The extraordinary journey begins with the Ouroboros Stele.

Chapter 118 Senior Brother, You Know My Feelings

Tieqin City, a certain manor.

Jiang Weilan looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar ancient wooden building in front of her, and her heart trembled slightly.

After more than a decade apart, I have finally returned here.

"Aunt, Father is waiting for you."

A voice came, and a young man dressed in white fine clothes walked out from the black gate.

His long black hair was tied back with a crimson ribbon, making him look like a jade prince who had walked from ancient times to the modern era.

"You are... Mu Bai? You've grown up so much already?"

Jiang Mubai smiled gently, "Yes, Aunt, you've gotten old, and so has Father."

The two walked naturally through the gate, passed through several corridors, and arrived at a small courtyard.

In the courtyard, a figure stood quietly, wearing a black cloak despite it being summer.

Jiang Qingjin stood in the courtyard, simply watching Jiang Weilan quietly.

The two remained silent for a long time before Jiang Qingjin's eyelashes trembled.

"Wei Lan, come back."

Jiang Weilan could hardly contain her emotions and lowered her eyes.

"Yu'er has joined the Tieqin Group and is one of their internal trainees."

Jiang Qingjin nodded. "I know, it was my arrangement."

After he finished speaking, the courtyard fell silent again.

"Let's go, the old man is waiting for you."

Jiang Qingjin stepped aside slightly to make way for him.

Jiang Weilan took a deep breath, composed herself, and strode into the courtyard, heading straight into the living room.

In the main seat of the living room, an elderly figure held a cup of tea in his hands, the lid of the tea gently rubbing against the tea bowl, making a soft sound.

After Jiang Weilan walked in, she didn't say a word and went straight to the first seat on the left.

Jiang Qingjin and Jiang Mubai followed them in and sat down silently.

After a long while, the old figure slowly raised his head and looked at Jiang Weilan with a hint of guilt.

"Wei Lan, will you blame me?"

Jiang Weilan could no longer control her emotions; her eyes instantly reddened, and she stubbornly turned her head away without saying a word.

The elderly figure sighed, "Since our Jiang family left Jiangjia Village, you are already the sixth generation."

"It took more than a hundred years to establish a foothold in this Iron Piano City."

"Do you still remember how the Jiang family's generational ranking is?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Weilan's eyelashes trembled slightly. "May your work be carried on through the ages, and may your legacy be vast and enduring."

The old man smiled with relief, "You still recognize me."

He put down his teacup, looked at Jiang Weilan, and said, "I, Jiang Chengding, have never done anything against the family in my life. Everything I have done has been for the sake of the family."

"But... only you, my daughter."

"I was wrong, come back."

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Evening, Red Whale Security Group, Training Room 007.

Lin Ye looked at the Celestial Staff in his hand, opened his mouth and inhaled, a faint green aura flying into his mouth.

In an instant, fragmented images flashed through his mind, each showing the same person at different times.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, please don't go! Play with Mu'er a little longer!"

"Grandpa, Grandpa, didn't you promise to spend time with Mu'er? Why are you going to fight again?"

"Can we please stop fighting?"

"Grandpa, you said you would take Mu'er to see the grasslands."

"You said you would be there for Mu'er as she grows up."

"Grandpa, can people really live forever? If you live forever, can you stay with Mu'er forever?"

"Grandpa, don't die! You said you would live forever!"

"Grandpa, you're lying."

The chaotic scene flashed by, and Lin Ye slowly opened his eyes.

monument."

[Agility: 0.94] → [Agility: 0.95]

[Intelligence: 0.86] → [Intelligence: 0.88]

[Potential Points: 0] → [Potential Points: 2]

The improvement wasn't huge, but for him now, every bit of improvement is valuable.

He stood up, put the celestial staff down, and stood before the brass bell.

"call out!"

The fist pierced the air, leaving a thin white mark, but when it landed on the bronze bell, it strangely made no sound.

Lin Ye slowly withdrew his fist and stood silently.

The air seemed to freeze for a few seconds, then suddenly something seemed to ripple outwards.

"Boom boom boom!"

Inside the brass bell, three explosions rang out almost simultaneously.

Three concentric, twisting ripples spread out, whipping up a fierce wind.

Feeling the vibrating air, Lin Ye took a deep breath.

By stacking three shockwaves within a single punch, the damage is effectively tripled.

This is the terrifying boost that the Agility attribute brings.

Although it didn't provide any assistance in terms of strength, it still elevated his destructive power to a new level.

Look at your palm and slowly clench it into a fist.

"Let's call him Zhenyuan."

Currently, he can only achieve three-dimensional energy, but with the improvement of his agility attribute, he will be able to achieve even more in the future.

Perhaps one day, he will be able to achieve the Six-Shock Yuan or even the Nine-Shock Yuan.

"I wonder just how strong I am now?"

Several days later, Lin Ye slowly withdrew his fist and stood still.

