Burning Ants, Six Life-Slaying Slashes Perfected!

After Yu Wenjing left, Chen Ling arrived with the constables. They dragged away Zhong Ling and the others who had died, cleaned up the battlefield, and knowingly blamed it all on a feud and bloodshed in the martial world!

When they saw Lin Changsheng, their expressions were exceedingly respectful.

"Chen Ling had committed countless evils. The city should have received the account book by now."

Watching Chen Ling and the others leave, Lin Changsheng held a firestarter in his hand, carried Dawnblade and the Iron-Tire Bow on his back, locked the door, and headed for Lone Wolf Mountain.

After Six Life-Slaying Slashes had been simplified, he only needed to kill living creatures to gain experience.

Did the little insects in the mountains, the birds in the sky, and the fish in the water count as living creatures?

"What is that...?"

Suddenly, Lin Changsheng looked up at the sky, shock appearing on his face.

High in the air.

A massive flying vessel more than five zhang long tore through the sky, flying toward Southern Fujian City!

Behind the flying vessel, six pale-blue flying swords followed. White-robed figures stood upon them, streaking away like meteors and vanishing from sight in the blink of an eye!

"Why were so many immortals heading to Southern Fujian City?"

Lin Changsheng watched the flying vessel and the six sword cultivators disappear beyond the horizon, confusion filling his eyes.

"Once my strength improves a little more, I'll head to Southern Fujian City!"

Lin Changsheng thought to himself.

At present, he still had several martial arts that had yet to reach perfection. Once all of them did, he could leave Pasture City. He knew clearly that if he wanted to become an immortal cultivator, wield a sword beyond the nine heavens, and tread through songs with wine in hand, he had to venture out and see the world beyond!

Grass-Skimming Technique experience +1!

Grass-Skimming Technique experience +1!

+1!

"At this rate, if I walk across the grass until afternoon, the Grass-Skimming Technique should reach perfection."

Lin Changsheng looked at the panel before him with satisfaction.

He had deliberately walked over the grass and discovered that every step he took on it granted three to four experience points. This growth rate was indeed quite good!

Meanwhile.

Because he carried Dawnblade on his back, his Wind-Thunder Saber Technique had already reached perfection!

"Hm? Ants?"

Suddenly, Lin Changsheng spotted a line of jet-black ants marching across the grass ahead, seemingly heading somewhere to carry off prey.

"These ants are living creatures too. If I find their nest and set it ablaze, can I gain experience points?"

At that thought, Lin Changsheng's eyes lit up. He immediately followed the ants' trail and discovered that they were carrying a dead frog.

Five zhang away from the dead frog, Lin Changsheng saw an ant nest the size of a washbasin. It was packed with ants, which burrowed in and out of the nest in dense swarms.

"These black ants are pests anyway. I'll give it a try!"

With that thought, Lin Changsheng immediately gathered some dry branches and pine needles, piled them above the ant nest, took out his firestarter, and lit them.

Crackle!

Crackle!

Before long, fierce flames blazed up. The huge ant nest was swallowed by fire, and the venomous black ants within had no time to escape. One after another, they burst apart in the flames.

Six Life-Slaying Slashes experience +1!

Six Life-Slaying Slashes experience +1!

Six Life-Slaying Slashes experience +1!

In an instant, Lin Changsheng saw red notifications continuously pop up on the panel.

[Six Life-Slaying Slashes Perfected!]

Less than half a quarter-hour later, the red notifications on the panel finally ceased. A final notification appeared, showing that Six Life-Slaying Slashes had reached perfection!

"This was too easy! After one fire, my Six Killing Saber Slashes reached perfection! This feels great!"

Looking at the red display on the panel, Lin Changsheng was extremely satisfied.

Meanwhile.

A vast torrent of information surged into Lin Changsheng's mind, taking the form of a white-robed figure holding a long saber and continuously practicing within his mind.

It was precisely the saber techniques and cultivation insights of Six Life-Slaying Slashes. The instant those cultivation insights appeared, they fused with Lin Changsheng's consciousness.

