Chi Ling's Special Talent

A month passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Yun had used up more than half the Pills in his hands, and he had finally succeeded in breaking through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer.

Mission: Break through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer. Reward: Physique +1, Comprehension +1. Completed. Claim?

"Claim!"

His body underwent another faint sublimation.

Lin Yun then created another mission.

Mission: Break through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer. Reward: Physique +2, Root Bone +2.

"The rewards are getting richer. Not bad!" Lin Yun was slightly pleasantly surprised.

Aside from his realm breakthrough, over this past month, Lin Yun's martial arts had also improved at astonishing speed.

He had directly farmed Heaven Shaking Fist to perfection.

He obtained the reward "Fist Technique Talent (Beginner +2)."

Now Lin Yun's Fist Technique Talent had already reached Beginner +4.

He farmed fist technique proficiency even faster.

Especially First Grade fist techniques—Lin Yun had already farmed Tongbei Fist to "Superb Skill (+8)."

If he cultivated it another ten thousand-plus times, he would reach Close to the Dao.

For the coming period, Lin Yun planned to focus mainly on cultivating fist techniques, maxing out the two First Grade fist techniques as soon as possible while also accumulating Fist Technique Talent to raise it to intermediate.

Based on the existing pattern, once Fist Technique Talent stacked to Beginner +10, it could upgrade into intermediate talent. At that point, he should be considered a fist technique genius.

Today was another day for exchanging martial arts.

Lin Yun still liked this kind of activity a lot. After all, each time, he could establish a few missions.

However, after so many exchanges, and with Lin Yun crushing them every time, the mission difficulty grew lighter and lighter, and the rewards were no longer as generous as at the start.

But something was better than nothing. As his realm rose, as long as he could successfully establish a mission, the worst reward would still be a Third Grade Pill.

He arrived at the back mountain.

It was still the same four-person group as before.

With several exchanges' worth of experience already, the three of them dispensed with pleasantries and got straight to it.

Under Lin Yun's lead in their self-imposed grind, Lin Dong and Lin Xia's progress was also extremely fast.

Lin Dong's Flowing Wind Movement Technique had already reached major accomplishment, and Lin Xia was also close to major accomplishment.

Although Lin Yun had not deliberately farmed Flowing Wind Movement Technique, he was also close to perfection.

As for the Mystic Gate Seal, Lin Yun and Lin Dong had both already fully grasped the first form.

Each form of the Mystic Gate Seal could be regarded as an independent martial art. Lin Yun's first form had already reached major accomplishment, while Lin Dong had barely reached minor accomplishment.

As for Lin Xia, under Lin Yun and Lin Dong's instruction, after a month, she had also successfully entered the door and could barely perform it.

The second seal was much harder.

Because it had already reached the level of a Fourth Grade Martial Art, cultivating it was extremely difficult. Aside from the hand seals being even more complex, the most important point was its demand on Yuan Power.

Just cultivating it once would consume nearly a third of his Yuan Power, and it was not even successful every time.

This kind of consumption was clearly not conducive to Lin Yun farming proficiency.

So Lin Yun did not deliberately farm it either, temporarily slowing it down and waiting until after he broke through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer before trying again.

At the current stage, farming martial arts below Third Grade was still the most efficient.

Lin Dong seemed to want to find another path and surpass Lin Yun in the Mystic Gate Seal, so he spent more time on the Mystic Gate Seal's second seal.

However, the second seal was too difficult. It would still be hard for him to grasp it anytime soon.

On the contrary, in terms of fist techniques, perhaps Lin Dong really was suited to Gu Ang Fist. He had already cultivated it to major accomplishment, and when exchanging blows with Lin Yun, he actually relied on Gu Ang Fist's sharp and varied attack methods to fight Lin Yun back and forth. Of course, this was under the premise that Lin Yun was secretly controlling his strength.

If Lin Yun erupted with his full power, breaking ten thousand techniques with one force, Lin Dong's sharp and varied attacks would merely be flashy tricks.

After the exchange ended, Lin Yun successfully gained the reward of four bottles of Third Grade Pills.

His martial arts had already entered a steady period!

Now that the exchange was over, Lin Dong and Lin Xia were no longer in a hurry to go into seclusion and digest it.

It was still early today, so they prepared to enter the forest for a hunting trial.

