True Martial World - Chapter 387: Desolate Heaven Technique Tea Session Begins

Time passed by without Yi Yun realizing it as Yi Yun quietly practiced without knowing the time of the day. It was until one day when another person knocked on his door. This time, it was not Lin Xintong's maidservant, but the female Desolate Heaven Master apprentice he met when he first entered the Lin family's Desolate Heaven technique hall. She was the disciple of that middle-aged man whose surname was Sun.

"Senior brother Yun, my master ordered me to tell you that the Desolate Heaven technique tea session will begin tomorrow morning."

"Tomorrow morning?" Yi Yun ruffled his unkempt hair. He gave people the impression of him having just woke up.

Two months have passed… How time flies.

The young lady's gaze looked past Yi Yun's body all the way to what was behind Yi Yun. Seeing this, she covered her mouth in surprise.

There was no other reason other than Yi Yun's bone refinement room being too messy. It looked like it had been swept by bandits.

Four to five Desolate Heaven technique disk arrays were messily placed on the stone benches. There were materials scattered on the ground. Most of these materials had their energy extracted. Some were cracked, while others broken. Some had even turned to powder.

If one walked into the bone refinement room, there was not even a spot to place one's foot. It was not an exaggeration at all.

"Thank you. What is your name?" Yi Yun casually asked.

"Senior brother Yun, my name is Xiaoqi." The young lady crisply said.

"So, it's Junior sister Xiaoqi! Has my master come out of reclusive training?"

"He's out. Elder Su is now in the hall chatting with my master!"

"I got it. Junior sister Xiaoqi, if you are going back, please inform my master to get someone to clean up this bone refinement room. Since the Desolate Heaven technique tea session is tomorrow, I will need to get some rest."

Saying this, Yi Yun nonchalantly picked up some of the materials that were still useful and stuffed them all into his interspatial ring. Following that, he rubbed his head and walked past the young lady.

After hearing that, the young lady was somewhat dumbstruck. He had asked for her name just to say this?

To get Elder Su to find someone to clean up the bone refinement room?

Xiaoqi felt speechless. This Senior brother Yun, who was just an in-name disciple, had actually ordered Elder Su!

A disciple had ordered his master and said it as if it was something taken for granted. What the heck!?

Elder Su's position in the Lin family was extraordinary. He was even higher in status than her own master, so who could order him around usually? Furthermore, it was ordering him to do some trivial matter.

Seeing Yi Yun walk further away, Xiaoqi wanted to run over to him and drag him back. However, she was introverted, and although she opened her mouth, she did not say a word. At that moment, Yi Yun had already disappeared around the bend of a corridor.

Xiaoqi stood there in a daze for a while. In the end, she did not have the courage to go to Su Jie and get him to order someone to clean up the bone refinement room. If she did so, her master alone would have scolded her, whatmore, Su Jie.

And in the end, her master would definitely order her to clean up the bone refinement room. After all, many of the things in the bone refinement room could only be cleaned by people with knowledge of the Desolate Heaven technique. A normal person would not do.

Just thinking of this made Xiaoqi feel somewhat pissed.

This person had gone too far. He had used such a good independent practice room that she did not even have the chance to use. It had been messed up by him into such a state. Did he even have a civic mind!?

Xiaoqi was angry but she had no other avail. As she looked at the poor state of the bone refinement room, she stamped her feet and finally tip-toed into the room.

"I'll treat it as if I owe you one!" Xiaoqi gritted her teeth as she said that.

She began cleaning the bone refinement room up. When she approached the Desolate Heaven technique stone bench, the surface was covered in a layer of bone powder. Other places were also messy. She estimated that she would take at least an hour to clean the mess up.

Xiaoqi felt aggrieved. As she cursed Yi Yun, she cleaned up the place. She had ended up cleaning for something that had nothing to do with her.

As she was cleaning the garbage up, Xiaoqi suddenly felt something peculiar. On the corner of the Desolate Heaven technique stone bench, she discovered a very peculiar material residue.

It was a desolate bone that had already turned into dust.

Typical desolate bones would turn grayish-white in color after having their energy extracted and turn to dust. However, this desolate bone still remained dark red in color even after it became powder. It was very peculiar.

And when Xiaoqi touched the red powder, she could vaguely feel its heat. It was not residue heat from heating the powder, but heat from the powder itself. This was because within it was fire-elemental energy or pure Yang energy.

"He did not even extract the material properly. There is still so much Power of Desolates left. Such a waste."

Xiaoqi mumbled to herself, but she could not recognize what sort of desolate bone it was. After all, its energy had been extracted, and there were too many types of desolate bones. Even a Desolate Heaven Master would not be able to distinguish it easily.

Xiaoqi threw all of the powder into a bag...

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Yi Yun returned to a room Su Jie had prepared for him. The moment his head hit the bed, he went into a deep sleep. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

He was too tired after two months of intense practice.

Usually when Yi Yun rested, he would just meditate, however, this time meditation was not enough.

Yi Yun quickly entered deep sleep. His perception was completely cut off as his soul went into a deep sleep state. All his mental activity stopped.

Yi Yun slept for about 15 hours, for nearly the entire night and half an afternoon.

Only until the sky lit up did Yi Yun faintly wake up.

After he laid in bed for a moment, he suddenly leaped up. The room was dimly lit, but Yi Yun's eyes were sparkling. They were like two beams of ghostly lightning.

Looking into his soul, Yi Yun realized that the Heaven's Eye in his mind had already slowly formed its shape. Now, Yi Yun had completely opened his Heaven's Eye.

This change was brought forth by Yi Yun's strengthening of his mental strength.

Intense practicing of the Desolate Heaven technique had expanded Yi Yun's soul.

Yi Yun took a deep breath and spat out a breath. He saw a visible sword Qi fly out.

Now, Yi Yun felt better than ever before. His brain felt infinitely awake. He was completely aware of everything happening in his surroundings.

It was time to participate in the Desolate Heaven technique tea session. Yi Yun took a comfortable shower and changed into dry and clean clothes. Wearing the mask Su Jie left him, he walked out of his residence.

He gently pinched his throat to change his voice. This was not much different from his original voice, but under such circumstances, the Shentu family clan was unlikely to imagine that an ant-like Yi Yun who have been crippled of his cultivation would appear in the Lin family. He had even suddenly transformed into a Desolate Heaven Master of the Lin family, and he was Su Jie's disciple.

The status difference between the two was too great. So, no matter how great the Shentu family clan's imagination was, it was very difficult to connect them together.

From a distance, Yi Yun could see a huge airship land on the Tian Hua peak. There was a symbol Yi Yun was very familiar with engraved on the airship. It was the Shentu family clan's coat of arms!

The Shentu family clan had already arrived.

True Martial World - Chapter 386: Soul Nurturing Relic

After separating from Lin Xintong, Su Jie began his two-month reclusive training period. Regardless of anything, he could not make any mistakes for the Desolate Heaven technique tea session.

As for Yi Yun, he also began his Desolate Heaven technique training. Yi Yun had already received everything from the Mystic Crystal Hand and Small Thousand Seal techniques that Su Jie could teach him. The remaining training only depended on himself.

Yi Yun locked himself in the independent bone refinement room Su Jie had prepared for him. In front of him were all kinds of desolate bone materials. Some of these materials were provided by Su Jie, while the rest were obtained from desolate beasts he killed while he was in the Divine Wilderness.

Originally, all these materials were supposed to be handed over to the Tai Ah Divine City to exchange for glory points, but after the alliance tournament, glory points lost its meaning for Yi Yun. Hence, Yi Yun kept them for himself.

Practicing the Desolate Heaven technique was a very boring process. It also expended his mental powers greatly. Yi Yun would often spend a day and a night in the bone refinement room at a time.

