novelraw Chapter 1001 - 999: Are We Still Going Now?
Chapter 1001 - 999: Are We Still Going Now?
"You claim to be a genius, yet you can’t even secure first place, what kind of genius are you?" Lin Feng stopped in his tracks, glanced at Xia Jianwu, and asked indifferently. There was no need for many words; making the point was sufficient, and Xia Jianwu should understand clearly.
"..."
Hearing Lin Feng’s words, Xia Jianwu was stunned. Lin Feng’s words had truly awakened him. Although he was still very angry, what Lin Feng said wasn’t wrong. They indeed hadn’t secured first place, and faced with Lin Feng’s comment, he really had no response!
"Fine, next time I will take first place, and then I’ll see what you have to say!" Xia Jianwu said pridefully, staring at Lin Feng. Now he had subdued his anger, and in his heart, he was firmly resolved that he must achieve first place next time and see what Lin Feng would say then.
"I also hope you can do it. This competition is just the beginning; the challenges to come will be even more dangerous. Do you still have that confidence?" Lin Feng looked at Xia Jianwu and said softly. All the following events had been arranged by him. Through this oppressive training, he intended to squeeze out these children’s potential, just like when he first arrived on the island. Without facing real life-or-death trials, these kids couldn’t possibly force out their potential. The difference was, he used to be the apprentice, and now he had taken on the role of the teacher.
"This... this is just the beginning?"
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, Xia Jianwu gasped in shock. He had gone completely dumbfounded. He hadn’t expected Lin Feng to make such a remark. The intensity of the day’s challenge had already pushed them to their limits, and Lin Feng was saying it was just the beginning. Imagining what the future training would entail made his pores feel chilled...
Similarly, all the other children present were astounded. Lin Feng’s words struck their hearts like a hammer. They had nearly lost their lives to the difficulty of the training, and Teacher Lin even called it light. They feared what the future held; it might truly endanger their lives! Some of the more timid children had already collapsed on the ground, scared by Lin Feng’s words. They never imagined enduring such hardship, and they feared they wouldn’t last much longer at this rate... they truly didn’t want to die...
But there were exceptions to everything. While most children were afraid, a few who had received the elixirs, like Xia Jianping, were brimming with excitement. This breakthrough competition had shown them hope. If they had continued with the previous method of training, they would never be able to catch up to the likes of Xia Jianwu! To these few, the new Teacher Lin was their hope, their desire to become stronger, to surpass geniuses like Xia Jianwu...
Good lord, he’s really going through with it!
The tall assistant listened to Lin Feng’s plan for hellish training and immediately panicked. These children were the family’s hope. If Lin Feng was allowed to carry on this way, the grand competition held every ten years by the four great families of the Hidden World might have no participants! He prepared to leave at once, intent on getting Xia Lalan to stop Lin Feng. If Xia Lalan couldn’t, then he would go to the Family Head, and if not the Family Head, then to the Immortal Elder himself! He could not let Lin Feng continue this recklessness...
"According to the competition rankings, distribute the elixirs, and then you may leave," Lin Feng said, noticing the tall assistant’s expression but paying it no mind. He knew what the assistant was about to do, but before he could leave, the elixirs had to be distributed. Once the elixirs were handed out, even if Xia Lalan or the Family Head of the Xia Family came by, it wouldn’t matter.
Hearing Lin Feng’s words, the assistant quickly distributed the elixirs as Lin Feng had previously instructed. Once done, he turned and left the training ground immediately. His mind was racing; this situation was dire and required him to find Xia Lalan as fast as possible to stop Lin Feng...
Although the assistant had left, children like Xia Jianping who had received the elixirs clasped them in their hands, their eyes welling with tears of excitement. They stood rooted to the spot, so overwhelmed they couldn’t find the words, hardly believing the elixirs in their hands were real. It had been so long since they had been allocated any elixirs. They looked at Lin Feng with fervent eyes, their emotions tumultuous. Without Lin Feng, they never would have had the chance to receive the elixirs.
Damn it!
How did they win?
...
Xia Jianwu and a few others watched with wide eyes as Xia Jianping and their group won the elixirs. They were furious to the point of seeing red, eager to spring forth and seize the elixirs by force. Those were supposed to be their elixirs! If it hadn’t been for Lin Feng’s interference, how could they have fallen into Xia Jianping’s hands? They couldn’t understand how Xia Jianping and his group had returned first, and by such a small margin, making them miss out on the elixirs and almost ’bleed’ internally from sheer frustration.
