The Mysterious Heaven and Earth Dojo, Lan Linglong!

The Heaven and Earth Dojo was an exceptionally special place in Cloud City.

It was said that a powerhouse from the Great Xia Martial Alliance had been grievously wounded while fighting Demons. With less than one-tenth of his cultivation remaining, he had no choice but to retire to Cloud City.

There, he founded the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Others said that the Heaven and Earth Dojo had been founded by a relative of some Martial Alliance powerhouse.

In any case, there were countless rumors, with everyone saying something different.

But one thing was certain: within the Heaven and Earth Dojo, if one could pass some of its trials, one could obtain martial arts techniques for free!

One had to understand, these were martial arts techniques!

Martial arts techniques were immensely important to a martial artist. Whether a martial artist was truly powerful depended not only on their cultivation, but more importantly on the strength of their techniques and their mastery of them.

Put simply, a Blood Qi Layer Two martial artist who had trained in martial arts techniques could even defeat a Blood Qi Layer Three martial artist who had never trained in them!

For that very reason, martial arts techniques were highly sought after among martial artists.

As a result, their prices were extraordinarily steep. Even the lowest-grade Blood Qi Realm martial arts techniques could sell for five-figure sums on the market.

And even then, they were the sort of thing money could not necessarily buy!

Yet at the Heaven and Earth Dojo, martial arts techniques could be obtained for free!

This gave the Heaven and Earth Dojo an extremely lofty status in Cloud City, one not even inferior to the Great Xia Martial Alliance's branch stationed in Cloud City.

Moreover, by paying a certain amount of tuition, one could join the Heaven and Earth Dojo and become an Outer Disciple.

There would even be a chance to receive guidance from the Heaven and Earth Dojo's Dojo Master!

Although the identity of the Heaven and Earth Dojo's Dojo Master was as much of a mystery in Cloud City as the answer to a riddle, one could not deny that everyone who had received his guidance had later become a powerful martial artist!

And that was precisely why Lu Sheng had chosen to go to the Heaven and Earth Dojo at this time!

With the boosts from Level Up! and Fist Master, perhaps he could pass the Heaven and Earth Dojo's test and obtain free martial arts techniques there!

Guided by the memories in his mind, Lu Sheng weaved through the streets and alleyways of Cloud City. Before long, he stopped in front of an exceptionally spacious building.

It was an ancient, elegant structure, and four large characters above its gates were especially eye-catching.

"Heaven and Earth Dojo!"

Lu Sheng glanced at it, took a deep breath, and strode toward the gates of the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Inside the Heaven and Earth Dojo, quite a few disciples dressed in the dojo's uniforms stood at different locations, training.

Lu Sheng gave them a cursory glance and discovered that most of these Heaven and Earth Dojo disciples were already Blood Qi Realm martial artists.

Only a scattered handful of younger people still remained within the ranks of Quasi-Martial Artists.

There were even some whose strength Lu Sheng could not see through at all!

Clearly, they were absolutely stronger than him!

One had to know that these were merely Outer Disciples of the Heaven and Earth Dojo!

"As expected of the most special place in Cloud City. Even its Outer Disciples are Blood Qi Realm martial artists, and some of them are even above the Blood Qi Realm!"

Lu Sheng could not help but marvel inwardly.

At that moment, Lu Sheng suddenly noticed that all these Heaven and Earth Dojo disciples had turned to look at him in unison.

A young man who appeared particularly mild-mannered slowly walked over. He first gave Lu Sheng a martial artist's salute before asking, "Little brother, what brings you to our Heaven and Earth Dojo?"

Looking somewhat awkward, Lu Sheng stated his purpose. "I heard that the Heaven and Earth Dojo allows people to obtain martial arts techniques for free. I..."

After all, Lu Sheng had transmigrated from the twenty-first century and was rather thin-skinned. As he spoke those words, his cheeks reddened slightly.

The young man did not mind. He merely chuckled and said, "That is true. However, if you wish to obtain martial arts techniques from our Heaven and Earth Dojo, you must pass a test. Are you prepared, little brother?"

Lu Sheng nodded.

Seeing this, the young man said no more. "In that case, little brother, follow me!"

With that, the young man led Lu Sheng toward the interior of the Heaven and Earth Dojo.

Only then did the Heaven and Earth Dojo disciples around them withdraw their gazes. As Lu Sheng followed beside the young man, he could vaguely hear their discussions.

"Hehe, I didn't expect someone else to come and try to freeload off our Heaven and Earth Dojo. The Dojo Master may be willing to give out these Blood Qi Realm martial arts techniques for free, but getting them is no easy matter!"

"Exactly. No one has passed the test these past few days. After all... the Dojo Master himself has been personally overseeing things lately. It won't be easy to pull the wool over the Old Dojo Master's eyes!"

"Hehe, who cares? We'll just treat it as a joke to watch!"

Hearing their words, Lu Sheng could not help frowning slightly.

The Old Dojo Master was personally overseeing it?

For a moment, Lu Sheng was curious as well. He wanted to know what sort of person this figure, whose identity was as enigmatic as a riddle in Cloud City, truly was.

Before long, led by the young man, Lu Sheng arrived at the interior training grounds of the Heaven and Earth Dojo. The grounds were enormous, even several sizes larger than the Martial Arts Training Hall at Cloud City First High School.

At the center of the grounds, an old man reclined in a rattan chair with his eyes lightly closed, looking utterly at ease. Beside him sat a young girl with an exceptionally gentle expression. She quietly sat by the old man, holding a book and reading it with great interest.

The two of them seemed not to have noticed the young man and Lu Sheng's arrival.

Only after the young man brought Lu Sheng before them did he respectfully bow to the old man and the girl.

"Master, Second Senior Sister, this little brother wishes to attempt our Heaven and Earth Dojo's test and obtain martial arts techniques!"

As he spoke, the young man glanced at Lu Sheng. Only then did Lu Sheng come to his senses and give the old man and the girl a slight bow.

"This junior, Lu Sheng, greets the Dojo Master, and greets..."

When it came time to salute the girl, Lu Sheng did not know how to address her.

The girl raised her head. Gentle sunlight shone upon her face, smooth as mutton-fat jade, and even the fine hairs on her cheeks faintly reflected the light.

She smiled slightly, like a warm spring breeze. Her gentle voice, like heavenly music, drifted into Lu Sheng's ears.

"My name is Lan Linglong. I am Teacher's second disciple."

Hearing Lan Linglong's voice, Lu Sheng seemed to become somewhat entranced. It was only when the young man beside him lightly nudged him that Lu Sheng came back to himself and hurriedly bowed to Lan Linglong.

"Greetings, Miss Lan!"