Chapter 57: The #7 Ranker in the Inner Court, Huo Xuanli
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire

“This?” The spectators stared dumbfoundedly at this scene.

No one had expected that Lin Feng would be so domineering, sending Xuanyuan Yu flying with a single kick.

Could it be that this fellow wasn’t worried about Xuanyuan Zhan who was in the Jialan Academy?

“Brat, you…” Xuanyuan Yu’s expression became incomparably gloomy. He was being trampled upon and felt unprecedented humiliation.

Through his years, Xuanyuan Yu had never felt this way before.

“Take out the banknotes worth 15 million taels of silver and give it to me. Then I can give some face to the Xuanyuan Clan and spare you today,” Lin Feng coldly spoke.

Right now, Xuanyuan Yu wanted nothing more than to tear Lin Feng into pieces.

However, he knew that he wasn’t Lin Feng’s opponent. In addition, this brat seemed to have no worries at all. Xuanyuan Yu couldn’t tell Lin Feng’s origins.

Xuanyuan Yu was very clear that outside of the Jialan City, there were many major powers too.

Jialan City was merely one of the main cities of the True Martial Country and their ranking wasn’t at the front. The powers in Jialan City couldn’t even be considered powers from the perspective of the entire True Martial Country. At most, they could only be considered one in their own territory.

Hence, Xuanyuan Yu wanted to temporarily submit. After that, he would do an investigation of Lin Feng’s identity before making a decision on how to handle him. After all, revenge is a dish best served cold. Xuanyuan Yu found an excuse to console himself. He endured the flames of anger in his heart and stated, “Okay, I will give you the money.”

Lin Feng retracted his right leg that was trampling on Xuanyuan Yu and let him crawl to a standing position. Xuanyuan Yu had a face filled with humiliation as he took out 15 million taels of silver.

This money was given to him by an elder in his clan before he came out, and the purpose of it was to purchase a large bulk of medicinal herbs. Now, in order to save himself, he had no choice but to hand the money over to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng kept the banknotes and coldly stared at Xuanyuan Yu. “You can scram now.”

Xuanyuan Yu felt hatred in his heart. However, he knew he wasn’t a match for Lin Feng and could only conceal his resentment. He hurriedly fled in the opposite direction and soon vanished from the sights of everyone.

The people in the surroundings also gradually dispersed. However, many people were still discussing this matter. That battle earlier was truly fascinating. Who could have thought that the young master of a major clan would actually suffer a disadvantage?

He walked toward the young cultivator selling the black spirit root and took out 5 million taels of silver, passing it to him.

After that, Lin Feng collected the black spirit root.

“Sir, how should I address you as?” This young cultivator felt a little bewildered. He didn’t expect someone would actually spend 5 million taels of silver to buy the black spirit root. However, he soon regained his calmness.

“Lin Feng, Jialan Academy.”

That young cultivator nodded. He then turned and walked away.

“Little brother, you were fooled. At most, the black spirit root only cost slightly over 300,000 taels. It’s a far cry from the 5 million you paid.”

“That’s right, little brother. That fellow is clearly out to cheat your money.”

Many people started to comment.

Lin Feng smiled and bid farewell to the crowd.

How could he not know that the black spirit root wasn’t worth 5 million taels of silver?

However, Lin Feng’s personality was innately kind. He decided to lend a helping hand to the young man seeing that he was in trouble. It could be considered as him accumulating some virtue as well.

The days after that returned to normal. Lin Feng would cultivate assiduously every day, hoping to break through to the Martial Master Realm as quickly as possible.

But clearly, it wasn’t an easy task to do so.

“There are still two more months until the inter-competition. I hope that I will be able to break through before then,” Lin Feng silently mumbled to himself.

The inter-competition naturally referred to the competition between the four branch courts.

This competition was only held once every three years, and through it, the genius students would be ranked by the academy.

Those who ranked nearer to the front would be able to win glory and great rewards!

Right now, Lin Feng could only obtain thirty ordinary qi replenishing pills from the academy monthly.

However, those students with rankings near the top, they could acquire Mighty Dragon Subduing Pills.

If Lin Feng could consume a Mighty Dragon Subduing Pill every day, his cultivation base would surely surge by leaps and bounds.

