( Lin Lingtian's POV )
[ War God Technique level 0 ]
This status had appeared on his interface .
And the status of [ Temporal Anomaly ] had disappeared .
.
.
What had happened ?
Focusing on the War God Technique . In the next moment, a refreshing feeling rushed into his mind, accompanied by a series of mysterious and complicated ink-colored characters that were deeply etched in his memory.
[ Yin-Wood Soul Form is resonating with the War God Technique ]
[ War God Technique : The Army of the Underworld level 0 ]
" Walk , He may dark , He who may light , with your command , your army seeks Anantasehsha "
" He who drinks the water of the Netherworld ! "
" When your army descends upon the earth and overturns the tomb, it must transform into the Yin. When it touches things, they become profound, and when it's divine, it becomes clear and easy to understand. When the earth is vast, it's connected through heaven and earth. The wood is dense and verdant, the moon is beautiful and round, and the wind is pleasant and ghastly. No one fights in the vicinity, and there's the aura of calamity in the surroundings, so it's naturally neither noble nor long-lived."
"All the trees in the region wither and die, the Earth Tomb is crooked, and the Dark Crow Beast tramples upon it. The surroundings are desolate, the front and back are flawed, and it nurtures a lonely and sinister ghost…"
In just a few breaths, thousands of ink characters and ten complex images flooded into his mind.
[ War God Technique Level 1 ]
[ War God Technique : Army of Underworld's Chant is circulating ]
[ Soul Force is being absorbed ]
[ Absorption of 10 soul force points in 1 hour , Increased Enlightenment by 40% ] [ Duration : 15 seconds ] (- + )
[ War God Technique chant " are clashing with each other's circulation ]
[ Artic Cold Disease : At night, the legs feel as though they are on fire while the rest of the body feels very cold.At midnight the body is wracked with so much pain that continuing the cultivation was impossible.
Extremely painful bruising that does not dissipate and starts to spread. ] [ Duration : 22 days ] (- +)
Lin lingtian could feel it .
His left biscep had a burning yet cold sensation .
Taking a deep breath , he eliminated the [ Artic Cold Disease ] Status .
[ Holy Orchid Beast chant " and " War God Technique chant " are clashing with each other's circulation ]
[ Artic Cold Disease ]
Lin lingtian again felt the burning yet cold sensation .
Lin lingtian looked at the status [ Holy Orchid Beast chant ] and touched the minus button .
As 15 seconds go by the status [ Holy Orchid Beast chant ] disappeared .
[ War God Technique : Army of Underworld's Chant is circulating ]
[ Soul Force is being absorbed ]
[ Absorption of 10 soul force points in 1 hour
Increased Enlightenment by 40% ] [ Duration : 15 seconds ] (- + )
[ Wood-Yin Infusion: The cultivation speed of "War God Technique " will increase by 300%. 30 Soul force points will be absorbed , Increased Enlightenment by 340% . ][ Duration: 2 hours.]
(+ - )
Hitting the plus button until the duration became infinite .
"She's my woman!" Nie Li declared.
Hearing Nie Li's confident voice , Lin lingtian looked at him as he thought ,' That confidence .'
Lin lingtian looked at the girl Nie Li was gazing at . He looked at the beautiful long haired girl not far away and then back to Nie Li .
'Ziyun, when will you grow up to become
that beautiful, enchanting woman? I shall
protect you and we will grow up together!' Nie Li thought .
Not far away, Ye Ziyun felt something. She
turned her head and looked towards Nie Li .She gently wrinkled her brows, and thought that Nie Li must be a playful noble. Since the start of class, he has been unrestrainedly looking at her. If he dares to provoke her, she'll not let him off easy.
At this point, Shen Xiu's gaze swept passed Nie Li's body. The action of these thirteen year old kids couldn't escape her eyes. She is a Silver rank Demon Spiritualist. She already reached the state of having the mind and body being one powerful sixth sense. Her eyesight was extremely keen. She could even see a fleeing rat over a hundred meters away.
