This martial saint is too cautious.

The area around the red lightning.

The other Void Realm experts present, upon hearing Lin Yan agree to fight Chu Yan, also consciously stepped back a bit.

A battle between two prodigies of the Dharma Aspect level is a rare sight.

The crowd made way, and Chu Yan took a step forward, his aura rising. He raised his fists, revealing a set of fist rings on their surfaces.

With a flick of Chu Yan's wrist, his arms jerked violently, and the pair of fist rings lit up simultaneously.

The fist ring is simple and unadorned, yet it is engraved with intricate patterns. With a slight turn, it produces a sound like wind and thunder.

"If I'm not mistaken, this should be the Chu family's top-tier spiritual weapon, the Wind and Thunder Fist Ring."

"The Wind and Thunder Fist Ring, if I remember correctly, is only bestowed upon those who are qualified to compete for the position of family head."

"Isn't that obvious? Chu Yan is a top expert on the Dharma Aspect Prodigy Ranking, so he is naturally a strong contender for the position of head of the Chu family."

"You only noticed the Wind and Thunder Fist Ring, but you didn't notice that Chu Yan has already reached the second stage of the Void Manifestation Realm. Judging from his aura, he is probably not far from the third stage. As expected of a prodigy of the Dharma Manifestation Realm, his cultivation speed is too amazing."

The other illusory warriors around them spoke with either amazement or apprehension.

The Void Realm might be the limit for them, but for Chu Yan it's just the beginning. With Chu Yan's age and the support of the Chu family behind him, reaching the Real Realm is definitely not a problem.

Listening to the discussions of these illusory martial artists, Chu Yan's lips curled up slightly as he looked at Lin Yan:

"Lin Yan, let's get started."

Lin Yan did not draw his sword, but looked at Chu Yan calmly: "You make the first move."

He was afraid that if he took action himself, he would kill Chu Yan instantly with a single sword strike.

He wanted to use defeating Chu Yan to intimidate others, so there was no need for him to reveal his full strength.

Let's test him a bit first, see how strong Chu Yan is, and then decide how much of his strength to reveal.

Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, Chu Yan's eyes narrowed. Lin Yan was clearly showing him contempt.

"Since you're not going to make a move, don't blame me."

Chu Yan let out a soft shout, and the pair of fist rings on his fist were now flowing with the power of a blue Dharma image. With a step, he rushed towards Lin Yan like lightning. His speed was so fast that he arrived in front of Lin Yan in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, he threw out his right fist.

As the punch was unleashed, a dazzling azure light shone on its fist ring, and the fist energy transformed into a massive azure phantom, carrying the sound of howling wind and thunder, unstoppable.

Faced with Chu Yan's punch, Lin Yan did not draw his sword, but instead retaliated with his own fist.

The simplest Mountain-Splitting Fist, combined with the Vibration Technique, produces a fist wind like waves, with golden fist energy surging forth.

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Two fists collided!

With a loud bang, the shockwaves from their fists spread outwards, causing Chu Yan and Lin Yan to sway simultaneously.

This punch, however, was evenly matched.

"Did you catch it?"

"Isn't Lin Yan a disciple of the Taiyi Sword Sect? How come his skill in fist techniques is so profound?"

Ye Ya watched as Lin Yan also caught Chu Yan's move with his fist, and a glint of light flashed in her beautiful eyes.

Seeing that he had failed to repel Lin Yan with his punch, Chu Yan's face turned ashen. He snorted and swung his fists again, punch after punch, the sound of wind and thunder echoing, no less than that of a thunderstorm.

Lin Yan also retaliated with a punch, but his body kept retreating, clearly at a disadvantage.

However, none of the illusory martial artists present assumed that Lin Yan would lose. The reason was simple: Lin Yan had not yet used his longsword.

For the warriors of the Taiyi Sword Sect, as long as they haven't drawn their swords, it means that their strongest trump cards haven't been revealed yet, and they still have the possibility of turning the tide at any time.

