From Beast Abilities to Sect Grand Master

Next day.

Physique Peak, Main Hall.

Lin Fan went over to the main hall as per Zhang Xi’s instructions.

It was huge but empty.

There were only Zhang Xi and Sun Hai waiting for him there.

By the side of the main hall, there were weapons of all types.

Spears, curved sabers, knives, shields, and batons.

"Here is your inner disciple’s robe," Zhang Xi said as she handed him the dark blue robe.

Sun Hai came next to Lin Fan and patted him on his back.

"I heard you wanted to stay behind and look after that old man living with you. Very good. That’s what a Physique Peak disciple should be. Caring for the elderly."

He had a good impression of Lin Fan from the last time he saw him.

Taking the effort to try to save those poor menial disciples.

"Senior martial brother Sun Hai will guide you on your cultivation. I’ve got other things to attend to now." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Zhang Xi bid her farewell and went on her way.

Being a caretaker Peak Lord required her to manage the daily operations.

"Come with me," Sun Hai said and led Lin Fan to the back of the main hall.

There were many huge wooden tubs, lined in a row.

Menial disciples ran around taking smaller tubs and poured hot water into one of them.

"This is the first thing a Physique Cultivator will do. Go through the Skin and Bone Refining Bath," Sun Hai said and gestured for Lin Fan to get in.

"It will cleanse all the impurities, break down your skin and bones to enhance your physical potential. It will hurt a little, just bear with it."

Lin Fan nodded, took off his robe, and got into the wooden tub with the Skin and Bone Refining Bath inside.

With a smirk on his lips, Sun Hai expected him to cry out in pain, and he could then teach him how to guide his Qi to alleviate the pain.

But to his disappointment, it didn’t happen.

Lin Fan could only feel the bath complementing his level 4 physique, nourishing his skin and bones with all the Qi-enhancing herbs inside.

"You don’t feel anything?" Sun Hai asked.

Everyone, including himself, had cried out as if they were being slaughtered the first time they went into the bath.

How could Lin Fan be so calm?

This is not possible.

Sun Hai looked at the menial disciples with the smaller tubs in their hands.

"Senior martial brother, the Skin and Bone Refining bath was prepared according to instructions. We didn’t miss out on any ingredients."

The menial disciples shook their heads and begged for mercy.

"Come, let me check," Sun Hai took one of the small tubs from the menial disciples and smelled the Skin and Bone Refining bath inside.

They weren’t lying.

The smell was correct, not a bit of ingredients missing.

Which meant Lin Fan was a natural at Physique Cultivation.

Having come to this conclusion, Sun Hai tried very hard to suppress his feelings of joy.

Finally, the Physique Peak would have someone talented.

But he mustn’t let it get to Lin Fan.

So, Sun Hai frowned at Lin Fan and said with a straight face, "Your talents in Physique Cultivation aren’t that good. The Skin and Blood Refining bath can’t even help you."

Lin Fan squinted his eyes and looked at the menial disciples.

They shook their heads vigorously.

He sighed silently.

Lin Fan didn’t expect senior martial brother Sun Hai to play mind tricks.

He played along and asked, "How should I improve myself, Senior martial brother?"

"Don’t despair. Even if your body isn’t so suited, work hard at all the fighting techniques," Sun Hai replied.

"Sure, when can we start?" Lin Fan was more than happy to get out of the bath and start.

"Be patient, young man. Stay in the bath for one more hour. I will see you in the main hall."

...

When Lin Fan was done and changed into his new robes, he went and looked for Sun Hai.

Sun Hai was in the main hall with some devices in his hands waiting for Lin Fan.

"What’s that?" Lin Fan asked, pointing at the unfamiliar devices.

It looked like a bracelet made of black iron, with scriptures carved on its surface.

"This is a weight assist device. You put it on, and it will add weight, making it tough for you to move around."

Sun Hai said as he felt the weight of the device in his hands.

At the early stage of Qi Concentration level, three hundred kilograms worth of weight should be enough for Lin Fan.

He put the bracelets on for Lin Fan, expecting his hands to drop.

But no, Lin Fan swung his hands around as if they weren’t there.

Sun Hai bit his tongue to stop himself from crying out in joy.

"Seems like... the bracelets are faulty too..." he said with a straight face again, trying hard not to let Lin Fan feel proud of himself.

He had seen so many talented disciples fall from grace due to arrogance.

"Faulty? What should we do?" Lin Fan asked with an innocent look.

"Ignore it. Let’s start with the breathing and Qi techniques," Sun Hai said.

He went on and taught Lin Fan the Qing Feng Physiques Breathing Technique.

It allowed cultivators to make use of the Qi to reinforce their bodies, making them hard as steel.

Lin Fan followed Sun Hai’s instructions perfectly.

By the end of the day, Lin Fan could already use the Qi in his body to ward off attacks from weapons at the Mortal level.

"Senior martial brother, are you sure we don’t need to pay for all the broken weapons?"

Lin Fan asked before he called it a day.

"No need to. It’s part and parcel of training."

Sun Hai said while he looked at all the broken weapons on the ground.

His heart and purse were broken.

Zhang Xi would be mad when she saw this.

The funds for Physique Peak were getting tight; they might have to do more missions to earn some money soon.

But Sun Hai took a deep breath and thought it would be well worth it for the most talented disciple in Physique Peak.

...

Nightfall.

Sword Peak, Tan Rui’s room.

After the defeat by Ho Ming and witnessing how Ho Ming with Lin Fan grabbed the limelight, Tan Rui was a different man from then on.

His room had no candles lit; things were messy and thrown all over the place.

No one had dared come near his room for days.

With his hysterical laughs and intermittent anger lashing out on everything, no one wanted to be part of it.

A young woman stood outside of his room, lifting up her hand and knocked on the door.