The way he practiced the Desolate Heaven technique was to use the Purple Crystal to extract the Power of Desolates, and by controlling the Power of Desolates, he would constantly form seals, destroy them, form seals and destroy them again.

One runic seal would usually be repeated a few hundred times. It was done until it was branded in Yi Yun's mind, it was something that became muscle memory.

Originally, after Su Jie taught Yi Yun the Mystic Crystal Hand, Yi Yun was able to perfectly form more than fifty seals with the Mystic Crystal Hand. Very soon, Yi Yun managed to perfectly form the remaining forty runic seals.

However, that was not enough as Yi Yun was using extremely low-grade desolate bones when he was practicing the Mystic Crystal Hand.

Low-grade desolate bones contained very little Power of Desolates and they were easy to control. As the grade of the desolate bones increased, it also became harder to use the Mystic Crystal Hand to control the Power of Desolates to form seals.

Even with Yi Yun's Purple Crystal, he was unable to ignore such a rule.

After all, the Mystic Crystal Hand and Small Thousand Seal were ‘one-size fits all seals’ techniques. The higher the realm one reached in the Desolate Heaven technique, more the inadequate the two seals appeared to be.

"These two techniques are not a long term solution. However, my Desolate Heaven technique is currently limited. I am lacking in cultivation time as well. To complete all these complicated hand seals is not easy. It is even more impossible to master it quickly in two months…"

Yi Yun had already made his plans. The Mystic Crystal Hand and Small Thousand Seal were just used in transition. When a Desolate Heaven Master practiced the Desolate Heaven technique, there was definitely a process of going from simple to difficult. There had to be a transitional process.

As for the next stage, Yi Yun had already chosen a few sealing techniques he had planned on learning. All of these techniques had the feature of being more broad in scope. Yi Yun temporarily did not plan to learn those seals that aimed at a particular type of energy as his time was too precious.

Yi Yun practiced day and night for ten days. He would often practice till his mental strength was depleted. He would meditate for a while before immersing himself in practicing again.

To completely drain his mental strength, and then carry on practicing after a short meditation was also a form of training for his soul.

*Knock! Knock! Knock*!

At that moment, a knock sounded outside the bone refinement room. Yi Yun stopped what he was doing and frowned slightly. Typically, when Desolate Heaven Masters practiced, it was taboo to be disturbed as it was easy to cause a seal that was formed to be undone.

"Who is it?"

Yi Yun walked to the stone door and opened the door with a solemn expression. Yi Yun saw a young lady standing at the door.

Currently, Yi Yun's hair was messy and his eyes were bloodshot. He looked ferocious and scary, causing the young lady to be stunned.

"Who are you?" Yi Yun's voice was slightly hoarse. The continuous practicing had caused Yi Yun's mental state to be somewhat suppressed.

"Young Master Yun… Yun." The young lady swallowed a mouthful of saliva. These days, Yi Yun had been using the fake name of Yun Yantian, so she naturally addressed him as Young Master Yun.

Actually, in the entire Lin family, other than Lin Xintong and Su Jie, almost no one cared about Yi Yun. For figures like Lin Xintong's grandaunt, she disliked Yi Yun, but she would not pay much attention to him.

As for the other Desolate Heaven Master apprentices who had seen Yi Yun's performance back then, they could not be bothered with him as they had the idea that Yi Yun was just a phony who was fishing for fame.

Yi Yun would often be locked in the independent bone refinement room by himself and he would not have any contact with them, so when the young lady in front of him suddenly addressed him as "Young Master Yun", Yi Yun was slightly taken aback.

The young lady took out an interspatial ring timidly, "This… This is given by our family's Miss. Soul… Soul Nurturing relic, and… and the ring, Miss said that… it's for Young Master Yun to… use."

The young lady handed the interspatial ring over to Yi Yun in a fluster before turning to run away. She was really afraid when she saw Yi Yun's bloodshot eyes and ferocious image.

Yi Yun was stunned for a while before recovering. This girl was Lin Xintong's maidservant. Back in Lin Xintong's courtyard, he had seen this maidservant, and he had seen her at random.

So it was sent by Miss Lin.

Yi Yun looked at the interspatial ring in his hand. Probing it with his spiritual energy, he realized the capacity of the interspatial ring was more than ten times the rings he had. It was really a magical item.

It was probably because Lin Xintong felt that Yi Yun was despised by the woman in palatial attire due to his equipment. His equipment allowed the woman to tell at a glance that Yi Yun was not a rich person and that he had come from a small place.

Taking out the item from the ring, it was a crystal clear jade box. When he opened it, a green desolate bone relic rolled out from the jade box.

It was the Soul Nurturing relic. It was not the name of a relic, but the overall name of a type of relics. Consuming such relics could allow one's mental strength to rapidly recover.

Lin Xintong must have learned from Su Jie that he was practicing the Desolate Heaven technique.

After hesitating for a while, Yi Yun took the green relic and popped it into his mouth.

With the relic in his mouth, Yi Yun gently chewed on it. It was like he was biting on a soft sweet.

Yi Yun swallowed the Soul Nurturing and he felt it turn into a hot stream that entered his soul. Yi Yun felt like he was being cleansed in a pool of spring water. His mind cleared and the headache he was having reduced greatly.

Clearly, this was a very good Soul Nurturing relic.

Indeed, with Lin Xintong's status in the Lin family, the resources she could use were all top notch.

Yi Yun felt a warm surge in his heart. It was naturally not convenient for him to meet Lin Xintong now. It was not easy for Lin Xintong to still remember that he was practicing the Desolate Heaven technique and send a maidservant to give him a Soul Nurturing relic.

This box of Soul Nurturing relics was a timely gift for Yi Yun. With this, he was able to practice the Desolate Heaven technique more smoothly.

After recovering some mental strength and closing the jade box, Yi Yun began the dry practicing process once again.

When warriors trained in martial arts, they were destined to be lonely. It was also the same when practicing the Desolate Heaven technique!

In front of Yi Yun, there was a long Desolate Heaven technique stone bench. On it was a row of desolate bones. From left to right, these desolate bones were arranged in according to their grade.

The leftmost desolate bones were normal desolate bones. Yi Yun had already perfectly completed the Mystic Crystal Hand and Small Thousand Seal on those desolate bones.

In the middle were desolate bones that were from general ranked desolate beasts, as well as king-ranked desolate beasts.

These two types of desolate bones were Yi Yun's training focus.

And on the right side were the highest grade desolate bones. It was the Golden Crow species's bones that Yi Yun had obtained in Fallen Star Gate!

After Yi Yun killed the Golden Crow species, he did not waste any of its body's materials. Yi Yun had nearly finished the Golden Crow blood in the alliance tournament.

Yi Yun still kept the remaining feathers, claws, desolate beast meat and the most precious desolate bones.

Yi Yun quietly turned his gaze on the primordial strain's desolate bones. The dark red desolate bone seemed to be glowing red-hot…

There were still two months left, there… should be enough time.

True Martial World - Chapter 385: A mere acquaintance should not sow discord between two close people

Yi Yun's comment was very sudden. Instantly, everyone in the yard looked towards Yi Yun.

At that moment, Yi Yun was standing behind Su Jie’s seat. He completely looked like a young medicine boy. From the moment Yi Yun appeared, no one had noticed him, other than Lin Xintong's grandaunt from before. She had only spoken to him because Yi Yun knew Lin Xintong.

If Lin Xintong had not greeted Yi Yun, she would have treated him like thin air.

"What are you? Do you know your manners!? Do you even have the right to speak here?"

This was a matter of the Lin family. Even Su Jie did not have much right to speak as he was an outsider. From the beginning to now, Su Jie had been mostly been listening.

