From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

"We are here for the reward."

Lin Fan said to the disciple in charge of the mission.

The disciple took the wooden slabs Lin Fan passed to him and registered the contribution points into them.

After that, he gave them each a letter and said, "Bring this to the library; they will allow you entrance and let you borrow a manuscript for learning."

When Lin Fan and Ho Ming got the rewards, disciples crowding around them were envious.

They looked at their missions worth only ten to twenty contribution points and couldn’t help but grit their teeth.

Jealousy filled their hearts as they knew of the three hundred contribution points Lin Fan and Ho Ming had just gotten.

On top of that, they could have a pick of a manuscript in the library.

If you learned the right technique, it could mean power and riches.

However, they could do nothing except stare at the letters in Lin Fan and Ho Ming’s hands as they walked out of the Mission Hall.

"Ho Ming, I think you should find a new technique to replace your Slithering Style."

Lin Fan gave his advice on Ho Ming’s technique as his Slithering Style didn’t really help.

He had never seen it work, and Ho Ming had to compensate with a much more ruthless style of fighting.

Ho Ming nodded and said, "It was taught to me as most in the Sword Peak learned the Qing Feng Sword Style. They didn’t have anything great to help complement it."

Maybe they didn’t want you to shine too brightly, Lin Fan thought.

This was a good opportunity for Ho Ming to find something complementary to the Qing Feng Sword Style.

The same thing goes for Lin Fan.

His Yin Yang Hammer Style couldn’t do much to Tan Yuan.

Time for something better.

…

Qing Feng Sect Library.

The library was a huge building three floors high.

The windows were opened to allow sunlight in, and the air was filled with the smell of ink and paper.

Disciples could be seen through the windows dusting the scrolls and books kept inside.

"Why are you here?" an old man guarding the library stopped them when they approached.

"We are here to borrow a manuscript as part of our mission’s reward." Lin Fan and Ho Ming handed their letters over to the old man.

After the old man finished reading the letters, he motioned for them to enter and said, "The bottom floor has techniques at the Mortal Level, the second floor has those at the Spirit Level, and the top floor is where the Mystic Level techniques are kept."

Mystic Level?

Lin Fan didn’t waste any time and went up to the third floor immediately.

He looked through the hundreds of scrolls and manuscripts there.

Flying Snow Sword.

Thunder Spear.

Thousand Cloud Palm. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Most were about different techniques in swords and other popular weapons.

He couldn’t find any about Hammers, so he decided to check out what Ho Ming was looking for.

Ho Ming had shortlisted a few manuscripts that he wanted and placed them in front of him.

He was having a hard time deciding.

Lin Fan picked them up and roughly read through them.

They were mainly Sword Styles but were too close to Qing Feng Sword Style.

When he got to the final manuscript, he had high hopes.

It was the ’Thunderous Exploding Sword Technique’.

The strokes were fast and explosive, specializing in a huge damage area.

This would complement the Qing Feng Sword Style’s precise attacks well.

"Ho Ming, pick this," Lin Fan passed Ho Ming the manuscript and explained his rationale.

It didn’t take much to convince Ho Ming.

"How about you?" Ho Ming asked when he saw Lin Fan empty-handed.

"I will have to browse more. I can’t find any hammer style around here."

Lin Fan said and felt someone pat him on his back.

He turned around and saw the old man from earlier.

With a bright smile, the old man pointed to a door amongst the bookshelves and said, "You might be able to find what you want there. But be careful."

The old man walked away after giving out his assistance.

Lin Fan shrugged and went over to the door.

After all, how dangerous could it be in a library?

He opened the door and stepped into the dark room.

Thud.

The door behind him closed automatically.

Lin Fan could feel he wasn’t in the dark room anymore as his steps echoed loudly.

"Who are you?" Lin Fan asked when he saw someone appearing in front of him.

It was a muscular man in a general attire, standing tall at 1.9 meters, with two hammers in his hand, smirking at Lin Fan.

Lin Fan looked down and he had his hammers in his hands.

This must be some sort of test, he figured.

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The system didn’t warn him of any malevolent intent, so this might not even be real as his hammers were pristine without any cracks.

Great.

He could go all out and didn’t have to worry about destroying his hammers.

The General didn’t wait and made the first move.

To Lin Fan’s surprise, the General smashed his hammers together.

Dang!

The sound they made reverberated in the air, and it gave Lin Fan a headache.

Lin Fan could feel his temple being squeezed by some force.

He tried shaking his head, but it didn’t help.

Before the General could unleash his next move, Lin Fan stomped on the ground.

The ground shook and it caught the General off guard.

Boom!

Lin Fan lunged at the General with his Magnificent Leap.

With the Yin Prod, he thrust an ice icicle at the General’s head.

The General, having steadied his footing, swiped one of his hammers and smashed the ice icicle into small pieces of ice.

Whoosh!

In came Lin Fan’s Yang Smash next, not giving the General any time to react.

The General leaped back and dodged the flames engulfing him.

He stood and looked at Lin Fan without any expression.

The General then injected Qi into his hammers, conjuring up a hot red glow enveloping his hammers.

He then swiped the hammers in an upward motion at Lin Fan.

The hot red glow left the hammers and transformed into the form of an illuminated Ember wolf.

It seemed to have a mind of its own and dodged Lin Fan’s smash at it.

"Grr…"

When the Ember Wolf got in front of Lin Fan, it tried to gnaw at Lin Fan’s waist.

Crack.

It couldn’t get through Lin Fan’s Tectonic Resilience and disappeared like a puff of smoke.

The General didn’t wait and launched a Frost Fang Ice Tiger at Lin Fan.

Thud!