Free Web NovelChapter 157: Chapter 156: Lock Spirit, Seeing Through the Scheme
The tree that stands tallest in the forest will be the first to be broken by the wind.
Or, as they say, it’s lonely at the top.
When someone suddenly becomes exceptional, yet hasn’t earned the trust of others, all sorts of malicious people will come swarming in.
In lighter cases, they’ll just resort to malicious slander.
In more severe cases, they will use every trick in the book to suppress them. They’ll pull out all the stops to drag the person down and crush them underfoot. Only then can they restore their own sense of balance or prove their own worth.
When he became the Elder Cyan Dragon, Qin Feng had already mentally prepared himself. However, he had still underestimated the malice of others.
Inside the Bishui Cave Mansion, Qin Feng carefully inspected the area around the Lotus Pool. Soon, a cold sneer appeared on his face. ’An Array?’
As Qin Feng’s figure moved around the edge of the Lotus Pool, a very unfamiliar Array Map quickly appeared in his mind.
’Sealing, locking, and suppressing!’ Qin Feng mused. Within a few breaths, he had analyzed the function of this strange Profound Array Map.
’If I’m not mistaken, this Profound Array is meant to seal the Spiritual Qi here. It seems to be drawing in all the Spiritual Qi, merging it into the Earth Vein, running it through the Earth Vein to temper the mountain’s body!’
’Who set up this Array!’ Qin Feng’s expression was grim. He could tell that this Profound Array’s level was not high.
It was a Second-level Profound Array at most. fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
However, this Profound Array had a trace of an Ancient Profound Array Map’s essence, and its function was quite ingenious.
This strange Array even had the wondrous effect of nurturing the Earth Vein, gathering the essence of the mountains’ and rivers’ Earth Qi, and purifying the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land. Over time, it could not only nurture the spiritual air of the landscape but also help the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land upgrade automatically.
However, the Array had one major flaw.
Most of the Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land was being forcibly devoured by the Array and merged into the Earth Vein.
In other words, the Spiritual Qi on Heavenly Red Peak would gradually diminish, and the peak would eventually lose all of its Spiritual Qi in a short period.
For the Heavenly Red Peak Spirit Mountain Blessed Land as a whole, this Array was entirely beneficial with no drawbacks. But for Qin Feng personally, it was entirely detrimental with no benefits.
Not only would he be unable to practice his cultivation, but the numerous Spirit Medicines in the Spirit Garden would also begin to wither one by one.
As the Cave Master of Heavenly Red Peak’s Bishui Cave and Commander of its many Medicine Boys, Qin Feng was responsible for looking after all the Spirit Medicines on the mountain. If these Spirit Medicines were vibrant and plump, with lush leaves and ripe fruits, Qin Feng would naturally receive great credit.
If he could cultivate a few more Spirit Medicines, the time it would take for him to advance to a Sixth-level Disciple might be significantly reduced.
Conversely, if any problem occurred with even a single Spirit Medicine on the mountain, the first person the Elders from the Medicine Garden would hold responsible would not be someone else, but naturally Qin Feng, the Cave Master of Heavenly Red Peak’s Bishui Cave.
This was the genius of Yu Fuchen’s scheme. Even if the matter were exposed, the higher-ups at All Stars Academy wouldn’t blame him. Instead, they would praise him.
Qin Feng would simply be the natural sacrifice in the process.
This was what Yu Fuchen was most proud of.
But the most venomous part was yet to come!
Even if Qin Feng reported this to All Stars Academy, the investigation would surely take time. More time would be needed to reach a conclusion, and even more time after that to handle the matter.
By the time all that was over, three months would have likely passed.
By then, the Cyan Dragon Academy’s first assessment would have probably begun.
After wasting three months, how could Qin Feng possibly get a high score on the assessment?
At that point, Qin Feng would, in all likelihood, be unable to hold on to his position as Elder Cyan Dragon.
Once he lost the position of Elder Cyan Dragon, it would likely take ten, or even a hundred times, the effort to get it back.
