THE LING TIAN LEGEND
episode 8's

Chapter 08: Worldly Affairs

As time passed, Ling Tian had arrived in this world for a year. It was the 7th of July the next day; it was also the birthday of Ling Tian and the Ling family had made preparations for the big party. It was also a one-year catch“ for young master Ling as well. For the Ling family, this was a huge event with all the upper echelons within the Sky Pads Kingdom coming to witness the event. At the same time, they would also eat and lick the Ling family. [1]

A year was enough for Ling Tian to understand many things. With his intelligence, the conversation between his family members was enough to give Ling Tian a basic understanding of this world. But as he became more knowledgeable about this world, Ling Tian became even more confused.

This world, or rather, a planet, was very different from the Earth he had lived on in his previous life. However, there are many similarities between the two. On this planet, there were three great continents: Heavenly Star Continent, Heavenly Sun Continent, and Heavenly Wind Continent. The continent where the Ling family was located was the Heavenly Star Continent. The three continents were separated by vast oceans.

However, humans on the three continents were not as complicated as those on Earth. People on three continents have the same skin color. If they were compared to the people on Earth, they would be the yellow people representing the Chinese. It was as if the planet was completely ruled by the yellow people. Furthermore, the demon clan, beast man and magic that Ling Tian imagined did not exist in this world.

In the Heavenly Star Continent, the Sky Bear Empire was not the only kingdom. There were a total of seven to eight kingdoms large and small. Relations between empires could not be separated from mutual deceit and war. However, the strength of the various kingdoms was similar to their evenly divided territorial lands. Therefore, all the kingdoms were watching each other, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

What made Ling Tian the most shocked and confused was that the cultures on this planet were basically the same as the ones on Earth. Here, they also worship Lao-tze, Confucius, Mencius, Han Feizi and others. At the same time, everyone here spoke Mandarin as if it was the language of the entire planet.

In this world, there are also martial arts. However, compared to the various sects on Earth, the martial arts in this world were too pitiful to compare. Almost all of the martial arts techniques here focus on external martial arts. There were only a few martial arts manuals that allowed one to develop inner Qi.

The battles on this planet were conducted with hard and cold steel everywhere. If Ling Tian were to compare the state of the planet with Earth, the state of the planet would be like the Sui and Tang Dynasties, where the technology was sorely lacking.

Ling Tian lamented to himself, “With the abundance of knowledge I have, I can be said to be like a super prophet on this planet. Geez, how can I stay humble? Almost everything I said would be like a perfect edition. In addition, there are no computers on the planet, no internet, no television or any media. The most ridiculous thing is that there is not even the most basic media like newspapers! Not to mention the fact that there are no ‘ t novels XuanHuan or Wuxia that I like to read... ”.

“F ** k!” As Ling Tian thought about all of this, that was the first word that floated in his mind! How can I survive like that! Ling Tian was really frustrated.

After seeing his grandfather's study room once, Ling Tian completely gave up. In large studies, almost all history books are narrative and can be said to be the most hypnotizing type of book. Apart from one book titled “Legend of Heavenly Star Emperor”, the other books were filled with condescending praise that could make one vomit for three whole three days and nights after reading it. Only his grandfather could pick it up and read it happily every day! From time to time, he even recited it out loud …

The thing Ling Tian's grandfather liked the most was to hug his grandson while holding the biography in his other hand. He would then read it and try to influence his grandson with culture. After going through one round, Ling Tian did not like his grandfather at all anymore. The feeling was even worse than when he was beaten in the trash can and his martial arts were crippled in his previous life. If he had a choice, Ling Tian would rather sit on the Tiger Bench than hear his grandfather recite. [2]

Geez! Even the words ‘ really-really scary’ can hardly explain how it feels. I believe even the Buddha would not be able to bear it! Due to helplessness, Ling Tian could only find a hypnotizing martial art from his memories and train bitterly. He did not expect it to have any other use than to hypnotize himself when he was suffering from cultural influences by his grandfather.

Therefore, from that day on, whenever his grandfather hugged him for a session of cultural influence, Ling Tian would hypnotize himself and the effect was incredible!

If not for the fact that it was too rare an opportunity for him to reincarnate with his memories, Ling Tian would most likely have stopped eating to commit suicide.

In that year, the only thing Ling Tian had obtained was that pure XianTian Qi had finally entered the first stage with the help of the Divine Dragon Shaking Formula.

Do not underestimate the fact that it is only the first stage. You should know, Ling Tian used pure XianTian Qi to set the foundation for the first stage of the Divine Dragon Matching Formula! In the world of martial arts, this was something that only existed in legends! This meant that Ling Tian would never face the difficulty of breaking through the different acupuncture points that normal martial arts cultivators would face. As long as he continued cultivating, the absorbed Qi would be transformed into pure XianTian Qi within his body.

If the meridians of ordinary martial arts cultivators were like small streams with many barriers, then the meridians in Ling Tian's body were like a huge river flowing smoothly! The two cannot be compared to each other! The difference between Ling Tian and an ordinary martial arts cultivator was like a poor person born from a poor family and a prince born from an imperial family!

After entering XianTian, the greatest advantage was that one would never enter a cultivation aberration. In this year, Ling Tian had entered a martial arts world that he could only dream of entering in his previous life: immersing himself completely in martial arts without worrying about distractions. Due to the fact that he still has to play the role of a baby who does not know how to walk or talk, he has a full 24 hours every day to cultivate.

This was also something unavoidable: If Ling Tian were to run around the place and spew out harsh words from the moment he was born, no one would think that he was a genius. Instead, they would only think that he was a monster!

When he was tired of cultivating his inner Qi, Ling Tian revised all the martial arts formulas he had obtained from his previous life to ensure that everything was still committed to his memory. On a planet where martial arts knowledge was rare, Ling Tian knew just how great a wealth of knowledge he had! If he casually used one of these martial arts formulas from his mind, it would be enough to cause a great earthquake on the planet! All of this would be a treasure for him to build his legend and protect his life in the future and there was nothing wrong with them.

After carefully sorting out all the martial arts formulas in his heart, Ling Tian began his next move. It was to sort through all the martial arts techniques in his mind that consisted of various fists, swords, palms, movements, and many other techniques.

In his previous life, Ling Tian's martial arts were crippled. After being rescued by Ling Meng’er, she lives on the edge of the Eastern Ocean alone and the only thing that entertains her are online games and novels. Since he had a martial arts background, he was naturally more interested in battle-type games. As he sifted through all the martial arts techniques, Ling Tian once again discovered the feeling of playing the game online!

Of course, the biggest difference between playing an online game and what he does is that one kills in a virtual world while the other is a battle simulation in his mind. Although both of them were virtual in nature, Ling Tian was able to replicate all the actions with his own limbs right now. Thus, the movement that Ling Tian simulated was a melee battle to achieve a one-hit kill.

It had to be said that it was indeed a great job for Ling Tian to sort through all of this information. There was countless information in Ling Tian's mind and it was impossible to sort through all of it in just one year. As such, Ling Tian simply chose and chose what he thought was more important. Her first choice was to protect herself especially since she felt so helpless and insecure. So, his safety was his top priority.

As Ling Tian lay in the cradle, he closed his eyes, looking as if he was silent and satisfied. But in reality, his mind moved swiftly and non-stop.

[1]: This is an event where various items such as books, brushes, abacuses and more will be placed in front of a child for him to choose from. The item he chose would be an indication of his future inclination.

[2]: Tiger Bench is a cruel torture method used in China that can result in death.