CHAPTER 44: CHAPTER 44: GOD BRAVERY REALM—A GAZE THAT KILLS

EDITOR: ENDLESSFANTASY TRANSLATION

"Instructor, don’t you want to be admitted into the Twelve Golden Palaces?" Luo Feng didn’t reach for the Nurturing Spirit Pill.

Ji Wuyue’s eyes trembled slightly. She replied with a bitter smile, "To be admitted into the Twelve Golden Palaces and then enter the sanctum of martial arts is every martial artist’s dream. How could I be an exception? However, this Nurturing Spirit Pill is too expensive, I..."

"If that’s the case, then you must take it," Luo Feng said, interrupting Ji Wuyue with a wave of his hand.

Ji Wuyue paused for a moment. "Why?"

"Instructor, you probably know about the bad blood between me and Duanmu Yu, right?"

Ji Wuyue nodded.

The squabble between Luo Feng, Lin XiaoXiao, and Duanmu Yu had caused quite a stir in the Silver Moon class. How could she not have heard about it?

"What does that have to do with me?" Ji Wuyue asked, puzzled.

"Of course, it matters."

Luo Feng smiled and said, "Duanmu Yu’s uncle is an elder of the Twelve Golden Palaces. In terms of family background, I can’t hold a candle to him. If you could enter the Twelve Golden Palaces, it would mean I’d have someone to rely on in the future. Therefore, you must take this Nurturing Spirit Pill. You’re my only backup in the future."

Ji Wuyue was amused by Luo Feng’s words. With a slight smile on her lips, she said, "I’m not as capable as you’ve made me out to be..."

Seeing Luo Feng’s serious look, Ji Wuyue realized she couldn’t refuse. She clasped the Nurturing Spirit Pill in her hand and told Luo Feng earnestly, "Luo Feng, I, Ji Wuyue, will remember this kindness."

Luo Feng roared with laughter. "Then you must be admitted into the Golden Palace; otherwise, paying back my kindness won’t be easy."

Luo Feng’s half-joking remark lightened the atmosphere.

On the side, Bing Ruolan was lost in thought as she gazed at Luo Feng with her deep blue eyes.

What kind of person is he, really...

The more Bing Ruolan interacted with Luo Feng, the more she felt she couldn’t see through him.

Although he was about the same age as her, he never played by conventional rules.

A martial artist of the Sixth God Bravery Realm, once stepping into the Seventh Essence Storage Realm, would start to use Yuan Qi, and their strength would soar spectacularly. However, it is exceedingly challenging to transition from the peak of the Sixth God Bravery Realm to the Seventh Essence Storage Realm! Countless martial artists have spent their entire lives unable to break through this barrier.

The Nurturing Spirit Pill could help a peak Sixth God Bravery Realm martial artist break through this bottleneck. Its value is self-evident. Such a Third Rank Spiritual Medicine, if presented to the secular world, would indeed cause upheaval and be sought after by countless powers.

Nevertheless, Luo Feng had just casually given this precious Spirit Pill to someone else without batting an eye!

As for Luo Feng’s feeble lie, Bing Ruolan didn’t believe it at all.

With the matter of the pill settled, Luo Feng advised Ji Wuyue to rest and recuperate well. Then he and Bing Ruolan left the small courtyard.

Bing Ruolan needed to prepare for the Inner Court trials, and Luo Feng had the Jade Iron Juice on his mind. The two went their separate ways once they left the courtyard.

When Luo Feng returned to his small courtyard and closed the door, his gaze turned cold as he thought of the wounds on Ji Wuyue from earlier.

Who was it that ambushed the instructor...

The person who attacked Ji Wuyue hadn’t made any demands, so it definitely wasn’t for money. The attacker simply wanted Ji Wuyue’s life. If this was the case, the person who took action must have a fierce grudge against Ji Wuyue.

Could it be Li Yuanhao?

A thought flashed through Luo Feng’s mind, but then he shook his head.

Li Yuanhao specialized in claw techniques and swordsmanship, and the wounds on Ji Wuyue didn’t look like they had been caused by such techniques. What’s more, if it had been Li Yuanhao, Ji Wuyue would definitely have been aware of it.

"Never mind, I’ll investigate this matter slowly later! No matter who it is, if I find out, I will definitely tear you into thousands of pieces!" Luo Feng’s voice was icy cold.

After a moment of contemplation, he walked to the middle of the courtyard and took out a brocaded box and a jade porcelain bottle from his robes. They contained the Second Rank Spiritual Medicine, the Earth Flame Pill, and the Third Rank Spiritual Medicine, the Jade Iron Juice, that he’d won from Chen Xin and Lu Han.

"This Earth Flame Pill can temper the body and eliminate internal impurities. And this Jade Iron Juice can transform a martial artist’s flesh, bones, and skin..."

Luo Feng looked at the two Spiritual Medicines in his hand, a thought flashing through his mind. I wonder what the effect would be if I take these two Spiritual Medicines together?

Licking his lips, Luo Feng opened the brocaded box.

As the box opened, a crimson pill appeared. Its thick Yuan Qi mist revolved around it like a burning flame, illuminating Luo Feng’s cheeks.

WHOOSH.

The previously calm, windless courtyard was suddenly swept by a hot wind, and the air became unbearably dry and hot.

What a formidable medicinal effect! Luo Feng thought, looking down at the Earth Flame Pill in his hand, taken aback.

GULP!

Swallowing, Luo Feng gulped down the Earth Flame Pill in one go.

BOOM!

As soon as the Earth Flame Pill landed in his stomach, his entire body became extremely hot, as if a fire were burning inside. His blood felt like boiling lava, pulsating nonstop through his meridians.

