Chapter 122: Treasure Hunting in the Bazaar
After Li Shiwei knew that Lin Xu's cultivation had grown again, he congratulated Lin Xu. He gently patted Lin Xu's shoulder, and said with emotion: "Senior brother, you are really good, you are getting stronger and stronger. I'm afraid I won't be able to cultivate to your level in my life. ”
"Senior brother, don't be discouraged, as long as you do your best, everything is possible. Lin Xu encouraged Li Shiwei.
Li Shiwei listened to it and smiled, which seemed a little bitter. After all, when others reach middle age, they already have a general understanding of their true abilities and potential. These are not things that can be changed by his personal efforts, nor will they be changed because of the kind words that Lin Xuan deliberately said to him.
For cultivation, sometimes it is more important to have a talent, not just a personal effort. Now it is obvious that Li Shiwei's talent is far inferior to Lin Xu. If he wanted to reach Lin Xu's height, it would be almost impossible.
Li Shiwei didn't want to disturb Lin Xu's cultivation too much, so after chatting casually, he said goodbye and left.
Lin Xuan had made great gains in his cultivation, and he had received the blessings and encouragement of his good brothers, so he felt very excited, and his enthusiasm for cultivation was also greatly enhanced.
Lin Xu's cultivation skills needed a relatively wide area. And his hut obviously did not have such conditions. So he moved to the back of the house, and came to a wide, flat meadow.
Lin Xuan stood up, adjusting his strength, and a powerful true qi had already condensed in the palm of his right hand, which was rotating rapidly like the center of a tornado, but it would definitely not leave Lin Xu's palm. In other words, after Lin Xuan transferred this true qi out of the dantian, he could still firmly control it in his own hands, and it would definitely not cause a situation that got out of control.
Immediately, Lin Xuan stretched out his left hand and drew a big circle in front of him in front of him, and his right hand pushed out the true qi in his hand. I saw that the true qi flew straight forward like a bow and arrow off the string, and there was a sharp and sharp sound of breaking through the air.
That true qi quickly condensed into blue ice cubes in the air, emitting bursts of dazzling blue light. When it flew to the circle that Lin Xu had just drawn, it immediately drooped with Lin Xu's thoughts, forming a large barrel-like ice-walled castle.
But its name is not called a castle, but has an even more shocking name: Ice Crystal Hell.
"Haha! Ice Crystal Heavenly Hell has finally been cultivated!" Lin Xuan not only laughed proudly.
It can be seen from this that his previous cultivation of soul gathering is great. How much Fa has helped him. The more advanced the Blue Ice Sky Sword Duel, the more energy it needs. And the Soul Gathering Great Fa happened to be able to provide him with enough energy to enable him to successfully cultivate these advanced skills.
Although Lin Xuan was only a beginner who had just practiced the Soul Gathering Method, his power was already not small. Now that he has cultivated into the Ice Crystal Heavenly Prison so smoothly, it is the best illustration of this.
Lin Xuan very carefully observed the Ice Crystal Heavenly Prison that he had condensed with his true qi, and truly experienced the release process of his true qi during this period, and finally had a bottom in his heart. This is the first time he has successfully practiced this skill, and it is an excellent start, and with a few more practices, he should be able to use it proficiently.
Just like Lin Xu's previous cultivation of the Blue Ice Heavenly Sword Duel's other skills, they all went through such a process from failure to success, and from rustiness to proficiency. After his efforts, he will always be handy in actual combat in the end. Lin Xu is very confident in this.
After a long while, after Lin Xuan was sure that he had completely mastered the casting technique of the Ice Crystal Heavenly Prison, he raised his right hand and made a closing motion, only to see that the Ice Crystal Heavenly Prison that was still standing not far away just now immediately disappeared.
The original true qi that was pushed out by Lin Xuan returned to his palm. He paused to play, and wanted to test his strength, so he volleyed a palm into the air towards a large stone a few feet away in front of him. I saw that the true qi in his palm immediately turned into blue ice, and shot straight away, hitting the big stone impartially.
"Bang!"
The stone, which was two feet square, was actually split by Lin Xu's volley, and it completely exploded, forming countless small stones that flew in all directions.
If it were an ordinary person who saw such a scene, he would definitely be stunned by fright. You must know that Lin Xu's palm did not touch the stone just now, and it was several zhang away from the stone, so he was able to directly explode the stone. If you replace that stone with someone's head, the bloody scene is really creepy to think about.
However, for Lin Xu, he would not have any surprised expression. On the contrary, he still feels a little inadequate. Because his palm power is not yet able to smash the stone into powder in the air.
"Well, my goal is to break hard stone into powder with a single palm, and now it seems that I still need to work hard. In addition, this technique can be used when attacking from a distance, but it cannot exert any power in close combat. If I don't have a sword and it's melee, my attack skills will be a little clumsy. Lin Xuan thought secretly in his heart.
