Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 5 Fastest Record

Wang Qiang previously recounted being attacked and then drowning and losing consciousness...

"I was panicking at the time, and I might have accidentally hit the back of his neck in the chaos. Don't believe his excuses! He's much taller than me. Would I dare to attack him?"

Lin Xiufeng squeezed forward a few steps, grabbed Wang Qiang by the hair, and mocked:

"Who's trying to deny it? Show everyone that you're grabbing my neck! Look at your short arms, how could you grab the back of my neck while I'm struggling wildly!"

Wang Qiang stretched his arm as far as he could, but he couldn't reach it no matter what he did.

Lin Xiufeng deliberately bent his arm and said sarcastically:
"The distance is too short, and you still can't catch him? Why don't you make up some other lies and see if you can fool anyone?"

Wang Qiang was held by the hair by Lin Xiufei and could not move forward. He stretched out one hand as hard as he could, and his face gradually turned red.

Now everyone present understands that Wang Qiang is the villain.

"How despicable! They even lied to us!"

"Hit him!"

One of the companions who was initially indignant on Wang Qiang's behalf rushed out and kicked him.

Amid cheers from the onlookers, several more squeezed forward and began punching and kicking Wang Qiang.

Those who took action were mostly people who sympathized with him on the street, were deceived by his lies, and were filled with unbearable anger.

After a while of being ganged up on, the leader clapped her hands and shouted:
"Just throw him out of the village. The Seaside Home Island Station doesn't take in bad guys who betray their comrades!"

After the group had vented their anger, they hurriedly carried the bruised and swollen, delirious Wang Qiang out of the west village entrance.

Lin Xiufeng felt very relieved and secretly praised the first sister's three points.

However, when it was his turn to hand in his backpack, the person doing the statistics called over the head maid and said:
"He didn't have much food in his backpack."

The eldest sister looked at Lin Xiufei's backpack. Like everyone else, it was the largest backpack, and a third of it was filled with a change of clothes.

Including food, that makes up half.

"I heard there was a monster on the mountain road, so I ran away in fright. I was eating at the time, and not only did Wang Qiang's bag fall out, but a lot of food also fell out of my own bag."

Lin Xiufeng had already prepared her words.

“Special circumstances are understandable. But for the sake of fairness, you will need to shoulder more responsibilities in the future. Do you understand?”

The eldest sister's smile was very gentle, and her tone was very patient.

Lin Xiufeng nodded repeatedly: "I understand! I completely understand! But, won't it take up my cultivation time?"

“There’s no need to rush cultivation, and you can’t rush it.”

The eldest sister's words reassured Lin Xiufei, but also made her very worried.

The phrase "you can't rush it" is so insightful...

Lin Xiufeng, filled with anticipation, waited for tomorrow with the other newlyweds in their assigned wooden cabin.

However, in the Heavenly Martial Realm, there is actually no day or night.

No one knows where the light in the sky comes from.

I'm just used to calculating a day in 24 hours.

The newcomers who arrived on the same day as Lin Xiufeng gathered early the next morning and were taught a method of physical cultivation that involved logging while training.

Then, they were led to the mountains outside the village to cut down trees.

Someone complained and asked, "Isn't there a chainsaw or something?"

The leader of the 84th logging team laughed and said:
"Your miniature robots can help."

"But I must warn you that there are occasional abnormal fluctuations in the Heavenly Martial Power within the Heavenly Martial Realm. During these periods, any electronic devices that are turned on will become unusable."

"Besides, using robots to help you doesn't have any effect on cultivation."

Lin Xiufeng suspected that they were being used as laborers under the guise of cultivation, even though he had seen people practicing meditation in the cultivation field yesterday.

So he asked, "When can we go to the training ground to practice?"

"You can't get fat in one bite! You can only go to the training ground after you've cultivated the Heavenly Martial Soul."

Lin Xiufeng felt that the captain was avoiding the key questions, so he continued to press:

"How long will it take to cultivate the Heavenly Martial Soul?"

"That's not necessarily true. It could take three to five days, or even half a year. There's no mystery to the Heavenly Martial Soul; all you need is focus and perseverance."

