Core disciple?... Lin Ming fell silent for a moment.

  He felt that the Seven Profound Valleys were like a giant vampire, compressing and absorbing the cultivation resources of tens of millions of miles around it, causing the small country's warriors to be in short supply of cultivation resources. After reaching the acquired realm, their martial arts cultivation could no longer advance even an inch.

  Later, the seven Xuanwu Valleys set up a Xuanwu Mansion in each country, with an attitude of superiority, donating resources and techniques, selecting the most outstanding talents to serve them.

  But the royal family of a small country knew this, but because they feared the Seven Mysteries Valley and at the same time hoped to get their support and protection, they were willing to hand over the national resources with both hands, making the remaining resources in the country scarce and expensive. For example, Lin Ming's family was not wealthy, and even if he had talent, he couldn't afford to practice martial arts!

  The naked interest relationship between Qiuxu Valley and the Tianyun Imperial Family made Lin Ming feel very uncomfortable.

  "If it weren't for the Seven Mysteries Valley, I wouldn't have put such a huge burden on my family when I was cultivating martial arts before... This Seven Mysteries Valley is really detestable..." Lin Ming thought to himself.

  "But to reach a higher level of martial arts, I must become a core disciple! Otherwise, I won't have the resources. If I had enough strength, I'd be able to overthrow the Seven Mystical Martial Mansion if I wanted to!"

  Lin Ming's martial heart was to follow his nature, he didn't like the Seven Abyss Valley's vampire, and the first thing that came to mind wasn't to escape its rule, but to overthrow it.

  If Hong Xi knew what Lin Ming was thinking at this moment, he would definitely think that he had gone crazy.

  "Alright, Lin Ming, I've made all the points I wanted to make. Your advantage lies in your martial arts heart, but when it comes to combat skills, you can't compare to Zhu Yan. Moreover, the most important point is that you don't know any martial techniques. The way you defeated Zhang Cang was just using the most basic 'Dragon Rising from the Sea'. I told you not to choose 'Powdered Body and Shattered Bones Fist' back then, but you insisted on it. Now it's too late to learn any new techniques."

  "But since you've chosen, then so be it. The way of martial arts is to follow one's heart and nature, there's nothing to regret. Even if I had forced you to change your mind back then, your thoughts wouldn't have been satisfied, and your heart wouldn't have been at peace. Now, I'm going to temper your basic marksmanship, and let you use that basic marksmanship to defeat Zhu Yan! But I'll tell you this beforehand, Zhu Yan is a master of three martial skills! You need to be mentally prepared."

  Lin Mingdao said: "I understand, Officer Hong."

  "Now you're attacking me, let's see your marksmanship!"

  "Then I won't be polite!" Lin Ming's hand shook, and the Guan Hong spear had already jumped into his hand. This shake of force caused the spearhead to vibrate with a buzzing sound. The purple-black iron contained in the spearhead was astonishingly powerful, and even just a slight vibration could cause people's tendons to snap and their bones to break!

  "Can casually shake open the purple iron bullet, strength is not bad!" Hong Xi laughed and also drew out the long gun on his back!

  "Jiaolong goes out to sea!" Lin Ming shouted loudly, holding a gun in both hands, and suddenly charged forward with a straight stab!

  As the spear thrust out, Lin Ming's aura suddenly surged, and the airflow around him changed. In his hand, an invisible whirlpool seemed to appear, gathering the turbulent air and merging it into Lin Ming's long spear.

  Hong Xi's eyes showed a look of admiration, he took a step to the side, the gun stock pressed down, the gun tip aimed at Lin Ming's gun head, and suddenly thrust!

  However, this forceful blow did not manage to knock Lin Ming's spear away. The spear seemed as if it had been cast from gold and iron, its direction barely changing, still hurtling towards Hong Xi!

  This is Lin Ming's gun stabilizing like casting after countless practices under the Hanshan Waterfall!

  Hong Xi's eyes flashed with excitement, "Good shot!"

  "Drink!" Hong Xi suddenly exerted his strength, and the true yuan on the long spear surged, forcibly opening Lin Ming's spear. Then he held the long spear in his hand, took a sudden step forward, and the spearhead stabbed towards Lin Ming's throat like a poisonous snake!

