bookcurios Chapter 149 The Five Elements Counteract Each Other
Chapter 149 The Five Elements Counteract Each Other
At this moment, beads of sweat occasionally appeared on Feng Jiutian's forehead, and his face was somewhat pale. However, Feng Jiutian's stubborn nature would not yield, and he continued to use his spiritual power to control the fire dragon.
On the other side, the old man did not want to continue to waste time with Feng Jiutian, so he lashed his vine whip at the fire dragon.
In an instant, the fire dragon scattered and disappeared, and Feng Jiutian collapsed to the ground, exhausted and in a very sorry state.
As he slowly finished his practice, the old man standing in the distance looked at Feng Jiutian with approval in his eyes, but Feng Jiutian didn't have the strength to raise his head again.
"Compared to the past few days, you have indeed made great progress tonight. You were able to actually shape the flames, which has truly broadened my horizons." The old man recalled the fire dragon that Feng Jiutian had just conjured, and he was still amazed.
Feng Jiutian remained silent, her head bowed, slowly recovering her strength, but she took the old man's words to heart.
"It's just that you focused all your spiritual power on the attack of the flames and forgot the most important thing, defense. After the fire dragon was defeated, you suffered the greatest damage directly. You should pay more attention to this issue in the future," the old man said slowly, seemingly intentionally teaching Feng Jiutian.
On second thought, the old man was not only amazed by Feng Jiutian's rapid progress, but also felt regret. Through his fight with Feng Jiutian over this period of time, the old man had clearly seen Feng Jiutian's strength improve by leaps and bounds.
But he could also sense that Feng Jiutian still hadn't broken through and advanced, so he couldn't help but sigh softly.
However, the old man could see that Feng Jiutian was not someone this academy could confine her to; she would one day roam free, and that day was not far off.
Before Feng Jiutian could react, the old man waved his hand and disappeared into the bamboo forest.
Feng Jiutian remembered every word the old man said. After a moment of contemplation, she slowly raised her head and found that the old man had disappeared.
Feng Jiutian lifted his heavy body, slowly got up, and walked out of the bamboo forest.
Back inside, Feng Jiutian sat quietly on the bed, closed his eyes, and slowly channeled his spiritual energy to repair his damaged body.
Looking back on the past month, Feng Jiutian insisted on going to the bamboo forest every night to fight the old man, fighting to the end with a stubborn spirit of not giving up until he achieved his goal. Each time he was beaten until he was exhausted and covered in wounds, but he still refused to stop.
However, even in such a tough and unyielding environment of persistent fighting, Feng Jiutian's progress within a month can be described as rapid.
In actual combat, Feng Jiutian's control over the five elements and the use of spiritual power became increasingly skillful and refined, and her understanding of the techniques became more and more thorough.
Feng Jiutian was aware of all of this, otherwise she wouldn't have continued to go despite repeated setbacks. However, to Feng Jiutian's dismay, her body was still stuck at the peak of the ninth level, unable to progress, which made her very depressed.
Meanwhile, the school's instructors also heard about the fight between two people in the bamboo forest every night. When they found out that it was an old man, they didn't say anything, which seemed to have become an unspoken understanding.
Gradually, before he knew how much time had passed, Feng Jiutian felt that he was becoming more and more proficient in controlling spiritual power.
It seems that dueling with a master is different from dueling with ordinary peers. When dueling with students from school, you learn more about their moves and how to win in battle. But when dueling with an elder, you learn how to use your spiritual energy to win more efficiently and how to discover the enemy's weaknesses. These are all valuable experiences.
After the final duel, Feng Jiutian coughed lightly and gasped for breath.
She could clearly feel the old man intensify his attack on her once again.
"Hang in there." The old man sighed softly, feeling a pang of reluctance, but he steeled himself.
He might tolerate Feng Jiutian for a short time, but it would not benefit Feng Jiutian in the future.
If you want to climb higher, you have to endure—endure hardship, endure setbacks, and even endure all the costs.
This is the price of success.
Feng Jiutian shook his head, paused for a moment, and said softly, "I know."
She had always known what the old man was thinking.
She took the old man's intentional teachings to heart, so she studied them diligently.
This is something that books and teachers wouldn't teach; only the elderly would instruct him in this way, and she was extremely grateful.
In the past two days, she has clearly realized that she has reached a bottleneck, which is why the old man increased the intensity to make the training more elastic.
The old man sighed softly, and his figure disappeared again.
Feng Jiutian was already used to his elusive nature, and quietly lay on the ground, looking at the night sky.
The night sky was quiet, with only the chirping of birds and Feng Jiutian's heavy breathing all around.
For the first time, Feng Jiutian realized how beautiful the night sky was.
A surge of spiritual energy slowly flowed into Feng Jiutian's body, nourishing his parched meridians.
"Old man, how much longer do you think we can endure this?" Feng Jiutian murmured, his voice weak and listless.
She didn't even have the strength to stand up, so she could only lie there, admiring the beautiful scenery she had never cared about before.
Xuanji Zi slowly channeled spiritual energy into Feng Jiutian, and upon hearing this, firmly said, "For a lifetime."
Feng Jiutian chuckled softly.
She wouldn't settle for mediocrity; if that's the case, then she'd aim for heights that ordinary people can't reach.
To reach that level, one can only dedicate a lifetime to perseverance and hard work.
Feng Jiutian slowly straightened up and walked heavily toward the pavilion.
Behind him, the old man hid deep in the woods, watching from afar, stroking his beard in deep thought.
Seeing that Feng Jiutian had stood up, the worry in his eyes lessened a bit, and he turned to leave.
Jiuyao suddenly appeared beside the old man and asked in a deep voice, "Why did you use such a heavy hand today?"
The old man stroked his beard, deep in thought.
“I always felt that something was wrong with this girl. She has been fighting me for more than a month, and her mastery of spiritual power has improved remarkably. She also understands the principle of the five elements’ mutual restraint. But why can’t she advance? Moreover, the spiritual power in her body has reached a saturated state. She just needs that one opportunity.”
The old man said with some doubt.
With Feng Jiutian's talent, he should have advanced already.
That's why he went to such lengths today; he wanted to test whether Feng Jiutian was hiding her true strength.
However, after a series of tests, he was 100% certain that the strength Feng Jiutian was displaying was indeed her true strength.
That makes no sense at all.
Upon hearing this, Jiuyao's eyes flashed with a thoughtful expression.
As a magical beast, he had a special connection with Feng Jiutian.
This feeling was strange, and it was the least expected kind of feeling.