Chapter 14 Harvest

  In a quiet room in the Huayuan Inn, Wu Hua Town, Ye Fei sat on the edge of the bed after breakfast, and couldn't help but recall the scene from last night when he killed Hu Shuang.

  These past few days' experiences have greatly changed Ye Fei's mindset, from now on he has sworn to never again do anything out of sympathy or pity for others, and to be cautious with everyone, absolutely not believing anyone's words easily. At first, he had kindly let Wan Feng go, and naively believed his words, but this person actually found someone to partner up and scheme against him. Just thinking about it makes him feel indignant!

  It's also thanks to Wan Feng that he still has some conscience, and finally stopped Hu Shuang from killing himself. If he were as ruthless as Hu Shuang, he would have probably closed his eyes in despair and died unjustly. Ye Fei hasn't lived enough yet.

  At the same time, Ye Fei also felt that his worldly experience was too shallow, and his cautiousness, to others, was simply a joke. This made Ye Fei, who had always thought of himself as quite clever, laugh at himself in self-mockery.

  I remember when I was playing with Erhu in the town, every time I was clever and had the upper hand, and often used some tricks to tease the children next door, but it didn't work out. However, when I think about it now, it's just a small cleverness after all.

  But thinking of Wan Feng, Ye Fei couldn't help but shake his head. This person was indeed somewhat cunning. The day they met, he saw that the enemy was stronger than himself, so he began to think of a strategy to deal with him, but in the end, it wasn't two people joining forces to deal with Hu Shuang. If not, he would probably have ended up like Bao, gone and dead.

  Compared to Hu Shuang, he lacks experience and means, but most importantly, he is not cautious enough. He should have known Hu Shuang's character long ago, yet he still dared to collude with him, which is simply asking for trouble.

  But wasn't he also lacking in caution? When going downstairs, couldn't he have taken a look to see if there were any enemies around? Why did he have to shout out loud to let others know of his presence? If he had known they came to the inn looking for him, he would rather starve himself thin than go downstairs, even if it killed him. This was what Ye Fei thought.

  But anyway, in the face of overwhelming power, any caution and experience seem so insignificant. So, Ye Fei is now urgently improving his strength, needing to cultivate some life-saving skills and higher-level artifacts.

  But thinking of this, Ye Fei couldn't help but feel a little speechless, he himself was also the young master of a small family, and should have had some decent magic spells, or even good magical instruments on him, so that when going out, he could show off to others.

  But the parents did not teach any skills, let alone good equipment. This Yuanguang sword was still obtained by Ye Fei after begging his mother for a long time, and finally Ye Tian gave it to Ye Fei as an entry-level equipment for practice.

  At first, the parents did not think of letting themselves enter the immortal path, even if they let themselves cultivate, it was only to increase their lifespan a bit. Liu Qiner just wanted Ye Fei to live happily at home until he was 18 years old, so she didn't let Ye Fei go out or teach him any martial arts, just wanting Ye Fei to spend his limited life safely and securely at home.

  But now it seems that I've harmed myself, my plan hasn't changed quickly, nowadays I only have magic power, I don't know any spells, I can only do those basic fireball and water wall techniques, but in actual combat, they almost have no effect.

  Lian Fa Qi was also the lowest rank, at home he was just a idle young master who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, now he had become a cultivator's fool, with eyes wide open in wonder, thinking every spell was novel. Yet he couldn't do anything, Ye Fei couldn't help but touch his nose, feeling speechless.

  But Ye Fei didn't resent his parents, he deeply understood their intentions, so at home, he never forced the issue. Now, Ye Fei's feelings of longing for his parents have slowly become more tranquil, but not forgotten! It's just that he no longer can't accept it like before.

  "Strength! Only with enough strength can you do what you want to do." Ye Fei said firmly, originally planning to go out and ask about the Thousand Cliff Sect's recruitment of disciples yesterday, but was delayed by that unexpected event, today must go out and take a look.

  After a moment's thought, Ye Fei patted his waist and a grey leather pouch fell into his hand. Because he was too tired when he returned to the inn yesterday, he fell asleep as soon as he entered the house and didn't have time to check the things in his storage bag.

  "Ah, both treasures have appeared, there won't be anything else, otherwise they would have taken out something to counter my spirit symbol! However, that mid-grade artifact spear isn't bad either." Ye Fei said excitedly, and then somewhat casually glanced at the storage bag, opening it with a single tap. His divine sense immediately invaded the storage bag, if he didn't have his Sea of Consciousness before, he would have had to pour out the contents of the storage bag to examine them.

  "Yuán Líng Dān? This is a great thing, it's a pill that helps to break through the bottleneck of Qi training, unfortunately there's only one left." Ye Fei furrowed his brow and continued to search, the next moment, a joyful expression flashed on his face, with a flip of his hand, three two-inch long stone blocks appeared in his hand.

  The entire stone was a pale blue color, with an abnormally smooth surface, and wisps of spiritual energy emanating from it. Ye Fei naturally recognized this object as the spirit stones often used by cultivators as currency for transactions.

