Chapter 7: Descend the Mountain, Enter the World

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"As for you, Master..."

Lin Yuan looked towards the Elder Long Eyebrow standing beside him.

The Elder Long Eyebrow had imparted guidance and teaching to Lin Yuan, even if it was only for two months.

Moreover, Lin Yuan was able to smoothly move into the Sutra Pavilion thanks to the nod from Elder Long Eyebrow.

"The Realm of the Great Grandmaster focuses on the spirit, and external forces find it challenging to interfere," Lin Yuan said,

"A few years ago, I contemplated the martial art 'Yi Jin Jing' within the Sutra Pavilion and comprehended another martial art; it should be helpful for stepping into the Great Grandmaster."

The martial art that Lin Yuan referred to was naturally the 'Yi Jin Washing Marrow Tempering Body Exchanging Blood Refining Divine Skill.'

This martial art not only could nurture the physical body but also refine the spirit.

The essence of the breakthrough from Grandmaster Peak to the Realm of Great Grandmaster was the development of spiritual power.

The purer the spiritual power, the easier it was to feel and condense into extraordinary spiritual abilities.

It could be said that as long as this martial art was cultivated to perfection,

the probability of Grandmaster Peak breaking through to the Realm of Great Grandmaster could reach about twenty to thirty percent.

"Buddha's child need not expend energy on me; the path of the Great Grandmaster requires a chance for sudden enlightenment..."

Elder Long Eyebrow immediately said.

Before Lin Yuan, it was common knowledge among martial Tao experts that the Realm of the Great Grandmaster could not be forced.

Even someone as formidable as a Great Grandmaster found it nearly impossible to nurture another Great Grandmaster.

A thousand years ago, Patriarch Bodhidharma, founder of the Great Zen Temple, was also a Great Grandmaster. He took in 108 Buddhist monks as disciples and established the Great Zen Temple.

Yet, none of these 108 Buddhist monks could cross into the domain of the Great Grandmaster.

"No worries, just listen," Lin Yuan said,

and slowly imparted the 'Yi Jin Washing Marrow Tempering Body Exchanging Blood Refining Divine Skill.'

Upon seeing this, Elder Long Eyebrow listened patiently.

At first, Elder Long Eyebrow maintained a calm attitude.

He thought what Lin Yuan was saying should be similar to the insights left by Patriarch Bodhidharma.

But on hearing one-fifth of it, his brows furrowed tightly, and his thoughts began to churn.

"This..."

His heartbeat quickened. As a Grandmaster, he had the basic discerning ability, and hearing only half, he realized the value of the martial art Lin Yuan taught.

This was a martial art that refined the spirit.

While spiritual martial arts had appeared before,

there were a few spiritual martial arts left by Patriarch Bodhidharma on the third floor of the Sutra Pavilion,

however, all known spiritual martial arts could only be cultivated by Great Grandmasters, and only those Great Grandmasters who had condensed extraordinary spiritual abilities had the basic conditions to cultivate spiritual martial arts.

But the 'Yi Jin Washing Marrow Tempering Body Exchanging Blood Refining Divine Skill' Lin Yuan comprehended could even be cultivated by those in the Innate Realm.

This was simply unbelievable.

For a moment, Elder Long Eyebrow felt dry-mouthed and tongue-tied.

He was acutely aware of the value of this martial art. If news of this got out, the Great Zen Temple would become the focal point of the world.

Other major Great Martial Sects, even the Dali Dynasty, would disregard face to seize this martial art.

Moments later,

Lin Yuan finished speaking and looked at the dumbfounded Elder Long Eyebrow.

Nearby, the abbot and several abbots had also listened through once but did not immediately realize the martial art's value, only finding the martial art Lin Yuan conveyed as obscure and difficult to comprehend, requiring slow contemplation.

"That's enough."

"You all may go back now," he said, lowering his gaze and gesturing with his hand.

"Yes," Elder Long Eyebrow awakened as if from a dream, suppressing the excitement in his heart, and replied respectfully.

...

After Elder Long Eyebrow and the others left,

the Sutra Pavilion became quiet again.

Lin Yuan went up to the third floor and picked up an ancient book.

On the surface of this ancient book, four characters prominently displayed, 'Demon-Subduing Wisdom Scripture.'

The Wisdom Scripture was related to the spirit; it was indeed a spiritual martial art.

It had been left by Patriarch Bodhidharma a thousand years ago.

Before breaking through to the Great Grandmaster, Lin Yuan had not mastered extraordinary spiritual abilities.

Though possessing Against-Heaven's Understanding, he had not delved much into such spiritual martial arts.

Now, having attained the status of a Great Grandmaster, he naturally began to decipher this area.

Half a month flew by.

For these ten-plus days, Lin Yuan continuously studied the 'Demon-Subduing Wisdom Scripture.'

*With your Against-Heaven's Understanding, you comprehended the spiritual martial art 'Demon-Subduing Wisdom Scripture,' and from it, derived the miraculous spiritual skill 'Heaven-Striking Earth-Shattering Skill.'*

Lin Yuan felt a surge of joy in his spirit.

