Xu Zefei was indeed a water ability user, as Yang Feilong had said.
Looking at Yang Feilong, fear filled his eyes. He could launch sharp attacks from the bottom of the lake because the water was his "hand." Yet, Yang Feilong, on his "home turf," had made him spit blood. This showed that the opponent's strength far surpassed his own.
"What's your cultivation level?" Yang Feilong asked, his tone cold but unquestionable.
"Late third tier F-class!" Xu Zefei replied honestly.
Yang Feilong nodded. It indeed stayed within the third tier. The previous attack's power had reached the third tier level. Of course, the other party hadn't used his full strength before, otherwise, the attack power might have been even stronger.
However, this was not a reason for Yang Feilong to let him go!
If he hadn't been so strong, that attack would have been enough to kill him!
"Late third tier F-class, what realm is that equivalent to in ancient martial arts cultivation?" Li Yufei asked Yang Feilong curiously.
"It's equivalent to the late Xuanwu realm," Yang Feilong explained. "Because ability users first appeared abroad, they are named with letters. Of course, the vast majority of ability users are abroad. First to third tier are considered basic ability users, F-class. Fourth and fifth tier are E-class ability users. Sixth tier is D-class. Seventh tier is C-class. Eighth tier is B-class. Ninth tier is A-class."
"In the early stages, ability users are generally not as strong as their ancient martial arts counterparts. Of course, this is the usual situation. If you fight a water ability user near water, then at the same level, the water ability user will win against an ancient martial arts cultivator!" Yang Feilong added.
Li Yufei nodded, understanding half of it.
Although her family had many ancient martial arts cultivators, she wasn't very interested in cultivation. It was only recently, because Yang Feilong was also a cultivator, that she had developed some interest.
"You tried to kill us earlier. Give me a reason to spare you, otherwise, I don't mind killing you!" Yang Feilong said to Xu Zefei, calmly and indifferently.
Xu Zefei fell silent. There's a saying, "When under someone else's roof, one must bow their head." Moreover, his previous actions were indeed somewhat reckless.
"I can help your girlfriend become an ability user!" Xu Zefei said.
"Oh? You can help people awaken abilities?" Hearing this, Yang Feilong's eyes narrowed slightly. He had only heard that ability users awakened by chance, though inheritance was the most likely. For instance, if both parents were ability users, their offspring had a high probability of being ability users as well.
If there were no ability users among elders or direct ancestors, it would be very, very difficult for descendants to awaken abilities. Most awakened them by chance.
For example, an ordinary person was struck by lightning but didn't die. Their body might have a stronger lightning attribute, possibly awakening a lightning ability. Of course, most ordinary people would die directly from lightning strikes, or survive without awakening abilities.
Li Yufei's face turned slightly red. What was this guy talking about? Who was his girlfriend? She glanced at Yang Feilong, wondering if he hadn't caught the nuance in the other's words, or if he truly considered her his girlfriend?
"I accidentally obtained an ability awakening manual," Xu Zefei said, taking out a book from his inner clothing. It didn't look like ordinary paper, and the water before hadn't dampened it at all.
Yang Feilong took the ability awakening manual. Xu Zefei didn't play any tricks during this process. It was clear he had realized the huge gap between himself and Yang Feilong, knowing that even a sneak attack might not succeed and could even lead to his demise here.
Therefore, he chose to concede.
Yang Feilong roughly flipped through the ability awakening manual.
It mainly contained methods for awakening six types of abilities.
These six awakening methods were gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and lightning.
According to the descriptions in the ability awakening manual, there were numerous types of ability users. Besides the five elements, there were also wind, lightning, light, dark, and mental attributes, for a total of ten attribute awakening methods!
Of course, the five-element attributes were more common, followed by lightning. Wind and light/dark attributes were rare, and mental ability users were even rarer.
Xu Zefei glanced at Yang Feilong. The latter glanced back at him. Xu Zefei sighed inwardly. Although the other seemed to be focused on the manual, he believed that if he made a move, Yang Feilong would immediately strike to kill him. He secretly lamented his loss. Then, he took out a small jade box from his pocket.
Yang Feilong looked at Xu Zefei.
"This contains a Water Spirit Pearl!" Xu Zefei said with a pained expression. "By cultivating the water-element chapter of the ability awakening manual and slowly absorbing the spiritual energy from the Water Spirit Pearl, she has a great chance of awakening a water ability. This isn't a hundred percent certain, as I don't know if her body has a prominent water affinity. However, female physiques generally lean towards the water attribute, so her chances of awakening are quite high!"
Yang Feilong nodded. The ability awakening manual explained this clearly, and also how to test one's affinity for various attributes.
Yang Feilong didn't have such a tool, but he knew some methods to test body affinity. They differed from what the manual described, but the effect could be equally good.
"Alright, you can go now!" Yang Feilong waved his hand.
Hearing Yang Feilong's words, Xu Zefei breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at the lake water not far away, then walked away. He didn't hurry, but turned back to look at Yang Feilong and couldn't help but ask, "May I ask, brother, what is your strength?"
"Are you looking for revenge?" Yang Feilong asked with a half-smile.
"No such intention!" Xu Zefei's expression changed, and he shook his head repeatedly. "I'm just curious. Brother, you look several years younger than me, but your strength is far superior!"
"Once you break through to the fifth tier ability user level, and are near water, perhaps you can pose a threat to my current self!" Yang Feilong grinned. "But that's assuming you reach it quickly while I stand still!"
Hearing this, Xu Zefei gasped.
A fifth-tier ability user was equivalent to the Yuanwu realm in ancient martial arts cultivation. This young man, who didn't look to be twenty, was actually at the Yuanwu realm? And not just an ordinary Yuanwu realm cultivator!
Thinking of this, Xu Zefei's last shred of vengeful thought vanished.
At least, until he possessed sufficient strength, he would have to bury his hatred for Yang Feilong deep in his heart!
He didn't know that Yang Feilong wasn't actually at the Yuanwu realm, but ordinary Yuanwu realm cultivators were indeed no match for him.