I Am Closer to the Sky Than You

Chen Feng's face flushed red at her words.

However, he still seriously taught Yin Hu martial arts.

It had to be said that although Yin Hu was a degenerate, shameless beast.

Her cultivation speed was indeed extremely fast.

Chen Feng only led her through the exercises twice.

And Yin Hu could already circulate the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique on her own.

"I have to say, this cultivation technique of yours actually works."

"Seeing how unskilled you were yourself, I thought you were just looking for an excuse to cop a feel."

Cop a feel?

"You actually have the nerve to say that?"

"I have never seen such a brazen spirit beast."

Chen Feng curled his lip, looking at Yin Hu with a face full of disdain.

While teaching Yin Hu to cultivate, she had aggressively sucked on him quite a few times.

His bone marrow was almost sucked dry.

After running through the technique once more.

Yin Hu said impatiently:

"Alright, I've acknowledged you as my master and practiced the technique."

"Now it's time for you to fulfill your promise."

With that, she sprawled out flat on her back on the ground.

"No!"

"You haven't even reached the entry level yet!"

"You only truly learn it once you've reached the entry level."

Chen Feng had been waiting for the system's notification.

Seeing that the system had no reaction whatsoever, he knew Yin Hu was just going through the motions to brush him off.

Yin Hu said disdainfully:

"How do you know I haven't reached the entry level? I'm even more proficient at it than you are right now."

Chen Feng refused to be outdone and said:

"Once you reach the entry level, I'll show you what true proficiency looks like."

Yin Hu teased:

"You'd better show me what a real man looks like instead!"

Chen Feng clenched his fists.

Bear with it!

Yin Hu cultivated for several more hours.

She had to admit that she felt a very high degree of compatibility with this martial arts technique.

At the very least, it was much stronger than the techniques of the ancient clans.

Spirit beasts and half-demons like her couldn't learn those techniques at all.

She just didn't know how this Qilin-man in front of her possessed a technique that half-demons could cultivate.

Soon, Yin Hu successfully brought her Dragon Elephant Prajna technique to the entry level.

At the same time, she reached the first tier of the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique.

Instantly, she felt her strength increase significantly.

Resisting the baleful aura and pressure of the White Tiger Abyss became much easier than before.

Meanwhile, Chen Feng was even more thrilled inwardly.

[Disciple has reached the entry level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique. Master Teacher achievement completed.]

[Rewarding the Master with a full realm upgrade of the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique to the state of Heaven and Man as One.]

Chen Feng's Dragon Elephant Prajna technique instantly skyrocketed to the thirteenth tier.

The extreme gravity that had previously pressed down on him so hard he could barely breathe.

Seemed to vanish into thin air in that split second.

Chen Feng hurriedly stood up and paced back and forth a few times.

He felt his body become much lighter.

But he could still clearly feel.

As if a heavy burden of a thousand pounds was still pressing down on his entire body.

However, relying on his vitality and blood cultivation comparable to a Grandmaster, he could still withstand this pressure.

Seeing Chen Feng suddenly full of vigor and vitality.

Yin Hu couldn't help but ask in surprise:

"How come you're suddenly not afraid of the Tiger Baleful Aura's suppression?"

Chen Feng curled the corners of his mouth into a wicked smile.

"Now I'll show you what true proficiency is!"

The Dragon Elephant Prajna technique at the state of Heaven and Man as One instantly circulated madly.

Chen Feng's muscles bulged instantly, emitting a golden astral energy.

A phantom of a giant mammoth over five meters tall appeared behind him.

At the same time, a giant dragon circled above his head.

At this moment, Chen Feng felt a massive surge in his overall strength.

The effect of the ultra-strong gravity of the White Tiger Abyss on his body was reduced by another half.

He walked over to the stone wall without hesitation.

He circulated the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Tathagata Palm, merging them with the sword aura of the Thirteen Deadly Swords.

Simultaneously, he enveloped his hands in the Indestructible Golden Body.

Then, he straightened his fingers to form hand blades.

And thrust them directly into the stone wall.

Repeating this process over and over.

