CHAPTER 416: CHAPTER 409: BANQUET_2

"Right, Young Master Lin Feng, which country are you from?"

Mu Lingping, upon hearing Lin Feng’s mention of "your Dongsheng Country", instantly knew that Lin Feng was not a national of Dongsheng Country.

"I come from Hu Ben Country!"

Lin Feng said.

"Hu Ben Country!"

Mu Lingping and Xu Xinghan, upon hearing this, were immediately surprised; they originally thought Lin Feng might be from Wuning Country, since Wuning Country is adjacent to Dongsheng Country, separated only by the Yan River, and Wuning Country is also a great nation.

But they didn’t expect that Lin Feng would actually come from a small nation like Hu Ben Country.

The two were secretly astonished that such a small place like Hu Ben Country could produce a genius like Lin Feng!

The three of them chatted while flying and did not find it boring. As night fell, they finally reached the Imperial City of Dongsheng Country.

The Imperial City of Dongsheng Country, named Dongsheng City, is indeed the namesake of Dongsheng Country.

This city is the largest one in Dongsheng Country, with a population closing in on a hundred million, immense and boundless, its length and width unknown.

When Lin Feng and his party arrived in Dongsheng City, it was already evening, so they stayed at a luxurious inn, planning to meet the Third Prince of Dongsheng Country at a banquet next morning.

Inside the room, Lin Feng showed a contemplative expression. His cultivation had been completely consolidated. Although the tempering of True Yuan had not reached the ultimate, it was not far off.

At this moment, there was just a little over one month left until the Hundred Extremes Tournament.

"It’s time to make a breakthrough, I can’t wait any longer!"

Lin Feng murmured to himself; if he did not break through his cultivation quickly, he would truly be unable to contend with the top-level talents of Hongyu in the Hundred Extremes Tournament.

According to what True Man Wande said, the Crown Prince ranked fourth on the Hundred Extremes List could slay three Martial Artists at the Martial Master Seventh Layer with one strike. Such strength among the younger generation was already terrifying!

If by that time, his strength was still the same, facing such a level of talent, he would indeed be defeated in one move.

Therefore, he only had this little over a month to continuously improve his strength if he wanted a collision with those top-level talents.

Whoosh!

With a sweep of his hand, countless Spirit Stones appeared before Lin Feng.

"Burst!"

Lin Feng uttered softly and suddenly stirred the Demon Dragon Star, causing countless Spirit Stones to explode, transforming into surging Spiritual Energy that completely enveloped him.

Boom!

A massive amount of Spiritual Energy poured into Lin Feng’s body, constantly refining into True Yuan.

True Yuan surged rapidly, stormy and tumultuous like ocean waves.

"Burst! Burst! Burst!"

Piles of Spirit Stones continued to explode, the entire room filled with fog-like Spiritual Energy.

A quarter of an hour later, the Dantian inside Lin Feng’s body began to tremble, accelerating in frequency.

After a short while, under the impact of the huge amount of Spiritual Energy, the Dantian finally broke through a certain Binding, swelling crazily and expanding rapidly.

After a long time, the room returned to calm, the rich Spiritual Energy gone without a trace.

"Earth Martial Master Third Layer Middle Stage!"

Lin Feng’s eyes shone brightly, having devoured this massive amount of Spirit Stones, his cultivation had broken through to the Earth Martial Master Third Layer, and then took a small step further.

"Too many Spirit Stones were consumed!"

With the breakthrough in cultivation, his strength soared several times, but Lin Feng didn’t show much joy on his face, instead a hint of seriousness appeared.

For this assault on the Earth Martial Master Third Layer Realm, he had used up over four million Low Grade Spirit Stones, multiple times more than what was consumed when assaulting the Second Layer.

Up to now, out of the thirty million or so Low Grade Spirit Stones he looted, half had been used up, with only eighteen million left!

Eighteen million Low Grade Spirit Stones, to an ordinary Earth Martial Master Third Layer Martial Artist, would be a tremendous fortune, enough to cultivate to the Peak of Earth Martial Master, but for Lin Feng, it was simply not enough.

After pondering for a while, Lin Feng didn’t continue with the plan to attack the Earth Martial Master Fourth Layer; he decided to first stabilize his Cultivation for a while longer before making a breakthrough.

"I’d better cultivate my physical strength!"

Lin Feng murmured to himself; he needed to synchronously elevate his True Essence Cultivation and Physical Strength.

