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Chapter 5
Training to the second stage of Body Transformation was quite easy, the difference is from the first state is that soul essence now spread through the whole body.
He achieved the second stage quite quickly, thanks to the gym equipment he had prepared in the gym.
Such things don't even exist in Martial World, the best part is that he didn't even try hard, in other words, he didn't need to push himself extremely hard.
With the specially prepared pills, it was even better.
Xiao Tian Long does wonder how would people outside react to his cultivation speed?
He does remember how Lin Ming spend like fifty days to reach the muscle altering stage with pills and inscriptions on them and by that point he was already at the peak of the First Stage.
'Well, he didn't had those tasty milkshakes… they did all the difference!' The teen nodded to himself sagely, before leaving his dimension and appearing in the abandoned alley in the capital city of Sky Fortune Kingdom.
Once he was there he started walking towards the location where he is going to meet Qin Xingxuan and her Master Miyu.
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When the ravenhaired girl saw Xiao Tian Long her eyes bulged out slightly, she sensed his cultivation base and it was at the second stage of Body Transformation!
His cultivation speed was insane! Did he use some sort of inscriptions? Or other form of assistance? Just thinking about that makes her more curious!
"Hmm? Xingxuan I thought he was at the First stage of Body Transformation…" The ravenhaired girl's master asked curiously.
"He was, last week he was in first stage…" Qin Xingxuan said while remembering that Tian Long had only been cultivated for 3 weeks now…
That speed… is even faster than hers! She has been cultivating for over two years and she was in the peak of Viscera training for months now…
"Morning, sorry for the wait."
"It's nothing Tian Long, it would seem you have been training." The ravenhaired girl quickly shrugged aside his apology as it was understandable, he was training and just had a breakthrough!
"Yes, just reached muscle altering stage and been practising my swordsmanship for the past day." The reason why he was almost late, was because he wanted to reproduce some sort of form of sword beam.
As any self-respecting otaku, sword beams are a must when you are in any form of a supernatural world.
And so, he was training his sword Qi for the past day and half, as he reached the Muscle Altering stage quicker than a week.
"Fascinating, little brother, is your Martial talent truly at third grade?" The old man asked curiously, he can't believe someone has reached the Altering Muscle stage in less than a month!
"It is. It all depends on how you training your body, what kind of pills you consume what kind of food you eat, Body transformation stages are all about the body.
"It is an honour to meet an Houtian, I have not met one before." Xiao Tian Long did a respectful bow, he has not met one before, even the ones which took the registration at the Seven Valley Martial House were in the Body Transformation stage.
So sensing what kind of power Houtian had was... fascinating.
"It's nothing little brother, this old man was lucky enough to reach such a stage, more importantly, did you created this inscription?" The old man showed to him one of the inscription papers.
"Yes, this one is one of my handy works, quite an easy one…" Xiao Tian Long then pulled out another paper from one of his pockets.
"This one here has Sky Silkworm Silk added to it." He showed the new inscription on the paper.
"T-The one with Inscription Skill?" The old man took the offered paper.
"Yes, now why don't we get something to eat? I am starving."
His words have snapped out those two as they looked at the new inscription on the paper, it looked more beautiful than the previous one.
"Of course little brother Long! Let's go to the Great Clarity Pavilion! They have the greatest food in this part of the capital." The old man jovially laughed.
"Sure thing."
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After that, the trio took the carriage to the place where Lin Ming should have worked in the canon story, now however as far as Xiao Tian Long knows he is renting a place to stay somewhere else.
His interference already affected it somewhat, apparently Lin Ming was not kicked out from his temporary room, like in the canon, instead he went to find a different place to stay closer to Zhou Mountain.
Xiao Tian Long has never seen someone so insane like Lin Meng…
'And yet these people say that it's his 'natural talent' or 'Martial Heart', or someone other non-sense, well its the fault of the people who has not developed its society to understand human psyche…'
As it's obvious that the kid had a breakdown, and usually people who had breakdowns can do some scary stuff.
"Little brother Long, Xingxuan said that you might know how to reach Xiantian? Is it true?" The old man asked excitedly.
"More like theory."
"That is fine as the more we understand the better."
The old man won't going to brush aside words spoken from such genius, as so far the teen actions only made him cultivate faster.
And Xiao Tian Long is natural at inscriptions, maybe even more! He already achieved Sword intent! What else he can do?
The old man knows the teen will achieve alot in Seven Profound Valley, after all, he already saw the inscription and the teen already had sword intent at such an early stage!
Even his Martial Talent real grade is a maybe, he has not seen a third grade cultivate this fast.
"Well, martial artist has two main weapons, its body and its mind."
"I believe Xiantian requires ones mind to advance, like something akin enlightenment, as this stage represent the first true advancement towards immortality."
