The tree that stands tallest in the forest will be the first to be broken by the wind.
Or, as they say, it’s lonely at the top.
When soone suddenly becos exceptional, yet hasn’t earned the trust of others, all sorts of malicious people will co swarming in.
In lighter cases, they’ll just resort to malicious slander.
In more severe cases, they will use every trick in the book to suppress them. They’ll pull out all the stops to drag the person down and crush them underfoot. Only then can they restore their own sense of balance or prove their own worth.
When he beca the Elder Cyan Dragon, Qin Feng had already ntally prepared himself. However, he had still underestimated the malice of others.
Inside the Bishui Cave Mansion, Qin Feng carefully inspected the area around the Lotus Pool. Soon, a cold sneer appeared on his face. ’An Array?’
As Qin Feng’s figure moved around the edge of the Lotus Pool, a very unfamiliar Array Map quickly appeared in his mind.
’Sealing, locking, and suppressing!’ Qin Feng mused. Within a few breaths, he had analyzed the function of this strange Profound Array Map.
’If I’m not mistaken, this Profound Array is ant to seal the Spiritual Qi here. It seems to be drawing in all the Spiritual Qi, rging it into the Earth Vein, running it through the Earth Vein to temper the mountain’s body!’
’Who set up this Array!’ Qin Feng’s expression was grim. He could tell that this Profound Array’s level was not high.
It was a Second-level Profound Array at most.
However, this Profound Array had a trace of an Ancient Profound Array Map’s essence, and its function was quite ingenious.
This strange Array even had the wondrous effect of nurturing the Earth Vein, gathering the essence of the mountains’ and rivers’ Earth Qi, and purifying the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land. Over ti, it could not only nurture the spiritual air of the landscape but also help the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land upgrade automatically.
However, the Array had one major flaw.
Most of the Spiritual Qi in the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land was being forcibly devoured by the Array and rged into the Earth Vein.
In other words, the Spiritual Qi on Heavenly Red Peak would gradually diminish, and the peak would eventually lose all of its Spiritual Qi in a short period.
For the Heavenly Red Peak Spirit Mountain Blessed Land as a whole, this Array was entirely beneficial with no drawbacks. But for Qin Feng personally, it was entirely detrintal with no benefits.
Not only would he be unable to practice his cultivation, but the nurous Spirit dicines in the Spirit Garden would also begin to wither one by one.
As the Cave Master of Heavenly Red Peak’s Bishui Cave and Commander of its many dicine Boys, Qin Feng was responsible for looking after all the Spirit dicines on the mountain. If these Spirit dicines were vibrant and plump, with lush leaves and ripe fruits, Qin Feng would naturally receive great credit.
If he could cultivate a few more Spirit dicines, the ti it would take for him to advance to a Sixth-level Disciple might be significantly reduced.
Conversely, if any problem occurred with even a single Spirit dicine on the mountain, the first person the Elders from the dicine Garden would hold responsible would not be soone else, but naturally Qin Feng, the Cave Master of Heavenly Red Peak’s Bishui Cave.
This was the genius of Yu Fuchen’s sche. Even if the matter were exposed, the higher-ups at All Stars Academy wouldn’t bla him. Instead, they would praise him.
Qin Feng would simply be the natural sacrifice in the process.
This was what Yu Fuchen was most proud of.
But the most venomous part was yet to co!
Even if Qin Feng reported this to All Stars Academy, the investigation would surely take ti. More ti would be needed to reach a conclusion, and even more ti after that to handle the matter.
By the ti all that was over, three months would have likely passed.
By then, the Cyan Dragon Academy’s first assessnt would have probably begun.
After wasting three months, how could Qin Feng possibly get a high score on the assessnt?
At that point, Qin Feng would, in all likelihood, be unable to hold on to his position as Elder Cyan Dragon.
Once he lost the position of Elder Cyan Dragon, it would likely take ten, or even a hundred tis, the effort to get it back.
For a student who had just entered All Stars Academy, this was practically a fatal blow!
