This martial saint is too cautious.

Chapter 361 Your Father (Please read further and vote with monthly tickets)

"Brother Lin!"

Gu Xun was very excited to see Lin Yan.

He hadn't seen Lin Yan for several years since they parted ways in the Central Plains Secret Realm.

It's been almost two years; anything over a year can be described as several years.

"Brother Gu, you've broken through to the twelfth level of True Qi! Congratulations!"

Lin Yan spoke with a smile, but upon hearing his words, Gu Xun's face showed a hint of resentment: "If anyone else had said these words, I would have been happy, but Brother Lin, you're insulting me."

During the struggle for supremacy in the Central Plains, although Lin Yan was strong, his cultivation level was the same as his, both at the eleventh level of True Qi.

In less than two years, he jumped from the eleventh level of True Qi to the twelfth level. Even among the major sects in Shandong Province, this speed is astonishing.

Gu Xun knew that his breakthrough in just over a year was not only due to his own talent, but also because he had accumulated a lot of points in the Central Plains Hegemony Secret Realm, and used these points to exchange for enough martial arts resources from the Xingdao Mansion.

Compared to Lin Yan, my cultivation speed is nothing!

He was deeply shocked when the news came back a few months ago that Lin Yan had entered the Dharma Aspect realm and entered the Dharma Aspect Prodigy Ranking.

Although Gu Xun was mentally prepared for Lin Yan to fall behind in cultivation level, he still found it hard to believe that the gap had widened so quickly.

However, before he could recover from the shock, a second, even more shocking piece of news arrived.

In the Thunder Swamp Secret Realm, Lin Yan soared into the sky and stepped into the fifth stage of the Void Realm. His true combat power was already invincible below the Realm of Reality.

Sometimes people can be really speechless.

It goes without saying how difficult the Dharma Aspect Realm is. Even the breakthroughs in each minor realm after the Dharma Aspect Realm are far beyond what the True Qi Realm can compare to.

For a normal Void Realm expert, the cultivation time required to go from the first level of Void Realm to the sixth level is roughly two to three times that of the True Qi Realm.

However, some people can break through to the Dharma Aspect Realm faster than they can do in the True Qi Realm!

Gu Xun knew that he wasn't the only one speechless. His senior uncle, who was at the Void Realm in the sect, had been sighing and lamenting a lot lately. His words could be summed up in one sentence: "Comparing yourself to others will kill you."

Actually, there is another important reason, which is that Lin Yan was born in Shandong Province.

In the past, those geniuses all came from other professions, and to the Shandong martial artists, they were more like bystanders.

No matter how fast you cultivate, it has nothing to do with us Shandong Dao practitioners. This is the speed we Shandong Dao martial artists are at anyway.

But now, I can no longer comfort myself like that.

Lin Yan's appearance broke the convention that martial arts geniuses in Shandong were inferior to those in other martial arts paths. It's no longer acceptable to comfort oneself by saying that the martial arts strength and luck of Shandong are inferior to those of other martial arts paths.

Seeing the constantly changing expression on Gu Xun's face, Lin Yan felt somewhat helpless. He had only said such a polite sentence, but Gu Xun had written a whole essay in his mind.

"Brother Gu, judging from the people you were with just now, they must be your fellow disciples from the Ziyun Sect. Are you here in Langya Prefecture to attend some martial arts tournament?"

Lin Yan felt that if he didn't interrupt, Gu Xun could continue thinking.

"Brother Lin, aren't you here to participate?"

Gu Xun was awakened by Lin Yan. He first asked a question in confusion, but then realized, "That's right, Brother Lin, you are at the Taiyi Sword Sect, so you shouldn't have come here for this matter."

"I was on my way back to Qingzhou, and I passed through the Laoshan area, so I thought I'd take a look at the scenery of Laoshan."

"Understood. At Brother Lin's level, it is also important to appreciate the beauty of nature."

Gu Xun nodded. After his senior uncle entered the Void Realm, he also traveled for several years. In his senior uncle's words, once you reach the Void Realm, you need not only resources to break through in cultivation, but also a good state of mind.

