As soon as the orders from the three upper court disciples were given, all the heaven-level disciples and earth-level disciples cheered up.
Lin Shen is no exception.
I thought there would be a fierce battle after entering the Longyuan Mountains, but who would have thought that he wouldn't have to take action from the beginning to the end.
Lin Shen didn't want to be the first person to break the tacit understanding and forcefully demand to fight, so he had no choice but to sit back like other heaven-level and earth-level disciples.
Fortunately, the clone has been practicing in my mind, so I didn't waste any time.
Over the past few days, Xingyibu has cultivated to the level of Dacheng.
And now, the days of waiting are finally over.
As the tower goes deep into the Longyuan Mountains, it's time for their group of heaven-level disciples and earth-level disciples to appear.
Not long after, the tower stopped over a bare hill.
The corresponding peaks soon appeared on the landscape map.
Looking closely, this time the number of light clusters on the mountain peak was much greater than before, with no less than 300 clusters visible.
And among them, the number of red light groups accounted for 60-70%.
There are also seven or eight groups that are as red as blood, obviously representing the monster beasts in the late stage of the Ascension Realm.
Xie Jingsheng raised his hand slightly and saw that the image on the landscape map quickly changed again. It was as if the clouds and mist were parting, and a mountain view looking down from a high altitude emerged out of thin air, and then zoomed in sharply.
In the blink of an eye, a scene of a hundred demon tigers with white eyes gathered together, gazing eagerly into the sky appeared before everyone's eyes.
“From here on, it’s a real tough battle.”
Xie Jingsheng looked at the heaven-level disciples and earth-level disciples on the left and right sides, and said with a smile:
"This time, all the junior brothers and sisters will go."
There are about two hundred feathered monsters below. Whether they are heaven-level disciples or earth-level disciples, they are obviously no match if they attack alone. The best choice is to attack together.
Everyone present also understood this, and they all responded in unison.
Soon, a group of heaven-level and earth-level disciples rode the clouds and descended to the top of the mountain below.
Xie Jingsheng, Mu Chuanhua and Jiang Hao were sitting in silence.
A mere feathered monster is not worthy of the three of them.
What they really have to deal with are Tongxuan realm monsters.
As they continue to march all the way, it is only a matter of time before they encounter Tongxuan realm monsters. What they have to do is to recharge their batteries and prepare for the subsequent battle.
The Huang-level disciples and Xuan-level disciples present also held their breaths and concentrated, staring intently at the light and shadow scene of the landscape map.
In the blink of an eye, fifty disciples took advantage of the clouds and flew within twenty meters of the top of the mountain. Before the clouds and mist descended, many disciples could not wait to slap the Feather Talisman on their bodies, then jumped up and charged towards the monster with great momentum.
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Seeing this scene, Xie Jingsheng couldn't help but laugh.
"It seems that all the junior brothers and sisters are very motivated."
"Isn't that a good thing?" Mu Chuanhua said with a smile, his eyes narrowed to a slit, "In this way, we can save some energy before the Tongxuan realm monster appears."
Xie Jingsheng smiled and nodded.
Jiang Hao on the side curled his lips and did not answer.
The fight on the mountain peak quickly heated up!
Among the heaven-level disciples and earth-level disciples who took action, the weakest one had the strength of the seventh level of long-breathing, and had been practicing in the Taoist Academy for three years.
Challenge three or four mid-stage feathered monsters!
Even against monsters in the later stages of the Ascension Realm, fighting alone is a sure win!
Therefore, although the monster beasts had a numerical advantage, they gradually became the disadvantaged party as time went by, and were retreating steadily under the fierce offensive of the Taoist disciples.
laugh!
Amidst the sharp and short sound that broke through the air, Lin Shen's five fingers hooked into claws and grabbed the head of a white-eyed demon tiger like lightning.
The latter's hard-as-iron skull was as fragile as tofu under Lin Shen's claws, and was instantly penetrated and broken open, leaving five shocking finger holes, from which blood gushes out like a fountain.
Before even having time to scream, the white-eyed demon tiger fell to the ground dead, lifeless.
In order to more efficiently trigger the innate effect of the Killing Demonstration Dao, Lin Shen did not use the Six-Yang Talisman Sword, but directly used various palm and claw skills that were not yet perfect to confront the enemy.
These are all martial arts skills that these geniuses have just started to learn.
Although the martial arts skills displayed are far from powerful, and the realm is not profound, but with the seventh level of long-breath cultivation, there are still few monsters that can survive ten rounds under Lin Shen's hands.
In just four or five minutes, Lin Shen had killed more than ten monsters.
This kind of performance is not outstanding among the disciples, but it is quite satisfactory.
But in the eyes of some people, it is a bit inconsistent with Lin Shen's reputation.
