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Chapter 220: The Shock of Taking an Apprentice, Giving Willow Deity a Little Surprise (Part 1)
Chapter 220: The Shock of Taking an Apprentice, Giving Willow Deity a Little Surprise (Part 1)
"Teach me to cultivate immortality? Isn't that too slow?"
"And, isn't it too early?"
Xiao Budiandian hesitated.
He knew about cultivation; the villagers in Stone Village, like Shi Jiu and the others, were all cultivators.
He had once expressed his desire to cultivate, but was told that he was too young and it wasn't the right time yet. He needed to temper his physical body and prepare for cultivation in the future.
That was too early!
And too slow, referring to the saying 'sharpening the sword on the battlefield'... there's no time!
"It's neither early nor late."
"Others may not have enough time, but you, are not 'others'."
Lin Fan smiled, extending his right index finger, upon which a dazzling golden light shone.
This was the method of inheritance, often used by elders in sects to impart important techniques, scriptures, and secret arts!
"And what I'm going to pass on to you is not a cultivation method."
"It's a cultivation method unique to you, or rather... a cultivation system unique to you!"
He was the template for the Young Emperor of the Wasteland!
He was destined to forge his own path.
Following others in cultivation would only lead to failure in reaching the pinnacle.
Therefore, during this time, Lin Fan's true self had not been idle, constantly attempting to create new techniques.
Creating a complete system might be beyond him, but merely taking the first steps was not difficult!
With a single point of his finger, he touched Xiao Budiandian's forehead, and the golden light surged into his brow, then completely disappeared.
Xiao Budiandian trembled.
Countless profound insights flashed through his mind, each incredibly clear, making them unforgettable.
And when he carefully examined the contents, his entire body shook uncontrollably, a tremor beyond his control.
He had an indescribable intuition.
It was as if...
These things, this cultivation system, had an inexplicable connection with him.
That was his future!
Xiao Budiandian murmured, dazed.
"Blood Transport Realm, requires mobilizing all essence blood, roaring like thunder, refining bone inscriptions, and stimulating divine radiance within the blood to temper the physical body..."
"Heavenly Cavern Realm, opening up a heavenly cavern, seizing the essence of heaven and earth, continuously absorbing external divine essence to supplement and strengthen oneself, thus skyrocketing one's battle prowess."
"Spirit Transformation Realm, reshaping the true self, a complete metamorphosis, from the physical body to the spirit, and then to the communication with the external Heavenly Cavern, giving birth to spirituality, all will evolve."
"The Spirit Transformation Realm is divided into three stages. The first stage is the spiritualization of the physical body, the second stage is the remolding of the spirit, and the third stage is the Heavenly Cavern."
"..."
Xiao Budiandian suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze intense.
Boom!
The next second, he seemed to hear a continuous roaring sound, like rushing rivers and crashing waves, never-ending.
Boom! Another thunderous sound.
Xiao Budiandian finally came to his senses.
This was the forest, where did the sounds of rivers and oceans come from? It was clearly the sound of his own blood boiling, being 'transported' within his body, a roaring sound he couldn't hear before, but now, it was crystal clear.
This was the Blood Transport Realm!
He had entered the Blood Transport Realm!
He stood up.
Raising his arms, a simple gesture, yet it produced a powerful sound of tearing through the air, his strength increasing several dozen times compared to a moment ago.
No time for further words.
He took a deep look at the unfamiliar man before him and was about to rush out to join the battle, aiding the villagers.
But Lin Fan stopped him.
"It's not enough."
"Although you have extraordinary talent, you've only just entered the Blood Transport Realm, and you're definitely no match for a third-stage opponent. You need more time to cultivate! I'll help you, quickly!"
"But...!" Xiao Budiandian was anxious.
"No buts, calm your mind and focus!"
"Here, take this medicinal pill, eat it, and then circulate the Blood Transport Technique."
Before Xiao Budiandian could say more, Lin Fan had already prepared everything. Xiao Budiandian felt numb, but considering his young age, he could only follow Lin Fan's instructions.
He took the unfamiliar medicinal pill and swallowed it without hesitation.
Then, he circulated the technique, continuously transporting and refining his blood energy.
"Remember," Lin Fan whispered during Xiao Budiandian's cultivation, "Your life is destined to be filled with thorns, and it's unlikely that many people can help you. You can only rely on yourself."