Only by traveling far and wide, experiencing various martial arts styles, and appreciating the beauty of the land can one truly understand the essence of martial arts.

"It's not that mysterious."

Hearing Gu Xun's words, Lin Yan smiled slightly. Perhaps it is necessary to reach the next three realms of the Dharma Aspect realm, but for the time being, martial arts resources are the most important thing for breaking through the Dharma Aspect realm.

"The reason why I and a few of my junior brothers and sisters came here this time is because Taiqing Palace has opened its gates to the public."

"Is the Taiqing Palace opening its gates to recruit disciples?"

"no."

Gu Xun shook his head: "The Taiqing Palace has opened its gates. Any martial artist, regardless of their cultivation level, can enter the Taiqing Palace."

The Taiqing Altar.

"The Taiqing Altar?"

Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. He had also seen an introduction to the Taiqing Altar in the Taiyi Sword Sect's collection of books.

The Taiqing Altar contains Taiqing True Qi, and like the Taiyi Secret Realm of the Taiyi Sword Sect, it is a unique True Qi secret realm in the world.

However, unlike the Taiyi Secret Realm, the Taiqing Altar is a challenge-based system. To obtain Taiqing True Qi, one must pass through the challenges. The more challenges one passes, the more Taiqing True Qi one obtains.

"Why would the Taiqing Altar be opened when everything at Taiqing Palace was perfectly fine?"

"I don't know about that, but for us martial artists who have nowhere to search for true qi, this is an opportunity. Almost all the late-stage True Qi martial artists in Shandong have come, and even many people from other martial arts sects around here have come."

After Gu Xun finished speaking, he looked at Lin Yan with a hint of envy in his eyes: "Only someone like Brother Lin, who comes from a top sect and has true qi within the sect, would not be interested in this matter."

"I'm really interested."

Lin Yan added in his mind that he could absorb any kind of true energy, and Taiqing True Energy was also a kind of energy of heaven and earth to him.

Although I can no longer absorb it now, I can store it and refine it after I enter the Cave Heaven Realm.

In addition, the Taiqing Altar contains not only Taiqing True Qi, but also other good things.

"Brother Lin, this time at Taiqing Palace—"

"Since we've come across this, how could we miss such a lively event?"

"Since Brother Lin is interested, why don't we go together?"

When Gu Xun heard that Lin Yan was also going to join in the fun, he immediately invited him as well.

"it is good."

Lin Yan nodded. Although his main purpose was to find the Heavenly Sound Fruit, he certainly couldn't miss the opportunity since the Taiqing Altar was open.

Furthermore, as the master of Laoshan Mountain, Taiqing Palace might have the Heavenly Sound Fruit located within its mountain gate.

The patriarch of Tianyin Valley did not explicitly state the location of the Tianyin Fruit in his notes, but Lin Yan speculated that even if the people of Taiqing Palace could not collect the Tianyin Fruit, the area that contained the Tianyin was still unique, and the experts of Taiqing Palace might not be unable to discover its special characteristics.

If one were the master of Taiqing Palace, and discovered a special place, even if one did not know its purpose for the time being, one would still bring it under the jurisdiction of the mountain gate.

"Brother Lin, come with me!"

Gu Xun led Lin Yan, and the two headed towards Langya Mansion.

At the Langya Prefecture post station, the other members of the Ziyun Sect were waiting. When they saw Gu Xun and Lin Yan approaching, they all looked at Lin Yan with curiosity.

Senior Brother Gu was usually very reserved in their eyes, but right now he was anything but reserved. He not only took the initiative to lead the way, but also had a smile on his face the whole time, which was no different from him trying to curry favor with them.

"This is Brother Lin, a good friend of mine."

Seeing the curious looks from his junior brothers and sisters, Gu Xun followed Lin Yan's instructions and did not reveal Lin Yan's identity, only his surname.

Based on just a surname, these junior brothers and sisters would never think of Lin Yan.

Brother Lin?

Just as Gu Xun had guessed, these junior brothers and sisters were now quickly recalling the name of a top-tier True Qi expert surnamed Lin.

Going further up, one can only think about the half-step Dharma form.

As for the Dharma Realm, he wouldn't even dare to think about it.

