Originally, this Elder Ouyang was the one who registered Chu Feng.
However, he also had another identity: he was the person in charge of the Martial Arts Library.
He thought that the one who likely damaged this mechanism was Chu Feng, but after thinking it over, he felt it wasn't right.
After all, Chu Feng had only practiced the Illusory Palm for ten days; in that time, it was utterly impossible for him to reach this level.
"Elder Ouyang, come look at this." Just as he was puzzling over it, a call came from the adjacent secret chamber.
Yet this discovery was no small matter; Elder Ouyang was startled again, because the mechanism of one secret chamber had been smashed to pieces.
"Thunder Three Forms, second form."
"This martial art is not known by anyone in the inner sect." Upon hearing this, Elder Ouyang's expression turned grave.
The Thunder Three Forms is a martial art that only core disciples may cultivate; its appearance in the inner sect strongly suggests that a core disciple leaked it there.
But upon further reflection, he deemed it impossible, for the Azure Dragon Sect's laws are strict; anyone who privately leaks a martial art would quickly be caught, and a core disciple would not be so foolish as to do such a thing.
"What if...?" Finally, Elder Ouyang found a sliver of possibility and said to the elder behind him: "Go fetch Elder Su Rou."
Meanwhile, Chu Feng was cultivating in his own room.
After an hour of refinement, Chu Feng had continuously refined three spirit herbs; if outsiders saw this, they would surely gasp.
Because even a martial arts master needs at least a day to refine a single spirit herb, yet Chu Feng used less than half an hour.
Moreover, the spirit herbs Chu Feng refined were completely absorbed by his dantian, with not a trace wasted.
Such a feat is beyond even a martial arts master; it is said that an ordinary person refining a single spirit herb can absorb only fifty percent of its spiritual energy, which is already quite good.
"It seems that to gain power from you, the price must be enormous." Even so, Chu Feng felt somewhat helpless,
because after refining the three spirit herbs, he felt no breakthrough at all, and even felt his dantian was empty.
If an ordinary person could fully absorb the spiritual energy of three spirit herbs, they could almost break through from the fourth to the fifth level of Spirit Martial.
This shows a problem: although divine thunder has granted Chu Feng power far beyond ordinary people, to raise his cultivation he must also pay a price far beyond that of ordinary people.
Spiritual energy, although Chu Feng can gather it through techniques, even if he trains nonstop for months, it still falls far short of the spiritual energy contained in a single spirit herb.
Thus, the price Chu Feng must pay to raise his cultivation is immense, and this is the great difficulty he will face.
"Ah, is this what they mean by ‘every advantage has its drawback’?"
Looking at the two spirit herbs on his bedside table, Chu Feng really wanted to refine them, but he did not, because he intended to return them to Chu Yue.
"Chu Yue should soon reach the fifth level of Spirit Martial; these two spirit herbs could give her a boost." After hesitating, Chu Feng packed the herbs away and blew out the lamp to sleep.
Early the next morning, Chu Feng rose early, holding two spirit herbs, intending to go find Chu Yue.
However, the inner sect is vast; it is said that inner disciples outnumber outer disciples by a hundred thousand.
The endless palace complexes stretch as far as the eye can see; in such a place, trying to find a person is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Big brother, do you think we should join an alliance? After all, spirit herb hunting is stronger with more people."