Martial Arts Overlord

Luo Feng's brows furrowed slightly. During this cultivation session, he noticed that he was absorbing Yuan Qi faster than before, but his internal Yuan Qi increased very little. As a result, his cultivation speed had taken quite a hit.

Luo Feng had planned to personally visit the Duanmu Family in four months, on the fortieth birthday of their Family Head, Duanmu Xiao, and present him with a generous gift.

But with this pace of cultivation, it was uncertain whether he would even reach the middle stage of the Eighth Level of the Hell Realm within four months, let alone pay a solo visit to the Duanmu Family.

"Let's try again..."

Reluctant to admit defeat, Luo Feng took a deep breath and resumed his cultivation, but nothing seemed to change.

"Why would this happen? Could it be due to the Condensation Yuan Technique?"

Luo Feng was completely perplexed and started to feel a little agitated.

It was apparent that he couldn't continue his cultivation this way. Luo Feng stood up, opened the courtyard door, and decided to calm his mind first.

Walking by the lake, feeling the cool breeze, Luo Feng mulled over the reason for the changes in him.

"Luo Feng."

At that moment, a gently melodic voice suddenly rang out.

From the other side of the lake, a tall young lady was approaching.

She wore a simple white robe, with cascading black hair, lips like painted crimson, eyes shining like stars, and eyebrows arched like distant mountains, surpassing snow in their delicate beauty. She radiated an ethereal aura. As the gentle breeze stirred her robes, a faint, ethereal fragrance drifted with the wind. It was the Heavenly Fragrant Woman, He Qin.

Luo Feng looked at He Qin, and a smile spread across his face. He nodded, "I didn't expect to see you here."

With her slender hands clasped behind her back, He Qin approached gracefully, appearing slim and elegant.

Standing about a foot from Luo Feng, He Qin glanced at him and asked, "Is something troubling you?"

For some reason, Luo Feng felt more at ease with He Qin at his side. He gave a bitter laugh. "I am on the brink of a breakthrough in my cultivation, but for some reason, my cultivation speed has suddenly slowed down tremendously."

"You're about to make another breakthrough?"

He Qin was mildly shocked, her face showing a mixture of envy and admiration. "Your progress is astonishing! In less than two months, you're about to advance to the middle stage of the Eighth Level of the Hell Realm. I'm falling further and further behind."

Many students from the Tianlan School could be seen around the lake. They watched Luo Feng walking with He Qin, their conversation light and filled with laughter. Many envious glances were thrown their way.

But no one dared to voice their thoughts; instead, they seemed to think it was only natural.

Luo Feng had become this year's Top Newcomer, and he was also the only one in all four major schools whose cultivation surpassed He Qin's. No one would question his strength anymore.

Ignoring the gazes from others, Luo Feng rubbed his nose. "I consumed a Qinggang Pill. However, I'm not sure why, but during recent cultivation sessions, my speed of refining Yuan Qi has slowed considerably."

"Qinggang Pill..."

A flash of realization crossed He Qin's beautiful eyes.

The Qinggang Pill was a secret medicine made by the Su Family in the Imperial City. It was a low-grade, fourth-rank Spirit Pill with stunning efficacy that could save six months of painstaking cultivation effort for martial artists of the Eighth Level Hell Realm.

As though remembering something, He Qin said, "Your slow Yuan Qi refinement could be due to the Condensation Yuan Technique."

"The Condensation Yuan Technique!"

Luo Feng recalled that He Qin seemed to have a deep understanding of the Condensation Yuan Technique. He paused and asked, "Do you know something about this?"

"I frequently practice with the Dean, so I know a bit about the technique. It can improve the quality of a martial artist's Yuan Qi, allowing their strength to far exceed those of the same rank," He Qin nodded and explained eloquently.

Luo Feng had experienced this firsthand during his showdown with the two experts at the middle stage of the Eighth Level of the Hell Realm at the Green Wood Trading Co.

He Qin continued, "However, there is a downside. An improvement in Yuan Qi quality also makes it much more difficult to achieve a breakthrough in cultivation. But once a breakthrough is achieved, the increase in strength will be extraordinary, far surpassing martial artists of the same level."

Luo Feng's eyes lit up, and his spirits lifted. "So that's the reason!"

Once the doubts in his heart were dispelled, Luo Feng felt much better. Touching his nose, he looked at He Qin and laughed, "You didn't come looking for me just to compliment my cultivation progress, did you?"

At his words, He Qin shot him a playful glance. "Of course not."

After a moment of hesitation, He Qin bit her lower lip, hope shining in her eyes as she asked Luo Feng, "How did you comprehend Grand Momentum? Can you tell me about it?"

At present, she was stuck at a bottleneck with her Invisible Sword Technique. It was virtually impossible for her to make further progress in a short time.

If she could comprehend even a trace of Grand Momentum, her strength would definitely increase dramatically. Aside from that, if she could comprehend a bit of Grand Momentum, it would greatly assist her future Sword Dao cultivation.

When she found out Luo Feng was going to stay at Yunlan Peak for some time, no one could possibly be happier about it than her.

Luo Feng had comprehended Grand Momentum, and if she could receive even a little bit of his experience, it would be better than groping in the dark by herself.

The moment these words left her mouth, He Qin anxiously watched Luo Feng, her slender fingers tightly clasped together. She feared that Luo Feng would reject her.

Understanding her intention, Luo Feng laughed. "It's not something I can't talk about. However, my comprehension of Grand Momentum was purely due to a stroke of luck. I can only share some of my experiences with you."

Luo Feng now understood why Zhou Zhiyun wanted him to stay. Since she had saved his elder brother, this small favor was naturally nothing for him.

Moreover, his impression of He Qin was quite good.

