“Number one, Liu Feng. It looks like you are the true winner of today.” the city lord laughed as he looked at me.

The others all got their rewards, except for the skill. The city lord looked at me.

“The Liu Family is lucky. I saw your final attack. It was truly marvelous. Your future is truly bright. You can select what skill you want within the city lord mansion after this. Now then, here is your Foundation Tempering Pill. I think that it will benefit you the most, given that you are in the first layer.” the city lord said.

He handed me a black box with a dragon engraving on it. Just looking at it, anyone could understand that it was something expensive, and that something precious was inside. It was also heavy. I surmised that there was possibly a jade layer within to preserve the efficacy of the pill.

With this, the city lord went back and looked at the crowd.

“Finally, the martial gathering has concluded!” he said with a thundering voice. We were right next to him, but his voice did not deafen me like I expected it to. Instead, it felt normal. Like someone was talking to me normally.

The crowd started to thin. Within a few minutes, only the families and the other participants remained. The city lord shook his head as he looked at me and the ones beside me.

“Now, it is time for you three to get the reward that is most important. You need to go to the Spirit Jade pool, do you not? Let us take you there.” the city lord smiled.

I felt a suction force trying to pull me away. I gave way, and immediately, the force took me up. I had no sense of direction, and could not tell where I was.

Thump!

I landed on the ground, and I was not on my feet. I felt a little dizzy. Looking around, there were three others. The city lord, Du Xiangling and Cai Lien were standing tall and strong, looking at me with confusion.

“They must be used to something like this. I guess that I am not. But where the hell am I?” I wondered as I got up and looked around.

The place was calm and serene. There were trees everywhere. This did not seem like it was anywhere near the city. I could not hear a thing. There was a giant pool in front of me. The center of the pool was raging. The color of the water was a jade green, which I think gave it its name.

“For three days, you shall enter the spirit jade pool. The others, you know your time limits. Once you are done with your time, you will be taken out immediately. Not a second longer. The Spirit Jade pool takes too much time to recover, and I would not want you to get more than you can bite off.” the city lord looked at me.

“What the hell is he looking at me for? Do I have that bad a reputation around here?” I thought.

The other two nodded and looked at the pool eagerly. Meanwhile, I was not as enthusiastic as they were. This was a good opportunity, yes. But my biggest cheat was not temporary. I did not need to be so desperate for something like this.

“What are you waiting for? Do you want to waste more time? Go inside.” the city lord nudged.

Immediately, Du Xiangling and Cai Lien jumped into the pool. They did not even hesitate for a second. I shrugged and went in as well. I took a deep breath and jumped into the pool.

Splash!

The water was cold, but that did not bother me much. I could feel my pores open up immediately. There was this power that was rushing in. I did not need to breathe anymore. There was no need for air. All my energy was coming from the water around me. This was too mysterious.

I looked around first. The pool was deep. I could not even see the bottom, but for some reason, it felt like there was something within. There was a force that stopped me from rushing in. It just seemed to stop me from going further.

“Fine then. I should just use the Heaven Devouring art and try to absorb as much energy as I possibly can.” I told myself. With experience, the best way to absorb energy of any kind, whether from a pill, or just the energy around me, was through the Heaven Devouring art. It was the strongest art possible for this.

The water offered little resistance to my strong body. I could effortlessly perform the Heaven Devouring art, but it was just that it was slower than normal.

Qi coursed through my veins. More and more of it just rushed in. I could feel my body heat up, like the time when I broke through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

“What if something like that happens? I will get screwed over.” a thought suddenly dawned over me.

Ping!

“Host has broken through to Foundation Establishment stage Second layer.” the system buzzed.

Ping!

“Story Quest Mission alert!

Host must travel down the pool and find the source of the Spirit Jade Pool. Time limit – three days.

Penalty – Loss of One level.”

“What the hell? I need to go down to see what is the source of the pool? Why is the system so goddamn irritating at times? So ironic. Just when I started praising you. Well, I have three days. In just a few minutes, I already broke through one layer. This is like a cheat way to break through. I think that I should try and break through another time and take as much as energy as I can before I go down.” I thought to myself.

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