The Storage Card
Just as he was about to attack, Stone suddenly changed his mind. He decided to leave Wang Lin alone and using his shadow technique, he prepared to leave the area.
But it was too late. A round light shone down on him, trapping him like he was in a cage. The ice cold voice of a woman was heard saying, “Stone, let Ice Phoenix go and relinquish the item. Only then can I allow you to leave. Otherwise, do not blame me for being cruel.”
At this time, Wang Lin’s back was drenched in sweat. He withdrew the soul power he had collected in his index finger. Just now, Stone’s eyes were full of killing intent. With Wang Lin’s current ability, he wouldn’t have stood a chance against him. If it weren’t for the sudden turn of events, he would most likely have been annihilated.
“Whatever reason you have to kill me. Bear in mind that one day, I will have my revenge.” Wang Lin stared at him coldly. He would show no mercy to any enemy who had any intention of killing him.
Stone looked exactly as barbaric as Chun Lan described him to be. He looked like he was in his thirties, having unkempt hair and yellow teeth. He was wrapped up in a few worn out rugs, his whole body dark and full of dirt.
“Hello old flame, we were actually husband and wife for a few days, so why don’t you cut your former husband some slack?” Stone’s pupils constricted a little while he spoke out loud.
At the same time, a few figures were flying towards Heavenly Water City. Stone’s facial expression changed. Taking out a black bottle, he quickly drank its contents. After letting out a soft cry, he smashed himself at the light barrier, shattering it.
Without saying much, he tried to immediately flee the scene. Behind his back, seven female figures in hot pursuit.
From a distance, Stone said, ”I have the item you want. If you can stop me, it will be yours.”
After they left, a battalion of spacecrafts with Honourables were seen appearing in the sky. The honourables were carefully scouring the surrounding buildings before leaving in a rush.
In the midst of the chaos, Wang Lin pulled Chun Lan and quietly left the scene. After they were far away from the crowd, Wang Lin looked at the building opposite of the equipment store and started to think. During Stone’s battle, he noticed that Stone secretly glanced at the building a couple of times.
From their conversation, anyone could deduce that Stone had a precious item on him. The Honourables of Heavenly Water City were probably hunting him down because of this item.
After taking a careful look at the building, Wang Lin came to a realisation.
“That barbarian, Stone is scary. People say that he was killed by the City Governor a few years ago. But not only is he still alive, he’s even become more powerful, to the extent that the Heavenly Phoenix Honourables’ Breath Limiting Light failed to constrain him.” Chun Lan said while holding her chest in fear.
“Why do you call him a barbarian?” Wang Lin grew curious. Was it because of his attire?
“At the border near Spring Water Empire, there is an empty piece of land. That place is crawling with radioactive and fierce beasts. Barbarians were first seen appearing from that place. All of the barbarians have powers comparable to the Honourables and they love killing. They like to come into the city and kidnap girls. I hear those girls would then be brutally slaughtered later.” Saying this, Chun Lan couldn’t help but feel her body slightly tremble while she stared in the direction from which Stone fled towards.
Looking at Chun Lan’s current state, Wang Lin no longer insisted on buying the storage card, but his curiosity towards the barbarians had grown even more.
After going back to the mansion, Chun Lan bade farewell to Wang Lin and went back to her room to rest as she was still quite shaken by the events. Wang Li was also happy to be left alone. He took out the body strengthening equipment from the storage card and placed it in his yard.
After examining the equipment, Wang Lin started recalling the fight between Stone and Ice Phoenix, especially the last part where Stone was looking at him with so much killing intent. This made Wang Lin feel uneasy.
He once again told himself that his current state was still far too weak. He needed to work harder to become stronger.
Another thing which worried him was Stone’s speed; it was extremely fast. From this, Wang Lin deduced that Stone should be a Physical practitioner. Wang Lin knew that if Stone attacked him, he would not be able to dodge the attack.
After tying four blocks of five kilograms lead blocks to both his arms and legs, Wang Lin started exercising. With the extra twenty kilograms of weight, he was gasping for air.
“Hopefully, by doing this, I can improve my body’s build and speed.” Wang Lin took a deep breath and started running in the yard. He seemed to have the feeling that, in order to achieve his objective in Strength training, he needed to undergo a high intensity exercise for which he must work for to beyond the point of exhaustion.
Wang Lin’s yard was not very big, but it was empty. After running around the yard for twenty rounds, Wang Lin started to feel dizzy. Both his legs were numb and aching while his arms felt heavy.
Feeling that he had yet to reach his limits, Wang Lin did not give up and continued running for another ten rounds. This time, his legs felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, with every step he took excruciating pain was coming from them. Both his arms were as if broken, hanging weakly at the shoulders.
The resilient part of Wang Lin, which was awakened by the black crystal, did not allow him to give up. His brain uncontrollably recalled Stone’s frightening speed. Wang Lin clenched his teeth tight, dragged his feet, and continued to run for another five rounds before he collapsed on the ground, gasping for air.
Based on his past half month of experience training with the Spiritual Enhancement Technique, Wang Lin knew it was not advisable to abruptly stop moving when his body became tired. He struggled a bit before standing up again, lifting his arms up in pain. He was making the pose from the first illustration of the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Ten minutes later, Wang Lin’s breathing became slower and calmer. Soul power was flowing inside his body. He could feel his muscles, which were previously numb, start getting a burning sensation. After one hour, Wang Lin opened both his eyes. His energy having completely recovered.
“This time, I must complete forty rounds!” Wang Lin once again stood up and started running in a circle.
This time it was easier. He managed to continue running for forty-two whole rounds before he again, collapsed on the ground in exhaustion. After training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique for another hour, Wang Lin started running again.
Time passed quickly. When Wang Lin finished his tenth round of Spiritual Enhancement Technique training, it was already late at night.
After removing the lead blocks from his limbs, Wang Lin felt that his movement had become more agile than before. He was very satisfied with the results of his training. Wang Lin thought to himself,”Now, I can manage fifty-four rounds at the most. I should continue training until I reach two hundred rounds before adding more weight.”
He lifted his head and looked at the sky. The moon was covered up by dark clouds, the air was damp. Wang Lin muttered to himself. At this time, rain drops were seen falling from the sky.
