Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters

The three little ones had only just broken through to the Fifth Restriction. They should not have broken through so quickly, even with Lin Jiufeng using the Rain Character Art to draw down immense spiritual energy.

They needed time to accumulate.

But unexpectedly, one Dao Rain and one Heaven and Earth Scroll had allowed them to complete that accumulation overnight.

Each of them had comprehended their own Dao. Coupled with the immense spiritual energy descending upon them, it directly pushed their realms to the peak of the Fifth Restriction, and they had begun their breakthroughs.

Lin Jiufeng did not disturb them. These three little ones were absolute geniuses, and their accumulation from last night had been vast and profound enough. There would be no problem with their breakthroughs, and he was not worried in the slightest.

He looked toward the roof of the Scripture Pavilion. There was another aura there, rising and falling with extreme ferocity.

Little Fox.

She had also gained greatly last night. At this moment, she could not contain her aura atop the Scripture Pavilion, letting it spread outward until demon energy filled the pavilion.

Lin Jiufeng arrived at the top floor of the Scripture Pavilion and found Little Fox bathing in fire.

Yes, flames were blazing all over her body—Azure Flame, burning her flesh.

Yet strangely, her fur was unharmed, the wooden pavilion around her was not burning, and Little Fox wore an exceptionally comfortable expression.

It did not feel like she was bathing in fire. It was more like she was soaking in a hot spring.

"What is happening to you?" Lin Jiufeng asked curiously.

When Little Fox Bai Ling saw Lin Jiufeng, she gave him a sweet smile. "Last night, while watching the Worldly Dao and absorbing the newly added spiritual energy, my bloodline unexpectedly began to revert to its ancestors. These flames are burning away the impurities in my body and purifying my bloodline. It does not hurt at all. It actually feels very comfortable."

Only then was Lin Jiufeng reassured. Smiling, he said, "This is an unexpected delight. The Demon Race's bloodlines are already rich and pure, and now yours has begun to undergo Bloodline Reversion. Your future is boundless. This way, I can be considered to have done right by Senior Brother Zhou Sheng."

"Everyone must have gained greatly last night, right?" Little Fox asked.

Lin Jiufeng nodded, then looked toward the Feather Transformation Sect's Golden Summit Great Hall. "Everyone gained a great deal, but if we are talking about the one who gained the most so far, it must be Bai Yunfei."

Little Fox looked at Lin Jiufeng suspiciously, not quite understanding.

Lin Jiufeng said calmly, "Last night, Bai Yunfei broke through the Ninth Restriction."

The morning sunlight shone upon the Golden Summit Great Hall, casting it in a sheet of golden radiance and making the majestic hall gleam brilliantly. Within it, a figure sat cross-legged in meditation, Dao aura spreading from his body.

Little Fox's eyes widened as she stared incredulously toward the Golden Summit Great Hall. "Why did he break through so quickly?"

"The stronger one is, the more one can comprehend from last night's Heaven and Earth Scroll. Bai Yunfei is highly gifted, and his cultivation was sufficient. He comprehended enough of the Great Dao, and he had an enormous amount of spiritual energy as well. It is not strange for him to break through," Lin Jiufeng explained.

"Sigh, if my cultivation had been a little higher, I definitely could have comprehended even more Great Dao," Little Fox said regretfully.

"Greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant. Your bloodline has already reverted to its ancestors. In the long run, that gain is far greater than Bai Yunfei breaking through the Ninth Restriction," Lin Jiufeng said irritably.

Little Fox giggled secretly and stopped complaining. She quietly closed her eyes, curled into a ball, and allowed the Azure Flame to burn away the impurities within her body.

Lin Jiufeng took one look, then quietly departed. Stepping into the void, he went directly to the Feather Transformation Sect's Golden Summit Great Hall.

Just then, Bai Yunfei walked out of the hall, his face full of delight. Upon seeing Lin Jiufeng, he immediately threw his arms around him in a bear hug and said excitedly, "Senior Brother, I broke through! Last night, I comprehended the essence of Feather Transformation and Ascension. With the immense spiritual energy that descended, I shattered the threshold of the Ninth Restriction in one stroke."

Lin Jiufeng pushed the excited Bai Yunfei away and smiled. "Congratulations. You broke through so quickly that if the Supreme Dao Sect and the Wen Family want to deal with us in the future, they will have to weigh their options first."

Bai Yunfei, now at the Ninth Restriction, was not someone to be underestimated with the essence of the Feather Ascension Scripture. Though he had only just broken through the Ninth Restriction, if they truly fought, he would possess at least the combat strength of the late Ninth Restriction.

"Senior Brother, that World Scroll was too shocking. How did you do it?" Bai Yunfei asked in amazement.

Whenever he recalled what had happened last night, he felt such admiration that he wanted to prostrate himself in worship.

Using the world as a grand curtain, Lin Jiufeng had painted the Human Dao and supplemented it with immense spiritual energy. It could be said that Lin Jiufeng had single-handedly pushed him into the Ninth Restriction.

