Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1582 - 1619: As Steady as Walking on Level Ground

Chapter 1582: Chapter 1619: As Steady as Walking on Level Ground

Lu Ferng looked at Ding Fan, who was already prepared for the competition, with some curiosity. He wondered what kind of results the other would achieve in this competition. After all, Ding Fan was the elder brother of the Lake Master, so his skills shouldn’t be insignificant. Lu Ferng also knew that the other’s skills were indeed not small.

Being such a young Grade Nine Alchemist was extremely rare in the Cultivation World; the other could definitely be called a once-in-a-lifetime genius in the Alchemy World. Even though Lu Ferng acknowledged his own excellence, he knew that compared to the other, he was not inferior, even if the other didn’t have strong cultivation.

A person’s energy is limited. The more outstanding and young the Alchemist, the weaker their early-stage cultivation, which is the common problem of Alchemists. However, evaluating an Alchemist only requires looking at their pill refinement skills. The higher the grade of the Medicine Pill they can refine, the greater their future cultivation achievements would be.

Therefore, Lu Ferng did not have any belittling thoughts towards Ding Fan, but he wasn’t very optimistic about Ding Fan’s performance in this competition either.

Being such an outstanding Alchemist, Ding Fan clearly suffered more from that common problem of Alchemists. There are very few comprehensive talents in the Cultivation World. Although he was often called a versatile cultivator, he also had his main focus, which was cultivation.

As for other things like pill refinement or formation setup, he only had a basic understanding and was not particularly specialized. For instance, his own level of alchemy was only equivalent to a Fourth Grade Alchemist at best.

Naturally, he could not compare with the elder brother of the Lake Master, a Grade Nine Alchemist.

At this moment, standing amidst the crowd, Lu Ferng heard some disparaging comments about Ding Fan, but he remained very calm and did not express any understanding of Ding Fan’s subsequent competition. After all, Ding Fan had already excelled as an Alchemist, and in the field of specialization, Ding Fan was even better than him. Naturally, he had no reason to look down on Ding Fan.

At this moment, among the crowd was Leng Jian, who was still healing. Looking at Ding Fan by the shores of the Lake of Purity, his gaze was a mix of coldness and an unusual prayer. He didn’t care how the disciples saw Ding Fan, he persistently prayed that Ding Fan would achieve good results in this competition and successfully secure a place in the Xuantian Secret Realm, fulfilling his own wish in the process...

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Under the gaze of everyone, Ding Fan directly jumped into the Lake of Purity, then calmly and steadily walked from one stone step to another towards the flower bed in the middle of the lake. Ding Fan wanted to see what was in the Lake of Purity that emitted such a powerful force.

Were it an ordinary force, Ding Fan would not be very interested, but this force happened to have a strong repulsive effect on a cultivator’s Divine Sense. Ding Fan thought if he could incorporate this force into an unknown formation, wouldn’t it greatly enhance his formation?

When it comes to formations, once a cultivator is trapped within, to break it, they must find the formation’s core. This is something he excels at due to his strong Divine Sense. Other cultivators with strong Divine Senses are also adept. If this force could be used in the formation to seal the Divine Sense of those trapped, wouldn’t the formation become even more impregnable?

As Ding Fan pondered this, he found himself unconsciously arriving at the tenth stone step. He didn’t feel much, only that his Divine Sense was slightly obstructed, but with a bit of effort, he didn’t feel anything amiss. It was only at this point that Ding Fan felt slightly heavier pressure.

The crowd was dumbstruck at this scene of Ding Fan. In such a short time, the man had reached the tenth stone step, which was simply unbelievable! The most incredible thing was that he reached those ten stone steps as if he was just taking a stroll, seemingly very relaxed, which shocked everyone deeply!

"Damn! He reached the tenth stone step so quickly! That’s the fastest speed so far!"

"How on earth did Ding Fan manage this?"

"His cultivation is supposed to be weak, isn’t being able to take one step considered good? How did he suddenly reach the tenth stone step! This doesn’t make sense!"

"How could he walk so far, this is just unbelievable!"

"Isn’t that guy a Grade Nine Alchemist? How did he manage to go so far?"

"..."

The faces of the crowd were filled with shock. Not only did Ding Fan quickly reach the tenth stone step, he also still had a strong inclination to continue forward, leaving everyone in shock. Ding Fan’s performance had completely exceeded the expectations of the Heart Sect disciples; it was simply incredible!

Long Ren, seeing this scene, was very pleased. He had always known that his elder brother’s skills could never be displayed in a mere selection competition. Long Ren then turned back, his gaze sharply directed at the Thirty-Six Caves’ sect leaders. At this moment, their faces were extremely grim, filled with shock, never expecting that the Lake Master’s elder brother would reach the tenth stone step so effortlessly.

This was simply too incredible! Moreover, Ding Fan still intended to keep moving forward, which had utterly exceeded the expectations of these Thirty-Six Caves sect leaders. It was a completely unexpected scene!

