Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 158: 158

Lin Dong signed the Life-and-Death Certificate at the War Department and handed it over to Xiao Jiu.

Thereafter, Xiao Jiu dispatched those eight Martial Arbiters to deliver it to Liu Qingshan’s residence.

Without waiting for a response, Lin Dong bid farewell and left the War Department!

After Lin Dong’s departure, Ye Linglong remarked:

”Southern King, do you think Liu Qingshan will agree to this ’decision of life and death’ challenge?”

Without a second thought, Southern King Xiao Jiu nodded and said, ”Of course, he will!”

”Oh? Why are you so certain, Southern King? Liu Qingshan, just like me, is one of the Three Heroes of Jiangnan and has yet to make a breakthrough to the Mystic Realm. He is not yet considered a Martial Arts Master. Moreover, their intelligence system would certainly have information about Master Lin defeating me.”

”Given that, would Liu Qingshan dare to accept the challenge?”

Xiao Jiu smiled, shook his head, and said:

”Ling Long, you are underestimating Liu Qingshan. Do you know why he did not participate in the Tiger Rankings this time? It’s because he was hiding his capabilities!”

”This man has also broken through to the Gold Realm and has become a Mystic Realm Expert. If he participated in the Tiger Rankings, he could have made it into the top ten being only twenty-nine years old!”

The words of Xiao Jiu startled Ye Ling Long, ”Are there really people who would give up the chance to become famous by being in the top ten of the Tiger Rankings?”

”The top ten in the Tiger Rankings is a must for those who wish to join major forces like the War Department and Longmen. But for someone like Liu Qingshan, who is already twenty-nine and uninterested, what difference does it make whether he secures a ranking or not?”

”On the contrary, it’s better to hide his capabilities so that he won’t easily come under the radar of foreign forces.”

”You know how crazy those foreign forces are nowadays. Like poisonous snakes, they lurk in the dark, killing off the young geniuses of our Dragon Country’s Martial Arts World.”

Listening to Xiao Jiu’s words, Ye Ling Long gradually calmed her emotions, but she still harbored a shred of doubt.

Was Liu Qingshan truly a Mystic Realm Expert already?

There doesn’t seem to be a single Mystic Realm Expert under thirty years old in Jiangnan Province... Ah, I forgot about that monster Lin Dong.

The first one apart from Lin Dong!

Of course, both she and Bai Xiaolou have the opportunity later on. After all, neither of them has yet reached thirty. Especially her, Ye Ling Long, who was only twenty-three!

But that’s the future, not now!

”Report, the Martial Arbiters have returned!”

Just at that moment, a voice sounded from outside the door.

”Let them in,” commanded Xiao Jiu with an authoritative tone.

Subsequently, the eight Martial Arbiters entered.

They brought back the Life-and-Death Certificate signed by Liu Qingshan.

They also reported to Xiao Jiu what they had witnessed at Liu Qingshan’s home.

”Internal strength allowing him to split mountains with a single arm. Liu Qingshan was indeed concealing his abilities!” murmured Xiao Jiu.

Ye Ling Long was taken aback, furrowing her brow and saying:

”Southern King, since Liu Qingshan has also become a Mystic Realm Expert and entered the ranks of Martial Arts Masters, doesn’t that mean Master Lin is in danger?”

Xiao Jiu Laughingly Said, ”What’s the matter? Worried about him? I’ve heard about your bet with him. If he dies, your bet would be null and void, wouldn’t that be better for you?”

Ye Ling Long’s face flushed as she recalled the bet she made with Lin Dong at the Ye Family.

She still owed Lin Dong a night!

”Southern King, please stop teasing me. I just genuinely feel it would be such a waste if Master Lin died in this duel. After all, a Martial Arts Master at the age of twenty is a rare talent, such geniuses in the entire Dragon Country can be counted on one hand,” Ye Ling Long explained.

Xiao Jiu nodded slightly, then reassured her:

”Don’t worry, Liu Qingshan might have been concealing his abilities, but this youngster is not simple either. I can’t even see the full extent of his strength. Perhaps, he is not just at the Master level!”

”I even tend to favor him more in this fight...”

Upon hearing this, Ye Linglong’s eyes sparkled even more shocked than before.

”Not just a master, could he be an Energy Conversion Grand Master? A twenty-year-old Energy Conversion Grand Master!?”

At that thought, she shuddered, disbelieving.

...

After leaving the War Department, Lin Dong returned to the Southern Capital Hospital.

This time at the War Department, besides learning that they wanted to use the position of Southern Capital’s Army Chief to recruit him, he also signed the ’Life-and-Death Certificate’.

Beyond that, he had a good talk with the Southern King Xiao Jiu.

From him, he also learned much more about the Martial Arts World.

In the Martial Arts Circle, martial artists are divided into the Gold Realm, the Mystic Realm, the Earth Realm, and the legendary Heavenly Realm in terms of strength.

For example, martial artists with Gold Realm strength are considered entry-level. These martial artists are often experts who master a national art.

For instance, Zhou Tong, the ’Boxing King’ whom Lin Dong had previously killed, was a Gold Realm expert, a master of Tong Arm Fist, and had achieved proficiency in it!

Similarly, the current Ye Linglong, she is also a Gold Realm expert, who has mastered the Twelve Routes Tan Kick to proficiency.

One step above that is the Mystic Realm expert.

Those who reach the level of Mystic Realm expert are among the best in the world of martial artists.

Many people in their lifetimes never reach this realm.

In recent times, quite a few well-known Mystic Realm experts have emerged.

Such as the Wing Chun Sect Master Yip Man, the Hung Ga Sect Master Wong Fei-hung, the Bagua Palm Sect Master Gong Baotian, and so on...

However, there are disparities even among Mystic Realm experts!

They are divided into two levels, the Internal Strength Master Level and the Energy Conversion Grandmaster Level.

Someone at the level of an Internal Strength Master would typically rank within the top ten of the Tiger Rankings!

As for Energy Conversion Grandmasters, they have already reached the level where they can appear on the Dragon Rankings!

Regarding the realms above, the Earth Realm and the Heavenly Realm, Xiao Jiu did not elaborate much to Lin Dong, because even he knew very little about those two realms.

He only knew that the current first in the Dragon Rankings was just an Earth Realm expert.

Heavenly Realm experts seem to exist only in the annals of Martial Arts History, perhaps no longer present in the current world!

Having understood all this, on the way back, Lin Dong was constantly pondering one question.

”What realm do I belong to now?”

Lin Dong found he seemed to be an exception.

He cultivated the Nine Shift Longevity secret, and his level was calculated according to the Nine Shifts. Currently, at the third level, he could use many skills that normal martial artists could not.”

Such as after Unlocking Seven Orifices, abilities like X-Ray, Listening, Tracking were not something ordinary martial artists could use.

Moreover, his cultivation focused more on cultivating Qi!

Therefore, which specific realm he belongs to among the Heavenly, Earth, Mystic, or Gold realms, even he was not sure.

As he was thinking about this, he suddenly saw a person from the window of the Uber car sneak into an alley.

Lin Dong frowned, noticing that it was actually Huang Hua.

”Driver, stop the car!”

Lin Dong was determined to see what Huang Hua was up to, sneaking around like that...