A group of newcomers wanted to learn about cultivation, and immediately someone asked:

"Captain, tell us about the power levels of Celestial Warriors!" "There aren't any levels right now, only Celestial Warriors, Quasi-Celestial Warriors, and Non-Celestial Warriors. Once you cultivate the Celestial Martial Soul, you become a Quasi-Celestial Warrior."

"Huh? How long does it take to cultivate to the Heavenly Martial Heart level?"

Everyone was disappointed and surprised, and even more curious about how it would be considered a success.

"Only the Heavenly Martial Soul can allow the body to accumulate Heavenly Martial Power. The next step is to accumulate enough before you can cultivate the Heavenly Martial Heart."

The logging team leader stopped talking again and shouted:
"Alright, alright! Stop being so ambitious. Once you have the Heavenly Martial Soul, then think about the Heavenly Martial Heart. Silently recite the mantra in your mind; that's a generous gift from the mysterious information!"

When it comes to mysterious information, many people become alert.

The familiar discussion ensued, revolving around why higher dimensions bestowed such a generous gift upon Tianwu, and what kind of being the mysterious information came from...

These topics have actually been discussed to death online for years.

Lin Xiufeng had always felt that guessing was meaningless when there was a lack of information.

It would be better to focus on cultivating the Heavenly Martial Soul with this effort.

Come to the Heavenly Martial Realm, isn't it all for the purpose of becoming a Heavenly Martial Warrior?

I'm not here to play.

Lin Xiufeng didn't chat idly; he silently recited the mysterious words that he couldn't understand.

The incantation is very short; if one absolutely had to translate it using the phonetic equivalent of the most spoken Chinese language on Planet Tianlan...

It's not mysterious at all, it's absurd.

Soon others also noticed, laughing and shouting:
"Does everyone think the homonym for 'Heart Sutra' sounds like, 'What you keep in mind will surely resonate; the faster you recite it, the better the effect.' Huh? Is this really the Heart Sutra of the Mystic Message Cult? Or is it just some insincere attempt to fool us?"

"If someone made this up to fool us, it's too far-fetched, so it shouldn't be a fabrication."

"This homophony is just too much to describe! It's even more outrageous than my cousin's song!"

"Who cares, as long as it works."

"I don't know if it will work, but I can't help but laugh when I say it. What should I do?"

Lin Xiufeng wanted to laugh as she read it, but she couldn't laugh when she thought of her parents and the revenge she wanted to take.

Lin Xiufeng focused intently on repeating the mantra, becoming more and more familiar with it, and reciting it faster and faster.

The axe he swung became faster and more powerful without him even realizing it, and his physical fatigue inexplicably disappeared...

However, Lin Xiufeng, who was focused on the task, was completely unaware of this.

He was single-minded, only focusing on reciting faster and faster; only focusing on swinging the axe and chopping down tree after tree.

People kept calling out that they were hungry, but they still had to persevere.

The team leader only allowed them to rest on the spot when more people were too tired to continue.

These people looked at Lin Xiufeng and the other two tireless anomalies with puzzlement.

People called out to them, but no one heard the dead.

The logging captain shouted, "Don't disturb them! They're in the zone. If they keep it up, they'll master the Heavenly Martial Soul soon."

"Don't they need to eat and drink?"

Some people are worried and confused.

"With the Heavenly Martial Soul, the need for food is reduced. The Heavenly Martial Soul is the human body, evolving into the body of a Heavenly Martial Warrior."

The logging captain had trained too many new recruits, so he wasn't surprised that a 'talented person' could get into the swing of things as soon as he arrived.

The Heavenly Martial Soul requires focus and the perseverance to maintain that focus without interruption.

If one has strong enough willpower to maintain focus, one can chop away for several days straight and the Heavenly Martial Soul will be formed.

It takes about seventy-two to one hundred hours.

However, under normal circumstances, people cannot maintain their focus for a long time continuously, so there are rarely examples of success achieved in three to five days.

The logging captain hasn't seen it in person yet.

Three days later, Lin Xiufeng, the only one who had persisted for seventy-two hours, was enveloped in a hazy blue light.

The logging team leader couldn't help but shout:
"A record holder has been born for the fastest mastery of the Heavenly Martial Soul at the Linhai Home Island Station!"

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Thank you for your heartbreaking support, Alliance Leader.

(End of this chapter)