BoW: Martial World c32

Lin Ming was at a loss. The whole idea was to challenge Zhu Yan and use him as a stepping stone on his road to Martial Arts.

But now he was gone! Left Seven Profound Valley Martial House. He is no longer in the rankings… who should he challenge instead? Someone to chase…

“Does that mean you won’t place the medical inscriptions on the pills. Now that Zhu Yan is no longer in Martial House.” Lin Ming recalled that Xiao Tian Long helped him because he also didn’t like Zhu Yan.

“Relax, I will place those inscriptions.” He lazily waved his hand before motioning for him to follow to the terrace.

However, Lin Ming feels he should rely less on Xiao Tian Long. So far, he was his biggest supporter. From pills to Martial Arts Techniques, all came from this Sword User.

“I still have no idea how to repay all this help.” He said out loud.

“Well, I have no idea either. Maybe one day you will join me in destroying some evil sect. I don’t know. Having friends is better than having enemies, no?” The Outworlder shrugged; he is not petty enough to care about these things. He has been busy over the last week, so having some change in his surroundings is good enough for him.

“Fair enough, I don’t mind helping you with such things.” Lin Ming liked the idea. Destroying an evil sect together? Sounds great.

Still, he should rely on him less…

With that said, Xiao Tian Long pulled out four pills. He then motioned for Lin Ming to give his.

Since he is doing this, he might as well do all of them at once.

The Restaurant Boy was a bit shocked to see that many pills on the table.

He honestly wonders how many of these pills he has. After all, one of them is a Houtian pill, yet the sword user pulled out four and just dropped them on the table.

Unlike Xiao Tian Long, Lin Ming treated his pills with more respect.

He gently placed it on the table. 

“Good, now for the inscriptions.” With a casual motion, he summoned material and used alchemy flames to melt it before fusing it together and forming encryption letters that fused with one pill.

He then repeated the process by pulling out more materials and placing them on the pills.

Just like that, all five of them were done.

“What about the other one? Do you want to switch?” Sword User asked the Restaurant Boy.

Lin Ming nodded as he pulled out his other Golden Snake Scarlet Pill. Xiao Tian Long nodded as he pulled out the superior Crimson Gold Dragon Marrow Pill.

Once again, he repeated his actions and placed an inscription on the pill.

With the inscriptions done, Lin Ming slightly bowed before leaving. Xiao Tian Long knew this Restaurant Boy’s character; he doubted he would interact with him again.

Now that Zhu Yan is gone, there is no ‘common enemy’, and Lin Ming doesn’t want to be in debt to him anymore.

As the Lin boy walked away, Lan Yunyue looked at him. She felt strange seeing the whole interaction, and she concluded that even Lin Ming needed help from her Master.

With all that stubbornness, he could not escape Xiao Tian Long’s abilities and talents.

“Well, that is done.” The Outworlder got everyone’s attention. The girls looked away from Lin Ming and walked towards him.

“Let’s make some food, then we can consume these pills!”

“Okay…” 

“Un~”

“Sure!” 