And with Su Jie's status, if he really wanted to make a comment, the Lin family would listen. However, how could a follower of Su Jie, who looked like a sidekick youth, have the right to interject while the upper echelons of the Lin family were talking?

Not even the Lin family, even in a big mortal household, if a servant were to suddenly interrupt his master while he was speaking, he would only end up being smacked in the mouth!

Due to Su Jie, the grandaunt could not do anything to Yi Yun. After all, she had been lowering her status to persuade Lin Xintong today, and she was feeling a burning rage. If Yi Yun was a member of the Lin family, she would have dragged him away to be punished according to the family rules.

Before Su Jie spoke, Yi Yun directly said, "I'm Yun Yantian, Elder Su's in-name disciple."

Yi Yun casually gave himself a name. He used his original name, Yun as his surname. 'Yan' was a homophone, and actually meant concealment. Yun Yantian then meant clouds (Yun) concealing (Yan) the sky (Tian). It also secretly expressed Yi Yun's martial arts goal.

At the same time, Shentu Nantian's name also had a 'Tian', so clouds (Yun) concealing (Yan) the sky (Tian) also meant Yi Yun was concealing Shentu Nantian. This was an evil pun Yi Yun used when giving himself the name.

"In-name disciple?" When the woman in palatial gown heard this, her face turned gloomy. An in-name disciple's status was low, yet he dared to speak to her here?

She was nearly about to go into a rage when Lin Xintong stood up and said, "Grandaunt, he is my friend."

The woman wanted to say something but it got stuck in her throat momentarily, "Friend?"

This word made her feel uncomfortable. What kind of status did the Lin family have? Lin Xintong was also the greatest figure of the Lin family's younger generation. She could become a peerless Great Empress in the future, yet she made friends with such a person?

If it was her granddaughter, she would have reprimanded her. However, against Lin Xintong, she did not dare do so. She could only tone down her expression and said patiently, "Xintong, it is your prerogative to make friends, but you must see what sort of person someone is. You have a dignified background and you will have limitless achievements in the future. If you want to make friends, they have to be people like Shentu Nantian, who come from a large family clan. They are youths who will amount to great things in the future. As for some cats and dogs, or riff-raff, it is best you don't mix around with them, or you would lose your dignity and be ridiculed by others. What do you say, Xintong?"

The woman tried to make her speech sound kind, but even so, her words were filled with superiority. They included referring Yi Yun to cats and dogs or riff-raff, and this angered Lin Xintong.

Lin Xintong's eyebrows frowned as she spoke coldly, "Grandaunt, he is my friend. As for you, you can only be considered my elder. You have lived a long time, and have seen numerous people and encountered numerous matters. You should understand the meaning of how a mere acquaintance should not sow discord between two close people."

The words Lin Xintong did not include any swear words, but it immediately turned the woman's face white!

A mere acquaintance should not sow discord between two close people!

The woman in the palatial gown was Lin Xintong's grandaunt, but as for Yi Yun, what sort of person was he to Lin Xintong?

He was just a friend, and a friend of an unknown closeness at that.

However, Lin Xintong had actually said "Mere acquaintance should not sow discord between two close people!"

This meant that in Lin Xintong's heart, she as the grandaunt was the mere acquaintance. She was dispensable. As for this riff-raff, Yi Yun, he held a greater spot in Lin Xintong's heart than the grandaunt, her!

Previously, Lin Xintong also said that the woman "can only be" considered Lin Xintong's elder.

This also meant that other than the relation of being of the same clan and the elder-junior relationship that could not be wiped off, she as a grandaunt was nothing in Lin Xintong's heart.

With her status as someone who was more distant, she was being presumptuous and being offensive by criticizing the kid who was closer to Lin Xintong.

"You… " The woman's voice trembled slightly. To have those sharp words aimed at her in front of so many people, including the Matriarch and the juniors the Matriarch brought, she had lost all face!

However, she could not refute a word. When Lin Xintong was young and suffered all sorts of abuse from her family, she as a grandaunt had never played a positive role. On the contrary, she had taken on a conniving attitude.

It was only two years ago when Lin Xintong could become a peerless Great Empress and become a transcendent figure of the Shentu family clan and Lin family in the far future, did she try to deepen the ties with Lin Xintong. However, what was the point?

To Lin Xintong, being courteous to her grandaunt was purely out of the respect for one's elders. If it involved her friends or her master, things would completely be different.

"Xintong, how can you be so brazen with your words!?" The Matriarch rebuked, helping the woman in palatial attire to ease the situation.

The grandaunt had lost face as she glanced angrily at Yi Yun, "Matriarch, this kid is young and of lowly status. He doesn't know anything, yet, here he is jumping onto a Shentu family clan and Lin family matter that only Great Emperors can decide. He really doesn't know his place!"

The Shentu family clan and Lin family's great matter was decided by the upper echelons, so for a junior to join in the discussion, it naturally gave others the feeling that he did not know the rules and that he was immature and ridiculous.

Yi Yun said calmly, "I was only listing a possibility. The Shentu family clan may not be able to cure Miss Lin."

"What a joke. When a large family clan does things, do you think it's children playing House? If they do not even have the slightest confidence, wouldn't they end up being the laughing stock of the world?"

"Besides, our Lin family will verify it ourselves to guarantee complete success. Do you think that the Elders of our Lin family cannot come up with thoughts that you thought of? That their insights are inferior to yours?"

"Do you know the Desolate Heaven technique? Do you know the ancient recipe? You are just Su Jie's in-name disciple!”

"Indeed, lads are ignorant, and their words are hilarious!"

The woman retorted in a sarcastic tone like a cannon. Yi Yun took that in silently, making it seem like he had been dumbfounded by the woman's words.

This finally allowed her to feel a sense of relief. However, Yi Yun's status was after all lowly. To partake in such an exchange still made her feel like she had lowered her status and it was not worth it.

To her, this feeling was like being bitten by a bug. So what if she had trampled the bug? She had still been bitten by the bug.

"Matriarch." The woman was afraid the Matriarch would hesitate on this matter, so she turned to the Matriarch and said, "The Shentu family clan's Desolate Heaven technique has extraordinary heritage that has no reason to be doubted. It is indeed a level higher than our Lin family. If the Lin family allies with the Shentu family clan, then when Lin Xintong takes on a commanding role, our Lin family's Desolate Heaven technique heritage would also probably upgrade a level."

"The Desolate Heaven technique tea session organized by the Shentu family clan will be in two months time. At that time, the Shentu family clan should be able to prove their ability to cure Xintong's terminated meridians!"

As the woman in palatial attire said, she glanced at Su Jie with a mocking look. "Elder Su, you must have already prepared for the Desolate Heaven technique tea session, right?"

The woman knew that Su Jie would definitely suffer a defeat at the tea session. Although his Desolate Heaven technique standard was extremely high, he would not be able to resist against the gurus of the Shentu family clan. No matter how strong Su Jie was, he would probably lose. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The woman was not on good terms with Su Jie, so seeing Su Jie suffer naturally made her delighted. Also, if the Shentu family clan proved their strength, then it would support her position. As no matter how she saw it, this marriage would only benefit the Lin family.

"You do not need to worry about my preparations. Why? You seem to look forward to the Lin family being trampled on?"

Since he did not have a good impression of her and had been targeted by her mean words, Su Jie naturally would not take it sitting down. He immediately attacked back verbally.

"Elder Su, you don't need to imply that I'm helping others secretly. Of course I wish the Lin family to be in the limelight, but I would not blindly dream. Does it mean you will win just because I wish you will win?"

Seeing the woman about to quarrel with Su Jie, the Matriarch's face sank and reprimanded the woman, "Quiet! Have some decency!"

