Chapter 20: Annihilation, Slaughter, Reincarnation

  To take the Tong Ling Dan without any side effects, there is only one way, which is to take it with Long Xue together.

  No matter whether it's Tong Ling Dan or Dragon Blood, both are extremely potent. After fusing and taking them, the effect is exceptionally good. However, Lin Fan felt extremely uncomfortable. He wondered what Dragon Blood was. Is it the blood of a giant dragon? What is a giant dragon? Giant dragons are one of the strongest races in the world.

  Would you rather drink the blood of a giant dragon? It's not as if it would be more pleasant than hanging yourself, and besides, Lin Fan had crossed over into another realm, so whether or not there were any giant dragons on this Eastern Xuan Continent was still an open question. After all, giant dragons had always been just a legend on Earth.

  Although other things can be used to replace dragon blood, the effect is not as good as dragon blood. After searching through all the memories in his mind, Lin Fan also did not find any mention of giant dragons from the memories of the young master of the Lin family.

  Actually, Lin Fan wanted to ask Baoling about it. No matter what, the Baobao Hall was powerful and might know something about the giant dragon. Although knowing didn't necessarily mean getting it, Lin Fan still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.

  The nineteenth batch of medicinal herbs still failed to successfully refine the Tongling Dan. Lin Fan looked at the last batch of medicinal herbs on the ground, and resolutely poured them into the cauldron, starting the final refinement.

  Nineteen failures did not bring any blow to Lin Fan, on the contrary, nineteen failures made Lin Fan more eager for alchemy, because Lin Fan was very clear in his heart that the two alchemy methods given by the Black Tower were only the lowest level of alchemy, and he looked forward to the Black Tower bringing him more surprises in the future.

  As time passed, the last refining of the elixir had already gone on for a whole day and night. In this day and night, Lin Fan didn't rest at all, not allowing anyone to enter the courtyard, including Lin Yuxin.

  Just at midnight the next day, when everyone in Sunset City had fallen asleep, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the Lin family, as if it shook the entire Lin family three times.

  In the Lin family courtyard, looking at the orange-red elixir in his hand, Lin Fan laughed loudly towards the sky. After a day and night of not sleeping or resting, he spent 19 precious medicinal materials and finally successfully refined the Tongling Dan at the last moment.

  Tong Ling Dan can allow a warrior to more quickly communicate the connection between themselves and heaven and earth, absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the dan tian qi hai to form battle energy. However, Lin Fan knew that even the war masters of Dong Xuan Continent had not reached the realm of pre-heaven.

  To reach the state of Xiantian, one must be able to raise their cultivation to the level of War King, break through the original heart, open up the Baihui acupoint, and enter Xiantian. At this point, one can sense the world with a divine court, transmit sound to others, and investigate cultivation. One can also separate their Qi from their body, injure enemies with empty strikes, and only then can they be considered a true Xiantian strong practitioner.

  "Lin Fan, come with me," just then, Lin Wushuang's voice sounded from outside the courtyard. He put away the Tongling Dan in his hand. Lin Fan didn't hesitate at all. The commotion caused by refining the Tongling Dan was so great that it wouldn't be possible for his father not to know about it. In fact, Lin Fan hadn't planned on hiding it from Lin Wushuang either.

  Following Lin Wushuang to the Lin family ancestral hall, Lin Fan discovered that all along the way, Lin Wushuang's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word. Upon arriving at the hall, his face became even more terrifyingly gloomy.

  "Kneel down, Fan Er."

  Although he didn't know what "father" meant, Lin Fan didn't think much about it either. After all, who made him cross over? Kneeling on the mat in the ancestral hall, Lin Fan didn't ask another question.

  "Fang Er, you've grown up and your father can finally rest assured. Now, in front of our ancestors, I will pass on the Lin family's heirloom to you."

  The treasure passed down by the Lin family? Could it be a secret martial arts manual? An unparalleled skill? As a top-tier otaku of the 21st century, Lin Fan had watched countless action movies and according to the plot development, his old man would definitely pass on a Lin family secret manual to him.

  Before Lin Fan could react, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind, "Fang Er, the heirloom of the Lin family is a set of battle decisions and a set of battle skills, listen carefully."

  War strategy? War tactics?

  Through the memories in his mind, Lin Fan learned that the war decisions cultivated by the warriors of the Eastern Profound Continent were divided into three major levels: human-level war decisions, earth-level war decisions, and heavenly-level war decisions. Human-level war decisions could be cultivated to the realm of a war master, and once one's cultivation reached the realm of a war master, they could begin cultivating earth-level war decisions.

  As for the combat skills, they are also divided into three levels: primary combat skills, intermediate combat skills, and advanced combat skills. Combat skills differ from combat decisions, and it is difficult to obtain combat skills in the Eastern Profound Continent, even if it is a primary combat skill.

  For example, a mid-level warrior versus an advanced warrior, if the mid-level warrior has a combat skill, even if it's just a primary combat skill, they can easily defeat an advanced warrior. This is the frightening aspect of combat skills.

