This martial saint is too cautious.

Chapter 323 Destroying the Manor (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Tianjian Sect, Sequence Hall.

"Senior brother, it's now confirmed that Lin Yan did indeed encounter an accident while condensing the Divine Prime Minister's Palace."

Chao Huai walked into the main hall and spoke to the young man inside.

The young man asked curiously, "Oh, Junior Brother Chao, why are you so sure?"

"This news came from the Taiyi Sword Sect. I found a sword dao Dharma Aspect Realm expert and asked him to join the Taiyi Sword Sect to help me find out the information."

"Could this be a hoax, or a false rumor deliberately spread by the Taiyi Sword Sect?"

The young man had a thoughtful look on his face: "Lin Yan stole the show in the Sword Inheritance Tournament. Perhaps the Taiyi Sword Sect deliberately released false information to reduce outside attention to Lin Yan."

"What you say makes sense, senior brother. To be honest, I was also skeptical when I first heard the news, but words can lie, but actions can't lie."

Chao Huai smiled slightly, a confident smile on his face: "Just today, Pei Wujiu of the Taiyi Sword Sect and several Void Realm warriors of the Taiyi Sword Sect left the Taiyi Sword Sect's mountain gate and headed to Yuenan to practice Taoism. They were obviously heading towards the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm. If Lin Yan has successfully condensed the Divine Realm, there is no reason why he would not go with Pei Wujiu and the others."

The young man nodded slightly upon hearing this, clearly agreeing with Chao Huai's analysis and judgment.

"In that case, Lin Yan is no longer a threat."

"Indeed, there is nothing to fear, but since Senior Brother said that blood debts must be repaid in blood, Junior Brother will continue to carry out the plan."

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"Thank you for your hard work, Junior Brother Chao."

A bird flew away from the Taiyi Sword Sect's mountain gate, and no one paid any attention.

The Taiyi Sword Sect disciples have dozens of birds coming and going every day. When Lin Yan did not release his aura, no one would have thought that a Dharma Aspect Realm expert had left.

In the Yundang Mountains, a snow-white bird hovered above the mountains. The next moment, a figure stepped off the bird's back and disappeared into the mountains in a few steps.

Lin Yan entered the stone chamber once again through the cracks in the mountain valley. The bloodstone statue and the strange beast egg were still there.

"It's good that it's still here."

Seeing that the beast egg was exactly the same as before, Lin Yan smiled.

Before heading to southern Sichuan, he deliberately took a detour to check on the situation of the strange beast egg.

Given how eager Night Owl was to meet him, Lin Yan could guess that Night Owl's most likely request was for his beast egg.

Regardless of whether he ultimately decides to make a deal with Night Owl, he first needs to ascertain the status of the alien beast egg.

Otherwise, if the conditions offered by the Night Owl really tempt him, and a deal is finally reached, but then the monster egg disappears without a trace, then it will all be for nothing.

Looking at the strange beast egg in front of him, Lin Yan placed his hand on the eggshell.

Boom!

To Lin Yan's surprise, the eggshell, which had been stable when he touched it last time, actually stirred when he placed his hand on it this time.

He heard a heartbeat.

Boom, boom, boom!

The heartbeat was strange; it was extremely faint, yet Lin Yan could sense the immense vitality contained within it.

As soon as I removed my hand, the heartbeat stopped immediately.

"Is it because this beast cub is about to hatch, or has my strength increased and I couldn't sense it before, but I can now?"

Lin Yan stared at the strange beast egg, a thoughtful look on his face.

This time, he not only felt the heartbeat of the alien beast egg, but also another inexplicable emotion.

The alien beast egg seems to be trying to please itself.

"Could it be because I absorbed the essence of the Bloodstone that this beast egg is treating me like its mother? But the problem is, I don't know how to cut my nails."

Lin Yan has no interest in being the mother or father of a strange beast.

"We'll ask Night Owl for more details when we meet him; he knows a lot about alien beasts."

After shifting his gaze from the monster egg and confirming that the life inside was still alive, Lin Yan did not linger in the stone chamber. He turned and walked out of the chamber, leaving the canyon.

However, given Lin Yan's personality, he naturally wouldn't leave so directly. Instead, he sat down cross-legged on the open space on the cliff at the top of the canyon.

