Chapter C7
At the back of the Ling Residence.
In the back mountain valley of the Ling residence, there was a natural waterfall. Beneath the waterfall was an unknown mountain cliff. Luckily, the Ling residence was quite far from here, otherwise, it would have been impossible to sleep. As for what was at the bottom of the cliff, Ling Xiao really didn't know. He only heard that there was a cold pond at the bottom. It could be seen how cold this cold pond was.
At the first level of the waterfall, there was a young boy of around eleven to twelve years old who fell on a rock, fell on it, then climbed back up again. This young boy was Ling Xiao. Previously, when Third Uncle and the hunchbacked old man didn't know about the importance of physical body to cultivators, Ling Xiao had been thinking of ways to enhance the strength of his physical body.
Sitting in the medicine barrel, Ling Xiao felt so comfortable that he was about to start groaning, that kind of feeling repeatedly surpassing his limit, and then soaking the medicine, that kind of feeling really made him feel painful and happy.
After he slowly waited for the effects of the medicinal liquid, Ling Xiao immediately felt a surge of energy that wanted to break through its bottleneck. It was the bottleneck that was stuck at the seventh level of the Refinement Realm. Then, Ling Xiao immediately followed the channeling route of the Divine Seal Arts. Only after a whole one hundred and eight cycles did he slowly stop.
Eighth level of Refinement! After an entire three years of time, Ling Xiao finally felt a strong power roaming about in his body. If he let Ling Xiao squat under the waterfall now, he definitely wouldn't come down as soon as he went up like yesterday.
Right now, Ling Xiao's physical body had reached a terrifying strength of ten thousand Jin after breaking through to the eighth stage. This was already the level of Innate Level 4 or 5, it could be seen how drastic Ling Xiao's transformation had been over the past few days.
However, Ling Xiao had never relaxed during these three years. Three years of accumulation had exploded once, so he should be hungry for such shocking progress.
There was one more thing. With Ling Xiao's current cultivation, especially after he had cultivated the Conferred God Technique, the words that the doctor had declared he would only be able to live to twelve years of age, had also been broken. Right now, he felt that it wouldn't be a problem for him to purchase goods at his current level for two hundred years, not to mention that Ling Xiao wouldn't stay here forever.
Ling Xiao reckoned that with his current progress, he would be able to break through to the ninth level of the Refinement Realm in a few days. With such a terrifying cultivation speed, even Bill would have his chin hanging off!
Ling Xiao had made a breakthrough on the second day he had just arrived at Third Uncle's place, but Ling Xiao did not slow down because of his breakthrough.
"Ah … Putong …" Ling Xiao gloriously rushed down the waterfall one time. After breaking through, Ling Xiao seemed to have clashed against the waterfall once.
One breath of time, two breaths of time, three breaths of time... It was only until the tenth breath of time that Ling Xiao was finally forced down the cliff. One must know that this was already quite a good result, as yesterday, he spent the most time yesterday, not even five breaths of time. I don't believe it, let's go again! " Ling Xiao then went up again, this time for another ten breaths.
At the other end of the waterfall, Third Uncle and the old man that was guarding the Martial Skill Pavilion were playing chess leisurely. If we give him time, he might be able to bring our Ling Family to the top of the Nine Layered Heavens. Any Emperor Level force or Sacred Level force would not be something that we would be afraid of! " Third uncle said while eating one of the old man's chess pieces.
"Third brother, I already discovered that this kid was not ordinary back at the Martial Skill Building. In just a few days time, he not only broke through to the Eighth Heavenly Layer, his physical body was even more powerful. In front of the Martial Skill Pavilion, this kid already dared to risk his life to break through.
"Haha, the most interesting thing is the Houtian realm. Do you think this boy can break through 25 breaths of time before he ends his cultivation?" "Third uncle is trying to provoke his own brother." "Third brother, no matter how fast that brat's progress is, he won't be able to break through 25 breaths of time. Even if Xiao'er broke through, it's impossible for him to progress so fast. This old man doesn't believe it!"
