Chapter 32

Practicing martial arts was an irresistible temptation for Chinese youths. Who hadn’t dreamed of martial arts when they were young? Oh, the dream is of mythical martial arts now.

Although The Storm Riders was set against a martial arts background, there were also dragons, phoenixes, and qilins. The power of the martial arts was also mysterious and fantasy-like, so it is not far off to call this mythical martial arts as well.

The Six Arts of Proud Frost was the Nie Family’s heirloom saber technique. It could be said that it was only passed down to sons and not daughters. Originally, it should not be taught to Tang Lin. However, Tang Lin’s identity was too special. He was personally summoned by Nie Renwang himself. In addition, Tang Lin saved his life, which was equivalent to saving his son Nie Feng’s life.

With such a debt of kindness and the original pact, Nie Renwang didn’t mind teaching Tang Lin the Six Arts of Proud Frost in advance.

“If you wish to cultivate the Six Arts of Proud Frost, you have to first learn the Ice Heart Mantra. This is the foundation. Remember these incantations — Heart as clear as ice, still when sky collapses. Stable through myriad changes, mind calm and breath stable. Forget yourself and focus on one, six roots are stable. Abstain, reflect, develop your Qi, do nothing be nothing…”

Hearing Nie Renwang recite so much, Tang Lin was a little surprised. Weren’t there only the first two sentences in the movie? He didn’t dare to complain about this detail. Tang Lin quickly took out his phone to record it, afraid that he would miss out on anything.

The incantation alone wasn’t enough. Nie Renwang had to explain the meaning to Tang Lin word by word. Then, he had to teach Tang Lin how to adjust his breathing and mind when reciting the incantation to achieve a state where there were no distracting thoughts, and his heart and mind were as clear and transparent as ice.

To maintain this state, such that he would not be distracted no matter how much interference there was from the outside world, such that he would remain calm even if there was a thunderstorm raging around him. At this state, his senses would be greatly enhanced, everything around him could be clearly sensed and felt. He could control everything around him without using his ears or eyes.

Such a mysterious realm… Of course, Tang Lin couldn’t do it.

Just reciting the incantation and practicing the rhythm of his breathing made him relive the fear of being dominated by mathematics during the college entrance examination. As the saying goes, friendships would end, love would fade, difficulties would make you suffer, and life would make you capitulate… Only mathematics wouldn’t (One just wouldn’t master mathematics!).

Tang Lin now felt that he didn’t know the Ice Heart Mantra at all. No matter how hard he tried to adjust his breathing, calm his mind, and focus according to Nie Renwang’s guidance, he still had no clue about the so-called Heart-as-clear-as-Ice Realm.

Afraid that he would misunderstand, Tang Lin even specially exchanged for the translation function, but he didn’t feel anything after practicing for a few hours.

Tang Lin couldn’t help but say to the system, “I’m a transmigrator no matter what, and an advanced latitude life form that has entered a low-latitude plane. Can you at least let me use a hack?”

The emotionless system naturally didn’t respond. Tang Lin could only lie feebly on the ground. He needed to be close to the ground to comfort his wounded soul.

Seeing Tang Lin in this state, Nie Renwang didn’t say anything. Instead, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. With Tang Lin’s huge size, if he mastered the Ice Heart Mantra and the Six Arts of Proud Frost, how earth-shattering would his power be? It would probably be like a natural disaster with every stroke powerful enough to split rivers.

Nie Renwang was a man of his word. There was no misdirection in the instructions just now, but it was indeed a little perfunctory. He did not correct many of the mistakes in Tang Lin’s breathing and expiration.

In this manner, it would take Tang Lin several times longer to enter the sect. Looking at his aptitude now, just mastering the Ice Heart Mantra would take several years. In the future, it would take at least a few decades to cultivate the Six Arts of Proud Frost.

He didn’t know how long this Kua Fu giant could live, but Nie Renwang was very certain that this giant would not be able to master the Six Arts of Proud Frost in his lifetime.

How could Tang Lin possibly know the twists and turns that were within? He thought that he really didn’t have any aptitude for martial arts, or that a zen martial arts like the Ice Heart Mantra was not suitable for his impetuous personality. However, after lying down for a while, he felt unwilling to concede defeat. Even if he was not the protagonist and could not master it to the level of the future Nie Feng, how could he not even learn the basics?

The Nie family’s martial arts were to be passed down to their descendants. Could it be that all the descendants of the Nie family would be geniuses?

The basis of the Ice Heart Mantra was to calm one’s mind and to allow one to be in a relatively relaxed and comfortable state. Then, one would increase their perception of their surroundings. In that case, Tang Lin felt that lying down was the most comfortable state for him.

The Earth Child gave Tang Lin a powerful self-healing ability. When lying on the ground, it was especially comfortable. If not for the fact that he was afraid of dirtying his clothes, lying on the ground was actually more comfortable than sleeping in a sleeping bag.

“If that was the case.”

Tang Lin closed his eyes and tried to lie down and recite the incantation.

The situation this time was different from before.

Tang Lin’s breathing changed with the incantation. At first, it was a little hurried, but it slowly became long, and his entire temperament changed.

Nie Renwang was just rejoicing one moment ago, now that he saw that Tang Lin had actually entered a meditative state, it was obvious that he had mastered the beginner level of the Ice Heart Mantra. Although it was only the beginner level, as long as he could grasp this feeling, there would be no problem for him to continue mastering.

Nie Renwang sighed. As expected of a giant that only existed in myths, there should be no issue for him to master mortal martial arts.

Tang Lin didn’t know what Nie Renwang was thinking. He only felt that he had entered a strange state. He couldn’t see or hear anything, but the tremors from the ground on his back became clearer. Previously, he had also felt the ground sink a kilometer away in the real world, but this time, the range was even further.

Countless tremors came from all directions. Tang Lin could even sense the vibrations caused by the feet of tiny people that were the size of insects. In addition, the sound of the wind blowing across the ground, the squirming of small animals and real insects underground…

This sensor range was constantly expanding, extending all the way from the dense forest where Tang Lin was, and covering the entire Wushuang City. This range, even going by Tang Lin’s size, was more than ten times larger than the previous sensor range.

In other words, if Tang Lin entered this state in the real world, he could sense vibrations within a 10-kilometer radius. Moreover, the level of precision was such that he could even sense the crawling of ants.

However, this state did not last long because Tang Lin realized that there was too much information brought about by the tremors, making his head feel a little swollen. He could not distinguish the meaning behind the tremors one by one and could only withdraw from this state.

He sat on the ground again. The feeling just now was really shocking. For a moment, Tang Lin thought that he had become an omniscient god. Nothing could escape his senses. Moreover, after leaving that state, Tang Lin felt a strange energy in his body that was circulating uncontrollably.

When Nie Renwang saw Tang Lin sat up again, he sighed and said, “You can master the first form of the Six Arts of Proud Frost now.”

When Tang Lin heard this, he muttered to himself, “Am I destined to level up just by lying down?”