Chen Feng's Cognitive Barrier

Nuoding Academy.

The young gate guard watched the people coming and going through the entrance, yawned, and guarded the gate in boredom.

Before long, he saw three figures walking toward him.

He had seen one of them a couple of days ago. He seemed to be Grandmaster's friend, a noble Lord Soul Master who could even fly.

The other two, however, were complete strangers.

One was a man in a white coat and rimless glasses, with an elegant yet noble air about him. The other was a handsome man with waist-length white hair.

As the three gradually approached, the young gate guard inexplicably grew nervous.

He knew that aside from the Lord Soul Master who could fly, the other two were definitely no ordinary people either. At the very least, ordinary people could not possess such bearing.

"L-Lord Soul Master," the young gate guard stammered.

"Hello. May we go in? We're here to see Grandmaster," Ning Fengzhi said with a smile.

"P-Please, come in. Grandmaster is inside the academy," the young man hurriedly said, stepping aside.

Ning Fengzhi and the other two entered the academy. Just as Chen Xin was about to ask where Grandmaster was, he saw a man in a knit cap walking toward them.

"Sect Master Ning, Sword Douluo." Grandmaster gave a slight bow in greeting.

"Grandmaster, Dean Flanders said that you were the one who drew that picture. Is that right?" Ning Fengzhi asked.

"I drew it." Grandmaster nodded. "I saw that Jade Pendant on a child and thought it was rather unusual, so I drew it."

"Where is that child now?" Chen Xin asked impatiently.

"I'll take you there now." Grandmaster turned toward the Small Grove. At this time, Chen Feng and Tang San should be training there.

"So that Jade Pendant really is your Family Token, Sword Douluo?"

"You could say that." Chen Xin gave a simple reply without explaining further.

When they arrived at the Small Grove, the four of them could vaguely make out two children among the trees.

With a smack, Chen Feng knocked away a seed, spat to the side, and said:

"I can fight you all day!"

Tang San: ???

Did you steal my line?

Tang San felt that Chen Feng was probably getting carried away. Even as a Life System Soul Master with an endless supply of replenishment, he did not dare claim that he could fight all day. Yet Chen Feng actually dared to say such a thing?

He had to be punished!

With that thought, Tang San immediately controlled a strand of Blue Silver Grass on the ground and sent it creeping toward Chen Feng.

I may not be able to precisely control many strands of Blue Silver Grass, but can't I control a single one?

Chen Feng stared fixedly at the grass on the ground. With his feet moving through the still-unfamiliar Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, he evaded the threat of the Blue Silver Grass while drawing closer to Tang San.

Tang San remained where he was. In their previous sparring matches, he had never let Chen Feng touch him even once. Now, he also wanted to see just how much attack power Chen Feng possessed.

So he could run, but there was no need to.

Using the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track he had just learned, Chen Feng successfully closed in on Tang San, who stood still in place. At the same time, he stepped into the Blue Silver Grass territory around Tang San.

A seed suddenly exploded near Chen Feng without warning, but it had no effect on him. He had already leaped into the air, planted a foot against a nearby tree, and sent himself flying.

He gripped the Tai Chi Bagua Sword. At the apex of his leap, his First Spirit Ring lit up, and the Tai Chi Bagua Sword suddenly became much heavier, dragging his body downward.

"Mount Tai Meteorite Fall!"

Bang! The greatly increased weight of the Tai Chi Bagua Sword slammed into the ground, instantly destroying the Blue Silver Grass formation and smashing a deep crater into the earth.

As for Tang San, he naturally dodged the attack with ease.

He looked at the crater in the ground and commented, "The power's not bad, but it'll be hard to hit anyone with it.

"Besides, I've already surrounded you."

Tang San pointed at the ground. Chen Feng was already encircled by Blue Silver Grass, with several seeds faintly hidden among the blades. Once they exploded, Chen Feng would certainly be in trouble.

"Ah, I lost again." Chen Feng sighed.

When Tang San had given him the cultivation methods from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, Chen Feng had known that Tang San truly regarded him as a brother.

As a result, the wariness in his heart gradually faded. He no longer guarded against Tang San in secret and instead came to regard Tang San as one of his own.

That was Chen Feng's principle in life: if you treated him well, he would treat you well; if you helped him, he would help you in return.

But even if Chen Feng regarded Tang San as one of his own, constantly losing in their sparring matches was not a pleasant feeling. He could not help feeling somewhat dejected.

To put it bluntly, there was no positive feedback.

Ah, if only I'd awakened a Biological Spirit. Then all my biology knowledge would be useful, Chen Feng could not help thinking.

The Thesis he had published was practically the same as personally unlocking a DLC called "Rise of Biological Spirits" for this world.

But the problem was that he himself was a Tool Spirit Master, so he could not benefit from the advantages of this new trend. That inevitably made him anxious.

Chen Feng had always felt that Tool Spirits were somewhat illogical. If Biological Spirits came from humans obtaining Soul Beast Bloodlines, passing them down generation after generation, and then activating them through the awakening ceremony to form Spirits, that was still understandable.

But what the hell were Tool Spirits? Where did their bloodlines come from? Did this thing even make sense?

Chen Feng knew very well that, to a certain extent, he had already fallen into a Cognitive Barrier. He was trapped by the biology knowledge from his previous life and the fixed patterns of thought formed over more than twenty years.

This kind of Cognitive Barrier was difficult to break. No one in this world could help him in that regard, and the only person he could rely on was himself.

At this stage, Chen Feng could only respect the objective facts, cultivate step by step, and repair the Tai Chi Bagua Sword.

As for how to break through his Cognitive Barrier and bring his research talent to Tool Spirits, he could only wait and see whether some opportunity would arise in the future.

Seeing Chen Feng looking troubled, Tang San comforted him, "Don't be so discouraged. Grandmaster already said that under equal conditions, Tool Spirit Masters are weaker than Beast Spirit Masters in the early stages. Once our Soul Power increases, you'll naturally become stronger."

Besides, Tang San himself had martial arts skills. It was perfectly normal for Chen Feng to be unable to defeat him, so Tang San did not quite understand where his childhood friend's gloom was coming from.

"Xiao San, did you forget that you're actually a Tool Spirit Master too?" Chen Feng said lazily.

"Uh, well... haha." Tang San rubbed the back of his head and gave an awkward laugh.

Just as he racked his brains for something else to say, he heard Grandmaster's voice.

"Xiao Feng, come over here."

Following the voice, Chen Feng and Tang San looked over and saw Grandmaster and the other three standing in the distance. They had clearly been watching for quite some time.