"How does Young Master Lin find this tea?" Qin Shijun asked.

Lin Feng, expressionless, said, "The fragrance of the tea lingers between the teeth, refreshing the spirit; it is indeed fine tea."

"Yes... This tea came across by chance, and today having the fate to meet Young Master Lin, I specially use this tea for the occasion, glad that Young Master Lin likes it," Qin Shijun said with a smile.

The Enlightenment Ancient Tea is very precious, and although it can be acquired through some means, it is evidently hard for ordinary people to obtain.

The man before him, Zhou Shijun, is definitely not a simple character. Just from his offering of Enlightenment Ancient Tea, one can tell his status is extraordinary. However, since he did not mention that this is Enlightenment Ancient Tea, Lin Feng would not explicitly point it out.

"Young Master does not seem to be a cultivator from the Great Sun Domain!"

...

Zhou Shijun inquired.

Lin Feng replied, "I come from the Heavenly State Domain."

Zhou Shijun said, "It appears you have come for the Demon Lotus."

Lin Feng replied, "Indeed, I see many cultivators come for the Demon Lotus, but to whom it eventually belongs will depend on fortune and destiny."

Zhou Shijun sighed, "Whenever a Supreme Treasure appears, bloodshed is inevitable. This time, I fear, is no exception."

Lin Feng said, "The cultivator world is just as cruel; this is an unchangeable reality!"

Lin Feng and Zhou Shijun had a conversation lasting more than an hour, finding much in common, and Lin Feng also had lunch at Zhou Shijun’s place.

In the afternoon, Lin Feng bade farewell to Zhou Shijun, intending to leave.

Little Yaoyao was very reluctant to let Lin Feng go, holding onto Lin Feng’s clothes with her big, watery eyes, not speaking a word, simply refusing to let him leave.

"Big brother will come to see Little Yaoyao again, alright?" Lin Feng said, rubbing Little Yaoyao’s head.

Little Yaoyao thought for a moment, nodded heavily, and stretched out her little hand, saying, "Then big brother mustn’t lie to Little Yaoyao, let’s pinky swear, those who lie aren’t good brothers."

Lin Feng chuckled, saying, "Alright, big brother and Little Yaoyao pinky swear, big brother will definitely not lie; if he does, then he is not a good brother."

After their pinky swear, Little Yaoyao was happy and kissed Lin Feng on the cheek.

This is the innocence of children; at this age, they have their own insistences and thoughts.

Lin Feng fondly stroked Little Yaoyao’s delicate face before leaving.

...

He found an inn in Sunset City, sealing the room with prohibition, and remained in closed-door cultivation for three days. During these three days, he gained significantly as the Enlightenment Ancient Tea led him to a profound sudden enlightenment. Lin Feng cultivated the Great Cause and Effect Skill to a minor achievement state, forming a Divine Ability Array as waves of Power of Cause and Effect surged forth.

"Where there is cause, there must be effect."

Lin Feng murmured to himself.

"My soul is suppressed by this world’s rules, unable to break the Heaven and Earth Rules suppressing my soul. What is the cause? What is the effect?"

Lin Feng couldn’t help but muse.

The suppression of his soul by Heaven and Earth Rules continues to trouble him.

The Heaven and Earth Rules suppressing the soul are extraordinarily powerful, and to this day Lin Feng has not broken them. He estimates it might take a long time to truly dispel the suppression.

Back when he fought the Golden Giant Dragon, had his soul not been suppressed by Heaven and Earth Rules, when he employed the Soul Miniature wielding a sword, he might well have taken the dragon’s head with one strike, avoiding later perilous situations.

Moreover, with his soul suppressed, Lin Feng could not enhance his soul power.

Though his cultivation has broken through to the Sixth Level of Reincarnation Realm, his soul power remains at the Fifth Layer Heaven.

Bear in mind, at the time when Lin Feng’s cultivation was still at the Life and Death Realm...

The soul power had already reached the Fifth Layer Heaven of the Reincarnation Realm.

Now he is in the Sixth Level of the Reincarnation Realm.

Yet his soul power remains in the Fifth Layer Heaven.

The reason for the stagnation in soul power is due to the suppression by the Heaven and Earth Rules.

...

The raising of the soul is extremely important for a cultivator, for the stronger the soul, the deeper one’s wisdom, the more meticulous one’s reasoning becomes.

Even during enlightenment, it becomes easier.

Why is it that while cultivating the same Divine Skill, a Divine Realm Expert can master it with mere glances, while those below the Divine Realm must ponder for a long time and still might not even reach entry-level?

It is because Divine Realm Experts possess strong souls and profound wisdom.

The strength of the soul is the cause.

Profound wisdom is the effect.

This is also a manifestation of the cause and effect cycle.

Due to profound wisdom, the perspective and contemplation of a Divine Realm expert are beyond comparison with those of low-level cultivators.

...

Now, having achieved minor success in the Great Cause and Effect Skill, Lin Feng has gained a completely new understanding of many things.

Including a new understanding of the relationship between cause and effect.

Just as with the cause and effect relationship between a strong soul and profound wisdom.

Similarly.

"Having descended into this world, being repelled by this world’s Heaven and Earth rules, thus my soul is suppressed by them!"

Such includes an inherent cause and effect relationship.

Descending into this world and being repelled by the Heaven and Earth rules is the cause.

The soul being suppressed by the Heaven and Earth rules is the effect.

...

However, both cause and effect stand relative to each other.

Now Lin Feng suddenly thought of a new cause and effect relationship.

The significant improvement in his cultivation is the cause.

His enhanced cultivation granting him the ability to break the suppression is the effect.

Having understood this reasoning, a smile appeared on Lin Feng’s face.

"What a cause and effect cycle! In this world, there’s neither absolute cause nor absolute effect; the development of anything is relative. Since cause and effect are relative, I can use the Great Cause and Effect Skill to dissolve the Heaven and Earth Laws suppressing my soul."

Lin Feng began to operate the Great Cause and Effect Skill.

Instantly, torrents of the Power of Cause and Effect surged into his mind.

Crack... crack...

Soon, the Heaven and Earth Laws suppressing Lin Feng’s soul began to disintegrate.

One hour later.

All the Heaven and Earth Laws completely vanished.

Lin Feng immediately felt a sense of lightness.

"Haha, the Great Cause and Effect Skill is indeed formidable. It broke the suppression of my soul’s Heaven and Earth rules so effortlessly, saving me at least two years of time," Lin Feng said with a smile.

Originally, Lin Feng calculated that with his strength alone, it would take at least over two years to completely break the Heaven and Earth Rules suppressing his soul.

But now, the Great Cause and Effect Skill easily dispelled the Heaven and Earth Laws suppressing his soul.

Leaving Lin Feng immensely pleased.

After leaving seclusion, Lin Feng was in great spirits, intending to find a place to drink and relax.

But just as he stepped out, he heard news about the Demon Lotus.

The Demon Lotus had been found by Daoist Wang Tianyi of the Heavenly Secret Sect, and many powerhouses were heading to seek the Demon Lotus.

The Demon Lotus now appeared on the Great Sun Plain, reportedly besieged by numerous experts.

More and more experts were heading to the Great Sun Plain, and after receiving the news, Lin Feng also left Sunset City for the Great Sun Plain.

On the third night after Lin Feng’s departure, dozens of black-clad individuals, with swords on their backs, arrived in Sunset City under the cover of darkness.

Their cold, sinister gazes were fixed on a shop that had long closed, which was precisely Little Yaoyao’s place.

"Is it here?" The leader of the black-clad figures asked, his voice as hoarse and unpleasant as a night owl’s mournful cry.