On the third level of the Crimson Whale.
"Greetings, Uncle-Master." In the garden, a handsome man and woman bowed respectfully to Lu Sheng with cupped fists.
Lu Sheng nodded casually. He recognized these two. They were the two disciples his Senior Apprentice Brother Hong Mingzi had just taken in.
"Is your Master around?"
He had just rushed back from outside and headed straight for his Senior Apprentice Brother. He did not expect to run into these two young fellows.
These two youths were Lin Honglian and Yuan Zhong. They were only fifteen or sixteen years old, but they were talented. However, his talent was not bad, and he was a disciple that Hong Mingzi had recently accepted.
"He's resting in the Flower and Fruit Pavilion inside."
Lin Honglian answered brightly. As a woman, she was much more open-minded than her Senior Apprentice Brother. Currently, she was sizing up Lu Sheng curiously. She had long heard from Master that this Uncle-Master in the sect was a prodigy. He was not even twenty years old, but had already reached the astounding Spirit Focus realm. He could be said to be the most talented person in the sect in a hundred years.
She had envisioned many images of Uncle-Master's appearance and aura, but never would she have expected him to be like this …
He was bald, strong, and arrogant. The two machetes on his back were crossed, as if he was carrying a cross.
His face was bald without any eyebrows or eyelashes, giving off an even more ferocious, cold, and emotionless aura. One look at him was enough to strike fear into one's heart.
Lu Sheng walked briskly towards the Flower and Fruit Pavilion inside, disappearing around the corner.
Lin Honglian and Yuan Zhong were left standing where they were, sighing softly.
"This is the powerful Uncle-Master Lu in the sect?" Yuan Zhong stuck out his tongue and asked softly.
"Yes. I wonder how powerful Uncle-Master is. If there's time, I could ask him for a few pointers!" Lin Honglian was a martial arts fanatic. She was fearless and excited.
"Are you crazy?" Yuan Zhong said exaggeratedly. "Don't you see Uncle-Master's muscles? One of his arms is twice as thick as yours. One slash from those two sabers could take your life! "Yuan Zhong thought that his Junior Apprentice Sister's idea was too crazy.
"The situation isn't good. Master said that we should get closer to Uncle-Master. There's no harm in that," Lin Honglian said softly.
"That's true …" Yuan Zhong said hesitantly, "But Martial Uncle looks very cruel …"
"Can you grow some guts? With your guts, even if you take it out and say that you're my senior brother, I, Lin Honglian, can't afford to lose this face! "Lin Honglian said huffily.
"Let's go and see what Master and Martial Uncle are talking about." She quietly walked towards the gazebo in the small garden.
"Sit."
Hong Mingzi reclined on the chair, squinting at the bright sky in the distance. From his angle, he could see the blue sky that was blocked by the sun through the arc-shaped eaves of the goldfish.
Lu Sheng followed his example and sat on another chair on the side. The chair was made of bamboo, and it was very cold to lie on.
A gentle breeze blew in from the garden, bringing with it the fragrance of flowers.
"Junior Brother, you came here in such a hurry. Is there something you need from me?" Hong Mingzi knew what Lu Sheng had been busy with recently, such as practicing martial arts and collecting antiques and grave goods.
Although he found it strange, everyone had their own secrets, so he didn't intend to investigate further. Just like himself, he also had his own secrets to be able to lead the number one sect in the Northern Lands for so many years without incident.
Lu Sheng carefully sized up Hong Mingzi.
His complexion seemed to be better than before. His complexion was much rosier, and his wrinkled face had faintly plumped up. He seemed to have become much younger.
"There's something I want to ask you, Senior Brother," he said frankly.
"I can roughly guess what you want to ask." Hong Mingzi smiled. He reached out and took a pear blossom cake from the stone table beside him, stuffed it into his mouth, and slowly savored it.