For a student who had just entered All Stars Academy, this was practically a fatal blow!
With just a turn of his thoughts, Qin Feng instantly understood the vile intentions of the person who had secretly set up the Array.
’They’re trying to ruin my future!’
Ruining someone’s future is like murdering their parents—an absolutely irreconcilable grudge!
BOOM! Dust flew everywhere!
Seventy-two long, sinister black nails buried underground were instantly exposed to Qin Feng’s sight!
’Thankfully, I am a master of the Array Dao and was able to see through this hidden, treacherous scheme in time. If it were anyone else, they probably would have died without ever knowing what hit them!’ Qin Feng thought, a trace of relief showing in his eyes.
The calculations of the person who set up the Array were truly insidious.
However, trying to plot against an Array Grandmaster like him with an Array was a fool’s errand, doomed to fail!
His gaze fell upon the sinister black nail at his feet, which was entwined with wisps of black Evil Qi.
This was an Earth Evil Nail, refined from a Thousand-Year Coffin Nail.
The Earth Vein beneath the ground was like a soaring dragon, and this bizarre Array was like a Dragon-locking Nail, pinning that dragon-like Earth Vein in place. All the Spiritual Qi was locked away by these thousand-year Earth Evil Nails.
These seventy-two Earth Evil Nails were bathed in dense Xuanhuang Earth Qi. Cleansed by the Xuanhuang Earth Qi, they had already taken on a rich, magnificent, bright yellow hue.
They had already become an Exotic Treasure.
Qin Feng’s gaze fell upon the Array. At this moment, it held no more mysteries for him. Breaking it would be as easy as lifting a hand.
As long as he broke this mysterious Array, all the Spiritual Qi would be released once more.
Qin Feng slowly raised his hand, gathering his Innate Primordial True Qi in his palm. All he had to do was pull out these seventy-two Earth Evil Nails, and the surging Spiritual Qi would gush forth again.
But in the next moment, a glint appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes. Looking at the Array, he suddenly had a new idea.
’Since this Array can be used to nurture a Spirit Mountain Blessed Land, purify its Spiritual Qi, and raise its level, I wonder if it could also be used to nurture those precious medicinal herbs?’
A strange thought suddenly occurred to Qin Feng. As far as he knew, most Spirit Medicines grew in places with abundant Spiritual Qi.
The reason those Spirit Medicines possessed all sorts of magical properties was mostly that they had absorbed the spiritual essence of heaven and earth and the quintessence of the sun and moon, granting them their incredible, mystical effects.
This Array had a similar function: it could lock Spiritual Qi and purify Spirit Medicines!
Qin Feng stared at the Array, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
This Array gave Qin Feng a flash of inspiration. Perhaps he could modify it into an Array that promoted the birth of Spiritual Objects.
According to what Qin Feng knew, for every new type of Spirit Medicine added to Heavenly Red Peak, he would receive a certain number of Merit Points.
The higher the grade of the resulting Spirit Medicine, the more Merit Points Qin Feng would receive.
At All Stars Academy, the standard for a First-level Disciple was one Merit Point.
To advance to a Second-level Disciple required five Merit Points.
To advance to a Third-level Disciple required ten Merit Points.
To advance to a Fourth-level Disciple required twenty Merit Points.
Advancing to a Fifth-level Disciple required fifty Merit Points.
Advancing to a Sixth-level Disciple required one hundred Merit Points.
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Merit Points were extremely difficult to obtain. According to the rules of the Medicine King Hall, cultivating ten Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines would only earn a single Merit Point.
And if Qin Feng wanted to advance to a Sixth-level Disciple, he would need to cultivate at least one thousand Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines!
That was a terrifyingly high number!
With a faint, bitter smile, Qin Feng shook his head, temporarily pushing the thought aside. His gaze quickly fell back on the seventy-two Earth Evil Nails. freewebnøvel.com
The most important thing right now was his cultivation. The proper path was to use the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land to quickly cultivate the Little Cloud Rain Technique and the Geng Metal Breaking Killing Technique to the 3rd Layer or higher.
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