He needed to make sure that his whereabouts had not been discovered and that no one was curiously heading this way.

Half an hour later, after confirming that no one was approaching, Lin Yan left the area. Finally, a hundred miles away, he summoned a flying beast to land and rode it away from the Yundang Mountains.

On the road to southern Sichuan, at the office of the Inspector General, next to the main hall of the Inspector General.

When Lin Yan entered the inspection hall, he saw Night Owl standing alone in the hall with his arms crossed.

As always, it exudes a cold aura that keeps strangers at bay.

"Didn't we agree to meet at the Inspector's residence?"

Upon seeing the owl, Lin Yan asked a question out of curiosity.

"Do you think the Inspector's residence is your personal property, that you can just say it's inside and call it a day?"

Night Owl coldly replied, "Either your patrol level has reached level five, or your authority has reached the Heavenly Authority level. Otherwise, even if your realm breaks through to the Dharma Aspect Realm, you still have to pass the assessment first."

Of course, if someone is a Dharma Aspect Realm expert and requests entry to the Inspector's Mansion solely as a Dharma Aspect Realm expert, they will be allowed entry and will be personally received by a Deputy Inspector.

After hearing what Ye Xiao said, Lin Yan turned and left immediately.

"Mount Emei, where are you going?"

Seeing Lin Yan turn and leave, Night Owl was stunned. Was this guy going to get angry and leave just because of what he said?

"Go to the Inspector's Office."

I certainly don't have the fifth level of inspection authority, but I happen to have the authority to reach the level of Tianquan.

The owl was unaware of his own identity and origins, but by using the tiger's skin to intimidate others, he made the owl guess his identity and origins to be more impressive, which would be beneficial for the subsequent negotiations.

Hearing Lin Yan's voice coming from outside the hall, Night Owl frowned slightly beneath his mask, but still followed him out of the hall. He then saw Lin Yan arrive at the gate of the Inspector's Mansion, show his token, and soon someone went in to announce his arrival.

"Do you have the authority to grant divine permission?"

Night Owl walked up to Lin Yan. Lin Yan's patrol badge only had two stars, indicating he was only a level two patrolman. The only possibility was that he had the necessary authority.

"You can guess further up."

Lin Yan smiled slightly, his expression enigmatic.

Hearing Lin Yan's answer, Night Owl fell silent. A second-level inspector possessing privileges above the Heavenly Authority level could only mean one thing: Emei Peak must have a significant background.

If Emei Peak had such a powerful background, would it have needed to kill some river bandits to earn points back then?

The real reason that made Night Owl fall silent was that he felt pressure.

If Emei Peak has a powerful background, is it still possible for me to trade for the strange beast egg from them?

If the Emei Summit comes to see me, they must be interested in making a deal.

But most importantly, knowing how shameless this guy was, he would never agree to it without risking his life to cut himself in the process.

As Night Owl pondered, a middle-aged man soon appeared inside the mansion. His gaze swept over Lin Yan's mask, and he immediately smiled, "I am a steward of the Inspector's Office. Is there anything I can help you with, Lord Emei Peak?"

"I would like a quiet courtyard."

Upon hearing Lin Yan's request, the middle-aged man understood immediately, knowing that the two inspectors must have important matters to discuss and did not want others to overhear.

"Please follow me, both of you."

Led by the middle-aged man, Lin Yan and Night Owl passed through several halls of the Inspectorate and two mountain peaks, finally stopping in front of a courtyard.

"Lord Emei Peak, this place is extremely quiet, and there are patrols and guards outside. No one will approach within five miles."

Thank you.

Lin Yan clasped his hands in a fist salute to the middle-aged man, then pushed open the door and went inside. Ye Xiao followed closely behind, and the middle-aged man closed the door for the two of them before leaving on his own.

"Emei Peak, let's get straight to the point—"

"No rush."

Lin Yan raised his hand, first releasing his divine sense to confirm that no one was eavesdropping, before slowly saying, "Let's go inside and talk."

The two entered the house, and Night Owl crossed his arms and looked at Lin Yan: "I'll be blunt, if that beast egg is alive, I want it."

"I know you want it, but don't rush."

Lin Yan waved his hand: "Tell me first, what do you need the beast egg for? It will take who knows how many years for it to hatch. By the time it hatches, we'll both be dust."

