Five Major Families! Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method!

"You finally shot it down!"

Lin Changsheng walked forward, looked at the divine eagle, and said with bitter hatred, "I'll skin and stew you!!"

This divine eagle was quite fat and robust, a circle larger than a big goose. Its whole body was covered in deep black feathers, with a line of gold on each wing, making it look quite beautiful.

"Who on earth is monitoring my movements?"

Lin Changsheng narrowed his eyes, a sense of urgency rising in his heart.

The most crucial matter right now was to seize the time and elevate his own strength.

He currently possessed the emerald hairpin given to him by Yu Wenjing, which contained the power of two strikes from a Martial Grandmaster Realm. However, this was an external force; being strong oneself was the absolute truth!

"No, this divine eagle has been circling above my head for several days. Someone else might easily have left a tracking method on this beast. I might as well throw it away."

Lin Changsheng's gaze flashed, and he still threw this divine eagle into a river. Seeing it drift away with the current, he finally mounted his horse and rode into the Southern Fujian City.

Southern Fujian City.

It was the main city of Southern Fujian Commandery, at least five or six times the size of Pasture City, and very prosperous.

It was divided into four gates: east, south, west, and north.

Lin Changsheng entered from the east gate. His very first task upon entering the city was to sell his horse, and then he checked into the People's Blessing Inn in South City.

Drunken Fragrance House was the largest restaurant in South City. At the noon hour, ninety percent of the seats were occupied by diners.

The restaurant's second floor.

Lin Changsheng sat by the window with Dawn, wrapped in black cloth, carried on his back.

"There's still more than half a year before the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect recruits disciples! Last time I missed the chance, but this time I must go and try!"

"I was only six years old last time, but now I can just catch this year's!"

"From what I know, wanting to join the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect requires a spiritual root, and that thing depends entirely on fate! With only a one-in-hundred-thousand chance, just thinking about it is enough!"

"..."

Diagonally past Lin Changsheng's ears, the discussions of the diners kept coming, most of them concerning the news of the Flowing Cloud Immortal Sect recruiting disciples next spring.

Stories of some wealthy household in the city being robbed, the courtesan of the Drunken Red Pavilion costing a thousand taels for a night, or someone seeing an immortal perform sword flight...

"I'll secure a cultivation method first, and then go test whether I have a spiritual root when the time comes."

Lin Changsheng made up his mind in his heart, thinking to himself.

To acquire a cultivation method, he would start with the Golden Bell Shield. Lin Changsheng got up to settle the bill, found the manager of the People's Blessing Inn, and spent two hundred copper coins to inquire about the various lineages in Southern Fujian City, among which was the Chen Family.

Southern Fujian City had five major families and two martial academies.

They were:

The Chen Family's Golden Bell Shield hard qigong, with a formidable physical body.

The Tang Family's flying daggers, never missing their mark.

The Tian Family's Hundred Herbs Hall for alchemy.

The Lei Family's fire-weapon Thunder Shakers.

The Nie Family's peerless lightness skill.

The martial academies were the Tiger Roar Martial Academy and the Mad Blade Martial Academy.

The five major families did not accept disciples; wanting to quickly obtain the subsequent cultivation methods for the Golden Bell Shield was unrealistic!

"It seems I'll join the Tiger Roar Martial Academy first and give it a try!"

Lin Changsheng thought to himself.

Because the Tiger Roar Martial Academy, aside from fist techniques, also possessed the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method. If he could master the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method, by then he could fuse it with the Sun-Moon Breathing Method!

Could his realm break through once it became a new cultivation method?

If he could become a Martial Grandmaster Realm, then going to get the subsequent cultivation methods for the Chen Family's Golden Bell Shield would become much simpler. From what he knew, all five major families had First-Class Realm peak masters holding down the fort.

Outside Southern Fujian City.

Fifteen li away, in the Clearwater River.

"Killed the divine eagle with a single arrow!"

"You can't run!"

A middle-aged man wearing blue cloth and short stubble looked at the dripping-wet, dead divine eagle on the ground. With a gloomy expression, he finished speaking, turned, and galloped away.

Tiger Roar Martial Academy.

It was located in a huge estate in the south of the city, and the academy had several disciple-recruitment stations within the city.

The method of recruiting disciples was similar to the Iron Hand Martial School in Pasture City, except that the entry fee was twelve taels of silver. If one failed to master it within three months, more silver had to be paid.

