Chapter 12: Crazy Promotion (Part 2)

  Three days later, Lei Xingfeng looked at the still dense reeds with a sense of helplessness. He had been moving forward all along, but even now he hadn't escaped the encirclement of the reeds. This was a natural maze, and if he could fly into the air, perhaps he would be able to find a way out. Now it was completely up to luck, wanting to get out was truly as difficult as ascending to heaven.

  For six whole days, Leixingfeng had been wandering around in the reeds, his anger burning fiercely inside. He had to suppress his temper and sit quietly, not daring to practice his skills. Fortunately, there was plenty of rice on the boat, as well as all sorts of food, and with countless fish and shrimp in the lake, he didn't have to worry about meals, so he still had the energy to cause trouble.

  Sitting at the bow of the boat, letting the rain pour down on him, Lei Xingfeng gradually calmed down. He found that he was getting more and more irritable, knowing it was a side effect of his cultivation method. Fortunately, in his past life, he had been an extremely calm person, so after his rapid progress in cultivation, he could effectively control his emotions.

  In his past life, whenever he felt extremely annoyed, Lei Xingfeng would sit cross-legged in stillness, emptying his mind. Each time it had a very good effect. Of course, that wasn't practicing qigong, but rather a way to calm the heart and quiet the spirit. Unexpectedly, this life also found use for it, and it was very useful. Once he sat in stillness, the violent wheel of karma gradually calmed down, as if washing gold sand, finding the gold and discarding the sand.

  Several times of meditation brought great benefits to Leixingfeng, and also made him realize the importance of meditation. In these six days, whenever his mood was extremely violent and bloodthirsty, with thoughts of killing rising up, he would start meditating, slowly calming down and tempering his Wheel Imprint power.

  Gradually, Lei Xingfeng became infatuated with the feeling of meditation. Every time he finished meditating, he felt reborn.

  Lei Xingfeng didn't know that he had narrowly escaped a disaster. If he returned smoothly, he would be unable to control his manic emotions and might erupt in a fit of rage at some point, slaughtering the entire market with his abilities, without anyone being able to stop him.

  In those years, Lei Bao was like that, always killing and making blood flow like rivers, causing him to have countless enemies.

  So Leixingfeng decided to live in this reed marsh for a while after a meditation, slowly finding a way out. Even if he couldn't find a way out temporarily, he didn't need to be anxious. One day he would be able to get out. When he made this decision, his mood became calm and peaceful, and he even felt a little joy. He himself was surprised that he had such a happy mood.

  From then on, Lei Xingfeng was not in a hurry to rush along the road. Every time he came to a fork in the road, he quietly made marks to indicate the path he had taken. Once he passed by again next time, he would know that he had circled back.

  His daily tasks were to cultivate, then meditate, make marks, catch fish and cook meals. It was a very simple life, but it made his wheel power more and more pure, and its nature also leaned towards the power of the seal. He didn't deliberately pursue promotion, every day there were new discoveries, and every day there was joy in his heart.

  However, Lei Xingfeng gradually came to understand a principle: since he had cultivated the Thunder System, its violent aspect was absolutely unavoidable. Everything he did now was about control and suppression. For now, relying on his past life's meditation, he could solve this problem very well, but when he advanced again, it might not be possible for him to rely on meditation to solve it.

  Living in the Reed Marsh for over thirty days, Lei Xingfeng not only consolidated his cultivation but also reached the edge of advancing to the Fourth Ring True Body, which was not what he pursued, but rather a natural achievement.

  The rice has been eaten for the most part, and in recent days, Leixingfeng has been very careful. Most of it is fish and shrimp, and he eats very little rice. Although he is no longer anxious and worried, he still can't find a way out, and his heart is still a bit anxious. When will he be able to find a way out?

  It's been a rare clear sky for two days, and the sun is shining brightly. The surroundings are quiet, with only a few water birds flying by. Lei Xingfeng lies at the bow of the boat, basking in the warm sunlight. He is still thinking about how to get out, but in his heart, he knows that unless he gets lucky, even if he reaches the edge of the reeds, he won't know what to do.

  Always living on the humid and cold lake surface, it's hard to come by sunshine, but when it does, it feels warm and comfortable, Lei Xingfeng unknowingly falls asleep.

  The small boat drifted with the current.

  He slept soundly, and all his fatigue, tension, and unease were eliminated. This was the most refreshing sleep he had ever had since birth, and it lasted for two days and two nights. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly found that his boat was stuck in a clump of reeds, and through the reeds, he saw a vast expanse of lake water stretching out before him.

  Lei Xingfeng was stunned for a long time, he rubbed his eyes hard and looked back at the large reeds that were like city walls, only then did he realize that he had actually left the reeds, but he had no idea how he got out.

  "What the...?! How can this be?! This is...this is unreasonable..."

  Lei Xingfeng stared at the stuck bow of the ship, lost in thought. Suddenly, he came to his senses and couldn't help but slap himself: "Stupid... following the current would have gotten us out! I've been struggling for tens of days!"

  Sitting at the bow of the boat, Lei Xingfeng had a helpless look on his face. He began to meditate because he felt himself getting angry again. Rubbing his face, this slap was not light.

