Road to Be the God

Chapter 20 The Combat Craft No One Picked

On her way to Martial Scriptures Pavilion, Su Shu was pouting angrily and glaring at Lin Tian. It was shortly after dawn, and she was still sleeping, but she was woken up by Lin Tian's voice coming from the voice transmission tally.

"I'm sorry. I'm being too hasty."

Lin Tian said in embarrassment.

Lin Tian came to Jiuyang Martial Institution was mainly to learn its combat craft. After a whole night of cultivation, he attained the fifth layer of body cultivation. Therefore, when he thought of picking the combat craft, he naturally got a little excited and hasty.

Su Shu pointed at Lin Tian and snorted. "Sleeping is crucial to girls, especially for a beautiful girl like me. If I don't have a good sleep, my skin won't look good! Do you know you have committed a horrible crime today, little Tiantian?"

Lin Tian felt ashamed and echoed with her.

Not only was this girl naughty, but she was also narcissistic.

He followed behind Su Shu and soon they arrived at the entrance of Martial Scriptures Pavilion. Lin Tian looked up and found that Martial Scriptures Pavilion was divided into three floors. It gave a feeling of simplicity and grandness.

"Go in there yourself. I'll be waiting for you outside."

Su Shu said.

Lin Tian nodded and walked in.

After he walked in, Lin Tian handed his identification jade pendant to the elder of the pavilion and then waited quietly. Before he came here, he had already gone to Disciple Pavilion to get his information updated.

The elder of the pavilion used his energy to check Lin Tian's information casually and was a little stunned. Then he said to Lin Tian, "The fifth layer of body cultivation. Well, not bad. Go to the second floor, and you may pick a volume of exercise method of Body Cultivation Stage, a kind of elementary combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage, and a kind of medium combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage. You have one hour."

The levels of the combat craft were generally divided according to stages. They were the combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage, of Divine Meridians Stage, of Mentality Vessel Stage, and of Air Harnessing Stage. And each level's combat craft was divided into another three grades from weak to strong: elementary, medium, and advanced. As for the exercise methods, their level division was almost the same as that of the combat craft.

The differences between the grades of Jiuyang Martial Institution's exercise methods were not huge, so there was no grade division.

"Thank you, Sir."

Lin Tian took his identification jade pendant and walked up to the second floor.

There were rows of bookshelves on the second floor, on which various exercise methods and kinds of combat craft were placed. Lin Tian was dazzled.

"Ice s***h includes nine layers of slashing. When one slashes, it brings ice and extra strength. As one moves into the next layer, the s***h grows more powerful."

"Cloud-breaking Kick. When one kicks, even the clouds fall apart. It brings extremely destructive power."

"King's Technique of Using Knife. It's fierce and sharp. When one wields his knife, the stones break apart and the ground cracks."

Lin Tian glanced through the books on various kinds of combat craft on the bookshelf, and then put them down.

Picking the combat craft was an important step. Firstly, it had to suit the martial artist; secondly, it had to be powerful enough. Therefore, Lin Tian was naturally very careful.

He walked through rows of bookshelves, and suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Wind-startling Swordsmanship, it's the medium combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage. Its attack was swift and forceful. Its core is speed. When one cultivates it to the extreme, he wields the sword as fast as lightning. He can even chop the wind into pieces."

One could even chop the wind into pieces?!

Lin Tian got excited. That was it!

He rummaged among the shelves for another half an hour. Lin Tian found a kind of combat craft called "Shadow Fire Boxing". It was the elementary combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage and could be best used in close combat. This set of boxing techniques was divided into two stages, first, Shadow Boxing, second, Fire Boxing. When one fought with Shadow Boxing, he would leave countless fist shadows in the air, while when he fought with Fire Boxing, flames spurted out from the fist shadows. It was quite a powerful skill.

"I can also do Dual Position Step. Combined with Shadow Fire Boxing, it should work well," Lin Tian said to himself.

At last, Lin Tian picked two kinds of combat craft, Wind-startling Swordsmanship and Shadow Fire Boxing. After that, he picked another volume of exercise method randomly, and walked down to the first floor. Now he already had the top exercise method of cultivation, Siji Scriptures, so actually, Lin Tian didn't take the exercise methods of Jiuyang Martial Institution seriously. The reason he picked an exercise method here was to cast a mist before the public's eyes.

"Sir, these are the exercise method and the combat craft I pick."

Lin Tian went down to the first floor and passed the books to the elder of the pavilion.

The elder of the pavilion glanced at the books and had a funny look on his face the moment he saw Wind-startling Swordsmanship, but he didn't say much about it. After he wrote down the names of the books, the elder handed the books back to Lin Tian, "Return them in ten days. You may leave now."

