"Strange, strange!"
"His natural endowment isn't exceptional, yet he advanced so quickly! And he even cultivated the Vajra Art!"
"But his comprehension is truly formidable. At only sixteen, he had already gained an initial grasp of Blade Intent!"
After feeling him over for a while, Ding Yun did not lose interest.
He continued looking at Lin Feng with great interest.
Then, with a light pat on his body, the numb sensation in Lin Feng's body finally vanished.
This secretly amazed Lin Feng.
Before, he had suspected the other man was some well-connected hanger-on. But after seeing that move, he realized that the man was no hanger-on at all—he was clearly an expert!
The kind who hid his brilliance and concealed his edge!
Since the other party was an expert, Lin Feng obediently decided not to pursue the matter of him groping him earlier.
After all, he had merely touched his butt once. Between men, it was nothing much.
Fortunately, his vital parts had not fallen, and the other man had not done anything excessively outrageous.
This finally put his heart at ease.
Yet at that moment, a sentence from Ding Yun made Lin Feng's newly settled heart leap into his throat again.
"Good heavens, how long has it been? You've actually reached the middle stage of the Bone Forging Realm already!"
"General Ding, I accidentally consumed..."
Lin Feng had just wanted to explain.
"Wait! No need to explain. Everyone has their own secrets!
This is a Qi Concealment Technique. Its effects are far better than the one in the treasury.
Take it!"
General Ding stopped Lin Feng from explaining. Then, with a turn, he actually pulled a secret manual straight out from beneath the bed!
"This..."
Lin Feng looked at the dust-covered manual and felt it was absurdly fake!
And why was the other man giving it to him?
"You don't want it? Then I'll take it back!"
"Yes, yes, yes! Many thanks, General Ding!"
Lin Feng hurriedly caught the manual that was about to be taken back.
If this General Ding harbored ill intentions toward him, he would not need to use such methods at all.
He could simply crush him in his grasp!
And all Lin Feng could do was raise his strength as quickly as possible. Then, no matter what demons, monsters, or ghosts came his way, he would cut them down with a single blade!
"Mm. Once you comprehend this technique, practice it diligently. The deeper your cultivation becomes, the more obscure your aura will be.
Ordinary people need not dream of seeing through your martial cultivation!"
Ding Yun instructed him.
"Thank you, sir!"
Lin Feng cupped his fists and bowed sincerely once again! In this man's eyes, ordinary people were probably great experts to him!
This secret manual was definitely enough! More than enough!
"Sir, what exactly is the Blade Intent you mentioned earlier?"
Lin Feng took the opportunity to ask.
"Blade Intent is a realm that blade practitioners can encounter but cannot seek! Either one undergoes decades of bitter training, or one experiences sudden enlightenment in a single day, like you did just now.
But comprehension of Blade Intent also has levels!
Right now, you should have only grasped the initial level!
Blade Intent is something that can only be understood by oneself. Its exact realm is difficult to describe with words!
Thus, there are basically no books that record knowledge related to it. It is merely passed down by word of mouth.
But after initially comprehending it, one's combat strength will already undergo an enormous improvement!"
"So long as you release Blade Intent, you can influence your enemy. It can also increase the attacking power, speed, and angles of the blade in your hand.
That wooden training dummy was incomparably hard. It was not something your broken pig-slaughtering knife could possibly shake.
Yet in your hands, it was ultimately split open with ease!
That is where the might of Blade Intent lies!"
Ding Yun gave him a whole string of information, allowing Lin Feng to gain a preliminary understanding of Blade Intent.
If he wanted to deepen that understanding, he could only rely on his own comprehension!
"Alright, you can come ask me whenever you have questions in the future. But the prerequisite is that you cultivate properly and charge into the prefectural city, charge into the provincial commandery!
Don't ask why about anything else!
Out, out. Remember to bring me food later!"
As he spoke, Ding Yun darted onto the bed in a flash, turned over, and soon began snoring again.
What a carefree life! He could fall asleep the instant his head touched the pillow!
Lin Feng was gradually getting used to General Ding's behavior.
He pulled the door shut behind him and walked out.
Afterward, he returned to his own room and studied that Qi Concealment Technique.
The Demon Purging Division arranged dormitories for its trainees, but the trainees were mostly from Kaiyang County.
Other than those without any backing and those on duty who needed to stay in the camp, most returned home to live.
After Lin Feng practiced according to the Qi Concealment Technique a few times, he successfully recorded the technique!
