"Ah? Sorry, I didn't mean to barge in. My apologies, I didn't see anything, I didn't hear anything."
Liu Weiran wanted to explain, but in situations like this, the more you explain, the worse it gets.
Lu Lin quickly scrambled to his feet. "Young Lady, Brother Ren and I were just training."
"Training?"
Liu Weiran peeked through the gaps in her hands covering her eyes. Seeing that Lu Lin was indeed fully dressed, she finally lowered her hands.
But could she be blamed for this?
The way they were talking was so ambiguous, Ren Tian was shirtless, and Lu Lin was lying on the arena looking weak and listless. Who wouldn't jump to conclusions?
"Haha, so this is Hall Master Liu's daughter? I didn't expect you to be so grown up after not seeing you for a few years. You're called... Liu Yuran, right? I even saw you when you had your tenth birthday."
Ren Tian was a loyal patron of the Liu's Martial Arts School and knew a bit about Liu Weiran.
However...
"My name is Liu Weiran, Uncle. Hello."
Liu Weiran greeted him obediently, but calling him "Uncle" almost made Ren Tian lose his composure.
He was only ten years older than Liu Weiran. He had attended her birthday party with his elders back then, and he was of the same generation as Liu Weiran.
"Young Lady, why did you come to the West City Martial Arts School?"
Lu Lin, sensing Ren Tian's awkwardness, walked over to change the subject.
"It's all because of you!"
Liu Weiran said this in her heart.
"It's fine. Didn't I give you a few Monster Cores yesterday? How were they? Were they useful?"
"Useful, extremely useful!"
As soon as he heard "Monster Core," Lu Lin's interest was piqued. "Young Lady, do you have any more Monster Cores?"
"No, my dad found out when I got the Monster Cores for you yesterday. He said I'm not allowed to get them anymore."
Liu Weiran sounded a little wronged.
Because of this, she was even criticized by Liu Qinglong. It was all Lu Lin's fault, Liu Qinglong had said she was turning her back on her own family, but she wasn't.
"Oh, Monster Cores. Lu Lin, you need these things? That makes sense. You've already advanced to Martial Artist, so you should know the use of Monster Cores by now."
Ren Tian chimed in, but his remark left Lu Lin confused.
Does advancing to Martial Artist have any direct connection to the use of Monster Cores?
"What? You don't know?"
Seeing Lu Lin's confused expression, Ren Tian knew he had guessed wrong. "Alright, then I'll tell you. The true use of a Monster Core is to help a Martial Artist quickly recover Vitality Power in a short period of time."
"Of course, in terms of recovery ability, Monster Cores can't compare to pills like Blood Replenishing Pills, Blood Nourishing Pills, or Blood Generating Pills. But their advantage is their speed."
"As long as a Martial Artist's meridians can withstand the violent and chaotic energy within the Monster Core, they can quickly recover a certain amount of Vitality Power. However, it's generally advised that Martial Artist grade, especially those just entering the Martial Artist grade, shouldn't try it lightly."
"Because if your meridians are relatively fragile and the energy from the Monster Core enters your body's flesh and blood, your outcome will be..."
Ren Tian said, making a gesture of a balloon gradually inflating and expanding.
"Bang, you'll turn into a beautiful firework."
"This..."
Lu Lin hadn't expected Monster Cores to be used like this by Martial Artists.
But if Martial Artists can use Monster Cores to quickly recover Vitality Power, why are they still sold on the market, and why are they so cheap?
Ren Tian wouldn't solve this question for him; Lu Lin needed to find out for himself.
"Wait, wait a moment."
While listening to Ren Tian's explanation, Liu Weiran also looked serious. Her father, Qinglong, had never told her this knowledge.
As his only daughter, whom he cherished dearly, Qinglong would never bear to see Liu Weiran forced to the point of using Monster Cores to recover Vitality Power.
"What's wrong?" Ren Tian turned to look at her, thinking Liu Weiran had a question.
"Lu Lin, didn't you just get the Vitality cultivation method yesterday? You're already a Martial Artist today?"
Liu Weiran was full of questions.
She hadn't registered that Ren Tian had said Lu Lin had advanced to Martial Artist when she first heard it. Now, she wanted to reconfirm.
"Yeah, I advanced yesterday." Lu Lin said as if it were the most natural thing.
He had never thought of hiding this. At this stage, he had to show Qinglong his progress and talent. If he could get him to invest more in him, that would be even better.
Thinking that he still had two Footwork techniques that he didn't have enough Simplification Points to learn, Lu Lin wished a pile of Monster Cores would be thrown at him right now.
"But... but... didn't you choose the Thousand Layered Breathing Technique?"
"Yeah, it's the Thousand Layered Breathing Technique. Is there a problem?"
Is there a problem? Of course, there's a problem.
Still a big problem!
Yesterday at headquarters, Liu and Qinglong told Liu Weiran about the cultivation methods Lu Lin had chosen.
Dragon Roar Golden Bell Shield and Snake Step were fine, but a Mysterious Grade Low Rank Thousand Layered Breathing Technique and a Mysterious Grade High Rank Sky Breaking Thirteen Slashes were methods that Liu's Martial Arts School had tested and verified through hundreds of people, and were considered impossible for anyone to cultivate successfully.
Not only martial artists within the school, but also martial artists from official forces like the Dongshan City City Guard and the Wu'an Bureau, as well as countless young geniuses who had trained and studied at Liu's Martial Arts School over the years.
If there were any statistics, these two cultivation methods would have been attempted by at least tens of thousands of martial artists and Advanced Martial Disciples, yet not a single one succeeded.
Why?
Why could Lu Lin do it!
Looking at Lu Lin's appearance, Liu Weiran instantly felt like she didn't want to talk to him anymore.
"Forget it, pretend I didn't ask. But if you have time to go to headquarters today to test your Vitality, inform my dad about this news as soon as possible... Forget it, I'll call him myself."
Liu Weiran, unable to finish a complete sentence in her haste, pushed open the door and went into the corridor to make a phone call.
In the training room, Ren Tian also looked at Lu Lin with a face full of curiosity.
"Lu Lin, don't tell me everything you just said is true."
"You started cultivating a Vitality Cultivation Method yesterday, and today you've advanced to a martial artist?"
"Yeah."
"Brother Ren, is there a problem with that? Isn't that how normal martial artists are?" Lu Lin asked innocently.
"Normal martial artists? Normal your sister!"
Ren Tian suddenly shouted, "Do you think you are normal?"
"You weren't a martial artist, yet you could withstand an attack from me, a High-level Martial Artist."
"Well, I'll attribute that to your high talent and your proficiency in defensive cultivation methods."
"But this is a breathing technique! Who doesn't need half a month to twenty days to cultivate a breathing technique? Some with poorer talent even need several months. But you succeeded in one day and successfully condensed Vitality. Tell me, Lu Lin, are you normal?"
Lu Lin chuckled sheepishly, "It seems, perhaps, I'm a bit abnormal."
Ren Tian was struck by Lu Lin's talent. He thought back to when... alas, it's not worth mentioning.
He walked into the locker room alone. "Forget it, that's all for today. I guess you won't have time to spar with me anymore. But don't forget tomorrow."
"While you haven't grown yet, let your elder brother have some fun bullying a genius."
"Haha."
As soon as Ren Tian entered the locker room, Liu Weiran pushed the door open and ran in. "Lu Lin, come with me. My dad wants me to take you to headquarters."
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