Lin Yu was, after all, a Son of Destiny. He still had plenty of tricks up his sleeve.
He had actually managed to get himself bailed out.
After taking a few breaths of fresh air outside, Lin Yu's gaze gradually hardened.
"School can wait. The Cave Abode Secret Realm is more important!"
With that, Lin Yu ran without stopping toward the stretch of mountains his master had left him.
That's right—he ran!
Lin Yu was penniless now. He had no idea when his wallet had disappeared, and these days everyone used QR-code payments. He was a master who had trained hard in the mountains for over a decade... his impression of the city was still stuck ten years in the past.
He was no different from a wild man!
He had originally planned to contact Ye Changkong and have him send someone to drive him there.
But the trip to the cave abode had to remain secret. This was his destined opportunity, and there could not be the slightest mistake.
He ran from afternoon until deep into the night, covering what was probably the distance of two whole marathons. Even world marathon champion Kipchoge would have shed tears at the sight.
"Fuck, I finally made it."
"It was so far away. I should've just called Ye Changkong."
Lin Yu cursed under his breath and looked down at his shoes. The soles had been worn through, and even his big toes were sticking out.
Even as a Dark Force expert, he was exhausted beyond belief.
Lin Yu arrived above the mountain ravine and leaped straight down.
A drop of more than ten meters was admittedly high for a Dark Force expert like him, but it did not pose much of a problem.
He landed smoothly, even putting on a little show, though there was no one there to watch.
"Holy shit!!!"
"Which idiot threw nails around here? I @fucking￥%# your (@mother￥)!"
Lin Yu clutched his foot in agony. A long nail had nearly pierced straight through his sole.
Yet with astonishing willpower, he still staggered back to his feet.
He slowly limped over to the stone door... the stone... where was the stone door?
Lin Yu's eyes widened as he stared blankly at the electronic door before him, countless question marks popping up in his head???
Lin Yu pressed himself against the electronic door and studied it carefully, even sneaking a few taps against it with his finger.
"Please enter password!"
The electronically synthesized mechanical voice gave Lin Yu a fright.
"Fuck, Old Man Lin, are you... messing with my head on purpose? You even installed an electronic door?"
"You made this secret realm yourselves, and you told me it only opened once every six years? Pah!"
Lin Yu clearly did not take the electronic door seriously. He clenched his fist.
Then threw a punch straight at it!
"Ah!!!"
A pig-slaughtering scream rang out.
"Why is this door so hard? I'm a Dark Force expert!"
He could not even break through its defenses. His fingers had gone numb from the shock.
If brute force would not work, then he would use a clever scheme!
"What password?"
Lin Yu could only honestly crack this so-called password.
Beep! Please answer three questions. Once you have answered them, the door will open automatically.
Lin Yu smiled, radiating confident arrogance.
Don't be fooled by the fact that he had trained bitterly in the mountains for over a decade. When it came to knowledge... he was an undisputed top student!
"Ask away!"
Question One: Shout "I am a dog" three times, then imitate a dog barking three times.
"Fuck your mother, Old Man Lin!"
Lin Yu cursed outright.
This kind of boring, torturous question really did seem like something Old Man Lin would come up with.
"Old Man Lin, I know this is your doing. You should be able to hear me too, right? Stop messing with me. I'm never going to bow my head."
Lin Yu crossed his arms, wearing an arrogant expression.
And so... he spent more than ten minutes matching wits and courage with the air.
Lin Yu was starting to lose it.
"Hello? Old Man Lin, don't tell me you're really going to make me bark like a dog?"
"Can't you answer me?"
"Fine, fine, fine. I'll remember this grudge!"
"I am a dog! I am a dog! I am a dog! Woof, woof, woof~"
Lin Yu had practically ground the words out through clenched teeth.
In Lin Yu's mind, it was still his master messing with him.
Beep! Now listen to the second question. Please state the deepest secret hidden in your heart.
Lin Yu shrugged. This one was no big deal.
"You old man, didn't you already know? Peeping on Widow Wang from the neighboring village while she bathed—you watched with me too. And now you're playing this game with me?"
Beep! Now listen to the third question.
The corners of Lin Yu's mouth shot upward. Was that all?
Old Man Lin, you weren't much after all, were you?
You thought this could stump me?
Question Three: Please recite in full the ten thousand digits after the decimal point of pi.
Lin Yu: "???"
What?
Could you screw with someone's head any harder?
Recite ten thousand digits after the decimal point? Could you possibly have any less humanity?
But Lin Yu ultimately surrendered to reality.
He opened his phone and began reciting from the long string of digits for pi.
"Heh heh... it's only ten thousand digits! I'm reading them... not memorizing them. Isn't this easy?"
Lin Yu thought the question was absurd, but it was only ten thousand digits... too easy. He could read two digits per second, so it would take just over an hour. It was not a difficult question.
"3..."
After reading more than four hundred digits, he suddenly got one wrong.
Beep! Incorrect reading. Please start over...
Lin Yu frowned, instinctively sensing that something was off.
But he began again anyway. This time, he slowed down and read more carefully.
Yet he still made a mistake after reaching over a thousand digits.
"Fuck!"
He could only start over!
More than two thousand digits... fuck your mother!
More than three thousand digits... damn it!
More than five thousand digits... ah!
After who knew how many attempts, two nights had already passed, and it was even noon on the third day.
Lin Yu was still reading!
He saved his phone battery wherever he could. By the end, he could fluently recite more than five thousand digits from memory. His brain was severely overloaded, and he was hungry and sleepy... his vision blurred.
Beep! Congratulations, you have successfully completed all trials. Beep! Door opened.
The electronic door opened—
Lin Yu immediately burst into tears.
He was the mighty mad dragon who had descended from the mountain, a Dark Force expert... a tough man who bled but never cried, yet he had actually cried!
The torment had been utterly inhuman. Now his head was full of numbers. Everything he looked at resembled numbers, and he felt like he was about to undergo mechanical ascension.
"I finally got in. Lin Xiaotian, don't let me run into you again... if I do, I'll pluck every last hair from your beard."
Lin Yu practically crawled into the cave abode.
The cave was very clean. On a stone table sat only a golden jade pendant and a blue-purple secret manual.
Wait... blue-purple?
Lin Yu was a little confused.
When he stepped closer and looked, Lin Yu sucked in a cold breath.
"Five Years of Graduate Entrance Exams, Three Years of Mock Tests"???
"Is this... some kind of new skin for an ancient martial arts manual?"
Lin Yu's mouth twitched as he picked up the thick study material.
"It really is study material? Damn it, mathematics? And it's this year's new edition?"
No matter how stupid Lin Yu was, he knew he had been played!
"Fuck your mother, Old Man Lin, you're just hell-bent on screwing with me alone, aren't you?"
What once-every-six-years Cave Abode Secret Realm? It was all a lie!
Well... Lin Xiaotian really was capable of pulling off this kind of scam.
But he still refused to accept it and flipped through the material all the way to the last page.
Sure enough, there was a message left there.
Child, knowledge changes fate. Your master knows you are impatient by nature and heavy with hostility. You must have suffered a loss, right? Listen to your master's advice... put down your fists and feet. Reading more books will do you good.
This time, when you descended the mountain, your masters wanted you to temper your heart amid the mortal world. Raising your strength too quickly is no good for you.
And don't indulge in women, either. Only studying can help you improve. Women will only affect the speed at which you draw your blade.
Before you continue