  Lin Fan never thought that the scenes that only appeared in TV dramas would actually happen to himself, was it because his own personality had a big explosion? The most precious martial arts on the East Xuan Continent could all be obtained by Lin Fan, but what made Lin Fan have some small expectations was that he didn't know how high the level of the Lin family's martial art was. If it was a high-level martial art, then it would be great.

  However, Lin Fan could finally confirm one thing, that his father from another realm, the master of the Lin family, was indeed a War King expert, because only those who had reached the War King realm could use divine sense to communicate with others across vast distances.

  It took Lin Wushuang half an hour to teach his son a set of battle decisions and a set of combat skills, without disturbing Lin Fan. Lin Wushuang walked out of the ancestral hall with some fatigue, gently closing the door and leaving.

  Lin Wushuang left, Lin Fan naturally knew, but Lin Fan didn't ask any more questions because he was very clear in his heart. Since his father didn't want to tell him, even if he asked repeatedly, it would be impossible to get an answer. Rather than doing so, it's better to digest the combat skills and tactics left by his father.

  According to Lin Wushuang's teachings, Lin Fan knew that the Lin family's heirloom battle technique was called War Dragon Technique, and the fighting skill was called Erase Traces. As for what level the War Dragon Technique and Erase Traces were, Lin Wushuang did not tell him.

  This night, Lin Fan did not leave the Lin Family Ancestral Hall either, but stayed in the Lin Family Ancestral Hall all night to study the War Dragon Decision and the Extinguishing Traces. As he delved deeper, Lin Fan finally understood how awesome the Lin family's martial skills were.

  Mie Ji is divided into three major realms: Mie Sha, Tu Lüe, and Lun Hui. However, with his current strength, he can only glimpse the first realm of Mie Sha, let alone think about the subsequent realms of Tu Lüe and Lun Hui.

  Lin Fan spent an entire night trying to comprehend the first realm of "Mie Ji" (Extinction), but he couldn't even grasp a single hair, which made him extremely frustrated. He thought to himself that no matter how he put it, he was a genius, yet he couldn't understand the most basic concept of Mie Ji's first realm.

  The next morning, at dawn's break, Lin Wushuang arrived at the Lin family ancestral hall. This time, Lin Wushuang did not come alone, but brought with him a giant sword, a pure black giant sword.

  When Lin Fan saw the giant sword in Lin Wushuang's hand, he was stunned, because his father's pure black giant sword was nearly two meters five, one meter wide, and the giant sword was half a head taller than himself.

  Looking at the giant sword, Lin Fan's first thought was of Mr. Jin Yong's Yang Guo, because after Yang Guo lost his arm, he also carried a giant sword everywhere, invincible under the heavens, could it be that not only did he himself cross over, but even Yang Guo's giant sword crossed over as well?

  "Fan Er, apart from the War Dragon Technique and the Extinction War Skill that I taught you, this Lin family heirloom sword is also formally passed down to you. The War Dragon Technique can only be fully utilized with this giant sword."

  Taking the giant sword from his father's hand, Lin Fan was thoroughly fond of this black giant sword at first sight. Just thinking about himself wielding the giant sword to sweep across the land in the future, Lin Fan felt an urgent impulse in his heart.

  "Fang Er, the War Dragon Technique that I taught you can only be truly unleashed when your cultivation reaches the level of a Martial Master, do you understand?"

  Upon hearing his father's words, Lin Fan felt speechless to the extreme. No wonder he couldn't find the key no matter how hard he cultivated last night; it turned out that the War Dragon Technique could only be cultivated when one's cultivation reached the level of a Martial Master.

  "Dad, what's this giant sword called?"

  "I don't know, but it seems that our ancestors unknowingly obtained this giant sword and passed it down to this day. However, for countless years, no one in the Lin family has been able to fully comprehend the profound meaning of the giant sword. Although I, as your father, do not understand why you have become like this now, I still hope that you can unlock the secrets of the Lin family."

  He nodded slightly, and now he had refined the Tongling Dan. As long as he could find a medicine that matched the Tongling Dan, Lin Fan believed that it wouldn't take much time for his cultivation to rise from Zhanshi to Zhanshi.

  "Dad, since this sword doesn't have a name, why don't I give it one?"

  "Alright, listen, I have some things to attend to and will be leaving for a while, about a month or so. During this time, don't leave the Lin household easily, got it?"

  When Lin Fan heard that his father was going to leave the Lin family for a month, he was somewhat surprised. Through his memories, Lin Fan knew that since Lin Wushuang arrived in Luojia City, he had never left Luojia City before. Now, he was going to leave Luojia City and would be gone for a whole month.

  If it were before, Lin Fan wouldn't have had the slightest worry, but since the appearance of the Black Robed War King, Lin Fan was already able to guess something, and asked: "Father, where are you going?"

  "Don't ask what shouldn't be asked. I'm only going for a month. During this time, stay at home and practice your sword well, don't go out and cause trouble."

  "Dad, next month I'll also be leaving Luoshi City, because I'm going to study at the Imperial Academy of Longteng Empire..."

  Before Lin Fan could finish speaking, Lin Wushuang directly said: "Fan'er, it was not easy for your father to get a quota for you last year, but you didn't go. This year you plan to go to the Royal Academy, but as for the quota, your father really can't do anything about it."