Chapter 552: Geniuses Gather
Lin Feng left the Huo family and returned directly to the inn where he was staying.
Entering his room, Lin Feng sat down cross-legged. Light flickered as the sheepskin scroll and the memory jade appeared before him.
"I wonder what Shiyun gave me."
Lin Feng slowly unrolled the sheepskin scroll. It carried an ancient aura, appearing very worn.
When the scroll was fully opened, a line of writing was engraved on it. Seeing these words, Lin Feng's pupils contracted slightly.
On the far right, from top to bottom, three large characters were carved, clearly reading: "Luo Shen Dan!"
Luo Shen Dan — this sheepskin scroll was actually the dan recipe for Luo Shen Dan. What a precious treasure.
Lin Feng had never expected that Huo Shiyun would gift him such a heavy treasure. This Luo Shen Dan recipe recorded the method for refining Luo Shen Dan, likely a Heaven-grade pill. Moreover, on this trip to Dragon Mountain Empire, Lin Feng had hoped to obtain the Luo Shen Dan recipe, never imagining he would get it this way, as a gift from Huo Shiyun.
Thinking of that gentle and beautiful face, Lin Feng sighed. He put away the Luo Shen Dan recipe and picked up the memory jade. Since the sheepskin scroll was such a precious treasure as the Luo Shen Dan recipe, the contents of this memory jade might not be simple either.
He extended his consciousness into the memory jade, and immediately a flood of information surged into his mind, causing his pupils to contract once more.
"Nine Suns Technique."
What was recorded in this memory jade was precisely the Huo family's Nine Suns Technique.
From this segment of memory, he learned that the cultivation of the Nine Suns Technique first required cultivating sun fire, then the technique itself. Nine Suns Blazing Sun — the stronger the flame, the more powerful the technique.
Lin Feng's Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture was a sun technique, supremely strong and yang. If he cultivated the Nine Suns Technique, he would surely be able to unleash formidable power. Huo Shiyun had likely given him this Nine Suns Divine Technique for precisely this reason.
Additionally, Luo Shen Dan was a supreme yang pill. Even just one of its main ingredients, Nine Sun Grass, was filled with yang energy. Those who cultivated the Nine Suns Divine Technique and took Luo Shen Dan would have their flames burn even fiercer, their yang attributes grow stronger, and their technique become more terrifyingly powerful.
The Huo family had passed down both the Luo Shen Dan recipe and the Nine Suns Technique together, generation after generation.
By now, it had reached Huo Jiuyang's hands. When Yuan Tong descended upon the Huo family and Huo Jiuyang believed death was certain, he entrusted the Luo Shen Dan recipe to Huo Shiyun. But he never expected that Huo Shiyun would immediately hand it over to Lin Feng, along with the Nine Suns Technique method.
"My Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture is supremely strong and yang, a sun technique. Now that I have the Nine Suns Technique, I can fully extract its essence for cultivation without needing to completely recultivate the technique. I can obtain its powerful attack methods."
A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Feng's eyes. The Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture, paired with the Nine Suns Divine Technique's attack methods — the offensive power would surely be extremely formidable. At the very least, it would be far stronger than when Huo Lao Er used it.
With this thought, Lin Feng closed his eyes and began circulating his energy through the meridians according to the methods recorded in the Nine Suns Technique. A scorching flame energy immediately trembled wildly within Lin Feng's body.
Although he hadn't cultivated the complete technique, with the supreme yang flame technique of the Great Sun Incinerating Heaven Scripture, Lin Feng faced no difficulty whatsoever in cultivation.
A powerful force surged and rolled within Lin Feng's body. Flames blazed outside his body, as if suns were appearing there.
Half an hour later, Lin Feng formed hand seals with incredible speed. In front of his chest, the first sun appeared, dazzling and brilliant.
"Go."
Lin Feng shouted softly. This first sun blasted outward, directly piercing through the doors and windows, striking the outside.
With a booming sound, a wave of scorching heat rolled outward.
But Lin Feng paid it no attention. He closed his eyes and continued cultivating the Nine Suns Technique.
