Chapter 217: This Is The Bottom Line Of A Martial Hall Disciple
Inside the primary gravity room.
After only a brief rest, Lin Qi felt that the tingling and swelling pain caused by his entire body’s cells merging with internal force actually vanished very quickly. Even the damaged cells in his internal organs had fully recovered at this moment.
The strength of his recovery power was simply on a different level from the First Level Perfection of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique.
Once he had completely recovered, Lin Qi immediately felt an ease throughout his body. Even in a sixteen-times gravity environment, he could still move with ease, as if he had been born to live under such gravity.
“Is the Second Level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique really this strong?” Lin Qi opened his attribute panel and could not help but suck in a breath of cold air.
The effect of the First Level Perfection of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique cultivated in the beginner gravity room was already astonishing.
Although this improvement would not directly display as numbers, his overall physical fitness had increased by as much as 30%, equivalent to gaining a permanent 30% boost in physical attributes. This was the result he had obtained after specific tests in strength, speed, reaction speed, and other aspects.
Also because of this buff, the strength of his real punch had already increased from the original 20% boost to 50%, reaching nearly eight thousand kilograms, not far from the nine thousand kilogram baseline of the Bone Forging Realm Intermediate Level. His body’s toughness also rivaled that of a mid-level monster.
But the Second Level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique he had just mastered was even more exaggerated.
Just by mastering it, all aspects of the data on his attribute panel had shown a shocking improvement.
Host: Lin Qi.
Age:
Administrator permissions: Level One.
Permission level: Merit-Based Admission Authority Level Two.
Martial arts level: advanced martial artist.
Strength: 2 + 3200 kilograms. （Standard for Bone Forging Realm Initial Stage Martial Artist: 6000 kilograms）
Speed: 6 + 32 meters per second. （Standard for Bone Forging Realm Initial Stage Martial Artist: 80 meters per second）
Internal organs: internal refinement and strengthening 3% complete.
Cultivation method: Startling Spirit Breathing Technique （Ghostly Light Six Forms Second Level proficiency 21%, Cloud Mist Transformation Second Level proficiency 20%, Reverse Star Triple proficiency 25%）
“Judging by pure strength and speed now, I should be able to rival the weakest advanced Bone Forging Realm martial artists.” Lin Qi looked at the attribute data displayed by the system and felt that it was somewhat unreal.
Although he was still an advanced martial artist for now, all aspects of his data already gave him the strength to challenge true advanced Bone Forging Realm experts.
His own strength, plus the increase from the Second Level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, had already reached 2 kilograms. With an additional 50% strength buff, his real strength reached 12,5 kilograms, surpassing the 12,000 kilogram baseline of the advanced Bone Forging Realm.
With such power in the entire City of Light Chasing, although there was still some gap compared to top experts like Liu Tianzong, he was already someone who could rank among the notable figures in the City of Light Chasing.
Some weaker races in the City of Light Chasing had their strongest members only just entering the advanced Bone Forging Realm, yet even they were qualified to attend the city’s senior official meetings.
Just as Lin Qi was about to test the toughness of his body after mastering the Second Level of the Body Strengthening Secret Technique, his smart watch on his wrist suddenly rang.
“Hall master, Qin Mu has brought two Bone Forging Realm experts of the half-beast race. They say they have important matters to discuss. Would you like to see them?” Meng Wei asked.
“Bone Forging Realm experts of the half-beast race? Important matters?” Lin Qi thought for a moment. It seemed there were not many half-beast race members living in the City of Light Chasing, but since they were Bone Forging Realm experts, he had to treat them seriously. “Alright, take them to the third floor reception room. I will come over in a moment.”
Now that all the expansion within the martial arts hall had been completed, and with more and more people coming and going, his first floor lounge was no longer suitable for negotiations. Therefore, he had specifically set up several reception rooms on the third floor of the martial arts hall, making the hall a bit more formal.
“Then I will take them there now.” Meng Wei immediately ended the communication.
After Meng Wei hung up, he arrived in front of the martial arts hall’s training ground. There, a man and a woman each had a pair of beast ears. Even though they had suppressed their qi and blood, they still made the disciples inside the martial arts hall too afraid to approach the training ground, and these disciples did not even dare look directly at the pair, fearing they would displease the two Bone Forging Realm experts and be slapped to death on a whim.
In the city, martial artists were already seen as lofty figures. Bone Forging Realm experts were legends among legends, true big shots in the city.