Her gaze lingered on the figure of Lin lingtian 'Looks like you were serious about what you said but ...'
The corners of her lips slightly moved upwards .
Shen Xiu reverted her transformation with both of her arms hugging her chest. her eyes swept across the students and said,
"For the next two years, all of you are my students. Although the principal mentioned that Holy Orchid Institute's students are equal, I have to let you know the ugly truth. In this world, equality doesn't exist!" Shen Xiu spoke in a slightly shrill voice. Her words were like daggers that heavily stabbed into the hearts of the students.The students below the stage were quietly listening. No one spoke a word.
"After you have all grown up and left this school, you will agree with my words. Equality is merely a lie that adults fill you with. You can't be living in a fairy tale forever," Shen Xiu said, lowering her head to look at the students. "Glory City is the only city that has been preserved throughout the Age of Darkness. We are the only surviving
humans. Within Glory City there are two kinds of powerful existences.The Fighters and the Demon Spiritualists. A Demon Spiritualist's existence is noble. Only one Fighter within thousands or tens of thousands could have a chance of being born a powerful Demon Spiritualist. Until now, in all of Glory City, only a few thousand Demon Spiritualists exist. We are the guardians of Glory City!"
"Fighters and Demon Spiritualists are divided into Bronze, Silver, Gold, Black Gold and Legend ranks. The higher the rank, the more powerful one is. If a family produces a Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become an aristocratic family. If a family produced a Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualist, they can become a Noble family. If a family produces three Black Gold rank Demon Spiritualists or a Legend rank Demon Spiritualist, that family can become a Major family. We have thirty-six people here. Some come from commoner families, some come from noble families. Although your starting point is the same, your identities are not. I hope each and every one of you has self-awareness and a degree of manners. Commoners will always remain commoners. It's impossible for you to become an Aristocratic family, so do not dream of rising up to become a so do not dream of rising up to become a phoenix. Even within nobility, they have a strict difference of levels that can never be exceeded."
Lin lingtian opened his eyes and stared at Shen Xiu . He had so many questions after the woman's biased speech .
Looking at the students that were simply dressed in the class showed discomfort on their faces. They were embarrassed and lowered their heads.
' What a pathetic teacher , rather then encouraging the students , she is just demoralizing, but why ? Does that make you feel better or something ? ' Lin Lingtian looked at Shen Xiu and shook his head .
A memory flashed through Lin Lingtian's head .
[ Flash back ]
Lying on the ground was a bloodied Lin Lingtian as a girl with tears in her eyes continued to hit him .
" Why ? Why ? Why ?"
[ Flashback end ]
Lin Lingtian blinked a few times and then touched his head ,' what was that ?'
"Teacher Shen Xiu, I have a question," Nie Li
suddenly spoke.
All the students were listening quietly to Nie Li who suddenly interrupted Shen Xiu's speech.
This made Shen Xiu unhappy. Shen Xiu recognized Nie Li since he was the one who had covet over Ye Ziyun. The words she spoke previously were directed at Nie Li. Who would have thought Nie Li would actually speak up?
She coldly snorted, "What is it?"
"Teacher Shen Xiu says that Glory City is the only one that survived the Age of Darkness, that we are the only surviving humans. What proof do you have on this statement? May I ask if teacher ever went out of the St. Ancestral Mountains and visited the Endless Desert, the Toxic Forest, the Blood Moon Marsh, the Spirit Gulf, the Heavenly Luster Mountains, and the Northern Snow before?" Nie Li asked.
Lin Lingtian raised an eyebrow ,' Endless Desert , The Toxic Forest , Blood Moon Marsh , The Spirit Gulf , The Heavenly Luster Mountains , The Northern Snow ?! '
"What Heavenly Luster Mountain? What Northern Snow?" Shen Xiu frowned. She has heard of the Endless Desert, Toxic Forest and Blood Moon Marsh before, but those places were very far away from the St. Ancestral Mountains. She has only heard of them in legends.