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While Lin Feng was cultivating, news spread like wildfire that Yuan Tong, the genius selected from Dragon Mountain Empire to participate in the Snow Domain Grand Competition, had been defeated. Even more shocking was that the one who defeated Yuan Tong was also someone selected for the Snow Domain Grand Competition — but he wasn't from Dragon Mountain Empire. He was from Snow Moon Kingdom, a vassal state of Dragon Mountain Empire.
Yuan Tong's cultivation strength ranked among the top ten of Dragon Mountain Empire's young geniuses. Yet he was defeated by a genius disciple from a vassal state. How could this not cause an uproar?
At this moment, at the Yuan family estate, a figure stepped through the air, landing on the roof of one of the Yuan family buildings. He then sat down casually.
This person had a stern, cold face, sharp as a blade, and his entire body exuded a powerful aura. What was even more startling was his youth — he was no more than thirty years old.
After arriving on the roof, he simply sat there, quiet, extremely quiet, without making the slightest sound.
Many members of the Yuan family noticed him and began whispering among themselves, discussing who this person was and how he dared to sit motionless on the roof of their Yuan family estate, as if treating it as his resting place.
Some even wanted to go up and drive him away. But just then, another figure stepped through the air from afar, incredibly fast. In an instant, he also landed on the roof. He merely glanced at the black-clothed man, then quietly sat across from him, very calm, still without making a sound.
This strange scene made those who wanted to drive people away hesitate. These two casually sitting there gave off an unfathomable feeling. If they tried to drive them away, they would likely only bring trouble upon themselves, possibly even danger. So they simply ignored them and went to report the matter, thinking it best to inform Young Master Yuan Tong.
It wasn't just these two. In the following period, figures kept flickering in, landing on the Yuan family roof. None of them spoke, which was extremely eerie.
By now, there were already five people on that roof.
Just then, a whistling sound came from afar. The five people turned their gazes toward the newcomer, and their pupils contracted slightly.
The arriving person exuded a cold aura, sharp and piercing. What was even more eye-catching was his hand — his black left hand.
In Dragon Mountain Empire, whenever anyone saw this hand, they would think of one name: Dark Left Hand, Cui Wuming.
Cui Wuming's left hand was extremely formidable. He had killed countless people and ranked fifth among Dragon Mountain Empire's young geniuses. Who didn't know of him?
"It seems the repercussions of Yuan Tong's incident are quite significant. Even Cui Wuming has been attracted. I wonder if the four people ahead of Cui Wuming will also come."
At this moment, one figure chuckled softly, muttering to himself.
"Impossible. Imperial City's Jun Moxi wouldn't bother showing up for such a small matter. As for those two women, do you think they'll come? And Jian Chen — he probably won't come either."
Another person responded, causing the first to nod with a smile. Indeed, Cui Wuming's arrival was already quite surprising. The four ahead of him likely wouldn't appear.
Cui Wuming's figure descended, and the others exchanged glances, wearing peculiar smiles.
"I didn't expect all of you to have the same thought and come at the same time."
The one who had spoken earlier smiled again. If anyone knew that these young men sitting on the Yuan family eaves were the most outstanding youths of Dragon Mountain Empire today, the impact would be immense.
"Yuan Tong was actually defeated by someone from Snow Moon Kingdom who came for the Snow Domain Grand Competition. How could we not come and take a look?"
Someone spoke with a laugh. "I wonder just what kind of extraordinary person defeated Yuan Tong. Where does he rank among the arrivals from Snow Moon Kingdom?"
"Hard to say. Maybe first, maybe second, but at least in the top three."
Another responded. If someone who could defeat Yuan Tong ranked very low in Snow Moon Kingdom, that would be too discouraging for them.
"Why don't you ask me?"
Just then, another figure flickered through the distant void. This person wore white robes, stood on a long sword, and flew with his sword — quite the dashing sight.
Seeing this person, everyone's eyes contracted again, especially Cui Wuming's. In his eyes burned a fierce battle intent.
"He's here too."
A voice echoed in the crowd's minds. They clearly hadn't expected that Jian Chen, who ranked fourth among Dragon Mountain Empire's geniuses, had also arrived!
PS: Bleeding, feeling uncomfortable all over. Going to sleep. By the way, our flower count has been overtaken...