A group of more than ten people, weary from their journey, arrived at the foot of a mountain range. At this moment, Huang Shuixian, the leader, pointed ahead and shouted loudly:
"Look, that's the City of Mist we're heading to."
In the midst of the mountains and forests, halfway up the mountain, stood a vast city that soared into the clouds.
Soon, the group arrived near the entrance to the City of Mist.
"Alright, stop looking around."
"Hurry into the city. We still need to complete the task assigned by Peak Master Yi Xingchen, and then we can reunite with the other two teams. After that, we just need to wait for the Peak Master to lead us to explore the Misty Great Forest."
Seeing a group of people behind her looking around curiously, Huang Shuixian immediately spoke up.
Lin Xiaofei walked at the back of the group, entering the city with everyone and watching the endless stream of people.
"The City of Mist has been quite lively lately, with people from all the major factions coming here."
The four major cultivation sects, seven minor sects, twenty-seven major cultivation families, and many independent cultivators—estimated to be around thirty to forty thousand cultivators—all arrived.
Most of the monks were there to watch the spectacle or to do business.
"Yes, besides those Qi Refining cultivators, I saw quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, probably no less than two thousand. That's really frightening."
Furthermore, people from various factions joined forces to set up arenas, ostensibly for competition, but in reality, to test each other's strength and capabilities.
At the same time, it induces some cultivators to purchase magical artifacts, spiritual weapons, and elixirs, etc.
However, the arena battles cycle every three days, and only cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage are allowed to participate. The competition lasts for five cycles, and the top three in each cycle receive certain rewards.
"Is that really true? Who made it into the top three today?"
"Wan Banxing of the Loose Cultivator Alliance has good talent, with the realm of late Foundation Establishment. He is quite strong and won third place in the combat competition."
The second place winner in the duel was Duan Shanhe of the Cursed Evil Sect, who was also a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.
The winner of the duel was Zhao Zichuan from the Starry Sky Sect. He was said to be a cultivation genius. After joining the Starry Sky Sect, he cultivated from the ninth level of Qi Refining to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment in just seven or eight months. He was known as a cultivation genius that only appeared among millions of cultivators.
Only these geniuses can compete for the top three spots.
Unfortunately, I lack the skill; otherwise, I would love to have a go at a genius like myself.
"Yes, these geniuses will eventually reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, and may even become Golden Core cultivators."
If I could beat them even by a single move now, I could brag about it for the rest of my life.
The city streets were packed with people, many of whom were engaged in lively conversation. As Lin Xiaofei passed by, he overheard many people discussing the geniuses of various factions.
"Wanban Xingdoufa won third place. If I'm not mistaken, he must have refined all twenty-odd fire phoenixes, which greatly increased his strength and led to this achievement."
However, unexpectedly, Zhao Zichuan also came here, and he became the subject of much discussion.
Lin Xiaofei thought to himself.
He had dealt with Zhao Zichuan eight months ago, and the latter even recognized him as his elder brother.
However, what he didn't expect was that the other party had cultivated to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment in just eight months. This cultivation talent was terrifying.
"By the way, I remember once Zhao Zichuan said that after he was chosen by the Starry Sky Sect, he was immediately accepted as a personal disciple by the sect leader of the Starry Sky Sect."
He must have received a lot of care after joining the Starry Sky Sect.
Otherwise, even a highly talented person would find it difficult to reach the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in a short period of time without abundant resources.
With these thoughts in mind, Lin Xiaofei followed Huang Shuixian and the others to a huge inn and settled in.
"After walking all this way, I can finally have some time to myself."
Inside an exquisite wooden house filled with spiritual materials, Lin Xiaofei sat cross-legged, slowly exhaled, and looked at the mature low-grade spiritual herbs inside the spatial bead.
Now that there was no one else around, he could finally eat a large amount of spiritual herbs without worry.
Without hesitation, Lin Xiaofei reached out and summoned a large number of mature low-grade spiritual herbs. He took a deep breath, opened his mouth wide, and stuffed them into his mouth.
In an instant, a surge of heat welled up in Lin Xiaofei's abdomen.
Soon, he activated the Dew True God Technique, absorbing the heat flow and continuously generating spiritual liquid to break through the barrier of his dantian.
boom!
A booming sound reached Lin Xiaofei's ears, and a burst of spiritual light appeared within his body. One hundred more small dantians were opened within his large dantian.
After seventy or eighty breaths, Lin Xiaofei slowly finished his practice.
"The number of small dantians has reached 605."
If another 61 are opened, then the legendary 666 small dantians will be reached. At that time, one will receive a blessing from heaven, with a great influx of spiritual energy.
Then, the spiritual energy within the body will become even purer.
Lin Xiaofei looked inward at his dantian, a smile creeping onto his face as he pondered the thought.
Previously, he had consulted various materials in the Internal Affairs Pavilion of White Snow Peak and learned that the more small dantian a Foundation Establishment cultivator had opened, the purer the spiritual energy within their body.
Moreover, once they break through to the Golden Core stage, they will be even more powerful than cultivators of the same realm.
However, when the heavens bestow a great influx of spiritual energy, the world will change color, which may easily arouse the jealousy of some cultivators, especially Golden Core cultivators, so one must be more careful.
Moreover, the influx of spiritual energy from the heavens signifies that this person is an unparalleled genius, one in ten thousand.
The thought of opening up his 666 minor dantians filled him with joy.
"Now, I feel a strange urge within my dantian, a feeling that I could break through to the Golden Core stage if I wanted to."
However, I haven't reached the limit in terms of the number of small dantians I've opened, so I won't rashly break through to the Golden Core stage.
It is understood that, according to legend, a single-spiritual-root cultivator, if given a large amount of cultivation resources, can open up to 999 small dantian during the Foundation Establishment stage.
"But I'm still quite a ways off from having 999 small dantians."
Thinking of all this, Lin Xiaofei quickly suppressed the inexplicable impulse in his heart.
Since embarking on the path of cultivation, although he has never heard of any faction that has produced a cultivator who has opened 666 minor dantians, according to records, more than 8,000 years ago, there was a cultivator who opened 700 minor dantians.
He even guessed wrongly, that in the world beyond the misty forest, in that vast and boundless world, there must be cultivators who have opened up even more small dantian.
Therefore, he set a goal for himself: to reach the limit of the number of small dantian.
Only in this way can his enormous potential be unleashed, making his strength far surpass that of cultivators at the same level.
"The 605 small dantians not only greatly increased the spiritual energy in my body, but also further enhanced my strength."
I have a feeling that if I were to unleash the Mountain-Turning Demon Palm with all my might, the power of that palm strike would probably be comparable to that of a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator.
Moreover, I also possess a magical treasure, the Heavy Mountain Sword.
Lin Xiaofei felt the surging spiritual energy within his body, and a slight smile involuntarily appeared on his lips.
Since he obtained the Chongshan Sword, he has spent some time refining it every day. Although he has not yet fully refined it, he can already use it.
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