"The appearance of a World Scroll is something that can only be encountered, not sought. Even I would find it difficult to create a second one. Do not ask about the reason. Now that you have broken through the Ninth Restriction, you can expand and strengthen the Feather Transformation Sect," Lin Jiufeng said.

"We do need to expand and strengthen the Feather Transformation Sect. Our sect has been silent for far too long, but there are too few good disciples at present, and they are difficult to find," Bai Yunfei said with a headache.

The entire Cultivation World knew that the Feather Transformation Sect had been relentlessly targeted by the Supreme Dao Sect. Its disciples and elders had all been poached away. Who would be willing to come under such circumstances?

But Lin Jiufeng merely smiled faintly and pointed around the Feather Transformation Sect's mountain gate. "The good disciples are right before your eyes. Why worry?"

Bai Yunfei followed Lin Jiufeng's finger and looked over, utterly confused. "Where are the disciples?"

He saw only trees, mountains, rocks, and some wild beasts.

Where were the disciples?

Seeing this, Lin Jiufeng led Bai Yunfei down from the Golden Summit Great Hall and began walking around the Feather Transformation Sect's mountain gate.

They came beneath an ancient tree several hundred years old. Lin Jiufeng said, "Do you know just how immense the spiritual energy brought down by these several rains was?"

Bai Yunfei nodded. He had experienced it personally, so he naturally knew very well.

"With such immense spiritual energy, the few of us certainly could not absorb it all. Where do you think the remaining spiritual energy went?" Lin Jiufeng asked Bai Yunfei.

Bai Yunfei murmured, "It must have fallen upon the mountains, the earth, and the rivers, or dispersed into the spiritual energy around us."

"Yes. The mountains, earth, and trees all absorb that immense spiritual energy. Naturally, some trees will develop spiritual intelligence, such as this ancient tree several hundred years old." Lin Jiufeng reached out and patted the tree trunk.

The next second, the centuries-old tree actually bent over. A face emerged from its trunk, and it respectfully said to Lin Jiufeng and Bai Yunfei, "This little tree greets the two seniors."

Bai Yunfei watched in surprise. "You have become a spirit?"

"Yes. As early as the first descent of spiritual energy, I developed my own spiritual intelligence. During this time, I have relied on instinct to absorb spiritual energy," Big Tree nodded.

"Do you wish to join my Feather Transformation Sect?" Lin Jiufeng asked softly, his hands clasped behind his back.

Big Tree said in delighted surprise, "I... can?"

"Why not?" Lin Jiufeng asked in return.

"I am a spirit creature, not a human..." Big Tree hesitated.

"That is something you must ask the Feather Transformation Sect's Sect Master. Will he accept Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters?" Lin Jiufeng smiled at Bai Yunfei.

"We will!" Bai Yunfei nodded decisively. "The creed of our Feather Transformation Sect is to teach without distinction. So long as the Feather Transformation Sect is in your heart, your origins and background do not matter. You have been at our Feather Transformation Sect's mountain gate for hundreds of years and developed spiritual intelligence through a fortunate coincidence. That makes you a disciple of our Feather Transformation Sect."

Upon hearing this, Big Tree began transforming excitedly. His ancient branches fell away, his trunk shrank, and he gradually assumed human form. He looked like an honest old man, though several fresh green leaves still rested atop his head.

He looked old, but compared to his long lifespan, he was still very young.

"Greetings, Sect Master and Master." Big Tree respectfully kowtowed to Bai Yunfei.

Bai Yunfei helped him up with satisfaction. "Since you acknowledge me as your master, you are a disciple of the Feather Transformation Sect. Do you have a name?"

Big Tree shook his head. "Please bestow one upon me, Master."

"Senior Brother, give him a name," Bai Yunfei said, looking at Lin Jiufeng.

"You are a willow tree, and you are Bai Yunfei's disciple, so take your master's surname Bai. From now on, you shall be called Bai Liu!" Lin Jiufeng said after thinking for a moment.

"Bai Liu thanks Martial Uncle for bestowing this name." Bai Liu happily kowtowed again.

Lin Jiufeng smiled from the side. "Congratulations, Junior Brother. From this day onward, the Feather Transformation Sect will no longer lack disciples."

Bai Yunfei's mind had been opened to a new path. He nodded and said, "That is right. After several rains of spiritual energy, there should be many disciples of our Feather Transformation Sect nearby."

Afterward, he also accepted the Stone-Transformed Disciple, the Wild Boar-Transformed Disciple, the Golden Monkey-Transformed Disciple, the Purple Bamboo-Transformed Disciple...

In less than a day, the Feather Transformation Sect gained three hundred new disciples. They were all Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters who had absorbed the spiritual energy from Lin Jiufeng's several rains and gained spiritual intelligence. Every one of them possessed decent talent.

After all, they had all witnessed last night's Heaven and Earth Scroll, and each of them had gained greatly from it.

These people would form the new generation of the Feather Transformation Sect.