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Chapter 150 Fleeting Years
Time flies, and more than three years have passed in the blink of an eye. Li Ling's body is now sixteen years old.
On the training ground.
Li Ling, dressed in a dark purple training uniform, stood tall, supervising a group of teenagers practicing the 'longsword stance' he had taught them.
There were over a hundred of these teenagers. Some of them were descendants of the guards and tenants of Mingjian Manor, while others were orphans taken in by Mingjian Manor. They were all members of Mingjian Manor's own forces.
Every year, Mingjian Manor adopts orphans with good aptitude from the martial arts world, along with the children of the manor's guards and servants of suitable age. They train these children, and once they have developed considerable strength, they are sent to Mingjian Manor's various properties for further training.
"Old Master, the young master is becoming more and more impressive."
Beside the training ground, Guan Shan looked at Li Ling, who stood upright in the distance, and smiled at Yi Yun in front of him.
"Yes, Feng'er is becoming more and more composed and is already capable of shouldering the responsibilities of Mingjian Manor."
A smile appeared on Yi Yun's aged face. His grandson was becoming more and more capable of handling things on his own, and as his grandfather, he was naturally proud.
Yi Yun sighed with admiration, noting that Li Ling had made numerous changes to Mingjian Manor over the past three years.
For example, regarding Yi Yun's disability, after Li Ling went out to train once, he brought back a precious spiritual liquid. After Yi Yun took it, along with the treatment from the doctor he consulted, his disabled legs gradually recovered.
Yi Yun's disabled legs have now fully recovered.
Moreover, this elixir not only has the effect of healing injuries, but also enhances one's martial arts skills. After the three leaders of the Famous Sword Manor took it, their martial arts skills all improved.
Guan Shan made the most significant advancement, having finally broken through the Acquired Realm barrier and reached the Innate Realm six months ago thanks to the effects of the spiritual liquid. The other two leaders were also at the half-step Innate Realm.
The half-step innate realm is a state between the acquired great success and the innate realm. It belongs to the realm where one has already comprehended spiritual power. As long as there is an opportunity, one can open up the Niwan Palace and is only one step away from reaching the innate realm.
Moreover, with the help of this spiritual liquid, the guards trained by the manor have laid a solid foundation. Among them, thirty-six have reached the first-class realm, seventy-two have reached the second-class realm, and nearly two hundred guards have reached the third-class realm.
The thirty-six and seventy-two outstanding individuals were named the 'Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals' and 'Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends' by Li Ling, and they belonged to the most important guard forces of the Famous Sword Manor.
Originally, Yi Yun was still very upset with Li Ling for wasting such spiritual liquid on so many guards in the manor, but as Li Ling continued to provide spiritual liquid, Yi Yun stopped saying anything.
This kind of spiritual liquid is of course the 'world essence' transformed from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth absorbed by Li Ling's Qiankun World. As long as the Qiankun World can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from the outside world, it can continuously produce the 'world essence', so Li Ling is not afraid of wasting it.
The spiritual energy of the world in the young Zhang Sanfeng's world was still very rich, otherwise, no master of the Innate Realm would have emerged.
Li Ling has now become a master of the Innate level. Over the past three years, with the continuous supply of the 'World Essence Liquid' from the Qiankun World, his internal energy has quickly filled his meridians and dantian. In addition, with the 'Niwan Palace' (Sea of Consciousness) that he opened up early on, his spiritual power and internal energy combined and transformed into Innate True Qi. Li Ling reached the Innate Realm a year and a half ago.
When Yi Yun learned that Li Ling had reached the Innate Realm, his first reaction was that it was impossible. Li Ling was not even fifteen years old at the time. According to the family records, the ancestor who founded the Famous Sword Manor and the "Eight Styles of Famous Swords" only reached the Innate Realm at the age of twenty-five.