With just a turn of his thoughts, Qin Feng instantly understood the vile intentions of the person who had secretly set up the Array.
’They’re trying to ruin my future!’
Ruining soone’s future is like murdering their parents—an absolutely irreconcilable grudge!
BOOM! Dust flew everywhere!
Seventy-two long, sinister black nails buried underground were instantly exposed to Qin Feng’s sight!
’Thankfully, I am a master of the Array Dao and was able to see through this hidden, treacherous sche in ti. If it were anyone else, they probably would have died without ever knowing what hit them!’ Qin Feng thought, a trace of relief showing in his eyes.
The calculations of the person who set up the Array were truly insidious.
However, trying to plot against an Array Grandmaster like him with an Array was a fool’s errand, dood to fail!
His gaze fell upon the sinister black nail at his feet, which was entwined with wisps of black Evil Qi.
This was an Earth Evil Nail, refined from a Thousand-Year Coffin Nail.
The Earth Vein beneath the ground was like a soaring dragon, and this bizarre Array was like a Dragon-locking Nail, pinning that dragon-like Earth Vein in place. All the Spiritual Qi was locked away by these thousand-year Earth Evil Nails.
These seventy-two Earth Evil Nails were bathed in dense Xuanhuang Earth Qi. Cleansed by the Xuanhuang Earth Qi, they had already taken on a rich, magnificent, bright yellow hue.
They had already beco an Exotic Treasure.
Qin Feng’s gaze fell upon the Array. At this mont, it held no more mysteries for him. Breaking it would be as easy as lifting a hand.
As long as he broke this mysterious Array, all the Spiritual Qi would be released once more.
Qin Feng slowly raised his hand, gathering his Innate Primordial True Qi in his palm. All he had to do was pull out these seventy-two Earth Evil Nails, and the surging Spiritual Qi would gush forth again.
But in the next mont, a glint appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes. Looking at the Array, he suddenly had a new idea.
’Since this Array can be used to nurture a Spirit Mountain Blessed Land, purify its Spiritual Qi, and raise its level, I wonder if it could also be used to nurture those precious dicinal herbs?’
A strange thought suddenly occurred to Qin Feng. As far as he knew, most Spirit dicines grew in places with abundant Spiritual Qi.
The reason those Spirit dicines possessed all sorts of magical properties was mostly that they had absorbed the spiritual essence of heaven and earth and the quintessence of the sun and moon, granting them their incredible, mystical effects.
This Array had a similar function: it could lock Spiritual Qi and purify Spirit dicines!
Qin Feng stared at the Array, various thoughts flashing through his mind.
This Array gave Qin Feng a flash of inspiration. Perhaps he could modify it into an Array that promoted the birth of Spiritual Objects.
According to what Qin Feng knew, for every new type of Spirit dicine added to Heavenly Red Peak, he would receive a certain number of rit Points.
The higher the grade of the resulting Spirit dicine, the more rit Points Qin Feng would receive.
At All Stars Academy, the standard for a First-level Disciple was one rit Point.
To advance to a Second-level Disciple required five rit Points.
To advance to a Third-level Disciple required ten rit Points.
To advance to a Fourth-level Disciple required twenty rit Points.
Advancing to a Fifth-level Disciple required fifty rit Points.
Advancing to a Sixth-level Disciple required one hundred rit Points.
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rit Points were extrely difficult to obtain. According to the rules of the dicine King Hall, cultivating ten Thousand-Year Spirit dicines would only earn a single rit Point.
And if Qin Feng wanted to advance to a Sixth-level Disciple, he would need to cultivate at least one thousand Thousand-Year Spirit dicines!
That was a terrifyingly high number!
With a faint, bitter smile, Qin Feng shook his head, temporarily pushing the thought aside. His gaze quickly fell back on the seventy-two Earth Evil Nails.
The most important thing right now was his cultivation. The proper path was to use the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Mountain Blessed Land to quickly cultivate the Little Cloud Rain Technique and the Geng tal Breaking Killing Technique to the 3rd Layer or higher.
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