  Hong Xi's gun was twice as fast as Lin Ming's! While Lin Ming stabbed out one shot, he fired two shots in the same amount of time!

  Hong Xi thought that this move would be the end, with his cultivation of Six Heavy Condensed Pulse at its peak, and half a foot into the realm of acquired skills, dealing with Lin Ming's Three Heavy cultivation. Even if he only used 30% of his strength, it would still be an easy capture. But unexpectedly, he was wrong.

  As soon as he saw the gun coming, Lin Ming's long spear was outside and couldn't be withdrawn in time. He actually lifted his right hand and violently pushed against the tip of Hong Xi's gun! In that instant, every small unit of Lin Ming's body breathed at a uniform frequency, his true yuan rapidly vibrating and pouring into his right hand!

  Hong Xi saw Lin Ming's bare hand waving towards the speeding gun tip, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat. This Lin Ming...

  "Huh?"

  At the moment when Lin Ming's palm touched the gun tip, Hong Xi only felt a strong vibration force transmitted from the gun body, making him almost unable to hold the gun steady. What...what was going on?

  Hong Xi had naturally heard about Lin Ming's previous battle against Zhang Cang, where he used his hand to deflect Zhang Cang's narrow knife. At the time, Hong Xi thought that Lin Ming had simply seen through Zhang Cang's attack trajectory and avoided the blade, which was why he was able to land a hit. But now it seemed that things weren't so simple!

  "Cheers!"

  Hong Xi was indeed a master of the Condensing Pulse, and with a sudden burst of force from both hands, he immediately cancelled out the tremors on the gunstock. At this moment, Lin Ming's second shot arrived!

  "Sweep away thousands of troops!"

  Hong Xi was already unable to block, his body leapt up and dodged this strike. However, although it was so, Lin Ming's spear sweep brought forth a strong gust of wind, which carried an unusual shaking force. After being swept by the gust of wind, Hong Xi felt that his heartbeat and blood circulation had been slightly affected, causing his chest to feel stifled!

  This shocked Hong Xi greatly, as he was a martial artist who had already completed the sixth stage of Body Tempering and had fully opened up his meridians. His true yuan had been refined throughout his body, without any leaks. In this state, he was swept by Lin Ming's gun wind and actually felt a slight discomfort, although it didn't cause him any harm. However, if it were another martial artist in the Foundation Building stage who received this attack, they might have spat out blood in an instant!

  "This little guy, what kind of kung fu has he learned? I thought one move would take him down, but now it's been three rounds and I still can't finish him off. If I still can't deal with him, where will my face as a teacher go?" Hong Xi raised his power by 20% again, spinning in mid-air, his long spear falling like a rainstorm!

  "Bang!"

  Lin Ming raised his gun to meet the attack, but this time, he felt that Hong Xi's gun seemed to contain endless power, and his own gun was unable to withstand it, being directly knocked aside!

  "Whoosh!" The gun tip appeared at Lin Ming's neck like a ghost, the cold light making Lin Ming's hair stand on end. The battle was over.

  Hong Xi put away his gun, "Good kid, you hid deep enough, no wonder Zhang Cang was defeated by your one palm, one fist and one gun. If my cultivation wasn't far superior to yours, I would have fallen into your trap today!"

  Hong Xi looked up and down at Lin Ming, thinking about the strange vibration just now, where did Lin Ming learn it from?

  This powerful move, Lin Ming couldn't possibly have learned on his own, he must have learned it from a jade slip. Come to think of it, Lin Ming had only chosen three jade slips in the library: "Basic Gun Techniques", "Basic Footwork", and "Powder Body Smashing Fist"…

  Hong Xi had certainly read the "Basic Gun Manual", in fact, everyone who joined the army had to read it. The only difference was that the version stored in the Seven Xuan Wu Fu's library contained some condensed true yuan techniques, but the gun moves were exactly the same. This shock was definitely not something from the "Basic Gun Manual" or the "Basic Footwork", so could it be...

  "Powderize the Body and Shatter the Bones Fist"!!!

  The final chapter of the public version is recommended to have two finished works "Divine Thief" and "Monster Tower: Alien World".

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