Seeing that Night Owl was about to speak, Lin Yan spoke first: "I want to hear the truth. If it's a lie, then this deal is over. You can try to see if you can deceive me with lies."

"I never intended to lie. Don't judge others by your own standards."

Lin Yan: ————

"The monster egg is useless to you; it will take an unknown amount of time to hatch. But I have a way to make the monster egg hatch quickly."

"What method?"

Now it was the owl's turn to fall silent.

Well, I can't get anything out of them.

Lin Yan also knew that Night Owl would definitely not tell him how to hatch the alien beast egg.

"I'm curious, do you want any kind of monster egg? What if it hatches into a weak monster? And even if it does hatch, it will take hundreds of years for it to grow up. Can you wait that long?"

The reason Lin Yan was willing to meet with Night Owl was because the hatching of the alien beast egg takes time, and after it hatches, it also takes time for it to grow up, and this time is calculated in hundreds of years.

It's taking too long; it's better to monetize it.

"There are no weak beasts."

Night Owl pondered for a moment: "Especially the surviving alien beasts. Besides, since I have a way to quickly hatch alien beast eggs, I naturally also have a way to make alien beasts grow quickly."

"Understood." Lin Yan nodded. "Give me that piece of strange bone."

Lin Yan stretched out his hand, and Night Owl took out a box from his sleeve and placed it on the table.

Opening the box, Lin Yan saw the strange bone inside that exuded the aura of a mythical beast. He smiled slightly, closed the box, and put it directly into his pocket.

"Next, please state your conditions, Brother Night Owl. If the conditions satisfy me, I will transfer that beast egg to you."

"A top-tier true qi, thirty rare treasures of heaven and earth, and a technique that will allow you to unleash the full power of the extraordinary bones within your body."

Lin Yan smiled upon hearing the conditions offered by Night Owl.

You want to exchange these conditions for a monster egg? Dream on!

Just as Lin Yan was about to refuse, he remembered that in Night Owl's eyes, he was still a True Qi Realm expert, so these things were indeed quite good and necessary for him to step into the Half-Step Dharma Aspect Realm.

Unfortunately, I am already at the Dharma Aspect Realm.

"I have my own way of the path to enlightenment, Brother Night Owl, there's no need for you to worry about it. If that's all there is to it, then I'm sorry, this deal is off."

Hearing Lin Yan's refusal, Ye Xiao showed no surprise. Knowing that Emei Peak possessed privileges above the Tianquan level, she understood that the conditions she had originally envisioned were probably not feasible.

With Mount Emei as a backdrop, there is no shortage of resources to enter the realm of Dharma.

What do you want?

"Resources after the Dharma Image."

Night Owl fell into a long silence this time, and Lin Yan was in no hurry to urge him.

In terms of cultivation techniques, he has no shortage of them. He has the Taiyi Divine Art and the Taiyi Sword Manual, and in addition to the sword path, he also has the Eight Desolate Dragon Elephant Art and the Undying Mountain Art.

The only problem is that cultivating the third level of the Eight Desolate Dragon Elephant Technique requires extremely demanding conditions, which are difficult to obtain in a short period of time.

After a short while, Night Owl spoke again: "I see you have practiced close combat techniques. I can give you a spot to go to the Vajra Secret Realm."

The Vajra Secret Realm?

Lin Yan was somewhat tempted.

The secret realm of the Vajra Sect is one of the most coveted secret realms for body-tempering martial artists.

It contains many body-tempering resources, and the unique feature of this secret realm is that the power of the Dharma body within a person who enters will be sealed, leaving only the power of the physical body.

However, this secret realm belongs to the Vajra Sect and outsiders are not easily allowed to enter. Just like the Taiyi Cave Heaven, the Taiyi Sword Sect doesn't even have enough Dharma Aspect experts of its own, so it's impossible for them to send Dharma Aspect experts from outside the sect to enter.

How could Night Owl manage to obtain a spot in the Vajra Secret Realm? Could it be that Night Owl is from the Vajra Sect?

But upon further reflection, Lin Yan dismissed the guess. Even if Night Owl was a member of the Vajra Sect, he probably wouldn't have the authority, and he had never heard of the Vajra Sect having a deep relationship with strange beasts.

