Martial World's
Chapter 52 - Junior of the Lin Family
“I can lend you a jade slip containing the martial manual my family passed down, 'Nine Paths of Truth', but only for six hours. I can also give you 5000 gold taels! Yet there is only one condition; you can never mention that I let you see the 'Nine Paths of Truth' or connect me with it. Otherwise, not only will I have bad luck, the Wang Family might hunt you down and kill you. ” Wang Yanfeng said these words in a very low voice.
The Red Gold Dragon Marrow Pill could not be bought with mere gold, and Wang Yanfeng at most only had a few thousand taels of gold that he could trade. Therefore he offered his family's secret skill 'Nine Paths of Truth' as a lure. This was a skill manual passed down from generation to generation of the Wang Family; it was extremely valuable and kept secret from all outsiders.
Wang Yanfeng guessed that the only thing Lin Ming knew was some heart spells, and did not know any martial arts skills. As long as Lin Ming did not mention anything about this then no one would notice it. Wang Yanfeng thought that even this Lin Ming would not be so foolish as to let others know that he had learned the forbidden martial skills of the Wang Family and thus experienced the bitterness of the Wang Family chasing him to kill him. This was why he was willing to take this risk out of desperation.
Wang Yanfeng estimated that with Lin Ming's lower natural talent, he wouldn't be able to comprehend much with just six hours.
“'Nine Paths of Truth'? And I can only see it for six hours?” Lin Ming sneered. This condition, he would not even underestimate himself to glance at it. Compared to the 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians', the 'Nine Paths of Truth' were nothing but trash. “I regretfully refuse. I'm not interested in this.”
Wang Yanfeng blushed red like a tomato. “Lin Ming, are you even aware of your own circumstances! With your low talent, it is impossible to break through the Third Stage of Body Transformation, even if you eat the Red Golden Dragon Marrow Pill! But if you practice a little heart mantra from the 'Nine Paths of Truth', your control over your true essence will be enhanced and there will be endless benefits! The rare family martial skill passed down in my Wang Family cannot even be bought with millions of gold!
Lin Ming said, “The Seven Profound Martial House does not lack heart spells, and they are also much more profound when compared to the 'Nine Paths of Truth' many times over. Why would I want to see anything yours? ”
“Huh. The Seven Profound Martial Houses did have top-tier heart spells, but these top-tier skill manuals were only passed down to core disciples. You know what a core disciple is? They were true disciples chosen for the Seven Profound Valleys. In the future if there were no accidents, then they would be able to go to the Seven Profound Valleys. Even senior apprentice brother Ling Sen of the Heavenly Abode did not have the qualifications to study it. As far as I know there are only a handful of core disciples. Other than Qin Xingxuan, most were not even from the Sky Fortune Kingdom but from some mystical cultivation martial families. You think you have hope?! You are dreaming! Even I didn't expect your courage!”
The great sects were very strict in the manual inheritance of their skills. This was because they relied on the existence of these skill manuals as the foundation of their strength. Even in the Seven Profound Martial House, the majority of disciples could only learn second level skill manuals. Wang Yanfeng knew this as fact.
However, Lin Ming had a 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridian'. Let alone the top-tier manuals within the Seven Profound Martial House, even the secret art of the headmaster of a large sect would not make him feel a little jealous.
Lin Ming said, “Just because you expect nothing doesn't mean I have no hope. Sorry but I'm busy right now. I go first.”
"You! Goody! How kind! You think that just because you managed to beat me last time, you are so incredible compared to me? You just wait, wait for me to take back everything you took from me and I'll step on you under my heels. You think that you can become a Core disciple with just your own efforts? Don't make me laugh. I'll wait and see when you become a stepping stone for others. The higher you stand, the more miserable you will fall! ”
Ling Mind completely ignored Wang Yanfeng's furious curse. Wang Yanfeng had already been defeated by him. In his mind, he might be weaker than the others, he might be weaker than Zhu Yan, Qin Xingxuan, and Ling Sen, respectively, but he would never allow himself to feel inferior to someone he had defeated. If one day, Lin Ming was beaten by someone he had defeated, then he would reflect on his mistake.
Shortly before noon, Lin Ming moved all of his belongings to his new residence. The land of the Seven Profound Martial House was vast, and they had enough space to give each Earth Hall disciple their own room.
Lin Ming's room was located in a small secluded space in the back mountains. His back was facing the mountains and there was a deep and clean pond beside him. There were century old trees that formed a large canopy that shaded the room. Even in the summer it was calm and refreshing, it was an excellent place to cultivate peacefully.
Lin Ming was satisfied with his new room. He sat cross-legged on the bed and began to read the contents of the jade slip.
The jade slip explained the rules and system of the Seven Profound Martial Houses, including violations, rules, punishments, challenge rules, class hours, and training arrangements and so on. He had finally reached the end, where there was a rank reward provided by the Seven Profound Martial House.
Seeing this, Lin Ming's interest was piqued. Most of the reason he joined the Seven Profound Martial House was for this resource.
The Seven Profound Martial Houses had many disciples; they were ranked on one's individual achievements within the Ten Thousand Killing Array
Several hundred years ago, the Seven Profound Valleys were founded by seven supreme experts. Among them, one excelled in the manufacture and construction of magic arrays. Over the years, the array method was passed down from generation to generation within the Seven Profound Valleys. In the examination of sect disciples, they sometimes used illusory killing arrays. The Seven Profound Martial Houses were under the rule of the Seven Profound Valleys; they naturally had advantages and customs associated with them.
The magic array used for rankings was called the Ten Thousand Killing Array. Once one entered, they would fight countless waves of enemies one after another. In the midst of these enemies were beasts, as well as humans.