Ding Fan didn’t pay attention to the eyes of those people, he just continued to walk forward step by step. At first, Ding Fan just felt that his feet were a bit heavy, but very soon, Ding Fan felt that his calves were somewhat heavy. At this moment, Ding Fan looked back and saw he had already reached the seventeenth step.

Although there was still nearly two-thirds of the way to go to reach the flower bed in the middle of the Lake of Purity, Ding Fan’s performance in this section had already surpassed that of Lu Ferng, becoming the new number one. Naturally, Ding Fan wouldn’t stop there; he didn’t care much about achievements, as Ding Fan was merely curious about what kind of thing was in that flower bed in the middle of the Lake of Purity.

Ding Fan estimated that he still had two-thirds of the way to the flower bed. Judging by his current state, it seemed that walking over wouldn’t be an easy task.

"Never mind! Just do my best,"

Ding Fan muttered to himself, then continued stepping towards the direction of the flower bed. In places where the distance between two steps could be several meters, Ding Fan directly exerted strength with his feet to leap over them, then continued to step over the stairs...

The cultivators by the lake were astonished and at a loss for words. No one would have thought that Ding Fan could so easily surpass Senior Brother Lu Ferng’s results and still continue forward. It seemed he was still far from reaching his body’s limits...

Everyone was somewhat in disbelief at this scene, their eyes glued to Ding Fan, unable to speak for a long time.

Soon, Ding Fan felt that his thighs were getting heavy. By then, Ding Fan had reached the thirty-fifth step. Finally, Ding Fan infused Divine Vigor into his feet and continued to walk...

At this moment, not only were all the disciples dumbfounded, but the sect leaders of the Thirty-Six Caves behind Long Ren were also wide-eyed, looking incredulously at Ding Fan, who kept moving forward, their hearts surging. This was simply unbelievable!

Even if the other party was the Lake Master’s elder brother, he couldn’t possibly be that formidable! For these sect leaders of the Thirty-Six Caves, it wasn’t an easy task to walk to Ding Fan’s distance in the Lake of Purity, but it was apparent that Ding Fan had yet to reach his limit.

It was shocking how people couldn’t contain their astonishment. Long Ren sneered at the look of disbelief on the faces behind him, feeling a deep disdain. These old fellows doubted his vision, doubted his elder brother’s abilities; truly, they lacked insight.

Among the crowd of disciples, Lu Ferng couldn’t help but be shocked, never imagining that the Lake Master’s elder brother, Ding Fan, had already walked out thirty-five steps. It was simply incredible! Could it be that he had concealed his cultivation?

But the other party was such a young alchemist, and logically, he should be weak in terms of cultivation, shouldn’t he? But how could he walk such a distance? And soon Ding Fan had already crossed half the distance from the lake’s edge to the flower bed in the middle of the Lake of Purity.

This was simply unbelievable!

Lu Ferng was deeply shocked, finding it hard to believe that the other party could achieve this. After all, Lu Ferng was a cultivator who had walked through the Lake of Purity. He knew how strong the mysterious force in that lake was. When he reached the sixteenth step, he had already reached his physical limit. Afterward, he could, like Leng Jian, desperately push forward several steps.

But reaching the distance Ding Fan had was absolutely impossible.

Even with his current Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivation, he couldn’t reach such distances. Even if he reached the Divine Transformation Stage, it would be difficult because Lu Ferng understood that the mysterious force in the Lake of Purity counteracted not all True Qi. As a cultivator, using True Qi to resist that mysterious force was not very effective.

He still couldn’t clearly explain what exactly the mysterious force in the Lake of Purity was.

At this time, Leng Jian watched Ding Fan. When Ding Fan reached the tenth step, he was quite happy, at least knowing that the opponent’s result would not be too bad in this round of competition, ensuring a spot to enter the Secret Realm. But when Ding Fan’s performance surpassed that of Lu Ferng,

Leng Jian’s heart became heavy. Yet Ding Fan did not stop. He kept moving until now. At present, Leng Jian felt an unwilling desperation in his heart for some reason, doubting whether even if Ding Fan secured a spot to enter the Xuantian Secret Realm, he could defeat him.

This despair filled Leng Jian’s eyes with bloodshot veins as he desperately tried to suppress the sensation, resisting the sudden despair rising within him with the belief that he must slay Ding Fan.

However, as Ding Fan continued moving forward, the despairing demon in Leng Jian’s heart grew stronger, with the belief that he must slay Ding Fan progressively losing to the demon of despair...

At this moment, Ding Fan continued moving forward, and soon he reached the fiftieth step. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

By then, Ding Fan’s Divine Vigor’s effects were almost exhausted, and signs of discomfort began to appear in Ding Fan’s body. Even though Ding Fan’s Divine Sense could still resist the force in the Lake of Purity, it seemed to have reached a certain limit.