Minor Strife Peak, Training Ground.
Disciples of the Myriad Medicine Sect guarded the entrance, meticulously checking identities and collecting spirit stones before allowing cultivators entry.
Due to the intense competition at Minor Strife Peak, the training grounds here were bustling with business year-round.
A cultivator approached a guard, a smile plastered on his face, and asked if there was a vacancy in a Heavenly-ranked training ground.
The guard gave him a faint glance. "It's you again? Last time, I clearly told you the Heavenly-ranked training grounds are booked until the end of next month."
The cultivator nodded, lowering his voice. "I know, but I've also heard that it's possible to skip the queue. As long as..."
"Stop!" The guard immediately interrupted him. "What you're saying is true, it did happen. But that was under the previous management. Since I took over, there has been no such thing as latecomers taking precedence."
"You want to bribe me?"
The guard shook his head, his attitude firm. "That path is blocked!"
"Eh?"
As they were speaking, the guard's expression suddenly changed.
He trotted up, bowing deeply. "Senior Sister Lin, what brings you here?"
The guard felt a little puzzled.
One should know that someone like Lin Shanshan, even if she used a training ground, would only do so on the main mountain.
That was the Myriad Medicine Sect's base camp, and the facilities like training grounds were far more advanced than here. Important figures like Lin Shanshan rarely came here.
Lin Shanshan seemed slightly flustered but didn't explain. Instead, she forced herself to appear calm and said, "Give me a training ground, I need to use it. Is there one available?"
"Of course there is!" The guard immediately thumped his chest. "You've come at just the right time. A Heavenly-ranked training ground is currently empty."
Lin Shanshan didn't suspect a thing and nodded.
"Who is this young man? He's going to spar with Senior Sister Lin?" The guard glanced at Ning Zhuo, unsure of the latter's background.
Ning Zhuo noticed his gaze and gave him a slight nod. The guard immediately smiled back.
"Senior Sister Lin, this way." The guard led the way.
As they passed by the earlier cultivator, the cultivator immediately stepped back, making way, and cast an envious glance, watching Ning Zhuo and the other two enter the training ground.
"After this, the news of my connection with Lin Shanshan will surely spread."
Ning Zhuo was happy about this.
In fact, his request for Lin Shanshan's help and coming to the training ground also had this purpose.
After all, he was a newcomer, unfamiliar with the place, and naturally needed a foothold. Without a doubt, Lin Shanshan was a good option.
Things unfolded as Ning Zhuo expected.
Wherever the three went, the guards along the way would bow to Lin Shanshan and cast curious glances at Ning Zhuo.
Many outside cultivators also witnessed this scene.
"This is the first time I've seen Lin Shanshan bring someone else to use the training ground here."
"Who is the young cultivator with her? I've never seen him before?"
"Looking at his demeanor, he's not simple. He must be a high-ranking disciple from some large sect, his status comparable to Senior Sister Lin's?"
These murmurs drifted into Lin Shanshan's ears, making them burn.
So, when they entered the Heavenly-ranked training ground, Lin Shanshan said to the guard, "Alright, you can go down. I will control this place."
The guard was slightly surprised again. Lin Shanshan's urging felt like she was chasing him away, as if she couldn't wait to be alone with the young cultivator beside her.
The guard was older than Lin Shanshan. He had never seen Lin Shanshan treat a male cultivator she didn't know in this way.
"Could it be..." The guard thought of a possibility and immediately shook his head subconsciously, casting this terrifying guess aside.
Lin Shanshan was the apple of the Myriad Medicine Sect Leader's eye, and was loved by everyone in the sect. Many cultivators secretly admired her. The guard didn't have such a hidden crush; he was more like an elder, favorably inclined towards a younger member of his own family.
Lin Shanshan activated the training ground's formation, instantly isolating the inside from the outside.
She secretly exhaled a murky breath, her tense mood gradually relaxing.
"Strange, I often enter the training ground with Senior Brother Linghu and spar. Why do I feel so nervous this time, even a little flustered?"
Ning Zhuo didn't speak. He looked around the training ground, leaving time for Lin Shanshan to adjust her emotions.
Lin Shanshan tried to calm her mind and said to Ning Zhuo, "Young Master Ning Zhuo, feel free to practice any combat methods you have first, so I can understand your actual situation. It's like a doctor diagnosing a patient, so I can prescribe the right medicine."
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Ning Zhuo nodded and immediately performed Five Elements spells.
In his current combat power composition, the most important part was Mechanical Creations.
Buddha Physician - Meng Yao Yin, Great Serpent Scythe, Heavy Armored Blood Ape - Da Sheng, Floating Ice White Jade Hand, Weather Orb - Ice Crystal Snow, these were all excellent Mechanical Creations, so excellent that Ning Zhuo could even contend with a Nascent Soul cultivator.
Relying on these, Ning Zhuo's combat power greatly exceeded his Foundation Establishment cultivation, reaching the level of a Nascent Soul cultivator.
But at this moment, he naturally wouldn't use his machines to reveal the truth to Lin Shanshan.
