Chapter 56

When Lin Tian woke up, the sky was already bright, and the morning sun shone down, slightly blinding his eyes.

Standing up and looking around, Lin Tian found himself outside the Dark Forest.

"What's going on?!"

Lin Tian was slightly startled.

He had clearly entered a cave, so why did he wake up outside the Dark Forest?!

"Right, Xiao Zi... Xiao Zi!"

Lin Tian scanned his surroundings.

At this sight, Lin Tian's expression immediately turned serious. The grass around him was only a few inches tall, and there was not a single trace of the little girl.

"Xiao Zi!"

Lin Tian shouted loudly.

He searched the area for about half an hour, but unfortunately, he still couldn't find the little girl.

"What happened."

He frowned.

Recalling the events, he found it extremely strange.

After searching his entire body and finding nothing missing, Lin Tian's frown deepened. After that, he searched for another hour, even entering the Dark Forest once, but still found nothing. In the end, he had to give up.

"Never mind."

Looking back at the Dark Forest, after a while, Lin Tian put on his black robe and left.

The Dark Forest was far from Fengjian City. By the time Lin Tian returned to Fengjian City, it was already afternoon.

Wrapping himself in his black robe, Lin Tian went to the Array Master Guild and carefully took out the Yin Soul Flower, handing it to Mifei. This made Mifei quite surprised. In just two days, Lin Tian had brought back the Yin Soul Flower from the Dark Forest, which was truly astonishing, considering that the fastest person previously had taken seven days.

"Are you hurt?"

Mifei asked.

Although Mifei still used respectful terms, she seemed a bit more casual due to Lin Tian's previous words.

"No, just a bit tiring."

Lin Tian smiled.

"That's good! That's good!"

Mifei sighed in relief. Many people had died on this mission before.

The Yin Soul Flower was missing a few leaves, but it didn't affect anything. The most important part was the petals. Mifei carefully stored the Yin Soul Flower and then recorded Lin Tian's Array Master points: "A total of 800 points. Do you want to exchange them for Moon Drops directly?"

"Yes, please exchange all of them for Moon Drops."

Lin Tian nodded.

"Alright, please wait a moment."

Mifei walked into the back courtyard and soon returned with a small jade bottle containing some silvery, thick liquid.

"Thank you."

Lin Tian took it and carefully put it in his pocket.

Ge Zheng had not returned yet. Lin Tian said goodbye to Mifei and left.

Soon, he returned to his residence in the Martial Mansion and climbed to the top pavilion.

After waking up outside the Dark Forest, Lin Tian found that his energy and spirit had completely recovered, and even improved slightly, so he didn't rest further.

"Wind Pattern."

Closing his eyes, he began to comprehend the Wind Pattern.

The Wind Pattern is a third-level array pattern, more difficult than the Fusion Pattern and Spirit Gathering Pattern. Lin Tian spent two days and two nights before finally comprehending it thoroughly. As for the initial scroll, the Array Master Guild had it ready, so he bought some, and only needed to prepare the ink and carve it.

Another day passed, and the first Wind Pattern was successfully created.

"Phew!"

Lin Tian exhaled, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Compared to the Spirit Gathering Pattern, the third-level Wind Pattern had eight basic lines, making it quite challenging to carve, especially the first one. Fortunately, Lin Tian had rich experience in carving arrays, so it only took him three days to complete the first third-level Wind Pattern.

"Again."

After completing the first one, Lin Tian began the second.

Compared to the first, the second was much easier, given the practical experience.

A day later, after using up all the Moon Drops, Lin Tian carved eight Wind Patterns.

"Great!"

Lin Tian's eyes lit up.

As the night passed, Lin Tian descended from the top pavilion, facing the sunrise to recover his energy and spirit.

"The Xiao Family."

Looking outside the Martial Mansion, Lin Tian's lips curled into a cold smile.

With the Wind Patterns completed, he could retrieve some things after nightfall.

At that moment, his identity token suddenly lit up, and a voice directly entered his mind: "All new Martial Mansion disciples, gather at the training ground within half an hour."

Lin Tian was slightly surprised. The identity token had a function similar to a sound transmission charm?

"Training ground."

Pausing, Lin Tian turned back to his residence, washed up briefly, and then headed to the Martial Mansion training ground.

The identity token was a symbol of Martial Mansion disciples and, in a sense, a symbol of the Nine Yang Martial Mansion. Since the voice came from the identity token, Lin Tian naturally wouldn't disobey.

After half an hour, he arrived at the training ground.

The training ground was sparsely populated, with only a middle-aged man standing on the largest stage, hands behind his back. Seeing Lin Tian arrive, the man's eyes narrowed slightly: "Are you a new student?"

"Yes."

