Chapter 168 : Chapter 168

Chapter 168: The Enormous Price of Cheng Feng’s Advancement

“Heh heh, little child, you desire power. It just so happens that this seat has it…”

In his hazy consciousness.

Cheng Feng seemed to hear an extremely terrifying and bewitching voice.

Power?

It was just as well. He already had nothing left to lose. No matter what he did, he could not catch up to Cheng Yu.

If he gave up everything, what did it matter?

“I… am willing!”

…

Half a day later.

“Feng’er, Feng’er, wake up quickly. Are even you going to leave Mother all alone?”

Cheng Feng’s entire body was submerged in the Healing Sacred Spring.

Countless powerful nourishing forces were repairing his body and meridians, yet they still could not offset the damage caused by the collapse and chaotic flow of his Internal Energy.

In a short time.

Cheng Feng’s Internal Energy scattered madly, and the meridians throughout his body became like a sieve.

Faced with reality.

He had collapsed—both mentally and physically.

Zhao Xichun sat by the spring, tears pouring down her face. Seeing her beloved younger son become like this left her burning with anxiety.

She had already almost lost one son.

How could she bear to lose another?

“Feng’er, Father was wrong…”

Cheng Zhenjiang sat slumped to the side. Disregarding his own injuries, he had given up the Healing Sacred Spring.

But even that could not change the fact that Cheng Feng’s Internal Energy was frantically leaking away.

On his once upright and noble face, the pain of weathered hardship had appeared overnight.

Cheng Feng was still young, and everything he had experienced had been smooth sailing. He had never truly suffered any setbacks.

His parents had also always praised him without limit.

He had never faced such harsh words from his father before. How could he withstand such a blow?

Cheng Zhenjiang was filled with regret. How could he have said such things to Feng’er?

Although that unfilial son’s talent was powerful.

It was used for evil deeds that harmed the Jianghu. How could it be compared with someone of chivalry?

He held his son’s cold hand and said in pain, “Feng’er, Father should not have said that to you. You must not let anything happen to you!”

When Zhao Xichun saw this from the side.

The grief in her heart was instantly replaced by anger.

She shoved Cheng Zhenjiang’s hand away, pulled Cheng Feng into her arms, and revealed a hateful gaze.

“As his father, how could you say such things? Do you not know what Feng’er’s temperament is like? You have already driven Yu’er away. If anything happens to Feng’er as well, I will never forgive you!”

Cheng Zhenjiang lowered his head. Faced with the accusation, he could not retort at all.

He could only look at the incomparably weak Cheng Feng and murmur to himself.

“Feng’er, even if I have to exhaust the full power of the River-Severing Sect and the Cheng Family, I will definitely make you recover. I will make you the strongest young martial artist under Heaven. I promise!”

Whether this empty promise was true or false, no one cared.

Because at this moment.

An unexpected change suddenly occurred.

The entire Secret Realm abruptly trembled violently.

“What happened to the Secret Realm?”

Cheng Zhenjiang had no time to continue grieving. His eyes widened in utter shock. How could the River-Severing Sect’s Secret Realm behave like this?

With such an abnormal situation, they had to take Cheng Feng away first.

But in the next moment, the tremors in the Secret Realm stopped.

When they looked at Cheng Feng again.

They discovered that something was wrong with him.

Originally, all his Internal Energy had been chaotic and scattered, and his body had been weak to the extreme.

Yet now, while he was soaking in the Healing Sacred Spring, his body suddenly began to heat up and burn. He started madly absorbing the spring water’s powerful healing force.

His Internal Energy was replenished at a frantic pace.

Moreover, the more it was replenished, the fiercer it became. It even surpassed his original strength, breaking through one barrier after another and rushing toward a higher realm.

Mid Fifth Rank. Late Fifth Rank… Early Sixth Rank!

Just like that, he inexplicably broke through an entire major realm.

And it still had not stopped. His Internal Energy was still being replenished.

As martial artists of the Ninth Rank and Eighth Rank, Cheng Zhenjiang and Zhao Xichun could naturally sense what was happening inside Cheng Feng’s body.

They were immediately stunned.

Could the martial realm be raised like this?