"Your strength is all you can depend on!"
"So, you must become stronger, stronger, and keep getting stronger!"
"At a speed faster than anyone else, become stronger than anyone else."
"To achieve this, you will face countless battles and formidable foes at every stage. Therefore, you need to cultivate each stage to the extreme, break through the extremes, and become the extreme!"
"You will become the extreme."
"Typically, in the Blood Transport Realm, lifting five thousand pounds with a flick of the finger is considered proficient. But you..."
"To surpass the limits of others, one must reach the extreme of the Blood Transport Realm before breaking through to the second realm."
"Yes!"
Although Xiao Budiandian was confused by many of Lin Fan's words, he understood the part about surpassing the extreme.
And he was prepared to follow those instructions.
Surpass the extreme and become the extreme?
It should be so!
Boom!
At that moment, the roaring of his blood seemed to intensify.
Lin Fan, meanwhile, kept an eye on the battlefield, seemingly allowing events to unfold naturally, but secretly, he was also intervening.
Xiao Budiandian's future was filled with hardship.
The simple villagers of Stone Village...
Let them not suffer any more harm.
If it was something he couldn't handle, there was nothing he could do. But if he could manage it, he should strive for perfection and not let Xiao Shitou's future be too bleak.
Therefore, the villagers of Stone Village could be injured but not killed!
Fortunately, it was just an ordinary village in the Great Wasteland, and even as a mere straw dummy, Lin Fan could handle it with ease.
Even without the need for Barrett, he only needed to quietly intervene whenever someone from Black Wind Village was about to succeed in their evil deeds, blocking them for just a moment.
Invisible and colorless, it was impossible to detect.
They couldn't even sense it.
They only felt a sudden shiver throughout their bodies, as if they had stepped on something and slipped, or were suddenly affected by the aftermath of someone else's battle.
They fought back and forth, but not a single person from Stone Village was killed.
On the contrary, people from Black Wind Village kept getting injured and killed.
This caused the Village Chief of Black Wind Village to furrow his brows, sensing that something was amiss.
"This is not good!"
"How could this night be so eerie? Even that old guy has already killed two people..."
"If we continue fighting, my clan will likely be wiped out by Stone Village."
"We can't wait any longer!"
Anxious, he quickly forced Shi Jiu back with a strike and then shouted, "Divinity Shrine, please assist us."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone from Stone Village changed their expressions.
"Useless!"
A cold snort was heard.
Immediately, a fierce figure slowly emerged from the darkness.
Before his figure became clear, the red-glowing eyes made everyone shiver.
"It's the Divinity Shrine of Black Wind Village, the Three-Tailed Black Bear!"
"Be careful!"
Shi Jiu roared and tried to step forward to block.
But he was stopped by the Village Chief of Black Wind Village, who was so anxious that he couldn't get his hands free.
"You are destined to die by my hand!"
The Village Chief of Black Wind Village laughed coldly, "Watch as our Divinity Shrine slaughters your Stone Village like dogs!"
"Damn it!"
"You all deserve to die!"
Shi Jiu's eyes were filled with tears, and his eyes were almost bursting out of their sockets.
At the same time, almost everyone in Stone Village looked at the Thunderstruck Tree they had worshipped for many years, but the tree still showed no response and no signs of life.
"Sigh."
The Elder Village Head sighed softly and then turned to face the Three-Tailed Black Bear.
His hunched back straightened at this moment.
At the same time, he took out a clay pot, broke the seal of mud that had been there for many years, and drank it all in one go! It was beast blood!
It was unclear what kind of demonic beast's essence blood it was, but its aura was extremely ferocious.
After consuming it, the Elder Village Head's body, which was almost at its end, regained vitality in a short moment, and he displayed extremely ferocious power, his face becoming hideous.
Obviously, he was in great pain.
But at this moment, he was like a wild beast, rushing towards the Three-Tailed Black Bear.
"Looking for death!"
The Three-Tailed Black Bear snorted, "Do you think you can stop me just by trying hard?"
"You... are not worthy!"
Boom! It stomped its foot, and the ground instantly cracked. With the Elder Village Head, who was like a fleeting glimpse of light, they fought as a group, leaving smoke, dust, and splashes of light and aftermath in their wake.
