Chapter 63-64 (Patreon)

Lin Fei once again met the lazy elder of the Martial Arts Pavilion. He presented the emblem to the elder respectfully and said, "Elder, I have come to choose the acquired martial arts."

The elder glanced at the emblem and narrowed his eyes slightly. "You have become an acquired so quickly? Not bad, not bad. However, I recall that you seemed to have chosen three Body Refining martial arts. Which one gave birth to inner power?"

This elder of the Martial Arts Pavilion seemed to have some impression of Lin Fei. After all, disciples who chose three Body Refining martial arts were still few in number.

Lin Fei looked at the elder of the Martial Arts Pavilion and did not conceal anything. He replied, "Elder, I have given birth to inner power in all three martial arts."

"Three-in-one?"

The elder's muddy eyes seemed to clear up all at once, and a sharp light flickered. "Your inner power indeed is three-in-one."

The elder of the Martial Arts Pavilion looked deeply at Lin Fei, assessing him up and down. Then he sighed deeply and said, "Seems that I underestimated you. When you came to choose martial arts at the Martial Arts Pavilion, I thought you were ordinary and even a bit presumptuous.

But I didn't expect that you would really give birth to three kinds of inner power, and even fuse them into one. If I remember correctly, the three Body Refining martial arts you chose were Giant Whale Body Refining Technique, Vajra Iron Cloth, and Tendon Transformation And Bone Forging Technique.

Qi and blood, skin and membranes, and tendons and bones, all are complete!"

Lin Fei remained silent.

The elder pondered for a while and said, "Alright, go to the second floor. You can still choose three acquired-level martial arts for free. However, don't choose any acquired martial arts that you can practice until after you have a teacher. Your master will teach you."

"The elder of the Transmission Hall has already reminded me of this. Thank you, elder."

"I was talking too much. Go ahead, go ahead..."

Lin Fei bowed to the elder and then went straight to the second floor of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

The second floor was different from the first. All of the martial arts here were acquired-level. Therefore, the number of people was also very few.

After all, the number of disciples at the Acquired level was far less than that of the Body Refining level.

Lin Fei's selection of martial arts was also well-planned.

Weapons, boxing, and lightness skill.

For weapons, Lin Fei chose the saber technique. For boxing, he chose the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Fist. As for lightness skill, he chose the Flowing Clothes Skill.

Among them, Lin Fei had achieved perfection in both the saber technique and the boxing, but the Flowing Clothes Skill was only at the transcendence level. However, Lin Fei did not care, as long as it was usable. There was no need to waste time and energy on it.

As for the saber technique and boxing, both could be taken to the next level, but Lin Fei had not made any progress in understanding the meaning of the Dragon-Elephant Vajra Fist. Perhaps practicing other basic boxing techniques could help, and he needed to go to the first floor of the martial arts hall to make his selection.

Lin Fei's primary goal was to select the saber technique, so he went to the bookshelves where the saber techniques were located. The main characteristic of his Nine Shadow Saber Technique was speed, and the saber techniques he acquired now would also follow this direction.

Therefore, Lin Fei naturally chose "fast saber" techniques, such as "Blinking Saber Technique," "Empty Flash Saber Technique," "One-Stroke Kill Saber Technique," "Thunder Flash Saber Technique," and so on. He saw rows of saber techniques on the bookshelf one after another, all of them fast saber types.

Lin Fei felt a bit dazzled by the variety of techniques, each had its own unique features.

Lin Fei didn't want to make any choices. He wanted them all. However, the reality was that he only had three free opportunities to select acquired martial arts, and any additional martial arts would require expensive contribution points.

Moreover, it would be more difficult to reach the perfection level for acquired martial arts, and if he couldn't reach that level, it wouldn't increase his proficiency in the saber technique or help him understand its meaning.

Therefore, Lin Fei ultimately decided to choose only one saber technique after much consideration. This technique was called the "Saber-Drawing Technique" and was described with only a few words: fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Blood would surely be spilled when using this technique. With his decision made, Lin Fei went straight to the elder.

"Elder, I have chosen my martial art, the Saber-Drawing Technique!"

"This is the secret book of the Saber-Drawing Technique. As usual, you have only one hour to study it."

"Yes, elder."

Lin Fei received the secret book of the Saber-Drawing Technique and immediately entered the practice room.

64. One Slash, Thirteen Shadows!

"Saber-Drawing Technique"

Inside the practice room, Lin Fei opened the Saber-Drawing Technique manual. There were very few words written on it.

Saber-Drawing Technique was actually divided into two parts.

The first part was nurturing the saber, and the second part was unsheathing the saber.

