Clues

"What's wrong, Lin Chao? You know the Three Extremes Spirit Fist?"

Zhao Xiaoyi raised her head and looked at Lin Chao.

"No." Lin Chao was slightly taken aback.

Originally, when he saw the Three Extremes Martial Hall, he had not thought much of it.

After all, nearly two thousand years had passed. It was perfectly normal to encounter similar names.

Now that Zhao Xiaoyi was practicing the Three Extremes Spirit Fist, there was no need to think about it—it must have come from the Three Extremes Martial Hall.

It seemed that this Three Extremes Martial Hall had deep ties to the former Three Extremes Sect.

"Why don't you perform it for me?" Lin Chao smiled and carried the box into the room.

Back then, after he had severed all the anomalies with his sword, the Three Extremes Spirit Fist could no longer be performed and had become an ordinary boxing technique.

Zhao Xiaoyi paused, a rare bashful expression appearing on her face. "I haven't learned it yet, so I can't bring out the power of the Three Extremes Spirit Fist. I'll show you what I know first. Don't laugh at me."

"Alright." Lin Chao smiled.

It would have been strange if Zhao Xiaoyi could actually bring out the power of the Three Extremes Spirit Fist.

So Zhao Xiaoyi immediately performed the Three Extremes Spirit Fist. She looked convincing enough, but it was rather comical.

To people in today's traditional Martial Arts circles, it would have looked like a child throwing random punches.

The Three Extremes Spirit Fist Zhao Xiaoyi performed truly had no power at all.

Moreover, Zhao Xiaoyi's Three Extremes Spirit Fist differed from what Lin Chao had learned in quite a few subtle ways.

After all, a thousand years had passed. Such changes were perfectly normal.

"Like this?"

Lin Chao could not help thinking of Mo Fengxue. Back then, when Mo Fengxue had demonstrated the Three Extremes Spirit Fist to him, a single punch had brought down a rockery.

With that thought, Lin Chao performed the Three Extremes Spirit Fist in its entirety.

Zhao Xiaoyi watched Lin Chao, her gaze completely drawn in.

For some reason, the Three Extremes Spirit Fist Lin Chao performed did not seem to possess any tyrannical killing power either.

Yet Zhao Xiaoyi felt something indescribable.

It seemed formed by nature itself, its Dao essence brimming to the full.

As though it were filled with power.

As though what she practiced was not the Three Extremes Spirit Fist at all, while what Lin Chao practiced was.

"Brother Lin Chao, you have talent for Martial Arts too. I practiced it once, and you learned it." Zhao Xiaoyi tilted her head.

Some people needed a long time just to learn a set of radio calisthenics.

Others learned it in one go.

"There aren't many moves. It's easy to remember." Lin Chao smiled.

"Sigh, you performed it so well, yet there were still none of the recorded phenomena or power. It seems this Three Extremes Spirit Fist..." Zhao Xiaoyi began to lose heart.

Could this Three Extremes Spirit Fist really be useless?

But when she thought of Sister Xiao Rou's burly figure, Zhao Xiaoyi felt that the Three Extremes Spirit Fist was still better suited to her.

"Practice more. Maybe you'll grow stronger." Lin Chao said casually.

In the kitchen, the water in the kettle came to a boil.

Lin Chao walked over and began pouring the boiling water into the thermos.

It seemed he could save some money on electricity for boiling water in the future.

Without being heated, the water in the kettle had boiled on its own.

Zhao Xiaoyi did not notice this scene.

Zhao Xiaoyi returned to her room and set up the treadmill.

She was just about to start running.

Suddenly, Lin Chao's Three Extremes Spirit Fist replayed in her mind.

After thinking about it, she performed a set according to the way Lin Chao had done it.

"Huh? It still doesn't seem to have any power. It just looks a little better, and somehow, it has a bit more presence too." Zhao Xiaoyi thought for a moment. "I'll practice Brother Lin Chao's form from now on."

At the same time, Lin Chao looked toward Zhao Xiaoyi's room.

He was slightly stunned. "Just now, there seemed to be a wave of... fluctuation?"

