Lin Ming smiled slightly and said, "The life here is too comfortable and luxurious. The quiet days of the Seventh Xuanwu Sect are more suitable for bitter cultivation."

  "This way... Brother Lin is too diligent, actually taking a proper rest is also good. The bowstring being tightened all the time isn't necessarily a good thing either. Having a balance between tension and relaxation is not bad. Since Brother Lin wants to leave, I'll have someone escort him back to the Wu Manor." The Crown Prince didn't try to retain him, and instead called over his guards to protect Lin Ming on his way back to the Wu Manor.

  When Lin Ming left, the four maids all let out a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a hint of disappointment. The entire estate with hundreds of people had been bustling for days, and they had carefully cleaned the house for two days, yet Young Master Lin only took one glance and didn't even sit down...

  However, this house belongs to Lin Ming from now on. Even if Lin Ming doesn't come to sleep, they have to sweep it clean every day.

  "What, challenging me after four months?"

  In a lavishly decorated hall, on soft silk cushions, a handsome young man reclined against the headrest, with a beautiful woman in his arms. In front of the couch, a maid-like girl knelt down to massage the man's legs, while on the other side, another charming woman held a plate of crystal grapes, plucking them one by one, her slender fingers gently pinching and placing them into the young man's mouth.

  This man was Zhang Guanyu, the third-ranked master of the Seventh Rank of the Xuanwu Sect, and he was also the only one outside of the core disciples of the Xuanwu Sect who possessed a five-element heavenly gift, an absolute genius.

  Not only that, Zhang Guanyu is also an elite cultivated by the Chamber of Commerce. In the future, he may become the president of the Chamber of Commerce!

  The Chamber of Commerce has a huge foundation in Tianyun and several neighboring countries, its existence is longer than the Tianyun dynasty, such a huge organization has an unimaginable depth.

  Zhang Guanyu occupies such an important position, and as a young martial artist born and raised in the land of Tianyun, he is second only to Qin Xuan's genius, can be said to be the pride of heaven among the proud sons of heaven, beauty, wealth, power, all within his grasp.

  However, compared to Zhang Guanyu's extraordinary talent and the strong resource support provided by the United Chamber of Commerce, Zhang Guanyu's achievements are not particularly stunning, ranking third on the Seven Xuanwu Prefecture Ranking Stone, below Ling Sen and Tuo Ku.

  Ling Sen is nothing much, but this person possesses Shura's martial intent and is an extremely powerful abnormality. It's still acceptable if you can't beat him.

  But it's a bit too much. The four top-notch innate talents, the person was born with divine power, but their innate talent is not as good as Zhang Guanyu's, and the resources they have are far from comparable to Zhang Guanyu's. But in this situation, Zhang Guanyu is still being suppressed by Tuoku, which is just unreasonable.

  In the end, Zhang Guanyu's martial arts heart was not firm enough, and he was overly infatuated with beauty.

  At first, Zhang Guanyu passed the Illusory Realm Gate. His performance was very poor, but he knew where the problem lay. The United Chamber of Commerce couldn't force Zhang Guanyu to abstain either, because if a warrior's mind didn't get satisfaction, it could also lead to "qi" not being smooth and cultivation being hindered.

  In this case, the United Chamber of Commerce came up with a solution, and let Zhang Guanyu practice the Gongfa of Qi Xuan Wu Fu He Huan Zong.

  However, the advanced techniques of the Huanhuan Sect are only passed down to core disciples. Zhang Guanyu wanted to learn but could only learn peripheral and secondary techniques. At this time, the family's accumulated foundation played a role. The United Chamber of Commerce relied on its unscrupulous methods to force open a path, allowing the Qixing Valley Huanhuan Sect to pass down some core techniques to Zhang Guanyu for cultivation. Now that Zhang Guanyu has cultivated this technique for half a year, his cultivation has greatly improved.

  Zhang Guanyu was like a fish in water from then on, every day **was endless, his cultivation was still growing steadily, drunk and dreaming, extremely comfortable.

  Tonight, Zhang Guanyu was about to enjoy the two beautiful concubines by his side when he received news that the Seven Xuanwu Sect wanted Lin Ming to challenge him within four months.

  This greatly reduced his enthusiasm, and a nameless fire rose in his heart. These seven Xuanwu Prefectures really treated themselves as whetstones!

  "Haha, that's right! Wang Gonggong directly transmitted the Seven Mysteries Order to the Crown Prince's mansion, and will conduct a Seven Mysteries Martial House assessment on Lin Ming. The content of the assessment is: reaching the peak of the fourth stage of Body Tempering at the age of 16, or reaching the initial stage of the fifth stage of Bone Forging at the age of 18. If you can enter the top ten of the Massacre Array within three months, defeat me within four months, defeat Tuo Ku within five months, and defeat Ling Sen within six months, there will be additional rewards, and they are very generous!"

  The speaker was a man in his twenties, one of the seven core disciples of Tianyun Country's Seventh Xuanwu Prefecture, named Zhou Yu, from the Xiū Wǔ family. He also practiced the Xiū Hé Huān Zōng gong method and had a good relationship with Zhang Guanyu.

  "Hum! Thinking of using me as a whetstone, very well, then I'll grind this knife to pieces! Lin Ming has been too arrogant these days, a mere three-talent Heaven's Chosen, yet daring to claim himself the hundred-year genius of the Seven Profound Martial House!"

