Chapter 536: Breakthrough
Lan Jiao saw the flickering look in Lin Feng's eyes and knew that he was not someone who acted on impulse. He would naturally have his own plans, so she didn't say much more.
As a member of the Dragon Mountain Empire, she had seen and heard more than Lin Feng. She naturally knew the dangers of the Snow Domain Grand Competition. There, death was just death. Human life was like grass, and no one would cherish you. Especially if your talent wasn't high enough, dying wouldn't even stir a ripple. No one would care, and your bones would be buried in a foreign land.
"Where do you want to go now? I'm quite familiar with Heavenly Dragon City. I can take you there," Lan Jiao said to Lin Feng.
Lin Feng thought for a moment, then said, "Could you wait for me for a while? Let me take the nine bottles of Jade Nectar to improve my cultivation a bit, and then I'll trouble you to accompany me out for a walk."
"Alright, I'll go back to the inn with you first," Lan Jiao nodded.
Many people from the Snow Moon Kingdom who came to the Dragon Mountain Empire only stayed briefly at the inn before heading out. Having finally made it out, how could they not want to see the sights of the empire?
The vast inn was exceptionally quiet. Lin Feng arrived at his own courtyard, passed through the pavilions and long corridors, and stepped into the inner courtyard. He then took out the nine bottles of Jade Nectar.
The nine bottles were each of a different color.
"What exactly is the effect of this Jade Nectar?" Lin Feng asked Lan Jiao.
"You've already taken the Soul Spring Jade Dew. How did it feel?" Lan Jiao asked instead.
"I haven't taken it yet," Lin Feng shook his head.
"Did you store it in your abdomen, wrapping it with true essence power to prevent it from spreading?" Lan Jiao asked.
Lin Feng nodded: "Since it's Jade Nectar, I couldn't waste it. That situation earlier wasn't suitable for taking it."
"You're quite thoughtful. That's good, though. Now, swallow the Soul Spring Jade Dew and feel it."
Lin Feng nodded slightly, releasing the restraint on the Soul Spring Jade Dew within him. His true essence power began to circulate, and the Soul Spring Jade Dew flowed throughout his entire body.
In an instant, Lin Feng felt his mind clear and his spirit refreshed. His whole being seemed to float.
"Training in this state would be much more efficient, wouldn't it?" Lin Feng's gaze sharpened. This Soul Spring Jade Dew nourished the soul, lifted one's spirit, and made everything clear and transparent. It felt somewhat similar to when he released his Heavenly Radiance Martial Soul.
"Very comfortable. My spirit and soul feel at ease," Lin Feng said to Lan Jiao.
Lan Jiao nodded and spoke: "That's right. The nine bottles of Jade Nectar each have their own use. For example, the Soul Spring Jade Dew can nourish the soul, making one clear and empty. Another bottle can speed up the absorption of heaven and earth origin energy, accelerating its circulation. Yet another can elevate one's spiritual state and transform the mind. In short, these nine bottles of Jade Nectar are priceless, enough to allow someone in the Mysterious Martial Realm to break through an entire realm."
Lin Feng's eyes flickered. He had taken the Blazing Essence Wine from the sixth layer, and its effects were very powerful. The Jade Nectar from the ninth layer was clearly much more precious and effective than the Blazing Essence Wine from the sixth layer. Each bottle was extremely luxurious, and all nine bottles combined could help a person break through in cultivation—a true treasure.
Among the geniuses of Heavenly Dragon City, aside from the first time they stepped into the ninth layer of the Heavenly Walk Palace and received a free pot of Jade Nectar, every subsequent pot cost a fortune. Moreover, the Heavenly Walk Palace only provided nine pots of Jade Nectar each day. If you missed it, it was gone, because brewing this wine wasn't easy.
Yet Tang Youyou handed over eighteen pots of Jade Nectar without even furrowing her brow. This showed that her boldness was extraordinary.
Lin Feng sat cross-legged and poured the nine pots of Jade Nectar into his mouth one by one, as if drinking water. If anyone had seen this, they would have gritted their teeth in anger. This Lin Feng was truly wasting a treasure, gulping them down pot by pot. He was being wasteful and not even savoring the taste of the Jade Nectar.
After the nine pots of Jade Nectar went down, Lin Feng waved his sleeve, and origin stones appeared all around him.
"Hiss..."
Lin Feng bit his lip lightly, letting out a hissing sound. His body felt as if it were boiling. His blood, true essence power, and Buddha-Demon power were all stirred up, rolling and surging.
