Chapter 374: Exchanging Enlightenment Methods

Original Mountain, Sparring Arena.

Ning Zhuo was drenched in sweat and panting, waving his hand at Lin Shanshan, signaling that he needed to rest.

Lin Shanshan stopped her offensive and took out a bottle of medicinal wine, handing it to Ning Zhuo.

Since there were rumors, Lin Shanshan no longer used the sparring arena on the Small Contention Peak. To avoid gossip, she asked Ning Zhuo to come to the Original Mountain secretly and use the sparring arena her father usually used.

This sparring arena not only had high specifications but was also rarely visited, making it most suitable for teaching martial arts.

"This is?" Ning Zhuo asked, reaching out to take the medicinal wine.

Lin Shanshan explained, "This is Warm Autumn Wine."

"The main ingredients are Chi Dragon Fruit, Bright Sun Flower, and Heavenly Dew. It has a very strong nourishing and warming effect on the body, and it will definitely clear the cold air in your body, Young Master."

Ning Zhuo clicked his tongue, "This is a Golden Core-level medicinal wine, it will definitely clear the Bitter Cold Qi in my body."

"This is too precious!"

"Is someone back from Fire Persimmon Immortal City? Has your sect finally investigated clearly?"

Lin Shanshan shook her head, "The sect members sent out have not returned yet; this is what I requested from the sect elder in my own name."

"From my own heart, I believe in you, Young Master Ning Zhuo."

"Standing from the sect's perspective, there must be solid evidence and reliable intelligence. Otherwise, Father would be acting arbitrarily, which is not the best way to lead a sect."

"I understand." Ning Zhuo sighed, "Leading a sect is actually leading people's hearts. Being strong and domineering blindly, even if the intention is good, will lose people's hearts. A superior should be close to the people and benevolent, and the governing method is best like spring breeze and rain, moistening things silently, which is the best way."

Lin Shanshan's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she praised, "Your words, Young Master Ning Zhuo, are similar to my father's arguments. Perhaps in the future, you two can talk happily."

Ning Zhuo hurriedly expressed that he had long heard of Lin Bufan's reputation, and this time he was stationed on the Small Contention Peak, seeing the prosperity of the Myriad Medicine Valley, he admired Lin Bufan's governing ability very much.

"I know that Lord Lin Bufan is busy with ten thousand tasks, and it is almost impossible to meet a small person like me."

"I only hope that this time, with the opportunity to discuss the cooperation between the two families, if I can visit Lord Lin, that would be really great!"

Ning Zhuo really wanted to leave a good impression on Lin Bufan.

After all, in the future, he might propose the transaction of the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat.

Although he knew in his heart that this matter was very difficult, he had to at least meet Lin Bufan and talk to him to determine whether there was hope in this option.

Lin Shanshan said, "Since you want to challenge Chang Yan in the near future, Young Master, it is best to completely eliminate the Bitter Cold Qi and recover thoroughly, so that you have more confidence in victory."

"Counting the journey and the days, the report from the sect members will be here in these few days."

"If you cannot win against Chang Yan, you might not be able to catch up with the subsequent alliance negotiations."

"I gift the wine, both for you, a friend, and to seek more benefits for my sect."

"Compared to the major event of our two-party alliance, what is a mere Warm Autumn Wine?"

Lin Shanshan persuaded Ning Zhuo to accept the medicinal wine, her words were tactful and reasonable.

Ning Zhuo nodded, "Miss Lin is right."

He pulled out the bottle stopper and looked inside.

He saw the Warm Autumn Wine was amber gold, bright like the warm sun of an autumn day, emitting a faint medicine and fruit fragrance, refreshing the heart.

Ning Zhuo first transmitted his voice, "Boss, pay attention, I am going to drink."

Sun Lingtong nodded and immediately responded, indicating that he was watching.

Ning Zhuo immediately raised the wine bottle and took a sip.

