Chapter 8

The System Mall had countless good items, dazzling Lin Mu's eyes. It even had the Extreme Cold Yin Evil Saliva Qing Tan needed. Lin Mu thought that even if he failed to obtain the Extreme Cold Yin Evil Saliva from the Ancient Tomb, he could exchange for it through the system.

However, what Lin Mu cared about most was cultivation arts. After careful selection, he finally settled on one: the first-rate cultivation art, the Lightning Primal Energy Art.

The Lightning Primal Energy Art could open up eighty-one hidden meridians, and the lightning primal energy cultivated from it was incomparably violent, far more powerful than ordinary primal energy.

"Alas, the Lightning Primal Energy Art costs nine hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills. It'll take a month to gather enough." Lin Mu sighed.

Fortunately, he was in no hurry and still had plenty of time.

The Clan Competition was drawing near, and the entire Lin Family had fallen into a frenzy of cultivation. Whether they usually liked cultivating or not, the parents of every household dragged them back to train.

Lin Mu and Lin Dong were naturally no exception. Lin Mu had the system to improve his strength, so every day he went to the Back Mountain to find Demonic Beasts and hone his combat instincts. The deeper he went, the stronger the Demonic Beasts he encountered became.

In the blink of an eye, another two months passed.

A month earlier, after gathering nine hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills, Lin Mu had exchanged for the Lightning Primal Energy Art. During the following month, he had been opening his hidden meridians on his own.

"All eighty-one meridians are open. Even Xiao Dong can't match this speed." Lin Mu smiled happily. This time, he had relied on himself and had not used the system.

"I've got another nine hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills. I can exchange for that martial skill I had my eye on too," Lin Mu thought to himself.

He opened the system panel and found the ninth-grade martial art he had taken a liking to not long ago—Collapsing Thunder Fist!

Collapsing Thunder Fist, also known as Collapsing Thunder Nine Flashes. A punch struck like thunder, capable of shattering heaven and splitting earth. Once mastered, a single punch could unleash nine streaks of lightning. If cultivated to perfection, the nine streaks of lightning would merge into one, raising its power to an even greater level.

"Purchase!"

Lin Mu silently commanded, and nine hundred thousand Yang Yuan Pills immediately vanished. At the same time, a phantom appeared in his mind, demonstrating the Collapsing Thunder Fist.

Swish, swish, swish...

Nine streaks of lightning shot out, as though they possessed the power to collapse the heavens and tear apart the earth.

Immediately afterward, the phantom threw another punch. This time, however, there was only one streak of lightning, yet its power was even greater than the previous nine combined.

Rumble!

Mountains crumbled and the earth split apart, sending a cold sweat down Lin Mu's back.

"This Collapsing Thunder Fist truly deserves to be called a ninth-grade martial art!" Lin Mu clenched his fists excitedly.

The Collapsing Thunder Fist was an ideal match for the Lightning Primal Energy Art. When he used it, its power would probably increase by another thirty percent.

Name: Lin Mu

Primal Energy Cultivation: Early Earth Yuan Realm

Spiritual Power Cultivation: None

Martial Skills: Through-the-Back Fist [Perfection], Collapsing Thunder Fist [Not Initiated]

Spiritual Secret Arts: None

Cultivation Art: Lightning Primal Energy Art

Life Talisman Seal: None

Special Items: None

Yang Yuan Pills: 32535

"There are still more than two months until the Clan Competition. I should see how Xiao Dong's cultivation is going." Lin Mu thought to himself. During this period, he had been training in the Back Mountain every day and did not know much about Lin Dong's progress.

When he arrived at the place where Lin Dong usually cultivated, Lin Dong was currently practicing the Through-the-Back Fist.

Clap, clap, clap...

Ten crisp sounds rang out. Lin Dong had already cultivated the Through-the-Back Fist to the realm of perfection.

"Not bad!" Lin Mu said with a smile.

"Big Brother!"

"Xiao Dong, what level of Body Tempering have you reached now?" Lin Mu asked. Primal energy was extremely weak in the Body Tempering realm, so it was impossible to tell by looking.

"Body Tempering Sixth Layer. I've already condensed a seed of primal energy," Lin Dong said.

"That's already quite good progress." Lin Mu nodded in satisfaction.

"I'm still no match for Big Brother. And I cultivated so quickly only because of the Hundred Fruit Wine." Lin Dong scratched his head with a silly grin.

"You've already reached the Body Tempering Sixth Layer, so the effects of the Hundred Fruit Wine have become somewhat weak. Here are some Yang Yuan Pills. Take them and use them for cultivation," Lin Mu said.

He took out a Universe Bag, which he had exchanged from the system for one thousand Yang Yuan Pills, then placed another thousand Yang Yuan Pills inside it.

It was not that he was unwilling to give Lin Dong more Yang Yuan Pills. One thousand Yang Yuan Pills were already enough for Lin Dong's current cultivation.

"Big Brother, such a tiny bag actually has so much space inside?" Lin Dong said in shock. It was his first time seeing a Universe Bag.

"Big Brother, how do you have so many Yang Yuan Pills?"

A thousand Yang Yuan Pills were nothing to Lin Mu, not even a drop in the bucket, but to Lin Dong, they were an enormous fortune. Even the entire Lin Family might not be able to produce that much.

"I can't tell you that right now," Lin Mu said.

"Then does Big Brother have enough Yang Yuan Pills for himself?" Lin Dong did not press further about where the Yang Yuan Pills had come from.

"That's enough. If you use them up, I'll give you more," Lin Mu said with a smile.

"These Yang Yuan Pills will be enough for me to cultivate for a long time," Lin Dong said.

"Mm, cultivate diligently. Strive to achieve good results in this Clan Competition. Father places great importance on it," Lin Mu said.

"Don't worry. Other than Big Brother, no one else will be my match," Lin Dong said confidently.

"There is a far wider world beyond this. Don't slack off in your cultivation. Lin Langtian injured Father back then—we must settle this debt with him someday," Lin Mu said.

He brought this up only because he wanted to give Lin Dong more motivation to cultivate.

"Rest assured, Big Brother. I'll definitely defeat Lin Langtian. Returning to the main clan has always been Grandfather's wish, and I'll fulfill it for him," Lin Dong said firmly.

"Then it's settled. I'll leave this matter to you," Lin Mu said with a smile.

"I'll definitely do it." Lin Dong did not shirk the responsibility either.

"Cultivate well. Once you break through to the Earth Yuan Realm, I'll teach you a powerful martial art," Lin Mu said with a smile.

"What grade martial art is it?" A glint flashed through Lin Dong's eyes.

"Ninth Grade!" Lin Mu said with a smile.

"Big Brother, do you have an especially powerful master?" Lin Dong suddenly asked.

"You can think of it that way," Lin Mu said with a smile.

He had not expected Lin Dong to come to such a misunderstanding, but that was fine. In the future, whenever he brought out something, it would all be easy to explain.

"Big Brother, I'll definitely cultivate to the Earth Yuan Realm as soon as possible," Lin Dong said.

For Lin Mu's Ninth Grade Martial Art, he had to work hard as well. In the entire Lin Family, the strongest martial art was only a Fourth Grade Martial Art.