Supreme Master - Chapter 3: Innate Divine Strength

Translator – Misty

Chapter 3: Innate Divine Strength

After leaving the mausoleum, Gu Qingfeng followed Ouyang Ye, while admiring the surrounding scenery. This place used to be his hometown, vaguely remembered as a collection of villages, but now transformed into a series of mountain ranges.

He wondered whether this change was due to the historical shifts or the great calamity.

Looking around, many mountain ranges were enveloped in a layer of faint, variegated colors. These must be formations. Through the formations, one could vaguely see the ancient-looking mountain villas on the mountains. The mountains being covered by formations suggested the presence of spiritual veins below.

Gu Qingfeng knew that after the calamity, as if the world was reborn, everything would surely revive. However, he did not expect the revival to be so intense that even his once barren hometown would give birth to so many spiritual veins.

As they walked, Ouyang Ye suddenly stopped, turned around, and stared at Gu Qingfeng with displeasure, asking, “Why are you following me?”

After pondering for a moment, Gu Qingfeng smiled and asked, “Young lady, are you a disciple of the Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect?”

“So what if I am?”

Clearly, Ouyang Ye was still very upset with Gu Qingfeng for speaking ill of the King of Crimson Heavens, and her words were filled with strong anger.

“In that case, the Elder Huo De you mentioned in the mausoleum must be the real Huo De, right?”

“And?”

Ouyang Ye still responded coldly.

“And?” Gu Qingfeng’s eyebrows slightly raised as he spoke, “Young lady, the thing is, I am an old acquaintance of your Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect’s Elder Huo De. Could you take me to meet him?”

“An old acquaintance? Heh.”

Upon hearing “old acquaintance,” Ouyang Ye laughed, asking with interest, “When did you become an old acquaintance of Elder Huo De?”

“When?” Gu Qingfeng thought carefully, the exact time had become blurry, he replied, “A long time ago… about a few hundred years?”

Hearing “a few hundred years,” Ouyang Ye couldn’t help but laugh out loud, folding her arms and looking Gu Qingfeng up and down, laughing, “Based on your appearance, you’re at most in your twenties, right?”

“Young lady, as a cultivator, you should know that reaching the Golden Core stage can preserve youth forever.”

“Is that so? But… I can’t sense any Golden Core aura from you. Forget the Golden Core aura; I can’t even feel a trace of spiritual power in you. Do you dare say you are a high-level cultivator who has formed a Golden Core?”

“My cultivation has been destroyed…”

“Oh? How was it destroyed? Tell me about it.”

“That’s… a bit complicated, not something I can explain in a sentence or two!”

“Complicated? I think you just can’t make up more lies!” Ouyang Ye suddenly got angry, scolding, “Do you really think I don’t understand anything? Indeed, forming a Golden Core can preserve youth, but if the Golden Core is destroyed, even if you managed to survive, your organs would deteriorate. Pretending to be a senior expert when you don’t know anything, you fraudster!”

“This…”

Gu Qingfeng couldn’t refute, because the truth was indeed so, although his situation was a bit special. He could only falsely claim to have known the real Huo De a few years ago.

But as soon as he said this, Ouyang Ye sneered, “Liar, better do your homework before you try to deceive others next time. Elder Huo De hasn’t left the sect for nearly ten years. I spared you earlier in the mausoleum because you disrespected the King, and I pitied you. If you keep following me, don’t blame me for not being polite!”

Gu Qingfeng sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat helpless.

Looking around, mountains were everywhere, and he couldn’t remember where exactly the Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect was located.

Since this girl regarded him as a fraudster, Gu Qingfeng didn’t want to entangle with her further, planning to ask others later.

“Really, it’s been nearly a hundred years since the calamity, and not only have the fraudsters not decreased, they have actually increased. Either pretending to be senior experts injured in the calamity or claiming to be powerful beings reincarnated. Either having lost all cultivation or suffering from amnesia…”

Ouyang Ye walked away quickly. She had seen too many fraudsters like this and didn’t bother to pay attention. What she didn’t expect was that the fraudster was still following her.

“This is outrageous!”

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Ouyang Ye was furious, not even looking back, she flicked her hand, and a ray of light shot out.

In her mind, the weak-looking fraudster would surely roll on the ground in pain from her spiritual power. However, to her surprise, when she flicked her spiritual power towards him, he just waved his hand lightly, and… then there was no more. Her spiritual power just dissipated mysteriously.

Impossible!

Ouyang Ye doubted her own eyes, defiantly flicking another ray of spiritual power. To her astonishment, the fraudster merely waved his hand again, and her spiritual power disappeared in an instant!

How could this be?!

