Chapter 85 Clearing the Fourth Meridian
Seeing Linghu Feng behave in this manner, Liang Rulu was not impressed. Although she liked her Eldest Senior Brother's magnanimity, she was angry at his lack of responsibility!
With an angry huff, she stood up and pointed at Linghu Feng: "Eldest Senior Brother, you can't be so selfish, you need to consider the six of us junior brothers and sisters. Taking the position of chief disciple is not a matter which solely concerns you, it concerns all seven of us. If you give up just like that, we will be very upset and disappointed with you!"
With an unchanging expression, Linghu Feng pointed towards the sky with his fingers and said calmly: "Little junior sister, even if I don't obtain the position of chief disciple, I can still protect all of you and not allow anyone to bully any of you."
"Eldest Senior Brother, you...you are too naive!" Liang Rulu stamped her foot and left.
As Linghu Feng listened to the sound of her footsteps fading away, he drank another mouthful of wine. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes and he muttered to himself: "Could it be that I'm wrong? No, I'm not wrong! What's wrong with pursuing the kind of life that I want? Why don't any of you understand me? As long as I'm here, even if I'm not the chief disciple or the sect master, who would be able to bully all of you?"
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Lanzhou City.
Lin Yi's face was as white as a sheet as he laid on the bed to recuperate. The three moves he used to kill Old Demon Xu, as well as the move he used on Monk Jueyuan, had contained the supreme power, and he suffered great internal injuries as a result.
For numerous days, he was half awake and half asleep.
He greatly disliked this condition and muttered to himself: "Looks like I definitely can't use the supreme power before I become a second-rate expert."
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Someone was at the door.
"Enter."
Mo Yu, Yun Taizi, and Lu Buping walked in. After a few days of recovery, most of their injuries had healed and they were able to move freely.
Although they had suffered a blow from Old Demon Xu's Eagle Claws to their heart area, they had been protected by heavy armor, so it wasn't too serious.
Compared to Lin Yi's injuries, it was quite trivial, as Lin Yi had suffered serious internal injuries.
"Senior Brother Lin Yi!"
They greeted him politely as they entered.
Propping up his body, he leaned on the frame of the bed and glanced at the three of them. Raising his brows, he asked in puzzlement: "Where's Junior Sister Yiqian?"
"She is still resting in her room as she is feeling unwell." They replied with an awkward expression.
Shaking his head, Lin Yi laughed: "So she is still unable to forgive me."
Going back on his word, Lin Yi had killed Monk Jueyuan in the end. The little nun was unable to accept his ruthless act of killing someone from the righteous faction and she still couldn't believe that it was done by the kind-hearted Senior Brother Lin Yi who dispensed justice in Lanzhou City.
Lin Yi had a calm expression and he was not bothered by Yiqian's inability to accept his true colors.
Since a long time ago, he had thought very little of how others looked at him.
In his previous life, he had spent years in the game and experienced many things. He realized that as long as he did what he was supposed to do, everything else did not matter. Those who could accept him would naturally accept him. Those who could not accept him, no matter what he said or did, it was useless. Therefore, as long as he felt that he was right, it was good enough.
Looking at the three of them, Lin Yi smiled. At least they were still able to understand him, so he wasn't too much of a failure.
"Senior Brother Lin Yi, how are your injuries?"
Yun Taizi stepped forward and asked with a concerned expression.
"They are much better, but I still need a few more days of rest."
"That's good, that's good!" Yun Taizi nodded with relief.
Seeing a mild expression of joy in the three of them, Lin Yi asked with a smile: "Looking at your expressions, everything is written on your faces. Whatever matter it is, speak out."
Lu Buping laughed and gave a thumbs up: "Senior Brother Lin Yi, this move of yours is indeed a great move."
"Right now, in Lanzhou City, and even the entire Jianghu, everyone is talking about how Senior Brother Lin Yi vanquished Old Demon Xu to take revenge for the righteous sect disciples. Nobody suspects us of killing Monk Jueyuan."
"Just this?" Lin Yi said with indifference: "I already told you, killing Jueyuan is not a big deal. There was only the five of us there back then, and now that Monk Jueyuan has already been fed to the wolves, who would suspect us? Shaolin might suspect us, but they have no evidence to prove it since his corpse does not exist anymore. What else can Shaolin do to us?"
