Chapter 98: Are You Free Tonight? Let’s Have an In-depth Exchange on Spear Techniques
Chapter 98: Chapter 98: Are You Free Tonight? Let’s Have an In-depth Exchange on Spear Techniques
"Brother Hu, I really have to thank you for this!"
"What’s there to thank me for? Boss, isn’t this what I’m supposed to do?"
Inside a noodle shop.
Lin Yi was treating Lei Hu to a bowl of hand-pulled noodles.
He had originally planned to take Lei Hu to a restaurant and order a few dishes.
But in the end, Lei Hu insisted that a bowl of hand-pulled noodles would be enough.
At first, Lin Yi thought Lei Hu was just trying to save him money, which was why he was so set on the noodles.
But once they arrived, Lin Yi understood everything.
Lei Hu was here for the proprietress...
The proprietress was in her thirties and still retained her youthful charm.
Even though she was in her work clothes with an apron tied around her waist,
and her makeup was light, it was still hard to deny her natural beauty.
The moment they walked in, Lei Hu’s eyes were completely captivated by the proprietress.
Whenever she walked past their table, Lei Hu’s gaze would follow her without wavering...
"Brother Hu, do you come to this noodle shop often?"
Lin Yi had picked up on a few clues. The proprietress didn’t seem to be a stranger to Lei Hu, either.
Lei Hu froze, and his cheeks instantly flushed bright red.
"Not that often, just once in a while!" Lei Hu said in a low voice.
Lin Yi nodded. "Brother Hu, I’ll remember this favor. In the future, if you ever need anything, just let me know. If I can help, I definitely will!"
"Why don’t you go ahead and eat? I’m going to head back to the Martial Arts Hall first."
Lin Yi had already eaten lunch before coming out.
The Demon Beast Meat in his stomach hadn’t even fully digested yet.
Watching Lei Hu gorge himself, Lin Yi felt his own stomach churn.
Sitting in a restaurant on a full stomach was absolute torture.
Lei Hu quickly said, "What’s all this talk about favors? Boss, since I’ve accepted you as my leader, isn’t helping with small things like this a given?"
"But... are you sure that book you bought from the Old Beggar is useful?"
"To me, he just looks like an old con man with a treacherous face. The book I bought from him last time for 888 yuan was completely useless..."
Lei Hu still remembered the book he had bought from the Old Beggar.
Even now, he still hadn’t gotten over it.
Lin Yi smiled. "Didn’t he say that every martial technique and every Cultivation Technique has to find its fated owner?"
"He recommended a martial technique to you back then, but you insisted on buying that Cultivation Technique you weren’t fated for. Of course it was useless to you!"
After hearing that, Lei Hu thought for a long time but didn’t say anything more.
Perhaps in Lei Hu’s eyes, the Old Beggar was still nothing but an old con man. Nothing had changed.
However, after just meeting the Old Beggar himself,
Lin Yi felt the man was anything but simple.
A Nine-Bag Elder, whose talent traits were all purple and gold.
There wasn’t a single blue-quality one among them. Not even Chu Zhengxiong, the captain of a Demon Hunting Team, had such high-quality talent traits. And then there were the books he had.
Every single one was a masterpiece.
Lin Yi had opened and looked through them one by one.
Logically, with his talent for comprehension, he should have been able to grasp something from them even on his own.
But he hadn’t...
Instead, when he opened them to read the contents,
Lin Yi felt a sense of dizziness, let alone comprehend their mysteries.
Perhaps this was the "fate" the Old Beggar had spoken of.
Only the Brahma Heaven Luo Jin Spear Technique made everything clear to him.
"Brother Hu, I’ve settled the bill. Take your time and eat, no need to rush.
I’m heading back first. Call me if you need anything!"
After Lin Yi paid, he turned and said this to Lei Hu.
"Boss, thanks for treating me!" Lei Hu said with a smile.
Lin Yi waved, hurried out of the noodle shop, and hailed a taxi by the roadside, heading straight back to the Martial Arts Hall.
...
「Afternoon training.」
Lin Yi spent most of his time on the Brahma Heaven Luo Jin Spear Technique.
There was a weapons room in the Martial Arts Hall.
It was completely separate from the training grounds, likely to prevent students from accidentally injuring others while practicing with weapons.
So, a dedicated weapons room had been sectioned off.