"This is the Vajra Mandate. Holding this mandate will allow the Vajra Gate to open its secret realm."

Seemingly afraid that Lin Yan wouldn't believe him, Night Owl directly took out a token from his pocket.

Upon seeing the Vajra Secret Order, Lin Yan believed Night Owl's words. The Vajra Secret Order of the Vajra Sect was issued by the Vajra Sect to its dispatched experts. It was similar to a promise that anyone holding the token could make a request to the Vajra Sect.

Those who receive secret orders must have done favors for the Vajra Sect or have engaged in some kind of transaction with the Vajra Sect.

"Not enough."

Lin Yan shook his head slightly: "The Vajra Secret Realm is indeed a place that Body Tempering Martial Artists yearn for, but entering the secret realm does not mean that you will definitely gain anything. You may end up with nothing. What I gave was a beast pill, while you only traded a vague secret realm spot that may yield some gains. This trade is not fair."

"Emei Peak, the beast egg is useless in your hands," Night Owl retorted coldly.

"That's different. Although I don't know how to hatch it, I can leave it to my descendants. Moreover, I can feel the heartbeat of that strange beast egg, so it probably won't be long before it hatches."

17

"You felt the heartbeat inside the monster egg?"

Night Owl's voice suddenly became urgent, his eyes fixed on Lin Yan.

Did I let something slip?

Seeing Night Owl's anxious look, Lin Yan coughed and said, "Maybe I'm just imagining things. I'm not sure."

Night Owl stared at Lin Yan for a long time, and she was certain that this guy from Emei Peak had really felt the heartbeat of the alien beast egg.

Emei Peak didn't know what this meant, and had no reason to lie about it. On the contrary, the final, seemingly conciliatory words were in line with the person's cautious nature.

If Mount Emei could truly sense the heartbeat of the strange beast egg—

With a thought in mind, Night Owl spoke directly: "A Broken Mansion Pearl and a Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique are my final conditions."

"What did you say?!"

Lin Yan suddenly stood up, not because the conditions offered by Night Owl were insufficient, but because—they were better than he had expected.

It's as if just a moment ago he was arguing endlessly with Night Owl over a few taels of silver, and then Night Owl suddenly threw a thousand taels of gold at him.

He didn't yet know what the latter meant, but the former—the Dharma image is a priceless treasure.

Breaking the palace doesn't mean breaking the divine palace itself, but rather breaking the shackles of the divine palace.

Those whose Divine Palace is nine zhang tall have a chance to break through to ten zhang by consuming the Divine Palace Breaking Pearl.

If it were up to him, he would most likely be able to break through to thirty feet in the Divine Palace.

Although it's only a difference of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters), that one zhang difference makes all the difference.

Not only is the power of the Divine Palace Dharma Image more concentrated, and the speed of nurturing the Dharma Image is faster, but more importantly—

Lin Yan couldn't help but glance inward at his martial arts tree, where a golden leaf was hanging on a green branch.

This golden leaf belongs to the Divine Palace.

Just a little bit more and the leaf will be complete.

This leaf is perfectly round, unlike the previous perfect sword intent; this is something that appears after the martial arts tree advances.

This means that one's divine palace has broken through its limits, and one will then receive a divine power reward.

Only those who have reached the third stage of the Dharma Aspect realm and opened up the Divine Power Palace can comprehend this divine power. The benefits of comprehending it while still in the Void Aspect realm are self-evident.

Even the Taiyi Sword Sect doesn't have such a treasure, yet this Night Owl is able to produce it.

For the first time, Lin Yan was filled with curiosity about the background and origins of Night Owl.

Seeing Lin Yan's somewhat flustered expression, Night Owl, behind his mask, also curled up a smile.

This guy—finally, he's no longer acting all nonchalant.

"Wouldn't you be even more surprised if I told you that the Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique is even more valuable than the Broken Mansion Pearl?"

"Impossible above the Broken Palace Pearl."

