Chapter 64: The Mysterious Elder

Long Feng hadn’t sensed anyone, not even the slightest presence. The door was closed; when did someone come inside without anyone knowing?

He slowly turned his head. His pupils suddenly contracted as he found an old man sitting calmly on the sofa.

He had wore a long red robe. His white hair was neatly combed, and his expression was completely relaxed, as though he had been sitting there for a very long time. But there was no aura or presence around him, through Long Feng could not see his cultivation.

Long Feng’s heart pounded as his expression became extremely serious, yet he quickly calmed himself.

"Greetings, Elder." He immediately stood up and respectfully cupped his fists.

This was the Azura Heaven Sect. An outsider, who would also so much powerful, couldn’t possibly enter his room so silently without being noticed. That meant this old man was most likely an elder of the sect.

The old man looked at him for a moment before a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Not bad. You’re quite smart."

Long Feng’s expression remained respectful. Even with such close distance, he couldn’t even sense this guy, this shows his unfathomable cultivation. That’s why didn’t dare show the slightest arrogance in front of this mysterious elder.

He lowered his hands slightly. "May I ask why Elder has come to this humble disciple’s room?"

The old man chuckled. "You caused such a big commotion in the back mountains. How could I not come and take a look?"

But his single sentence made Long Feng’s heart skipped a beat.

So that’s why he came.

He immediately understood. How could someone so powerful expert could come to his place?

It should be that strange aura appeared during his battle with Ye Wuxie, must have attracted this elder’s attention. Long Feng’s mind began turning rapidly.

The old man suddenly looked at him.

"I heard you mention someone named Ye Wuxie. What happened between you two in the back mountains?"

As he spoke, the elder’s gaze slowly became sharper. It felt as though a pair of invisible eyes were looking straight into Long Feng’s soul. A strange pressure descended upon the room.

Long Feng’s heart tightened. He had heard before that powerful cultivators could see through lies.

Today, he finally experienced it himself. Under that gaze, even lying seemed extremely difficult.

His thoughts raced at terrifying speed. He couldn’t tell the elder everything, but he couldn’t lie either. So, what can he do?

Yes, he would simply tell the truth, just from a certain perspective.

Long Feng took a deep breath and put on a sincere expression.

"Elder, what happened was that when my friend was alone in the back mountains, Ye Wuxie ambushed him. But by a stroke of luck, I arrived just in time and saved him. However, Ye Wuxie was incredibly cruel; he tried to kill me as well."

The elder’s eyes remained fixed on him.

Long Feng’s expression gradually became more serious as he continued.

"After that, we fought. But who would have thought that Ye Wuxie, despite being only at the sixth level of the True Spirit Realm, his strength was no less than that of a powerful Golden Core Realm expert?"

The elder’s eyebrows rose slightly.

Long Feng deliberately revealed a trace of shock in his expression.

"Although I eventually managed to defeat him, he possessed many strange methods that I had never seen before."

The elder’s interest immediately increased.

"What methods?"

His voice remained calm. Although his cultivation had already reached a level where worldly matters rarely attracted his attention, hearing that a sixth-level True Spirit Realm cultivator had defeated a fourth-level Golden Core Realm cultivator still surprised him.

After all, the elder could clearly see Long Feng’s cultivation and strength.

Although Long Feng’s talent was nothing extraordinary in his eyes, he could still be considered a small genius among the younger generation.

Yet such a person had been injured so severely. Even his internal organs and soul had suffered considerable damage.

That was rather unusual.

Long Feng noticed the elder’s interest. He continued with a slightly fearful expression.

"He formed a bizarre yet powerful talisman like something right out of thin air and attacked me with it. "

"A talisman?" The elder’s eyes narrowed.

Long Feng nodded.

"Yes. It released an extremely strange pressure. Even now, I still don’t understand what it was."

He deliberately avoided mentioning the things that could expose his own abilities. Instead, he continued focusing on Ye Wuxie’s strange methods.

"But when I survived even that, he resorted to a strange, underhanded method. A more bizarre pressure emanated from his body—I have no idea what it was, but I felt like absolute nothingness before it, as if it were something divine.

And then, all of that happened... However, it seems he was also heavily injured himself, which is why he didn’t try to finish me off and fled instead."

