Time flies like an arrow, and the sun and moon fly like a shuttle.
More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
With a sufficient supply of Hunyuan Dan, Lin Shen's cultivation improved rapidly, and he successfully broke through to the sixth level of Long Breath.
And with the three clones practicing day and night, the Qi Sword Finger and Yang Pole Sword Technique finally reached perfection.
[Name: Lin Shen]
[Talent: Bypassing]
[Realm: Long Breath Sixth Level 35%]
[Skills: Golden Crow Sutra (Dacheng 42%). Yangji Sword Technique (Perfection), Qi Sword Finger (Perfection Realm), Convergence Art (Proficiency 78%)]
[Number of clones 5 (94%)]
Compared with the Qi Sword Finger, Yang Ji Sword Technique is less difficult to practice. Coupled with the +300% blessing of the Yang attribute cultivation speed of a pure Yang body, it has reached perfection early.
In the following time, Lin Shen spent most of his energy on practicing Qi Sword Finger, and it was not until today that he finally reached perfection.
Sitting cross-legged on the floor of the practice room, Lin Shen's eyes flashed and he suddenly pointed out.
In an instant, a thin chirping sound was heard, and a sharp ray of wind shot out, hitting the metal wall panel not far away, leaving a small hole two to three centimeters deep.
Looking at this scene, Lin Shen had a satisfied smile on his face.
The walls of the training room are made of a special material. He once conducted an experiment and found that with the power of the Perfect Soldier Melting Hand, a full blow could only leave a palm print of about one centimeter on the wall.
From this point of view, the power of the Perfect Realm Qi Sword Finger far exceeds that of the Perfect Realm Realm Melting Soldier!
Of course, the Weapon Molten Hand's attack is on the surface, while the Qi Sword's attack is on points, so they must have an advantage in terms of penetration.
"The Golden Crow Sutra is also completed!" Lin Shen pondered slightly.
According to the information he learned, the Golden Crow Sutra is a long-breath state mental method. After breaking through to the Mingqiao state, the cultivation efficiency will become minimal, and the mental method will also need to be replaced.
Fortunately, as long as Taoist disciples advance to the Mingqiao realm, they can obtain high-level mental techniques that are in the same line as the Golden Crow Sutra for free, so there is no need to worry about this.
"It's a pity that the Golden Crow Sutra does not count as a martial skill. Even if you practice it to perfection, it will not be included in the talent bonus of analogy."
So far, Lin Shen has mastered seven perfection realm martial arts.
The talent effects of the analogy have also become 'Martial skills training speed +70%' and 'Martial skills power +35%'.
Excellent martial arts, pure yang body, analogy. The talent effects of the three clones all greatly increase the speed of martial arts training.
In addition, Lin Shen himself can switch talents at any time.
The main body and three clones are practicing at the same time. His current martial arts training speed has reached a very frightening level!
Not to mention anything else, in less than a month, he has mastered the two martial arts skills of Qi Sword Finger and Yang Pole Sword Technique from entry level to perfection. This speed of training is enough to make all Taoist disciples doubt their lives!
You must know that many Taoist disciples may not be able to master the Yangji Sword Art after spending a whole year, let alone complete it.
Not to mention the more difficult Qi Sword Finger!
As for the power of martial arts, the talents of the four clones except Perseverance all have the effect of increasing the power of martial arts.
However, without summoning a clone, Lin Shen can only use one talent at a time, so this is not as amazing as the speed of martial arts training.
"I wonder if the talent slots can be increased after breaking through the Mingqiao Realm?"
After his thoughts wandered for a moment, Lin Shen shook his head to dispel the distracting thoughts and returned his mind to the matter in front of him.
Now that the Qi Sword Finger and Yang Ji Sword Techniques have been successfully practiced, it is time to practice new martial arts.
Taking out the secret book of Scale Locking Technique and Wolf Soul Claw from the storage bag, Lin Shen stopped his distracting thoughts and read through them carefully.
Once you have memorized it, you and your clone will begin to comprehend it.
Compared with martial arts such as Forbidden Golden Armor and Weapon Melting Hand, Scale Locking Technique and Wolf Soul Claw are obviously a level lower, and therefore easier to practice.
It only took three days to successfully learn two martial arts skills.
It took another two days to successfully break through to the level of mastery in the Locking Scale Skill.
Standing in the center of the practice room, Lin Shen thought, and the true energy in his body immediately circulated rapidly, and a dark light appeared on his skin.
If you observe carefully, you can see that the layer of light is vaguely in the shape of countless tiny scales, making it look like Lin Shen is wearing an illusory fish scale armor.
