Chapter 1747 - 27: Cultivation Worse Than Death
In the days that followed, Lin Feng realized that those ancestor-level strong beings indeed hadn’t come to Master Turtle’s place.
It seems just like Master Turtle said; they couldn’t get in touch with the Sect Master.
The Artifact Spirit of the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture does not bother with sect affairs.
Thus, those ancestors can’t rely on the Artifact Spirit of the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture to help them.
And they themselves didn’t engage with Master Turtle, likely due to apprehension of Master Turtle’s power, despite him being somewhat mischievous.
However, Master Turtle’s cultivation is truly formidable.
First, Master Turtle is a Black Tortoise Sacred Beast.
The bloodline of the Five Holy Beasts Clan surpasses that of the Divine Beast Bloodline, and Master Turtle isn’t a beast cultivator with just a small portion of Holy Beast bloodline.
The Holy Beast bloodline within him is exceptionally strong.
Secondly, Master Turtle’s life span is long.
Simply put, the Black Tortoise is also a type of turtle clan.
In the Mortal World, there’s a saying even a three-year-old child knows.
A thousand-year-old tortoise, a ten-thousand-year-old turtle.
This suggests that turtle life forms have extremely long life spans.
Who knows how many years Master Turtle has lived.
Moreover, with his Holy Beast bloodline and cultivation, one might say his power is unfathomable.
Finally, Master Turtle has been part of the Reincarnation Immortal Sect for so many years; he must have learned many heaven-defying secret techniques.
So, what level Master Turtle is at now, Lin Feng doesn’t know; he inquired of Master Turtle.
But Master Turtle didn’t tell him.
...
Master Turtle instructed Lin Feng to first cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill himself, circulate thirty-six grand circulations daily, and fully familiarize himself with the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill.
Every day, Lin Feng would remain in a ruined hall on a desolate mountain to cultivate, and aside from circulating the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill, Lin Feng began refining the three immortal energies he acquired from the Reincarnation Immortal Scripture.
These three immortal energies were incredibly precious; one was used to temper his physical body, another to temper his soul, and the third to temper his mana, enhancing his realm.
After half a month’s cultivation, all three immortal energies were refined.
Lin Feng’s realm then broke through to the Fourth Level of the Divine Fire Realm.
To ascend three levels with a single immortal energy, Lin Feng was quite satisfied.
His soul power level broke from the Sixth Level of the Divine Fire Realm to the Third Level of the True God Realm.
The enhancement of soul power by immortal energy was remarkably significant.
As for Lin Feng’s physical body, under the tempering of immortal energy, it reached the peak level of the Heavenly God Realm.
...
One day, Master Turtle took Lin Feng out of the Reincarnation Immortal Sect.
"Master! Where are we going?" Lin Feng asked.
"We’re going to a place that can help you cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill," Master Turtle said with a grin.
Three days later, Master Turtle brought Lin Feng to a Thunderstorm Valley, a place filled with destructive thunder attribute order law power, a famous Death Absolute Land where no one dared to enter, as entering it was essentially a path to death.
"As your master, I know you possess extraordinary means and have various ways to shield your body from the destructive forces in Thunderstorm Valley, but today I’ve brought you here to tell you that today, as you enter Thunderstorm Valley for cultivation, you must not circulate your mana or use any defense; you can only circulate your Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill,"
Master Turtle said.
"Seriously, Master? My physical body might be resilient, but it’s still flesh, and the thunder attribute order law in Thunderstorm Valley could claim my life!"
Lin Feng said helplessly.
"To succeed in cultivating the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill, one must endure pain and suffering beyond human tolerance,"
Master Turtle squinted and looked at Lin Feng, saying, "So, these are things you must face! They are unavoidable, and the cultivation of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill offers no shortcuts; it’s either surviving from near-death or simply waiting for death."
Lin Feng sighed helplessly; did he have any choice?
No choice at all!
"How do I break through the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill?" Lin Feng asked.
Master Turtle said, "As you circulate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill, your body will actively absorb various powers, and all these powers will converge in your dantian, eventually forming a nebula map. Among the various destructive forces, they will transform into destructive stars, circulating within your dantian. This formation of the nebula map marks the breakthrough to the First Layer Heaven of the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill."
Lin Feng nodded and then continued, "Master, might I ask you a question?"
"Speak!" Master Turtle said indifferently.
"You encourage people to cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill! It’s definitely not just to perfect this incomplete cultivation technique! There’s surely a secret involved, isn’t there? Or, do you want someone who cultivates the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill to do something for you?"
Lin Feng said slowly.
And he stared intently into Master Turtle’s eyes.
The eyes are the window to the soul.
Lin Feng believed that even if his cheap master was cunning.
If he lied, his eyes would betray him.
This time, Master Turtle didn’t hide anything from Lin Feng and didn’t deceive him with lies.
Master Turtle said, "That’s right! Having you cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill naturally has a reason, but as for why, you’ll only learn when you cultivate the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill to the Fifth Level! Right now, you don’t even have the qualification to know that matter!"
"Geez! Can you be less blunt? Leave me some dignity, will you?" Lin Feng complained.
"If a person is dead, what dignity do they need?" Master Turtle lifted his foot and kicked Lin Feng away.
Lin Feng fell directly into the Thunderstorm Valley.
The powerful thunder attribute order law swept over his body.
Instantly, Lin Feng’s body exploded, flesh mangled, and the thunder attribute order law threatened to utterly destroy his body.
But Lin Feng couldn’t employ any methods of defense or circulate his Undying Divine Body to repair his physical body.
To survive, this pain must be endured; he quickly followed Master Turtle’s instructions, circulating the Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill to absorb the thunder attribute order law’s power.
In the more than two years that followed.
Lin Feng followed Master Turtle to the Endless Demon Prison, Earth Core Destruction Grand Canyon, Death Demon Cave, and countless other fearsome places for cultivation.
In over two years, Lin Feng couldn’t count the amount of pain and torment he suffered. If his will were slightly weak, he would have been driven insane long ago.
But Lin Feng persevered.
He couldn’t forget the scene in the depths of Evil Lake where his physical body was nearly bisected by an evil spirit.
Nor could he forget the torment of being devoured by billions of fierce ghosts in the Endless Demon Prison.
Even less could he forget the terrifying scene in the Death Demon Cave where he was almost gnawed to bits by billions of Death Demon Ants.
...
Over two years, Lin Feng forgot how many dangers he had faced, but he crawled back from the brink of life and death time and again.
Ultimately, he survived.
And within his dantian, a nebula map was formed.
Within that nebula map, countless destructive forces condensed into stars were spinning, exactly mirroring the galaxies in the Extraterrestrial Starry World.
Endlessly.