It hurt. The Soul Spring Jade Dew had been so cool and refreshing when taken, but now that all nine pots of Jade Nectar had entered his body, Lin Feng truly felt the pain. His whole body felt as if it were being torn apart.
His meridians expanded, his bones transformed, and every cell began to jump wildly. His blood was burning. Yet this pain didn't cause Lin Feng to lose his mind. Instead, it made him incredibly clear-headed, as if he could feel every tiny part of his body, truly and vividly.
A terrifying blazing fire suddenly ignited on Lin Feng's body. The Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture began to circulate, and the heaven and earth origin energy from the origin stones on the ground crazily surged into Lin Feng's body.
Using this pain, Lin Feng directly began to cultivate.
Lan Jiao stood to the side, quietly watching Lin Feng cultivate. In just a moment, she felt her whole body burning hot. The temperature in the entire courtyard seemed to rise because of Lin Feng's cultivation.
Placing her hand on her forehead to shield herself from the sunlight, Lan Jiao looked up at the sky. The sunlight poured down, shining on Lin Feng, making him exceptionally dazzling. Following this scorching gaze back to Lin Feng, she was shocked to find that a sun pattern had appeared on his body. Her mind trembled violently.
"Drawing upon the power of the sun." Lan Jiao's gaze froze. Lin Feng's cultivation had actually drawn upon the power of the sun, making the sun's energy serve him. The sun pattern in his body burned fiercely, like a small sun, reflecting off the blazing sun hanging high in the sky.
"A Sun Technique." A voice echoed in her mind. Lan Jiao's expression became extremely vivid. The sun gives birth to day, and the moon gives birth to night.
Legend has it that those who cultivate a Sun Technique can devour sunlight, borrow the power of the sun, and integrate it into themselves, achieving the Sun Technique.
Those who cultivate a Moon Technique can draw upon the moonlight, shining it upon themselves. This is the Moon Technique.
Both the Sun and Moon Techniques are extremely terrifying and powerful high-level techniques, at least at the Heaven rank.
The technique Lin Feng cultivated was so powerful, and it seemed he hadn't fully tapped into this power yet. Perhaps the Sun Technique had yet to truly shine.
Terrifying flames enveloped Lin Feng's surroundings. His mind was clear, and the violent power within him surged endlessly. However, as time passed, the pain in his body gradually subsided, even giving rise to an infinite sense of comfort.
Threads of true essence power flowed through his now wider meridians. The powerful Buddha-Demon power circulated through his entire body. His mind was empty and filled with spirit. Everything seemed to follow his will, extremely comfortable.
From the blocks of origin stones, heaven and earth origin energy crazily flowed into Lin Feng's body. Around him, several dazzling arcs of origin energy appeared. At the same time, the heaven and earth origin energy in the air stirred, merging into the blazing flames on Lin Feng's body.
This cultivation state lasted for a long time. Accompanied by a soft hum from Lin Feng, his eyes opened. He took a deep breath, and the heaven and earth origin energy seemed to follow his breath, being swallowed into his abdomen. At the same time, the origin energy around him instantly submerged into Lin Feng's body. In that moment, all the heaven and earth origin energy directly plunged into his body, merging into the sun fire.
"Whoosh..."
Lin Feng exhaled, and a stream of fiery air followed his breath, making a hissing sound. He stood up and clenched his fists, feeling an incredible comfort throughout his body. The flames that had enveloped him slowly extinguished, but the scorching heat remained.
"As expected of a Sun Technique. Every time I break through a major realm, the quality of the sun fire true essence improves significantly, becoming many times stronger." Lin Feng murmured to himself. He could clearly feel his technique gradually improving. His sun fire true essence and the power throughout his body were leaping forward with each realm breakthrough.
If this continued, every time his cultivation broke through a realm, the increase would be greater than others. This was the benefit of a powerful technique.
"You really did break through." A hint of joy appeared on Lan Jiao's face. These nine pots of Jade Nectar had indeed helped Lin Feng break through a major realm. This would give him a better chance in the Snow Domain Grand Competition.
"I broke through, and it's not just the initial power of the Fourth Layer of Profound Martial Realm." Lin Feng nodded with a smile. When breaking through, one usually just enters another realm, only at the early stage of that realm. It takes adaptation to continuously grow stronger. But Lin Feng, having taken the nine pots of Jade Nectar, had directly skipped the early stage of the Fourth Layer of Profound Martial Realm and stepped into a stable phase.