"How is this possible?!"
In just a few short minutes, Lin Shuguang's practice of the Tiger Roar Saber Technique had gone from fumbling to proficient... Song Shi stared wide-eyed at the young man swinging the wooden saber before him, clearly sensing that every muscle in his body seemed to be vibrating.
With every breath, he seemed to have truly become a tiger, mastering both its form and spirit!
Could it be... I've met a saber technique genius?
Meanwhile, Lin Shuguang was still immersed in the improvement of his Tiger Roar Saber Technique. The LV3 Tiger Roar Saber Technique let him distinctly feel the muscles and bones throughout his body gradually warming up, while the strength he could sense was undergoing rapid, explosive growth.
He really had grown stronger!
It was then that Lin Shuguang suddenly noticed something strange about the way Song Shi was looking at him. His heart jolted, and he immediately reined in his strength and deliberately slowed his movements.
He deliberately said, "Teacher, this saber technique feels very familiar. Some parts are quite similar to a saber technique I practiced before."
Song Shi looked thoughtful, then smiled. "So you've practiced saber techniques before. No wonder. Still, it's normal for you to find it familiar. Although this Tiger Roar Saber Technique is simple, it incorporates many movements from basic saber techniques, streamlined and refined by generations of saber Great Grandmasters in our school."
Having taken Lin Shuguang for someone who had previously practiced basic saber techniques, Song Shi felt much less shocked now. Still, his eyes held approval as he said:
"The fact that you could grasp the Tiger Roar Saber Technique so quickly also shows that you've built a very solid foundation. But don't get conceited. Next, you need to carefully experience how your strength changes when you perform this technique. That will greatly benefit you when you become a Martial Artist."
Song Shi's gaze toward Lin Shuguang was filled mostly with approval. There weren't many young people Lin Shuguang's age willing to put care and time into building a solid foundation in saber techniques, so he put even more effort into teaching him.
Yet Lin Shuguang no longer dared to practice with all his strength. His stances looked convincing, but in reality, he was merely going through the motions.
His ability to improve his saber technique so quickly came from spending money.
He had no way to explain it, and he certainly didn't want his exposed "talent" to attract too much attention. If someone with an ulterior motive then remembered his previously meager blood energy value, he would inevitably become a target.
Until he had the strength, he could only keep a low profile!
Throughout history, insignificant people with great talent but little strength had met only two outcomes: they were either ruthlessly suppressed or held firmly under someone else's control. Neither served Lin Shuguang's current interests.
So, for the period that followed, Lin Shuguang displayed only an LV1 Tiger Roar Saber Technique at the Martial Arts Hall. Only in private did he reveal his true strength and train hard.
His training during this period also gave Lin Shuguang a deeper understanding of the Storm Martial Arts School.
At present, Song Shi was the Storm Martial Arts School's only Martial Artist. It could also be said that he was single-handedly keeping it afloat. From instructing students in martial arts to cleaning, he did everything himself, which showed just how far the school had fallen.
The Martial Arts Hall had a dozen or so students, most of whom were children from neighboring families. A few seemed to have some connections, but the one who left the deepest impression on Lin Shuguang was Senior Brother Feng San, who had brought him into the Martial Arts Hall. To this day, Lin Shuguang still couldn't make sense of his background.
One day.
Because his class ran over, Lin Shuguang headed to the Martial Arts Hall much later than usual, only to unexpectedly see Feng San standing at the intersection outside the Martial Arts Hall, discussing business with an unfamiliar burly man.
"Boss Feng, take a look at this batch. What do you think? Thirty thousand, firm!"
Feng San said nothing, taking items out of the burlap sack in the other man's hands to inspect them. There were reddish-black animal hides, bones, and red beads the size of a thumb...
Only after inspecting everything did Feng San speak. "At market price, twenty hides come to four thousand, but these three are damaged, and I won't take them, so that's six hundred off. Eighty fangs come to two thousand. I don't take cracked bones, so the intact bones come to three thousand. Desolate Ghost Ape Desolate Beads currently sell for one thousand each. You have twenty, so that's twenty thousand. The total is twenty-eight thousand four hundred. Are you selling or not?"
The unfamiliar burly man argued, "Those three hides are perfectly usable."
Feng San remained unmoved. "You know the rules. I only take intact ones."
"Fine, fine, I'll sell! I'm a regular customer, at least. You're still haggling with me over six hundred!"
Feng San gave a faint smile and wasted no words.
After paying, Feng San was about to pick up the sack and enter the Martial Arts Hall when he happened to see Lin Shuguang approaching. His eyes flashed, and he leaned closer and whispered, "Junior Brother Lin, I've got a business proposition. Interested?"
Lin Shuguang kept his expression neutral. "Go ahead, Senior Brother Feng San."
Feng San pulled Lin Shuguang aside. Once they reached a spot where no one else was around, he took a blood-red bead from the sack and asked mysteriously, "Junior Brother Lin, do you know what this bead in my hand is?"
"A Desolate Bead?"
"That's right! This is a Desolate Bead from inside a Desolate Ghost Ape. Do you know how much it's worth?"
Lin Shuguang shook his head. He did know that Desolate Ghost Apes were Desolate Beasts abundant in the Blood Desolate Land, and that they contained Desolate Beads. That wasn't unusual.
Feng San smiled mysteriously. "One bead is worth a thousand. It's no lie that a Desolate Ghost Ape is a treasure from head to toe. Its four fangs are worth a hundred, an intact hide is worth two hundred, and the intact bones of all four limbs are worth eight hundred. So just one Desolate Ghost Ape can earn you twenty-one hundred."
Seeing that Lin Shuguang seemed tempted, Feng San put away the Desolate Bead and lowered his voice. "If you want to make some extra money, junior brother, come find me. But you'd best wait until you've mastered the Tiger Roar Saber Technique before going to the Blood Desolate Land, or your life will be in danger! I'm not trying to scare you! I'll be off now."
Patting Lin Shuguang, Feng San hoisted the sack onto his shoulder and jogged away, seemingly afraid Song Shi would see him. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from the little courtyard.
The Blood Desolate Land... Desolate Ghost Apes...
He had to admit how appealing the price of twenty-one hundred was to him. For a mere five hundred, he had been forced to coax and trick his younger sister, and he had even dragged his family into trouble over ten thousand.
If he really could make a fortune from Desolate Ghost Apes, then at least he wouldn't have to worry too much about money, let alone the prospects for improving his strength.
Having thought it all through, Lin Shuguang became even more determined to go to the Blood Desolate Land!
After deciding to go to the Blood Desolate Land, Lin Shuguang began investigating information about it and the Desolate Ghost Apes.
The Blood Desolate Land wasn't far away. It lay on the outskirts, only half an hour from his home.
However, the Blood Desolate Land was vast, almost a third the size of Huai City, and its environment was extremely harsh.
Lin Shuguang couldn't find out its origins. All he knew was that the place abounded with low-level Desolate Beasts called Desolate Ghost Apes. Like wild animals living in forests, these Desolate Ghost Apes generally didn't venture into the city. They lived in groups in the Blood Desolate Land, but were extremely bloodthirsty! Anything of another species was killed without exception!
Desolate Ghost Apes lean toward strength. Their living in groups will be a problem.
Having established his situation, Lin Shuguang settled down and continued training.
His Tiger Roar Saber Technique remained at LV3, but his blood energy value had already reached 133. He was getting closer and closer to meeting the requirements for advancing the Tiger Roar Saber Technique to LV4.
That very weekend, after preparing for so long, Lin Shuguang fooled his family with the excuse that he was going to train at the Martial Arts Hall and charged toward the outskirts.
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