Chapter 7: Semi-Saint!

  The body of the Ninth Princess did not hesitate in the slightest and stepped towards the sixth floor.

  As soon as she stepped up, her body trembled slightly, and after a moment, it gradually stabilized. Then, under the gaze of everyone, she walked to the seventh floor!

  The beautiful woman and the young man felt suffocated.

  At first, they didn't think much of it when Feng Wuji stepped onto the seventh level, but after experiencing it themselves, they realized how difficult this stone staircase was. Now, seeing Ninth Princess actually walk up to the seventh level, their hearts were filled with astonishment.

  At the moment when everyone was surprised, the body of Seventh Princess took another step forward.

  The eighth floor!

  Feng Wujie's face showed a look of astonishment. He had not expected that this weak and frail girl would be able to surpass him.

  At this time, the ninth princess's shadow fell on the eighth floor, her body trembled slightly, but she was unable to take another step and could only float lightly back down.

  Her face was somewhat pale, her forehead covered with fine sweat, and when she saw the crowd's surprised gaze, her face turned red.

  "Awesome!" Feng Wujie's eyes shone with admiration, and he gave a thumbs up: "At such a young age, you've achieved so much, I'm impressed!"

  The ninth princess smiled and said: "You're overpraising me."

  Feng Wujie smiled and waved his hand: "No need to be overly modest."

  Tang Lin raised his head and gazed at the ten-layered stone steps, with an unusual glow flickering in his eyes. These seemingly ordinary ten-layered stairs had stumped a group of martial arts geniuses.

  "Tang Shidi, you try it." Feng Wujie said to Tang Lin.

  Everyone cast their eyes on Tang Lin. Before that, they had heard Feng Wuji's words. The stunning beauty looked at Tang Lin with a gaze that did not contain the slightest disdain.

  Tang Lin nodded slightly and then walked towards the first step of the stairs.

  "I wonder how many levels I can climb?" Tang Lin thought to himself as he stepped onto the first level, and immediately felt a massive pressure suddenly descend upon him. This pressure was not just physical, but also mental.

  "Is this the pressure of the stone steps?" Tang Lin's eyes flashed, and his body quickly took three strides, arriving at the fourth step!

  The stunning beauty's face showed surprise. Although she had mentally prepared herself, seeing Tang Lin connect to the fourth layer so quickly still left her disbelieving.

  At this moment, Tang Lin's body took another step forward and arrived at the fifth floor.

  "The pressure of this fifth layer should be the limit of Wu Shen's body." Tang Lin felt the pressure here, estimating that with Nie Qing's strength, he should be able to stand on this layer. He didn't stop and exerted his Dragon Fist power, advancing towards the sixth layer.

  The Sixth Floor!

  The stunning beauty's eyes widened in shock. The young man standing beside him, however, had a gloomy expression. Originally walking on the third floor was already embarrassing enough, but unexpectedly, Tang Lin, who was even younger than him, had surpassed him!

  And there's so much more beyond!

  This humiliation was like an invisible slap in the face, hitting him hard.

  Feng Wujie stood beside him, still with a smile on his face, but his eyes revealed a serious gaze. Under his watchful eyes, Tang Lin's figure flashed and he arrived at the seventh floor!

  This step out, as if stepping on his heart, Feng Wujie's heart also skipped a beat.

  He is the seventh layer.

  Tang Lin has actually reached this level as well!

  The Ninth Princess standing beside him, her beautiful eyes shining with curiosity, from a young age to now, for the first time saw someone of similar age to herself, yet having almost the same strength as herself.

  Born with a sacred body, she has the unique conditions of heaven and earth. Since childhood, there have been saints and masters by her side to explain martial arts, and she has always surpassed her peers.

  Her life was dull, every day was just martial arts practice.

  Practicing martial arts non-stop.

  A set of boxing skills practiced repeatedly.

  She has no rival, nor does she have friends.

  This deep loneliness is like being abandoned by the entire world. Others envy her prestigious status, envy her excellent martial arts skills, but no one knows that she has always been lonely, and every day can only stare blankly at the window.

  When a person is lonely, they will have time to think.

  So lonely people always mature a lot.

  When she saw Tang Lin, her heart was filled with curiosity.

  What kind of boy is this?

  He wasn't born with a sacred body and didn't have an illustrious background, so why did he have such strong abilities?

  At her curiosity, Tang Lin's body took another step forward and arrived at the eighth floor!

  The ninth princess's eyes widened slightly, and there was no surprise in her pupils, but rather a hint of... excitement?

  The stunning beauty standing beside her was shocked, covering her red lips with her hand, unable to believe that Tang Lin could rival the Ninth Princess!

  At this time, Tang Lin, who was standing on the eighth floor, had a somewhat shaky body, as if he would fall down at any moment. However, not long after, Tang Lin's body gradually stabilized, seemingly getting used to such pressure, his body took another step forward.

  The ninth floor!

  Feng Wujie's pupils contracted, and he stared at Tang Lin in shock, his fist clenched tightly under his sleeve.

  The ninth princess behind him had a look of surprise and delight on her face, as if she had seen one of her own kind among a group of aliens.

  This strange feeling, those who have never experienced deep loneliness cannot understand.

