In the clearing in the woods, a young man's fists were dancing continuously, and sweat was flying all over the place, but he was not distracted at all, and his young face was full of entire afternoon passed quickly as Lin Dong practiced non-stop, and his efforts were not without results. Thanks to the dark energy injected into his body by Yao Yan, he could not only unleash the fist power of Bajipeng, but also integrate this fist power into Tongbeiquan without a teacher, making the fist wind he blasted out become much more fierce.
The talent is indeed good... Yao Yan commented in his heart. Of course, talents like Lin Dong's are numerous in the entire Profound Tian Continent, and even in the Great Yan Dynasty alone, and are not worth mentioning. If he does not get the help of the talisman stone in the original book, his final result will definitely be to be lost in the crowd or die in some corner.
In the fantasy world, talent for cultivation has never been the most important thing. Chance and will are the key. The former can quickly widen the gap between you and your peers, while the latter can allow you to go further.
Of course, there is also luck!
Where will Mr. Diao's life go... The Heavenly Demon Diao lay on Yao Yan's shoulder bored. Although he has stabilized his demon spirit with the help of Yao Yan, he has also lost his freedom and has become a pet-like existence. The most important thing is, is it interesting to watch a young man practicing boxing all day?
He just didn't understand why someone like Yao Yan would be interested in an ordinary human boy. He couldn't understand it.
And this human girl, if you touch Master Diao's tail again, when Master Diao recovers, he will be the first to swallow you! !
The purple little mouse narrowed its eyes, a cold light flashed in them, and glanced at Lin Qingtan, who was always trying to secretly touch Yao Yan's tail. It snorted in its heart, and shook its tail with disdain, teasing this stupid little human girl.
"What do you think of this young man?" Yao Yan suddenly sent a message to Xiao Diao and said softly.
"Ordinary~" Xiao Diao was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to say something rubbish, but when he thought about how much the other party valued this young man, he just held back the words that were about to come out of his mouth and changed his words. Facing someone like Yao Yan, he didn't dare to talk nonsense.
"He is indeed very ordinary, with average talent and mental strength. Compared with those evil geniuses, he is almost not worth mentioning. The only thing that deserves praise is his indomitable character, but this kind of character is nothing..." Yao Yan said slowly.
Then what are you looking at... Xiao Diao complained in his heart, and even wanted to swear, as he had no idea what Yao Yan meant.
"But I just like him very much, so he is not ordinary." Yao Yan suddenly changed the subject and chuckled. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes that were as dark as the abyss. Training a disciple is also a very interesting thing.
As for why Lin Dong should be trained... After all, he is the person Yao Yan is most familiar with in this world. Instead of training a person with an unknown personality, it is better to train Lin Dong.
He also wanted to see if he could still reach the level in the original novel after taking away Lin Dong’s original opportunity.
"You want to take him as your disciple?!" Xiao Diao was slightly startled and looked at Yao Yan in disbelief. He felt that this senior was not very smart. There were so many geniuses and monsters in the outside world, but he didn't choose one and actually ran to the deep mountains and old forests to choose an ordinary boy.
“For me, being pleasing to the eye is more important than anything else. As for talent… that has never been a problem.” Yao Yan smiled faintly and said casually. He planned to spend half a year to help Lin Dong build his foundation to see if he could become the champion of the Hundred Dynasties War like in the original novel.
If he can get there, it means he is qualified to become his disciple.
Xiao Diao's eyes became more serious as he looked at Lin Dong carefully, as if he wanted to find out what was so special about him that could make someone like Yao Yan fall in love with him.
"Qingtan, go back and boil some water." Yao Yan looked at Lin Qingtan beside him, reached out and touched her little head, and said softly.
"Okay~" Lin Qingtan was stunned when she heard this. Although she didn't know why Yao Yan asked her to boil water, she still agreed obediently. Then she looked at the little mink's big tail reluctantly and ran towards home.
"Clap clap~"
Not far away, Lin Dong sucked the air to explode, with three consecutive crisp sounds, which also exhausted his strength and made him kneel on the ground, gasping for breath, but his eyes were extremely bright. Now he has mastered the power that Yao Yan taught him. When practicing boxing, he can clearly feel this power flowing around his body, tempering his whole body.
The effect of the body tempering was simply incredible. He felt that with a few more days, he would be able to break through again and reach the fourth level of body tempering.
