Chapter 10

In the medicinal pool, only Lin Dong remained. Time passed, and large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, but his expression was not as terrible as that of the many people before him!

The pain he was now enduring had already reached the level of pain when he practiced the Nine Deaths Devil Art, but it was still far from the pain he endured when his soul traversed space. He could still hold on!

"It's almost an hour, how can this guy last so long!"

"He shouldn't be able to last an hour. Now he must be at his limit. At this level, even a slight increase in pain is unbearable!"

"I wonder if his nerve response is slow. If not, his determination to martial arts is so firm, he will surely become a great talent!"

"Sure to become a great talent? That also depends on how old he is. If he is only fourteen, it's still okay, but if he is already sixteen, his future achievements will be limited, definitely far less than Situ Lei!"

Amidst the discussions, time slowly approached an hour. Not far from the medicinal pool, Lin Shaobai and Lin Kai had grim expressions. Further away, Lin Sha had a complex look in her eyes, wondering if she had missed something.

However, Lin Sha's eyes soon became determined. She had entered the elemental system, which had a brighter future!

"Master, Lin Dong is only fourteen years old, and his score this time is not low," Lin Kai whispered, "In the first round, he should have twenty-four points, in the second round, he definitely has twenty points, and in the third round, he is likely to have a perfect score. Adding nine or ten points, Lin Dong has over eighty points!"

Lin Shaobai frowned. His own performance was only average, but Lin Dong's performance to join the Wind and Thunder Martial Academy was actually excellent!

This time, a total of nine people from the Lin family joined the Wind and Thunder Martial Academy. Without Lin Dong, Lin Shaobai's performance would have been top-notch, but Lin Dong's excellent performance overshadowed him!

"What a damn guy, doesn't know when to stop!" Lin Shaobai sneered in his heart. As the young master, he was very unhappy about being overshadowed by Lin Dong!

Another half an incense stick of time passed.

"One hour!" A supervisor by the medicinal pool shouted loudly. He was ready to knock Lin Dong out if he showed any crazy behavior when he got out of the pool, but when he finished speaking, Lin Dong did not even open his eyes!

"Huh?"

Many people were surprised. What was going on? Persisting for an hour was already a perfect score of thirty points!

"Lin Dong, one hour is up!" The supervisor said again.

Lin Dong opened his eyes, but he did not move.

"If there was no rule that one must leave after an hour, I would like to soak a bit more," Lin Dong said.

The supervisor was speechless. There was indeed no such rule, but was it really that comfortable inside?

"Lin Dong, you have already achieved a perfect score in this round," Luo Yan smiled as he approached the medicinal pool. Some students of the alchemy system were surprised to see the usually stern Luo Yan smiling.

Luo Yan was one of the alchemy system mentors, but he was not an ordinary one-star mentor; he was a three-star mentor!

In the alchemy system, Luo Yan's strength could rank in the top five, and his cultivation was at the peak of the Martial Artist level, just one step away from becoming a Master!

In the alchemy system, a three-star mentor like Luo Yan would not easily teach anyone, but from the look of Luo Yan, it seemed he was quite satisfied with Lin Dong. Many students were jealous, thinking that Lin Dong would likely receive special attention from Luo Yan!

"Teacher Luo Yan, can one hour of time completely eliminate all the hidden injuries in the body?" Lin Dong asked.

Luo Yan stroked his beard and smiled, "From the looks of it, you don't have any obvious hidden injuries. One hour is enough to eliminate all the hidden injuries you might have accumulated over six or seven years. It should be enough!"

In the Dong Qin Kingdom, children start practicing at the age of six, but in the beginning, they don't get on track for one or two years, and the training volume is relatively small, so they generally don't leave hidden injuries.

Hidden injuries might start at the age of eight, and by the age of fourteen, it would be six years, and by the age of fifteen, it would be seven years!

"Teacher Luo Yan, I'll soak a bit more then," Lin Dong said.

In this life, Lin Dong started secretly training at the age of three and formally training his body at the age of four. At the age of three, he probably didn't leave any hidden injuries, but at the age of four, Lin Dong estimated he left some hidden injuries!

Now at the age of fourteen, it had been ten years, and eliminating hidden injuries from just six or seven years was clearly not enough!

Luo Yan frowned inwardly. Not enough, could Lin Dong be sixteen years old?

At the age of fourteen, such a performance was extremely good, but if he was sixteen, it would be much more ordinary!

"Lin Dong, the older the hidden injuries, the harder they are to eliminate. Eight years require one hour and two quarters, nine years require one hour and six quarters, and ten years require three hours. You decide for yourself!" Luo Yan said solemnly.

Lin Dong's expression changed slightly. Ten years required three hours! He had only persisted for one hour, and he needed two more hours to eliminate ten years of hidden injuries. Did he have to persist for two more hours?

