Chapter 6: Advancing Martial Spirits

The seven or eight guards from the Li family couldn't help but gulp nervously at Lin Mo's actions. This Young Master Lin was quite ruthless.

At this moment, Fang Qiong had blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and a few broken teeth lay beside him.

Originally, he wanted to curse angrily, but when he saw Lin Mo holding a shoe, as if preparing to strike him again, he immediately said, "Lin Mo, don't mess around. Otherwise, the Fang family won't let you off."

"Master Lin, uh... you've already taught him a lesson. How about letting Young Master Fang go? Otherwise, our family..."

A guard weakly interrupted.

But before he could finish, Lin Mo interrupted, saying, "Let him go? Beating someone openly in the Li family's marketplace, if there's no punishment, who will dare to do business in our Li family's marketplace in the future?"

"In the areas managed by our family, if even basic security isn't guaranteed, who will trust us?"

Lin Mo's words hit the nail on the head, causing everyone in the vicinity, whether they were shop owners or customers, to secretly nod in agreement.

Indeed, in areas controlled by the Li family, they couldn't even receive basic protection. Then, what prestige did the Li family have? Continuing like this was bound to lead to decline.

"Fang Qiong, have you made up your mind? Apologize and compensate, or take ten slaps from me?"

Lin Mo turned to Fang Qiong below, raising the shoe in his hand.

"Lin Mo, you'll remember this!" Fang Qiong said bitterly, intending to apologize and compensate in the next sentence. However, just because of this statement, Lin Mo viciously struck down with the shoe.

Snap!

After the blow, Fang Qiong let out a scream resembling that of a slaughtered pig, and a clear shoe mark appeared on his face.

Snap! Snap! Snap! Snap!

...

Lin Mo, holding the shoe, repeatedly struck Fang Qiong's face, one blow after another.

With each strike of the shoe, the screams that followed made everyone outside the scene shudder involuntarily, even just hearing the sound made them break out in a cold sweat.

After seven or eight strikes, Fang Qiong passed out.

"Drag him back to the Fang family and tell them that anyone who dares to act arrogantly here in the future will meet the same fate."

After putting on his shoes, Lin Mo instructed the Li family guards.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, the guards replied, "Yes, Young Master Lin."

Once everyone dispersed, Lin Mo entered the shop and continued his purchases.

"Thank you, Master Lin," the maid said.

"It's nothing. Those who dare to be arrogant on our turf need to be taught a lesson," Lin Mo said. "Most importantly, you've never looked down on me, even when I was called the useless young master."

At these words, the maid was momentarily stunned before smiling and saying, "We only recognize customers, and we must respect all customers regardless of who they are."

"Not bad at all. Much better than those people from the Li family," Lin Mo remarked before paying for the fifth-rank beast soul. As a token of gratitude, the maid also gave him ten first-rank beast souls.

林默 returned to his room. After securing the doors and windows, he retrieved a black soul crystal. This soul crystal was specifically designed to store beast souls. When a demonic beast died, its beast soul would soon dissipate, but only this specialized crystal could preserve it.

With a thought, Lin Mo infused a strand of elemental power into the soul crystal, releasing the beast soul within. The fifth-grade beast soul initially retained some animalistic traits, but as Lin Mo summoned the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit, it began to tremble.

"Devour!" Lin Mo muttered, and the Azure Dragon Martial Spirit, responding to his will, opened its mouth and swiftly devoured the beast soul. After a while, a deep dragon roar emanated from the dragon's mouth, followed by two rays of light bursting from its body.

A Martial Spirit of Rank Two in the Human Tier!

Lin Mo was thrilled. He continued to let the Martial Spirit consume the ten first-grade beast souls. He could feel that after devouring the fifth-grade beast soul, the Martial Spirit had already reached the peak of Rank Two in the Human Tier.

As expected, after consuming the ten first-grade beast souls, the white dragon body trembled again, and a third ray of light flashed out.

A Martial Spirit of Rank Three in the Human Tier!

Lin Mo was overjoyed. He immediately urged the Martial Spirit to absorb and refine the elemental energy of heaven and earth. With the Martial Spirit's level increased, the speed of absorbing elemental energy from heaven and earth was more than ten times faster than before.

After a while, Lin Mo stood up, feeling refreshed and energized.

"Li Shaoyu, the top genius? Hmph, at the family meeting, I will show you, Lin Mo, can crush you once, let alone numerous times."

"Mengxue, I will also let you know how foolish your decision is."

Lin Mo gritted his teeth and muttered to himself.

The next morning, after breakfast with Li Nuo, Lin Mo headed to the Li family's Scripture Pavilion. The Scripture Pavilion was where the Li family stored martial arts secrets and was divided into three layers: the first layer stored some inferior martial arts, the second layer stored intermediate martial skills, and the third layer contained the family's secret teachings.

Before awakening his Martial Spirit, Lin Mo could only practice basic martial arts. Once the Martial Spirit awakened and elemental power was present in his body, he could cultivate intermediate martial skills.

Martial techniques are a way of skillfully utilizing internal Yuan Power, doubling the power of a martial artist's attacks.