Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

After carrying Yang Peng back to his residence, Lin Hao ordered a disciple to help wash him up.

As the Sect Leader’s Martial Uncle Ancestor, Wu Taichu had specially assigned several disciples to be at Lin Hao’s beck and call. Lin Hao couldn’t refuse and had no choice but to accept.

However, Lin Hao had never let them attend to his daily needs. This was the first time he had ever given them an order.

The moment the words left his mouth, a disciple entered, his movements swift and efficient.

Seeing this disciple, Lin Hao was taken aback.

"Xiaoliuzi, what are you doing here?"

This disciple was none other than Xiaoliuzi, the one he had saved from Zhou Wu at the God-Proving Platform.

Xiaoliuzi bowed and replied, "Senior Brother, you saved my life. I have no way to repay you, so I can only do these trivial things."

Seeing him, Lin Hao was reminded of the feud between him and Zhou Wu. He said, "Perfect. Help me take care of him. I’ll think about what kind of Cultivation Technique or martial art I can find for you. Otherwise, you’ll still be in trouble when you face Zhou Wu."

"Thank you, Senior Brother!" Xiaoliuzi was overjoyed. He then added, "You should help Junior Brother Yang Peng first. I don’t even know if I’ll ever run into Zhou Wu again."

"Oh?" Lin Hao didn’t understand.

"Senior Brother, you’ve been in seclusion in your room, but several major events have happened in the sect. First, Lord Lingdi screened the outer sect disciples and dismissed several thousand of them in one go. The Sect Leader disbanded all the disciples of Celestial Dui Peak and Celestial Qian Peak. Also, the Sect Leader has personally been guiding the Sect Disciples in their cultivation."

As he said this last part, Xiaoliuzi’s face was filled with envy.

Although it had only been a few days, he knew that many disciples had already experienced soaring cultivation levels under the Sect Leader’s guidance.

Lin Hao nodded.

Lin Hao completely understood. All the decisions Wu Taichu made were for the development of the sect.

"Alright, then. Help me take care of him for now. When he wakes up, go find the Sect Leader and tell him I sent you."

Xiaoliuzi was ecstatic, so excited he could barely contain himself.

Lin Hao nodded and then walked out the door.

He needed to ask Lord Lingdi about the feasibility of bringing Wu Taichu and the others into the Saha World with him.

Last time, he was so preoccupied with its "Flying Immortal’s Sword" that he had forgotten all about this. Now, the five-day deadline for the Saha World was fast approaching. He had to go and confirm.

When he arrived at Lord Lingdi’s courtyard, that girl Yingxue wasn’t there. Only the creature itself was present, lying lazily on a large, comfortable chair.

"You’re faster than I expected." Upon seeing Lin Hao, a strange light flashed through Lord Lingdi’s eyes.

Lin Hao naturally knew what it was talking about, but he felt it was too trivial to mention. He got straight to the point, "Sister Ling, the Saha World is about to open. I want to know how many people I can bring in to cultivate at one time."

"Although the Saha World acknowledges you as its master, your cultivation is insufficient. If you bring Martial Artists at the Elemental Realm, you can only bring in two people at most each time," Lord Lingdi replied.

Lin Hao nodded. If it was two Martial Artists, he already had a plan. He would definitely choose Wu Taichu and Elder Gu. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Having gotten his answer, Lin Hao turned to leave.

He had perfected the martial arts, and although he had already decided to let Yang Peng cultivate them, he still felt he should inform Wu Taichu first.

After all, the perfected martial arts had far surpassed their original versions.

"How is your progress on perfecting ’Golden Roc Soaring’ and ’Great Roc King Fist’?" Though he said nothing, Lord Lingdi took the initiative to ask.

Lord Lingdi had lived for who knows how many years and had personally witnessed several Great Emperors. In its presence, Lin Hao felt genuinely uneasy.

So, when it asked, Lin Hao said awkwardly, "Ahem, can we not talk about that?"

