Chapter 404

Above the cliff abyss, Lin Chen's expression was calm, the Canglan energy within his body flowing naturally.

Beneath his feet was the familiar surging Canglan energy; ahead, however, was a mist.

With every step he took, ice-blue ripples rippled out beneath his feet, supporting his figure.

Lin Chen's steps were as light as walking on waves, and every step was extremely smooth.

Ten steps, fifteen steps...

When he walked past twenty steps, Lin Chen noticed the difference. The Canglan energy in the abyss below originally supported him like water waves, but from this moment on, it began to entangle his feet, pulling him downward.

At the same time, the Canglan energy within his body was also being dragged downward from his feet by an invisible force.

His steps stalled, and Lin Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, but the next moment, the Canglan energy within his body began to circulate in a different form, and the binding and pulling force beneath his feet disappeared once again.

Twenty-five steps, thirty steps...

The moment he took the thirty-first step, Lin Chen's body staggered, feeling as if an incomparably terrifying heavy hammer had smashed into his body, causing his entire mind to rumble.

After thirty steps, the pressure he faced suddenly increased several times over.

But fortunately, he held on.

"Although I don't know what is so special about the technique the Sect Master mentioned, since it can make the Sect Master value it so much, it is absolutely no small matter."

"A great opportunity awaits me, and whether I can obtain this opportunity depends on this time. Such an opportunity will not come again if missed."

Recalling the years since he stepped onto the Martial Way, Lin Chen knew very clearly that he was able to reach this step, besides the help of the panel, it was inseparable from him seizing every opportunity.

Opportunities are all fought for.

And if he hadn't been able to obtain even one opportunity back then, I fear he wouldn't be able to stand here today.

Although in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, his starting point was much higher than in Daliang, the principles were the same.

"Hold on!"

Lin Chen roared in his heart, supporting himself to continue moving forward, walking forward step by step with difficulty.

The further he went, the harder it became.

Toward the end, it wasn't just his body, but even his spirit was being oppressed by an inexplicable force. In the end, only his instinct was driving him forward.

The instinct not to let go of any opportunity!

One step, two steps, three steps...

At the edge of the cliff, Ji Cangtian watched Lin Chen's figure gradually disappear into the mist, and there was a flash of excitement in his eyes. After so many years, the Canglan Sect finally had someone who could walk to the opposite shore of the mist.

……

Boom!

The oppressive force around his body suddenly dissipated, and Lin Chen's consciousness also began to return slowly.

The moment his consciousness returned, Lin Chen's eyes looked toward the front at the first moment, and he was stunned.

Before him, two lines of text were quietly suspended in the air.

【Connecting to the Heavenly Ruins above, reflecting the constellations of the universe as the Eye of Canglan】

【Passing through the Nine Netherworlds below, hiding the kalpas of eternity as the Key of Reincarnation】

These two lines of text were not unfamiliar to Lin Chen; when he comprehended the Canglan Treasure Canon, these two lines of text had also appeared.

And just as Lin Chen stared at these two lines of text, a ethereal voice suddenly came to his ears, the voice gradually intensifying, like Sanskrit chanting around his ears.

"Connecting to the Heavenly Ruins above, reflecting the constellations of the universe as the Eye of Canglan; passing through the Nine Netherworlds below, hiding the kalpas of eternity as the Key of Reincarnation..."

The voice was very plain, yet it seemed to carry a certain magic, involuntarily attracting Lin Chen's entire spirit. The Canglan energy within his body, at this moment, also seemed to have received some kind of summons, beginning to circulate in a strange way.

"Tides, abyss..."

Lin Chen only felt he had touched something, but it was always just a little bit off, as if there was a hazy veil before him, and behind that veil hid secrets that made one yearn for them.

As long as he took one more step forward and pushed aside the veil, he could see the truth.

Unfortunately, Lin Chen's body seemed as if it were welded in place, unable to move a fraction.

He was unwilling...

Swish!

The next moment, Lin Chen's spirit split into several divine thoughts, forming a hand, gently lifting the hazy veil, and he saw the Divine Emperor.

Boom.

The two lines of text in front began to shake at this moment, then transformed into countless rays of light, shooting toward Lin Chen's brow at this moment.

Every ray of light entered his body from his brow and quickly stayed in a certain place around his body: twenty-four main acupoints, seventy-two acupoints, and those many hidden acupoints...

Lin Chen at this moment, if someone could see his appearance, would definitely be shocked by the changes in his body.

Ice-blue, firefly-like light points lit up all over Lin Chen's body, numbering in the tens of thousands, and these firefly-like ice-blue lights continued to surge, eventually connecting together to form ice-blue lines, corresponding to all the meridians in Lin Chen's body.

Just looking at it gave one an indescribable sense of beauty.

