Although Qin Fengming had entered that sect, he was merely an ordinary disciple from a completely insignificant background and had no master or elder to teach him martial arts. Still, through what he saw and heard, he had gained some understanding of cultivation manuals.
Looking at the little booklet in his hand, he understood that the skeleton had undoubtedly belonged to a reclusive martial arts expert, and this booklet was precisely that expert's internal cultivation method.
After resting for one night, Qin Fengming endured the excruciating pain throughout his body and made his difficult way back to the sect.
Although he had failed to find any medicinal herbs, those few disciples still burst into delighted laughter when they saw the injuries on Qin Fengming, as though other people's suffering were the source of their joy.
Those disciples did not trouble Qin Fengming any further. Instead, they told him to enter the mountains and gather the herbs again once he had recovered.
From then on, Qin Fengming began secretly cultivating the Five Elements Cultivation Method he had obtained by chance.
Two years later, he had already cultivated the Five Elements Cultivation Method to the fourth level.
Although during those two years he was occasionally bullied by the few formal disciples who had always disliked him, he never revealed the slightest trace of the profound martial arts he had cultivated.
Whenever those disciples teased him, he acted extremely submissive. No matter how they mocked him, he remained silent. Even when they forced him to gather herbs deep in the mountains, he would obediently enter the mountains alone.
On this day, just as Qin Fengming was sweeping a rarely visited courtyard within the sect, those five disciples found him again. This time they did not bully him, but instead ordered him to accompany