Peerless Martial God

Edited: OddManOut

Chapter 755: The Annoying Zun Cultivator

The Zun cultivator’s fire was rotating around his body. Lin Feng was so young and had already broken through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer… 

“Do you think that I was the one who used sun fire?” said the old man in snowy-white chang pao while laughing. The fire cultivator looked at him and said, “So it’s you.” 

“What the h.e.l.l are you talking about? Are you a moron or what?” said the old snow cultivator rudely which astonished Lin Feng. Those cultivators were Zun cultivators, they were extraordinary, they didn’t belong to the normal world anymore. However, they were two old men at the same age but they were acting like little boys. Maybe in front of other people they showed one side of their personality but that between them they were normal people. Actually, they were also people, just extremely strong ones. 

The fire cultivator didn’t doubt about his friend’s words, instead, he looked at Lin Feng pleased.

“You practiced a sun skill, right?”

“Indeed.” said Lin Feng while nodding. It was almost impossible to hide anything from a Zun level cultivators.

“Release your full fire intent, show me.” said the old fire cultivator. The snow cultivator took a few steps backwards leaving some s.p.a.ce. 

Lin Feng nodded as a terrifying sound started spreading in the air. A monstrous fire invaded the atmosphere and moved around furiously. It was rotating and roaring, it seemed like it could burn everything. The snowflakes in the atmosphere were melting slowly. 

That fire was moving like waves in the fire cultivator’s direction. The fire cultivator was surrounded by Lin Feng’s flames, however, he was just standing there in the middle of that fire. He was calmly bathing in that fire. That fire was extremely far from being able to do anything to him. He was absolutely unaffected, the fire was even weakening next to him. 

“Ninth Xuan Qi layer, cosmos-burning sun skill, level three fire intent. Even though you are talented, you are not strong at all.” said the old fire cultivator while sensing that subtle Qi. Immediately after, he shook his head, he wasn’t satisfied. Why had Mister Xue brought such a young man to him? A Tian level cultivator could take care of him, that was definitely enough. He didn’t care if Mister Xue was his friend and had introduced him. It was all the same to him, he didn’t feel like teaching a young man such as Lin Feng.

“What you mean is that you are not willing to become the teacher of the young cultivator I brought to you?” said the snow cultivator mockingly. The fire cultivator was surprised by his interlocutor’s tone of speech, puzzled. He didn’t understand what it meant. 

“You brought him here, you want me to teach him things. I am convinced that you taught him a few things too though. His cultivation isn’t mysterious at all. Initially, he had the strength of the eighth Xuan Qi layer, now he has broken through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer. Could it be that you are the one who helped him break through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer?” asked the fire cultivator. There was a huge difference between the eighth and the ninth Xuan Qi layer. Besides, level three fire intent also meant something completely different between a cultivator of the eighth and ninth Xuan Qi layer. If Lin Feng had just broken through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer, it also meant that his intent would increase soon too. Maybe his fire intent would soon be level four, that would be terrific. 

“Stop talking s.h.i.+t, I am asking you if you want him as a student or not.” said the snow cultivator, upsetting the fire cultivator. He remained silent and said, “Mister Xue, reply to my question.” 

“Lin Feng, it seems like he doesn’t appreciate us so we"ll leave. I will introduce you my friend Jian Feng Zi.” said the snow cultivator while waving, he sounded proud. Immediately after, he rose up in the air and started leaving with Lin Feng. In the blink of an eye, they had already crossed a distance of one kilometer.

“Jian Feng Zi?” The fire cultivator was stupefied. He jumped in the air towards them, chased them and said, “Mister Xue, tell me precisely what’s going on! Why would you go and see Jian Feng Zi?” 

The fire cultivator had prevented them from moving forwards. Jian Feng Zi was insane, he only liked swords and didn’t like people. His sword was his sweetheart, his wife. Mister Xue wanted to introduce Lin Feng to Jian Feng Zi, could it be that Lin Feng understood swords too? 

