Gaining Fame

Making a Name

The next day, Jiang Feng casually found an inn in town and settled in.

He was going into seclusion for half a month. After that, he would head to Qinghe Prefecture City.

He believed that place certainly would not welcome him with open arms!

Therefore, before he went there, he had to make absolutely thorough preparations.

Before entering seclusion, there were naturally a few matters he needed to explain, so he summoned Ouyang Ke to the bedside.

"Young Master, what are your orders?" Ouyang Ke bent at the waist and asked. It could be seen that he truly followed Jiang Feng from the heart.

Jiang Feng said unhurriedly, "After fighting you last night, I benefited greatly. Starting today, I will enter seclusion. You are to keep watch outside and allow no one to disturb me."

Ouyang Ke immediately accepted the order. "As you command. This subordinate will definitely not let anyone disturb you."

With his strength, in Zhushan Town, there truly was no one who could get past him to disturb Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng also believed that the Qi Family would not be able to invite an even stronger expert to take his life in a short time. If they wanted to deploy a Heaven Martial Realm martial artist, then unless Qi Gongfu descended in person, there was absolutely no one who would come to kill him under his orders in such a short time.

"Take these two books and read them carefully." As Jiang Feng spoke, he handed over two books.

Ouyang Ke froze for a moment, accepted the books, and asked, "Young Master, these are?"

Jiang Feng said, "The one on top is a mental cultivation method I chose for you according to your circumstances after our battle last night. Cultivate and comprehend it well. Even if it cannot help you break through to the Heaven Martial Realm for the time being, it can still make your strength multiply."

When Ouyang Ke heard that, his expression changed drastically!

What sort of mental cultivation method could actually make his strength multiply?

"Young Master... you couldn't be amusing yourself at my expense, could you?" Ouyang Ke asked boldly. "With my current strength, if there were a mental cultivation method that could make my strength multiply, then this method would be far too formidable."

What he said was not wrong. With his current strength, if it doubled, though he still could not claim the peak of the Earth Ranking, it would be enough to let him firmly enter the top five.

Jiang Feng smiled faintly. "Whether I am amusing myself at your expense or not, you will understand once you have read it."

"The one underneath is something I slightly improved after observing your martial technique, Unrestrained Blade. If you can thoroughly comprehend the improvements, the power of that blade will increase threefold. At that time, never mind seriously injuring a Heaven Martial Realm expert—even killing one may be possible."

When Ouyang Ke heard that, he completely lost his calm.

His Unrestrained Blade had been obtained by chance during a tempering experience. It had been created by a super expert who had already transcended the mundane and reached the Transcendental Spirit Realm. Jiang Feng was actually saying that such a martial technique could still be improved. To be honest, he did not believe it at all.

Jiang Feng also knew Ouyang Ke would not believe him for the time being, so he said no more and directly ordered, "Go."

Ouyang Ke nodded and withdrew from the room with no small amount of doubt.

Jiang Feng had improved Ouyang Ke's mental cultivation method and martial technique for two purposes.

First, he wanted to raise Ouyang Ke's strength and make his own assistance even stronger. After experiencing so many things, there were many times when he actually did not want to reveal his strength, but because there was no one at his side who could block for him, he had no choice but to act personally. Now that he had Ouyang Ke, he naturally had to make good use of him.

Ouyang Ke originally possessed the strength of the eighth-ranked on the Earth Ranking, and Jiang Feng could also see that he still had a great deal of room to improve. Once his mental cultivation method and martial technique were improved, his strength should be able to firmly enter the top five of the Earth Ranking.

Second, he wanted to give Ouyang Ke a pill to settle his heart! To be honest, he was not certain Ouyang Ke was one hundred percent loyal to him. Yet at many times, he would have to use Ouyang Ke. Therefore, in order to make Ouyang Ke set his heart like iron on following him, he had to give him sufficient benefits.

Last night, Jiang Feng had said he would let Ouyang Ke break through to the Heaven Martial Realm within a year. Although that counted as an enormous temptation, there was no guarantee Ouyang Ke would believe it and not give birth to other intentions. Therefore, Jiang Feng had promptly tossed out two pills to settle his heart.

Jiang Feng believed that after swallowing this pill to settle his heart, Ouyang Ke would willingly follow him!

After everything was arranged properly, Jiang Feng officially entered seclusion.

While Jiang Feng was beginning to prepare for seclusion, the Qi Mansion flying boat had already returned to the Qi Mansion.

"What?" Qi Hao shot up from his lounge chair in shock. "You're saying Baili Tu and Gusu Fu both died at Jiang Feng's hands?"