“When it rains at night, vision becomes limited. Looks like God agrees with what I am doing tonight.” Wang Lin brightly smiled, went back to his room and took out a dark jacket from the pile of clothes which Chun Lan had brought him. He then covered up his face with the dark jacket and quietly, left the yard.
After being guided by Chun Lan twice, Wang Lin had memorised the entire route, including the spots where there were hidden guardposts.
After carefully evading a group of guards, Wang Lin left the mansion. Standing outside of the mansion, he turned around and laughed in his heart. This mansion was not large, it’s defence was also pretty weak. As long as he didn’t go against the restrictions set by the residence’s owner, he would be fine.
From conversing with Chun Lan, Wang Lin found out that ever since San Xiao Jie contracted the Mandara disease, she had been deserted by her family. She was isolated and only managed to bring a handful of servants with her to Heavenly Water City, which was far away from her family.
The security at the mansion was also weak. In addition, San Xiao Jie did not add any more restrictions on Wang Lin after he consumed the poison, as she believed Wang Lin’s fate was now firmly in her hands.
Currently, Wang Lin still had a lot of worries. His body was not as strong as he wanted. Moreover, the worm inside his body remained an unresolved issue. Otherwise, he could have easily left.
Wang Lin knew that time was not on his side. Without any hesitation, he immediately ran in the direction his memory led him towards. His speed had become remarkably faster after a day worth of intense training.
The rain became heavier. The raindrops made a lot of noise upon hitting the ground, as though hinting of an impending storm.
In order to avoid being found, Wang Lin stealthily moved between the buildings shadows. After a while, he arrived at the building which Stone had taken a particular interest in.
First, he carefully observed his surroundings in order to make sure that there was nothing out of the ordinary. Wang Lin muttered to himself. That day, the Honourables of Heavenly Water City had thoroughly searched the nearby houses. If there was something hidden inside them, it would already have been found. But if he was in Stone’s shoes, where would he hide it so that it would not be found?
Regardless of whether inside or underneath the house, it would be difficult to go undiscovered by the Honourables’ strict search. Wang Lin frowned. He looked at the building wall and suddenly got an idea. He thought to himself, ”If I were to hide something, I would not hide it in the rooms or underground. Instead, I would put it at a somewhat obvious location, such as the wall outside.”
Wang Lin carefully inspected the wall, gently percussing it. When he was about to finish inspecting it, a glimpse of excitement appeared in his eyes. He took out a brick and removed the black storage card hidden behind it.
Without checking the card any further, Wang Lin’s steps suddenly stopped. He kneeled down at the corner of the wall and remained still. His pupils constricted and he halted his breaths.
A Spring Water spacecraft had silently appeared in mid air, slowly roaming around the area before stopping right above the building Wang Lin was hiding in.
A soft machine like sound was heard and a long haired lady appeared on the spacecraft.
Wang Lin’s was hiding in the shadows beside the wall. He hesitated a while, then mustered his soul power into his left hand and let out five drops of blood filled with soul power. At the same he started running, making his escape.
“Heh, you finally show yourself?” The lady cynically smiled. She had already discovered Wang Lin and was planning to capture him alive. But, Wang Lin acted first. Despite that, she was not too concerned. After all, she already had the title of a Spiritual Honourable. Upon a quick assessment, she knew that Wang Lin was only at Level 1. However, as the vision on a rainy night was quite limited, she was shocked when she was greeted by the five blood drops launched by Wang Lin.
One of the five drops gave off a “zis” like sound upon hitting her shoulder. The lady became stunned and moved to the side to evade the other attacks. But before Wang Lin launched his attacks, he had already predicted the lady’s reaction. The remaining 4 drops of blood were spread out on both the right and left sides.
Against Heaven - A great chines novel in English
Re: Against Heaven - A great chines novel in English
Blood Binding Technique
Translated by : Skynode
Edited by : Ziltch, Zehamas When the lady moved to the left in an attempt to evade, her right wrist got hit by a drop of blood. It was then followed by numbness from her left leg. Similarly, her left knee had been hit by another drop of blood.
Although the damage done by the blood was limited, the lady was still shocked by the opponent’s accurate predictions. As the attacks did not harm her at all, she let out a cold laugh. Suddenly she realised that the attacks used were made out of fresh blood! Her face immediately turned from curious to a terrified, pale look. In the Empress Mainland, there was only one technique which utilised blood to attack!
“This…… This must be the Blood Binding Technique!!”
All of this seemed to be happening slowly, but it actually only took a few seconds. At this time, Wang Lin was already ten metres away from the her. Overhearing what she said he turned his head, giving her a cold look. He knew that his attack power was insufficient. Without saying anything, he moved his left hand, once again sent out a drop of fresh blood, directly aimed at her right eye.
At the same time, using a low-pitched hoarse voice, he said,”That’s right. This is the Blood Binding Technique!”
After doing this, without turning back again, Wang Lin ran for his life. He could roughly estimate the distance between himself and the Honourable. He muttered to himself that tonight had been very dangerous. If he were to be caught, the first thing he would need to say would be that he was from the mansion so that he would not get killed. Regarding the Blood Binding Technique the lady mentioned, he was also surprised. Was there really a type of technique which utilised blood for attacking?
If that is true, then all he did would not have been for nothing. As the lady was still shocked, now would be the best opportunity to escape!
Wang Lin ice cold look was seen by the lady. She suddenly got chills in her heart. It was said that in the east, the extremely poisonous and lethal Blood Binding Technique was practised in the Green Dragon City, which was one of the four big free cities. She recalled the rumours about how the victims of these attacks would die gruesome deaths.
When she saw Wang Lin raising his left hand, she wanted to evade but Wang Lin’s timing was too perfect. At that time, her knee was both aching and numb. As she was unable to evade, she subconsciously raised up her left hand to defend herself.
The lady’s left hand suddenly felt cold. She looked at the back of her hand and saw a drop of fresh blood. After a moment of hesitation, she raised her head, but Wang Lin was long gone.