Su Jie was the Lin family's in-house guest, so he naturally had to be treated respectfully or he could easily just leave. The Matriarch would naturally reprimand the woman in palatial attire if she argued with Su Jie.

The woman stayed silent. She had said those words on a whim.

The Matriarch leaned on her dragon-head cane and stood up, "Elder Su, the original intention of the tea session is for the Shentu family clan to showcase their Desolate Heaven technique standard. However, they have prepared well in advance, and we did not have much time to prepare as well as our comparatively lower heritage, we might be suppressed."

"Having said so, our Lin family should not lose too badly. I hope I can rely on Elder Su for this matter! You must uphold the Lin family's reputation."

The Matriarch's voice was sincere as Su Jie nodded, "I will do my best. May the Matriarch be at ease!"

"Alright." The Matriarch nodded and turned towards Lin Xintong, "Xintong, I will not force you. You should walk down your own path. You still have a long life ahead."

"I have lived so long and have seen too many people and things. Having experienced so much, I only want to tell you that you are still young. Whatever you are thinking of now, and what you are insisting on now might be childish and ridiculous when you really grow up a few thousand years in the future."

"What you hold deeply might not be what you want… You might rather die now, but eventually, you might accept it despite the humiliation. Maybe one day, you might even celebrate that you had given in… "

After the Matriarch finished speaking, she used her cane and under the companionship of the group of girls, left.

True Martial World - Chapter 384: Lin Xintong’s wishes

"Elder Su, it's been a long time since we met." Seeing Su Jie, the woman dressed in palatial attire said smiling.

Obviously, Su Jie knew what these two old fellows were here for. It was to spy on him.

Su Jie tersely responded without any further words.

And at that moment, Su Jie suddenly felt something. He turned around and saw a bevy of girls walk over from a short distance away. Most of them were young, and amongst them, there was a silver haired old granny wearing silk clothes.

This old granny held a dragon-head cane, and her hair was held in a golden jade hair clasp. Although her face was full of wrinkles, it was still a healthy pink in color.

The woman in palatial attire and Lin Xintong's sixth granduncle immediately went forward. Yi Yun naturally understood that this silver-haired old granny in silk clothes was the Lin family's old Matriarch.

Other than a few grand elders, the Matriarch was one of figures who held the most influence in the Lin family. She had even greater influence in matters concerning the internal affairs of the Lin family.

However, although the Matriarch held a high position in the Lin family, she did not give off the slightest bit of imposing pressure. Yi Yun really felt that this Matriarch in front of him was a normal old granny from a rich household that was amiable.

"Xintong, your reclusive retreat has been for so long..."

The Matriarch looked lovingly at Lin Xintong while Lin Xintong smiled sweetly and said, "Originally, I was planning to greet you today, but I never expected you to come here personally."

Lin Xintong was very respectful and loving to the Lin family's Matriarch.

She was the elder who loved her the most back in the day. When Lin Xintong was receiving the cold treatment in the family, the Matriarch had always cared for her.

If the Matriarch had any wish, Lin Xintong would do her best in fulfilling it.

Seeing the Lin family's Matriarch come, Su Jie suddenly felt awkward. He originally planned to speak privately with Lin Xintong, asking for her thoughts. However, before he could even walk into Lin Xintong's bamboo hut's courtyard, all sorts of important figures of the Lin family had come one after another. Even the Matriarch had come.

Although Su Jie was Lin Xintong's master, he was still an outsider in regards to the Lin family's family affairs. Especially with the Matriarch present, there were words he could not say conveniently.

The Matriarch had guessed Su Jie's thoughts and took the initiative to say, "Xintong, today with your master present, say whatever you want to say. This matter has been dragged on for two years. The old fellows in the elder roundtable have been arguing all this time. The Shentu family has also become increasingly annoying, maybe… it is time to make a decision."

Once Matriarch Lin said these words, Lin Xintong's grandaunt and granduncle immediately perked up their ears. They knew that if Matriarch Lin nodded her head slightly in front of Lin Xintong, that would be much better than them saying a million words.

This old granny's attitude was very important!

At that moment, it was not appropriate for Su Jie to speak, so he could only look at Lin Xintong, leaving the decision up to her.

Su Jie was in dilemma. He wanted Lin Xintong to reject the marriage proposal. For her natural Yin Meridians, he had ran around for years, reading all sorts of ancient manuscripts, but he had never found a method to cure it. Now, the Shentu family clan, whom he never liked had announced that they had found the method. Emotionally, this was a bit unacceptable.

However… He was also worried that if Lin Xintong refused the marriage proposal, and if he could not save her, then Lin Xintong would die young. Of course, Su Jie did not wish to see such an ending.

Lin Xintong pursed her lips as she turned silent.

Everyone looked at Lin Xintong. Yi Yun also watched Lin Xintong's expression, trying to guess her thoughts.

"Let us go into the yard first." Lin Xintong said nonchalantly while she took the Matriarch, Su Jie and company into the bamboo hut's small yard.

The yard was not large, but it was elegantly furnished. In the middle of the yard, there was an ancient rattan chair. Lin Xintong invited the Matriarch to sit down before Su Jie, sixth granduncle and grandaunt took their seats.

Lin Xintong brewed a pot of tea as she said softly, "Ever since I turned sensible, I knew about my natural terminated meridians and was destined to die young. As the Matriarch has cherished me, I was able to use the best elixirs, relics in the family when I practiced martial arts. At that time, there were older cousins who were unhappy about this. They said that I was destined to die, yet I wasted the family's resources. If they received those items, they would accomplish all sorts of things. Paternal and maternal aunts always looked at me weirdly, saying I was a unlucky and that I was cursed to have such a body behind my back..."

Up to this, Lin Xintong's voice was calm. However, Yi Yun and Su Jie found that the tone had a hint of sadness. Anyone could imagine what sort of mental scars a young girl, who was at the age when her self-esteem was invaluable, would receive when mocked in such a manner when the Matriarch was not around.

Yi Yun knew that the bitter times Lin Xintong endured while growing up was definitely not limited to what she had said.

When he first met Lin Xintong, he only knew her as a cherished daughter of Heaven that was high above. She was like a snow lotus at the top of a high mountain, unperturbed by worldly affairs. Who would have ever thought that she would have such a childhood?

"Child, it was hard on you." The Matriarch sighed as she lovingly touched Lin Xintong's face.

Lin Xintong gently held the Matriarch's old hand and carried on, "When I was young, the Matriarch would tell me every time I felt hurt that the natural terminated meridians had a cure. She even said that if I were to join up my terminated meridians, then I would become a Great Empress that was strongest in the entire Tian Yuan world."

"From then, I swore in my heart that I would definitely join up my terminated meridians in this life."

"I was unwilling to accept the machinations of fate. I was not willing to let them look at me like that, or letting them looking forward to my death."

"This thought began taking root, sprouting and growing from a very young age. Slowly, it has become the greatest thought and pursuit of my life."

When Lin Xintong said this, Yi Yun recalled the words Lin Xintong said when they were in the Cloud Wilderness's Desolate Human Valley.

Back then, he only found Lin Xintong pure and determined. She was going against all odds, despite knowing they were against, but he never knew why Lin Xintong was behaving like that. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

At that moment, Lin Xintong's grandaunt could not resist saying, "Xintong, since you have thought it through, why are you in a dilemma? Now, the chance is right in front of you. As long as you nod your head, wouldn't the thought you had since you were young be accomplished? When you become a peerless Great Empress and live for generations, that would be something countless number of people would envy!"

