This martial saint is too cautious.

Chapter 370 Heavenly Evolution (Seeking further reading and monthly votes)

"Young friend, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yan's pupils shrank sharply, and he instantly withdrew his divine sense from the jade slip.

This jade slip was left to the Lin family by their ancestors.

He shouldn't be addressed as "young friend" under any circumstances, unless the Lin family ancestor really deduced that he was not from this world.

How could the Lin family ancestors have deduced this over thousands of years?

It was precisely because of this thought that Lin Yan withdrew his divine sense immediately, as he felt as if he had been completely outmaneuvered by this ancestor of the Lin family.

From the Lin family gathering its branches to his own refining of the Dragon-Elephant Heart, all of this was a plan laid out by the Lin family ancestor over thousands of years.

This is no mere fortune teller or fraud; he is clearly a top expert with a thousand-year-old divination skill.

"Could it be that our ancestors deliberately miscalculated?"

Since coming into this world, there have only been two things that Lin Yan kept most secret.

One is that he was a soul transmigrated from another body, and the other is the existence of the Martial Arts Tree.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, Lin Yan would never reveal either of these matters to anyone until his death.

But now, it has been deduced by someone thousands of years in advance.

Lin Yan took a deep breath to calm herself down.

Three breaths later, Lin Yan shook his head: "Impossible, the Lin family ancestors could never have foreseen something that far in advance."

He is no longer a novice who knows nothing about martial arts. His deductions spanning more than two thousand years—if the Lin family ancestors could do it, surely those powerful figures from even larger domains could too?

Putting aside everything else, wouldn't that True Lord of Taiqing Sect have foreseen the calamities that would befall the sect after his death and taken some precautions in advance?

Is there something fishy about this?

Having figured all this out, Lin Yan didn't hesitate and once again channeled his divine sense into the jade slip.

Just like before, under the same sky, the man had his back to him.

"The Six Lines divination can predict all things under heaven, and the Eight Characters can analyze all people in the world."

A deep voice came from behind him, and the middle-aged man turned around, his eyes seemingly able to see through people's hearts.

"Young friend, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. The entire scene, from the words and expressions of this Lin family ancestor to the way he turned around and his previous...

Nothing has changed.

Seeing this, Lin Yan withdrew his divine sense again, and after a moment, he entered again.

The previous scene was reenacted.

"Young friend, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Lin Yan remained silent. After a moment, the man stood up and smiled, "Before I died, I foresaw that my Lin family was destined for disaster. No matter what grudges you have with my Lin family, this divination is for you. In exchange for the peace of my Lin family, all grudges between you and my Lin family will be wiped clean."

Lin Yan —

"Depend on!"

Three breaths later, Lin Yan cursed inwardly, saying that if he encountered the Lin family patriarch now, he would want to kill him too.

It startled me, making me genuinely believe that my ancestor could foresee that I wasn't a true member of the Lin family.

Feelings — are predictions made in advance.

He could calculate everything under heaven using the Six Lines divination method—in a novel from his previous life, he had seen a protagonist who could calculate everything under heaven using the Six Lines divination method; that was the Imperial Advisor Qin Yu.

He has now come to his senses and understood.

There are only two kinds of people who can access this jade slip: the former are descendants of the Lin family who are Dharma Aspect martial artists who have refined the Dragon Elephant Heart, and the latter are those who have a grudge against the Lin family and have killed their family members to obtain this jade slip.

If it were the former, upon hearing their ancestor's words, they would at most roll their eyes.

But if it were the latter, seeing these words from the Lin family ancestor might actually fool them, making them think that the Lin family ancestor had foreseen the current situation many years ago.

Sure enough, those who do deductions all have heart problems.

Just as Lin Yan was speechless, the expression of the Lin family ancestor became solemn, and when those eyes looked at him, Lin Yan felt as if he had been seen through.

Judging from their imposing presence and appearance, the Lin family ancestors were indeed very suited for this profession.

