Chương 47: Mystery of Fang mountain

Long feng was dumbfounded. He was silent for a minute.

"Core Court!" He blurted out finally. The Core court where most disciples never get to step into in their whole lives, but Long feng had actually been to the core court twice already! And he didn't even know!

"The core court is large and the core disciples are not much. Just a little over hundred disciples, so you may not come across any of them." Lord Yi Ming said. Long feng opened his mouth and closed it back repeatedly without knowing what to say.

"I will grant you an entrance token so that you can come in here on your own. I will also speak to the guards and the Sect Master about it. It is quite unusual for an Elite disciple to set foot into the Core court, so the Core disciples wouldn't want you here. You'll just have to bear with it until you also become a Core disciple." Long feng nodded understandingly. Just the Elite disciples were being so narrow minded. He couldn't imagine how over the top Core disciples would be.

"Good. About the Natal soul script. I expect that you have comprehended the basics?" Lord Yi Ming asked. Long feng nodded and released his soul power. The soul power was clearly stronger than before and that can be attributed to him cultivating the Infinite Immortal Soul Formula.

"Alright. Construct a basic supporting formation." Lord Yi Ming said. Long feng knew what a supporting formation was. They were used to support other unstable formations, and he learnt how to create them from the infinite Immortal Soul formula. Calming his mind, he stretched out his hands and began to make hand seals slowly. Runes began to appear in the air and danced about. Lord Yi Ming stared at the movement of his hands with interest.

As he watched Long feng's control of the soul power, his expression turned to that of surprise, then slight confusion. Long feng's formation was clearly a supporting formation, but the way he created it was far more complex than the method in the Natal soul script. It differed from any school of soul cultivation Lord Yi Ming had ever seen. It was better than even Lord Yi Ming's supporting formation at his current level. Also, Long Feng's control of the soul power was very delicate.

He completely surpassed both Lin Dong and Yi Ling and rivaled Lord Yi Ming in terms of raw control of soul power! Lord Yi Ming was astounded. How did the Natal soul script become so ridiculous? This was definitely not the Natal soul script. This was beyond the Natal soul script in complexity and power. This… was an entirely different script! He stared at Long feng with complex emotions in his eyes. Elder Zhang was right. This kid was full of secrets. What secrets was Long feng hiding?

Where did he got such a powerful soul technique from? He was tempted to ask this but held his tongue on second thought. He wouldn't like others asking about his secrets, and he similarly wouldn't do that. A few minutes later, all of the runes floating before Long feng merged into a formation on the floor. The formation glowed brightly before disappearing into the floor of the palace. Long feng created the supporting formation to strengthen the palace.

The aura of the palace was obviously stronger by a very tiny amount. Lord Yi Ming was unable to speak for a while. Finally, he cleared his throat.

"Is this the Natal soul script?" He asked to verify his doubts. Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. To this question, Long feng tactfully remained silent. Wu Kong and the three Dragons within him were secrets he couldn't afford to let anyone know about. Lord Yi Ming understand the situation and didn't ask again.

"You seem to have mastered the basics. You can finally begin on your path of soul cultivation. The soul levels are mainly three in this Continent. They are the Heaven layer, the Saint layer and the Spirit layer, as you already know. Each of these layers are divided into three levels. I am a rank one saint layered soul cultivator, while Lin Dong and Yi Ling are both rank one heaven layered soul cultivators. You, on the other hand have yet to begin on this path.

Soul cultivation is almost thrice harder than martial cultivation. This is because it deals with the soul. The slightest rush or issue could have catastrophic consequences."

"In this province, the highest soul level is a rank two Saint layered soul cultivator, while on this Continent, the overlord of the continent, the Yihua clan are rumored to possess a couple of spirit layered soul cultivators. That is the highest soul level within this Continent." Long feng listened carefully.

"You have successfully fulfilled the requirements of cultivating the soul by comprehending the basics of a soul technique. Now, all you have to do is wait. Practice the soul technique repeatedly and consistently. Your soul power will eventually reach the rank one heaven layered level on its own. Once that happens, you must slowly strengthen your soul power using your chosen technique before you can make a breakthrough. This often takes between a few months to a few years.

I am sure you know what your soul world is?" Lord Yi Ming asked. Long feng nodded.

"Very good. Now go and practice. But be careful not to overdraw your soul power often. That also causes slight injuries to your soul. Soul injuries are extremely hard to recover from." Lord Yi Ming dismissed him.

"And here is an entrance token to the core court." He added, taking out a brown token and giving it to Long feng. The token had two characters written on it.