"When you were young, indeed, I did not care for you enough, but… the family has so many children. Which elder is able to take into account every child's feelings? I gave you the cold treatment when you were young, but now, I have repeatedly appeared before you and persuade you with this old face of mine. I know that you do not have any good feelings for a snobbish person like me. In fact, your heart is filled with contempt and disdain, but you just do not say it."

"However, whatever I say is reasonable. Xintong, I will not mention anything about the family. I know you don't like hearing about that. Then let me ask you, life and your innocence, which is more important?"

This woman indeed had good intentions and she was honest. Yi Yun had to admit that for her to say those words with her status, she was pretty to the point.

Life and innocence, which was more important?

Probably 99% of girls would choose the former.

Lin Xintong nodded, "Grandaunt, you are right. I already understood all of these reasonings when I returned home two years ago and received the news."

"However… I don't want to. It is not because I dislike the Shentu family clan, and it has nothing to do with the questionable character of Shentu Nantian. But… I do not want to use my own body in exchange for a martial path carefully paved by someone else."

"The goals I set when I was young did not only include joining up the terminated meridians, it also included searching for the pinnacle of martial arts after I joined up my terminated meridians."

"For martial artists, their martial path is embedded in their hearts. Practicing martial arts is to go against the Heavens. It is originally fraught with difficulties!"

"Joining up natural terminated meridians may be difficult, but can it be more difficult than exceeding a peerless Great Emperor? However, up to now, there has not been a person who has gone beyond the realm of peerless Great Emperor."

"The practice of martial arts is perilous, it requires one to open up a new path forcefully on the way up the dangerous peak that has no path. If I were to sell my beliefs and body to exchange for this path, then, even though I become a Great Empress, so what? In my heart, there would be a seed of failure buried in. With my beliefs sold, it would never be restored. Then, I would probably not have any breakthrough after I became a Great Empress. I probably will never reach the realm of the peerless Great Empress from the past."

"This is not what I want. My life has just begun. Although my lifespan may seem very short to you, but to a common mortal, it is already extremely long. Since I am determined to fight for my destiny, then my fight has just begun now. I still have nearly 500 years I can use. Why would I give up now?"

When Lin Xintong said this, everyone turned quiet.

Yi Yun drew in a deep breath. Lin Xintong's words really shocked him. Her determination was something he had never seen throughout his life.

The Matriarch's eyebrows ticked before she finally let out a long sigh, "Xintong, you are still so stubborn. However, sometimes, some paths cannot be opened up just with faith."

The Matriarch had ultimately experienced a lot. She was very awed of this world.

When people are young, they would often be arrogant and frivolous. They would often wish to challenge everything in the world, believing that they could defy fate. They believed that if they had the perseverance and ability, anything could be done.

However, compared to young people, older people tended to succumb to reality. In the end, the Matriarch still did not believe that by abandoning the opportunity the Shentu family clan provided, Lin Xintong would be able to defy the fatal fate that awaited her.

Often, reality was much more cruel than the ideal.

Beside Su Jie, Yi Yun could tell that the Lin family's Matriarch was most concerned about Lin Xintong's life. She did not wish to see her grandchild die before her.

Hence… she had already leaned towards accepting the Shentu family clan's offer.

Yi Yun suddenly said, "Do you all think that the Shentu family clan can definitely heal Miss Lin?"

True Martial World - Chapter 383: Lin Xintong Coming out of Reclusive Training

"Just now when you were working on the desolate bone, there were some parts where you were inadequate…" As Su Jie spoke, he demonstrated the Mystic Crystal Hand once again. This time, Su Jie was even more serious. Every movement was broken down into parts, as he patiently taught Yi Yun.

Once Su Jie became serious, he was indeed an excellent master. Yi Yun had no problems in energy control, but he needed plenty of time to practice the sealing techniques.

Su Jie did not speak much and demonstrated it again and again for Yi Yun. From the Mystic Crystal Hand to the Small Thousand Seal, every runic seal was broken down into parts for Yi Yun. This carried on through the night, till it was early next morning.

Before they knew it, the two of them had been in the bone refinement room for more than 20 hours.

Yi Yun was covered in sweat as it was very draining to use the Purple Crystal continuously.

On the other hand, the Old Man Su Jie was still as fit as a fiddle.

And at that moment, a spark flashed in front of Su Jie's eyes. It was the beam from a voice transmission charm.

"Oh? Xintong is coming out!"

Su Jie's words made Yi Yun's heart thump. He stopped forming his hand seals. Lin Xintong was coming out?

Previously, Su Jie had passed a message to Lin Xintong. Now, with her coming out, it was oviously to meet Su Jie.

"I'm going to meet Xintong. Right… why don’t you come with me?" Su Jie suddenly said to Yi Yun.

Yi Yun was stunned for a while. Can I go too?

For this girl who he was indebted to and not met for two years, Yi Yun really wanted to meet her again.

Yi Yun followed Su Jie and left the Tian Hua peak. They headed to one of the other main peaks, the Jade Bamboo peak.

The Jade Bamboo peak was in the central region of the 18 main peaks. The mountain peak was not very high and it was covered in arrays. Jade bamboo grew throughout the year, despite the seasons. The peak had beautiful scenery.

At that moment, Yi Yun landed on the Jade Bamboo peak. It was early in the morning and it was misty. Looking down, all he saw was a sea of clouds. Above the clouds, there were green bamboo forests. It looked like an immortal paradise.

The Lin family's females mainly lived on the Jade Bamboo peak. Usually, male members of the Lin family could go up the mountain, but males were restricted from the back mountain regions.

Su Jie took Yi Yun to a Jade Bamboo Temple on the mountain peak. The entire Jade Bamboo Temple was built inside a bamboo forest. The tiles used for the temple's dome were made of jade making the entire place look green.

This made the Jade Bamboo Temple appear very harmonious with the Jade Bamboo. It was as if this temple was not man-made, and it was a natural occurrence from the bamboo forest.

A maidservant had been waiting at the door. When Yi Yun and Su Jie arrived, she took them inside.

In the Jade Bamboo Temple, there were pine and cypress trees interweaving with the jade bamboo everywhere.

And what made Yi Yun surprised was that many of the structures inside the Jade Bamboo Temple were made of bamboo or pine. These structures had the scent of bamboo and pine and it made one feel relaxed.

"The Lin family's Matriarch likes bamboo. This Jade Bamboo Temple was also built by Her Aged Reverent."

When Su Jie said this to Yi Yun, Yi Yun was slightly stunned. From Su Jie's tone, this old granny's age was not low. Even Su Jie himself addressed her as Her Aged Reverent. Was she at least 40,000-50,000 years old?

The maidservant took Yi Yun and Su Jie through a yard till they arrived at a newly built bamboo hut.

Yi Yun could see a beautiful girl dressed in white in the distance. She held a long sword in her hand and she was practicing her swordplay amongst the bamboo trees.

Her motions did not seem fast, but they gave a feeling of freely flowing water and floating clouds. Every stab of the sword would cause the surrounding bamboo leaves to fly around. Under the girl's sword, these bamboo leaves seemed to possess some soul as if they were alive.

This girl was the person who Yi Yun had not seen in two years, Lin Xintong.

Su Jie stopped in his footsteps as he watched Lin Xintong practicing her swordplay. His eyes were filled with love. Having not seen her for two years, Lin Xintong's sword skills had greatly improved yet again. A nonchalant brandish of her sword would become one joined with the surrounding environment. If it was described, this realm could be called, "one sword, one scene".

Every sword move would present a different scene to the people watching the swordplay.

"Master!"

Seeing Su Jie, Lin Xintong stopped. A happy smile hung on her face. After separating from Su Jie, she had always been thinking of him. This was because she knew that Su Jie had entered a very dangerous mystic realm. She was naturally worried since she had not heard any news from him for two years.