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"That's about it."

After exchanging dozens of punches with Chu Yan and retreating several feet, Lin Yan had a clear understanding of Chu Yan's strength.

Chu Yan's strength is comparable to that of myself before entering the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm. If I were outside the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm and encountered Chu Yan in his current state, I might have to go all out to defeat him.

but now……

One sword is enough.

"One-tenth of my strength is enough to defeat them. Since we want to intimidate everyone, let's use thirty percent of our strength."

Among the Void Realm cultivators present, the strongest was only at the third stage of the Void Realm, representing 30% of their strength... enough to be intimidating.

Having made up his mind, Lin Yan suddenly stepped back, creating a distance of several feet between himself and Chu Yan.

Seeing this, the eyes of the illusory warriors present narrowed, and they understood that Lin Yan was about to draw his sword.

Lin Yan did not disappoint these people, drawing his Abyss Sword.

Draw the sword, extend the sword, and sheathe the sword.

The whole process was so fast that no one could see it clearly.

Even Chu Yan only saw a flash of golden light, and before he could even see the trajectory of the sword light, his shoulder was struck by a terrifying and irresistible energy. The next moment, his body was sent flying backward under the influence of this terrifying sword energy.

boom!

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A dozen or so feet away, Chu Yan's body crashed heavily to the ground, exposing his bare white bones at his shoulder.

The surroundings were eerily quiet.

The Void Realm warriors who were watching all fell silent at this moment; no one spoke or moved.

Lin Yan's sword strike was so fast that they couldn't even see it. They only felt a flash of light before Chu Yan flew out.

If it were them, could they have blocked that sword?

The answer is self-evident.

"I won."

Lin Yan sheathed his sword and landed, not looking at Chu Yan, but turning to look at Ye Ya in a calm tone.

He now understood that Chu Yan probably didn't have the ability to attract multiple Thunder Fruits. On the contrary... this Miss Ye, as the eldest daughter of the Ye Clan Martial Arts School, which is one of the four top-tier martial arts schools in Foshan Prefecture, must have a deep understanding of the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm.

The method of attracting multiple Thunder Fruits at once must have been the work of this Miss Ye.

"Brother Lin, rest assured, I will naturally fulfill my promise to you."

Ye Ya nodded slightly, then looked at Chu Yan, who had just stood up: "Young Master Chu."

"I'm fine."

Chu Yan had already used his Dharma Aspect power to restrain his shoulder, so the injury... wasn't too serious for him.

He knew in his heart that Lin Yan had held back.

That sword strike, if it hadn't been aimed at his shoulder, but instead at his face or chest...

I couldn't stop myself either, and I might already be a corpse.

"I have lost this battle; these thunder fruits belong to Brother Lin."

Chu Yan conceded defeat, but his second half of the sentence made the corner of the Void Realm Warrior's mouth twitch.

You've already lost, so why decide who gets to own these Thunder Fruits?

Is this fruit yours?

Chu Yan was unaware of the resentment these martial artists harbored, and even if he had known, he wouldn't have cared.

Although they were both at the Void Realm, those who weren't on the Prodigy Ranking were simply beneath his notice.

In Chu Yan's mind, the Void Realm martial artists who failed to make it onto the Heavenly Pride Ranking were simply those who had lived a long time.

He only respects those who are better than him.

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I used to be unconvinced by Lin Yan, but now I am.

Losing, Chu Yan is still alright.

Lin Yan understood that Chu Yan was the kind of person who only recognized those who were stronger than him.

This kind of person doesn't reason; they only talk about physics.

As long as you convince them with physical evidence, whatever they say will make sense.

Lin Yan nodded slightly and turned his gaze to the others present: "Everyone, since this red lightning was summoned by Brother Chu, and now that Brother Chu has spoken and given it to me, you have all heard that, so please leave."

Upon hearing Lin Yan's words, the Void Realm warriors present cursed inwardly.

That Lin Yan... he's truly shameless.

Now you admit that these red lightning bolts belong to Chu Yan?

