Chapter Ten: Rolling

  "I asked Xia Lin, have you finished watching?" Xia Dan looked at Xia Lin who was staring at the jade pendant for so long, with an unpleasant expression, and asked directly.

  "Hmm, a very nice jade pendant indeed. Since my brother is willing to show his respect, I'll graciously accept it." Xia Lin said calmly, then openly and unapologetically put the jade pendant into his pocket in front of everyone.

  Xia Dan stared in shock, then her face changed greatly: "Xia Lin, what do you mean?"

  Xia Lin said calmly, "This jade pendant is not bad. Since you want to show filial piety to me, I shouldn't be polite and decline it either. However, a debt must be repaid with another debt. You falsely accused Lu'er of theft, that also needs to be settled."

  Everyone was shocked and stunned by his words, this young master's style of doing things is actually so overbearing, just like the last time he snatched the Yuanshen Grass from Xia Cheng's hands.

  He's probably unaware that he no longer has those privileges now.

  Xia Dan looked at Xia Lin's appearance and suddenly burst out laughing: "Good, very good. I'm telling you, Xia Lin, you're so reckless, probably because you don't know that your privilege as the young master has been revoked. Now, you're just an ordinary member of the Xia family. Even if I leave, what can you do?"

  "Go ahead and try if you dare."

  "Very good, you're quite bold." Xia Dan said indifferently, "Knocking you down will also get me the spiritual grass. I'd like to see what a useless waste who can't cultivate has to be arrogant about."

  "Up!"

  Xia Dan's voice fell, and three tempered bodies rushed up in an instant.

  Xia Liu Yi's horse charged to the front, majestic and powerful, without any martial arts techniques, relying solely on strength, enough to intimidate many people.

  With a sudden movement, Xia Liu threw a punch at Xia Lin.

  Crack!

  Xia Liu's fearless and unstoppable momentum was suddenly pulled by Xia Lin, and he was actually pulled to the ground, smashing directly onto the floor. The feeling was as if being pulled like a cotton ball, light and effortless.

  Xia Lin's body flashed to the right again, dodging the punch that came from the right side. With a swift grab, Xia Hang was lifted up and thrown onto Xia Liu's body.

  Xia Yuan, who was running the slowest, was shocked by what he saw and wanted to retract his attack. Xia Lin, seeing this, directly pulled him over and stacked him on top of Xia Hang again.

  A three-story human tower was piled up.

  Looking at the three people struggling constantly, a fierce glint flashed in Xia Lin's eyes, and he stepped down with one foot.

  Boom!

  A massive force transmitted from above, directly through the three people, struck the ground, and the bluestone brick under Xia Liu's feet, which was at the very bottom, actually showed a faint crack.

  "Hiss——"

  The people around him gasped in shock at the terrifying power!

  Is this person still the weak and delicate young master they knew?

  This power... and easily defeating three Forged Bodies of the Third Class, at least, is a strength that even a Fourth-Class Forged Body would have?

  This weak young master has actually unknowingly advanced to the fourth level of Body Tempering?

  Xia Dan's pupils constricted as she stared at Xia Lin in shock, "You can actually... practice martial arts now?"

  "You can all do it, why can't I?"

  Xia Dan took a deep breath, "No wonder you're so arrogant, but today let you know that even with the same fourfold physique, there's still a gap!"

  "Take one move from me, Lingming Fist"

  Boom!

  He came like a whirlwind, Xia Dan's figure rapidly rushed over, several times faster than the previous three people. With one hand clenched into a fist, he directly charged forward, with dense and powerful fist winds that were sharp and piercing.

  Martial arts!

  Summer is right in front of your eyes, and it turns out this is your trump card?

  With his right hand transformed into a palm, Xia Lin struck back without hesitation, unleashing a powerful gust of wind that was in no way weaker than Xia Dan's.

  Boom!

  In one encounter, neither of them retreated in the slightest.

  "Lingfeng Palm, you're good, Xia Lin, hiding deep enough." Xia Dan said with a hint of resentment.

  "Lingming Fist, you're not bad either." Xia Lin said calmly.

  Xia Dan's strength was formidable, and his Líng Míng Quán had long been mastered, vividly like a mischievous monkey, elusive and unpredictable. Unfortunately, Xia Lin's Líng Fēng Zhǎng was not weak in the slightest.

  At this moment, Xia Lin's palm wind suddenly appeared on one side, and the second and third palms were launched in succession, causing Xia Dan to retreat several steps.

  "How is this possible?" Xia Dan said with some incredulity, it had only been a short while since Xia Lin started practicing the Lingfeng Palm, and he already mastered the third move?

  Xia Lin sneered, "It's not the third palm, it's the fourth palm."

  Boom!