"Our boss has been a little less active recently. But he should be preparing for a big counterattack. Don't worry about that, I just communicated with the higher-ups. "
"Then Senior Brother, you told me before …" Lu Sheng was a little confused.
"I must have misunderstood. After all, the Zhen Family has been operating here for so many years, how could something happen just like that? It's not that easy to topple such a colossus, "the old Sect Master seemed to be in a very good mood, having heard something.
Lu Sheng didn't know where the old Sect Master's information came from, but if even his sly and cunning Senior Brother could make such a judgment, then the situation shouldn't be too bad.
"Alright, I just felt a little out of sorts earlier. Ever since Senior Brother mentioned it, I've been paying attention to this news. "
"Don't worry. There'll be news soon." Hong Mingzi smiled and waved his hand. "Scarlet District is ultimately no match for the Zhen Family. As long as their higher-ups are free. "
"That's good too," Lu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief. Once something happened to the Zhen Family, the entire Northern Lands would really be in trouble.
Although the Northern Lands were under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, in reality, it was the Noble Family Zhen who led the various sects and controlled the situation. The imperial court was merely a government office set up by some commoners as a stronghold. In name, it was in charge, but in reality, it had no control in the dark.
And this was also the reason why the higher-ups of Crimson Whale Sect could sit on equal footing with the high-ranking officials of a major city like Mountain-Edge City.
"Don't worry. By the way, you've seen my two new disciples, right? Ever since I heard Junior Brother's suggestion, I've also felt that our Crimson Sun Sect has too few members. If this goes on, trouble will befall us sooner or later. It'll be troublesome if our connections are cut off. So after much consideration, I've decided to take in more disciples. Talent is secondary; character and temperament are the most important. Those who respect their masters are the most important; those who have a tenacious temperament are the second most important. As for martial arts, our Crimson Whale Sect is big and prosperous. We'll surely be able to find a martial arts system suitable for them, "Hong Mingzi grinned, looking very satisfied with his two disciples.
Lu Sheng laughed inwardly. This Senior Apprentice Brother was already so old, but his sons weren't living up to expectations. All they did was fight for power and profit. Now, he was starting to treat his two new disciples as his own sons.
"As long as Senior Brother is satisfied. Oh, by the way, is Ultimate Crimson Mantra the only mantra in our Crimson Sun Sect? "
"Yes. Ultimate Crimson Mantra is a powerful martial art created through generations of exploration and experimentation by the previous Sect Masters, combining three different inner force skills together. At the peak of Level Seven, one's power is enough to dominate the world and attain Divine Prime! "Speaking of this, Hong Mingzi's face revealed a hint of arrogance. "Such an inner force skill can be passed down as the core. As long as one cultivates it well, one can go anywhere in the world."
Divine Prime was the highest realm a mortal could attain in the secular world. It was extremely rare. Moreover, according to Lu Sheng's calculations, any Divine Prime cultivator would have to be at least eighty or ninety years old, unless they had a fortuitous encounter.
"That's what I'm saying. I just want to see more inner force skills to broaden my horizons. At the same time, Senior Brother, you know that I'm practicing hard body skills. Is there a higher level hard body skill in the sect? I'd like to study it in detail, "Lu Sheng voiced his thoughts after some deliberation.
"That's fine. But Junior Brother, you must remember not to bite off more than you can chew. Back then, when my foundation wasn't strong enough, I went to cultivate another life-force skill, hoping to make up for the excessive heat toxins in my Yang-attribute inner force skill. Unfortunately, I was distracted and my foundation became unstable. In the end, I stopped at Level Six of Ultimate Crimson Mantra, with no hope of advancing further," Hong Mingzi's tone was full of regret as he spoke of this.
Lu Sheng comforted him with kind words, but did not mention that he had already reached the peak of Ultimate Crimson Mantra.
Not only that, but he had also used the principles of other martial arts to break through to a new level, forming a powerful skill like Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill.
