Chapter 23

Some people are like this: when they hurt and abuse others, they feel excited and accomplished, but when the same scene is reversed, they feel it's too cruel.

For such people, Lin Tian clearly would not show mercy.

"You... don't act rashly! If you treat us like this, Young Master Zhou won't let you off!"

The young man in blue trembled as he spoke.

Lin Tian sneered, "As if he would let me off if I don't hurt you."

He lifted his right leg and mercilessly stepped on the young man in blue's arm.

"Ah!"

The young man in blue screamed in agony, his face contorted with pain.

Lin Tian's expression was indifferent as he stepped on the young man's other hand.

"Ah!"

The screams continued. Like the man in brocade, the young man in blue had both his arms and his left leg disabled.

"Damn! Damn! Young Master Zhou will avenge us! He will definitely kill you!"

The young man in blue roared in madness.

His hands and left leg were disabled, and it would take a lot of medicinal pills and herbs to recover.

"Is that so? Then I should congratulate you; I'm scared by your words." Lin Tian glanced at the young man in blue indifferently, lifted his leg again, and stomped hard on the young man's right leg: "So, this is your reward."

With a crack, the young man in blue's last leg was also broken.

"Ah!"

The young man in blue screamed, and this time he fainted from the pain.

Lin Tian glanced at the man indifferently and turned to leave.

It wasn't that he wanted to let it go, but the Nine Yang Martial Hall prohibited disciples from killing each other. These two came with the intention of disabling his limbs, and now that he had disabled theirs, even if the Martial Hall questioned him, he would have a reason. However, if he killed them here, he would not be able to escape the Martial Hall's punishment.

When Lin Tian returned to his residence, it was already completely dark. Su Shu was playing with Lin Xi.

"Brother!"

Seeing Lin Tian return, Lin Xi immediately ran up to him happily.

Lin Tian smiled and affectionately ruffled the little girl's head.

"Thanks."

He said to Su Shu.

It was already so late, yet Su Shu was still here with Lin Xi, which made him very grateful.

"For what? Don't be so polite." Su Shu shook her head, blinked her eyes, and said, "By the way, how is your martial technique training going, especially the Wind Shock Sword Technique? What level have you reached?"

Lin Tian scratched the back of his head and smiled, "It's going well."

Su Shu puffed out her cheeks, "What do you mean 'going well'! What level have you reached, just say it, I won't mock you." After a moment, she added, "But, with your martial talent, you should be much stronger than the average person, at least you should have comprehended the first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique to a certain extent, right?"

Seeing Lin Tian scratch the back of his head, Su Shu thought Lin Tian was embarrassed because his training wasn't going well.

"Um..."

"Um what um! Speak!"

Su Shu said angrily.

Lin Tian was speechless; this girl really acts like a little tiger when she gets angry.

"Shadow Fire Fist's Shadow Fist is already perfected, and the first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique is at the advanced stage."

He said.

"Shadow Fire Fist's Shadow Fist perfected, and the first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique at the advanced stage, hmm, that's already quite good." Su Shu nodded, but suddenly her expression changed, "What did you say? The first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique at the advanced stage?!"

She stared at Lin Tian, her eyes wide open, "What a joke! The genius with six-star talent in the Martial Hall took twenty days to reach the advanced stage of the first form. Even if you have nine-star talent, it's impossible to be so exaggerated, to reach the advanced stage of the first form in just a few hours?"

The Shadow Fire Fist was one thing, but the Wind Shock Sword Technique was notoriously difficult to train. Even his master faced some helplessness with this sword technique, yet Lin Tian managed to reach the advanced stage of the first form in just a few hours, which made her find it hard to believe.

Seeing Su Shu's disbelieving expression, Lin Tian's aura changed, and a sharp sword intent suddenly spread out.

"This..."

Su Shu was moved again.

The sword intent Lin Tian displayed was indeed the manifestation of the advanced stage of the first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique. Su Shu was very clear about this because her master Mu Qing had once demonstrated this sword for her.

"Actually... you really reached the advanced stage."

She muttered.

Lin Tian dissipated the sword intent, shrugged, and said, "Of course it's real, why would I lie to you?"

Su Shu glared at Lin Tian and, after a long pause, squeezed out two words from her teeth, "Freak!"

To reach the advanced stage of the first form of the Wind Shock Sword Technique in just a few hours, this was simply a monster among monsters!

Lin Tian was speechless, "Please don't say that, the meaning of 'freak' can be many things, especially when these two words come out of a girl's mouth, it can easily be misunderstood."

Su Shu was slightly stunned, and the next second she reacted, her beautiful face turning red.

"Pervert!"

She kicked Lin Tian hard and ran off in a huff.

Lin Tian smiled, this mischievous and self-centered girl could actually blush.

The night was deep. Lin Tian closed the door, chatted with Lin Xi for a while, and told her a few stories from their hometown, making the little girl giggle. She soon fell asleep.

Looking at his sleeping sister with affection, Lin Tian carefully closed the door and went out.

