Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain
Chapter 1533 - 1532 National Technique Tower, Level 1

Chapter 1533: Chapter 1532 National Technique Tower, Level 1

Elder Chen, at that moment, took out something resembling a token and sent it flying towards the main gate of the pagoda.

"Whoosh!" With a sound, the gate emitted a ’Boom’ and then opened on both sides.

"Young Friend Lin, please."

Elder Chen made a welcoming gesture to Lin Dong, who nodded and entered the pagoda.

The first floor of the pagoda.

After Lin Dong entered, he found that the first floor of the pagoda was quite large with a stone disc in the middle, and on top of it, a candle was continuously burning.

To Lin Dong’s surprise, the lamp oil for the candle was made from mermaid oil.

Historical records state: "Using mermaid oil as a candle can burn for a long time without extinguishing."

This means that using mermaid oil as lamp oil can create an ever-burning lamp, burning for a thousand years.

Moreover, this kind of candle, with its bright light, could illuminate the darkness completely.

Through the light of the candle, Lin Dong saw that the walls all around the first floor of the pagoda were covered with murals, as vivid as those found in the Mogao Grottoes.

However, the difference was that the murals in Mogao Grottoes depicted art, whereas here, they depicted national arts.

Each mural represented a form of national art.

Lin Dong glanced around and wondered how he would pass this first trial.

As he pondered, a blurry ethereal figure slowly emerged.

Even Lin Dong could not discern his true face.

"It’s rare to see such a young challenger," the figure slowly spoke.

Lin Dong realized that this was a spirit and soul similar to that of a Sovereign Witch!

A spirit and soul, something that only Heavenly Realm Martial Artists could condense. Once a spirit and soul were formed, even if the body died, the spirit would live on forever.

However, this spirit and soul was different from that of the Sovereign Witch; it was a fragmented one.

Lin Dong immediately thought of what Elder Chen had told him earlier and deduced that this fragmented spirit in front of him was that of Yangxin.

He quickly offered a bow to the figure.

"Junior, has seen Elder Yangxin."

The figure smiled slightly, examining Lin Dong, and then cheerfully said:

"A martial artist of the Earth Realm in his early twenties, even in our era, would be considered a genius dominating an era. Unexpectedly, hundreds of years later, another has appeared."

"I just don’t know how well you’ve cultivated your national art..."

Although only a fragmented spirit and soul, it could discern Lin Dong’s bone age and cultivation level, truly terrifying.

Heavenly Realm Martial Artists were indeed formidable.

As different from Earth Realm martial artists as heaven is from earth!

Lin Dong showed his respect and asked the fragmented soul, "May I ask Elder Yangxin, how can one pass this first trial?"

Yangxin’s soul remnant spoke faintly, "In my lifetime, I left five hundred types of national arts on these walls. You only need to successfully cultivate one hundred types within three days to pass smoothly."

"Three days, one hundred types?" Lin Dong spoke, somewhat surprised.

"Do you find it difficult? If you cannot even accomplish this, it means your strength is built on accumulated resources."

"If it is built on resources, then your foundation will be unstable in the future, and the backlash you face will be greater."

Lin Dong shook his head, "My surprise comes from finding the trial very simple."

"Oh? Simple?" Yangxin Superior’s soul remnant smiled faintly, "Then I must see if you can truly achieve that."

Lin Dong nodded, then clasping his fists said, "Then Senior, I shall begin now."

The five hundred national techniques on this wall are quite common in Dragon Country. For example, the Six Great National Techniques, Tai Chi, level-eight, Pigua, Tongbei, Eight Trigrams, Xingyi.

And then there are the Five Elements Fist, Seven Kills Fist, Drunken Fist, Monkey Fist, Hung Gar Fist, Tan’s leg technique, and others.

To cultivate all these five hundred national techniques to Grandmaster level, even Lin Dong obviously couldn’t achieve it.

Not to mention cultivating all to Grandmaster level, even reaching Sect Master for all would basically be impossible.

However, to simply learn the basics of them all, for Lin Dong, it was too easy.

He had already mastered many national techniques before. Now, after taking a look, he began to practice.

"Tai Chi, the foremost among national techniques, softness overcomes hardness. Let the mighty be, as gentle winds sweep across mountain ridges."

"Level-eight, between heaven and earth, Nine Regions’ Eight Extremes. The force can reach far and wide..."

"Bagua Palm, two entities give rise to four phenomena, which in turn create the Eight Trigrams. Body like a wandering dragon, that is the Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm, body like a dragon’s shape, that is the Dragon Shape Bagua Palm..."

"..."

Lin Dong practiced one national technique after another, and the watching soul remnant of Yangxin Superior was incredibly surprised.

"This youth, truly is a rare genius! Each national technique he practices has reached beyond master level."

"And many, even more so."

"And he has unique insights into each national technique. This is simply monstrous."

"It seems I was too hasty before. I had thought his cultivation level was merely stacked up by resources, surely unstable at its core. However, seeing him practice these national techniques, I realized I underestimated him."

The soul remnant of Yangxin Superior continued nodding, discovering Lin Dong had already finished practicing a hundred types of national techniques.

And the time he spent was less than ten minutes.

"He is the youngest among all the testers, and also the one who completed it the fastest."

Upon saying this, Yangxin Superior’s soul announced, "Congratulations, young man, you have successfully passed the first challenge."

"You may proceed to the second challenge."

Hearing this, Lin Dong momentarily stopped. He spoke to the soul of Yangxin Superior, "May I continue to comprehend these national techniques here?"

Among these, there were many national techniques Lin Dong had not learned before.

He had learned only about a hundred types following Daoist Master Qing Shan. The rest, many of which were already lost, were of great interest to Lin Dong.

For example, the Vajra Finger! Just at the threshold level, you can pierce through a wooden board, at Small Accomplishment, you can poke several centimeters into an iron plate, and at great accomplishment, you can directly make a hole the size of a finger.

At the level of Sect Master, it can even pierce through heavy iron walls from afar!

And at the level of Grandmaster, it is even more terrifying. One poke can split mountains!

Besides Vajra Finger, there were many other lost national techniques that interested Lin Dong, all of which he wanted to fully learn.

Hearing Lin Dong’s words, the soul of Yangxin Superior’s eyes brightened, he hastily said, "Of course!"

In his lifetime, he was a pure martial artist.

"To hear the Dao in the morning is to die content in the evening!"

Such as he naturally hoped to see the younger generation of Dragon Country, like Lin Dong, continue to inherit and enhance all these national techniques.

This was also why he expended great energy, even split his soul.

Now seeing Lin Dong wanting to continue learning these remaining national techniques after passing the challenge, he felt much comforted.

(These two days, my youngest brother topped the exams and we held a celebration in our hometown. I had little time to write, so updates have been sparse. I seek your understanding.)