Chapter 5
Absorption of natural energies was the most crucial aspect of cultivation. The speed of one's absorption determined one's cultivation Speed, and currently, Long feng was absorbing the energies so fast that it formed a vortex if energy around him. His dantian kept swallowing the energies like a bottomless well. Long feng knew that his current Speed of absorbing energies was due to the three mysterious Dragons within him.
His heart burned with hope, as he increased his absorption speed to his limits. Slowly, a tiny portion of the vast starry sky that was his Dantian began to fill up with natural energy.
It must be known that his Dantian could easily be an infinite times greater than any other person's Dantian. Filling it up with energy was a fool's talk.
He could feel the natural energy flowing into places he didn't even know existed in his body.
Within minutes, a tiny portion of his dantian filled and the natural energies within it began to flow out of the dantian and into his body. The energy flowed into every corner of his entire body, then Long feng felt as if he were one with his surroundings.
He had never felt as powerful as he was currently in his entire life. With a wave of his hand, martial power surged around. He could control the martial power of the world. That was of course, only Connate level martial power.
Cultivation was divided into different layers, and each layer was divided into 9 levels each.
In the Yihua Imperial Continent, there were five major cultivation layers; the Connate realm level 1-9, the Yin realm level 1-9, the Yang realm level 1-9, the Spirit realm level 1-9, and the Imperial realm level 1-9.
Cultivators of the Imperial realm were Legendary within the continent. Rumors said that only the old ancestor of the Yihua Imperial clan was at the Imperial realm in the entire continent.
Spirit realm cultivators were also very rare in the continent. When one reached the spirit realm, one could fly in the sky. One could slaughter clans without using too much energy, and one could roam the entire continent unhindered!
At the Spirit realm, one would be a true powerhouse of the continent; even if one chose to create a clan or a sect, it would immediately be among the strongest, possibly comparable to the Jianhai clan, the province rulers of the Jianhai province.
In the current Jianhai Province, a Yang level cultivator could create his own powerful clan or sect and also be invincible, as long as he doesn't provoke the Spirit realm cultivators.
And in the Star Mountain City, a Yin level cultivator could also create his own clan and travel unhindered throughout the city. The five great clans of the city were also Yin level clans.
Long Yuan, the Clan Chief of the Long clan, was a rank 3 Yin level cultivator.
At this point, Long Feng didn't feel proud for managing to control Connate level martial power, as he knew that this was only the beginning of his journey.
In the past, he wasn't able to cultivate so he naturally didn't dare to have dreams or wild hopes.
But now he could cultivate. His blood boiled from excitement as he expected to see the shock on the faces of everyone who mocked him and his father, calling him the 'trash of the Star Mountain City'.
'If I reach the Spirit realm… I could fly anywhere, even create my own sect. But first, Connate…' he murmured.
His goal now was to cultivate to the Imperial realm and to surpass it.
When he someday become an Imperial realm master, then no one would ever dare to disrespect his father. Everything Long Feng wanted to do was all for his father's sake.
He sensed a bundle of energy condensing within his dantian. If he wished, he could release the condensed energy outward, which would become his aura, symbolising his current cultivation level. This only happened when someone breaks through to the rank 1 Connate realm.
He was finally a true cultivator. Long feng was so excited that he nearly shouted out. Then he paused for a second in shock.
The energy within his Dantian should have been exhausted after his breakthrough, but it actually remained quite much. The energy kept flowing into every inch of his body. Slowly, his aura and strength rose to rank 2 Connate realm. Still, the energy kept flowing!
Then Long Feng remembered that his dantian was far too large and he had filled up an insignificant part of it with energy. Even then, it was probably more than a normal person's Dantian could withstand.
The amount of energy currently within his dantian could make an ordinary rank 1 connate cultivator to shakily break through all the way to the Yin realm, though with serious consequences.
Slowly, his aura rose again to rank 3 Connate realm. It didn't pause. Again, his aura continued to rise!
Rank 4 connate realm
Rank 5 connate realm!
The energy finally stopped flowing at rank 5 connate realm! This cultivation speed could really make someone die of envy!
Furthermore, Long Feng's dantian didn't release even a tiny bit of his aura, so he looked no different from before; a mortal. It would be next to impossible for someone below the peak of Yin realm to know that he was cultivating!
To the current Long Feng, that was good news, because he had lots of grudge to repay, and his honour to retrieve! And better more, the Long clan meeting was just two days away, which was just a perfect opportunity for him to test the limits of his current strength.
He clenched his fists and stares at them with a dense smile. "Three years… Long Qing, looks like I might be winning that bet after all." he murmured softly.
He couldn't estimate her strength exactly, but that didn't bother him much. He dared to accept her challenge when he couldn't even cultivate. Now that he clearly had a chance, why would he weaken his momentum?
No matter what happened, he wouldn't lose his father's face in the meeting tomorrow, and that was all he wanted.
Long Feng checked his forehead again, but the mysterious symbol was gone, and he couldn't find it anywhere in his body, so, he decided to temporarily forget about it.
He rested his chin on his palm and considered his next actions.
"I can't deny that Long Qing and Long Wei are both strong. They're already at the peak of the Connate realm… that's four levels above me. I should keep cultivating and see how far I can go before tomorrow." He decided.
Immediately, he began to absorb the natural energy around him but paused a few seconds later with a frown.
"Hm? It's so much slower now. What happened?" He realized that his absorption speed had drastically decreased. It was now just a bit faster than average.
If he cultivated at this pace, he would never be able to improve his cultivation significantly in a single day.
"Could it be that earlier, it was so fast because it was my first time? And now I've returned to normal?" It actually made sense, although he didn't know if others also went through the same speed burst.
Shaking his head, he cleared all thoughts and focused on cultivating. Progress was welcome no matter how little it was.
It wasn't until hours later that he stopped cultivating and decided to stretch his body a bit.
He rose to his feet and left the room with a new idea in his head.
The whole place suddenly seemed extra beautiful and bright. It might be due to his different view or excitement, but everything looked beautiful to him today.
Long Feng was quite surprised when he found out that he had actually spent a whole day within his room, and there was only one day left before the clan meeting, but that didn't bother him.
His cultivation was still at the fifth Connate realm, and he already realized that he wouldn't be able to make progress before the meeting. The only thing he could do was to consolidate it and try his best to not lose badly.
"Father will be beyond excited to hear that I can finally cultivate. Should I tell him?" He pondered while strolling through several courtyards.
His mood was exceptionally good today so he didn't even take notice of the disdains and mockery from the other youths he walked past.
When he reached the training grounds, he paused and watched the youths training with a smile. The dream he always had to be among those youths on the field… it was no longer just a dream. He could finally achieve it.
But not today. He wanted to keep his cultivation as a surprise so as to shock the entire clan tomorrow and cleanly wipe the word 'trash' off his name.
Tomorrow, the entire clan would see. Whether they laughed or trembled, it didn't matter. Long Feng would no longer be the clan's laughingstock.