42 Sixth Gate (1/2)
”What's the matter? Leiyue?”
”Ping!”
The door broke, as Shi Yutong entered. It was obvious that she was observing outside all along.
”Didn't you say you had 70 to 80 percent chance of succeeding? Why did you fail?”
She held onto Lin Leiyue's right hand, transferring her Wu Zong elemental force. Lin Leiyue's skin became flushed. ”Mas… Master?”
”Eh... You foolish girl!”
Shi Yutong heaved a sigh of relief. ”Luckily you previously took the Frozen Moon Pill which protected your meridians from being damaged... You were too rash this time!”
”I'm sorry...”
Lin Leiyue winced, unable to tell the truth.
The only thing she was clear on, was that the young man's shadow would be her motivation to break through the next gate.
If she could not break through this mental barrier of hers, it would be increasingly difficult for her to improve. Even with the help of spiritual pills, the improvements would be minimal.
...
Within the secluded valley.
Fang Yuan opened his eyes and appeared joyful.
”The 6th Gate of Martial Arts, the Pain Gate, is finally broken through!”
He sighed for a moment, approached an old tree, focused his inner force on his palm, and struck towards the tree trunk.
Ka!
A distinct sound was heard, as though something broke.
When Fang Yuan took his palm away, a distinct palm shape appeared on the tree trunk. Not only that, in the middle of the palm print were many tiny holes, with wood shavings falling out of them.
”Inner power and inner force are two different things. If the former is likened to a cotton thread, the latter will be likened to a steel wire!”
Fang Yuan took in a deep breath and knew that it was his luck that he could kill Song Zhong.
”The difference between Pain Gate and the previous 5 Gates is too large!”
He clenched his fist and felt the inner force building up within him. He looked at his stats window, and observed a drastic change:
”Name: Fang Yuan
Essence: 3.3
Spirit: 3.2
Magic: 2.0
Age: 18
Cultivation: [Martial Artist (6th Gate)]
Technique: [Black Sand Palm (Grade 5)], [Eagle Claw Iron Skin Technique (Grade 6)]
Skill: [Medicine (Level 2)], [Botany (Level 3)]”
”Eagle Claw Iron Skin Technique------ A combination of inner and external techniques, the technique, when mastered, would be similar to coating the entire body with iron, making it impenetrable by fire and water, as well as making the body difficult to wound. At the current 6th Grade, defence is enhanced! Eagle Claw's inner strength is enhanced!”
”[Eagle Claw Technique (Grade 6)] enhances Eagle Claw's inner strength! Strengthens defence!”
The inner strength within Fang Yuan was something he had experimented on before, but for an increase in defence capabilities?
He mulled for a moment and dispersed his inner strength to every part of his body beneath his skin.
”Shing!”
In a moment, his skin tightened and became metallic in colour. His inner strength circulated under his skin within him, like an armour.
”With this defence, I can go head-on against any normal swords or knives...”
Fang Yuan was impressed. ”Such a shocking improvement in defence and attack! After breaking through the 6th Gate, I now have inner force, and am indeed very different from a normal martial artist!”
With his improvement, he began to think of dealing with the spiritual birds at Green Peak.
”With my skills, if those Red-eyed White Birds dare to fight me, regardless whether they are normal or spiritual they shouldn't pose any problem. As for the leader, the large eagle, there might still be a little trouble!”
Fang Yuan was longing for the spiritual land at Green Peak, in the depths of the Clear Spirit Mountain.
He could not stand how every time he had to scavenge the place for loot and deal with the numerous spiritual bird's attempt at stopping him.
”The spiritual land at the Green Peak is a good place to set up a campsite, and the earlier we leave for it the better!”
Only spiritual lands were best suited to grow spiritual plants.
As of now, Fang Yuan depended on his botany ability to cultivate spiritual plants, but the amount of effort he put in and the lack of a suitable plot of land was always a pity.
And it was not the safest place.
Therefore, it was a must to get rid of the Red-eyed White Birds and take over Green Peak spiritual land.
”At most, I shall fight with all my might against those white birds. I can kill some every day, and we shall see if they can breed faster than I can kill them!”
Fang Yuan revealed a sinister look on his face.
...
Within the mountains, it was confined, and unknowingly, ten days had passed.
The people of Qingye City began to return to their homes, after being chased away in fear of being killed by Song Zhong. It was as though everything began to revert back to the peace it had before.
As for Zhou Family, which was almost wiped out, they were beginning to be forgotten.
The influence that the Zhou Family once had was slowly being taken over by other families, and one of the main contenders was the Lin Family.