Lin Lingtian heard Shen Xiu's answer and thought ,' She only questioned Heavenly Luster Mountain and Northern Snow. Did that mean those other places exist .'
Shen Xiu snorted, "I've been in Glory City
since birth, and have never been to those places."
' So she hasn't heard of them ' Lin Lingtian looked at Nie Li ,' he either made those up or somehow he had info that not even someone from one of the most powerful families in Glory City doesn't but the question remains how does Nie li know this ?'
Nie Li smiled faintly and said, "Since Teacher Shen Xiu never went to those places, how can you be so sure that we are the only human beings alive?"
Shen Xiu was at a loss for words.
The students in the class started to talk quietly. They have no idea what kind of places Nie Li spoke about. Ye Ziyun, who was sitting far away, began to show interest that flashed across her eyes. She curiously looked at Nie Li. How did Nie Li know of those places?
Shen Yue who was sitting beside Ye Ziyun slightly frowned his brows. He looked towards Nie Li, and realized he was quite handsome. Nie Li wasn't below him in terms of looks. Unknowingly, he felt a sense of crisis within his heart.
Seeing the students below discussing away,
Shen Xiu's face was extremely displeased and scoffed, "So what? How can you prove that we are not the last surviving human beings?"
"Proof?"
Nie Li faintly smiled. His experiences from his past life is the proof. Mankind's wisdom is amazing. After experiencing the Age of Darkness, a lot of humans still survived. They built many monumental cities. But he couldn't say that out loud. Instead he calmly said, "Let me tell Teacher Shen Xiu a story. There was once a frog in the depth of the well. Since his birth, he has always been in that well. Since the start he could only see a part of the sky, so he claimed that the sky is only as big as the hole of the well. But is the sky only the size of the hole? We could only say that the frog is ignorant."
Listening to what Nie Li just said, the students in the class couldn't help laugh.
While the students were laughing Lin Lingtian an anger rose from his heart .
[ Heart Demon soul Contract is reacting to a stimulus ]
[ Heart Demon Soul Wish : Anger and Hatred for the target of Heart Demon Soul Contract ] [ Duration : ∞] (-)
Lin Lingtian looked at Nie Li and felt anger towards him .
Taking a deep breath , Lin Lingtian pushed the minus button and removed this status .
Looking at Nie Li and then Shen Xiu and then as himself . ' The previous Lin Lingtian held hatred towards the sacred family yet the heart Demon soul Contract which were the last wishes of the previous Lin Lingtian yet they reacted to Nie Li insulting Shen Xiu but why ?'
Looking at the furious Shen Xiu , his heart began to beat wildly .
' Don't tell me .'
They felt that what Nie Li said makes sense.
And the idiom, "a frog viewing the sky from the bottom of the well", is indirectly calling Teacher Shen Xiu a frog.
"Viewing the sky from the bottom of the
well, what an appropriate description," a few girls said while giggling away. They all disliked Shen Xiu, and couldn't help looking at Nie Li full of admiration, since Nie Li was the only one daring enough to openly insult a teacher in class.
"You..." Shen Xiu started as she stared at Nie Li. She was furious to the point of almost vomiting blood. Nie Li actually compared her to an ignorant frog. She has never encountered such a rampant student.
Ye Ziyun, who was sitting far away, couldn't control her laughter as well. She realised that Nie Li is quite interesting and is rather eloquent with with his words. He had actually made Teacher Shen Xiu speechless.
Ye Ziyun's a natural beauty. Her smile was fascinating. Nie Li winked towards Ye Ziyun and smiled.
Seeing Nie Li's expression, Ye Ziyun immediately turned her head back, and thought in her heart, 'Such audacity!'
Nie Li's impression in her heart was still a bad student.
