Chapter 15 of Volume 1: The Youngest First-Rank in History
Lin Heng observed the dense and delicate silken threads that had been drawn to him by the "Divine Core Seed", and many of the difficulties that had plagued his cultivation became clear. As the saying goes, reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles. Previously, he had no teacher to guide him, and could only rely on guesses and speculation. Now, seeing the powerful process of the "Divine Core" with his own eyes, many of his difficulties were resolved, and he also gained a certain understanding of the direction of his future cultivation path.
According to his shallow knowledge, after washing the medicine, a warrior's spiritual sea will produce a spiritual core, whose size depends on each person's innate talent. Generally speaking, they are all about the size of a thumb, even if it is exceptional, at most only the size of a fist. This is the first step, the foundation stage, belonging to the warrior's innate talent. However, to reach the level of a top-notch warrior, the shape of the "spiritual core" must be transformed through refinement, becoming incredibly powerful. This is an extremely difficult and long process.
Lin Heng's was over a meter high, indicating that it had undergone a long period of accumulation and was extremely close to the divine core of a first-rate martial artist.
According to the book, when the divine core reaches a certain volume, the radiant light that bursts forth gradually becomes strong and orderly. Around the "divine core seed", a dense, defensive sphere of energy will slowly form, inside which the divine core seed will start to pulsate like a child's heartbeat, at which point it officially becomes a first-rate warrior.
Lin gazed out at those dull, yellowish lights: "Huh, indeed in the darkness, the 'divine core' has faintly formed a sphere with a diameter of about two meters."
These faint lights are so subtle that if you don't look carefully, it's really hard to find them.
The entire sphere's southeastern surface has four or five bowl-sized cavities. Once the cavities are filled, the sphere will be complete and he will become a first-rate warrior. After the sphere is formed, only the master of the divine core can enter; any object or impurity that touches its light will immediately turn to dust. That's why a first-rate warrior can protect his divine core so securely, while those who have just advanced to ordinary warriors are very fragile.
Lin Hengxi was overjoyed, such a large sphere, only differed by this little bit of place, it shows that he infinitely approached the first-class martial artist, and even said that he could enter the first-class martial artist at any time with just one careless move.
What an honor it is to be a first-rate warrior! What an existence that people yearn for! In the entire Seven Mile Gorge, among thousands of men, there are less than 42 strong warriors above the first rank. And among those 42, many have been cultivating for decades, like Old Man Niu. Lin Huan is the only one who became a first-rate warrior before the age of 18.
It is precisely the rarity that has destined the noble status of a first-class warrior to be beyond the reach of ordinary people. Many villages take the number of first-class warriors as a standard for honor and shame. This is also the reason why Lin Huan failed five times in the Warrior Certification, causing great ridicule, and even the village rules stipulated that those who did not pass the Warrior Certification by the age of 18 would be expelled from the village. What's more, between villages, they use this to contend for the right to speak, and the village with more first-class warriors gets benefits that forever suppress those villages with fewer first-class warriors.
In terms of personal prospects, the difference between an ordinary martial artist and a first-rate martial artist is like heaven and earth. Lin Heng's brother-in-law Zhou Ze, a first-rate martial artist, can be invited by prestigious families to serve as a guardian, with a monthly salary equivalent to three years' worth of pay for an ordinary martial artist.
In the village, a martial artist encounters a first-rate martial artist and must take the initiative to show respect. Every time they go hunting in the mountains, the results obtained by the first-rate martial artist are nearly ten times more than those of an ordinary martial artist... This is the difference, the difference in status.
As long as he becomes a first-rate warrior, he and his parents can hold their heads high again, and no one will dare to belittle him or laugh at him as a waste. On the contrary, they will fawn on them, be polite and flatter them. What Lin Hang cares most about is his family, being able to make his family happy, and making them proud of this first-rate warrior son and uncle!
In the past, he had failed five times, causing his parents to lose face in front of others and be filled with anxiety. Even when faced with others' ridicule towards their son, they had to swallow their pride and nod in silence. These scenes were deeply etched in Lin's mind, and he told himself that he must let his beloved parents and family earn everyone's respect and admiration!
So, he must impact the first-class martial artist, making everyone shocked, and those who looked down on his parents before, ashamed and frightened. He wants to use the strongest and irrefutable way to slap those people's faces!
I'm not trash! I'm a top-notch expert! The youngest top-notch expert in history!
The sun was shining brightly. Lin Feng had finished his breakfast and was thinking of finding a secluded place to practice the "Dragon Slaying Eight Techniques".
"Dragon Slaying Eight Forms" is the most ordinary low-level martial skill, but it's the only one he has mastered. Moreover, as a newly minted warrior, he can't be greedy and try to learn too much at once, so he might as well start from the basics and get familiar with "Dragon Slaying Eight Forms".
He was in the yard, pretending to be busy, watering the newly planted saplings.
His mother was in front of him, happily calling out to someone: "Your son is idle in the backyard, just go in."
A gentle breeze blew in, and a figure in red attire, Wanwan, entered. Her clean white dress accentuated her developed bust under the waistline, subtly highlighting it.
"Lin Hong, good morning. It seems you're in a good mood and have some free time to water the flowers. Why didn't you go to the martial arts arena this morning?"
Lin Heng wasn't very surprised by her arrival, and he had already guessed her intentions. The day before yesterday's battle, the village's reaction was sensational, but his becoming a warrior hadn't attracted much attention. Because everyone's focus was on him and Yuanyuan's "a flower inserted in cow dung", no one believed that he could really defeat Yuanyuan. Even at the beginning, some people who heard that he had defeated Yuanyuan had a thread of belief in their minds, but as the fake public opinion about him and Yuanyuan flooded in, they all wavered and changed their stance.
Firstly, it conforms to their common sense; secondly, such a plot is more story-like and can ignite the villagers' burning curiosity.
But no one believed it, and no one thought so, but as a person involved, Yuwen naturally knew the truth.
So this time she came to the door, no doubt wanting to test her own depth.
"I'm not going. Those people like to bother me and I don't want to get into trouble."
Her dark eyes rolled and sized him up, saying: "You can pretend in front of others, but you're still hiding from me? With your martial skills, it's more than enough to deal with them." She saw that Lin didn't quite understand this sentence, so she simply said: "Right, why are you so powerful, yet always letting them bully you?"
"I'm not great." Lin continued to water his saplings.
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PS: Due to the category recommendation next week, there will only be one update on Saturday and Sunday, at 7 pm. Next Monday will have a powerful update blast, making a strong push for the rankings.
