Chapter 14: The Devil's Egg!

  The main hall of the martial arts school.

  As soon as Tang Lin entered, he saw his father sitting upright on the upper seat, with a martial arts instructor by his side, and the two seemed to be discussing something.

  Tang Lin rushed in without knocking and said to Tang Tian, "Father, I have something to say."

  Tang Tian was slightly surprised and turned to the martial arts instructor beside him, saying: "Old Zhou, have a sip of tea first." Then he asked Tang Lin: "What's going on?"

  "That monster hasn't died!" Tang Lin said in a low voice.

  "What?" Tang Tian and the martial arts instructor beside him both changed their faces, exclaiming in surprise: "Could it be that the warrior didn't kill the demon?"

  Tang Lin nodded and said to his father, "At that time, you also saw it. A purple mist appeared in the backyard. According to the records of 'Wu Dian', monsters are highly variable, so that purple mist is likely a transformation of the monster!"

  Tang Tian furrowed his brow, seemingly deep in thought: "Indeed it is so, and those three warriors have also vanished without a trace. If this demon hasn't died...". His face gradually turned unsightly.

  Humans remember hatred, let alone monsters?

  This monster was surrounded by warriors and suffered heavy losses, it will definitely vent its anger on the martial arts hall. Today this monster can leave safely, recover from its injuries in the future, and will surely come back to kill again, then leave calmly.

  "Dad, are we going to move...?" Tang Lin looked at his father, hesitating.

  The Chunjie Martial Arts Hall has been passed down from generation to generation since my grandfather's time, and we have always lived here. In the past, when rent was overdue, no one ever thought of moving out, but now it seems we have to leave.

  "Now that it's come to this, we can only move away." Tang Tian sighed and said: "Although our ancestors have been thriving here for generations, but now the overall situation is more important. As long as we keep our integrity intact, we won't be afraid of not having enough resources."

  "The owner is absolutely right." The martial arts instructor hastily echoed.

  Tang Lin let out a sigh of relief and said, "In that case, I'll go prepare first."

  "Uh-huh." Tang Tian nodded slightly and said, "No need to rush. Since the demon has left, it won't return immediately. Before that, I still need to find a new location for the martial arts hall, which will take about a month or so."

  "Got it." Tang Lin nodded.

  After leaving the main hall, Tang Lin returned to the house and told Xiao Hui about the situation. Then he said: "I hope this demon won't come back within a month."

  "Don't worry." Xiaohui smiled and said: "This monster won't be so bold, it was just beaten and ran away, it will definitely recover for a while before coming back."

  "Uh-huh." Tang Lin nodded and said, "There's still time today, let's continue to train our finger strength and strive to be able to carve first-class regular talismans as soon as possible."

  Xiao Hui nodded and said, "Not bad, you have now reached the level of a high-level martial artist, but there are still many things you haven't learned. Whether it's martial arts secrets, weapon usage, or combat experience, they're all still very immature."

  Tang Lin nodded slightly.

  All I have now is a strong physique and sharp physical reflexes, as for martial arts secrets...

  No matter which martial arts manual, it is divided into "foundation", "small achievement" and "great achievement". On these three realms, there is the extremely difficult to reach "mastery realm".

  His current state of Qi is at a small accomplishment level, if he wants to reach the great accomplishment level, without any special opportunities, it will take at least one or two years.

  Each secret book can only exert its full power when it reaches the "Great Completion" realm, while the "Foundation" level can only exert half of its power.

  As for weapons.

  I'm only twelve years old now, and I won't be able to practice with a weapon until I'm fourteen, when my body is fully developed. According to martial arts teachings, a weapon is an extension of the body, and it can only be wielded smoothly and naturally if there's perfect harmony between them.

  "For now, let's focus on training our finger strength." Tang Lin cast aside his distracting thoughts and began practicing his finger strength exercises while upside down.

  ……

  The snow is getting deeper and deeper, Longxiang City is located in the north of Cangxue Dynasty, winter always comes exceptionally early, the eaves are covered with a string of ice cones as thick as an arm, crystal clear.

  "Nine hundred thirty-one, nine hundred thirty-two..."

  By the side of Wolongchi, Tang Lin's body was upside down, doing finger exercises, each finger like a steel bar, deeply inserted into the accumulated snow.

  Since the last time the monster incident happened, no one has come here and I don't worry about being discovered.

  "Whoosh!" Tang Lin let out a long breath, his body flipping over, the daily routine of one thousand handstands finally completed. He gasped for air and looked towards the pool beside him.

  "My father once said that the best way to train is in water." Tang Lin thought to himself, "The pressure in the water is immense, practicing fist techniques inside will definitely yield twice the results with half the effort."

  Thinking of this, he was moved in his heart, immediately took off his coat, jumped into the water and dived into the pool.

  "Heavenly Fist!"

  Tang Lin floated on the surface of the water, waving his arms and kicking his feet.

  "It's so heavy, the viscosity of water makes my body feel sluggish." Feeling the changes in his body, Tang Lin's eyes lit up and he immediately began to exercise frantically.

  "Strike, strike!"

  Tang Lin's arm was hidden in the water of the pool, constantly waving forward. Every punch he threw felt like pushing a wall, with great resistance.