  When he finished meditating and his mood had calmed down, he raised his head and was suddenly startled. The lake surface was densely packed with small boats, and it was unknown who they were. Two small boats were even confronting each other in a standoff, with hundreds of boats on either side, squeezing the entire lake surface full. At first glance, it was clear that two forces were vying for dominance.

  After a brief observation, Lei Xingfeng lost interest. These were ordinary people, not cultivators. The battles of ordinary people had no appeal to him.

  Anyway, Leixing Feng didn't dare to enter Lüdang again. It was too scary inside. Although there were no ferocious beasts or direct dangers, this way of being trapped was simply terrifying. If he hadn't run out inexplicably, Leixing Feng estimated that he would have had to advance to the sixth ring true body and gain flight before he could escape safely.

  Looking back at Lü Dang and then looking at the conflicting parties in front of him, Lei Xingfeng easily made a decision to walk from the front, absolutely not going back.

  Suddenly, a burst of drumming sounds, followed by loud shouts and screams. The small boats from both sides began to charge forward, accompanied by the sound of clashing steel - the shooting sound of crossbows. Lei Xingfeng did not expect that these ordinary people would be equipped with such deadly weapons. Crossbows could even threaten low-level cultivators. Even Qianlun Masters dared not face the piercing arrows head-on. Only Wanlun Masters could rely on their condensed ring armor to block the crossbow arrows, while Qianlun Masters' wheel power armor was slightly inferior.

  Following the sound of the crossbow firing, a mournful cry was heard, clearly someone had been hit by an arrow.

  The battles of ordinary people are not much different from those of cultivators, equally cruel. After the small boats made contact, apart from ramming into each other, they would also draw alongside and attack with weapons. Harpoons, steel spears, shields, and bows and arrows were all used in the fierce fighting that echoed across the lake's surface. Leixing Peak was still pondering whether to charge out directly when unexpectedly both sides had a hidden hand - dozens of large ships and over a thousand small boats appeared from two directions.

  Lei Xingfeng took a deep breath, and the number was a bit frightening. Each of them had dozens of large ships, and over a thousand small boats. The entire lake surface was covered with boats, and at first glance, it was simply magnificent. The only difference between ordinary people's battles and cultivators' was the number. Once ordinary people launched a battle, the number of people would be in the tens of thousands. With ten combat personnel on each small boat, plus two sailors, just the small boats alone accounted for nearly 20,000 people.

  The cries of killing grew louder, and there were more crossbows on the big ship, shooting out more crossbow arrows, and bows and arrows firing incessantly, with arrows flying all over the sky.

  Lei Xingfeng let out a wry smile, he was somewhat at a loss for what to do. If he went out now, he would definitely be attacked. With his current temper, once he was attacked, he would absolutely not hesitate to counterattack. This battle would be utterly inexplicable, and he didn't want to join in on it.

  Suddenly a long whistle sounded, and a figure leaped from the big ship, pouncing towards the opposite side.

  Lei Xingfeng's eyes narrowed instantly, he found that this was a cultivator, should be a thousand wheel master, his body was shining with the light of ring armor, if the figure was fast enough, agile enough, it could absolutely dodge most of the crossbow arrow attacks.

  Immediately afterwards, a person rushed out from the opposite big ship and pounced on the opponent, who was also a Qiānlún Shī.

  Lei Xingfeng sighed and thought to himself: "As expected, there are indeed cultivators involved in this."

  It is possible to organize tens of thousands of ordinary people to fight, in this world, only cultivators are counted, small-scale ones don't count, such large-scale battles without the participation of cultivators are unimaginable things, the cultivators in this world are equivalent to nobles, with high status and natural management rights over ordinary people, this is a right granted by strength, if you want to deprive them of this right, then there must be even greater strength.

  Lei Xingfeng quietly watched, knowing that it was not suitable for him to appear at this time. Even if he was eager to return, he could only wait patiently.

  The battle of ordinary people is equally cruel, the sound of miserable cries, angry roars, the breaking sound of steel crossbows, the entire lake surface seems to be boiling, and a large group of water birds are startled in the reeds, including many wild ducks.

  Boom! Boom! Boom......

  Innumerable blazing fires appeared, striking the small boat, instantly triggering a massive fire. This was an attack launched by a cultivator. Judging from the intensity of the flames, Lei Xingfeng concluded that this must be a Wan Lun Master, a fire-attribute Wan Lun Master.

  The lake water suddenly surged and instantly capsized over a dozen small boats, which was the masterpiece of the Water Attribute Million Wheel Master.

  Lei Xingfeng secretly calculated how many cultivators there were. So far, he had only seen Wan Lunshi take action, and hadn't seen Mi Lunshi, but he guessed that Wan Lunshi was just a front-line fighter who killed first, and there must be Mi Lunshi behind him, perhaps with the true body of Mi Lunzhen suppressing the formation.

  Suddenly, several small boats came towards his location.

  Lei Xingfeng smiled wryly and thought to himself, "Afraid I'm an ambush? I'm just one ship... That gaze is quite venomous, able to discover from such a distance." He raised his vigilance a bit.

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