This is also because the Four Great Paths did not disclose the matter of the Battle of Mountains and Rivers to the outside world. These ordinary True Qi Martial Artists did not know the situation and did not know that Lin Yan and Gu Xun had once entered the Battle of Mountains and Rivers together.

Unfortunately, I never imagined that a top-tier True Qi expert could be so attentive to Senior Brother Gu and meet all the requirements.

Gu Xun could guess that his junior brothers and sisters were probably wondering about Lin Yan's identity, so he smiled and said, "Let's go, let's stay at Langya Mansion for the night, and then go to Laoshan tomorrow."

Langya Prefecture.

Several inns in a row were already fully booked.

Gu Xun's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant. The Ziyun Sect had a Dharma Aspect expert in charge, making it a major sect in Shandong Province. However, he did not expect that all the good restaurants in Langya Prefecture had been booked out this time, and each one of them was quite influential.

"Brother Lin, this—"

"It's alright, we can just find any inn to stay at."

Lin Yan looked indifferent. He really didn't care. As long as he had a place to stay, that was fine. Even if he didn't, he could sleep in the deep mountains and forests.

"I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you, Brother Lin."

After Gu Xun finished speaking, he glared at a young man beside him. Before coming to Langya Prefecture, Chu Shidi had been in charge of his daily life.

"Senior brother, I didn't expect that the disciples of those major sects would actually book out the entire restaurant. Several of the best restaurants in Langya Prefecture have been booked."

The young man also looked aggrieved; these disciples from major sects had booked the entire restaurant, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Moreover, in his view, these people were truly disciples of a major sect. Compared to them, his own Ziyun Sect was indeed somewhat weaker. In the martial arts world, strength is paramount. Those with strong strength stay in better restaurants, so it's normal for the Ziyun Sect to stay in less desirable places.

Gu Xun snorted coldly, noticing that his junior brother Chu was somewhat unconvinced, but he didn't continue the conversation or get angry. He led Lin Yan toward another inn.

This time, he gave up on the other restaurants, because he knew without a doubt that they were also booked out. In the end, he found a slightly worse inn.

"I'm sorry to trouble you to stay here for the night, Brother Lin."

"It's a detached house with its own yard, what's there to feel wronged about?"

Lin Yan waved his hand dismissively, but seeing Gu Xun's serious expression, he realized that he had been too casual in his thinking.

As a prodigy of the Dharma Aspect realm, staying at this inn was considered beneath Gu Xun's dignity.

The common understanding among martial artists in this world is that one's identity, background, social class, and the treatment one should receive are all in accordance with one's status.

Shaking his head slightly in his heart, Lin Yan walked into the courtyard, with Gu Xun following behind, while the other disciples of the Ziyun Sect headed towards another courtyard.

"Why did Senior Brother Gu have to get so angry? Those big sects have booked the entire restaurant; what could I do?"

Chu Jun looked aggrieved. The Ziyun Sect was not as good as those major sects, so it was only natural that their living quarters were worse than theirs.

"Senior Brother Gu is also doing this to entertain this Brother Lin—Brother Lin, Junior Brother Chu, you must understand."

Chu Jun curled his lip upon hearing this: "I saw that Senior Brother Gu was very obsequious to that person, and I thought that person was also from a major sect, but it turns out—"

If they came from a major sect, they should have revealed their identity earlier.

It's a display of status for a disciple of a major sect to book a restaurant, but the restaurant certainly has enough guest rooms. If someone is also from a major sect, as long as they show their identity, those disciples from major sects who have booked the restaurant will give them face and let them stay there.

"Alright, that's enough. Otherwise, Senior Brother Gu will scold you again if he hears you."

The other disciples nearby offered a word of advice: Senior Brother Gu has a very good personality, so they, his junior brothers and sisters, are not too afraid of him.

"Brother Lin, then I won't disturb your rest any longer."

Gu Xun accompanied Lin Yan into the courtyard. After staying there for a while, he took his leave. This inn only had one courtyard, while the other disciples shared another courtyard.

Returning to the courtyard where his junior brothers and sisters lived, Gu Xun glanced at the only two houses in the courtyard and made a decision immediately.