Lin Tian nodded.

"Good!" Looking at Lin Tian, the man showed a satisfied expression. After shouting, Lin Tian arrived within half an hour, indicating that he got up early and was diligent. People generally like diligent individuals. The man smiled at Lin Tian: "What's your name?"

"Lin Tian."

Lin Tian respectfully replied.

The man was surprised: "You're Lin Tian? The genius with nine-star talent, the top new student?"

Over a month ago, the man was not at the Martial Mansion assessment, but as a mentor, he naturally learned about the appearance of a nine-star talent after the assessment.

Lin Tian humbly said: "Senior, you flatter me. I don't deserve the title of genius."

The man was even more satisfied with Lin Tian's attitude.

Geniuses are liked by many, and a humble genius is even more approachable.

"Don't be modest, you deserve the title of genius!" The man said heartily: "I'm Luo Xiao, temporarily responsible for the physical training of your batch of new students. If you have any questions in the future, you can come to me anytime."

"Thank you, Senior."

Lin Tian thanked him.

Soon, half an hour passed, and over a hundred new disciples appeared at the training ground. Many of their clothes were still somewhat disheveled, clearly having been sleeping when the voice from the identity token was transmitted. Looking at them, Luo Xiao shook his head, finding Lin Tian even more likable.

"Stand in formation within five breaths!"

Luo Xiao shouted.

A powerful surge of true essence energy startled the disciples, making their movements several times faster.

Lin Tian's heart stirred: "Divine Pulse Realm!"

This true essence energy was much weaker than Mu Qing and Shi Dong's, but it was still quite strong, belonging to the third level of the Divine Pulse Realm.

Luo Xiao scanned the crowd, and only when many felt a sense of pressure did he speak again.

"The training ground is where Martial Mansion disciples practice martial techniques and engage in certain duels. Behind me, on the other side of the training ground, is the special training area of the Martial Mansion! The training area is divided into a physical training zone and a true essence condensation zone. Today, I've brought you here to take you to the first area, the physical training zone!"

"Follow me!"

Saying this, Luo Xiao turned and walked to the other side of the training ground.

The Nine Yang Martial Mansion's training ground was very large, and on the other side was a vast open area with two different stone gates. Each gate had two large characters carved on it: one for physical training and the other for true essence. The meaning was simple: behind the physical training gate was the physical training zone, and behind the true essence gate was the true essence condensation zone.

Approaching, Luo Xiao nodded to the Martial Mansion enforcer guarding the physical training gate. Immediately, the two enforcers worked together to open the gate.

"Come in!"

Luo Xiao said, leading the way.

The disciples entered the stone gate one by one. As soon as they entered, they all felt a bit surprised. The space behind the stone gate seemed different from the outside, feeling somewhat oppressive.

Luo Xiao looked at the crowd and shouted: "The physical training zone is essentially a huge array, called the Wild Wave Heavy Array! The effect of the Wild Wave Heavy Array is to increase the natural gravity, making the space heavier. Actions within the array are more difficult compared to outside the array."

"The Wild Wave Heavy Array is divided into nine zones, with the center being the heaviest. They are: 2x gravity zone, 3x gravity zone, 4x gravity zone, 5x gravity zone, 6x gravity zone, 7x gravity zone, 8x gravity zone, 9x gravity zone, and 10x gravity zone."

The Nine Yang Martial Mansion has existed for a long time, and all the major arrays in the mansion, including the illusionary array used for assessments, were carved by array masters, and very powerful ones at that.

Luo Xiao looked at the crowd and continued: "The higher the gravity zone, the stronger the physical training effect. Imagine being able to move freely in the 2x gravity zone and then returning to a normal environment. How would that feel? Your physical attributes would improve dramatically!"

"Wow!"

As Luo Xiao finished speaking, there was a commotion on the scene.

"This is also one of the training resources of the Martial Mansion? Great!"

"If we train here for a year, how much stronger would we become?"

"Awesome!"

Many disciples were excited.

Not just them, even Lin Tian couldn't help but be impressed, thinking that the Nine Yang Martial Mansion truly lived up to its reputation. Such training resources were impossible to find on the outside.

Seeing the excitement of the disciples, Luo Xiao coldly snorted: "Don't be too happy yet. The effect of the Wild Wave Heavy Array is indeed good, but the training process is extremely arduous, even painful. Most people can't last long! Even I can only勉强 move in the 4x gravity zone now!"

Pausing, Luo Xiao added: "Additionally, this is just a visit to familiarize you. After this, the amount of time each of you can spend training here will differ. The difference will be based on your performance in the recent outer mansion ranking trials. The higher your rank, the more time you can spend training in the array each month. Conversely, the lower your rank, the less time you will have."