This martial saint is too cautious.

Chapter 329 Yin and Yang (Seeking monthly votes)

A solitary peak.

The lid of the alchemy furnace was lifted by the red smoke.

A fragrant aroma filled the entire mountain peak.

Once the elixir is completed, its fragrance is extremely alluring.

The Yin-Yang Blood Lotus Pill, once taken, is equivalent to the effect of half a Void Realm Great Medicine.

The only difference is that one can only take one Yin-Yang Blood Lotus Pill in a lifetime, and all the Dharma Aspect martial artists of the Yin-Yang Sect who have reached the late stage of the Void Aspect Realm or above have taken it.

"The effect of half a pill is equivalent to several months of cultivation for me, and for a martial artist like He Ming, it is equivalent to several years or even longer of arduous training."

Lin Yan did not look at the Yin-Yang Blood Lotus Pill inside the alchemy furnace.

Even when he was in the arduous Skin-Refining Realm, he didn't harm innocent martial artists for the sake of martial arts fruits, let alone now with the corpses of these children lying beside him.

Mencius said: "The difference between humans and animals is slight, and the wise man cherishes this."

Looking back on his martial arts journey, he had always used Meng Ziyun to defeat his opponents, and this was the first time he had used it to describe himself.

"I, Lin Yan, am not a moral saint, but just an ordinary person, but ordinary people also have their own code of conduct."

He shook his head slightly; he raised the Abyss Sword and swung it out.

Hundreds of sword energies crisscrossed the mountaintop, constantly sculpting the ground.

A few breaths later, the mountaintop collapsed, burying the alchemy furnace along with the children's remains in the dust.

"He died because of Dan, and Dan will accompany him. If he still cannot rest in peace, if there is an afterlife, remember to seek revenge on the Yin-Yang Sect."

Looking at the flattened mountain peak, Lin Yan murmured something, turned around, took a few steps in the air, and arrived in front of the tree branch where two corpses were hanging. His gaze first fell on He Ming's corpse.

Snapped!

Lin Yan flicked her finger, and He Ming's mask fell off, revealing a wrinkled old face.

"Judging from his appearance, he should be around seventy years old."

When one's vital energy and blood are not depleted, a martial artist can maintain a youthful appearance. However, once their vital energy and blood deplete or they die, their appearance will revert to that of a normal age.

A seventy-year-old Void Realm martial artist has almost exhausted their martial arts potential; the only way to break through is to find medicine.

Lin Yan began searching the two men. Besides a patrol token, He Ming also had a thousand taels of gold and fifty thousand taels of silver notes.

"The patrol token has He Ming's points on it, but unfortunately I can't redeem them."

After searching He Ming, Lin Yan then searched the body of the black-robed protector of the Yin Yang Sect. This man did not have any purple gold on him, but he had a lot of bottles and jars, most of which Lin Yan did not recognize.

"In order to control its followers, the Yin-Yang Sect and similar forces teach secret techniques and pills, which are not very effective for outsiders."

Besides these pills, Lin Yan also took out two other things.

An identity token, black on the front and white on the back.

"With this token, it can be considered evidence that I killed the Yin Yang Sect protector. I can't let such a great achievement get away with it."

After carefully examining the token and confirming that there was nothing suspicious about it, Lin Yan put it away. Finally, his gaze fell on a rolled-up leather scroll.

The scroll was attached to the chest of the person in question. The fact that a Dharma Aspect Realm expert would hide it so carefully is enough to show how precious the contents of the scroll are to him.

The fact that it could make a Dharma Aspect Realm expert so serious meant that it was definitely not an ordinary item. Perhaps the biggest gain from this murder and body search was this scroll.

With a hint of anticipation, Lin Yan slowly unrolled the scroll.

"This is?"

The scroll was opened to reveal a black and white pattern.

To be precise, it's a black and white line drawing pattern.

It's like someone drawing lines on a leather scroll with a black and white pen, with no discernible pattern.

However, as Lin Yan watched, he became completely absorbed in it.

What Lin Yan was unaware of was that at this moment, the martial arts tree in his mind was frantically consuming its martial arts fruits at an average rate of one fruit every ten breaths.

At this moment, Lin Yan's entire mind was immersed in these black and white lines.

These seemingly random black and white patterns resemble countless swimming snakes, with the black snakes swimming north and the white snakes swimming south.

The two were initially clearly distinct, but later they became intertwined and intersected.

Gradually, what Lin Yan saw before his eyes was no longer lines, but an overwhelming scroll.

In the picture, the black and white colors are no longer fixed, but move with his gaze.

At the very bottom of the scroll, there is a line of small characters: "Diagram of Yin-Yang Contemplation".

"The Yin-Yang Visualization Diagram, one of the three major visualization diagrams of the Yin-Yang School?"

