Great Sun Thunder Body

"What is it?" Lin Xiao looked at his son, who had suddenly fallen silent.

"Nothing. I just think that Father was originally the Lin Family's greatest genius. Your talent was no worse than those so-called geniuses."

"Because of the injury you suffered six years ago, as well as the clan's low-grade Cultivation Technique Manuals, your cultivation was delayed. Father should work even harder now and become a legendary expert—or even a Nirvana Stage expert."

Lin Dong smoothly changed the subject.

"I will. All fifty meridians of the Pure Yang Art have been opened. With the help of this first-rate Cultivation Technique Manual, I am confident that I can challenge the Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage within two years."

Lin Xiao smiled faintly, but corrected him, "However, there is one thing you got wrong. Your father is no longer the Lin Family's greatest genius. You are."

"Haha, let's go. Your grandfather is already waiting for you inside."

With that, Lin Xiao burst into laughter, draped an arm around Lin Dong's shoulders, and stepped into the hall.

"Dong'er, are you all right?"

Lin Zhentian quickly rose and came over, his aged eyes swiftly examining Lin Dong from head to toe.

"I'm fine, Grandfather. From now on, we won't need to worry about the Blood Garment Sect causing trouble for the Lin Family anymore, because I have already wiped them out."

Lin Dong said with a faint smile.

"..."

After a long while, Lin Zhentian finally muttered with a complicated expression, "Dong'er, tell me the truth. What is your cultivation level now?"

"Minor Perfection Yuan Dan Stage."

"Good, good, good! Wonderful! You are stronger than me, stronger than your father. Our Lin Family, because of you..."

Lin Zhentian's face flushed with excitement as he grabbed Lin Dong's hand and rambled on without pause.

Sigh, I had originally planned to reveal that I'm also a Four Seal Talisman Master. It looks like I should hold off for now.

Seeing this, Lin Dong could not help letting out a deep sigh.

What should he do when his cultivation was too strong? It was so troubling!

The Blood Garment Sect's headquarters had long since become a land of death.

A large group of experts exuding murderous auras stood solemnly nearby. A burly Middle-aged Man, bare-chested and tattooed with a blood wolf across his upper body, stared grimly at the two corpses inside the room.

"Who was it? Who the hell did this?!!!"

The Middle-aged Man suddenly threw back his head and roared.

He, Mountain Breaking Hand Yue Shan, the leader of the Blood Wolf Gang, one of Yan City's three foremost powers, and a Great Perfection Yuan Dan Stage expert, had never been this furious before.

One of the forces under his command had been mysteriously exterminated overnight, yet he had not even known about it. It was only after passersby discovered the incident and it caused a sensation throughout Yan City that he received the news. It was an inexplicable irony.

And now, he did not even know who had done it. How could Yue Shan still have the face to meet the experts of Yan City's other factions?

The Middle-aged Man's frenzied appearance made the surrounding experts fall completely silent.

"G-Gang Leader, I heard that the Blood Garment Sect had recently been fighting the Iron Mountain Gang over territory. Could it have been the Iron Mountain Gang?"

A Yuan Dan Stage expert beside the Middle-aged Man cautiously spoke up.

"Those trash from the Iron Mountain Gang absolutely do not have the ability to erase the Blood Garment Sect overnight. But since we cannot find the culprit for now, we might as well use the Iron Mountain Gang to make an example. They dared touch a subordinate force of my Blood Wolf Gang—they must be tired of living."

The murderous Middle-aged Man gave a chilling smile, then waved his hand. "Move out. We're going to the Iron Mountain Gang's headquarters."

"Yes, Gang Leader!"

The Blood Wolf Gang experts solemnly accepted the order, though they all inwardly sighed. The Iron Mountain Gang was truly unlucky—they had run straight into the line of fire.

While Yue Shan, leader of the Blood Wolf Gang, still had no clue about the culprit behind the Blood Garment Sect's destruction, Yan Xuan, the Yan City Talisman Master Association President, was thoughtfully pondering something.

The Mysterious Expert who had slaughtered the Blood Garment Sect overnight might have been the unfamiliar Four Seal Talisman Master he had vaguely sensed that night.

A month later, after successfully absorbing the assets of the Lei and Xie Families, the Lin Family had risen to become Qingyang Town's number one power.