"Throughout my life, I've always kept the divination stick in my hand, calculating for others, for myself, and for the world. I believe that everything in this world ultimately boils down to a single number." On my deathbed, I impulsively performed a divination, but there was one particular divination I performed for my young friend that I couldn't interpret. This divination is called "An Extraordinary Star Enters My Fate."

An alien star entering my life?

Upon hearing the divination result, Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. In terms of his own situation, the name of the divination result was somewhat fitting.

But having learned from past mistakes, he couldn't help but consider another possibility.

Someone broke into the Lin family; to some extent, it could be described as an alien invasion, targeting the lives of the Lin family members.

This divination name is somewhat of a jack-of-all-trades.

"This divination is beyond my ability to predict, but since it concerns your life, I have prepared a path for you."

"Within the jade slip, I have left a scroll: the Heavenly Evolution Technique. This technique comes from the Heavenly Evolution Sect of the Qinghua Domain. I am also a disciple of the Heavenly Evolution Sect. As long as you can master the Heavenly Evolution Technique, you can go to the Heavenly Evolution Sect and become a disciple. If you do not have any talent in divination, you only need to mention my name. The Heavenly Evolution Sect will recognize this connection and a powerful expert will answer your questions."

Upon seeing this, Lin Yan narrowed his eyes slightly. Could it be that he had misunderstood his ancestor?

Our ancestors were actually quite accurate with their divinations?

Qinghua Domain, Tianyan Sect, must be a major sect.

The fact that our ancestor was able to enter the Tianyan Sect is enough to show that his deductive abilities were not bad.

Just as Lin Yan was pondering, a jade slip appeared in the hand of the Lin family ancestor without anyone noticing.

The jade slip shimmered with light.

"Young friend, catch this, and remember my name: Lin Suantian!"

The jade slip within the jade slip was tossed to Lin Yan by the Lin family ancestor, and the next moment, a vast amount of information appeared in Lin Yan's mind.

"Yin and Yang, the Three Powers — the Four Symbols —"

After a long while, Lin Yan opened his eyes. His ancestor had indeed passed on to him the art of divination.

"The Heavenly Evolution Technique—this is unlike any other martial arts technique I've ever learned before."

Recalling the information he had just received, Lin Yan made a summary: the Heavenly Evolution Technique is more of a system than a technique.

Restrictions, formations, deductions —

This technique cannot be mastered simply by practicing; one must first learn a series of related knowledge.

The fact that the ancestors passed this series of books into one's mind does not mean that one has already comprehended them; it simply means that the series of books is stored in one's mind so that one can access them directly when one wants to study them.

As for whether the Heavenly Evolution Technique is considered a beginner's skill, the standard is very simple: as long as you can condense a first-order Spirit Gathering Array, you are considered successful.

"I wonder if this martial arts fruit will be useful for cultivating the Heavenly Evolution Technique?"

Lin Yan glanced inward at the martial arts tree in his mind. The branches of that gray martial arts tree were already covered with martial arts fruits, numbering in the thousands.

A thought crossed my mind.

One martial arts fruit disappeared.

A thought crossed my mind.

The familiar scene changed, and Lin Yan found himself sitting upright in a library.

The library was enormous, with bookshelves standing like walls, stretching into the distance. As far as the eye could see, there were only bookshelves and books densely packed on them.

At that moment, "he" was taking a book out of the bookshelf and starting to read it, his expression focused.

Seeing this, Lin Yan understood.

The Heavenly Evolution Technique that his ancestors passed down to him included not only the hand seals of the Heavenly Evolution Technique, but also a set of theoretical knowledge. His ancestors simply poured all of this knowledge into his mind and stored it there. It only existed in his mind and he did not understand it.

And now, the Martial Arts Fruit is precisely to help him "understand" these theoretical concepts.

Lin Yan looked at the book in "his" hand.

The cover bears the inscription in large, ancient characters: "On the Order of Heaven and Earth".