On the one hand, he was well aware of his shortcomings and wanted to take this good opportunity to use Minor Strife Peak to train himself. If he used his machines to crush all the Foundation Establishment cultivators, the training effect on himself would be minimal.
On the other hand, he also needed a reason to continue spending time with Lin Shanshan. Too much power would attract Lin Shanshan's attention and vigilance.
Ning Zhuo exhibiting relative "weakness" was more beneficial to his overall plan.
Ning Zhuo demonstrated various spells in turn, mostly of the Five Elements type.
Lin Shanshan watched, her beautiful eyes shining, and sincerely praised, "I didn't expect Young Master Ning Zhuo to have such profound attainment in spells! This is already beyond me. By your own power alone, you have a good chance of winning against Hanzhou."
Ning Zhuo's Five Elements spells were all extremely proficient.
What surprised Lin Shanshan the most was the natural conversion of Five Elements spiritual power in Ning Zhuo's hands, the transitions were extremely smooth.
"Are you really only sixteen years old?" Lin Shanshan couldn't help but ask.
Ning Zhuo smiled slightly and gave an affirmative answer.
Lin Shanshan sighed, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that such spell attainment at the age of sixteen is extremely rare."
"At least from what I've heard, there are only two or three."
"I didn't expect to see one in person today!"
Ning Zhuo slightly demonstrated his strength, which immediately made Lin Shanshan even more curious about him.
Lin Shanshan pressed on, "Are you a battle cultivator?"
"Since you were a child, besides accumulating spiritual power, how much time do you spend practicing these spells every day?"
Ning Zhuo carefully replied, "I haven't put much effort into practicing these spells. Compared to these spells, I'm more interested in mechanization."
"Besides casting spells myself, I can also use machine hands to assist me in combat."
"Miss Lin, please watch."
Saying that, Ning Zhuo took out six mechanical arms from his storage belt.
These arms floated in mid-air, surrounding Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo controlled these machine hands, making them cast various spells of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.
For a time, the spells were dazzling, the five colors vying for brilliance, radiant with deadly danger.
Lin Shanshan couldn't help but take a step back, secretly startled by the violent offensive Ning Zhuo displayed.
Ning Zhuo demonstrated a little of his power and then stopped, putting away the mechanical arms.
He proactively said, "Miss Lin, I'm better at long-range attacks using spells. My biggest worry is being approached by Hanzhou. Once I'm in such a predicament, I'll be too passive, and the chances of losing are much greater than winning."
Lin Shanshan then said, "Then let's spar for a bit."
Ning Zhuo then sparred with Lin Shanshan in close combat techniques.
This time, he didn't hold back, but exerted his full martial prowess. The result was that he was completely suppressed by Lin Shanshan.
"Alright." Lin Shanshan proactively stepped back, widening the distance between herself and Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo was panting, his face a little pale.
Lin Shanshan smiled. "Do you use weapons?"
Ning Zhuo shook his head. "I don't know how to use anything."
Lin Shanshan nodded. "Compared to spellcasting, Young Master Ning Zhuo, you are indeed a little weaker in close combat martial arts."
Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly. "Miss Lin is too modest. I am well aware of my serious deficiencies in this area. The more you criticize, the faster I can improve."
Lin Shanshan was five years older than Ning Zhuo. From childhood, she had received the most rigorous training from Lin Bufan. After all, the latter's only blood descendant was Lin Shanshan.
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Lin Shanshan was fully nurtured by Lin Bufan. Although her spellcasting was not as good as Ning Zhuo's, it wasn't far off. But in close combat martial arts, she was significantly better than Ning Zhuo.
Compared to her, Ning Zhuo's learning was mostly self-taught. Even at the academy, he received mass education, unlike Lin Shanshan, who from birth was given extra attention, care, and instruction by a Soul Formation level existence.
Therefore, while many of Ning Zhuo's fundamentals were solid, they were also ordinary, especially compared to sect prodigies like Lin Shanshan.
Of course, if Ning Zhuo released a few large machines, ten Lin Shanshans wouldn't be enough for him to fight.
"Please teach me martial arts, Miss Lin!" Ning Zhuo was not at all polite and directly made the request.
He had long since realized his deficiency in this area.
But there was nothing he could do. In the past sixteen years, he hadn't wasted time; he had diligently cultivated every day. However, the field he invested in was mechanization, not close combat martial arts.
When competing for the Lava Immortal Palace, Ning Zhuo was inspired by the Gongfu puppets and had thought of making up for this weakness. But he had never had the time.
"This..." Lin Shanshan hesitated.
Even though the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal was continuously affecting her, she still felt this request was too presumptuous.
There are proprieties between men and women.
Teaching martial arts, if you want to teach effectively, requires many actions to be hand-in-hand, and even body-to-body. Physical contact is unavoidable.
Therefore, after Lin Shanshan gradually grew up, Senior Brother Linghu Jiu and Sect Leader Lin Bufan no longer taught her, but specifically hired female instructors to serve as Lin Shanshan's martial arts coaches.
(End of this chapter)
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