  "Haha, I actually have spirit stones now, and can buy some treasures that catch my eye." Ye Fei's face was flushed with excitement as he played with the three spirit stones, his mouth constantly praising them, revealing his youthful personality.

  Ling stone is born naturally underground, and a piece of ling vein can be mined to produce ling stone. However, ling veins are scarce and mostly controlled by major powers. The ling stone contains spiritual energy that can be absorbed and refined by cultivators to enhance their cultivation or restore their vitality, saving a lot of time compared to normal meditation that absorbs the scattered spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

  Of course, this also depends on the amount of spiritual stones. However, very few cultivators cultivate in this way. Firstly, spiritual stones are extremely rare, and secondly, the greatest use of spiritual stones is to set up array formations and restrictions, as well as some mechanical puppets.

  Now that he had the Spirit Stone, Ye Fei felt like a true cultivator and couldn't help but ponder what treasures to buy next. The young man became immersed in his wonderful daydreams.

  It didn't take long for Ye Fei to regain his composure, shaking his head and muttering to himself: "I wonder if these three pieces of spirit stone are enough to buy a decent treasure." After speaking, Ye Fei somewhat reluctantly put the spirit stones into his storage bag and continued to examine them.

  Found the Ling Stone, Ye Fei felt that this crisis was also worth it, at least there were some unexpected gains. Next, he didn't pay much attention to other things in his storage bag, just two stalks of medicine and a few ordinary materials.

  "Huh?" Ye Fei's expression suddenly changed, and a piece of ordinary gray stone-like object was transmitted to his mind through divine sense. It wasn't that the stone had anything special about it, but rather, on its surface, dense tiny characters were carved.

  The next moment, his mind moved slightly, and the gray stone slab appeared in Ye Fei's hand. He turned it over several times, found that it was not a magic instrument, and began to observe the small characters on it.

  "Aurora Step? Could it be...?" His voice trailed off, and Ye Fei suddenly remembered the strange technique Hu Shuang had used when chasing him down. It was definitely not an ordinary light body technique. Ye Fei's suspicions grew.

  Right after that, he began to concentrate and carefully observe. Time flew by, and before he knew it, a slightly excited smile appeared on his face. He recalled Hu Duan's strange footwork in his mind. His feet were just a flash of white, and with one jump, he easily leaped out several meters away. In the end, he even jumped out dozens of meters away.

  Thinking of this, Ye Fei couldn't help but burst out laughing. Compared to those three pieces of spiritual stones, a spell that could save his own life was still more important to him. If he couldn't keep his life, no matter how many spiritual stones he had would be useless! When he arrived at the underworld, who knows what currency they used there? Ye Fei couldn't help but have some strange thoughts popping up, and he also found himself laughing at his own inexplicable thoughts.

  Nowadays, his magical powers are weak. Even if he is fighting against someone of the same level, Ye Fei will be at a disadvantage. The meridians in his body have been damaged, and it takes him a long time to recover his magical powers. It's just like that day when he fought against Wan Feng. If he hadn't used the spiritual symbol given by Jin Xuan to force Wan Feng to use his black sword, Ye Fei would have definitely lost that battle.

  Thinking of this, Ye Fei's figure flashed and he walked out of the quiet room in a few steps.

  After a long time, Ye Fei's figure appeared in a dense forest far away from Wuhua Town. He looked around and made sure there was no one around before rushing in.

  "In half a month, it should be enough to cultivate the 'Aurora Step' almost perfectly." Ye Fei said with some expectation, having previously inquired in town that there was still more than half a month before the Qianduan Cliff Sect would start recruiting disciples.

  In this more than half a month, Ye Fei prepared to cultivate the Ling Step for a while. Firstly, it was to increase his chances of survival, and secondly, it was to increase his strength in battle. Although it wasn't an attacking spell, Ye Fei was extremely interested in any spell at this point. After all, apart from the basic fireball spells, Ye Fei could only use his artifact to attack enemies.

  He sat cross-legged in a secluded spot between the trees, his eyes closed as he repeatedly rehearsed the Ling Step's cultivation process in his mind. Feeling that there was no omission anywhere, he opened his eyes and his expression turned serious.

  "It turns out that the power of law can be applied in this way, it's really mysterious and interesting, hehe." Ye Fei said with some interest. This set of spells is not too difficult to practice, the difficulty lies in a familiar process, as well as the degree of control over one's own power.

  Infuse magical power in a peculiar way, compressing and pouring it between the feet, allowing the feet to gain tremendous explosive force. The downside is that it consumes an enormous amount of magical power, and with Ye Fei's physique, it's probably difficult to sustain for too long. However, this doesn't affect his enthusiasm for practicing this spell.

  Suddenly, Ye Fei's hands formed a strange hand seal, looking somewhat stiff and awkward. His eyes also became extremely serious. According to the records on the stone slab, he began to circulate his internal energy in a regular pattern, slowly cultivating it. (End of chapter)

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