"Even Ouyang Ke was defeated?!!"

"That is correct." The advisor knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

Even now, he could still recall the terrifying aura Jiang Feng had released in that final moment. That aura was even stronger than that of some Heaven Martial Realm martial artists.

"If this subordinate had not acted according to the situation, perhaps this subordinate and that Triple-A Flying Boat would both have been lost there." The advisor did not forget to claim credit.

Qi Hao could no longer sit or stand in peace. Yesterday, he had gone to report this matter to his father. Though his father had scolded him, he had not gone so far as to fly into a rage. He had told him he absolutely had to handle this matter cleanly.

In the end, Qi Hao had never imagined that even Ouyang Ke would be defeated by that Jiang Feng.

"That boy, just what is his background, to actually..." Qi Hao paced back and forth. At this point, the matter had already exceeded the scope of his abilities.

"Where is Ouyang Ke?" Qi Hao pressed. "Is he dead?"

The advisor shook his head. "I do not know. I saw that Mister Ouyang's allotted vitality was exhausted and his fighting spirit was gone, while that Jiang Feng's momentum had erupted to the heavens. Knowing Ouyang Ke was certain to lose, I brought the flying boat back to report..."

Qi Hao frowned. "You did nothing wrong. Ouyang Ke is only an honored guest elder. Losing a Triple-A Flying Boat for his sake truly would not be worth it."

Just then, a subordinate hurried in from outside, holding up a scroll. "Young Master, a message has come from the Dragon Tower."

Qi Hao's nerves tightened. Messages from the Dragon Tower were all important. He had paid the Dragon Tower a great sum to reserve important intelligence from all sides. Now that the Dragon Tower had taken the initiative to send information, it was definitely important.

"Give it to me." Qi Hao reached out and took the scroll, then immediately opened it.

"Earth Ranking change... fifth place—Jiang Feng!"

Qi Hao shuddered. He knew what this meant. It meant Jiang Feng's strength had already received the Dragon Tower's recognition. He had originally been somewhat doubtful of the advisor's words; after all, Ouyang Ke was an expert ranked eighth on the Earth Ranking. But now, it seemed Ouyang Ke truly had lost, and had likely lost very thoroughly. Otherwise, Jiang Feng could not possibly have been ranked directly in fifth place on the Earth Ranking.

Within Hengshan Prefecture, any family with even a bit of foundation paid extremely close attention to the Dragon Tower's Earth Ranking. That was because every person included on the Earth Ranking possessed absolute strength. If they could be drawn in before becoming a Heaven Martial Realm powerhouse, they would be an enormous aid to the family.

Therefore, the people who received this Earth Ranking change at the same time also included all those large aristocratic families throughout Hengshan Prefecture. The eight great families such as the Qi Family would be even less likely to let such information slip by.

For a time, the name Jiang Feng resounded throughout the whole of Hengshan Prefecture. Every faction began paying attention to him, and those who moved quickly had already set about digging up every scrap of information on him.

However, Jiang Feng himself knew nothing of any of this.

After pondering for a long while, Qi Hao asked, "When Jiang Feng fought Ouyang Ke, did you record the battle with a Memory Crystal?"

The aide straightened up and shook his head in terror. "Before the fight began, I saw that Mr. Ouyang held the upper hand, and I thought Mr. Ouyang would definitely win, so I had no intention of recording it. Afterward, Mr. Ouyang truly lost too quickly. I didn't even have time to think before the battle was already over. So..."

"Useless!" Qi Hao cursed furiously, frightening the aide into a shudder.

After thinking it over carefully, Qi Hao ordered, "Make a trip to the Dragon Tower. Spend some money and copy the footage of Jiang Feng and Ouyang Ke's battle for me."

"Since the Dragon Tower pushed Jiang Feng up to fifth place on the Earth Ranking, they must have footage of Jiang Feng's battle. Otherwise, they wouldn't act so abruptly."

Pushing an unknown junior up to fifth place on the Earth Ranking was absolutely a major event within Hengshan Prefecture. The Dragon Tower had always handled matters with rigor and would never conjure something out of thin air. So there had to be battle footage.

"Yes!" The aide immediately withdrew and set about handling it.

At the same time, every faction was also purchasing copies of this Memory Crystal.

Very soon, Qi Hao obtained the footage. Before he could activate it and watch, someone hurried into his courtyard.

"You bastard!" A furious curse was the first to burst through the door. Before the person even arrived, a rainbow-like momentum had already filled the entire room.

"Father!" Qi Hao was so frightened that he immediately knelt.

Immediately afterward, a tall, powerfully built man pushed the door open and strode in!