53: Chapter 53 Lin Ming, Envied by Others

"Junior Sister, the Earth Origin Spring is good for the skin. Soak a bit longer and persevere."

Outside the Earth Origin Spring

Lin Ming teased Su Lianxue with a smile.

Su Lianxue, however, maintained a calm expression.

She walked straight toward the mist before her.

"Please show your identification."

A guard Disciple standing by the side spoke.

Su Lianxue took out a token. It emitted a faint red glow, and the mist subsequently dispersed.

Su Lianxue stepped inside.

Lin Ming remained outside, waiting alone.

"Isn't this Senior Brother Lin?"

At that moment, a slightly sharp voice rang out behind Lin Ming.

A man was walking straight toward Lin Ming, followed by two other Disciples, a male and a female.

"I wondered who it was; so it's Junior Brother Feng."

Lin Ming smiled upon seeing the newcomer.

Lin Ming deliberately emphasized the words "Junior Brother."

Feng Yuanfeng caught the underlying meaning, and his face instantly darkened.

"Junior Brother Feng, are you bringing Disciples from your peak to the Earth Origin Spring?"

Lin Ming asked.

"Are you not doing the same?"

The gloom on Feng Yuanfeng's face gradually faded.

However, his gaze toward Lin Ming still carried a hint of disdain.

Lin Ming saw it all but didn't care much.

The man was simply jealous of him.

He could let him wallow in his jealousy.

"Go on," Feng Yuanfeng said to the two behind him.

"Yes, Senior Brother."

The two stepped forward, produced their tokens, and entered.

"Senior Brother Lin, will you be participating in the upcoming Inner Sect Competition?"

Feng Yuanfeng suddenly asked.

"My cultivation is a bit lacking, so I won't be competing with you all," Lin Ming said with a smile.

"On the other hand, Junior Brother Feng, I heard you fought Chu Xuan last month and couldn't even last ten rounds."

Lin Ming added suddenly.

As soon as he spoke, Feng Yuanfeng was stunned, and his face darkened once again.

"Chu Xuan's strength is indeed a bit greater than mine," Feng Yuanfeng said, looking at Lin Ming.

It was true that Chu Xuan was stronger than him, but he still had more than enough power to handle someone like Lin Ming.

"Senior Brother Lin seems to pay quite a bit of attention to me?" Feng Yuanfeng remarked.

"I just happened to pass by the Martial Arts Arena and saw it," Lin Ming replied with a smile.

Attention?

The man wasn't worth his attention.

He really had just happened to pass by the Martial Arts Arena and witnessed their match.

Furthermore, Chu Xuan, who had defeated Feng Yuanfeng, happened to be an investment target of Lin Ming's on Flying Cloud Peak.

It was only natural for his investment target to easily defeat Feng Yuanfeng.

If he couldn't even beat a Second-layer Spirit Treasury stage like Feng Yuanfeng, he wouldn't be qualified to be Lin Ming's investment target.

"I'm actually looking forward to sparring with you, Junior Brother," Feng Yuanfeng said in a deceptively gentle tone.

"With my meager cultivation, I'm no match for you, Senior Brother."

Lin Ming declined with a smile.

A match?

Lin Ming knew the man just wanted to bully him, and he naturally wouldn't give him the chance.

If you want to bully me, go train for another few thousand years.

Though you might not even live that long.

"I believe you'll catch up soon, Junior Brother," Feng Yuanfeng said with a mysterious smile.

Their conversation ended there.

Half an hour later, someone emerged—one of the two Disciples Feng Yuanfeng had brought, a young man.

"Senior Brother."

"Wait behind me."

Fifteen minutes later, the girl also came out.

However, Feng Yuanfeng had no intention of leaving with them yet.

He knew Lin Ming had brought Su Lianxue to the Earth Origin Spring, and he wanted to see just how long this girl with Nine-and-a-half-segment aptitude could last inside.

Another half hour passed.

There was still no sign of Su Lianxue coming out.

Lin Ming wasn't surprised by this.

Since she was a Genius, it wasn't strange for her to persevere for a long time.

Roughly another two hours passed.

Su Lianxue still showed no signs of emerging.

"Senior Brother Feng, do you still have someone inside?" Lin Ming asked, seeing that Feng Yuanfeng had yet to leave.

The two Disciples behind him were looking rather impatient.

After all, they had been waiting for over three hours.

"I just want to see how long she can hold out," Feng Yuanfeng said.

One hour.

Two hours.

Time continued to slip away.

The sky was gradually darkening.

Fortunately, Lin Ming had anticipated that Su Lianxue would stay in the Earth Origin Spring for a long time and had brought her early in the morning.

Otherwise, he might have had to keep a night watch.

After a total of six hours of waiting, the mist finally dispersed.

Su Lianxue walked out of the Earth Origin Spring.

After the cleansing of the Earth Origin Spring, Su Lianxue could clearly feel her body becoming stronger, and the Impurities within her had been further purged.

She would soon be able to undergo her tenth Body Tempering.

Moreover, she now had a sixty percent confidence in succeeding with the tenth Body Tempering.

"Not bad. Six hours—Junior Sister, you've almost broken the Sect's record," Lin Ming said, nodding.

Six hours was indeed nearly a new record for the Sect.

"Let's go."

Feng Yuanfeng looked at Su Lianxue as she emerged from the spring, a hint of greed appearing on his face.

But he quickly suppressed it, turned around, and led his two companions away.

"Senior Brother, who is he?"

Su Lianxue frowned as she watched Feng Yuanfeng's departing back.

She could clearly sense Feng Yuanfeng's ill intentions.

She didn't recall ever offending this person.

"Him? Just someone who couldn't get into Zichen Peak," Lin Ming said dismissively.

Lin Ming hadn't known much about Feng Yuanfeng at first, but after encountering him a few times and sensing his obvious malice, he looked into the man.

To put it simply, he was someone who envied Lin Ming.

He envied Lin Ming for being accepted into Zichen Peak.

Feng Yuanfeng's own Aptitude wasn't bad—Seven-and-a-half-segment aptitude.

Supposedly, during the Mountain Worship Ceremony when he joined Yuanxu Mountain, he caught a glimpse of Peak Master Zichen's face and was struck by her beauty, which sparked his desire to join Zichen Peak.

However, his cheap Revered Master never appeared at the Mountain Worship Ceremonies.

The persistent Feng Yuanfeng had run directly to Zichen Peak and knelt outside.

In the end, he didn't even see his Revered Master's face before being unceremoniously thrown out.

He had no choice but to join Flying Cloud Peak.

Later, when Peak Master Zichen brought Lin Ming back from outside and took him as a Disciple, it ignited the man's jealousy.

Consequently, every time they crossed paths, Feng Yuanfeng would mock him, intentionally or otherwise.

He would mock his cultivation level and such.

Lin Ming, naturally, didn't care much about it.

After hearing Lin Ming's explanation, Su Lianxue put it out of her mind.

Such a person indeed wasn't worth worrying about.

"Senior Brother, who is the person who has stayed in the Earth Origin Spring the longest?"