He came to the top floor, took a deep breath, and began to practice the Four Extremes Scripture. The Four Extremes Scripture was very mysterious and could draw in star power to strengthen his body, so every night he would practice it.

"Buzz!"

A faint silver light poured down, merging into Lin Tian's body. Lin Tian repeatedly circulated the Four Extremes Scripture, guiding the starlight into his tendons and bones with true essence, repeatedly tempering his tendons and bones. This process was very painful, but after his previous experience, Lin Tian was well-prepared mentally and did not mind.

Soon, an hour passed.

The starlight from the sky became thin, and Lin Tian opened his eyes, moved his body, and stood up.

"Su Shu was right, the difficulty of training after the fifth level of Body Tempering is indeed much greater."

Lin Tian muttered to himself.

The Body Tempering realm is divided into nine levels, and the fifth level is a turning point. In short, the difficulty of training from the fifth level to the ninth level of Body Tempering is far greater than from the first level to the fifth level. This is also why martial artists need cultivation techniques to continue advancing after reaching the fifth level of Body Tempering.

"Three months later, I have to fight Zhou Hao, who is at the ninth level of Body Tempering. However, at my current training speed, I will not be able to reach the ninth level of Body Tempering in three months, and even reaching the eighth level will be difficult."

Lin Tian frowned.

Nine-star talent is very exceptional, but even the most exceptional talent needs time to train. Without enough time, how could one become strong? After all, the later levels of Body Tempering are not as easy to train as the first five levels.

Three months may seem like a long time, but he still needs to rest, practice martial techniques, and sometimes attend classes. In the end, the actual time available for training in three months is not much.

Thinking about this, Lin Tian fell into deep thought, how could he quickly become stronger?

In this pavilion, Lin Tian thought hard for half an hour but still had no clue, and finally, he gave up.

"Whatever, things will work out, let's rest first."

He shook his head.

...

The next morning, Lin Tian got up early and practiced breathing exercises in the morning sun.

A day's work begins in the morning, and Lin Tian, who had lived two lives, knew this very well. For ordinary people, the air in the morning is very fresh, and breathing more of it helps with health and can slow down aging. For martial artists, the morning's spiritual energy is more abundant, which is very beneficial for cultivation.

After half an hour of breathing exercises, Lin Tian felt his energy and spirit were slightly stronger.

"Alright."

He muttered to himself and walked toward the teaching area of the Nine Yang Martial Hall.

Today was the first day of classes for the Nine Yang Martial Hall after this year's recruitment, marking a formal beginning. Lin Tian felt it was better to attend the class, and besides, he had little insight into cultivation, so occasionally listening to the mentors' cultivation experiences was also necessary.

When he arrived at the lecture hall, it was already filled with about two hundred people, including new and old disciples. Lin Tian did not pay attention and found a random seat.

The lecture hall of the Nine Yang Martial Hall was very large, and with so many people, it was somewhat noisy.

Lin Tian sat in an inconspicuous corner with his eyes closed, quietly waiting for the mentor to arrive, while also thinking about how to train next. Three months included training, rest, and practicing martial techniques, and he needed to reach at least the eighth level of Body Tempering to fight Zhou Hao, which was a big problem.

After about half an hour, the lecture hall suddenly became quiet.

"The mentor has arrived."

A voice said.

Lin Tian looked up and saw an old man with a white beard walk in, wearing a gray robe. Lin Tian felt slightly, and found that the old man's cultivation was far below that of Mu Qing and Shi Dong, probably at the early stage of the Divine Pulse realm.

The old man coughed twice and slowly said, "In the next year, I will be responsible for your teaching. I will only talk about theory, insights, and some cultivation techniques, and occasionally some things outside traditional martial arts."

After the old man spoke, some of the new disciples were puzzled.

"Things outside traditional martial arts? What are those?"

Someone whispered.

At the back of the lecture hall, a bolder disciple stood up and said, "Mentor, what exactly do you mean by things outside traditional martial arts? Could you tell us?"

This was a slightly muscular young man, who, although bold, was also very polite.

The lecture hall was filled with discussions, and Lin Tian also became curious.

Traditional martial arts, everyone who has embarked on the path of cultivation understands, refers to simple cultivation, cultivation techniques, and practicing martial techniques. This is traditional martial arts training, but things outside traditional martial arts are rarely known. Now, hearing the old man mention this, most people here were curious.

Seeing most of the disciples staring at him, the old man nodded and said, "Alright, I was supposed to first talk about the cultivation techniques of traditional martial arts, but since you want to know about things outside traditional martial arts, there's no other way." The old man slowly took out a thin book from his pocket and said, "Look at this."

The book in the old man's hand was very old, with yellowed pages and many strange patterns drawn on them.

"What is this?"

Many people were puzzled.

Lin Tian also looked at the thin book in the old man's hand, and seeing the already somewhat blurred strange patterns on the pages, his expression changed slightly, "Is that?!"

PS: Thank you to brother Qing Shi Ju Hua Can for the 10,000纵横币 support, thank you!

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