C17 Tympanum
C17 Tympanum
"His injuries are very severe." Lin Feng examined Han Man's injuries. Although a martial artist's recoverability was extremely powerful, Han Man's injuries were too severe, and his sternum had been broken. His internal organs were damaged, so it was almost impossible to rely on self-recovery.
"It's fine. I've been tough since I am young. I won't die." Han Man was quite optimistic as he grinned.
"Then what about your cultivation?" Lin Feng stared at Han Man. Han Man dodged Lin Feng’s gaze and did not dare to look into Lin Feng's eyes. That was right, even if he did not die, could he just be a useless man in the future who was even inferior to an ordinary person?
"Lin Feng, let's go to the Black Wind Ridge and hunt demon beasts. Then, we can use the beast cores to exchange for some elixirs from the sect." Jing Yun looked at Lin Feng. Although Han Man was an outer sect disciple of the Cloud Sea Sect, there were a lot of other outer sect disciples. Those who could not get into the inner sect wouldn’t be valued. The sect would only provide you with a platform, arts and cultivation techniques, a training place where you can grow. Only when you entered the inner sect, could you qualify as a discipline of the Cloud Sea Sect. Therefore, they never expected that the sect would help Han Man without compensation.
"It's no use. Han Man's injuries are too severe. Even if ordinary pills can cure him, there will be aftereffects." Lin Feng shook his head.
"Then what should we do?"
Lin Feng suddenly stood up and turned around to walk out.
"I'll go to the Heavenly Chasm Cliff, and you just wait here." Lin Feng said to Jingyun coldly and then walked out of the room. Jing Yun trembled slightly as she clutched her clothes tightly in her palms.
Han Man revealed a foolish smile. However, his eyes appeared to be moist. Only Lin Feng would dare to think of going to the Heavenly Chasm Cliff, and even dare to do so.
Heavenly Chasm Cliff was one of the most sacred and mysterious places in the Cloud Sea Sect. Its was more well-known than the Wind And Cloud Gorge's Platform of Life and Death.
However, despite the fact that very few people dared to set foot on the Wind And Cloud Gorge's Platform of Life and Death, people still went there every once in a while. But very few people dared to go to the Heavenly Chasm Cliff. Even if someone dared to go, they would definitely be a martial arts fanatic or genius. In the Cloud Sea Sect, many disciples had only heard about the Heavenly Chasm Cliff but did not know what the Heavenly Chasm Cliff was.
However, everyone had heard of the rumour. As long as one passed the test of the Heavenly Chasm Cliff, he would truly receive the sect's attention and obtain the treasure he wanted. However, if one failed the test, the consequences would be extremely disastrous.
On top of the Cloud Sea Sect's cliff, there was a stone palace. This was the passage to the Heavenly Chasm Cliff.
At this moment, Lin Feng had arrived at the entrance to the passage beneath the cliff.
"The Cloud Sea Sect's outer disciple Lin Feng wishes to head towards the Heavenly Chasm Cliff." Standing at the entrance, Lin Feng shouted into the passage.
His voice echoed through the passage and into the mountain wall. A moment later, an answer echoed out.
"Come in."
"Yes." Lin Feng answered and then entered the passage.
The passage was rather dark. The stone walls on both sides were engraved with many diagrams. Lin Feng walked towards a spot of light in front of him and arrived at a cave in a short amount of time.
The cave had a stone bed, a desk and a candlestick. It was an extremely simple room. Upon the stone bed sat a Black-Robed Old Man. His eyes were closed, and he sat there unmoving.
"You want to go to the Heavenly Chasm Cliff?" The Black-Robed Old Man's eyes were still closed, and his voice was calm.
"Yes." Lin Feng replied.
"For what?"
"My friend is injured. His sternum is broken and his organs are damaged. I need a pill that can cure his injuries without any side effects." Lin Feng calmly said.
The black-robed old man opened his eyes. His deep gaze seemed to possess a penetrating power that wanted to see through Lin Feng.
"There are pills, but with your cultivation at the Eighth Level of Qi Martial Stage, it will be very difficult for you to pass the test of the Heavenly Chasm Cliff. Release your Martial Soul for me."
Lin Feng nodded his head. A little snake shadow appeared, but he did not release his Dark Martial Soul.
“Huh?" The Black-Robed Old Man furrowed his brows. He was a man of wide knowledge and experience, but he had never known that there was such a martial soul which looked like a snake but wasn’t a snake. Moreover, it was too thin and didn't have the wild aura of Beast Martial Soul.
"You can go through that passage." The black-robed old man pointed. There were many passages in his room and each of these passages led to different testing grounds.