After carefully returning to the mansion, Wang Lin felt weary. This was his first battle. He managed to escape unscathed because the opponent mistakenly thought that his attack was the Blood Binding Technique! Wang Lin learned a good lesson from this. He told himself to be such reckless again unless he gained enough strength.
In regards to the Blood Binding Technique, Wang Lin had a good feeling. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he took out the storage card which he had taken from within the wall……
Time flew by. Soon, it had been two months since Wang Lin started living in the mansion. Today Wang Lin was training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique. Suddenly, he frowned, halted his training and stood up.
After a while, someone knocked on his door. Chun Lan’s voice came from the other side.
“Wang Lin, Xiao Jie asked me to come get her medicine. Have you prepared it?”
“It will be done shortly. It should be ready by dinner time.” Wang Lin opened his door while gently smiling at Chun Lan.
Chun Lan stared at Wang Lin for a bit, making her face blush. She secretly thought about how this man look so different after only half a month of not seeing him. His eyes were now full of spirit. The difference in his demeanor was like heaven and earth compared to previously.
“I……I…… Xiao Jie is still waiting for reply, so……so I will come back tonight.” Chun Lan face was all red now. She stole a glance at Wang Lin, realising that Wang Lin was smiling she immediately became even more embarrassed and left the place in hurry.
Wang Lin knew that during the past half month, he had changed a lot. It’s as if he had a breakthrough every day. This was all possible thanks to the pills that he found inside the black storage card.
Thinking about the storage card, there was glimpses of excitement on his face. Besides the two pills in the card, there were a sheathed black dagger and some scattered fragments.
Wang Lin had tried using the dagger. It was so sharp and hard that it could possibly even cut through metals. Wang Lin especially loved this dagger, so instead of putting it in the storage card, he always carried it with him.
Out of the two pills, Wang Lin had taken one to experiment on. After being fairly certain that it was not poison, he consumed the remaining pill. Merely one pill was enough to make him feel like his body and bones had been refreshed. Large amount of toxins and waste materials were excreted from his pores. The blood vessels in his body expanded and the muscles became even leaner and tougher.
Although his soul power did not increase, Wang Lin still had a good feeling about these pills. After training for so long, he somehow understood that the amount of soul power in his body was determined by the size of his blood veins. This was also the reason which limited his ability to improve his soul power.
Since the pills contained such an amazing ability of expanding one’s circulation system, Wang Lin guessed that these must have be what the Honourables were looking for. It was such a pity that he had used one of the pills for experimenting. Every time he thought about this, Wang Lin felt his heart ache.
Other than these two things, there was also a face mask made out of artificial human skin inside the storage card. This also made Wang Lin very excited. With this mask, he knew that he could have a higher chance of escaping in the future.
During the past half month, Wang Lin’s improvements were not small. His training in the second illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique had reached a 55 percent progress. His soul power had also improved a lot. However, he was a bit troubled by the fact that, from 55 percent and onwards, his training progress seemed to have been hampered. Each time he wanted to train further, the most he could stretch it was with a few more extra seconds. Even if he wanted to go further, he would be overwhelmed by incredible pain.
Wang Lin knew in his heart, that this was probably caused by the parasite inside his body. The worm was more careful now. After causing pain, it would immediately hide itself. It was nowhere to be found no matter how hard Wang Lin searched.
Regarding this, after thinking about it long and hard, Wang Lin came to a decision. Tonight would be the crucial time for solving this problem.
Wang Lin was quite satisfied with the progress of his body strengthening. Currently, he was able to carry fifty kilograms of extra weight while continuously running seventy rounds with it.
Wang Lin’s target was two hundred kilograms and two hundred rounds!
The thing that satisfied him the least, was the precision control over his soul power. In this half month’s time, he’d only slightly improved in terms of control. After mustering soul power into his hand, the time needed to make a cut with his other hand, had only become a little shorter.
Wang Lin knew that the perfect control over his soul power would take time. He should now focus on preparing the medicines for Xiao Jie.
Three days ago, for the first time, Wang Lin spend time to attempt preparing the herbs. He ground a few herbs according to a specific ratio, turning them into a mush. Even though it did not look too appealing, it should work.
Just to be safe, Wang Lin also added some other herbs into the mixture.
The reason that he told Chun Lan to get the medicine at night, was because Wang Lin was still worried that they would figure out the contents of this mush.
After thinking for a while, Wang Lin got a playful idea. He recalled the piece of the worm he’d taken out from his body last month. Thinking about it, he took out the worm piece from his storage card, cutting a small piece of it and mixed it into the medicine.
After doing this, Wang Lin went to the yard and continued his training.
Time passed quickly. Soon it was dusk and Chun Lan arrived.
After bathing Wang Lin removed the lead blocks from his body. This was the first time in half a month that he removed the blocks. A feeling of lightness spread throughout his body. Wang Lin subtly touched his dagger then followed Chun Lan.
This was the second time that he visited San Xiao Jie’s residence. Wang Lin continued walking and entered her residence while Chun Lan waited outside.
Wang Popo’s figure appeared behind Wang Lin like an apparition. There was a surprise look in her dark eyes. She said,”Young man, you seemed to have changed quite a lot. Follow me now.”
San Xiao Jie’s room looked just like last time, but she seemed to have become thinner. From Wang Lin’s sharp observation, he realised that both her eyes looked dead.
“In one month’s time, both her eyes deteriorated to such an extent. This Corpse Flower Poison is really scary. But, her current condition should be advantageous to me.” Wang Lin was deep in thoughts. San Xiao Jie slowly turned her head. Both blurry eyes looked at the direction where Wang Lin was standing. Her face gently trembled, followed by the question,”Where’s the medicine?”
“Where’s my cure?” Wang Lin said uncaringly.
San Xiao Jie immediately tossed something from her right hand which Wang Lin caught, it was a red-coloured pill. Emotionlessly, Wang Lin said,”If this pill is something else, you won’t be getting medicine from me next month.”
“The poison in your body is slow to take effect. Every month, you would have an attack once. What I have given you is not the entire cure, but it’s definitely not fake.” San Xiao Jie seemed to be a bit impatient, her voice turning slightly cold.