Name: Lin Feng Cultivation Method: Vajra Art Cultivation: Outer Refinement Realm—Bone Forging (51/200)+ Divine Ability 1: Ingestion Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity Techniques: Tiger Roar Fist (3/20)+ Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing: Heart and Saber Unity (1/100)+ Gale Leg Technique (20/20)+ Iron Shirt (1/40)+ Qi Concealment Technique (0/100)+ Upgrade Points: 8
Only then, when Lin Feng opened the panel, did he see that the Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing section had gained the realm of Heart and Saber Unity!
Just as he had guessed before, the blade technique had upgraded! Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing seemed to be like his life-bound blade technique.
It had appeared on the panel without needing to be recorded from a manual.
The benefit was limitless potential; the drawback was that he had to comprehend it himself!
"Never mind. Now that I've initially grasped Blade Intent, I'm already very strong!
When the boat reaches the bridge, it will straighten of its own accord. Still, I have to spend time practicing the blade every day!"
Then, he looked at the Qi Concealment Technique section.
"Good heavens, reaching Great Perfection actually requires 100 points. This is a technique as profound as the blade technique!
General Ding really gave away a treasure with a single move!"
Only now did Lin Feng understand why Ding Yun appeared to be someone who had never practiced martial arts at all. The Qi Concealment Technique was simply too formidable!
Then, Lin Feng added one point to the Qi Concealment Technique section.
In an instant, a stream of knowledge seemed to be ground into pieces and fed into Lin Feng's mind.
It was as though he had practiced it thousands upon thousands of times.
With a thought, Lin Feng felt the aura around him change, becoming that of the initial stage of the Bone Forging Realm.
Yu Qingqing had already discovered that he possessed initial-stage Bone Forging Realm cultivation. If he concealed it down to Skin Refining Perfection now, it would be like leaving three hundred taels of silver buried here with a sign saying there was no silver!
Moreover, displaying a bit of talent at the proper time could intimidate others!
In the blink of an eye, night had arrived.
Lin Feng bought another jug of Great Drunken Immortal Brew.
But he did not have much silver left now, only fifty or sixty taels.
That money had to be kept for household expenses.
The family ate quite well every day now, and he had bought all sorts of things for Mother and his younger sister. That also cost quite a bit of money.
Because his realm had improved, Lin Feng directly drank an entire jug of Great Drunken Immortal Brew clean this time.
In the end, he gained 9 Upgrade Points.
Adding the Slaughterhouse's +2 and the Demon Purging Division's +2.
His Upgrade Points had now accumulated to 20!
Looking at those twenty Upgrade Points, Lin Feng followed his plan and put ten of them into Iron Shirt!
Name: Lin Feng Cultivation Method: Vajra Art Cultivation: Outer Refinement Realm—Bone Forging (51/200)+ Divine Ability 1: Ingestion Divine Ability 2: Avert Calamity Techniques: Tiger Roar Fist (3/20)+ Butcher Ding's Ox-Slicing: Heart and Saber Unity (1/100)+ Gale Leg Technique (20/20)+ Iron Shirt (11/40)+ Qi Concealment Technique (1/100)+ Upgrade Points: 10
With a hum, after he finished allocating the points, Lin Feng's fleshly body seemed to be crushed apart before growing anew.
It became even tougher!
Especially his bones. Not only had their strength increased greatly, their defensive power had also risen severalfold!
"With my current strength, I should be able to defeat someone at the late stage of the Bone Forging Realm, right?
Should I find an opportunity and kill Xu Qiang outright?"
Lin Feng pondered.
Then he shook his head. Xu Qiang was not an ordinary constable like Yan Song.
There were only six Captains of constables in the county yamen. If one died, they definitely would not let the matter rest. They would investigate it to the bitter end!
The risk was too great.
"I'll grow stronger first. It would be best if I can kill him easily with certainty before making a move!"
Lin Feng looked at the panel. He still had ten Upgrade Points left.
He considered whether to save them to raise his cultivation or add them to Iron Shirt and further strengthen his defense.
At that moment, a tremendous boom rang out!
Lin Feng's expression changed!
He rushed into the courtyard. The dark night sky had turned bright, and a Signal Flare had been launched from the direction of the Demon Purging Division in the Inner City!
Immediately afterward, the county yamen launched one as well!
The entire county fell into turmoil.
"Xiao Feng, what happened?"
Mother, his younger sister, and Lin Yu all rushed out.
"Monsters have come, and there are quite a few of them!"
Lin Feng said to his family with an ugly expression.
"A Yu, protect Mother and Little Sister. I have to return to my unit!
Stay in the city. Do not go outside under any circumstances!"
As he spoke, Lin Feng grabbed his saber and rushed out.
And he put all ten Upgrade Points into the Iron Shirt section.
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