“Let’s hope that First Elder and the Yin Clan won’t act too fast. I will go with the first two skill sets!”

Feng Luotian fetched the green and blue books, which were [Ranger of Wind] skill set and [Apparition of Ice] skill set, respectively.

Walking down to the information desk, Feng Luotian saw the female officer had already returned to her work, burying her head down to the pile of documents. She was immersed in her duty and did not notice Feng Luotian approaching her from the front, not until he knocked on the desk twice.

“Oh! Have you finished choosing your books, sir?”

After learning that he was one of the bigshots, otherwise, the head librarian would not react that way. The female officer was immediately jolted from her seat, quickly tidying up her dress and inquiring with respect.

Feng Luotian placed two skill books on the desk, together with the golden badge containing contribution points: “Yes. Please proceed with the procedures.”

After seeing the skill books, the female officer’s mouth could fit an entire egg. She had never seen anyone borrowing a skill book that required so many contribution points, let alone two of them. She took the skill books and the badge with trembling hands and was extremely cautious, afraid that she might make a mistake and break it accidentally.

Deducting the contribution points from the badge and releasing the formation on the skill books with a key made of light, the female officer returned two books and the badge to Feng Luotian: “The borrowing procedure is complete, sir. After the deduction of the cost, you have 129,208 contribution points left. Is there anything else I can do for you, sir?”

Feng Luotian asked: “Can I exchange the rest of my contribution points for monster cores here?”

The female officer replied: “No, sir. You have to go to the school treasury to exchange for the monster cores.”

Feng Luotian: “I understand. Thank you. That would be all.”

Before he could turn around, the female officer respectfully bowed: “Have a nice day, and may you have a success in learning the skills, sir.”

Feng Luotian nodded with a smile. He did not forget to return the Feather Badge to Lian Fu before leaving and going to the school treasury.

After finishing his business at the Peacock Library, Feng Luotian headed to the school treasury to exchange the rest of the contribution points for monster cores for his friends. He noticed that even though most of them were talented, their skill levels were too low. They probably did not know about the types of monster cores that could benefit their skills after refining them.

His business at the school treasury went by without problems. Feng Luotian got around 900 late-stage Fang cores. After his careful selection, every monster core could benefit his friends’ skills one way or another. He also traded two Amethyst Horned Snake Cores for some other monster cores with equal values.

On his way home, Feng Luotian visited Sun Wuji, Mei Yue’er, Tu Lingxi, He Chen, even Ying Lizhua and gave them the respective monster cores that would benefit their skills.

With his persistence and determination in giving them, everyone accepted the monster cores, excluding Ying Lizhua, of course. If Feng Luotian continued to bother, then the fight would break out between them without questions.

After that, Feng Luotian got back to his house to learn his new skills.

In the cultivation room, he started with the [Ranger of Wind] skill set. Right when he opened the first page, the introduction popped up instantly.

Ranger of Wind (Rare Skill Set)

Whirlwind Armor - Wrap the user’s body with the whirlwind. Ferocious Gale - Create a mighty wind that pushes any object away from the user Tempest Shot - Augment the arrow with the wind.

Would you like to learn this skill set? [Yes] or [No]

After clicking [Yes], the skill set appeared in his status window. However, Feng Luotian continued with the blue one: [Apparition of Ice] skill set without rechecking his status. When he finished learning the second book, he opened the status window to see the details of his newly obtained skills.

STATUS

Name: Feng Luotian

Level: Eight Fangs (95%)

Skill 1: Pinnacle Flash Lightning Level 4 (1,270/4,000)

Wrap the user’s body in lightning. Speed +500% (+87) %. Lightning resistance +50% (+28) %. Attack +60% (+36) %. Defense +40% (+81) %. Reflect incoming damage (lightning-element) +10%.

Skill 2: Underworld Physique Level 5 (2,641/3,200)

Multiply the weight of the user’s body by 200 upon activation as long as the skill is still active, bodyweight +10% per every soul collected by the user during the skill activation.

Skill 3: Ranger of Wind Level 1 (0/500)

Sub-skill 1: Whirlwind Armor

Wrap the user’s body with the whirlwind. Movement speed +50%. Range attack dodge rate +5%.

Sub-skill 2: Ferocious Gale (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Create a mighty wind that pushes any object within 12 meters radius away from the user, dealing 120% of attack damage.

Sub-skill 3: Tempest Shot (Requirement: Talon Realm, Weapon Requirement: Bow)

Augment the arrow with the wind. Attack +150%. Area of effect +50%.

Skill 4: Apparition of Ice Level 1 (0/600)

Sub-skill 1: Chilling Touch

Imbue the user’s next attack with the ice attribute. Attack +20%. Slow the target’s movement speed and casting speed by 5% (Max 5 stacks).

Sub-skill 2: Ice Imprisonment (Requirement: Talon Realm)

Trap the target within the ice, preventing them from using their ability and skill for 3 seconds.

Sub-skill 3: Glacial Blast (Requirement: Wing Realm)

Form a sphere of the extreme ice, hitting the target causing 300% of attack damage. A successful hit can instantly shatter a cultivator with one level above the user to a thousand pieces of ice.

Ability 1: Last Dance Curse Level 8

Increase the user’s power level by 1 for 12 (+16) minutes. However, the user has to collect 10 souls within 12 (+16) minutes. Otherwise, the user’s level will be decreased by 2.

Ability 2: Momentum Eyes Level 8

The user can see the momentum and projectile of every object within 55 (+69) meters.

Ability 3: Evil Cyclone Level 8

Every time the user’s melee attack hits the target, one cyclone will be generated and can be used to either attack or heal the user’s injury at a maximum of 8 Evil Cyclones at a time.