Feeling that the family's development had reached a bottleneck, Lin Zhentian decisively chose to shift the family's center of operations to Yan City.

The Lin Family, which possessed a Yang Yuan Stone Mine, naturally did not lack money. They immediately spent lavishly to purchase a massive estate in northern Yan City and transferred more than half of the family's forces there.

Of course, Ironwood Manor remained the Lin Family's most important foundation, without question.

Therefore, Lin Ken, the Lin Family's eldest uncle, remained behind to guard Ironwood Manor and the Lin Family Ancestral Land.

After looting the Blood Garment Sect's treasury, Lin Dong had obtained seven or eight Pure Yuan Pills and left several for Lin Ken. Before long, Lin Ken, who was at the late Heavenly Yuan Stage, would likely be able to successfully break through to the Yuan Dan Stage.

In northern Yan City stood a vast and magnificent estate.

Within a simple yet bright courtyard, a handsome youth sat cross-legged on the grass, his hands forming a cultivation seal. With every breath, enormous amounts of heaven and earth energy in the air surged violently.

Lin Dong's cultivation continued until evening before he slowly awakened. Yet for some reason, he closed his eyes again.

Within the Ancestral Stone Space.

"You were looking for me?" Lin Dong looked at the black mouse before him.

"Don't you think your offensive methods are far too limited?"

Little Marten stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"There are some, so I'm planning to visit the Myriad Gold Merchant Association in the city in a few days. There might be some decent Martial Arts Techniques and spiritual attack methods at the auction."

Lin Dong nodded in agreement. He had even brought back a large amount of Yang Yuan Stone from Ironwood Manor and used the Ancestral Stone to refine Yang Yuan Pills at an extremely high ratio, all for the sake of attending the auction.

"We can talk about the auction later. I have a way to raise your combat strength right now. Here, take a look at this."

With a wave of Little Marten's claw, a golden beam of light flew out from the darkness of the Ancestral Stone Space and drifted lightly into Lin Dong's hand.

"Great Sun Thunder Body?"

Lin Dong instinctively lowered his head. Four ancient words immediately came into view atop the golden Light Cluster in his hand.

"Yes, the Great Sun Thunder Body. It should have been left behind by one of the Stone Talisman's former owners. It is a body-tempering technique with three stages: Bronze Thunder Body, Jade Thunder Body, and Great Sun Thunder Body."

"At the initial Bronze Thunder Body stage, one's fleshly body can rival an initial-grade Spirit Treasure. If one cultivates the Great Sun Thunder Body to Great Achievement, one can even shatter a High-grade Spirit Treasure with a single punch. Even a Nirvana Stage expert would have to keep his distance."

"Cultivating the Great Sun Thunder Body can also transform your Origin Energy into lightning-attributed Great Sun Thunder Yuan. It is an exceptionally domineering and fierce type of special Origin Energy that can greatly increase your attack power."

"However, cultivating this kind of Body Tempering Martial Arts requires drawing lightning into the body to temper the flesh and blood and hammer the muscles and bones. The process is exceptionally painful. But given how abnormal you are—counting each entry into the Mental Grinding Wheel by the hundreds—you presumably won't be afraid of it."

Little Marten rubbed his claws together and sized Lin Dong up with an odd look.

"Haha, of course. As long as I can grow stronger, what does a little pain matter? Come on, let me see just how powerful this Great Sun Thunder Body really is."

Lin Dong burst into laughter at that, immediately reaching his hand into the golden Light Cluster. As it squirmed, it transformed into golden liquid and completely merged into his body.

PS: A change has been made here. In Great God Cabbage's original work, the Great Sun Thunder Body was defined as a Cultivation Technique Manual. Aside from opening dozens of meridians to accelerate cultivation, it could also cultivate the three stages of the Great Sun Thunder Body: Bronze Thunder Body, Jade Thunder Body, and Great Sun Thunder Body.

Personally, I found that a little strange. Why? Because according to Great God Cabbage's description, this was clearly standard Body Tempering Martial Arts meant to enhance Physical Strength. Calling it a cultivation technique felt somewhat unfitting. That was why I previously introduced the first-rate Cultivation Technique Manual, Pure Yang Art, and turned the Great Sun Thunder Body into purely Body Tempering Martial Arts, much like Xiao Yan's Vajra Glazed Body.

Please take note~