CHAPTER 15: I CAN CULTIVATE NOW..

Xuan Lian shook her head. "Let’s go, I will tell you on the way."

Lin Feng nodded and followed her. Although he was barred from entering the main sect and wasn’t truly bound to it, he already considered it his home rather than just a sect.

In one year, he was already attached to everyone, not to mention his master and aunt, whom he already loved deeply.

As they came by the river, he asked again.

"So, what exactly happened, Aunt?"

"What else? The other two top sects, Yin Yang Harmony Sect and Crimson Flame Palace, have decided to openly obstruct us."

Lin Feng had a feeling it was something like this. In this world, there were only two sects that could even trouble their sect, so when he heard that there was some turmoil, it was definitely related to them.

"Our sect only has Xue’er as a Tribulation Ascendance cultivator. No doubt, she is the strongest and can handle multiple Tribulation Ascendance cultivators. Even if both sects’ Tribulation Cultivators, which amount to four, join together, they can’t do much. But the point is that she is alone.

Our sect’s whole territory is quite vast, and she cannot protect everywhere. Previously, these sects were aggressive but within limits and even punished the perpetrators who made mistakes. But now, they have decided to openly obstruct us.

They are creating conflicts on multiple fronts and retreating. This is becoming a pain in the ass now."

Lin Feng didn’t mind her vulgar words; this had become normal between them.

"If it were before, we might have given up on some of our outer territories and focused on the core area, but right now, we have found a spirit mine, and it is also on the borders.

If it were a lower-grade spirit mine, we might still have given up on it, but the fact is that it’s a higher-grade spirit mine—one of the very few that exist in this world, and only the second in our territory. Not to mention, it is the biggest one."

Lin Feng nodded internally. The value of higher-grade spirit stones was great even in some larger worlds, much less their world.

Spirit stones are categorized as Lower Grade, Medium Grade, Higher Grade, Supreme Grade, and Divine Grade.

Supreme Grade and Divine Grade spirit stones are extremely rare; only the very top and largest worlds possess them. Even then, the entire world might only contain one or two spirit mines. So, Higher Grade spirit stones are considered the top-grade stones for transactions among cultivators or for cultivating.

Having two higher-grade spirit stone mines in its territory, the Frozen Heart Sect truly has a solid foundation. It is definitely the richest sect in this world.

Mines are formed when a spirit vein is created inside the earth, and stones gradually form from it. A higher-grade spirit mine definitely contains a high-grade spirit vein, and the value of the vein is far greater than the stones themselves. But no one removes the vein from the mine.

The reason is simple—as long as the vein stays inside the mine, it will keep producing spirit stones of the same grade in its core, while farther away from the core, it will produce stones of a lower grade.

So a higher-grade spirit vein would produce lower-grade stones on the outer regions, medium-grade stones in the middle, and higher-grade spirit stones at its core.

Giving up on it isn’t something anyone would do.

"The only good part is that both sects still don’t know about the spirit mine, or else they would have gone all out for it.

Very few people know about its location, and all are oath-bound.

This is also the reason we don’t want to give up on the other sides and only focus on the mine location because it will definitely make the other sects suspect that something important exists there.

All in all, it is becoming a headache now." Xuan Lian sighed.

"Aunt, how many casualties have we suffered?"

"None, at least for now. We have given escape talismans to every disciple, so they are able to flee in time... but if it continues like this, then it will cost us heavily."

Lin Feng nodded. It looked like he had to increase his strength quickly as well. It would be better to take part in these wars—it would serve as a practice ground for him.

Conflicts between great sects often last for years, and he was sure that with the help of his master, he could easily reach the level required to make a significant difference in the ongoing conflict.

As for using the Dual Cultivation technique to increase his aunt’s and others’ realms, it was impossible with his current cultivation level. He needed to be at least close to their realm for his dual cultivation to have any effect on them.

Sigh, forget it. You shouldn’t be worried about these matters. We will come up with something. Worst-case scenario... Xuan Xue will just establish her abode at the location of the mine and stay there, or we can just pull out the spirit vein, making it useless for everyone.

Lin Feng thought for a moment before speaking, "Aunt, can’t we also attack them? In the end, Crimson Flame Palace is far from us and has to come through the Eastern Region if they want to attack. If we put pressure on the Eastern borders, we can stop them there."

The Western Region is separated from the main continent, which contains the other three regions. The North is connected with the East, while the East is connected with the South. There are seas in the center, so the South and North are separated.

It is said that the Western Continent used to be part of the main continent but became separated, creating the vast sea in between them.

"That’s what we also thought, but there is a problem. Our disciples can easily enter the Eastern Region, but if we openly attack, then they will prepare traps for us.

We have done the same, but they rarely attack us openly. They enter by disguising themselves.

The reason we can’t enter the Eastern Region freely is because of our cultivation techniques. Due to preserving our Yin, it becomes easy for those Yin Yang Harmony bastards to spot us. They have a technique that lets them sense the purity of women and how strong their Yin essence is."

Lin Feng nodded. Those practicing Dual Cultivation techniques could definitely do that, but they could only see through disciples of the same realm or lower if those disciples didn’t have good concealment techniques—at least better than the techniques their enemies possessed.

He sighed. He doubted their sect had strong concealment techniques; otherwise, they wouldn’t be facing this issue in the first place. If only his past self had made some arrangements for good techniques as well... but it was also given that one couldn’t alter too much during reincarnation.

In fact, he had a feeling the last dream wasn’t planned but happened due to strong memories, so it might be the end of his dreams.

He would probably not get any more knowledge or hints from now on. Although he already knew much, it was still not enough... Oh well, he could manage for now—the only concerning part was his cultivation.

He could see that his master was worried, and his aunt too. In fact, in this entire sect, he truly loved them the most. As for others, he cared for them, but it wasn’t at the level of love.

"Aunt."

"Hmm... what is it?" Xuan Lian side-glanced at him, wondering if he was up to no good again.

"I can finally cultivate now," Lin Feng said, looking at her calmly. After what he had done with his master, his lust had calmed down a lot. He could now talk to his aunt normally if he wished.

Xuan Lian was stunned. She could easily feel that it was the truth, so there was no need to laugh it off as a joke.

"How?" They had tried multiple methods to help him cultivate, but everything had failed till now. They truly weren’t able to find what the issue was, and finding a solution without knowing the cause was impossible. "Is it because of your dream?"

Lin Feng nodded. "It’s more like I had restrictions before, but after this dream, my restrictions have been removed."

It was the truth. Now, if he wanted, he could even cultivate other techniques as well, but there was no point in doing so when he possessed the best cultivation technique.

"Your parents are truly quite calculative... but why?" Xuan Lian spoke while shaking her head.

Everyone believed that he had been teleported here from another world and that it was his parents who had restricted his memories. As for the reason, no one could say for sure yet.

"Anyway, that’s quite a big revelation. Does Xue’er know?"

He shook his head. "No, Aunt. I got this dream tonight and wanted to tell her, but Master wasn’t at the peak."

"Ahh yes, because of this situation, we had a meeting earlier in the morning. She left again to obtain some materials—we need far more talismans right now. Your other aunts have gone too. Only I remained here, just in case any issues arise in the sect.