The man nodded his head.

He was starting to like this boy.

He wasn't even shaken by what he said.

Anyone that was told what he said to Xiao Lin would surely fall sick and begin to slowly wither away in sadness.

"I will see to it that you are able to cultivate again." The man said.

Xiao Lin's eyes glittered.

"Thank you, senior" He said appreciably.

The man nodded his head.

Then he said "You can change now. When you are done, I would like to show you to the other disciples that I have and train how to fight and use spiritual energy to unleash long-distance attacks"

"Oh. Alright" Xiao Lin said excitedly.

Then the man left Xiao Lin's room so he could change.

When Xiao Lin was done, he came out of the room and followed behind the man to a large courtyard in the temple.

In there, Xiao Lin saw about fifty people which consisted of both boys and girls.

"These are my disciples. You can refer to them as brothers and sisters." The man pointed at the large group of people as he said to Xiao Lin.

"Okay" Xiao Lin nodded

The man coughed slightly and then everyone who were training themselves in combat stopped all that they were doing.

Immediately, they gathered before the man and bowed humbly.

"Master Wu." They all greeted reverently.

The man who was called Master Wu nodded his head.

Then he said to them "Today, I have gotten a new disciple. Make sure you treat him well as you treat yourselves. If he does anything wrong, correct him. If he does something dangerous or risky, caution him. Don't teach or tell him things that would lead him astray."

When Master Wu said this, everyone all nodded their heads.

Master Wu then looked at Xiao Lin who was by his side and said" Go forward and introduce yourself to them"

Xiao Lin nodded.

Then he went forward to appear before these people who looked at him with curious gazes in their eyes.

When he arrived at their front, he humbly bowed to them.

Then he said "Good day, fellow brothers and sisters. My name's Xiao Lin"

"Alright brother Xiao, you are welcome. And as Master has demanded from us, we promise to take really good care of you" One of them who seemed to be the oldest said with a smile in his face.

Xiao Lin nodded his head with a smile in his face.

He was happy that he was in a family where he would be loved and treated well. Unlike at his place where he was looked at with disgust because of his beast summoning talent.

"Alright disciples. You can carry on with your training." Master Wu said.

Then he left them all behind to retire to his private room.

The oldest looked at the others and told them to carry on with their combat training.

Then he went to meet Xiao Lin and said "Hey, little brother. You are the youngest of all of us here. So, we would like to call you little brother Lin. How does that sound?"

"It's okay." Xiao Lin said.

"Alright. And since I am the oldest, you can call me elder brother Feng" Zhang Feng said.

Xiao Lin nodded.

"There is something that I noticed about you." Zhang Feng said.

"Oh. What's that elder brother Feng?" Xiao Lin asked curiously.

"I can't sense any form of spiritual aura around you. I guess you haven't started cultivating spiritual energy, right?" Zhang Feng asked.

"Yes, elder brother. I haven't. But I wouldn't be able to cultivate spiritual energy in a very long time" Xiao Lin said.

"Really? Why's that?" Zhang Feng asked in a surprised tone.

"That's because of my dantian. It has been damaged. For now, I am only a mortal. But I believe that in the nearest future, I would be able to cultivate once again and dream to become the strongest expert in the world, just like you guys" Xiao Lin said and smiled radiantly.

Despite the possibly irreversible damage to his dantian, his conviction to become the strongest cultivator in the world never wavered even for a second.

Haha!

Zhang Feng laughed raucously, and in a way that will give the feeling that he was mocking Xiao Lin.

"It's not that I am trying to kill your dreams, little brother Lin. But do you know that once a high degree of damage is done to the dantian, it can't contain spiritual energy again. No matter what you do to contain spiritual energy in your dantian, it will always leak out endlessly. So, just live your life to the fullest as a mortal. Enjoy the short life span that you have, little brother Lin" Zhang Feng said and then grinned.

When Zhang Feng said this, Xiao Lin's resolution to become the strongest cultivator in the world which had never wavered for even a second actually fluctuated.

Xiao Lin just couldn't help but yield to Zhang Feng's speech which tried to bring him out from the dreamland that he was in.

However, when he recalled his mother and the heinous things that she might go through in the hands of his haughty and egoistic father, his eyes shone in the next moment with a brilliant resoluteness that won't yield to any force again.

Then with that glow of unbendable resolution still shining within his sharp eyes, he said to Zhang Feng "Big brother Feng, I am not going to resign myself to fate. I am going to do everything in my power to try and cultivate again. And I believe that I will definitely be able to gather spiritual energy in my dantian. Not now though, but sometime in the future."

Haha!

Zhang Feng raucously laughed again and in a mocking manner.

He then said "Keep living in your fantasy little brother. I have nothing to say again to convince you that you won't be able to cultivate any more in this life. Anyways, I want to resume my combat training. You can watch us if you want to"

Zhang Feng then left Xiao Lin's presence and began to train again with a rod that he grasped in his hand.

Swoosh!

Swoosh!

Zhang Feng swung the rod in his hand about to deliver extremely strong strikes to his imaginary opponent. And as he did so, and also due to his movement which was incredibly fast, he was able to generate gale-force winds.

Xiao Lin looked at him for sometime and then at the rest as they trained and wished he could also train like the way they were doing at the moment.

And since he liked what he was seeing, he just stood there and watched them train.

Many hours later, they stopped.

It was time to rest to recover their lost energies.

Then they went back into the temple to sit down in the cross-legged position and meditate.

Xiao Lin also followed them into the temple and sat in the cross-legged state. But he didn't meditate like they were all doing at the moment. He only copied their sitting position and looked at them.

After sometime, their master, Wu Yang, appeared in the temple and sat on an elevated platform in the cross-legged position before them.

Instantly sensing his powerful presence, everyone opened their eyes and greeted respectfully "Master Wu."

Master Wu simply nodded at them.

Then he said "Now, the next training session will be on how to use your beast spirit in battle. With the different Animal Spirits dwelling within our bodies, even if one is a cultivation cripple, one would still be able to reach a level of power where cultivators would have to respect you, literally out of the fear and dread for the powerful Animal Spirit that one will evoke"

Then he scanned the crowd for someone. And when his eyes settled on Xiao Lin, he said "Xiao Lin, please come forward to show me that beast that you showed me in the room"

"Okay, Master" Xiao Lin nodded.

Then he stood from his cross-legged position on the ground and went to stand before everyone.

Everyone then looked at him to see the kind of Battle Beast Spirit that he would summon.

Focusing within himself, Xiao Lin invoked his Animal Spirit.

Whoosh!

A second later, a bright red light suddenly flashed from behind Xiao Lin. Then when the brilliant red light receded, a small, red-skinned wolf-like beast could be seen.

When everyone saw the beast, they all laughed.

"Silence!" Master Wu ordered with a loud tone in his voice.

"You laugh but his Animal Spirit is many times stronger than all of your Animal Spirits combined. Be very careful with how you rate people's abilities, or your ignorance would result in your destruction one day."