Mysterious Map

Chapter 3 Mysterious Map

Leaving the Elders Council, Lin Bai knew that as long as the Lin family elders didn't budge, he could forget about getting back the cultivation resources Lin Duo had left him.

After all, with Lin Bai's current level of martial cultivation, he wasn't strong enough to contend with the Lin family's Elders Council.

"A bunch of bastards! When my dad was around, they wouldn't dare utter a fart, but now they dare to seize the cultivation resources he left me!"

Lin Bai returned home, seething with anger.

"Lin Bai."

Just then, an old voice came from outside the door. Lin Bai turned to see a hunched old man with a weathered face walking in with a smile.

Lin Bai looked up. "Third Uncle, what brings you here?"

The old man who entered was Lin Bai's Third Uncle, Lin Yue, who had been very close to Lin Bai's father since childhood.

But years ago, when Third Uncle went out with Lin Duo, his dantian was suddenly crippled. Since then, he had stayed in the Lin family and hadn't gone out.

Lin Yue walked in, smiling. "I heard that the Martial Soul you awakened wasn't very good, so I came to check on you, afraid you might do something foolish."

"Thank you, Third Uncle. You're not in good health, yet you still bothered to come and see me." Lin Bai shook his head, forcing a smile.

Lin Yue laughed. "Haha, your father and I were brothers in life and death. Now that he's not in the Lin family, if I don't look after you, who will?"

"Lin Bai, although your Martial Soul isn't great, don't be discouraged. Didn't your brother Lin Duo leave you a sum of cultivation resources? You should get them out as soon as possible to speed up your cultivation. I believe that with your talent, even with a Yellow Grade Rank 1 Martial Soul, you can still achieve something."

Lin Yue encouraged Lin Bai.

Hearing about the cultivation resources, Lin Bai said angrily, "That's what I'm angry about! I just went to the Elders Council to retrieve the cultivation resources my father left behind, but the Elders Council and Lin Zier, that bunch of bastards, saw that my Martial Soul was low and refused to give them to me."

Lin Yue was surprised. "They dare to embezzle brother Lin Duo's things? Aren't they afraid of brother Lin Duo coming back and flying into a rage?"

Lin Bai said coldly, "Now they see that Lin Zier's talent is higher than my father's, and they're all sucking up to her!"

"Ah, is that so?" Lin Yue's expression also became anxious. "They're really going too far by doing this. So, Lin Bai, what are your plans?"

Lin Bai said, "They think that because my Martial Soul is low and I haven't gotten any cultivation resources, I'll be content to be an ordinary person. Just wait and see. I've decided to go to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and exchange them for cultivation resources."

"Lin Bai, you're going to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range? That's a paradise for demonic beasts. You must be careful," Lin Yue reminded him with concern.

Lin Bai said, "Although the Azure Spirit Mountain Range is dangerous, it's the best place for me to train!"

The Devouring Sword Martial Soul could be cultivated by devouring the divine blood of demonic beasts, so the Azure Spirit Mountain Range was the perfect training ground for Lin Bai!

Lin Yue's cloudy eyes darted around. He took out a sheepskin map from his bosom and handed it to Lin Bai, saying, "Lin Bai, take this. It will be useful when you get to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range."

"What's this?" Lin Bai took it and asked curiously.

Lin Yue smiled. "When I hadn't been crippled yet, I once went to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range and discovered a tree of Spirit-Bearing Fruit, but unfortunately, it hadn't matured yet."

"So I drew the route, planning to go pick them after they matured."

"Who would have thought that before I could wait for the Spirit-Bearing Fruit to mature, I would be crippled first?"

Lin Yue said with a wry smile.

"Spirit-Bearing Fruit!" Lin Bai's eyes lit up with surprise when he heard the name.

Spirit-Bearing Fruit was a spirit herb used to refine Rank 2 elixirs. It took thirty years to flower, thirty years to bear fruit, and thirty years to mature. It could be said to be the best of spirit herbs.

Of course, this Spirit-Bearing Fruit was extremely needed for Lin Bai right now.

