Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting from Fist Technique Deduction
Chapter 66 - 57: Promotion Two

Chapter 66: Chapter 57: Promotion Two

Huang Houqi Courtyard.

At this moment, Huang Houqi was sitting with another person by the tea table in the courtyard.

The elite disciples following Huang Houqi were very respectful.

Mainly for two reasons: first, this person is not an ordinary avatar, but a capable lieutenant under Inner Sect senior brother Dong Jun, who is responsible for patrolling this area.

Second is because An Heng has extraordinary strength, ranked twenty-eighth among the elite disciples in the School, which is quite a remarkable talent, able to easily crush these few people.

Among thousands of elite disciples, being in the top hundred is a skillful achievement, not to mention the top thirty.

"Senior Brother An, I invited you here because the Qi-Blood dispersal was robbed before." Huang Houqi picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for the other party.

"It’s embarrassing to say, but after investigating for a long time, there’s no progress." The person opposite took a sip of tea, saying with embarrassment, yet his expression was extraordinarily calm.

"This can’t be blamed on Senior Brother An Heng; my secret arrangements haven’t been of much use either, as the opponent’s methods are very clever." Huang Houqi took over the topic without delving into blame.

"However, I received some news recently, as if there’s a clue." Huang Houqi also poured himself a cup, then lifted the teacup and took a sip.

"Who is the main offender? I’m eager to hear the details." After putting down the teacup, Senior Brother An’s relaxed posture tightened slightly and he leaned towards Huang Houqi.

Actually, he was also very interested in the Tiger Dragon Trio; with such abilities able to defeat the patrolling elite disciples, it proves their power is considerable.

The fact that these three dared to act in the area governed by Huang Houqi was indeed unexpected.

But after exhausting all methods without any leads, he helplessly had to abandon the investigation.

"Haha, the main offender hasn’t been confirmed; it’s just a bit of a clue." Huang Houqi chuckled lightly and continued: "Recently, in my area, there’s a disciple whose cultivation progress is extremely fast, progressing by leaps and bounds."

"I want to invite Senior Brother An to accompany me to investigate the situation of this person."

"Oh, why?" Senior Brother An squinted his eyes, sensing something different.

Huang Houqi immediately explained the reason and cause.

"It seems this ointment formula has a wide range of uses, and once this matter is over, I will report some of it to Senior Brother Dong."

After understanding, Senior Brother An couldn’t help but laugh: "These two people have such short-sighted vision, only using it among these chores disciples in the School. How much profit can these poor people in the School generate?"

"Outside the School, those gangs are the ones who truly need such effective ointments."

"Then thank you, Senior Brother An!" Huang Houqi had been waiting for An Heng’s response; otherwise, he wouldn’t have shared the profit from the ointment with him.

He also wants to further his connection with Inner Sect disciple Dong Jun and find a better method to break through to Condensing Yuan.

After negotiations were settled, Huang Houqi immediately instructed several elite disciples waiting at the back.

"Sister Jiang, Brother Yan, please capture Lin Yuan." Huang Houqi, with everything in control, said calmly.

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Bending the Blade.

Lin Yuan followed the assessment disciples to the second hall.

Inside the hall, there were a total of three weapon racks, each holding long knifes. Unlike regular long knifes, the long blade on the rack was only half an inch wide, about the thickness of a palm, handleless, and had a thin blade.

"The second round, bend the strip blade." Standing by the weapon rack, the elite disciple explained in a flat, emotionless voice, "The so-called bending the strip blade means to hold it and bend it. The requirement is for the blade edge to face outward."

"This blade is forged from ordinary iron; those who have mastered the skin membrane technique can easily complete it. Everyone starts the test simultaneously."

After the elite disciple finished speaking, he guided everyone to take their positions.

"Now, take a blade."

Due to Lin Yuan’s impressive performance last time, the disciple responsible for the assessment naturally focused more attention on Lin Yuan.

But observing Lin Yuan’s performance after acquiring the strip blade made the deadpan face of the disciple involuntarily twitch.

"This strip blade is undoubtedly forged from ordinary iron. Its blade edge tightly attached to the palm skin; if the skin membrane technique isn’t mastered, using force would cause the blade to cut through the martial artist’s defense."

Lin Yuan took the strip blade, lightly pinching the blade edge with his fingers. The strip blade instantly indented under the pressure of Lin Yuan’s fingers, as if it were soft clay, showing the shape of his thumb.

This scene naturally caught the attention of the assessment disciples.

"Ordinary disciples facing this checkpoint need to channel Qi-Blood and activate the skin membrane cultivation technique before attempting to bend. This person is exceptional, handling it with ease in a regular state, not employing any cultivation technique." The two elite disciples recording the assessment exchanged a glance, feeling their eyelids twitch wildly.

Apart from these two, Lin Yuan didn’t cause much of a stir. After all, merely bending an ordinary sharp blade was naturally easy for someone with masterful mastery of the Barbarian Ox Strength. It didn’t have the same impact as lifting stones in the previous round.

The disciples participating in the assessment naturally could also pass this test. Most of those being tested had already been assessed ordinarily, so insufficient preparation wouldn’t occur.

Many times, the initial rounds of the School’s elite disciple assessments were formalities, with the real challenge residing in the final checkpoint.

The blade bending was completed unusually quickly, and the assessment disciple once more gathered Lin Yuan and the rest, leading them to a platform half a person’s height, where many square-foot-sized stones were piled.

"The third assessment, cleave the stone." Still meticulous, the elite disciple explained the rules to everyone.

"Before you is White Spirit Stone, a stone of extraordinary hardness, requiring a substantial outburst to split. Each of you needs to find a way to cleave the stone, dividing it evenly."

"If your bone cultivation technique isn’t mastered, attempting to cleave this stone with your palm may harm yourself." The elite disciple’s words hadn’t even finished.

Crack.

A sudden sound of stone breaking echoed in the field.

"Like this?" Lin Yuan had already picked up a stone and placed it on the platform, chopping down with a hand blade.

The stone split right down the middle.

The initially eager crowd was rendered speechless in an instant, silently stunned.

"This person isn’t someone us ordinary folk can compare to; there’s no need to dwell on it." The chores disciples participating in the assessment thought silently.

Lin Yuan silently and effortlessly cleaved the stone.

As they practiced below, their hands didn’t rise high, and they didn’t rely on gravity to cleave. Using powerful impacts caused the stone to develop cracks gradually, repeatedly hacking until they eventually split the stone.

"Why does this person participate in such an assessment with them? Why not take the direct elite route, or have some Inner Sect elder pick him as a disciple."

The original joy of successful promotion to the elite among the chores disciples diminished somewhat, and they couldn’t help tearing up.

"Can’t compare, don’t want to compare, dare not compare!" Lin Yuan’s outstanding performance in the Qi-Blood round had them hoping to restore some confidence in subsequent rounds; after this moment, they had lost all fighting spirit.

{@*The elite disciple’s words were cut off by the sound of the stone cracking, and he silently took back his previous words.*}@

After witnessing Lin Yuan’s performance, he sighed and softly reported to the one in charge of the records, "Dan Medicine Hall’s Renxin Hall’s Lin Yuan has passed the test."