  In recent years, Zhang Guanyu may not be as strong as Tu Ke and Ling Sen, but in terms of talent, he has always been known as the second genius of Tianyun Country's young generation. The person ranked first is Qin Xingxuan. He doesn't envy Qin Xingxuan because she is a woman. Zhang Guanyu never envies women. As long as they are conquered, no matter how talented or fierce they are, they become his people. If he can't conquer them, that's okay too. As long as this woman isn't conquered by other men, Zhang Guanyu can accept it.

  But Lin Ming was different, these days, Lin Ming had already stolen all the limelight, the various forces and martial artists of Tianyun City, who still remembered that there was a person named Zhang Guanyu?

  What is Zhang Guanyu, third in the ranking, his talent is unparalleled, but what people care about most is not talent, but results. In the streets and alleys of Tianyun City, whenever people mention the young generation of the Seven Xuanwu Mansion, it's all Lin Ming's name!

  Just hearing the name, Zhang Guanyu was extremely displeased, and now, even more so, directly targeting Lin Ming's assessment, the Seven Wu Sect actually set out such conditions, as if they wanted to let Lin Ming step on himself to achieve a legendary genius!

  This touched Zhang Guanyu's reverse scales. He had always been the one to bully others, when would it be his turn to be bullied by others!?

  "You, the master of the Seventh Xuanwu Sect, using me as a stepping stone for others? I'll make sure to trample the person you've taken a liking to under my feet! And just in time, my 'Hehuan Divine Technique' has reached the first major completion realm. Let's see the difference between a fifth-grade heavenly gift and a third-grade heavenly gift!"

  Zhang Guanyu's face flashed a sinister smile, as he hugged the delicate woman in his arms while simultaneously pulling over the woman who was feeding him grapes. With the woman's soft cry, the three of them rolled onto the bed together, and the curtains naturally fell down. Zhang Guanyu let out an evil laugh as he began to tear off the clothes of his two concubines.

  With a fire in his heart, he naturally wanted to vent it out, and Zhang Guanyu's way of venting was very direct, that is, venting on women.

  Listening to the woman's giggles and ** sounds on the bed, Zhou Yu shook his head and turned to leave.

  After being in contact with Zhang Guanyu for so long, Zhou Yu has some understanding of Zhang Guanyu's character. Zhang Guanyu will not be willing to be a stepping stone for others. However, now that the Seven Xuanwu Sect has pushed Zhang Guanyu to the opposite side of Lin Ming, Zhang Guanyu must take some measures to deal with Lin Ming.

  Zhang Guanyu is extremely arrogant and has a strong sense of possession, he can't bear the thought that all the beautiful women and good things in the world are not his own. He will never yield just because Lin Ming's future achievements are boundless!

  Don't look at Zhang Guanyu as a playboy, not only is he a ladies' man, but also extremely arrogant. However, growing up in the complex environment of the United Commercial Building, which was filled with talented individuals, he managed to stand out. The main reason for this is naturally Zhang Guanyu's exceptional talent, and when it comes to intelligence, he definitely isn't an idiot.

  Zhou Yu was clear that if anyone underestimated him because of Zhang Guanyu's arrogance, they would definitely die miserably. Zhang Guanyu was very terrifying, and in this world, there were two types of people with a martial heart who were not to be trifled with - the obsessed and the mad. The former was the martial obsessive, like Ling Sen, whose personal strength was formidable, while the latter was the lunatic, such as Zhang Guanyu, who was naturally eccentric and crazy, and would fight to the death without regard for his own life.

  The strong fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear those who don't care about their lives, and those who don't care about their lives fear the mentally ill. This Zhang Guanyu is one of the mentally ill type, like a mad dog. If you stab him with a knife, he won't dodge or evade, but instead will charge at your throat!

  Ordinary people don't dare to compete with this kind of person.

  "Zhang Guanyu is likely to clash with Lin Ming once before the four-month duel period, but it's unknown what means he will take."

  Zhou Yu's face revealed a hint of playful smile. Lin Ming thought he could become the core disciple, but it wasn't that easy. First, he had to get past Zhang Guanyu.

  ..........................

  Lin Ming returned to the Seventh Imperial City at the third watch, he took out the Su Mei ring in his hand and carefully examined it. Earlier, he had already stored some gold and true yuan stones inside. Although the internal space of the Su Mei ring was unstable, as long as one didn't destroy the ring, it wouldn't suddenly collapse. When the ring's lifespan was about to end, a martial artist could sense it, so there wouldn't be a situation where things suddenly disappeared.

  Now Lin Ming's true yuan stones have more than 200, there are those sent by the prince, Wang Qian sent, and the rewards after entering the Seven Xuanwu Mansion of Tianzifu. Others also had some royal nobles who wanted to send true yuan stones to Lin Ming, but they were all rejected by Lin Ming. Accepting others' things would make him owe them a favor, he didn't want to get entangled in the future.

  These true yuan stones are sufficient for use, and the training time for the Seven Kills Array is also very ample. However, Lin Ming wanting to surpass Zhang Guanyu in four months is still extremely difficult.

  He must open up a new path, Lin Ming thought of it as --- Nameless Emblem.

  There are four types of runes in the divine realm: artifact runes, medicinal runes, body runes, and soul runes.

  These four are even more difficult to get started with than each other, like Minghunfu, even Linming is unclear.

  Lin Ming had now learned the lower-level talismanic symbols of the Talisman Scripture and the Medicine Scripture, but drawing a talisman required even more True Essence. Lin Ming's True Essence was previously insufficient, but now that he had reached the second stage of the Chaotic True Essence Art, his own strength had also increased to the level of Three Greats of the Body Tempering Stage, and he finally had some confidence to learn how to draw this talisman.

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