"It's strange. Isn't it said that Lin Shen is very accomplished in martial arts? Why doesn't he look like he is different?"
"Yes, I remember that in the previous disciple level challenge, Lin Shen also used the Yang Ji Sword Technique, and he still used the Six Yang Talisman Sword. Why is he using his bare hands now?"
"This martial skill seems to be an iron claw?"
"That claw skill worth three minor skills? Didn't Lin Shen practice Weapon Melting Hand? Why not use this martial skill?"
The disciples in the tower were talking a lot, and many of them showed doubtful expressions.
Most of them had personally seen Lin Shen's performance in the disciple level challenge. No matter how jealous they were on the surface at the time, deep down they had to admit that Lin Shen's martial arts attainments far exceeded those of practitioners at the same level.
It is precisely because of this that the scene in front of them confuses many people.
Xie Jingsheng and Mu Chuanhua also had a flash of doubt in their eyes.
They did not go to watch the Lower Court Disciple Level Challenge, but they heard rumors about Lin Shen afterwards, but it seemed to be far from Lin Shen's current performance.
Jiang Hao looked at it for a while, then curled his lips and said with disdain:
"I thought the rumored civilian geniuses were so outstanding, but I didn't expect them to be anything more than that!"
Xie Jingsheng frowned slightly when he heard this, and glanced at Jiang Hao with a deep look.
He knew that Jiang Hao had a high self-esteem. He had always been proud of his family lineage and looked down on the common people in the Taoist temple, but most of the time he kept it in his heart and would not speak out.
But now that he was so straightforwardly expressing his contempt for Lin Shen, he was probably influenced by him.
A month ago, the Jiuyang Sect's mountain sect headquarters gave a batch of Golden Marrow Pills. Due to the limited quantity, only three of the top ten disciples could get the Golden Marrow Pills.
For this reason, the ten major disciples also held a private debate to determine the ownership of the Golden Marrow Pill.
In that contest, Jiang Hao was defeated by Xie Jingsheng and missed the Golden Marrow Pill.
Jiang Hao originally disliked Xie Jingsheng, who was not from a noble family, and after this incident, he secretly hated him.
Jiang Hao also saw the scene where Xie Jingsheng expressed his closeness to Lin Shen just now. It was probably because of this that he targeted Lin Shen, and then he spoke down and disparaged Lin Shen.
His mind was spinning, and Xie Jingsheng mused: "Since Junior Brother Lin can be promoted to a prefecture-level disciple, there is no need to question his strength. I guess he may have some considerations."
Jiang Hao sneered when he heard this and said: "What considerations can there be? Right now, he is fighting to the death with the tiger tribe monster clan, and it is not a competition between disciples. Could it be that he still wants to hide his clumsiness and hold back?"
"In that case, I will ask Junior Brother Lin later if it will become clearer."
Xie Jingsheng smiled slightly, did not argue with Jiang Hao, and dismissed the topic with one sentence.
Seeing this, Jiang Hao snorted lightly and said no more.
Mu Chuanhua watched the exchange between the two with a smile and did not interrupt. He just sat quietly watching the show from beginning to end.
He didn't want to antagonize Xie Jingsheng, but he also didn't want to offend a narrow-minded guy like Jiang Hao, so he didn't help each other and stayed on the sidelines.
Even Mu Chuanhua was like this, and the other disciples did not dare to interrupt. They were all looking at their noses and hearts, and they could not hear the exchange of words between the two upper court disciples.
The battle on the mountain peak soon came to an end.
As expected, all the demon beasts were wiped out, and the price paid by the Taoist disciples was that one of them was accidentally torn into the chest and abdomen by the white-eyed demon tiger's claws, and was seriously injured.
Even so, with the physical strength of a practitioner in the Long Breath Realm, coupled with the recovery via elixirs, it can be restored to its original state within four or five days at most.
At this time, the most indispensable thing on the tower is pills.
For this war, Jiuyang Taoist Academy's Dan Pavilion has stored a large number of elixirs to restore injuries and vitality in the tower, which is enough to sustain the disciples for several months.
The triumphant disciples returned to the tower with their heads held high, ready to welcome the cheers of the crowd, but what they were greeted with was a strange silence.
Even the most obtuse person could notice that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
And soon, they discovered the source of this strange atmosphere - the Xuan-level and Huang-level disciples who were left behind were constantly looking back and forth between Lin Shen and the three upper court disciples.
Lin Shen also noticed this, but didn't care and calmly returned to his seat and sat down.
As soon as he sat down, Xie Jingsheng turned to him and smiled and asked:
"Junior brother Lin, I saw that the martial arts you performed just now did not seem to be commonly used martial arts. Why is that?"
Hearing this, Lin Shen didn't understand what was going on. It was a pity that the disciples from the upper court had been staring at him just now.