Lin Feng saw all this and smiled faintly. He walked over to Xia Jianping and casually pressed a few points on the children, and suddenly, Xia Jianping and the others felt lightened. All the discomfort miraculously vanished, and even their wounds healed substantial amounts in an instance, leaving the group dumbstruck. They had never heard of massage alone being capable of treating injuries.
The same scene also unfolded before Xia Jianwu’s children, leaving them just as stunned. Their minds couldn’t wrap around the event, nor could they believe it was real. How could Lin Feng, a mere mortal from the Secular World, possess such magical abilities? Could Lin Feng be an Immortal? Otherwise, how could he heal wounds with just a pinch? Never before had they heard of such a person in the Hidden World!
Watching the children’s dumbstruck expressions, Lin Feng smiled faintly. He knew what they were thinking. All of this was part of his plan; he would never allow the children to be injured too seriously. After a short rest, new training would begin...
"Now, everyone do as I say. Find a tree at the edge of the forest with a diameter of at least two feet. You are not allowed to use any tools. You must bring down the tree within a two-hour limit. Those who fail to do so will not receive any reward. As with the previous competition, there will be Elixir rewards according to rank. Whoever takes the least amount of time will get an Elixir reward!" After waiting a bit and seeing that the children’s wounds were largely healed, Lin Feng spoke to the children, wanting to ignite their motivation for training. Elixirs were the best bait.
Lin Feng didn’t order the children to attack the large trees on a whim. He discovered that the trees here differed from those in the Secular World; nurtured by the thick Spiritual Energy, these trees’ hardness and resilience were countless times stronger than those in the Secular World. Trees with a diameter of two feet were perfect for squeezing out all the children’s potential.
"This... How is that possible!"
"How can we bring down such thick trees without using tools!"
...
Upon hearing Lin Feng’s words, the children gasped in astonishment. Tasking them to bring down two-foot thick trees barehanded was unimaginable. They wondered what Teacher Lin was thinking—they were just children, and such a feat was utterly impossible for them! Looking at the giant trees by the forest, for the first time, fear crept into their hearts. Even with the promise of Elixirs as prizes, they were reluctant to do as Lin Feng instructed...
Xia Jianping’s children, who had just received their rewards, didn’t hesitate and sprinted toward the forest, eager to win Elixirs in the following competition. Likewise, Xia Jianwu’s children rushed over, but their goals weren’t as simple as Xia Jianping’s. They indeed wanted to win Elixirs, but what mattered more was their disbelief that they would lose to Xia Jianping’s group again. They were prodigies; they couldn’t tolerate a similar defeat...
"Teacher Lin, I protest! This is abuse, and I refuse to participate in such training!"
A vigorous voice suddenly erupted, with Xia Jianjun shouting at Lin Feng, convinced that Teacher Lin wasn’t teaching them anything but outright torturing them. Even the youth groups would likely fail to bring down two-foot diameter trees barehanded within two hours; if this wasn’t abuse, what was?
"You’re not going? Very well!"
Lin Feng glanced at Xia Jianjun and then at the hesitant children behind him, immediately realizing that these children feared hardship. He spoke indifferently and, in the blink of an eye, was beside Xia Jianjun. Before Xia Jianjun could react, Lin Feng lightly touched him.
The touch was seemingly insignificant, but Xia Jianjun suddenly started trembling wildly on the spot like a fish out of water, his veins bulging on his face!
"Ah..."
A harrowing cry issued forth, and Xia Jianjun collapsed to the ground, instantly soaked with sweat. Watching Lin Feng, he desperately scrambled backward. The unhuman pain he just experienced was beyond his imagination; it was indescribable with words, and although it lasted only a moment, it was more than he could bear...
"Will you go now?" Looking down at the disheveled Xia Jianjun, Lin Feng asked calmly as if nothing had happened before. It was fine if one lacked abilities, but laziness was unacceptable. With this child as an example, the others would surely obediently go to fell the trees.
"I’ll go, I’ll go..." Xia Jianjun couldn’t dare to waste more words now. He picked himself up from the ground and dashed toward the forest, the farther from Lin Feng, the better!
Seeing Xia Jianjun leave, Lin Feng turned back to the remaining children. They suddenly surged with energy like roosters injected with a stimulant, each racing to the trees faster than the last, not hesitating for a moment! With the warning from Xia Jianjun’s incident before them, they would be fools not to know what to do next!
Seeing all the children following his instructions and beginning their training, Lin Feng casually found a spot to sit down and closed his eyes, revealing a faint smile on his face. True to his expectations, the two assistants were now off to find Xia Lalan...