Inexplicably, He Yiming's heart suddenly surged with a strong sense of sadness. When he saw the man's eyes, he couldn't hold it in any longer.
In a flash, he appeared a meter away from the man like a ghost.
The man stared at him for a while before he finally turned around. However, the moment he turned around, his eyes immediately caught sight of a figure. He was shocked. He immediately exerted force in his legs and ran forward with all his might.
Although the man's martial arts skills were weak, his reaction wasn't slow at all. Furthermore, he was so familiar with the environment that he could tell where every blade of grass grew even with his eyes closed.
Therefore, he immediately rolled into the grass on the side and hid behind a large tree under the cover of the night.
It was only then that he realized that the figure didn't follow him.
He calmed himself down and took a closer look. Then, he let out a cry of disbelief. After hesitating for a moment, he asked softly, "Are you Mr. He?"
He Yiming asked curiously, "How did you know it was me?"
The man finally walked out from behind the tree and bowed deeply to He Yiming. "Senior He, I am a disciple of the Huo family. I was fortunate enough to see you walking side by side with the family head. I also heard that you saved my uncle. I also heard that you're a …"
At this point, he stopped abruptly, and his face was filled with embarrassment and panic.
He Yiming smiled faintly. He knew that this was because the difference in status between them was too great. That was why this person felt uneasy.
After all, the difference between a fifth stage inner force cultivator and an innate stage master was like the difference between a well and a river. Moreover, the man was still young, so it was only natural that he would be frightened.
"It's so late and you still came here to practice," He Yiming said calmly, "Your uncle should be Huo Hongsheng, right? Does he know?"
The man quickly shook his head and said, "Uncle doesn't know. This is my own choice. No one in the family knows."
He Yiming responded softly and asked, "What's your name?"
"Junior Huo Dongcheng greets senior." After he reported his name, he knelt on the ground as if he had just woken up from a dream.
In the eyes of these people, Xiantian Realm experts were high and mighty figures. It was natural for them to kneel and worship them.
"How old are you?"
"Junior is sixteen this year."
He Yiming gently nodded and said, "Do you come every night?"
"Yes."
"Rain or shine?"
"Yes."
He Yiming's eyes flashed with a strange light. It was not relief or joy, but a kind of sigh and nostalgia.
"Why do you come here every day?"
Huo Dongcheng hesitated for a moment, his face slightly flushed as he said, "Junior came here to train hard in order to find an opportunity to break through my limits."
"How long has it been since you reached the fifth level?" He Yiming asked indifferently.
Huo Dongcheng was slightly taken aback. He stole a glance at He Yiming, and his heart was filled with admiration. To be able to call out his cultivation level in an instant, just this point alone was enough to make him willingly submit.
"It's been 2 years since I reached the fifth level," Huo Dongcheng answered honestly and dared not hide anything.
He Yiming's face became weirder. When Huo Dongcheng noticed it, he was anxious because he did not know how he had angered the young fellow.
That said, he did not expect He Yiming to be reminded of himself in the past when he heard the date.
Shaking his head slightly, He Yiming threw away all the thoughts in his heart.
'I'm not old, but why do I feel like I've experienced and lamented about what happened a few years ago?'
He sighed and thought, 'I've been dealing with Xiantian Realm experts and even Venerable Ones all day. My mental state has unknowingly been affected and has aged.'
"Come here," He Yiming waved his hand and ordered coldly.
'If he's willing to come over, it'll be his blessing. If he's unwilling, I'll turn around and leave.'
Huo Dongcheng only hesitated for a moment before he immediately strode over.
He Yiming nodded and said, "Sit down and use your inner strength like you usually do."
Although Huo Dongcheng did not know what He Yiming wanted to do, he was certain of one thing. If the Xiantian Realm expert wanted to harm him, he could have done it long ago. Moreover, he could not escape from the young fellow's hands. Since that was the case, he might as well listen to him.
He sat down and tried his best to calm his mind. However, after a cup of tea, he forced himself to calm down and began to circulate his essential Qi.
Huo Dongcheng cultivated a fire-based technique. Although the fifth level of the technique was not much, it was enough to faintly show some red skin on his body.
He Yiming reached out his hand and gently pressed it on his back.
He quietly felt Huo Dongcheng's meridians and the state of his fire-based inner strength.
After a while, He Yiming's face showed a trace of surprise. Huo Dongcheng's Fire Element Inner Strength had indeed reached the peak of Level Five, but in his body, there seemed to be another opposing force that was affecting his Fire Element Inner Strength. This caused him to fail every time he tried to break through to Level Six, making it difficult for him to succeed.
It was like a person climbing up a well. When he saw that he was about to reach the mouth of the well, he was already exhausted.