"You two junior sisters, each choose a room. As for the junior brothers, you can cultivate with me in the courtyard for one night."

5"

For True Qi Realm experts, cultivating outdoors for a night is nothing unusual, and the Ziyun Sect members all agreed.

However, it was still early, so the disciples of the Ziyun Sect decided to stroll around the city. Gu Xun thought about it for a moment and did not stop them, and took his junior brothers and sisters out.

courtyard.

As usual, Lin Yan first visualized the Yin-Yang diagram in his mind, with the black and white lines constantly moving within his thoughts.

Every fifteen minutes, one cycle is completed.

After observing the Yin-Yang visualization diagram three times in a row, Lin Yan stopped and began practicing the Undying Mountain Technique.

Behind them, the Immortal Mountain slowly emerged.

The Undying Mountain Technique enhances the divine soul.

Ordinary Dharma Aspect martial artists can only increase their spiritual power as their cultivation level rises, but those who cultivate the Undying Mountain Technique can increase their spiritual power with each cultivation session.

Even a small increase, like water accumulating into a pool, can, over time, create enough to distance one from others.

Half an hour later, Lin Yan stopped cultivating the Undying Mountain Technique and switched to cultivating the Dharma Image Weapon Holding Technique.

Once you've entered the Dharma Form Weapon Technique, you can't instantly accumulate martial arts fruits; you can only cultivate it repeatedly.

And so, an hour passed.

Lin Yan suddenly opened his eyes, and the three Dharma images vanished instantly.

The moment the Dharma image disappeared, a figure hurriedly pushed open the courtyard gate.

"Brother Lin, my senior brothers are in trouble."

The one who pushed open the door was a female disciple of the Ziyun Sect. Her pretty face showed anxiety. She originally wanted to call him Senior Brother Lin, but then she remembered that he was not from the Ziyun Sect. However, since her senior brother called him Brother Lin, she finally used "Big Brother" instead.

"No rush, tell me slowly, what trouble have you encountered, Brother Gu?"

Hearing Lin Yan's words, the female disciple of Ziyun Sect felt her anxious expression ease considerably for some reason.

"Just now, Senior Brother Gu led us for a stroll around the city, and we ran into people from the Star-Picking Sect. Junior Brother Chu and his group had a verbal conflict with the Star-Picking Sect, but unexpectedly, the Star-Picking Sect had set a trap for Junior Brother Chu and his group. Junior Brother Chu and his group were a bit too aggressive in their words and cursed the entire Star-Picking Sect. Unexpectedly, there were disciples from the Divine Fist Hall among the Star-Picking Sect members."

"The Hall of Divine Fist?"

The first person that came to Lin Yan's mind was Xiao Mian, whom he had met during the struggle for supremacy in the Central Plains. Xiao Mian was a disciple of the Divine Fist Hall.

And, not long ago I heard about another disciple from the Divine Fist Hall.

The Divine Fist Hall is also a top-tier sect, renowned for its fist techniques that dominate the martial arts world of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Brother Gu, don't you recognize the Divine Fist Hall?"

"Senior Brother Gu wasn't with Junior Brother Chu and the others at the time. By the time he found out that Junior Brother Chu and the others were in trouble and rushed over, it was too late."

Lin Yan nodded and stood up: "Let's go."

However, as they walked, he asked again, "Did Brother Gu send you to find me?"

"No—no, Senior Brother Gu noticed something was wrong and told Senior Sister Zhang and me not to get involved. I saw that Senior Brother Gu was also stopped, so I took it upon myself to inform Brother Lin," Tan Meng quickly explained.

On the main street of Langya Prefecture, a large group of people, all of them martial artists, had formed a circle.

In the very center of the crowd, Chu Jun and another male disciple stood pale-faced, with obvious handprints on their faces.

Gu Xun stood in front of the two men, his face grim. Directly in front of Gu Xun stood six people. The young man at the very front had his arms crossed and looked impatient. The slightly taller young man next to him had a gloomy expression, while the three people behind the two men had gloating expressions on their faces.

"Now that you've vented your anger, shouldn't this matter be over?"