Although the disciples of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall knew that Hall Master Lin Qi was also a Bone Forging Realm expert, and other Bone Forging Realm experts should not dare to act recklessly here, if something did happen and they casually got killed, Lin Qi would not be able to do anything to such Bone Forging Realm experts. Their deaths would be in vain, so naturally they dared not show any disrespect.
Only the players did not care about this. Instead, they were all excited as they looked at the two.
“So these are half-beast race members? They are incredibly cool. Those ears, that tail… I wonder if we will ever have a chance to become half-beast race. If I could become half-beast race, I would be willing to pay extra.”
“These half-beast race folks are indeed cool, but I still like the sub-demon race. More functional. I once fought a sub-demon race with four arms. The combat advantage from that was enormous.”
“Being strong is just a matter of versions. Looking good is for life. Look at those fluffy ears, they are so cute. I wonder if they would let me touch them twice. If I could touch them twice, I would be willing to spend one thousand points.”
“I advise you not to mess around. These two NPCs clearly are not simple. Last time I just asked Yaklo whether she preferred gorillas or monkeys, and now my points cost for redeeming potions at the potion workshop is doubled.”
“Brother, you are ruthless. You dare ask that kind of question. If you went to ask the hall master something like that, I guess you would either be locked in the confined room for life or locked up together with the ape clan.”
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The players in the martial arts hall grew more excited as they watched the two members of the half-beast race, whereas Igor and Dona, who were standing on the training ground, felt that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was very strange as they looked at its disciples, especially those wearing the silver-gray clothing.
“This Obsidian Martial Arts Hall is quite interesting. Those disciples wearing silver-gray clothing are not afraid of us at all.” Igor was surprised as he watched those silver-gray clothing disciples carefully sizing them up.
In this world where the weak were prey to the strong, fear of the strong was almost an instinct for the weak. As Bone Forging Realm experts, their daily lives were filled with advanced martial artists who did not dare to look them in the eye, fearing they might anger them and bring disaster upon themselves.
Yet after entering the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, those disciples in silver-gray clothing, even those at merely apprentice level, were boldly examining them without any scruples, as if they were not afraid of them causing trouble in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall at all.
“Brother, based on the investigation I had people conduct before into the ones who attacked the Shadow Leopard King in the wilderness, the information suggests that those people should be from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” After carefully confirming the silver-gray clothing worn by the hall’s disciples, Dona whispered, “I just looked closely, and I can now be sure that the clothing worn by those who attacked the Shadow Leopard King back then is exactly the same as what these people from the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall are wearing.”
“They were the ones who attacked the Shadow Leopard King?” After hearing this, Igor’s gaze toward the members of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall grew more cautious.
He knew something about the incident where Dona had transported supplies to the frontline and encountered the Shadow Leopard King. A mid-level lord like the Shadow Leopard King was something that even their entire half-beast race had to handle carefully. Especially according to Dona, that Shadow Leopard King was no ordinary mid-level lord and was evolving toward a high-level lord.
Even their half-beast race did not wish to provoke such a Shadow Leopard King. After all, even top Bone Forging Realm existences could only manage a one-on-one fight with it at best. Those who could truly kill a high-level lord one-on-one were existences like the city lord.
Yet the people of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had dared to provoke it and even forced the Shadow Leopard King to flee. This was enough to prove that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall possessed strength that could make the Shadow Leopard King feel dread. Otherwise, as a top predator of the wilderness, it would never have chosen to escape.
As for this faction, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, if not for its plan to establish Chiyue Town, which aroused the displeasure of Wanxing City, he would not even have known of its existence.
Previously, the reason he had paid some attention to the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall was completely because of Lucis’s death.
Killing someone like Lucis, a top ten graduate of this year’s genius training camp, would not have been easy even for him, yet Lucis had died just like that.
Now that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had the ability to hunt the Shadow Leopard King, he had no choice but to take them seriously, or rather, to reconsider his attitude toward the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.
Although he represented the will of Wanxing City, the actual execution of this task fell primarily on him and Dona, with at most some cooperation from the half-beast race.
While Igor was pondering how to handle the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, Meng Wei came over and led the three of them to the third floor reception room.
“Steward Qin, I heard that you have known the hall master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall for quite some time.” Igor asked Qin Mu with a smile as they walked. “Has the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall existed in the City of Light Chasing for a long time?”
“Not long. I got to know Hall Master Lin not long before he founded the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall,” Qin Mu replied directly without hiding anything. “All in all, it has only been one or two months.”
“One or two months, and it has grown to this scale?” Igor looked at Qin Mu in disbelief, feeling as if Qin Mu was joking with him.
At a glance, the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall already had more than ten visible martial artists. According to the information from the investigation, the total number of martial artists in the hall had likely exceeded fifty.
