A Thousand Miles in a Day!

"You're not joking, are you? Nine Martial Souls? Your old man has lived for decades, and I've never heard of anyone having nine Martial Souls!"

"There really are nine Martial Souls!"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"This..." Chen Guoxiang nearly jumped up in excitement. My son has nine Martial Souls?

What kind of concept was that? Nine of them?

Chen Shuqin's eyes widened, finding it hard to believe.

Nine Martial Souls—she had never even heard of such a thing. He was absolutely a genius among geniuses. Her brother was a genius? That couldn't be possible, right?

"Then what are your Martial Souls?" Chen Shuqin asked.

Chen Feng scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "Uh, actually, that isn't important."

"How is that not important? It's very important. Martial Souls have ranks too. What are yours, Brother?"

Under Chen Shuqin's persistent questioning, Chen Feng had no choice but to smile. "My Martial Souls are nine trees!"

What? In an instant, Chen Guoxiang, Chen Shuqin, and their mother were dumbfounded.

"All nine Martial Souls are trees? Son, you didn't get it wrong, did you? Aren't those the worst kind of Martial Souls? And you have nine of them?"

Chen Guoxiang was stunned silly.

Though he did not know much about many things, he still knew about Martial Souls.

After all, Martial Soul Users were geniuses. Now that their son had Martial Souls, they had been overjoyed—but then they heard they were plant-type Martial Souls.

Chen Guoxiang sighed. If that was the case, even if his son had a hundred Martial Souls, if they were all trees, they would not have much destructive power.

In other words, no Combat Power.

Why were Martial Soul Users respected?

Because of Combat Power. Those with Martial Souls were naturally far stronger than ordinary people.

But in this situation, nine Martial Souls were not even as good as one beast-type Martial Soul. What a pity!

Chen Guoxiang sighed, and Chen Shuqin felt the same.

Their mother comforted him, "Son, it's all right. At the very least, you're a Martial Soul User. Even if they're plant-type, your mother believes you'll become very powerful. Even... even if you don't, that's fine too. I only want you to live safely and peacefully for your whole life. I don't ask for you to achieve anything great. Xiaofeng, don't lose heart either!"

"If we want peace, we still need strength. Without strength, this world is dangerous. By the way, isn't our house too small?"

"Yeah, why?" Chen Shuqin asked.

"Nothing. Very soon, I'll be able to buy a big house for the family. We won't have to squeeze into this tiny place anymore."

Chen Feng said.

"Pfft!"

Chen Shuqin pursed her lips at Chen Feng. "Brother, do you know the housing prices in Jiangzhou District? The average is ten thousand per square meter! And that's only in the outskirts. What are we supposed to use to buy one?"

Chen Shuqin was right. Even in the outskirts of Jiangzhou District, housing averaged ten thousand per square meter. More central locations cost thirty thousand, not to mention villas and the like.

The family was dirt poor now, yet Chen Feng was already saying he would buy a house in the future?

"This kid... hasn't he gone mad?"

Chen Guoxiang and Zhang Chun exchanged a glance, somewhat worried.

Chen Shuqin laughed. "It's fine! Second Brother has always been like this. He keeps talking about buying a house for our family. I always tell him not to put too much pressure on himself!"

Chen Guoxiang sighed. "If only you had a capable father, you wouldn't be under so much pressure. Unfortunately, I'm just an ordinary worker. I'm not much good for anything!"

Hearing that, Chen Shuqin hurriedly said, "Dad, you mustn't think that way! Raising us was already a tremendous kindness to us. Brother just wants our family to live a little better, that's all."

"I know. But then again, this brat goes on and on every day about buying a house. Could testing as having nine ordinary Martial Souls have shocked him into madness?"

"No way. This guy's as thick-skinned as they come. He's just talking. What could possibly shock him? When we were little, he was always stealing my food. His skin was thicker than a city wall."

"Haha!" Chen Guoxiang and their mother laughed.

"Brother, come eat!"

His younger sister muttered.

Chen Feng went to serve himself some food. Shuqin rolled her eyes at him and handed over a large bowl heaped full of rice. "I served yours already. Hurry up and eat!"

