Martial Artist: Stronger by Coasting Along

Ling Feng was stunned.

Last time Shen Rufeng sent down a strand of Power Incarnation to the Black Water Star Realm and asked him if he was willing to take him as his master. As a result, he gained more than two hundred million Coasting Along Value.

And now, in the Demon Realm System, he was facing Qin Tiancang.

The other’s strength was evenly matched with Shen Rufeng’s, and he was also the Upper Alliance leader.

Although it was also just a strand of Divine Soul descending, in a face-to-face situation, he ought to be able to get no less Coasting Along Value than from Shen Rufeng.

"You want to take me as your disciple?"

Ling Feng straightened his body and asked.

"Yes. Only if our Qi Fortune is connected can I help you deal with Shen Rufeng and obtain benefits from you. So, are you willing to acknowledge me as your master?"

Qin Tiancang nodded.

He knew Ling Feng had rejected Shen Rufeng.

So this matter had to be asked clearly; he couldn’t let Ling Feng muddle through it.

"I’m not willing."

Ling Feng had been waiting precisely for this line from Qin Tiancang.

Qin Tiancang’s expression froze; a blaze of anger inevitably brewed in his eyes. He felt he’d already made the greatest concession, willing to give up obtaining the Black Water Star Realm’s Qi Fortune, and only bind his relationship with Ling Feng through the master–disciple bond, indirectly achieving a Qi Fortune connection.

It seemed like they would be able to share the Black Water Star Realm’s Qi Fortune, but he was an Integration Stage cultivator. Once their Qi Fortune was connected, it meant he could obtain Qi Fortune from the Black Water Star Realm, and Ling Feng could also obtain Qi Fortune from him.

[You refuse to enter Qin Tiancang’s tutelage, carrying your Coast Along to the end, gaining 612331421 points of Coasting Along Value.]

At the same time, such a line also floated up before Ling Feng’s eyes.

"I feel that connecting Qi Fortune doesn’t necessarily have to be bound through master–disciple ties. To be frank with you, I felt like we hit it off at first sight, always feeling you’re like my own kin. If you don’t mind, I’m willing to become sworn brothers with you under different surnames, binding Qi Fortune through familial affection. From now on we’ll share weal and woe—you’re my big brother, I’m your little bro."

There was no way Ling Feng couldn’t feel the anger simmering on Qin Tiancang.

He quickly walked over to Qin Tiancang’s side, turned to face the same direction as Qin Tiancang, dropped to his knees first, clasped his hands in salute, and said with a face full of sincerity, "Big Brother, are you willing to recognize me as your little bro?"

"You..."

The anger Qin Tiancang had been about to unleash was turned into a brief petrification by Ling Feng’s antics.

Refusing to bind Qi Fortune through master–disciple ties, and instead wanting to bind Qi Fortune through brotherly affection—this abacus was being beaten so loudly it was practically rattling, Shen Rufeng could probably hear it from over there.

For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma.

Refuse?

That would instead make Ling Feng feel he looked down on him.

In the future, if Ling Feng broke Shen Rufeng’s Law, comprehended the Black Water Star Realm Law Power, integrated his flesh body with the stars of the Black Water Star Realm, and also became an Integration Stage cultivator, how was he supposed to face him?

Provoking such a powerful enemy out of nowhere was clearly not his style.

But Ling Feng was currently just a Dao Seed powerhouse; he had yet to break Shen Rufeng’s Law. Whether he could truly comprehend the Black Water Star Realm Law, become the Dominator of the Black Water Star Realm, and ultimately step into Integration Stage Great Power was still an unknown.

If word got out that he, the Tangtang Upper Alliance leader, had become sworn brothers under different surnames with a Basic Star Realm Alliance leader, he’d probably be mocked.

"Since Big Brother despises Little Bro, then let’s just pretend I never said anything."

Ling Feng’s face was full of dejection.

His Divine Soul Power wavered, as if it could dissipate at any moment.

"Fine, I’ll become sworn brothers with you under different surnames. If you one day comprehend the Black Water Star Realm Law and become an Integration Stage cultivator, when others bring up this matter, they’ll think I had foresight and keen eyes. But if..."

Qin Tiancang pressed down on Ling Feng’s shoulder and knelt down together with him.

"If I fail to keep up with Big Brother’s pace, it’ll damage Big Brother’s status. Big Brother is righteous to the extreme—Little Bro is impressed!"

Ling Feng quickly cut in, speaking with deep feeling.

"You... hahaha, perhaps this is the binding of Qi Fortune. I hope you won’t disappoint me."

Qin Tiancang was torn between laughter and tears.

"Big Brother, please accept my bow."

Ling Feng kowtowed to Qin Tiancang.

"Little Bro, quickly rise!"

Qin Tiancang helped Ling Feng up, carefully sized him up, and asked, "When Qiankunzi was reporting his work, he mentioned that Little Bro, in the Ancient Blue Star Sky, encountered a powerhouse from the White Tiger Star Realm, whose Soul Power descended Cross-Star Domain to point out your cultivation—is that true?"

Ling Feng felt that Qin Tiancang’s tone carried immense expectation and pressure, as if his answer here was even more important than the earlier matter of accepting him as master.

"I get it. He’s willing to become sworn brothers with me mainly because of that mysterious elder, not on impulse, and certainly not because he was fooled by a few lines from me.

He’s the Upper Alliance leader; whatever happens in the lower alliances, he’s bound to know like the back of his hand.

The fact that I refused to enter Shen Rufeng’s tutelage—he definitely knows.

Maybe being rejected by me didn’t surprise him at all; just now he was putting on a show, trying to probe my relationship with that mysterious elder.

If there really is a mysterious elder helping me and able to descend across Star Domains, the other’s strength must surpass his.

At the very least, maybe even he doesn’t know where the White Tiger Star Realm comes from.

So only if I refuse to take him as my master and give up the benefit before my eyes will he think that mysterious elder’s existence is worth dissecting."

Ling Feng realized belatedly that Qin Tiancang was an old fox.

If he wanted to muddle through and fool him with a few lines, that was clearly impossible.

Thinking this, Ling Feng put on a serious face and said, "We’re family; there’s no need to talk in circles. That senior elder really does come from the White Tiger Star Realm. It’s just that I have no idea where the White Tiger Star Realm actually is. My current cultivation is indeed related to that senior’s guidance—that’s why I can’t take Big Brother as my master.