Chapter Seventeen Cause and Effect

  However, when Ling Jing's gaze fell on the "Bone" and "Body Method" items in his character attribute chart, his eyebrows furrowed slightly again. So far, he hadn't lit up any horizontal exercises or light body martial arts on the talent tree, and the expansion of martial arts column only had one style of martial arts, "Fast Sword Thirteen Styles". As a result, these two attributes haven't had much substantial effect on him so far.

  In terms of "body technique", it's still okay to say that this body had previously practiced the Hua Shan School's lightness skill, so his initial "body technique" value could reach 90.

  However, the Huashan School is known for its swordsmanship, and in terms of lightness skills, it's even slightly inferior to the Qingcheng School. Although he hasn't displayed his own lightness skills yet, this is probably just a mid-level martial art at best, and I estimate that the required talent points won't exceed four points.

  The martial arts on this innate tree are all lit up when the required innate points are met, and the more innate points there are, the higher the level and the stronger the power. For example, "Zhou Gong Sword" is a quasi-absolute art that requires eight innate points to be fully lit, which is already very close to the innate points required for absolute art martial arts.

  However, this "Zhou Gong Sword" is a martial art that only appears on the third layer of the talent tree, and it's still too early to talk about it before he accumulates fifty talent points.

  As for this "root bone" attribute, Ling Jing felt that it was indeed a bit of a chicken rib. The initial value of the "root bone" of this body was not high to begin with, and its arm strength was far inferior to that of Lin Hu Duan, let alone compared to those top-notch masters, who were absolutely far superior.

  Huashan School doesn't have any horizontal martial arts, if he wants to make full use of this attribute, he still has to rely on the innate tree system. However, even the lower and middle-grade martial arts in the second layer of the innate tree can only be unlocked after accumulating 15 talent points. This is really "a clever woman cannot cook without rice". He currently has a total of only three talent points.

  As for the two talent points obtained from the main quest just now, he added them to the "Internal Force" in the first layer of the talent tree without hesitation. Now the internal force attribute has changed from 170 to 223, but it is still some distance away from the threshold of Internal Force Third-Order 320.

  But he wasn't in a hurry for the time being, after all, ordinary people can only cultivate their internal energy step by step through hard practice. But he had a system in his hands, and completing one task could replace several months of hard cultivation. Moreover, he could also increase his internal energy through cultivation. At his current rate of internal energy growth, it was already many times faster than that of ordinary people.

  Ling Jing slightly moved his left arm, wanting to pull his hand out of the woman's grasp, but even in her sleep, she still tightly held onto his palm. His slight movement not only failed to free his hand but also caused the woman's grip to tighten, her eyelashes trembling as if she was about to wake up.

  He suddenly didn't dare to move again, and saw that the woman's eyelids trembled a few times, finally slowly opening her eyes. A pair of eyes like crystal were initially still a bit dazed, but only for a moment later did her gaze fall on his face, with a look of surprise and delight flashing in her eyes.

  The woman suddenly burst into tears of joy, released his palm, and threw herself into his arms, crying: "Thank heaven, you've finally woken up!"

  Soft jade warm fragrance, nose full of girl's light body scent, Ling Jing was a bit dizzy, feeling the soft body of the woman in his arms, but suddenly became somewhat at a loss.

  Yue Lingshan cried in Ling Jing's arms for a while before realizing that his body was somewhat stiff, with both hands awkwardly placed on either side of his body. Suddenly, she understood what had happened and her pretty face turned red as she sat up from his embrace and looked up at him.

  Ling Jing only then saw the girl's appearance clearly, the girl was about 17 or 18 years old, with skin as smooth as condensed fat, a beautiful and elegant face that was not common, a cherry-like small mouth that was not painted but red, delicate and charming. If only considering her appearance, she was comparable to Yi Lin.

  But for some reason, as soon as he saw the girl's stunning beauty, a sudden and inexplicable sharp pain appeared in his heart, as if a volcano had suddenly erupted from the bottom of his heart, suppressing, violent, painful, and his face also turned pale.

  A surge of memories buried deep within his heart suddenly flooded into his mind like a torrent, although these memories did not belong to him. As this memory awakened, he felt as if his chest had been struck by a massive hammer, and his heart ached inexplicably.

  At this time, he finally understood why he had been prone to emotional outbursts since coming to this world. Whenever something related to a certain aspect of his life was involved, he would become impatient and resistant.

  He clutched his chest tightly, the color on his face fading away bit by bit, but in his heart he felt extremely suffocated. This emotion that clearly didn't belong to him suddenly surged up like a massive wave and engulfed him whole. He wanted to struggle, to suppress this strange emotion, but it seemed to have taken root deep within his heart, growing more turbulent the more he tried to hold it back.

  He had no choice but to gradually give up his resistance, and in his heart, he couldn't help but mock himself with a wry smile: "Yue Lingshan, I'm so sorry, how did it end up like this? It shouldn't be like this..."

