The fire crackled as everyone looked at each other. Some were tempted, while others hesitated.
Only then did Zhou Jing slowly speak, “Even if we want to rebel, now is not the time. Let’s put this matter aside for the time being and talk about it in the future.”
Although he always had that as his final objective, he did not intend to tell his team the goal of the rebellion so early. However, since Duan Yunfeng had taken the initiative to mention it, he could subtly influence the rest.
Speaking of which, Duan Yunfeng was influenced by his master and was also not restricted by the thoughts of the people. He did not care about the law and was bold in his actions. His composition was excellent and he could be the backbone.
“This time, I’ve really ‘drawn’ the perfect hero…”
Zhou Jing thought to himself.
Everyone chatted for a while more before stopping and studying the secret manual offered by Duan Yunfeng.
Zhou Jing flipped through it a little and realized that this Drifting Clouds, Misty Rain Technique was too soft and coincidental. It was not suitable for someone like him, who had great strength, so he did not plan to practice it.
There were many sects he was going to visit this time. He planned to find a fiercer internal cultivation technique and use it as the core cultivation technique of his second supernatural system, [Martial Arts Internal Energy].
Although in this world, just practicing martial arts moves could produce internal force, and strengthening through the fleshy body was not necessarily weaker than those who cultivated internal strength, internal cultivation methods still had their magical uses. Internal Force was different from external martial arts, and it was not suitable to change at will. It was not like he could practice as much as he’d like at the same time.
Similar to the main system of the fourth apostle, the [Martial Artist], the second supernatural system, [Martial Arts Internal Force], also had the concept of a core cultivation technique as the foundation of one’s internal strength.
Since the technique as foundation was reflected on the interface, it meant that the attribute enhancement that one could obtain was limited to the internal cultivation method. Moreover, other than the core cultivation method, the support cultivation method would be reduced by a certain percentage according to the conditions of rank, realm, and so on.
This was akin him cultivating two different low-level internal arts, but only one of them could provide a complete bonus, while the other only provided a portion of the bonus. The more cultivation arts there were at the same level, the greater the reduction… Therefore, it was very difficult for the number of low-level internal arts to exceed the results of cultivating high-level internal arts.
After cultivating a high-level internal art, he could replace a low-level internal art as the core cultivation technique and provide a complete bonus.
In addition, if one encountered a bottleneck in such a cultivation technique, they could accumulate strength according to their cultivation time until they reached the upper limit of this realm. It was the same for the martial artist system.
Zhou Jing did not practice this secret manual, but the others felt as if they had obtained a treasure. Many of the Green Forest martial artists had never seen a proper internal art before, so they were all curious.
However, this technique was the ultimate technique of the Wu Mountain Sect. As an internal technique, it required all kinds of prerequisite martial arts. No one had practiced the Wu Mountain Sect’s martial arts before, so they only knew a little about it.
Most of the martial arts of a sect were a set of systems that were inherited from the beginning. However, even after realizing this, one was discouraged. They planned to choose a sect that was suitable for them after taking revenge from the various sects and start practicing the other party’s basic martial arts.
Currently, among everyone, only Lin Song from the Wu Mountain Sect could completely understand this secret manual.
Lin Song held the secret manual, his heart excited. His hands were trembling, as if he was in a dream.
The martial arts sects in the martial world treated profound martial art techniques as treasures. To outsiders and even ordinary disciples, they were almost guarding against thieves. However, Chen Feng abandoned them like they were old shoes and was so generous.
“I-I can really practice it?”
Lin Song could not help but ask with a nervous expression.
He did not know if he, who had just joined, was qualified to enjoy this treatment.
Zhou Jing glanced at him, “If you don’t want to practice, you don’t have to.”
“I’ll practice! I’ll practice!”
Lin Song hurriedly replied, clutching the secret manual tightly.
He had never thought that he would one day be able to cultivate the ultimate technique that only the sect master could cultivate.
However, when he thought of the sect’s past kindness, he felt a little uneasy.
After hesitating for a long time, Lin Song finally mustered his courage and spoke,
“Brother, can we talk in private?”
Zhou Jing looked at him and brought him away from the fire. They went into the small forest to talk.
“What is it?”
Lin Song swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said in a low voice, “Brother, I have a presumptuous request… Can you let me stay in the Wu Mountain Sect?”
Zhou Jing raised his eyebrows, “What are your plans?”
