Instantly, however, Dao Jun’s face sank. His all-conquering blade was bounced back and an unstoppable force made its way through the blade to assail him.

His attack had inflicted a bloody mark upon Chen Feng’s back. However, the muscles on Chen Feng’s body simply twitched a few times and the wound disappeared.

Pa!

Chen Feng abruptly turned around. He did not utilize any moves. Instead, he simply smashed his body against Dao Jun’s body. As a result, a series of cracking sounds rang out and Dao Jun fainted. As for the blade in his hand, Chen Feng grabbed it with his hand, crushing it to pieces before swiftly flinging the shattered pieces around, causing a mist of blood to burst out into the air as cries of misery rang out from all around him.

“That feels good!” Chen Feng’s charged. After blocking another incoming attack, he formed a Great Longevity Palm, which he used to send another cultivator flying.

Next up, Chen Feng became like a humanoid monster of legend as he charged forward. The cultivators caught in the path of his charging body were all seriously wounded and their formation was quickly destroyed. In the face of Chen Feng’s formidable display of might, the rest of the cultivators no longer had the guts to attack.

Truth be told, the cultivators from Absolute Academy were very strong. The main reason why Chen Feng could so easily defeat them was because of his monstrous defensive power. Unless his opponents were utilizing Dao artefacts, their attacks would be practically ineffective. At most, they would only be able to leave a shallow wound on his body.

After he was done with them, Chen Feng took one step forward to appear before Young Master Feng Liu. Next, the Longevity Sword appeared and Chen Feng displayed the Explosion of Wind and Lightning move to break through Young Master Feng Liu’s defence. After that, Chen Feng followed it up with a Volcanic Power move, which moved through the sword before erupting forward. Seeing that, Young Master Feng Liu’s face sank sharply and he hastily backed away. Due to that, he could no longer spare the time to continue attacking Lan Ling and the twins.

“Oh, you have quite the ability. However, you are no match for me. Just scram,” Chen Feng said with a smirk and he waved Young Master Feng Liu off.

Chen Feng’s earlier rampage gave off an aura of absolute savagery. As for Gui Liubing and Lan Hai, they had already backed away, retreating to the side as they cast a look of disbelief at Chen Feng.

“He is definitely not a starter-level Human Immortal!”

“Forget it, then! Consider us unlucky this time. However, we won’t let this slide. There are many formidable cultivators in Absolute Academy. Kid, this ability of yours is nothing!”

Gui Liubing and Lan Hai then brought their wounded companions away. They did not forget to leave some threatening words before that.

Chen Feng did not give chase. For Chen Feng, only some high-level Human Immortals or Earthen Immortals could pose a threat to him. Not to mention, if he were to utilize his strongest killer move, he could even kill off Earthen Immortals. Naturally, that would come at a price.

After Jue Wushen’s group had left, Tie Yuan, Feng Jian and the others stared at Chen Feng. It was as though they were looking at a ghost. The only exception was Lan Ling. Although she also felt shocked, she was already psychologically prepared.

“A starter-level Human Immortal could instantly defeat mid-level Human Immortals. Not to mention, the mid-level Human Immortals are also students of Absolute Academy. If news of this were to spread out, it would definitely shock the whole world of cultivation!” Tie Yuan said in awe.

The Four Great Holylands represented the pinnacle of cultivation geniuses for the world of cultivation. However, that earlier display from Chen Feng had already surpassed that of those geniuses.

“Truth be told, I only possess a formidable defence. In terms of secret techniques and others, I am actually lacking,” Chen Feng said with a chuckle.

“Regardless, defence is also a form of power. What is most important is your ability to defeat your opponent, not how you defeat your opponent,” Feng Jian said sagaciously.

“Incredible! I didn’t think that you could be so powerful! You must help me out in the future. As it so happens, there are a few fellows that I don’t like. In the future, you must help me teach them a lesson!” Jian Qingling jumped up and down.

“Don’t talk nonsense!” Jian Qingwu hastily grabbed her little sister’s hand.

“Let’s go. We’ll have plenty of time to talk about that. We should head to the academy first.”

“That’s right. Junior Brother Chen has yet to report in.”

“It looks like we cannot call him junior brother anymore. We need to call him senior brother.”

“Ha ha ha! Guys, don’t joke around.”

After Chen Feng’s group left, the entire street fell into a state of uproar as the cultivators there promptly began talking amongst one another. Naturally, they were discussing the earlier fight. Their main focus was none other than Chen Feng.

“What’s the background of that youngster from back then? He is so powerful! He was able to defeat all his opponents with just a few moves.”

“That’s right. Jue Wushen, Lan Hai and Dao Jun all possess a formidable level of strength. They would normally strut about arrogantly. Unexpectedly, they would end up suffering from such a major loss today.”

“Did you fellows notice it? That youngster is just a starter-level Human Immortal. Impressive! He could actually beat up an entire group of mid-level Human Immortals. Hurry up and go check! A formidable character has appeared in the world of cultivation. This is big news!”

“No need to check. That youngster earlier is Chen Feng, the Island Lord of East Dragon Island. He is the one who had just recently thrown Void City upside down. He is a youngster whose name has been ringing loudly in the world of cultivation recently.”

“So, it is Chen Feng. No wonder he is so powerful. However, why did he come to Absolute Mountain City? Not to mention, there are also students from Absolute Academy accompanying him. Wait, is he also a student of Absolute Academy?”

