Han Feng listened with utmost concentration, occasionally asking a question or two to guide Han Li into recalling more details.
Once he had obtained the information he wanted, Han Feng was not stingy either.
He knew that Han Li had recently been practicing some basic fist and foot techniques, so he returned the favor by explaining some of his own insights into the Martial Path in a profound yet easy-to-understand manner.
These theories incorporated his unique insights gained after using Attribute Addition through the Attribute Panel.
Han Li listened as if intoxicated, feeling as though the door to a whole new world had opened before him.
When he left, Han Li took two porcelain bottles from his robes and stuffed them into Han Feng's hands. They were all pills refined from spiritual medicines cultivated in his "Hundred Herb Garden."
"Thank you, Brother Er Leng."
Han Feng thanked him, accepted the pills, and quickly returned to his courtyard.
After returning, he once again entered the deepest level of closed-door cultivation.
The courtyard gates remained tightly shut, and Han Feng's figure never appeared within the sect again.
His daily life became extremely simple. Aside from taking pills, he repeatedly tried to sense the Spiritual Energy of Heaven and Earth and cultivate the Evergreen Art, following the experience he had coaxed out of Han Li.
A month later.
Han Feng met with Han Li again and took another bottle of pills from him.
Back in his room, he swallowed the pills in one gulp and sat cross-legged.
This time, he no longer paid attention to the growth of his Attribute Points. Instead, he immersed his entire mind in comprehending the Evergreen Art.
A night passed.
When the eastern sky began to pale, Han Feng, whose eyes had been tightly shut, suddenly trembled slightly.
It worked!
After consuming a vast amount of pills and cultivating bitterly for a month, he had finally sensed the first wisp of thin gas within his body, entirely different from Internal Force.
Spiritual Energy!
He cautiously guided this wisp of Spiritual Energy, circulating it through his meridians for one complete cycle according to the methods of the Evergreen Art.
Boom!
It was as though some barrier had been shattered. More Spiritual Energy from Heaven and Earth began actively converging toward his body.
He immediately opened the Attribute Panel.
[Technique: Evergreen Skill (First Layer)]
It worked!
He had finally taken the first step onto the path of cultivation!
Looking at his Attribute Points again, after more than a month of frantically consuming pills, the number had once again accumulated to an astonishing level.
[Attribute Points: 50]
"Hahaha, it worked!"
Han Feng laughed wildly inside.
Add points!
His thoughts crazily concentrated on the plus sign after the Evergreen Art.
[Ding! 25 Attribute Points consumed. Evergreen Art upgraded to the Second Layer!]
A flood of spiritual power several times greater than before appeared out of thin air in his dantian, instantly washing through his four limbs and all his bones.
It wasn't over yet!
Keep adding!
[Ding! 25 Attribute Points consumed. Evergreen Art upgraded to the Third Layer!]
Boom!
Han Feng felt a thunderous crash in his mind. Under the transformation of this even more immense spiritual power, every meridian, bone, and strand of flesh in his body let out an overwhelmed groan.
His entire being was immersed in a wondrous sensation akin to being reborn.
One month!
From nothing to directly reaching Qi Refining Layer 3!
Such efficiency was simply heaven-defying!
One had to know that Han Li in the original story possessed a Pseudo Spiritual Root. Reaching the third layer of the Evergreen Art had taken him nearly four full years!
Yet Han Feng had completed the path he had taken four years to walk in just one month!
Moreover, during this month, the Internal Force of his Positive Yang Force had also broken through its bottleneck as naturally as water flowing into a channel.
Positive Yang Force, seventh layer!
A First-rate Master!
Han Feng felt that all five of his senses had become much sharper.
His memory had also received a terrifying boost. He could now clearly recall the contents of many books he had read in his previous life.
This was one of the benefits brought by cultivating immortality!
Just as he was immersed in the joy of his surging power, a maid's respectful announcement came from outside the door.
"Young Master, Young Hero Li from the Outer Blade Hall has come to visit."
Li Feiyu?
What had he come for?
Han Feng gathered his thoughts, got up, opened the door, and walked out.
In the courtyard, Li Feiyu stood with his hands behind his back. The moment he saw Han Feng come out, he strode over to meet him.
"You brat, you finally decided to come out! If you keep locking yourself away like this, you'll suffocate yourself!"
Li Feiyu punched Han Feng on the shoulder, then looked him over curiously.
"I'm heading down the mountain on a mission soon. The journey isn't far. Do you want to come along, take a walk, and clear your head?"
Down the mountain?
Han Feng's heart stirred.
His cultivation now consumed more and more pills.
Although the sect treated him like a treasure and Wang Juechu granted his every request, Han Feng felt embarrassed about asking for things too frequently.
His image as a "genius the likes of which appeared only once in ten thousand years" also needed some achievements to solidify it.
If he went out and made his way in the world, he might even make a fortune and obtain some new resources.
"All right, I'll go with you." Han Feng agreed without hesitation.
The two did not delay and left the Seven Profound Sect together that very day.
The martial world was rife with endless conflict.
Although the Seven Profound Sect was the foremost sect in Lanzhou, there were still some reckless minor gangs nearby that often caused trouble.
Li Feiyu was heading down the mountain this time because a caravan under the protection of the Seven Profound Sect had been repeatedly attacked by a band of mountain bandits while transporting goods, suffering heavy losses.
And behind that band of bandits, there seemed to be traces of the Seven Profound Sect's sworn enemy, the "Wild Wolf Gang."
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