Chapter 68

In a world where martial arts are revered, many places are ruled by strength, and the Nine Yang Martial Academy is no exception. Lin Tian has astonishing talent and an incredibly fast cultivation speed, so it's only natural that he has a backdoor to take. After a brief moment of surprise, Lin Tian quickly understood and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Elder."

Generally, the time limit for disciples to choose martial techniques in the Martial Academy is one hour. Now that he has no time limit, he can choose more carefully, which is a great advantage for him.

Lin Tian then headed to the second floor.

This was Lin Tian's second visit to the second floor of the Martial Scripture Pavilion, and he was naturally very familiar with the place. He walked straight to the section where high-level body-strengthening martial techniques were displayed and began to read them carefully.

"Thousand Spirit Blade."

"Sky Piercing Palm."

"Ghostly Spirit Sword."

"Broken Scroll Leg."

"Immortal Fist."

Lin Tian flipped through each one, then put them down. Among them, he saw many martial techniques he had seen before, such as Thousand Spirit Blade and Ghostly Spirit Sword, but none of them were suitable for him.

After a while, more than half an hour had passed, and Lin Tian had carefully read through nearly a hundred martial techniques. Among these, there were some he thought were quite good, but he didn't make an immediate decision. Since he had no time limit for choosing martial techniques, it was wise to look at more and compare them before making a decision.

"Light Dragon Claw."

"Primordial Bone Blade."

"Sky Piercing Spear."

After another fifteen minutes of flipping through, Lin Tian still shook his head.

After going through set after set of martial techniques, just as Lin Tian was about to make a decision, his eyes suddenly fell on a corner of the shelf where a martial technique called "Azure Thunder Sword Technique" was placed. Curious about why this seemingly decent martial technique was left aside, Lin Tian reached out to pick it up and read it.

At this sight, Lin Tian was immediately startled.

The Azure Thunder Sword Technique, with its sword like a bolt of lightning, is extremely yang and powerful. When the sword is drawn, the sword cry is like a thunderclap, and each move can be compared to a high-level body-strengthening martial technique. The difficulty of cultivating this sword technique is extremely high, and before cultivation, one must endure the lightning attack of a Flame Lightning Pig to cleanse the body, making the body familiar with and aware of the power of lightning.

Seeing the requirements for cultivating this sword technique, even Lin Tian couldn't help but draw a cold breath.

"No wonder it was left aside."

Lin Tian shook his head.

The Azure Thunder Sword Technique, regardless of the difficulty of later cultivation, the requirement to endure the lightning attack of a Flame Lightning Pig to cleanse the body is enough to make 100% of people give up on this martial technique. After all, the Flame Lightning Pig is a fourth-level beast, even though it's just a low-level fourth, it's still comparable to a Divine Pulse realm existence! To cultivate this martial technique, going to endure the lightning strike of a Flame Lightning Pig with just a body-strengthening realm cultivation is tantamount to seeking death. Moreover, this is not the main issue; the main issue is that Flame Lightning Pigs are extremely rare and almost impossible to find.

"Which strong person created this sword technique!" Lin Tian's eyes widened. As his gaze moved down, he saw a note in the corner and read it aloud: "This sword technique is 70% incomplete, please choose carefully."

Lin Tian was speechless: "..."

Putting down the Azure Thunder Sword Technique, he walked to the other side, but after just a few steps, he couldn't help but stop.

His gaze fell on the Azure Thunder Sword Technique. The difficulty of cultivating this martial technique was indeed astonishingly high, and the incompleteness was also significant, but its power was truly impressive, each move comparable to a high-level body-strengthening martial technique, which was very tempting! Staring at this martial technique for dozens of breaths, Lin Tian finally gritted his teeth and grabbed it.

"I am currently at the eighth level of body-strengthening, and I can barely withstand the attack of a low-level fourth beast. After that, I can use the Wind Pattern to hide and escape. As for the 70% that is missing, it doesn't matter if I can't find it. Just the first 30% is powerful enough, and its power might even be comparable to a low-level Divine Pulse realm martial technique!"

Lin Tian thought to himself.

Regarding the issue of finding the Flame Lightning Pig, although this beast is very rare, coincidentally, he saw one during the Yin Soul Flower mission in the Dark Forest, on the other side of the canyon.

After making up his mind, Lin Tian no longer hesitated and headed to the first floor.

"Elder, this is the martial technique I have chosen."

Lin Tian handed over the Azure Thunder Sword Technique. After disciples in the Martial Academy choose their martial techniques and cultivation methods, they must be reviewed by the Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder and registered.

The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder nodded, took a look, and immediately showed a surprised expression: "Azure Thunder Sword Technique?"

Looking Lin Tian up and down, the Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder's expression was strange.

"Young man, I know you have exceptional talent and are a prodigy, but I still do not recommend you choose the Azure Thunder Sword Technique. First, the first step of cultivating this sword technique is life-threatening, second, the difficulty of cultivation is extremely high, and most importantly, its incompleteness is too severe." The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder shook his head and sighed, "Although once a martial technique is chosen, it cannot be changed, the rules are ultimately rigid. How about this, go and choose another one."

