Chapter 29 Requests and Promises

  By now, Lin Feng roughly understood the grudges between the Deng and Yang families. As a member of the younger generation of the Yang family, Lin Feng naturally had deep hatred for the Deng family's actions, his heart filled with resentment, wishing he could thrash the Deng family people right now. However, he also knew that with his own abilities, this idea didn't even have the qualification to be spoken out loud.

  Yang Ze saw Lin Feng's face filled with anger, and his heart felt relieved. It was indeed worth it for him to have taught Lin Feng wholeheartedly over the past few years. Although they were not master and disciple, their relationship was almost as close as that of a master and disciple. Thinking of this, he thought for a moment before speaking with a difficult expression: "Originally, this is something that we elders should handle, and it has little to do with you juniors in the Qi Refining stage, but there's one thing that I must remind you again, Lin Feng."

  "Master, please give your orders, I will definitely follow." Lin Feng saw Yang Ze's serious expression and replied respectfully.

  "You also know that the Deng family and our Yang family can be said to be sworn enemies. In the past, we didn't encounter each other, but now that we have met, I believe they will definitely try every means to attack us. The current strength of the Yang family is far from being a match for the Deng family, but fortunately, among the younger generation, there is Zhao Chun, who has almost certainly entered Qingyang Gate, so the Deng family may also have some reservations about taking action."

  Lin Feng nodded, this truth he understood, but saying it to Zhao Chun was just about right, saying it to himself was a bit hard to understand. So he asked: "Master uncle wants me to tell Zhao Chun about the family's difficulties, so that after entering Qingyang Gate, he can help the family more? In fact, although Chun Shidi is young, he is very smart, you can say this directly to him, and he will understand."

  Yang Ze shook his head and said, "I didn't mean that. What I meant to say is that although your junior brother has a good natural talent and will almost certainly enter the Qingyang Gate, that's just an estimate. Moreover, the Deng family also sent their disciples here, relying on their influence in Mongyang City, they have a much higher chance of finding talented disciples than us. What Master Uncle is worried about is that they also have excellent disciples entering the Qingyang Gate, which means we will lose our advantage of relying on the Qingyang Gate, do you understand?"

  "Oh, I see. Everyone has disciples in Qingyang Gate, if we were to fight with the Deng family, they would not help either side, right, Master?" Lin Feng used a child's fight as an analogy, which was quite apt.

  "That's right, that's the principle. So what's most important for us is to develop and grow ourselves, so we won't be afraid of the Deng family." Yang Ze appreciated Lin Feng's cleverness the most, which was also one of the reasons why he liked him more and more despite his poor talent.

  "Disciples must work hard to cultivate and strive to make more contributions to the family!" Lin Feng thought Yang Ze was going to give a lecture on family education, so he quickly expressed his stance.

  Yang Zhi stopped him and continued to speak in a low voice that only the two could hear: "What I want to remind you of is still about the Zhongpin Tiqi Dan. You should know that it's the only opportunity for the Yang family to develop and grow beyond the Deng family, so I hope you won't mention it under any circumstances, including..."

  "What's included?" Lin Feng had also been warned before not to reveal this secret, but Yang Ze was obviously not as serious back then as he was now.

  "Even if you don't have the chance to enter Qingyang Gate, I also hope that you won't reveal this secret." Yang Ze said these words and let out a big sigh of relief in his heart. If it weren't for running into the Deng family today, he really wouldn't have been able to say these words.

  According to Lin Feng's qualifications, if he didn't have any outstanding performance in alchemy, the possibility of entering Qingyang Gate was extremely small. He could only rely on alchemy to have a chance to enter Qingyang Gate, and it would be hard to say whether he could keep the secret of middle-grade dan at that time.

  Yang Ze had thought that even if he said it out loud, Qingyang Gate would get the benefit and wouldn't go around talking about it everywhere. In fact, in order to protect this secret, they might even secretly contact the Yang family, both benefiting together, making their relationship more intimate, which would be very beneficial for the Yang family as well. That's why when he previously reminded Lin Feng, his tone wasn't very severe.

  But things are different now, the threat to the Deng family is imminent, and the Yang family needs to develop rapidly in a short period of time. Controlling this technology is extremely crucial, so Yang Zecai has thickened his skin to beg Lin Feng again, even if he can't enter Qingyangmen, he can't reveal this secret.

  Doing so would be greatly beneficial to the Yang family, but it would be quite disadvantageous for Lin Feng. After all, whether or not he could enter the Qingyang Gate was a major matter that affected Lin Feng's future prospects in cultivating the truth. In layman's terms, it was a lifelong career issue, so Lin Feng also hesitated after hearing this.

  Yang Ze saw the difficulty on Lin Feng's face and knew that this was very unfair to him. He paused for a moment before saying, "Master uncle knows that this will have a great impact on your training, but the Yang family is now at a critical juncture of life and death. Master uncle hopes you can think about the family. Master uncle guarantees that if you fail to enter Qingyang Gate this time, master uncle will accept you as his direct disciple and pass on all his alchemy skills for life."