Spectating the new data, Feng Luotian commented:

“Even at the Level 1, [Whirlwind Armor] and [Chilling Touch] already gave me a wide range of strategies I can use against my enemies. Nonetheless, the required skill proficiency for the rare skill sets is as high as the legendary skill, huh? In the following days, I will focus mainly on using these new skills to upgrade them as soon as possible.”

“Fortunately, I have already exchanged for some monster cores of the wind type and ice type. With them, I will be able to reach Level 2 within a week. After I reach the Talon Realm, I will probably be able to conquer anyone within the same realm, except for a few troublesome individuals.”

“Okay! First, let’s refine the wind-type and ice-type monster cores, then train these skills later.”

Feng Luotian took out dozens of monster cores from his spatial ring. After that, you know the rest.

The following day, the team, except He Chen, grouped up again as they promised to spar with each other. As for He Chen, his master called him in to talk about something.

While it was not a heavy spar and only consisted of physical close combat movements, if someone came and witnessed the scene right now, they would not be able to sit still and enjoy it calmly.

Feng Luotian had his team covering their bodies with Theríon to its maximum capacity. Every bout created a loud sound and shockwave. Luckily, Feng Luotian had set up a simple sound-canceling formation beforehand, or else, there would be a lot of disciples reporting to their masters about the noise complaints. He also set up a protective formation around his residence. Otherwise, it would reduce a pile of rubbles soon enough.

Two hours had passed since the beginning of the sparring session. Sun Wuji lay down on the ground with a soaking wet shirt. The rest of the girls did not fare any better. As for Feng Luotian, his control over Theríon was top-notch, to begin with, so he did not break a single drop of sweat after the spar.

Feng Luotian suggested two of them go inside his house and change clothes before discussing their previous training. When they finished and walked out of the house, Sun Wuji changed his clothes to a dry one and sat on one of the boulders. At the exact moment, He Chen rushed into Feng Luotian’s courtyard with an overexcited expression.

Everyone in that courtyard was thinking the same thing: “Something must have happened to make him this jovial.”

He Chen quickly told them the news: “I heard from my master. There is an assembly of all the disciples at the Peacock Garden to hold a registration session to join the incoming Feather Ranking Competition two weeks later. And all of the Ten Feathers will be there as well!”

Everyone was surprised by this news. Everyone knew that Ten Feathers were the title given to the current ten strongest disciples in the Peacock School. There was no way they would not be interested to know about these Feathers.

Sun Wuji was the first to open his mouth and asked: “All of the Ten Feathers?! What is this Feather Ranking Competition?”

He Chen shook his head: “I don’t know the detail either. I left before my master could even finish his explanation. Hehe. Anyway, it should be something grand since all of the Ten Feathers will be partaking in this competition, right?”

Mei Yue’er, as one of the Mei Clan members, explained: “Feather Ranking Competition is an event that will be held every year at the Peacock Arena to determine the position of the Ten Feathers. Through a couple of tests, the passing disciples will be given a chance to challenge the current Ten Feathers and take their places if they can defeat them. You should know one thing that being Ten Feathers gives you much more privileges than others within the Peacock School.”

Feng Luotian nodded in confirmation: “Yes, I just went to the Peacock Library yesterday. If you are one of the Ten Feathers, you can go up to the second floor where the skill books are much stronger than the first floor.”

Sun Wuji: “Woah! Is that right? Wait! Brother Feng, you went to Peacock Library to borrow skill books?! Why? With the way you assisted us by giving compatible skills, you should have tons of skills in your knowledge.”

Feng Luotian smiled wryly to that question: “My situation is a bit complicated. I know the skills, but I can’t use them.”

Everyone frowned in confusion.

Mei Yue’er asked from another perspective: “What about your contribution points? Even on the first floor, borrowing skill books from the library will cost you at least a few thousand contribution points. How did you get those points? I doubt you have received any contribution points from donating the lion tail’s blade because it was taken right afterward.”

Sun Wuji: “Did you get some from Master by finding Senior Brother Xiu Yao? Did he give you contribution points after you completed the first mission? How many did you get?”

Feng Luotian flatly replied: “Now that you mention it, Master still owed me that. Last time, he only gave you monster cores to buy some weapons. Now, Master did not even mention giving me the contribution points. Did he really think that I am richer than him? Luckily, I have come across some resources in the Nefarious Valley during the past week. Before I went to the library yesterday, I visited the forging department to exchange for some contribution points.”

Sun Wuji joked: “What a lucky bastard! You just got so many precious materials last month, and now you got another treasure.”

“The forging department?” Mei Yue’er had a weird expression after realizing something: “Uncle Changji must give you a tough time there since you are both the ones that gave him the treasure and took it away from him.”

Feng Luotian sighed: “Don’t mention it because I actually had a tough time with him. But don’t worry, after some haggling over price, the ‘misunderstanding’ has been written off.”

Sun Wuji: “Hey! Back to the previous topic, I think we should go and register for this Feather Ranking Competition then. Maybe we can squeeze into a couple of the last positions in the Ten Feathers.”

Mei Yue’er was consent with Sun Wuji this time: “Mhm. I think so too. With our battle prowess, we can certainly take down someone at Ten Fangs. And the current Tenth Feather is a Ten Fangs Fighter.”

Tu Lingxi asked He Chen as she was interested in joining this competition as well: “When is this assembly you are talking about?”

He Chen shouted: “Right now! On my way here, almost every disciple is heading to the Peacock Garden to participate in the assembly.”

Feng Luotian commented and proposed: “Interesting. Let’s go and register together. I want to see what kind of people these Ten Feathers are. Maybe we could aim higher in this competition.” A profound light flashed across his eyes when he uttered the last sentence.