If you want to make up for the shortcomings of this point, then Lin Xuan needs to practice other exercises.
In the Thousand Ice Sword Sect, Lin Xuan had no one to rely on, so he could only rely on himself. After all, he was now nominally just a peripheral disciple, and he didn't have a senior master to guide him. If he wants to practice new exercises, he can only find them by himself. If it's just waiting, it won't wait.
In order to collect exercises that were convenient for the use of fists in close combat, Lin Xu went to the bazaar where various cultivation exercises were sold. He also deliberately brought gold coins that he had exchanged for pills before. If he comes across an exercise that he likes and is particularly suitable, then he definitely doesn't mind paying a high price to buy it.
Now Lin Xu is very familiar with the bazaar, and he is no longer as ignorant as when he first came to the Thousand Ice Sword Sect, and he no longer asks Li Shiwei to lead the way as before. He even knew exactly where in the bazaar the exercises were sold.
Therefore, after Lin Xu came to the market, he did not wander around, but went straight to a small street to the north of the market. In his impression, only in this small street would there be monks who had to sell some of their treasured unpopular exercises due to lack of money, in exchange for the gold coins they needed for their lives.
However, this small street is now filled with a wide variety of objects, and there are countless of them. As Lin Xuan walked, he looked very carefully at the things placed on the various temporary stalls, but he didn't find the exercises he needed.
The reason why he focused on this kind of temporary stall instead of going to those that had fixed stores was because the monks who usually sold the exercises could only set up such temporary stalls, and very few of them opened shops.
Seeing that he was about to reach the end of this small street, Lin Xuan had not yet found his favorite exercise. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed and lonely.
However, perhaps it really responds to the words of the ancients, the mountains and rivers are doubtful, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village. Just when Lin Xuan was disappointed, he suddenly saw an inconspicuous remote corner, and an iron plate was actually placed diagonally.
The iron plate was rectangular, about five feet long, three feet wide, and two fingers thick, which seemed ordinary, but Lin Xu found something unusual about it. Because there are actually three big characters carved directly with fingers on the iron plate: Wan Mianzhang.
Although these three characters can be seen at a glance to be carved with their fingers, the handwriting is sharp, like a sharp sword, and penetrates deep into the iron plate, showing that the person who carved the words on the iron plate has extremely learned skills.
"Wow, what a lot of skill it must take to be able to carve words on an iron plate with your fingers. I can't do it right now, anyway. It seems that this 10,000 palm is good, and it can be used in close combat, without the need to use a sword, which completely meets my predetermined conditions. Lin Xuan secretly thought in his heart, he already had the heart to buy this Wanmian palm technique.
On top of the iron plate, there is also a thick roll of bamboo slips, which should be the cultivation method of Wan Mianzhang.
Behind the iron plate sat an old man wearing a plain gray shirt and a long white beard on his chin. Judging by his appearance, he should be in his sixties.
Lin Xuan walked straight to the iron plate, stretched out his hand and pointed to the three big characters on the iron plate, looked at the long-bearded old man, and asked, "Senior, if I guessed correctly, these three words should have been carved with the skill of Wan Mianzhang, right?"
"That's right, young man, you still have a bit of vision. The long-bearded old man nodded slightly, giving Lin Xuan an affirmative answer.
"This is the Wanmian Palm Technique?" Lin Xuan then asked, pointing to the bamboo slip.
"Yes. The long-bearded old man nodded again and replied to Lin Xu. But he didn't say much more, and he spared words like gold.
At the same time, Lin Xuan finally discovered a strange point, that is, when this long-bearded old man spoke, it seemed that it sounded unnatural, as if he was deliberately lowering his voice to speak, making his voice look particularly hoarse. It stands to reason that an elder of this age doesn't have to do this at all, and Lin Xuan doesn't know what he's deliberately hiding.
Lin Xuan thought of the purpose of his trip, and felt that he should ignore this strange long-bearded old man for the time being, and still focus on the exercises of Wan Mianzhang.
As a result, Lin Xuan no longer inquired and speculated, and asked directly: "Senior, how much does this Wanmian Palm Exercise cost?" I want to buy it and cultivate it myself. ”
"This exercise is not for sale. The long-bearded old man gave Lin Xu's negative answer this time, which made Lin Xuan feel very surprised.
"Not for sale, won't it?" asked Lin Xu, incredulously.
"If you don't sell, you don't sell, there's nothing that won't. The long-bearded old man said to Lin Xuan very resolutely.
Lin Xuan thought that the long-bearded old man was a little angry because he felt impatient, so he hurriedly said, "Senior, don't worry. I really want to buy this set of exercises. Since you take it to the market and put it on the market, you should always want to make a move. Then what conditions or requirements do you have, you might as well say it directly. ”
Lin Xu really wanted to buy it, and he looked a little anxious.