Lin Tian took over the exercise method and the combat craft, gave a simple salute and left Martial Scriptures Pavilion.

When he walked out of Martial Scriptures Pavilion, Su Shu came up to him. "All done?"

"Yes."

"Let me have a look." Su Shu glanced over the books picked by Lin Tian and frowned suddenly. "Well, Shadow Fire Boxing is not bad, but Wind-startling Swordsmanship is not a good pick."

"Not a good pick? It can't be. I took a look at its description, and it's quite powerful."

Lin Tian was full of curiosity.

Su Shu rolled her eyes and said, "It's true that it's quite powerful. You can even say that it's the most powerful medium combat craft of Body Cultivation Stage. Although it's powerful, it is extremely difficult to practice this combat craft. During all these years, none of the disciples have ever practiced this swordsmanship to perfection. Now, nobody picks this combat craft."

"..."

Suddenly, Lin Tian was lost for words. Finally, he understood why the elder of the pavilion had that funny look on his face upon seeing the combat craft Lin Tian picked.

"What should you do now? Once you pick the combat craft, you cannot change it anymore." Su Shu got a little upset. "Well, I should have told you about it beforehand!"

Lin Tian didn't care about it at all. Instead, he comforted Su Shu and said with a smile, "It's fine. Nobody else makes it, but it doesn't represent that I won't make it either. I would definitely practice this skill to perfection."

Su Shu curled her lips, "I didn't see that you were so arrogant."

"I'm not arrogant, but confident." Lin Tian smiled and corrected Su Shu, and then he asked, "By the way, Su Shu, where shall I practice my combat craft?"

As for the exercise method, Lin Tian could practice it in his cabin. As for the combat craft, he couldn't. The combat craft included the skills that one utilized during battle, so it was impossible for him to practice the combat craft in the cabin.

"On the drill ground, or in Qingfeng Mountain."

"What's Qingfeng Mountain?"

Lin Tian was curious. He knew very well about the drill ground but nothing about Qingfeng Mountain.

Su Shu explained patiently, "Qingfeng Mountain is behind Jiuyang Martial Institution. It's a vast forest full of monster beasts. It's the place where the disciples train themselves, and it's also the best place to practice combat craft. But I suggest you practice on the drill ground first. After all, the drill ground is 100% safe, while the monster beasts in Qingfeng Mountain are wild and fierce. One with poor skills may get severely injured or even die in there."

Lin Tian thought for a while and said, "Fine, then I'll go to Qingfeng Mountain."

The road of martial cultivation was full of hardships. If one was afraid of getting hurt or dying, why bother cultivating?

A martial artist always went ahead boldly!

"What a queer fellow!" Su Shu felt helpless. She wanted to persuade Lin Tian, but when she saw Lin Tian's determined look, she suddenly gave up that idea. "Let's go. Let me take you to the entrance of Qingfeng Mountain."

"Thanks."

Lin Tian said with a smile.

Although this girl was a little naughty and narcissistic, she was kind to him. Lin Tian was grateful to her.

Lin Tian followed behind Su Shu, walking to a place unfamiliar to him.

Just at this moment, three men came up to them. The head of the group was dressed in gold. The moment he saw Su Shu, he gave a smile. "What a coincidence, Shu! Haven't seen you for days, and you're getting prettier."

"Zhou Hao, I didn't allow you to call me Shu! I don't know you that well!"

Su Shu got a little upset.

The man in gold was called Zhou Hao, who was the son of the commander of Fengjian City. He was already at the ninth layer of body cultivation. As an extremely strong cultivator, Zhou Hao was regarded with great awe by the disciples of Jiuyang Martial Institution.

Zhou Hao smiled, and suddenly saw Lin Tian beside Su Shu. He frowned slightly. "Shu, who's that?"

"I don't have to tell you."

Su Shu answered.

Zhou Hao shook his head, walked up to Su Shu with a faint smile and said in a gentle voice, "By the way, Shu, my father is going to hold a family feast tonight. I told him about us, and my father was happy about it. He asked me to invite you to our home tonight."

Su Shu got more upset. "What do you mean by 'about us'? Zhou Hao, there's nothing between us. I've told you many times. I won't like you. It's out of the question. Stop badgering me!"

A hint of malice flashed across Zhou Hao's eyes, but a smile hung on his face all the time. "Don't say that. I believe that I'm sure to impress you with my true heart. Well, let's put these aside for now. My family feast is about to start, and we have to go immediately."

Zhou Hao reached out to Su Shu as he spoke.

Just at this moment, another hand reached over from Su Shu's side.

"Hello! Nice to meet you! My name is Lin Tian. I'm a new disciple of Jiuyang Martial Institution. Hope we'll get along."

As he said that, Lin Tian held the hand Zhou Hao stretched out from the side with a big smile.