Chapter 17: The Second Layer of the Innate Tree Unlocked

  Ling Jing saw Ling Long seemingly really angry, a sly smile immediately appeared on her face, thinking to herself, "You tricked me as soon as we went up the mountain, this time our positions should be swapped."

  However, seeing her leave with a calm and collected face, he didn't dare to play it too cool either, and hastily caught up to her, grabbing onto her sleeve.

  Linglong's heart was annoyed, and she coldly said: "Let go."

  Ling Jing gazed at her with a hint of a smile, slowly lifting his right hand to pull down his sleeve, revealing the blue silk ribbon wrapped around his wrist - wasn't that the same one Ling had tied in her hair earlier?

  She gazed at Ling Jing's wrist, her face gradually calming down, then suddenly furrowed her brow and scolded: "Didn't you say you threw it away?"

  Ling Jing rolled her eyes and said, "I told you to throw it away, didn't I?"

  She let out a soft hum, knowing that she had been tricked by this little devil this time. Just now, she heard the little devil say that he had actually thrown away his hairband, and her heart was filled with inexplicable anger. She also felt a bit strange in her heart.

  She felt a bit flustered and hastily reached out to grab Ling Jing's wrist, saying: "This time you must return it to me."

  Ling Jing had been wearing the hairband on his wrist ever since he got it, and except for washing, he never took it off. Now that Ling Long wanted to take it back, he was unwilling to give it up and quickly hid his hand behind his back.

  Linglong's left hand quickly grasped Lingjing's wrist, and without realizing it, she took another half step forward. Her hands reached behind his back, and at this moment, the two were extremely close, their chests almost touching, as if they were embracing.

  Ling Jing burst out laughing and said: "No giving no giving, is just not giving."

  Her delicate face was tinged with anger and resentment, as the two of them entwined, her hair strands occasionally sweeping across Ling Jing's face.

  Ling Jing smelled her body fragrance and hair fragrance, the two were so close at this time, almost rubbing against each other's ears, for a moment he was somewhat distracted.

  The two of them frolicked for a while, and Ling Jing went to protect his wrist all the way, not giving in at all. This hairband had special significance for him, so he couldn't just let Linglong take it back like that.

  And he could also see that Linglong at this time was not necessarily going to take back her own hairband, but rather it seemed more like she was entangled in a thin anger.

  Just then, Linghu Chong walked into the cave with a wine jar, and from the entrance of the cave, it seemed that the two people in front were fighting for something. He was anxious in his heart, thinking that the two had started to fight, and hurriedly coughed twice, saying: "Dong brothers, little Shidi, what are you doing..."

  Ling Jing and Ling Tung heard Lin Hu's voice, only then did they feel that their movements were somewhat improper. They looked at each other, their faces slightly flushed with embarrassment. They hastily retreated two steps, adjusted their attire, and walked out of the cave, one in front of the other.

  On this day, the three of them drank until sunset before they were satisfied. However, when Linglong left in the end, Lingjing felt a little reluctant to part with her. At that moment, he clearly wanted to ask if she would come visit him again, but the words reached his lips and he didn't know how to say it.

  It seemed that Linglong had seen through his thoughts and casually said: "Wait a few more days, I'll come to see you again."

  Ling Jing only felt a sense of relief in his heart, what he feared was that this girl would again disappear without a word like before and then there would be no news from her.

  On the second day, Ling Jing came to the secret cave as usual early in the morning. This time he chose a sword technique from Mount Tai School to learn, called "Dai Zong Ru He", which is the school's ultimate skill.

  However, this sword technique is extremely complex and difficult to learn. By dusk, he still hadn't mastered all the moves.

  After finishing the meal sent by Lu Da, he returned to the secret cave and meditated for two or three hours, only then did he roughly master this sword technique.

  At this time, the system said: "The host has learned the superior swordsmanship of Taishan Sect through self-enlightenment, 'Dai Zong' is how?"