Chen Feng began to climb upwards step by step.

Yin Hu hurriedly tried to stop him:

"Don't be delusional! Do you know how high the White Tiger Abyss is?"

"You can't even see the sky from the bottom of the abyss. How could you possibly climb up?"

"Stop foolishly wasting your energy."

"Instead of wasting your strength on this, you might as well spend it on me."

Chen Feng turned a deaf ear.

He continued to climb upwards.

Although the Dragon Elephant Prajna technique greatly increased his strength and allowed him to resist the terrifying gravity of the White Tiger Abyss.

Climbing the stone wall of the abyss was still incredibly strenuous.

Regardless of whether he succeeded or not, whether he could climb out or not.

Chen Feng had no intention of sitting around waiting to die in the White Tiger Abyss.

Seeing that the companion she had so rarely encountered had already climbed dozens of meters high.

Yin Hu urged him once again:

"Do you think I didn't try climbing when I first got here?"

"Do you think I'm willing to just wait for death here?"

"Do you think I haven't fantasized about getting out?"

"Back then, I was just like you, unwilling to accept the cruel reality."

"But I climbed for a full nine years! Nine whole years! And I didn't even see a damn ray of daylight."

Chen Feng's actions touched upon the memories Yin Hu didn't want to recall.

Having roamed the Kunlun Mountains unhindered for thousands of years, she ended up imprisoned in the White Tiger Abyss.

How could she be willing to accept this?

How could she not want to climb out of the White Tiger Abyss and seek revenge against those beasts?

But she endured hunger and starvation, gritting her teeth and persisting for over nine years.

Even her sharp claws and giant teeth were worn flat.

Yet, the result was not a single shred of hope.

Ultimately, her physical strength gave out, and she fell back down once again.

It was also that time, in order to save her own life, that she had no choice but to eat herself.

Otherwise, she would have died long ago.

Chen Feng also sensed Yin Hu's feelings of unwillingness.

He looked down at the resentful Yin Hu.

And said in a clear, loud voice:

"If I can't climb up in one year, then I'll climb for ten years!"

"If ten years isn't enough, I'll climb for a hundred years!"

"Even if I die halfway, I won't just wait here doing nothing!"

"If we are trapped here forever, what's the difference between dying now and dying ten thousand years later!"

"As long as you don't stop moving forward, no matter how distant the hope is, there is still hope."

"Once you stop moving forward, what's the difference between being alive and being dead!"

His resonant refutation echoed in Yin Hu's ears.

Leaving her in a daze for a long time.

By the time she snapped back to reality.

Chen Feng had already climbed another few dozen meters.

Yin Hu questioned him indignantly:

"Is there really hope?"

"But for over nine whole years, over three thousand days and nights, without food or drink, I climbed day and night. Until the moment I collapsed and fell, I didn't see the slightest bit of hope."

"I didn't want to stop moving forward either, but what could I do?"

"Ten years! A hundred years! What if all the effort is in vain in the end?"

Chen Feng's voice drifted down faintly.

"With every step I climb upwards, my hope grows a little bigger."

"But by staying down here, you will never have any hope!"

"Even if I can't get out in the end."

"I will still be closer to the sky than you are!"

After Chen Feng finished speaking.

He said no more.

At this time, he also realized a serious problem.

If it was really as Yin Hu said.

Let alone nine years.

Even in just one year.

He might not be able to hold on.

Every climb took a toll on his body.

When tired, he could only firmly wedge his hands and feet into the rock and hang there to rest.

If he were an ordinary person, he definitely wouldn't be able to endure such torment.

Going without food and drink for a long time and solely relying on the vitality and blood in his body to push through was truly unrealistic.

But to ask him to wait for death at the bottom of the abyss was impossible.

At the bottom of the White Tiger Abyss.

Beside the churning magma of bones.

Yin Hu could no longer remember how many years she had been trapped here.

Her long-resigned heart once again burned with an intense yearning for freedom.

"That damn bastard!"

"He always knows exactly what to say to make my heart flutter!"

"You certainly weren't acting this tough when you were weakly begging for mercy!"