Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1599 - 1636: Ah Du

Ah Du was momentarily lost in thought. He couldn’t believe that within the Cultivation World there could be a young cultivator more outstanding and formidable than the Lake Master. It was absolutely impossible...

"Did you hear that?"

Long Ren looked at the dazed Ah Du and asked.

"Ah, yes! Lake Master." Ah Du came back to his senses and agreed immediately.

"Alright, then you go back to your room and wait. Tomorrow we’ll enter the Xuantian Secret Realm." Long Ren said directly.

"Yes." Ah Du replied and immediately left Long Ren’s room, but in his mind, he kept wondering what kind of person the so-called elder brother of the Lake Master really was. He knew he would find out everything tomorrow...

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Long Ren also didn’t stay in his room but headed towards Ding Fan’s room. He was looking for Ding Fan partly because he had many questions about the formations and partly to inform his elder brother to be ready for the entry into the Xuantian Secret Realm the next day.

Swish, swish, swish...

Long Ren had just arrived at the courtyard entrance of Ding Fan’s location when he heard agile footsteps from inside. Surprised, Long Ren peeked in stealthily to see that his elder brother Ding Fan was practicing the Transcendent Strike, moving with the speed of the wind, his form flickering and unpredictable.

Long Ren was astonished by this sight. In just a few hours, his elder brother had already cultivated to such an extent. Long Ren recognized the movement technique Ding Fan was displaying; it was clearly the content of the second Chapter of the Transcendent Strike. In such a short time, his elder brother had already cultivated to the second Chapter. It was simply unbelievable!

Long Ren was well aware of the difficulty in learning the Transcendent Strike. For a cultivator with average talent, learning even the first Chapter was very challenging. For fast learners, it could take months, and for slower ones, even years.

If the disciple had excellent talent, like the Daozi he taught, who was already considered to have pretty good talent in the Cultivation World, it took them almost a month to cultivate to the first Chapter. When the Daozi reached the second Chapter, half a year had passed. Ultimately, it took the Daozi two years to reach the third Chapter of the Transcendent Strike.

The Daozi had already been cultivating the Transcendent Strike for five to six years and had only reached the fifth Chapter. The Transcendent Strike had a total of nine Chapters, and mastering all of them was not easy. After all, the Transcendent Strike wasn’t an ordinary martial art.

But Long Ren truly hadn’t expected that his elder brother, in just a few hours, had already cultivated to the second Chapter. It was simply astonishing. His elder brother’s martial arts talent was nothing short of miraculous!

As Long Ren was in a daze, Ding Fan, whom he was watching, suddenly disappeared and reappeared in front of Long Ren, startling him into shouting:

"Elder brother, this... this is the initial divine position of the third Chapter! You’ve mastered it already!"

Ding Fan heard his words, forced a smile, and said:

"Not quite mastered, just barely."

Ding Fan, in this period, had already cultivated to the second Chapter of the Transcendent Strike. The third Chapter’s content was barely achieved. Ding Fan only considered himself to have learned it, not very proficiently, but he was confident that after a night of practice, he would be more adept.

"Elder brother, this is really unbelievable! You’ve already learned the third Chapter?"

Long Ren couldn’t help but ask incredulously after hearing Ding Fan’s words. He couldn’t quite believe what Ding Fan was saying. It was important to know that it took Daozi a full two years to reach the third Chapter. But his elder brother had done so in just a few hours, which was simply unbelievable!

Even Long Ren himself took three months to reach the third Chapter, initially believing that perhaps no one in the Cultivation World would take less time than him. Moreover, Long Ren considered his martial arts talent as quite outstanding, but to his surprise, his elder brother did it in just a few hours. How could Long Ren not be shocked!

Ding Fan looked at Long Ren’s expression and nodded helplessly, saying:

"Well, I suppose I’ve learned it, but I’m not very proficient. Give me a night, and I should be almost there."

Long Ren was startled by Ding Fan’s words, hardly expecting that Ding Fan could learn so quickly. It was simply incredible! To think that with one night, his elder brother could master the initial divine position of the third Chapter of the Transcendent Strike, it was truly unbelievable!

"Elder brother, you’re not human! Simply too... unbelievable!"

Long Ren still looked shocked as he spoke to Ding Fan.

Ding Fan heard Long Ren’s words, smiled calmly, and then said to Long Ren:

"Compared to your training pace, I’m still far behind."

"What, you should know I’ve been cultivating for several years, if not nearly ten!"

Long Ren couldn’t help but speak with a bitter expression. He continued:

"With Big Brother’s cultivation speed, I fear that focusing on mastering the Transcendent Strike for another year might allow you to surpass me!"

"Perhaps."

Ding Fan responded with a faint smile upon hearing Long Ren’s words.

