Chapter 4

Lin Fan took out the storage ring, dripped blood to claim it, and put the Ziwei Soft Sword and some silver taels and clothing into the ring.

Then he took out the Duan Zhengchun template and merged with it, obtaining the Duan Family Cultivation Method and the One-Yang Finger, becoming a late first-rate martial artist.

It's a pity Duan Zhengchun never learned the Six-Meridian Divine Sword, otherwise he could have obtained a supreme technique.

However, Duan Zhengchun's talent was also added to Lin Fan. It seems that merging templates will make Lin Fan's talent higher and higher.

In this comprehensive martial arts world, martial arts manuals are also divided into unranked, third-rate, second-rate, first-rate, secret classics, supreme techniques, and the legendary Immortal Sutras.

The Nine Yang Divine Art, Nine Yin Manual, Six-Meridian Divine Sword, and Northern Nether Divine Art that Lin Fan knows all belong to supreme divine arts.

As for the War God Record, Tai Xuan Jing, Xiaoyao Yufeng, and the like, they all belong to Immortal Sutras.

However, the One-Yang Finger also belongs to the secret classics. The one his wealthy merchant father found for him before was only a third-rate internal energy cultivation method and a third-rate martial art, the Five Tigers Breaking Door Saber.

Lin Fan awakened his past-life wisdom and suddenly understood a bit why his former self didn't like learning martial arts.

Who would want to learn this trash internal energy cultivation method and some trash Five Tigers Breaking Door Saber?

Lin Fan sat cross-legged and began to circulate the Duan Family Cultivation Method. Although this method is not famous, it is indeed a first-rate internal energy cultivation method, leaving the one he learned before ten streets behind.

Moreover, Lin Fan discovered that after merging the template and changing his internal energy, he wasn't affected in the slightest. It seems it's the system's credit!

"Young Master, the chicken soup is here. Eh, you're practicing martial arts, Young Master? Didn't you dislike practicing before?"

Lv He brought the chicken soup in and, discovering Lin Fan sitting cross-legged, said in surprise.

"This world is not peaceful. I was too naive before, thinking that if you don't look for trouble, trouble won't look for you. But my father's death made me understand that some things cannot be avoided!"

"Having a sword in hand and not using it are two different things!"

Lin Fan slowly concluded his cultivation, opened his eyes, and looked at Lv He, saying seriously.

"What the Young Master said is great. Although Lv He doesn't understand so much, Lv He will protect the Young Master!"

The little girl put down the chicken soup and ran to Lin Fan to express her loyalty.

"You protect me?" Lin Fan smiled.

"Of course! Lv He is already a third-rate expert, oh! I can definitely protect the Young Master well!"

The little girl was extremely proud. At her age, being able to become a third-rate expert without anyone teaching her was enough for her to be proud.

Of course, her talent was not worth mentioning in the Jianghu; at fifteen, some people had already become Innate experts.

But Lv He was just a little maid; a third-rate expert was already very powerful in her eyes.

"Good, then I will rely on Lv He to protect me from now on. You will be my sword attendant from now on!" Lin Fan said with a smile.

"Alright, alright! Young Master, drink the chicken soup while it's hot; it won't taste good if it gets cold!"

Lv He was extremely happy and then picked up the chicken soup to hand to Lin Fan. Lin Fan couldn't bear to disappoint the little girl's good intentions, so he had to drink it all.

"Young Master, the physician has been sent away. It's so good that you're alright!" The steward, Lin Fu, also walked in.

"Hmm, Uncle Fu, where is my father's body?" Lin Fan asked seriously.

"Young Master, this..." Uncle Fu was in a difficult position.

"Speak!"

"That leader of the Black Wind Fortress not only killed the Master, but also kept the Master's body, telling you to take one hundred thousand taels of silver to the fortress to redeem the Master's body, otherwise they will expose the Master's body in the wilderness!"

Lin Fu said angrily, and after finishing, he looked at Lin Fan with worry.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver is all the savings of the Lin family, right?" Lin Fan asked indifferently.

"Yes, Young Master. Withdrawing one hundred thousand taels of silver is already enough to hurt our foundations. Our Lin family's five cloth shops will all be affected. And I suspect their goal is the Lin family's industry; even if we take out the one hundred thousand taels, they won't hand over the Master's body!"

"Deceiving people too much!"

Lin Fan slapped the wall with one palm. With a boom, the wall was punched through by the angry Lin Fan.

"Young Master, you, your cultivation?"

Uncle Fu was dumbfounded. This palm was clearly just a casual act by the Young Master, yet it had such power. It can be seen that the Young Master has at least the strength of a second-rate martial artist.

"Hmph, I hid my cultivation just because I didn't want to cause trouble. Now that someone has set their sights on my Lin family, it means trouble has come to my door, so there's no point in hiding it anymore!"

No more pretending, I'm showing my cards. I am a peerless expert. *Cough, cough*, getting carried away, getting carried away. A late first-rate expert isn't considered much of an expert in the comprehensive martial arts world, but it's definitely a crushing force for Black Wind Fortress.

"That's great! This way the Young Master has a chance to win back the Master's body!"

Uncle Fu was also very gratified. Although the Master, Lin Hai, unfortunately met with disaster, the Young Master was actually playing the pig to eat the tiger and hiding his cultivation.

This way, the Lin family can be considered to have a successor. The Young Master will definitely carry forward the Lin family.

"Just a chance to win back the body? I will kill everyone in Black Wind Fortress!"

Lin Fan's tone was calm, but the killing intent hidden in his words made Uncle Fu feel a chill down his back.

"Young Master, don't be careless. The Black Wind Fortress leader, the Life-Taking Scholar, is also a second-rate expert!"

"When did I say I was second-rate?"

"Young Master, you are already a first-rate martial artist?" Uncle Fu asked in disbelief.

Lin Fan didn't speak, just nodded.

"That's great, Young Master! The Master's spirit in heaven will definitely be proud of you!"

Uncle Fu was very excited. A first-rate expert! In this Suzhou City, he is already considered an expert.

"Uncle Fu, is there any situation in the mansion?"