Chapter 244

The small golden figure stood in a horse stance in front of Lin Chen, practicing the Warm Sun Fist.

However, this was not the end; as Lin Chen continued to breathe, the exhaled golden Qi began to condense into a second small figure.

This small figure was not practicing the Warm Sun Fist; its hands were raised, and its palms roared.

Clear Wind Palm!

This was the first Ranked technique Lin Chen had practiced.

The third small golden figure: Water Cloud Palm.

The fourth small golden figure: Flying Swallow Art.

The fifth small golden figure: Wild Wind Leg.

The sixth small golden figure: Water Cloud Palm.

The seventh small golden figure: Wind Cloud Palm.

The eighth small golden figure: Iron Bone Art.

The ninth small golden figure: Mountain-Suppressing Score.

These nine small figures were all the techniques Lin Chen had practiced from the moment he stepped onto the path of cultivation until now.

The nine small figures were currently evolving their techniques, but Lin Chen had no mind to pay attention to this, because the Qi and blood within his body had undergone another change.

The Lord Lingxiao power exhaled was, after all, only a small portion; more remained within his body.

Lin Chen sat cross-legged inside the golden tripod, circulating the "Nine Turns Organ Refining Technique," guiding this Lord Lingxiao power toward his spleen in the middle burner. The spleen was like parched earth suddenly encountering a rainstorm; the meridians on its surface cracked inch by inch under the scouring of the Lord Lingxiao power.

Lin Chen was not unfamiliar with this scouring process; he had already experienced it once when refining his liver.

The difference was that when he refined his liver, his Qi and blood had already condensed to a certain degree, needing only the final push. However, he had just refined his liver not long ago, and the spleen had only just begun refining; the influx of this Lord Lingxiao power caused him pain far exceeding that of refining his liver.

After he completed the refinement of his heart, his Qi and blood would autonomously surge into his liver every day. Although not very obvious, the Qi and blood scoured the liver daily, allowing it to slowly adapt to this scouring.

But the spleen had never experienced this before. The sudden influx of so much Lord Lingxiao power made Lin Chen's expression turn ferocious; even with the cool sensation provided continuously by the Lord Lingxiao Stone, it was hard to bear.

"Activate 【Medicine Jar Sick Body】!"

Without any hesitation, Lin Chen directly used the title; he had to keep his mind clear.

After the Medicine Jar Sick Body took effect, the pain subsided. Lin Chen felt a sense of relief in his heart and stopped thinking about other things, simply circulating the "Nine Turns Organ Refining Technique" continuously, letting the Qi and blood carry the Lord Lingxiao power to scour his whole body, then gathering it at the spleen.

Time passed, bit by bit.

One day, two days...

Eleven days later.

Hou Zhan Tian's figure appeared on the square in front of the hall, accompanied by two vice-principals.

In ten days, Lin Chen had already caught up to Pei Qingming's record.

"This little fellow is truly lucky; it has been clear for ten consecutive days. When Pei Qingming first entered the Lord Lingxiao Hall, the eleventh day was rainy, and he had to stop."

A vice-principal spoke slowly. The disciples of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan only knew that Pei Qingming had stayed in the hall for ten days during his first entry, but that was actually because of heavy rain on the eleventh day. If it were rainy weather, the Lord Lingxiao power in the hall would be cut off.

"I received news from the Astronomical Observatory that Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan will have clear skies for the next month."

Once Hou Zhan Tian said this, the two vice-principals beside him both smiled.

"Does Lin Lin Shixiong think Lin Chen can stay in the Lord Lingxiao Hall for a month?"

"Since the creation of the Lord Lingxiao Hall, no one has been able to stay in the hall for a full month."

The words of the two vice-principals made Hou Zhan Tian nod slightly; he had overthought it. No matter how high Lin Chen's potential was, it was impossible for him to stay inside for that long.

The formation in the Lord Lingxiao Hall has perception; when the disciple inside can no longer absorb Lord Lingxiao power, the formation will stop running, and the hall doors will open.

To stay for a month, unless one is a Ranked martial artist using Lord Lingxiao power to temper their Martial Way Will, even with a strong physical body, there is an upper limit to the Lord Lingxiao power one can absorb.

"I estimate Lin Chen's limit is thirteen days."

The vice-principal on the left spoke, and the other vice-principal sighed upon hearing this: "Thirteen days is already a talent of heavenly proportions; Canglan Wu Yuan has truly picked up a treasure."

Hearing this, a glimmer of agreement flashed in the depths of Hou Zhan Tian's eyes, but he said: "Whether Lin Chen is a disciple of Canglan Wu Yuan or my Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, he is a martial artist of Daliang. Lin Lin Shidi, do not be too constrained by status."

