Chapter 6

He looked over towards the source of the sound . At the entrance of the 3rd floor, an old man who had white hair, white brows, and a white beard was staring him .

Chu Feng knew that he was an elder who guarded the Martial Skill Building . Although he seemed to be almost a hundred years old, the elder’s strength was very strong .

“Thank you for your reminder, but I have my own plans . ” After respectfully saluting to the elder, he walked in .

[TN: By saluting, it meant the Chinese salute of cupping one hand over the other . ]

“Ahh, another arrogant disciple . ” The elder who was guarding shook his head with disappointment .

He had seen many disciples just like Chu Feng and most of them ended in failure . The ones that failed lightly fixed their ways, but the ones that failed heavily completely walked on the wrong path and forfeited their good future .

But even so, when the elder saw a new face coming in, he would kindly remind them to avoid any more disciples going on the wrong path .

Chu Feng walked around on the 3rd level, and he quickly picked a skill book that he liked and brought it up to the elder to register it .

“Are you sure you want to train in this Illusionary Palm?” The elder looked at Chu Feng with doubt .

“Mm . ” Chu Feng smiled and nodded .

“Did you look over the description of this skill?” The elder continued to ask .

“I have seen it . ” Chu Feng smiled once again .

“Yet you still choose it? This is the hardest one in the entire Martial Skill Building . ” The elder really did not understand .

“This is exactly the one that I want to train in . ” Chu Feng still hung his smile on his face, but his gaze was abnormally resolute .

“Sigh, the youth these days really don’t know their limits . ” The elder sighed, but he still registered for Chu Feng . After giving back the skill book, he added, “Remember to know what point to stop . ”

Chu Feng nodded, representing that he accepted the advice . Although the elder was always doubting Chu Feng, Chu Feng had a very good impression of him and he felt that he was a responsible elder .

“Hm?”

But just as Chu Feng turned around, a familiar body rubbed his shoulder and passed . It was Duan Yuxuan and his face was extremely ugly .

Chu Feng did not know him well, so he didn’t think any more about it . But just as he prepared to leave, he heard whispers behind him, and then he also understood why Duan Yuxuan was depressed .

“Isn’t that Duan Yuxuan? I thought he already had a rank 4 skill book, so why is he here choosing another skill book? Or is the rank 4 skill book on Yang Tian Yu?”

“You don’t know? In the feast last night, the inner court elders reminded them that the rank 4 skill book cannot be shared and only one person could train in it . ”

“After they heard the elder say that, the both of them just looked blank . Then, they finally confessed to the crowd . It turned out that they weren’t first in the exam and there was another person that killed the forty Fierce Beasts . ”

“So something like that happened . But why did they admit in doing it at the start?”

“Ahh, who knows . Maybe they wanted face, but this time they really lost all of it . ”

“True . But who was first? I don’t recall that someone was so strong in the outer court?”

“Forty Fierce Beasts…And there was even a rank 4 in one of them . It really is unimaginable on how tough that person would be . ”

As he listened to that, Chu Feng smiled and shook his head while walking to the next floor . He really wanted to start training .

The 4th floor was the same as the 1st: It was also overcrowded . The new disciples were currently choosing the skill books so these were the older disciples .

Chu Feng looked over . Although it was said to be a floor, it could be better said to be a martial arts training ground . There were at least a thousand people training with mechanisms and their yelling extended in all directions . It was quite spectacular .

Also, other than the thousands of mechanisms in the main hall, there were countless private rooms which were also for training .

It was a pretty good design . The ones that liked to be lively could join in with the people in the main hall and they could help each other as they sparred .

The ones who enjoyed the silence could choose a private room and train there by themselves . After the stone door closed, they would be isolated from all the disturbances .

Chu Feng did not join them and he went straight to the 6th floor . It was similar to the 3rd floor but it was a lot more quiet . There were also a lot more places for training .