He laughed in his heart and shook his head, but Lin Shenming remained calm on his face and said with a smile:
"I have recently practiced several new martial arts skills, so I wanted to take this opportunity to practice them in actual combat."
After Xie Jingsheng finished speaking, Jiang Hao glanced at him and sneered:
"What you just performed were the Iron Claw and the Golden Goose Kung Fu. These two martial arts are not even in the middle of the Taoist martial arts. You already have Weapon Melting Hands and Shadow Follower, so you don't need to practice the Iron Claw."
And Jin Yan Gong?"
Lin Shen glanced at Jiang Hao and was keenly aware of the hostility towards him in the latter's words. Although he wondered why Jiang Hao wanted to find trouble with him, Lin Shen did not intend to coddle him and immediately said with a smile:
"Why, does the Taoist Academy still stipulate that disciples cannot practice multiple similar martial arts?"
Jiang Hao's expression froze.
Of course, Taoist temples do not have such regulations.
It’s just that usually no disciple would do such a thankless thing that is a complete waste of time and energy.
But even if he said this, it would be untenable to question Lin Shen, so Jiang Hao could only swallow this sigh of frustration.
Who would have thought that Lin Shen continued:
"I didn't expect Senior Brother Jiang to care so much about me. He even has to worry about what martial arts I have practiced. He is really considerate of the younger generation!"
The tone was sincere, and it sounded like he was praising Jiang Hao, but anyone who wasn't stupid could hear the underlying meaning - it's none of your business!
There were only a few fools among the disciples present, and they immediately showed different expressions after hearing this.
Mu Chuanhua's cheeks twitched slightly, and the fat on his face was squeezed into a ball, obviously suppressing a smile.
Many of the disciples in the lower courtyard also pursed their lips tightly, fearing to laugh out loud, and at the same time cast a look of amazement and admiration at Lin Shen.
Lin Shen was brave enough to dare to confront the disciples of the Upper Academy so head-on!
Looking at Jiang Hao again, his face was already extremely pale. He was holding the handle of the chair tightly with his hands, so hard that his knuckles turned white, which showed how angry he was in his heart.
Ever since he was promoted to the Upper House, no disciple from the Lower House has ever dared to be so presumptuous in front of him!
This damn mud-legged guy!
Just when Jiang Hao couldn't hold back his anger and was about to explode, Xie Jingsheng spoke up in time and said with a smile:
"I also admire Junior Brother Jiang for this. Even when he is busy with cultivation, he always cares for the younger generations. He is indeed a role model for us!"
Xie Jingsheng was not an easy man either. While cutting off Jiang Hao's opportunity for an attack, he also stabbed him secretly, and then raised his hand, as if to reveal the matter naturally.
"Keep moving forward and try to clear two more mountains before sunset!"
As his words fell, the tower rumbled and trembled, and continued to fly forward.
Jiang Hao was so angry that his face turned livid, but it was inappropriate to have another attack at this time, and he had no excuse, so he had to give Lin Shen a hard look and gave up.
Lin Shen didn't care at all, he averted his gaze and ignored it, and turned to look at the harvest of this battle.
Because he didn't go all out, he only killed more than twenty monsters in this battle.
The talent effect of Demonstrating the Way by Killing was only triggered once, but the improvement was astonishing, directly increasing the progress of the Iron Hand's realm by 25%!
Lin Shen was not surprised either.
He had already discovered this pattern during his experience in the Longyuan Mountains some time ago.
The lower the level and realm of a martial skill, the more obvious the improvement will be after triggering the effect of the talent of killing to prove the way.
And as his cultivation level improves, the benchmark of this low-level martial skill will be further improved.
For example, when his cultivation was only at the fourth or fifth level of Long Breath, low-level martial arts such as Wolf Soul Claw and Iron Penetrating Hand would rarely increase more than 15% in one trigger at the entry level.
However, after his cultivation reaches the seventh level of Long Breath, low-level entry-level martial arts skills often increase by about 20% at a time, and sometimes even directly increase by 25% like just now.
It is foreseeable that after he breaks through to the Mingqiao Realm, killing a Tongxuan Realm monster triggers the natural effect of killing the Zhengdao, which may directly allow a low-level martial skill to break through to a large realm!
When Lin Shen thought of this, his heart couldn't help but feel hot.
After calming down, he closed his eyes and began to recharge his batteries.
After what happened just now, all the disciples did not dare to talk loudly anymore, and the martial arts arena suddenly fell into a strange silence. It was not until the tower reached the next hill that Xie Jingsheng gave the order to move out.
It was still the heaven-level disciples and the earth-level disciples who took action.
Lin Shen stood up, jumped out of the tower, and fell from the sky under the support of clouds and mist.
He wants to take advantage of this war to fuse a Taoist movement technique called Qinggong!