When the Warm Autumn Wine first entered his mouth, the wine was warm and gentle, with a hint of sweetness and coolness, like a mountain spring sliding through his throat.

A moment later, an intense warmth rose from his throat, spreading rapidly to his limbs and bones. The warmth was like the spring sun, penetrating the skin layer by layer, dispelling the cold air in his body, making people feel as if they were bathing in the warm sun, extremely comfortable.

The Bitter Cold Qi left in Ning Zhuo's body dissipated rapidly with the spread of the wine.

Not only that, the tension in Ning Zhuo's muscles and meridians caused by the special training just now also dissipated.

"Good wine." Ning Zhuo praised.

Lin Shanshan felt waves in her heart and was quite moved. After thinking about it, she still said, "Young Master Ning Zhuo, when traveling to other places in the future, do not take external things easily."

"At least, check it before doing so."

"My father has always taught me that the world is dangerous and people's hearts are hard to distinguish..."

Ning Zhuo nodded, "If it were someone else, I would naturally check. But you, Miss Lin, I can trust."

Lin Shanshan couldn't help but smile and shook her head slightly.

Ning Zhuo stretched his limbs, "After drinking a sip of medicinal wine, the fatigue is gone, let's continue, Miss Lin."

Lin Shanshan's voice was gentle, "Good."

The two continued to spar.

Ning Zhuo concentrated, investing his whole heart into the training, every thought thinking about how he should fight to resist Lin Shanshan.

He had the talent of early wisdom and was intelligent. Compared to the complex mechanical arts, the doorways in martial arts were much simpler and clearer.

Therefore, Ning Zhuo improved rapidly.

At first, he was beaten by Lin Shanshan throughout. Then, gradually, he had occasional counterattacks. Now, the number of counterattacks was increasing, and his own defensive stance was becoming more and more stable.

Lin Shanshan secretly marveled at the intelligence Ning Zhuo showed, and the feeling of self-sighing in her heart was increasing.

The special training reached Ning Zhuo's physical limit, and the two stopped again.

During a break, when discussing Ning Zhuo's next opponent, Lin Shanshan took the initiative to offer him advice: "Chang Yan is a demon cultivator; his true form is an earth snake. He does not possess poison, but he is extremely skilled in earth-element spells."

"If you want to increase your winning rate, Young Master, you must think of ways in the Wood element."

In the relationship of the Five Elements generating and restraining each other, Fire generates Earth, and Wood restrains Earth.

Using Fire element spells to deal with Earth element is half the effort. But using Wood element is the opposite, which is twice the result with half the effort.

Lin Shanshan continued, "I saw you fighting before, Young Master, the Five Elements spells were violent, but if you examine them carefully, you will find that these spells are not biased toward combat and killing, but toward refining and creation. Is that so?"

Ning Zhuo touched his nose, "Miss Lin's sharp eyes have already seen it."

"The cultivation technique I practice comes from the Molten Immortal Palace and is all used for refining machines."

"Using it to fight the enemy is not the advantage of these Five Elements spells."

Hearing that Ning Zhuo's cultivation technique came from the Molten Immortal Palace made Lin Shanshan's heart move, and she couldn't help but have a lot of curiosity.

But probing into other people's cultivation techniques was also an offensive thing, so Lin Shanshan resisted her curiosity and continued the previous topic, "Since this is the case, why don't you learn our Myriad Medicine Sect's Wood element spells, Young Master Ning Zhuo?"

The Myriad Medicine Sect was naturally the best at Wood element spells among the Five Elements spells.

Although their family's Wood element spells were not used for planting, they were for alchemy or healing, but the Myriad Medicine Sect had a large family and a big business, and also collected many Wood element spells that tended toward cultivation techniques.

Ning Zhuo thought for a while and said, "In a few days, it will be the time for me to challenge Chang Yan. If I learn other Wood element spells, I have to improve them. In such a short time, it is almost impossible to succeed."