  Lin Feng's heart was moved after hearing this, as having a master in the Cultivation Realm made all the difference. In the Cultivation Realm, whether it was a family or a sect, after accepting a disciple, they would generally let the elder experts of the family or sect choose once again. Those with good qualifications would naturally be accepted as direct disciples and taught wholeheartedly, these disciples being the future pillars of the family or sect.

  Ordinary disciples, on the other hand, only passed down ordinary techniques and practiced in a rough and careless manner. As for good techniques, spiritual stones, and elixirs, as well as experience and insights, they had to be obtained through their own efforts and exploration, with almost no guidance from others. Whether or not they could make a breakthrough depended entirely on themselves. The treatment of the two groups was vastly different.

  In a small family, it may not be obvious, after all, it doesn't have many resources, and everyone uses trash goods, the difference is not big. But in a large family or sect, it is quite obvious. For example, Qingyangmen clearly distinguishes between the two, those above the foundation period, as well as their direct disciples, are called inner door disciples, while ordinary disciples below the foundation period are uniformly outer door disciples.

  At the Qingyang Gate, outer disciples almost took on all the miscellaneous chores of the sect. Only after completing their chores did they have time to practice, while inner disciples only practiced and didn't do any chores. Inner disciples were given priority in supplies of spiritual stones, spiritual pills, artifacts, and everything else over outer disciples, and in quantity it was three or four times that of outer disciples... All the rules and regulations were made to serve the inner disciples.

  It's easy to imagine the progress of outer sect disciples' cultivation under such a huge gap, and due to their original talent, the vast majority of people will not have the opportunity to enter the foundation period in this life.

  With Lin Feng's qualifications, even if he entered the Qingyang Gate, it would be absolutely impossible for him to become an inner disciple. From this perspective, it would be better to stay in the Yang family and cultivate. If there was a master who could teach him wholeheartedly, with Lin Feng's current cultivation speed and the sufficient supply of mid-grade Qi Gathering Pills, the possibility of becoming a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator one day was still quite large.

  In the Cultivation Realm, although there are many cultivators in the Foundation Building stage, compared to the tens of millions of Qi Refining stage cultivators, they are still pitifully few. For every several dozen Qi Refining stage cultivators who enter the Foundation Building stage, only one succeeds, which shows that Yang Ze's words still have considerable allure for Lin Feng.

  Yang Ze saw Lin Feng's heart move, thought for a moment and said: "Moreover, Master Uncle promised you, if you continue to stay in the family, from now on the family will fully provide you with spiritual medicine for alchemy, and cultivate you with all its might to become a primary alchemist. As long as you become a primary alchemist, entering the foundation period is just a matter of time."

  According to the Yang family's original strength, it would be a considerable burden to fully support an alchemy apprentice in becoming a primary alchemist. However, Yang Ze is not afraid of taking on this burden now that he has acquired the technique for refining mid-grade Qi-gathering pills. He still has the ability to nurture one or two primary alchemists, and this technique originally came from Lin Feng, so it can be considered as repayment to him.

  Lin Feng's eyes lit up when he heard Yang Zhe was willing to provide him with spiritual medicine to help him practice and refine his second-grade elixir, and the solemn expression on his face immediately relaxed.

  Yang Ze saw Lin Feng's expression ease and excitedly said: "You agreed?"

  Lin Feng thought for a moment and nodded: "The disciple promised Shifu that he would never reveal the alchemy technique, but the disciple has a request."

  "Oh? What is it that you want to say, as long as Master can do it, I will definitely agree with you." Yang Ze was willing to do whatever it took to keep the family's major secret safe, and he knew that Lin Feng was young but very clever and had a sense of propriety in his actions, so he wouldn't make unreasonable demands, therefore he agreed very readily.

  "Master Uncle, I was thinking that if I couldn't enter the Qingyang Gate, I hope Master Uncle can give me some time to temper myself outside and broaden my horizons."

  "Is that the request?" Yang Ze thought Lin Feng had some difficulties to say, but it turned out he just wanted to go out and gain experience. He smiled and agreed, "Alright, Master Uncle agrees with you, you can gain experience for as long as you want, whenever you're tired, you can come back to the family."

  Lin Feng nodded in gratitude to Yang Ze, but his mind had already begun to ponder the future. Given the current situation, Lin Feng's chances of entering Qingyang Gate were almost zero, unless a miracle occurred.

  So making Yang Ze his master and returning to the Yang family to practice should be the best plan. However, Yang Ze's one sentence that completely provided spiritual medicine for Lin Feng to practice the second-level elixir made Lin Feng suddenly enlightened. Thinking of the precious jade in his body, did he still need others' help to provide spiritual medicine for him to practice alchemy? The tens of thousands of great mountains surrounding Qingyang Gate, who knows how many heavenly treasures and earthly gems they are nurturing, as long as he makes a trip around the mountains, aren't these heavenly treasures and earthly gems available in abundance?

  I used to not dare use this treasure, now that I'm out here training alone, what's there to be afraid of? From this point on, others may need to enter the sect to train, but it doesn't necessarily mean it's suitable for oneself, perhaps one is more suited to being a lone cultivator.

  Thinking of this, Lin Feng became somewhat disinterested in the draft for tomorrow. If it weren't for considering the issue of merit, he really didn't want to participate in tomorrow's draft again. However, since he came, participating wouldn't be bad, at least he could see what level his qualifications were.