"Senior Brother Song, having such thoughts from you is understandable."
"But Junior Brother Chu Feng—he just entered the Northern Xuan Court and is a complete newcomer. This training exercise is only for the twenty strongest new disciples of our Northern Xuan Court."
"I'm afraid... the other disciples won't accept it."
Heiyao said.
"Won't accept it?"
"Whoever has a problem with it, tell them to come find me."
"That's settled then."
"I'm tired today. I'll head back to rest first."
Song Xi seemed to be in a foul mood after Heiyao's backtalk. Having said this, he accelerated his flight and vanished in the blink of an eye.
"Sister Wang, this Chu Feng... what's his background?"
"How come Senior Brother Song has never mentioned him before?"
Heiyao sidled up to Wang Ziyan, getting very close—nearly pressing against her.
But Wang Ziyan pivoted, immediately putting distance between them.
"If you want to know, go ask him yourself."
Wang Ziyan shot Heiyao a glare and chased after Song Xi.
"Damn it. What a bitch. Before Song Xi showed up, she was clinging to me all day long."
"Now she's... pretending she doesn't even know me?"
Watching Wang Ziyan's alluring figure retreat, Heiyao cursed inwardly.
...
After seeing Song Xi off, Chu Feng returned to his residence to cultivate.
What Chu Feng was cultivating was not to advance his cultivation level, but rather to find a way to unseal the Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor.
The Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor had sealed away Chu Feng's Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
This caused both his cultivation and his barrier technique to regress.
But once he broke each seal one by one, his cultivation would not only recover—it would grow even stronger.
In the words of that mysterious existence, this was called "nurturing the armor."
Now, the first thing Chu Feng needed to nurture was his Life Soul.
The Life Soul was the foundation of a person.
But Chu Feng had already found a method to break the seal.
By channeling his Mental Power, martial force, and bloodline—a triple force—and filling the connection between the Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor and the Life Soul along a specific trajectory, he could break the seal.
At first, Chu Feng was cautious, but he quickly became proficient.
In just a few short hours, Chu Feng successfully broke the seal between his Life Soul and the Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor.
In this moment, not only could Chu Feng feel that his cultivation had recovered to the second-rank Supreme, he also sensed that something had changed within his body compared to before.
It was as though power that had been imprisoned had finally broken free from its cage.
Chu Feng produced a stone—a Test Stone, capable of testing a cultivator's talent.
He infused his martial force into it, and the stone immediately released a dazzling display of seven-colored radiance—the highest level of talent the Test Stone could display.
"As expected. My talent has recovered. What remains... is the recovery of my cultivation level."
After this test, Chu Feng tried to open the Gate of the Spirit World.
Unfortunately, the Gate of the Spirit World still could not be opened, and his barrier technique remained at the Dragon Transformation First Level.
However, Chu Feng felt that this armor nurturing was actually simpler than he had expected.
Although it would grow increasingly difficult later on, Chu Feng believed that perhaps it wouldn't be long before his cultivation fully recovered—and his strength would increase as well.
At this moment, Chu Feng seemed to understand the words of that mysterious existence.
That mysterious existence had told Chu Feng that to save Zi Ling, he didn't need to do anything special. As long as he broke the Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor's seals, he would be able to rescue Zi Ling.
The reason the mysterious existence said that was presumably because he already knew that if Chu Feng could fully break the Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor's seals, his cultivation would inevitably rise.
And if Chu Feng was not mistaken, this Sleeping Dragon Soul Armor could elevate his cultivation to a level where he could look down upon all the disciples of the Sleeping Dragon Martial Sect.
Otherwise, the mysterious existence would not have put it that way.
Chu Feng put away the Test Stone and sat cross-legged once more.
Although his Life Soul had been unsealed and his cultivation had returned to the second-rank Supreme, Chu Feng had no intention of stopping.
Next, he needed to unseal one of his Spirits.
The Spirit of Heaven Rush—also a foundation of a person.
To unseal it, he also needed to channel his Mental Power, martial force, and bloodline simultaneously, but along a different trajectory.
Simply put, all of his Three Souls and Seven Spirits had been locked.
Chu Feng needed to forge keys from his Mental Power, martial force, and bloodline to open each lock.
But each lock was different, requiring a different key.
What Chu Feng needed to do next was find the trajectory to unseal the Spirit of Heaven Rush. Once he found it, it wouldn't take long for him to break the seal.
But after extensive searching, Chu Feng could not find the slightest clue.
This dealt a blow to his confidence.
Just moments ago he had thought nurturing the armor would be easy, but suddenly he realized it might not be so simple after all.
At the very least, the method he had used to find the way to unseal the Life Soul would not work for finding the trajectory of the Spirit.
Chu Feng would need to try a different approach.
"Junior Brother Chu Feng, are you in there?"
Just as Chu Feng was deep in troubled thought, a voice called from outside his door.