Lin Yan regained his composure and his mind withdrew from the scroll.

In the Taiyi Sword Sect's collection of books, there is a record of the Yin-Yang Sect's techniques.

The three major visualization diagrams of the Yin-Yang School are the "Yin-Yang Visualization Diagram", the "Yin Aspect Diagram", and the "Yang Aspect Diagram".

Although the Yin-Yang Sect is not a good thing, these three visualization diagrams are top-tier visualization techniques in martial arts.

This kind of visualization technique will not significantly improve strength, but it can solidify the foundation of martial arts, especially in the Dharma Aspect Realm, making it more likely to break through to the next realm.

The Yin-Yang diagram embodies the flow and fusion of Yin and Yang.

"How could such a treasure of the Yin-Yang Sect end up in the hands of a mere Void Realm martial artist?"

Even those at the Dharma Aspect Realm and Void Aspect Realm are considered powerful in the martial arts world. However, the Yin Yang Sect has not been destroyed despite being condemned by the imperial court and various sects. This is not only due to its secretive nature but also because of its strength.

The leader of the Yin-Yang Sect is a powerful figure at the sixth level of the Dharma Aspect realm.

In terms of strength alone, the Yin-Yang Sect is no less powerful than any other major sect.

"Is this scroll still of any use?"

As soon as Lin Yan had a thought, the scroll in his mind automatically appeared.

"The Yin-Yang visualization diagram is already in my mind."

"Wait, my Martial Arts Fruit—"

As the visualization diagram in his mind automatically appeared, Lin Yan was about to exit when his gaze caught the changes in the Martial Dao Tree.

The number of martial arts fruits hanging on the gray martial arts tree branches had decreased by a full 30%.

"So, this is to make me use 30% of my martial arts fruit to see through the Yin-Yang visualization diagram contained in this scroll?"

Is it worth it?

It's totally worth it!

Lin Yan remembered what his master had said: in the Void Realm, the Yin-Yang Visualization Diagram of the Yin-Yang Sect was an absolute treasure.

It should be understood that if the manifestation of Dharma is without the principle of Yin and Yang, it will ultimately lack a certain spirituality.

This spirituality—the difference may not be apparent in ordinary times, but the gap becomes more and more apparent as time goes on.

The master didn't finish his sentence, but Lin Yan could sense the regret in his master's tone.

"It seems that the original idea of ​​exchanging the killing of the Yin-Yang Sect protector for inspection points will have to be abandoned."

Lin Yan looked at the black-robed old man's corpse again. Unless every Dharma Aspect Realm expert in the Yin Yang Sect had a copy of this scroll, it was very unusual for this scroll to appear on this person.

But if every Dharma Aspect Realm cultivator could have one, why would this person need to keep it so closely to their body? If they lost it, they could simply go back to their sect and get another one.

"If the old man's scroll was stolen from the sect, or if he received a great reward and needs to return it later, then my request for credit from the court will also expose the news."

Lin Yan has never really trusted the confidentiality of official information.

The larger the organization, the less confidential it has.

"Alright, we'll just have to bury it for now and see if we can find out more information before making a decision."

Lin Yan did not bury the old man and He Ming's bodies together, but buried them separately a hundred miles away. Of course, some treatment was necessary before burying the bodies.

After everything was finished, Lin Yan summoned the white-feathered bird and continued on his journey.

Ten days later.

Traveling in southern Guangdong.

As soon as Lin Yan entered the territory of the Southern Guangdong Traveling Road, he noticed the difference between the Southern Guangdong Traveling Road and the Shanyang Traveling Road.

Although there are mountain ranges along the entire road in southern Guangdong, they are not as continuous as the road in Shanyang, where the entire road seems to be built on the mountain.

The roads in southern Guangdong are still mostly plains.

Looking out, the vast fields stretched as far as the eye could see, which made Lin Yan, who had just become accustomed to the towering mountains and ridges of Shannan, feel somewhat unaccustomed to it.

Lin Yan withdrew his gaze from the earth and continued to contemplate the Yin-Yang visualization diagram.

For the past ten days, apart from cultivating the Taiyi Divine Technique and studying the Liuyin Sword Control Technique, he has spent the rest of his time visualizing the Yin-Yang Visualization Diagram.

Gradually, I began to understand some of the intricacies of the matter.

After each visualization, the outlines of the three Dharma images within the Divine Palace became more three-dimensional.

Only through the interplay of Yin and Yang can a complete system be achieved.

Now, Lin Yan has come to understand some of the meaning behind his master's words.

After completing one round of visualization, Lin Yan looked in one direction to confirm the location of Yunfu Prefecture.

"Yunfu Prefecture is the location of the Seven Star Sword Sect that Senior Brother Pei mentioned."

