Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 555 - 549 - Peerless 2

Chapter 555: 549 Chapter Peerless 2

After absorbing the Thunder Energy of the Fourth Layer, Lin Xin evidently felt that his body could hardly bear it anymore.

In the Rushing Thunder Sword technique, after absorbing Thunder Energy from each layer, there was always a rather lengthy adaptation process, which essentially was the process of Thunder Energy continuously tempering the body strength of the cultivator.

Lin Xin was now certain that the One Hundred and Eight Forms of the Rushing Thunder Sword was at least a top-tier Sword Technique of the True Monarch Level, but its cultivation difficulty was tremendously high.

The First Layer alone required a common person five years, the Second Layer according to the records theoretically required ten years, the Third Layer fifteen years, and the Fourth Layer twenty years.

According to theory, without bottlenecks and lacking no resources of scriptures, if everything went smoothly, diligently cultivating every day, and with sufficient talent, reaching the ultimate Seventieth Layer would require three hundred and fifty years, and to cultivate up to the theoretical One Hundred and Eighth Layer would require one hundred and eight times five—five hundred and forty years.....

And that was just the theoretical data. In reality, the Rushing Thunder Sword was easy to start practicing, but after every ten layers, the difficulty increased significantly.

After pausing his cultivation, Lin Xin talked with Lin Yaoyang about the situation.

As the keeper of the Family’s Training Tower, Lin Yaoyang had a relatively detailed understanding of the general situation of practicing the Rushing Thunder Sword within the family.

He then began to explain the details to Lin Xin.

"In the family, there are three who have cultivated up to the Sixtieth Layer. One from the main family, two from the branches, all are reclusive elders who never show themselves in public.

And those who have cultivated to the Fiftieth Layer number thirty-three. These thirty-three people form the real foundation of our Lin Family in handling daily affairs. They manage all external business and so forth. They specifically take orders from each generation’s Secret Blood bearers."

Lin Yaoyang, sitting cross-legged opposite Lin Xin, didn’t mind that the black silk of her legs under her skirt inadvertently revealed a secret spot in between.

After being reminded a few times by Lin Xin, she paid a little more attention, but still maintained a carefree male-like posture. Clearly, she didn’t see Lin Xin as a man...

"Ultimately, within our Lin Family, the power of Secret Blood is supreme. But little brother, your talent is acknowledged as the foremost of all the previous practitioners of the Rushing Thunder Sword. Once you later cultivate to a deeper level, with your older sister covering for you, wouldn’t you do whatever you wish?"

It was evident that Lin Yaoyang was sincerely happy for her brother.

Even without Secret Blood, as long as one has cultivated the Rushing Thunder Sword to a high level, one can defend oneself against lesser Secret Blood bearers, which also relieved Lin Yaoyang, who had always been concerned about her brother’s safety.

It was getting dark when Lin Yaoyang finally took Lin Xin out of the Training Tower and headed home for dinner.

All the existing scriptures of the Rushing Thunder Sword were directly brought to their house by a horse-drawn carriage and piled up, with a small courtyard specially set aside for Lin Xin to practice the sword alone, located near the main loft.

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The first floor of the loft.

Lin Hao was sitting by the dining table, while Lin Yaoyang and Lin Xin sat at the table, devouring their meal.

Yuan Wanqing smiled gently, watching the two children swiftly clear the food on the table.

"I heard Yue’er practiced the Rushing Thunder Sword today?"

Lin Hao, eating slowly, asked in a low voice.

"Dad, you have no idea how monstrous little brother is!" Lin Yaoyang, bringing up this matter, hurriedly swallowed a big mouthful of rice and urgently spoke.

"In just one day, one day he brought the Rushing Thunder Sword up to the Fourth Layer! It’s freakish within freaks, an oddity among oddities!"

Lin Hao and Yuan Wanqing were both taken aback.

Surprise flashed across their eyes as they both looked towards Lin Xin.

"Yue’er, is that true?" Yuan Wanqing asked softly.

Lin Xin’s expression was calm as he picked up some sautéed vegetables and meat and placed them in his bowl.

"Yes. The beginning of the Rushing Thunder Sword is simple, but it will become more and more difficult later on. I just had a better starting point. There won’t be such a fast pace later on."

The amazement in Lin Hao’s eyes slowly subsided, turning into admiration.

"That’s how it should be, without arrogance or rush, without blind self-pride, Yang’er should learn from your little brother in this respect."

"If that’s truly the case, then in our world of major family clans, there would only be two people who could compare with Yue’er," Lin Hao smiled, a rarity these days. His smile, appearing less often now, also looked somewhat stiff and strange.

Yuan Wanqing nodded gently with a smile.

"We don’t expect Yue’er to rival those with Secret Blood in strength, just having the power to protect himself is enough...."

Those with Secret Blood could rise dramatically in strength, comparable to super old monsters instantly, and even if Lin Xin had dazzling talent, he couldn’t surpass others’ thousands of years of accumulation in just a dozen or so years.

"I understand," Lin Xin nodded, then focused on eating his meal.

Lin Yaoyang started chattering again about her clothing being cut today and various other miscellaneous and amusing incidents—truly a chatterbox, never stopping.

Lin Hao would occasionally interject some comments, and Yuan Wanqing just tenderly watched Lin Yaoyang, her eyes always filled with affection and gratification.

Lin Xin, meanwhile, was focused on his meal, needing an astonishing amount of food now. After this meal, he would go for another session of not very tasty but highly nutritional food.

But before long, before the meal was finished, a maid came in with a message.

"Family Head, the Qiankong Family Head has arrived."

Lin Hao raised his brows slightly, put down his chopsticks, and used a hot towel brought by a maid nearby to wipe his mouth.

