Chapter 10: The Dragon Family of the Capital! (Part 1)

  Zhuang Han glared at Tang Lin in anger, but could only endure the severe pain in his arm, gritting his teeth as he backed out of the Ya Pavilion.

  Tang Lin picked up his book basket and said to Hong Cheng, "I've disturbed you long enough today. It's getting late, I should be going."

  Hong Cheng immediately understood, and hastily said: "Wait a moment, I'll get the silver for you right away." After finishing speaking, he quickly left the Ya Ge.

  Hong Xue looked at Tang Lin and smiled: "Tang Lin, I don't know who your master is, but selling us so many talismans, I'd like to thank him in person."

  Tang Lin shook his head and said, "Master never sees strangers, I will pass on the leader's kind intentions to Master."

  Hong Xue's eyebrows slightly furrowed, but quickly relaxed as she smiled and said: "Since that's the case, then thank you, Tang Lin. Additionally, there's another matter - in a few days, our sect is planning to head to the Misty Swamp to hunt down a thousand-year-old demon. I don't know if your master would be interested in joining us on this trip. Don't worry, if we succeed, we'll definitely give you a substantial reward."

  "A thousand-year-old demon?" Tang Lin was shocked, "Isn't the Misty Marsh only inhabited by demonic creatures? How can there be a thousand-year-old demon? This is terrible! Father and big brother have both gone, I hope they won't get into trouble." Thinking of his loved ones' safety, a cold sweat broke out on his palms.

  "This thousand-year-old demon has been lurking in the misty swamp, it's a withered tree vine spirit. Recently, it came out to be active and slaughtered many residents of nearby villages." Hong Xue said gently: "This time we will use all our strength to vow to kill this demon, if your master can come out, it will definitely be a great help!"

  Tang Lin's eyebrows slightly furrowed, looking at Hong Xue with a puzzled expression, saying: "Could it be that your sect has a martial artist sitting in seclusion?"

  Hong Xue smiled mysteriously and said, "This is natural, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to exterminate the demon."

  Tang Lin's heart secretly trembled, and a martial artist sat in the background, which was definitely not ordinary. He immediately became vigilant and nodded: "I will go back and inform my master, but my master is naturally calm and dislikes killing, so he probably won't go."

  Hong Xue didn't mind and said softly: "Then thank you, young master."

  At this time, Hong Cheng had already taken out the silver tickets, a total of 600 taels of silver tickets, and handed them over to Tang Lin. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Tang Lin left the Red Carp Society.

  "Today's harvest is not small, that sturdy man has high-level martial arts skills, and the difference with Big Brother is negligible. The combat experience is also much richer, although I won by luck today, but I haven't truly reached the power to contend with high-level martial artists."

  Tang Lin thought to himself, "If the opponent uses their signature weapon in a wide open space, I may not necessarily win. If they take me seriously from the start and use all their strength, then deploy their weapons, it will be difficult for me to even get close."

  Although he won, Tang Lin was not proud.

  "In any case, I've finally exchanged blows with a high-ranking martial artist and gained some real combat experience. The results aren't bad either." Tang Lin smiled to himself as he quickened his pace towards the martial arts hall.

  Returning to the Wu Guan, Tang Lin walked into the main hall and saw two familiar figures. He was immediately shocked and exclaimed: "Father, big brother!"

  In the main hall sat a majestic middle-aged man and an exceptionally handsome young man.

  "Lin Er, are you back?" Tang Tian raised his head and said with a warm expression.

  Tang Lin walked into the main hall excitedly and saw that his father and older brother were safe and sound, a huge weight lifted off his mind. He asked, "Have you just returned today?"

  "Hmm." Tang Long took a sip of hot tea and chuckled: "A month hasn't passed and you've grown taller again, huh?"

  Tang Lin's heart warmed up, and he walked over to sit beside him, curiously asking: "Big brother, judging from your aura, according to the records in the 'Martial Dictionary', if the Taiyang acupoint protrudes one inch, you can advance to become a Martial Artist! Could it be that you've already become a Martial Artist?"

  Tang Long smiled and said, "I'm still far from it. I have 360 bones in my body, and the 36 bones above my neck haven't been trained well yet. At least two to three more years are needed to break through and become a martial artist!"

  "It's just two or three years, it's not far." Tang Lin said sincerely.

  Many people get stuck at the advanced Wushu level for their entire lives and are unable to become a Wuzhe. The key lies in the difficulty of training the bones in the neck, waist, and **, especially those on the skull. If one doesn't train well, they might even lose their life!

  So Wu Sheng is physical training in the early stage and physical maintenance in the later stage.

  "Cultivation" naturally requires a lot of time, some people "cultivate" for ten years before succeeding, as the saying goes "ten years sharpening a sword", it's just that kind of principle.

  "We could have trained more inside." Tang Long sighed and said, "Unfortunately, I heard that some other adventurers said that there is a thousand-year-old monster in the misty swamp. To prevent accidents, we had to leave."

  Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he said solemnly: "Right, safety first in everything!"

  Tang Tian smiled and said, "Lin Er, you've just returned home and must be tired. Go rest first. In another year, it will be the provincial academic inspection tour examination. If you can obtain a Xiucai title in the exam, you'll be able to participate in the imperial examination. You must work hard and not slack off."

  Tang Lin respectfully said: "Yes, Father." Then he picked up his book bag and returned to his own house.

  As soon as I entered the room, the book basket started moving.

  "Thousand-year-old demon?" Xiaohui's voice was filled with excitement, and he crawled out of the book basket in one swift motion. He had been listening to everything from inside the basket, but hadn't dared to speak up because there were others present.

  "Uh-huh." Tang Lin nodded and sat down in front of the desk, "In the 'Wu Dian' 'Yao Shou Pian', it is recorded that a snake becomes a dragon after 1,000 years, a fox becomes a nine-tailed fox after 1,000 years, a pig can become a demon after 600 years, and a water buffalo after 800 years. Trees only need 900 years to become spirits."

  "The grass and trees have become spirits, able to speak human language, skilled in the art of transformation, with boundless power. Only a warrior can slay them." Tang Lin sighed and said: "That misty swamp is just thirty miles west of Longxiang City, and there are two villages and a small town nearby. With the power of this thousand-year-old tree spirit, it should be easy to plunder these two villages."

  "That's natural." Xiao Hui said proudly: "Among all the monsters, the ones that can transform into beasts are still easy to deal with. But once they become spirits of grass and wood, they're really hard to handle! The power of this thousand-year-old tree monster is such that even a hundred high-level martial artists would be instantly killed if they were to go against it. Its strength is boundless, and with the earth as its nourishment, it absorbs the essence of heaven and earth, endless and inexhaustible. Even for a warrior, one must still tread carefully."

  Tang Lin nodded slightly.

  This demon's transformation method can easily kill ordinary people. High-level martial artists are powerful, with a single hand having 500 catties of strength, and can shatter large rocks with their fists, but they are still ordinary humans and cannot contend against demons.

  "Your dynasty should send warriors to suppress." Xiao Hui looked at Tang Lin with great interest and said, "When you have time, let's go hunt down that demon together, how about it?"