The Qingyang Hunt was getting closer and closer, so they also needed to practice in advance.

With the current strength of the three of them, as long as they did not encounter an Earthly Yuan Realm-level Demon Beast, even if it was at the Body Tempering Ninth Layer, they were confident they could retreat unscathed.

And Demon Beasts above the Earthly Yuan Realm were rarely seen in the entire range of Qingyang Town. They basically did not exist in the Lin Family's back mountain, so they could safely go a little deeper.

They were not afraid even with Qing Tan following them. They could protect her.

Besides, Qing Tan's strength was not too bad either. Her Yuan Power had improved very quickly, and she was already close to breaking through to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer, giving her some ability to protect herself.

Deep in the forest, the three of them practiced, taking experience as their goal and specifically targeting Demon Beasts above the Body Tempering Sixth Layer.

After dealing with seven or eight Demon Beasts, they finally ran into something challenging.

It was a fierce tiger with mottled fur and a pair of crimson eyes.

It was between two towering trees that grew side by side, where their roots crossed and formed something like a netted burrow. Clearly, this was its lair.

"A Red-Eyed Tiger. Judging from its size, it's already an adult, with strength comparable to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer. It's incredibly strong and fast, too. One-on-one, even someone at the Body Tempering Ninth Layer might not be able to take it down. Well? Want to give it a try?" Lin Xia sized up the Red-Eyed Tiger, eager to have a go.

She and Lin Dong were both at the peak of the Body Tempering Seventh Layer now, only one step away from the eighth. They needed real combat to give them that push, and this Red-Eyed Tiger happened to be a good opponent.

"I think we can try!" Lin Dong agreed.

"Then let's begin. You two take the main attack. I'll cover you and support from the side. Qing Tan, keep watch around us," Lin Yun immediately arranged.

He also knew the two of them were on the verge of breaking through and needed this kind of pressure-filled trial, so he gave them the opportunity.

As for him, having a mission was enough.

Mission: Work with Lin Xia and Lin Dong to hunt down the Red-Eyed Tiger.
Reward: One bottle of Fourth Grade Origin Qi Pills.

"Fourth Grade Pills. Not bad, not bad." Seeing the reward appear, Lin Yun was very satisfied.

After breaking through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer, Third Grade Pills had gradually become less effective for him. Fourth Grade was just right.

Lin Dong and Lin Xia approached from two directions.

When they were about a hundred meters away, the Red-Eyed Tiger discovered them.

"Roar!"

With an angry roar, the Red-Eyed Tiger pounced toward Lin Xia.

Lin Xia did not dare take the Red-Eyed Tiger's claws head-on and hurriedly used the Flowing Wind Movement Technique, borrowing the trees to dodge.

Lin Dong immediately caught up and launched an attack from behind.

Soon, the two humans and one tiger were locked in battle.

"Spirit Sword Finger!"

"Gu Ang Fist!"

In terms of strength, they were still inferior to the Red-Eyed Tiger, but relying on the Flowing Wind Movement Technique, they circled and harried it from both sides, making things quite uncomfortable for the Red-Eyed Tiger as well.

At this stage, their fighting was still mainly barehanded.

That was mainly because the Yuan Power of the Body Tempering Realm was not strong enough yet. They could only barely release Yuan Power outward, and it was very difficult to extend it into weapons, so using weapons would instead prevent them from displaying their true strength.

Generally, only after reaching the Earthly Yuan Realm would one begin cultivating weapons.

Lin Yun moved within five meters of the battle circle. From this distance, he could make a move at the first moment.

It was also because Lin Yun was prowling nearby that the Red-Eyed Tiger had no choice but to keep part of its attention on him. With a Demon Beast's keen instincts, it sensed that this man was dangerous.

Because it was worried this sneaky bastard might suddenly strike and ambush it from behind, the Red-Eyed Tiger could never focus completely on dealing with Lin Dong and Lin Xia.

However, it was a Demon Beast at the Body Tempering Eighth Layer after all. Even like this, the pressure it put on Lin Dong and Lin Xia was not small.

Several times, if the two had not relied on their agile movement techniques, they would already have been badly injured by its tiger paws.

Time passed minute by minute. After a long, fierce battle, the Red-Eyed Tiger finally could not endure this frustration anymore. It actually took a desperate risk. While fighting the two of them, it shifted its position and darted away, drawing close to Lin Yun before launching the first surprise attack and pouncing at him.