Luo Feng’s breathing grew heavy, like a thunderstorm. He forced himself to suppress the surging medicinal power within his body. POP! He removed the cork from the porcelain bottle containing the Jade Iron Juice.

He tilted the bottle down, and quickly, a jade-colored, creamy liquid seeped into his palm, spreading an aromatic medicinal fragrance.

This Jade Iron Juice was extremely peculiar. It looked like a liquid but felt hard to the touch, incredibly heavy, several times more so than ordinary steel!

RRRIP!

Luo Feng ripped open his clothes, revealing his skin, which had turned crimson. He rubbed the Jade Iron Juice all over himself.

"Hahahaha... Exhilarating!"

As the Jade Iron Juice touched his skin, Luo Feng immediately felt a cold sensation seeping in from the surface, penetrating his flesh, blood, meridians, and bones. A cool sensation pervaded his whole body, giving him an invigorating feeling that prompted a long howl from him.

As the saying goes, water and fire are incompatible. The Earth Flame Pill harvested earth fire Yuan Qi, while the Jade Iron Juice came from ten-thousand-year-old raw jade. The two inherent medicinal powers naturally repelled each other. When they encountered each other inside Luo Feng’s body, both parties immediately turned hostile, contending for territorial dominance.

The scorching heat of the earth’s core fire and the frigid essence of the ten-thousand-year-old raw jade rampaged within Luo Feng’s body. Luo Feng’s eyelids flickered, his expression enigmatically mirthful.

At that moment, he felt as though millions of ants were darting around crazily within his flesh and blood. It was half pleasurable and half painful.

If anyone had been present in the courtyard at that moment, they would have been astounded to see Luo Feng’s entire body continually transitioning between a jade-white hue and a deep crimson, like a dazzling spectrum of colors—incredibly eerie indeed.

「Three days passed in the blink of an eye, with the sun rising and setting.」

For these three days, Luo Feng stood unmoved in the courtyard, using all his effort to refine the medicinal power of the Earth Flame Pill and Jade Iron Juice in his body.

「On the morning of the third day.」

BUZZ!

An invisible vortex formed around Luo Feng. The fallen leaves on the ground suddenly began to rustle and tremble, then swirled and shot outwards.

PHEW.

Exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Luo Feng opened his eyes. In that instant, a brilliant light flashed in them, like a Thunderbolt tearing through the void, momentarily illuminating the entire courtyard.

CHIRP CHIRP.

The dozen or so birds feeding nearby seemed to sense a change in Luo Feng’s aura. They began to squawk in panic, fluttering their wings in an attempt to take flight.

Luo Feng lifted his head towards the birds. His gaze suddenly went cold, and a terrifyingly heavy aura emanated from his body. It was massive and sharp, seeming as if it could rupture everything in the world, unstoppable!

WHOOSH!

The dozen or so birds that had just prepared to leave suddenly shrieked. They quivered as though shocked by electricity and fell stiffly from the branches to the ground. Their eyes, which had been shining brightly just moments ago, were now dull and lifeless. There were even traces of blood on their beaks; they were dead!

The sixth level of the God Bravery Realm, where one can condense aura and momentum to oppress others, where every glance and word can be a weapon—it’s truly not false!

Looking at the dozen or so dead birds on the ground, Luo Feng’s mouth curled into a slight smile.

Over these three days, he had been tormented by a state of alternating ice and fire. He felt as if he were sometimes immersed in bone-chilling icy water and at other times in bubbling hot lava—it was nothing short of agonizing.

However, all this suffering was worth it.

Not only had he successfully stepped into the Sixth Level of the God Bravery Realm, but his cultivation had also reached the peak of the early stage of the God Bravery Realm. He was not far from the middle stage!

In addition, Luo Feng discovered that because of his strong Soul Power, the power of his aura was much higher than that of ordinary martial artists.

Ordinary martial artists in the early stage of the Sixth Level of the God Bravery Realm could only scare birds into flight or at most stun them. As for killing these birds with just a gaze, it was impossible for them.

It was no wonder. The ’momentum’ mastered in the God Bravery Realm is a special attack method that utilizes Soul Power and Yuan Qi.

Luo Feng’s Soul Power was more than double that of ordinary people, making him a prodigy of his generation. Who could compare to him?

If I encounter Lu Han now, I could defeat him in a single move! Luo Feng’s eyes gleamed with immense confidence.

Duanmu Yu, just wait and see. In a month, I will shatter all your pride, Luo Feng sneered, the coldness in his eyes intensifying.

"Ew, it stinks!"

Suddenly, Luo Feng pinched his nose. He looked down and saw that his body was covered in a layer of blackish, sticky substance, emitting a foul stench.

Is this the impurities expelled from my body?

Luo Feng immediately understood what the filth on his body was.

"I can’t stand this anymore!" Luo Feng uttered a strange yell and immediately fetched water from a nearby well, SPLASHING it over himself from head to toe.

After about ten buckets of water, Luo Feng finally felt he was cleansed.

Under the morning sun, Luo Feng’s muscular physique was prominent. If one looked closely, one could notice a faint jade-like luster on his skin, like raw jade.

Although not particularly bulky, Luo Feng, standing there, was like a ferocious cheetah. Every inch of his muscle was brimming with immense power; his streamlined physique was pleasing to the eye!

It was hard to imagine that this was the physique of a fifteen-year-old adolescent.

It seems I’ve grown taller and look better than before. Does cultivation have such benefits too? Luo Feng thought, admiring his reflection in the water.

The reflection of the sharp-eyed youth in front of him bore no resemblance to the frail boy from before.

Just as Luo Feng was about to measure if he had truly grown taller, a series of urgent knocks at the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Senior Brother Luo Feng, are you in there?"

An unfamiliar voice called from outside the door.