West District Turmoil

A Fifth Rank Martial Practitioner's aura surged from the meeting hall. Jiang Liu was intimidated and retreated several steps, only stopping when he felt he could withstand it.

Jiang Liu looked at the gang members standing guard at the door as if nothing had happened, and admired them in his heart. It seems these two are quite strong! At least stronger than me.

The thought that just any two guards were stronger than him quickly cooled Jiang Liu's somewhat inflated ego after breaking through to the Second Rank.

Jiang Liu hurriedly stepped forward and said to the guards, "Please help me announce that Jiang Liu is requesting an audience!"

The guard on the left looked at Jiang Liu with amusement and said, "The Master is currently furious. Are you sure you want to go in now?"

Jiang Liu clasped his hands together with a look of resignation and said, "Please, big brother, help me report!"

"Alright! Since you want to go in and get scolded, I'll go in and report for you!" The guard on the left finished speaking and entered the hall. After a moment, he came out and called Jiang Liu in.

As soon as Jiang Liu entered the hall, he felt it was shrouded in a solemn atmosphere. He quickly stepped forward and bowed to Master Lin, "Master Lin!"

Master Lin saw Jiang Liu enter, but did not continue to rage. He simply looked at Jiang Liu and said, "Instead of focusing on cultivation, what are you doing here?"

Jiang Liu quickly replied, "Reporting to Master Lin, I have already Ranked!"

"Oh! Ranked, huh? That was quite fast!" Master Lin said casually, then reacted and said in disbelief, "What? You've already opened your Dantian and Ranked?"

After speaking, Master Lin approached Jiang Liu with lightning speed, grabbed Jiang Liu's arm, and guided Primal Qi into Jiang Liu's meridians towards his Dantian.

The Primal Qi in Jiang Liu's Dantian immediately reacted defensively, surging out to expel the invading Primal Qi.

"Don't circulate your Qi!" Master Lin said.

Jiang Liu immediately controlled his restless Primal Qi, calming it down and returning it to his Dantian.

Master Lin's Primal Qi circulated near Jiang Liu's Dantian, sensing the size of Jiang Liu's Dantian. It seems this kid's talent is indeed monstrous. His Dantian is so big right after opening it! Then he withdrew his Primal Qi, not daring to enter Jiang Liu's Dantian to investigate, fearing that he might accidentally injure Jiang Liu.

"Good! Haha! I didn't expect you to successfully open your Dantian in a month! What attribute did you choose to Rank with?" Master Lin said happily.

The people in the hall saw Master Lin smile and were relieved. They began to laugh and talk, and the atmosphere in the hall immediately relaxed.

"Alright! Quiet down, everyone, let Jiang Liu speak." Master Lin spoke to stop the crowd from continuing to discuss.

"Reporting to Master Lin, I am most compatible with the wind attribute!" Jiang Liu replied.

"Wind? I remember there's a Mystic Grade wind attribute Heart Sutra in the Technique Hall. Did you get it?" Master Lin recalled.

As soon as Jiang Liu heard this, he quickly took out the manual, "Reporting to Master Lin, I brought the wind attribute Heart Sutra and Wind Walk!"

Master Lin smiled when he heard this, "You're quite clever. As soon as you tested as wind attribute, you rushed to exchange for the Heart Sutra."

"Now that you've taken the Heart Sutra and techniques, go back if there's nothing else!" Master Lin waved his hand and said.

"Yes! Master Lin, I'll take my leave!" Jiang Liu cupped his fist towards Master Lin and the various leaders and stewards in the hall, then turned and left the hall. However, when he bowed to Lin Hai, he saw Lin Hai winking at him, and he didn't know what it meant.

Jiang Liu returned to his small courtyard and added the two manuals into the Auxiliary System.

Auxiliary System:

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Martial Practitioner (Second Rank 352/1000)

Alchemy (Entry Level 45/100)

Medical Skill (Not yet initiated 0/50)

Heart Sutra: Five Elements Heart Sutra (No Grade, Not yet initiated 374/500)

Lightning Guiding Art (Yellow Grade, Low Rank, Not yet initiated 95/100)

Thunderclap Art (Yellow Grade, Low Rank, Not yet initiated 95/100)

Storm Art (Mystic Grade, Low Rank, Not yet initiated 94/200)

Frost Art (Yellow Grade, Low Rank, Not yet initiated 94/100)

Techniques: Wind Walk (Mystic High-Grade Minor Accomplishment 860/3200) (Trait: Agility)

Whirlwind Kick (Mystic Grade, Mid Rank, Not yet initiated 0/60)

Mountain Splitter Palm (Mystic High-Grade, Not yet initiated 0/80)

Tiger Subduing Fist (Mystic High-Grade Minor Accomplishment 130/1600) (Trait: Tiger's Intimidation)

Jiang Liu looked at the data panel and felt that something was wrong. Then he realized that this movement technique was twice as difficult to practice as the fist techniques! He didn't feel anything before when Body Refinement, because there were fewer techniques.

Now, because he had to practice the Heart Sutra, the pressure of cultivation suddenly increased. No wonder combat power was so difficult to improve.

Jiang Liu had only practiced the Mountain Splitter Palm twice when Lin Hai came looking for him.

As soon as he entered, he saw Jiang Liu diligently cultivating. Lin Hai thought, Sure enough, geniuses also have to be diligent, otherwise they will quickly fade into the crowd.

"Brother Jiang, take a break! I want to talk to you about something." Lin Hai said to Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu finished one round of practice and said, "Brother Hai, what's the matter? Tell me!"

"Have you been back to the house in the West District where you used to live recently?"

"West District? No! What's wrong?"

"Oh! It's good that you haven't been back. Don't go back during this time. Someone who knew you were in the West District specifically came to remind you." Lin Hai advised.

"Thank you, Brother Hai! Did something happen in the West District?" Jiang Liu asked suspiciously.

"The West District has started to become chaotic, and there's a trend of it spreading to our territory in the South District. The Master was furious about this just now and strictly ordered us to be on alert!" Lin Hai sighed.