Chapter 276: Chapter 276: Martial Arts Enlightenment

Lin Yun gently placed the severely injured young man on the ground, took out a Rejuvenating Pill, and had him take it. Thanks to the pill, some color returned to the man’s face.

After doing all this, Lin Yun stood up and looked at the burly man with the broadsword. "We’re all here for the Green Talent List," he said. "There’s no deep-seated hatred between us. Was it necessary to be so ruthless?"

Hearing this, the burly man laughed, his eyes filled with contempt. "What an idiot. The Green Talent List is the honor that every young genius in the entire Southeast Domain dreams of. Everyone who participates is an enemy. It’s kill or be killed."

The burly man had a point. After all, everyone who came to participate in the Green Talent List was prepared for this. Each one of them wanted to be the victor on this path paved with bones.

Lin Yun didn’t deny the man’s words, but since he had stumbled upon the scene, he couldn’t just stand by and watch someone be killed.

"You’re right," Lin Yun said calmly. "But now that I’m here, I have to save him."

"Hmph. You don’t know your place. In that case, I’ll just cut you down too." With a cold snort, the man raised his broadsword and slashed at Lin Yun.

Wary of the heavily injured youth, Lin Yun deliberately dodged to the side, widening the distance between them.

Holding the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear, Lin Yun faced the man’s broadsword and executed his Wind Thunder Triple Flash. Although the man’s Cultivation was at the Ninth Layer of Qi Sea Realm, his Combat Power was weaker than the Fifth Prince’s. He naturally wouldn’t last more than a few moves against Lin Yun.

With the third strike of the Wind Thunder Triple Flash, the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear transformed into a bolt of Lightning. Before the man could react, the tip of the spear was already pressed against his throat.

"You’re no match for me," Lin Yun said flatly, retracting the Demon Bone Heaven-Dominating Spear. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

He chose not to kill him. Lin Yun ultimately let the man leave; after all, he held no grudge against him, and he wasn’t a natural-born killer.

After driving off the burly man, the severely injured youth had recovered some of his strength thanks to the Rejuvenating Pill. He took out his own Healing Elixir and swallowed it. Seeing Lin Yun approach, the youth expressed his gratitude, "Thank you for saving me."

"Don’t mention it. It was nothing. Since you’re out of danger now, I’ll be on my way."

Having saved the man’s life and seeing that he was no longer in mortal danger, Lin Yun left after saying his piece. After all, he couldn’t protect the man forever.

This small interlude didn’t cost Lin Yun much time. Just as he was thinking of leaving, he was attacked by a black shadow once more. While dodging the attack, he lashed out with his hand and managed to catch one of the shadows.

When he saw the black shadow’s true form, Lin Yun gave a wry smile. The shadow was actually an eagle drawn on paper, about half a meter in size, with an Array inscribed on it.

’This is... unbelievable.’ Lin Yun hadn’t expected that this incredibly fast black shadow was actually a paper eagle, able to fly through the fog thanks to an Array.

’Just think about it. Who, upon entering this dense fog and being ambushed by these shadows, would ever guess they were just pieces of paper?’

He had successfully caught the paper eagle. It was still struggling in his hand, behaving just like a living eagle.

Without a second thought, Lin Yun directly injected his Elemental Power into the paper eagle’s Array. The paper eagle instantly emitted a bright light, and under its glow, the dense fog around Lin Yun began to slowly dissipate.

By the time the light faded, Lin Yun had emerged from the dense fog. The surrounding valley once again appeared before him.

’I wonder how many people would guess that the elusive shadows in the fog are actually just paper eagles.’ Having passed the second trial, Lin Yun chuckled self-deprecatingly. Even he hadn’t expected it.

’They were so fast and elusive. Anyone’s first reaction would be to think they were terrifying and powerful. But who would have guessed that the shadows possessed no offensive power and were merely paper eagles?’

Having emerged from the fog, Lin Yun didn’t see anyone else and had no idea if he was the first to pass the second trial or not.

He made his way deeper into the valley. Though he didn’t know its exact length, based on what he had seen from the back of the Black Feathered Eagle, he estimated that at his current pace, he must have already covered about half of it.

Lin Yun traveled through the valley for a full day. Along the way, he met no one else and encountered no further trials.

「By noon the next day」, Lin Yun finally saw other people. They were the Direct Disciples of Celestial Eagle Valley. Though only ten of them remained, that in itself was an incredible feat.

Lin Yun stopped about a hundred meters away from the Celestial Eagle Valley Direct Disciples. His expression was a mixture of pleasant surprise and shock. ’To think there’d be such a fortunate encounter in this valley.’

"Martial Arts Enlightenment..." Lin Yun murmured. The place where the group of disciples from Celestial Eagle Valley had gathered was the deepest part of the entire valley. Here, the Martial Arts Enlightenment of the Celestial Eagle Valley’s founder was concentrated.

Legend had it that not long after a great battle with a Tier Seven Demon Beast, the founder of Celestial Eagle Valley passed away. The place where he fell was right here in Celestial Eagle Valley.

After his death, the founder’s lifelong Martial Arts Enlightenment remained concentrated within Celestial Eagle Valley for future generations of the sect to comprehend.

Martial Arts Enlightenment was a difficult thing to explain. If one were to ask what benefits it offered, the answer was none. It could neither increase your Combat Power nor raise your Cultivation.

However, only supremely powerful experts could leave behind Martial Arts Enlightenment. It encapsulated the entirety of that expert’s understanding and insights into the Martial Arts.

Just imagine, if you could comprehend the lifelong Martial Arts Enlightenment of a master, wouldn’t that be equivalent to paving a grand highway for your future path of cultivation?

However, comprehending an expert’s Martial Arts Enlightenment was far from easy. It was an incredibly difficult task, even for those with outrageous talent.

’I can’t believe there’s Martial Arts Enlightenment here. As expected of Celestial Eagle Valley,’ Lin Yun thought, excited. In any other major power, a place of Martial Arts Enlightenment would be treated as a Forbidden Land. He never imagined Celestial Eagle Valley would open it up for the talented participants of the Green Talent List to comprehend.

He walked over quietly, found an empty spot, and sat down cross-legged. The Direct Disciples of Celestial Eagle Valley said nothing of his arrival; they were currently preoccupied with their comprehension.

Time was limited; after all, the first round only lasted for seven days.

Calming his mind, Lin Yun focused on comprehending. Being here was like having a peerless master personally guide his cultivation, telling him everything they knew without reservation.

As time passed, new layers of understanding formed in Lin Yun’s mind. Many concepts that had once been obscure and difficult to grasp suddenly became crystal clear.

The Cultivation of this Celestial Eagle Valley founder was definitely far beyond the Primordial Ocean Realm. In his presence, a Primordial Ocean Realm expert could likely be crushed with a single finger. His Martial Arts Enlightenment brought Lin Yun immense benefits. Even more peculiar, as Lin Yun was comprehending, both the War God Technique and the Demon Emperor Technique began to circulate on their own.

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