The next moment, Lin Yan turned the flying bird around and headed directly towards the Seven Star Sword Sect.

Although there are still half a month until the opening of the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm, it's not feasible to just rush there at the last minute. We need to find out in advance whether the rules for entering the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm have changed.

Seven Star Sword Sect.

One of the two major sects in Yunfu Prefecture.

Before Lin Yan arrived at the Seven Star Sword Sect's mountain gate on his flying bird, the gatekeeper's eyes narrowed, but he didn't seem too afraid.

"This is the Seven Star Sword Sect. May I ask who you are, sir?"

"Lin Yan, a disciple of the Taiyi Sword Sect."

Lin Yan controlled the flying bird to land, and upon hearing Lin Yan introduce himself, the middle-aged man guarding the mountain gate immediately became respectful.

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He stood up and said, "So it's Lord Lin. Please come with me."

Seeing that the other party was respectful but not overly panicked, Lin Yan sighed inwardly, realizing that this was the difference between the ways of doing business in southern Guangdong and those in Shandong.

Or rather, this is the difference between other trade routes and the four major trade routes in the Central Plains.

Among the four major sects in the Central Plains, Dharma Aspect level experts are few and far between. However, in the Southern Guangdong sect, the Seven Star Sword Sect alone has several Dharma Aspect level experts. In Yunfu Prefecture, the Seven Star Sword Sect is not the only overlord. There is another sect, Qingyang Sect, whose strength is comparable to that of the Seven Star Sword Sect.

The only thing that comforted Lin Yan was that, according to the information in the sect's collection of books, neither of these two sects currently had a powerful expert at the third stage of the Dharma Aspect realm.

Lin Yan followed the middle-aged man into the Seven Star Sword Sect's mountain gate. As the man led the way, he also introduced the Seven Star Sword Sect's mountain gate architecture to Lin Yan.

Lin Yan listened quietly, occasionally responding with a word.

Compared to the vast area of ​​the Taiyi Sword Sect, which Lin Yan has not yet fully explored, the mountain gate area of ​​the Seven Star Sword Sect is significantly smaller. Moreover, many of the peaks of the Taiyi Sword Sect are naturally formed, and the sect rarely has any powerful figures who would deliberately alter the shape of the peaks. However, the Seven Star Sword Sect is different; many of its peaks show signs of human reshaping.

Especially in front of us, the seven main peaks show even more obvious signs of being artificially shaped.

Seeing Lin Yan's gaze fall upon the seven main peaks, the middle-aged man's face showed pride: "These are the seven main peaks of my Seven Star Sword Sect. Legend has it that these seven main peaks were originally a mountain range. Our ancestor chose this place, cleaved the mountain range with a sword, and left behind these seven peaks."

"Your ancestor possesses the supernatural power to turn decay into wonder."

Lin Yan gave him a very gracious compliment, and upon hearing this, Guo Xin's smile widened even further.

This Lord Lin is more gentle in nature than the other lords of the Taiyi Sword Sect.

The last time those masters from the Taiyi Sword Sect came, he was on duty at the mountain gate. However, one of the masters' voices reached into the sect, and soon the young sword master arrived in person to welcome the five people into the mountain gate.

He followed behind along the way and heard the young sword master introduce the seven main peaks, but the five of them either had indifferent expressions or showed disdain, clearly looking down on the sword sect's seven main peaks.

Guo Xin could understand the thoughts of those five adults. Although he had never been to the Taiyi Sword Sect, as a swordsman, he naturally knew the significance of the Taiyi Sword Sect as a holy land of swordsmanship.

The Seven Star Sword Sect certainly cannot be compared with the Taiyi Sword Sect, but then again, the Taiyi Sword Sect is powerful, but not every disciple of the Taiyi Sword Sect is.

The young sword master will at least be able to inherit the Seven Star Sword Sect in the future, which can be considered the young sword master's family business. But will the five of you be able to inherit the Taiyi Sword Sect in the future?

As his thoughts raced, Guo Xin led Lin Yan to the first main peak.

"Lord Lin, this is Shaojian Peak, and also the residence of the young master."

The two reached the mountain peak, but Guo Xin had some doubts. He had introduced the Seven Star Sword Sect's architecture to Lord Lin not only to show off the sect's grandeur, but also to give others time to inform the young sword master.

Logically speaking, the young sword master should be at the foot of the mountain by now.

Could it be that the young sword master is not on the mountain?

It wasn't until the two reached the halfway point of the mountain that a young man's figure appeared above them.

"Junior Brother Lin Yan, come up quickly, your senior brother has been waiting for you for a long time."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan smiled slightly, and in a flash, he appeared on the mountaintop.

