After Shi Lang obtained the alchemy token, he went to the Sutra Hall with Lou Shin. The Terran stepped up to the Sutra Hall entrance and found a young man blocking his path. He tried to walk away and the young man asked, "Did you join the Martial Spirit Hall to run away from fights?"
Shi Lang looked at the guy, and he replied with a deadpan expression, "You think a bit too much. I just fought a disciple with the best that I can do at this moment, if you think that is running away, then maybe you should get quicker to catch up to me."
The young man frowned and a spiritual pressure radiated from his body. Shi Lang looked at the guy with an indifferent expression and said radiated his spiritual pressure to counter. The people were surprised to see such a wild display of might.
An old voice sounded, "Are you youngsters going to defy the rules of the Sutra Hall?"
Shi Lang did not avert his gaze from the young man at all. However, hearing the old voice, the young man took back his aura and bowed his head as he said, "I apologize Elder Yan."
The old voice asked, "Young man, aren't you going to take back your pressure?"
Shi Lang looked in the direction of the sutra hall, and took back his pressure. The young man sneered and asked, "Aren't you going to apologize?"
The Terran looked at him and said, "You started it, and you were in the wrong. I only defended myself. Since when did people had to apologize for defending themselves. If you want to create trouble for me, then come and find me after a month and challenge me like a man. Stop provoking me like this and save yourself some dignity."
He did not have the habit of hiding his indifference and disdain toward the people who annoyed him. Then he walked around the young man, without caring about his expression. Shi Lang walked up to the elder and bowed properly to him before he took out his black dragon token and said, "Disciple Shi Lang apologizes for the rudeness, Elder."
The old man looked at him for a prolonged second and said, "Follow me."
Shi Lang followed the old man under the gazes of many people. They were all clenching their fists, because they also had the intention to challenge him for a duel and that's why they all came here. The young man whom Shi Lang just gave a dress down was their senior brother. One of the top ten in the outer sect.
Shi Lang not only defied him, but also trampled the dignity of the entire outer sect, however, they could not do anything about it at the moment. The young man turned around to look at Shi Lang's back with a glint in his eyes.
Shi Lang suddenly stopped in his tracks, he was very sensitive to killing intent. He asked the elder in a sonorous voice, "Elder, it is forbidden to kill fellow disciples. Right?"
These skills described the essence of jumping, floating and gliding types of movement to him.
Then Shi Lang looked for the advanced techniques, and found a few books. He shortlisted five of these skills because they suited his lightning attribute. After a few hours of deliberation, Shi Lang took the skill book called, "Lightning bouncing on clouds."
This was a good step that emphasized evasion and agile movement on the field. They following this, he went to the sword section and like before, he read the basics first and then began to sort out the techniques according to two things. Skills that were compatible with his Dao of lightning and also something aggressive that could pressurize the opponent to another level.
After an hour he selected a sword skill called, Lightning slashes. The name was ordinary, but the power contained in the skill was described to be so strong that it could leave the enemy with a cut so smooth that he wouldn't realize of his death.
Shi Lang was fascinated by the description, and then he decided to select this skill. The story in the spear department was the same, he read the basics, and then he went after the advanced techniques.
The lightning snake biting spear skill was selected for its sheer power and penetrating ability. If Shi Lang mastered the spear art, he would be able to kill many people at once and find the chinks in their techniques to leave them with no chance but death or defeat.
He bought the books to Elder Yan, and after scanning them. The old man copied the skills on the jade slips and said, "You can read them as much as you want but make sure that you do not spread them around. The consequences of that are very harsh."
Shi Lang nodded and then he first placed back the books, and then took three jade slips with him before greeting the old man a good day and he left the sutra hall.
Outside the sutra hall, many people were gathered together, the crowd was even bigger than it was earlier. Lou Shin appeared beside him, held his hand and said in a hushed voice, "Shi Lang, do not come out of your cave abode after today until someone calls to challenge you."
Shi Lang nodded and said, "You do not have to tell me such a basic thing. At this moment, all I need is time."
Lou Shin saw that he understood and bought him to a cave abode at a remote mountian. She said, "This is where you will stay, the formation outside will last for a month before someone comes to find you for a challenge. I wish you good luck."
Shi Lang nodded to her and went inside the cave. The sect master and the holy elder were still sitting together as they saw all this with their spiritual vision. Cao Ming remarked, "I did not expect him to be so aggressive."
The sect master shook his head and replied, "They are young and they shall be left to discover their own paths, and Shi Lang seems to be the catalyst that we have been looking for. I look forward to the growth of the Martial Spirit Hall."