  This memory is completely opposite to the plot of the original story, and most importantly, the protagonist of this memory is actually myself. If I follow the development of the plot, then my future self will be tragic.

  He silently cursed his bad luck in his heart and began to carefully sort out the plot.

  In the original storyline, Yue Lingxuan was originally supposed to be with Lin Huichong, a childhood sweetheart and kindred spirit. In their youth, they even co-created a sentimental sword technique called "Chongling Swordsmanship", although its power is not worth mentioning, it is the crystallization of the two people's feelings and has extraordinary significance for them.

  However, after Lin Pingzhi joined the Hua Shan Sect, Linghu Chong was then meditating on the Reflection Cliff of Hua Shan and couldn't stay by Yue Lingshan's side all the time. As a result, Yue Lingshan suddenly fell in love with Lin Pingzhi without any warning and dumped Linghu Chong...

  That plot, Linghu Chong was really miserable, first he was abandoned by his beloved woman, then his fellow apprentice stole his thunder, later he was wrongly accused by Yue Buqun of stealing the Purple Cloud Secret Art "Purple Cloud Divine Technique", and at that time he himself had suffered an internal injury that was almost incurable, knowing that his life was not long, it was simply miserable to the extreme.

  However, based on that memory just now, the plot has completely reversed. The one who had a childhood sweetheart relationship with Yu Ling Shan and was in love with her turned out to be himself, and things were far from being as simple as he thought.

  Before this, his body had sealed away all memories related to Yue Lingshan for some reason, so he hadn't realized the complexity of their relationship. Now that these memories were slowly emerging, he couldn't help but feel a headache again.

  In the memories of this body, he was adopted by Yue Buqun and his wife since childhood, and his age is only slightly younger than that of Yue Lingxuan. The two can be said to have never left each other since they were aware of things, studying together, practicing martial arts together, playing together, and their feelings are naturally very deep.

  As they grew older, their feelings blossomed naturally and they came together, but good times didn't last. About a year or so ago, something sudden happened that nearly broke the heart of this body's original owner, leaving them with a heart as dead as ash.

  More than a year ago, Yue Buqun and his wife suddenly wanted to test the martial arts skills of everyone in the school. They had to demonstrate their swordplay on the spot, and the couple would inspect them.

  It was originally a very ordinary thing, and he didn't take it to heart. After everyone had finished their exams, when they were about to disperse, Linghu Chong suddenly pushed his way forward, pulling Yue Lingshan along with him to practice the "Chongling Swordsmanship" that the two of them had created together.

  But "he" was stunned on the spot at that time, from the beginning of this couple's display of this sentimental swordsmanship to the end of the last move, he was in a daze.

  He knew that creating a sword technique was not something that could be accomplished overnight, although their techniques did not seem to be high-level, Linghu Cong and Yue Lingshan had absolutely been pondering together in private for a long time, possibly half a year, or one year, two years, or even longer...

  Moreover, this sword move is light and gentle, and it doesn't seem like a move used for fighting at all. It looks more like playful teasing between lovers, with every move revealing a hint of affection.

  "Surging Spirit Sword Technique..."

  "He" muttered the name of this sword technique in his heart, and suddenly felt dizzy, with severe chest pain.

  One is the senior fellow apprentice whom I have always respected, and the other is my soulmate. Yet these two people secretly created this sword technique behind my back, and the name of the technique is even a combination of one character from each of their names. What does this imply?

  He felt like the biggest fool in the world, betrayed by the two people he trusted most, his heart was dying of sorrow, and in a daze, he left alone like a walking corpse.

  He disappeared for two days, and no one knew where he had gone. When his fellow disciples on Mount Hua saw him again, he seemed to have changed completely. His gentle eyes were gone, and the smile that often hung on his face was also gone. It was as if he had grown up overnight and would never play or joke with everyone again. In private, he only practiced martial arts diligently and didn't ask about external things. As for Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan, after that, he didn't even say a word to them again.

  After Ling Jing thoroughly sorted out this memory, a nameless anger suddenly rose in his heart. Although this memory did not belong to him, he felt the same way at this moment. Moreover, even from an onlooker's perspective, this matter was simply infuriating.

  He had thought Linger was a straightforward and generous person, who valued relationships and righteousness, but he hadn't expected to have this kind of history with him. He sneered coldly in his heart, thinking: "Linghu Cong, Yue Lingxuan, haha, they're quite well-matched."

  He thought to himself, in the original story, Linghu Cong was set up by Lin Pingzhi and Yue Lingshan, with a green hat on his head. At that time, he was quite angry and sympathetic, but he didn't expect that in this world, it would be him who was set up by these two people first. Although the "Ling Jing" at that time wasn't himself yet, this grudge had already been formed.

  After a moment of contemplation, he finally sat up and gazed coldly at Yue Lingxuan.

  PS: Regarding the structural issues of this book, I have explained them in a separate chapter. Friends who are confused can click to take a look.

  Also, this plot isn't being abused, right? Afraid of being sprayed...

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