Before the palace atop the flattened mountain, a young man stood there, smiling as he looked at Lin Yan: "After Junior Brother Pei and the others arrived earlier, they told me a lot about Junior Brother Lin's deeds, but seeing is believing. I didn't expect Junior Brother Lin to be even younger than I imagined. Truly, heroes emerge from among the young."

"I dare not accept such a remark from Senior Brother Jiang," Lin Yan said with a smile, shaking his head.

"Junior Brother Lin, come into the hall with me for a chat."

Jiang Mushan was very enthusiastic and gestured for them to proceed.

"Senior Brother Jiang, please go first."

"It's a pity, Junior Brother Lin, if only you had come a day earlier. Junior Brother Pei and the others just left early this morning to visit Senior Brother Shi at the Thousand Swords Sect."

"It's alright. I often meet with Senior Brother Pei and the others at the Sword Sect, and it's not like they don't go back to Senior Brother Jiang's side."

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"Haha, Junior Brother Lin is right. When Junior Brother Pei and the others return, I will arrange a welcome dinner for Junior Brother Lin. It will be more lively with more people."

"Jiang Mushan, you're too kind. There's no need for such trouble."

Guo Xin, who had followed them all the way to the palace entrance, was momentarily stunned upon hearing his young sword master's words, but quickly regained his composure.

three days later.

The Seven Star Sword Sect's mountain gate.

"Master Lin."

Guo Xin saw Lin Yan and quickly went to greet him.

"I'm preparing to leave the mountain gate to visit a good friend."

"I'll prepare a mount for Lord Lin."

Upon hearing this, Guo Xin nodded and quickly pulled over the white-feathered bird that Lin Yan was riding.

"Did Lord Lin inform the Young Sword Master of his departure?"

Guo Xin handed the bird to Lin Yan and asked a question out of curiosity.

"It's just a short trip. Senior Brother Jiang is busy, so there's no need to inform him."

Lin Yan smiled and waved his hand. Guo Xin didn't ask any more questions. He bowed and watched Lin Yan ride away on his flying bird until his figure disappeared into the distant horizon.

"I'd better go and inform the young sword master."

After Lin Yan disappeared, Guo Xin muttered something to himself and turned to head towards Shaojian Peak.

"Young Master, Lord Lin has just left."

"Oh, what brings Junior Brother Lin out?" Jiang Mushan asked casually, sitting at the head of the main hall, wiping a long sword.

"Lord Lin didn't say, he only said he was going to visit a friend."

"Okay, I understand. You may leave."

Upon hearing his young swordsman's words, Guo Xin hesitated for a moment.

"Is there anything else?"

"Young Sword Master, it seems your attitude towards this Lord Lin is different from your attitude towards the other officials."

Finally, Guo Xin gritted his teeth, mustered his courage, and asked the question.

He grew up in the Seven Star Sword Sect and was the same age as the young sword master. He respected the young sword master but did not have much fear of him.

"My junior brother Lin's identity is somewhat different. Of the junior brothers who came this time, apart from junior brother Pei, the others are—"

Jiang Mushan shook his head and sighed softly.

When Pei and his four junior brothers first arrived, at the welcoming banquet, Pei mentioned that another junior brother, Lin, would be arriving soon. When Lin was mentioned, the other four junior brothers were not very friendly towards him.

Jiang Mushan also knew the reason.

Lin Yan comes from Qijian Hall. The stronger Lin Yan is, the more Zhengxin Hall is suppressed by Qijian Hall.

He was also from the Zhengxin Hall, so he naturally knew how frustrated the disciples of the Zhengxin Hall would feel about this, and even he himself didn't really like it.

In particular, the junior brothers mentioned that Lin Yan may have suffered an accident when opening the Divine Mansion. Although Junior Brother Pei denied it at the banquet, the junior brothers spoke in a very detailed and credible manner.

He also felt that this was highly likely. The most probable possibility was that Lin Yan used some kind of secret method when he broke through to the Dharma Aspect stage, and that the subsequent condensation of his Divine Palace caused some aftereffects, which is why he only came to Guangdong to practice his Dao now.

"Young Master, what if this Lord Lin's situation isn't like that?"

"Even if that's not the case, it doesn't matter. He's only just entered the Void Realm. It will take him decades to grow up. During these decades, the Taiyi Sword Sect will still be controlled by the Zhengxin Hall. If I befriend Lin Yan, it's very likely that I will offend some of the elders of the Zhengxin Hall. The Seven Star Sword Sect has a lot of precious resources that were exchanged from the Taiyi Sword Sect's Zhengxin Hall."

Upon hearing his young master's words, Guo Xin understood.

In this light, the young sword master did not do anything wrong. Getting too close to that Lord Lin could very well affect the interests of the Seven Star Sword Sect.

As for if Lord Lin really grows up in the future, today's events will be nothing. The young sword master did not neglect him in any way, only lacking a bit of intimacy.