Chapter 26: Hunting

  Not long after the end of the family gathering, the small hill where Lin Dong and his family lived became bustling with activity. From afternoon till now, a steady stream of people came to offer their congratulations. Everyone understood that from today's performance by Lin Dong and Lin Xiao, they would once again become the core members of the Lin family, a position that was not lowly at all.

  As for those who came to celebrate, Lin Xiao also instructed Liu Yan to entertain them well before sending them off.

  In the house, a family of four gathered together for dinner again. The smile on Liu Yan's face has never disappeared until now. As for wealth and nobility, she doesn't care about it at all. What she cares about is Lin Xiao and Lin Dong. As long as the two can live well, she is willing to pay any price.

  "Dong'er, the seventh layer of Quan body, nine echoes through the back fist, is not even slightly inferior to Lin Hong's Eight Desolations Palm in terms of mastery... This progress, is quite frightening..." Just as they were eating, Lin Xiao suddenly put down his bowl and chopsticks, saying with a hint of a smile.

  When Lin Xiao heard this, the palm of one hand that Lin Dong had placed under the table couldn't help but tremble slightly. It seemed that his cultivation speed had indeed raised a bit of suspicion in Lin Xiao's mind.

  "I also broke through to the seventh layer of Quan Ti last night before I fell asleep, as for Tong Bei Fist and Ba Huang Palm, anyway, I've been practicing them every day, I don't know why, but my understanding of them seems to be pretty fast." Lin Dong nodded his head, then furrowed his brow, pondering.

  "Oh?"

  Lin Xiao was taken aback, looking at Lin Dong's expression that didn't seem like a lie, his eyebrows also furrowed. This martial arts thing, indeed, there are people who can comprehend it exceptionally quickly. It is said that there are martial arts geniuses, many martial arts, as long as they get their hands on them, they can master them in an extremely short period of time.

  As for this, Lin Xiao could still accept it, but Lin Dong's own cultivation speed was a bit too fast, after all, half a year ago, he was only at the second level of Body Tempering.

  In half a year's time, he had advanced five ranks. This speed, not to mention in Qingyang Town, even if placed within the Lin Clan, would be considered extremely good.

  "For the past six months, are you certain you haven't taken anything?" Lin Xiao asked. Even if it were true as he had guessed last time, Lin Dong's body was extremely good at absorbing spiritual medicine, but more importantly, due to the limitations of his circumstances, Lin Dong hadn't obtained any high-quality spiritual medicine in the past six months either.

  What's the use of having a good absorption effect if neither of them has enough spiritual medicine to take?

  "It seems so... but two months ago when I went to the mountains for training, I did encounter a golden-yellow fruit. I ate it, but I didn't feel any changes in my body... could it be because of that?" Lin Dong blinked his eyes, making an effort to recall, and then said with a straight face.

  Lin Xiao sank into thought for a moment, but couldn't think of what that so-called golden fruit was. He could only shake his head and say uncertainly: "Maybe... forget it, maybe you just got lucky and ate some kind of spiritual fruit..."

  Looking at this situation, he seems to know that nothing can be done about it, and can only stop thinking about it. Anyway, as long as Lin Dong's strength can be improved, that is the best thing.

  Seeing Lin Xiao give up asking, Lin Dong let out a sigh of relief in his heart. The mysterious stone symbol's matter, he didn't want to expose it too early. Later, if the timing was ripe, he would personally tell Lin Xiao this secret.

  "You've become the number one in the clan today, which is beyond my expectations. However, don't be proud and don't slack off in your training because of this. The New Year's festival is approaching soon, and at that time, the hunting activity in Qingyang Town will also begin. The younger generations of other forces in Qingyang Town will all participate, you can't lose face for the Lin family."

  The three-year hunting activity in Qingyang Town, Lin Dong naturally knows that this is the most lively day in Qingyang Town for three years, and even people outside Qingyang Town will come to see the excitement.