Within the Niwan Palace at the center of his brow, strands of extraordinary spiritual abilities intertwined, forming some mysterious pattern, engraved upon it.

"Heaven-Striking Earth-Shattering Skill..."

"A miraculous spiritual skill..."

*Lin Yuan sensed that once he activated this pattern condensed with extraordinary spiritual abilities within the Niwan Palace, it would unleash a spiritual domain.*

*Within the domain, even fellow Great Grandmasters would have their spiritual will suppressed and endure the pain of being lost and overwhelmed.*

"This defies reason..."

*Lin Yuan shook his head, feeling a twinge of emotion in his heart.*

*Relying solely on this miraculous spiritual skill, Lin Yuan had the confidence to achieve invincibility within the realm of the Great Grandmaster.*

...

Time flowed serenely by.

In the blink of an eye, five years passed.

Inside the Sutra Pavilion,

a mysterious aura pervaded and spread, yet stopped at the door.

"Beyond the Great Grandmaster...."

Lin Yuan opened his eyes, a faint white lightning flashed in the void.

Electricity formed in the void.

*This was the external manifestation of spiritual power reaching its zenith.*

The spiritual power of a Great Grandmaster could kill, but it couldn't shake the laws governing matter.

For instance, using spiritual power to lift a stone.

Throughout history, no Great Grandmaster had accomplished such a feat.

But now, Lin Yuan had broken this ironclad rule.

Because Lin Yuan's realm had already surpassed the Great Grandmaster, reaching a previously unparalleled level in this world.

*With Against-Heaven's Understanding, Lin Yuan crossed the three significant realms of acquired, innate, and grandmaster in just five years, attaining the status of a Great Grandmaster.*

*Now, another five years had passed, breaking the shackles of the Great Grandmaster, achieving an unprecedented accomplishment wasn't something extraordinary.*

"Beyond the Great Grandmaster... let's call it the Mythical Realm," Lin Yuan thought to himself.

*The level beyond the Great Grandmaster was a legend, a myth.*

*Thus, naming it 'mythical' was rather fitting.*

"There's still ten years of residency left."

"It's time to see the world outside," Lin Yuan mused, calming his aura as he gazed beyond the Great Zen Temple.

*After crossing into the Mythical Realm, Lin Yuan had almost completely absorbed the millennium of accumulated wisdom of the Great Zen Temple.*

*Next, if Lin Yuan wished to maintain his past decade's cultivation pace,*

*he must journey across the world, witnessing the various martial arts secret techniques.*

*After all, the Great Zen Temple was just one of the Great Martial Sects.*

*Besides the Great Zen Temple, there were still several other Great Martial Sects,*

*and even under the dominance and oversight of the Dali Dynasty.*

*Seeing martial arts distinct from the Great Zen Temple, and utilizing his Against-Heaven's Understanding to its utmost refinement,*

*would allow Lin Yuan to more easily comprehend the path and realm ahead.*

...

Outside the Bodhi Yard,

Abbot Huaiyuan of the Great Zen Temple and several abbots gathered once again.

"I can already sense the bottleneck of the Grand Master Realm," Huaiyuan said, his voice filled with excitement.

"In ten years at the fastest, twenty years at the slowest, I will be able to challenge the Grand Master Realm."

*Under normal circumstances, with his qualifications, the possibility of stepping into the Grandmaster was slim.*

*However, thanks to Lin Yuan's guidance several years ago, he saw hope.*

The expressions of the other abbots were similarly quite excited, as Lin Yuan's guidance had benefited them greatly too.

*Though they might not be as confident as the abbot about reaching the Grandmaster Realm within twenty years,*

*there was still quite a chance within thirty to forty years.*

*It was common for martial tao experts at the Innate Realm Peak to live past a hundred; most abbots were in their sixties or seventies, with the capacity for a final fight.*

Just then, a Martial Monk hurried in.

"Abbot, chiefs, not, it's not good..." the Martial Monk stammered with apparent urgency.

"Speak slowly, no need to rush..." Abbot Huaiyuan consoled him.

"Buddha's child, Buddha's child..." The Martial Monk took a deep breath, about to speak.

"What about the Buddha's child?" Huaiyuan stood abruptly, staring at the Martial Monk.

The other abbots likewise appeared solemn.

*At this moment, in their eyes, the Buddha's child was the hope for the next five hundred years of the Great Zen Temple.*

*Any matter concerning him was of significant importance to the Great Zen Temple.*

"The Buddha's child..." The Martial Monk, seeing the concerned expressions of the abbots, quickly said, "The Buddha's child has gone down the mountain."

"What?"

"The Buddha's child has descended the mountain?"

Abbot Huaiyuan paused, hurriedly asking, "Did the Buddha's child say what he went down for?"

"Yes, what did the Buddha's child say?" Abbot Huiwen of the Martial Monk Institute also asked anxiously.

"The Buddha's child said he wanted to descend the mountain, to go down the mountain..."

The Martial Monk steadied himself and tried to imitate Lin Yuan's tone, "To see the world." "

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