Geniuses are always treated with favor, and Lin Tian, with his nine-star talent and terrifying cultivation speed, made the elder feel a love for talent, not wanting him to suffer a great loss due to a wrong choice.

Lin Tian was grateful and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, but I have already carefully considered it and will choose this martial technique."

The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder was somewhat helpless and asked, "How far have you cultivated the Wind Blade Technique from last time?"

"Thanks to your guidance, I have already cultivated it to the Great Perfection stage."

Lin Tian said modestly.

"Great Perfection?" A trace of surprise flashed in the Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder's eyes: "Show me."

"Yes."

Lin Tian nodded.

His body trembled, and a sharp sword intent immediately permeated his body.

The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder squinted: "Not bad, indeed the Great Perfection stage of the Wind Blade Technique."

Lin Tian retracted the Wind Blade intent and stood quietly on the side.

"To be able to cultivate the Wind Blade Technique to the Great Perfection stage in such a short time, to be honest, even with your nine-star talent, your cultivation speed is truly beyond my expectations. With such astonishing insight, perhaps you really can cultivate the Azure Thunder Sword Technique."

The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder registered it, handed the Azure Thunder Sword Technique manual and identity jade token to Lin Tian, and said, "The Azure Thunder Sword Technique was created by a genius hundreds of years ago. The complete sword technique is said to be a Sea of Consciousness realm martial technique, but due to its severe incompleteness, it was rated as a high-level body-strengthening martial technique. Even so, because of the extremely high difficulty of cultivation, almost no one chooses it. The difficulty of cultivation is at least ten times that of the Wind Blade Technique."

Lin Tian was startled, a Sea of Consciousness realm martial technique?

"Sea of Consciousness... If I could gather it, that would be great."

He muttered.

At such close range, the Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder clearly heard his voice and couldn't help but scold, "Brat, don't have delusions. The success rate of gathering this martial technique is less than one in ten, so don't dream about it." After a pause, the Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder changed his tone: "But, who can say for sure? Perhaps one day, you might really gather this incomplete martial technique."

"Thank you for your kind words, Elder."

Lin Tian flattered.

"Alright." The Martial Scripture Pavilion Elder waved his hand and smiled faintly, "Go and cultivate."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Lin Tian bowed and said.

After that, he left the Martial Scripture Pavilion and headed to his residence.

When he returned to his residence, it was already getting dark. Lin Tian thought for a moment and decided to set out for the Dark Forest the next day. He put the things he would need into the stone ring and then continued to cultivate in the top floor, as he had just reached the eighth level of body-strengthening, and it was necessary to consolidate his realm.

Thus, the night passed quickly.

At dawn, Lin Tian greeted the sunrise, washed up, and then came to Lin Xi's door. Seeing the little girl still sound asleep, he didn't disturb her, but left a small note, telling Lin Xi about his departure, and then left.

In the early morning, there were few disciples in the Martial Academy, after all, few people were as diligent as Lin Tian. Wrapping himself in a black robe, Lin Tian left the Nine Yang Martial Academy, took on a few tasks at the Array Master Guild, and then headed to the Dark Forest. He needed to find a Flame Lightning Pig to cultivate the Azure Thunder Sword Technique.

When he arrived at the Dark Forest, it was almost noon, and there were already many people outside. Lin Tian put the black robe in the stone ring in an uninhabited corner and then walked into the Dark Forest. With all his things in the stone ring, he felt much lighter and more comfortable than the last time he came.

"This little thing cost 700,000 spirit coins, but it's worth it."

Lin Tian looked at the stone ring on his middle finger and thought to himself.

Outside the Dark Forest, many people were calling for teams, but Lin Tian preferred to go alone, so he didn't pay attention.

On his second entry into the Dark Forest, the space in the old forest seemed very aged, and the demonic aura was very strong. Following the previous path, Lin Tian quickly arrived at the canyon he had been to not long ago, and walked to the stone wall. Taking a deep breath, he stepped on the Two Instruments Step and quickly climbed up the stone wall, then lightly leaped to the other side of the stone wall.

"Boom!"

The moment he landed, a huge beast jumped over from one side, causing a hurricane.

This was a Flame Tail Scorpion, surrounded by a foul-smelling black mist.

The Flame Tail Scorpion is inherently vicious, but it is only a third-level beast, comparable to the seventh level of body-strengthening, and thus is very weak and poses no threat to the current Lin Tian.

A long sword suddenly appeared in Lin Tian's hand, and he slashed without hesitation.

"Pu!"

Blood splattered, and the Flame Tail Scorpion fell to the ground, twitching a few times before becoming still.

Raising the long sword again, Lin Tian dug out the beast core of the Flame Tail Scorpion and continued to move forward.

Soon, he had walked about 500 zhang from the stone wall.

"Hmm, I remember the Flame Lightning Pig jumped out from a bush about 1,000 zhang away."

Lin Tian thought to himself.

Without hesitation, Lin Tian moved toward that direction. Since the beasts in this area were at least third-level, he was very cautious. After all, he would face a fourth-level beast and have to endure its lightning strike, so he needed to conserve enough energy.