Reversing martial arts flaws?
Lin Lang froze for a moment and asked inwardly, Does my Golden Body Child Skill have a flaw? Can it be reversed?
[Golden Body Child Skill. Flaw: the practitioner must remain a virgin. Losing virginity halves strength. The more times the practitioner has sex, the further strength decreases.] [Flaw reversal: losing virginity doubles strength. The more times the practitioner has sex, the further strength increases.] [Reverse Golden Body Child Skill?]
What was there to hesitate over? Reverse it, of course!
With this Martial Arts Flaw Reversal System, he no longer wanted to change cultivation methods. The Golden Body Child Skill his predecessor had practiced was looking awfully good now!
Host: Lin Lang. True qi: ten years (third-rate basic internal cultivation). Martial arts: Reverse Golden Body Child Skill (body tempering · Wulin Secret Art, minor mastery), Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber (third-rate saber art, major mastery), Basic Movement Technique (third-rate movement art, major mastery). Realm: peak second-rate martial artist.
Xiao He noticed that whenever she reached toward Lin Lang's clothes, he wore a look that screamed "stay away" and kept backing off, clearly struggling to suppress something.
It seemed the Jade Green Pavilion's secret drug had taken effect. All she needed was to stimulate him a little more, and Lin Lang's meridians would surely be scorched. Then she could become Probationary Hundred-household Liu Wu's concubine!
"Lord Lin, what are you hiding from? It's not as if I'm going to eat you!" Xiao He giggled as she reached for Lin Lang's shoulder.
Huh?
How had she caught him so easily?
Well, caught was caught. A few casual squeezes would be enough to make the drug's effects much fiercer!
Lin Lang seized Xiao He's hand and asked with a completely serious expression, "Who taught you this muscle-loosening massage? What exactly does it include?"
"Huh?" Xiao He paused. "Would you like to try it, my lord? I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Lin Lang immediately lay down. "Sure. Let's give it a try."
Xiao He was dumbfounded. Chief Banner Officer Lin was nothing like Banner Commander Liu had described.
Hadn't he said Chief Banner Officer Lin practiced some sort of Child Skill and stayed away from women? Why did he look no different from the Jinyiwei drinking in the front courtyard?
His eyes were full of excitement and anticipation.
Was he trying to scare her away?
What sort of woman did he think she was? Though she only sang at the Jade Green Pavilion, after everything she had seen and heard there, would this frighten her?
After two gentle squeezes, she felt Lin Lang's breathing quicken. The secret drug was working!
Was Lin Lang the sort to take a loss?
If Xiao He kneaded him with one hand, he would knead her back with two!
It was the perfect chance to compare their muscle-loosening techniques.
Xiao He realized something was wrong. Had Chief Banner Officer Lin lost control?
"Chief Banner Officer Lin, I heard you practice a Child Skill and can't get intimate with women," Xiao He reminded him.
If Chief Banner Officer Lin had his way with her, would Liu Wu still want her?
Lin Lang said, "I just thought your massage technique wasn't good enough. I'm giving you a demonstration."
Xiao He began backing away. "Chief Banner Officer Lin, I belong to Banner Commander Liu."
The moment she said it, Xiao He regretted it, because Lin Lang seemed even more excited!
Liu Wu waited in another room nearby. Once Lin Lang could no longer endure it and ran home to suffer the agony of his scorched meridians, Xiao He would come to him.
"I'm staying here tonight, no matter what. I've spent hundreds of taels on her, yet I still haven't been admitted behind her bed curtains. Does she think she's some celebrated songstress from the Capital City?"
"Lin Lang, you think your superior martial arts will let you snatch the probationary hundred-household post?"
"This time, I'll teach you that strength alone doesn't guarantee advancement. The Jinyiwei might not be the martial world, but it's every bit as dangerous!"
Liu Wu lay on the bed, imagining which positions he would use later, a lecherous smile spreading across his face.
But nearly two hours passed, and Xiao He still hadn't come.
"Could it be... impossible!"
Lin Lang had chosen the Golden Body Child Skill, so he surely knew the consequences of breaking it. Not only would he lose the probationary hundred-household post, he might also lose his life.
But if everything had gone smoothly, Xiao He should have arrived long ago.
"Is she deliberately avoiding me again? She won't let me touch her unless I marry her? She's just a singer at the Jade Green Pavilion. Why pretend to be some chaste, unyielding maiden?"
"Whatever happened, victory in the arena match three days from now is mine."
Liu Wu left in a huff and went home to another concubine. Tomorrow, he would find out exactly what Lin Lang had chosen!
Inside the room, Xiao He had fallen fast asleep.
Lin Lang sat cross-legged on the bed, sensing the changes in his body.
Host: Lin Lang. True qi: ten years (third-rate basic internal cultivation). Martial arts: Reverse Golden Body Child Skill (body tempering · Wulin Secret Art, major mastery), Five Tigers Severing Gate Saber (third-rate saber art, major mastery), Basic Movement Technique (third-rate movement art, major mastery). Realm: early first-rate martial artist.
After reversing the Golden Body Child Skill's flaw, losing my virginity actually made me break through immediately!
He watched the Reverse Golden Body Child Skill on his panel change from minor mastery to major mastery and felt his strength increase, his sinews, bones, and skin growing tougher.
Even if one of those Jinyiwei in the front courtyard slashed his neck with a saber, it wouldn't break his skin.
His realm had also risen from peak second-rate to early first-rate.
He had become the second expert in the hundred-household office to reach the first-rate realm!
Feeling the surging power within him, Lin Lang believed he could put up a fight even against Hundred-household Li, who was in the middle first-rate realm.
With the characteristics of the Golden Body Child Skill, he might even win.
After all, he could disregard defense and attack like mad, while Hundred-household Li could not.
This time, let's see who can stop me from becoming probationary hundred-household. Perhaps this hundred-household office ought to have a new man in charge, too.
With the Martial Arts Flaw Reversal System, a mere probationary hundred-household post could no longer satisfy Lin Lang's appetite.
After its reversal, his Golden Body Child Skill had risen from a first-rate martial art to a Wulin Secret Art. Once he cultivated it to perfection, he could step straight into the Martial Arts Master realm—and stand among its very best.
Then even a thousand-household post would be his for the taking!
Once he became a thousand-household, he could select more Wulin Secret Arts and push his strength even further.
Ordinary body-tempering arts, like internal cultivation, required years upon years of perseverance to improve, progressing far more slowly than combat techniques.
But Lin Lang was different now. With his Reverse Golden Body Child Skill, the more he broke his abstinence, the stronger he became!
Lin Lang drained the tea in his cup. "Who says martial arts training has to be grueling? It can be fun, too."
Before long, Xiao He's startled cry came from the bed. "My lord, why are you doing it again?"
Lin Lang said, "I just remembered a few more techniques I'd like to discuss with you properly. Be good and turn around."
The sounds from the room drifted faintly outside, reaching the ears of the Jinyiwei.
"What?! Who let a woman into Lord Lin's room?"
"If she interferes with Lord Lin's arena match and costs him the probationary hundred-household post, I'll hack her down!"
"Stop drinking, all of you! There's something wrong with this wine! His lordship has been set up!"
"Don't forget that his lordship practices the Golden Body Child Skill! If he loses his virginity, his strength will decline, and all our futures will be ruined!"
They rushed to Lin Lang's door. "Lord Lin, open up! We're here to save you!"
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