Growth

Seeing the tenderness and concern in her eyes, Li Chenfeng instantly thought of his mother in Jia Ma Sacred City of the Battle Through the Heavens World!

It seems that although I'm only an adopted son, Madam Ao regards me no differently from her own child!

After all, she had raised him since childhood. More than a decade of affection was naturally no different from that between a biological mother and son!

"You child, I know you're proud and never want to fall behind others in anything, but you're still young. Even when practicing swordsmanship, you must know your limits. How could you injure yourself?"

Holding Li Chenfeng's little hand, Madam Ao reproached him anxiously, "I've already spoken with your master. For the next two days, you are to stay in your room and rest properly. You can resume practicing once you've recovered!"

From his memories, Li Chenfeng had already learned why he was lying in bed. While practicing swordsmanship with his younger brother Ao Tian under Sword Demon's guidance, he had suddenly fainted...

This had terrified everyone in Sword Worship Villa.

Madam Ao had even blamed Sword Demon, frightening that old lecher so badly that he did not dare show his face before her for several days.

Listening to the woman before him, Li Chenfeng felt the same motherly love he had known in another world.

It seems I really am going to have another mother! A faint smile appeared on Li Chenfeng's face.

This feeling was rather nice.

Over the next two days, Li Chenfeng obediently remained in his room.

However, he did not spend those two days doing nothing. Instead, he carefully sorted through his memories and discovered several cultivation techniques and sword moves he had practiced before.

Two main techniques appeared in Li Chenfeng's memories. One was naturally his family's inherited Ao Family Swordsmanship, a fast sword art containing sword moves, sword formulas, and matching footwork.

The other was Sword Demon's inherited technique... the Severing Sword Art.

Compared with the Ao Family Swordsmanship, which had never been mentioned in the original work, the Severing Sword Art was somewhat famous.

In the comic, God Catcher had relied on it in a desperate battle against Bu Jingyun. Though he was ultimately defeated and killed, the Severing Sword Art's extraordinary qualities had been fully displayed.

However, this sword art emphasized severing emotion and desire. It could be considered a demonic sword art. To truly cultivate it to mastery, one likely had to become a demon through the sword!

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two years had passed.

During those two years, Li Chenfeng devoted all his time to martial training.

Although Madam Ao repeatedly reminded him not to harm himself, Li Chenfeng agreed verbally while showing no intention of easing up.

Through such grueling cultivation, coupled with the gradual conversion of the Four-Star Dou Practitioner energy stored in his dantian, Li Chenfeng's cultivation naturally advanced by leaps and bounds.

"I never expected that milky-white vortex in my body not to be battle qi, but a concentration of the purest energy in the entire universe. It can transform into battle qi, and likewise directly transform into this world's true qi... How remarkable!"

This journey to The Storm Riders World had been made with his true body. The miraculous Myriad Worlds Gate had merely arranged a reasonable identity for him.

It was probably related to things such as the will of the world and the rejection between two worlds.

But since the Myriad Worlds Gate had already arranged everything, Li Chenfeng naturally did not need to worry that the will of a new world would directly destroy him upon his arrival!

Now, as a young master of Sword Worship Villa, Li Chenfeng possessed exceptional cultivation talent. Coupled with his extraordinary cultivation techniques and sword arts, as well as an ample supply of medicinal herbs that nourished the body and replenished qi, he had reached the Acquired Perfection Realm in two years—the peak of a Nine-Star Dou Practitioner.

Now, all he needed was a suitable opportunity to advance into the Xiantian Realm!

"Though The Storm Riders World can be considered a high-martial world, the energy contained within this heaven and earth is still lacking. Otherwise, I should have broken through to Dou Master a year ago."

But that did not matter. No matter how much time passed in this world, when he returned, it would still be the same night he had left. In that case, he had countless times more cultivation time than everyone on the Battle Qi Continent!

"Still, the only bad thing is probably the changes after I return..."

Looking at himself, now ten centimeters taller than when he had first arrived, Li Chenfeng wondered how he would explain growing so much in a single night...

"Forget it. At most, A Fei will be surprised. There's no need for me to explain anything to him..."

Li Chenfeng was somewhat glad that he had not rashly entered the Myriad Worlds Gate while he was with the Nalan Clan.

Otherwise, it would certainly have been difficult to explain things to his family afterward.

In a training ground in the rear courtyard of Sword Worship Villa, two figures darted back and forth. Sword light flickered across the field, its cold gleam sharp and biting.

A moment later, one figure was sent flying by the flat of a sword. His feet slid five or six meters across the ground before he barely came to a stop.

"Hehe, Young Master Feng truly is a martial arts prodigy. I never expected him to reach the Acquired Perfection Realm at the age of fourteen. Even Tie Yong, a half-step Xiantian Realm expert, is no longer his match."

Changli Sword Elder, one of the two elderly men watching nearby, said this as he stroked his beard.

The other remained expressionless. After hearing his old friend's words, he merely nodded faintly.

"Only someone with such talent and strength is worthy of the title of Sword Worship Villa's heir, and only he has a chance to restore the villa's former glory!"

Yet those words made the other cold-faced elder, Lichou Sword Elder, frown.

"Changli, Sword Worship Villa has only one heir, and that is Young Master Ao Tian!"

Li Chenfeng's status within Sword Worship Villa was still somewhat awkward.

Although Madam Ao and the previous villa master had always treated Ao Feng as their own son, many people within Sword Worship Villa did not acknowledge Ao Feng's status as heir.

Hearing his old friend's words, Changli Sword Elder immediately shook his head helplessly.

"Young Master Ao Tian..."

Although Changli Sword Elder did not voice the words in his heart, Lichou Sword Elder, his old friend of decades, naturally understood what he meant.

Compared with Ao Feng's astonishing talent, Ao Tian's aptitude was far inferior.

Moreover, under Madam Ao's doting indulgence over the years, Ao Tian had developed something of a spoiled young master's temperament.

Handing Sword Worship Villa to such a person... Changli Sword Elder was deeply uneasy.

As one of Sword Worship Villa's Four Great Sword Elders, Changli naturally wished to see the villa regain its prestige from a century ago. Yet Sword Worship Villa had now completely declined. In the eyes of many martial artists, they were probably nothing more than merchants selling weapons, weren't they?

If not for Sword Demon's name protecting them now, they would likely have long since been carved up by other forces!

A demon who had killed the previous villa master and seized the villa had now become Sword Worship Villa's greatest pillar of support. It was truly a tremendous irony!