The light flickered on and off with a unique rhythm. If one watched carefully, one could see that Lin Chen's breathing rhythm was perfectly in sync with the brightness and darkness of the light.

Time passed breath by breath.

He didn't know how much time had passed. When the light inside his body disappeared, Lin Chen opened his eyes and looked inside his body at the first moment, but there was a look of shock in his eyes.

The innate first stage, the Qi Transformation Stage, transforms the power of the five elements into innate power, using innate power to transform into Qi, allowing one to fly in the air and shoot Qi a hundred feet away.

And from the innate first stage to the innate second stage, one needs to condense innate crystals in twenty-four acupoints in the body.

From one to twenty-four, just like the Acupoint Stage back then, once twenty-four are reached, one can step into the next stage.

However, at this moment, inside his body, there were thousands of ice-blue crystals...

If calculated by the number of crystals, he could be considered to have stepped into the innate third stage.

But his strength hadn't reached the innate third stage at all; until now, he was still at the innate first stage.

Just as Lin Chen was feeling puzzled, a massive amount of information suddenly appeared in his mind...

"This is the Canglan Art..."

A hundred breaths later, after sorting out the information in his mind, Lin Chen's expression was very strange.

He now understood why his body had such changes, and finally understood why the Sect Master brought him here.

Hidden here was the Canglan Sect's strongest technique: the Canglan Art.

After stepping into the innate Qi Transformation Stage, what needs to be done is to condense innate crystals in twenty-four main acupoints in the body. The reason it is twenty-four acupoints is because the twenty-four main acupoints of the human body happen to form a cycle of energy circulation.

But the Canglan Art does not follow this path; the Canglan Art uses Canglan energy to solidify the entire acupoint.

Acupoints are large, and innate crystals are small.

But the Canglan Art actually makes the acupoints act as innate crystals.

The gap between the two is imaginable; the power the latter can explode with must far exceed the former.

But condensing innate crystals in acupoints and refining the entire acupoint into an innate crystal, the difficulty of the two is also very obvious.

However, what made Lin Chen's heart surge even more was that when the Canglan Art is cultivated to the end, all the acupoints in the body will become innate crystals, and the number will be so large that it will be like the stars in the sky...

"Too far away, let's think about the present first." Lin Chen didn't aim too high; the first step he had to take now was to cultivate the Canglan Art to the entry level.

At the same time, he also knew why the Sect Master brought him here; to cultivate the Canglan Art, one must comprehend the Canglan Force.

Canglan Force is a special transformation method of Canglan energy, and only this kind of transformation can allow Canglan energy to refine the entire acupoint.

……

……

Time passed bit by bit.

Three days later.

Lin Chen's aura surged, causing the surrounding mist to surge.

Bang!

The next moment, the mist surged violently. Lin Chen opened his eyes and looked inside his body, a look of satisfaction appearing on his face.

In just three days, the innate energy within his body had increased several times over, and all of this came from the help of the Canglan Art.

This is the power of the Canglan Art, being able to transform Canglan energy in the most perfect way.

"Since the cultivation is complete, then come back."

By his ears came the Sect Master's voice. Lin Chen took a deep look at the mist in front of him; until now, he still hadn't been able to walk to the opposite shore of this mist.

"It seems the harvest is not small."

Ji Cangtian, standing at the edge of the cliff, looked at Lin Chen walking back, a satisfied smile on his face. But before Lin Chen could reply, his expression became serious the next moment: "Regarding everything you experienced here, you must not reveal it to anyone. If you dare to reveal even a fraction, you will be dealt with as a sect traitor."

"Yes!"

Lin Chen's heart tightened. The Sect Master's meaning was that he couldn't even tell his Master.

"Some secrets are not suitable for you to know too much about yet. When the time comes, I will naturally tell you."

Ji Cangtian knew Lin Chen had many doubts in his heart, but he couldn't clear them up for Lin Chen now; this was for Lin Chen's own good, and also for the good of the Canglan Sect.

"Regarding the items you exchange on Martial Way Mountain, I have already thought about it for you; use them to improve your spirit."

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Courtyard.

Lin Chen saw his Master again.

Du Xiaofeng didn't ask where Lin Chen had gone for these three days; he had a vague guess in his heart, but since the Sect Master didn't say, he wouldn't ask.

"Lin Chen, the Sect Master and I discussed using the Martial Way Mountain point exchange to improve your spirit strength. You have cultivated the Wujin Shenxiang Jue; in terms of physical toughness alone, few people on Martial Way Mountain can break your defense, but your spirit is your weak point."

Spirit cultivation is even more difficult compared to the physical body.

Compared to the geniuses of other sects, Lin Chen had tempered his spirit too little.

