69novels Chapter 7 Leaving
Chapter 7 Leaving
Lin Dong looked at Lin Hong, whose expression had turned somewhat grim, and said, word by word. Accompanying his words was a faint glow emanating from his body—a fluctuation of Yuan energy.
Moreover, this fluctuation is no weaker than Lin Hong's!
Seven levels of body tempering!
"hiss……"
Looking at the Yuan Power glow on Lin Dong's body, many people in the trial hall gasped in surprise. It turned out that Lin Dong had been hiding his true strength all along.
Li Yi, sitting in the audience, smiled faintly, thinking to himself, "This kid is really good at pretending."
"Seventh level of Body Tempering, so what!"
Lin Hong roared, his arm trembled, and his figure shot out again. He unleashed the full power of the Eight Desolations Palm, the palm wind howling and pressing the surrounding air so hard it made it rustle.
Lin Dong did not retreat.
He took a deep breath, mobilizing all the Yuan energy within his body. During the period leading up to the clan competition, he not only broke through to the seventh level of Body Tempering with the help of the stone talisman, but more importantly, he sparred with Li Yi every day.
Li Yi won't teach him, he'll only beat him.
Every time, it was a complete rout. One punch and one kick, and I'd knock him down, then stand there expressionless, waiting for him to get up on his own.
"stand up."
"Too slow."
"Again."
……
Now, facing Lin Hong, he truly felt the fruits of his hard work for the first time.
Lin Hong's palm strike came towards him, but Lin Dong dodged to the side and threw a punch.
Not one punch, but two, three, four... The shadows of fists overlapped, each punch heavier and faster than the last.
He used the same tactics Li Yi had used against him on Lin Hong, exactly the same way.
Lin Hong retreated repeatedly, his palms flashing as he deflected Lin Dong's punches one by one, but Lin Dong's punches were too dense, so dense that he could hardly breathe.
A few breaths later.
Lin Hong finally couldn't hold on any longer. The force of the punch penetrated through his palm, sending him flying backward and crashing heavily onto the stage.
The trial hall was deathly silent.
Lin Shan's mouth gaped open, unable to utter a single word. Lin Mang's hand holding the teacup trembled so much that he didn't even notice the tea spilling out.
Lin Dong stood still, his chest heaving, looking down at Li Yi.
Li Yi opened his eyes at some point, and those double purple pupils were looking at him.
Lin Dong thought Li Yi would nod or say something like "not bad." But Li Yi didn't say anything, just glanced at him and then closed his eyes again.
Lin Dong was stunned for a moment, then smiled.
Saying nothing is the best compliment.
"Lin Dong wins!"
Lincoln's voice rang out, tinged with disbelief.
Lin Hong got up from the ground, looked at Lin Dong, his lips moved, but in the end he didn't say anything, turned around and walked off the stage.
He paused for a moment as he passed Li Yi.
Li Yi didn't look at him; his eyes were already closed, as if nothing had happened.
Lin Hong gritted his teeth and quickly left.
Lin Changqiang, his round body bulging, jumped up and clapped enthusiastically: "Lin Dong! You're amazing!"
Qingtan smiled so hard her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and clapped her hands vigorously.
Lin Dong stepped off the stage, wiped the sweat from his face, and walked to Li Yi's side.
"Yi-ge, how's it going?"
Li Yi opened his eyes and glanced at him.
"The punch wasn't hard enough."
"...I just beat Lin Hong."
"He's too weak."
Lin Dong opened his mouth, but found himself unable to refute.
Is Lin Hong weak?
Not weak.
Li Yi is just too strong.
After the clan competition ended, Lin Zhentian announced that Lin Dong had won first place.
Cheers erupted throughout the trial hall. Lin Shan slunk away, dragging Lin Hong along, while Lin Mang left without a word.
Lin Zhentian announced the reward for first place in the competition and patted Lin Dong on the shoulder: "Good lad, the Lin family's future rests on your shoulders."
Lin Dong nodded, but his eyes searched for Li Yi in the crowd.
Li Yi was no longer in his seat.
He walked out of the training hall and saw Li Yi standing under the old locust tree outside the door, his double pupils looking at the distant mountains.
"Brother Yi."
Li Yi turned around and looked at him.
"I have to go now."
Lin Dong was stunned for a moment. He knew this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
"Where to?"
"I don't know," Li Yi said. "Let's head east."
"The deeper you cultivate, the stronger that feeling becomes."
Li Yi raised his hand and touched his chest. The Supreme Bone was heating up every day and gushing out liquid, which made his cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, but it could not fill anything.
It looks like a circle, but it's missing half.
"I am incomplete."
He looked at Lin Dong and said, "I must find the other half."
Lin Dong was completely confused, but he didn't press for details. There were too many things about Li Yi that he couldn't understand: those strange eyes, the chest that occasionally glowed, those strange "martial arts," and the odd words that popped up from time to time.
Everyone has their own secrets.
He only knew one thing: Li Yi was leaving.
"When are you leaving?"
"tomorrow."
Lin Dong was silent for a while. He wanted to say, "Let's stay a few more days," but he swallowed the words back. Everyone has to walk their own path.
That evening, a large table of dishes was laid out at Lin Dong's house.
Liu Yan and Qing Tan started working in the afternoon, and Lin Xiao even brought out a jar of his treasured wine for the first time ever.
"Brother Yi, this is delicious." Qingtan put a piece of food on Li Yi's plate, but didn't eat much herself.
Lin Changqiang was also there, his round body squeezed around the table, his mouth stuffed with food, asking indistinctly, "Brother Yi, who am I going to hang out with now that you're gone?"
"Find Lin Dong."
"Lin Dong isn't fun."
Lin Dong glared at him.
Li Yi picked up his wine glass and looked at Lin Xiao.
"I apologize for bothering you during this time."
Lin Xiao waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about? You can come back anytime you want."
Li Yi nodded and drank the wine in his glass in one gulp.
With tears welling in her eyes, Liu Yan placed another piece of food in Li Yi's bowl: "Eat more, it's for the journey..."
She couldn't continue; women are always emotional.
Qingtan lowered her head, poking at the rice in her bowl with her chopsticks.
Li Yi glanced at her and remained silent for a moment.
"I will come back."
Qingtan raised her head, her eyes brightening.
"real?"
"Um."
Qingtan smiled and nodded vigorously.
After the meal, Qingtan brought in a glass of water and placed it on the table next to Li Yi.
"Brother Yi, have some water."
"Um."
Qingtan stood there, not moving, her fingers twisting the hem of her clothes.
Li Yi glanced at her and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Qingtan shook her head, turned and walked away. But when she reached the door, she stopped, turned her back to Li Yi, and whispered, "You said you'd come back."
Finished talking and left.
Li Yi stared at the empty doorway and remained silent for a long time.
Li Yi left early the next morning.
Lin Dong escorted him to the Lin family's door. Qing Tan didn't come, saying she was "not feeling well," but Lin Dong knew she didn't dare to come.
Lin Changqiang did arrive, but unusually, he wasn't laughing and joking today; he followed silently behind.
"That's enough for now."
"Mm." Lin Dong took out a small cloth bag from his pocket and handed it over, "Eat this on the way."
Li Yi took it, opened it, and found some dry food and a bag of money.
"I saved it up," Lin Dong said. "It's not much, don't mind..."
"Thanks," Li Yi interrupted him.
Lin Dong paused for a moment, then smiled.
"Let's go, don't get lost."
Li Yi didn't even turn his head; he turned and walked in one direction.
He had only taken a dozen steps when Lin Dong called him again.