Chapter 38: Awakening the Spirit (Part 1)

  Yi Feng's ambiguous words and intentional vagueness caused Yingzi's face to pale significantly. He continued, "With your initial fusion cultivation, you were able to injure a ghostly being from the Yuan Ying period, and even condensed a high-ranking sword cultivator's sword heart that can only be formed after sealing... You truly are the pride of my Yunfuzong."

  Yi Feng knew that Ying Chengzi's words had underlying meaning, but he could only respond symbolically: "The disciple was also lucky and didn't dare take credit."

  "Yi Feng, you come up here." Ying Chengzi said to Yi Feng with a seemingly amiable tone.

  Yi Feng's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare hesitate. If Ying Chengzi wanted to do something to him, with his own abilities, he was afraid he wouldn't even know how he died. Fear was useless at this point, everything could only be thought of in a positive way from now on.

  Yi Feng walked up to Ying Chengzi, who smiled and said: "Old man, I don't have anything good to give you as a gift for our meeting, so let me just toast you once."

  Xing Chenzi's words moved several of his fellow disciples, including Shizun. What is known as "awakening the spirit" refers to a highly cultivated cultivator using their powerful magic to cleanse the marrow and wash the brain of a lower-level cultivator, allowing the latter's spiritual root to become more spiritual, making their future cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

  Generally speaking, masters will not casually help others to awaken their spirits, as this requires the master to be extremely careful throughout the entire process and also consumes a lot of the caster's vital energy. If one is careless, it may even cause low-level cultivators to have their spiritual roots damaged beyond repair.

  Yi Feng didn't know what it meant to awaken his spirit, and just as he was looking confused, his master Xing Chenzi reminded him: "You wicked disciple, don't you quickly kneel down and thank your ancestors? Your ancestor probably had to sacrifice a hundred years of cultivation to awaken your spirit."

  Yi Feng listened and knew it was a good thing, so he knelt down to thank him. Ying Chengzi smiled and said: "The old man has been cultivating for thousands of years, and the power of a hundred years is not worth mentioning. If he can help his disciples achieve great things in one move, even if it takes a thousand years of cultivation, the old man will not regret it."

  Yi Feng couldn't help but look up, seeing Ying Chengzi with a smile on his face, and a hint of kindness in his rough expression, almost moved to tears, while also secretly thinking that he had thought too badly of him.

  It's not that Yi Feng is always thinking of the worst, it's just that since coming to this world, he hasn't met many good people. First, there were the soldiers guarding the gate of Shengjing City who insulted him, then Lingling's schemes and plots against him, and later the cold words from several senior brothers... The only ones who can bring some comfort to Yi Feng are the old beggar who has already passed away, and his master Xingchenzi.

  "Alright, close your eyes and focus, I'll start now." Ying Chengzi didn't say any more unnecessary words, reminding Yi Feng.

  Yi Feng did not get up, but knelt before Ying Chengzi's knees, closed his eyes, and began to suppress the surging thoughts in his heart, making his mind clear and his spirit as if it were empty.

  Ying Chengzi looked at his disciples with a strange smile on his face. Having been with Ying Chengzi for so many years, Xing Chenzi and the others knew that he must have had an ulterior motive when they saw this smile.

  After a moment's thought, Xing Chen understood Master Ying's intentions. Waking the spirit was not a deception, but in the process of waking the spirit, Master Ying could not only examine Yi Feng's body thoroughly, but also use the Soul-Confusing Technique to extract secrets from deep within Yi Feng's heart.

  When Yifeng's breath was completely calm, Yingzi also slowly closed his eyes and placed his hands on Yifeng's two shoulders. A vast amount of spiritual energy emanated from his thick palms.

  Yi Feng concentrated his mind, and suddenly a thick spiritual energy invaded his body, circulating throughout his entire being in an instant before rushing towards his Dantian. With his inner vision, Yi Feng saw everything clearly.