Qin Feng blinked and asked curiously, "How can one conceal their spiritual root?"
Lin Qingyin was somewhat surprised. "You didn't know?"
"Did I overestimate you?"
"Before you were injured, you were just a low-level cultivator?"
"Well"
Qin Feng was slightly taken aback, then said speechlessly, "Such a secret technique for concealing spiritual roots, I suppose not many people know about it?"
"Too!"
Lin Qingyin nodded, and then taught Qin Feng the secret technique of concealing spiritual roots.
"There's still a month until the Northern Underworld Immortal Sect recruits disciples, so you can stay here for now!"
"In just one month, you should be able to cultivate to the first level of Qi Refining, right?"
Qin Feng relaxed; at least the Holy Maiden wasn't going to chase him away.
"You underestimate me too much. With my talent, I can easily reach the Foundation Establishment Realm in a month!"
Lin Qingyin glanced at Qin Feng, unconvinced. "Don't be so blindly confident!"
"Even when I first started cultivating immortality, it took me a full year to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm."
Qin Feng curled his lip. "Don't forget I used to be a cultivator. For me, there are no bottlenecks in starting cultivation again."
"Hehe!" Lin Qingyin gave Qin Feng a disdainful look, then turned and left.
After watching Lin Qingyin leave, Qin Feng continued to sleep and recover from his injuries.
Three days later, Qin Feng's damaged meridians were fully healed, and he immediately entered a state of seclusion to cultivate.
In just twenty days, he cultivated to the ninth level of the Qi Refining Realm.
With only seven days left before the Northern Underworld Immortal Sect began recruiting disciples, he used those last seven days to advance to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.
For the past month, Lin Qingyin has not come to see him.
It wasn't until today that Lin Qingyin pushed open the door and walked in.
Lin Qingyin had never paid attention to Qin Feng, so when she discovered Qin Feng's aura as a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, she was immediately dumbfounded.
"You... how did you reach the mid-Foundation Establishment stage?"
"You...did you take some kind of magic pill?"
In just one month, he actually advanced to the mid-stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, which is astonishing.
Qin Feng slowly stood up and looked at Lin Qingyin. "Didn't I tell you before? I'm starting over, and I don't have any bottlenecks."
Lin Qingyin swallowed hard, exclaiming in surprise, "But your cultivation speed is just too heaven-defying!"
Qin Feng curled his lip. "What's so special about that? I cultivated to the Ascension Realm in a hundred years!"
"With this renewed training, I estimate I can reach the Ascension Realm within a year at most!"
Lin Qingyin's mouth gaped open. "Really?"
"You can reach the Ascension Realm in just one year?"
"Even if there are no bottlenecks in relearning, isn't this just too exaggerated?"
"Are you perhaps the darling of Heaven?"
Qin Feng smiled and said, "Actually, I have only temporarily lost my cultivation. My current cultivation is the process of restoring my cultivation."
Lin Qingyin paused for a moment, then nodded. "Perhaps it really is as you say!"
"That's right!"
Lin Qingyin suddenly seemed to remember something, her eyes flashing as she looked at Qin Feng and said, "Do you remember what I told you about one of the conditions for the Beiming Immortal Sect to recruit disciples?"
"You cannot be over thirty years old!"
"You just said you've cultivated for a hundred years, that's not enough!"
Qin Feng was taken aback for a moment, then curled his lip indifferently. "I'm not even thirty yet!"
"As for why I have cultivated for a hundred years, it is because I accidentally entered a strange spatial secret realm."
"Time flows a hundred times faster inside than outside; a year there is only a day outside."
Lin Qingyin exclaimed in shock, "Could it be a space governed by the laws of time?"
Qin Feng blinked and nodded. "I think so!"
He didn't think about the space based on the laws of time at the time, but now it seems that the space really might be a space based on the laws of time.
Lin Qingyin took a deep breath and exclaimed, "You're so lucky!"
"Come on, I'll take you outside the mountain gate!"
"Oh, right, remember to use a secret technique to hide your other four spiritual roots."
Afterwards, Lin Qingyin led Qin Feng to the mountain gate of the Beiming Immortal Sect.
The Northern Darkness Immortal Sect's mountain gate is very far from Fairy Peak, separated by the core gate, inner gate, and outer gate.
Moreover, there is a dense forest of demonic beasts, and those who want to successfully join the Beiming Immortal Sect must rely on their own abilities to cross it.
It is a trial ground specially left behind by the Beiming Immortal Sect.
Lin Qingyin pulled Qin Feng down into the woods near the mountain gate, then solemnly instructed him, "Once you enter the Demon Beast Forest, if you encounter a demon beast that you cannot defeat, you must not act recklessly!"
"Escape if you can, and if you can't escape, crush the teleportation talisman decisively!"
"At worst, I'll beg my master to pull strings and let you join the sect."
Qin Feng felt a warmth in his heart; he could sense that this Holy Maiden genuinely cared about him.
"Don't worry, I'm not one of those newbies!"
"Moreover, I have a natal magic weapon protecting me, so the mere dense forest of demonic beasts cannot threaten me."
Lin Qingyin frowned slightly. "I know you have a natal magic weapon protecting you, but you absolutely must not reveal it."
"Because once the Demon Beast Forest Trial begins, it will be under constant surveillance."
"If some unscrupulous people discover your natal magic weapon, they might very well have malicious intentions."
"Although I am a saintess, I cannot interfere with the trial."
Qin Feng smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I know what to do."
Lin Qingyin was still a little worried and gave her a few more instructions before leaving.
Qin Feng watched Lin Qingyin disappear from sight before turning his gaze back and walking towards the mountain gate.
At this time, thousands of people had gathered outside the mountain gate, forming more than twenty long queues to have their spiritual roots tested.
Only those with sufficient spiritual roots can enter the second round of the Demon Beast Forest Trial.
Successfully passing the trial means you've joined the Northern Underworld Immortal Sect.
As for whether one is assigned to the outer sect, inner sect, or core sect, that depends entirely on one's spiritual root aptitude.
Qin Feng did not want to be too high-profile, so he concealed his four elemental roots: metal, wood, water, and earth, leaving only his mid-grade fire elemental root.
He chose to join the Northern Underworld Immortal Sect simply to find a safe place to recover his cultivation; he had little interest in cultivation resources.
Therefore, he didn't care at all whether he became an outer disciple, an inner disciple, or a personal disciple.
The spiritual root test is over, and everyone passed.
After all, no one with less than a mid-grade spiritual root would waste their time and energy here.
Many people formed gangs and entered the Monster Forest.
Although Qin Feng was in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, he was quite ordinary among thousands of people.
So no one asked him to join them, and he was happy to have some free time.
Since the Monster Forest is a training ground for newly initiated disciples, it is naturally impossible for there to be any transformed monsters; at most, they would be monsters at the Golden Core stage.
He poses no threat to him, so there is no need for him to travel with others.
Qin Feng watched as most people entered the Monster Forest before slowly walking into it himself.
"Fellow Daoist, wait!"
Just then, a man's voice came from behind Qin Feng.
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