The first part was used to nurture the treasured saber with inner power in a special way. The second part was to unsheathe the saber and kill the enemy when it was time to use it. The longer the saber was nurtured, the greater the power when unsheathing it.

Lin Fei realized that Saber-Drawing Technique was just perfect for him.

Other martial artists who practice Saber-Drawing Technique needed to spend time and energy nurturing the saber, but Lin Fei was different.

His martial skills could self-practice. In other words, he could constantly nurture the saber 24 hours a day.

Even if he only had one day, the power of the Saber-Drawing Technique would still be considerable.

The downside of the Saber-Drawing Technique was only one move, but Lin Fei was not concerned.

He still had the Nine Shadow Saber Technique, which was not inferior to any acquired-level saber technique. It was more than enough as a basic move.

If used well, Saber-Drawing Technique would be able to kill with one strike and turn the tide of battle. So, Lin Fei began practicing Saber-Drawing Technique.

He had enough time to become a beginner in Saber-Drawing Technique. This technique was actually very simple.

Both nurturing the saber and unsheathing the saber has a core, which was the way inner power flows through the meridians.

In fact, Saber-Drawing Technique was about making inner power flow through several specific meridians in the hand. Usually, inner power was used to nurture the saber through these meridians.

But when inner power explodes through these meridians in battle, it would be the real Saber-Drawing Technique.

Basically, all acquired combat martial arts were like this.

Compared to Body Refining martial arts, the key of acquired martial arts was to use inner power to enhance explosive power. This applies to all martial arts, including fist, lightness, and sword techniques.

If inner power was not used, it is not much different from Body Refining saber techniques. But if inner power was used, the power was completely different.

Lin Fei followed the steps of the Saber-Drawing Technique, slowly flowing inner power through the specific meridians in his hand.

Lin Fei held the saber tightly in his hand. It seemed like he was intimately connected with Saber in an instant. This feeling was very unique.

"Amazing..." murmured Lin Fei in a low voice. He had never felt this way before. It was as if the saber had become a part of his body. Of course, this was just an illusion, a sensation that came from the nurturing saber.

In the early stages of practice, it was necessary to hold a saber in one's hand. But in the later stages, one only needed to keep a saber nearby or carry it on one's back.

After practicing for a while, Lin Fei had a distinct feeling that saber had come to life. Its power seemed to have increased a lot.

Without hesitation, Lin Fei shouted in a low voice, "Saber-Drawing Technique!"

Saber was unsheathed with a "clang" and emitted a sharp aura, directly cutting into the ground and leaving a large hole in the solid stone tiles of the room.

"Terrifying power," thought Lin Fei. "I've only been nurturing Saber for half an hour, and its power had already reached such a level. If I nurture saber for ten days, half a month, or even a year, how much more powerful will it become?"

Lin Fei's eyes brightened. The power of the Saber-Drawing Technique far exceeded his expectations. He had only just started to practice it, and he was still just a beginner.

Line Fei carefully pondered.

The strike from the previous use of the "Saber-Drawing Technique" not only had tremendous power, but it was also incredibly fast. Its speed was even faster than Lin Fei's Nine Shadow Saber Technique.

Of course, the "fast" of the Nine Shadow Saber Technique and the "fast" of the Saber-Drawing Technique was different. The "fast" of the Saber-Drawing Technique was the purest form of speed, a direct and straightforward attack without any twists or changes.

Meanwhile, the Nine Shadow Saber Technique had "saber shadows" that pursued how many times it could stack saber moves in an instant, and it had some techniques.

"Wait, what if I apply some of the techniques of the Saber-Drawing Technique to the Nine Shadow Saber Technique? Would it work?" A thought flashed in Lin Fei's mind.

The Saber-Drawing Technique was indeed very fast, but it was only possible due to the inner power exploding within several special meridians in the hand. What about the Nine Shadow Saber Technique?

Lin Fei had an idea and began to mobilize his inner power to run within the several meridians of his hand. He then tried to perform the Nine Shadow Saber Technique.

As time passed, "swish," suddenly, Lin Fei's inner power exploded, and the saber move was exceptionally smooth.

"Your Nine Shadow Saber Technique has taken an unusual path and gained insight into the secret of inner power eruption. Its training progress has increased by 25%."

The system's voice sounded in Lin Fei's mind.

Lin Fei's heart was elated, and he slashed with the techniques of the Nine Shadow Saber Technique.

"Swish."

Thirteen saber shadows!

As expected, Lin Fei's Nine Shadow Saber Technique had improved once again: one slash, thirteen shadows!