“You are unfriendly, you can stay here alone, let us pa.s.s.” said the snow cultivator sounding impatient. 

“No.” said the fire cultivator. “If I don’t accept him as a student, do you really think that Jian Feng Zi will?” 

“So you’re really curious to see what he can do.” said the snow cultivator. Then he looked at Lin Feng, smiled and said, “Lin Feng, open his eyes, make him regret his constant humiliations. You know that the region is huge, there isn’t only one Zun cultivator here! I can find other friends for you.”

“Ehhh….” Lin Feng was stupefied. Those two Zun cultivators were arguing. Their tongues were sharp! 

In the past, he used to think that Zun cultivator were like deities. Now, he was seeing two Zun cultivators argueing and had the impression that they were normal people. However, he still wors.h.i.+ped them for their cultivation level. 

Lin Feng shook his head and smiled wryly, in a flash his entire body turned into a sharp sword, whistling sounds were spreading everywhere in the sky. Then he released some terrifying sword intent too. 

The fire cultivator was astonished, he even moved back. That sword intent was swift and fierce. 

“Level five sword intent!” said the fire cultivator looking astonished. Level five sword intent! Besides, it was extremely ripe. It meant that Lin Feng had been using it for a long time already! He had probably learnt it when he was still of the eighth Xuan Qi layer.

When he still had the strength of the eighth Xuan Qi layer, he could already use level five sword intent and level three fire intent. That was much stronger than being at the ninth Xuan Qi layer and only having level three determination. 

“You guessed right, at the beginning when we met, he had only broken through to the eighth Xuan Qi layer. And then he broke through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer.” said the snow cultivator. Immediately after, he looked at Lin Feng and said, “Continue to surprise him.” 

Lin Feng understood what the old man meant. His sword intent disappeared and in a flash a hurricane started sweeping away in the atmosphere. His body turned into an illusion and started dancing in the wind at incredible speeds, like an illusion. His entire body seemed to be in fusion with the wind. 

In a flash, Lin Feng made a gigantic loop and came back to his initial position. The wind disappeared, however, the fire cultivator was astonished. Level two wind intent! 

Lin Feng could understand three different sorts of intent.

“Lin Feng must have started practicing sword cultivation at the very beginning. Therefore, his strong point is sword cultivation. Then he must have started learning sun skills that he found coincidentally. Then, he must have started studying wind cultivation.” said the snow cultivator indifferently. Then he jumped forwards and said, “Alright old man, you don’t like us so we’re going to see Jian Feng Zi. He will probably be happy to see us. Now, move away.” 

“Wait wait wait!” said the fire cultivator hastily not letting them leave. He then smiled and said, “It’s a misunderstanding, Mister Xue, it’s my fault. Who said I didn’t like you? Let’s go back together.” 

“No need.” said the snow cultivator while shaking his head. “You are unfriendly and rude. We will go and see Jian Feng Zi, he will probably be more polite. He won’t let us wait outside and then be rude and block our way.” 

The sun cultivator wanted to insult the snow cultivator. That b.a.s.t.a.r.d! He was playing with him! 

“Isn’t it all due to a misunderstanding though?” Even though he wanted to insult the snow cultivator, the fire cultivator was smiling. He looked at Lin Feng and said, “Lin Feng, am I wrong? Your sword intent is level five, with your great cosmos-burning sun, your fire intent could also reach level five! I am a benevolent old man, I want to help you with that.” 

“No, Lin Feng, he was rude to you a moment before. If you accept his proposition now you will lose face. Don’t worry, even without him my other Zun level friends can help you.” said the snow cultivator. 

“Lin Feng, I have a Tian level skill here, it’s called Spark Explosion. A single spark can start a gigantic fire and destroy everything. It would be perfect for you.” said the fire cultivator trying to tempt Lin Feng. 