Turning to the first page, the opening sentence reads: "Heaven and earth have their constant order, all things have their order; formations are those that use human power to emulate the order of heaven and use materials to guide the mechanisms of the earth—"

He turned the pages one by one, digesting and absorbing the contents of each page.

Those words about the order of heaven and earth and the principles of formations are transforming into profound insights, merging into his soul.

After finishing the first book, "he" immediately picked up the second one.

The cover reads: "The source of the prohibition."

"The prohibition is to seal off. The control is to restrict. The art of prohibition originates from the binding of all things by heaven and earth. Heaven and earth use prohibitions to restrain mountains and rivers, and to control the cycle of the four seasons. Martial artists emulate heaven and earth, using themselves as brushes and treasures as ink to inscribe prohibitions between heaven and earth, to restrain their opponents and themselves."

The third book: The Foundation of Array Formation

The fourth book: "The Energy of Heaven and Earth and the Structure of Formations".

Lin Yan even saw that the Five Elements Sword Domain, which he had discussed with his master, was also mentioned in the book.

As the books were being read, the martial arts fruits on Lin Yan's martial arts tree were also rapidly disappearing.

On average, one martial arts fruit disappears after every five books.

As soon as Lin Yan had a thought, the Martial Dao Fruit stopped disappearing, and a lot of information immediately appeared in his mind. This time, he truly comprehended this information.

Like a sudden awakening!

"it works!"

Lin Yan's eyes lit up. Since the Martial Arts Fruit was useful, he had no reason to hesitate.

Perfect timing! Let's see if there are any bandits or river pirates left between Qingzhou and Dengzhou.

Two days later.

Lin Yan appeared in Guangping County.

This time, he did not enter through the city gate. Instead, he flashed and fell directly from the sky, unnoticed by anyone in the entire Guangping County.

Yang Family Martial Arts School in Guangping County.

The three teenagers were sitting in the corner. The one in the middle, with darker skin, looked disappointed. "Zhao Shuo, are you really going back to Qingzhou Prefecture? Can't you come with me to the Xuantian Sect?"

"No."

The boy on the right shook his head: "I am from Qingzhou Prefecture after all, so there is no reason for me to go to Xuantian Sect."

"How could there be no reason? I'll talk to Uncle Zhao, he'll definitely agree."

"My dear young master of the Lin family, if you speak up, my father will certainly agree. It is my own wish to return to Qingzhou Prefecture."

Why?

Lin Mo looked puzzled. Wouldn't it be better to go to the Xuan Tian Sect with him?

Zhao Shuo's talent is such that the Xuantian Sect is willing to accept him as a disciple, and like himself, he will receive special care from the sect elders.

"Perhaps—he wants to experience the hardships of cultivation."

Zhao Shuo gave a wry smile. In the past few years, he had been with Lin Mo and had never lacked pills for his martial arts training. Not only did he receive them from the Yang Family Martial Arts School, but he also received a share of the martial arts resources sent by the Lin Family.

Rare meats, secret medicines, elixirs —

As long as it can be absorbed and refined, there will be no shortage.

Perhaps if he goes to the Xuan Tian Sect with Lin Mo, he will easily break through to the True Qi Realm, and then the first and second levels of True Qi Realm.

But this kind of martial arts training is not what he wants.

Martial arts should be about competition. He remembered how his father had excitedly hugged his mother for a long time after receiving a pill.

Now, he feels no excitement no matter what he gains in martial arts cultivation.

Leaving Lin Mo, returning to Qingzhou Prefecture, and competing with his peers again, enjoying the thrill of defeating opponents and acquiring resources—that was what he truly wanted.

"Lin Mo, stop trying to persuade me. Just let me go back to Qingzhou and try my luck. If I don't make a name for myself, I'll come back to you then."

Hearing Zhao Shuo's words, Lin Mo paused for a moment and said, "Alright, if you really suffer a loss, don't be stubborn. Just come back to me then."

"Don't worry, you won't lose out."