Chen Feng smiled and reached out to flick her forehead. "I knew Shuqin treated me the best!"

Shuqin curled her lips. Her two little dimples turned red, but she stubbornly said, "Who treats you well? Mom told me to serve you. Otherwise, I wouldn't have done it. Hmph!"

With that, she turned her head and shoveled rice into her mouth.

Chen Feng knew that was just his sister's excuse. He loved the atmosphere in this family.

Chen Feng quickly finished eating and smiled. "Shuqin, Brother knows you dream of having a big room filled with anime dolls. Since you treat me so well, I'll make your wish come true within a year."

After saying that, Chen Feng returned to his room. His parents and Shuqin were all stunned. "Has this child really gone mad?"

His parents began worrying about Chen Feng, quietly discussing whether they should take him to a psychiatric hospital.

In his room, several hours later.

Chen Feng opened his eyes. He had already reached Blood Qi Stage Seven.

Now that he was beginning to grow familiar with the power of his Martial Souls, his cultivation became even faster.

The vital energy he could sense had risen from a few hundred points to more than a thousand specks of light.

The next morning.

At four in the morning, Chen Feng left home.

Chen Feng found a relatively deserted park two kilometers away and continued cultivating.

Mornings always brought peace to the heart. Since it was still early, there was hardly anyone here. He summoned his Martial Souls. In any case, his Martial Souls were trees; even if others saw them, they would not become suspicious, much less recognize what kind of trees they were.

The vital energy of heaven and earth outside was slightly denser than at home, especially in a place like this with flowers, grass, and trees.

As he cultivated, shrouded in the aura of the Bodhi Divine Tree, he broke through continuously, advancing from Blood Qi Stage Seven to Blood Qi Stage Nine.

The speed was simply unheard of.

In truth, some races did not even have the Blood Qi Realm. With the Bodhi Divine Tree Martial Soul, such speed was nothing strange for Chen Feng.

Even so, among humans, this placed him among the ranks of top geniuses.

Originally, after reaching Blood Qi Stage Nine, one could sense the vital energy of heaven and earth and begin gathering essence. This process also required some time to initiate. But Chen Feng had sensed the vital energy of heaven and earth long ago, so at this moment, it began gathering in his dantian.

His entire body became filled with spiritual energy. He was already progressing toward the Essence Gathering Realm.

In the entire school, he was the first to achieve this so far.

Blood Qi Stage Nine had a standard strength of nine hundred kilograms. He was probably at that standard now as well.

But he had already begun absorbing vital energy. As it gathered, once he truly gathered essence and formed a mist of vital energy in his dantian, establishing a foundation, he would pull far ahead of those in the Blood Qi Realm.

"After awakening my Martial Souls, my senses became sharper. I sensed vital energy and used it to temper my body. In such a short time, I completed the entire process of the Blood Qi Realm."

After the excitement, Chen Feng completely calmed down.

In one day, he had achieved cultivation that other students could not attain even after several years.

A thousand miles in a day!

He knew what this meant. Right now, he was the number one genius of Jiangzhou School.

If news spread, he would become the focus of countless eyes. He could be recommended directly to Wushen University or Jiangzhou Military School.

Among the school's more than one hundred thousand students, he was, so far... the only one to complete the Blood Qi Realm at the age of sixteen. Of course, that did not include geniuses from other regions of the Great Xia Nation.

Moreover, he had begun absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth into his body, forming a mist of vital energy.

Once this formed, he could enter the Essence Gathering Realm. Then, according to the abundance of vital energy, he could advance through the early, middle, late, and perfected stages of essence gathering.

"However, I'm also a Martial Soul User. While absorbing the vital energy of heaven and earth, I also need to nourish my Martial Souls. The later consumption will definitely be enormous! But it doesn't matter. I can earn money."

A faint curve appeared at the corner of Chen Feng's mouth. Glancing at the time, he saw it was getting late and began sprinting to school.

Before, he had needed to sprint for half an hour. Now, he arrived at school in ten minutes.

"So fast!"

Students by the roadside saw a figure flash past like the wind, and all revealed astonished expressions.

After arriving at school, Chen Feng made another astonishing discovery.