Watching Nie Li not only choke Teacher shen Xiu, but also tease Ye Ziyun, Lu Piao couldn't help raising a thumb at him, thinking this guy's awesome.
Nie Li looked at Shen Xiu, and continued
"Teacher Shen Xiu, I still have another
question."
Shen Xiu was about to die from the anger, but she couldn't flare up here. She could only reply in bad mood, "What question do you still have?!"
"Teacher Shen Xiu said, 'a commoner will always remain a commoner, they can never become a noble.' I have a little question. Wasn't the Legend rank Demon Spiritualist, Ye Mo, a commoner when he was still young?" Nie Li asked, blinking his eyes a few times, and looking at Shen Xiu. "Is Teacher Shen Xiu are not aware of this?"
After listening to what Nie Li said, the eyes of the commoners in the class lit up. They are all aware of Lord Ye Mo's story. He was an example to follow, when one wants to become a powerful existence. Except, the words that Shen Xiu spoke of earlier were simply too harsh. This caused them to be depressed.
"You… In the hundreds of years of Glory City, Lord Ye Mo's the only one able to climb to the peak by relying on his own ability," said Shen Xiu, showing a moment of lag. She quickly retaliated with her far-fetched reply.
Shen Xiu almost exploded. This guy is too spiteful. He keeps catching the loopholes in her words and constantly attacks. He has no respect for an elder! She gazed coldly at Nie Li. He dared to openly contradict her in front of so many people. She'll not let Nie Li have it easy in the coming future!
Not far away from Nie Li, Du Ze looked at Nie Li. His eyes were full of gratitude. Although Nie Li is a noble, he still ran the risk of offending Teacher Shen Xiu by helping the commoners speak up. This made him very touched. A teenager's heart is very primitive, hence, he has already saw Nie Li as his friend.
Shen Xiu sneered, "Smart mouth, you think that putting things this way could change the harsh reality? You only looked at Lord Ye Mo's glorious moment, but didn't look at how many people have failed. Not to mention being a Demon Spiritualist, even becoming a Fighter in itself is a difficult thing to achieve. Nie Li, right? You can be
considered a bloodline of an Aristocratic family. Since you don't know when to come and go, I'll see what kind of talent you have."
After hearing what Shen Xiu said, the group of commoner students began to feel sorry for Nie Li. As someone of nobility, Nie Li's talent could be considered the worst. They fear that it would be difficult for him to have any achievements in his life.
Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li and sighed gently. Although her impression of Nie Li isn't good, knowing his talent is so terrible, she couldn't help feeling sorry for him.
Shen Yue, who is sitting next to Ye Ziyun, curled his lips in disdain. If he knew sooner of Nie Li's horrible talent, he wouldn't have considered Nie Li a threat. As Nie Li is simply not qualified. With his horrible talent, he could only live at the lowest levels of Glory City, and he, Shen Yue, was one of
the three Major families. As a Sacred Family direct bloodline, how could Nie Li compete with him?
If it wasn't for Ye Ziyun, he wouldn't even come to this trash class and be in the company of trash like Nie Li.
Shen Xiu aggressively continued, "With such talent, even within your family, you won't be able to get any attention. Yet, you act so rampant and are rude to your elders!"
Lin Lingtian frowned at the words of Shen Xiu and thought about his Soul Form which had given him such a powerful status like [ Wood Yin fusion ] yet his soul realm didn't give him any kind of benefits so was this the right way to judge talent ?
Everyone was surprised that even though Nie Li was being ridiculed by Teacher Shen Xiu, there wasn't any shame shown on his face.On the contrary, his gaze was firmly locked onto Shen Xiu's and he said, "Teacher Shen Xiu, you feel that a person's soul realm decides a person's future, right? With that despicable character of yours, you'll only defend the gifted and mock the mediocre. And yet, you still speak a bunch of
principles. You're just merely trying to cover your despicable character."