“That is possible. However, from what I can see, that Chen Feng is very powerful and his moves are shrewd and ruthless. He doesn’t look like a starter-level Human Immortal to me. Perhaps, he is hiding his true strength.”

“That sounds logical.”

Moving away from their discussion, Chen Feng had already – following Lan Ling and the others – reached Absolute Academy. Unlike what Chen Feng had expected, the architecture of Absolute Academy was not unlike that of the other buildings in the city. There was none of the grandness and lustre that Chen Feng had expected. On the contrary, it appeared slightly dilapidated.

However, Chen Feng could sense that there was something different about this place when compared to other places. There was an exalted atmosphere here, one filled with vitality. In fact, Chen Feng could even sense the atmosphere of the Immortal Plane there, albeit slightly.

As Chen Feng was already a Human Immortal, capable of linking up to the Immortal Plane, he was certain about that. In the beginning, he had felt surprised. However, he quickly surmised that this situation was brought about due to the existence of Immortal artefacts.

Even first-rate sects would have Immortal artefacts to safeguard them. When considering that, this Holyland should have more than just a few Immortal artefacts, no?

Seeing the expression on Chen Feng’s face, Lan Ling said smilingly, “What? Are you feeling disappointed?”

Chen Feng shook his head and replied smilingly, “Looks like I will be staying here for a long time.”

The meaning behind those words was that Chen Feng could make use of the environment and resources here to cultivate himself. He was not particularly interested in the secret techniques or cultivation techniques that he could learn here. Due to the Longevity Scripture, Chen Feng had a low opinion of other cultivation techniques. Not to mention, there were also some decent cultivation techniques littered inside the Longevity Tower.

More importantly, in the process of regaining his memories, Chen Feng had also received some legacies of the Longevity Clan. Add the existence of this extremely ancient monster known as Tower, there was no need for Chen Feng to worry about that.

That was the thought going through Chen Feng’s mind. However, it did not take long before Chen Feng realized that his view was somewhat incorrect. His stay in Absolute Academy would come to teach him some important things.

“Junior Brother Chen’s rate of cultivation is very fast. Perhaps, it will not take long before you leave this place and explore outer space.” Lan Ling didn’t know what was on Chen Feng’s mind.

“Outer space is too dangerous. That will have to wait until I reach the Earthen Immortal stage. Right now, the most important issue is for me to stabilize my cultivation base,” Chen Feng replied with a chuckle.

Truth be told, after Chen Feng recovered his memories, he had planned on staying quietly within East Dragon Island for some time. At that moment, however, it would appear that coming to Absolute Academy was a good decision.

Not to mention, East Dragon Island now had a large-scale teleportation array. Thus, Chen Feng could return anytime. The amount of spirit stones required for the teleportation process was nothing for Chen Feng, after all.

Next up, Lan Ling led Chen Feng over to register. As for Tie Yuan and Feng Jian, they had seemingly become stimulated. After bidding the others farewell, they headed back to their respective residences to begin cultivating themselves.

The registration process proceeded smoothly. Absolute Academy accepted Chen Feng as a student and arranged a place of residence for him. It was a somewhat ordinary-looking grotto-mansion. This arrangement from Absolute Academy was a reasonable move, done according to Chen Feng’s cultivation level.

Chen Feng was indifferent towards the arrangement, but Lan Ling became somewhat displeased. She wanted to inform them of Chen Feng’s true strength so as to get Chen Feng a better place of residence, only for Chen Feng to stop her.

For Chen Feng, any place in Absolute Mountain Range would do as a place for cultivation. At any rate, he was not lacking in cultivation resources. What he wanted the most at that very moment was to quickly start cultivating himself and grow stronger as fast as possible.

“Junior Brother Chen, your place of residence has been arranged and all the related items have been received. If you want to find me in the future, just use the Messaging Talisman. Now, it is time I return to cultivate myself,” Lan Ling bid Chen Feng farewell.

After Lan Ling’s departure, Chen Feng’s soul surged and his divine sense promptly spread out to scan everything within a radius of 500 kilometres. Next, he broke down the surrounding restrictive arrays and personally went about setting up new restrictive arrays.

He worked on them for a good three days. After that was done, Chen Feng sat down quietly within the grotto-mansion. Reaching his hand down to make contact with the ground, he sent his senses deep underground.

It did not take long for Chen Feng to make contact with the underground essence vein. Wave after wave of fleeting but thick power kept emerging from the depths of the earth, penetrating the thick soil to nourish everything.

As expected, it truly is world essence power. Chen Feng grew delighted.

Chen Feng was aware. If it weren’t for the fact that he had absorbed world essence power before in the past, he wouldn’t have been able to so easily sense it.

Naturally, the ability to sense it was one thing. The ability to absorb and refine it was another.

It might be a difficult issue for other cultivators. For me, however, it should be very simple. Next, energy streams surged through every part of Chen Feng’s body and power abruptly emerged from the palm that was pressed against the ground. A black hole appeared upon his palm and a formidable suction force began to quickly absorb the essence power beneath the ground.

Chen Feng was displaying both the Demonic Heavengorging Art and Heavengulping Absorption Technique. He had utilized the two overbearing cultivation techniques at the same time. Thus, there were practically no energy sources within the universe that he could not refine.

As predicted, strands of essence power that were deep underground were pulled up and absorbed. Next, all of them flowed into Chen Feng’s palm, moving through his arm and into his body.

Chen Feng did not immediately refine the absorbed essence power. Instead, he stored them up first, waiting until the amount absorbed had reached a certain level before starting the refining process.

1 li = 0.5 km