4 Lin Fan

Righteous Sword Sect. Main Hall.

"Patriarch, we have slain the Sacred Profound Lion that has been ruling the Dark Forest. However, we have something to show you." High Elder Wu reported. Behind him was Lin Fan, High Elder Fang and High Elder Qin.

High Elder Qin stepped forward and with a flick of his sleeves, the imprisonment jade appeared. Next, strands of black mist slowly emerged from the jade, forming a body-sized black sphere.

This time round, it was Lin Fan who spoke. "Master, the other black lion transformed into a sphere after getting trapped in High Elder Qin's Thousand Sword Fortress. Physical attacks have no impact on it and can only be damaged by qi attacks. However, I sensed that its soul is pure and it also has a consciousness of its own."

Patriarch Wei stared at the black sphere for an interminable amount of time, his eyes flashed occasionally, no one knew what he was thinking about.

"Bring it to the Pillar of Purity." Patriarch Wei commanded before leading the way.

The Pillar of Purity was used by the sect to test the pureness of one's soul. With a higher percentage purity, one could be categorized as 'valuable' by the sect as they are people of righteousness. These people would then be chosen to lead the sect. This was also the reason why Righteous Sword Sect was able to stand strong under the passage of time.

In front of the Pillar of Purity was a black sphere, floating ever so slightly. High Elder Wu then channel his qi into the Pillar, which lit up the runes inscribed on it.

On top of the pillar was a purple crystal ball. After the runes lit up, a '0%' appeared on the purple crystal ball. Slowly, it increases to '1%'...

10%... The Patriarch face remained indifferent.

50%... He gave a slight nod.

80%... His eyes widened.

100%! 'Holy shit! A 100%!? I did not see wrongly right?' The Patriarch mind was in a state of ecstasy right now. What about the High Elders? They had long been scared silly. 'Too goddamn righteous. The most righteous person in history was only at 80%...'

"Ahem..." Patriarch Wei gave a slight cough and abruptly stood up straight.

"Lin Fan. Since you found it first, this will naturally belong to you...unless...you don't mind giving it to me. Hehehe," Patriarch Wei tried to sound as righteous as possible while hinting at Lin Fan.

Looking at his master's expression, Lin Fan couldn't help but sighed inwardly. "Master, I will do my best to nurture the it to become the most powerful, most righteous person in history!" Lin Fan replied with determination.

Looking at his disciple's determination and enthusiasm, Patriarch Wei nodded slowly. Next, he immediately turned around and walked away, while dragging the still dazed High Elders along. On this fortunate yet miserable day, a tear could be seen trickling down a grown man's face.

Not far away from the main hall stood a small villa. The small villa consists of 3 bedrooms, 1 dining room, 1 kitchen and a training room. Inside the training room stood a young man and a black sphere.

'Normally, to activate a treasure, one must first transfer their qi into the treasure...I guess that works too.' Lin Fan gazed at the black sphere in front of him and pondered.

Lin Fan took a horse stance and regulated his breathing. In the next moment, white qi started to course throughout his body and as he stretched out his palm, the white qi was directed to the black sphere.

Boom.

As the white qi entered the black sphere, the white qi became violent and started to clash with black mist, causing numerous shock waves.

Lin Fan frowned and stopped pouring white qi into the dark sphere. 'Looks like white qi won't work. What else...what else...Master said before, all objects have yin or yang or both. In this case, the black represents yin. But white qi is a yang type which would not work. If I remember correctly, dark qi is compatible with yin. Since I don't have dark qi, I can only give it Dark Qi pills.'

Lin Fan took out several Dark Qi Pills out of his cosmic ring and carefully threw one into the dark sphere. In an instant, the pill dissolved into a black mist and merged with the dark sphere.

Elated, Lin Fan decided to pour all his Dark Qi Pills into the black sphere, not even saving a single one.

Boom.

With the sudden increase in pills, the black sphere rapidly expanded and soon, it became twice as big as before.

Silently, the black sphere dispersed into a formless black mist and slowly, a dark human shaped figure appeared.

"!!!" Lin Fan expected the dark sphere to turn into the lion, but to his shock, it actually turned into a human figure, looking just like himself!

The dark figure looked fixedly at Lin Fan, as if trying to recall something. When it remembered that Lin Fan was trying to kill it, it shuddered and retreated a few steps before stopping.

It realized something. If the human in front wanted to kill itself, then why was it still alive? Gradually, it faced the human in front of it and tried to look as harmless as possible.

Upon noticing its comical actions, Lin Fan gave a slight chuckle before walking towards the dark figure while smiling benevolently at it.

"Hi! My name is Lin Fan. What's yours? Where are you from?" Lin Fan excitedly blurted out, unable to control his emotions.

"..." The dark figure silently gazed at Lin Fan and tilted its head to one side, not understanding a single word Lin Fan just said.

"I'm so stupid!" Lin Fan murmured when he realized how dumb he sounded. How do you expect a dark figure who was just beast some time ago to understand human language.

"I have to teach you the basics. Come, follow me." Lin Fan tried to hold the dark figure's hand but to his surprise, his hand actually went through the dark hand.

The dark figure stared at Lin Fan, and when it somehow understood what Lin Fan was doing. It concentrated its attention on its hand and soon, its dark hand materialized. It then grabbed onto Lin Fan's hand, causing Lin Fan to shiver. Its hand was super cold.

Of course, after consuming several precious Dark Qi Pills, the yin in one's body would be incredibly high. It could also raise one's cultivation or in the dark figure's case, improving its sense of existence and control over its body.

***

"This is my study room. Here are all the books regarding language." Lin Fan pointed to pile of books on the table and guided the dark figure to sit on the chair. On their way up to the study room, the dark figure had fully gained control over the new body and was able to materialize at will.

Lin Fan then flipped open the first book, which was titled "Basic language for 3 year olds". Surprisingly, the book was filled with pictures with the name of the picture beside it. Curious, the dark figure slowly flipped over the pages and diligently memorized the pictures and the names.

Intrigued by the influx of new knowledge, it silently took out another book from the pile after finishing the first one. This process continued on for half a day until it stopped, well, why did it stopped? It had freaking finished all the language books ranging from "A for Apple" to "The Strongest System", wait not that... It should be "Proverbs and Idioms" in just HALF a day.

Lin Fan could only sighed at one corner. 'Sometimes, the difference between geniuses and ordinary people are just too much.'

"I finish," It spoke. Lin Fan immediately became alert, this was the first time it spoke! The voice sounded like Heaven with a tinge of masculinity. It was beautiful and extremely pleasing to the ear.

"A-ahh...That's good. Well done, hahaha...haha. My name is Lin Fan. What's your name?" Lin Fan face turned red and subconsciously stuttered. 'Shit! I don't swing that way...right?'

After a slight pause, the dark figure replied confidently, "My name is...Lin Fan."