The Urban Medical Martial Immortal

113: Chapter 111: The Secret Village 113: Chapter 111: The Secret Village In the afternoon, Lin Tian also had to fulfill his bodyguard duties, rushing back from Guanlan Lake to Minghu Lakefront to accompany Xu Tangge and Tang Qianqian to school.

More than half a month had passed since the beginning of the school year, and Lin Tian had adapted to being a student.

He honestly completed his classes in the afternoon, and then after seeing the two girls home, he went out to buy groceries.

Some time ago, Aunt Wang took a leave of absence; it had already been half a month without her return.

In the end, the task of cooking dinner fell on Lin Tian.

“This is hardly bodyguard work—more like full-time housekeeping!

However, this kind of life, filled with the smells of ordinary cooking, is quite fulfilling.

It’s nothing like my previous life, where I was constantly immersed in cultivation—it was so dull…”

Walking alone towards the sunset’s glow, Lin Tian headed for the vegetable market.

However, his thoughts were distant as he wove through the crowd.

The eons of his previous life seemed to have turned into the golden light of a sunset a few meters away at his feet—so close, yet separated by an endless expanse of time, utterly unreachable.

Suddenly feeling something, Lin Tian stopped in his tracks as he passed a small leisure park and slowly began to execute the “Sky Embracing Hammer” from the Immortal Martial Eighteen Forms!

Right then, the Sky Embracing Hammer he practiced was very slow, even slower than the Tai Chi Boxing of the elderly in the park.

Each movement was slow and appeared limp and without strength.

But at this moment, as Lin Tian watched the sunset, he immersed himself in a profound state of being.

A sweep, a pull, a swing, a close, an embrace—it seemed as though he was reversing the very heavens and earth.

“My previous life was but a dream.

Perhaps in that dream was my former self, or perhaps it is my current self waking from that dream.

That lifetime of cultivation was not the cultivation of ‘The Way,’ but rather a grand expanse of years!”

Lin Tian stared blankly at the horizon, whispering to himself.

His fists, like giant hammers embracing the sky, suddenly paused, and with a humming thud, the void in his arms collapsed and shattered into pieces, then healed again.

This whole scene was invisible to the ordinary eye.

“Sky Embracing Hammer—Perfect!”

Lin Tian awoke from his marvelous cultivation state, a smile playing on his lips.

The fleeting thoughts had brought insights.

Unexpectedly, stopping his cultivation had allowed his combat technique to advance directly from Small Success to the Perfect Realm.

“Young man, what kind of boxing is this?

It looks very unfamiliar to me.

I have some understanding of National Martial Arts, but I’ve never seen this before!”

At this moment, an elderly voice came from nearby.

Lin Tian turned to look and saw an old man in a Chinese tunic suit watching with interest.

Lin Tian shook his head and smiled, “Just a boxing form I’m messing about with!”

“It doesn’t look like it to me!”

The old man in the tunic suit clearly didn’t believe him and his eyes lit up a bit, “How about we exchange a few moves?”

Exchange a few moves?

Lin Tian looked at the man in front of him who appeared to be in his seventies or eighties, his eyebrows furrowing.

He was about to refuse when the old man seemed to see his hesitation and hurriedly said.

“Young man, don’t underestimate me, even though I’m old, my boxing skills haven’t fallen behind those of my younger days!

Come on…”

The old man in the tunic suit didn’t seem to want to give Lin Tian a chance to refuse and immediately assumed a stance, throwing a punch with a ferocious momentum.

Reluctantly, Lin Tian had to retract all his True Qi and restrain his strength, using the moves of Sky Embracing Hammer to spar with the old man.

Yet even so, Lin Tian’s Sky Embracing Hammer was still tremendously powerful.

The old man in the tunic suit was undoubtedly a seasoned practitioner and did not fall into a disadvantage.

However, a few minutes later, the tunic-clad old man shook his head and stepped back, slightly out of breath, “Ah, I really am old.

If we continue, I certainly won’t be able to win!

But sparring with you, young man, has been truly thrilling!

Haha…

My surname is Yu, let’s meet here again next time and have another round of sparring!”

Seeing Elder Yu’s determined look, Lin Tian could only smile wryly and agree.

But as he left, Lin Tian frowned, because he detected a very strange aura emanating from the old man, tinged with traces of evil, much like the Demonic Qi he knew from his previous life.

However, Lin Tian did not probe further; it was just an old man he had met by chance.

After buying groceries, he returned to the villa to prepare dinner.

After dining with the two campus beauties, Lin Tian left Minghu Lakefront under their puzzled and disdainful gazes and headed to Guanlan Lake.

Once inside the Lake Island Villa, Lin Tian couldn’t wait to take out the scroll again.

He studied the peculiar and chaotic patterns on it for quite a while before sinking into his mind to check on the Nine-Turned Chaotic Pearl.

The mysterious bead, the size of a pigeon egg, floated quietly there, with nine Illusion Pearls circling around it.

The images on them seemed to be mere phantoms, as if awaiting something to fill them.

Soon, Lin Tian spotted a pattern on one of the Illusion Pearls that glowed with hints of red, similar to that on the scroll.

Regrettably, it was only a partial match; the pattern on the scroll appeared to be incomplete.

After fiddling with it for a while, Lin Tian couldn’t make heads or tails of it and finally put away the scroll for the time being.

Just then, his phone rang.

It was Qian Xiaohui, the female disciple from Gu Liuushui, making the call.

Without reservation, Lin Tian instructed her to drive straight to the street at the entrance to Guanlan Mountain Villa District.

Qian Xiaohui drove a black Richie sedan that matched her silent and reticent personality quite well.

Once Lin Tian got into the car, Qian Xiaohui merely envied the direction of Guanlan Mountain Villa District for a moment before starting the vehicle.

From her perspective, someone who could command respect from Bai Xiaoshuai and was valued by her master certainly had an exceptional background, so it was only natural for him to reside in Guanlan Mountain Villa District.

“Have you been to the underground antique exchange meeting many times?”

Lin Tian broke the silence and asked, glancing at Qian Xiaohui who was focused on driving.

Qian Xiaohui glanced at the rearview mirror and replied softly, “Just once!

I went with my master!”

“Is that place in the suburbs?”

As the car headed towards the suburbs on the west side of Bin City, Lin Tian was somewhat surprised.

“Yes, those items are all of dubious origin, considered black market goods, so naturally, they need to be somewhat hidden,” replied Qian Xiaohui with a gentle nod.

But the location of the exchange meeting was even farther than Lin Tian had anticipated.

Leaving the city, the car followed a rural road through one mountain after another, driving for nearly an hour before finally arriving at the entrance to a mountain hollow.

From the entrance, one could faintly see sporadic lights—clearly, the underground antique exchange meeting was taking place inside.

They really know how to pick a spot.

This is not just secluded; it’s practically cut off from the world!

Lin Tian thought curiously as he looked outside.

At this moment, off in the distance at the bottom of the hollow, he could see a spacious area decorated with a line of luxury cars parked in a row, which made him exclaim in admiration.

“This place is a village known as Ancient Dragon Village; its inhabitants have dealt with antiques for generations!

The antique exchange meeting has been held for over a decade!

That’s why outsiders don’t call it Ancient Dragon Village but Antique House,” Qian Xiaohui explained as she parked the car on the lot and briefed Lin Tian.

Quite interesting!

Hopefully, there will be something to gain!

With curiosity and excitement written on his face, Lin Tian thought that if he could find high-quality materials for Alchemy, Artifact Refining, array setting, or even some finished Magic Artifacts, his trip would not have been in vain.