Chapter 103: Meditation: Part 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Sheng chatted with the driver while he looked out of the window .
More and more pedestrians walking on the streets . Huaisha was getting more and more prosperous .
“The population seems to have increased in urban areas recently,” Lin Sheng said casually .
“Yes . ” The driver sighed . “A lot of foreigners have entered the harbor area recently, messing some of the streets around it . ”
“Foreigners?”
“Yes, mainly from Miga but also from Osiris . I heard it’s because of the open port policy, and Huaisha is also on the list,” the driver lowered his voice .
“Open port?” Lin Sheng was slightly surprised . “Wasn’t it open enough before?”
“I heard that there are tax breaks for foreign companies and all kinds of benefits, but not so much for our own companies . ” The driver was not satisfied .
“Is it?” Lin Sheng pondered .
This kind of policy was obviously not initiated by Xilin . It felt more like being forced .
Soon, Lin Sheng arrived at the Ironfist Society .
The Ironfist Society had bought the site which was once a private primary school . Lin Sheng changed the only teaching building in the school into an iron fist assembly hall .
Two new students were standing outside the gate . When they saw Lin Sheng, they immediately bowed their heads and greeted him .
Lin Sheng nodded to them then walked into the gate, one beautiful lady immediately came forward and led him to the dressing room to change clothes .
As the President of the society, he was dressed in a simple black long top and trousers with a large “iron” word sewn on the back with white thread .
Now the money was tight, he had to keep everything simple .
Then, he strode into the lobby .
It used to be a pocket school with no playground, just a building, and a yard . There was also a flagpole on one side .
The lobby was transformed into a training hall .
Sarroux was practicing Blackfeather Swordsmanship with several students . Seeing Lin Sheng entering the door, he stopped immediately and came up .
“Bro, oh nope, President, you’re just in time . Dao Ling seems to have broken through . I feel that he’s getting stronger and stronger these days . No one dares to approach him!”
Sarroux had been practicing Blackfeather Swordsmanship and meditating on Ashen Seal during this period of time . He looked more stable, and his grumpy character gradually calmed down .
“You’ve made a lot of progress, too . ” Lin Sheng patted him on the shoulder .
Now, after stepping into the transcendent, he could feel something special that no one else could . Like now Sarroux was emitting a faint wave of the holy power of Ashen Seal . It was obvious that his meditation of Ashen Seal seemed to be working, but he did not know it .
“Really? I have a feeling too, I just don’t know which aspect I’m making progress!” Sarroux was delighted .
“Try to feel it . Meditation gives you more than just peace and stability,” Lin Sheng reminded . “Okay, where’s Dao Ling?”
“Meditating inside,” Sarroux answered quickly .
“I go and see him now . ” Lin Sheng also wanted to see what level Dao Ling had reached .
Dao Ling was different from Sarroux . He was himself a martial artist who had reached the limits of the human body, but his body was failing with age . So his breakthrough represented the breaking of the limit . It’s hard for Lin Sheng to determine what effect it would produce .
Lin Sheng left the training hall, walked along the corridor, and soon came to the meditation area .
The meditation area was previously a classroom area .
Only the official members of the Ironfist Society could enter this area . Those at the training hall were just students, not members .
Lin Sheng established two distinct identities—member and student .
A member was also a mentor to the students . They had the freedom to choose whether or not they want to teach students for income . They can also be a member just in name, which allowed them to occasionally exchange martial arts here, but they would not get Lin Sheng’s Ashen Seal . These were just the initial structures; they still need to improve .
Entering the meditation area, he quickly found the room where Dao Ling was .
Just standing at the door, he could feel a slight warmth coming out of the door .
“He did it?” This warmth was similar to the holy power Lin Sheng sensed in his dream . But the difference was that the warmth here was too weak, not even one-tenth of what he had .
He knocked at the door .
“Come in, please . ” The voice sounded peaceful yet joyful .
Lin Sheng pushed the door and entered .
It was a closed, white, windowless quiet room .
Dao Ling was sitting in the middle, his long gray hair hanging loose, his muscles and skin hardly showing any sign of old age .
The changes that meditating on the Ashen Seal had brought to him, especially in his spirit, were almost magical .
Lin Sheng was surprised when he saw the appearance of Dao Ling .
“Five days of meditation… Great harvest…” Dao Ling stood up, unable to stop his smile . “Thanks to your unselfish sharing . ”
Lin Sheng took off his shoes and stepped onto the wooden floor, the door behind him closed automatically .
“It looks like you’re really breaking the limit,” said Lin Sheng .
“Yeah… The line I’ve been pursuing when I was young… was finally crossed yesterday…”
Dao Ling held out his hands . Before that, his hands were not much different from those of an old man . But now, the skin on the back of his hand seemed rejuvenated, tight and firm .
“I can feel this special layer of strength covering me . It’s like armor protecting me from everything . It’s amazing!”
“That’s the power of the Ashen Seal . ” Lin Sheng nodded .
“Yeah… The power, as you said before, is amazing…”
“But it’s not without cost,” Lin Sheng explained . “The Ashen Seal is the result of meditation, and in the process of meditation, we are actually gathering our own spiritual will . ”
“You mean that this power, in fact, is our own power?” Dao Ling was surprised .
“You can understand it that way . Ashen Seal is the auxiliary, and the holy power activated is our own power . Although this power belongs to us, it will fade away soon if there is no Ashen Seal,” Lin Sheng explained calmly .
“So I have to keep meditating on the Ashen Seal to stay this way?”
“Yes . ” Lin Sheng nodded . “You have to meditate on the Ashen Seal periodically, about once every six months, or the Ashen Seal will fade and your strength will fade, too . ”