Hearing Nie Li's words, Shen Xiu's body quivered with anger. She had never met this kind of student. He actually dared to contradict her so badly. Nie Li's words directly hit the hidden thoughts within her heart, causing her to be enraged. She cursed uncontrollably, "Silence! Who do you think you are to discredit your teacher?!"
Nie Li curled his lips in disdain.
"I feel ashamed to have a teacher like you. I can guarantee that in this class, there will be a lot of commoners exceeding your imagination. They will have unimaginable achievements. Instead of coaching then patiently, you use harsh words to attack their self-confidence. You're not worthy to
be a teacher! Although my talent is weak, so what? One day, I will become a Legend rank Demon Spiritualist like Lord Ye Mo and marry the most beautiful woman in Glory City ."
Lin Lingtian raised an eyebrow to Nie Li's claim and looked at Shen Xiu .
What will she do now ?
"Hahaha! This is the funniest joke I've ever heard! A red soul realm actually said that he wants to become a Legend rank Demon spiritualist like Lord Ye Mo. Even when Lord Ye Mo was younger, he was already tested and showed to have amazing talent. He had a cyan soul realm! You think success relies on luck alone? Ridiculous!" Shen Xu mocked mercilessly, "Rather than being a smart mouth here, why don't you start learning seriously?"
Nie Li's next words were powerful and
resonating.
"I know your heart is full of contempt, but one day I will shut your mouth with hard facts. Aptitude cannot determine a person's achievement! We use the weak to defeat the strong, to overcome the heavens! We practitioners are already challenging the impossible by going against the way of the heavens!"
Nie Li's words couldn't stop causing the students in the class to feel their blood surging. Practicing was already going against the way of the heavens. If one did not oppose the heavens, how could they talk about practice?
Nie Li enunciated powerfully, "Without a continuously fighting heart, without the courage to turn the impossible possible, even possessing extraordinary talent would be useless. Since I, Nie Li, was born into this world, I shall challenge the impossible! Teacher Shen Xiu, how about having a bet with me?"
Although Nie Li experienced numerous setbacks in his previous life, he never gave up. Since the heavens gave him the chance to be reborn, in this life he will use unimaginable speed to climb to the top.
"What bet?" Shen Xiu sneered.
"We'll bet that on the coming test in two months time, I will be able to reach Bronze rank. If I fail to do so, I will resign from the institute. If I reach Bronze rank, then you will resign, how about it?" Nie Li said unyieldingly, looking at Shen Xiu.
Listening to what Nie Li said, everyone was taken aback. They were all surprised that Nie Li actually proposed this kind of bet with Teacher Shen Xiu. Although they were hoping that Nie Lie wins, they felt that there's no way that Nie Lie can win.
"Hahaha. You're funny enough to actually say that you will reach Bronze rank within two months. You think that you can raise your soul force from 5 to 100 in two months?" Shen Xiu face was full of spite. Has Nie Li gone crazy?
"I only asked one question. Do you dare or not?" Nie Li ignored what Shen Xiu just said.
"That being the case, why would I not dare? I do not believe an egotistical brat like you can achieve anything. Who do you think you are boasting to?" Shen Xiu angrily snorted,
"Such rudeness to your teacher. For the next two months, you will stand at the back of the classroom and listen to the class!"
"Since Teacher Shen Xiu agreed to the bet, don't regret it later," said Nie Li as he strolled to the back of the class.
"I'll regret it? What a joke. Don't come crying to me later!" Shen Xiu laughed.
Seeing Nie Li standing at the back, a few noble kids started to mockingly whisper.
"The future Legend rank Demon Spiritualist
got punished standing!"
"Tsk tsk, so he's afraid of withdrawal from the institute!"
"Weren't you being egotistic a while ago?"
"Two months to raise his soul force from 5 to 100. Who does he think he is? Even when Lord Ye Mo was younger, he couldn't even reach a such frightening speed."