At this time, if someone could give him a hand or provide him with a little help, he would be able to climb out. However, if someone was holding onto his thigh and did not let go, it would add some unnecessary weight to his body.
Then, under such a situation, he would not be able to climb out of the hole.
With He Yiming's current strength and knowledge, he could already see that in Huo Dongcheng's body, there was a strange force that was blocking the advancement of his fire-based inner strength.
Slightly frowning, He Yiming carefully sensed this force. Suddenly, he realized that this force was water-based inner strength.
Before Huo Dongcheng cultivated fire-based inner strength, he must have cultivated water-based inner strength. Moreover, he had some achievements and had reached the third level. But for some reason, he eventually changed to fire-based inner strength and reached the fifth level. It was much higher than the third level of the water-based inner strength.
Huo Dongcheng let out a long breath and stood up. He said, "Senior, this junior has finished circulating his inner strength."
He Yiming expressionlessly snorted and then said, "You have cultivated water-based inner strength?"
Huo Dongcheng's face flashed with a trace of surprise, but he quickly recovered. He said, "Senior's eyes are like lightning. This junior has indeed cultivated water-based inner strength."
"I see that you also have the talent to cultivate water-based inner strength. Why didn't you persevere?"
Huo Dongcheng suddenly became very embarrassed, he said: "Senior, junior started to lose control when I reached the third level of the water element internal energy. My father and uncle couldn't find the reason, even the head of the house couldn't find a solution, so junior had to change to the fire element internal energy, the opposite of the water element internal energy."
He Yiming was very surprised. He had heard of this kind of thing before. Because each person's physique was different, there was a certain proportion of this kind of situation. So, it was not strange. But, for him, this was the first time he had encountered this.
After pondering for a while, He Yiming said, "Use your water-based inner strength."
Huo Dongcheng had no choice but to obediently sit down and use his water-based inner strength that was only at the third level.
He Yiming once again put his hand on Huo Dongcheng's back and felt the sensation of the inner strength of the inner strength.
In just a moment, He Yiming already understood that Huo Dongcheng really did have a special physique that allowed him to cultivate both fire and water. Logically speaking, having a special physique with two attributes was the best choice to become a Xiantian master. But the problem was that Huo Dongcheng had two opposite attributes. So, on the road to promotion, it would be far more difficult than ordinary Xiantian masters.
While he was sighing in his heart, He Yiming's movements suddenly stiffened. His eyes were shining.
Because he sensed that there was a kind of power in Huo Dongcheng's body. If he was not mistaken, although this power was very small and had not been cultivated, but because Huo Dongcheng had the talent to cultivate this power, unknowingly, there were signs of this power sprouting in his body.
Especially when Huo Dongcheng was cultivating water-based inner strength, this power actually fused with his water-based inner strength. So, when his water-based inner strength reached the third level, the combination of the two powers showed signs of losing control.
Although Huo Leqing was a Xiantian master, he had never seen such a situation. And with his ordinary Xiantian cultivation, it was naturally impossible for him to sense the inside story.
Therefore, he thought that Huo Dongcheng's physique was not suitable for water-based inner strength, so he asked him to cultivate fire-based inner strength instead.
After figuring all this out, He Yiming imitated Huo Dongcheng's appearance just now. He looked into the distance at the night sky with an extremely strange expression on his face.
Huo Dongcheng's physique was not the rare dual-attribute physique, but the rarer triple-attribute physique.
Moreover, the triple-attribute physique he possessed was extremely rare even among the many Venerable Ones.
Wind, water, and fire.
It turned out that he had the same cultivation physique as Chu Haozhou.
Anyone who had a relatively strange triple-attribute system would have a chance to be promoted to a Venerable One in the end. However, when they first started cultivating, it was often very difficult because of the mutual attraction between their talents.
Their cultivation progress was almost the same as that of the cultivators who were said to have the largest base, but had average talents and ended up mediocre.
If one wanted to see through the mystery, it would be possible to find out unless a Venerable One or a Tripod Foot expert personally examined it.
Nevertheless, in the world, how many Tripod Foot experts were there? How many cultivators in the world were there who were learning inner strength?
Therefore, apart from those big sects and aristocratic families, most cultivators who had a triple-attribute system but did not have the talent of the 5 elements engendering each other could not obtain the corresponding cultivation conditions. In the end, because they could not find a special cultivation method for them, they could not break through their limits and eventually became ordinary.
All cultivators wanted to be apprenticed to an Innate Master. If they were lucky enough to succeed, they would be like carps leaping over the dragon gate, reaching the sky in one step.
Nevertheless, few people in the world knew that it was often far more difficult for a Venerable One to find a successor than for these cultivators who reached the sky in one step. (To be continued, if you want to know the future, please go to www.qidian.com. There are more chapters. Support the author, support the original reading!)
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