“Take this immediately. This pill will lose its efficiency if it’s consumed more than three minutes after preparation. You have less than ten seconds worth of time left.” Wang Lin did not speak any further and immediately tossed a pill towards San Xiao Jie.
The lady was shocked. Upon catching the pill she hesitated slightly before swallowing it.
Wang Lin looked deeply into San Xiao Jie’s eyes. Then, he turned around and walked away without looking back.
Not long after Wang Lin left, Wang Popo appeared behind the lady out of nowhere. Her dry, skinny hand pressed onto San Xiao Jie’s back. At that time, San Xiao Jie’s face turned red. Then, with a “pfff”, she vomited out a mouthful of dark blood.[/size]
Translated by : Skynode
Edited by : Ziltch, Zehamas When the lady moved to the left in an attempt to evade, her right wrist got hit by a drop of blood. It was then followed by numbness from her left leg. Similarly, her left knee had been hit by another drop of blood.
Although the damage done by the blood was limited, the lady was still shocked by the opponent’s accurate predictions. As the attacks did not harm her at all, she let out a cold laugh. Suddenly she realised that the attacks used were made out of fresh blood! Her face immediately turned from curious to a terrified, pale look. In the Empress Mainland, there was only one technique which utilised blood to attack!
“This…… This must be the Blood Binding Technique!!”
All of this seemed to be happening slowly, but it actually only took a few seconds. At this time, Wang Lin was already ten metres away from the her. Overhearing what she said he turned his head, giving her a cold look. He knew that his attack power was insufficient. Without saying anything, he moved his left hand, once again sent out a drop of fresh blood, directly aimed at her right eye.
At the same time, using a low-pitched hoarse voice, he said,”That’s right. This is the Blood Binding Technique!”
After doing this, without turning back again, Wang Lin ran for his life. He could roughly estimate the distance between himself and the Honourable. He muttered to himself that tonight had been very dangerous. If he were to be caught, the first thing he would need to say would be that he was from the mansion so that he would not get killed. Regarding the Blood Binding Technique the lady mentioned, he was also surprised. Was there really a type of technique which utilised blood for attacking?
If that is true, then all he did would not have been for nothing. As the lady was still shocked, now would be the best opportunity to escape!
Wang Lin ice cold look was seen by the lady. She suddenly got chills in her heart. It was said that in the east, the extremely poisonous and lethal Blood Binding Technique was practised in the Green Dragon City, which was one of the four big free cities. She recalled the rumours about how the victims of these attacks would die gruesome deaths.
When she saw Wang Lin raising his left hand, she wanted to evade but Wang Lin’s timing was too perfect. At that time, her knee was both aching and numb. As she was unable to evade, she subconsciously raised up her left hand to defend herself.
The lady’s left hand suddenly felt cold. She looked at the back of her hand and saw a drop of fresh blood. After a moment of hesitation, she raised her head, but Wang Lin was long gone.
After carefully returning to the mansion, Wang Lin felt weary. This was his first battle. He managed to escape unscathed because the opponent mistakenly thought that his attack was the Blood Binding Technique! Wang Lin learned a good lesson from this. He told himself to be such reckless again unless he gained enough strength.
In regards to the Blood Binding Technique, Wang Lin had a good feeling. He took a deep breath and calmed himself down. Then, he took out the storage card which he had taken from within the wall……
Time flew by. Soon, it had been two months since Wang Lin started living in the mansion. Today Wang Lin was training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique. Suddenly, he frowned, halted his training and stood up.
After a while, someone knocked on his door. Chun Lan’s voice came from the other side.
“Wang Lin, Xiao Jie asked me to come get her medicine. Have you prepared it?”
“It will be done shortly. It should be ready by dinner time.” Wang Lin opened his door while gently smiling at Chun Lan.
Chun Lan stared at Wang Lin for a bit, making her face blush. She secretly thought about how this man look so different after only half a month of not seeing him. His eyes were now full of spirit. The difference in his demeanor was like heaven and earth compared to previously.
“I……I…… Xiao Jie is still waiting for reply, so……so I will come back tonight.” Chun Lan face was all red now. She stole a glance at Wang Lin, realising that Wang Lin was smiling she immediately became even more embarrassed and left the place in hurry.
Wang Lin knew that during the past half month, he had changed a lot. It’s as if he had a breakthrough every day. This was all possible thanks to the pills that he found inside the black storage card.
Thinking about the storage card, there was glimpses of excitement on his face. Besides the two pills in the card, there were a sheathed black dagger and some scattered fragments.
Wang Lin had tried using the dagger. It was so sharp and hard that it could possibly even cut through metals. Wang Lin especially loved this dagger, so instead of putting it in the storage card, he always carried it with him.
Out of the two pills, Wang Lin had taken one to experiment on. After being fairly certain that it was not poison, he consumed the remaining pill. Merely one pill was enough to make him feel like his body and bones had been refreshed. Large amount of toxins and waste materials were excreted from his pores. The blood vessels in his body expanded and the muscles became even leaner and tougher.
Although his soul power did not increase, Wang Lin still had a good feeling about these pills. After training for so long, he somehow understood that the amount of soul power in his body was determined by the size of his blood veins. This was also the reason which limited his ability to improve his soul power.
Since the pills contained such an amazing ability of expanding one’s circulation system, Wang Lin guessed that these must have be what the Honourables were looking for. It was such a pity that he had used one of the pills for experimenting. Every time he thought about this, Wang Lin felt his heart ache.
Other than these two things, there was also a face mask made out of artificial human skin inside the storage card. This also made Wang Lin very excited. With this mask, he knew that he could have a higher chance of escaping in the future.
During the past half month, Wang Lin’s improvements were not small. His training in the second illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique had reached a 55 percent progress. His soul power had also improved a lot. However, he was a bit troubled by the fact that, from 55 percent and onwards, his training progress seemed to have been hampered. Each time he wanted to train further, the most he could stretch it was with a few more extra seconds. Even if he wanted to go further, he would be overwhelmed by incredible pain.
Wang Lin knew in his heart, that this was probably caused by the parasite inside his body. The worm was more careful now. After causing pain, it would immediately hide itself. It was nowhere to be found no matter how hard Wang Lin searched.