“A Tian level skill of lower quality, whom do you think you are fooling?” said the snow cultivator in a disdainful way. The fire cultivator’s heart was beating faster and faster, that old b.a.s.t.a.r.d was humiliating him!

Edited: OddManOut

Chapter 756: Fire

A Tian level skill was something incredible for someone who hadn’t broken through to the Tian Qi layer, great sects and clans used to give them to their best disciples only. 

Most ordinary cultivators started understanding intent after breaking through to the Tian Qi layer and only just a little bit. Tian level skills required understanding intent, and through them you could improve your understanding of intent. 

A Tian level skill of a lower quality could even help a Tian cultivator become a Zun cultivator. Most Zun cultivators usually only learnt Tian level skills, nothing more.

Even strong cultivators of Tian Chi rarely had access to Tian level skills. Only the most outstanding geniuses could have access to them. Tian Chi was like that too. Giving extremely strong skills to Xuan cultivators would be a waste, they wouldn’t be able to understand it fully.

Lin Feng also understood how precious Tian level skills were. He had already learnt the Tian level nine days wind Qi. He had sensed the wind, he had understood it enough to improve his understanding of the wind and thus his wind intent.

Intent wasn’t easy to understand. Giving a Tian level skill to a cultivator of the Xuan Qi layer could help him understand intent and maybe save their life later on. A cultivator of the Xuan Qi layer could easily defeat cultivators of the same level who didn’t understand intent. 

“Mister Xue, don’t worry, he’s a genius. We’re lucky that he appeared here in Tian Chi, I will do my best to help him. If the Tian level skill of lower quality isn’t enough to make him understand fire intent, I will give him a Tian level skill of average quality.” said the old fire cultivator. He wasn’t joking, he was serious and took Lin Feng’s case very seriously. 

The snow cultivator looked at him in a deep and meaningful way. Then he slightly smiled, old friends were old friends, he could easily understand what he meant. 

“Alright, since you say so. I will leave Lin Feng with you. In seven days, if his fire intent is still level three, you will regret it.”

“You helped him break through to the ninth Xuan Qi layer, I will help him improve his fire intent.” said the fire cultivator confidently. 

The snow cultivator looked at Lin Feng and said “Lin Feng, you can stay here with him, don’t worry about your two friends, I will teach them some things.” 

Lin Feng nodded, and in a flash, the snow cultivator disappeared.

“Lin Feng, come with me.” said the fire cultivator. Then they moved back to where he lived. Even though he was a fire cultivator, it was still snowing all around him. There were thick layers of snow on the ground and around the house. 

“Sit down.” said the fire cultivator while sitting down on the snow. Lin Feng also sat down and waited for the fire cultivator to teach him. What a dream! Lin Feng was definitely overjoyed to be able to have a Zun cultivator teach him.

“Lin Feng, what is the intent that gives birth to fire?” asked the fire cultivator to Lin Feng. He was starting from the very beginning, what gave birth to fire?

Lin Feng remained silent, he had never asked himself that question, that was a very subtle one. 

“The will of destroying!” said Lin Feng after thinking for a few seconds. Fire was violent, it was brutal, it required a strong intent to kill. It had to be deadly intent. 

“Peasants use fire to cook food. Fire intent belongs to deadly intent. How do you cook food? You destroy the molecules of vegetables and meat, fire can break the molecules, right?” said the fire cultivator slowly. Lin Feng was surprised.

“Lin Feng, you’re like many others because you singularly want to be monstrously strong. You want your strength and power to be deadly, but you neglect the sources of the energies and different sorts of strength. The very source, the very cause of things, is essential. If you don’t understand those essential sources and reasons, you cannot understand intent. Understanding those things will help you in your studies and will help you use them more efficiently. Your sword is very strong because you understand swords, you have to understand that sword intent is also deadly, you can use it to slaughter people.” continued the fire cultivator. Lin Feng remained silent and was calmly listening. He had neglected the very sources of intent, a sword was deadly because it was in harmony with his murderous intentions. He knew that studying sword intent had started when he let murderous intentions invade his heart.