Moreover, it should be noted that the era in which our ancestors lived more than a hundred years ago was said to have had a much richer spiritual energy than the present era. It is truly unbelievable that Li Ling became a Xiantian expert at such a young age in this era.
However, after Li Ling demonstrated his innate true qi and his own spiritual power, Yi Yun had no choice but to accept this reality. He was overjoyed and laughed heartily.
You must know that Mingjian Manor declined during Yi Yun's generation. Now, his grandson has reached the Innate Realm at such a young age. There is hope for the rise of Mingjian Manor.
Li Ling still remembers the scene of his grandfather's tears streaming down his face. This old man had borne too much. His eldest son and daughter-in-law had passed away early, and his second son had betrayed the manor and wandered the world, leaving him only as a crippled old man and a young grandson. He had gritted his teeth and endured it all.
Moreover, there was still the power of his enemy, the Carefree King, eyeing him covetously. Now that his grandson had achieved martial arts prowess, the old man saw a glimmer of hope for the rise of the Famous Sword Manor. One can imagine how joyful he was.
In addition, there is sword practice, specifically the 'Long Sword Stance' created by Li Ling.
The elite guards of the manor, including the Thirty-Six Heavenly Generals and the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, who were quite skilled in swordsmanship, made great progress in their swordsmanship after practicing the 'Longsword Stance' for several months.
Their swords seemed to have acquired a spirit.
Over the past three years, not only has their internal strength improved rapidly with the help of Li Ling's spiritual liquid, but their swordsmanship has also made great strides.
Then there are 'Drunken Immortal Brew' and 'Drunken Immortal Pavilion'. Since Li Ling reached the Innate Realm a year and a half ago, his martial arts have stagnated, and he has turned his attention to his own power.
Li Ling developed the "Drunken Immortal Brew" wine. After he produced the "Drunken Immortal Brew", he worked with the thirty-six Heavenly Generals and seventy-two Earthly Fiends of Mingjian Manor to build over a hundred restaurants, all named "Drunken Immortal Restaurant". These restaurants were dedicated to serving the Drunken Immortal Brew and Li Ling's improved dishes, and were deeply loved and praised by the martial arts community.
This foundation not only brought rich returns to Mingjian Manor, but also expanded its information channels, allowing Mingjian Manor to receive news of any disturbances in the martial arts world immediately.
Zui Xian Niang is a distillation process that Li Ling learned from modern society, and then added 'esters' made by modern technology, which are additives, to make the brewed wine more fragrant and delicious.
Li Ling had read extensively in the real world and had specifically researched modern brewing techniques before entering this world. Applying modern techniques to the Southern Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago would easily win over these martial arts practitioners who usually only drank murky, coarse wine.
Moreover, Li Ling also possessed culinary skills inherited from the 'Witch' world, which he used to teach modern dishes to the restaurant's chefs, who were selected from the servants who were affiliated with the Famous Sword Manor.
This combination of fine wine and delicious food immediately won over the palates of the martial arts practitioners.
Of course, there were some troublemakers during this period, but relying on the reputation of Mingjian Villa, and with second- or first-rate martial artists stationed in each restaurant, they were not afraid of these people causing trouble.
They can only cause trouble for a short time. After that, you can expect the revenge from the hundreds of second-rate and first-rate martial artists, and even innate masters, of the Famous Sword Manor.
In summary, Li Ling has brought many changes to Mingjian Manor over the past three years. In the hearts of everyone in Mingjian Manor, Li Ling is the pillar of the manor besides the old manor lord. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a separate entity or event.)
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Chapter 151 The Division of the Intent of Heaven and Earth
Inside the woods.
A young man in a blue robe, holding a sharp sword, looked up at the withered yellow leaves on the big tree and swiftly kicked the trunks of three surrounding trees three times in quick succession.
"Whoosh!" The tree trembled violently, and a large number of leaves fell from the sky.
When the first leaf fell to within three inches of his head, Li Ling's Azure Water Sword moved!