Zhao Shuo smiled. Although he had left Lin Mo, the powerful members of the Lin family all knew that he had been with Lin Mo for several years. Even the members of the main branch of the Lin family would not use their status to suppress him.

"Xiao Jun, what about you?"

Lin Mo looked at the boy on his left, and Cai Jun chuckled, "I'll definitely follow you, brother. Wherever you go, I'll go. Mother told me to stick close to your leg."

"I have no influence whatsoever."

"Hehe, Brother Mo, you hug Brother Yan, and I'll hug Brother Mo."

"Alright, I'll discuss it with the elders of the Xuantian Sect and bring you along."

"Thank you, Brother Mo."

"Don't thank me too soon. The prerequisite is that you need to break through to the third level of skin smoothing. How long has it been? You're still stuck at the second level. I'll give you two months."

"Two months?"

"Only one month left."

Cai Jun immediately shut up, and Zhao Shuo, who was watching from the side, also laughed. He actually admired the Cai family, especially the lady of the Cai family.

This Madam Cai is very open about many things. For example, she tells Cai Jun to follow Lin Mo closely and never hides anything. He has also heard Lin Mo say that Madam Cai seems to have done a favor for Young Master Lin Yan, but Madam Cai has never mentioned this to anyone.

Even now, the Cai family's business is only controlled within the area of ​​Guangping County.

You should know that with Young Master Lin Yan around, even if the Cai family expanded their business to Dengzhou Prefecture and spread to all the surrounding counties, no force would dare to stop them. But the Cai family just didn't have that problem.

Lin Yan landed in his master's backyard, and he could clearly hear the conversation between his three younger brothers.

Zhao Shuo — This kid has entered his rebellious teenage years and is about to suffer.

If you're going to suffer, then go ahead and suffer.

With Zhao Tong watching over him, he won't waste his time, and who knows, he might even be able to forge his own path in martial arts.

As for Cai Jun—his aunt had given him credit and money back then, and as long as he and his younger brother were around, she would continue to protect the Cai family's wealth.

"You're back?"

Not long after Lin Yan landed in the courtyard, Yang Qingfeng appeared inside the house. Seeing Lin Yan standing in the courtyard, Yang Qingfeng didn't seem too surprised.

He is now at the True Qi Realm, and a very special one at that.

Every year, the Director of the Dengzhou Prefecture Patrol Office and the elders of the Xuantian Sect would come to visit him. Someone also told him about Lin Yan's recent appearance in Laoshan.

Yang Qingfeng knew his disciple well; now that he had returned to Shandong, he would definitely come to visit him at the martial arts school.

"I've been calculating the time; you should be arriving around now."

"Master, you've stopped practicing martial arts and started divination now. Are you preparing to become a fortune teller?"

Thinking of the theories he had recently learned using the Martial Arts Fruit, Lin Yan smiled and made a joke.

Is the ultimate goal of a martial artist deduction?

"What kind of divination route are you taking? Someone told me you went to Laoshan."

Yang Qingfeng was somewhat helpless. Lin Yan was now a Dharma Aspect Realm expert, a powerful figure whose every stomp could shake an entire prefecture. Yet he still spoke so irresponsibly.

"It's good that you're back this time. After Lin Mo goes to the Xuan Tian Sect, I will prepare to close the school."

"Closed?"

Lin Yan was somewhat surprised. Why was the martial arts school suddenly closed?

"It's all because of you, my beloved disciple. The Yang Family Martial Arts School now has a wide variety of disciples. In the past, it was young men from the surrounding counties who came to become my disciples. Later, it became the surrounding prefectural cities. I had no choice but to set a rule that I would only accept disciples with household registration in Guangping County. Guess what happened?"

"Who moved to Guangping County ahead of schedule?" Lin Yan guessed.

"Can you guess?"

Yang Qingfeng was somewhat surprised, as he thought Lin Yan was focused on cultivation and wouldn't know much about these operations.

