Chapter Fifty-Three: The Liao Family Arrives

  Gravity Room Inside.

  He stuck to the stone wall with his left middle finger pointing to the ground, his body inverted, and his whole body's blue veins bulging.

  A moment later, he switched to the ring finger, continuing to maintain an inverted posture, and then every minute, he changed one finger, cycling repeatedly.

  A cycle ended, Shi Yan sat on the bluestone floor with big sweat drops, stretching out his left hand and releasing the negative aura from a certain acupoint in his arm.

  A wisp of white misty air, coiled around his arm, quietly fluttering in front of him as it changed with his thoughts.

  A faint, weak essence escaped from his fingertips, and was swallowed by the white mist that lingered in front of him.

  The delicate mist is like a wandering snake, winding and flowing in the white fog...

  A white fog and essence slowly mixed, rotating into a small whirlpool, a strange suction force suddenly transmitted from that whirlpool.

  The suction came together, and that entire area of space seemed to suddenly collapse and shrink...

  The air nearby was instantly sucked in, and the space seemed to sink suddenly, giving people a very heavy feeling.

  The stone rock's double pupils shone brightly, staring unwaveringly at the small "domain field", concentrating his mind to feel the mysterious power from the "domain field", and injecting another portion of essence into it.

  After this essence was injected, the power of the "domain" not only did not increase, but on the contrary, the mysterious force from the "domain" actually weakened a lot.

  "Huh?"

  Shi Yan let out an exclamation and was stunned for a moment.

  After thinking for a while, he seemed to have figured out some trick and immediately stopped injecting Jingyuan. Instead, he poured the negative white mist that was wrapped around his arm into some of the "domain field".

  When those white mists composed of negative auras entered the "domain field", the originally weakening "domain field" suddenly strengthened rapidly.

  Staring at the "domain" for a full 10 seconds, Shi Yan finally withdrew the two forces he had applied to the "domain".

  "The domain field" vanished into thin air.

  After this cultivation, he came to a conclusion - "Domain Field" wants to maintain its strong effect, the two powers injected into it must be averaged, only when the two powers are roughly equal, can the "Domain Field" always maintain its dominance.

  If one of the forces becomes too strong, it will not only fail to enhance the power of the "domain field", but also disrupt the balance, causing the overall power of the "domain field" to be greatly weakened.

  The two forces injected into the "domain field" can be strong together or weak together, but cannot have one side strong and the other side weak.

  It is necessary to maintain precision on balance, otherwise it will be difficult to exert the power of "domain field" to the greatest extent.

  During this period, Shi Yan was immersed in the two martial arts of "Finger Gun" and "Magnetic Field Domain". Apart from eating, drinking, urinating and defecating, all his energy was spent on bitter practice.

  After a month of inhuman torture on himself, his "Gun Finger" technique showed significant improvement.

  Now, each of his fingers can hold on for a minute.

  His ten fingers' joints had become increasingly hardened, and after petrification, his ten fingers struck each other, even able to produce the sound of metal clashing.

  Every time he finished practicing "Zhi Gun Jue", he would study the spiritual-level martial skill "Cí Fǔ Yù Chǎng".

  Each time he cultivated, he didn't dare to release all the negative breath in his body's acupoints. Instead, he only used a small portion of the negative energy from one arm to mix with the essence and comprehend the mysteries of the "Magnetic Domain Field".

  The "domain field" formed is small, but the principle is consistent.

  After repeated tests and refinements, his understanding of the "magnetic field" gradually deepened. Every now and then, he would discover a few more new insights into the "magnetic field".

  The more he delved into the "Magnetic Domain Field", the more he discovered that this spiritual martial art was profound and subtle, containing many unspeakable heavenly principles.

  The cultivation of spiritual martial arts is indeed a process of understanding the principles of heaven and earth.

  Shi Yan sat there, covered in stinky sweat, frowning and deep in thought.

  "Ouch!"

  The door of the gravity room was pushed open, and Han Zhong walked in with a shake of his head, shouting: "Yan Ge, the master wants you to go to the living room."

  "Is there a guest in the living room?" Shi Yan glanced at him and frowned, "Didn't he tell me not to leave the gravity room unless necessary? Is there an important guest this time?"

  "Zuo Xiao has arrived, and with him is also Zuo Shi. " Han Zhong stood at the entrance and explained: "Zuo Xiao just returned from Yunwu Mountains, bringing back Zuo Shi from her master Chi Xiang, and happened to pass by our Shi family on the way, wanting to discuss the martial arts competition with the head of the household."

  Zuo's family is also one of the five major families in Shangmeng, and they have always been close with Shi's family.

  The Zuo family's martial soul is the "Phantom", when engaging in combat, a vivid and lifelike "phantom" will appear beside members of the Zuo family. The more formidable the member of the Zuo family, the more "phantoms" can appear during battle, with up to seven or eight appearing at once. These "phantoms" can also move around and perform different actions, making it impossible for others to distinguish reality from illusion.

  There was a "phantom" martial soul present, and the Left Family had an advantage from the start in their battle against others.

  The opponent's attack often hits the "phantom" body, and the left family can calmly exhaust the opponent to death.