"Ninth, why don't the two of us make a bet. I'll bet that this kid can break through 25 breaths of time. If that's the case, how about we bet your jar of twenty years of treasured Blood of the Hero?"
"Third brother, so you were just thinking about that treasure of mine. Then why did you use mystery to gamble?"
"If I lose, how about I give you the Nine Nether Fruit in my hand?"
"What? Third brother, you actually dare to take out this treasure to gamble with? Fine, I'll bet. If this kid doesn't reach 25 breaths of time, hehe, third brother, then your Nine Netherworld will belong to me!" As if he could already see the hope of victory, Ol 'Nine immediately agreed. Then, the two old men began to laugh sinisterly.
Ling Xiao, who did not know that he was about to become a monkey, was still persistently doing it.
After two hours, Ling Xiao could endure for fifteen breaths of time. After four hours, Ling Xiao miraculously reached twenty breaths of time.
"One breath of time, two breaths of time … twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, putong!" After the time it took to make a cup of tea, Ling Xiao endured for twenty-two breaths of time!
"Third brother, there's only another hour before the end of the training, are you ready? "Haha … Ol 'Nine is very cocky right now!"
"Hmph, Ol'nine, it's not time yet. Are you just waiting patiently or are you reluctant to part with your wine?" Third Uncle retaliated forcefully.
If these two old men knew that Ling Xiao's own goal was thirty breaths of time, they might not even come to gamble again. This can also be considered as Ling Xiao's revenge.
An hour had quietly passed and Ling Xiao had risen from twenty-two breaths to twenty-five breaths of time. Now, it was Third Granduncle's turn to be complacent, while Ol 'Nine had a dark expression as he scolded in his heart. Damn you perverted Ling Xiao, you caused me to lose a jar of such good Blood of the Hero. At this time, the two elders didn't have the mood to play chess anymore as they stared at Ling Xiao.
"24, 25, 26 …" Ling Xiao seemed to have used up all of his strength every single time as he counted silently in his heart. There was still the last cup of tea left, could it be that he had reached his limit again?
"I, Ling Xiao, just like to challenge my limits. Come, I want to see if I, Ling Xiao, can break through my limits again today!" With a loud roar in his heart, Ling Xiao resolutely rushed into the waterfall.
Ling Xiao felt a series of crisp sounds coming from his body, it was all because he was almost unable to endure it anymore. "Twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight..." This time, Ling Xiao had reached twenty-eight breaths! "Haha, Ol 'Nine, you should just hand over that pot of old wine obediently. Third brother will first thank you, haha!"
Actually, even Third Uncle himself was feeling a little nervous just now. Fortunately, this brat didn't embarrass this old one! He was once again shocked by Ling Xiao's ruthlessness today. He wondered in his heart, could this brat still create a miracle?
Faintly, Ninth Brother also had a trace of expectation! Once he was ready again, Ling Xiao felt that he was just a tad bit off from his limit, so whether he could continue to break through this limit would all depend on this time!
"Twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one … ah!" This time, Ling Xiao was forced down ruthlessly, but his eyes were shining brightly, because he knew that his limits had been broken just like that.
Once again soaking in the medicinal liquid, Ling Xiao felt that he was extremely clear-headed. Even if he was to be within a hundred meters of his surroundings, he would be able to clearly understand what was going on there. It seemed that at the same time he broke through the limits of his physical body, so did his spiritual force.
Once again activating the Chaotic Divine Seal Spell, the current Ling Xiao had actually brought back another piece of good news, which was that he had unknowingly neared the ninth heaven. Heavens, it had only been a day, could it be that he was about to break through again? In a few days, he would have to start training in the Phantom Tracing, and these days, Ling Xiao had a better plan on how to cultivate this abnormal technique.
Ling Xiao also faintly had a trace of expectation in his heart. He hoped that the wondrous mortal rank cultivation method would be able to bring pleasant surprise to his son. After organizing the gains and insights he had gained over the past few days, Ling Xiao was filled with confidence regarding the Family Competition that was about to begin.
Brother Chen, Ling Meng and the others should already be Innate experts, and that Little Demoness, who wasn't far behind him, would she be even more terrifying now?