Although Yin Ran smiled on the surface, shock thundered in his heart. He had carefully concealed his strength, but he had still been so easily seen through by a newcomer.
Although he denied it to prevent other people from being wary against him, he knew that he was unable to fool Ling Xiao.
Fortunately, they were not enemies, which Yin Ran felt grateful for.
“Senior Apprentice Sister, this Tian Guang’s house is actually decorated like a lady’s boudoir. You can stay here. In any case, you could have easily defeated Tian Guang.”
After the battle, Ling Xiao checked out both Tian Guang and Yin Ran’s houses.
Sure enough, Yin Ran’s house was eerie and not suitable for a girl.
Tian Guang’s house was much better and had many beautiful decorations.
Tian Guang had only taken the valuables when leaving.
“Okay.”
Ling Yixue didn’t refuse Ling Xiao’s goodwill.
In this way, Ling Xiao became the tenth captain while Ling Yixue became the ninth. In addition, both lived in spacious and bright houses.
At the same time, they also received the respect of the other living quarter disciples.
Including Zhang Yuan, those who had looked down on Ling Xiao shut their mouths.
The Hidden Dragon Battalion was a place where strength reigned supreme: whoever was strong would be admired.
“Captain Ling, this subordinate’s filthy mouth can’t utter decent language! I carelessly said something wrong just now. I hope you won’t mind!”
Zhang Yuan came over and apologized.
Although the weak could refuse to battle so as to not be bullied by the strong, this was limited to within the Hidden Dragon Battalion, and eventually, one would leave for the outside.
Therefore, if you built good relations with the strong, you wouldn’t need to worry about being bullied.
“We are all people of the General Residence. There’s no need to be so polite!”
Why would Ling Xiao take ignorant ridicule seriously?
After Zhang Yuan left, Ling Xiao planned to immediately start cultivating but suddenly noticed a maid with a graceful figure standing at one side.
He wryly smiled.
In the Ling Clan, no one had taken care of him.
“What’s your name?”
Ling Xiao asked.
“This servant is Leng Mei.”
“Leng Mei is it? Guard the outside. Don’t let anyone disturb my cultivation. I will call you if I need something.”
He didn’t want anyone to see his secrets.
“This servant obeys your command.”
Leng Mei bowed and walked out of the room, closing the door in passing.
Don’t look at how she was just a maid. Her cultivation base had reached Initial Rank Five Martial Vein.
The Hidden Dragon Battalion was truly a place filled with hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
At last, Ling Xiao closed his eyes and began cultivating.
Regardless of the time, improving his cultivation base was the most important.
Even if all your martial arts had been cultivated to the sublimity realm, if your cultivation base was just Peak Rank Six Martial Vein, nothing was worth mentioning when encountering a Rank Seven Martial Vein Martial Master.
Don’t look at how Ling Xiao had defeated Tian Guang and become the tenth captain. Without stepping into the Martial Master realm, dangers still lurked everywhere.
While circulating <Snow Lotus Qi Formula>, Ling Xiao held two low-grade spirit stones and swallowed ten Gang Qi Pills.
Even in White Cloud Capital, only a few dared to engage in this kind of extravagant cultivation method.
After wiping out the Black Scarf Thieves, Ling Xiao had obtained a lot of spirit stones and Gang Qi Pills, so this was not a problem.
As long as his cultivation base increased, he would obtain more sooner or later.
Only when you were strong enough, did you have the ability to protect yourself.
If your properties were stolen, they could be regained with sufficient strength.
Two hours quickly passed before Ling Xiao opened his eyes. He noticed that his sixth martial vein was almost completely saturated, meaning he was about to step into the Peak Rank Six Martial Vein Realm.
In cultivation, the higher one went, the slower the speed, so Ling Xiao was not impatient.
Whether it were spirit stones or Gang Qi Pills, if used continuously, their effects would be greatly reduced.
Although he was eager to make a breakthrough, he still had to wait a day or two. He believed that if he consumed two spirit stones and ten Gang Qi Pills once more, he would step into Peak Rank Six Martial Vein.
Since he couldn’t improve his cultivation base, he began studying his martial arts.
After comprehending a certain kill skill from <Duplicate Shadow Sword Technique>, Shadow King Kill, he had realized that it was possible to further develop these martial arts.
Therefore, he spent the entire night comprehending a certain kill skill from <Barbarian Bull Strength>——Barbarian Bull Roar.
Unlike Shadow King Kill, it was not an attack technique but rather a supplementary skill.
After it was used, his defenses would be significantly reduced, but his attack power would double.
In addition, he also comprehended a certain kill skill from <Meteorite Fist>——Meteorite One Attack!
Unlike the powerful single-target attack of Shadow King Kill, Meteorite One Attack focused on a large-scale strike.
Although there were no improvements in his cultivation base, after successively comprehending two certain kill skills, Ling Xiao felt very good.
He looked at the sky outside his window and realized the sun had already risen.
He was just about to look for Ling Yixue to eat when he suddenly heard the sound of fighting outside his door.
Ling Xiao frowned, stood up, pushed open his door, and walked out.
He immediately noticed a figure kicking at him.
Ling Xiao coldly snorted and directly punched this person’s feet, but unexpectedly was forced to take a step back.
Because he had cultivated <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> and had obtained dragon blood essence in that dragon-shaped structure in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range, his physical strength would increase by 100 pounds with each young dragon cell he had, of which he currently had ten.
This was equivalent to increasing his physical strength by 1,000 pounds.
In addition, after cultivating <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art> to the seventh transformation, his physical strength was further increased by 1,000 pounds.
Together, his physical strength was at least 2,000 pounds more than the average similar level martial artist.
In terms of pure physical strength, he completely crushed most opponents, so he had not expected to be forced a step back today. The other party’s physical strength was truly not weak.
Nevertheless, the other party was even more surprised.
In the Hidden Dragon Battalion, the ten captain-leveled martial artists each had their own specialties. Just like how the former Ninth Captain Tian Guang was very fast, the most terrifying aspect of Murong Shao, the eighth captain who had come to create trouble by Ling Xiao’s door, was his physical strength.
Murong Shao was arrogant. At just 15-years-old, younger than both Yin Ran and Tian Guang, he was stronger, and his terrifying physical strength gave his opponents headaches.
But today, he actually lost to Ling Xiao in terms of physical strength and was forced more than ten meters back by a single punch.
Ling Xiao eyed Leng Mei on the ground and couldn’t help but frown.
At this moment, Leng Mei’s complexion was deathly pale as she vomited blood, and a few of her ribs had been clearly broken. Her arms drooped, signifying the fractures she had suffered.
Although he had no friendship nor affection with her, she was his maid.
You should find out who the owner was before beating the dog. This person had actually injured Leng Mei like this. If he didn’t teach this person a lesson, not only would he lose face, but he would also feel uncomfortable at heart.
However, before teaching this person a lesson, he decided to send Leng Mei to treat her injuries.
“Don’t move. I’ll take you to treat your injuries. Tell me: where is the Medicine Hall?”
Ling Xiao carried Leng Mei and softly asked.
“Hahaha, you actually still show pity and tender love for women.”
Before Leng Mei replied, Murong Shao roared with laughter and taunted, “In the Hidden Dragon Battalion,servants are not qualified to get their injuries treated. Even if they are killed, it’s fine because the rules don’t include them.”