“People often neglect the simplest things. The source of fire is easy to understand, fire starts when it ignites, and then it starts burning.” said the fire cultivator. Lin Feng thought about it. That was as simple as that, fire started when it ignited.

“No matter if you use fire to cook or to kill, fire must be ignited in order to burn. Besides, there are different methods to ignite a fire and those different methods have different results. Fire burns differently depending on the way it is ignited. The method used to ignite a fire also determines the intensity of the fire intent. Lin Feng, look at this flame.” said the fire cultivator while raising his hand. He then shook his hand and a fire started whistling. A fireball shot out and crashed into a mountain in the distance, a gigantic mark appeared and the snow melted. 

“Huh?” Lin Feng didn’t understand what the fire cultivator meant. However another flame appeared and it was exactly the same as the one which had just appeared.

“This fire has the same strength as the fire I just ignited a moment ago, but look.” said the fire cultivator. Immediately, his fire became more intense, he shook his hand and just like a moment before, a fireball shot out. However, some subtle sounds spread in the air and that thick fire became black and then turned into a beam of light. Snow was melting around it as it crashed on a wall of a mountain, its power was terrifying. 

“Lin Feng, do you understand?” 

Lin Feng slightly nodded. The way fire was ignited and burnt determined how strong it was going to be, it determined its explosive power. For example, sun Qi had limits when attacking people. However, a black lotus contained terrifying strength and explosive power.

“Lin Feng, look over there.” said the fire cultivator while pointing at a place in the distance, there was the facade of a mountain. Lin Feng looked over there and heard the Zun cultivator continue, “Lin Feng, try and attack that facade. Remember, just use fire strength, don’t use anything else.”

Lin Feng looked nervous, he had to use flames to destroy the facade of a mountain.

“Remember, burning fires can make things melt.” said the old man. He then waved and said, “Go ahead.” 

Lin Feng stood up and slowly walked towards the edge of the mountain. He looked at that mountain in the distance, he had the feeling of a huge stone weighing on his shoulders from the pressure. Use fire… To make things melt… 

“Burn!” said Lin Feng in a low voice, his fire strength moved towards the facade of the mountain. However, only a small bit of snow melted, leaving him feeling exasperated.

However, Lin Feng didn’t give up. He was trying to understand what he was doing wrong, he was learning from his mistakes. 

The mountain was still huge as a few days had pa.s.sed already. Lin Feng was sitting motionless, he was seemingly thinking about something.

In the distance were two people sitting and playing chess. Those people were the snow and the fire cultivators, the two old Zun cultivators. Next to them was another old man, his facial expression looked sharp just like a sword.

That person was glancing at Lin Feng every now and then. Level five sword intent was very rare. 

“Jian Feng Zi, stop looking at him. It’s disturbing him while he’s studying…” said the fire cultivator, glaring at Jian Feng Zi. 

“Studying? What could he study with a teacher like you? You’re such a bad teacher.” said Jian Feng Zi in coldly. The fire cultivator ignored the remark and said, “He will definitely understand.” 

Lin Feng stretched out his hand, a flame appeared, condensed, then it slowly moved away from his hand. That flame looked normal but when it crashed on the facade of the mountain, lots of snow melted. The explosive power of his fire had increased a lot.

“Burn, burn…” whispered Lin Feng. It still wasn’t enough. The source of fire intent was the way it ignited and burnt. Lin Feng had to understand how fire burnt before understanding fire intent.

Six days later, Lin Feng was sitting at the same place and bathing in a sea of fire. His fire had become so much more powerful compared to six days before. Lin Feng was sitting and studying, and while he was thinking his burning fire intent was seemingly increasing. 

“Fire intent depends on the way it burns, understanding that is the only way to make fire stronger. I must control it in a better way.” Lin Feng slowly stood up and in a flash, a fire appeared and immediately surrounded the mountain. The mountain was covered in an ocean of flames.