  " Innate Tree Riding Martial Arts "Dai Zong How" lit up in advance, current lighting progress 1/9"

  "Quest 'Encounter' Complete: Master of Martial Arts Collection. Host will receive the following rewards:"

  "Can be used with Talent Points +10"

  "Triggered Quest: 'Browsing Through Books'"

  "Task content: Master fifty superior martial arts, unlimited expansion of martial arts, no time limit"

  "Task progress 10/50"

  "Quest Completion Reward: 20 Talent Points"

  "Task failure penalty: None"

  Ling Jing's heart stirred, the previous strange encounter task was completed, he didn't feel surprised in his heart, after all, he had been calculating every day. But what about this promotion strange encounter task? Moreover, this task still required learning fifty superior martial arts to be considered complete.

  He felt a bit strange about this promotion quest, and then he looked up and glanced around the stone walls around him, wondering if the system could still monitor his current environment.

  He knew that this superior martial art was not something ordinary, even if it were the Five Mountains Sword Sect, a giant in the Jianghu world. Among the top-notch swordsmanship, palm techniques, fist techniques, internal strength, and lightness skills of each sect, there were at most only a dozen or so, and many of these skills would never be passed down to ordinary disciples.

  Taking himself as an example, he has been a true disciple of the Huashan School for over ten years, but he hasn't even learned one advanced martial art skill, which shows how precious these advanced martial arts are.

  At this moment, if I hadn't obtained this secret cave, I'm afraid it would be impossible to complete this extraordinary mission in this lifetime.

  However, at this moment, he had a secret cave in his hands and plenty of time to spare, so he didn't have to worry about completing the promotion quest. He was just wondering if the system already knew that he had obtained the secret cave.

  He shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and focused his attention on the innate tree in his mind. Under the innate tree, the small words had changed to "Current available innate points: 10 points", "Current used innate points: 9 points".

  At this time, he first added a few talent points to his perception, and the "perception" icon on the first layer of the talent tree suddenly lit up brightly, and the "perception" value on the character attribute chart also became 146.

  Then he thought carefully again, and this enlightenment is a necessary condition for understanding martial arts, so he would prioritize thoroughly illuminating this icon. However, the next nine talent points need to be carefully considered as to how they should be added.

  Firstly, the condition for lighting up the second layer of the talent tree is to spend more than 15 talent points in the first layer. Now he has already used 10 talent points in the first layer, and both "Wisdom" and "Internal Force" have been fully lit up. Next, he only needs to use another 5 talent points in this first layer to unlock the second layer of the talent tree.

  He thought for a moment and then spent 5 days of talent points to fully illuminate the "Body Technique" icon, and its attribute value became 276.

  He looked at his own attribute chart, and his heart gained a few more points of confidence. This body technique is also extremely important in battle. Take Tian Boguang for example, this guy's body technique is also exceptionally brilliant. With one hand holding a fast knife and the other hand possessing an extraordinary lightness that makes ordinary masters unable to keep up, even many internal force masters who have reached the second grade are not his opponents.

  However, Ling Jing's agility attribute has now reached a terrifying 276. Even if his lightness skill was only a mid-tier martial art at this time, with the addition of his current agility attribute bonus, his speed would still be breathtaking to many top-notch experts. Even Tian Bo Guang, he now had confidence that he could surpass him in terms of lightness.

  At this time, the first layer of Tianfu Tree suddenly shook violently with golden light, and strips of golden lines flowed continuously to the second layer of Tianfu Tree.

  But in just an instant, the innate tree shook violently, and this second layer of innate tree finally lit up slowly.

  Ling Jing's heart was stirred, the first layer of the innate tree did not record any martial arts, the four icons were just enhancements to his basic attributes. Now "Internal Strength", "Perception", and "Body Technique" had all been fully lit up, only one "Root Bone" icon remained dim and unlit.

  He has not yet felt what use this attribute has, so he can only put it aside for now.

  At this time, he focused his attention on the second layer of the innate tree, where hundreds of martial arts icons were arranged in a hierarchical and clear manner.

  P.S: The operation in the previous chapter was wrong, and I accidentally posted Chapter 15 as well. Sorry about that.