Most geniuses under twenty from other sects are cultivated from the time they enter the sect. The Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao doesn't have the saying that martial artists need to wait until fifteen to start contacting the Martial Way; most geniuses start practicing martial arts at four or five years old.

Otherwise, even if the resources of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao were richer than the Nine Kingdoms, it would be impossible to give birth to so many innate martial artists under twenty, and it would be impossible for high-rank martial artists in their twenties to be everywhere.

"In a while, when you enter Martial Way Mountain, exchange for the Refining God Lianshen Xinghuo; this item is a precious thing for spirit tempering."

"Refining God Lianshen Xinghuo, disciple remembers."

Lin Chen nodded. The Martial Way Mountain special exchange list did indeed have this item, and the exchange points were fifty thousand points per day.

With his points, he could exchange for five days.

"Choosing the Refining God Lianshen Xinghuo for you is also to prepare for the next opening of the Canglan Secret Realm. The stronger the spirit, the greater the chance of comprehending martial will inside, and even the grade of the martial will comprehended will be higher."

"No time to lose, enter Martial Way Mountain today."

Ji Cangtian made the final decision. Lin Chen didn't delay, and after resting for a moment, he entered Martial Way Mountain in front of Ji Cangtian and Du Xiaofeng.

Martial Way Mountain steps.

Lin Chen was just about to exchange for the Refining God Lianshen Xinghuo, but hesitated when he saw 【Wu Yanjing】 on the list. With his current points, he could exchange for five days of Refining God Lianshen Xinghuo, and there would still be more than thirty thousand points left.

Or, he could exchange for 【Wu Yanjing】 first and experience the magic of this 【Wu Yanjing】.

Being able to deduce martial arts techniques and discover the flaws in martial arts techniques, isn't that exactly what his self-created Tianyan Vientiane Destruction Palm needs?

【Exchange for Wu Yanjing】

Lin Chen didn't hesitate and spoke calmly.

As his words fell, the surrounding environment changed, replaced by a vast world.

Around him, there was nothing.

Standing in the vast world, Lin Chen wasn't too surprised. Martial Way Mountain could change the battlefield space according to the identity of the martial artists fighting, so it was normal for a new space to appear.

Collecting his thoughts, Lin Chen began to execute the Tianyan Vientiane Destruction Palm directly in this world.

After executing it once, a look of realization suddenly appeared on Lin Chen's face. In his mind, there were actually some flaws in the Tianyan Vientiane Destruction Palm, as well as changes in the technique's Qi circulation.

These were as if he had just discovered them.

Enlightenment!

This term appeared in Lin Chen's mind. Is this the magic of Wu Yanjing?

It wasn't inputting information into his mind as a third party, but everything was realized by himself.

Magical, truly magical!

After several times, confirming that the Tianyan Vientiane Destruction Palm had no more flaws, Lin Chen began to execute the Qianji Refining God Jue this time.

The Sect Master and his Master let him enter Martial Way Mountain to temper his spirit, and the Qianji Refining God Jue is used to split divine thoughts; cultivating this technique itself can also make the spirit powerful.

The Sect Master of the Qingtian Sect only passed the first part of the Qianji Refining God Jue to him; he could take this opportunity to cultivate the second part.

Flying knives of divine thoughts began to appear in Lin Chen's hands, and along with the control of the flying knives, a trace of realization also appeared in Lin Chen's mind.

Some details he had previously ignored in spirit control, and this time executing the Qianji Refining God Jue was faster and smoother than any previous time, giving Lin Chen the feeling that the original him hadn't comprehended the essence of the Qianji Refining God Jue at all.

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In the courtyard, Ji Cangtian and Du Xiaofeng were also talking at this moment.

"Sect Master, actually, you could have let Lin Chen choose Wu Yanjing."

Wu Yanjing was what he and the Sect Master had originally discussed for his disciple to choose, but he didn't know why the Sect Master later rejected it.

"Lin Chen doesn't practice many techniques. Even if he cultivates the Canglan Finger to the extreme, he cannot comprehend the third layer due to the limitation of his stage. As for the Wujin Shenxiang Jue, it requires innate fire, and it is the same... Wu Yanjing is not of much help to him."

"My disciple's comprehension of martial arts techniques must not be low; otherwise, he wouldn't have comprehended the Canglan Divine Canon back then. With such high comprehension, plus the help of Wu Yanjing, if there is a technique that doesn't require a stage, it is enough for him to cultivate to the extreme."

Du Xiaofeng sighed in his heart. The Canglan Sect wasn't without such techniques, and there were even quite a few, but these techniques all had an upper limit.

It is common knowledge recognized by all martial artists in the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao that the more powerful the technique, the higher the requirement for the stage.

To cultivate to the extreme, one needs to improve the stage step by step.

Except for some techniques in the Qianji Domain.

(End of Chapter)