Shen Xiu sneered. So what if Nie Li is being egotistic. Doesn't she still have the final word in the classroom? She naturally didn't bother with what Nie Li said. Two months to raise his soul force from 5 to 100. Shen Xiu thought of it as a joke. This will absolutely not happen! Just look forward to Nie Li's withdrawal from the institute.
Because Nie Li was punished to stand at the back of the class by Shen Xiu, Du Ze was silent for a moment. He gritted his teeth, then rose up and went to stand beside Nie Li. Nie Li was punished for helping the commoners speak up, so naturally, he wants to stand together with Nie Li.
Seeing that Du Ze stood beside Nie Li at the back of the class, Shen Xiu's eyes darkened and hummed, "Since you also like standing,
you can stand together with him."
Nie Li and Du Ze looked at each other. Their eyes flashed a sense of rapport and lightly smiled at each other.
At this moment, Nie Li felt as though he was back in his past life when he and Du Ze were best friends. Du Ze is still that Du Ze.
After Du Ze stood at the side of Nie Li, Lu Piao was submerged in his thoughts for a moment and then stood beside Nie Li.
Nie Li smiled as he asked, "Why are you here?"
Lu Piao shrugged, "Sitting down is pretty boring. I feel more cool standing, can't I?"
"Haha, that suits you!" Nie Li laughed. Lu Piao is still the same as his past. Although he speaks a lot of bullshit, he is very loyal. This punishment had nothing to do with Lu Piao, but he thought of Nie Li as a friend, and friends should share their fates together.
Successively, three other commoner kids stood up and stood by Nie Li's side. Nie Li belonged to a noble family, but he took the risk of withdrawing from the institute to speak up for them.They were grateful for that, so they felt that they have to support Nie Li.
With these brothers by his side, Nie Li felt that it wasn't so bad to be punished and his mood turned exceptionally cheerful.
When she saw this, Shen Xiu's facial expression turned ugly. She put on a cold face and continued her lecture.
"After being tested, among the students in this class, Ye Ziyun, with a cyan soul realm, has a soul force of 86. Shen Yue and Xiao Ning'er both have a green soul realm, with a soul force of 78. They will soon reach 1-star Bronze rank. Congratulations to them!"
Shen Xiu lightly said. Her gaze fell on Nie Li for a moment. This is real talent, what's Nie Li compared to them?
( Crack ! )
Lin Lingtian felt a crack inside his dantian .
( Crack ! )
Inside his soul sea , a war cry resounded like thousands of soldiers calling out to their king , to their general .
But before the students , Nie Li and Shen Xiu could react , Soul Force erupted from Lin Lingtian's body .
The power , the aura Lin Lingtian exuded made everyone look at him in awe .
Lin Lingtian clenched his hands , this power , this sense of freedom was something else .
Feeling someone looking at him . Lin Lingtian looked around and saw everyone looking at him in surprise and awe . He was not from some major family and yet he was a 1 star bronze rank so they were in awe of his talent .
Nie Li in the back looked at the figure of lin Lingtian ,' Who are you ?'
Lin Lingtian was surprised that he had achieved bronze rank so early and opened his status .
[ Name : Lin Lingtian ]
[ Age : 13 ]
[ Race : Human ]
[ Spiritualist Rank : 1 star bronze rank ]
[ Fighter Rank : 2 Star Bronze Rank ]
[ Health : 500/500 ]
[ Stamina : 370/370]
[ Strength : 5 ]
[ Speed : 7 ]
[ Soul Realm : Orange Soul Realm (0.001%) ]
[ Soul Attribute : Attributeless ]
[ Soul Form : Yin Wooden Lotus ]
[ Law : ------- ]
[ Soul Force : 100 ]
[ Cultivation technique : War God Technique : Army of the Underworld ]
[ Skill : Appraisal level 1 ]
[ Positive Status : Wood yin Infusion , War God Chant , Body Strengthening ]
[ Negative Status : Heart Demon Soul Contract ].