Ding Fan’s martial arts cultivation talent wasn’t particularly outstanding, though it was quite decent. However, his martial arts mastery at this moment was indeed much stronger than before. All the credit for this improvement goes to the Mortal Fist from the stele. Up until now, Ding Fan hadn’t encountered any martial arts harder to learn than Mortal Fist. Its difficulty level was truly astounding, yet not only did mastering Mortal Fist significantly enhance its power, but it also greatly improved Ding Fan’s martial arts mastery.

Ding Fan understood that his current rapid learning in martial arts was largely due to his diligent practice with Mortal Fist.

Especially the movement technique evolved from the Transcendent Strike, which bore some similarity to Mortal Fist. This is why Ding Fan was able to learn the Transcendent Strike so quickly, and the foundation provided by Mortal Fist greatly aided him. Ding Fan believed that without his experience in learning Mortal Fist, he wouldn’t have learned the Transcendent Strike so fast.

"What brings you here, my virtuous brother?"

Ding Fan directly asked.

Suppressing a bit of shock, Long Ren spoke to Ding Fan:

"Elder Brother, I came to inform you that tomorrow we will enter the Xuantian Secret Realm. Please be prepared."

"Alright," Ding Fan readily agreed.

For a moment, Ding Fan felt some anticipation. He had heard about the Xuantian Secret Realm long ago, and after hearing Long Ren’s introduction, he became even more eager. He hoped to gain some opportunities there, as the Dayang Sect’s current power was still weak. Only by becoming strong himself could the sect establish a true footing in the Cultivation World.

"By the way, Elder Brother, I’d like to consult you on matters regarding formations," Long Ren said directly.

"Sure, let’s talk inside," Ding Fan replied.

Then the two entered the room where Ding Fan began explaining some matters on formations to Long Ren.

Time passed unnoticed, and Long Ren asked all the questions he wanted, while Ding Fan patiently explained everything about the formations. By dusk, Long Ren finally understood some issues and left Ding Fan’s room. Returning to his room, he began setting up formations once again.

This time, before setting up formations, Long Ren informed the maid at the door in advance to avoid previous incidents. Despite a night’s effort, the results weren’t great, but he had made some progress. Now, Long Ren could elevate a Four Star formation to a Five Star level, but he was unable to advance it further. He didn’t lose heart, believing that with enough time, he would eventually master those formation techniques taught by his elder brother.

Meanwhile, Ding Fan didn’t idle for the whole night; instead, he cultivated continuously. At this point, Ding Fan had become quite familiar with the third Chapter of the Transcendent Strike, almost mastering it. His performance was already not far from that of Daozi.

Of course, Daozi, having cultivated the Transcendent Strike for many years, was still more powerful, but Ding Fan, having achieved this level in just one day and night, was already remarkably impressive. Such a cultivation speed was something even Long Ren couldn’t manage.

Ding Fan was confident that during the month inside the Xuantian Secret Realm, if he kept cultivating intermittently, it wouldn’t be impossible to reach the fourth Chapter of the Transcendent Strike. Thanks to the foundation laid by Mortal Fist, regular martial arts truly didn’t pose much challenge to Ding Fan, making cultivation quite easy. What was difficult for others felt manageable to him.

Soon, it was the next day, the day to enter the Xuantian Secret Realm.

Having prepared and changed into fresh clothes, Ding Fan headed straight for the Purple Bamboo Forest, as Long Ren had previously told him.

Upon reaching the Purple Bamboo Forest, many cultivators had already gathered. The sect masters of the thirty-six caves were present, as were Long Ren and the Great Elder, along with several other elders from the thirty-six caves. Naturally, Lu Ferng and other disciples were also there.

"Big Brother, over here!"

Upon seeing Ding Fan, Long Ren couldn’t help but call out directly.

Ding Fan immediately made his way toward Long Ren, and those sect masters he passed couldn’t help but show respect, slightly bowing. Their attitude toward Ding Fan had completely changed, now genuinely respectful, acknowledging him as the Lake Master’s esteemed elder brother.

Previously, when they addressed him as big brother, it was mainly due to pressure from the Lake Master. They hadn’t truly recognized anything remarkable about him. However, after the recent selection competition, everyone acknowledged and submitted to him, especially the sect masters of the thirty-six caves, who highly admired Ding Fan.

They knew that even if they turned back to the age of Ding Fan and the Lake Master, they probably wouldn’t be as outstanding. In fact, even now, they weren’t necessarily better than him. Especially after witnessing the matters regarding formations yesterday, their admiration for Ding Fan grew even stronger.

At such a young age, he was already a Grade Nine Alchemist and could set up formations more powerful than the Nine Stars Formation. Even mid-stage Soul Division cultivators and Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators couldn’t break it together, which was truly unbelievable.

Obviously, this elder brother appeared to be even more exceptional than the Lake Master!