Ma Tianhu's Fury

With that tone, coupled with Liu Weiran's surprised expression, Lu Lin almost thought he was really here to stake her out.

"No, no, I just..."

"Forget it, forget it, no need for 'just,' I brought the stuff, take it."

Liu Weiran handed a small wooden box through the car window, and Lu Lin took it as a matter of course.

[Detected absorbable energy, do you wish to absorb?]

No, no, no.

Lu Lin quickly pressed no.

A moment later, Liu Weiran parked the car and came over, "Lu Lin, since you're here, why don't you cultivate with me? The environment at headquarters is much better than at the branch."

"No need, Young Lady, I'm afraid you'll get hurt again."

Liu Weiran's face was full of question marks. Was Lu Lin speaking human language?

For a moment, she didn't know how to respond.

After a pause, Liu Weiran threw out a sentence, "Forget it, whatever you want."

She then turned and ran into the Martial Arts School.

Lu Lin looked at her retreating back, amused and speechless. After Liu Weiran was far away, he opened the wooden box in his hand and smiled as he looked at the Monster Cores inside.

Ten Fourth Order Monster Cores, of various attributes like Wood Element and Earth Element.

In addition, there were two Level 5 Monster Cores, one Wood Element and one Gold Element.

Fifth Order!

This was Fifth Order!

If he wasn't waiting for Li Jiangtao to return to the Martial Arts School with him, Lu Lin would have loved to absorb these Monster Cores immediately and convert them into Simplification Points.

Endure.

There were many Martial Artists and Martial Trainees coming and going here, and it wouldn't be good if anyone discovered anything unusual.

After waiting a while longer, Li Jiangtao came out of the Martial Arts School with a cultivation technique. They got in the car and returned to the Martial Arts School.

When they got out of the car, Li Jiangtao patted Lu Lin's shoulder, wanting to say some words of encouragement, but he held them back, gave him a "Keep it up," and went to find Zhao Xun.

Lu Lin knew that he had wanted to persuade him just now.

Walking into the familiar locker room, Lu Lin first took out all the cultivation techniques and studied them one by one.

With the Simplification System, he could not only cultivate and improve rapidly, but also found learning the basics much easier.

Next, it was time to absorb the Monster Cores.

The ten Fourth Order Monster Cores were all hand-picked by Liu Weiran, their energy full. This increased his Simplification Points by 10000.

There were also two Fifth Order Monster Cores. Lu Lin absorbed them all, and his attribute panel underwent a massive change.

[Master: Lu Lin]

[Level: Advanced Martial Disciple]

[Cultivation Methods: Golden Bell Shield (Simplified) Layer 4 (4337/10000), Mad Ox Strength Fist (Simplified) Layer 4 (199/10000), Soaring Cloud Steps (Can Simplify), Thousand Layered Breathing Technique (Can Simplify), Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield (Can Simplify, Can Merge), Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes (Can Simplify), Snake Step (Can Simplify)]

[Points: 31005.7]

Four martial cultivation methods were added at once, and his Simplification Points reached an astonishing over thirty thousand.

A great harvest, an unprecedented great harvest.

The most important thing right now was to successfully simplify the breathing technique.

Ten thousand Simplification Points vanished like flowing water, and the Thousand Layered Breathing Technique was successfully simplified.

Thousand Layered → Burdened.

Cultivation → Breathing.

As long as Lu Lin maintained his breathing while under a burden, his Vitality would increase. This simplification was too reliable. If the system were in front of him, Lu Lin would want to hug it and kiss it twice.

Continue.

For his second cultivation method, Lu Lin chose the Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield.

This time, the system offered a merge option, but it required Lu Lin to complete the simplification first.

He spent 8000 points to simplify it, and then another 3000 points to merge it with the original Golden Bell Shield.

The brand new Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield had a progress bar added to it—Layer 1 (43/100).

The simplified Fourth Layer Golden Bell Shield had become the first layer of the Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield. Lu Lin felt his body become stronger and harder.

He still had 10000 Simplification Points left, which made Lu Lin hesitate.

Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes was a Blade Technique. When he went out to fight monsters in the future, he would definitely need it. This cultivation method had to be simplified.

But it was also a Profound-grade cultivation method. Lu Lin wasn't sure how many Simplification Points Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes would require. If it used too many, his two Yellow-grade footwork techniques might not be able to be simplified.

If he didn't simplify the Blade Technique, both footwork techniques could be successfully simplified.

This could also help Lu Lin significantly increase his survival rate in future battles.

After hesitating for a long time, Lu Lin finally made his choice.

Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes.

If he didn't have enough Simplification Points to simplify two footwork techniques, Lu Lin would go out of the city to fight monsters. He could always accumulate enough points that way.

That was decided.

[Ding, Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes simplified successfully. Please check, Master.]

The simplified Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes only required Lu Lin to practice with a wooden sword against a wooden dummy.

It was too convenient. Lu Lin felt he could master one layer a day.

As expected, Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes also required ten thousand Simplification Points. Lu Lin now only had 1005.7 points left, back to square one.

He didn't have enough extra points to simplify the two newly acquired footwork techniques.

All the newly obtained 30,000 Simplification Points were used up, and it still wasn't enough, but Lu Lin was still very happy.

[Master: Lu Lin]

[Level: Advanced Martial Disciple]

[Cultivation Methods: Thousand Layered Breathing Technique Layer 1 (0/100), Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield Layer 1 (43/100), Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes Layer 1 (0/100), Mad Ox Strength Fist Layer 4 (199/10000), Soaring Cloud Steps (Insufficient Points), Snake Step (Insufficient Points)]

[Points: 1005.7]

Three Profound-grade cultivation methods, two Yellow-grade footwork techniques, and one basic martial art. Lu Lin's status panel was incredibly luxurious.

Regarding the issue of insufficient Simplification Points, Lu Lin decided to wait until he cultivated for a while longer. Once he truly became a martial artist, he would register as a Freelance Martial Artist and hunt monsters outside the city to earn Monster Cores.

Just as Lu Lin was having a great harvest, Ma Tianhu was smashing everything breakable in his office.

"Liu, Qinglong, you ungrateful bastard!"

"It's an honor for my Ma Family to cooperate with you, yet you act like a mere Liu's Martial Arts School is so amazing. If it weren't for your connection with that person, I would have brought the Ma Family's guard and flattened your Liu's Martial Arts School."

"Liu Weiran, you little slut, you've made me lose face again and again. One day, I'll make you kneel and beg me!"

"And Lu Lin, that scumbag! A nobody like him dares to threaten me? Die, die, die! All of you will die!"

"..."

The roaring continued for a long time. Ma Tianhu, tired from cursing, sat back in his office chair and calmed down.

Despite his anger, the Ma Family still had to conduct business within Dongshan City.

If Liu's Martial Arts School didn't cooperate with the Ma Family, there were still Jishan Boxing Gym and Dongshan Martial Arts School to choose from.

Since he wasn't cooperating with Liu, Qinglong, then Liu Weiran was no longer important.

The focus should now be on the Ma Family's business. Ma Tianhu was not like those brainless Rich Second Generations from other Jiangzuo Families. He took over the family business immediately after graduating from martial arts high school and reached his current position within a few years. Ma Tianhu's capabilities were beyond doubt.

Even though he still felt a knot of resentment in his heart.