Chapter 176 - Evanescence: The Prideful Son of Heaven (2/2)

Qin Fen looked at Du Hen with worry. Let alone the fact that Qin Fen’s strength was unable to return to its peak for the time being, before this Viper King, Qin Fen didn’t even have the power to resist even if he was at his peak if the Viper King was to truly to kill Du Peng.

The killing intent gradually faded away, and Du Hen returned back to his calm state of the Viper King. He slowly raised his cane. “I know what you are thinking. Be at ease. For consideration of Zhanpeng, I won’t kill him.”

Du Hen seemed to have aged quite a bit in a split second. He waved his cane around once more. “All of you should go rest now.”

The servant of the house quickly arrived before Qin Fen. He bowed and said, “Mister, please follow me.”

“Wuyi, is there something else?” Du Hen looked at Xing Wuyi, who stood in place, not leaving. Du Hen was a bit curious. This child, who normally didn’t even dare to breathe in front of his aura, had guts today that was truly far, far greater than usual.

“Grandfather Du.” Xing Wuyi drew in a deep breath. “I want to sleep in Zhanpeng’s room….”

Du Hen was stunned for a moment before his ice-cold eyes grew moist once more.

He didn’t say anything else this time. He just gently nodded his head. He raised his arm and waved his hand.

Xing Wuyi bent over in a deep bow of ninety degrees. He didn’t need anyone to lead him around. He quickly walked to the second story.

At this moment, Du Hen slowly leaned back in the large chair carved of wood. He stared idly at the lamp that hung in the hall. His mouth muttered in a whisper. “Pengster, you have a cohesiveness that is incomparable. You are able to have little Yi, who is incomparably afraid of me, to standoff against me for your sake. You possess an astonishing gift for martial arts. You possess an outstanding mind. You possess the skill to control your subordinates. Why… why did the perfect you have to….”

The hall sunk into a silence that was incomparable. All the servants and bodyguards quietly left this room. Everyone knew that this Viper King needed some peace right now.

Qin Fen entered the guest room. He lacked the strength to even undress and shower.

The door closed, and his entire body went weak. He simply laid on the soft carpet and fell asleep.

It was the unbounded space of darkness. The master of the school of theory slowly walked out from within the darkness.

“You must be tired, kid.”

Even if his body was resting, even if this was merely a dream, Qin Fen still felt the incomparable fatigue with his mind. He slowly nodded his head, not saying a word.

It wasn’t that he lacked the strength to speak, it was that Qin Fen didn’t want to speak. Everything about Du Zhanpeng was deeply engraved in his mind. There were pent up emotions in his chest, ones that were impossible to talk about.

“You made two mistakes this time.”

The master didn’t care about Qin Fen’s emotions. As a master of the school of theory in the martial dao, what he needed to care about was Qin Fen’s development on the martial dao.

“Two?”

Qin Fen raised his head. The words that the master just spoke contained extraordinary penetrating power. Even if Qin Fen was in a gloomy mood, the words were able to jolt Qin Fen’s entire mind.

“The first. You had just entered the five-star meteor level. You should not have transfused the purest of higher-level true energy into someone else’s body.” The master had a face of disappointment as he looked at Qin Fen. “Do you know? Do you know why there is such a huge difference between the titles of the four-star level and the five-star level? It is because their will is an essential change between them! In theory, the five-star level will never lose to the four-star level….”

The master looked at Qin Fen at this point. He shook his head and said, “You are an exception. But your exception doesn’t count. Of course, if using auxiliary equipment, a four-star can indeed prevail over the five-star. However, purely in theory, when two sides don’t borrow any external forces, this should be an iron law. Why is this? This is because of innate true energy!”

“Innate true energy?” Qin Fen was stunned for a moment.

“That’s right! Innate true energy.” The master’s state returned to the great scholarly demeanor of a teacher. “At the four-star level and below, true energy that is cultivated can completely only be acquired true energy. The moment someone breaks through to the five-star level, the innate true energy can be excited in one’s body. That innate true energy is extremely important. It can slowly transform all the acquired true energy of the four-star into the inmate state. It is true energy that is higher in purity. After going through this transformation, the innate true energy is leaps and bounds above acquired true energy, regardless of quantity or in quality.”

Qin Fen didn’t say a word. He waited for the master to continue speaking.

“Therefore, there is a broad name for those at the five-star level and beyond—innate expert.” The master thought for a moment and he added, “Of course, the meteor level is the first time when one excites innate true energy. The theory says that they are indeed considered innate experts. It is just that….”

“This has nothing to do with me….” Qin Fen twitched with his lips. “What’s my current state, then?”

“Right now, you….” The master’s expression grew difficult. “Originally, you really did enter the meteor level. If you had properly consolidated after the fights, then you would have become a true meteor level expert.”

“So you are saying that I fell back a level?” Qin Fen’s words contained not a hint of regret. If he had known clearly that such a conclusion would occur during the circumstances back then, he would have still chosen to do the same thing without the slightest hesitation.

“Yes, but is not just this.” The master sighed. “When you fell back to the four-star level, you didn’t know to restrain yourself at all. You continue to transfuse your true energy, to the degree that even your dantian region is practically dried up….”

“I fell down to the three-star level?” Qin Fen was a bit puzzled. If he really did fall back to the three-star level, he should be able to feel it. However, he had a clear sensation that he was a four-star martial artist.

“Not to that degree.” The master didn’t deny Qin Fen speculations. “It is just that if you hadn’t done these things, I can utilize the method of teaching – enlightening people with perfect wisdom – to help pull you back to the meteor level. Right now, you can only rely on yourself for everything. However, you have to mentally prepare yourself. Your situation is where you’ve renounced and fell back down, on your own accord, after ascending. Wishing to break through will be harder for you than for other martial artists.”

“It is okay.” Qin Fen shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t regret it. If I were to do it all over again knowing what I know now, I would still do the same thing.”

The master gave Qin Fen a thumbs up. “Excellent, kid. Though you have fallen back to the four-star level, this is not necessarily a bad thing. When you rely on your own efforts to slaughter your way back to the meteor level, your strength will let all five-star level experts know what being truly breathtaking means. How can those who have never experienced evanescence become prideful sons of heaven?”

“Evanescence?”

“That’s right! Evanescence doesn’t mean complete nonexistence. The word ‘evanescence’ is actually ‘nirvana’.” Master’s eyes flashed with excitement.