Lin Bai said, "Third Uncle, this is too precious."

Lin Yue chuckled. "Take it. Third Uncle has no children, and now I'm a cripple. This map is useless to me. Take it, cultivate hard, and don't embarrass your father."

"Also, take this secret manual with you. It's called the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm. It's quite powerful. If you manage to cultivate it, it can give you great strength in a short amount of time!"

"Cultivating the Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm requires a lot of demonic blood to cooperate with. It just so happens that you're going to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and train, so you can take this opportunity to cultivate this martial skill well."

The Dragon Emperor's Divine Dragon Arm sounded very powerful just from the name.

"Thank you, Third Uncle." Lin Bai accepted the secret manual and the map, feeling genuinely grateful.

"Third Uncle, you've never told me, who exactly crippled you?"

Lin Yue's eyes flickered for a moment when he heard this, and he said with a smile, "Little brat, what are you asking these things for? What you need to do now is to cultivate hard. Go quickly."

"Okay, I'll go to the Weaponry Pavilion and Martial Arts Pavilion to get a weapon and choose a martial skill, and then I'll go to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range," Lin Bai said firmly. "In two months, I'll make everyone who looks down on me regret it!"

After Lin Bai sent his Third Uncle home, he turned around and went straight to the Weaponry Pavilion.

Arriving at the Weaponry Pavilion!

"Lin Bai, it's not that I don't want to give you a weapon, it's just that I can't contend with Lin Taiheng. He and Lin Zier have both sent people to let me know, and I don't dare to give you a weapon," the elder of the Weaponry Pavilion sighed helplessly.

The elder of the Weaponry Pavilion could also see that Great Elder Lin Taiheng and Lin Zier were trying to push Lin Bai into the abyss this time!

"Lin Bai, don't blame us. Great Elder Lin Taiheng and Lin Zier sent people to speak to us one after another, and we really don't dare to let you in to choose martial skills!" The words of the elder of the Martial Arts Pavilion, which were exactly the same as those of the elder of the Weaponry Pavilion, hit Lin Bai hard.

"Lin Taiheng! Lin Zier! You think you can defeat me like this? You're too naive!"

"So what if I don't have a weapon? So what if I don't have a martial skill? I still have a pair of fists!"

Lin Bai walked out of the Lin family's gate with a sneer.

Lin Bai also knew that Lin Zier and Lin Taiheng wanted to completely obliterate Lin Bai in the cradle.

"Oh ho, if it isn't Lin Bai, the Lin family's famous genius young master? What's with the dirt and grime, coming out of the Martial Arts Pavilion and Armory like that?"

Just as Lin Bai was about to leave the Lin family grounds, a foppish young master blocked his path.

The newcomer was a Lin family disciple named Lin Xuanqing, who had awakened his Martial Soul three days prior along with Lin Bai. His Martial Soul was a Yellow Grade, Rank Seven, making him a genius second only to Lin Xuan and Lin Zier within the Lin family.

Lin Xuanqing held up the sword in his hand, tauntingly smiling as he said, "See this? It's a Rank One Spirit Tool I just got from the Armory, called the Spirit Severing Sword. And I also got a Yellow Grade, Rank Nine martial skill from the Martial Arts Pavilion, called Blood Weeping Swordplay!"

"Envious?"

Lin Xuanqing had run into Lin Bai at the Armory and followed him all the way here, his goal being to flaunt his success in front of Lin Bai while he was down in the dumps.

Back when Lin Bai was still the Lin family's number one genius, Lin Xuanqing had been consumed with envy, jealousy, and hatred.

Now that this genius had fallen from grace, Lin Xuanqing naturally had to come and assert his own importance!

Spirit Tools were divided into ranks, from One to Nine. Above Spirit Tools, it was said there were world-destroying Magical Treasures, but Lin Bai had never seen one.

Martial skills were divided into Yellow, Profound, Earth, Heaven, and Emperor grades, with each grade further divided into nine ranks.

"Get lost, a good dog doesn't block the way!" Lin Bai roared, his face full of anger.