Just now during the robbery...

wrong!

Those present suddenly remembered that Lin Yan hadn't made a move to snatch it yet, and before he could even express his opinion, Chu Yan had taken the initiative to approach Lin Yan.

To be honest, Lin Yan could completely deny it.

A few breaths later, those at the second level of the Void Phase stage were the first to leave. Even without Lin Yan, they wouldn't have been able to snatch these Thunder Fruits, and staying here would only be a waste of time.

The remaining few at the third level of the Void Phase stage hesitated. They were unwilling to leave, but recalling Lin Yan's sword strike just now, they were not confident that they could withstand it.

As for joining forces...

They're not in the same group; there's no trust between them, so it's impossible for them to do this.

give up!

These few Void Realm Level 3 martial artists eventually retreated.

"Lin Yan, are you now at the third stage of the Illusionary Realm?"

After everyone had left, Chu Yan couldn't help but ask again.

"Um."

Lin Yan nodded, and Chu Yan breathed a sigh of relief at Lin Yan's affirmative answer.

Since he wasn't even at the third level of the Void Realm, it was normal for him to lose to Lin Yan.

It's just a matter of overwhelming each other in terms of realm. If I were to break through to the third level of the Void Realm, it would be hard to say who would win or lose.

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Just as Chu Yan was about to speak again, he saw Lin Yan's figure flash and disappear from the spot.

Before he could react, he saw the red lightning disappear, and Lin Yan appeared where the red lightning had been. With a wave of his right hand, he instantly pocketed the ten lightning fruits.

The entire movement was completed in one go.

A skilled person feels sorry for you!

How many Thunder Fruits must one have consumed to master such skillful movements?

Ye Ya, standing to the side, also had a thoughtful expression on her face. According to the timeline, Lin Yan entered the Dharma Aspect realm half a month later than Chu Yan, but now his realm has surpassed Chu Yan's, which means that Lin Yan has gained a lot from this trip to the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm.

This can be seen from Lin Yan's action of taking the Thunder Fruit just now.

After swallowing ten Thunder Fruits, Lin Yan looked at Ye Ya, who knew what he wanted to ask and said directly, "To summon this special red lightning, the method is very simple; you only need to use the Thunder-Attracting Pearl."

After saying that, Ye Ya flipped her wrist, and a red bead appeared in her palm.

"What is a lightning-attracting bead?"

"Before the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm was opened, lightning also fell in the Thunder Mountain Range, numbering in the tens of thousands a year. Among these tens of thousands of lightning bolts, one or two contained lightning-attracting beads. In the past, using lightning-attracting beads in the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm could attract special lightning to fall and form a lightning pool about three zhang in size. But this time, the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm has changed, and the lightning-attracting beads can now attract special blood-red lightning."

"Is that so? Why is that?"

"Why is there no news about the lightning-attracting pearl from the outside world, right?"

Ye Ya seemed to know what Lin Yan was thinking and smiled slightly: "The Leishan Mountain Range has always been under the jurisdiction of my Ye Family Martial Arts School. It was only after the Lei Ze Secret Realm appeared that Leishan attracted the attention of the martial arts world. But before the Lei Ze Secret Realm was opened, Leishan was still under the jurisdiction of my Ye Family."

Upon hearing Ye Ya's words, Lin Yan immediately understood that the Ye family had blocked the news of the Lightning-Attracting Pearl from the outside world.

As for the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm, it's because it concerns a method for Void Realm martial artists to quickly advance their ranks. The Ye family's strength wasn't enough to monopolize it, so the Southern Guangdong Circuit Inspectorate took over its management. If the Ye Clan Martial Arts School's strength were equal to that of the Taiyi Sword Sect, the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm would be the Ye Clan Martial Arts School's private secret realm.