  This "phantom" is not only widely used in battle, but also has endless uses when escaping.

  When a member of the Zuo family's life is threatened, they can split into several "phantoms" that escape in different directions simultaneously. If their opponent is alone, they can only choose one direction to pursue.

  After catching up, it's very likely that what you're chasing is just a "phantom", and the real person has long since disappeared.

  If luck catches up with the real body, then the left family will again transform into "phantom" and continue to escape in several directions, guessing like a riddle that makes you keep guessing.

  If you're messed with by the left family like this for a while, your opponent will directly collapse and won't be able to muster up the thought of counterattacking again.

  "Oh, I see." Shi Yan nodded and picked up the blue warrior suit from the ground, putting it on. He then walked towards the Gravity Room door and said, "Let's go."

  "Hey, Rocky, aren't you going to take a bath?" Han Zhong covered his nose and waved his hand, saying: "You're all sweaty and stinky."

  "I won't wash it, anyway I'll be back soon."

  "Don't you want to leave a good impression in front of Zuo Shi?" Han Zhong's expression was strange, "Zuo Shi is the famous Water Spirit Girl of Shang Meng, Tian Xiao and Tian Luo are all trying to curry favor with her, don't you want to join in and develop something with Zuo Shi?"

  "What's with the poem?" Shi Yan was taken aback, a bright light suddenly flashed through his mind, and for no reason, he felt a few points of sourness in his heart. He shook his head and said, "This girl seems to have some connection with me..."

  "Of course it matters!"

  Han Zhong chuckled and said, "This girl was born on the same day as you. It was so coincidental that your grandfather and Zu Xiao almost arranged a marriage for the two of you directly. However, on the third day after birth, 'phantom' appeared on Zuo Shi's body, while your body didn't have petrification... Uh, then this matter was never mentioned again, both sides silently chose to forget..."

  He paused for a moment, then let out a sigh and continued: "This is normal. Zuo Shi has a martial soul, but you didn't show yours at first. For the Shi and Zuo families, descendants without martial souls will have difficulty achieving great things in the future, so they won't focus on cultivating them. The Zuo family would never marry someone with a martial soul like Zuo Shi to an ordinary person without one, and the Shi family wouldn't dare take advantage of this either. So in the end, it was just dropped."

  Memories hidden deep in his mind seemed to be torn apart by Han Zhong's words, Shi Yan stood there blankly, slowly sorting out the memories that had emerged in his mind, and after a while, he muttered softly: "That guy is still a sentimental person..."

  "Zuo Shi Tian has a great natural talent, is extremely intelligent and surpasses others. It's said that she is very lazy and doesn't like martial arts, her achievements can be said to have been forced out by the Zuo family. However, even so, her cultivation speed isn't slower than others, at 17 years old, she has reached the Second Heaven Realm! This is another miracle of our Merchant Alliance."

  Han Zhong shook his head and sighed, muttering to himself: "Bei Mingce was only at the Second Heaven stage at 17 years old, and he's always been diligent in his cultivation, never slacking off. But Zuo Shi sleeps all day, strolls around town, and reached the Second Heaven stage at 17... If we're talking about innate talent, Zuo Shi might be even stronger than Bei Mingce."

  Shi Yan was silent, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

  He could feel a faint sense of melancholy in his heart, this feeling of melancholy was triggered by Zuo Shi...

  Memories were uncovered, and he realized that the owner of this body had been secretly in love with Zuo Shi all along, but unfortunately, Zuo Shi had never taken him seriously.

  Zuo Shi is very lazy and doesn't like to study hard. He likes calligraphy and painting, flowers, grass, trees, tea art, astrology...

  She has a wide range of interests, with extremely broad hobbies, seemingly without any ambition, yet she is naturally intelligent and can easily break through one barrier after another, effortlessly reaching the realm of the second heaven.

  Zuo Shi is not only exceptionally talented, but also extremely good-looking.

  The owner of this body had only seen Zuo Shi once, but he deeply engraved Zuo Shi's shadow in his heart. Unfortunately, this guy is not good at talking and has self-awareness, so he never expressed it.

  Typical unrequited love.

  "Really......" Stony's eyes widened for a moment, and his voice drew out as he laughed: "So it seems that this girl is indeed a genius?"

  "Absolutely!"

  Han Zhong nodded, "Otherwise, Chi Xiao of the Yunwu Mountains wouldn't have insisted on taking Zuo Shi as his apprentice after meeting her three years ago and bringing her to the Yunwu Mountains. Chi Xiao is a strong practitioner in the Tianwei realm, and in the Shang Alliance, Lihuo Empire, and Shenyu Empire, he is one of the top few experts. It's said that Beiming Xiang had also suffered at his hands back then."

  "Oh." Shi Yan's expression was indifferent as he said, "Can we leave now?"

  "Hmm, I've said so much, and you're not moved? Not even planning to tidy up your appearance, make yourself look refreshed, and leave a good impression on others?" Han Zhong sighed bitterly.

  "This little girl is so popular, with Chi Xiao and Zuo Xū closely watching from behind. I definitely won't have a chance to get this tender white cabbage now, so there's no need to waste my efforts."

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