Their final ranking would be determined by the total number and cultivation of the enemies they defeated.
Among these enemies, the weakest was equivalent to a martial artist at the Second Stage of Body Transformation. If they defeated one Second Stage Body Transformation enemy they would receive one point, if they defeated one at the Peak of the Second Stage they would receive 5 points, the Third Stage of Body Transformation was 10 points, the peak of the Third Stage was 50 points, the Fourth Stage of Body Transformation was 100 points, the peak of the Fourth Stage of Body Transformation was 500 points, and so on…
The enemy after the first one entered the Ten Thousand Killing Array would be at the Second Stage of Body Transformation, and behind them the enemy would become increasingly difficult to deal with. The Fourth Stage of Body Transformation would come one after another, endlessly to death.
The end result was the accumulation of scores that one had before death, and this would be shown on the Ranking Stone.
If you have a high rank, then one can gain a lot of profits.. For example, Soul Gatherer Pellets. If you place after 200, then you will receive a Soul Gathering Pellet every three months. If you were placed in the first ten, you would receive 10 Soul Gathering Pellets each month. Ten Soul Gathering Pellets was equal to 2000 gold taels. This was an amount that not even a wealthy junior from a noble family could ignore.
The reality was that the Soul Gatherer Pellets were only secondary, after all, this was something that wealthy people could buy with money. But there are also resources provided that even the very wealthy cannot buy, for example, inheritance skill manuals. If one was placed in the top 200, then they could choose the earliest and basic skill manuals. If one was placed within the top ten, they could freely enter a certain secret room of the Seven Profound Martial House and choose the skill manual they wanted to learn.
Of course, Lin Ming had absolutely no interest in skill manuals, but rather resources.
The Seven Profound Valleys were a sect adept at creating magic arrays. At the beginning of the establishment of the Seven Profound Martial Houses, the Seven Profound Valleys had once sent Xiantian experts to place these magic arrays in many Martial Houses so that disciples could use them for practice. Using this, one can practice their skills with double and half effort results. But the number of these arrays was limited, and moreover they required a large number of true essence stones to be activated and nurtured. Therefore not everyone could enter this magic killer array, the qualifications required were similar to the rankings they had.
So in the Seven Profound Martial House, the rank was the highest. With a higher rank, one would enjoy more resources. The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker. The disciples there were all talents; only by stepping on the corpses of others would they have a chance to develop.
“I have officially entered the Seven Profound Martial House. If I want to obtain sufficient resources, then I must first obtain a good rank of the Ten Thousand Killing Array, but. If I start practicing now, I might be able to start drawing one in half a month. To display the maximum efficiency of the Crimson Gold Dragon Marrow Pill and Golden Snake Scarlet Pill, it would be worth it to spend time doing so.”
Lin Ming said to himself, and started practicing his inscription again ...
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On the morning of the second day, Lin Ming got out of bed early and washed himself. Today was the official teaching day of the Seven Profound Martial House.
Teaching does not involve explaining the skill manual. It only includes cultivation tips, basic basic knowledge, caring for the body and so on. In the aspect of the core curriculum, the Seven Profound Martial House was very loose. There are seven or eight possible courses they can attend and listen to. Each of the disciples chose based on their own interests and could even attend one randomly, or not even bother attending at all.
For today's lecture, the jade slip had already explained that it would be an explanation of the foundation body technique.
Even though Lin Ming had inherited the highest quality skill manual, he was actually still very limited in his comprehension of the basics. He had not received any legitimate martial arts training, and therefore these classes held a very high meaning to him.
The location of this lecture was the Seven Profound Martial House Martial Lecture Hall. When Lin Ming arrived at the Martial Lecture Hall, he discovered that it was already crowded with people who were already seated; there were probably around 70 or 80.
In this group were not only 53 new disciples, but also some old disciples who had come to listen.
The Heavenly House and the Seven Profound Earth Hall Martial House had 230 disciples. The Human Hall had nearly 400 disciples. Overall the number of disciples exceeded 600. Of these 600 there were several dozen who came through their connections, even though they used their connections to enter, it did not mean they would be terrible.
In the Seven Profound Martial House, every martial artist could study for at most 5 years. 5 years later, if they were not yet 22 years old, they could apply to stay another year, if they were not yet 22 years old, and after that, you have to graduate.
If one's strength is high enough, they can apply to graduate early, but, most students choose to stay for the full five years, because there are a lot of resources that can't be found outside.
After Lin Ming entered the Martial Lecture Hall, he casually took a walk in search of a seat. As he did so, he noticed that there were some people whose gazes floated towards him.
Lin Ming looked back and saw that these people who were looking at him had friendly and smiling faces.
Hm? Do these people know him?
"You're Lin Ming?" A handsome young man in blue clothes asked with a carefree smile.
"Mmm, may I ask who you are?"
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Lin Wu, this is my younger sister Lin Fengyuan.” The blue-clothed handsome youth waved at a gentle young girl by his side.
Lin Wu, Lin Fengyuan, could it be…
Lin Ming was startled, he opened his mouth to ask, "You are a direct descendant of the Green Mulberry City Lin Family?"
Lin Wu smiled and said, "You're right, we're all one family."
The Lin Family was a large and respected family in Green Mulberry City. Although they did not have the noble titles bestowed upon them, their families had several generations in doing business and thus had a very rich heritage. In such a large family, that there would be some outstanding young talents in the Seven Profound Martial House could be considered a normal thing. A few months ago, Lin Ming had borrowed a Pass Card to enter the Sitar Hall; this was lent to him by Lin Xiaodong.
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