Calm Before the Storm

Name: Wu Nao

Bone Age: 31

Level: 0

Realm: Mortal

Number of Spiritual Roots: 3

Spirit Root Attribute: Metal, Thunder, Fire

Talent: 56

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"Oh? I found someone with matching spirit root attributes here!"

Liu Feng considered this a great fortune.

The Metal and Fire combination was the most compatible when it came to one occupation—Weaponry Smithing.

"But, I don't have much planned in terms of creating weapons and whatnot right now."

He glanced at the greyed out options on the system's Creation tab. Right now, all he could access was Manual Creation and nothing else.

Liu Feng shrugged. At the very least, he knew who to turn to when the time came.

As for now, Liu Feng took Wu Nao back to the village and poured a bucket of water over his face.

"Wha—? Where am I?"

Wu Nao forced his groggy eyes open. As he stood up, he felt the changes in his body. Even before doing any cultivation, just having his spiritual roots back increased his strength by twofold.

To test his new strength, Wu Nao walked up to a large boulder and glared at it. He clenched his hand and struck his fist!

Wu Nao felt an immense pain comming from his hand, but it was within his expectations. What he wanted was to see if his fist would imprint any kind of mark on the boulder.

And as expected, there was a very obvious fist imprinted onto the boulder. Before he met Liu Feng, he wouldn't have been able to even scrape off the surface with his full strength.

Before he knew it, Wu Nao found himself welled up with gratefulness.

"Master, I am indebted to you." He kowtowed once more.

"Then I expect you to work hard for the sect." Liu Feng flashed a smile, after which he monitored his surroundings.

The villagers surrounding them were amazed. It turned out that the pill that Wu Nao had taken wasn't for sadistic purposes, it was to restore his peak strength!

The enthusiasm that died down earlier reignited the longer they stared at the fist on the boulder.

Before long, Liu Feng was swamped with villagers wanting to become his disciple. In the end, he could only force a laugh.

.....

A week silently passed.

During this time, he had talked to all the villagers that wanted to be his disciple. For the time being, he had accepted everyone, even those with zero talent, including the midget Chou Lou.

That was because his task for this week pertained to this.

[New Task: Recruit 50 disciples.]

Needless to say, he easily surpassed this number and gained 5 Impure Spirit Stones from the Weekly Task Gift Pack as well as 50 DP.

There was also the fact that for every disciple he got, Liu Feng would gain an extra 1 DP on the turnover.

Of course, once he had enough DP, he would kick these people to the curb, or assign them to menial tasks. A sect should have standards after all.

"They'd still enjoy the benefit of the sect anyway. I don't have a guilty conscience."

As for Shu Fanrong, she had taken a break from cultivation for now and went hunting for stronger beasts in the mountains.

Liu Feng had realized why she was unfazed when she first killed a boar. Her reputation around the village was unmatched. She was known as the most violent kid in the village—that wasn't to say that she was not good-natured, it was just that when push came to shove, she would not hesitate to raise her fist.

It seemed like she had inherited these violent tendencies from her father.

"Sounds about right."

Liu Feng recalled Shu Dashou attacking him right away when they first met.

The similarities between father and daughter were undeniable.

"Ah, speaking of..."

Liu Feng had also checked in on Shu Dashou's state after he gave him a Peak State Pill. Since then, both husband and wife had returned to their peak, with glowing skin and wrinkles missing from their faces.

In particular, Wen Yingyu was a massive change!

Liu Feng had done a double check when a beautiful woman greeted him as he entered the house.

As for Shu Dashou, his strength had increased by multiple folds. Liu Feng figured that he had some hidden injuries that were healed by the Peak State Pill, and didn't think too much of it afterwards.

He sighed as he recalled all of the happenings the past week.

Liu Feng stayed in the village for most of the past week because of his worries.

The beast waves were undoubtedly manmade, and the main suspect hadn't shown himself. It was natural for Liu Feng to be a bit perturbed.

He calmed down for now, looking at the remaining duration of the barrier.

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Great Mountain Protection Array

Array Type: Barrier Lv. 150 (Nobody below Myriad Spirit Realm can enter without permission from the sect master.)

Activated by: Jian Qiang

Territory: Jushi Mountain Range

Time left: 85 days left

Extend: 1000 DP per day

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"Worst comes to worst, I can just bring all of the villagers inside the barrier. There's still around 12 weeks left."

Despite having reassured himself, Liu Feng's anxiety wouldn't leave.

Because of this, he decided to delay his trip to Hongqi City.

Not to mention that he had accepted most of them as part of the sect, Liu Feng just couldn't turn a blind eye when it came to a bad situation he knew he could do something about, especially something that he himself had instigated.

"If I'm not wrong, then I'm the reason this village was and still is in danger. I can't just leave them open to attacks."

Despite racking his brains, Liu Feng couldn't find a way to protect the village. Even with his presence, he couldn't guarantee anything. He was, after all, very weak.

"I can only depend on my luck with the system store."

While Liu Feng felt anxious, Shu Fanrong was on an adventure within the mountains...