Regarding this, after thinking about it long and hard, Wang Lin came to a decision. Tonight would be the crucial time for solving this problem.
Wang Lin was quite satisfied with the progress of his body strengthening. Currently, he was able to carry fifty kilograms of extra weight while continuously running seventy rounds with it.
Wang Lin’s target was two hundred kilograms and two hundred rounds!
The thing that satisfied him the least, was the precision control over his soul power. In this half month’s time, he’d only slightly improved in terms of control. After mustering soul power into his hand, the time needed to make a cut with his other hand, had only become a little shorter.
Wang Lin knew that the perfect control over his soul power would take time. He should now focus on preparing the medicines for Xiao Jie.
Three days ago, for the first time, Wang Lin spend time to attempt preparing the herbs. He ground a few herbs according to a specific ratio, turning them into a mush. Even though it did not look too appealing, it should work.
Just to be safe, Wang Lin also added some other herbs into the mixture.
The reason that he told Chun Lan to get the medicine at night, was because Wang Lin was still worried that they would figure out the contents of this mush.
After thinking for a while, Wang Lin got a playful idea. He recalled the piece of the worm he’d taken out from his body last month. Thinking about it, he took out the worm piece from his storage card, cutting a small piece of it and mixed it into the medicine.
After doing this, Wang Lin went to the yard and continued his training.
Time passed quickly. Soon it was dusk and Chun Lan arrived.
After bathing Wang Lin removed the lead blocks from his body. This was the first time in half a month that he removed the blocks. A feeling of lightness spread throughout his body. Wang Lin subtly touched his dagger then followed Chun Lan.
This was the second time that he visited San Xiao Jie’s residence. Wang Lin continued walking and entered her residence while Chun Lan waited outside.
Wang Popo’s figure appeared behind Wang Lin like an apparition. There was a surprise look in her dark eyes. She said,”Young man, you seemed to have changed quite a lot. Follow me now.”
San Xiao Jie’s room looked just like last time, but she seemed to have become thinner. From Wang Lin’s sharp observation, he realised that both her eyes looked dead.
“In one month’s time, both her eyes deteriorated to such an extent. This Corpse Flower Poison is really scary. But, her current condition should be advantageous to me.” Wang Lin was deep in thoughts. San Xiao Jie slowly turned her head. Both blurry eyes looked at the direction where Wang Lin was standing. Her face gently trembled, followed by the question,”Where’s the medicine?”
“Where’s my cure?” Wang Lin said uncaringly.
San Xiao Jie immediately tossed something from her right hand which Wang Lin caught, it was a red-coloured pill. Emotionlessly, Wang Lin said,”If this pill is something else, you won’t be getting medicine from me next month.”
“The poison in your body is slow to take effect. Every month, you would have an attack once. What I have given you is not the entire cure, but it’s definitely not fake.” San Xiao Jie seemed to be a bit impatient, her voice turning slightly cold.
“Take this immediately. This pill will lose its efficiency if it’s consumed more than three minutes after preparation. You have less than ten seconds worth of time left.” Wang Lin did not speak any further and immediately tossed a pill towards San Xiao Jie.
The lady was shocked. Upon catching the pill she hesitated slightly before swallowing it.
Wang Lin looked deeply into San Xiao Jie’s eyes. Then, he turned around and walked away without looking back.
Not long after Wang Lin left, Wang Popo appeared behind the lady out of nowhere. Her dry, skinny hand pressed onto San Xiao Jie’s back. At that time, San Xiao Jie’s face turned red. Then, with a “pfff”, she vomited out a mouthful of dark blood.[/size]
Re: Against Heaven - A great chines novel in English
The Mastery of Soul Power
Translated by : Skynode
Edited by : Ziltch
“This medicine, it really can treat Mandara disease!” San Xiao Jie opened both her eyes now brimming with joy. After a while, she said regretfully,”Too bad that just now I was pressured into consuming the medicine quickly. Otherwise,I would have carefully analysed the medicinal contents of the medication. . Once I find out what the ingredients are, I will kill Wang Lin myself. No one can threaten Zi Yan me, especially not a mere male slave.”
“Xiao Jie, this young man is extremely clever. It will not be easy to figure out the ingredients used in the medicine. Too bad the family did not dispatch Spiritual Fighters who specialise in the art of sensing here. Otherwise, we could have sent them to observe Wang Lin. That way, it would have been much easier to obtain the medicine formula.” Wang Popo sighed while looking at San Xiao Jie with much love before continuing, “In addition, this young man’s ability has improved significantly. In merely a month’s time, he has achieved Level 1.”
“Spiritual Fighters…… Ever since I contracted this disease, the other family members have avoided me like the plague. How could they send the rare Spiritual Fighters to help me…… Hmph, when Da Jie is released from prison, she will definitely come to see me…… Regarding this, Wang Lin, he is just at Level 1. That is nothing at all. With the Soul Power Diminishing Worm inside his body, he will never be able to advance beyond Level 3!” San Xiao Jie’s eyes were full of hatred and contempt. She hated Wang Lin very much. A male slave who dared to threaten her. If it wasn’t for his ability to treat Mandara disease, she would have killed him already. The pride of the Phoenix Race was more important than anything else. She continued saying :
“Moreover, I have given him the book containing the Hell Raiser Technique. I do not believe that he can withstand the urge to learn a Grade D spell. Once he starts training in it, he will be dead. I have also laced his daily food with soul dispersing poison. After he had taken a considerable amount of the poison into his body, Wang Popo you just need to use the Soul Chain Technique on him. At that time, under the influence of Soul Dispersing Poison, the success rate would be higher.”
Wang Popo hesitated. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something but decided not to. Instead, she sighed deeply in her heart.
Wang Lin went back to his room. He knew that he had won himself yet another month of time.
Wang Lin took out the medicine given to him by San Xiao Jie and analysed it for almost half a day. Using his dagger, he cut it into two parts. Finally, he reconsidered his plan, making sure that it was as flawless as possible before continuing to train in the second illustration of the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Fifty-five minutes and thirteen seconds later, Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes. His body was experiencing extreme pain. He swallowed the first half of the pill.