The Elder Village Head was not weak.
He was just old and frail.
At this moment, he was like his prime, unleashing various powerful techniques one after another, temporarily holding back the Three-Tailed Black Bear and buying time for the villagers.
The villagers roared as they fought back furiously...
Lin Fan saw this, but he frowned slightly.
"The villagers in the Great Wasteland have direct methods, but they are also very straightforward."
"I wonder what kind of medicinal ingredients were used to refine that beast blood, as it has the power of a fourth-stage explosive pill. But the Elder Village Head is too old, and his essence blood has already deteriorated. He is no match for the Three-Tailed Black Bear and will soon be defeated."
"Little Stone still needs some more time..."
That Three-Tailed Black Bear had actually reached the peak of the fourth stage.
Although his cultivation was extremely unstable, as if he had forcefully enhanced himself by consuming blood, a higher cultivation base could still suppress others...
Various beetles of the same size were invincible, but who could match their size?
Lin Fan pondered for a moment and then took a step forward, appearing at the village entrance by the Thunderstruck Tree. He extended his hand, gently caressed the tree, and immersed his mind within...
After a while, Lin Fan sensed a faint glimmer of life.
It was too weak!
It was truly just a 'glimmer'.
Moreover, its life force fluctuated so rarely that it was almost imperceptible.
"No wonder there was no response. The injury is too severe, and it's struggling to survive."
At this moment, Lin Fan realized something.
If he hadn't come...
Stone Village would have suffered heavy losses tonight.
Most likely, they would have to pay a heavy price to force Black Wind Village to retreat.
And then, when Little Stone takes his first steps on the path of cultivation, Black Wind Village will be the first strong enemy he has to face?
However, with his arrival, everything must change.
Buzz! As he raised his hand, the energy of heaven and earth gathered!
Soon, in Lin Fan's palm, it transformed into spiritual liquid.
As the spiritual liquid accumulated, it quickly reached about ten catties, but it was still not enough.
He took out an eighth-stage Revitalization Pill from his storage bag and merged it into the spiritual liquid, and only then did he pour it down the Thunderstruck Tree.
"It's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."
Lin Fan muttered, "I could easily help you deal with your enemies, but... that's not the way of the Young Emperor of the Wasteland."
"If he grew up in a greenhouse, he wouldn't be the Young Emperor of the Wasteland."
"Only by making you strong and letting you counterattack can you truly grow and become stronger."
Teaching according to the student's ability!
Lin Fan wasn't a top-tier teacher, and he didn't think he was particularly great at teaching disciples, but at least he understood that different people required different teaching methods.
The Flame Emperor, Wang Teng, Qiu Yongqin, and Qin Yu...
These geniuses and protagonist templates, he could help them take action, and he could assist them.
Because their paths were never meant to be walked alone; they always had teachers, fellow cultivators, and clan members to support them.
But the Young Emperor of the Wasteland didn't have that, so it was a no-go!
His path could only be walked by himself.
His battles could only be fought by himself, and he could occasionally assist, but he couldn't take over.
At least, this was the case on the path of growth.
The Young Emperor of the Wasteland was caresses the Thunderstruck Tree, and with a thought, the spiritual liquid flowed into the tree.
The Young Emperor of the Wasteland was too important.
Since this template had already appeared, Lin Fan had to be cautious!
After all...
The final boss in the original novel was too freakish.
Even someone as powerful as the Young Emperor of the Wasteland couldn't defeat it alone, but instead, he chose to nurture the later generations, waiting through countless epochs, dying and resurrecting numerous times before finally succeeding.
Since the template of the Young Emperor has appeared, it's highly likely that those bosses will make an appearance as well.
If the Young Emperor was raised like a hothouse flower, Lin Fan wasn't sure if he could handle it.
So, he had to be ruthless.
Or perhaps, this was the true respect for Little Stone and the Young Emperor.
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Rustling...
Spiritual liquid poured down.
Soon, it disappeared without a trace, absorbed by the soil and the Thunder Strike Tree.
After a moment, under Lin Fan's perception, the Thunder Strike Tree's vitality gradually strengthened. Although still weak, it was no longer in a 'critical' state, barely 'beating' once in a long while.
Its 'life force' gradually grew stronger.
Still weak, but it reignited, becoming a 'small flame' that gradually grew ethereal.