"You didn’t deduce anything new, just corrected the errors in the martial arts? That’s fine. It’s quite normal." Lord Lingdi didn’t seem surprised at all, its eyes narrowing as it spoke.

In this era, no one knew these two martial arts better than Lord Lingdi or understood their origins. In its view, it was already remarkable for Lin Hao to have spent four days correcting the errors, especially considering his current low cultivation level.

But now, Lin Hao was displeased. ’It’s looking down on me too much.’

"I may be slow, but I’m not as pathetic as you make me sound. I’ve deduced the next two stances for both ’Golden Roc Soaring’ and ’Great Roc King Fist’."

At first, Lin Hao’s voice was quite loud, but it grew softer as he spoke. After all, from his perspective, taking four days to deduce just two more stances was far too embarrassing.

However, upon hearing this, the previously lazy Lord Lingdi suddenly leaped up, its cat-like eyes wide.

"What? Say that again!" Its voice suddenly jumped an octave, unable to believe what it had just heard.

’Golden Roc Soaring’ and ’Great Roc King Fist’ were the supreme martial arts of the Celestial Roc Race.

The origins of this Celestial Roc Race were terrifyingly grand.

Ten thousand years ago, the patriarch of the Celestial Roc Race had once contended with Emperor Hongtian for the throne of the Great Emperor!

And ’Golden Roc Soaring’ and ’Great Roc King Fist’ were that patriarch’s signature martial arts.

To be able to contend with a Great Emperor using these techniques spoke volumes about their power.

Although these two martial arts were not Emperor-level arts, their complete forms definitely surpassed the Celestial Level!

For Lin Hao to have deduced the next two stances in just four days was so shocking that even Lord Lingdi, who had witnessed the great war ten thousand years ago, was completely stunned.

"Relax your mind. I’m going into your sea of consciousness to have a look." Lord Lingdi’s voice was even trembling slightly.

To be honest, it didn’t believe Lin Hao could have truly deduced the next two stances.

Lin Hao thought for a moment, then nodded.

A golden light flashed, and Lord Lingdi’s body went limp, collapsing onto the chair.

The next moment, its voice echoed in Lin Hao’s mind. "Now, demonstrate these two martial arts for me within your sea of consciousness."

Lin Hao closed his eyes and began to demonstrate the two martial arts in his sea of consciousness.

He had performed this scene countless times over the past few days, so he was completely at ease and well-practiced.

Within the sea of consciousness, there was a vast, boundless ocean.

A great Golden-Winged Roc flew out from the horizon, striking the water for a thousand leagues. With a flap of its wings, it churned the rivers and overturned the seas, an incredibly terrifying sight.

Then, the Golden Roc let out a long cry that shook the nine heavens.

Suddenly, the long cry transformed into a human’s roar, and the Golden Roc imperceptibly became Lin Hao.

Lin Hao took a step, striding across the sky. With a shake of his arms, the waters of the rivers flowed backward.

Lord Lingdi was utterly horrified when it saw this vision.

’This is clearly the ultimate meaning of the first few stances of these two martial arts, their final expression. It’s unbelievable that Lin Hao could deduce them to such a perfect state!’

’Even if the old patriarch of the Celestial Roc Race were resurrected to demonstrate it, the vision would be no better than this!’

In the end, this sigh of emotion rose in Lord Lingdi’s heart.

Then, a malicious thought crossed its mind. ’If that little bird knew that a young kid had deduced his signature ultimate techniques from just a few incomplete stances, I wonder if he’d get so angry he’d crawl out of the underworld, cough up three liters of blood, and die all over again.’

’Since I’m in his sea of consciousness right now, I might as well see what his brain is made of.’

This thought suddenly occurred to Lord Lingdi, and it immediately began to act on it.

"AHH!"

Suddenly, the Tai Chi Array Map in the center of Lin Hao’s Dantian lit up. Lord Lingdi let out a wretched scream and hastily retreated from Lin Hao’s sea of consciousness.

Its Divine Soul returned to its body, which was still trembling violently.