Lin Song carefully observed Zhou Jing’s expression and said, “The sect master is dead, and no one knows my situation. Now that the Wu Mountain Sect is leaderless, I have an affair with the daughter of the sect master. I might be able to succeed in the position of sect master…”
Zhou Jing narrowed his eyes, “Oh? You just joined, and you want to quit now?”
“No, no, no, I definitely don’t mean that.” Lin Song quickly rejected it and said, “The Wu Mountain Sect is one of the eight great sects in the world. I’m thinking that if I can become the sect master, I can definitely use the power of the sect to do more for Brother.”
When he heard that the sect master had died halfway and did not manage to send the news of his betrayal back to the sect, his mind raced again.
Moreover, Lin Song felt that he was not a traitor to the sect at all. He had no choice but to join Chen Feng’s group to protect himself. Until now, he had yet to truly betray the interests of the sect.
Zhou Jing looked straight at him without saying anything.
Lin Song broke out in cold sweat as he explained, “Brother, I was indebted to Wu Mountain for imparting their skills to me. I can’t bear to see it decline, afraid that Brother would kill until blood flowed like a river, so I wanted to use this method to make my sect useful to Brother. Brother, please show mercy…”
He had indeed made this suggestion because he coveted the position of sect master, but it was not entirely out of selfishness.
To be fair, Lin Song felt that as a newbie who had just joined, he could not guarantee that Chen Feng would hold back on his account, so he thought of this compromise. He felt that as long as the sect could provide Chen Feng with useful information, Chen Feng would not start a massacre. If he compromised and shouldered the blame of being a criminal instead, he would be able to protect the lives of more senior and junior brothers.
As a captive in the enemy camp, Lin Song felt that he had done his best to consider the survival of the sect.
Zhou Jing touched his chin and slowly spoke,
“I don’t like these twists and turns, but since you have a request, I’ll go to the Wu Mountain Sect to kill fewer people. If you want to stay in the Wu Mountain Sect, then don’t come up the mountain with us. Find a reason to go back by yourself after this.”
“Thank you, Brother!”
Lin Song was overjoyed.
However, at this moment, Zhou Jing’s tone changed,
“If you want to be the sect master, I won’t help you, it will depend on yourself. If you become the sect master and still interact with us, you will only cause trouble, so I won’t ask you to do anything for us. But if I find out that you’ve done evil, I’ll come back from thousands of miles away to take your life. You should know my personality.”
“I definitely won’t dare to forget Brother’s teachings.” Lin Song’s expression was stern.
“Hmph.”
Zhou Jing turned around and left.
Back then, he had brought this disciple of the Wu Mountain Sect to provoke him and make the sect master of the Wu Mountain Sect attack him. Now that there was a grudge between the two sides, this person was useless.
This guy was originally a hostage. Although he had chosen to join not long ago, that was because he was forced and unwilling. Now that the situation had changed, Lin Song realized that there was still a way out and had other thoughts.
Since this person did not want to follow them all the way to the dark side, there was no point in keeping him by his side. Zhou Jing could not be bothered to force him, so he accepted his suggestion as a casual move. It was best if it was useful, but it did not matter if it was useless.
After Zhou Jing left, Lin Song stayed in the forest alone. He heaved a sigh of relief with mixed feelings.
He had dared to make this suggestion, but he did not have much hope.
He originally thought that he would be trapped in this outlaw’s nest in this life and would not be able to make a comeback. He did not expect that his Sect Master Shen had been intercepted halfway after being misunderstood and could not spread the news, and this Chen Feng was also willing to let him go.
Lin Song’s impression of Chen Feng was very complicated. Although he had suffered because of the other party, he had not suffered much physical pain. Moreover, Chen Feng’s actions made him feel both fear and respect.
Speaking of which, he was quite embarrassed. Along the way, he had personally witnessed Chen Feng’s actions of getting rid of evil. His blood was actually boiling, but he kept it in his heart.
For the sake of the future, as long as there was a way out, Lin Song did not want to become an outlaw… Although he was happy with Chen Feng’s actions, he always felt that this person would be exterminated one day for his arrogant actions. He did not want to die with him.
Moreover, he had to give a status to the woman he had secretly decided to marry. Even if she was willing to elope with him, he could not wrong her to spend time with the enemy who had killed her father…
“Sigh, it’s too difficult.”
Lin Song sighed. It was unknown if he hated Chen Feng or respected him more.
…
With another expert now in the team, everyone changed their direction without a delay and headed straight for the Wu Mountain Sect.
On the way, they alternated between taking a boat and walking. Two to three days later, everyone arrived at their destination.