  Summer arrived in his hand, and the wind in his palm changed again, the fourth slap suddenly slapped out, with greatly increased power.

  "This kind of power... how is it possible?"

  Xia's eyes flashed with a terrified expression, and before he could say anything, he was directly blown out, crashing into the wall of the small courtyard, spitting out fresh blood.

  Xia Lin looked at the crowd that was still wailing, a hint of a smile flashed across his mouth, and he searched the four people's bodies, taking out all the treasures with spiritual energy.

  "Wow, wow, wow, wow, indeed rich."

  Xia Lin looked at the large string of treasures in his hand, then sighed and glanced around at the maids and young servants, all of whom were staring at him in fear.

  Capable of easily defeating Xia Dan and a few others, Xia Lin's strength is already enough to enter the top ten among the younger generation of the Xia family! Although it may not be possible to become the successor of Hei Feng Gang, this strength is no longer underestimated.

  "Remember, a few young masters fought over a beast and ended up severely injuring themselves, while the beast ran away on its own. Did you hear that?" Xia Lin smiled slightly at the people around him, leaving behind an extremely absurd reason.

  The people around him nodded quickly at this time, and who dared to refute him.

  Xia Lin nodded in satisfaction and took the green child back with a relaxed expression. Unlike when they came, he was now holding a large bunch of spirit-filled things.

  With these things, I should be able to make a big breakthrough in the first stage of the Heaven-Defying Technique.

  Xia Lin returned safely, but soon after the whole mountain stronghold was blown up.

  Fourfold Body Tempering!

  This weak and sickly young master who has never been able to cultivate, is actually a Fourth-Order Body Tempering!

  The only thing that can be sighed is that summer has arrived, but it's hidden too deeply!

  In just a few short days, he went from being unable to cultivate to reaching the fourth level of Body Tempering? No one believed it, and the only possibility was that Xia Lin had been hiding his true strength all along.

  After the shock and fear, everyone thought about it and felt relieved. Their natural talent was not as good as Xia Cheng's. After ten years of cultivation, they had only reached the fourth level of Tempering Body, while Xia Cheng had already reached the seventh level!

  It's better to pretend you can't practice martial arts and secretly work hard than to be constantly oppressed.

  What a pity! He had been hiding for so many years, and this time he was defeated because of his own little concubine.

  If Xia Lin knew what they were thinking, he would probably burst out laughing. With so many twists and turns, if he could have cultivated earlier, he would have long used the resources of Hei Feng Village to improve himself. Even with poor talent, he would have had a firm grasp on suppressing Xia Cheng, and how could it have ended up like this today?

  In the side hall of Heifeng Village, Xia Ye sat steadily in the armchair, his face unchanged.

  Xia Cheng stood in front of his father and said with some resentment: "Father, that little brat Xia Lin was actually able to cultivate, no wonder he wanted to snatch my Yuanling grass."

  "Don't worry," Xia Ye said faintly, "He probably relied on the Yuanshen Grass to break through from Body Tempering Third Stage to Fourth Stage. It took him ten years to cultivate to Body Tempering Third Stage, his talent is also at the bottom level, he won't be a threat to you."

  "I'm still worried," Xia Cheng said with a somewhat sinister tone, "Why don't we just..."

  "Nonsense!" Xia Ye's face changed, and he directly interrupted his words, sternly looking at him: "Don't think about some crooked ways! What you need to do is to get first place in the trial fair and square! Don't interfere with anything else!"

  Xia Cheng's face turned slightly pale. He had never seen his father so severe before, and what made him even more astonished was when did his father become so righteous?

  Xia Ye glanced at his son, seeming to know that he had been a bit too harsh earlier. His expression softened somewhat, and with a hint of melancholy, he said: "After all, strategy is only auxiliary; if you want to truly stand at the peak, you must have extraordinary abilities, like... my good big brother. To this day, I still can't see through his true strength."

  "So, don't try to provoke him. In those years when he was the leader of the village, leading the Xia family to expand Heifeng Village to its current size, he also left a notorious reputation. Now, more than ten years have passed, although he hasn't taken action for a long time, but the barbarian king who has learned to restrain himself is even more terrifying than before!"

  Xia Chen swallowed his saliva, not daring to speak. He could hear the deep fear in his father's words towards the village master. Unexpectedly, the village master had not made a move for many years, yet still had such lingering power.

  "Go and prepare well, although your strength is much stronger than Xia Lin's, but the mountain trial is not a martial arts competition. Take advantage of all the opportunities, heaven, earth, human, and harmony. This time, only success is allowed, no failure!"

  "Yes, Father."

  Xia Cheng Gong's voice faded away, leaving Xia Ye alone with a thoughtful expression: "Fourfold physical training... Xia Lin... is still an unpredictable variable after all... It seems I need to think of some countermeasures."