  Mention hunting, and one must bring up the three major forces of Qingyang Town: the Lei Family, the Xie Family, and the Kuangdao Martial Arts Academy.

  The Lei and Xie families are considered to be native families of Qingyang Town, having developed here for generations. Speaking of which, they have the deepest foundation. However, the Kuangdao Wuguan, although established only a short decade ago, has surpassed them in strength, making the Lei and Xie families dare not underestimate it in the slightest.

  Moreover, the Crazy Blade Martial Arts Academy is also quite famous within a hundred miles of Qingyang Town. Some merchant groups that hire the academy's guards generally won't be targeted by ordinary thieves.

  Under these three major forces, the strongest is indeed the Lin family. Even from a certain perspective, after Lin Xiao recovered his strength, the Lin family also had the qualifications to be on par with these three major forces. After all, even the foundation of the Lei family was only having five Tianyuan realm experts.

  As for the so-called hunting, it is actually a joint effort by these three major forces. In fact, this should be considered a trial for the younger generation within each force.

  Of course, this is also another form of secret competition among various major forces.

  And whoever can emerge from this trial, the family power where they are located will naturally be greatly honored, which is a kind of comparison that suppresses competitors from this aspect.

  So, for this so-called hunting trial, the major forces of Qingyang Town all attach great importance to it. In order to achieve good results in this hunting trial, those young participants are all the best among their respective families. The intensity of the confrontation is not comparable to what Lin Dong experienced in that small clan comparison today...

  And those opponents will also be stronger than Lin Hong.

  That's the real ordeal!

  "Got it, Dad, I won't slack off."

  In the room, Lin Dong gathered his thoughts and smiled, saying that in recent years, the Lin family's hunting achievements have not been good, and they have also been ridiculed by many people. Therefore, Grandfather and others attach great importance to this hunt.

  "Alright."

  Lin Xiao nodded in satisfaction and said, "Thanks to the two families. As a local force, they have some prejudice against my Lin family and even the Crazy Blade Martial Arts Academy. In recent years, they have been trying their best to suppress my Lin family. Their goal is to let outsiders know that in Qingyang Town, they are the ones in charge. If my Lin family wants to develop, we have to look at their faces."

  At this point, Lin Xiao couldn't help but let out a cold snort and continued: "In recent years, my Lin family has been keeping a low profile. Now that I've recovered my strength, I won't be afraid of them either. So you'd better work hard and try to make our Lin family's reputation shine in this hunting competition."

  Lin Dong nodded again.

  Seeing this, Lin Xiao also smiled and handed a brocade box to Lin Dong, saying: "This is Grandfather's reward for you, inside are two Three Product Spirit Medicines. From now on, you also have the qualifications to enter the Martial Arts Institute, as for what martial arts to cultivate, go take a look yourself."

  "Two stalks of Three-Treasures Spirit Medicine?"

  When he heard this, Lin's eyes lit up instantly, and he hastily took over. Since the last time he was lucky enough to find a crystal Zhu fruit in the mountain, he had not encountered any third-grade spiritual medicine again. Those two Dan pills that were refined by Shi Fu, due to their limited quantity, he had been reluctant to take them all this while. Now that he had these two third-grade spiritual medicines, he could finally experience for himself just how powerful those Dan pills really were.

  "Alright, it's not too late, go back and rest first. I'll head to Huoyan Manor for now. As for your cultivation, you're in charge of that yourself." Lin Xiao waved his hand as he spoke, after seeing Lin Dong take the brocade box.

  "Alright."

  Lin nodded and, holding the brocade box, hastily ran out of the room. He was eager to try the Dan pill formed by the condensation of three spiritual medicines, wondering what kind of effect it would have...

  (Woke up early in the morning, and found that the recommended ticket had actually dropped to fourth place. Went backstage to refresh the collection, and unexpectedly found one less, my heart was cool and cool and cool...)

  New book season, collection and recommendation are really important.

  So, sorry about that.