"Lin Lin Shixiong is absolutely right; Lin Lin Shidi has been taught."

"Mm."

Hou Zhan Tian put his hands behind his back, nodded with satisfaction, and stepped away.

Fifteen days later.

This time, four figures gathered on the square in front of the hall, with Hao Jifeng added to the group.

"It's been fifteen days; could there be a problem with the formation?"

"Since the construction of the Lord Lingxiao Hall, the formation has never had a problem."

Several vice-principals were becoming uneasy. It had been fifteen days, and during these fifteen days, Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan disciples had been unable to enter the hall, leading to quite a few complaints.

Especially those who needed to break through to the Ranked Tier and required Lord Lingxiao power to temper their Martial Way Will.

"Everyone, do not say more. My stance remains the same: Lin Chen is a martial artist of Daliang, and my Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan is also a martial academy of Daliang."

Hou Zhan Tian said in a deep voice: "The more Lord Lingxiao power Lin Chen absorbs, the further he will go on the Martial Way in the future, which is a good thing for our Daliang."

"We have been taught."

Hou Zhan Tian turned around, and in a direction where the others could not see, he gritted his teeth.

Thirty days later!

On the square, seven figures appeared.

The principal and vice-principals of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan were all present, including those who had been in seclusion.

"Thirty days; this little fellow Lin Chen is truly fierce."

"I even suspect this kid might have refined his five internal organs in one go inside the Lord Lingxiao Hall."

"I actually hope now that Lin Chen can stay in the hall longer, preferably two or three months..."

Hao Jifeng and the other vice-principals now looked at the hall with anticipation. Just as the principal said, if viewed from the perspective of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan, the longer Lin Chen stayed in the hall, the more he squeezed out the time for other disciples to enter and absorb Lord Lingxiao power.

But if viewed from the perspective of the entire Daliang, the more Lord Lingxiao power Lin Chen absorbed, the better.

For every disciple, the Lord Lingxiao power they can absorb the first time they enter the Lord Lingxiao Hall is the purest.

This is not a rule set by their academy, but a characteristic determined by the Lord Lingxiao power itself.

Lord Lingxiao power is the power of the morning sun, the supreme Yang energy of the world, and it possesses its own pride.

The pressure of the thousand-layer steps is a test of the Lord Lingxiao power.

Those who cannot climb the steps cannot absorb the Lord Lingxiao power.

Those who climb the steps are also divided into several grades according to their speed and performance.

The formation inside the hall is for the many ordinary disciples who have climbed the steps. Although these disciples have climbed the steps, they are not favored by the Lord Lingxiao power and can only absorb it with the help of the formation.

For true geniuses, the Lord Lingxiao power will actively enter their bodies.

Pei Qingming is one, and several outstanding disciples from the academy's past are others.

And Lin Chen, naturally, is one too.

This is why the academy records the time disciples first enter the Lord Lingxiao Hall, because only the first time will it trigger the Lord Lingxiao power to come actively, releasing the purest Lord Lingxiao power.

Entering the hall later relies on the Lord Lingxiao power attracted by the formation; the Lord Lingxiao power attracted by the formation is no longer pure.

Compared to the anticipation in the eyes of vice-principals like Hao Jifeng, Hou Zhan Tian was gritting his teeth.

If Lin Chen stayed in the hall for a dozen days, he could comfort himself to keep the big picture in mind, but with Lin Chen staying for a month, he was currently itching to rush to Canglan Wu Yuan and have a fight with Hua Qianwu; if he won, he would make Lin Chen join Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan.

Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan was currently cultivating Lin Chen on behalf of Canglan Wu Yuan, and doing so with their bottom-of-the-barrel resources.

These junior brothers still didn't know the seriousness of the matter; the moment Lin Chen rose in Daliang, it would be the moment Canglan Wu Yuan rose.

As one grows, the other wanes!

More and more geniuses would be influenced by Lin Chen to go to Canglan Wu Yuan, and then the rankings of their four major martial academies would change.

"No, I must get some benefits from that old fellow Hua Qianwu."

Hou Zhan Tian's figure suddenly disappeared on the spot. Hao Jifeng and the others were stunned for a moment; why did the principal suddenly leave?

Inside the Lord Lingxiao Hall.

At this moment, Lin Chen was radiating golden light, and even the blood in his body was tinged with gold.

Countless golden particles entered through his pores, merging into his blood, bone marrow, skin...

Inside his body, the five organ cavities—heart, liver, spleen, lung, and kidney—were covered with golden patterns, like a layer of golden armor. With every breath, the five organ cavities roared in unison.