"Oh? You are…Yi Yun?"

Lin Xintong saw Yi Yun and she was taken aback. Yi Yun had changed so much in these two years. He had gone from a child to a bright teenager.

Lin Xintong was tall. Two years ago, Yi Yun only reached Lin Xintong's nose tip; but now, Yi Yun was slightly taller than Lin Xintong.

"Miss Lin, long time no see." Yi Yun smiled shyly. Having been separated for so long, he had experienced so many things. Now that he met Lin Xintong again, it was natural that he had the feeling of meeting an old friend.

"Oh? Who are you?"

At that moment, a sharp female voice rang out. Yi Yun turned his head and he saw a middle-aged woman dressed in a red palatial gown slowly walking over.

Beside the woman was a white-haired elder.

When Lin Xintong saw those two people, she bowed slightly, "Lin Xintong greets (paternal) grand aunt and sixth grand uncle."

The two of them were Lin Xintong's elders, and they were members of the upper echelons of the Lin family.

The woman in palatial gown gave Yi Yun a deep glance. She was perplexed when Su Jie brought a youth that was either his in-name disciple or medicine boy to the Jade Bamboo Temple. After all, the Jade Bamboo Temple was the women's residence in the Lin family. Typically, Su Jie would not bring an outsider to meet Xintong.

And since he brought him along, then it meant that Su Jie's relationship with the kid was not ordinary. Now, it appeared that even Lin Xintong knew him. This astonished her even more.

"He is a friend of mine." Lin Xintong calmly explained.

"Friend?" The woman repeated the word and frowned slightly. Looking at Yi Yun's appearance, he did not appear to be from a large family clan. Ignoring anything else, just the interspatial rings on Yi Yun's hands were common goods sold on the street. How did Lin Xintong befriend such a person?

Although she was unhappy, the woman did not say anything. Now, Lin Xintong's status was sensitive. Other than that matter, she would abide by Lin Xintong's intentions for any other matter.

"Grandaunt and sixth grand uncle, what are you doing in my bamboo porch?" Lin Xintong asked without much emotion. It appeared as if the two were not very welcomed.

"We are here to see you, Xintong. Why, do you not wish to see your grand aunt?" The woman said as she cordially held Lin Xintong's hand.

In the Lin family, about half of the elders supported the Shentu family clan's marriage proposal. The woman and the old man beside her were two of them.

To them, the marriage between the Shentu family clan and the Lin family was a win-win situation. Although in recent years, the Shentu family clan and the Lin family had been fighting due to all sorts of interests and had some old scores to settle on both sides, the small grudges were nothing compared to the gains laid in front of them.

The main reason was that a peerless Great Empress was too great a temptation for the Lin family.

Once the natural Yin Meridians were cured, Lin Xintong's future prospects were limitless.

Compared to the ancient Great Empress, the Shentu Patriarch and the Desolate race's Shepherd Boy who had appeared ten years ago were nothing.

She would definitely be a figure standing on the peak of the world. In this world's vast history, few people could be chosen to match this peerless Great Empress.

Other than the family's interest, this was also a very good thing for Lin Xintong. Lin Xintong's lifespan was originally less than 500 years. She was destined to have her cultivation level capped before reaching the title of Sage. Such a tragic fate could be reversed with this.

Not only would she be the person who could dominate the entire Tian Yuan world, she would also gain several hundreds of thousands of years of lifespan. She could create her own era which was very enviable.

One had to know that for a figure like the Shentu Patriarch, lifespan was more attractive than strength!

That was at least a few hundred thousand years and maybe even millions of years worth of time. Where could one find such a good deal?

The woman in palatial gown only found it a pity that she was aged and lacking natural Yin Meridians, or else, she would have agreed to marry into the Shentu family clan 10,000 times and obtain that great opportunity. And marrying into the Shentu family clan was not an unacceptable matter either. After all, it was a large family clan that was almost equal to the Lin family. There was no lack of resources or heritage.

As for Shentu Nantian, if Lin Xintong did not like him, then she could maintain a distance. When warriors practiced martial arts, they would usually go into reclusive training for several years or several decades at a time. When Lin Xintong reached the Sage realm, she could go into reclusive training every year. Out of sight, out of mind, what was unacceptable?

Unfortunately, no matter how she persuaded a thousand or ten thousand times, Lin Xintong was unwilling to let her fate be arranged by others. This made the woman find it hard to understand. Would Lin Xintong rather die in 500 years than letting go of her so-called pride and accept this great opportunity that people wished they had?

Although many of the Elders in the family were in favor of this, they could not force her. As such, the matter had been dragged on. Many Elders had tried to enlighten Lin Xintong, but it was useless.

The woman knew that many of the Elders in the family did not have a good relationship with Lin Xintong.

This was because Lin Xintong was born with terminated meridians, which was equivalent to a crippled body. No matter how good her talent was, who would bother caring about a person who could not live for more than 500 years?

Lin Xintong was ignored in the family when she was young, she was even mocked.

However, there were two people who showed additional love to Lin Xintong. One was the Lin family's Matriarch, and the other was Su Jie.

Lin Xintong's relationship with the two of them was the deepest. If the Matriarch was willing to persuade Lin Xintong, then the result would definitely be different.

Alas, it had to be that the Matriarch was indecisive for the past two years. On one hand, the Matriarch was leaning towards letting Lin Xintong accept the Shentu family clan's marriage proposal if they were able to refine that elixir. After all, she did not wish to see her most beloved granddaughter die before the age of 500.

Yet, on the other hand, she did not wish to force Lin Xintong against her will. As such, the Matriarch was indecisive. Besides, two years was nothing for martial artists. She was taking a wait-and-see attitude.

With the Matriarch not committing to it, the other person was Su Jie.

Su Jie's attitude to the matter was vital. The woman knew that Su Jie had come to see Lin Xintong, so she had rushed here early in the morning. She was afraid that Su Jie would say something that he shouldn't say, adding oil to the flames.

True Martial World - Chapter 382: Doubts

Seeing Yi Yun complete more than ten runic seals, with each of them being flawless, the middle-aged man beside Su Jie said in an incredulous manner, "Elder Su, did this disciple of yours truly learn the Desolate Heaven technique for just a few months!?"

He could barely accept it if a Desolate Heaven technique apprentice with a certain foundation accomplished this. It was too great an exaggeration for this to come from a beginner!

Su Jie did not say anything. After a while, Yi Yun had already completed more than 20 runic seals. The Mystic Crystal Hand had approximately a hundred runic seals. This meant that Yi Yun had already completed more than 20% of it, and it had been perfectly done.

"Do not tell me he will really complete it up to 40%..."

Su Jie mumbled to himself. And following that, as it it was to confirm his speculation, one runic seal after another was sent out from Yi Yun's hands like rain.

38, 39, 40...

Although he had reached 40 seals, Yi Yun did not stop.

In fact, one did not have to send out all 100 runic seals from the Mystic Crystal Hand. Just 60-70 of them would be sufficient enough to refine a desolate bone relic.

Now, Yi Yun had already condensed nearly 50 runic seals. Another dozen or so runic seals would be enough to form the relic!

At that moment, other than the man surnamed Sun and his disciple, there were also a few other Desolate Heaven technique apprentices who were attracted by the commotion. They gathered around to watch.

Just the expressions of Su Jie and the middle-aged man were sufficient to make them wonder about what was going on.

And the disciple of the man surnamed Sun naturally became the person to explain the situation. When she finished describing the situation, everyone of them found it impossible to believe.

Slowly, more and more people gathered around. Yi Yun had already completed 55 Mystic Crystal Hand seals.