Chu Feng entered a private room . After closing the stone door, he bowed to the mechanism pillar because he knew that the pillar was going to be ruined by him .

The mechanism pillar was made out of steel and wood so it was extremely sturdy . If it was attacked, it would automatically dodge .

The dodging speed changed according to the opponent’s attacking speed . Unless one perfected in cultivating a martial skill, it was very hard to damage it, thus it was the best equipment for training .

“Illusionary Palm . Using the power of the wind from the palm to formlessly control the enemy . ”

Chu Feng looked over the cultivating method for the Illusionary Palm . Then, he went in front of the mechanism pillar .

*whoosh whoosh* He suddenly extended his hands and he saw that his palm created two traces . They attacked towards two points on the mechanism pillar .

*swoosh swoosh* But just as they were going to land, the pillar swayed left and right, dodging Chu Feng’s attack with lightning speed .

At that instant, Chu Feng couldn’t help but be at a slight loss, but then he quickly smiled with relief, “Interesting . ”

From that day forth, other than eating and sleeping, Chu Feng would always be in the Martial Skill Building and he trained non-stop .

The Three Thunder Styles, created by the founder of the Azure Dragon School . Although it was extremely mysterious, it was also extremely hard to cultivate in .

As for the Illusionary Palm, there was a reason why the elder called it as the hardest skill to train in the entire Martial Skill Building .

However, after training for a while, Chu Feng slowly understood the nature of the two skills .

The Three Thunder Styles . It was extremely tough and fierce . It was as fast as lightning, and as strong as thunder . Every move and every style could take the life of the enemy, and it was very mighty .

The Illusionary Palm . It was actually the complete opposite . Replacing the reality and attacking when they get caught off guard .

Although it wasn’t as valiant as the Three Thunder Styles, it was still quite the skill and they were different in their own ways .

After a good ten days of minimal meals and sleeping, Chu Feng finally grasped the two types of skills .

Although it couldn’t be said that he perfected the Illusionary Palm, there wasn’t much difference to it . On the other hand, he only successfully trained in the first two style of the Three Thunder Styles .

But even so, when Chu Feng successfully used the 2nd style, he was shocked by the strong power .

On the 3rd floor in the Martial Skill Building . The elder who guarded was still the same and Chu Feng was returning the Illusionary Palm .

“What, did you reach a dead end?” The elder looked at Chu Feng with a bit of mock in his eyes and the corner of his mouth showed that he was a bit proud of himself .

Chu Feng did not reply and just smiled . But in the elder’s eyes, Chu Feng’s smile meant that he silently confirmed it .

“Go to the 1st floor and start from the rank 1 skills…” Taking back the skill book, the elder reminded with goodwill .

“Thank you elder . ” Chu Feng saluted and took his leave .

“He knows when to back off, so he still understands a bit . ” Looking at the departing back of Chu Feng, the elder nodded .

The Martial Skill Building was not open for the entire day . When the sun setted, the Martial Skill Building would close, and at that time, all the elder guards would need to check the skill books and the mechanisms .

“What’s this fuss about that needs me to personally go and see?”

“Elder Ouyang, you have to check this out . I haven’t seen such a strong disciple in such a long time . ”

On the staircase, a middle-aged man was leading a white-haired elder and they were heading towards a private room on the 6th floor .

Within the private room, the indestructible mechanism pillar was full of dents and it was almost able to be scraped .

As he saw at the mechanism pillar, the white-haired elder’s face became extremely heavy and he looked at it carefully .

“This is…” But as he found out that there were shallow palm marks one after the other on the mechanism, he couldn’t help but be astonished .

With his experience, he could instantly tell that the pillar was damaged by the Illusionary Palm . But in the inner court, there were very few disciples that could train the Illusionary Palm to that degree .

Also, those who were able to already left to experience the outside world and pretty much none of them remained in the Martial Skill Building to train .

After some deep thinking, the eyes of the elder suddenly lit up and he said with shock, “Don’t tell me it’s him?”