Road to Be the God

Chapter 23 Things Beyond Traditional Martial Cultivation

Some people would feel thrilled and have a sense of achievement when tormenting others but if the situation was reversed, they would find the tormenting was too ruthless.

Obviously, Lin Tian wouldn't show mercy for this kind of people.

"You... Be careful! Given what you did to us, Mr. Zhou will make you pay for this!"

The man in blue said tremblingly.

Lin Tian said dismissively, "Even if I didn't hurt you, he wouldn't let go of me."

He raised his right leg and stamped on the arm of the young man in blue mercilessly.

"Argh!"

The young man in blue groaned and grimaced.

With a straight face, Lin Tian stamped on the other arm of the young man in blue.

"Argh!"

The man kept groaning. Just like the man in a brocade suit, his arms and right leg were broken.

"D*mn it! D*mn it! Mr. Zhou will seek revenge for us! He will kill you!"

The young man in blue snarled madly.

His arms and legs were broken. God knew how many elixirs and spiritual herbs it would take to heal them.

"Really? Congratulations. I'm scared by your words." Lin Tian cast an indifferent look at the young man in blue and raised his leg to stamp on the latter's right leg. "So, this is a reward for you."

With a crack, the young man in blue's other leg was broken too.

"Argh!"

He wailed and directly passed out in pain.

Lin Tian glanced over the man indifferently, turned around, and left.

It was not that he wanted to let go but that the disciples were prohibited from killing each other in Jiuyang Martial Institution. These two men came here to ruin his arm and leg. Now, he ruined their arms and legs instead. If the Martial Institution wanted to pursue the matter, he was still justifiable. However, if he killed them here, he wouldn't be able to get away with the punishment.

When Lin Tian returned to his residence, it was completely dark now. Su Shu was playing with Lin Xi.

"Brother!"

Seeing Lin Tian, Lin Xi instantly ran forward to greet her brother.

Lin Tian laughed and stroked the girl's head affectionately.

"Thank you."

He looked at Su Shu and said.

It was so late at night now. Su Shu was still with Lin Xi, for which he was rather grateful.

"Don't mention it. It's my pleasure." Su Shu shook her head and blinked her eyes. "By the way, how is your combat craft cultivation going? Especially the Wind-startling Swordsmanship, how is it going?"

Lin Tian scratched the back of his head, saying with a grin, "It's fine."

Su Shu puffed out her cheeks. "What does it mean? To what extent have you cultivated it? Tell me. I won't make fun of you." Having thought about it, she said, "Yet, given your talent in martial cultivation, you should be much better than ordinary people. At least, you should grasp 20% of the first technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship at least."

Seeing Lin Tian scratch the back of his head, Su Shu thought his cultivation didn't go well so he was too embarrassed to talk about it.

"Well..."

"Why are you faltering? Just say it!"

Su Shu said angrily.

Lin Tian felt a bit awkward. Su Shu really looked like a tiger when she got fierce.

"I've cultivated the Shadow Boxing of Shadow Fire Boxing to perfection and the first sword technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship to big attainment."

He said.

"Perfection for Shadow Boxing of Shadow Fire Boxing and big attainment for the first sword technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship. Well. Pretty good." Su Shu nodded and suddenly, astonishment crossed her face. "What did you say? Big attainment for the first sword technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship?"

She gazed at Lin Tian with widened eyes. "Are you kidding? It also took the genius with the six-star talent of the Martial Institution 20 days to cultivate the first sword technique to big attainment. Even you have nine-star talent, it cannot be so exaggerated. How can you cultivate the first sword technique to big attainment within a few hours?"

Putting aside Shadow Fire Boxing, it was really difficult to practice Wind-startling Swordsmanship. Even her master couldn't practice the sword method well but Lin Tian had managed to practice the first sword technique to big attainment within a few hours. This was so unbelievable for her.

Seeing Su Shu's suspicious facial expression, Lin Tian suddenly gave off a rush of fierce sword intent.

"This..."

Su Shu was startled again.

The sword intent shown by Lin Tian did manifest the big attainment of the first sword technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship. Su Shu knew it well, for her master Mu Qing had displayed this sword technique before.

"You... really have practiced it to big attainment."

She muttered.

Lin Tian withdrew the sword intent and shrugged, saying, "Of course. Why would I lie to you?"

Su Shu stared at Lin Tian and said through gritted teeth, "Crazy!"

It was so astonishing that he should have practiced the first sword technique of Wind-startling Swordsmanship to big attainment within a few hours!

Lin Tian was speechless. "Please don't say so. The word crazy can have multiple meanings. People may easily get it wrong especially when a girl said it."

Su Shu was slightly dazed. The next second, she came to her senses and instantly blushed.

"You rogue!"

She kicked Lin Tian harshly and ran away in a fit of pique.

Lin Tian chuckled. This naughty and narcissistic girl could be bashful too.

It was late at night. Lin Tian closed the door and chatted with Lin Xi. He told a few stories about his hometown, which amused the little girl. Shortly, she just fell asleep.

