He followed the sound and saw, at the entrance to the third floor, an old man with white hair and beard staring at him.
Chu Feng knew that this was the elder guarding the Martial Arts Library. Although he looked nearly a hundred years old, the strength of the guardians was formidable.
«Thank you for your reminder, senior. I’ll be careful.» Chu Feng bowed politely and walked in.
«Sigh, another self-important disciple.» The guardian elder shook his head disappointedly.
He had seen many disciples like Chu Feng. Most of them ended in failure; the light cases would turn back, but the serious ones would go into qi deviation and ruin their promising futures.
Even so, every time the elder saw a new face, he would kindly remind them to prevent more disciples from going astray.
Chu Feng browsed the third floor and quickly found a martial art that caught his interest. He brought it to the elder to register.
«Are you sure you want to train in this Illusory Palm?» The guardian elder looked at Chu Feng doubtfully.
«Mm.» Chu Feng smiled and nodded.
«Have you read the introduction to this martial art?» The elder continued.
«Yes, elder, I have.» Chu Feng smiled again.
«Then why choose it? This is the most difficult martial art to train in the entire Martial Arts Library.» The elder expressed his confusion.
«Elder, this is exactly the martial art I wish to practice.» Chu Feng kept a smile on his face, but his eyes carried great determination.
«Sigh, young people these days really have no idea how vast the world is.» The elder sighed but still registered the choice for Chu Feng. Before handing over the martial art, he added, «When training martial arts, remember to retreat when you encounter difficulty.»
Chu Feng nodded to show his understanding. Although this elder had been questioning him, Chu Feng had a good impression of him and considered him a responsible elder.
«Oh?»
Just as Chu Feng turned around, a familiar figure brushed past him. It was Duan Yuxuan, and his expression was grim.
Chu Feng was not familiar with him, so he didn’t pay much attention. But as he was about to leave, he heard some whispers behind him, and he learned the reason for Duan Yuxuan’s distress.
«Isn’t that Duan Yuxuan? He already has a Fourth-tier Martial Art. Why is he still picking martial arts? Could it be that the Fourth-tier Martial Art is with Yang Tianyu?»
«Haven’t you heard? At the feast last night, the Inner Sect elder reminded them that the Fourth-tier Martial Art cannot be shared; only one person can train it, and it must be returned soon.»
«After hearing the elder, they were both stunned. Eventually, they admitted in front of everyone that they were not the first-place winners of the examination. The person who killed forty Fierce Beasts was someone else.»
«Something like that? Then why did they admit it in the first place?»
«Ah, who knows? Maybe to save face, but this time they’ve truly lost face.»
«Indeed. But who is the first-place winner? It seems like the Outer Sect hasn’t heard of anyone that powerful.»
«Forty Fierce Beasts! And among them, a Fourth-rank Fierce Beast. It’s unimaginable how fierce that person must be.»
Hearing this, Chu Feng smiled and shook his head, then went upstairs, eager to begin training.
The fourth floor was just as lively as the first floor. Since the new disciples were mostly still picking martial arts, the people here were all veteran disciples.
At first glance, it didn’t look like a floor but more like a martial arts arena. There were over a thousand people training on the practice dummies, shouts of fighting echoing everywhere, a grand sight.
Besides the over a thousand practice dummies in the main hall, there were countless secret rooms around, also training quarters.
It was a clever design. Those who liked crowds could train together in the hall and exchange knowledge when they were unclear.
But those who preferred quiet could choose a secret room to train alone. With the stone door closed, all distractions were blocked.
Chu Feng did not join them. Instead, he went to the sixth floor. Like the third floor, it was relatively quiet, and there were many more training spots.
Chu Feng entered a secret room. After the stone door closed, he first bowed to the training dummy, because he knew that it was about to endure his brutal training.