At that moment, his gaze instantly changed.

The wall that had originally stood there became strange in his vision.

Through the wall, Lin Chao saw Zhao Xiaoyi performing the Three Extremes Spirit Fist.

"Hm? Anomaly... no, spirit?"

Above Zhao Xiaoyi's Three Extremes Spirit Fist, he sensed a special fluctuation.

"She has quite good talent."

Seeing this, Lin Chao withdrew his gaze.

His rank rising by 0.5 had granted him some additional abilities.

Seeing through walls was one of them.

After dinner, Lin Chao called his parents, exchanged a few pleasantries, and went to sleep.

His family's circumstances were not good. Sending money home now would only cause many problems.

He would wait for tomorrow's lottery drawing.

After a night's sleep, Lin Chao went to class the next day.

Chen Longxuan and Zhang Yiming were still arguing over Heize.

Zhang Yiming believed that Heize had definitely been a general. Because the woman Emperor Fengxing liked had gone with Heize, Emperor Fengxing had people erase all historical records concerning Heize.

This time, Chen Longxuan was especially bold. The man who had always pursued logic now believed that Heize had faced ten thousand alone and slain the Wolf Guard.

Listening to their endless argument, Lin Chao found it amusing.

"Lin Chao, look at how Chen Longxuan is being completely illogical.

This is a scientific society, yet he's still going on about cultivation and the supernatural." Zhang Yiming came to recruit Lin Chao, hoping to bolster his own confidence.

"Zhang Yiming, I think you're the one who doesn't understand what science means.

Cultivation is science. The supernatural is science too.

Science is the study of empirical evidence, a practical method for understanding the world," Chen Longxuan said.

Lin Chao smiled. After all, he agreed with Chen Longxuan's view.

Science did not endorse feudal superstition, but science did not mean the supernatural did not exist.

The supernatural could also be categorized and summarized through science, its objective laws discovered.

"To be honest, I favor Chen Longxuan's view more." Lin Chao took Chen Longxuan's side.

Zhang Yiming immediately became dissatisfied. "Chen Longxuan, you keep bringing up the supernatural. Have you ever even seen anything supernatural?"

"Don't say it, but I actually have," Chen Longxuan said. "Yesterday, I saw a post. A netizen said there was a great mountain near their home where, according to legend, an immortal had once ascended."

"A legend like that counts as supernatural?" Zhang Yiming showed a contemptuous expression. "Then I could say I'm the reincarnation of an immortal."

"It's not just a legend," Chen Longxuan said. "Because of the Heize matter, there have been more discussion posts about the supernatural lately.

On a forum I often browse, that post about the immortal's ascension is one of the hottest.

It mentioned that after the immortal ascended, heavenly lightning descended and struck an ancient tree.

The ancient tree was half destroyed because of it, yet it stubbornly remained alive.

The most inconceivable thing was that sometimes, in the blazing heat of June, people saw icicles growing from that lightning-struck tree."

As Chen Longxuan spoke, he took out his phone and showed Zhang Yiming the pictures in the post.

"You can tell at a glance it's fake. I could make a hundred pictures like that in minutes."

Lin Chao watched the two argue and said nothing more.

"Hmph. The excavation in the Great Wilderness Mountain Range has made new progress recently. They'll probably find Heize's remains within the next couple of days.

Zhang Yiming, then you'll know which of us was right and which was wrong." Chen Longxuan shrugged.

"Even if the supernatural exists, the state won't let you know about it." Zhang Yiming snapped back.

"It's different now that there's the Justice Association!" Chen Longxuan smiled. "In the past, livestreams had a ten-minute delay to avoid unexpected situations.

But through the Justice Association's efforts, the Great Wilderness Mountain Range livestream is now live in real time!"

Listening to their conversation, Lin Chao did not join in. At that moment, he took out his phone.

It was evening class.

Judging by the time, the Happy Ball drawing should have taken place by now.

He looked at the newly announced winning numbers and froze.

One number was wrong.

He had won second prize.

Thanks to Source of Comedy for the tip, and thank you, everyone!