"Tell him, I’ll be right there."

"Yes."

The maid slowly retreated.

Lin Yaoyang’s expression also turned grave.

"Dad, is it the Qiankong Family that manipulates the hair?"

Lin Hao nodded.

"Yes, when I head back, I’ll send the Thunder Bead from my place to Yue’er. With the Qiankong City Lord personally visiting, we can’t treat it lightly. I’ll go ahead."

Yuan Wanqing stood up to straighten his clothes and hair.

Lin Xin, however, tugged at Lin Yaoyang’s skirt.

"The Qiankong Family? Are they the second-ranked demon-slaying noble family after our Lin Family?"

"Exactly," Lin Yaoyang nodded, watching dad leave the table and step out the door before she whispered into Lin Xin’s ear.

"That Qiankong Family Head is really twisted. I met him once, with his long hair and neither looking male nor female, always dressed in black, and his skin without a hint of color."

"Another with Secret Blood?" Lin Xin asked with a frown.

"Yes, that’s right," Lin Yaoyang confirmed, "By the way, weren’t you supposed to test your sensory qualities and rank today?"

"Going or not doesn’t matter," Lin Xin said casually.

"True, you freak, surely no one can compare with you. Shizaki that little guy hasn’t returned yet, must still be in intensive training. You on the other hand, just come back whenever — eat when it’s time to eat, rest when it’s time to rest," Lin Yaoyang said, at a loss for words.

She supported her head with one hand, her long hair flowing smoothly down, her bright eyes and white teeth already revealing her beauty, though the pose was somewhat indecent.

As soon as dad left, she immediately cross-legged herself, not caring that her skirt lifted to reveal her thighs.

Her legs, clad in black silk, casually crossed over each other, her left hand occasionally grasping at her chest, not treating Lin Xin like a man at all.

But Lin Xin was indeed still young, only considered a boy...

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The name of Lin Xin’s genius spread throughout the entire Lin Family in just a few days.

Without Secret Blood, yet, a top-tier genius in cultivating the Rushing Thunder Sword, shielded by a sister who was a Secret Blood inheritor, this little young master instantly became the one person in Lin Family that nobody dared to provoke.

Lin Xin couldn’t be bothered to go to the training field anymore; the instructors’ explanations were not as fast as reading books, which even contained many inaccuracies. With his eyes of a Demon God, self-study vastly surpassed any instructor’s teachings.

He stayed right inside his own courtyard, flipping through mountains of books every day, and got his hands on that Thunder Bead, for which Lin Hao specially made a device that could separate the levels and density of the Thunder Energy released by the Thunder Bead.

This made cultivation even more convenient for Lin Xin.

The Rushing Thunder Sword was the top-tier cultivation technique he always wanted that mobilized Heaven and Earth’s Elemental Energy. Now with abundant resources, the technique in hand, and a safe environment, there was no reason left to hinder him from passionately cultivating the Rushing Thunder Sword.

While cultivating intensely, he also gradually adjusted the frequency of the Sacred Body to suit the Elemental Energy of the Mortal Realm.

Whenever needed, he could switch to his Sacred Body and go all out.

But unless absolutely necessary, he had no intention of using the Sacred Body, to avoid alerting some powers in the Mortal Realm.

Time slowly passed, and before he knew it, several weeks had gone by.

Lin Xin’s pace of cultivation finally slowed down after entering the Fourth Layer.

This somewhat relieved the frightened Lin Yaoyang.

If his incredible progress continued, how could she, as an older sister, restore her authority later?

Gradually, everything returned to normal again.

Lin Xin went nowhere, just diligently continuing to cultivate the Rushing Thunder Sword in his courtyard.

He had attribute points, and indeed got stuck at the Fifth Layer for a moment, but then directly used the attribute points to forcibly increase his level.

The attributes required for the Rushing Thunder Sword were Defense and Constitution. By increasing both Defense and Constitution, the progress of the Rushing Thunder Sword surged ahead like water rushing forth

After raising his Defense by twenty points, Lin Xin smoothly advanced the Rushing Thunder Sword to the Sixth Layer.

Then, the Seventh Layer took half a month.

The Eighth Layer took a month, and the Ninth Layer another month...until the Twelfth Layer when he finally encountered a bottleneck.

His body needed further strengthening, so Lin Xin used attribute points again to raise his Constitution by 20 points, abruptly breaking through the bottleneck once more.

Afterward, he discovered that whenever he faced a bottleneck, he simply had to increase both his Defense and Constitution attributes, and everything seemed to be easily resolved.

After all, he was ultimately a Demon God Level powerhouse; the problems and difficulties encountered in the early phases of the Rushing Thunder Sword were trivial for him.

But another matter was blocking his advancement; the Thunder Bead was exhausted of Thunder Energy by the time he reached the Twentieth Layer, completely turning into a regular Treasure Bead.

And for levels above the Twentieth, storing Yin Yang Thunder Energy wasn’t available in the Training Tower. He had to venture out to gather it.

Lin Xin simply used secret techniques from his previous life to change his appearance and set out to search for Yin Yang Thunder Energy.

At a black market auction, he managed to obtain a higher-level Thunder Bead, much stronger than the one Lin Hao had given him before. After successfully winning the auction, he returned to the Qiushi Region without delay and quickly resumed intense cultivation.

The excursion was fortunate as it gave him a detailed understanding of the surrounding territories of the Qiushi Region.

The Qiushi Region was completely occupied by noble families forming the Extermination Council. Although they seemed disorganized, their strength was astonishing, with only the Cloud Heaven Sect in the vicinity that could match them.

The rest were minor powers and not worth mentioning.

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