Based on the past encounters, Wang Lin knew very well that the worm inside him would inflict pain to interrupt his training and then, immediately hide deeply within his body as to avoid detection. However, this time, because he took the medicine, he could clearly feel a slight tremor coming from the deepest layer of his lower abdomen.
It was as though the worm was hesitating, then it immediately moved towards Wang Lin’s intestine. At that time, the pill that had turned into liquid, was flowing in there.
The worm was unable to resist the temptation of the medicine. Wang Lin smirked and mustered soul power into two of his fingers on his right hand and poked into his intestine. The worm, alerted to the danger, did not want to give up on the medicine. Due to this inner conflict, Wang Lin was able to catch the worm between his fingers.
The worm let out a sharp shriek. Immediately Wang Lin felt intense pain and became drenched in his own sweat. When he removed his fingers, he saw about a ⅓ of the worm’s body between them.
“This worm is really intelligent. In order to survive, it cut itself up. However, its soul power has now suffered a lot of damage. The next time it acts should be its funeral!” Wang Lin smirked with a cynical expression on his face.
Without the worm in his way any longer, Wang Lin managed to complete the second illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique that very day. His wound also slowly recovered under the stimulation of his soul power. After washing away the black toxins excreted from his body, he immediately started training on his soul power control.
His schedule was densely packed now. Every day, he would spend fifteen hours training his body strength and in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique, four hours on mustering power to his fingers, four hours on soul power control and finally, one hour to rest.
Wang Lin somehow felt that the forceful method which he used to control his soul power now, was incorrect. After thinking for long and hard, he took out a metal ball from the stack of equipment he bought.
This metal ball was a high-tech product made in the Spring Water Empire. It was mainly used to train against explosives and for defence. The stronger the energy on impact, the stronger the energy reflected by it.
Based on this attribute, Wang Lin utilised it to train in the control of his soul power. He first put the metal ball in his right palm. He then mustered all his soul power into his right hand, releasing it bit by bit. The metal ball immediately sprang up, reflected against the ceiling before falling down again.
Wang Lin held the metal ball and continued trying.
Even after repeated failed attempts, Wang Lin still did not give up. He tried recalling the reasons why he failed. Soul power was not controlled well. All of his soul power would flow out uncontrollably even though he tried limiting it. It was all or nothing. In the past, he always forcefully controlled the soul power so that not all of it would flow out. He wanted to increase the amount of soul power output bit by bit so that it would not go waste. Looking at the current situation, he might as well not try to control it.
Since he was unable to increase his soul power output bit by bit, he was thinking of letting it all go out at once. Then from there, he would learn how to decrease the soul power output bit by bit. The desired result should be similar.
Wang Lin felt that there was improvements with the new training regime. The objective he set was every time the metal ball sprang up, it should reach the same height.
Based on Wang Lin’s calculation in the yard, the height which the metal ball could reach was around twenty-two metres if he let out all the soul power in one go.
In that case, he decided to start with twenty-two metres. Wang Lin knew that, with the training of Spiritual Enhancement Technique, his soul power would increase day-by-day. To make the metal ball go higher was easy, but to slowly reduce the height from twenty-two metres was difficult. This would require precision in restrain and control.
That was what Wang Ling needed to practise.
After setting himself a goal, Wang Lin modified his training plan. Every time, he would first train in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique. After having plenty of soul power, he would train with the metal ball. After he depleted his soul power, he would train his body strength by running in circles with weights attached. When his body became exhausted, he would start from the beginning again.
Wang Lin named this series of training “The Soul Power Loop”.
Time passed by quickly.
On this day, Wang Lin had just finished running one hundred and eighty rounds with eighty kilograms of weight attached. He was extremely exhausted. After taking some herbs to replenish his energy, he continued training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Halfway through training, he frowned. Wang Lin let out a sigh and opened both his eyes.
“He’s here again. I need to figure out something so that he won’t keep bothering me.”
At this time, from outside the yard came a soft voice, “Brother Wang, I beg you. Please take me in as your disciple.”
A servant who was dressed in grey with a nervous face walked carefully. He did not dare to go near Wang Lin and just stood at the far end of the entrance.
“Wang Mang, for the last time, I am not going to take you on as my disciple, and I do not even have the ability to do so. In the future, please do not come and bug me anymore. Or else, I will not be as nice as now. Please leave.” Wang Lin impatiently waved his hand.
Wang Mang was one of the subjects who were brought to the mansion together with Wang Lin. His luck was good. He was supposed to serve San Xiao Jie after Wang Lin. After San Xiao Jie heard what Wang Lin told her, she decided to not find anyone else to have sex with her. As a result, Wang Mang survived and became a servant at the mansion. From Chun Lan, Wang Mang found out that Wang Lin drastically changed within the last half month. When he heard that Wang Lin’s originally dull face had become handsome, he was excited.
“Brother Wang, I beg you. I don’t mind bowing my head to you. Since both of us came from Jian Yu Island, why don’t you help me.” Wang Mang immediately kneeled on the ground and begged.
Wang Lin’s eyebrows frowned even more now. His eyes turning ice cold. He said in a low voice,”You, disappear from my sight, now.”
With Wang Lin’s sharp stare, Wang Mang’s heart shivered. He immediately stood up, hesitating for a while before swiftly leaving. Before leaving, there were flashes of resentment in his eyes.
Wang Lin managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Mang’s expression before he left. Wang Mang had bothered him for many days now. The reason was that he noticed Wang Lin changed a lot in terms of appearance and wanted to learn how.
Regarding the motives, Wang Lin found out from Chun Lan that in the Spring Water Empire, if the male servants had good appearance and could serve the masters well, they would receive better treatments from them.
Wang Mang had ordinary looks. In order to better survive, he would not easily give up on any ways that could improve his attractiveness.
However, Wang Lin was unable to help as he changed after taking the mysterious pill. Thinking about it, Wang Ling suddenly became fearful. What if people noticed the massive change in him, especially the long-haired woman whom he encountered the other night.
Following this, Wang Lin started to come out with points to deny his thought. First, when he was fighting with the opponent, it was only for a few seconds and he covered his face. In addition, the night time visibility was bad. The probability of him being recognised was slim.
