Chapter 248
Jin laid in the hot spring pool, but this time round, he was sitting right beside the maple tree . Unlike last time, he had learned his lesson and no longer merely lay at the edge of the pool for the penguins to pull him up . Right now, he had purposely brought some carabiners, long pieces of climbing rope and a climbing harness which he bought in one of the stores in Tiangong Shopping District as he strapped himself up before sitting down in the pool .
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"Master, it might not be as effective if you are not totally naked . " Mr Patsu reminded him loudly, but it also understood Jin's intention when he brought the harness and carabiners .
"I understand, but you know safety first, right? What is the use of effectiveness if I drown in my sludge? I promise to redesign the hot spring instance in the future . " Jin thanked Mr Patsu for his concerns as he aided the Penguins to set up the ropes with the aid of the maple tree .
"Is it just me or is the maple tree getting bigger each time I enter?" Jin thought to himself before ignoring the tree and sitting in the water with his cultivation pose, and he eventually reached the state of tranquillity .
The imagery in his mind changed to the same scene of bamboo trees, but it was slightly different than usual . There was now a wooden cabin in the middle of the bamboo forest . Jin figured Ming would be there and walked towards it .
"Gramps! You there?!" Jin shouted, but there was no response . Instead, he felt a weird tingling sensation as the bamboo leaves fluttered when there was no wind in the area .
*CLANG*
"Good, your senses improved…Hmm?! Did you unlock a particular Eye technique?" Ming came out from his hiding area as he clashed swords with Jin, who had activated the Inverse Eyes technique to have a clearer picture of his surroundings . Jin was thankful it worked when he needed it .
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"Not sure what to call it when it appeared . I just call it the Inverse Eye technique now . Is there a proper name to it?" Jin loosened his sword arm, but surprisingly Ming did not allow him to let his guard down .
"Did I tell you to stop defending?" Ming questioned him loudly as he struck forward with his sword .
"I promised that I would train you and you need to get stronger fast . It seems that you have already been given the truth from the System so I shall not hold back either . " Ming was so furiously attacking Jin that his Inverse Eyes could not keep up .
"Your defence technique is admirable, but your attack is sorely lacking . You have been relying on Zeru's Perfectly Normal Parry Slash too much . As you can see, I too can parry . " Ming said as he counter parried Jin's Perfectly Normal Parry Slash with Jin having no chance of defending himself as he received the attack .
Oddly enough, there was no blood oozing out, but the pain from the slash could be felt . Even with the Inverse Eyes, he could not see any openings in Ming's attacks . It was as if Ming knew every weak spot of his . That was when he noticed that Ming was using Inverse Eyes as well . That realisation, however, gave Ming the perfect opportunity to take advantage of Jin's pause and he plunged his sword into Jin's stomach .
"Distraction! How can you afford to be distracted during a battle!" Ming took out the sword from Jin's body, who fell over and was lying in pain once again .
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"Your flaws . Easily distracted . Poor defence . Poor attack . You rely too much on abilities . Your strength? None . How are you going to live up and protect the name of the Panda Clan?" Ming shouted as he folded his arms and listed all of Jin's bad points .
"I…" Jin was in too much pain that he could not reply Ming .
"Well, at least your naming sense is better than mine I guess . " Ming scratched his beard as he extended his hand to help Jin up .
"Naming sense?" Jin placed his shoulders around Ming and was assisted into the wooden cabin .
"I called this eye technique Triangle Eyes…Hahaha! But Inverse Eyes sounds so much better . " Ming helped Jin onto a chair and threw him a wet towel near the sink .
"In any case, instead of training, I think you want to know more about my banishment from the System right? Since my dear daughter and that big lofty System will not spell it out . " Ming smiled as he poured a cup of drink which eluded a particular scent of aroma and passed it to Jin .
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"You have to earn it from me . Learn the Panda Spiritual Union skills while increasing your cultivation grade . I believe Zeru did say that increasing your cultivation grade will unlock the so-called chains on the Spiritual Union skills . " Ming said as he sipped his drink .
"I am assuming that you are hearing and seeing what I am doing?" Jin placed his hands on his face as he learnt that all his family members including the long dead ones were all serial stalkers . Perhaps that was how they could have garnered intelligence against the Banned Emperor too . It was a terrifying thought to be born in a family of stalkers .
"Hahaha! No no no . I will not know anything until you arrive here . The moment you…erm, check into this place . I have access to your memories, which reminds me… I have been meaning to ask a crucial question…" Ming leaned forward .
"That chef girl is a hottie, and so is that Red Panda though I feel she is more of a cutie instead . Which would you go for? Or are you waiting for the opportunity to strike both? I mean knocking up both girls means that you increase your probability of keeping the Panda Clan alive too . " Ming's eyebrows perked up, and Jin laughed bitterly .
"At this rate, I think I will go for abstinence…" Jin said with a dead tone .
"Still, concerning looks, you have not found the one that suits your taste yet . " Ming placed his hands on his chin and voiced a slight thought .
"Oh, yea . . . I forgot… you said that my taste for girls was similar to yours in your letter before you passed away . " Jin did not know how to advance this particular conversation . Jin felt that he would rather be in pain than to continue this part of the discussion .
"Haha anyways, I was just teasing you . I am not like the System . If I accessed each and every memory of yours, I would go nuts trying to process it . Remember that I was in the military? I am able to extract specific information, the ones that I need to know to improve your training . Besides, the information erm…kind of presents itself the moment you enter this place . You are dying to improve, dying to know something . This made such specific information extraction relatively easy although it is still tiring to keep on extracting it from your subconscious . "
"That is why that will also be one point of your agenda when you come to this place…Hmm, we should name this place too . " Ming leaned back as he rocked his chair and thought about what he should name this place where Ming and Jin met .
"Agenda? This place?" Jin was confused .
"Guarding your subconscious . In the event you are taken or kidnapped, you need to train your subconscious to protect yourself . You know, in case they dive into your brain to extract information like how I did it just now . Especially when you have so many flaws already . I bet you would be easily kidnapped . Bwahahhaha!" Ming laughed as he stood up .
"Come with me . I shall bring you to a more secure place to teach you the basics . " Ming stood up and went to his bed to press a button, revealing a small hatch at the bottom of his bed . He lifted his bed like a piece of paper and opened the hatch door .
"Get in . "