Chapter 273: Terrifying Secret Art

Mist Pigeon Secret Art.

After Lin Qing finished accepting the inheritance of this secret art, he also understood the situation of this secret art.

Although it was not that supreme secret art created by the Flying Kite City Lord, it was still rated as a high-level Primordial Realm secret art.

Although Lin Qing did not know what level this tier actually was, it must be a level that transcends the universe.

The Mist Pigeon Secret Art collects all the primordial power related to the wind attribute in the universe, transforms it into the form of a mist pigeon, and its ability to flee can transcend time and space; with a single thought, it can instantly cross a vast sea of void.

"Wind attribute primordial power?"

Lin Qing was filled with shock in his heart. "What is this thing? Isn't the universe's primordial power divided into the six major factions? Where does the wind attribute come from?"

From the moment he began to contact evolution and cultivation, he had known a common fact—

The universe's primordial energy is divided into six major factions: Life, Destruction, Order, Chaos, Nature, and Might!

All energy in the universe seemed to have its own duties, divided by the six major factions; even divine offices, divine artifacts, and so on were all like this, without exception.

Even the mysteries of space had to be integrated into the energy of the six major factions before they could be truly applied.

But now...

A wind attribute has suddenly appeared?

The shock this brought him was as absurd as the collapse of his worldview.

"So this is... the level that transcends the universe?"

At this moment, Lin Qing finally began to understand the meaning of 'transcending the universe'.

That was indeed a level that had already surpassed his imagination.

"Theoretically, as long as this Mist Pigeon Secret Art is cultivated to perfection, even the Great Nirvana launched by a Yu Xingyuan Monarch can be easily avoided."

The more Lin Qing understood this secret art, the more shocked he became.

With a single thought, one can cross a vast sea of void?

Even the Great Nirvana launched by a Yu Xingyuan Monarch can be easily avoided?

"Although cultivating this secret art to perfection is so difficult it is beyond imagination, requiring extremely high life levels, gene indices, and mastery of time and space, and also needing massive amounts of precious treasures, it is still an incredible secret art..."

Lin Qing took a deep breath and suddenly thought of the 'Flying Kite Secret Art' mentioned earlier by the Flying Kite City Lord, which seemed to be of an even higher level, hailed as the supreme secret art?

What level of secret art was that?

"In the Sea of Void, the upper limit of secret arts is very low, but this Mist Pigeon Secret Art, as long as enough precious external resources are consumed, is theoretically even comparable to a set of divine artifacts?"

While Lin Qing comprehended this secret art inheritance in his memory, he also felt something strange.

Did the deceased Primordial Realm experts like the Great Void Tomb value secret arts so much?

Before he could think much further, he was already expelled from this dark tomb and returned to the platform in the center of the Great Void Tomb.

Mo Luo was standing respectfully behind the Highness Su. Seeing Lin Qing come out, he immediately spoke with immense gratitude and respect: "Mr. Lin Qing, thank you for the opportunity you bestowed upon me. For this great kindness and virtue, I will repay it in this life."

He originally should not have known what kind of inheritance he could receive, but until just now, did he truly understand how precious the inheritance he received was!

Although he thus established a vow that could never be broken, making it impossible to betray the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Great Void Tomb, and he must also obey the orders of Lin Qing, this Guide, he had no regret at all; instead, he felt incredibly fortunate!

"You go back to the Mountain and Sea Realm first." Lin Qing nodded slightly and said: "Cultivate well, and break through to the Void Creature realm first; the first civilization war of the Mountain and Sea Realm needs your help."

"Yes." Mo Luo said respectfully.

After Mo Luo left, Lin Qing immediately looked at the Highness Su and couldn't help but ask: "Highness Su, in the secret art that the Mist Pigeon City Lord passed to me just now, I discovered that this secret art involves a 'wind attribute' primordial power? Isn't the universe's primordial power divided into six major factions? Where does the wind attribute primordial power come from?"

The Highness Su smiled and said: "Then let me ask you a question. In the Earth where you once lived, humans divided the Earth into various countries; does that mean there are no people who do not belong to any country?"

Lin Qing couldn't help but be stunned.

"The universe follows the same principle. The universe's primordial energy originally contained all attributes and had no division into factions."

The Highness Su said: "Life, Destruction, Order, Chaos, Nature, and Might—these six major factions were divided by six supreme universe gods, just like six countries. It is just that their rule was too absolute, able to divide all energy in the universe into six factions."

Speaking here, she glanced at Lin Qing with a half-smile, "But there are exceptions. As long as one begins to master the mysteries of time and space, one can transcend the universe and master primordial power outside the six major factions."

Lin Qing understood and said: "The level of the Three Sacred Lands' Founders?"

"You could say so." The Highness Su nodded slightly.