At this moment.

Lin Changsheng felt as though he had practiced the Six Killing Saber Slashes for decades.

[Two perfected martial arts of the same type detected: Six Killing Saber Slashes and Wind-Thunder Saber Technique. You may spend 30 taels of silver to fuse them into a new saber art. Fuse?]

Just then, Lin Changsheng saw another notification pop up on the panel.

"They can be fused for 30 taels of silver?"

Lin Changsheng narrowed his eyes and immediately tapped the confirm button.

[Six Killing Saber Slashes and Wind-Thunder Saber Technique are fusing... Fusion successful. Obtained Thunderclap Slash!]

Less than sixty breaths after Lin Changsheng tapped confirm, red notifications flashed across the panel again.

"Thunderclap Slash!"

Lin Changsheng's eyes lit up at the notification.

Just the name Thunderclap Slash sounded quite good.

Meanwhile.

Another torrent of information flowed into Lin Changsheng's mind. It was precisely the cultivation method for Thunderclap Slash.

Lin Changsheng checked the panel with his consciousness.

[Great Dao Simplicity: Level 1]

[Lin Changsheng: 17/55]

[Cultivation: First-Class Realm (10945/12500)]

[Techniques: Sun-Moon Breathing Method (Perfected), Golden Bell Shield, incomplete fifth stage (Perfected)]

[Martial Arts: Nine Stars Linked (Arrow/Hidden) (Proficient 2346/2500), Iron Sand Palm (Perfected), Flying Eaves Lightness Skill (Perfected), Azure Snake Sword Technique (Perfected), Thunderclap Slash (Beginner 0/1000), Grass-Skimming Technique (Proficient 1253/2500)]

[Alchemy: Qi-Replenishing Pill (Perfected)]

[Spend a certain amount of silver to simplify techniques, martial skills, and more.]

[Status: Yin energy invading the body (Weakened)]

"Thunderclap Slash detected. Spend 30 taels of silver to simplify Thunderclap Slash?"

At that moment, a red notification appeared on the panel.

"Simplify!"

Lin Changsheng immediately tapped the confirm button.

When he had left, he had guessed that simplifying techniques would require silver, so he had brought more than a hundred taels in his pack. After he tapped confirm, thirty taels of silver immediately vanished from it!

About ten breaths after Lin Changsheng tapped confirm, another red notification appeared on the panel!

"Thunderclap Slash simplified into beating a drum?"

Seeing the notification, Lin Changsheng blinked and muttered, "Beating a drum brings thunderclaps? That... does seem to make a little sense? So does that mean I need to buy a drum and start beating it?"

However, Lin Changsheng felt that if he beat a drum for no reason, what would others think?

It would be far too loud and disturb people.

Unless.

He joined one of those funeral and wedding bands?

"Whatever. I'll buy a drum first!"

Lin Changsheng thought to himself.

At worst, he could carry the drum into Lone Wolf Mountain and beat it a few times to max out the Thunderclap Slash experience.

"Buying a drum can wait until I return. First, I'll go skip stones by the Grand Canal!"

After thinking it over briefly, Lin Changsheng made his decision.

Skipping stones could increase the experience of Nine Stars Linked, and there was grass by the canal as well. Standing on the grass could also increase the experience of the Grass-Skimming Technique, killing two birds with one stone.

Now that the Sun-Moon Breathing Method had reached perfection, he no longer needed to bathe in moonlight at night.

He planned to use the silver he had on hand to buy more vitality points and raise his cultivation experience, then see whether he could advance to the Martial Grandmaster Realm.

As far as he knew.

Above the First-Class Realm stood the Martial Grandmaster Realm.

Lin Changsheng knew clearly that if he wanted to become an immortal cultivator, he had to raise his cultivation as much as possible. If he could advance into the Martial Grandmaster Realm, that would be best.

After all, the journey to the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect was long. The stronger he was, the safer he would be!