You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?-Chapter 181 - 13. Four Symbols Heaven Barrier

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However, Lin Yue also knew very well that with his current strength, opening that secret treasure would be quite difficult. According to the description, at least the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier was needed to unlock the treasure.

Moreover, acquiring the treasures inside also required sufficient strength.

So, he still needed to cultivate quickly.

For the past year, Lin Yue had been in a state of frenzied cultivation every day, and in his free time, he would also read scrolls in search of the so-called Dao Heart.

The Duke Heng’s mansion provided a large amount of top-tier treasure medicine, an excellent cultivation environment, guidance from a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and the Heartless Qi planted by the Twelfth Prince... These almost placed his cultivation conditions at the highest level.

Therefore, in just over a year, he was about to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier.

Each of the other princes generally needed one or two years to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, so he was already considered fast.

Otherwise, even prodigies like Yu Shiqi or the Qi Family’s Fifth Young Lady, who started establishing their foundation with Heaven and Earth Treasures at a very young age and broke through the Five Elements Heavenly Barrier, would need several years to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier.

"My dear general."

Lin Yue suddenly asked, "The Outer Hall assessment and the Inner Hall assessment of the Ancestor Hall, they’re not held together, right?"

Baili Fengzhi nodded, "The Outer Hall assessment is on the ninth day of November, which is in seven days. The Inner Hall assessment is on the ninth day of the twelfth month, exactly a month apart. However, to participate in the Inner Hall assessment, one must first pass the Outer Hall assessment."

"I hope to break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier in the next few days, otherwise I will miss the Outer Hall assessment and won’t have the chance to attempt the Inner Hall assessment," Lin Yue said softly.

Although he already felt the constraints of the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, he was only a step away from absorbing higher-level Four Symbols Essence, but it was uncertain how much time it would take.

It could be as fast as one or two days, or as slow as ten days to half a month.

The time was still somewhat tight.

The entry assessment of the Ancestor Hall was the simplest, with ordinary martial cultivators having a chance, but the Outer Hall assessment was quite challenging, as it required martial cultivators who had broken through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier just to start.

"With Your Highness’s realm, as long as you can break through the Four Symbols Heaven Barrier, you will definitely pass the Outer Hall assessment," Baili Fengzhi said.

"You should participate with me as well."

Lin Yue looked at Baili Fengzhi and said, "Your progress this year has been remarkable, and I just happen to want to see it for myself. Moreover, judging by the attitude of Martial Master and the Fifth Young Lady, I fear I have little chance of passing the Inner Hall assessment. If you can become a member of the Inner Hall of the Ancestor Hall, you could help me."

Baili Fengzhi immediately kneeled on one knee and said softly, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will do my utmost."

"Why are you kneeling so nicely? Stand up."

Lin Yue chuckled in surprise, looking at Baili Fengzhi’s lips revealed under the mask. He suddenly said, "By the way, when you go to the Ancestor Hall this time, take off your mask. With your performance, you are destined to be famous in Di Hong City, and you do have a very distinctive look. Showing your face will only increase your fame."

Baili Fengzhi was slightly stunned and couldn’t help but ask, "Do I look very distinctive?"

Lin Yue smiled and said, "Particularly beautiful."

"... Your Highness flatters me," Baili Fengzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She added, "However, Your Highness, as just your guard, what use is there for fame?"

"Of course it is useful."

As Lin Yue strolled down the corridor, he said casually, "In the future, I will definitely establish a residence, like Duke Heng and the other princes, to widely recruit guests. To attract guest elders, just being an unpowerful and uninfluential prince might not draw in any geniuses or experts. At that time, your fame would be useful."

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Speaking of this, he smiled, "This is something I read recently in the scrolls, told by Master Jun and me. The Saint Heirs and Holy Daughters of those sects and holy lands are the banners of their sects. They might not necessarily be the most talented but are certainly the most beautiful and renowned."

Just like in some universities in a previous life, good publicity, good environment, the power of attraction to new students might not even match a beautiful young lady in the school posting a short video.

Baili Fengzhi suddenly understood.

"It’s rare to see people with natural beauty like yours among cultivators."

Lin Yue glanced at her, with a smile, "After all, cultivators who break through the Heavenly Barrier undergo a transformation, and some cultivation techniques can reshape the body to some extent, so the Saint Heirs and Holy Daughters look quite good."

"However, shouldn’t cultivators not care much about appearances? I don’t value them," Baili Fengzhi said.

"How could they not care?"

Lin Yue shook his head, "Cultivators are still human. Except for those cultivation techniques that do not treat themselves as human cultivators, most cultivators are human, with desires and pursuits. Moreover, their senses are too keen, so they look down on mortals and are more picky than mortals."

Baili Fengzhi thought about it and realized it was indeed so.

Although she did not care about appearance, if she really were to find someone she admired, she wouldn’t ask for them to be as outstandingly good-looking as Your Highness, at least they couldn’t be an old or ugly man.

At the very least, their features should be decent and pleasant to the eye.

"There are actually many real-world examples."

Lin Yue said with a smile, "In one of the scrolls I read a few days ago, the Sword Saint Great Elder of the Daoist Sect’s Supreme Sect did not choose to go to the Immortal Sword Sect, which was more suitable for Sword Cultivators, because he admired the former Holy Daughter Yushao Fairy of the Supreme Sect. The Immortal Sword Sect, having missed out on a Sword Saint, went on to cultivate a Female Sword Immortal, and reportedly this has greatly increased the number of new disciples since then."

Analyzing from human nature, it was also easy to understand.

Most new disciples did not have high cultivation levels, and their mindsets were not much stronger than mortals. Moreover, they spent most of their time on cultivation, so their resistance to beauty might be even lower than mortals.

Thus, when the new disciples first went to pay respect and cultivate, seeing a senior brother as handsome and charming as a Banished Immortal, or a senior sister as an otherworldly fairy, it was only natural to be moved and aspire.

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