WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 16: Eight Palm Desoltions

Ever since Lin Dong had managed to make a breakthrough to the 5th Layer, his insane training speed had started to decrease. Although he still had the help of the Ling Liquid Amulet Stone, he understood that too much of an excess would only harm himself. So he decided to moderate his pace.

As a result, over the next few days, Lin Dong seemed more relaxed than before. Whenever he had the time, he would practice Penetration Fist which he almost mastered perfectly. Having previously grasped the secret behind it, Lin Dong was now finally able to smoothly execute the tenth echo of the Penetrating Fist. However, he continued to keep this a secret, after all, this was his secret completion move.

After relaxing at a gradual pace for several days, Lin Dong finally continued his intensive training. However, this time, he did not return to soaking in the stone pond as it did not bring much benefit to him.

In fact, Lin Dong planned to start directly consuming the red liquid from the stone talisman.

Lin Dong had been pondering for a day before he finally decided on this action. The Ling Liquid Talisman Stone was extremely rich in Ling Qi. Based on Lin Dong's calculations, he reasoned that the Ling Qi level within was greater than a normal Grade 3 elixir. Thus, if one was not careful, such a powerful Ling Qi could instead do more harm than good.

However, he had little alternative left, if he did not use this method. This was because the diluted Stone Talisman Ling Liquid already had little effect on him. Furthermore, there were only three months left before the Family Competition and Lin Dong urgently needed to advance to the Layer 6 Tempered Body before that. Only then, he could secure his victory over Lin Hong. He knew that if Lin Hong managed to get a good result, he would definitely ask Grandpa to get engaged to Qing Tan. When that moment arrived, if Lin Xiao did not agree, it would definitely cause a commotion. This was a scenario that Lin Dong did not want to see played out.

So, to end this matter, the only way for him was to humiliate Lin Hong until he lost face to make that request!

However, even though Lin Dong was extremely dislikeful of Lin Hong, he had to admit that the latter was indeed skilled. Lin Hong had advanced to the Tempered Body 6th Layer a few months ago, who knew how much he had improved since then? Therefore, Lin Dong knew that he had to be completely prepared.

With all these problems in mind, consuming the Ling Liquid Talisman Stone to improve his training was clearly the only option.

"Sniff!"

In his room, Lin Dong stared at the bowl filled with deep red liquid before him. Gritting his teeth, he took a deep breath before immediately raising the bowl, emptying its contents into his mouth with the sound of 'gu lu gu lu'.

The moment the red liquid entered his body, Lin Dong's cheeks instantly turned fiery red. White steam began to appear from the top of his head before spinning upward.

“Glu group!”

Lin Dong's teeth twitched uncontrollably. The deep red liquid he poured into his body seemed to have turned into lava as it flowed within his body. An irresistible burning sensation engulfed Lin Dong in every part of his body that 'lava' passed through'.

Both of his arms hugged his body as he lay paralyzed on the ground. As he curled up in pain, he tried desperately to hold back and endure the burning sensation in his body.

Inside the room, a figure thrashed in pain, rolling on the ground. His limited breathing sounded a little hoarse because he was afraid that if he shouted too loudly, Lin Xiao and the others would be on guard.

The inhumane torment lasted for a full ten minutes before gradually receding.

As the last wisp of searing pain faded from his body, Lin Dong's self-trembling slowly became quiet. He panted a few times, before lying helplessly on the floor.

As he put his face flat on the ground, inside his body, a cooling medicinal effect suddenly appeared. The effect of this medicine quickly seeped into his bones, causing him to vaguely feel a little numb, as if something had entered the deepest part of his bones.

"The power of purification has entered my bones?"

When he noticed the numbness spreading from the deepest part of his bones, Lin Dong's mind suddenly jolted. What he was going through now, implied that he was slowly advancing towards the 6th Layer of the Tempered Body. When the power channel merged with the bone marrow, a Yuan Power Seed would be born in the bone marrow!

“The pain is worth it!”

“The medicinal effect will last in my body for a few days, I cannot waste this opportunity. Time to start a very intensive training regime.”

Lin Dong crawled up from the ground while he could feel the medicinal effects left over from the Spiritual Fluid Talisman Stone in his body. The effect of this medicine was quite valuable, then he knew that he should not waste it. After all, he had a limited amount of Stone Talisman Spiritual Fluids and it was good for him to skimp on them while using them.

As he wriggled his body, Lin Dong smirked in satisfaction. He pushed the door and exited the house to continue his daily practice.

Since he had felt the benefit of directly consuming the Ling Liquid Talisman Stone, Lin Dong decided that he would consume one drop of the Ling Liquid talisman Stone every four days.

One drop every four days. This level of consumption caused Lin Dong's heart to feel somewhat sad. Although he did not know exactly how valuable the Ling Liquid Talisman Stone was, he knew it would definitely not be inferior to a Grade 3 Elixir. And, consuming a Class 3 Elixir every four days was truly luxurious and it was probably something that only a handful of people in Qingyang City could do.

Of course, even though he ate lavishly, the rewards were indeed abundant. Within a short half month, Lin Dong could feel as if something was burning in the deepest part of his bones. This sensation was like something was about to be born in his bone marrow.

And when Lin Dong was resting from the Tempered Body training, he once again went to disturb Lin Xiao in order for the latter to teach him more martial arts.

After several months of practicing Penetrating Fist, Lin Dong had completely mastered it. Yet he was almost dissatisfied, thanks to the magical power of the Stone Amulet, martial arts were like shortcuts to becoming strong, powerful, even ordinary martial arts would turn out to be extraordinary under the guidance of the Shining Amulet Stone Shadow.

Therefore, for Lin Dong, it was definitely beneficial for him to learn more martial arts.

However, Lin Xiao had a contrasting look. To him, martial arts were important, but the most important factor was the strength of one's body. He was worried that Lin Dong would neglect his body training if he focused too much on learning martial arts. In that case, it would be worth nothing.

However, despite his worries, when Lin Dong executed the seventh echo of the Penetrating Fist, the first one was finally cornered. Lin Xiao stared at Lin Dong with a strange gaze for most of the day, before he finally forced himself to admit that his son had an interest in martial arts that surpassed even his own.

After convincing Lin Xiao with his appearance, Lin Dong managed to obtain a set of martial arts from the first one.

Eight Desolations Palm, a Level 2 Lower Category martial art.

Lin Dong was very satisfied because he knew that this set of palm techniques was the same martial art that Lin Hong had been focusing on.

Lin Dong was anxious to see the expression on Lin Hong's face once he realized that Lin Dong's Eight Desolations Palm had greatly surpassed him, during the Family Competition.

On a quiet night, Lin Dong once again floated into the dark Spiritual Domain.

This time, when Lin Dong appeared in the dark room, two glowing shadows also appeared. As he stared at the familiar palm technique the second shining shadow executed, an impatient smile formed on Lin Dong's face.

He was extremely curious, just how much improvement did this Level 2 Lower Category martial arts experience have, in the hands of a shining shadow?

Sorry but first the other has nothing to do with the story:

We have decided to refer to the 'red liquid of the Stone Talisman' simply as the 'Ling Liquid Talisman Stone' from now on and sometimes only the 'Liquid Amulet Stone'.

I hope this explains everything and if anyone has any questions please do not hesitate to comment and we will try to contact you as soon as possible.