Chapter 9 Reward
After Lin Changqiang and Lin Hong stepped down, Lin Dong did not challenge them again. Lin Guangjiang, who was at the sixth level of the Body Tempering Realm, knew that he was no match for the others, so the clan competition came to an end quickly.

The final result was naturally that Lin Changqiang came in first, Lin Xia and Lin Hong tied for second, Lin Dong third, and Lin Guangjiang fourth.

In a hall in the backyard of the Lin family, some figures were sitting there, and the one sitting in the first place was the smiling Lin Zhentian, and below him were Lincoln, Lin Xiao and Lin Mang. Finally, it was Lin Changqiang and his group who had won the top five in this clan competition.

"Today, my Lin family has had two happy events." Lin Zhentian stroked his beard cheerfully, his eyes narrowed into slits, "First, Xiao'er's strength recovered to the Tianyuan realm, and then there was Chang Qiang and Ahong, showing outsiders and certain people what a deep brotherly love is."

After saying that, he looked at his second son Lin Mang and third son Lin Xiao with an expression of disappointment, which made Lin Mang turn his head away unnaturally. Lin Xiao also stood aside and smiled bitterly.

Lin Changqiang and Lin Hong, on the other hand, watched from the sidelines and pretended to be deaf and dumb tacitly. They dared not interrupt their elders' affairs.

"During the Lin clan competition, Xiao'er was defeated by Lin Langtian in one move and was half disabled, which cut off the hope of our Qingyang Town branch to return to the clan..." At this point, Lin Zhentian couldn't help but sigh, as if he had aged a little. He would only show such an attitude in front of his own people, "But at that time, Xiao'er was already the most outstanding talent in our branch. If he couldn't do it, could you do it?"

Under Lin Zhentian's gaze, Lin Mang lowered his head slightly and his breathing became heavier. Lin Xiao and Lin Dong, father and son, clenched their fists tightly.

"It's fine that outsiders are angry at Xiao'er, but how can you blame him? He also caused the younger generation to be hostile to each other. He is your brother, and we are a family!" After saying that, he looked at Lin Xiao on the side with displeasure, "Not to mention that you are so stubborn that you actually think so too, and you gave up on treatment. I was almost mad to death at the time!"

Lin Xiao had no choice but to smile and nodded.

"No matter what, it's good that you can cheer up. From now on, you two should learn to use the spear and Ahong carefully. If I find anyone making trouble again, don't blame me for being merciless!"

After explaining all this, seeing that Lin Xiao and Lin Mang did not refute, Lin Zhentian nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Lin Changqiang and the others with a kind look, and said with a smile:

"Grandpa is happy today. All five of you will get a share of the clan competition rewards, and Lin Changqiang's share will be doubled. In addition, you can use the family's martial arts hall from now on. If you need anything, just tell grandpa. Try to make a breakthrough before the hunting in Qingyang Town. By then, it will also help my Lin family gain momentum in Qingyang Town."

When Lin Dong and the others who were sitting there with nothing to do heard that they could freely browse through the family's martial arts school, their eyes lit up almost instantly. And when Lin Changqiang saw Lin Dong and Lin Hong's eyes shining, he was also very happy.

Late in the night, when everyone is asleep, a full moon hangs high in the sky like a mirror, and its soft moonlight fills the earth.

"Hunting activity? If I remember correctly, Lin Dong's future good brother Xiao Yan appeared in this event." Lin Changqiang sat cross-legged on the bed and tried hard to recall the plot.

The hunting event held every three years is the busiest time in Qingyang Town. Even people from outside Qingyang Town would come to join in the fun.

When it comes to hunting, we have to mention the three major forces in Qingyang Town, the Lei family, the Xie family and the Kuangdao Martial Arts School.

The Lei family and the Xie family are the native families of Qingyang Town. They have the richest heritage and are the most hostile to the outsiders such as the Lin family and the Kuangdao Martial Arts School.

Although the Kuang Dao Martial Arts School was established only a dozen years ago, its strength has grown by leaps and bounds, making both the Lei and Xie families dare not underestimate it in the slightest.

After these three major forces, it was the Lin family's turn, but that was before. After Lin Xiao recovered to the strength of the Tianyuan realm, the Lin family, which had four Tianyuan realm masters, barely had the qualifications to be on par with these three major forces. After all, even the Lei family, which had the strongest foundation, only had five Tianyuan realm masters. The hunting activities held every three years were jointly organized by these major forces. In fact, in the final analysis, it was just a training for the younger generation and another form of competition.

Thinking of this, Lin Changqiang smiled and took out a brocade box. Inside was the reward for this clan competition, four third-grade spiritual herbs!
"Before, I only noticed the benefits of assisting in cultivation, but I didn't realize that it also has a flaw."

That’s right, although the system is well described, you can choose any martial arts every day to gain martial arts experience, or choose any technique to gain perfect cultivation for twelve hours, but the experience gained in the Body Tempering Realm depends on tempering the body...

That is to say, before reaching the Earthly Realm, he had no way of increasing his cultivation through auxiliary training, and could only practice martial arts. Fortunately, there was still the way of absorbing elixirs, otherwise the progress of his cultivation would be slowed down a lot.

"System, absorb all spiritual medicines."

"Boom, absorption successful, about to be converted into energy, estimated conversion time: twelve minutes."

“Huh, comfortable.” Looking at the slowly increasing experience points, Lin Changqiang stretched lazily with satisfaction. “Although the converted energy is not as much as the ancestral stone, I don’t have to spend time absorbing it slowly, nor do I have to suffer from extreme pain like Lin Dong. It can be considered a win-win situation.”

Suddenly, Lin Changqiang's eyes flashed, as if he remembered something, and he quickly looked at his backpack.

"System, use a double experience card!"

"Boom! Double Experience Card was used successfully. Within seven days, experience gained in any form except the Inner Demon will be doubled. The remaining double experience time is: six days, twenty-three hours, fifty-nine minutes, and fifty-two seconds."

Seeing the system's prompt, Lin Changqiang finally breathed a sigh of relief. He almost forgot about the double experience card. Fortunately, he remembered it in time and only lost a little experience.

A few minutes later, the system prompt sounded again.

"Boom, the spiritual medicine conversion is complete. Congratulations to the host. Your cultivation has been raised to the eighth level of the Body Tempering Realm (22 percent)."

“If Lin Dong knew about this, he would start to doubt his life again.” Lin Changqiang smiled, as if he saw Lin Dong’s stunned expression, “Then just relax and take advantage of other people’s experience. When you reach the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm, you can use the Heart Demon Experience Card to ascend directly to the Earthly Element Realm!”

In fact, Lin Changqiang had thought about going directly to Lin Zhentian to ask for the Qing Yuan Gong. But firstly, he remembered that he couldn't practice the technique before reaching the Earth Yuan Realm, and secondly, Lin Zhentian might think that he was too ambitious and might not give it to him.

After thinking it over, Lin Changqiang still felt that instead of asking for it with a shameless face, it would be better to practice with peace of mind first, and then find other ways after breaking through to the Earth Yuan Realm.

With a decision in mind, Lin Changqiang stopped sitting there and washed up before lying on the bed and falling asleep. Although Lin Changqiang could now sleep without rest due to the recovery effect of Holy Light Guardian, for some reason, he would always feel irritable and listless if he didn't sleep for a long time.

(End of this chapter)