A longing emotion gradually spread.
But Lin Fan didn't immediately 'give' it.
Instead, he gently caressed the Thunder Strike Tree, then slowly retreated to the side.
"Willow God... let's call you Willow God for now. Tonight, Stone Village is in peril, and I intend to nurture Little Stone."
"You should have the same intention, right?"
Lin Fan was well aware that with the Willow God's strength, even with just this 'sliver' of recovery, it could easily take down the Three-Tailed Black Bear and all the cultivators of Black Wind Village.
However, according to his speculation, the Willow God should hold back!
First, to keep a trump card.
And second...
It was also to nurture Little Stone! This was the moment.
The Willow God made a move.
The Thunder Strike Tree, which had been dormant and lifeless for countless years, suddenly came back to life.
At the top of the lifeless black trunk, a lush green sprouted!
A small branch grew, only an inch long, with a single leaf.
It was like the beginning of everything! The Willow God's aura began to rapidly grow and strengthen, although restrained, it couldn't escape Lin Fan's perception.
Or perhaps, the Willow God didn't intend to hide it from him.
"As expected of the Willow God."
Lin Fan's eyes gleamed with admiration, his heart filled with emotion: "Even after facing such calamity, nearly dying, you can still live a second life."
"Even without my help tonight, it wouldn't have taken long for you to recover on your own."
"And once you recover, everything will be set in stone!"
In the original story, the Willow God was like this! No one helped her.
She relied solely on herself to recover from death's grasp and live another life, even stronger than before! "And now, I've accelerated this process."
"Perhaps it's just one step, or even half a step."
"But one step faster, all steps faster..."
"I hope the final result will be perfect."
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Thud!
The Elder Village Head couldn't hold on any longer and was knocked flying, his chest caving in.
As he fell to the ground, he became even more frail than before, struggling to breathe.
"Die!"
The Three-Tailed Black Bear roared, ready to devour the Elder Village Head.
At that moment, the Willow God took action.
A phantom willow branch extended, as if infinitely long, and in an instant, it wrapped around and bound the Three-Tailed Black Bear, immobilizing it in mid-air, unable to move even a fraction.
"Who are you?!"
The Three-Tailed Black Bear roared, struggling fiercely, but the more it struggled, the tighter the binding became.
"Release me!"
"Or I'll swallow you!"
It noticed the Willow God.
However, the Willow God's appearance was far from impressive. Not only was its body charred black, but it also had only a faint life force, and the only green was the insignificant single leaf...
This didn't instill fear in the Three-Tailed Black Bear, so it even dared to threaten.
Lin Fan thought, "Six, six, six."
But he put his mind at ease.
The Willow God didn't directly strike to kill them, indicating that its intentions were similar to his own.
As for the rest, he didn't need to do anything but quietly observe the unfolding events.
So, he remained silent, pretending to be invisible.
But...
Just then, the Heifeng Village Chief noticed Lin Fan and flew into a rage.
"Who are you?!"
"You're the one causing trouble?!"
After repelling Shi Jiu, he viciously attacked Lin Fan.
Lin Fan: "..."
"I was just passing by."
He quietly activated a small Earth-type spell.
The speed was too fast and sudden.
The Heifeng Village Chief didn't have time to react and crashed head-on into the earthen wall, causing it to explode. He was knocked senseless, his head ringing.
"Don't you dare run!"
Shi Jiu regained his senses and rushed forward to beat the fallen foe.
The Elder Village Head struggled to get up.
Seeing the current scene, he was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed.
"Willow God?!"
"What?!"
"It's... the Willow God?!"
The villagers were shocked, finding it hard to believe.
"I always thought the Willow God was just a dead tree. The Village Head must have been confused in his old age to make it our village's spirit and have us worship and offer sacrifices daily. But I never imagined that the Willow God... is truly our village's spirit?!"
"It can even bind the Three-Tailed Black Bear!"
"Great, we're saved!"
"In the future, when I pay my respects to the Willow Deity, I will be more sincere than any of you."
"Why say such things? Kill!!!"
Amidst the shock and euphoria, the villagers of Stone Village fought with all their might...
For a moment, they managed to turn the tables and temporarily push back the Black Wind Village.
At that very moment, Xiao Budiandian emerged from his cultivation state.
(End of Chapter)
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