Cultivation Begins with Skill Points
Chapter 292 - 291: The Cheating Gu Chen

Chapter 292: Chapter 291: The Cheating Gu Chen

"Disciple greets Master."

Gu Chen kowtowed deeply like a mountain of gold toppling and a pillar of jade falling at Zhong Lin’s feet.

After two years apart, Gu Chen had already cultivated True Qi, stepping into the First Grade Realm.

Zhong Lin looked at Gu Chen with a peculiar expression. To cultivate from the Sixth Grade to the First Grade in just two years, crossing five realms in total, this speed almost matched his own miraculous feats.

Now Zhong Lin was eighty percent certain that this cheap disciple of his was the legendary "Child of Destiny." Of course, there was also the possibility of what Chen Jia called him: a "Descendant of Sin Blood."

But regardless of which it was, neither could be compared to ordinary Martial Artists. If he didn’t fall in the future, his prospects would be boundlessly bright.

"First Grade True Qi Realm, Gu Chen, you truly surprise your Master! Stand up!"

"Thank you, Master."

Gu Chen saluted again, then climbed to his feet, looking at Zhong Lin with eyes full of fervor.

Half a year ago, upon reaching the Second Grade Realm, he went down the mountain for training. After a fortunate encounter, he cultivated True Qi, and just as he was about to head to Black Wind Forest, he received news of his Master’s return, not wasting a moment before hastening back.

Like a small pebble, the more he opened his eyes to the world, the more he realized just how powerful his Master truly was.

In a millennium across the entire continent, the strongest was only of the Innate Realm, yet his Master had broken through the final bottleneck to step into the legendary Spiritual Origin Realm, truly becoming the "Number One Under Heaven."

Gu Chen now felt ever more fortunate for the luck of having once apprenticed under him.

"Come, let your Master test your cultivation. If you satisfy me, I will give you another opportunity."

As he spoke, Zhong Lin stood up, soared into the air, and flew towards the Purple Bamboo Forest behind the mountain.

Gu Chen watched Zhong Lin’s figure soaring through the sky, eyes heated, as he stepped forward, activated his Qinggong, and followed suit.

The sun began to rise, its rays scattering.

The two stood atop a cliff, beneath them a hundred-zhang precipice, surrounded by clouds and mist.

"Make your move! I will suppress my power to the First Grade Realm, do not disappoint me."

Zhong Lin’s hands were clasped behind his back, his clothes fluttering in the Wind Flow as a majestic aura that could challenge the world rose.

Gu Chen took a deep breath, cupped his fists, and said, "Disciple Offends!"

Boom!

As his voice fell, a violent aura erupted from Gu Chen’s body, and the powerful wind pressure flattened the wild grass on the cliff.

With a single step, in the blink of an eye he covered several breaths’ worth of distance, arriving in front of Zhong Lin.

As his robe swirled, a massive gale was stirred up on the entire cliff.

His right hand transformed into a palm, striking directly towards Zhong Lin’s chest.

Buzz buzz buzz!

The air hummed continuously, True Qi surged relentlessly, and the solid palm force surged overwhelmingly.

Zhong Lin raised an eyebrow, a look of appreciation flashing in his eyes.

Not to mention the power, just the battle experience alone was something far beyond what a small pebble could compare.

This palm force came from all directions, leaving nowhere to escape but to confront it directly.

Zhong Lin’s expression remained calm, then his sleeve flicked, his hand slid out, and with one finger, he pointed at a distance of dozens of paces.

The air split open with a tearing sound in front of that finger, and the fierce Finger Force suddenly ripped through the air, drawing a blazing wave straight towards Gu Chen’s chest.

Gu Chen’s expression changed, hastily changing his moves, as rolling True Qi swept away the surrounding air currents. The red palm cleaved the air, its force raging like a torrent, imposing within ten zhang before him, as if making the air palpable with its momentum.

Boom!

A palm and a finger collided in that moment. As True Qi exploded, Gu Chen leveraged that force to soar tens of zhang into the air.

"Shaking Heaven Palm."

Gu Chen roared, descending from above, True Qi wildly surging, the fierce and mighty force exploded, taking advantage of the descending momentum, slamming down with the force of Taishan bearing down from the sky.

The fierce and mighty palm imprint coalesced a surge of force that made the space seemingly real, shattering into tumultuous air waves.

Buzz!

The hands behind Zhong Lin’s back suddenly moved, his long and slender fingers clenched, a fist met the air.

Bang!

A scorching friction of fist and palm, Gu Chen only felt the Master’s fist was a void, without resistance. Before he could react, a sea-overwhelming force exploded, making him retreat helplessly.

Even with Gu Chen’s swift actions, he could not evade that fierce punch, as it struck his chest directly atop the Tan Zhong Acupoint.

Puff!

Blood spurted out, Gu Chen only felt the Qi-Blood within his chest churning, his breath pausing at that moment.

"Ha!"

Gu Chen did not admit defeat, instead roaring thunderously, using his rich combat experience to quickly adjust his stance, then striking a finger in mid-air.

"Spirit Rhinoceros Sword Finger."

Gu Chen unleashed his most powerful strike, with full strength, as if an ocean wave swept through, the rolling air current billowed out, making the space around Zhong Lin tremble slightly like a water surface.

Wuwu wawa!

Sounds resembling ghostly cries and howls as the air tore, within less than a breath’s time, that streak of crimson-golden Sword Qi crossed the air.

"Hahaha, well come."

Zhong Lin did not expect Gu Chen to pull such a move at the last moment, truly giving himself a huge surprise!

Similarly, with his right hand forming a sword, pointed into the void, executing the very same Spirit Rhinoceros Sword Finger move.

Boom!

Accompanied by a loud boom, two Sword Qi clashed mid-air and subsequently shattered.

"Ah!"

Gu Chen let out a miserable cry, his body emitting a crackling bone-breaking sound that made one’s teeth ache, as he was flung straight backward, plummeting towards the cliff.

"Master, save me."

Gu Chen cried out in terror, continuously adjusting his position in the air, attempting to leverage strength to soar back up.

But alas, being merely a Postnatal Realm Martial Artist without even cultivated Innate True Qi, and after having exhausted all his True Qi in the recent battle, compounded by residual shock from the last attack causing widespread bone fractures, he had no strength left, only able to watch helplessly as he fell.

In that moment, a wave of despair surged within him, thinking if he fell, he’d become nothing more than a pile of flesh.

"Come up."

Zhong Lin softly commanded, his right hand clawing into the void, an invisible force directly pulling Gu Chen over.

"Open your mouth."

Zhong Lin flicked a finger, and Gu Chen instinctively opened his mouth as a Purple Mansion Pill fell into it, dissolving instantly with a tremendous medicinal force spreading throughout his body.

Gu Chen’s expression changed, not needing Zhong Lin’s instructions, he flipped his body, sitting cross-legged, circulating True Qi, rapidly refining the medicinal force within.

Even a small pebble could withstand the Purple Mansion Pill’s medicinal force, let alone Gu Chen.

Under the wash of this medicinal force, his earlier injuries healed at an eye-visible speed, the remaining medicinal power further merged into his True Qi.

If Gu Chen’s True Qi was a trickle before, now it turned into a surging river, the immense power swelling his meridians to the point of almost bursting.

"What kind of elixir did Master give me? How can it have such massive medicinal force? Is it going to burst me?"