A lot of money was spent on wining and dining, and socializing. But when it came to really important matters, we were completely clueless and couldn't get anything done. The relationships built through entertainment and socializing only provided minor assistance, and we didn't even have anyone to offer guidance on important issues. It was a real waste of money.
In a few days, we'll be firing those who haven't finished their probationary period yet, and firing those who have. We need to reshuffle things up! Minhong can't let these guys corrupt the atmosphere!
Lin Yao never imagined that a simple question would make his mother, Lin Hongmei, think so much. He was only curious about Qiu Zuiyue's erudition; how could this guy be so good at foreign languages? He had originally thought that he was only proficient in traditional Chinese studies.
"Find Liu Wei and Sun Yifu. They have a keen sense of smell and are good at catching key information and creating hype." Lin Yao said, then hurried out. The two impatient kids downstairs were making a racket, and their voices could be heard all the way to the general manager's office. He had to keep his promise and have a good time at the amusement park.
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Stopping in her tracks, Yi An couldn't hide the astonishment on her face. She stared at Lin Yao in surprise, then turned to look at Elder Yi Potian, who was watching the battle from the side, without saying a word.
Another person who participated in the attack on Lin Yao also stopped all his actions. It was Yi Fei. Although he was also surprised, his expression was much better than Yi An's, who was speechless with surprise.
"Sir, what kind of move is this? How did it break through my defenses?" Yi Fei asked, voicing the question in the minds of everyone watching. He was the only one who knew Lin Yao best and was the most suitable to ask him the question.
After playing at the amusement park, Lin Yao dragged the two little ones directly to a clothing factory outside the East Third Ring Road. The area was sparsely populated and remote, making it the perfect place to practice martial arts.
With Yi Dao and Yi Gong personally taking care of their parents' safety, Lin Yao felt at ease. Almost no one below the Heavenly Realm could break through Yi Dao's barrier. Even martial artists at the peak of the Earthly Realm in ordinary families could only fight to a draw with Yi An, who was at the peak of the Earthly Realm. Therefore, the First Elder Yi Potian led all the other Yi family members to the clothing factory. He was very concerned about Lin Yao's training, and even more concerned about Lin Yao's safety during this critical period.
Xiao Cao seized the opportunity to go into seclusion. With Yi Potian's personal protection, Lin Yao was not worried about any accidents happening again. So he let Xiao Cao do her best to break through the barrier and strive to merge Ming Jin as soon as possible.
Having experienced the consequences of his own weakness, Lin Yao became more concerned with improving his strength than ever before. That's why, upon returning to the clothing department, he settled the two little ones in. He immediately pulled Yi Fei aside to spar, which attracted even more Yi family elders to watch. Of course, ordinary disciples were not qualified to watch, except for Yi Zuojun, who was "handpicked" by Lin Yao to observe.
Lin Yao initially wanted to adapt to his newly advanced Earth-level abilities through his battle with Yi Fei. Since this advancement was not of a normal nature, he had poor control over his true energy application and physical condition. Lin Yao wanted to improve through the battle, but unexpectedly, he benefited from it.
Yi Fei had long known that Lin Yao's defensive capabilities were extremely strong, and that Lin Yao could defend against attacks from other families at the top level of the Earth Realm for a short time. So, he initially used 50% of his power as usual, but he did not expect that it would be ineffective against Lin Yao this time.
Lin Yao's body was tempered by the primordial witch power, making his body extremely tough. In game terms, his "naked defense" was extremely high. Even without using true qi to defend, he could probably barely withstand a full-force attack from an ordinary early-stage Earth-level expert, provided that the attack did not hit any vital parts.
Originally, Yi Fei's control of 50% of his power was just enough to break through Lin Yao's defenses, causing him only slight pain, thus enhancing the combat effect. However, unexpectedly, after being withstood by Lin Yao's body, a surprising change occurred.
The primordial witch power that had been permeating all of Lin Yao's bones, blood, skin, and flesh had not truly merged with his body. After being struck by an external force that could break through his defenses, Lin Yao was pleasantly surprised to discover that some of the primordial witch power had begun to merge into his body. This conclusion was because the pain felt in the areas that had been struck once was lessened when they withstood the blow the next time, while other parts remained in the same condition as when they were first struck.
Lin Yao, who was observing his body very carefully, immediately discovered this secret. So he gradually reduced the protection of his medical true qi, allowing Yi Fei's attacks to hit his body to a greater extent, and increasing his physical strength amidst the increasingly intense pain.
Thus, a strange scene unfolded: Lin Yao, who possessed an extremely high status, kept sending different parts of his body to Yi Fei's palms in turn, yet his attacks never faltered.
Forearms, upper arms, shoulders, chest, back, legs, buttocks—except for his head, which Lin Yao hadn't actively sent to be beaten, he even had an impulse to send his little one there to get beaten too. He thought that the modification of his primal witch power might enhance his virility, but he barely managed to suppress this impulse, preventing the Yi family members watching from having their brains completely shut down.
Just as Yi Fei, who was hesitant, began to reduce his attack power, Lin Yao's killing move came.
The True Qi of Attributes, a deadly move with super strong defense-breaking ability, appeared in front of a living person for the first time. Of course, the living person mentioned here is someone who is destined not to be silenced because of this. For the first time, Lin Yao revealed part of his trump card to the Yi family, which can be regarded as making Yi Potian re-evaluate his self-protection ability.
As expected, Yi Fei suffered greatly under Lin Yao's attribute-based true energy attack, and the intense pain caused him to instinctively increase his power output. In the end, he only managed to barely match Lin Yao's power when he had used 80% of his strength. The two began to grit their teeth and attack and defend against each other, and the battle scene became more and more exciting.
