Mythical Cultivation

"The two martial arts books are Tianhe Zhenjie and Xuanyin Jing. Both are low-level earth-grade martial arts. Earth-grade martial arts not only allow you to move blood and energy several times faster than human-grade martial arts, but also come with their own martial arts. Tianhe Zhenjie includes the Eight-Force Sword Technique, while Xuanyin Jing comes with a set of Xuanyin Palm Techniques. The two martial arts are the Ice and Fire Palm and the Infinite Sword Technique, both of which are low-level earth-grade martial arts.

Secret techniques, on the other hand, are a type of cultivation that can temporarily boost one's strength, though their use often comes with serious side effects. This technique, called the Triple Gate, relies on blood essence to activate it, potentially tripling one's strength. It should not be used unless life or death is at stake. Because the Triple Gate requires the activation of half of one's blood essence, without natural resources to replenish the body, the person is essentially ruined. "All Lin clan members who have reached the Blood Qi Realm can choose two of the five cultivation techniques. What are your choices?" Lin Jinxian said, looking at Wu Ming.

After listening to Lin Jinxian's introduction, Wu Ming had even more questions. However, choosing a technique was crucial. After some thought, he decided to choose Tianhe Zhenjie, as it included the Eight-Force Sword Technique, and he was a swordsman. As for martial arts, he would have to spend a lot of time learning a palm technique and a sword technique, which would delay his training. It would be better to choose the Three-fold Gate, which could be considered a trump card.

After making his decision, Lin Jinxian reported to Lin Guangyi and left the library with Wu Ming and the two techniques. The techniques were to be returned within three days. After returning to his residence, Wu Ming began memorizing the two techniques while simultaneously practicing the Tianhe Zhenjie (Heavenly River True Solution), transforming the dozens of strands of Rock Qi within him into Tianhe Zhenjie (Heavenly River True Solution) Qi. Ultimately, within three days, he would have mastered both techniques and completely transformed his Qi into Tianhe Zhenjie Qi.

Wu Ming could feel that his blood and energy were now more condensed than before, and the transportation efficiency was at least three times higher. It was indeed worthy of being an earth-level technique, which was not comparable to human-level techniques. I just don't know what it would be like to practice a heaven-level technique.

Wu Ming stayed at home honestly for three days. He also wanted to see how the struggle with the Xiao family and the Bai family was going, so he came to the meeting hall. Just then, several elders of the family left the hall. It seemed that they had just finished a meeting. Wu Ming also greeted them one by one. After the elders left, Wu Ming also entered the hall.

"I was just about to go check on your training, and you've already come out. I bet your training is going well. Is there anything going on?"

"Father, I want to join the fight against the Xiao and Bai families. After all, I suffered such a huge loss before, and I want to get back at them."

"Since you have this idea and your cultivation is not bad now, I will give you a task. Tomorrow morning, a batch of goods from my Lin family will be shipped back from Tianshui City and will arrive in Qingshi City tomorrow. However, the Xiao family and the Bai family have been very restless recently, so I have asked an elder to go to welcome them, but it is not safe enough. It happens that your strength has increased, so you will follow secretly tomorrow to prevent any accidents, but do not reveal your identity, because you are a secret soldier of my Lin family." Lin Jinxian instructed.

Hearing about the mission, even though it was just a precaution and there was no guarantee of a chance to execute it, it was enough. So Wu Ming accepted it. "Okay, Father, I will make sure this batch of goods returns to the family safely."

After receiving the task, Wu Ming went back to practice and wait for tomorrow's task.

Early in the morning, the clan's seventh elder, Lin Jialuo, led a group of Lin clan disciples to a location twenty miles outside the city, awaiting the family's goods. Wu Ming also followed in secret, but at Lin Jinxian's request, he donned a human skin mask and altered his appearance to avoid recognition.

After waiting for an hour without any sign of the family, the group grew anxious. Instead, they heard sounds of fighting not far away. The Seventh Elder sent a disciple to investigate, to avoid any disruption to his mission. Within a cup of tea, the spy hurried back with a report.

"Seventh Elder, this is bad. Our convoy has been stopped by a group of men in black. We are in danger now."

The Seventh Elder then realized why the convoy hadn't arrived at the meeting point on time. It turned out they had been stopped. "How dare you! It must have been the Xiao and Bai families. Come with me to support our comrades."

The group quickly arrived at the fighting scene, only to see more than twenty men in black surrounding and attacking more than ten people. Four or five people had already been injured and fell to the ground, and the remaining dozen were struggling to resist. The leader was none other than the family's guard leader Lin Yang, who had reached the ninth level of physical training. He was the captain of the guard of this convoy and also a more outstanding disciple among the Lin family's side branches.

Lin Yang was delighted to see the Seventh Elder and his group. "Brothers, the family's support has arrived."

This delighted the Lin clan members in the convoy. If no reinforcements arrived, none of them would have made it out alive. The men in black weren't surprised to see Lin Jialuo and his group arrive, but they simply dispatched a group to deal with them. Seeing this, Wu Ming knew this was his chance to strike. Judging by the men in black's behavior, they must have anticipated the Lin clan's support, meaning this battle wouldn't be easy.

Seeing this, Lin Jialuo waved his hand and asked his family members to join the battle and support others. He himself raised his palm and slapped a man in black. When the man in black saw Lin Jialuo slapping him, he raised the long sword in his hand and slashed at him. However, in the face of absolute strength, all resistance was redundant. Lin Jialuo was a ninth-level body cultivator, and he was not someone who could resist at the sixth level. He was directly knocked several meters away by a palm, and blood kept spurting out of his mouth. It was obvious that he was beyond help.

After Lin Jialuo killed the man in black with a single blow, he didn't hesitate and immediately struck another man in black. Seeing that the man in black was about to follow him, Lin Jialuo suddenly felt a sense of danger and changed his tactics temporarily, switching from attack to defense.

At this moment, the man in black who was about to be defeated punched Lin Jialuo, and his aura changed. He was no longer at the seventh level of physical training, but instead became at the ninth level of physical training like Lin Jialuo.

Their fists collided and the two men retreated three meters each. At this time, two more men in black flew out, one flew towards the battle group fighting with Lin Yang, and the other flew to Lin Jialuo's side.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect that the seventh elder of the Lin family would be a person who bullies the weak." said the man in black.

"You despicable fellows, deliberately concealing your strength. It seems your target isn't just the goods, but my life as well." Lin Jialuo understood. If the four ninth-level body refinement men in black were only after the goods, then Lin Yang and his group would have been defeated long ago, and it would have been impossible for them to wait for his support. Yet, Lin Yang did receive his support. There was only one explanation: these men weren't just after the goods, but also the people. These men in black wanted their lives. Therefore, these people must be from the other two major families in Qingshi City. Only they would want to attack the Lin family's vital forces.

"No need to wear masks. Let me see who those old fools are. If you want to kill me, Lin Jialuo, come and take me if you have the guts." Lin Jialuo was not afraid.