Five-organ resonance!

Feeling the beating of his five organs and the circulation of his golden blood, Lin Chen opened his eyes.

Lin Chen did not know how long he had stayed in the hall; the continuous influx of Lord Lingxiao power prevented him from feeling hunger. This time, he truly experienced the saying that there is no concept of time in cultivation.

"I have stayed for at least a month."

Although he didn't know how much time had passed, Lin Chen still had a rough guess in his heart.

And this guess came from the improvement of his strength at this moment.

Refinement of the five organs complete!

Lin Chen never expected that he would refine all five organs in one go in the Lord Lingxiao Hall, relying on the Lord Lingxiao power.

The Nine Turns Organ Refining had also reached the fifth turn. Things that thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood could not do, the Lord Lingxiao power had actually achieved.

"Looking at it this way, Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan is still a bit stingy. If they had promised to let me stay in the Lord Lingxiao Hall for a month, wouldn't I have been a disciple of Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan?"

Lin Chen muttered softly. He didn't know the function of Lord Lingxiao power and Lord Lingxiao stones, but his teacher did.

According to this cultivation progress, it wouldn't even take a month; if Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan had just offered to let him stay in the Lord Lingxiao Hall for half a month, the value would have exceeded thirty drops of Flood Dragon True Blood.

"Five organs refined, True Blood at the fifth turn..."

After being excited about his rapid improvement in strength, a rare trace of palpitations appeared in Lin Chen's eyes.

The 【Medicine Jar Sick Body】 title does not take effect during cultivation; it waits until his cultivation is completely finished. The double pain from absorbing ten drops of Flood Dragon True Blood at once was still vivid in his memory.

Now that he had refined the five organs all at once, this accumulated pain...

Unimaginable!

If you dare not think about it, then don't!

Taking a deep breath, Lin Chen composed his mind and looked at the small golden figures in front of him.

From the moment he started refining the five organs, these figures had been in front of him. At first, their figures were a bit illusory, but now they were as real as could be.

"Warm Sun Fist, Clear Wind Palm... something is still missing."

Lin Chen's eyes were like torches, and countless martial arts techniques floated in his mind—the three thousand books his teacher had sent by carriage, the books in the Martial Way Pavilion of Canglan Wu Yuan.

"Condense!"

With a soft shout, Lin Chen waved his large hand, and the nine small golden figures instantly dissipated, turning into golden particles, but they did not disappear; instead, they condensed into another small figure.

A small golden figure with a long spear.

The small figure held the spear, sharp and peerless.

Lin Chen watched the small figure holding the spear quietly. He didn't know how much time had passed, but he exhaled a breath of golden Qi, which landed on the small figure.

The small figure's form changed and reorganized like liquid; the long spear in its hand turned into a long saber, the saber technique treacherous and sharp...

The sharpness of the spear technique, the edge of the saber technique, the mountain-collapsing momentum of the hammer technique...

Fist techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques, sword techniques, saber techniques, spear techniques...

Hundreds of martial arts techniques and dozens of weapons were all evolving one by one on the small figure at this moment.

"Daliang martial artists open their Martial Way Will with the nature of spirit weapons, but the path I walk is different."

Lin Chen's eyes shone brightly. Suddenly, with a long roar, he opened his mouth and inhaled all the small golden figures into his body.

"The Martial Way has no fixed form; all methods can be used by me!"

At this moment, the Qi and blood in his body resonated with the Lord Lingxiao power, and Lin Chen's internal organs roared again like a furnace.

Heart fire tempers gold, liver wood generates wind, spleen earth condenses momentum, lung metal transforms into sharpness, kidney water stores strength.

He does not need to rely on any spirit weapon; his own body is the spirit weapon!

Lin Chen stood up in the golden tripod. At this moment, his five organs resonated like war drums, and his golden blood surged like a river.

He closed his eyes and looked inward, actually seeing an illusory door standing deep in his spiritual platform, with chains wrapped around it.

This was the first time he had been able to look inward at his spiritual platform.

Open the martial artist's spiritual platform, condense the Martial Way Will.

Every organ-refining martial artist knows this; to condense the Martial Way Will, one must first open the spiritual platform.

Ordinary martial artists use the nature of spirit weapons to strike the spiritual platform and break open the shackles.

But for Lin Chen, his body is the spirit weapon.

"Break!"

With a violent shout, at this moment, the blood in Lin Chen's body surged toward the spiritual platform; wherever it passed, the chains of the spiritual platform shattered inch by inch.

When the five organ refinements reach perfection, one can break through the spiritual platform.