Lin Qing pondered and said again: "The deceased experts of the Great Void Tomb seem to value secret arts very much? As for divine techniques and divine artifacts, they seem to value them less?"

"Of course."

The Highness Su said: "The path of secret arts is actually a system that appeared before the path of divine offices. It was prevalent in the Ancient Universe period, cultivating secret arts with the help of various external objects, but this was also because the treasure resources of the Ancient Universe period were richer."

"The combat techniques you once cultivated can actually be considered a type of secret art, just a very basic one."

"And divine techniques and divine artifacts are exclusive to the path of divine offices; they do not require external objects and can resonate with the universe's primordial power, but they require an absurdly high level of comprehension."

She shook her head slightly. "Not everyone has your heaven-defying comprehension. Comprehension is also very difficult to determine, so... with the various ancestors buried in the Primordial Realm, what they value most in their successors is naturally inheriting secret arts. Secret arts value compatibility more, and value external treasure resources more, so they are naturally easier to cultivate."

Lin Qing was stunned.

So...

The path of secret arts appeared earlier than the path of divine offices?

The Ancient Universe period?

"If one can cultivate both the path of divine artifacts and divine techniques, as well as the path of secret arts, one would naturally be stronger."

The Highness Su looked at Lin Qing and said: "But divine techniques place too much emphasis on comprehension, divine artifacts also require certain resources, and secret arts value treasure resources and compatibility even more. The lower the compatibility, the more exaggerated the consumption of treasure resources will be. So, both paths are actually very difficult to walk."

Lin Qing thought for a moment and suddenly said: "Am I compatible with this Mist Pigeon Secret Art? If I am not compatible, wouldn't this reward be the same as having nothing?"

The Highness Su smiled and said: "Rest assured. Since the reward the Mist Pigeon City Lord gave you is this Mist Pigeon Secret Art, it means that your compatibility with this Mist Pigeon Secret Art has already passed the standard."

"That's good." Lin Qing nodded slightly.

"Of course..."

The Highness Su said: "It is also very difficult to cultivate the Mist Pigeon Secret Art to its limit, especially if the compatibility is insufficient. In the Ancient Universe period, this would mean talent is insufficient, and then even more and more precious treasures would be needed to cultivate it. This depends on yourself."

Lin Qing nodded.

For a high-level secret art like the Mist Pigeon Secret Art, if it can be cultivated to the current limit of endurance, theoretically, its power would only be slightly inferior to a set of divine artifacts.

With his current life level, genetic index, and comprehension of space, this Mist Dove Secret Art could theoretically reach a level of movement far superior to even flying-type Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts in terms of traversal — one could see how powerful it was.

Of course, to reach such a level, the resources and treasures required were also beyond imagination.

If a Void Sovereign were to cultivate this Mist Dove Secret Art, its limit would only be a level stronger than flying-type Chaotic Divine Artifacts.

In a word, secret arts required external objects, and also required one's body to be able to withstand them.

"The treasures this Mist Dove Secret Art requires — aren't they a bit too many?"

Lin Qing couldn't help but shake his head slightly. "Even at my current level, the treasures this secret art requires are more precious than ten Seven-Colored Divine Artifacts…"

Compared with that Void-level secret art for refining stars he knew of, it only needed stars that could be found everywhere in the universe.

Of course, its might was also far beyond comparison with this Mist Dove Secret Art.

"Still, as long as I can get started, I should be able to advance on credit…" Lin Qing muttered to himself.

Palace Lord Su glanced at him and said, "It's true that treasures and resources nowadays aren't as abundant as in the Ancient Universe era, and the path of secret arts has somewhat declined, but it still has many merits — you shouldn't give up on it. However… with your comprehension being so high, you really should focus more on the path of divine techniques."

Lin Qing nodded.

……

After leaving the Vacuum Great Tomb, while comprehending the Mist Dove Secret Art, Lin Qing also began gathering the relevant treasures it required.

The resources needed to cultivate it to its limit level, he couldn't produce right now, but the resources for merely getting started were still easy to gather — only several trillion Void Coins would suffice.

If only at the entry level, his traversal would merely reach the Yu Xingyuan Thirteen Layers standard.

"Although this secret art is very ingenious, it's not that hard to understand. Compared to divine techniques, its demands on comprehension are indeed much lower…"

On the vast Void Sea, Lin Qing continued to sail aboard his divine artifact ship, while beginning to use the various treasures and resources he had just gathered to attempt cultivating this Mist Dove Secret Art.

Many of the resources were merely refinement materials needed for three- or four-colored divine artifacts — only the quantity was enormous, and he could naturally gather them.

"Let's give it a try."

Lin Qing immediately began, following the requirements of the Mist Dove Secret Art, using the secret art to extract from these rare materials the wisp upon wisp of negligible universe origin belonging to the 'wind aspect.'