Secondly, the Spiritual Enhancement Technique had the ability to excrete the toxins within the body. Even though he had changed a lot, this could be used to explain the change.
However, he decided to be more careful in the future.
Wang Lin continued his training. He would soon complete the third illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique. According the records on this technique, once one had completed the third illustration, he or she could possibly gain an ability known as “Spirit Sensing”. Whether one would be able to gain the ability or not, would depend on his or her own talents.
Wang Lin was extremely interested in this ability because it was clearly stated in the record, the meaning of “Soul Sensing” was a dramatic increase in the human body’s ability to sense.
Regarding this sensing ability, Wang Lin knew of its benefits. After he embarked on his training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique, his sensing ability increased day by day. Be it sensing the arrival of the Spring Water spacecraft before the fight with the long-haired woman warrior, or the day when he rescued Chun Lan from a spear, all these events had everything to do with sensing.
Another obvious point was that whenever someone was within ten metres of Wang Lin’s courtyard, he would be able to sense him or or. With so many benefits coming with it, Wang Lin was very hopeful about getting this ability, which would drastically improve his sensing ability.
Moreover, Wang Lin had a feeling that the improvement in his sensing ability would become a catalyst for the mastery of soul power control using the metal ball.
Even though he could now manage to perfectly maintain the metal ball at a twenty-two metres height four to five out of ten times, Wang Lin was still not satisfied.
He needed to perfectly control the metal ball at twenty-two metres each time. This way, he could proceed to try and control the height of the metal ball to twenty-one metres.
The lower the height, the greater the difficulty to control it became.
All these things would depend on whether or not he could achieve “Spirit Sensing” after completing his training on the third illustration.
In order to expedite the process, Wang Lin temporarily stopped training his body strength and metal ball control, focusing all of his effort on the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Translated by : Skynode
Edited by : Ziltch
“This medicine, it really can treat Mandara disease!” San Xiao Jie opened both her eyes now brimming with joy. After a while, she said regretfully,”Too bad that just now I was pressured into consuming the medicine quickly. Otherwise,I would have carefully analysed the medicinal contents of the medication. . Once I find out what the ingredients are, I will kill Wang Lin myself. No one can threaten Zi Yan me, especially not a mere male slave.”
“Xiao Jie, this young man is extremely clever. It will not be easy to figure out the ingredients used in the medicine. Too bad the family did not dispatch Spiritual Fighters who specialise in the art of sensing here. Otherwise, we could have sent them to observe Wang Lin. That way, it would have been much easier to obtain the medicine formula.” Wang Popo sighed while looking at San Xiao Jie with much love before continuing, “In addition, this young man’s ability has improved significantly. In merely a month’s time, he has achieved Level 1.”
“Spiritual Fighters…… Ever since I contracted this disease, the other family members have avoided me like the plague. How could they send the rare Spiritual Fighters to help me…… Hmph, when Da Jie is released from prison, she will definitely come to see me…… Regarding this, Wang Lin, he is just at Level 1. That is nothing at all. With the Soul Power Diminishing Worm inside his body, he will never be able to advance beyond Level 3!” San Xiao Jie’s eyes were full of hatred and contempt. She hated Wang Lin very much. A male slave who dared to threaten her. If it wasn’t for his ability to treat Mandara disease, she would have killed him already. The pride of the Phoenix Race was more important than anything else. She continued saying :
“Moreover, I have given him the book containing the Hell Raiser Technique. I do not believe that he can withstand the urge to learn a Grade D spell. Once he starts training in it, he will be dead. I have also laced his daily food with soul dispersing poison. After he had taken a considerable amount of the poison into his body, Wang Popo you just need to use the Soul Chain Technique on him. At that time, under the influence of Soul Dispersing Poison, the success rate would be higher.”
Wang Popo hesitated. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something but decided not to. Instead, she sighed deeply in her heart.
Wang Lin went back to his room. He knew that he had won himself yet another month of time.
Wang Lin took out the medicine given to him by San Xiao Jie and analysed it for almost half a day. Using his dagger, he cut it into two parts. Finally, he reconsidered his plan, making sure that it was as flawless as possible before continuing to train in the second illustration of the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Fifty-five minutes and thirteen seconds later, Wang Lin suddenly opened his eyes. His body was experiencing extreme pain. He swallowed the first half of the pill.
Based on the past encounters, Wang Lin knew very well that the worm inside him would inflict pain to interrupt his training and then, immediately hide deeply within his body as to avoid detection. However, this time, because he took the medicine, he could clearly feel a slight tremor coming from the deepest layer of his lower abdomen.
It was as though the worm was hesitating, then it immediately moved towards Wang Lin’s intestine. At that time, the pill that had turned into liquid, was flowing in there.
The worm was unable to resist the temptation of the medicine. Wang Lin smirked and mustered soul power into two of his fingers on his right hand and poked into his intestine. The worm, alerted to the danger, did not want to give up on the medicine. Due to this inner conflict, Wang Lin was able to catch the worm between his fingers.
The worm let out a sharp shriek. Immediately Wang Lin felt intense pain and became drenched in his own sweat. When he removed his fingers, he saw about a ⅓ of the worm’s body between them.
“This worm is really intelligent. In order to survive, it cut itself up. However, its soul power has now suffered a lot of damage. The next time it acts should be its funeral!” Wang Lin smirked with a cynical expression on his face.
Without the worm in his way any longer, Wang Lin managed to complete the second illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique that very day. His wound also slowly recovered under the stimulation of his soul power. After washing away the black toxins excreted from his body, he immediately started training on his soul power control.
His schedule was densely packed now. Every day, he would spend fifteen hours training his body strength and in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique, four hours on mustering power to his fingers, four hours on soul power control and finally, one hour to rest.
Wang Lin somehow felt that the forceful method which he used to control his soul power now, was incorrect. After thinking for long and hard, he took out a metal ball from the stack of equipment he bought.
This metal ball was a high-tech product made in the Spring Water Empire. It was mainly used to train against explosives and for defence. The stronger the energy on impact, the stronger the energy reflected by it.
Based on this attribute, Wang Lin utilised it to train in the control of his soul power. He first put the metal ball in his right palm. He then mustered all his soul power into his right hand, releasing it bit by bit. The metal ball immediately sprang up, reflected against the ceiling before falling down again.