However, at that moment, as it was Yi Yun's first contact with the Mystic Crystal Hand, he was unable to perfectly replicate the energy seals Su Jie had sent out earlier despite having seen them clearly. When the 56th runic seal was sent out, flaws and shortcomings began to appear.

Yi Yun's mind churned. In the Purple Crystal's energy vision, he had immediately noticed that the runic energy lines in these few runic seals were not as harmonious as the others.

"There is a mistake..."

Yi Yun slightly frowned. As this was his first time learning the Mystic Crystal Hand, he could not figure out where his error was immediately.

Slowly, Yi Yun's motions slowed down.

Since he had made a mistake, it was meaningless to keep on persisting.

Even if Yi Yun sent out more runic seals and eventually condense a desolate bone relic, he had still made a mistake. The quality of such a desolate bone relic would deteriorate significantly. Even the effects of the relic would be problematic.

Many Desolate Heaven Masters apprentices would carry on even if they made a mistake. This was because completing a relic with flawed runic seals was not easy either. It would still be a proof of their ability.

However, Yi Yun did not want that. He wanted to be able to create a correct and perfect runic seal.

With that, Yi Yun quit.

"Peng!"

With a loud crack, the runic seals burst in the air after losing their binding force. Colorful points of light scattered out, turning the scene into a beautiful one.

Many of the spectators were dazed seeing this.

"To form 56 seals..." The disciple of the man surnamed Sun covered her mouth. This number was too ridiculous.

The youth's talent had far exceeded her imagination.

"Junior Sister Lin Qing, you have been fooled by him." A youth dressed in a green Desolate Heaven technique apprentice robe shook his head. "Just now you said that he has only learned the Desolate Heaven technique for a few months. That must be him lying. He must have had very long contact with the Desolate Heaven technique, if not he would not have such skillful control of energy. He may have good talent, but it is not to such an alarming degree. He lied because he wants to show off his talent."

When the green-robed youth said this, many of the other disciples were enlightened. Right, who could guarantee that this kid was not lying?

In the Lin family, the younger generation that dabbled with the Desolate Heaven technique were always in a state of competition to decide who was better. By competing, and being unwilling to surrender, they would have a driving force. The Lin family itself encouraged such rivalry. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

If it was as described by the young girl Lin Qing, where Yi Yun had only learned the Desolate Heaven technique for a few months in the past, and had just now learned the Mystic Crystal Hand, then him completing 56 runic seals meant that calling him a monster was far from sufficient to describe him.

Be it Su Jie, Thousand Hand Granny or anyone else, all of these grandmasters in the Desolate Heaven Master world would be nothing compared to this kid when they were younger.

No matter how awesome you were, it was impossible for you to put these legendary figures underneath your feet. Hence, it was more believable that Yi Yun was lying.

When something could not be explained, people would often be inclined to believe what was most reasonable.

"Fake?"

Lin Qing was slightly shocked and did not immediately react.

"Haha, Young Junior Sister Lin Qing, you are too naive. That kid most likely learned the Mystic Crystal Hand beforehand. He only managed to condense 56 runic seals, if it were me, I could easily condense 90. And I would even say that I learned the Desolate Heaven technique for only 3 days!"

The green-robed youth's mocked. And with him saying that, many people erupted into laughter with him.

Many of them had already learned the Mystic Crystal Hand and were able to condense 90 runic seals. It was not hard. Some were even able to condense all of the runic seals, which was also nothing worth boasting about.

However, if they lied and said that they had just learned the Desolate Heaven technique, then it would be too ridiculous. It was like meeting a kid on the street who said that he had exceeded a young Great Emperor. Who would believe that?

Even children knew how to make such a lie.

The discussion of these young boys and girls was naturally heard by Yi Yun.

It was normal for people to doubt. Yi Yun had told Su Jie how long he had learned the Desolate Heaven technique because Su Jie had asked him. If it was someone else who asked, he wouldn't have bothered to answer them.

Yi Yun took no heed to what others were thinking.

"Elder Su's disciple sure is a dragon amongst humans!"

The man surnamed Sun stood up and said with a smile. He did not declare whether he believed Yi Yun or not. What he said encompassed both possibilities while avoiding to offend Su Jie.

"Well… it is okay." What else could Su Jie say at that moment. He was inclined to believe what Yi Yun had said. Although the matter was a bit ridiculous, he could not say for sure if it was true or not.

After all, Yi Yun was his in-name disciple. If Yi Yun angled for undeserved fame, he too would not look good.

"Yi Yun, follow me."

Su Jie waved his hand at Yi Yun. Yi Yun followed and walked into a side hall, leaving the group of people behind. They were discussing as they pointed fingers at Yi Yun.

"This kid is Grandmaster Su Jie's in-name disciple?" People managed to get new information from Lin Qing as she was a person who answered questions if she knew the answer.

Su Jie was awesome, but an in-name disciple was of significantly lesser importance. Usually, in-name disciples would not learn skills that had value.

Amongst the spectating disciples, none of them were in-name disciples. In fact, most of them were personal disciples of grandmasters.

Their masters were not that much inferior to Su Jie, so their statuses were greater than Yi Yun's.

"In-name disciples are sometimes worse than a medicine boy… Then there is no doubt. Let us go, let us just treat it as a joke today."

The green-robed youth said as he waved his hands to disperse the crowd. He was like the leader amongst this group of young adults.

"Little Junior sister Lin Qing, if you have any problems with the Desolate Heaven technique, feel free to ask me." The green-robed youth said solicitously as he came to Lin Qing's side.

Pretty female Desolate Heaven technique apprentices very easily attracted older Desolate Heaven Master apprentices for them to appear in the form of "Senior Brother". Of course, those Senior Brothers who had extraordinary abilities, talent and good looks, would easily gain the worship and admiration of many young girls.

Lin Qing was a bit perplexed. At that moment, Yi Yun had followed Su Jie into a chamber.

This was a bone refinement room for Desolate Heaven Masters. It was higher in quality than the previous hall.

There was a 5 meter long Desolate Heaven technique stone bench. There were all sorts of materials and bone refinement disk arrays placed neatly on it.

Under the stone bench, there was even a large, engraved array, which aided the Desolate Heaven technique in condensing the Power of Desolates.

Also this bone refinement room was independent. Naturally, an independent chamber for practicing the Desolate Heaven technique was much more comfortable than the noisy hall from before.

"Yi Yun, you can use this bone refinement room. There are still two months left until the Desolate Heaven technique tea session. In these two months, I too will need to prepare well. I do not have much time to teach you."

Actually for the Desolate Heaven technique tea session, the competition between the young apprentices was naturally not as important as the competition for Su Jie and other grandmasters. As a result, Su Jie naturally had to prepare for it.

True Martial World - Chapter 381: A small sample of one’s Skill

For the technique Su Jie employed at a speed of ten times slower than normal, Yi Yun saw it clearly by using the Purple Crystal's vision. Furthermore, Yi Yun had always had a good memory, so he managed to memorize about 70-80% of Su Jie's Small Thousand Seal and Mystic Crystal Hand.

However, memorizing Su Jie's techniques was one matter. To completely imitate it was another. Having something memorized did not mean one could emulate it.

Hence, in response to Su Jie's question, Yi Yun conservatively replied, "I have got some idea from the technique Senior used. As for emulating it, I can probably do around 30-40%."

"30-40%? Kid, you sure are confident." Su Jie's voice did not sound serious and had a mocking tone in it. Although the Mystic Crystal Hand and Small Thousand Seal were considered low-grade techniques, they were not that easy to learn.

Typically, rookies could only gain a fuzzy understanding of the superficial moves after seeing it once. To follow and be able to slightly emulate them would be pretty good.