  The stunning beauty lost her voice and said: "Is he going to directly step onto the tenth floor?"

  The young man who led several people to come, looked at Tang Lin with a shocking gaze. He had been stationed here for many years and had never seen any newcomer be able to reach the ninth floor!

  Even among the martial gods who have been cultivating here for many years, there are only a few who can reach the ninth floor!

  Watching Tang Lin's fierce momentum, several people almost suspected that Tang Lin would directly reach the tenth floor.

  However, in the midst of their speculation, Tang Lin's body suddenly shook violently and quickly fell backwards, returning to the front of the first stone step, retreating two or three steps before stopping.

  Everyone let out a sigh of relief in their hearts, and only then did they realize that at some point, cold sweat had appeared on their backs.

  Tang Lin wiped away the sweat on his forehead, taking big gulps of air as he stood on the ninth floor. He had already reached the limit of his physical endurance and was almost suffocating to death. If he forced himself to step onto the tenth floor, Tang Lin suspected that he would instantly die.

  "This stone staircase is truly strange, with a double pressure of spiritual power and mysterious force. One must possess great spiritual strength and physical strength to be able to walk on it."

  Tang Lin secretly thought to himself, "I have the 'Emotionless Painting' technique, my spiritual power is extremely strong. Adding on top of that, I've already cultivated 99 dragon patterns from the first layer of the 'Dragon Blood Scripture'. My physical strength has long surpassed that of a Martial God, yet I can only reach the ninth layer!"

  "These nine princesses must have mysterious kung fu, cultivating spiritual power and physical strength. Feng Wujie is also one of them, able to reach the seventh layer, his physical body has already surpassed the limits of a martial god, his spiritual power should also be at the level of photographic memory."

  Tang Lin secretly assessed the strength of these two people.

  At this time, the Ninth Princess and Feng Wuji both walked over. Feng Wuji let out a light sigh and said: "In the past, Nie Qing lost to you, it seems that he wasn't wronged after all. It looks like I still need to cultivate more before I can exchange blows with you."

  Tang Lin touched his nose, unsure of how to respond. If he was humble, it would seem too pretentious.

  "You're really impressive." The Ninth Princess looked at Tang Lin and softly asked: "How old are you this year?"

  Tang Lin looked at her bright eyes and white teeth, his face involuntarily turning red, and muttered: "I'm sixteen."

  "Sixteen?" The stunningly beautiful woman beside him looked at him in astonishment.

  She thought Tang Lin was around eighteen years old, after all, from his appearance alone, Tang Lin had already developed very maturely, with a resolute face like a knife cut, only with a hint of childishness.

  "Just as big as me." The Ninth Princess exclaimed: "You're really awesome."

  Tang Lin was stared at by her bright eyes, his heart racing wildly, and he felt that his two hands didn't know where to put them, so he could only scratch his head awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

  "You've been cultivating here for a while, and you should be able to break through to the tenth level soon." Feng Wujie smiled at Tang Lin: "It seems that you will become a saint before me."

  Tang Lin sincerely said: "Feng Shixiong, with your strength, you will also become a Saint soon."

  Feng Wujie smiled slightly.

  At this time, the young man who led several people over said to everyone: "You have all finished testing, I want to go back and record it. This Holy Temple Preparatory Camp has already brought you a complete understanding. I'll leave first." He waved his hand at Ninth Princess and turned around to leave.

  After he left, Tang Lin thought of Xiao Hui and immediately said: "I'll go to the courtyard first, see you all later." As he spoke, he glanced at Jiugong, but saw that she was staring at him, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly looked away, his face flushing bright red, hastily waving goodbye, and swiftly leaving.

  Back to the courtyard.

  Tang Lin told Xiao Hui about today's situation, and Xiao Hui exclaimed in surprise: "Really? That means you'll become a Half-Sage soon!"

  "Half-sage?" Tang Lin exclaimed: "Why not a sage?"

  Xiao Hui smiled and said: "Actually, a long time ago, martial artists were divided into nine realms, and the ninth realm is the Half-Saint Realm!"

  "The eight boundaries of a martial artist are to open up the orifices within the body, the eighth orifice is the eyes, and the ninth orifice is the brain!"

  "Once the aperture of the brain is opened, one can control spiritual power. With spiritual power, one can control wind and thunder, roam freely in the world without any restrictions. A person who has reached this state is much stronger than a martial god, and can easily trample on a martial god. Therefore, later on, this state was classified as the 'Half-Saint' state."

  "As for becoming a saint..."

  "There is still a very long way to go." Xiao Hui said to Tang Lin: "The little girl you mentioned, is the Ninth Princess, she was born with a sacred body, do you know what a sacred body is?"

  Tang Lin was taken aback.

  Although he had heard of "Holy Body" many times, he had never carefully thought about it.

  "To become a saint, one must condense the sacred body! And this little girl, as soon as she becomes a semi-saint realm, can directly condense the sacred body and become a saint! While you ordinary people, after reaching the semi-saint level, still need to condense your own sacred body." Little Gray explained.

  "So that's how it is." Tang Lin suddenly realized.

  "Work hard." Little Gray shrugged and said, "In the future when you can condense your Holy Body, I have a few powerful Holy Body Condensation techniques that I can teach you."

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