"It's over. Your Ziyun Sect disciples made arrogant remarks first, how can it end like this?"

"Senior Brother Zuo, there's no need to dawdle any longer."

The young man with the circumcision cut off the middle-aged man's words. The middle-aged man was taken aback for a moment, but immediately replied, "Junior Brother Luo is right."

"You people from the Ziyun Sect insulted me first, so I won't use my power to intimidate you. Here's the deal—if you can withstand one of my moves, this matter will be over, and you can leave."

Hearing this, Gu Xun gritted his teeth and said, "Fine, then I'll take a look at your skills."

Luo Chen is a half-step Dharma Aspect expert, and I am definitely no match for him, but I might have a chance if I make one move.

"Why is it so lively here?"

Just as Gu Xun was about to circulate his true energy, a voice rang out from the outer edge of the crowd, and then—the crowd…

Strangely, they voluntarily parted to make way for each other.

A young man and a woman walked toward this side.

Brother Lin.

Upon seeing Lin Yan and his junior sister Tan behind him, Gu Xun immediately guessed what had happened. It must have been junior sister Tan who had taken the initiative to go to find Brother Lin.

"It's getting late. I've been waiting for Brother Gu to have a drink with me. Brother Gu—let's go."

Lin Yan glanced at the six people opposite him, his gaze lingering on Luo Chen for a moment, before speaking to Gu Xun.

"Leave? Your tone is quite arrogant!"

The older man beside Luo Chen snorted, but before he could finish speaking, Luo Chen reached out and pressed him down: "Senior Brother Zuo, don't be in such a hurry."

Luo Chen looked at Lin Yan. He couldn't sense the aura of this person, but he was at least at the half-step Dharma Aspect Realm. Even if they were both at the half-step Dharma Aspect Realm, he was not afraid.

"You come here and immediately want to take your men away? Do you not take me seriously?"

Lin Yan looked at Luo Chen upon hearing this and shook his head slightly: "Your father said you have a fiery temper. I even spoke up for you back then. What kind of young person isn't hot-tempered? But now it seems that your temper—you really should change it, so you don't get taken advantage of so easily."

"Haha, someone dares to talk such big? Do you even know who Junior Brother Luo's father is?"

"Shut up!"

This time, Luo Chen directly reprimanded the older man, his gaze towards Lin Yan filled with scrutiny and a hint of disbelief: "Who are you?"

He had a guess in his mind, but he wasn't sure.

"Your father said you really wanted to meet me, but now it seems that it would have been better if we hadn't met at all."

After Lin Yan finished speaking, he turned directly to Gu Xun and said, "Brother Gu, let's go."

Gu Xun looked at Luo Chen, who was standing there dumbfounded, and then at Lin Yan, who had already turned and left. He suddenly chuckled. He didn't know who Luo Chen's father was, but judging from the other party's stunned expression, he must have known Brother Lin's identity.

A father who is at least a Dharma Aspect Realm expert must be a Dharma Aspect Realm expert, and most likely a second or even third Dharma Aspect Realm expert.

Brother Lin is now able to talk to other people's fathers, while I can't even beat their sons.

This is the difference!

"Keep up!"

Gu Xun whispered something to Chu Jun and the other person, then quickly followed Lin Yan's footsteps.

The martial arts practitioners watching the scene were completely silent at this moment.

Not far away, several peering gazes from inside the restaurant also fell on Lin Yan with curiosity, but in the next moment, these auras immediately subsided, as if they had offended something terrifying.

"Young Master Luo, are you just going to let them go like this?"

One of the Star-Picking Sect disciples, who had been gloating in the back, couldn't help but speak up.

boom!

The next moment, the man was sent flying.

Luo Chen's face was as cold as ice. He had left a bad impression on the person he admired most, and all of this was because of the Star-Picking Sect and Senior Brother Zuo.

Bang, bang!

The next moment, the other two disciples of the Star-Picking Sect were also sent flying backward.

As for Senior Brother Zuo...

Luo Chen suppressed his anger. After all, they were fellow disciples, so he couldn't make a move. But after today, he would have no further contact with this Senior Brother Zuo.

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