The elder remained silent. His gaze continued to fall upon Long Feng, as if wanting to see through his every word. But he didn’t found any trace of hesitation in his words, as if his words are absolutely true.

Long Feng had guessed truth, this old man was really able to see through his thoughts. If he had told even a single lie, he would have been caught.

Seeing Long Feng’s expression sincere, he believed his words.

Long Feng had deliberately shifted the elder’s attention toward Ye Wuxie’s strange methods. And judging from the elder’s expression, his plan had worked.

The elder finally spoke. "Are you certain that everything you said is true?"

Long Feng immediately nodded.

"Every word is true, Elder."

The elder stared at him for several breaths. Then his expression slowly changed. It seemed that he was recalling the strange aura he had sensed in the back mountains.

That aura, it most likely belonged to Ye Wuxie. This made elder’s eyes flickered with shock.

"So it was that boy..."

He couldn’t believe that how could a young boy could be source of that power?

But just then, it was as if something clicked in his mind, and his eyes widened. This could happen, but only under one condition.

If his guess was correct, then this Ye Wuxie’s situation was far more complicated than he had imagined.

Long Feng didn’t say anything. He simply maintained a respectful expression.

The elder looked at him once more. "Regardless of what happened between you two, don’t mention it in front of anybody else."

"Yes, Elder."

Long Feng understood it was not a suggestion, but a warning.

He wasn’t an idiot who couldn’t understand this fact. He immediately cupped his fists and nodded.

The old man nodded. Then, without any warning, his figure disappeared in next moment. There was no movement, no fluctuation of spiritual energy.

Arriving like a boss, ghosting like a ghost.

Long Feng’s eyes narrowed. He remained standing there for several seconds.

Only after confirming that the elder’s presence had completely disappeared did he finally let out a slow breath.

That old man, was really terrifying.

Long Feng couldn’t even sense when he had entered. And he couldn’t sense when he had left. He looked toward the empty sofa.

Just how powerful is he?

Long Feng shook his head and sat back down on the bed. He didn’t dare think about it any further. Instead, he closed his eyes and began cultivating.

Time quietly passed. More than two hours later, Long Feng finally reopened his eyes and looked around the room.

It was still empty.

Long Feng carefully spread his spiritual sense throughout the room. There was no trace of the elder, only then did he finally relax.

"He’s finally gone..."

He couldn’t help muttering with a annoyed expressions.

"Ever heard of privacy? People really think they can just barging into a room whenever they please, even if it’s a guy!"

Seeing him walk in like he owns the place gave him major flashbacks to those old folks in his previous life who did the exact same thing to their kids.

Anyway, he was already quite troubled because he couldn’t heal his wounds, and now his mood became even worse.

Therefore, he stopped cultivating altogether and started thinking about his plans.

Long Feng had heard that the sect gives great rewards to those who achieve a top rank in the tournament; perhaps he could heal himself with that.

And what else was left? Oh right, there was still some unfinished business with his system too.

He had almost forgotten about it. Ever since the battle with Ye Wuxie, he hadn’t had the time to properly check it.

With that thought, Long Feng immediately called out in his mind.

"System, weren’t you saying something previously."

The familiar system voice immediately sounded.

[Reward pending.]

Long Feng’s eyes lit up. I really have a reward!

His mood immediately improved. After everything he had suffered today, this was finally some good news. He quickly checked the reward.

The moment he saw its name, however, his expression froze.

[Reward: Will of Emperor.]

Long Feng’s breathing hitched.

"Will of Emperor?" His eyes narrowed slightly.

From the memories he had inherited, he knew that anything carrying the title of an Emperor was extraordinary.

An existence capable of being called an Emperor was already standing at the peak of power. Even the smallest thing related to such an existence could be considered priceless.

"System, what exactly is Will?"

The system responded immediately.

[When an expert reaches the peak of power, their strength becomes so great that they can turn the world upside down with a single gesture. The willpower of such an expert becomes powerful enough to resonate with the laws of nature, it is known as Will.]

Long Feng’s expression became thoughtful.

"So... Will is the manifestation of an expert’s willpower after reaching an extremely high realm?"

He understood some of it, although he still couldn’t fully comprehend how terrifying such a thing could be.

Then something suddenly flashed through his mind.