It seemed to know that this man was the greatest threat. If it did not deal with him, it would not escape today.

"Mountain Shocking Fist!"

Lin Yun lowered himself into a sliding tackle, slipping past the Red-Eyed Tiger from below as their bodies crossed, then punched out, driving straight into its abdomen.

The shockwave from Mountain Shocking Fist sent the huge fellow, who weighed four or five hundred jin, flying six or seven meters away.

A copper head, iron bones, and a tofu waist! This blow was hard on the Red-Eyed Tiger. Its internal organs were shaken until they churned. It staggered back to its feet, but its combat strength had already been cut in half.

Lin Xia and Lin Dong pressed their advantage and finished it off.

"Phew, finally dealt with it. We still needed you to step in, little brother Lin Yun. Otherwise, the two of us would've fought until we were completely exhausted," Lin Xia said, letting out a deep breath.

At this moment, both of them were already drenched in sweat.

The battle just now had been extremely tense and far from easy.

Lin Yun said, "Clean it up. This Red-Eyed Tiger should be worth quite a bit of money."

"Master, I sense the aura of Spiritual Medicine," Chi Ling suddenly transmitted.

"Spiritual Medicine?"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up. Chi Ling actually had this ability too.

"Master, I'm an Alchemy Furnace. I'm very sensitive to the aura of Spiritual Medicine. Within a certain range, as long as there is Spiritual Medicine, I can sense it. The stronger the Spiritual Medicine, the clearer my sensing becomes. This time, it's at least Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine. Look around. It's in the direction of those two trees."

Chi Ling explained to Lin Yun with a slightly proud tone. It was born to deal with Spiritual Medicine; searching for Spiritual Medicine was its Innate Talent.

Lin Yun walked toward the two trees and circled around them to search. Very quickly, beneath the roots between the two trees, he discovered a special plant.

Lin Xia and the other two also noticed Lin Yun's movements. Seeing him stop between the two trees, they all gathered around.

"Wow, it's a Wood Spirit Mushroom, a Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine!"

Qing Tan said in surprise. Because she often gathered herbs, she recognized many kinds of Spiritual Medicine.

"Lin Yun, Brother, how did you know there was spiritual medicine here?" Lin Dong asked curiously.

"Generally speaking, there's usually spiritual medicine around the lairs of powerful Demon Beasts. I was just trying my luck, but I didn't expect there really to be some. Consider it an unexpected gain," Lin Yun explained calmly.

The Wood Spirit Mushroom was shared loot. Although Lin Yun wanted to keep it for himself and use it for Alchemy, he still held back.

Shared loot was meant to be shared. That was the right thing to do.

He was not exactly lacking a single spiritual medicine right now, either.

And now that he knew Chi Ling could find spiritual medicine, Lin Yun decided he could look for an opportunity to go searching alone in the future.

After that fierce battle, Lin Xia and Lin Dong were just about spent as well, so they took the Red-Eyed Tiger and the Wood Spirit Mushroom and returned to the Lin Family.

The four of them gathered in Lin Yun's courtyard, stewed tiger meat with the Wood Spirit Mushroom, and enjoyed a wonderful feast.

After absorbing the medicinal power of the Fourth-Grade Spiritual Medicine, Lin Dong and Lin Xia actually broke through to the Body Tempering Eighth Layer together.

Both of them were overjoyed.

"Looks like competing like crazy really is effective!" Lin Yun sighed inwardly.

During this period, the two of them had been immersed in martial arts. Their high-intensity training had long since given them the foundation to break through, and now it was merely happening as a matter of course.

Lin Dong and Lin Xia had both broken through to the Body Tempering Seventh Layer before Lin Yun, so it was only natural that they caught up to him now.

However, the speed at which the two of them broke through to the Eighth Layer was clearly earlier than in the original work.

This should have been due to his influence. Lin Dong and Lin Xia were both extremely intense in their training—not only competing with him, but also with each other. There was also Qing Tan, a rising star who, with Lin Yun's help, had become just as fierce.

With Lin Yun ahead of them, each other beside them, and Qing Tan behind them, neither of them was under little pressure.

Progress was a good thing.

After their breakthroughs, the four of them ate even more heartily!