Chapter 43: Ling Feng's Tenth Palm!

  "Pffft!"

  Xia Cheng was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood. He could only grit his teeth in hatred at Xia Lin's shamelessness.

  Xia Lin glanced at him and said lightly: "Keli, tie him up!"

  "Yes!"

  Ke Le replied, took a rope and went up to tie him up.

  Xia Cheng saw him and was taken aback, "You're not...?"

  "Right." Ke Le nodded, then said with a scowl, "Look at what the young master did, and look at what you did today. I'm really ashamed for you. Fortunately, I repented in time, otherwise helping you deal with the young master would be a shame."

  Ke Le was naturally indignant, before he came to Hei Feng Zhai, he was just an ordinary child in a village. Seeing the village being bullied by bandits passing through, and what he saw today, how similar!

  "Ah ha! So that's how it is!" Xia Cheng laughed maniacally, "Good, you've all betrayed me. I won't let you off, I'll definitely kill you, definitely."

  "Hmm!"

  Xia Lin directly grabbed a rag from the table next to her and stuffed it into Xia Cheng's mouth. The rough, unpleasant taste made Xia Cheng's eyes widen instantly.

  "You talk too much." Xia Lin said calmly.

  Sun Zhong looked at Xia Cheng's reaction, his eyebrows slightly furrowed, and whispered to Xia Lin beside him: "Young Master, this guy is not as good as Young Master Xia Yang and Miss Xia Yan, it's probably not suitable to keep him."

  Xia Lin understood his meaning and slightly shook her head: "Can't kill him."

  Sun Zhong sighed with regret, this kind of person is a troublemaker if he stays. But after all, he's the young master's cousin, and it's understandable that the young master can't bring himself to do anything about it. Just hope he doesn't stir up any more trouble in the future. Or should I quietly take care of him myself? With his Ninefold Body Tempering, if he were to suddenly break through to the Cyclone stage one day, that would be a huge problem.

  Xia Lin looked at his disappointed expression, seemingly knowing what he was thinking, and added a sentence in a light tone: "At least not now."

  Sun Zhong's eyes lit up instantly, heh heh, at least not now, doesn't that mean maybe later? It seems the young master has his own plans and isn't blindly being nice to everyone.

  After thinking clearly, Sun Zhong became active again, and once again tied Xia Cheng up tightly. Then he walked to Xia's side: "Young Master, are you going back?"

  Xia Murong carefully calculated that there were still five days left until the end of the trial!

  After a moment's thought, Xia Lin shook his head and said to him: "No, rest here for three days, and set off on the last two days. If we hurry at full speed, two days will be enough. As for these three days, add the previous resources to the resources here, cultivate well, and then scatter the gold, silver, and treasures among the villagers near the manor. Those maidservants also need to be compensated one by one. The name of Hei Feng Gang must not be tarnished in the hands of Xia Cheng."

  "Yes!"

  Sun Zhong nodded his head, and for Young Master's move, he expressed one hundred percent support.

  "Alright, go."

  Xia Lin smiled and instructed, letting the Black Wind Sect disciples hurry up with their cultivation.

  Looking at the busy Black Wind Sect disciples, Xia Lin didn't feel any excitement, still feeling that faint sense of unease weighing on his heart, and with Xia Cheng being captured, it hadn't been alleviated.

  "What's the reason for this?"

  Xia Lin murmured to himself, he understood this situation, in a colloquial way of speaking, it was the sixth sense! With the liberation of his bloodline power, what brought him was not only the enhancement of his five senses, but even his sixth sense was strengthened. This feeling, for Xia Lin now, was equivalent to a sense of crisis.

  If it wasn't Xia Shang's, then whose was it?

  It was too easy and too smooth, which made Xia Lin feel a bit unreal.

  Even if Xia Cheng is a bit stupid, his father is not stupid. Although Xia Lin has absolute confidence in himself, he thought it would be at least a tough battle, but...

  Xia furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, but to no avail: "Forget it, since I couldn't think of anything. When soldiers come, we'll defend; when water comes, we'll dam it up. Since there might be danger, I must increase my strength over the next few days!"

  Remain unchanged in the midst of change!

  Increase your strength and you will naturally be fearless of everything!

  ……

  Mountain Stronghold Trial, 28th day.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  Inside the Hundred Refining Pavilion, Xia Lin was repeatedly practicing his palm technique, Lingfeng Palm's tenth move!

  How long has it been?

  Xia Lin had almost forgotten, from the time he left Hei Feng Zhai, he was only at the seventh level of body refinement, and he had already mastered the ninth palm of Lingfeng Palm. Since then, every now and then, he would practice the tenth palm of Lingfeng Palm! However, unfortunately, even though he has reached the ninth level of body refinement today, he still hasn't grasped it.

  It's been almost a month since he made any progress, and the frustration is starting to get to him, which in turn has hindered his understanding. But now, under that faint sense of crisis, Xia Lin has finally begun to focus wholeheartedly on his practice.

  One clap, two claps, three claps...

  Xia Lin was practicing patiently and seriously, even the palm techniques he had learned before were being demonstrated one by one to achieve a perfect combination.

