Chương 244: Leaving the valley

The Long clan returned to normal after learning that the earlier commotion was due to Long Feng's breakthrough. Later that day, Long Feng told his father about their intention to leave the next day. The hundred continent meeting was fast approaching, just less than two months left. If they didn't leave now, they could miss the departure day entirely. Long Yuan naturally didn't have much to say. He already knew that Long Feng couldn't be tied down by the Long clan.

The so called young Chief was merely a title given to him, but he had no intention of inheriting the clan chief position of the Long clan. And truthfully, his strength was already far above that. He would do all he could do support the Long clan and make it rise to greater height than ever before, but his path was different, farther away than this continent. Long Yuan advised him to be careful and not act recklessly, take care of his health and many other things. In the end, the entire evening was spent on this.

Long Feng retired to his room for the night and slowly went through the things he had currently. The Origin Spirit Sword, still enough to be used. He now hung it by his waist at all times, the black sheath gleaming coldly. Just from seeing him, one would immediately know that he was a Swordsman.

"And my sword heart is getting much closer to forming. Zhang Mo actually helped me to form the basics of my sword heart, but it's still not enough." There were also the three treasures they acquired from the Yi and Hua auction back then. These included the spirit cloud pill which could grant a breakthrough to any spirit realm warrior and increase the chances of reaching the imperial realm.

The Profound Mist Dew, a single drop of dew that had enough energy to push a peak spirit realm warrior straight into the imperial realm. And finally a single imperial crystal with so much energy that a spirit realm warrior could absorb it for months before exhausting it. As Long Feng stared at these three things, his mind drifted to Yan jian. He couldn't help but feel deep pain in his heart as he remembered his promise to keep the spirit cloud pill for Yan jian when he reached the spirit realm. But now…

it wasn't possible again.

"I'll give the spirit cloud pill to Li Yue'er. I'm not sure about how strong I am right now so rashly taking it and making a breakthrough again wouldn't be good. It'll be much more useful if she takes it and increases her strength for the hundred continent meeting. The Imperial crystal is still a bit beyond us to absorb yet. And the Profound Mist Dew is too strong. Taking it at the peak spirit realm would be the most perfect decision" Long Feng calmly decided.

Right now, the most pressing thing was to raise their strengths enough to take a good spot in the hundred continent meeting. He previously wasn't confident in his chances even if he reached the spirit realm. After all, it shouldn't grant him much more strength than he already had. But right now though, he couldn't even estimate his strength at all. He didn't know how well he would fare in the hundred continent meeting, but getting into the top hundred and even top fifty was very much possible.

In that case, it was better to help Li Yue'er to raise her strength. She was currently a rank three spirit realm warrior. Taking the spirit cloud pill could raise her strength by one or end two levels.

"My heaven ripping finger is at the fourth level. I'm making food progress towards the fifth level. My comprehension of the Nine Firmament Steps has increased quite greatly after Zhang Mo's chase. I can be considered to be close to mastering the first step." These were all advantages brought by Zhang Mo's chase. His body and mind were under great pressure like never before, and in that situation, his comprehension rapidly increased. Especially the Firmament Sword Art.

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"I am very close to mastering the Earth Firmament strike. If I can do that before the hundred continent meeting and begin comprehending the second level, Heaven Firmament skill, I expect my chances will rise over the roof." Just the Earth Firmament strike was unbelievably powerful already. The Heaven Firmament strike was triple that power at it's base!

His current priorities were to master the Earth Firmament strike and comprehend the Heaven Firmament strike, then Try to master the first step of the Nine Firmament Steps and also touch upon the second step. Either of these two would greatly raise his strength. And achieving both of them would make him much stronger than he could imagine.

"There's also my light Dao now. I am unable to use both energies at the same time no matter how hard I try. I must suppress one of them to use the other one. If I can create a Light sword similar to the Demon sword skill, it should be even stronger than he demon sword. After all, light is more focused on ultimate speed and terrifying offensive power even beyond metal. Demon Dao is more explosive in nature." He slowly analyzed the various ways he could further increase his strength.

It could be said that the potential of his techniques were all great. His sword concept and techniques would always be rising with the help of the Firmament Sword Art. His movement speed and agility was unparalleled in the same level with his Nine Firmament Steps. He had the three layered waves demon annihilation which was stronger than the former version, he had the demon and light sword skills and the heaven ripping finger.

"My body strength is also rising steadily. I think if I have time in the future, I'll focus a bit on strengthening my body. It did save my life multiple times against Zhang Mo" Long Feng thought. If it wasn't for his tough body, Zhang Mo's first few attacks would have absolutely taken his life immediately. His soul Cultivation was also progress steadily with the help of the Infinite Immortal Soul Formula.