After actual experience, Lin Shen found that the Iron Scale Skill was indeed worse than the Forbidden Golden Armor by more than one and a half stars.
However, considering that practicing this martial art is just to improve the effect of the analogy talent, Lin Shen doesn't care.
"Both martial arts are not very difficult. It should take about ten days to practice them all to perfection."
Having said that, Lin Shen did not continue to practice, but stretched and walked towards the door of the practice room, preparing to have a good rest for the day.
After all, tomorrow is the day when the disciple level challenge will be held.
He needs to recuperate his energy.
The disciple level challenge held once every three months can be said to be the biggest event in Jiuyang Taoist Academy.
After all, the disciple level is related to the benefits that everyone can enjoy.
Even if the difference is only one level, accumulated over three months, it is enough to widen the gap between you and others.
Therefore, every Taoist disciple is eager to climb up!
And level challenge is the only way for them to achieve their goals!
The level challenge will last for three days.
The first two days were the level challenges between the disciples of the Lower Court and the last day was the challenge between the disciples of the Lower Court and the disciples of the Upper Court.
During this period, the challenge order is from low to high.
That is, the challenge between non-level disciples and yellow-level disciples will be held first - if there are no non-level disciples in the Taoist Academy, this item can be skipped directly.
Next is the challenge between the Huang-level disciples and the Xuan-level disciples, and then the challenge between the Xuan-level disciples and the Earth-level disciples, and so on.
In response to the challenge, Jiuyang Taoist Academy has also formulated several rules.
First, everyone who challenges high-level disciples must pay a certain amount of merit.
For example, if a Huang-level disciple wants to challenge a Xuan-level disciple, he must pay a small merit.
Regardless of the final victory or defeat, this small merit belongs to the Xuan-level disciple who was challenged.
This rule is to prevent low-level disciples from arbitrarily launching challenges and trying their luck.
Second, multiple low-level disciples can challenge the same high-level disciple. High-level disciples do not need to accept all challenges, but they need to accept at least three challenges.
The order of challenges can be decided by the challengers themselves.
If the negotiation fails, the challenger's cultivation level will prevail. The challenger with a higher cultivation level will be given priority. If the challenger's cultivation level is the same, the challenger will be randomly selected by the leader.
Each time a challenger is defeated, the challenged person will get an hour's rest.
Third, disciples who have successfully advanced and those whose levels have dropped will no longer accept challenges from others in this round of level challenges.
However, a disciple who is successfully challenged and whose level drops can challenge other high-level disciples, and his level will be restored if successful.
The above are the most important regulations for the level challenge of Jiuyang Taoist Temple.
Of course, there are other regulations, but they are just details.
It is worth mentioning that the location where the level challenge is held happens to be the square where the freshman orientation battle is held.
When Lin Shen arrived there, he found that there was a two-meter-high platform in the center of the square. It was surrounded by stone pillars carved with mysterious patterns, which looked like some kind of formation.
If nothing else, it should be some kind of protective formation - to prevent the aftermath of the battle on the high platform from spreading to the surrounding spectators.
Except for the empty space within ten meters around the high platform, the rest of the square was already crowded with people, and it was very lively with the sea of people.
"I'm afraid not all the more than 700 people from the entire House of Commons are here."
Lin Shen was secretly speechless.
But think about it, there is no such thing as asking for leave for a level challenge.
Whether you are injured and unable to attend the event in person, or you happen to be practicing in seclusion, or going out for training, as long as you are not present when you are challenged, you will be immediately judged to be defeated!
The regulations are so cruel!
Just as he was sighing, a familiar call suddenly came from not far away.
"Old Lin, this way!"
Lin Shen followed the sound and saw Yang Zhongyi waving to him more than 20 meters away, with Su Nian standing next to him.
"You guys always take your time. Why, the protagonist is always the last one to appear, right?"
When Lin Shen came closer, before he could speak, Yang Zhongyi punched his shoulder and said teasingly.
"What protagonist?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Yang Zhongyi gestured around with his eyes.
"You are the one who attracts the most attention in the whole square today!"
As Yang Zhongyi said, Lin Shen's arrival attracted the attention of many people.
Wherever he could see, many disciples were pointing in this direction, many of them looking with malicious intent.
"Look, it's Lin Shen!"
"Tsk tsk, he's actually here!"
"Nonsense, if you don't show up, your quota of disciples will be gone!"
"What's the difference? Do you really think Lin Shen can keep his place as a Xuan-level disciple? Don't be naive!"
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The buzz around him reached his ears, but Lin Shen paid no attention to it, as if he hadn't heard it.
