The moment the idea surfaced, it began growing wildly in Zeng Fan's mind. Resisting the waterfall's impact already required him to mobilize his entire body and Spiritual Energy, and cultivating the Fish Dragon Dance was the same. The two shared some common ground. If he could withstand the waterfall's impact while successfully performing the Fish Dragon Dance, he believed the result would not disappoint him. Zeng Fan told Yuan Jin about the idea.
"I think it's feasible, but cultivating it will probably be very difficult for you right now. At the very least, you need to hold out beneath the waterfall for a while before slowly trying to combine the two." Yuan Jin also thought Zeng Fan's idea was good after hearing it, but unfortunately, his own technique was unsuitable for stacking them together.
Zeng Fan stood up and patted the dust from his body. "Then let's hurry back and rest. We continue tomorrow!"
"You really are a madman! But I like it. Heh heh."
The morning sunlight shone upon the waterfall as several figures slowly approached it. They were the other disciples who had come here to cultivate. When they reached the waterfall, the few of them froze. Two figures were already flickering in and out of sight within the white torrent.
"These two fellows came so early."
"Those two are really putting in the effort. They've been this early every day for the past half month. I have to admire their perseverance in cultivation."
The people they were discussing were naturally Zeng Fan and Yuan Jin. At that moment, Zeng Fan was enduring the waterfall's assault. Unlike before, when he had been swept down not long after climbing up, Zeng Fan could now be said to be utterly motionless. Looking closely, one could see the muscles across his body constantly making faint, subtle movements. Whenever the waterfall's impact intensified at a certain moment, the muscles on Zeng Fan's body would instantly erupt with hidden strength, blocking the force before lying dormant once more and waiting for the next outburst. Judging from the aura around him, he seemed faintly on the verge of a breakthrough.
Zeng Fan abruptly opened his eyes. "That's about enough. The waterfall's effect on me has temporarily been reduced to a minimum. To go any further, I'll need time to hone myself. I can try cultivating the Fish Dragon Dance now."
Without another word, the muscles on Zeng Fan's body seemed to respond to a command and began tensing rapidly. The Spiritual Energy hidden within his body was mobilized as well, and he performed the Fish Dance. Beneath the waterfall's pressure, Zeng Fan struggled to sense the weakest point in the water cascading downward, then shifted toward it.
As expected, Zeng Fan was swept into the pool during the movement. But this had been within his expectations. Nothing could succeed easily; he needed to keep trying and keep charging forward.
After climbing back out of the pool, Zeng Fan continued sensing the water's force before performing the Fish Dance again, trying to move toward the waterfall's weakest point. He was swept down again and again, only to try once more each time. A stubbornness emerged from Zeng Fan. Although his body was already utterly exhausted, his mind remained intensely focused.
The admiration in the eyes of the several disciples cultivating nearby grew stronger and stronger. Cultivating beneath the waterfall was no easy task. These disciples were naturally tough-minded as well, but compared with Zeng Fan and Yuan Jin, there was still some distance between them.
"They really are two cultivation madmen~" The few of them exchanged glances before joining the waterfall cultivation as well. Even if they could not match them, they could not afford to fall too far behind.
Night descended, and everyone else had already left. Yuan Jin stood beside the pool, his eyes fixed intently on a figure in the water. That figure was actually darting rapidly through the water. Amid the ceaseless current, he seemed able to pinpoint the weakest spots with perfect accuracy, using the least strength possible to withstand the attacks.
Just as Yuan Jin was about to say something, the figure in the water suddenly burst out from within and threw back his head with a long howl. The aura around him surged rapidly at that very moment, breaking through from Body Tempering Bone Minor Accomplishment to Body Tempering Bone Major Accomplishment!
A smile appeared on Yuan Jin's face. Although Zeng Fan had broken through, the aura around him was still several notches weaker than Yuan Jin's. Clearly, Yuan Jin had already broken through to Body Tempering Bone Perfected during this period. This cultivation speed was much faster than that of ordinary disciples.
Zeng Fan stood beside the pool with his eyes closed. The surging aura around him gradually subsided, yet the sense of pressure he gave off continued to grow heavier.
"You broke through?" Yuan Jin asked with a smile when he saw the aura around Zeng Fan settle.
"I did. I didn't expect cultivating the Fish Dragon Technique beneath the waterfall to improve me so much." Zeng Fan opened his eyes, a flash of brilliance passing through them. Without the aid of the Fish Dragon Technique, Zeng Fan would have needed at least another half month before he had any chance of breaking through.
He could sense that he had not yet reached the limit of his cultivation. If he could continuously absorb the waterfall's force and finally erupt with it through the Fish Dragon Dance, both his combat power and cultivation would rise even further.
"Too much of a good thing can be bad. Take it easy for a few days first," Yuan Jin told Zeng Fan. After this period of frantic cultivation, although his cultivation had broken through, he also felt somewhat exhausted.
Zeng Fan nodded. He still needed to sort through the Spiritual Energy within him during this period. If he continued cultivating, it might destabilize his cultivation and affect his future advancement.
However, on the second day after returning to his residence, his rest was shattered.
"Who is Zeng Fan? Come out and fight me!" a voice rang out from outside Zeng Fan's room.
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