"Nothing is impossible. I'll give you the Breakthrough Pearl. If your Divine Palace can reach nine zhang, you can use the Breakthrough Pearl to break through to ten zhang. Although there are few experts in the world with a Divine Palace of ten zhang, they do exist. But the Dharma Aspect Weapon Holding Technique—no one has cultivated it in the past thousand years. Don't think that the Dharma Aspect Weapon Holding Technique is as simple as allowing your Dharma Aspect to hold a spiritual weapon. When the Dharma Aspect Weapon Holding Technique is cultivated to a high level, your Dharma Aspect becomes your spiritual weapon. Its true uses are endless."

Lin Yan listened quietly to Night Owl's words; this guy had no idea about his own strength.

Ten zhang? I pulled out thirty zhang! That'll scare you to death!

However, from Night Owl's words, Lin Yan could also tell that this Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique was indeed extraordinary.

Night Owl shares some of the same qualities as me; we are both pragmatic and honest people who would not deliberately boast or exaggerate.

"Why were these conditions suddenly offered?"

"Then don't worry about it."

Night Owl scoffed, "What, you're afraid to take it now that it's yours?"

"Yes, since Brother Night Owl thinks so highly of me, I naturally accept it."

Only a fool wouldn't want that.

No matter what secrets Night Owl is keeping, it will only benefit him. As for whether that Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique is fake, he has the Martial Dao Tree. He can find out whether a technique is real or fake by practicing it and verifying it with the Martial Dao Tree.

If the Broken Palace Pearl is genuine, then I've made a profit.

"Neither of these two things are on me. You will have to wait for me for several days while traveling in southern Sichuan."

"Can."

I'd wait a month, let alone a few days.

In addition, I am not going to sit idly by; I can take advantage of these few days to clean up the floods along the roads in southern Sichuan.

After reaching an agreement, the two agreed on a time to meet again, and Night Owl left directly.

After watching the night owl depart, Lin Yan summoned the steward of the Inspector's Office, gave him some instructions, and then began cultivating inside the house.

Although the spiritual energy of the Shu-Nan Circuit Inspectorate is not as strong as that of the Taiyi Sword Sect, it is still much richer than that of the outside world.

"Dharma Aspect Realm experts primarily enhance their abilities by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, so their place of residence must be the one with the most abundant energy. In this light, apart from blessed lands and secret realms, the most abundant energy in the world should be found in the official residences and the locations of major sects."

The next morning, an official from the patrol office delivered a booklet containing the names of mountain bandits and river bandits registered by patrol officers from various regions.

"A new round of crackdown on prostitution — forget about the prostitution crackdown, a new round of crackdown on illegal publications has begun."

Looking at the list of bandit groups and noting down their details, Lin Yan carefully put the list into his pocket, then turned and left the Inspector's Mansion.

Deep in a mountain range.

"You want the Broken Palace Pearl and the Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique, just to trade for a single exotic beast egg? Isn't that asking for too much?"

In a thatched hut, an old woman slowly spoke.

"Grandma, you can feel the heartbeat of the strange beast egg on Mount Emei."

"What did you say?"

The old woman's face twitched, and a terrifying aura emanated from her. All the ferocious beasts in the entire mountain range seemed to sense something at that moment, and they all lay down on the spot, trembling.

Is this true?

"This is what this person said himself. He didn't know much about the strange beasts before, nor did he know my identity. It's impossible that he would lie about this on purpose."

There were things that Night Owl didn't say, and those were the obvious attempts by Emei Peak to cover up his true intentions, which only confirmed Night Owl's judgment.

Even Night Owl himself didn't know why he didn't tell her; perhaps he didn't want his mother to know about Emei Peak's shamelessness.

"Being able to sense the throbbing of the beast inside the egg indicates that this person must be hiding a secret of the Eight Desolations."

"Mother-in-law."

Night Owl interrupted the old woman: "Grandma, the origins of that Emei Peak are probably extraordinary. It's only a first-level inspector, yet it possesses inspector privileges. At the very least, it's a Tianquan. If we take action against it, it's highly likely that the forces behind it will get involved."

"I understand."

The old woman smiled slightly and looked at Night Owl: "It seems you have a good impression of Mount Emei."

"Impressions?"

Night Owl shook his head: "I don't have much of an impression of Emei Peak, but this person's martial arts talent is not weak. We don't need to make enemies with this person and the forces behind him. Moreover, this time when we met, I couldn't even detect his aura. Last time, although he also concealed it very well, I could still sense most of it."

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