"Besides, we have no grudges with Monk Jueyuan, who would be so silly as to suspect us?"
"You guys still don't have a stable state of mind, and you need to work on that. Once you spend more time in Jianghu, you will realize that in this world, there isn't only the righteous and demonic faction. Also, there aren't only people from the righteous faction killing those from the demonic faction or people from the demonic faction killing those from the righteous faction. There are also many people from the righteous faction killing others in the righteous faction. Otherwise, how do you think Shaolin managed to become the leader of the righteous faction? Simply because of their great reputation? Is reputation edible? Can it convince the masses to follow you?"
"It is strength. Only strength can intimidate the masses and make everyone in Jianghu fear and respect Shaolin and the major sects."
The three of them nodded: "We have learned our lesson!"
Lin Yi waved his hands: "Go back for now and digest the experience you gained from the battles if you have nothing to do. During this period of time, there's no need to go outside the city since the demonic cult disciples have retreated. Both factions have suffered quite a lot of casualties in the last battle, so everyone is licking their wounds. Don't think or talk about the matter regarding Monk Jueyuan and just take it that it never happened."
"As for Junior Sister Yiqian, rest assured. Although she is still unwilling to forgive us, she will never betray us. She is still a child and is too pure-hearted, that is why she can't accept what we did."
"We understand. Please rest well, Senior Brother Lin Yi, the rest of us are looking forward to going out to exterminate evil with you again."
The three of them left and closed the doors once again.
Lin Yi shook his head and no longer thought of the matter. In his heart, it was not a big deal to kill Monk Jueyuan. With the era of chaos arriving soon, how would Shaolin have the energy to waste on such a trivial matter?
Besides, once the era of chaos arrived, there would be large numbers of Shaolin disciples dying in the war. Even though Monk Jueyuan was a talent, his status in Shaolin was similar to a Huashan upper courtyard disciple.
Huashan had roughly five thousand upper courtyard disciples, and being the top sect in Jianghu, Shaolin had nearly twice that amount. Who was going to remember one mere Jueyuan? The passage of time would eventually erase all traces of Jueyuan's existence.
Suddenly, Lin Yi recalled the 300,000 battle experience he earned from killing Old Demon Xu.
Ouyang Jue gave 40,000 and Monk Jueyuan gave another 40,000. He also had 50,000 left over previously after upgrading his sword art and clearing his meridian. Killing demonic cult disciples while on the run also netted him several tens of thousands of battle experience.
There was more than enough to clear the fourth meridian.
Since there was nothing to do right now, why not upgrade his internal art?
Lin Yi opened the panel for the twelve standard meridians.
The fourth meridian was called the Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian and the start of the second phase.
System notification:
Do you wish to consume 400,000 battle experience to clear Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian?
Lin Yi silently consented.
With a tremble, he lost control of his body.
He could see 400,000 battle experience being rapidly depleted on the system panel before turning into warm and mystical streams flowing into his dantian and merging with his internal strength.
His internal strength had expanded, and it flowed from his dantian towards the fourth meridian, majestic and unstoppable like a great river.
The fourth meridian was broken through like a thin sheet of paper, and Lin Yi's body trembled once more.
System notification:
Successfully cleared the fourth meridian: Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian.
Lin Yi regained control of his body and he could feel his internal strength greatly enhanced. His body was also becoming stronger visibly.
Originally, people from this world would slowly and gradually get stronger by steadily practicing internal arts. Thus, they would first acquire the physique required for the fourth meridian before they could clear it.
But relying on the system, Lin Yi had skipped this process and forcefully cleared the meridian first. After that, the system would improve the condition of his body rapidly to match the fourth meridian.
As a result, even his internal injuries were healed in the process. His body which was in great pain was greatly soothed and there was now only minor pains in a few areas. His injuries had healed by at least 60%!
This was a pleasant surprise!
Lin Yi joyfully opened his stats panel to check his upgraded stats.
System notification:
Name: Lin Yi
Identity: Huashan upper courtyard disciple
Attack: 200 (Basic stat +60, Internal art multiplier +60, Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian +80)
Defense: 100 (Basic stat +10, Internal art multiplier +10, Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian +80)
Speed: 180 (Basic stat +50, Internal art multiplier +50, Hand's Yang Supreme Large Intestine Meridian +80)
Internal strength: 80