"Can you still move?" Yao Yan walked up to Lin Dong, looked at the exhausted young man, and smiled softly.
“Okay!” Lin Dong gritted his teeth and nodded. Even though his whole body was sore, he relied on his stubbornness to crawl up.
"Then go back. Your father has picked a lot of spiritual herbs recently. I want to see if there is any suitable for you. I will then make a medicinal bath for you, which should have some effect on you." Yao Yan said softly.
Hearing this, Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, then nodded. Without asking the reason, he dragged his heavy body and Yao Yan towards home.
"Aren't you worried that there might be problems with the medicine I made?" Yao Yan joked.
"I believe in Brother Yaoyan!" Lin Dong said with great determination in his childish voice.
What a simple little guy... Yao Yan smiled when he heard this, and inexplicably thought of himself and Hunxuzi. If his original self was replaced by Lin Dong, perhaps Hunxuzi would be able to get what he wanted. Unfortunately, Hunxuzi's luck was not very good.
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In the empty courtyard.
"Are these okay?" Lin Xiao said with some trepidation and shame. With his current strength, he could only pick some low-level spiritual medicines and common herbs.
"That's enough~" Yao Yan looked around and nodded.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Lin Xiao, Liu Yan and others, Yao Yan threw all the herbs picked by Lin Xiao into the warm water in the wooden barrel. Then, a brilliant flame condensed from his fingertips and he gently pressed it into the water. Immediately, the warm water in the wooden barrel began to boil, and all the herbs in it melted. After a while, the clear warm water in the wooden barrel turned into boiling water with green bubbles.
The scorching temperature and pungent smell instantly changed the expressions of Lin Xiao and Liu Yan. Lin Qingtan also covered her mouth and stared with wide eyes, watching everything as if she was watching a magic trick. "Almost done, jump in and try~" Yao Yan looked at Lin Dong, whose expression also changed slightly, and chuckled.
Seeing this scene, Liu Yan's expression became a little nervous, but she did not speak out to stop him. After spending some time together, she and Lin Xiao had roughly guessed Yao Yan's intentions. The other party might want to take Lin Dong as his disciple, and now all this was just a test. With the strength shown by the other party, if he really wanted to do something to them, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.
As for other ideas...given their family's current situation, what is there worth coveting by the other party?
Lin Dong looked at the green boiling water with a hint of fear in his eyes. He swallowed instinctively. The pungent smell and high temperature made him want to give up. But soon, he suppressed his fear. The scene of his father being beaten to death by Lin Langtian emerged in his mind, as well as the other party's arrogant and disdainful face. All this made him clench his fists and his eyes gradually became firm.
He gritted his teeth, held his breath, and jumped directly into the wooden barrel. Immediately, his whole body was immersed in the medicine. In an instant, a piercing pain swept through his body, almost making him cry out in pain.
"Bear with it, the process of absorbing the medicine will be a little painful." Yao Yan looked calm, and his light words were clearly heard by Lin Dong.
Lin Dong held back with a grimace, sitting cross-legged in the wooden barrel in silence, allowing his entire body to be submerged in the liquid medicine. His skin turned visibly red, like a cooked shrimp.
What a lucky boy... Xiao Diao lay on Yao Yan's shoulder and witnessed all this. He couldn't help but feel a little envious. With his eyesight, he could naturally see more things. Yao Yan's light finger contained a strange power of creation, which turned those ordinary medicinal materials into a strange spiritual liquid.
At this moment, these medicinal liquids are not only tempering Lin Dong's body, but also nourishing his mental strength. It can be said that it is an all-round enhancement. It even contains some wonderful power of creation and has the effect of improving physical fitness. It is magical.
Top-level foundation-building spiritual liquid like this one can only be made by powerful forces using countless spiritual medicines. However, the person beside him was able to make it with just some ordinary medicinal materials. This alchemy skill that turned decay into magic was truly incredible.
If these common herbs were replaced with magical medicines, what would the effect be...
Xiao Diao thought about it and felt a little numb in his heart. He felt more and more that Yao Yan was terrifying and unfathomable. At the same time, he was also impressed by Lin Dong’s good luck. Just as Yao Yan said, talent is indeed not important, because the people he values must have the best talents in the world!