"One can decipher its mean in the realm name on its own."
The moment Xiao Tian Long said that the old man nodded multiple times he had a very thoughtful look, the more he thought about it the more it made sense.
"As far as I know from the legends Xiantian level cultivator energies are far purer than Houtian, so it can imply that there is some sort of transformation as well." Xiao Tian Long shrugged while saying that, he was bullshitting his way here, there are no such legends Xiantian level beings never appeared from Sky Fortune Kingdom.
Nonetheless, he was leaving hinds about this from the source material about the Xiantian realm.
*Sigh*
"If only you been around 50 years ago Little brother Long." The old man sighed, finally he learned something about Xiantian!
The teen theories have even pointed him towards the direction he could have went to all those years ago!
Alas, he was too old to pursue such a thing. Nonetheless, he can still enjoy the remainder of his life pursuing his hobby of inscriptions.
"Little Brother Long what do you say if you are to spend some time in Martial Quarters? After all, there is still around 70 days till the entrance exam to Seven Profound Valley Martial House will begin."
Qin Xingxuan perked up hearing that, if he can accept that then he will be always close!
That's like the perfect opportunity for her to be close to him!
The ravenhaired girl's Master internally smiled seeing how his disciple reacted to his words!
It's so obvious to him that the girl has a deep crush on him already, it's even amusing to watch!
"Very well, I can stick around Xingxuan since she wants to learn some things about inscriptions." The teen said with a smirk aimed at the girl who was blushing like a tomato.
The old man laughed for a second.
"Wonderful, and don't think we will be using you little brother Long, Martial Quarters are willing to pay up for the resources and we will even give you some discounts in the capital's stores!"
Xiao Tian Long slowly nodded hearing that, he knows full well how cultivators can be, and he is not afraid of that at all, his posh book can solve those issues and most likely he would break people minds with his abilities.
Thankfully the old man no longer cares about progressing in cultivation, unlike other more ambitious people.
Which he is quite eager to wait and see them try using him, and then… slowly breaking these idiots with his abilities.
"That's great, the resources are quite expensive for the inscriptions." Not that he is buying them in bulks in the first place, the only time he bought anything was the time he was out with Qin Xingxuan which was by all means and purpose a date, not that such thing exist in this reality in the first place.
"Of course, Marshal Quarters can pay for those! There is no need to worry about such a thing!"
Qin Xingxuan nodded at what her Master said, her Marshal Quarters can pay for those, she is more interested in the process! How Xiao Tian Long does his art!
"Then it's fine, I can show some tricks to Xingxuan more casually."
The girl nodded quickly while hearing that, this is going to be great!
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After having dinner in one of the most posh restaurants available in Sky Fortune City, Miyu and Qin Xingxuan took Xiao Tian Long to the Marshal Quarters.
All he could say was that the place was a combination of posh manor and barracks.
As one could expect since everything in this place was about Martial Arts.
And unlike other people, his goal is not rapidly advance in cultivation, but to have fun and get the girls, one of them is already quite close to him.
Once they arrived, there Qin Xingxuan quickly took him to meet her grandfather who was quite interested in the youth.
He of course, just like Miyu noticed how Qin Xingxuan behaves around him.
It was quite something else that his granddaughter found someone who can compete with her and of course show interest in.
Nonetheless, the Marshal of Sky Fortune Kingdom decided to watch how far this youngster will go, and maybe there will be something more.
After giving him a room, Xiao Tian Long decided to see how this going to work out.
Since the canon is pretty much out of the window some interesting development can happen after all.
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The next morning practises were already alongside Qin Xingxuan who joined him with her sword.
The girl was already blown away by his simple yet incredibly powerful sword style.
To her it looked like he just swinging the blade but yet it had that extra force behind it!
After going through his training he then helped her by showing them some pointers.
Not that it helped her, as Xiao Tian Long proximity to her always make her start blushing like a tomato.
The same was with inscription practises, as the teen would be close to her to observe her work, as the inscriptions would by all means explode if not taken care of properly.
In the end, Qin Xingxuan realised that her idea of practising with the teen was not that great.
Either she somehow make the embarrassment disappear, which she finds highly unlikely, as he was just too handsome and amazing in her eyes or, she tries to stay away from him...which doesn't work either.
In the end, her resolve only lasted for a week.
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Xiao Tian Long was guiding Qin Xingxuan sword when the girl decided to start rubbing herself into him.
"Xingxuan? What are you up to?" Internally he was quite baffled that she only lasted for just over a week of up-close proximity before she turned horny…
The girl is so sheltered that she barely had any up-close proximity with anyone.
So just by holding hands a couple of times and a few touches... and bam, she is all hot and bothered.
And now she is drowned in lust like that?
"Tian Long… I am...feeling weird…" The ravenhaired girl said with glassy eyes.