Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 1537: Chapter 1536 Third Stage!

Lin Dong reached the third floor.

The third floor was slightly smaller than the second floor.

Its layout was similar to the second floor, with an ever-burning lamp placed in the center. The walls were adorned with many murals.

The murals on the third floor were similar to those on the second floor.

However, the content was obviously different.

After arriving, Lin Dong saw an elder monk dressed in white, sitting on the ground.

The breath of the elder monk was unfathomable.

He seemed to possess some mysterious technique to hide his breath, such that even Lin Dong could not detect the slightest trace of it.

After sensing for a while, he found that, based on his breath, he seemed just like a common person!

Such a profound technique for concealing one’s breath made Lin Dong envious.

”You are the first one so young to challenge this level,” said the elder monk, speaking slowly with his back to Lin Dong.

Lin Dong laughingly said, ”Senior, I have a question. Are you using some mysterious stealth technique, which is why I can’t detect your true cultivation level, or is it that your cultivation has reached the Ninth Stage Grandmaster’s strength?”

Right now, Lin Dong was at the strength of an eighth-level Grandmaster, and he couldn’t see through his opponent for only two possible reasons.

One was that the other party might be using some profound and unfathomable stealth technique.

The other was that his cultivation was higher than Lin Dong’s.

Hearing Lin Dong’s question, the other party laughingly said, ”Of course, I am using some kind of stealth technique.”

”How about it, is my stealth technique impressive? Not to mention your eighth-level Grandmaster Realm, even some Heavenly Realm Martial Artists might not be able to detect it.”

”Oh? Even some Heavenly Realm Martial Artists might not be able to detect it?” Lin Dong was quite surprised and even more envious.

”Yes, not to mention those below the Heavenly Realm. As long as I use this stealth technique, no one can detect it! Among the Heavenly Realm Martial Artists, there are naturally strong and weak ones. The weaker Heavenly Realm Martialists can’t detect it either... So, are you that interested, wanting to learn it?”

While speaking, the elder monk smiled and inquired towards Lin Dong.

Lin Dong was taken aback and honestly responded, ”Yes, would you be willing to teach me?”

”Why wouldn’t I be willing? If you are gifted enough to learn it, it’s your own ability,” the elder monk laughingly said. ”However, let me say something unpleasant beforehand. My time is limited, I will only teach you for the time it takes one incense stick to burn. If you cannot learn it in that time, then I apologize.”

Lin Dong nodded and casually asked, ”I wonder, Senior, how long did it take you to learn this stealth technique?”

”Not long, not long, just thirty years,” said the elder monk with a smile.

”Pfft—” Lin Dong almost spat out a mouthful of blood, ”No way, Senior, it took you thirty years to learn it, and now, you’re only giving me half an incense stick’s time?”

The elder monk rubbed his shiny bald head and said with a smile, ”You’re highly gifted, young man, I have high hopes for you.”

Lin Dong rolled his eyes at him, thinking that maybe this old monk didn’t really want to teach him?

”Not willing? Then forget it, I won’t teach,” the elder monk said, spreading his hands.

”No no no, Senior, please start teaching me right away, even if it’s just for the duration of one incense stick,” Lin Dong quickly said.

The elderly monk nodded with a smile and then truly began to impart the stealth technique to him.

”This stealth technique is called ’Dragon’s Breath.’ It was created by Yangxin Upper People back in the day and then passed on to me.”

”Me? In order to learn many of his cultivation methods, I agreed to guard this tower for four hundred years.”

”Dragon’s Breath is one of them.”

”Listen well, this verbal incantation for ’Dragon’s Breath,’ I will only pass it on to you once.”

”If you wish to safeguard your life, first calm your spirit’s breath. Once the breath is the mother of the spirit, the spirit becomes the child of breath. If spirit and breath are unified, there will be eternal life...”

Lin Dong listened attentively, and after he finished reciting all the incantations for ’Dragon’s Breath,’ he realized the duration of one incense stick had indeed passed.

After he finished, the elder monk asked with a smile, ”So, have you learned it?”

”Ugh—” Lin Dong felt like he was about to vomit blood, truly impressed by the old monk.

”No way, just reciting the ’Dragon Breath’ mantra took the time of one incense stick. What about the rest? Aren’t you going to mention anything else? Like how to condense Qi, or any precautions to take during cultivation?”

The old monk spread his hands, ”No, just one mantra. Have you memorized it? Actually, it doesn’t matter if you didn’t, because it’s written on the wall. Look, those small characters on that wall are the ’Dragon Breath’ mantra...”

Lin Dong was even more speechless.

It seemed he had been taught a lonely lesson.

However, Lin Dong had an extraordinary memory, capable of never forgetting anything he saw.

Although the old monk had recited the ’Dragon Breath’ mantra to him only once, he managed to remember it all.

After memorizing the mantra, he seriously contemplated it.

He realized it was naturally impossible to master ’Dragon Breath’ instantly.

He thought it would be better to study it slowly later.

At the moment, he asked the old monk, ”Senior, may I know how to pass this Third Stage?”

”It’s simple, defeat me while we are at the same stage,” the old monk said with a smile.

Lin Dong nodded, then said, ”Okay, let’s start.”

Lin Dong found that his cultivation level had been suppressed to that of a Seventh Stage Grandmaster.

This indicated that the old monk’s true strength was also at the Seventh Stage Grandmaster.

With a ”swoosh,” the old monk’s figure moved like a wandering dragon towards Lin Dong.

His figure split into eight.

”Grandmaster-level Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm!” Lin Dong spoke, recognizing the national art technique used by the other.

The Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm was once considered on par with Tai Chi among the internal fist techniques, although it eventually fell slightly short. However, if it claimed to be the third, no other internal fist would dare to claim they were the second.

Being able to cultivate the Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm to Grandmaster-level strength was indeed a rarity.

At this moment, Lin Dong looked towards the eight figures, seeking to break the opponent’s Grandmaster-level Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm, first needing to discern which of the eight figures was real.

Lin Dong immediately activated his ability to see through both eyes, a golden glint flashing across his vision, discerning the real figure among the eight.

Then, Lin Dong used Grandmaster-level Tai Chi!

With a ”swoosh,” both their figures moved like afterimages, entwining in the confined space of the tower.

If a common person were here, they wouldn’t even be able to clearly see their fighting figures.

”Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”

The two appeared at times in the east side, at times in the west side, and at times in the middle, fighting fiercely.

After hundreds of rounds, Lin Dong suddenly exerted strength, pushing him back a few steps.

”Tai Chi truly is the nemesis of Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm, kid, to cultivate Tai Chi to the Grandmaster Realm at such a young age, you are really impressive.”

”I just wonder if you understand the fusion of the two national arts.”

With that, he stepped back.

One hand executed the Wandering Dragon Bagua Palm, and the other the Xingyi Fist.

Both at Grandmaster-level!

”Kid, in internal martial arts, there is a saying, ’Xingyi plus Bagua, even ghosts and gods fear.’”

”Come experience my fusion of these two Grandmaster-level fist techniques!”

Seeing this, Lin Dong laughingly said:

”Senior, have you ever seen the fusion technique of internal and external martial arts?”

With that, under the surprised gaze of the old monk, he executed Tai Chi with one hand and Baji with the other.