  "This is just the surface, and my hands and feet can't even move freely. My body's balance is unstable, swaying back and forth. If I become a warrior in the future and have to kill monsters in the water, with skills like this, isn't that just asking for death?"

  Tang Lin gritted his teeth and held his breath, diving down towards the bottom of the water.

  After diving seven or eight meters down.

  "Fists, fists!" Tang Lin felt the pressure around him, closed his eyes and kept punching.

  Wow!

  Every punch will stir up waves of water and shake the body back and forth.

  After swinging his fists continuously for over a dozen times, Tang Lin couldn't hold his breath any longer and floated to the surface of the water to take a deep breath before diving down again to continue his training.

  "This way can exercise arm strength and balance, and also exercise the internal organs' lung capacity." Tang Lin thought to himself.

  "Huh?" In the middle of his workout, Tang Lin felt like he couldn't breathe, opened his eyes, and prepared to swim up to the surface. But suddenly, at the bottom of the dark pool, there was a faint white light.

  Cuckoo...

  Nostrils blowing out bubbles, Tang Lin couldn't continue observing, left the water surface, panting heavily, after a while, took in another big mouthful of air, and sank down again.

  "Was the light just now an illusion?" Tang Lin wondered, and after diving back to the previous location, he opened his eyes to look around, and indeed, at the bottom of the dark pool, there was a white glow that flickered in and out of sight.

  "What is that thing." Tang Lin furrowed his brow, hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist his curiosity, and with his palm grasping the rock under the pool, he continued to dive deeper towards the white light.

  It's getting closer.

  Tang Lin felt a little breathless, he had never known that the Winding Dragon Pool was so deep. The white light was within arm's reach, and he stretched out his hand to touch it.

  Wow!

  A force pulled his body, dashing towards the white light.

  The pressure on his body suddenly eased, and Tang Lin hastily opened his eyes to find himself sitting in a mountain cave. Above his head was a circular opening, with water swirling around it but unable to fall down.

  "This water bottom is actually a dry cave." Tang Lin looked up at the entrance of the cave, somewhat shocked, "Why can't this water fall down?"

  All of this was beyond his imagination.

  Tang Lin looked around and found that the cave was deep and winding, with a string of glowing stones inlaid on the inner wall.

  "Huh?" Tang Lin's gaze suddenly fell on a scale on the ground beside him, his face changing color, "This scale... Could it be, this is that monster's lair?"

  Tang Lin's heart was racing.

  The end of the long cave seemed like a vast black mouth waiting for his entry.

  "I don't do evil things, I'm not afraid of ghosts and monsters." Tang Lin swallowed his saliva, his whole body feeling a bit chilly. He hesitated in his heart for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and walked towards the depths of the cave.

  "Since I've come, I might as well take a look. That monster has already left, and it shouldn't have any accomplices, or else that martial god would have definitely detected them. I'd like to see what this monster's lair is like." He secretly steeled himself and carefully made his way deeper into the cave.

  The cave is dark and winding, after walking about 100 meters, a vast and empty nest appears.

  "Huh?" Tang Lin's face changed slightly, in that empty nest, there was dry straw and scattered scales that had lost their luster, the air was filled with a fishy smell, and on that dry straw, quietly lay a round white egg!

  Tang Lin had never seen an egg so big, its height was almost as tall as himself.

  "Could this be the egg of that monster?" Tang Lin's heart was racing, he immediately turned around quietly and ran back along the way he came, his body leaped, and he dove into the water-tight cave, swimming towards the surface of the pool.

  "If that egg were to suddenly hatch, even if it's just a newly born demon, I wouldn't be its match." Tang Lin felt a wave of fear in his heart, he hadn't expected there to still be a demonic egg here!

  Once hatched, it's another monster!

  Tang Lin quickly jumped out of the pool and returned to the house. Xiao Hui, who was in bed, saw his dripping wet appearance and couldn't help but laugh, saying: "You didn't slip and fall into the pool, did you?"

  Tang Lin couldn't help but change into clean clothes, and told Xiao Hui: "I just practiced in that pool, but found the lair of that monster under the pool!"

  "That's normal." Little Gray said with a smile.

  "But." Tang Lin smiled bitterly and said: "In that nest, there is a demonic egg. I don't know when it will suddenly hatch."

  "Monster egg?" Xiao Hui was stunned for a moment, his eyes shining brightly as he immediately crawled out of bed and asked, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"

  "It's absolutely right." Tang Lin nodded affirmatively and asked in a row: "If this demon egg is smashed, can the monster inside be killed?"

  "What a pity to kill you." Xiaohui jumped down from the bed and said, "Hurry up and take me there. You little brat are really lucky to have met a monster like this. This time you're in luck."

  "Are you lucky?" Tang Lin was taken aback, "Should be unlucky instead."

  Although he said so, he quickly brought Xiaohui to the Wolongchi, and one person and one dog sank into the water pool, directly entering the lair of that monster.

  "How can this water not leak down?" Tang Lin fell into the cave, looked up at the entrance of the cave and curiously asked Xiao Hui.

  "There's nothing, just a simple 'avoidance formation'. Little Gray is interested in the demon egg and says: "Where is the demon egg? Take me there quickly."

  ……

  This chapter was delayed for some time, today's three updates remain unchanged, only the time is later, it will definitely be written out, brothers apologize.