Jiang Feng's attempt to break through the foundation period had failed. It also meant that Jiang Feng had suffered some injuries.

  The thunder in the sky is even more proof that this time not only was it unsuccessful, but instead brought about a heavenly calamity.

  As the thunderbolt in the sky was about to strike, Qingmu hastily activated the array he had prepared earlier and then left. Leaving Jiang Feng alone under the protection of the array to survive this heavenly tribulation.

  The current Tribulation is equivalent to a full-force strike from a 9th-layer Qi Refining cultivator. For high-level cultivators, it's nothing. For the injured Jiang Feng, it could be fatal. Fortunately, he still has Qingmu's prepared formation and his clothes can protect him. This Tribulation won't be able to stop Jiang Feng.

  After the calamity passed, Qingmu returned to Jiang Feng's side. After checking Jiang Feng's injuries and comforting him a bit, Qingmu continued his closed-door meditation. Jiang Feng also began treating his own body.

  After this failure, Jiang Feng did not rush to make another attempt at the Solid Foundation Stage. Instead, he focused on nursing his body back to health and began to carefully study various techniques and talismans. He wanted to acquire more life-saving skills to deal with potential dangers that might arise in the future, especially against the Heavenly Tribulation.

  A year passed quickly. In this year, Jiang Feng devoted himself to studying the manual skills and various talismans and arrays, even the formation method. It's just that he didn't make another attempt at breaking through the foundation period again.

  It was strange that in this year's time, the heavenly tribulation did not appear even once. While it made Jiang Feng feel extremely relaxed, he also felt a bit bored. He didn't know if it was because he had been struck by the heavenly tribulation too many times and got used to it. Suddenly, having no appearance for a whole year actually made Jiang Feng feel somewhat unaccustomed.

  It was still dark, and Jiang Feng was engraving talismans on the Cold Jade. Qing Mu, who had not appeared for a year, left his closed-door seclusion place. Seeing Jiang Feng actually engrave basic talismans on the Cold Jade, Qing Mu really felt it was a waste.

  Han Yu is indeed a good material for making jade talismans. But that's jade talismans, not talismanic papers. Now Jiang Feng can't even carve jade talismans, he can only make some talismanic papers. Unfortunately, Qing Mu doesn't have any talismanic paper either. The talismanic paper Jiang Feng got from those dead cultivators has also been used up long ago. Now he can only use Han Yu to practice his skills.

  Fortunately, Cold Jade is not a one-time consumable like talismans, even the simplest talisman can be used multiple times. It's not too wasteful either.

  "Senior brother, have your injuries healed?" As soon as he saw Qingmu, Jiang Feng put aside his current task and asked.

  Aoki nodded and said: "It's all right now. Younger brother, I have something to say to you. Come, let's sit over here."

  As soon as he heard this, Jiang Feng felt something was off. Subconsciously, he thought that what was about to happen might not be good.

  Two people found a place to sit down. Qingmu was silent for a while, then took off a storage ring from his hand and put it into Jiang Feng's hand.

  "When our master passed away, he left behind six storage rings. You and your four other senior brothers each have one. Master once said that if one day we can find the successor of the Sword's lineage, we will give this ring to him. Now, I will give you this ring. You are the founder of the Five Elements Sword Sect's sword lineage." Qingmu said very seriously.

  Look at the ring in his hand, with a simple and ancient style, all black, like a long sword bent into a circle. Jiang Feng didn't say anything. He just nodded and put it on his left hand.

  After putting on the ring, it suddenly started to transform. At first, it was like smoke dispersing, and then it disappeared. On Jiang Feng's index finger, there was an additional tattoo-like thing.

  Jiang Feng could feel that the ring was still really existing. It's just that its surface shape had changed. Looking into the space inside the ring, he found that this space was extremely large, far beyond what a storage bag could compare to.

