In the courtyard, seeing Lin Huang’s straightforward agreement, Lin Beichen was rather taken aback. He thought, "This little overlord has never let anyone walk all over him. Why is he so agreeable today?"
In the past, to force Lin Huang to study, he had consecutively found eighteen tutors for him. The one who lasted the longest managed to hold out for half a month before ultimately fleeing in defeat.
"So, you agree?" Lin Beichen asked.
"I’ll leave the decision to you, Grandpa," Lin Huang nodded.
"This..." Lin Beichen felt suddenly disoriented.
He just agreed like that? Without any resistance? He wasn’t even going to reject it for a moment?
"You’ve agreed, but I’m not even ready yet! I spent more than twenty years searching for that senior expert and only just found him. I don’t even know his name! I merely had the thought of having you take him as your master, and you just agreed?
"Why didn’t you reject the idea? That way, I would have had time to persuade you, and more importantly, time to buddy up to that expert!"
Lin Beichen’s old face flushed red, but he quickly puffed up his chest. "Fine, then cultivate well. I will definitely invite that expert to be your master."
Lin Huang nodded. He didn’t really care about the matter!
In his past life, although he had not entered the Saint Realm, he was still Bei Linhuang. The heights he had reached were far beyond those of the powerhouses in the East Spirit Realm.
No matter how strong the senior expert Lin Beichen found was, they probably wouldn’t be qualified to guide his cultivation.
"Grandpa, I will enter the Qinglong Mountain Range tomorrow to cultivate for a period of time," Lin Huang then said.
He had just glanced over the Great Vajra Technique and realized that practicing it in the Divine General’s Mansion would cause too much of a commotion.
Going into the Qinglong Mountain Range was the best choice.
Lin Beichen was stunned, his expression growing extremely strange. If he remembered correctly, that senior expert seemed to reside in the Qinglong Mountain Range.
"Be careful. The Qinglong Mountain Range hasn’t been peaceful lately. Demon Beasts and Mercenary Corps frequently appear there," Lin Beichen cautioned, not stopping him.
Early the next morning, Lin Huang left the Imperial City and plunged straight into the Qinglong Mountain Range.
The lush and verdant mountain range rolled on and on, its end nowhere in sight. If one could look down from high above, they would see that this mountain range, stretching across millions of miles, resembled an azure Cyan Dragon crouching within the East Spirit Realm. Upon the dragon’s back rested the Ten Great Dynasties that ruled the East Spirit Realm, intimidating all directions. Its scales and claws extended, reaching out to hundreds of smaller dynasties.
And on the dragon’s horns and tail, there were hidden sects.
Rumor had it that deep within the Qinglong Mountain Range, there was a cave dwelling left behind by a Martial Arts powerhouse. It was mysterious and powerful, driving countless Martial Artists mad as they rushed into the mountains to search for it.
However, it had never been found, though batches upon batches of people had died trying.
"I shall start my path of cultivation right here," Lin Huang said, clenching his fists, his eyes brimming with determination.
His first target was Crown Prince Lingyun.
In the Qinglong Mountain Range.
Inside a dilapidated stone cave, Lin Huang sat cross-legged. He channeled the Primordial Qi within his body along the meridians of his arm, finally pouring it into the jade slip that recorded the Great Vajra Technique.
BUZZ BUZZ!
With the infusion of Primordial Qi, the jade slip emitted a faint hum. Then, as if something was traveling down his palm, it entered his body.
"When the Buddha of Heaven and Earth feels wrath, his body transforms into a Vajra. The Vajra Protection is indestructible; the Vajra’s Fury breaks through all..."
The profound and obscure incantation echoed in Lin Huang’s mind like an ancient bell, making him quickly gather his focus to comprehend its mysteries.
"The Path of Attack and Defense!" Lin Huang murmured. After two hours of study, he understood the cultivation direction of the Great Vajra Technique.
Defense required continuous Body Refining, breaking through the body’s limits time and time again to form a sturdy guard. Attack meant tempering the four limbs until they were akin to weapons.
Imagine the vast difference between a strike from an ordinary fleshly palm and one forged of iron!
"This is actually quite a decent Martial Technique!" Lin Huang smiled. He had always believed that, besides cultivating Primordial Qi, a Martial Artist could not neglect Body Refining.
After all, Primordial Qi was the sea, and the physical body was the boat!
Only a sturdy boat could withstand heaven-shaking waves to reach the other shore.
Before long, a tumbling figure appeared in the cave. Like a rock being tossed around, he continuously smashed against the stone walls, accompanied by Lin Huang’s sharp hisses of pain.
He was crashing into the walls while circulating his Primordial Qi according to the records in the Martial Technique.
It had to be said, this cultivation method was... a bit idiotic.
Absolutely moronic!
After half a day of cultivation, Lin Huang’s body was swollen an entire size larger. His clothes were torn to shreds, and he had completely lost his previous refined and handsome appearance.
Well, at least the effects seemed very obvious!
From then on, an extra figure could be seen in the Qinglong Mountain Range. Every morning, he would run through the mountains carrying a massive boulder.
At noon, Lin Huang would toss himself around in the cave, letting out groans of satisfaction.