"What’s wrong?" Lin Hao asked, confused.

That had been the awakening of the true self he had forged, but Lin Hao hadn’t felt a thing.

"It’s nothing." A trace of fear flashed deep within Lord Lingdi’s eyes.

’Lin Hao’s body is just too bizarre.’

"Oh, right, Sister Ling, that’s as far as I could deduce for those two martial arts. What do you think? Is there any room for improvement?"

Lin Hao asked for Lord Lingdi’s guidance with an open mind.

Lord Lingdi nearly choked on Lin Hao’s words. ’This kid must be intentionally showing off, trying to piss me off!’

But seeing that Lin Hao’s expression wasn’t fake, Lord Lingdi quickly composed itself and replied coolly, "Not bad."

"That’s good. Now the outer sect disciples have two more martial arts to choose from," Lin Hao said with a sigh of relief.

"PFFT..."

Lord Lingdi was so shocked by Lin Hao’s words that it spat out a mouthful of blood.

’If these two martial arts were complete, they would be beyond Celestial Level, capable of contending with Emperor-level arts! And this guy wants to give them to Martial Artists in the sect who haven’t even awakened their bloodlines to cultivate?!’

Lord Lingdi wiped its mouth and looked at Lin Hao as if he were an idiot. "Don’t you find these two martial arts a little unusual?"

Lin Hao nodded.

He had a feeling that if these two martial arts were deduced to their ultimate conclusion, they would definitely surpass the other martial arts in his mind. But, after all, they weren’t complete.

"Let me be honest with you. These two martial arts were never suitable for the Human Race to cultivate in the first place. Those with poor comprehension and aptitude shouldn’t even dream of achieving anything with them. You should just save yourself the trouble," Lord Lingdi said irritably.

"You seem very familiar with these two martial arts. Do you know their origin?" Lin Hao asked in surprise.

Lord Lingdi looked smug. "Of course I do."

Though it said that, its subtext was clearly: ’I’m not going to tell you. What are you going to do, bite me?’

It had lived for countless ages, yet it was still being shocked by Lin Hao, who, to make matters worse, acted completely oblivious. How could Lord Lingdi possibly accept that?

Now that it finally had a rare chance to see a surprised look on Lin Hao’s face, Lord Lingdi felt it would be a disservice to him not to mess with him like this.

It was as if Lin Hao had driven Lord Lingdi to the brink of insanity. This being, who had lived for countless ages and had seen through everything, was now stooping to compete with him.

It couldn’t be blamed, though. The only one to blame was Lin Hao, who was simply too monstrously talented.

"Oh," Lin Hao replied with a single, indifferent word, and then chose to leave.

Lord Lingdi went ballistic. It had expected Lin Hao to flatter it a bit, but who knew the guy would just turn and leave without a second word?

This gave Lord Lingdi a powerless, frustrated feeling, like punching a wad of cotton.

It would never know that, to Lin Hao, the origin of a martial art was unimportant. What mattered was whether the martial art had any value.

Lin Hao had just walked out when he ran into Wu Taichu, who had come looking for him.

The moment Wu Taichu heard from Xiaoliuzi that Lin Hao had left his residence, he hadn’t dared to delay for a second.

It was for no other reason than this: while Lin Hao had been in seclusion, he had reorganized the sect, and he needed to report his progress.

After all, Lin Hao was his Martial Uncle Ancestor now.

"Martial Uncle Ancestor, during the few days you were in seclusion, I have reorganized the sect." Wu Taichu’s attitude was extremely respectful.

Lin Hao smiled. "Master, you are the Sect Leader. You can make these decisions on your own. Your timing is perfect, I had something to discuss with you. Let’s go to the Scripture Pavilion."

The two entered the top floor of the Scripture Pavilion. Lin Hao didn’t mention that he had perfected the two martial arts. Instead, he first asked Wu Taichu if he knew their origin.

Hearing Lin Hao’s question, Wu Taichu was filled with boundless emotion.