Chapter 22: Situ Deng, Fully Equipped

  Transtor: Krukist

  When Lin Yu opened his eyes, his brow immediately furrowed in a deep frown.

  "What is this smell? It's absolutely revolting!"

  While it wasn’t the ing stench of excrement, it was still foul enough to his stomach.

  Lin Yu looked up to see Lin Ling'er's disgusted expression. L his gaze, he finally noticed his own clothes—now soiled by the bodily impurities discharged from within him.

  Seeing Lin Yu awaken, Lin Ling'er could no longer e. She flung open the door and dashed outside, not fetting to call back to Lin Yu,

  "Brother, the petition is about to start! You should go wash up quickly."

  Lin Yu blinked, momentarily stunned. Only then did he realize that after using energy to push the Heavenly Cloud Body F Art's progress to 5%, a torrent of information had flooded his mind like a surging tide. He had fallen into a profound and mystical state.

  It had sted a good half-hour before he fully regained his sehinking back to it, the information in his mind ed once more.

  Lin Yu finally uood:

  "So, this means I've already embarked on cultivation! But I'm still some distance from being a First-Grade Body F Realm cultivator..."

  Lin Yu sehe power within his body. It was indeed more than twice as strong as before. Beh his seemingly slender frame y explosive strength.

  If this were his past life, Lin Yu's current power would have been enough to make him a strength-based athlete. However, what made him even happier was that, acc to the information from the Heavenly Cloud Body F Art, he only o push the progress bar to 20% to bee a First-Grade, Tier One Body F Realm cultivator.

  Don't uimate First-Grade, Tier One just because it's the lowest rank. Iy, every Body F Realm cultivator had to y a foundation for at least three to five years before they even had a ce of ranking up. Yet, with the aid of the puter in his sea of sciousness, Lin Yu had merely "downloaded" a "softackage."

  It had directly id a perfect foundation for him.

  What Lin Yu didn't yet know was that, in the eyes of powerful Body F Realm cultivators, his current foundation was fwless. It erfect foundation that many would spend their entire fortune and years of relentless effort pursuiill fail to achieve. But Lin Yu had aplished it so effortlessly.

  And to be precise, Lin Yu had only spent 150 Spirit Stones.

  Perhaps in the eyes of the on folk—like the former Lin Yu—150 Spirit Stones was a siderable sum. But for powerful forces like the Situ family and the Southwestern Marquis Manor, they would willingly pay tens of thousands of Spirit Stoo acquire a cultivator with such a perfect foundation!

  Because a perfect foundation sighat as long as Lin Yu didn't court death or perish prematurely—and was willing to put in suffit effort—he would undoubtedly bee a Frade expert before the age of forty.

  Frade!

  Iire Heavenly Cloud Kingdom, that was sidered a powerhouse!

  This was the advantage bestowed by the puter in Lin Yu's sea of sciousness!

  A’s not fet, the current Lin Yu had only repaired 2% of his Seven Meridians a Vessels!

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  Departure to the Marquis Manor

  After a thh wash, Lin Yu prepared to depart for the Marquis Manor to face the challenge.

  Lin Ling'er had been waiting outside for quite some time. Seeing her brother emerge— and refreshed—a radiant smile bloomed on her exquisite face!

  "Brother, I have to say, you look really handsome!" Lin Ling'er grinned. "So you absolutely ot lose!"

  Lin Yu g her helplessly, then said in a coaxing tone—like one would use with a child,

  "You're my own sister. If you say I'm good-looking, aren't you just praising yourself? Alright, alright, I admit yood-looking too."

  Lin Ling'er was momentarily stunned by Lin Yu’s logic. After a brief pause, she giggled,

  "Then both of us siblings are good-looking."

  Before they had evehe courtyard, they spotted Lin Yu's Sed Aunt, Li Chaohua, approag from not far away. Her shifty eyes and mousy features clearly indicated she had been waiting for quite a while.

  The moment she saw Lin Yu, her eyes gleamed, and she approached with a face pstered with a hypocritical smile.

  "Lin Yu, I heard you..."

  She raised her hand, wanting to greet Lin Yu.

  But Lin Yu, who loathed any e with his Sed Aunt, merely snorted coldly and walked past Li Chaohua as if she were invisible.

  Li Chaohua’s smile instantly vanished.

  Lin Ling'er, walking beside Lin Yu, whispered, "Brother, Sed Aunt..."

  Lin Yu said expressionlessly,

  "What's she thinking? Do you think I wouldn’t know? She must have caught wind of something—probably my ary duel with Situ Deng. She's trying to mod ridicule me, hoping to shatter my mentality..."

  Lin Ling'er frowned. "What's 'shatter my mentality'?"

  Lin Yu expined casually,

  "It means making me feel awful so that I’ll lose to Situ Deng in the petition. But by ign her now, not only will I remain ued, but it’ll make her feel even more miserable."

  Lin Ling'er suddenly uood, then fshed a mischievous smile. "Brother, you're so clever."

  Lin Yu chuckled, "Don't praise me. Why do I feel like you're just praising yourself again?"

  Lin Ling'er giggled. "Whether I'm praising you or me, it's n either way."

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  Southwestern Marquis Manor

  The Southwestern Marquis Manor was the rgest architectural plex in Heavenly Cloud City besides the Imperial Pace. It had a grand hall specifically for duels and petitions—avaible for use by ah good retions with the Southwestern Marquis.

  That’s why Situ Deng had arranged for Lin Yu to e to the Marquis Manor for their test yesterday.

  Nan Zhan had no objes to this. He also wao see how Lin Yu—who showed no spiritual energy fluctuations—po defeat Situ Deng.

  If Situ Deng won, he could even gain some bes. For example, if Nan Ziyan truly only wao eat food cooked by Lin Yu, he would force Lin Yu to cook for Nan Ziyan.

  And if Lin Yu refused...

  Nan Zhan revealed a cruel smile.

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  Situ Deng, Fully Equipped

  Situ Deng had been preparing here since early m.

  As a ary King, a First-Grade Spirit Chef, he possessed a set of exclusive knives—a bone cleaver, a standard chef’s knife, a fish scaler, and shears—all fed from a single pieineral ore ri spiritual energy.

  Moreover, Situ Deng had been nurturing them with spiritual energy year-round, developing a perfect synergy with them.

  In addition to this, Situ Deng had alsht a whole set of extraordinary cooking utensils from his home.

  Nan Zhan was astonished.

  "It seems the Situ family truly values Situ Deng. Just this set of cooking utensils alone ecially issioo be crafted in a neighb kingdom."

  "Because the Heavenly Cloud Kingdom simply doesn’t have such materials or artisans…"

  Situ Deng, hearing this, proudly raised his head.

  "Today, I will definitely defeat Lin Yu! Defeat that ignorant try bumpkin who doesn’t know the immensity of heaven ah!"

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