He was already at the second heaven of the spirit layer, and that alone gave him the ability to defeat rank six spirit realm warriors with his soul power. And that could increase if his opponent's soul or will was very weak. The more aura of endlessness merged into his soul, the stronger it became. He couldn't imagine just how strong it would be when this aura of endlessness wasn't so little but instead filled his soul entirely in the future.

"Before I even knew it, I've taken so many paths. Body, Energy and Soul. Yet I don't want to leave any of them. I'll have to think this over sometime in the future" After confirming that he had gone through everything useful, Long Feng didn't bother cultivating and went straight to sleep. This was the last time he might get to sleep so peacefully for a long time. So it was better for him to cherish it instead of wasting his time cultivating.

The next day, Long Feng and Li Yue'er silently left the Long clan valley at dawn with no one but Long Yuan being aware of their departure. As they left the valley, Long Feng paused and turned to stare down at the buildings of the Long clan.

"Don't worry everyone. I'm leaving for nothing other than revenge. I will fulfill my promise come what may!" He muttered softly. His black robes flapped in the wind as he stood there, his left hand resting on his sword sheathed by his waist. Black robes was what he decided to wear as he left. He didn't like the color of white again. Not when he wanted to seek revenge. The black was more suitable to him. And he actually looked astonishing in his black robes.

It perfectly outlined his raven black hair, pupils and the sword sheath on his waist. In short, he was dressed in pure black from the top to the bottom.

"Li Yue'er, let's go." Long Feng finally turned and walked away.

"Are we going to check the Mortal heaven sect?" Li Yue'er asked softly. Long Feng's expression became complicated as he shook his head"I can't go there now. Not without killing those involved." He replied calmly.

"Where are we heading?" Li Yue'er asked again curiously after noticing that they weren't walking in the direction of the Yihua clan. They were going in the opposite direction instead. Long Feng smiled faintly, the piercing cold in his eyes particularly chilling.

"We're going to meet an old friend" Li Yue'er didn't ask about anything else and simply followed behind him. After a while, they stopped walking and chose to fly through the air at their full speed. Or Li Yue'er's full speed. Long Feng had to reduce his speed by half to keep up with her. They rushed straight ahead for a day, soon leaving the Jianhai province completely. Another two days later, they left another mid rank province and entered the land of a different low rank province.

This was among the weakest provinces in the continent, even more so than the Jianhai province. That was because this province didn't have a single spirit realm warrior. The strongest was just a peak Yang realm cultivator. Many people didn't even acknowledge such provinces as actual province. They were the backwater lands of the Yihua continent. Li Yue'er was very curious as to why Long Feng would bring them here. There didn't seem to be anything noteworthy or interesting in this province.

But she remained silent and simply followed behind him without asking. They flew past several small towns and cities before Long Feng suddenly slowed down when they neared a small town in a desolate area. This town was made for travelers to rest and eat, even rent a room for the night if they wanted. They descended some distance away to prevent terrifying the whole town with their flight ability, then walked over to the town slowly. It wasn't very bustling in the town with barely a hundred people in total.

But more were coming in occasionally or leaving as well. Long Feng moved through the streets and stopped before a single large tent that was actually a restaurant. He grinned a little and walked into the tent with Li Yue'er following behind. The tent was filled with tables and over half of them were occupied by about a dozen men. Long Feng's entrance didn't draw nearly as much attention as Li Yue'er's entrance did. She was still having her face veil on, but that still didn't stop her beauty from showing.

The entire tent fell silent with almost all the men staring at Li Yue'er with dazed looks ok their faces. All except one man. He looked middle aged, and his head was lowered as he stirred the coffee before him on the table. He didn't seem to even notice that anyone was in the tent beside him due to his thoughts that only he knew. Long Feng calmly walked over to this man's table and sat on the chair across him. Li Yue'er stood nearby with a frown at the several depraved eyes fixed on her.

She had to suppress the urge to freeze this entire tent into a large ice block with all these lecherous fools in it. She stared curiously at Long Feng's actions. Why would he walk straight to that man and sit before him? Did he know him? Long Feng's action of sitting down caused the man to be startled out of his thoughts. He frowned and slowly raised his head to meet Long Feng's smiling face. Then the man's expression changed as he froze.

The deep terror in his eyes was hard to cover up as he mistakenly hit his coffee cup and spilled everything on in the table. Then he made to stand up immediately.

"Sit!" Long Feng placed a palm on the table and said softly. Instantly, a powerful pressure descended on the man and forced him back to his seat. This caused the man's expression to completely turn into disbelief and fear.

"To think the Limitless blood assassin would change his looks and hide in such a remote area. Quite unbelievable. Did you think I wouldn't find you if you hid here… Zhang Mo?"