"Of course I could guess. I've seen this kind of thing many times in my past life. It's all about school district registration."

Lin Yan answered in his heart, but said with a smile, "Doesn't this just prove that Master's reputation is widespread?"

"Don't you know whether these people are here for your teacher or for you?"

Yang Qingfeng glared at Lin Yan and continued, "Brother Zhang from the Seven Star Escort Agency suggested that if it really doesn't work out, we should add a time limit, requiring a certain number of years of household registration in Guangping County to qualify as an apprentice. I thought about it and felt that it was unnecessary. I am not some kind of martial arts expert. These young people would be better off choosing any other apprentice than me."

There was something Yang Qingfeng didn't say.

In recent years, he has been living in constant fear and trepidation.

He was proud to have Lin Yan as his disciple.

But with so many talented disciples arriving all at once, how could he really ignore them?

Given his personality, once he accepted someone as his disciple, he would definitely teach them well. Over the past few years, he has developed quite a few more gray hairs.

His original cultivation theory is no longer applicable.

He used to teach his disciples to refine their skin once a year, twice a year for three years, and three times a year for ten years.

The results of it?

These disciples completed their training in three years, and some even underwent four skin resurfacing sessions in two years. When the elders of the Xuantian Sect came to visit, he specifically inquired about the Xuantian Sect's disciple training system, otherwise he would have truly misled the students.

Lin Yan looked at his master and could see that he was tired.

In essence, the master is just like an ordinary teacher who suddenly produces a top scholar.

Then many top students immediately came to become his apprentices, but what did the master actually teach them?

It's really difficult for a master to deal with such talented disciples who also come from wealthy families.

"What does the master plan to do after closing the shop?"

"Enjoying sightseeing." Yang Qingfeng stroked his beard and said, "Three months ago, Zhuang Zheng came back. Although his cultivation level didn't improve as quickly as yours, he was still able to join the Fenghai Sect of the Western Guangdong Path and become a disciple of a Dharma Aspect expert. He's about to break through to the Half-Step Dharma Aspect stage. Perhaps I can go and have a look around the Western Guangdong Path."

Upon hearing his master's words, Lin Yan fell silent.

Junior Brother Zhuang, you're just spouting nonsense.

He had never heard of the Fenghai Sect of the Western Guangdong Path. He had read about it in the Sword Sect's collection of books. The Fenghai Sect of the Western Guangdong Path had been wiped out seven hundred years ago.

Junior Brother Zhuang is taking advantage of Master's lack of knowledge about other martial arts paths, and just casually brought up a sect.

Since Junior Brother Zhuang mentioned the Fenghai Sect of the Western Guangdong Path, it means that Junior Brother Zhuang should be in the Western Guangdong Path at the moment. If there is an opportunity, you can go and see Junior Brother Zhuang.

As for Junior Brother Zhuang's talk about breaking through to the half-step Dharma Form stage—

It seems the Blood God Sect is indeed powerful; Junior Brother Zhuang has even reached the Dharma Aspect Realm.

Lin Yan knew Junior Brother Zhuang well. In terms of concealing his true abilities, Junior Brother Zhuang was no weaker than himself. If he was said to be half a step into the Dharma Aspect realm, then he must have already reached the Dharma Aspect realm.

Thinking of Junior Brother Zhuang, Lin Yan said, "Master, I think it's time to tell you about Junior Brother Zhao."

Back then, Junior Brother Zhao left for a distant place because of an elder of the Xuantian Sect, but now the threat from the Xuantian Sect no longer exists, and Lin Yan knows that his master must also be thinking about Junior Brother Zhao.

"Back then, Junior Brother Zhao was taken by the Xuantian Sect—"

Yang Qingfeng listened quietly to Lin Yan's narration, his expression changing from time to time as he listened to these martial arts secrets that he had never known before.

After Lin Yan finished speaking, Yang Qingfeng remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "The thing I am most proud of in my life is taking you three as my disciples."