In the evening, he would go out to pick some herbs, crush them into a medicinal juice, and smear it all over his body. Afterward, he would strip naked as a loach and dive into the lake to wash off.
At midnight, he would sit cross-legged in a tree to absorb the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
Every three days, he would hunt a Demon Beast for food. Of course, he could only bully low-level Demon Beasts—or, to be more accurate, wild beasts.
Over time, Lin Huang’s appearance completely changed.
His skin took on a bronze hue, dotted with purple and blue bruises. His clothes hung in tatters, and though his hair wasn’t dirty, it was as messy as a chicken coop. Even a stubble had sprouted on his chin.
In the blink of an eye, a month passed.
Inside the cave, Lin Huang, who had been cultivating, slowly opened his eyes. He frowned, deep in thought.
A month’s time had allowed him to touch the bottleneck of the Minor Achievement Realm for the Great Vajra Technique. This cultivation speed was already considered quite good.
What confused Lin Huang was that every time he practiced the technique, he felt a lingering sensation that he could be even stronger.
He hadn’t paid much attention to it before. But in the past few days, upon hitting the bottleneck of the Minor Achievement Realm, this feeling had grown increasingly intense, forcing him to stop and think.
He searched high and low but found nothing.
"Could it be the power of my Martial Soul?"
Frowning, Lin Huang stared at the Celestial Asura in his Profound Sea for a long time. He realized it was still just as ugly as before, its four arms drooping as it sat peacefully cross-legged in the Profound Sea.
Tentatively, Lin Huang poked the Celestial Asura!
No reaction.
He poked it again, still no reaction.
He poked it once more.
POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE, POKE!
Two hours later, Lin Huang’s face abruptly turned scarlet, and his handsome features twisted with a ferocious killing intent. His entire body swelled slightly as he threw a punch at a massive boulder, instantly shattering it into fine powder.
Afterward, the killing intent on his face receded like the tide, leaving him looking deathly pale.
Lin Huang sat weakly on the ground, looking as if he had just finished some monumental task. Recalling what had just happened, his pale face showed a trace of sluggishness, followed by a delayed sense of excitement.
"Asura’s Fury!" he muttered.
After two hours of his relentless teasing, he seemed to have angered the Asura Martial Soul within his body. When the Celestial Asura waved one of its arms, a powerful killing intent surged through his entire body, catching him off guard.
At that moment, Lin Huang felt like he had an inexhaustible amount of strength, and an overwhelming killing intent begging to be unleashed!
Lin Huang recalled the scene just now. "I must have triggered my Martial Soul Power, Asura’s Fury. Waving just one arm doubled my combat strength. However, my realm is too low; I couldn’t maintain it for more than a few breaths of time.
"If I can fully activate Asura’s Fury and wave all four arms of the Asura Martial Soul, it should be able to instantly multiply my combat strength by... four times?" he speculated, his emotions surging like a tide.
This so-called increase in combat strength wasn’t just a boost to his attack power. It was an all-around enhancement covering his attack, defense, speed, and Spiritual Sense.
Only then did Lin Huang realize that the lingering sensation he felt while practicing the Great Vajra Technique had come from his Martial Soul.
"The Buddha God’s Relics are indeed no ordinary items!" Lin Huang smiled, sensing the Celestial Asura within his body. "If it really can instantly boost my combat strength by four times, that’s definitely not an ability an Upper Grade of Yellow Tier Martial Soul should possess!"
On this continent, the hierarchy of realms was incredibly strict. Every Heaven within a realm was a hurdle, and every major realm itself was a towering mountain. It was incredibly difficult for a Martial Artist to challenge someone of a higher level!
However, Asura’s Fury was the ultimate weapon to clear those hurdles and topple those mountains!
Thinking of this, Lin Huang grew even more excited. With Asura’s Fury, he at least had a sliver of confidence to face Crown Prince Lingyun.
In the cave, a smile graced Lin Huang’s face as he figured out the direction for his subsequent cultivation.
He needed to practice the Godslaying One Slash, but it placed extremely high demands on the physical body. Therefore, he had to bring the Great Vajra Technique to Great Success as soon as possible.
Then, he would synchronize it with Asura’s Fury...
Lin Huang murmured to himself, the smile on his face growing increasingly confident. "Perhaps then, I’ll truly have a chance to fight Crown Prince Lingyun!
"Next, it’s time to cultivate properly!"
As of right now, by combining the Great Vajra Technique with Asura’s Fury, he was capable of battling a Martial Artist at the Human Element Third Heaven.
Once the Great Vajra Technique broke through to the Minor Achievement Realm, he was confident he could face a Martial Artist at the Human Element Fourth Heaven!
However, his current Body Refining method wasn’t very effective anymore. If he wanted to advance further, he would need the assistance of external forces or Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
"The Thousand Mechanism Bone-Cleansing Flower!" Lin Huang muttered. According to the records of the Great Vajra Technique, reaching the Minor Achievement Realm required the Thousand Mechanism Bone-Cleansing Flower to temper the body and break the shackles of a Martial Artist’s physical form.
And this Thousand Mechanism Bone-Cleansing Flower was precisely what put him in a difficult spot...