Lin Qi had only recently been recognized as a Bone Forging Realm expert. Even if Lin Qi had hidden his true strength and had already been at Bone Forging Realm, developing from nothing to this many martial artists in just one or two months was impossible. Even one or two years would be unlikely.
He could sense the qi and blood of those beginner martial artists in the hall. They were far beyond ordinary martial artists. Their potential was at least at an excellent level, giving them a strong chance of entering the genius training camp.
For any faction to cultivate such talents, even for the half-beast race in Wanxing City, they could only cultivate a dozen or so per year by pouring in all their resources. Under normal circumstances, they would produce only a few each year, most of them over twenty-five years old.
So what was with these beginner martial artists in the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?
Judging with the naked eye, the disciples in silver-gray clothing were generally under twenty-five. If one said that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had spent one or two years pouring in resources to cultivate them, he could believe it somewhat.
But one or two months to cultivate so many? Not even ghosts would believe that.
“Lord Igor, it is true. Though I also understand that the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall’s growth speed is astonishing, to the point that I still find it hard to believe, all the information has been carefully checked in the City of Light Chasing. It can all be verified.” Qin Mu looked at the martial artists in the hall with deep emotion.
Back when the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall started, there was not even a single quasi-martial artist, let alone martial artists. Yet within just one or two months, martial artists had become commonplace in the hall. The speed of its growth was so fast that it was hard to believe, but it was the truth.
“A man who has just become a Bone Forging Realm expert, and in one or two months can develop a faction to this level?” Igor looked at Qin Mu, whose expression showed no sign of deceit, and understood that Qin Mu was likely not lying. But having worked in talent cultivation for his race for several years, he still felt this was impossible.
At the very least, this was definitely not something an ordinary Bone Forging Realm faction could achieve.
While Igor was deep in thought, several figures suddenly rushed out from the third floor meditation room and leaped down directly from the third floor.
The leader was a young woman of the half-scale race. The moment they jumped, it was as if they were stepping on invisible stairs, walking down step by step from midair.
This scene left Igor, Dona, Qin Mu, and the others following behind Meng Wei completely stunned.
“Levitation!”
“Could they be experts of that level?”
Igor and Dona stared fixedly at Xia Ling and the others as they landed, their eyes filled with shock and fear.
They had only ever witnessed levitation once by sheer luck, when the city lord of Wanxing City fought a flying high-level lord. The battle in the air had left them with a lifelong, unforgettable impression.
Now, a total of eight people had displayed levitation right before their eyes. This was ten times more shocking than that previous battle.
Qin Mu’s eyes were almost bulging out. He could not comprehend what he had just seen. People could actually fly?
“How many times have I told you? When you go downstairs, just use the stairs. Do not use going downstairs as practice.” Meng Wei looked in annoyance at Xia Ling and the others as they began organizing the martial arts hall disciples’ training.
“Leader Meng Wei, do all the disciple martial artists of your Obsidian Martial Arts Hall know how to do this?” Igor could not help but ask.
“I am not sure about the other martial artist disciples, but the hall master requires all of us garrison members to be able to fly. The hall master said that this is the baseline for becoming a true disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall.” Meng Wei explained.
“Being able to fly is the baseline for becoming a true disciple of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” After hearing this, Dona felt as if she had come to the wrong place, as if they had accidentally stepped into another world when they came in.
City lord-level experts.
In the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, that standard was merely the threshold to be a true disciple. Was this really the same Obsidian Martial Arts Hall they knew of, and not the city lord of a domain city recruiting disciples?
“No. They do not have the terrifying pressure of Lord City Lord,” Igor quickly reacted. He felt sure that Xia Ling and the others were not existences on the level of the city lord. Even if such an existence suppressed their aura, they would still make Bone Forging Realm experts tremble in fear. That was a suppression at the level of life itself, let alone eight such beings. “They should have mastered some kind of levitation martial skill.”
“They are not existences on the level of the city lord?” Dona carefully examined Xia Ling and the others and indeed could not sense that overwhelming difference in life level.
Even so, she still found it unbelievable.
They were only martial artists, yet they could move through the air. She had never even heard of such a martial skill before.
While Dona and Igor were full of confusion, Meng Wei led them to the door of the third floor reception room.
“Please, go in.” Meng Wei opened the door and said to them with a smile. “The hall master is inside.”
“The hall master of the Obsidian Martial Arts Hall?” Looking at the open reception room door, Igor’s expression grew much more solemn. For a moment, he did not even know whether he should go in.
The Obsidian Martial Arts Hall before his eyes was completely different from the one he thought he knew.
