Chapter 267 - Struck Them Into Powder (1/2)

Edited by Lord Immortal

From that day on, Lin Xun put Nine Strikes for Shaking Heaven on his practice agenda. Besides meditation, he pondered and practiced this skill every day.

Unfortunately, although the courtyard where Lin Xun lived was large, it was still too small and fragile to withstand the devastation of spiritual power.

Therefore, Lin Xun could only restrain his spirit power, take the rules of practicing Nine Strikes for Shaking Heaven as a guide to understand its mysteries, and dared not easily exert its power.

Even so, when Shue Jin first witnessed this skill, his pupils shrank, and his heart thumped hard.

With his vision, it was natural to notice that Lin Xun’s tactics were incredibly unique. They seemed strange in every way, but they implied the beauty of dynamic, quiet, and rigid Yin and Yang and were full of an indescribable grand momentum.

They were just simple moves.

It was hard to imagine what astounding destructive power Lin Xun would produce when he unleashed all the power of this meritorious skill.

“What’s this skill?”

Shue Jin did not resist his curiosity. “Just looking at the momentum in the maneuvers, it can be regarded as a first-class skill. It’s not a wee bit inferior to those ancient skills inherited by the aristocratic families. Where did you, a brat, get this skill from?”

Lin Xun only reported the name of the Nine Strike for Shaking Heaven and did not mention where he got it. By doing so, he tried to see if Shue Jin had heard of it.

After hearing the name of the skill, Shue Jin frowned and thought hard for a long time. Finally, he shook his head and said, “In the empire, the names of the top secret methods are all probably known to me. Shie Yutang’s ‘Sword Scripture Invincible’ is inherited from the Immeasurable Prajna of the Imperial Royalty. The top skill of Qinglu College is ‘Cyclone Taoism’. There’s no skill named Nine Strikes for Shaking Heaven in the ancient inheritances or the first-class martial arts.”

At last, Sue Jin looked at Lin Xun with a strange look, “Is the skill you’re cultivating never showed up before?”

A never-seen skill meant that it had not appeared in the world for a long time. It might be inherited from ancient times but was lost in the long river of history. Therefore, no one had ever learned it.

As Shue Jin knew, Blood King Ning Bugui accidentally acquired ‘Thunder Power from All Directions’ in his youth because he occasionally went into a remote secret world. It might be a mysterious tradition inherited from ancient times that controlled the power of thunder.

There were more than ten different kinds of ancient secret skills that were as powerful as the ‘Thunder Power from All Directions’ in imperial royalty’s treasure house.

“I’m not sure.”

Lin Xun shook his head as he really didn’t know. All he knew was that this skill was branded in the fragment of Heaven-shaking Seal. He didn’t understand anything else about it.

“I got it.”

Shue Jin was still thoughtful.

…

With the passage of time, Lin Xun mastered all the movements of the nine strikes. But the mysteries contained in them were too complicated and boundless, and it was not possible to achieve all of them in a short time if he wanted to understand and control them fully.

Another day, after having breakfast, Lin Xun pushed the door and walked out of the courtyard.

These days, he had been practicing at home without receiving any news from outside. Now, walking in the busy streets of Mist City again, his heart could not help but be in a trance.

Immediately, Lin Xun shook his head and quickened his pace. He didn’t go out for a stroll today.

Azure Ashram.

This was a place primarily for cultivators to practice martial arts. It was very popular among practitioners.

With the nearing Province Test, Mist City was becoming more and more lively. Many qualified practitioners were streaming in from different cities in the southwestern province of the Empire.

In order to make full preparations for assessment, many practitioners seized every opportunity to enhance their strength and to hone their martial arts.

In such circumstances, the business of Azure Ashram was extremely prosperous. There were endless strong people coming every day.

By the time Lin Xun arrived, many people had already gathered in Azure Ashram, most being young teenagers.

In half a month, the Province Test would begin. It was rumored that the number of applicants had already exceeded five thousand.

“My dear! Only one hundred people can pass the Province Test. That means only one in at least fifty will qualify. This elimination rate is too high.”

“Alas, compared to previous years, this year’s competition is really too cruel. I heard that the youngest generation of the most top influential people in our southwestern province is all involved in this Province Test. Under such circumstances, let alone the normal practitioners, even those first-class figures are afraid of being eliminated.”

“Don’t complain all day long. Province Test is for selecting the most outstanding talents in the empire. Only such persons can qualify to represent our southwestern province to participate in the most prestigious Nation Test of the empire.”

“Spend some more time to practice. Even if the competition is fiercer, no one will give up before the last moment.”

“Yes, it’s a fate-changing test for both the rich and the poor. It’s bound to be a leap of status if someone passes it, like a carp leaping through the Dragon Gate.”

Many people were discussing the topic related to Province Test, which would begin soon. Lin Xun suddenly realized that the examination would start in only half a month.

It seemed that he should seize the time to collect some information about the Province Test and see how many renowned figures would participate in it.