The fraudster had no spiritual power fluctuations on his body, not a cultivator at all, and his breath was so weak. How could he easily dissipate her spiritual power with a wave of his hand!

Gu Qingfeng looked at her, smiling, “Young lady, I didn’t provoke you. Why are you attacking me?”

“You fraudster, who are you!”

Ouyang Ye asked in shock.

Gu Qingfeng shrugged, smiling faintly, “I’ve already told you, but you didn’t believe me.”

“You fraudster, I want to see what skills you have!”

Ouyang Ye snorted, leapt up, and struck like a bolt of lightning, sweeping a leg towards him. Gu Qingfeng didn’t dodge, standing still. When Ouyang Ye’s attack came, he gently raised his arm, caught her ankle with a snap, and said with a smile, “Little sister, not bad cultivation…”

After speaking, Gu Qingfeng casually let go, and Ouyang Ye retreated, standing stunned, her face full of shock. She couldn’t understand how this ragged beggar, who clearly had no cultivation, could easily block her Thunderbolt Kick.

Without much thought, Ouyang Ye continued to attack, deploying various martial arts techniques. However, it was useless. No matter how mysterious her moves or how powerful the spiritual power, all were casually blocked by Gu Qingfeng.

Gu Qingfeng looked at her, his lips curving into an amused smile, “Your martial arts skills are not bad.”

“Damn it!”

Ouyang Ye leapt up again, swinging her fists, but the more she fought, the more frightened she became, the more incredible it seemed. She felt as if the ragged beggar was like a mountain, immovable no matter how hard she tried!

Gu Qingfeng, looking weak and wretched, lazily stood there, casually dealing with Ouyang Ye’s attacks, “Young lady, enough. Even if I’m really a fraudster, you don’t need to be so persistent. If you keep attacking, I’ll have to fight back…”

“What can you do if you fight back!”

Ouyang Ye was defiant.

Indeed!

She had been talented and exceptional since childhood, a prodigy in everyone’s eyes, outstanding in both cultivation and martial arts skills among her peers. Yet, today she couldn’t do anything against a weak-looking beggar, which was unbearable for her!
With a shout, powerful spiritual power coursed through her body, a crazed burst of green light shining around her. As she waved her hands chaotically, the overwhelming spiritual power surged like a tsunami.

Gu Qingfeng shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless. As he raised his arm, he threw a punch!
With a thunderous sound, Ouyang Ye’s overwhelming attack instantly dissipated, and she grunted, retreating more than ten meters before stabilizing, staring at Gu Qingfeng in terror, “How can your physical strength be so powerful!”

Seeing her shocked expression, Gu Qingfeng laughed heartily, jokingly saying, “Can’t help it, I was born with divine strength.”

Innate divine strength?

Ouyang Ye was both astonished and skeptical, looking at him. She had heard from her sect’s elders about people with special physiques, born with incredible strength due to extraordinary bones. But she had only heard of such cases and had never met one. Could it be that this ragged beggar was one of those legendary figures with innate divine strength?

“Who exactly are you?”

Ouyang Ye frowned deeply, staring at the seemingly weak and disheveled beggar before her, unable to fathom how his physical strength could be so formidable. “Could it really be innate divine strength?” she wondered. “No, that’s unlikely. If it were innate divine strength, he would surely possess a special physical constitution, a favored child of the heavens. But this man’s ragged and unkempt appearance hardly resembles that of a special physical constitution from the legends.”

“I am who?” Gu Qingfeng replied with a question, his tone suggesting the complexity of his identity. He casually picked a wild fruit from a nearby tree, tasted it, and, finding it to his liking, picked some more. “Well, young lady, there is actually a bit of history between us,” he responded.

“Please, don’t flatter yourself,” Ouyang Ye retorted dismissively. “This young lady has no connection with a charlatan like you!”

“Actually, I was once associated with your Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect,” Gu Qingfeng said, pausing thoughtfully. “Well, not exactly a disciple. When I sought to become a disciple, your Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect deemed my talents and spiritual roots inadequate, so I wasn’t accepted… Not even as an outer sect disciple. After much pleading, they let me work as a menial laborer for a while, only to be expelled later.”

Gu Qingfeng’s vivid recollection of the Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect stemmed from his initial rejection, marking the first time he truly realized the inherent disparities between individuals and the inherent injustices on the path of cultivation, particularly regarding talent and spiritual roots.

“Really?” Ouyang Ye asked skeptically, her doubt evident. The Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect had many disciples, and she couldn’t possibly recognize them all, especially a menial laborer. Curious, she inquired, “Why were you expelled from our Cloudy Rosy Heaven Sect while working as a menial laborer?”

(End of Chapter)