"Thank you, senior." Lin Feng nodded his head before walking into the passage pointed by the black-robed old man.
Seeing Lin Feng walk into the passage, the Black-Robed Old Man slightly shook his head. His cultivation was only at the Eighth Level of Qi Martial Stage and his Martial Soul was too weak. It was almost impossible for him to pass the test of the Heavenly Chasm Cliff. The passage he pointed out to Lin Feng was one that led to a cliff with the lowest killing power in the tests. Lin Feng could withdraw at any time, but its difficulty was the greatest.
On account of the fact that Lin Feng was doing so to save his friend, the black-robed old man did not want him to suffer too much from the test. Therefore, he chose to let Lin Feng enter and let Lin Feng withdraw after learning of the difficulties of the test.
The sound of the bell-drums had not rung out for a hundred years there. This also meant that no one had been able to pass the test there for a hundred years.
Lin Feng entered the passage and saw countless steps leading up to the top in the dark passage. After walking up nearly a thousand steps, Lin Feng arrived at a stone door. As Lin Feng approached, the stone door opened from both sides.
"How amazing." Lin Feng muttered to himself as the scene before him suddenly became clear.
As Lin Feng stepped out of the stone door, a refreshing air assaulted his nostrils. In front of him was a precipitous cliff. Clouds and mist permeated the air, bringing with it a slight chill.
Above this danger zone, there were eight upright bell-drums, similar to the war drum that Lin Feng beat in the ancient battlefield in his previous life when he smashed into the enemy ranks. These eight bell-drums surrounded an empty space in the middle.
"Boom!" As the stone wall automatically closed, Lin Feng turned around and saw a row of clear words carved on the wall.
"You only need to let one of these eight bell-drums ring out to pass the test?" After Lin Feng finished reading this line of words, he knew what he needed to do. He came to the empty space in the middle of the eight bell-drums.
He didn't know what the mysteries of the eight bell-drums were, but he only needed to ring one of them to pass the test.
With a large sound, Lin Feng moved his feet as he casually punched one of the bell-drums.
"Buzz …" A muffled sound rang out as a ripple of nothingness was released. It landed on Lin Feng and caused him to slightly retreat.
"Hmm?" With a raise of his eyebrows, Lin Feng took another step forward as the strength of his fist was increased to 5000 catties.
"Buzz, buzz!" A strong buzzing sound could be heard. The ripples from the bell turned into substance as a strong force shot back.
“Boom!" An extremely tyrannical wave landed on Lin Feng, causing him to directly fly into the air.
"Cough, cough." Falling to the ground, Lin Feng coughed twice as blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth. He was overwhelmed with shock.
Those were... Nine Waves?
Lin Feng stared at the bell-drums. Just now, the force that landed on him was actually the power of the Nine Waves. Moreover, this force was far stronger than the force when he was beating the drum. Those eight bell-drums could rebound attacks while the strength rebounded was multiplied.
How amazing, how could those bell-drums have the power to rebound?
Lin Feng sat there and was in no hurry to stand up as he was thinking about something. Both times, it was only a buzzing sound, and there was no response from the bell-drums. However, the stronger the power that he used, the stronger the attack that he would receive. This seemed to be a dead knot.
"No, since it is a test then there is definitely a way to pass it, it is just that I have not found it. Moreover, since the Black-Robed Old Man knows that my cultivation is weak, so is my martial soul, he should have chosen the simplest test for me. If I can't even pass this test, then how can I talk about martial arts?"
Lin Feng got up from the ground with a firm look. At this moment, he completely understood the intention of the black-robed old man. This was not the simplest test, but the most difficult test. The black-robed old man hoped that he would be able to withdraw after learning of the difficulties, but he did not expect that it would actually arouse his persistent martial will.
"Dark Martial Soul." With a sudden inspiration, Lin Feng released the Dark Martial Soul. Immediately, his gaze turned profound. When he used the Dark Martial Soul, all his abilities, including his comprehension, were enhanced.
The long sword gave a light hum and the sound of thunder exploding could be heard as the sword struck the other bell-drum.
"Swish …"
"Boom!"
The whistling sound of the sword mixed with the explosive thunder as it counterattacked. Lin Feng's long sword trembled as a layer of sword screen appeared in front of him, blocking the resounded sharp sword shine.
"Sizzle sizzle!" His clothes were torn apart as a trickle of blood seeped out from Lin Feng's body. It was just as he had expected, the sword Qi that was rebounded back was even three times stronger than the sword Qi he had released. Even though he tried to defend himself with all his strength, he was still injured.
"I'll just treat it as training my sword techniques." Lin Feng did not retreat as he swung out his sword and stabbed at the other bell-drum.