However, even if the Ye Clan Martial Arts School had the power to privately occupy such a secret realm that could rapidly enhance the strength of martial artists in the Void Realm, it would still allocate some spots to those major sects. But those who were not from major sects but had cultivated to the Void Realm, such as those from the Tai Xuan Sect in Qingzhou Prefecture, could only enter by paying a price to obtain a spot from the Ye Clan Martial Arts School.

Bringing his thoughts back, Lin Yan looked at Ye Ya. If it was necessary to use this lightning-attracting bead to attract the red lightning...

"If Young Master Lin needs it, I... I can give you some."

Ye Ya originally wanted to call herself "little sister", but when she thought of Lin Yan's age, she gave up in the end. She was a whole generation older than Lin Yan.

Thank you.

Lin Yan didn't stand on ceremony. With the Lightning-Attracting Pearl, he could reduce his search time significantly and quickly improve his strength.

Chu Yan, who was standing to the side, twitched his lips slightly upon hearing this, but since the Lightning-Attracting Pearl belonged to Ye Ya, he had no right to say anything about how Ye Ya should handle it.

Moreover, he could accept that Lin Yan was better than him.

"There are ten in total. I've used one, so there are nine left. I'll give Young Master Lin five more."

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Ten!

Lin Yan and Chu Yan each got half.

Ye Ya believed that Chu Yan would not have any objections. After what had just happened, Chu Yan also knew that he could not protect the Lightning-Attracting Pearl.

Leaving four pills behind, if used twice more without being discovered by others, would be enough for Chu Yan to advance to the third stage of the Void Realm.

If they can't even hold on these two times, then giving Chu Yan more lightning orbs will be useless.

After accepting the five lightning-attracting beads from Ye Ya, Lin Yan thanked her and then asked, "Miss Ye, why is this year's Thunder Swamp Secret Realm different from the previous ones?"

"I don't know either."

Ye Ya shook her head, and seeing Lin Yan's puzzled look, she explained, "The Thunder Swamp Secret Realm... to be honest, it's actually related to Senior Martial Saint."

"The Martial Saint Senior, the Martial Saint Senior from Mount Tai?"

"Are there any other martial saints?"

Ye Ya smiled slightly: "Only that senior can be called a Martial Saint, while your sect's founder is only a Sword Saint, and the Sword Saint of the Sword Sect cannot be called a Martial Saint."

Mount Tai Martial Saint!

This is the last Martial Saint in the martial arts world, but also the strongest Martial Saint.

One person, who has mastered the art of martial arts.

Lin Yan recalled a note written by a senior Dharma Aspect in the Taiyi Sword Sect's collection, which contained words about the Martial Saint of Mount Tai: "Since the Martial Saint of Mount Tai, no Saint-level expert has emerged in the martial arts world for thousands of years. The reason for this is that the Martial Saint of Mount Tai absorbed the fortune of the martial arts world for thousands of years."

That might sound a bit sarcastic.

But this senior's statement wasn't just a simple expression of emotion; he also had his own theory.

Before this Martial Saint of Mount Tai, whether it was the Sword Saint or the Knife Saint, they were merely saints in a certain field of martial arts, absorbing the fortune of a certain field in the martial arts world.

After the Sword Saint, there was the Blade Saint, and after the Blade Saint, there was the Spear Saint...

In the martial arts world, a Saint-level martial artist is born roughly every thousand years, but since the Martial Saint of Mount Tai, more than three thousand years have passed and no one in the martial arts world has reached the Saint level.

"That Martial Saint once visited the Southern Guangdong region and left behind the saying that the prosperity of martial arts schools leads to the prosperity of martial arts. However, few people know that the Martial Saint also visited Leishan. The Thunder Marsh Secret Realm only appeared decades after the Martial Saint left."

Recalling the words of her clan elders, Ye Ya continued, "Our ancestors had a guess that the appearance of the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm was very likely related to this Martial Saint senior, and that there must be some secrets hidden inside the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm."

Upon hearing Ye Ya's explanation, Lin Yan also fell into deep thought. The only thing he knew about the Martial Saint of Mount Tai was the two characters "Qiang Wu" (meaning "Strong Martial") that the Martial Saint had carved on Mount Tai.