At the moment, the weapons room was completely empty.
Lin Yi selected a long spear from the weapons rack.
He hefted it in his hands a few times. The weight felt good—not too heavy, not too light, a perfect fit.
Then, an image slowly materialized in his mind.
A figure holding a long spear was practicing the Brahma Sound Luo Jin Spear Technique on a mountain peak.
Every move and every stance crackled with power.
It was accompanied by flashes of golden light, and faintly, there seemed to be a resonating Brahma sound.
HUMMM—
When the figure thrust the spear, it was as if a bronze bell had been struck.
The tremendous hum was enough to make one’s heart tremble in shock.
As the figure’s practice reached its peak, its entire body seemed to be enveloped in streams of runes.
They glittered brightly, forming something like a bronze bell that completely enclosed him.
Then, Lin Yi’s eyes snapped open.
The image in his mind vanished.
Holding the long spear, he began to practice, mimicking the figure...
The spear moved like a dragon, and golden light flashed.
Gradually, Lin Yi entered a state of Absolute Focus.
In that moment, Lin Yi transformed his surroundings into his own personal space.
’There was no weapons room, only him, alone in a pitch-black space.’
He practiced the spear technique over and over again.
As the "Proficiency" notification tone sounded in his ear from time to time,
Lin Yi’s spear technique went from clumsy to skilled, and from skilled to masterful...
More than an hour passed continuously, yet Lin Yi seemed to feel no fatigue.
The long spear in his hands felt as if it had merged with him, becoming an extension of his own body.
Every thrust was filled with a biting killing intent that would make anyone shrink back in fear.
It wasn’t until Lin Yi felt his arms gradually begin to ache and throb
that he slowly began to emerge from the state of Absolute Focus.
When he fully regained his senses, he discovered that he was already drenched in sweat from head to toe.
"Haaaah..."
Lin Yi withdrew his spear and exhaled a long, cloudy breath.
A wave of heat immediately dispersed from within his body.
For an instant, it was as if Lin Yi had just stepped out of a sauna, with wisps of white steam rising from his body.
In less than a moment, the fatigue he had felt just now evaporated and dissipated along with the heat.
All that remained was a feeling of pure exhilaration.
When he returned the spear to the rack and was about to walk out,
he saw that a large group of students had gathered outside the weapons room at some point.
They were all staring at Lin Yi with looks of utter shock.
At that moment, in their eyes, Lin Yi was like a god.
The aura, the pressure, and the sharp killing intent in his eyes as he practiced the Brahma Heaven Luo Jin Spear Technique just now had left the students utterly horrified.
Man and spear as one, as fast as a gale.
The spear, a golden dragon; the killing intent, chillingly palpable.
This was their strongest impression of Lin Yi.
In their minds, if they had been facing Lin Yi during that spear routine,
they wouldn’t have even had a chance to fight back.
He could have killed them with a single strike, no question...
Even Zhou Qi had the same thought.
Only now did he truly realize that back when Lin Yi first joined the Martial Arts Hall for sparring,
the gap between them might not have been that large.
But now, Lin Yi was improving at a flying speed.
The gap between them had grown wider and wider.
It even gave Zhou Qi the feeling that he would never be able to close this gap in his entire life.
Lin Yi opened the door and walked out of the weapons room.
He smiled and said, "Was I holding you all up from using the weapons room? I’m done now, you can go ahead!"
As soon as he spoke, the others exchanged glances.
"Senior Brother Lin, what was that spear technique just now?"
"Can you teach me?"
"Senior Brother Lin, that spear technique looked so badass..."
"Is it the spear technique that’s badass? It’s clearly Senior Brother Lin who’s badass!"
"Lin Yi, are you free later? I’ll treat you to dinner tonight. How about we have a deep exchange of spear techniques?"
"Cui Yingying, do you want to exchange spear techniques? Or do you want to exchange... *spear techniques*?"
"Huh? I don’t know what you mean!"
"Hahaha..."
Lin Yi was swarmed by the crowd and only managed to break free with great difficulty.
His training session just now had consumed a lot of energy.
He went straight to the rest area and ordered a recovery drink to replenish his stamina.
But just as he sat down,
a faint fragrance wafted over, and Lin Yi subconsciously glanced back.
He saw Shen Mengyi, also holding a glass of water, sitting down across from him with a smile.