Immortal Reincarnation Tribulation

Chapter 37 Core Disciples of Zhongyuan

"Ye Feng, you really dare to show your face in front of me! Do you dare not run away and fight me head-on?" The woman surnamed Cheng ignored Ye Feng's vicious words, as if it were not the first time she had heard them. She just stared at him angrily, a cold glint flashing in her eyes.

"What's there to be afraid of!" Ye Feng raised his chin, looking down arrogantly.

While Du Fan cursed his bad luck, he couldn't help but feel touched. At the same time, he began to worry about Ye Feng, after all, he knew that Ye Feng was very wary of the other party.

Senior Brother Xue held his forehead, his head throbbing with pain, while the little girl beside him had shining eyes and a face full of excitement.

"Senior Brother Ye, isn't that Junior Sister Xia Rui really beautiful? If Sister Xiao Ran knew you came here specifically to find her, she would be heartbroken." The little girl's eyes darted around, and she spoke in a sweet voice. Her words seemed concerned, but her tone contained a hint of mockery, as if she wanted to see a good show. At this time, this little girl was still adding fuel to the fire, as if she wasn't afraid of making things worse.

"You brat, no need to guess, you must have taken the Heart-Connecting Talisman from Brother Du's hand. I'll deal with you when I get back!" Ye Feng was furious upon hearing this and glared fiercely at the girl.

"Sister Xiaoran will protect me!" The little girl didn't care about Ye Feng's threat at all, and even made a face at him with a grin.

"Ye Feng! You really came here to harass Junior Sister Xia Rui! I won't let you get away with this today!" The burly woman's anger intensified. She slapped the cloth bag at her waist with one hand, and in a flash of black light, a half-zhang-long iron hammer suddenly appeared in her hand, which she firmly grasped. Judging from the hammer's jet-black body and its faintly cold gleam, it was clear that this object was extremely heavy, adding to the woman's domineering aura.

"snort!"

Ye Feng showed no weakness. After letting out a cold snort, he flicked his wrist downwards, and a silver longsword appeared out of thin air in his hand. With another flick of his arm, he pointed the sword at the fierce woman.

The war is about to start.

"Enough! Ye Feng." Senior Brother Xue was getting impatient. He couldn't let them continue their nonsense. Private fights between disciples were not allowed. As the senior brother, how could he stand by and watch the two of them violate the sect rules?

A white shadow flashed, and the next moment, it appeared between Ye Feng and the fierce woman.

"Junior Sister Cheng, could you please give me the honor of letting this matter drop? Once we return, I will naturally discipline Junior Brother Ye strictly and prevent him from causing trouble at Emerald Bamboo Garden again." Senior Brother Xue smiled gently, clasped his hands slightly in greeting to the woman surnamed Cheng, and said.

"Since Senior Brother Xue has spoken, I naturally won't refuse you. However, I have one request: this fellow must stay far away from me in the future, otherwise I'm not sure I can resist taking action." The woman surnamed Cheng looked at the man in front of her, her expression shifting between light and dark. After a long while, she finally let out a heavy sigh and said this, but her gaze towards Ye Feng still carried hostility.

"You gossipy old woman..." Upon hearing this, Ye Feng flew into a rage.

"Shut up and come back with me! Junior Sister Cheng, regarding this matter... I've agreed on behalf of Junior Brother Ye." Senior Brother Xue's expression was also somewhat unpleasant. He turned around and stopped Ye Feng, then forced a smile, clasped his hands in a fist salute to the woman opposite him, and said helplessly.

"That's for the best, hmph!" The woman surnamed Cheng snorted coldly, her expression softening slightly. With a flick of her arm, the black iron hammer suddenly disappeared.

"Put your sword away and come back with me," Senior Brother Xue said in a deep voice, his face stern.

Ye Feng also gave a heavy snort, but said nothing. With a flick of his wrist, the silver longsword disappeared.

"Come with us, or you might regret it." The mischievous little girl skipped over, winked at Du Fan who was standing there dumbfounded, and spoke in a sweet voice.

"Junior Sister Cheng, we'll take our leave now. Why don't you come with me?" Senior Brother Xue gestured slightly to the woman surnamed Cheng, then led the group away from the place.

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"Brother Du, I'm sorry to have implicated you in this matter. I'll bring you a jar of fine wine to apologize one day." When the group reached a fork in the road surrounded by flowers, Ye Feng stopped and said apologetically to Du Fan.

"Never mind, I'm fine. I just hope Brother Ye will be more careful in the future. You'd better not mess with that Senior Sister Cheng." Du Fan shook his head with a wry smile. Just thinking about that fierce senior sister from Cuizhu Garden made him feel a little scared.

"You must be Du Fan from Lingyuan. I'm He Xue from the Inner Garden. You're a very interesting person. I'll come and play with you sometime." The little girl He Xue seemed quite interested in Du Fan.

"You brat, I'm warning you, don't you dare mess with Brother Du, or I won't let you off the hook," Ye Feng said coldly.

He Xue stuck out her tongue and muttered something, but no one could hear her clearly.

