However, geniuses like Liu Xiwei, Zhang Junfeng, and Qiao Feiyu reached their current level solely through the support of powerful family forces and resources behind them.
This young man, however, had painstakingly walked to this point purely on his own.
Ling Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of cherishing talent.
He, the Qingyun Divine Emperor, never judged people based on talent, bone structure, comprehension, or background, family, or influence.
What he valued was a strong heart that pursued power.
Clearly, some of the qualities of this wild young man had touched Ling Fan.
"Rise, you do not need to kneel before me!"
Ling Fan smiled indifferently.
"The self-saver is saved by heaven, the self-helper is helped by heaven, the self-abandoned is abandoned by heaven!"
"Today, I shall impart to you a cultivation technique, the Zhan Mo Golden Body."
"The power of this technique can shatter mountains, seas, sun, and moon, and make gods and Buddhas retreat. When cultivated to a profound realm, the physical body will be close to immortal and indestructible, all hinging on the word 'battle.' The stronger your will, the more thoroughly your physical divine treasures will be opened. Simultaneously, it can domineeringly devour the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to supplement your deficiencies."
"Of course, no matter how powerful a technique is, it also depends on the cultivator themselves. If your fighting spirit is insufficient, forcibly cultivating this technique will only backfire, and becoming a walking corpse would be considered a light consequence."
"Do you dare to cultivate it?"
Ling Fan gazed directly into the wild young man's eyes.
The young man did not hesitate in the slightest. He kowtowed heavily to Ling Fan.
Ling Fan nodded and smiled.
"Good!"
He pointed a finger at the wild young man's brow. His powerful spiritual energy directly imprinted an extremely profound cultivation technique into the wild young man's soul.
The young man quickly closed his eyes, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate as if he were a stone.
"Let's go."
Ling Fan beckoned Liang Hutou to leave.
Liang Hutou was somewhat displeased. "Master, this kid has no manners! I don't know what you helped him with just now, but judging by his reaction, it was clearly something incredibly significant. You helped him so much, and he didn't even say a word of thanks. That's too ungrateful! Could he be an ungrateful wretch?"
Ling Fan smiled indifferently. "Although this person was raised by demonic beasts, his heart is incredibly pure. He is far better than those outwardly human but inwardly beastly hypocrites in this world. If he truly felt gratitude, why would he need elaborate formalities to prove it? He will naturally repay the favor when the time comes."
"As for those who are ungrateful, no matter how well they speak, they will still betray and retaliate if they are inclined to. What meaning do words of thanks hold?"
"Moreover, I, Ling Fan, act according to my own conscience, not for others' gratitude or repayment."
Liang Hutou listened and pondered, thinking that his Master's realm was truly beyond his reach.
"Then what did you impart to him just now?"
Liang Hutou asked curiously.
"Just a cultivation technique."
"Could it be a top-grade Yellow tier?" Liang Hutou asked, somewhat shocked.
He knew how extraordinary Ling Fan was. The formations he casually set up possessed terrifying power close to Quasi-Heavenly Origin, pushing him from the late stage of Profound Gang Realm to the peak of the Profound Gang Realm!
How could anything given by Ling Fan be inferior?
Ling Fan smiled and shook his head.
"Could it be Profound tier!"
Liang Hutou was even more shocked.
How precious martial cultivation techniques were was enough to make countless martial artists flock to them, especially powerful high-tier techniques. Countless prodigies and experts were willing to throw themselves into the fire, just to obtain stronger techniques and see higher realms and scenery.
The Five Cities region was merely the most remote and backward area of the Tianchu Province. Yellow tier mid-grade techniques were already considered top-tier. Obtaining one could serve as a clan's inherited treasure, establishing a great family that would last for a hundred years.
Occasionally, a few Yellow tier top-grade cultivation techniques or martial skills would appear, enough to incite bloody competition among countless families.
Profound tier techniques were even more so!
These were things that even the super forces in Tianchu Province had to lower themselves to snatch. There were very few Profound tier techniques in the vast Tianchu Province.
The thought that Ling Fan would casually give such a precious item to a stranger, without even asking for his name, clearly seeking no reward, left Liang Hutou utterly stunned.
The more this was the case, the more respectful he became towards Ling Fan.
Ling Fan, however, merely smiled noncommittally.
Profound tier techniques?
Heh, that would be underestimating him too much.
He was the dignified Qingyun Divine Emperor, and he had mastered countless Heavenly tier techniques.
To only offer a Profound tier technique would be too much of an insult to his Qingyun Divine Emperor status.
The Zhan Mo Golden Body was a low-grade Earth tier technique.
It belonged to a royal family that ruled over myriad demons in a very powerful demonic world.
Before Ling Fan rose to prominence, he had ventured into that demonic world for training. Seeing that the royal family was too cruel and lawless, he had, on a whim, destroyed their royal lineage and seized their inheritance.
However, these secrets were not meant to be told to outsiders.
As Ling Fan and his party left.
Those rogue genius cultivators were completely dumbfounded.
They had witnessed the change in the wild young man's attitude towards Ling Fan from beginning to end, and it astonished them.
They had initially thought that Ling Fan, an ordinary person with no aura, would be ruthlessly torn to shreds and killed for daring to approach that wild and savage man.
But in the end, they didn't know what Ling Fan had said with his silver tongue to that wild kid, who then knelt down before Ling Fan!
Moreover, that wild kid was clearly extremely respectful and devout towards Ling Fan.
How could this be?
Wasn't this wild kid an untamable savage?
When did he become so docile and obedient?
Had the sun risen from the west?
Ling Fan casually strolled around the martial arts arena again.
There was truly nothing that interested him, so he returned to the Liu family's seating area.
By this time, the martial competition had already reached its halfway point.
Most of the ordinary geniuses had been eliminated.
Those who remained on the battle stage had at least the strength of the late stage of Qi Refining or above.
The younger generation of the Liu family was somewhat surprised to see Ling Fan return.
This good-for-nothing actually had the face to come back and watch the matches. His skin was indeed quite thick.
It seemed this fellow was accustomed to being a good-for-nothing and didn't care about others' gazes at all.
At this moment, Liu Xiwei had just finished a match and was returning triumphantly with her chin held high.
The younger generation of the Liu family erupted in wild cheers and screams.
Liu Xiran also couldn't help but jump up and clap for her sister, cupping her hands around her mouth like a trumpet and shouting loudly.
Liu Xiwei, surrounded by the crowd, her face wore an even more proud expression.
Her gaze swept over Ling Fan, and she couldn't help but be stunned. Why had Ling Fan returned?
Could it be that he had specifically returned to watch her match?
She couldn't help but have this thought.
ps: RNG lost consecutively to T1 and G2, turning the Busan stadium into a library. Exciting!