He heard that previously there were five martial academies in Southern Fujian City, and the entry fee was twenty taels for all of them. Later, the Tiger Roar Martial Academy and the Mad Blade Martial Academy lowered their entry fees, causing their disciple numbers to expand rapidly. After fierce battles, only two martial academies remained in the end.

"Little brother, joining our Tiger Roar Martial Academy requires an entry fee of twelve taels of silver. Three months later, if you still haven't mastered the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method, then you will only have to pay another twelve taels of silver to continue staying in the academy until you master the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method, and then you won't need to pay silver anymore."

At the entrance of the Tiger Roar Martial Academy's recruitment station in South City, a wretched-looking old man with small eyes, smoking a pipe, and wearing a fox-skin hat looked at Lin Changsheng and spoke.

"Alright, I understand!"

Lin Changsheng nodded.

Any cultivation method, as long as I get started, once I simplify it, it can reach the Perfect Stage in a few days!

Twelve taels of silver was equivalent to buying the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method.

Lin Changsheng paid the twelve taels of silver, and after completing the registration, he was issued a disciple identity tablet. Then, led by an instructor named Zhang Zhaozhong, he entered the Tiger Roar Martial Academy.

Inside the Tiger Roar Martial Academy's training grounds, the left side was for meditation practice, while the right side was for fist technique practice.

Newly entered disciples were first taught the practice method of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method.

"Master Lin, this is the newly entered disciple Lin Changsheng. I hand him over to you!"

Zhang Zhaozhong brought Lin Changsheng over to a robust middle-aged man who was currently lecturing more than fifty youths, gave his instructions, and then said to Lin Changsheng, "Changsheng, follow Instructor Lin Zhibao. He is specifically responsible for teaching the practice methods of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method!"

Inside the training grounds, more than fifty young boys and girls raised their heads to glance at Lin Changsheng, then ignored him.

Lin Changsheng nodded, cupped his fists toward Instructor Lin Zhibao, and said, "I have met Instructor Lin!"

"Mm, today we happen to be starting from the beginning to explain the practice method of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method. Just sit here."

Lin Zhibao arranged a seat for Lin Changsheng and continued his lecture.

Because of the status panel, Lin Changsheng's cultivation was hidden. Unless he made a move, outwardly it could not be seen at all, making him look like an ordinary young boy.

"The Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method is a technique for nurturing vitality and breath!"

"Just like our Master Li, his Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method has reached the Perfect Stage, and his cultivation has also attained the First-Rate Master peak realm! Cultivate diligently, and in the future, you may not fail to become peerless experts just like the master!"

"Now, I will teach you the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method and its key points! First, every morning is the optimal moment to practice the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method! Face the morning sun, let your mind imagine a sun in your Dantian cooperating with your respiration, count whatever your age is, one inhalation and one exhalation count as two years... and so on in a cycle... This is nurturing vitality!"

"Once you nurture vitality, a sensation of Qi will be generated! That means you have entered the stage!"

"First try following my explanations!"

Lin Zhibao unweariedly began to explain to the fifty-odd young boys and girls.

"Imagine a sun in your Dantian!"

Lin Changsheng felt a stir in his heart, closed his eyes, breathed, and counted his age. Between each inhalation and exhalation, the cycle continued endlessly. He checked the status panel from time to time, but saw no movement.

Time flowed on.

The fifty-odd practicing young boys and girls left one after another, leaving only Lin Changsheng and three other youths. Among them, none had generated the sensation of Qi.

Lin Zhibao watched the departing youths without the slightest concern.

The martial path required natural talent as well as perseverance. These youths lacked perseverance and steadfastness, and in the end they were just stuffing silver into the academy to increase its financial resources, which was also the academy's way of making money.

You have to give in order to receive.

Although Master Li was willing to part with the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method, he also obtained massive financial resources to acquire stronger cultivation methods.

Of course, if a disciple achieved entry, then they were truly a disciple of the Tiger Roar Martial Academy; no matter how one looked at it, it was not a loss.

"Hm? The sensation of Qi has been generated?"

Suddenly, Lin Changsheng felt a trace of abnormality. His eyes instantly lit up, and he stood up, cupped his fists toward Lin Zhibao, and said, "Instructor Lin, I'll head back first today and come again tomorrow!"

"Mm!" Lin Zhibao nodded.

Lin Changsheng stepped out of the Tiger Roar Martial Academy, and before long, he returned to the People's Blessing Inn.

[Lesser Heavenly Cycle Breathing Method (Entry Stage 1/1000)]

Lin Changsheng closed the door, bolted it from the inside, and inspected the status panel at the corner of his eye.