Lin Xuanqing frowned, then grew enraged. "Huh? You, a piece of trash, dares to speak to me like that? Looks like I need to teach you a good lesson."

"Eat this!"

Lin Xuanqing finished speaking and thrust his sword toward Lin Bai!

This Lin Xuanqing hadn't even started cultivating after awakening his Martial Soul, and was only at the first level of the Martial Path.

While Lin Bai was already at the third level of the Martial Path!

Seeing the sword coming at him aggressively, Lin Bai grinned. "Since you're offering me a weapon, then I'll gladly accept it!"

Lin Bai stepped forward, immense power gathering in his wrist, and grabbed Lin Xuanqing's Spirit Severing Sword, yanking it away and taking the Spirit Tool into his possession.

Seeing his Spirit Tool stolen, Lin Xuanqing's face twisted in rage. "Lin Bai, I'm warning you, give me back my Spirit Tool, or you'll regret it! Don't forget, my big brother is Lin Xuan!"

"Lin Xuan? You're actually Lin Xuan's younger brother? Perfect, I'll start by collecting a little interest from you!" Lin Bai was furious when he heard that Lin Xuanqing was Lin Xuan's disciple.

"Ha!"

He struck out with a palm straight at Lin Xuanqing's face, knocking him to the ground.

Buzz!

Just then, a series of obscure and difficult incantations appeared in Lin Bai's mind.

"Martial Soul Talent! Soul Search!"

"By casting this technique, pressing upon the crown of a martial artist's head, one can probe all the memories within their mind!"

"Warning, the subject of Soul Search will suffer severe aftereffects, with death as the worst-case scenario, and idiocy as the mildest!"

Lin Bai was dumbfounded. "I awakened my Martial Path talent so quickly? And it's not a sword technique, how strange."

Generally speaking, awakening a Martial Path talent was harder than ascending to heaven unless one had a master imparting enlightenment or a heaven-defying opportunity.

Similarly, the higher the grade of the Martial Soul, the faster one would awaken their talent, and the greater the power of the talent would be!

Lin Xuanqing, his mouth and nose bleeding from Lin Bai's attack, roared in anger, "Lin Bai, you piece of trash, you actually dared to hit me! You just wait, I'm going to tell my big brother right now. When he comes, I'm going to skin you alive!"

"You want to skin me alive!" Lin Bai said menacingly.

Lin Xuanqing raged, "Yes, I want to skin you alive! Even if you kneel down and beg me now, I won't change my mind. Just wait to die!"

"It seems like you haven't figured it out yet. Your life is in my hands right now, and you still dare to shout? Fine, didn't you say you got a Yellow Grade, Rank Nine martial skill? I'll gladly accept it."

Lin Bai grinned. "Perfect, I'll test out my Martial Soul talent!"

Lin Bai walked forward, standing in front of Lin Xuanqing, and placed his right hand on the top of his head.

"What are you doing?"

Lin Xuanqing's pupils dilated in fear.

"Soul Search!"

Whoosh—

Lin Bai activated the incantation, and Soul Search was initiated. In an instant, all the memories in Lin Xuanqing's mind flashed before Lin Bai's eyes at the speed of light, like a movie playing.

In just a quarter of an hour, Lin Bai had clearly seen all of Lin Xuanqing's memories!

Among them was the Yellow Grade, Rank Nine martial skill he had obtained!

Blood Weeping Swordplay!

After the Soul Search was completed, Lin Xuanqing foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground, convulsing before his life signs disappeared completely.

"You deserved to die. If you hadn't been unreasonable and tried to kill me, how could I have resorted to such a ruthless act!" Lin Bai said calmly.

"I have the weapon and the martial skill now. It's time to go to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range."

"Lin Taiheng, Lin Zier, wait for me. Once I return, I will definitely turn this world upside down!"

Lin Bai carried the Spirit Severing Sword and left Spirit Rhino City that night, heading straight for the Azure Spirit Mountain Range tens of thousands of miles away.

Lin Bai was going to the Azure Spirit Mountain Range mainly to kill demonic beasts and search for Heavenly Lightning Earthly Fire.