'Mortal heaven sect' and 'Lord Yi Ming'. These two characters were boldly written on the surface of the token. Long feng took the token, bowed his head slightly and left the palace. As usual, Elder Zhang was waiting for him outside the palace.

After cultivating for a few days, Long feng's cultivation was still at rank nine connate level. He decided to go away from the sect for a couple of weeks and cultivate somewhere else. He would only return to the sect after becoming a Yin level cultivator. Sometimes, this was all one needed to make a surprising breakthrough. When he told Yan Jian about his plan Yan Jian decided to go with him, and Long feng agreed. Even Li yu'er accepted to leave the sect with them. They met at the Sect Gates.

"So, where exactly are we going to?" Yan Jian asked.

"I don't know. I was thinking of heading to Gan Yu city and roaming around the city to clear my mind." Long Feng replied.

"Fine by me. Let's go." Yan jian shrugged and rushed ahead. As they headed in the direction of Gan Yu city, they passed by the famous Fang Mountain and rested for a short while.

"You know, Fang Mountain is the tallest mountain in this province. And no one knows it's origins. It seemed to have appeared here overnight" Yan Jian suddenly said, staring up at the mountain with squinted eyes. Long feng stared at the mountain intently. Since he awakened his soul power, he had been very sensitive to even the slightest details. Now, he could feel a weird aura being emanated from this Mountain.

"The mountain is weird." He hummed. He released his soul power and observed the mountain, but sensed nothing.

"Let's go!" Yan Jian said and was about to continue ahead.

"Wait!" Long feng exclaimed excitedly. Li Yue'er anf Yan Jian stared at him curiously and watched as his pupils suddenly changed, turning bright silver in colour. This was the sign of him activating his silver radiance Immortal sight. As he used the Immortal sight to view the mountain, what he saw wasn't a mountain, but a large formation spanning the entire Mountain area!

"This is not a mountain but a formation!" Long feng exclaimed.

"What! A formation?" Yan Jian and Li yu'er were confused. Long feng studied the formation and concluded that this was far far beyond his current level. Not even a Saint layered soul cultivator could lay such a large and realistic looking formation. It was a concealment formation. Concealment formations were mainly used to cloak things. Like this Fang Mountain. It was actually a deep tunnel which was concealed as a mountain. If not for his Immortal sight, Long feng may have never known this.

He would have walked past like countless other people and powerful cultivators had, thinking it was a mountain. Not even Lord Yi Ming could see through it. This was all thanks to his Immortal's Sight. But thinking about it, Long feng came to a realization. The Mortal heaven sect was a degrading sect. Why would a powerful soul cultivator like Lord Yi Ming agree to stay in a weak sect?

Could it be that Lord Yi Ming also sensed a slight soul aura being emanated from the mountain, so he decided to stay in the Mortal heaven sect to observe the mountain? That was highly possible. Long feng told Yan Jian and Li Yue'er what he thought.

"Well if it is true, then that Lord Yi Ming is a sly one as well. I like him."Yan Jian rubbed his palms together, staring at the mountain.

"A mountain that appeared out of nowhere… I always thought it sounded suspicious" he said, drawing a stunned stare from Long Feng.

"Can you get us into the tunnel?" Li yu'er asked. It would be almost impossible for Long feng to unravel this formation, but getting the three of them into the tunnel shouldn't be too much to ask of.

"I can try" Long feng nodded. He sat down cross legged and began to make hand seals. Runes danced in the air around him and soon merged into a formation. This was an unravelling formation. Long feng could use it to create a small passage into the tunnel for the three of them. His unravelling formation sank into the mountain. Using his Immortal sight, Long feng could see the tunnel and he knew how to control the formation. Beads of sweat soon started forming on his forehead.

He was trying to create a passage within the formation of a person who could be a Spirit layered soul cultivator! He had less than a thirty percent chance of success, and he could even crack his soul world while trying if he made a mistake. That would cost him his entire life. He was very careful as he controlled the unravelling formation. Time passed slowly. One hour.... Two hours.... Three hours.... Four hours later, Long feng began to shiver slightly. His face had already turned paper pale.

Two more hours later, he finally stopped, gasping for breath.

"Come on" he uttered weakly as he shakily rose to his feet. He had severely overdrew his soul power to create a very small hole in the formation through which they could use as a passage down. He walked towards a certain direction in the mountain and passed right through the mountain, disappearing into it. Yan Jian and Li yu'er also followed him, both disappearing into the mountain.