"Brother Du, this is a complete introductory scroll of the Water Chapter of the Minor Five Elements Technique. You may have already been to the Scripture Pavilion, but my scroll is complete. In addition to the cultivation method, it also includes related spells. Take it and study it." Ye Feng flipped his hand and grasped a bamboo scroll, handing it to Du Fan.

"Thank you, Brother Ye!" Du Fan didn't stand on ceremony and reached out to accept the gift with a look of delight on his face.

"Du Fan, as an inner sect servant, you need to recognize your place and behave yourself. Since you have the opportunity to cultivate, you should cherish it. You'd better behave yourself." Senior Brother Xue spoke expressionlessly and indifferently before turning and leaving. The other two glanced at Du Fan with their own thoughts before following him away.

Watching their retreating figures, Du Fan sighed softly, put his mind at ease, and walked towards the Spirit Garden.

Throughout their journey, Du Fan remained silent. However, from their conversation, he learned that the inner disciples of the Kongsang Sect were mainly divided into three areas. The female inner disciples resided in the Emerald Bamboo Garden, the place they had just visited. Senior Sister Cheng, named Cheng Yu, was the eldest disciple of the Emerald Bamboo Garden, as was Xia Rui, whom Ye Feng admired. The male inner disciples lived and cultivated in a place called the Green Pine Garden. Both the Emerald Bamboo Garden and the Green Pine Garden had two thousand disciples, whose strengths were roughly equal.

However, Ye Feng, Senior Brother Xue, and the little girl named He Xue were not in either of the two courtyards. They were not ordinary inner disciples, but core disciples of the Kongsang Sect, residing in a place called the Central Courtyard. The Central Courtyard had only a few dozen people, but those who could enter it were all exceptionally talented, truly the treasures of the Kongsang Sect.

Even the least talented core disciples within the Central Garden possess dual-attribute five-element spiritual roots. Senior Brother Xue and another Central Garden disciple are said to possess three spiritual roots. Their exceptional talent is renowned even in the cultivation world of the surrounding dozens of countries. The more spiritual roots a cultivator has, the better. The more spiritual roots a cultivator has, the more they can sense different attributes of spiritual energy in the world at the same time. They can then absorb and exhale these spiritual energies through cultivation techniques to improve their cultivation. The speed of cultivation is far superior to that of a single-attribute spiritual root. Those with multiple spiritual roots can even cultivate spells of different attributes, giving them an obvious advantage in combat.

However, the probability of having even one of the five elements as a spiritual root and being qualified to become a cultivator is one in ten thousand, let alone having two or three spiritual roots. On the basis of a single spiritual root, the difficulty of adding one more is more than a hundred times greater than before. Having two spiritual roots is already extremely difficult, and having three spiritual roots is even more incredible. Therefore, these two are cultivation prodigies who are rare to see in a hundred years.

However, given the saying "Why did Heaven create both Zhou Yu and Zhuge Liang?", their brilliance was destined to be somewhat dimmed. This was because ten years ago, a person arrived in the Central Garden. This person possessed a spiritual root that was not within the Five Elements; he possessed a Wind Spiritual Root. This spiritual root belonged to a type of extraordinary spiritual root, and each extraordinary spiritual root was extremely rare. This kind of spiritual root seized the creation of heaven and earth, and its ability to sense heaven and earth was extremely strong. Therefore, its absorption speed of spiritual energy reached an astonishing level. Theoretically speaking, the cultivation speed of a person with this kind of spiritual root was no less than that of a person with all Five Elements spiritual roots. Of course, this was just a theory, after all, in the cultivation world, there had never been a person with all Five Elements spiritual roots.

There's no doubt that those with wind spirit roots cultivate at an incredibly fast pace. What's even more unbelievable is that they can not only cultivate unpredictable wind-attribute techniques and spells, but they can also cultivate various spells within the five elements regardless of their inherent attributes. They just can't cultivate using the five elements' spiritual energy; otherwise, they would truly be heaven-defying beings. Even so, the brilliance emanating from those with unique spirit roots is destined to shine like the sun, unmatched by others, even those with three spirit roots. And this person is none other than Ye Feng.

Although the girl named He Xue only has dual spiritual roots, she has a special identity. She is the granddaughter of the sect leader of Kongsang Sect and the junior sister of Zhongyuan Sect. So, although she is usually mischievous, she is well taken care of by many senior brothers, sisters and elders. Her life in the sect is quite comfortable. She likes to tease Ye Feng and has a very good relationship with Qin Xiaoran, who is in love with Ye Feng. Qin Xiaoran is the beautiful woman who had a business relationship with Du Fan and is also a core disciple of Zhongyuan Sect.

Senior Brother Xue's real name is Xue Yizhi. He is the senior brother of Zhongyuan Sect and also the senior brother of the tens of thousands of disciples in the entire Kongsang Sect. In addition to his excellent aptitude and remarkable cultivation, he is upright, honest and selfless. He also takes good care of his junior brothers and sisters. Therefore, he is deeply loved by all the disciples of Kongsang Sect.

With mixed feelings, Du Fan returned to the Spirit Garden.

"I will not do what I did today again." After muttering to himself, Du Fan let out a heavy sigh, his eyes flashed, and he picked up a large bag of high-efficiency fertilizer and walked into the depths of the herb garden.