"So, Miss Lin, do you want me to comprehend your sect's Enlightenment Method Diagram?"

Lin Shanshan nodded, and a feeling of relaxation and pleasure of "talking to smart people is saving effort" immediately arose in her heart.

"That is exactly my intention." Lin Shanshan said.

"There are twenty-seven Wood element Enlightenment Method Diagrams in my Myriad Medicine Sect."

"Twelve of them are related diagrams of the three techniques of the Myriad Medicine Sect and cannot be shown to outsiders lightly. But the remaining fifteen diagrams all have the possibility for you to see and comprehend, Young Master Ning Zhuo."

"It's just that among the fifteen, you need to pick a few first, Young Master Ning Zhuo. There is only so much time left, I suggest, choose three first, and then select one, perhaps it can be done."

Speaking to this point, Lin Shanshan paused and added an explanation, "If it were someone else, naturally they couldn't make such battle preparation arrangements. But you have amazing aptitude, Young Master Ning Zhuo, there really is a possibility of success."

Ning Zhuo touched his nose, feeling that Lin Shanshan had much more confidence in him than he had in himself.

In fact, he had been in contact with Enlightenment Method Diagrams before.

The Ling Shuang and Ao Xue Enlightenment Method Diagrams of the Ning family were on him.

He had tried to comprehend them before, but did not succeed; he stared at them for a long time without any clue.

"This time, if I can't comprehend the Wood element Enlightenment Method Diagram, wouldn't I lose face?"

Although he had such concerns, Ning Zhuo agreed in one breath.

This was an opportunity delivered to his door; if heaven gives it and he doesn't take it, he will be blamed!

Lin Shanshan had already prepared the jade slip and handed it to Ning Zhuo at this moment.

Ning Zhuo's spiritual sense swept over and carefully selected these fifteen Wood element Enlightenment Method Diagrams.

After a moment, he made a decision, "I choose these three diagrams."

So, after today's special training ended, Lin Shanshan led Ning Zhuo to the library building first.

She showed her token to the elder guarding the building.

The elder's face was weathered and old, "According to the sect's rules, you indeed have the qualification to bring one person to the top floor, but you can only take one book."

Lin Shanshan led Ning Zhuo up the stairs, came to the top floor, and took away an Old Tree Rooting Diagram.

After going downstairs and registering, Lin Shanshan took Ning Zhuo to visit her second senior brother and borrowed a Mountain Night Listening to Waves Diagram.

Finally, they came to the back door of her house.

"Wait a moment, Young Master, I will be back soon." Lin Shanshan instructed and entered the mansion to seek an audience with Lin Bufan.

Lin Bufan was not at home.

Lin Shanshan entered her father's study, searched for a while, and found the Tree Bottom Peeking at Heaven Diagram on the bookshelf.

Not long after, Ning Zhuo and Lin Shanshan both left the Original Mountain and went to the Small Contention Peak.

Ning Zhuo possessed three Wood element Enlightenment Method Diagrams and took out his own Ling Shuang Diagram and Ao Xue Diagram.

Lin Shanshan felt a little surprised, "So you also have Enlightenment Method Diagrams on you, Young Master Ning Zhuo."

Ning Zhuo said, "Ashamed, logically speaking, this is a treasure of family inheritance, but I carry it on me, looking for opportunities to comprehend. But since leaving home, it has been difficult to have time."

"These two Enlightenment Method Diagrams will temporarily serve as collateral and be handed over to you, Miss Lin."

Lin Shanshan refused to accept.

Ning Zhuo gasped and said repeatedly, "I said the wrong thing, haha."

"Fellow Daoist Lin, this time you and I are sparring and communicating, and we have exchanged Enlightenment Method Diagrams, which is a witness to the gradual improvement of our two families' forces."

Lin Shanshan then smiled and reached out to take the two Enlightenment Method Diagrams of the Ning family.