"And this crimson lightning..."

"The Crimson Lightning appeared several times when it first appeared in the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm, but that was too long ago. Apart from my Ye family, I'm afraid not many people know about it."

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"Was the original crimson lightning also due to the presence of the Thunder Spirit?" Lin Yan asked.

"It happened once, but not the other two times. Although crimson lightning appeared on the other two occasions, the Spirit of Thunder did not appear."

Ye Ya shook her head. Up to now, she couldn't explain why so many changes had occurred in the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm.

"Hasn't your family ever considered properly studying the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm?"

Lin Yan thought to himself, "Since I know that this Thunder Swamp Secret Realm may be related to the Martial Saint, and the Ye Family Martial Arts School is so close to Thunder Mountain, shouldn't we take advantage of this proximity and investigate the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm thoroughly?"

"Brother Lin, it's not that my Ye family is incapable, but rather that we dare not."

Ye Ya gave a wry smile, her expression turning solemn: "The work of the Martial Saint is something my Ye family dares not investigate further."

Who dares to delve into the schemes of a Saint-level expert?

The Ye family wouldn't dare!

"Our ancestors only speculated that the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm was very likely created by the Martial Saint for later martial artists. The Southern Guangdong Circuit Inspectorate and even the imperial court believed this. This is why the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm is one of the few places that has no conditions and can be entered as long as one's identity is clean."

Hearing Ye Ya's words, Lin Yan nodded silently.

He understood what Ye Ya meant.

The Thunder Swamp Secret Realm was a secret realm specially prepared by the Martial Saint for Void Realm Martial Artists. No matter what secrets this secret realm holds, it is not something the Ye family can explore.

Neither the imperial court nor the Guangdong Southern Inspection Office set any additional conditions, which was also due to this consideration.

The lingering influence of this martial arts master still resonates today.

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Miss Ye."

Lin Yan clasped his hands in a respectful greeting and prepared to leave.

"Young Master Lin, the deeper you go into the Thunder-Attracting Pearl, the better the effect becomes, but the deeper you go... I'm afraid it will also attract more Void Aspect Realm experts."

Seeing that Lin Yan was about to leave, Ye Ya quickly reminded him.

"Thank you for letting me know. I still need to meet up with some of my senior brothers from the Taiyi Sword Sect, so I'll take my leave now."

call out!

Lin Yan's figure transformed into a streak of rainbow light and disappeared.

"Miss Ye, are you considering collaborating with Lin Yanye?"

Chu Yan watched Lin Yan's departing figure and asked directly.

"Yes, I do have that idea."

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Ye Ya didn't hide anything, nodding slightly and sincerely saying, "If Lin Yan is willing to cooperate, along with Brother Chu, this martial lion competition will have an extra layer of protection."

Chu Yan fell silent, knowing that Ye Ya's words were meant to save face for him.

With Lin Yan around, there's no need for him at all.

"The key is whether Lin Yan truly has a high level of skill in boxing. If you want Lin Yan to represent the Ye Family Martial Arts School, Lin Yan must master the Ye family's Wujian Cunsha and reach the Fangcun Chunlei realm in just a few months. It's not certain that he can do that."

Chu Yan wasn't trying to defend himself. Lin Yan's high talent in swordsmanship didn't necessarily mean he was also good at fist techniques.

The family's secret technique, the Jingzhe Fist, which he practiced, had some similarities with the Ye family's Wujian Cunsha (Incisive Killing) technique.

Even so, he still can't guarantee that he can cultivate the Ye family's Infinite Inch Killing Fist to the Fangcun Spring Thunder realm before the Martial Lion Tournament.

"Therefore, Young Master Lin can only be considered a side move; the Ye family's main hope still rests on Young Master Chu."

Ye Ya smiled gently. She only had this intention in mind when she gave Lin Yan the Thunder-Attracting Pearl; she might not actually use it.

At present, the greatest hope is still to speak out.

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