Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 198 - 198 151 Feng Yings Talent Awakening

Chapter 198: Chapter 151: Feng Ying’s Talent Awakening Chapter 198: Chapter 151: Feng Ying’s Talent Awakening To this point, Feng Yin had not taken on any missions for three consecutive days.

However, these three days were far busier and more exhausting than his usual routine.

Over these three days, he had only had less than six hours of rest.

Sweating profusely each day had become the norm, driving himself to the limit became a habit.

He had to quickly match his martial skills with his abruptly elevated cultivation level.

Otherwise, when executing missions, the discrepancy between his cultivation level and martial skills could actually get him killed.

Feng Ying, who was accompanying him in his rigorous training, was also completely exhausted every day.

After Feng Ying’s fifth awakening, she had awakened two natural talents at once.

One was Chasing Wind Without Shadow, and the other was Turning Wind into Blade.

The former was an instantaneous speed burst technique, while the latter was a type of attack mode.

This transformation made Feng Yin quite envious. The next generation of Demon Beast with such strong bloodlines could automatically awaken many racial skills during their progression, they didn’t even have to put any effort. Was it any wonder other people were envious?

If only I could automatically awaken strong skills as my practice progressed…ah.

Feng Ying herself was pleasantly surprised by her own skills mastery. She often walked with a proud air in front of Feng Yin.

She walked with light steps, a haughty demeanor, and her ears standing upright, making her stroll especially elegant.

Her pose was like that of a proud princess, her tail raised high, highlighting her presence.

Well, speaking of her tail, Feng Ying can now skillfully and freely retract her newly grown tail.

As predicted by Feng Yin, Feng Ying’s new tail harbors a lot of her power. When the second tail is retracted, her strength will decrease by forty percent. But when it is needed for a full-force fight, the power displayed by both tails is formidable.

Let’s put it this way, Feng Ying’s current strength, with regard to pure speed, when executing Chasing Wind Without Shadow, can nearly rival the Earth Level high master, Zhuang Weiran.

As for her offensive power, her full force wind blade can cleanly slice a thick iron stick that’s thirty meters away, without any hindrance.

This development made the little one quite excited.

She slapped her paws and directed Feng Yin to quickly erect dozens of iron columns in the yard for her to practice.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…Wind blades were flying everywhere in the sky and the silver sparks from the iron shavings flew all over the yard.

She practiced power at the beginning, then accuracy, and later on skill. She advanced in every step.

In just a few days, the little one made rapid progress, and her current wind blade attack has progressed to the point where she can shave off a thin layer from the iron column stuck in the ground—yes, this idea came from Zhuang Weiran.

For a time, the ground was littered with thin iron slices, sparkling and making a metallic sound. Each one was even thinner than a leaf.

When it comes to cultivating the control of skills for Demon Beasts, they don’t necessarily abide by the same rules as humans in terms of human mechanics.

Because ninety-nine percent of their skills come from innate or racial talents.

These skills, which are awakened due to inherited bloodlines, can become instinctive skills, or innate abilities, with just a little training.

Of course, coupled with the throwing skills taught by the old rivers and lakes like Zhuang Weiran, the power of these skills can grow even more.

However, from Feng Yin’s point of view, rather than saying that Feng Ying was practicing diligently, it would be more accurate to say she was playing a game of cutting iron columns with wind blades. She was playing and sweating like crazy every day, but never got tired of it.

Feng Yin watched from a close distance how Feng Ying turned wind into a blade—it was just a breeze slipping past her little paw, and with an effortless grab, a transparent sharp wind blade was formed. Everything was so spontaneous, it was child’s play to her.

Feng Yin envied her, but most of all, he was happy about it.

The little one’s spirit was clearly more significant than before.

Excited, eager to try, she was full of expectations for the future.

Clearly, the mighty sense of achievement of feeling ‘useful’ had replaced the previous feeling of loss for having to always stay at home.

Later, with Zhuang Weiran’s collaboration, countless iron slices were flying in the air. Feng Ying was jumping up and down, throwing out wind blades with a swoosh, shooting down the iron slices.

At first, it was about hitting the target, then shooting it down; then it was about shattering it, and finally it was about shooting it down without causing any damage to the iron slice, in order to practice control.

Of course, they were only in the first stage for now.

In fact, Feng Ying had awakened three abilities, Feng Yin did not know about the third one.

Because the third ability could not be displayed in the usual way.

In fact, this third ability is the real innate ability of the Seven Orifice Spirit Cat: To Seek Good Fortune and Avoid Disaster.

Initially, Feng Ying’s mother used this skill to hand Feng Ying over to Feng Yin when pursued by the Purple Emperor.

Evidence showed that this choice was absolutely correct!

As Feng Ying’s strength grew by leaps and bounds, she naturally wanted to try everything.

Especially the ink silk, the last time she had helped Feng Yin, it was thanks to the ink silk. Therefore, Feng Ying’s interest in this ink silk was even greater than her innate abilities.