Lin Yao, who had gradually adapted to this level of attack, became proud and asked Yi An to join the attack. He wanted to try fighting two against one, because he knew that Yi Fei and Yi An would not go all out against him. He also needed to hone his experience of fighting against many opponents. So the scene in front of him happened. Yi An, who was suffering from the effects of the elemental true qi, stopped and went on strike. He wanted to know why.
With no opponent, Lin Yao had no choice but to pause. He noticed that Elder Yi Potian was staring at him with burning eyes, and thought to himself that this guy thought he could find a new way for the Yi family disciples to cultivate. He was speechless.
This old man is obsessed with revitalizing the Yi family. He's not even satisfied with the family's rapidly growing strength, and he's even starting to plot against them again.
"Elder, this..." Lin Yao thought for a moment before continuing, "Didn't I say before that the cultivation technique I practiced had no offensive power? Now I've barely broken through and it has generated a tiny bit of offensive power."
"A tiny bit?!" Yi Fei protested. Having gotten to know Lin Yao's personality, he didn't hold back much when he spoke. With a contorted expression, he shouted, "You said a tiny bit, and it hurts like hell! It still hurts even now that I've stopped! It hurts so much!"
Yi Potian and the other elders, who knew Yi Fei well, were shocked to hear this. This most diligent disciple of the Yi family was the most composed and resilient. He never complained about ordinary pain, not even when he fainted from exhaustion while cultivating in Yanji.
The fact that he spoke to the guest elder with such an exaggerated expression and in such an impolite tone at this moment makes the authenticity of his words beyond doubt.
Is it really that painful? But this young master is only someone who has just advanced to the early stage of the Earth Rank. Not to mention that Yi Fei has already touched the peak of the Earth Rank, even a person at the mid-stage of the Earth Rank should not be able to break through the young master's defenses!
What's going on?
Everyone's foreheads were covered in question marks as they stared intently at Lin Yao, none of them saying a word. They couldn't very well ask directly; that would be too impolite, given Lin Yao's status.
"Yes, it hurts a lot!" Yi An, who had been standing silently to the side, confirmed Yi Fei's statement, and exaggeratedly made his body tremble slightly, as if he was in so much pain that he couldn't even control his limbs.
"Is it really that exaggerated?" Lin Yao was somewhat skeptical, but not certain. After all, he had never used this type of true energy on himself, and even if he had, it wouldn't have been effective. He was secretly pleased that he would never have to experience this kind of excruciating pain, but he was also a little regretful because he couldn't know how much pain his enemy was in, so he wouldn't be able to enjoy it to the fullest extent in the future.
Yi Potian was taken aback, feeling both gratified and disappointed.
The good news is that Lin Yao finally has a high enough ability to protect himself, and he is even a threat to top-level Earth Realm experts. He knew before that Lin Yao's defense was extremely strong. With this, he can barely deal with a top-level Earth Realm enemy without being defeated immediately. He may even be able to defeat a top-level Earth Realm expert after continuing to cultivate.
This is simply... Mr. is the most abnormal genius. It's only been a few months!
To Yi Potian's disappointment, he was unable to pass on this technique to any member of the Yi family. People are extremely secretive about cultivation methods, and many aristocratic families even have unique techniques passed down only to their sons, not daughters, and only to legitimate sons, not illegitimate ones.
Not to mention that Lin Yao's cultivation method must be top-notch, just the fact that Lin Yao had mentioned to him before that his method was ineffective against others, and that even his parents could not cultivate it, completely dispelled Yi Potian's idea of continuing to investigate.
He believed Lin Yao's words because Lin Yao's family had already experienced two kidnapping incidents. If there were such a powerful and quick way to improve one's strength, Lin Yao would definitely have his parents learn it.
Yi Potian had no doubt that Lin Yao, who possessed superb medical skills, had not considered this method. For Lin Yao, age was no longer an issue when it came to training. With just a few miraculous pills, combined with his miraculous golden needle technique and other unrevealed medical skills, it wouldn't be surprising if even a seventy or eighty-year-old man could start training again.
The fact that Luo Jimin and Lin Hongmei were ordinary mortals, and that they had not even practiced the Yi family's "Yi Jin Jue," confirmed to Yi Potian that Lin Yao's words were true.
"Fortunately, Master said he had a surprise for the Yi family, and Yi Fei also mentioned that Master had refined the 'Year-Reaching Pill.' This surprise should not only refer to the 'Year-Reaching Pill.' If so, it must be a big surprise." Yi Potian thought to himself, feeling itchy inside. He really wanted to know about the surprise Lin Yao mentioned as soon as possible, but he didn't want to ask directly.
"Sir, it hurts!" Yi Fei approached Lin Yao, his facial muscles still tense, showing that he was indeed suffering from pain.
"I used my true energy to dispel the parts you attacked, but I found that it consumed a lot of true energy and the effect was not good." Yi Fei was speaking to Lin Yao and explaining to the Yi family elders at the same time. "But I can't feel the true energy you injected into my body, I just feel pain. Those parts are being eroded. Is this poison?"
Lin Yao shook his head and smiled, without saying anything.
“In the future, you will be able to wear down even top-tier Earth-level or peak-level people with just this one move. Our next step is to train your sustained combat ability, as well as your evasion and escape skills. By then, no one will be able to leave you alone.” Yi Fei began his analysis, though the occasional spasms in his facial muscles showed that he was deliberately shirking his duties.
Lin Yao looked at Yi Fei pitifully and wondered if it really hurt that much. He decided to help him.
He walked up to Yi Fei, grabbed his wrist, and used his medical true energy to probe into his body, directly absorbing the remaining attribute true energy.