Wang Lin held the metal ball and continued trying.
Even after repeated failed attempts, Wang Lin still did not give up. He tried recalling the reasons why he failed. Soul power was not controlled well. All of his soul power would flow out uncontrollably even though he tried limiting it. It was all or nothing. In the past, he always forcefully controlled the soul power so that not all of it would flow out. He wanted to increase the amount of soul power output bit by bit so that it would not go waste. Looking at the current situation, he might as well not try to control it.
Since he was unable to increase his soul power output bit by bit, he was thinking of letting it all go out at once. Then from there, he would learn how to decrease the soul power output bit by bit. The desired result should be similar.
Wang Lin felt that there was improvements with the new training regime. The objective he set was every time the metal ball sprang up, it should reach the same height.
Based on Wang Lin’s calculation in the yard, the height which the metal ball could reach was around twenty-two metres if he let out all the soul power in one go.
In that case, he decided to start with twenty-two metres. Wang Lin knew that, with the training of Spiritual Enhancement Technique, his soul power would increase day-by-day. To make the metal ball go higher was easy, but to slowly reduce the height from twenty-two metres was difficult. This would require precision in restrain and control.
That was what Wang Ling needed to practise.
After setting himself a goal, Wang Lin modified his training plan. Every time, he would first train in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique. After having plenty of soul power, he would train with the metal ball. After he depleted his soul power, he would train his body strength by running in circles with weights attached. When his body became exhausted, he would start from the beginning again.
Wang Lin named this series of training “The Soul Power Loop”.
Time passed by quickly.
On this day, Wang Lin had just finished running one hundred and eighty rounds with eighty kilograms of weight attached. He was extremely exhausted. After taking some herbs to replenish his energy, he continued training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.
Halfway through training, he frowned. Wang Lin let out a sigh and opened both his eyes.
“He’s here again. I need to figure out something so that he won’t keep bothering me.”
At this time, from outside the yard came a soft voice, “Brother Wang, I beg you. Please take me in as your disciple.”
A servant who was dressed in grey with a nervous face walked carefully. He did not dare to go near Wang Lin and just stood at the far end of the entrance.
“Wang Mang, for the last time, I am not going to take you on as my disciple, and I do not even have the ability to do so. In the future, please do not come and bug me anymore. Or else, I will not be as nice as now. Please leave.” Wang Lin impatiently waved his hand.
Wang Mang was one of the subjects who were brought to the mansion together with Wang Lin. His luck was good. He was supposed to serve San Xiao Jie after Wang Lin. After San Xiao Jie heard what Wang Lin told her, she decided to not find anyone else to have sex with her. As a result, Wang Mang survived and became a servant at the mansion. From Chun Lan, Wang Mang found out that Wang Lin drastically changed within the last half month. When he heard that Wang Lin’s originally dull face had become handsome, he was excited.
“Brother Wang, I beg you. I don’t mind bowing my head to you. Since both of us came from Jian Yu Island, why don’t you help me.” Wang Mang immediately kneeled on the ground and begged.
Wang Lin’s eyebrows frowned even more now. His eyes turning ice cold. He said in a low voice,”You, disappear from my sight, now.”
With Wang Lin’s sharp stare, Wang Mang’s heart shivered. He immediately stood up, hesitating for a while before swiftly leaving. Before leaving, there were flashes of resentment in his eyes.
Wang Lin managed to catch a glimpse of Wang Mang’s expression before he left. Wang Mang had bothered him for many days now. The reason was that he noticed Wang Lin changed a lot in terms of appearance and wanted to learn how.
Regarding the motives, Wang Lin found out from Chun Lan that in the Spring Water Empire, if the male servants had good appearance and could serve the masters well, they would receive better treatments from them.
Wang Mang had ordinary looks. In order to better survive, he would not easily give up on any ways that could improve his attractiveness.
However, Wang Lin was unable to help as he changed after taking the mysterious pill. Thinking about it, Wang Ling suddenly became fearful. What if people noticed the massive change in him, especially the long-haired woman whom he encountered the other night.
Following this, Wang Lin started to come out with points to deny his thought. First, when he was fighting with the opponent, it was only for a few seconds and he covered his face. In addition, the night time visibility was bad. The probability of him being recognised was slim.
Secondly, the Spiritual Enhancement Technique had the ability to excrete the toxins within the body. Even though he had changed a lot, this could be used to explain the change.
However, he decided to be more careful in the future.
Wang Lin continued his training. He would soon complete the third illustration of Spiritual Enhancement Technique. According the records on this technique, once one had completed the third illustration, he or she could possibly gain an ability known as “Spirit Sensing”. Whether one would be able to gain the ability or not, would depend on his or her own talents.
Wang Lin was extremely interested in this ability because it was clearly stated in the record, the meaning of “Soul Sensing” was a dramatic increase in the human body’s ability to sense.
Regarding this sensing ability, Wang Lin knew of its benefits. After he embarked on his training in the Spiritual Enhancement Technique, his sensing ability increased day by day. Be it sensing the arrival of the Spring Water spacecraft before the fight with the long-haired woman warrior, or the day when he rescued Chun Lan from a spear, all these events had everything to do with sensing.
Another obvious point was that whenever someone was within ten metres of Wang Lin’s courtyard, he would be able to sense him or or. With so many benefits coming with it, Wang Lin was very hopeful about getting this ability, which would drastically improve his sensing ability.
Moreover, Wang Lin had a feeling that the improvement in his sensing ability would become a catalyst for the mastery of soul power control using the metal ball.
Even though he could now manage to perfectly maintain the metal ball at a twenty-two metres height four to five out of ten times, Wang Lin was still not satisfied.
He needed to perfectly control the metal ball at twenty-two metres each time. This way, he could proceed to try and control the height of the metal ball to twenty-one metres.
The lower the height, the greater the difficulty to control it became.
All these things would depend on whether or not he could achieve “Spirit Sensing” after completing his training on the third illustration.
In order to expedite the process, Wang Lin temporarily stopped training his body strength and metal ball control, focusing all of his effort on the Spiritual Enhancement Technique.