Under Zhuang Weiran’s guidance, Feng Ying had not only become proficient in using the silken thread but had also devised a method of operation that was unique to her.

For instance, she would hang it on her little finger, summon a wind blade with a squeeze of her claw, and the wind blade would fly out with the black silken thread.

At first, the wind blade could carry it away, but she couldn’t control the wind blade itself. Later, with a wave of her claw, the wind blade would automatically dissipate after flying to a designated position with the silken thread…

This was not merely about control; it was more like a touch of mystic magic.

The little creature was working tirelessly to hone her skills, every day, every hour, she was as sweaty as Feng Yin.

When she rested, she would lie on Feng Yin’s stomach, puffing and panting.

Whenever Feng Yin recovered his energy, the little one would reap the benefits with him, leading to an even faster recovery than him…

This always made Feng Yin sigh, this was truly outrageous…

Such innate talent, such great opportunities, and yet such hard work. How could anyone keep up? Was there any life left for them?!

Still, he couldn’t help but beam with joy on the inside.

Ah, this little creature is mine!

Feng Yin could now imagine the immense help Feng Ying would be to him in future missions.

Yuezhou was in the process of reorganization, and Feng Yin was in training.

The Rainbow Green-Clothed Guard was replenishing its ranks, the army was also recruiting troops, everything was progressing in the right direction.

Naturally, all the high-grade martial artists in Yuezhou were also vying to hunt down Sky Stealer, with the hunt going on in full swing.

Of course, the newly appointed great marshals, Wu Tiejun and Fei Xinyu, were not idle, they had nothing to do with the reorganization, market affairs, people’s livelihood, or the hunt. Instead, they had some clever plans.

They went to the various literary academies in Yuezhou to recruit soldiers.

The reason was simple: Great Qin was Great Qin of both literature and martial arts, as was Yuezhou!

The army needs pen-pushers!

With an assortment of patriotic propaganda, slogans, and displays of military might, they stole the show upon their appearance.

Then Wu Tiejun began his passionate speech. After one stirring oration, countless students eagerly enlisted as soon as the recruitment call was made.

The great battle of Yuezhou had broken out, their hometown was in danger, it was not safe from morning to night, they threw away their pens and joined the army to protect their homes. This was a splendid story wherever it was told.

Moreover, they were going to join the prestigious “Invincible Army”, where every aspiring young man was eager to go.

Wu Tiejun and Fei Xinyu’s primary targets were the students who had previously demonstrated and shouted for the protection of Yuezhou.

Wu Tiejun’s calculations were clear in his mind: these people, either they were genuinely passionate and quite capable, at least capable of stirring up people with their articulate words.

Such individuals, with their talents, could serve as clerks in the army, engaging in pre-battle propaganda, or teaching the regular soldiers literacy in their spare time. They would be put to good use.

More importantly, among them were some particularly outstanding individuals. Special training for them could yield many potential military advisers, even if a military genius couldn’t be cultivated.

Since they were worth cultivating, they shouldn’t be wasted.

As for those who only talk big but are actually afraid to go to the battlefield, it is even easier to deal with: these people are bad apples at their core, creating disturbances and urging others to die for their causes under the guise of high-sounding idealism.

Letting these people into the bureaucracy would undoubtedly cause trouble in the future.

Moreover, these people are adept at forming cliques and manipulating public sentiment, creating chaos with eerie effectiveness…

Instead of letting you go out and cause trouble, it would be better to force you to join the army.

Under my watchful eyes, if you show some ambition, I might let you go.

But if you keep defying me, then I will have to be harsh. Next time we go to the battlefield, I’m sure there’s a place for you. Afterward, I’ll do my best to secure an honorable title for your family as a consolation for your loss.

After you die, I will use your sacrifice to propagate a heroic story of courage and readiness to serve the country, to spark a wave of national fervor…

This will be the only thing you can do. And it will be your greatest contribution to Great Qin.

This is not a plot, it’s wisdom. Even if it’s a plot, it’s still wisdom justified by the priority of protecting our homeland!

Back to the point, this move was undoubtedly ruthless.

The scholars in the academies had no power to resist against this kind of military figure like Wu Tiejun, especially in face of the impending war and the risk of Yuezhou’s survival, throwing away their pens and joining the army was the right thing to do, they had no standing, no reason to argue.

“In one hour, eight thousand of our soldiers fell outside the city!”

“In the army camp, everyone is critically injured!”

“Take off your clothes and let the masters see how our soldiers protect Yuezhou with their flesh and blood!”

The horrible sight of the countless wounds, not just on Fei Xinyu but on many others, was indeed moving and shocking.

Even the masters, upon seeing this, were moved to tears and could not say a word in obstruction.

For those students who had participated in the stirring up of chaos but who now refused to join the army out of fear for their own lives, Fei Xinyu questioned their souls in a public gathering of all the masters and students.