The night was like ink, and the cold wind was biting.
Li Feiyu's large hand was like an iron clamp, tightly gripping Han Feng's arm as he sprinted along the pebble-strewn path.
The surrounding scenery receded rapidly, and Han Feng was yanked so hard by him that he staggered, almost being dragged along the ground.
Where was this going?
Han Feng's heart beat wildly, and a thought flashed through his mind like lightning.
To be able to make Li Feiyu lose his composure and become so wildly joyful that he grabbed him and ran without a care, there was probably only one place in the entire Outer Blade Hall.
The Hall Master's Mansion!
A moving Attribute Point was going to take him to see an even larger moving attribute reservoir!
An opportunity!
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Han Feng suppressed the feverish heat in his heart, letting Li Feiyu pull him along while his young face timely revealed a trace of just the right amount of bewilderment and loss.
The two ran wildly all the way, soon arriving before a mansion that was several times grander than the ordinary disciples' courtyards.
With vermilion lacquered gates and two stone lions standing at the entrance, it looked solemn and majestic.
This was the residence of Lin Tianhu, the Hall Master of the Outer Blade Hall.
Li Feiyu had no intention of announcing his presence at all, not even knocking on the door as he pushed open the ajar gate and pulled Han Feng rushing straight inside.
"Hall Master! Hall Master!"
His voice was resonant, carrying a suppressed excitement as it echoed in the silent courtyard.
Inside the main hall, lights were brightly lit.
A burly middle-aged man with an imposing appearance was holding a teacup, leisurely sipping fragrant tea. He was precisely Lin Tianhu, the Hall Master of the Outer Blade Hall.
Interrupted by this sudden intrusion and shout, Lin Tianhu's movement paused, and a touch of displeasure surfaced on his face.
"So it's you, brat Li. Running around so rashly in the middle of the night, what kind of behavior is this!"
He put down the teacup and scolded in a deep voice.
"What business brings you to this Hall Master?"
Li Feiyu paid no attention to this at all, taking three steps in two as he rushed to the front of the hall, still breathing somewhat heavily from running too eagerly.
"Hall Master, do you want a disciple?"
Lin Tianhu was stunned.
He suspected he had misheard; what kind of preposterous nonsense was this.
"A disciple?"
"If you want one, I'll bring you a genius disciple!" Li Feiyu's voice was full of the excitement of someone presenting a rare treasure.
Saying this, he pulled Han Feng, who had been hiding behind him all along, and shoved him to the front.
Lin Tianhu's gaze only then fell upon this little fellow.
A child of about ten years old, wearing brand-new Outer Disciple robes, thin and small, and looking somewhat timid.
This was the genius in Li Feiyu's mouth?
Lin Tianhu felt as if he had been played with, and just as he was about to flare up, he heard Li Feiyu speak impatiently.
"Hall Master! Don't look at how young he is! I passed the Positive Yang Force on to him only seven days ago! A mere seven days!"
Li Feiyu extended seven fingers and shook them vigorously in front of Lin Tianhu.
"He... he has already cultivated it to the fourth layer!"
This sentence exploded inside the main hall like a flat thunderclap.
Lin Tianhu's hand, which was just preparing to pick up the teacup, froze in mid-air.
He slowly turned his head, looking at Li Feiyu with stiff movements as if confirming whether the other person had gone mad.
"What did you say?"
"I said, Xiao Feng, he only used seven days to cultivate the Positive Yang Force to the fourth layer! He has already stepped into the realm of a third-rate martial artist!" Li Feiyu repeated word by word, every single syllable ringing with heavy impact.
The air seemed to congeal at this moment.
The displeasure and casualness on Lin Tianhu's face vanished completely, replaced by an extreme bewilderment and absurdity.
"Haha..."
He suddenly let out a dry laugh and shook his head.
"Brat Li, this joke isn't funny at all. Seven days? The fourth layer? Do you take this Hall Master for a three-year-old child? My Seven Profound Sect has been established for a hundred years, and I have never heard of such a bizarre thing!"
He assumed Li Feiyu was joking with him, or had been fooled by this kid.
"If the Hall Master doesn't believe it, you can investigate for yourself!" Li Feiyu said eagerly.
Looking at Li Feiyu's solemn expression that showed not the slightest hint of falsehood, the doubt in Lin Tianhu's heart finally began to waver.
Although this brat Li was impulsive, he was never one to make groundless claims.
Could it be... true?
This thought made even his own heart skip a beat.
He said no more, his sharp gaze falling onto Han Feng, carrying a heavy inspecting pressure.
"You, come over."
Han Feng acted somewhat fearful, shuffling over in small steps.
Lin Tianhu stood up, his tall figure casting a shadow that completely enveloped Han Feng.
Without the slightest hesitation, he extended a palm as large as a cattail leaf and pressed it directly against Han Feng's back.
A pure and potent Internal Force cautiously probed into Han Feng's body.
Lin Tianhu originally thought that this child's body would at most be completely empty.
However, the moment his Internal Force entered Han Feng's meridians, Lin Tianhu's burly body shook violently!
The strand of Internal Force he probed in was like a clay ox entering the sea, instantly swallowed by a torrent of homogenous, pure, and surging Internal Force!
That Internal Force circulated ceaselessly along the unique route of the Positive Yang Force, and its refined degree and formidable scale clearly showed he had firmly stepped into the fourth layer, and even faintly showed signs of breaking through toward the fifth layer!
"This... this... how is this possible!"
As if scalded by a hot iron, Lin Tianhu abruptly withdrew his hand and staggered back a full three steps, the square bricks beneath his feet emitting a dull thud.
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