However, for pills such as the Mighty Dragon Subduing Pills, they were personally concocted by an elder of the academy and quantity was limited. There was basically a demand for it but no supply.

No matter how wealthy you were, you wouldn’t be able to purchase it outside.

Hence, many students put their lives on the line and worked extremely hard to cultivate, wanting to get a good ranking in the inter-competition. After all, this would affect whether they would be using Mighty Dragon Subduing Pills or qi replenishing pills to cultivate for the next three years. The disparity between the two pills was unimaginable.

“HAK!”

Lin Feng didn’t dare to slack off. He shouted and leaped out. His punch could shake anything in the four directions, cultivating the Crumbling Fist. Two hours later, Su Zimo came over to Lin Feng’s place.

“Junior brother Lin, senior brother Zhang Qichu told me to come and look for you. He said that senior brother Huo Xuanli is looking for you,” Su Zimo spoke.

“Huo Xuanli? The one ranked #7 in the inner court?” Lin Feng asked in shock.

“That’s right, it is him.” Su Zimo nodded.

Lin Feng felt somewhat puzzled. He didn’t seem to have had any interactions with Huo Xuanli.

Huo Xuanli was someone who kept a very low profile. Even in the inner court, he wasn’t present very often.

Lin Feng had already stayed in the inner court for about half a year, but he had never met Huo Xuanli before.

As for why Huo Xuanli was looking for him, Lin Feng was naturally flummoxed.

“Right, let’s go over and take a look.”

Lin Feng spoke and went with Su Zimo to the academy. In the great hall, Zhang Qichu was currently speaking to a young cultivator in a very cautious manner. This man was about eighteen to nineteen years of age. His build was slightly skinny and his features were hard.

Lin Feng was astonished. It was actually none other than the young cultivator that had set up a store selling the black spirit root beside him a few days ago in the Black Market.

“Junior brother Lin, it has been a few days since we last met. Are you doing well?” Huo Xuanli smiled.

Lin Feng nodded his head. “Everything is fine. Please forgive this little brother for failing to recognize senior brother Huo that day.”

“I’ve not been back to the academy for more than a year. It’s only normal that junior brother Lin doesn’t recognize me!” Huo Xuanli laughed. After that, he continued, “Today, I came here to look for junior brother Lin because I have something to discuss.”

“Senior brother Huo, junior brother Lin. I remember that Wang Xuanming was looking for me. I’ll take my leave first. You guys chat slowly.” Zhang Qichu smiled and stood up.

“Junior brother, take care.” Huo Xuanli nodded.

After Zhang Qichu left, Lin Feng asked, “I wonder what’s the matter for senior brother Huo to come here today?”

“Junior brother Lin, do you still remember the black spirit root?” Huo Xuanli asked.

“I naturally do.” Lin Feng nodded.

“The black spirit root is a spirit root for the mystic nether blackflame fruit. I’m sure junior brother knows this, right?” Huo Xuanli glanced at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng nodded again.

Huo Xuanli continued, “To tell you the truth, when I was training outside, I discovered a mystic nether blackflame fruit by chance. However, it is guarded by a ferocious beast. Back then, the mystic nether blackflame fruit wasn’t ripe yet. Now, half a year has already passed. I think that the mystic nether blackflame fruit should have already ripened. We are connected by fate, so this time around, I wish to invite junior brother Lin to go along with me to seize this opportunity.”

“A ripened mystic nether blackflame fruit?” Lin Feng’s eyes brightened.

That could be considered a rare treasure of heavens and earth. Lin Feng believed that he only needed to consume one fruit and he would be able to break through to the Martial Master Realm.

“In that case, little brother will have to thank senior brother Huo.” Lin Feng suppressed the agitation in his heart.

“Haha, junior brother, there’s no need to be so polite with me. Let’s head out tomorrow. You should go make your preparations,” said Huo Xuanli.

“Right, I will make the necessary preparations.” Lin Feng nodded.

After Huo Xuanli left, Lin Feng prepared some necessities. The next day, he met up with Huo Xuanli and their destination was the Suanni Mountains located at the Desolate Mountain Range. The mystic nether blackflame fruits were in the deepest part of the Suanni Mountains.