Upon looking at the library of the Mindar sect I finally understood why it was called the best sect in Fenglo, the size of the library was almost twice as large as the one in Qianli sect
I didn't delay as I only had one day to learn from the Mindar sect and was allowed onto the 4th floor as a direct disciple
I ignored the manuals on rune carving and other professions as most of them were duplicates of the ones in the Qianli sect
I focused solely on Xin arts, especially ice element techniques and recorded them as quickly as possible and managed to get my hands on all the Xin techniques on the 4th floor
Feng Li was a little confused as to why I flipped through all the books and didn't read any of them, to that I told him that I was looking for a long lost technique that belonged to my ancestors and had hoped to find it here
"I see, you're a good person Via, to think someone cares for their ancestry so much"
Feng Li said with a smile, of course the 10 or so Inner disciples from the Qianli sect that were staring daggers at my back as I left would disagree
They had come here to see if they could learn anything about Xin arts and how to counter them, but most of all they had fallowed me here to see if they could find a moment of my weakness
Of course I was none the wiser and didn't know of their schemes, when I walked by one I patted him on the shoulder and said
"if you work as hard as me I'm sure you can surpass me"
This only angered them even more
"We saw that he was doing absolutely nothing when he flipped through those books and he also dared to sarcastically mock our lack of talent!?"
They thought to themselves while silently grinding their teeth
Now all I needed was time, with all my talent I could easily become the strongest martial artist as long as I wasn't killed by my enemies, luckily for me I was regarded as a good person and loved by everyone
When I returned to the Qianli sect I locked myself in the courtyard and had servant disciples bring me my meals and practiced
After a year of seclusion my hair had already reached my waist from not cutting it and I finally became an Apprentice rank Xin artist and healer, with this I became almost unstoppable and had no weaknesses
Because I was focused on practicing Xin arts I didn't progress much in my Jin arts and was at the same level in all three of my martial arts
...
"you despicable vermin won't get away with this!"
I shouted, the Listeners had established themselves recently and have been plotting against senior
I, Lin Fan, had to repay my debt to Senior Via so I vowed to protect him in the shadows, but today I have failed my task
The leader of the Listeners had made a fool proof plan to poison Senior Via while I was distracted with fighting against him
"why! Why do you do this!? What grudge do you hold against him!?"
I shouted as I once again clashed swords with nearly 20 Apprentice rank Jin artists, although I was stronger than normal Apprentice Ranks thanks to my proficiency in sword arts I still struggled with fighting so many
"Hahaha! Lin Fan! you would never understand! Our hatred will never be quelled!"
The leader of the Listeners stepped forward wearing a mask with a sideways § symbol with an eye in the middle
"boss bad news! It seems the target has an immunity against Dark Flower poison!"
Another masked man who was short like the rest ran up while reporting
"what!? Foiled Again! Everyone retreat! We shall Listen for another chance!"
As the leader shouted everyone disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving me alone and worn down, honestly if they didn't leave and kept fighting in that moment I most likely would have exhausted myself and showed weakness
But even so I didn't rest and quickly rushed to senior's courtyard where I saw him leisurely finishing his meal
"I have to get stronger!"
I silently vowed to myself