Surviving in high-level martial arts and stacking Hextech

Chapter 24 Joining My God's Cult

On the maglev train on its return journey.

Jiang Feng, Sun Hao, and Luo Feng sat together.

Yuan Guannan was already asleep, and Fang Xiao, who was awake, for some reason, did not want to sit down.

"This Water Resources Expo is the highest-level industry exhibition held annually by Donglin Star. Apart from a few internally invited personnel, it is only open to martial arts students with potential from universities."

Sun Hao's voice slowly rang in their ears.

"Most of the advanced cultivation techniques and martial arts skills at the exhibition are prepared for college students. For you two, the most important thing is to try to obtain the latest marrow cleansing resources and see if you can take this opportunity to complete your martial bone transformation and advance to the Xuan bone level."

"Marrow cleansing resources? Free?" Jiang Feng was stunned. Wasn't this what he had been dreaming of before?

"Of course." Luo Feng laughed heartily and explained, "Of course it's free. One of the main purposes of this expo is to help me... no, to help those students who have potential but are limited by their innate martial arts aptitude to go further in the future."

"As you know, we don't get to choose what martial spirit is at birth, but that doesn't mean we're weaker than others."

After saying that, he gave Ding Xiuqi and the others a deep look in the distance.

Jiang Feng nodded, then asked疑惑地问道, "If that's the case, why not let our whole class go?"

"Do you think this marrow cleansing resource is like tap water?" Sun Hao said irritably. "This marrow cleansing resource is said to be free, but the prerequisite for obtaining it is whether you are qualified."

"You will all be tested on your abilities before entering the conference hall. Only those who pass the test will be allowed to enter."

"Understood, Teacher Sun." Jiang Feng silently made a note of it.

He certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity to obtain marrow cleansing resources for free.

Even though he already has the martial arts aptitude of the Profound Bone level, there are still Spirit Bone, Dao Bone, and even Saint Bone to come. The resources required for marrow cleansing in these stages are far more terrifying than this.

So it's always good to save them up first.

"Hmm." Seeing that the matter had been settled, Sun Hao gave the two a few more brief instructions before closing his eyes.

"Luo, taking this opportunity, Jiang Feng turned to Luo Feng, "I remember on the day of the class placement exam, the martial art you used was also the Flame Collapse Fist?"

"Just call me Luo Feng. We'll all look out for each other in the future, no need to be so formal." Luo Feng waved his hand. "It's the Flame Collapse Fist, what's wrong?"

"Then I'll call you Brother Luo," Jiang Feng said, changing his form of address. "How far have you progressed in this martial art?"

Hearing the other person address him like that, Luo Feng's tone became much more intimate. "I can now barely replicate the basic form and meaning of this move, but sometimes I still feel that the power exertion after circulating my qi and blood is stiff and the connection is not smooth."

He smiled wryly, "Mastering a Xuan-rank martial skill is indeed not that quick."

Jiang Feng then asked, "Brother Luo, how many days have you been practicing this martial art?"

"A few days?" Luo Feng's eyes widened, unable to contain himself. "I practice every day!"

Jiang Feng nodded thoughtfully, and after exchanging details about the martial art with the other party for a while, he stopped talking.

If Luo Feng wasn't lying to him... then his earlier guess was indeed correct.

This [Twin Flames] combined with fire-attribute martial arts actually accelerated my proficiency!

Having confirmed this, Jiang Feng decided to focus his attention on this martial art and strive to perfect it as soon as possible!

Of course, it would be even better if you could also stack a few layers of passive ability.

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The maglev train quickly returned to the lower city.

After saying goodbye to his classmates, Jiang Feng exchanged contact information with Lin Lu, who had been talking to him along the way, before returning to his rented room.

As he opened the door, a musty smell hit him. Without Ye Weiwei's tidying up, and with his recent intense martial arts practice... the house was gradually becoming unable to meet his needs.

Jiang Feng gave a bitter laugh.

After this Voodoo sect thing is over, I should move to a different place.

With a few hours left before midnight, he practiced the Heart-Suppressing and Evil-Guarding Mantra several more times. By 23 p.m., the [Blessing] proficiency of the Heart-Suppressing and Evil-Guarding Mantra had increased from 10% to 15%.

He emerged from his meditative state with lingering interest, tidied himself up for a while, and then headed to the Voodoo sect's stronghold.

..........

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Jiang Feng was the first to enter the movie theater tonight.

As with the previous two times, he first witnessed the eerie ritual, listened to the priest's impassioned sermon, and then grabbed the believer's hand when the believer came to distribute clean water to him.

The follower was slightly taken aback, but then he saw the fervor flashing in Jiang Feng's eyes and instantly understood his meaning.

"You stay here after this is over," he said to Jiang Feng with satisfaction.

"good!"

Twenty minutes later, only about ten people, including Jiang Feng, remained in the entire movie theater.

The once empty hall became much quieter instantly.

At this moment, another priest, who had remained silent until now, slowly walked to the front of the group, leaning on his cane.

"Come." A deep voice came from under the mask.

Jiang Feng and the others stepped forward and approached the high platform.

On the high platform, the skeletal priest slowly raised his hand, his withered fingers tracing the cracks on his mask, and firelight flickering in his eyes.

"My name is [Withered Bones]..."

"Your presence here signifies that everyone is prepared..."

"As you have seen before, our religion worships the Great Great Old Ones, ancient and powerful beings in the universe. They are gods, the origin of everything, the other side of the sea, and the end of all things..."

The priest, 【枯骨】, slowly descended from the platform. He gently waved his scepter, and green dust mixed with a sweet fragrance scattered like starlight, falling gently onto the heads of Jiang Feng and the others.

"Joining my religion... means breaking free from the shackles of the mortal world... From then on... one can seek transcendence."

Everyone present opened their arms wide, raising their heads in a frenzy to embrace the starlight.

Jiang Feng was the same.

However, before that, he had already silently bitten open the water-rich bead that Qin De had placed in his mouth beforehand. The vast and pure spiritual power turned into liquid at this moment and entered his heart without him having to do anything.

Starlight fell, but not a single ray landed on him.

"alright."

[Withered Bones] The priest withdrew his scepter, looked at the crowd below with satisfaction, and nodded.

The baptism ceremony is now complete.

[The skeleton] retreated, and the priest who had been preaching stepped forward, holding a pitch-black book in his hands. The edges of the book were a dry, dark brown, as if it had been soaked in old blood.

He picked up the ancient texts and began to read them aloud.

Everyone, including Jiang Feng, followed along and recited.

After an unknown amount of time, the prayers finally stopped.

"The Mass is over," the priest announced.

"From this day forward, you are followers of my Voodoo Cult. You may come here every midnight to receive resources and hear divine pronouncements."

His gaze slowly swept over the crowd below the stage. When he saw the dark red bracelet on Jiang Feng's left hand, he paused for a moment, but quickly looked away.

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