What had happened to Cheng Feng?

Finally.

Cheng Feng’s rapidly rising martial realm reached saturation. Astonishingly, he had reached Late Sixth Rank, infinitely close to the state of the Upper Three Ranks.

All his injuries had vanished without a trace, and his condition was extremely good.

His eyes also slowly opened, revealing an extremely complicated gaze.

“Feng’er, you are awake!”

As his mother, Zhao Xichun cared more about her son waking up safely than about his martial realm or the increase in his Internal Energy.

She hurriedly helped Cheng Feng up and began checking whether he had any hidden injuries or lingering dangers left in his body.

This examination left her dumbfounded.

Not only did Cheng Feng’s Internal Energy have no hidden dangers, but it was also extremely condensed and powerful.

It did not look at all like a realm raised purely by increasing Internal Energy!

Cheng Zhenjiang was also dumbfounded. He had never seen this kind of realm advancement before.

Just as he was about to say something.

An extremely powerful aura suddenly appeared in the distance.

A violent scene of a surging crimson great river emerged, spreading across the entire Secret Realm like an overwhelming tide.

A sword thrust straight out, and the great river was abruptly severed down the middle. An even more powerful and terrifying aura erupted.

Cheng Zhenjiang recognized this might, and joy appeared in his eyes.

“Master, you have come out of seclusion!”

Li Xuanqing, Supreme Elder of the River-Severing Sect, and the master of both him and Zhao Xichun.

A Grandmaster expert!

He had come out of seclusion!

A figure rapidly approached.

A tall old man with a muscular body and an incomparably rugged bearing appeared. The huge treasured sword at his waist looked neither too large nor too small on him, but exactly right.

“Zhenjiang, what happened to the Secret Realm just now?”

Cheng Zhenjiang frowned. The tremor in the Secret Realm had not been caused by Master coming out of seclusion?

Before he could ask.

Li Xuanqing immediately saw his most sensible and talented little grand-disciple soaking in the Healing Sacred Spring, and his expression changed greatly.

For the Secret Realm’s sacred spring, merely sitting beside it was enough to heal most injuries.

If a person was soaking their entire body inside it, how serious must the problem be?

Li Xuanqing’s figure instantly arrived nearby, and he frowned. “Feng’er is…”

Before he could finish speaking, he sensed the aura on Cheng Feng’s body, which was close to Seventh Rank.

He was immediately dumbfounded.

If he remembered correctly, this little grand-disciple was only sixteen years old, was he not?!

Cheng Feng heard his Master-Grandfather’s voice and hurriedly stood up, solemnly saluting Li Xuanqing.

“Cheng Feng greets Master-Grandfather!”

When Li Xuanqing saw that he had no injuries, he immediately burst into laughter. “So you were using the spring water to cultivate. Well used!”

He patted Cheng Feng’s head. “As expected of my grand-disciple. Such talent has not appeared a second time in hundreds of years!”

He did not know of Cheng Yu’s existence.

The realm Cheng Feng displayed was naturally unrivaled in a hundred years.

With a Grandmaster expert’s confirmation.

Cheng Zhenjiang now completely understood that there was nothing wrong with Cheng Feng. Not only was there nothing wrong, he was doing extremely well.

With his eyes, he signaled Zhao Xichun not to say anything careless to his master.

Then he revealed a proud expression and said, “As expected of my son. This is how it should be!”

If only that unfilial son Cheng Yu possessed talent that shook the ancient and illuminated the present, it would mean that Cheng Zhenjiang, as his father, had failed to recognize talent.

But if his other son was also this terrifying.

Then there was only one explanation.

Cheng Zhenjiang’s bloodline was simply far superior to everyone under Heaven!

The immense joy and pride swept away all the gloom in his heart, and his former glory once again occupied the high ground.

When Cheng Feng heard his father’s words, he nodded obediently in agreement.

But an incomparably bitter anger and madness flashed through his eyes.

There was no such thing as extraordinary talent!

In order to obtain the power to surpass Cheng Yu, he had abandoned more than half of his lifespan to overdraw his talent!

But if he could trample Cheng Yu beneath his feet, everything would be worth it!