【Soul Whale Fist "Level 5" (140/500)】

Once you reach the level of "Practicing Vibration into a Circle," the progress is no longer as slow as before.

At this rate, it will only take about six months to master the Soul Whale Fist.

I wonder if it will go straight to the sixth floor, or if it will get stuck?

Can I use potential points to upgrade it? Or will it trigger some kind of achievement like Spirit Ring Fist?

"Senior brother, here you go."

Yan Yi's voice sounded from behind.

Lin Ye turned around, paused for a moment when he saw the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) in Yan Yi's hand, smiled and took it.

The two sat down on the seats by the window, and Lin Ye took a bite.

"Xiaoyi, at your current pace, you might be able to break through to the third level in less than six months."

Yan Yi nodded, hummed in agreement, and took a bite of the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).

"I'll help you choose a simple assessment task then," Lin Ye continued.

Yan Yi remained silent, only humming in response.

The training room fell silent. Suddenly, Yan Yi looked up at Lin Ye.

"Senior brother..."

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Lin Ye looked over. "What's wrong?"

Yan Yi lowered her head slightly, her gaze becoming somewhat evasive, but it quickly hardened as she looked directly into Lin Ye's eyes.

"Senior brother, you know my feelings."

Lin Ye withdrew his gaze and fell silent.

After a while, just as Yan Yi was about to say something, Lin Ye's pocket vibrated.

Lin Ye hurriedly took out his phone, looked at the screen, and saw Zhang Xuan answering the call.

"Big brother, we've got a mission. It's at a Nuo Snake Cult stronghold. Shall I send you the location?"

"Okay, send it to me, I'll be right there."

After saying that, he stood up, glanced at Yan Yi, and said, "I have something to attend to, I'm going out for a bit."

After he left, Yan Yi looked towards the door, her gaze somewhat somber.

At midday, Lin Ye sat on a large rock, playing with an engraved crystal in his hand.

In front of him was a cluster of collapsed wooden houses, so badly damaged that it looked as if they had been bulldozed dozens of times.

Li Wei held the equipment in her hand, recording the task report, her eyes glancing at Lin Ye from time to time.

Although wooden houses and cement houses cannot be compared.

It's really hard to imagine that a martial artist who has mastered the "Shaking Circle" level could possess such terrifying destructive power.

In some respects, Lin Ye is already among the strongest of the secret martial artists.

For a master of the fourth level of fist techniques, the difference between a forest dweller and a secret martial artist is actually not that great. Only by cultivating the shock into a circle can one put up a slight resistance.

There are only a handful of experts below the Secret Warrior level who can reach this level, even on the list of the Black Society headquarters.

I found the treasure.

"I'm asking, could you give me that Yin Jia (a type of nail) ahead of time?"

Lin Ye suddenly spoke, looking at Zhang Xuan beside him.

Zhang Xuan had a look on his face that said, "You don't want this kind of behavior."

"Brother, we agreed beforehand that the Yin Armor would be presented to you after the deed is done."

Lin Ye nodded helplessly upon hearing this, "Let's talk about it later then."

Zhang Xuan looked at Lin Ye's expression and smiled, "Well, you can give it a try."

"But let me make this clear first, whether it works or not depends on what the higher-ups think."

Lin Ye grinned, "Okay, then I'll trouble you."

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A few days later, a convoy of cars was driving through the mountains when, as it rounded a bend, it crashed directly into the bushes.

Before long, the convoy stopped in front of a huge cave.

The cave looks like a gap that was cut out at the foot of the mountain with an axe.

The interior was dark and deep, with a stream flowing out from it that seemed to have no end.

"Bang!"

Lin Ye got out of the car, looked in the direction he came from, walked straight ahead, and crossed two mountains to reach Zhuangyuan Village.

"Let's go, little brother!"

Jiang Muyu shouted from the front, and the twelve-person mercenary squad became alert and surrounded the area.

Looking over, Lin Ye saw that besides the mercenary and Jiang Muyu, there were two other people constantly guarding Jiang Muyu.

Each of them was a master of the "Shaking Circle" technique, brought back by Jiang Muyu from the Iron Qin.

The middle-aged man in the black training clothes is named Jiang Haishan. He is skilled in Gangzhen (a martial arts technique), and his iron hands can break gold and jade. He is an orphan adopted by the Jiang family of Tieqin.

The man in the gray training uniform is named Zhou Yan, and he is skilled in soft vibration.

He was a guest of the Tieqin Jiang family and practiced an extremely insidious assassination fist technique.

The group entered the cave, and the mercenary squad took out flashlights to warn the way forward.

After walking for about half an hour, we had completely penetrated into the interior of the mountain, and the view suddenly became open and spacious.

It was a giant cave, Lin Ye's eyes swept over it.

After drinking those bottles of "Heart of the Night" at the Angel Church, his night vision improved.

Soon, his gaze settled on a corner of the cave, where a huge bronze portal was carved with unidentified monster patterns, resembling some kind of bird.