  Xia Lin, who was fully immersed in his cultivation, did not notice that as he waved his palms one by one, the characters on the book scroll on his right side had slowly changed.

  Lingfeng Palm, First-rate Martial Skill, Control Level: Ten Palms.

  "Rumble!"

  Two muffled sounds in a row shocked Xia Lin awake, only to find that the palm he had just swung out had actually caused a slight tremor in the surrounding air.

  This is completely different from the feeling of the previous palm wind.

  Inadvertently, Xia Lin saw the change in that line of handwriting.

  "Breakthrough?"

  Xia Lin said with some surprise, "I've been anxious and impatient for a long time, but after many days without a breakthrough, I finally made a breakthrough through diligent practice."

  Under the surprise, Xia Lin retreated from the Hundred Refining Pavilion and returned to the real room.

  Quickly started waving Lingfeng Palm.

  Seventh palm, eighth palm, ninth palm... tenth palm!

  "Rumble!"

  As expected, it's been released!

  Although it was a bit awkward, the power of that thread of shock finally made Xia Lin extremely surprised. Indeed, the power of the tenth palm had already approached the boundary of the vortex realm infinitely, and could even be said to have reached the power of the vortex realm!

  After practicing for a while and making sure he could perfectly execute this move, Xia Lin finally let out a sigh of relief.

  Strength has increased again!

  The tenth palm of Lingfeng Palm's display was a complete qualitative change for him.

  After all, for ordinary warriors, even if they can practice the Lingfeng Palm perfectly, it's already considered a genius! And for Xia Lin, who has expanded the ninth and tenth palms, with two moves that are more abnormal than one, Xia Lin's performance is absolutely invincible!

  "With increased strength, at least, I can let out a sigh of relief." Xia Lin subtly breathed a sigh of relief, the recent pressure was indeed a bit overwhelming, making it hard for him to catch his breath.

  Relaxing a bit, Xia Lin picked up something on the table that Sun Zhong and others had brought over.

  These are some fragments of Xuanbao, and it's unknown what grade they are. However, being collected in such a tattered state, they probably aren't anything valuable. Nevertheless, for these ordinary Body Tempering cultivators, they still constitute important wealth.

  They had a total of five teams, robbed countless times, and also looted many strange things. Except for silver and spiritual grass, these mysterious treasure fragments were the only ones that still had some use. Moreover, for Xia Lin, they were not just ordinary mysterious treasure fragments.

  At this time, the mysterious treasure fragment in Xia Lin's hand was only one-fifth the size of his palm. It was made of a strange green copper and had an air of antiquity due to its age, as if it were something extraordinary before.

  Of course, these are not important to Xia Lin, because what he cares about is...

  "Hiss——"

  Tightly grasping the remaining fragments of the mysterious treasure, countless blood auras instantly swarmed in, rushing into the interior of the fragments, starting to plunder, and then one by one surrounded the clusters of energy and sent them back into Xia Lin's body, slowly absorbing them.

  In less than a moment's work, the energy inside the mysterious treasure fragment was swallowed up by Xia Lin, leaving behind only a broken copper and rusty iron.

  Xia's ears moved slightly, and she heard a faint sound of "dong" very clearly. With the impact of blood energy, the blood vessels were opened up again, and at this time, the degree of blood vessel activity reached 97%!

  "Made further progress."

  Xia's eyes flashed with surprise, he hadn't expected that this broken ancient copper piece would actually increase his strength once again.

  Looking down at the large pile of Xuanbao fragments on the table, although it didn't have the aura of ancient bronze pieces, this many things should be enough to raise his cultivation again. Thinking of this, Xia Lin didn't hesitate and swept these Xuanbao fragments into his arms, starting another round of plundering!

  He sat cross-legged, his eyes tightly closed, and the blood and energy inside his body churned constantly. The countless mysterious treasures on his body wandered around, absorbing threads of energy and transforming them into blood and energy. Xia Lin seemed to feel that the energy inside his body was increasing bit by bit. At this moment, he wholeheartedly entered a state of cultivation, as still as an ancient well without ripples.

  The blood and energy gradually increased, and the already slow and difficult-to-stimulate meridians seemed to be unable to accommodate the body's blood and energy once again, slowly starting to expand.

  With a slight advantage, amidst the incessant shocks and impacts that grew increasingly intense, after a brief moment, a faint sound was heard.

  "Boom!"

  Ninety-eight percent!

  The blood vessels expanded again, and the degree of blood vessel activity reached 98%!

  And yet, it still hasn't stopped. Although the difficulty of expanding the blood vessels is getting greater and greater, at this moment, it still hasn't stopped. The vigorous and upward-surging blood energy is still shuttling back and forth within each of the mysterious treasures. Each and every stray energy seems to have become something that can be transported, and under the tireless efforts of the blood energy, they are being plundered into Xia Lin's body.

  Originally, Xia Lin was calmly operating the Breaking Sky Technique, but as more and more energy accumulated, he also began to feel some effects.

  If it's said that the expansion of the blood vessels to 97% is because he stayed at 96% for too long and accumulated a lot of strength, then expanding again to 98% would be somewhat beyond his expectations.