His inner force was probably no less than the accumulation of an ordinary person's hard work for two hundred years. The strength of his cultivation was far beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
Even if he told Hong Mingzi about this level of inner force, he probably would not believe it, unless he actually demonstrated it. But that would also expose the secret of his Modifier.
Coming out of the little garden, Lu Sheng saw Lin Honglian and Yuan Zhong again. These two new disciples of Hong Mingzi were sneakily hiding by the entrance of the garden, looking as if they wanted to eavesdrop but didn't dare to enter the door.
Lu Sheng glanced at them and shook his head speechlessly.
"What's the matter, you two?"
Only then did the two of them approach slowly.
"Senior Uncle … it was Honglian who dragged me here. I didn't want to eavesdrop!" Yuan Zhong betrayed Lin Honglian decisively. The little girl's face flushed red with anger, and she reached out to grab him.
"That's enough," Lu Sheng's voice was deep, instantly silencing the two youths who had started to quarrel. "Have you learned Ultimate Crimson Mantra?"
"Not yet. What we're cultivating now is the second-tier Crimson Whale Mantra. Combined with Crimson Whale Saber Technique and Crimson Whale Movement Technique, it's a set of foundational martial arts skills in the sect," Lin Honglian answered quickly.
"Mm, practice well. If you have any problems, come to me for guidance when you're free," Lu Sheng said calmly.
Since Senior Apprentice Brother Hong Mingzi thought highly of these two, he might as well take care of them.
"Thank you, Senior Uncle!" The two of them hurriedly cupped their fists and bowed.
After bidding them farewell, Lu Sheng thought that since he was already here, he might as well make a trip to Martial Proclamation Library.
Deriving Ultimate Crimson Mantra earlier had given him a possibility.
If he had sufficient Yin Qi and sufficient experience in the principles of the cultivation technique, could he derive an extremely high-level mantra in one go?
"Of the nine changes in the sky, only one is clear."
This sentence suddenly came to his mind. This was a line of words that a former sect master had casually written at the end of Level Seven of Ultimate Crimson Mantra.
It meant that the sky has nine changes in color, but I only take one of them as clear. The color of a clear sky meant that the sun was crimson.
Ultimate Crimson Ultimate Crimson Ultimate Crimson was such an origin.
Thinking of this sentence, Lu Sheng suddenly recalled that he not only had Ultimate Crimson Nine Furies Skill, but also hard body qigong Nine Lakes Steel Chains Skill and Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill.
'It seems a little too heterogeneous …' He frowned slightly. 'Nine Lakes Steel Chains Skill is a hard body skill, while Yin-Yang Jade Crane Skill is a replenishing inner Qi. But in fact, they're all inner skills. If I combine all the Internal Qi together to form the strongest Internal Strength, and transform all the power into one, I will be able to control all the Internal Qi in one way. I wonder how powerful it would be … '
At this thought, he knew that he was indulging in wild fantasies. Inner skills were all different in nature. How could they possibly be combined? Perhaps when his martial arts experience and cultivation were broad enough in the future, he would be able to fuse them all into one.
'Forget it. I still have quite a lot of contribution points. I can use this time to look through all the hard body skills and inner skill mantras. I'll try my best to combine all that I can.'
If he were to continue deriving inner skills, the consumption would be too great.
The consumption of upgrading one level of inner skill was almost the same as upgrading a hard body skill like Nine Lakes Steel Chains Skill thrice.
And this was only Level Eight. If he were to derive Level Nine, the consumption would probably be even greater.
Lu Sheng decided that it would be best if he could first improve hard body skills like Nine Lakes Steel Chains Skill, which were highly effective in preserving his life, to the pinnacle.
He intended to combine all the hard body skills he could find, if the conditions permitted, into one and derive the strongest hard body skill.
At the same time, it would be best if he could cultivate those that had conflicting natures. In any case, with the Modifier, he could stack hard body skills however he wanted.
As long as he had enough Yin Qi, he could cultivate all kinds of hard body skills endlessly.
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