There will never be a shortage of people in this world who take pleasure in others' misfortunes. Just ignore them and avoid arguing with them. It's just a waste of energy.
"The protagonist's treatment is pretty good."
Lin Shen smiled without comment.
"In this kind of situation, the protagonist usually kills people and kills Buddha. Maybe today I can surprise everyone."
"It would be great if that were the case."
Yang Zhongyi only thought that Lin Shen was enjoying his misery, and did not take his words seriously at all. He lowered his voice and comforted him.
"It doesn't matter if the Xuan-level disciple quota is gone. With your qualifications and strength, you can get it back sooner or later. There's no need to rush now!"
Su Nian also echoed: "Yes, your qualifications are obvious to all. It is only a matter of time that you are promoted to a Xuan-level disciple or even a higher-level disciple. Don't worry about the immediate gains and losses at the moment!"
The comfort between the two made Lin Shen both funny and heartwarming, but he was not prepared to explain more, so he changed the subject and said:
"Where are you two? Have you used the Spiritual Breath Fruit before?"
Mentioning this, Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian both smiled happily.
"Thanks to you, we found an alchemist to refine the Breath Gathering Pill, and now we have successfully been promoted to the Long Breath Realm!" Yang Zhongyi said with a smile.
After being promoted to the Long Breath Realm, his and Su Nian's yellow-level disciples' positions were basically free of worries.
Huang-level disciples are the level with the widest range of cultivation realms in Jiuyang Taoist Academy, ranging from the seventh level of pneumatic movement to the fourth level of long-breathing.
Unlike the other three levels, the cultivation level of disciples is often only two or three realms apart at most.
Because of this, no one would leave other disciples of the Qi Dynasty Realm without challenging them and come to challenge two disciples of the Long Breath Realm.
Of course, Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian don't have to think about challenging Xuan-level disciples.
Except for the anomaly Lin Shen, the weakest Xuan-level disciples have the cultivation level of the fourth level of Long Breath. With the strength of Yang Zhongyi and Su Niangang who have just broken through, there is no possibility of success in challenging the Xuan-level disciples!
There is no need to worry about being challenged, and they have no intention of challenging others. Yang Zhongyi and Su Nian can be said to be one of the few people with the most relaxed mentality in the square at this time.
The only thing they were worried about was Lin Shen.
About ten minutes later, a chirping sound suddenly came from high in the sky.
More than a dozen snow-white cranes with a wingspan of more than two meters flew from a distance and arrived above the square in the blink of an eye.
After circling for several times, the crane slowly landed on the square, and the directors on its back jumped and landed lightly on the ground.
There was a sudden silence in the square, and all the Taoist disciples closed their mouths and looked quietly at the leaders descending from the sky.
The leader is Ke Ya.
Led by him, the leaders came to the seats that had been prepared and sat down.
Immediately afterwards, Ke Ya looked around with lightning eyes, and waved his hand without saying anything.
"let's start."
The deacon who had been standing aside for a long time took a step forward and shouted:
"The yellow-level disciple challenge begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, some people rushed up to the high platform impatiently. Before they could stand still, their powerful shouts spread throughout the square.
The yellow-level disciple's face darkened when his name was read, and he snorted coldly.
Although level challenges are a common practice, as the party being challenged, it is inevitable that some people will think that the other party is looking down on you and will challenge you by name. Naturally, this will not make you feel better.
The deacon in charge did not respond immediately, but turned his head, looked around, and said loudly:
"Are there any other challengers?"
No one answered. The deacon nodded expressionlessly and looked at Tang Rongquan.
"Tang Rongquan, do you want to accept the challenge?"
Nonsense, doesn't not accepting it mean defeat without a fight?
Tang Rongquan cursed secretly, and directly responded with action. He walked a few steps quickly and jumped onto the high platform.
The battle broke out in an instant, but ended quickly.
In the end, Tang Rongquan prevailed and successfully defended his position as a yellow-level disciple.
However, the next two battles ended in victory for the challenger.
This is not surprising. Seventy-nine of the yellow-level disciples are the same as the non-level disciples. They are all freshmen this year. There is not much difference in strength.
It's just that some of them were a little unlucky and failed to get a good ranking in the major exam, so they just missed the chance to become a yellow-level disciple.
And now, it's time for them to get back what should have been theirs!
In just over an hour, more than a dozen yellow-level disciples had their places taken away and became non-level disciples.
And these people are all freshmen without exception.
As for old students, there are very few who dare to challenge.
The few challengers failed unexpectedly.
at this time.
The crowd suddenly became commotion.
Lin Shen followed the sound and saw a figure leaping onto the high platform and standing with a knife.