Bronze Seventh Grade, Lin Xiao's Strength!
Although he had seen Lin An yesterday and knew that his bearing had changed somewhat after spending days hunting Sin Beasts outside the city,
looking at him now, he could clearly see another enormous change.
Not only had his face grown a little more handsome and his bearing improved, but his looks were almost threatening his father's.
Most importantly, he could clearly sense that the surrounding spiritual energy was noticeably more attuned to Lin An.
"Marrow cleansing. After I cultivated our family technique to perfection, I underwent a marrow cleansing," Lin An said with a smile, making no attempt to hide anything.
"Marrow cleansing? You mean our family's inherited cultivation technique can give you a marrow cleansing once you cultivate it to perfection?"
Lin Xiao looked shocked.
He knew very well how powerful the effects of marrow cleansing were. After all, he had experienced it himself when he broke through to gold tier.
It improved every aspect of a person, from cultivation speed to comprehension and even lifespan.
"Father, you didn't know our family's technique had this effect?" Lin An looked puzzled.
Lin Xiao's mouth twitched. "Are you asking for a beating, brat?"
He knew perfectly well that in all these years, only the Lin Family's first ancestor had cultivated the technique to perfection, yet he still said something like that.
Lin An chuckled and continued, "Father, I was just going to ask you. Do all platinum rank techniques provide a marrow cleansing when cultivated to perfection, or is it only our family's inherited technique?"
Hearing Lin An ask a serious question, Lin Xiao began to ponder.
"As far as I know, other platinum rank techniques don't have this effect."
As Lin Xiao spoke, he had also cultivated two other platinum rank techniques besides his family's inherited technique.
Although he had not cultivated those two platinum rank techniques to perfection, some of the Lin Family's ancestors had, and no information about such an effect had been passed down.
"So only our family's inherited technique can provide a marrow cleansing when cultivated to perfection," Lin An said.
"That seems to be the case for now. But the world is vast. Our Shenglin City is only a lower city. It's still too small."
"There must be stronger techniques in those upper cities. Perhaps those techniques also offer marrow cleansing," Lin Xiao said.
Shenglin City was only a lower city. Above it were the upper cities.
In this lower city, Lin Xiao was indeed unstoppable as a gold tier expert, but in the upper cities, there were many gold tier experts and even platinum rank experts.
Lin An nodded. The upper cities were still too far beyond him. Right now, he only wanted to grow stronger and resolve the crisis facing Shenglin City.
He had also considered telling Lin Xiao about Shenglin City's crisis and having him deal with the Sin Beast in Black Mountain before it broke through to platinum rank.
But if he told him, he would certainly expose himself. Besides, Black Mountain was extremely dangerous. If anything happened to Lin Xiao, Shenglin City's destruction would come even sooner instead.
"Father, what realm are you at now?" Lin An asked after some thought.
He wanted to see how far Lin Xiao was from platinum rank.
"Gold ninth grade," Lin Xiao said.
Lin An was shaken. He had imagined that Lin Xiao was far ahead of Shenglin City's other experts, but he had not expected the gap to be this large.
Seeing the shock on Lin An's face, Lin Xiao could not help smiling.
Brat, you finally feel the shock your father can give you, don't you?
"Father, if you underwent another marrow cleansing, could you break straight through to the Platinum Realm?" Lin An asked.
He did not ask how much longer Lin Xiao needed to break through to platinum rank. After all, when Shenglin City was destroyed in his previous life, Lin Xiao had still only been in the Gold Realm.
"Although I'm already at gold ninth grade, at my current pace, breaking through to platinum rank within ten years shouldn't be much of a problem."
"But if I underwent another marrow cleansing, I'd have a seventy percent chance of using it to break straight through to platinum rank," Lin Xiao said after some thought.
Ten years?
By then, the grass in Shenglin City would be several zhang tall.
"Seventy percent? That's not low."
Lin An said, "Father, I plan to help you raise your technique to perfection as soon as possible, so you can strive to break through to platinum rank within a year."
"Within a year? Why are you suddenly in such a hurry, brat?"
Lin Xiao frowned.
"Father, you know my situation too. I'll definitely go and see the upper cities someday. If you break through to platinum rank, you can keep watching my back."
Lin An smiled and said, "Besides, you're my father. Naturally, I hope you can become stronger."
Lin Xiao fell silent for a few seconds, then laughed and scolded him. "I was planning to count on you, but look at you, counting on me instead. In that case, I'll work a little harder and shelter you for a while longer."
"Then thank you, Father. You're not even forty yet. This is just the time for you to make your mark," Lin An said with a hearty laugh.
His reason for helping Lin Xiao was also to prepare on two fronts.
Once Lin Xiao reached platinum rank, Shenglin City's crisis would naturally cease to exist, and he could continue cultivating in peace.
Soon, the two finished eating and drinking, then went to the meditation chamber.
"Just cultivate as you normally would," Lin Xiao said.
Lin An nodded, then took out a pill, swallowed it, and began circulating his cultivation technique.
Lin Xiao also began sensing it carefully. With the perfected Lin Clan Cultivation Technique as a reference, coupled with his decades of experience cultivating the technique, his proficiency rose rapidly as well.
Lin Xiao had originally thought he would need three months to raise the technique to major accomplishment, but now, with the help of Lin An's perfected technique, he would need half a month at most.
Half a month soon passed.
Humm...
As Lin Xiao sensed something within, the surrounding spiritual energy began surging madly into his body.
Lin An, who was cultivating, was also roused.
His technique is about to reach major accomplishment.
A smile appeared on Lin An's face. He immediately stopped cultivating to stand guard over Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was reaching major accomplishment in the technique a little faster than he had imagined.
Meanwhile, Lin An looked at his own attribute panel.
[Player]: Lin An [Title]: First Blood [Realm]: Bronze seventh grade [Techniques]: Lin Clan Cultivation Technique (perfection), Wind-Breaking Saber Technique (perfection), Flowing Cloud Steps (perfection), Black Armor Technique (perfection) [Divine Abilities]: Resentful Tiger's Eye, Spirit Devouring [Attribute Points]: 2315
In just half a month, Lin An had risen straight from bronze second grade to bronze seventh grade.
"I thought half a month would be enough to reach bronze ninth grade. I didn't expect to only reach seventh grade," Lin An said, shaking his head.
Although word of his cultivation speed would surely shock countless people, Lin An was not particularly satisfied. After all, it fell considerably short of his earlier estimate.
This was not really Lin An's fault. He had never even reached the Bronze Realm in his previous life, which was why his estimate had been wrong.
Moreover, as his realm rose, the spiritual energy required to break through each grade also increased greatly.
On top of that, he had undergone a marrow cleansing, expanding his dantian's sea of qi severalfold. Although his foundation had grown stronger, he could no longer break through one grade every day.
Judging by his current situation, he estimated that he would need another half a month to reach the peak of bronze ninth grade.
Sure enough, the higher your realm, the slower your breakthroughs.
Lin An thought to himself.
Then Lin An suddenly remembered something. "Right, I haven't claimed my leaderboard rewards yet. I wonder what good things there'll be."
With that thought, Lin An opened the leaderboard.