"Heaven, are you playing with me? It's already so painful, and two more hours will be life-threatening!" Lin Dong thought bitterly. The medicinal power in his body was increasing, and the pain was continuously rising!

"Teacher Luo Yan... why don't you find a place to rest first? I might need a long time," Lin Dong said helplessly. It wasn't good to have Luo Yan and the others wait for two hours.

"No problem, if you can persist in the medicinal pool, we can certainly wait on the shore," Luo Yan said calmly, "If you can't hold on, don't force it. Persisting for so long and then fainting would be very harmful!"

"Okay!"

Lin Dong nodded slightly, closed his eyes, and continued to visualize. It was very painful, and he needed to shift his attention, although it didn't help much!

However, since he had nothing else to do, more practice was better. His lifespan was limited, and he shouldn't waste any time!

"Still persisting, how long can he persist? I bet he can't last more than two quarters of an hour!"

"Two quarters? You're overestimating him. At this point, every moment is difficult. He can't last more than one quarter of an hour!"

"He'll faint in one incense stick of time!"

Many of the examinees and students gathered around were whispering. Some bold ones even opened a betting ring to accept bets, and the Wind and Thunder Martial Academy did not strictly regulate such matters.

One incense stick of time passed, one quarter of an hour passed, and two quarters of an hour passed, but Lin Dong was still firmly standing in the medicinal pool!

"Eight years of hidden injuries can be eliminated, but he hasn't come out yet. It seems he started practicing earlier... Strange, when did the Lin family become so strict? Weren't they usually only strict from the age of eight?"

Luo Yan stood by the medicinal pool, hands behind his back, thinking inwardly.

Half an hour, six quarters of an hour passed, and Lin Dong still hadn't come out. At this point, the pain he was enduring was already extremely terrifying, and his body was trembling slightly under the intense pain.

"Nine years, only nine years of hidden injuries have been eliminated!" Lin Dong roared inwardly, "At the age of four, I started running with weights, doing hundreds of push-ups and a thousand punches a day, probably leaving some hidden injuries!"

"Hidden injuries from so long ago are not easy to eliminate. Now that I have this opportunity, I must eliminate them completely! So what if it's painful? This pain is still much less than the pain I endured when my soul traversed space!"

"When my soul endured such pain, I didn't faint. As long as I endure and don't leave the medicinal pool, I'll be fine!"

By the medicinal pool, Luo Yan was always ready. As soon as Lin Dong fainted, he would immediately pull him out.

Situ Lei's eyes were somewhat cold. He had persisted for more than half an hour, ranking second, which was excellent, but at this point, his performance was not important to anyone!

Lin Dong had already persisted for two hours, and from the look of it, he didn't plan to come out!

"Lin Dong, I'll make you realize that persistence is useless, and in the end, it's all about strength!"

"You will never catch up to me, and the gap between us will only grow wider!"

Situ Lei strode away to measure his bone age. The total score was the sum of the three scores plus the bone age score!

"Just a bit more, just a bit more." By the medicinal pool, a girl was smiling so widely that her mouth couldn't close. She had opened the betting ring, and many people had placed bets, but no one had hit the mark yet.

"Yay!"

The girl laughed triumphantly. The guy who had bet on the underdog was smiling bitterly. He had already bet that Lin Dong would persist for a long time, but Lin Dong was too extreme, and he had underestimated him!

"Listen up!" The girl put her hands on her hips, "No one is allowed to harm Lin Dong in the academy, or I won't forgive them!"

Hearing the girl's words, some people who had planned to give Lin Dong a hard time changed their minds. This girl was not someone many people in the Wind and Thunder Martial Academy dared to provoke. Her family's influence was strong, but even more importantly, her own strength was extremely high!

"Who is that crazy girl?" Lin Kai asked the person next to him in a low voice.

The person next to Lin Kai was an old student, and he looked at Lin Kai as if he were an idiot: "Crazy girl? Kid, are you asking for trouble? That's the young princess of the Tang Mansion, Tang Hanyan, fifteen years old, but already a mid-level Martial Artist. In the entire academy of sixty to seventy thousand people, her strength ranks in the top fifty!"

"Whoa!" Lin Kai drew in a breath. His status was like heaven compared to Tang Hanyan's!

"Kid, be careful in the future. In another year, Tang Hanyan's strength might rank in the top twenty. She is one of the people in the academy that no one dares to provoke. You're lucky to ask me; Tang Hanyan is a figure on the Jade Maiden List, with at least eight thousand admirers!"

Lin Kai smiled awkwardly, "Brother, I didn't know so much, thank you for the advice... Brother, what's the Jade Maiden List? Let's find a tavern and chat in detail later?"

"Good, you're on the right track. The women on the Jade Maiden List are all top-notch, hehe. Tang Hanyan ranks third on the list and is likely to rank first in a few years!"

(Brothers, please support me. I need your recommendations every day. A little of your time, please give me your support. Thank you~~)

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