Breaking open the spiritual platform was not a difficult task for Lin Chen.

The moment the door of the spiritual platform opened, golden energy poured out from it like a reversed galaxy. Inside that door, a red-gold sun hung above the sea of consciousness of the spiritual platform.

"Techniques are the form, Qi and blood are the bones, and will is the soul!"

The spiritual platform is opened, dust is discarded, and the Martial Way Will is revealed.

Lin Chen whispered, leaped out of the golden tripod, and stood on the floor of the hall.

His long hair moved without wind, and the golden light in his eyes was like a sword.

He raised his hand, threw a punch...

The wind of the punch roared, accompanied by golden light.

Inside the hall, Lin Chen began to evolve his martial arts techniques...

Not just the Warm Sun Fist, but the Clear Wind Palm, Water Cloud Palm, Clear Wind Palm...

At this moment, every punch and palm strike he threw contained the momentum of heaven and earth.

And as his techniques evolved, the Qi and blood in his body surged and moved, his five organs roared again and again, and under the illumination of the red-gold sun of the spiritual platform, they slowly condensed at his dantian.

Time passed!

The techniques finished evolving, and the Long Yinggong appeared in his hand.

Lin Chen drew the bow, the bowstring like a full moon.

Although there was no bowstring, he used his will as the arrow.

A violent shout!

The sound of a dragon's roar shook the hall.

And the moment this arrow was shot, the golden blood gathered at Lin Chen's dantian suddenly reshaped, condensing into a small golden figure.

Martial Way Will, complete!

Lin Chen looked inward at his dantian, feeling the small golden figure within, his eyes shining brightly.

Using himself as a furnace to evolve martial arts techniques, the Martial Way Will is himself.

The small golden figure is his Martial Way Will.

"Is this the Ranked Tier?"

Lin Chen was a bit surprised and checked his panel immediately.

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Stage: Organ Refining Stage Perfection】

【Nine Turns Organ Refining: 5/9】

【Spirit Tier: First Tier】

【Wind Cloud Palm: Perfect】

【Wild Wind Leg: Perfect】

【Mountain-Suppressing Score: Body Forging: 3.8】

【Title: Born Perfect (Only after breaking the limit is it perfect; wearing this title allows the fusion of similar limit-breaking techniques into the Perfect level)】

【Title: Medicine Jar Sick Body (When absorbing energy, pain is reduced, but the pain will not disappear, only be delayed; after absorption is complete, feel double the pain)】

【Title: Lin Lin Shixiong (As the Lin Lin Shixiong, both martial strength and talent are the best of the same generation) Note: Identity and status must be reached for this title to be enabled】

【Fate: 【Natural Success】: Limit Martial Way Stage, persistent, step-by-step, unstoppable, no bottleneck trouble.】

The panel had not updated to the Ranked Tier; it was still the Organ Refining Stage.

Lin Chen was a bit surprised; he could feel the changes in his body after the small golden figure was formed.

In the Acupuncture Stage, a martial artist's Qi and blood are generated from various acupoints and then circulate through meridians to erupt throughout the body, while the Organ Refining Stage further uses the internal organs as a foundation.

Entering the Ranked Tier means condensing the Martial Way Will, with the body's Qi and blood controlled by the will.

Wherever the mind moves, Qi and blood arrive instantly.

Lin Chen moved his mind, and without borrowing any force, his figure actually began to float slowly in the air.

The sign of entering the Ranked Tier is condensing the Martial Way Will, and floating in the air is something only Ranked martial artists can do.

One breath, two breaths...

It took a full twenty breaths before Lin Chen landed back on the ground.

"Looking at it this way, my strength should be comparable to the Ranked Tier. Is it because the Nine Turns Organ Refining has not completed the remaining four turns that the panel hasn't updated?"

After pondering for a long while, Lin Chen stopped thinking about it; in any case, having the strength was enough.

By comparison, he was now more curious about the extra entry.

【Spirit Tier: First Tier.】

What is the Spirit Tier?

Could it be related to spirit weapons? But he didn't have any spirit weapons.

After leaving here, he would go to the library to find the answer.

Lin Chen's gaze looked toward the entrance of the hall, and at this moment, the hall doors slowly opened.

"It seems this cultivation trip has ended, but fortunately, I can stay at Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan for three months, so there is still a chance to come in again."

The opening of the Lord Lingxiao Hall door is the time when cultivation ends; he had already heard this rule from Lin Lin Shidi Meng.

It felt like a lifetime ago!

Walking out of the hall and seeing the sun again, Lin Chen's expression was a bit dazed.

(End of chapter)