  The ring contained a large amount of Cold Jade and Spirit Stones. These things should all have been obtained previously. In addition, there were many jade talismans made from Cold Jade, as well as array disks and a small amount of elixirs. Jiang Feng could see that those elixirs should all belong to Qingmu.

  At this time, Qingmu took out two palm-sized tokens and five bamboo scrolls. He said: "These five scrolls are the skills that your four senior brothers and sisters have learned. You should keep them safe. If you want to, you can practice at will. When you return to the sect, you can also pass them on to suitable disciples. These two tokens, one with a long sword carved on it, is the token of the Sword Sect. The other side is the identity token I made for you. When you return to the sect, just show this token to the sect leader and explain your identity, and you can become the master of one of the sword factions."

  "Big brother, aren't you going back with me?" Jiang Feng asked as he took over the things.

  Aoki slightly shook his head, smiling and said: "In those days, due to the forced tribulation, I suffered serious injuries. Now that my body has recovered, my heavenly tribulation is approaching. If you can get through this time for your brother, because of the reason why the last forced interruption of the tribulation was interrupted, I'm afraid it will directly fly up and there won't be any time to stay. You'll have to go back alone."

  "Is Brother confident?" Jiang Feng asked somewhat nervously.

  Aoki burst out laughing and stood up. After the laughter, he said: "Last time with a seriously injured body, I was able to forcibly interrupt the tribulation for my brother. This time my body is fine, there should be no problem. Younger martial brother, in the future when you are alone, you must discuss things more with people within the sect. Also, inside that ring, there is a treasure that I have refined for you. It was something I came up with during these years of being trapped. You can use it to deal with three crises."

  As he spoke, the sky suddenly turned dark and cloudy, a mighty heavenly power instantly enveloped the earth. The dark clouds in the sky also quickly turned into a fiery red sheet. Amidst this, thunderous roars continued to sound, and columns of fire shot out one after another. Qingmu also flew up at this moment, with a smile on his face.

  The moment Jiang Feng stood up, Qingmu had already flown into the sky and quickly disappeared. Since the heavenly tribulation has appeared, it must be related to people nearby. Qingmu could only leave this place in order not to implicate Jiang Feng.

  Looking at the instantly distant Qingmu, and the calamity clouds in the sky, Jiang Feng couldn't help but be speechless. Not to mention Qingmu's confidence, just the might of that calamity was enough to make Jiang Feng unbearable. It wasn't until now that he realized, those calamities he had experienced before were nothing more than children playing house. What appeared now, was truly a calamity from heaven.

  Qingmu's cultivation was based on the Wood element. His Tribulation, mainly consisted of Fire Tribulations. Jiang Feng couldn't see the true scene of Qingmu crossing his tribulation, he could only see the fiery clouds below, the endless sea of flames that appeared, and the pillar of fire that rose like a divine dragon.

  After an hour or so, the thunder in the sky disappeared. The dark clouds also dispersed bit by bit. Jiang Feng had already climbed to a high place and was searching for Qing Mu's figure everywhere. Before long, Qing Mu appeared, his whole body shrouded in a holy light.

  The Qingmu surrounded by the sacred light, after approaching Jiang Feng, casually threw out an object and said: "This object is the magic treasure I used before, although it was destroyed in the last heavenly tribulation, but you can take it as a token for your return. As for me, I am about to ascend now, everything from now on will depend on yourself."

  "I understand, Brother, you can go at ease. One day I will find you in the Immortal Realm." Jiang Feng said with a wave of his arm.

  Qingmu smiled slightly, took a last look at the ground beneath his feet, and then turned to gaze into the distance. He must have wanted to take another look at the Wu Xing Sword Sect. As he slowly rose into the air, preparing to leave, Qingmu turned back towards Jiang Feng.

  "Junior brother, when our master was dying, he said that the sword's first meridian technique is not weaker than the other five meridians. I hope that in the future you can make the sword's first meridian flourish." Qingmu said, and then transformed into a stream of immortal light and left.