Chapter 78 (1/2)
Chapter 78 - What Is A Genius
“Wait&h.e.l.lip;”
A shout suddenly escaped from Lin Taoli’s mouth. At the same time, his hands again formed that same impenetrable imprint.
He Yiming’s expression slightly faltered. However, he didn’t stop his fist immediately, and instead, let it gently brush against the imprint- feeling the subtle transformations occurring within due to the contact of the two distinct Internal Energies. He then pulled his fist back while retreating.
After steadying himself, he threw a skeptical glance at Lin Taoli. However, inwardly, he wished nothing more than to escape somewhere in solitude and digest his gains.
He wondered what bizarre transformation this technique would produce when used with his four different types of primary techniques.
Of course, in front of Lin Taoli and even the rest of these people, he couldn’t use this technique. If they were to found out that he’d actually schemed to secretly study former’s imprint, even if they would be scared to death, they would first kill him in the name of devil.
Lin Taoli also retreated a few steps. Looking at He Yiming with a grave expression, he said, “Brother He, just now during the feast, Lord Master Cheng- while making introductions- said that you are the number one expert in Tai Cang county’s young generation- the biggest this county has seen in the past century. I didn’t care about it much then, but now, I know&h.e.l.lip;.” He paused, his face revealing a bitter smile, “I admit that I looked down on you.”
A faint red color appeared on He Yiming’s face. Although he’d already become habitual of being under countless gazes, this was the first time he’d received such praise on the stage in front of everybody.
He thought for a bit. Not finding any appropriate words to reply with, he could only bow and say, “Young master Lin, you praise me too much.”
Lin Taoli faintly shook his head and said, “I’ve never praised someone in vain. However, I’m convinced that you will definitely count among the top geniuses of our Jadeting region.”
The people in the main hall had already been aware of He Yiming’s hidden strength. A fifteen -year-old, eighth-layer cultivator who had excelled the metal type techniques’ essence- this evaluation from Lin Taoli was not out of their expectations. If even such an expert couldn’t obtain such an evaluation, wouldn’t the rest of cultivators be same as trash?
However, this was the beginning of astonishment for the ordinary people who were distantly watching the battle.
In the minds of these people, although He family’s sixth young master was quite formidable being the number one young expert of Tai Cang county, when did he become a Jadeting region’s genius as well? This had indeed exceeded the scope of their understanding.
For a moment, complete silence reigned over the arena. Not even whispers flew around.
He Yiming bitterly smiled, then looked at his old man outside while thinking how to deal with such a situation.
Apparently, father and son understood each other as He Quanming, after seeing his son looking at him, loudly said, “Yiming, young master Lin has just given you pointers, you are still not thinking young master Lin?”
He Yiming delightedly bowed towards the latter and said, “Many thanks, young master Lin.”
After fighting with Lin Taoli, he’d more or less understood the imprint. Although he was not confident in reconstructing it perfectly, it would still bring an enormous benefit to his cultivation. This moment, Lin Taoli had truly turned into a great man for him.
Lin Taoli faintly smiled and lightly waved, “It&rsq
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uo;s nothing. Brother He, do you know why I suddenly asked to stop?”
“I couldn’t imagine.”
Lin Taoli’s smile started to disappear as he said, “Your metal type Rolling Boulder Fist has already been cultivated to peak. This technique is already at its maximum might. Ordinary battle skills no longer contains any value for you. However, even for me, breaking your battle skill is in no way, easy,” He paused for a bit, and his face started to become solemn, “However, I have cultivated a battle skill which contains an extremely strange might. Once I use it, even I wouldn’t be able to perfectly control its might,”
Although his words were quite haughty and faintly implied that the fear to act was the reason he’d asked to stop, n.o.body present doubted him at all.
Instead, if the young master of Lin family didn’t have a frightening battle skill with him, that would have felt suspicious.
He Yiming’s eyes suddenly s.h.i.+ned. He cried out in surprise, “Ah&h.e.l.lip; Young master Lin, you say battle skill&h.e.l.lip;.but just now you used this&h.e.l.lip;” He patted his hair, then extended both his arms, forming an imprint. Under his meticulous care, this imprint only revealed eighty percent similarity to the original in appearance. Furthermore, it wasn’t imbued with Internal Energy at all. It was just a prototype that shared a similar appearance with the original.
Astonishment flickered in Lin Taoli’s eyes. Although the defensive power of this imprint was unparalleled, the difficulty of actually learning it was too much- so much so that the in the entire Lin family, those who had managed to learn it could be counted on fingers. He never expected that the youngster in front his eyes could form a prototype of it by just touching it a few times.
Although this prototype seemed laughable in his eyes, just this much perceptive power was enviable in itself.
Faintly nodding, Lin Taoli profoundly said, “This technique is called Prostrate Imprint- a defense type battle skill of our Lin family. But if I wish to break your Rolling Boulder Fist, I need to use a different sort of imprint technique.”
He Yiming’s heart suddenly jumped intensely before immediately pouring out joy. Originally, he thought that being able to study one type of imprint was already an excellent fortune, but he never imagined that he would be able to study another type of imprint too.
His heart, which had just calmed down, began to throb again.
He wouldn’t obtain such an opportunity again.