With a certain level of skills, an apprentice in the Desolate Heaven technique with 2-3 years of foundation beneath him could be considered a genius if he could emulate more than 20% of it after seeing it once.

Of course, this so-called 20% emulation refers to being able to do 20% of the Small Thousand Seal and Mystic Crystal Hand's sealing motions.

As for doing them right, doing them well and doing them in a masterful manner, there was naturally a gap between the three accomplishments.

It was not easy for a rookie to do it right.

Yi Yun looked at Su Jie’s smile that was asking to be beaten. He felt pretty speechless. With this old man as a master, he really felt drunk. The masters of others would have the mannerism of a master in their every move. They would be stern and serious while teaching their disciples or be patient and understanding. After all, they all wished for their disciples to succeed.

However, this old man, he was never serious and seemed to be laughing like a clown all the time. After teaching and asking his disciple, he would even give off the feeling of watching a joke.

Yi Yun could not be bothered to say anything else as he took out a Desolate Heaven technique disk array from his interspatial ring. Just as he was preparing to practice with a high-grade desolate bone, Su Jie took out a normal desolate bone and threw it at Yi Yun.

"Use this?" Yi Yun frowned.

"Of course, you think it is not enough? You must lay a good foundation when practicing the Desolate Heaven technique. First learn to walk before you learn to run. You have not been learning the Desolate Heaven technique for that long. First use a normal desolate bone as practice for a year or two. Refine more than 10,000 desolate bone relics before you start talking about anything else."

"Do not look down on the low quality Power of Desolates that is in a normal desolate bone. Its laws are the still the same. And a normal desolate bone's energy is much easier to control. It will allow you to approach the creation of a perfect law route.

The Desolate Heaven technique focused on one's foundation. Hence when Desolate Heaven Masters practiced, they would begin with the simplest desolate bone. This included Su Jie. When he first practiced the Desolate Heaven technique, he too went through the honest route of refining more than 10,000 normal desolate bone relics.

Yi Yun did not argue with Su Jie. Su Jie naturally had his own thoughts, being his master. It was like the story he had heard before in his previous life, Leonardo da Vinci drawing an egg. Legend has it that when Leonardo da Vinci was learning how to draw, his master made him draw chicken eggs repeatedly. This was probably similar to his current situation.

Yi Yun picked up the normal desolate bone and with the Purple Crystal, he could clearly feel every energy flow within the desolate bone.

And to the side, the middle-aged man that was surnamed Sun and his disciple were also watching Yi Yun.

The middle-aged man surnamed Sun looked at Yi Yun and admired Yi Yun's focused expression. He slowly nodded and said, "Elder Su, your disciple is not distracted and his breathing is composed. He is a good seed. How long has he been learning the Desolate Heaven technique?"

Su Jie said, "He has only been learning it for a few months. I have just recently taken him in as a disciple. Previously, he learnt the Desolate Heaven technique from someone else. If he was taught by me from the beginning, his standards would definitely be much better than they are now.

Su Jie said confidently. Although he had just cursed the old fellows who were joining the Desolate Heaven technique tea session as hypocritical and vain people, who wanted to show off all day, Su Jie had in fact forgotten that he too was one of them.

"Haha, Elder Su is right. With Elder Su's teachings, the standard would be even higher! Elder Su has the ability to turn the foul and rotten into the rare and ethereal." The middle-aged man surnamed Sun echoed while he laughed.

Su Jie accepted the middle-aged man's praise silently. He nonchalantly took a cup of tea. As he drank the tea, he watched Yi Yun perform his Desolate Heaven technique.

Yi Yun took a deep breath and, with the desolate bone in hand, sank his spiritual energies into the Purple Crystal. A familiar feeling then surged to his mind.

Instantly, in the Purple Crystal's vision, Yi Yun could see every strand and ounce of energy within the desolate bone that rested in his hand.

As long as he willed it, all of the energy within it would be pulled out like harvesting silk.

Yi Yun began to form seals with his hands. For Yi Yun, using the seals were meaningless in the extraction of energy. It was just a form of concealment for him.

The seals Yi Yun used were the one Grandmaster Yuehua had taught him in the past. It was a method rookies used.

"Heaven Moon Seal. His technique is stable and not in a rush. It is pretty well done." The man surnamed Sun evaluated.

Su Jie slightly moved the tea cup from his mouth. He never expected that the kid would have some skill. If he had only learnt the Desolate Heaven technique for a few months, then this standard meant that he had pretty good talent.

At that moment, Su Jie and the middle-aged man could not see the purple light beams that were being emitted from the desolate bone in Yi Yun's hand. Numerous light dots flew out from the desolate bone and spiraled around Yi Yun like pixie elves.

The phenomenon of the Purple Crystal sucking out the energy could only be seen by Yi Yun. It was as if a mysterious law had cut off the ability for others to realize this.

Su Jie and the middle-aged man could only sense that the energy in the desolate bone was being extracted by Yi Yun at a constant pace. The entire process was done very smoothly.

One could not tell Yi Yun's greatness with a low-grade desolate bone, but even so, the perfect energy flows’ trajectories surprised the middle-aged man, "Elder Su, how many months did you say that this disciple of yours has been learning the Desolate Heaven technique?"

"Uh..." Su Jie began to pull his beard out of habit. He never expected for Yi Yun to do it in such a profound manner. Could this kid be deceiving me?

He found it hard to believe that Yi Yun was able to accomplish this just by learning the Desolate Heaven technique for two months. If that was the case, then his talent was almost approaching Lin Xintong's.

Lin Xintong was a genius. Having lived to such old age, it was not easy for him to find such a treasured disciple. He had even planned on letting her inherit his mantle.

Although the talent of some Desolate Heaven technique geniuses approached Lin Xintong, that was still quite normal. However, Yi Yun was a kid he had casually met in the Cloud Wilderness. Back then, he did not seem very special. Under these circumstances, when Su Jie then realized that Yi Yun's Desolate Heaven technique talent was actually comparable to Lin Xintong's, how could he not be shocked?

"The kid said that he learnt the technique for a few months himself. I also do not know if it is true or not. Now he still seems fine, and is about half my standard back when I was first beginning to learn the Desolate Heaven technique."

Su Jie grunted as he spoke. The middle-aged man smiled without a word.

At that moment, after Yi Yun extracted the Power of Desolates from the desolate bone, he began to use the Mystic Crystal Hand. In his mind, he was recalling the motions Su Jie used. The flow of every strand of energy was clearly recalled by him.

"Mystic Crystal Hand… First seal..." Yi Yun began moving his ten fingers as he began forming the seals.

The first seal was sent out by him.

Just mimicking the action was very easy. As warriors have an eidetic memory, they could mimic it very closely after just seeing it once. The difficult part however lied in guiding the Power of Desolates to condense into the seal one wanted.

However, guiding the Power of Desolates was also not a hard thing for Yi Yun to do, as he had the Purple Crystal.

Hence, under Yi Yun's guidance, the Power of Desolates condensed into the first runic seal. It was like a tiny, purple butterfly, fluttering in the air.

Following that, second seal...

Yi Yun imitated what he had seen, and another runic seal was sent out by him. It danced in the air. All of this was done in an effortless and relaxed manner.

When the first runic seal was sent out, Su Jie did not have much of a reaction. However, when he saw that the second runic seal was equally perfect, he was slightly dazed.

Following that, the third and fourth runic seals came forth one after another as they flew in the air.

Slowly, Su Jie's mouth turned agape. This kid, is he serious?

Yi Yun not only succeeded in forming the seals, the energy forms were also very well done. He did not seem in a hurry, or in a confused state, throughout the sealing process. Everything was done in an orderly fashion.

This made Su Jie find it hard to believe that such runic seals came from a Desolate Heaven technique rookie.