Shortly after, Lin Feng continued to devour Spirit Stones and started to intensify his physical body by operating the Eighth Layer of the Wanxiang Divine Skill.

Lin Feng was covered in a golden glow, resembling a series of flickering phantoms.

Cultivating the physical body is much simpler than cultivating True Essence; there are hardly any bottlenecks. Lin Feng constantly devoured spirit stones, which allowed his physical strength to continuously increase.

Half an hour later, Lin Feng stopped cultivating; his physical strength was now comparable to a Martial Master Fifth Layer martial artist.

"Damn, this even consumes more spirit stones than breaking through in cultivation!"

Lin Feng cursed involuntarily. Although his physical strength had greatly increased in such a short time, it also cost him over five million low-grade spirit stones.

The terrifying consumption was hard for him to bear.

"I only have thirteen million more low-grade spirit stones left, which won’t last much longer!"

Lin Feng sighed inwardly, thinking, "After the Hundred Extremes Tournament, it seems that I’ll need to find a way to make money!"

In Lin Feng’s heart, having tasted the sweetness of robbery, he undoubtedly considered it the most lucrative livelihood. However, it was clearly impractical to rob individuals one by one, but opportunities to rob thousands or even tens of thousands of people at once were far too rare.

"Forget it! I’ll take it one step at a time!"

After a while, Lin Feng cast aside the messy thoughts in his mind and began refining his True Yuan, returning to his cultivation.

...

In the early morning, as the sunrise began, Lin Feng, Mu Lingping, and Xu Xinghan had breakfast in the inn and then headed to the eastern part of the Imperial City.

Half an hour later, the three of them caught sight of a huge manor.

"This is the Third Prince’s Cloud Dream Manor, where the banquet will be held!"

Mu Lingping introduced to Lin Feng.

At this moment, in front of the grand gate of the manor, there were quite a few people gathered, and young martial artists were converging on this place from all directions.

Lin Feng was surprised. It seemed the summoning power of Dongsheng Country’s Third Prince was no small matter, attracting so many people to attend the banquet.

Soon, Lin Feng and his two companions also arrived at the gate.

"Those who have a slot in the Hundred Extremes List can enter the manor directly. Those who do not have a slot must have at least reached the peak of Earth Martial Master Second Layer to be eligible for entry."

At the entrance of the manor, there stood neatly a dozen guards, all of whom had the cultivation of Earth Martial Masters, and among them, a middle-aged guard captain had a cultivation reaching Earth Martial Master Fifth Layer.

The person who spoke was the guard captain.

At this moment, most of the crowd gathered in front of the gate did not meet the requirements and could not enter to participate in the banquet, leaving them to sigh in disappointment.

Lin Feng and his companions stepped forward and, after showing their Hundred Extremes Tournament tokens, were allowed to enter the manor unimpeded.

Just as they entered the manor gate and heard footsteps from behind, Lin Feng turned his head and was momentarily startled; it was an acquaintance.

Feng Xiu!

The person who had come from behind was none other than Feng Xiu, the talent from Wuning Country, ranked seventy-eight on the Hundred Extremes List.

"It’s you!"

Upon seeing Lin Feng ahead, Feng Xiu’s gaze instantly sharpened, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

"Heh, Feng Xiu, long time no see!"

Lin Feng gave a slight smile and said.

Feng Xiu frowned slightly, with a somewhat strange expression, and managed a forced smile, saying, "Long time no see!"

Feng Xiu held some wariness in his heart towards Lin Feng.

Lin Feng’s ability to pass through nine levels in the Misty Xuan Giant Tower had already proven his talent and ability to fight above his level.

And Lin Feng’s act of slaying Xin Wuming with a single sword strike further showcased his formidable combat strength, even if Xin Wuming was gravely injured; the fact that Lin Feng achieved this was not to be taken lightly.

Lin Feng nodded slightly towards the other party and immediately turned to walk into the manor.

The three followed the jade stone path through the manor, passing fake mountains, green waters, pavilions, and buildings until they arrived at a vast and spacious rear garden.

At this moment, the garden was filled with no less than five or six hundred people, all young talented martial artists.

In the grand rear garden of Cloud Dream Manor, hundreds of banquet tables were arranged on the ground, piled with various spirit fruits and beverages, emitting a rich fragrance.

Hundreds of young talents with strong auras sat at these tables, drinking and chatting merrily.

At the main seat at the front, a tall young man sat in a golden python robe, his aura extremely reserved, giving off an unfathomable impression. Just by sitting there, it felt as though he had the authority to control everything with a mere gesture.