He took a look at his sleeping sister affectionately, closed the door carefully, and got out.

He arrived at the attic, took a deep breath, and started to practice Siji Scriptures. Siji Scriptures was mysterious, which could draw the power of stars to help him cultivate his body. Therefore, he would practice Siji Scriptures every night.

"Hum!"

The faint moonlight shone and went into Lin Tian's body. Lin Tian practiced Siji Scriptures, again and again, to induce the starlight into his physique with his energy so as to forge his physique repeatedly. The process was painful but as he had experienced it before, he was mentally prepared now. Hence, he didn't care about the pain.

Very quickly, one hour passed.

The starlight became thinner. Lin Tian opened his eyes, stretched himself, and stood up.

"Su Shu is right. After the fifth layer of body cultivation, cultivating becomes much more difficult."

Lin Tian muttered to himself.

Body Cultivation Stage consisted of nine layers. The fifth layer was a turning point. Simply put, the difficulty of reaching the ninth layer from the fifth layer was incomparable to that of reaching the fifth layer from the first layer. This was also the reason why a martial artist could only proceed with the exercise method of cultivation after reaching the fifth layer of body cultivation.

"I need to fight with Zhou Hao who is at the ninth layer of body cultivation in three months but considering my current cultivation speed, I can never reach the ninth layer of body cultivation by then anyway. It is even difficult for me to reach the eighth layer of body cultivation."

Lin Tian frowned.

The nine-star talent was amazing but he still needed time to cultivate anyway. If he didn't have enough time, how could he become strong? After all, it was not easy to continue cultivating after one has reached the fifth layer of body cultivation.

Three months didn't seem to be a short time but he still needed to rest, practice combat craft and even attend class once in a while. In this case, the time he could truly spend on cultivating was actually not much.

Thinking of that, Lin Tian couldn't help pondering how he could become strong quickly.

In the attic, Lin Tian thought for half an hour but he still didn't have any clue. Hence, he had to give up.

"Forget it. Things will mend in the end. I shall have a rest first."

He shook his head.

...

The next early morning, Lin Tian got up early and did the breathing exercise facing the sun.

An hour in the morning was worth two in the evening. Lin Tian, who had lived once before, was aware of that. For ordinary people, the air in the morning was fresh. It was good for health and also anti-aging to breathe in the morning air more. Yet, for martial artists, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the morning was richer, which was conducive to cultivation.

After half an hour's breathing exercise, Lin Tian felt that his mental strength was slightly stronger.

"Good."

He muttered and walked to the teaching area of Jiuyang Martial Institution.

Today was the first class of Jiuyang Martial Institution since the disciple recruitment this year, which also marked an official start. As for today's class, Lin Tian felt it was better to attend it. Besides, he didn't know much about cultivation. It was necessary to hear the mentors' cultivation experiences occasionally.

After arriving at the teaching area, he found a lot of people were seated in the lecture room. There were about 200 disciples, including the newly recruited disciples and some senior disciples. Lin Tian didn't pay attention to them and just took a seat randomly.

The lecture room of Jiuyang Martial Institution was quite large. Due to so many people, it was noisy here.

Lin Tian sat in an insignificant corner with closed eyes, waiting for the advent of the mentor. Meanwhile, he was also considering how he should cultivate next. During the following three months, he needed to cultivate, rest and practice combat craft. In the end, he should reach the eighth layer of body cultivation at least so that he could be powerful enough to fight with Zhou Hao. This was quite a big issue.

After half a quarter, the lecture room suddenly fell into silence.

"Here comes the mentor."

A voice said.

Lin Tian looked ahead and only saw a grey-bearded old man walked inside, who was wearing a grey long robe. Lin Tian found that the old man's cultivation level was much lower than that of Mu Qing and Shi Song. He was probably at the primary level of Divine Meridians.

The old man coughed and said slowly, "For the following year, I will be teaching you some theories, my experiences, some cultivation skills and of course, things beyond the traditional martial cultivation once in a while."

The old man's words made the new disciples confused at once.

"Things beyond the traditional martial cultivation? What are they?"

Someone whispered.

A bold disciple in the last row stood up and said, "Sir, could you tell us what the things beyond the martial cultivation are?"

This was a relatively hefty young man. Bold as he was, he was polite indeed.

There were murmurs from the crowd. Lin Tian also felt curious.

Every cultivator knew about traditional martial cultivation, which meant simple cultivation, namely practicing the exercise methods and combat craft. This was the traditional martial cultivation but the things beyond that were rarely known. Now that the old man suddenly brought it up, the majority of the people here were intrigued.

As most of the disciples were staring at him, the old man nodded and said, "Fine. I should have told you the cultivation skills of traditional cultivation first but since you are curious about the things beyond traditional martial cultivation, I have no other choice but to tell about them first." Then, the old man took out a thin book from his arms and said, "Check this out."

The book held by the old man was old and the pages were yellow. It was drawn with a lot of strange patterns.

"What is that?"

Many people were confused.

Lin Tian also looked at the thin book of the old man. Staring at the vague peculiar patterns on the pages, he was instantly shocked. "That is..."