The trio nodded. They decided to forget about the visitor and focus on the next great thing: delicious food!

~~~

As Xiao Tian Long was chewing the barbecue, he checked out his Communication Talisman.

He expected Bai Jingyun to contact him, but it was the Tenth Prince, the Cloud Prince Yang Zhan.

‘Ugh… ‘ The Sword User wasn’t in the mood to deal with this guy…

But he did promise to Yang Lin that he would have a talk about the Throne.

‘Fine, but only after this…’ Xiao Tian Long decided to visit the ambitious prince after his food and pill.

“The nobles do not leave you alone?” Qin Xingxuan asked him as she saw him holding the talisman.

“I did promise Prince Yang Lin that I would talk with Prince Yang Zhan.” The Sword User sighed, feeling lazy about these meetings.

Especially since he got invested in martial intents, figuring out laws, and all that stuff!

“Hmm, well, if you need my help or my Qin family, just ask," His girl replied before leaning her head into his shoulder.

“Don’t worry; I will figure out how not to make it boring.” He smiled back at her. The girl chuckled, hearing she was worried! The girl was worried that this whole deal was weighing down on him, but it turns out he was just bored!

Lin Fengyuan giggled, seeing how Qin Xingxuan reacted.

“It appears our darling is more concerned about how boring this whole thing can be.” 

However, Lan Yunyue didn’t comment because she doesn’t like the Tenth Prince. That man made her go through an array of emotions, causing her to feel despair!

In truth, she wants her Master to cause that man some stress!

Regardless, after food, the Sword User summoned a bowl with pills. It was strange to look at it, as he was treating precious pills like food. If only they could see his house in another dimension, where he was keeping a huge pile of precious pills in a huge bowl.

“As you three already know, this is Golden Snake Scarlet Pill, it’s a Houtian Rank pill.”

‘More of Houtian Rank things…’ Lan Yunyue and Lin Fengyuan were lost looking at the pills for a bit before they recovered. They should get used to this kind of stuff since they are following this monster of a talent for the rest of their lives.

“What I want to point out is that. This pill is of ice attribute. That means that the energy you gain holds that coldness.

I want you three to use your Martial Intents to understand what this coldness is, and you should practise Flow Like Silk when you're trying to shatter the ice.” 

“I see! So you made us improve our foundations before allowing us to consume these pills!” Qin Xingxuan was the first one to understand the whole process!

The pair of girls realised that as well! Martial Intent, Flow like Silk, Primal Chaos Formula! All of that for this moment!

“Indeed, now that you three have these foundations, you can get the most out of these pills.” As he said that he offered the pills.

The girls took three of the four available pills, leaving one for him.

With pills in hand, they went to their meditation spots and began their process of consuming these pills.

Same with Xiao Tian Long, he went to his spot in the forest clearing where the air had wisps of metal in the air and sharp gusts of wind.

He got into the Lotus position and adjusted his breathing before consuming the pill. 

For a moment, there was nothing, but then coldness spread through his whole body. This was when he activated his Martial Intents, Technician, and Accelerator.

Energy circulation rapidly spread through his body. The coldness had no chance to settle, so he began to dissect the ice and try to understand it.

‘Hmm, I have some ideas, but for better understanding, I would need to spend time in that Waterfall Killer Array.’

As he pondered this, his body was digesting the excess energy. Combined with his Houtian meal, he was getting close to the Middle Stages of Ageing Muscles.

That is why, midway, he activated the new array, which placed pressure on him. This caused his body to experience crushing force and work overtime.

Such things cause the refinement of energy to accelerate and fuse quicker with his muscles. Since he was in the Altering Muscle stage, his organs are fully coated with energy, and now it's time for his muscles.

Bottlenecks for Body Transformation can happen when foundations are fragile. As in… there is not enough True Essence in their bodies. But for Xiao Tian Long is way, way different.

The amount of True Essence he is exposed to makes his body race with the amount of energy it is getting.

Thankfully, he has enough medicine if he ends up hurt…

Eventually, there was a surge, as he felt that his muscles gave up, and True Essence sank deeper into his flesh and was getting closer to reaching his bones.

He just experienced a breakthrough!

‘Good enough.’ 

With that thought, he turned off the array. It still needs a bit of work, and he doubts he can use it in the Bone Forging Stage.

As he left his training spot, he noticed that his girls were already done with their cultivation.

All of them experienced a breakthrough. Qin Xingxuan reached the Bone Forging Stages, Lin Fengyuan reached late Viscera Training, and Lan Yunyue reached middle Viscera Training stages.

“Oh! You did it again!” His princess of the Qin family perked up, seeing a stronger aura around her darling.

 “Yes. I will be going to see the Prince now.” He walked over and kissed all three of his girls before walking away towards the exit.

~~~

As he exited through the gates. For a second wonder where to go. Honestly, he has no clue where the Prince’s Manor is.

When he went to the Banquet, Qin Xingxuan, his darling, had a carriage with a driver. 

“Well…”

With a shrug, he turned towards the Inscription Association and began to walk there.

He hasn’t seen his darling Wang Yuhan for over a week, he needs to change that.

So, with a mind, he strolled through the streets of Sky Fortune City. His illusion ring effortlessly concealed him, as by this point, he was a hot topic among the city's population.

As he arrived at the Association, he removed his ring. The receptionist’s eyes perked up seeing him.

“Master Long! It's a pleasure to see you!” The girl already called him Master as she knows that Wang Family was close to him.

The President of the Association already bragged to everyone that Xiao Tian Long is his grandson-to-be. The receptionist had no idea what Xiao Tian Long did to make that old man so happy, but it was clear that the Inscription Association is very close to the rising star of Sky Fortune Kingdom.

Of course she had no idea but Wang Yuhan bought her grandfather over with two jade slips. Now her grandfather Wang Xuanji had a breakthrough to Middle Stages of Houtian and its looking like he will reach Peak Houtian in not so distant future.

On top of that, the Inscription Manuals….

Basically, Xiao Tian Long bought his granddaughter…

And he didn’t even realised that as Wang Yuhan shared the techniques.

“I am here to see Han’er. Is she in?” Xiao Tian Long asked the receptionist.

“Yes, Miss Wang is with the President.” 

The Sword User nodded as he walked in. He felt at home. He went to the location where Yuhan liked to stay: one of the pavilions with a decent-sized pond not far from it.

“Han’er, there you are.”

Wang Yuhan ears perked up as she turned around and saw Xiao Tian Long. The girl got up and dashed into his hands.

She ended up rubbing her head into his chest. Recharging her batteries.

“Hohoho, you finally came to visit us.” The old man stroked his beard. He could sense that the boy had grown in strength considerably. His True Essence was thicker, and he could feel a strange sharpness radiating from him. It was different from that steel he had sensed before.

‘A new concept? I wonder…’

“Yes. I have some business in the city, so I will borrow Han’er. Do you want to explore the city with me?” he asked her while stroking her chin.

“Do you need to ask?” She pouted at him.