As time passed, Lin Dong was almost numb from the pain, and his whole body was immersed in the medicine in a daze. However, during this period, the bright red color on his body slowly faded, and at the same time, the dark green medicine liquid also began to fade at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if the essence contained in it had poured into the boy's body.
As these medicinal liquids nourished him, Lin Dong’s body seemed to have undergone an unimaginable transformation. That whole-body transformation could be described as an indescribable blessing.
"The medicine is quite effective~" Yao Yan looked at the changes in Lingdong's body and nodded with satisfaction.
Lin Xiao and Liu Yan watched Lin Dong's breath gradually recover. The tense expressions on their faces seemed to have recovered. At the same time, their gazes towards Yao Yan changed again. Lin Xiao knew very well that the herbs he picked were just ordinary medicinal materials for nourishing the body. Only a few of them could be called magical medicines. However, Yao Yan used these "junk" to refine this kind of medicine. It was really incredible.
“Lin Dong still needs to lie in there for two hours before all the medicinal power in the medicine can be absorbed into his body. This amount of medicine is enough for him to cultivate to the sixth level of body tempering in a short period of time. Then he will need to prepare another medicinal bath.” Yao Yan looked at Lin Xiao and said softly.
"Don't worry, sir. Even if it costs me my life, I will prepare enough elixirs for Dong'er!" Lin Xiao assured hurriedly after hearing this.
"There's no need for that. Ordinary herbs are enough. To me, there's not much difference between spiritual medicine and ordinary herbs~" Yao Yan chuckled. With his current alchemy skills, even if it's just a piece of wild grass on the roadside, he can refine it into spirituality that nourishes the body.
The so-called spiritual medicine is nothing more than a wild grass that contains more spirituality. With his means, if he wants, he can even cultivate a wild grass into a peerless spiritual medicine. It's just a matter of whether it's worth it.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao did not think that Yao Yan was exaggerating at all, because the other party had already proved with facts that he really had this ability.
Two hours passed quickly.
When Lin Dong walked out of it, he suddenly found that he seemed to be reborn. An indescribable feeling of lightness surged throughout his body. The tiredness from practicing boxing in the past few days was swept away. Even the whole world became brighter in his eyes. There was an indescribable feeling. The whole person felt energetic and seemed to have endless energy.
The release of mental power... Xiao Diao felt the mental power slightly overflowing from Lin Dong's brows, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch. The spiritual medicine that could nourish mental power in this world was so precious, but Yao Yan did it with those "junk". It was simply incomprehensible.
“How do you feel?” Liu Yan and Lin Qingtan looked at Lin Dong with concern.
“Very good, I feel like I have endless energy!” Lin Dong clenched his fists. A sense of power continued to surge from his limbs and bones, giving him the urge to practice boxing like crazy.
“Don’t sleep tonight, continue practicing Baji Beng to absorb the medicinal power in your body that has not yet been integrated into your body.” Yao Yan looked at the excited Lin Dong and said softly.
Upon hearing this, Lin Dong nodded heavily, and then as if he had thought of something, he suddenly knelt on his knees in front of Yao Yan. However, when he was halfway down, Yao Yan raised his hand to stop him. As he looked at him in confusion, he heard Yao Yan's voice, still as gentle and casual as ever.
"I will not accept you as my disciple for the time being... I will teach you boxing and refine spiritual medicine for you to build the foundation, but it is only because of fate. If you really want to take me as your master, you can go to the Hundred Dynasties War one day. If you can get a good ranking in it, I can consider taking you as my disciple." Yao Yan looked at the ignorant eyes and said slowly.
A Hundred Kingdoms War?! "
Lin Dong didn't know what it was, but Lin Xiao knew it very well. His expression became unusually wonderful. He didn't expect that the real test that Yao Yan gave to Lin Dong would be so difficult. That was the gathering place for geniuses from the entire Dongxuan Territory. Could his son do it?
“Okay!” Perhaps Lin Dong was ignorant and fearless, he nodded without any hesitation.
In his tiny world now, the most powerful person he comes into contact with is Yao Yan. Most importantly, the other party is extremely nice to him, which is something he has never experienced in these years. Even if it is to respond to this kindness, he does not want to disappoint the other party's expectations.
Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao suppressed all his thoughts. Since the person in front of him had high expectations for Lin Dong, how could he, as a father, doubt Lin Dong? (End of this chapter)