This secret art happened to be one he could use, so naturally the sooner he cultivated it the better.

After all…

Whether it was the World God or the Primordial Annihilation, neither was adept at traversal — it was merely the speed that came attached to the tremendous might of the divine techniques themselves.

There was no helping it.

Life-system divine techniques were inherently not adept at speed; rather, they took 'life' as their core. The World God was the extreme of lifeforms with vastly magnified might, while the Primordial Annihilation was the ultimate annihilation of life force.

And this Mist Dove Secret Art was purely a traversal-type secret art, theoretically sufficient to rival the combination divine techniques most adept at traversal.

"Whoosh whoosh…"

As one precious material after another was refined using the Mist Dove Secret Art's special refinement method to extract the wisps of origin concerning the wind aspect, the special power representing the Mist Dove Secret Art also began to gradually take shape within his body.

In the blink of an eye, three years had passed.

This day.

"It's done."

Lin Qing's eyes lit up. Sensing the secret art that had initially taken shape within his body, he immediately willed it, and his body abruptly transformed into a wisp of grayish misty shadow, like a phantom wind drifting through fog, naturally even plunging into the deeper layers of the void, his entire person merging into space.

After briefly sensing it, Lin Qing finally returned to his normal form and couldn't help but show a faint smile. "Truly a life-preserving traversal secret art — not only is the speed fast, but it even merges into the void; even Yu Xingyuan Thirteen Layers power can't touch me…"

Although this level was nothing to the current him, the secret art had only just initially taken shape — it was far from being cultivated to its limit.

If cultivated to its limit, it would definitely be of tremendous help to him.

"My genetic index is far stronger than ordinary Void beings, so the resources I need are also far more — I can't afford such a price…"

Lin Qing muttered to himself. "First I'll cultivate the Mist Dove Secret Art to its limit, let the Mist Dove Secret Art reshape my body and soul to the most suitable state, and the resource consumption will be less…"

He didn't hesitate either, immediately willing: "Order."

"Advance on credit — Mist Dove Secret Art!"

The next moment, accompanied by a flood of memories pouring into his mind, streams of wind-aspect origin energy, countless times denser than before, surged into his body, beginning to drive the Mist Dove Secret Art into a frenzied metamorphosis and growth.

A moment later.

After everything settled, Lin Qing sensed the Mist Dove Secret Art, now grown more than ten thousand times stronger, and immediately willed it, transforming into a wisp of grayish misty shadow, faintly displaying a vague bird-like outline.

Immediately after, he stowed his divine artifact ship and instantly transformed into a void shadow, darting forth at terrifying speed.

The chaotic, surging scenes of the Void Sea continuously receded in his eyes. Even when encountering dangers like void whirlpools and space storms, he — already merged into the deeper layers of the void — could easily avoid them.

"Truly astonishingly fast. Even while suppressing such a terrifying Void Sea, I can still manage ten million kilometers per second… far faster than the divine artifact ship."

After traversing pleasurably for a while, Lin Qing finally returned to normal. "Even Void Sovereigns adept at traversal, unless they used space rules to self-create divine techniques, would almost all be inferior to me…"

This Mist Dove Secret Art mainly made up for his shortcomings.

"What a fine secret art."

Lin Qing showed a smile. "Worthy of being a system that flourished before the path of divine duties — truly extraordinary…"

Although today's treasure resources weren't as abundant as in the Ancient Universe era, and the path of secret arts was relatively arduous, for him it was still worth attempting.

However…

What was advanced on credit still had to be repaid eventually. The comprehension aspect could be repaid easily, but resources could only be slowly gathered.

"Fortunately, the Mountain Sea Realm has now expanded to such a scale, and combined with my extermination of Void Pirates, my Order level will also rise — the current advance-on-credit quota is still sufficient…"

Lin Qing felt that although the secret art energy consumption wasn't that great, it was still far from as economical as divine artifacts, so he immediately released the divine artifact ship again and continued sailing.

"Mm, the next Life-system main star seems to be very close."

Glancing at the reference map, Lin Qing headed toward the nearest Life-system main star.

The vast Void Sea only had 380 Life-system main stars, and the entire East Pole Sea Region only had several dozen. His journey of over ten thousand years sailing on the sea was only a very small portion of the vast East Pole Sea Region.

Even traveling at top speed from the Life-system main star of the Mist Sea all the way to the nearest Life-system main star had taken him over ten thousand years.

Another several hundred years passed.

After sailing an unknown number of trillions of li across the vast Void Sea, Lin Qing finally saw that Life-system main star in the distant reaches.

Just as he saw the second Life-System Main Star—

In that moment, Lin Qing suddenly felt something.

The world he perceived in his mind seemed now capable of bearing the complete laws of space.

(End of this chapter)