He Qin's eyes sparkled, and her breathing quickened slightly. She gazed at Luo Feng and said, "Tell me about it."

Perhaps due to the intense excitement, they had unknowingly drawn closer to each other. The distance between their noses was less than half a foot, and Luo Feng could even smell the faint, pleasant scent from her body.

Touching his nose, Luo Feng coughed awkwardly. "Don't be anxious."

He Qin also became aware of her gaffe. A faint blush rose on her pretty face, and she hurriedly took a few steps to the side as if unintentionally, appearing a bit flustered.

She had always been engrossed in cultivation and had no experience interacting with men. This urgency made her even more flustered, not knowing what to say, feeling both shy and anxious.

The atmosphere had become a bit awkward. Just then, they arrived before a waterfall.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM...

The turbulent water rushed down from a cliff several hundred meters high, plunging into the lake below and sending up enormous plumes of spray.

Luo Feng looked at the waterfall before saying, "Grand Momentum can be considered the will of nature, or the will of a person, which can then be expressed through Martial Arts."

Luo Feng's knowledge of Grand Momentum was only partial. This explanation combined what he had read in books about Grand Momentum with his own comprehension.

Upon hearing this, He Qin's expression immediately turned serious, her Daimei knitted together, as if pondering something deeply.

Luo Feng walked straight up to the waterfall and took out his Tiger Soul Saber.

SWISH!

He unsheathed and resheathed the saber in one smooth, continuous motion. A terrifying saber mark appeared across the middle of the ten-zhang-wide waterfall, making it seem as if it had been split in two.

Luo Feng sheathed his Tiger Soul Saber and turned to He Qin, saying,

"Grand Momentum is our will. Like this waterfall, going upstream is extremely difficult, but going downstream is quite effortless. This is my understanding of Grand Momentum."

He Qin, who had been thinking hard, her eyes lit up when she heard this. She said gratefully, "So that's how it is. I seem to have grasped something. Luo Feng, thank you. I will never tell a third person what you've said."

A martial artist's experience is invaluable, especially the experience of understanding Grand Momentum.

He Qin was already extremely thankful that Luo Feng would offer her guidance. Even if Luo Feng didn't mind, she wouldn't speak of these words casually. The fewer people who comprehended Grand Momentum, the more superior one would feel.

Luo Feng was somewhat surprised.

His words were ambiguous, as if he had said something, yet also as if he had said nothing at all.

And by the looks of it, He Qin seemed to have truly grasped something.

This girl's talent is truly remarkable. Luo Feng thought to himself.

It took a moment for He Qin to regain her composure from the excitement. She looked at Luo Feng, a twinkle in her beautiful eyes, and said with a charming smile,

"You shared your understanding of Grand Momentum; I can't take advantage of you for free. Follow me..."

As she spoke, He Qin used Light Martial Arts and headed towards the back of the School.

Luo Feng felt curious but didn't ask much, using his Teng Dragon's Step to follow her.

「Soon, they left the School and arrived at the back of Yunlan Peak.」

Looking from here, the entirety of Yunlan Peak, like a sword, pierced into the clouds, appearing exceptionally precipitous.

He Qin looked around and, seeing no one else nearby, said to Luo Feng, "Keep up with me."

With that, her figure flickered, light as a butterfly. Her toes tapping lightly on the precipitous cliff face, she glided towards the deeper parts of the mountain, her speed like a swift gale.

Where is this girl taking me?

Looking at He Qin's back, Luo Feng became interested. He stomped his foot on the ground, and ten transparent Qi Dragons immediately rose up from beneath his feet, and he effortlessly kept pace with He Qin.

Seeing Luo Feng closely following her, and seemingly with energy to spare, surprise flashed in He Qin's beautiful eyes.

She had intentionally tested Luo Feng's Light Martial Arts proficiency, so she had pushed her Qinggong to the limit. Coupled with her familiarity with the surroundings, she had thought she could pull away from Luo Feng by a certain distance. Unexpectedly, Luo Feng kept up with such ease.

Realizing the gap between herself and Luo Feng, He Qin pressed her rosy lips together, set aside her competitive thoughts, and focused on their journey.

Both of them pushed their Qinggong to the extreme. Resembling two flying birds, they crossed one precipitous peak after another. As they continued deeper, the mountain range grew increasingly frigid. Snow was even visible on the mountaintops, a vast expanse of white, and the air bit with cold.

If ordinary people were here, they probably wouldn't survive even for a moment. But with Luo Feng and He Qin's cultivation, they were completely unfazed by such cold, and their speed remained undiminished.

"What beautiful scenery." Standing on a mountaintop, Luo Feng couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Unknowingly, the surrounding peaks were already covered with snow. As far as one could see, the landscape was a vast expanse of silver, grand and beautiful, evoking an urge to look up and roar at the heavens.

He Qin, her dress fluttering, stood in the white snow like an immortal maiden amidst the snow. She looked back at him and smiled, "Wait a little, and you'll see an even more astonishing sight."

"Oh? Then I'm certainly looking forward to seeing it," Luo Feng said with a smile.

「After traveling for dozens of li through the mountains, He Qin suddenly stopped before a steep, snow-covered cliff.」

"This is the place. We go down from here..." He Qin said, turning back to Luo Feng. Then, with a flash of her silhouette, she leaped directly off the snow cliff.

Luo Feng walked to the edge of the snow cliff and looked down, his heart giving a lurch.

This snow cliff was exceptionally treacherous, over a hundred zhang high, and its bottom was nowhere in sight.

Could there be something at the bottom of this cliff?

Luo Feng couldn't see what was beneath the cliff. With a thought, his Soul Power spread downwards like ripples in water, exploring the depths below.

"This is..."

A moment later, Luo Feng's expression shifted, a look of utter disbelief on his face.