Extraordinary-Grade Martial Arts' Special Abilities!

As Peiyuan Gong broke through to a new level, the Internal Force within Lu Feng began to circulate madly before converging towards his Dantian.

During the convergence of Internal Force, Lu Feng could clearly sense both its quality and quantity rapidly increasing.

Especially in terms of quality, if the Internal Force in his body was gaseous before, it had now become liquid, a significant difference between the two.

This breakthrough not only brought about a massive change in his Internal Force but also strengthened his body.

This significantly increased the upper limit his physical body could withstand.

When he was in the Martial Master Realm, he could at most enhance his physical strength to ten thousand jin.

This was a physical limitation, but after breaking through to the Grandmaster Realm, that physical shackle seemed to have been unlocked.

Just like that, half an hour quickly passed. Lu Feng slowly opened his eyes, finding them to be deeper and filled with more confidence.

"Hoo! I finally broke through to the Grandmaster Realm!"

As he spoke, Lu Feng willed his consciousness and brought up the Proficiency Panel to check.

[Name: Lu Feng]
[Age: 19/90]
[Realm: First-Rank Grandmaster]
[Cultivation Technique: Peiyuan Gong (Mid-Grade, Upper-Tier, Extraordinary 0/10000)]
[Martial Skill: Cloud-Dispelling Palm (High-Grade, Lower-Tier, Mastery Realm 12/5000)]

Looking at the significant changes on the panel, although Lu Feng was happy inwardly, a hint of confusion appeared on his face.

"Huh?! My age limit seems to have increased by twenty years. It seems my guess was correct; advancing in the major Martial Realms increases a cultivator's lifespan!"

Although the increase wasn't much, a ninety-year lifespan was definitely considered old age in ancient times.

Furthermore, the breakthrough in Peiyuan Gong also revealed to him that cultivation techniques had an "Extraordinary" proficiency level beyond the Mastery Realm.

Seeing this, Lu Feng closed his eyes again and circulated Peiyuan Gong.

This time, circulating it for one major cycle only took ten breaths, shortening the cultivation time by another five breaths.

At the same time, he could also feel that Peiyuan Gong at the Extraordinary level had the effect of rapidly recovering Internal Force and healing injuries.

"Haha! So that's how it is!"

Upon learning of Peiyuan Gong's special abilities, Lu Feng burst into laughter.

If the Mastery Realm level of a cultivation technique was to complete its shortcomings and bring it to a perfect level, then the Extraordinary level was to allow the technique to sublimate and gain special abilities.

"Hmm, if I cultivate Cloud-Dispelling Palm to the Extraordinary level, I wonder what special abilities it will have?"

"Wait! Peiyuan Gong on the panel just now seemed like it could still be cultivated further? Could it be that the Extraordinary level isn't the highest realm for cultivation technique proficiency?" Lu Feng suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Feng shook his head, "It seems I still underestimated the capabilities of this Proficiency Panel."

"Never mind, I'll slowly cultivate it in the future and naturally discover all the abilities of this panel."

With that, Lu Feng pushed open the door and went to the lobby on the first floor of the inn.

He saw Wang Chen sitting by the window in the lobby, drinking tea.

Seeing this, Lu Feng walked over in a few steps and sat down opposite him.

"Brother Wang, have there been any events these past few days?"

Wang Chen heard him and, without rushing to answer, poured him a cup of tea and said.

"Lu Feng, I just observed your breathing is contained and your Internal Force is completely absent. What's going on? Did something go wrong with your cultivation?"

Lu Feng smiled and replied, "Hehe, Brother Wang worries too much. I just had a breakthrough; it's just the effect of my increased strength."

Wang Chen's eyebrows shot up, his concern turning into surprise, "Oh?! So that's how it is! If that's the case, then you might have a chance to contend for the top ten in this Martial Arts Examination!"

"Brother Wang, there are many experts participating in this Martial Arts Examination. Why do you think I have a chance to contend for the top ten?"

Wang Chen put down his teacup and said seriously, "Didn't you just ask if anything happened in the county city these past few days?"

Lu Feng nodded, "Yes."

"No major events have occurred, but I have gathered some intelligence regarding the Martial Arts Examination."

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng's interest was immediately piqued, "Oh?! What intelligence do you have?"

"Firstly, among the participants of the Youth Elite Competition for this Martial Arts Examination, there are ten popular candidates, and the top three are basically already decided."

Hearing this, Lu Feng fell into thought. It was difficult for him to guess who these ten popular candidates were, but for the three who were already decided, he guessed they were the strongest of the current generation from the three major families in the county city.

That is, Zhou Yonghua, Lu Wei, and Li Yi!

These three clearly possessed Martial Master Realm strength, and they weren't people who had just entered the Martial Master Realm.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to ascend to the third floor during the previous gathering.

Although these three were invited by Prefect Xu, their own strength was commendable.

Lu Feng rubbed his chin and continued to ask, "Brother Wang, have you found out the martial strength of these ten popular candidates?"

Wang Chen nodded slightly, "Yes, I have! Besides the top three, the other seven candidates' martial realms are roughly between First-Rank Martial Master and Second-Rank Martial Master. As for the decided top three, they are the direct heirs of the three major families of Baiyue County City. All three of them have reached the Third-Rank Martial Master realm. However, not all of this intelligence is entirely accurate, so just keep a general idea in mind."

Lu Feng nodded, indicating he understood. "Mm, besides this intel, has anything else happened?"

Wang Chen pondered for a moment before replying, "Other than that, there are the refugees outside the county town. Because the officials won't let them into the city, these people have been starving. But five days ago, a few stalls offering porridge were set up outside the city, which has prevented the people outside from starving to death directly."

"Oh?! The people offering porridge must have been arranged by the officials, right?"

Wang Chen shook his head. "No! The officials themselves don't have much grain reserves right now, and they still need to deal with the Northern Wei invasion. So, the people offering porridge must be someone else!"

After listening, Lu Feng touched his teacup, a thoughtful expression on his face.

It was indeed a good thing that someone was willing to offer porridge to these people outside the city. Although it wouldn't fill their stomachs, it would at least save their lives.

Just as Lu Feng was thinking the person offering porridge was a great philanthropist, Wang Chen continued, "Although we couldn't find out who is offering the porridge, this person's goal is not as simple as saving the refugees outside the city. While offering porridge, they are actually recruiting these refugees into a sect called the Wuji Cult."

Lu Feng was stunned by this statement.

This situation suddenly reminded him of the Yellow Turban Rebellion mentioned in his previous life's history.

Although the names were different, the pattern was extremely similar.

It seemed this Great Yan Dynasty was not as stable as it appeared.

Currently, the Great Yan faced invasion from the Northern Wei externally and had a cult gathering popular support internally. This situation suggested the Great Yan might be on the verge of collapse.

However, these matters were of no consequence to Lu Feng. If the sky were to fall, there would naturally be taller people to hold it up.