Chapter 12
“No, I heard that you killed him effortlessly. I wanted to challenge you to prove a point: it was not our sect’s fist technique that was inferior; it was he who was not good enough!” Lin Sheng said as he looked at Lu Xuan in utter seriousness.
“I see!” Lu Xuan nodded. “That’s only natural. There are no invincible martial arts, only invincible practitioners!”
The Lin Sheng standing in front of him was leagues above Poison Scorpion. While Poison Scorpion had only just managed to reach the stage of HuaJin, Lin Sheng was already almost as strong as a Baodan Grandmaster.
In normal circumstances, this seemingly small gap between the levels may have been unbridgeable in some warrior’s lifetimes. However, now that the world was undergoing such a drastic change, the reawakening of Spiritual Qi significantly lessened the difficulty of overcoming that power gap.
The upcoming spiritual renaissance would soon lead to a period where many began to power through their cultivation stages, achieving tremendous increases in strengths in that short span.
1Lu Xuan then shook his head. “While you may be stronger than Poison Scorpion, you are no match for me. You are still young. Why don’t you go back and train for a few years more? It will do you much good!”
Both Ling Huang and Ling Fei felt that Lu Xuan’s words were a little awkward. After all, no matter how they saw it, Lu Xuan was the younger one. He would, at most, be a few years over 20, while Lin Sheng, on the other hand, was approaching his thirties.
Lu Xuan nodded.
“Your standards? Aren’t you a warrior, Mr. Lu?” Ling Huang, who was standing at the side, asked in slight curiosity.
Lu Xuan chuckled, “Warriors are a subset of cultivators, but not all cultivators are warriors. Would you understand if I put it that way?”
Ling Huang nodded. He understood the concept but knew nothing more concrete, as he too had not seen any other types of cultivators.
“No need to be disheartened. My way of cultivation is different from yours. You should not apply your assumptions and experiences to me!” Lu Xuan did not feel much animosity towards Lin Sheng. After all, Lin Sheng was just a martial art fanatic. His greatest pursuit was to practice martial arts.
“Thank you, Mr. Lu, for going easy on me. However, once I had another breakthrough, I will look you up and rechallenge you!” said Lin Sheng.
“Sure!” Lu Xuan replied.
Ling Huang took in all that from the side, and could hardly mask the astonishment he felt in his heart. When he heard of Lu Xuan from his daughter, he simply thought of him as slightly stronger than most.
Unlike his clueless daughter, Ling Huang knew a lot more than the common man, such as matters of the martial world.
He only managed to hire Lin Sheng after pulling all sorts of strings, all to prevent people like Poison Scorpion from coming at them again.
He was also well aware of how strong Lin Sheng truly was. He had even seen Lin Sheng fight. None of his bodyguards could go up against Lin Sheng for more than a round or two, not even when they attacked all at once.
He had thought that Lin Sheng’s strength was scary. Never would he have thought that Lu Xuan’s prowess would be even more terrifying!