Chapter 4: Eight Extremes Collapse Partial Achievement, Refining Body's Sixth Layer

Eight Extremes Collapse: Profound-rank advanced combat technique, a close-quarters attack skill known for its formidable offensive power. When mastered, its attacks contain the power of eight layers of force, layered upon each other, comparable in strength to a lower-level Earth-rank combat technique!

Upon hearing the three words "Eight Extremes Collapse" spoken by Elder Yao, Lin Yan began recalling some information related to it in his mind.

His eyes inevitably grew excited. After all, Eight Extremes Collapse was an advanced Profound-rank combat technique. The power limits of the martial world in "Wu Dong Qian Kun" and "Dou Po Cang Qiong" were quite similar, so it could be inferred that Zong Stage ≈ Emperor Stage.

So, this conversion could be applied to martial arts and combat techniques as well.

In the world of "Wu Dong Qian Kun," martial arts were divided into nine grades, and beyond the ninth grade were even more powerful Natural Creation Martial Arts.

The description of Natural Creation Martial Arts in "Wu Dong Qian Kun" was: "The might of these martial arts can truly shake the heavens and move the earth!"

This description was similar to how Earth-rank combat techniques were described in "Dou Po Cang Qiong."

Hence, Lin Yan deduced that Natural Creation Martial Arts ≈ Lower-Intermediate Earth-rank combat techniques. Therefore, an advanced Profound-rank combat technique was essentially equivalent to a top-grade martial art of the ninth grade.

That's why Lin Yan was so excited in this moment. After all, he had just been practicing a first-grade martial art, "Tong Bei Quan," and now Elder Yao was planning to teach him a ninth-grade martial art that could even match Natural Creation Martial Arts when perfected. How could he not be thrilled by this unexpected happiness?

"Since that's the case, I'll thank Elder Yao in advance for this."

Without hesitation, Lin Yan agreed and even bowed to Elder Yao to express his gratitude, fearing that the Elder might change his mind.

Elder Yao couldn't help but smile wryly at this response. With a light chuckle, he said to Lin Yan, "Since that's settled, let's begin."

"I'll first teach you the essentials of Eight Extremes Collapse."

"However, just remember them for now; there's no rush to practice."

"While it's true that Eight Extremes Collapse doesn't demand much elemental energy for beginners, and you could even say it requires almost none, it places great demands on physical strength. Although you've reached the fourth layer of body refinement, your physical body still needs polishing. Otherwise, using Eight Extremes Collapse recklessly could easily injure yourself."

True to his word, Elder Yao imparted the essentials of Eight Extremes Collapse to Lin Yan and explained the underlying principles.

Lin Yan attentively listened to Elder Yao's advice, feeling fortunate that Eight Extremes Collapse didn't require much elemental energy to start with. Otherwise, given his current strength at the fourth layer of body refinement, he might not have been able to practice it.

"Next, it's time to focus on enhancing your physical strength," Elder Yao said with a smile to Lin Yan.

Seeing the smile on Elder Yao's face, Lin Yan suddenly had a bad feeling and asked, "How do we do that?"

"By getting hit! The harder, the better! Once your body is covered in wounds, we'll use medicinal solutions to heal and nurture it," Elder Yao replied with a grin.

Lin Yan's mouth twitched involuntarily, but for the sake of becoming stronger, he gritted his teeth and agreed, saying, "I'll trouble Elder Yao with that then!"

...

In the courtyard, Lin Yan stood on the ground like a sturdy tree stump, preparing for his physical training.

Behind him, Elder Yao, who had transformed into a soul-like state, floated in mid-air. Seeing Lin Yan standing solemnly ahead, Elder Yao waved his finger.

Smack!

As Elder Yao's finger waved, the air slightly fluctuated, and then a whip-like structure made of elemental energy fiercely struck Lin Yan's back, leaving a long bruise in its wake.

Lin Yan winced in pain, but he understood the immense benefits this training could bring him. Thus, he endured the pain and called out to Elder Yao behind him, "Hit me again!"

"Alright!" Elder Yao's face displayed a trace of approval. Despite the excruciating pain, Lin Yan showed no fear and seemed to grow stronger with each hit. In Elder Yao's eyes, Lin Yan truly possessed the heart of a strong warrior. Given time, he would surely become a remarkable talent. Unfortunately, Lin Yan's special status prevented Elder Yao from formally taking him as a disciple; otherwise, he might have considered it.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Elder Yao continued to strike at Lin Yan using controlled bursts of elemental energy. His attacks were precise, hitting Lin Yan at the threshold of what his body could endure. Although these attacks caused Lin Yan immense pain, they wouldn't lead to internal injuries. With proper follow-up care, the benefits would be immense.

Lin Yan persevered, gritting his teeth throughout the process.

As the sun finally began to set, and evening arrived, Elder Yao could tell it was time to end the training session. He saw Lin Yan's body covered in bruises and injuries from the day's exercises. Elder Yao spoke, "Let's call it a day for now."

"The path of cultivation relies three parts on practice and seven parts on consumption. After cultivation, it's necessary to promptly replenish energy and take good care of the body to prevent hidden injuries."

During the daytime practice, I happened to use my spiritual awareness to discover a demonic beast in the rear mountains. I knocked it out conveniently, and it can be used for dinner tonight.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan nodded at Elder Yao, about to get up and cook, but Elder Yao gently pressed him back down.

"Let me handle it!"

...

After a period of rest following the meal, Lin Yan returned to soak his body in the medicinal liquid.

Initially, there was still a fair amount of medicinal power in his body, but after today's brutal training, it had been completely dissipated. Therefore, this was the best time for Lin Yan to use the medicinal liquid for recovery.

"Exhale..."

Softly sinking into the wooden basin, Lin Yan couldn't help but let out a satisfied groan due to the comfort.

Lin Yan closed his eyes to recuperate, but due to exhaustion, he fell into a deep sleep before long.

...

In the following days, Lin Yan continued this intense training regimen.

Under the effects of such relentless training, his strength steadily improved.

The most immediate progress was in his realm cultivation.

Initially, Lin Yan was only at the fourth layer of body refinement.

However, with the frenzy of the past few days, he was practically advancing one level every few days.

As a result, Lin Yan successfully broke through to the sixth layer of body refinement, and within his body, a seed of elemental energy had formed, allowing him to begin utilizing elemental power.

In terms of Eight Extremes Collapse, he also made some breakthroughs. Through these days of practice, Lin Yan had finally grasped the basics of Eight Extremes Collapse.

His strength underwent a tremendous transformation. At this point, Lin Yan was confident that among the younger generation of the Lin family, there was no one who could match him in combat.

However, Lin Yan didn't continue his training today.

This was mainly due to the fact that his medicinal liquid had been depleted from the recent intense practice.

Therefore, Lin Yan intended to go to the back mountains of the Lin family to see if he could find some herbs to make a new batch of medicinal liquid for training.

He searched the back mountain for quite a while, but still didn't find the herbs he needed.

Just as Lin Yan was feeling rather vexed about this, he noticed a group of young Lin family members surrounding a girl in front of him.

"Well, isn't this Red Sun Grass? Qing Tan, how did you manage to pick the spirit herb we left in the rear mountains?" Lin Shan crossed his arms and smirked at the girl, Qing Tan, in front of him.