True Martial World - Chapter 401: Heretic energy

"Junior Brother Yun, these twelve desolate bones are not simple. Your mental energy is weaker by a bit and you may not be able to handle it. Do you want to carry on?" Shentu Nantian smiled at Yi Yun as he asked.

If Yi Yun were to insist even after the dangers were highlighted, it would not be Shentu Nantian's fault if Yi Yun were to have an accident. Then, there was no reason for the Lin family to find fault with him.

It could only be reasoned away with Yi Yun being overconfident and having only himself to blame.

Seeing Shentu Nantian's smile, Yi Yun sneered in his heart.

Shentu Nantian did not mention the danger earlier on, and he had only highlighted it only after the bone refinement process had begun. Shentu Nantian’s goal was none other than to place him in a dilemma.

Shentu Nantian wanted to see Yi Yun carry on refining the bone. He was looking forward to seeing Yi Yun be damaged mentally and become a retard.

Conversely, if Yi Yun were to decline, then his goal would have been accomplished even though he would be slightly disappointed.

Regardless of the outcome, Shentu Nantian would’ve taken the advantage.

Yi Yun understood Shentu Nantian's intentions, and naturally, Lin Xintong and Su Jie could understand it clearly.

"Kid, don't be rash!"

"Yi Yun, don't fall for his trick!"

Lin Xintong and Su Jie's Yuan Qi voice transmissions simultaneously rang in Yi Yun's ears.

The corner of Yi Yun's lip curved slightly under the mask. Since Shentu Nantian was scheming against him, why could he not scheme against Shentu Nantian?

Yi Yun was a vengeful person. Previously, he had suffered a lot, so how could he accept the matter without obtaining a little interest?

"Don't worry, I know my limits. If I really cannot cope with it, I will not force it."

Yi Yun replied to Su Jie and Lin Xintong with a Yuan Qi transmission, ignoring their continuous disagreement with his decision. He said to Shentu Nantian, "I have no problem. Since the bone refinement has begun, how can I quit now!?"

When Yi Yun said this, all the Desolate Heaven Masters present were slightly taken aback. This kid really has guts!

Especially the juniors of the Lin family, they were worried for Yi Yun. These twelve desolate bones appeared evil in any form. Yi Yun was really a daredevil considering he accepted the challenge without knowing any of the heritage of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect.

Besides Yi Yun was young, he was younger than Shentu Hai and Shentu Feng by three years. In this situation, if it was anyone else, they wouldn’t really accept the challenge, risking their lives for it.

"An accident can't happen, right… ?"

The members of the Lin family were worried. Now, Yi Yun was in the limelight. He had gained enough face for himself and the Lin family.

However, if he were to receive permanent damage to his soul during the bone refinement process, it would not be gaining face. He would be mocked by others as not knowing his own strengths, foolhardy and dumb.

"Junior Brother Yun's courage is to be encouraged. He really is an elite son of Heaven of this generation in the Tian Yuan world. His style is magnificent and unmatched in his generation." Shentu Nantian was not stingy with his praise. He was pleasantly surprised that Yi Yun would accept the challenge as he had expected Yi Yun to reject it.

"He is, after all, a child. He's too young." Shentu Nantian thought.

In his eyes, Yi Yun was fifteen-years-old, this was an age where people were arrogant, thinking they were the center of the universe.

Especially with Yi Yun showcasing his talent previously, if it were any other fifteen-year-old youth, they would inevitably feel inflated and lose their sense of self.

This was the outcome Shentu Nantian wished to see most.

Shentu Nantian's lips moved slightly as he transmitted his voice to Shentu Feng and Shentu Hai.

The two brothers smiled, "Senior brother, don't worry. Leave it to us!"

"Then, let us continue." Shentu Nantian laughed, "Chou!"

Shentu Nantian shouted the second desolate bone's label out.

The "Chou" labeled desolate bone was in Shentu Feng's hands.

Shentu Feng took a disk array out of his interspatial ring. The "Chou" labeled desolate bone was not very difficult, so he was confident in completing it.

"Yin!"

Just after Shentu Feng began extracting the energy, Shentu Nantian shouted the "Yin" labeled desolate bone out immediately. And this desolate bone was in Yi Yun's hands!

Yi Yun was calm as he picked the corresponding desolate bone and his own disk array out.

He noticed that a mocking and anticipatory smile had appeared on Shentu Nantian's lips. Shentu Nantian was looking forward to him having his soul suffer a spiritual backlash from the desolate bone.

At that moment, a lot of people were staring at Yi Yun. In comparison, Shentu Feng, who understood the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's mystic techniques, did not receive much attention.

Yi Yun was not in a hurry as he controlled his mental energy to suspend the "Yin" labeled desolate bone mid-air.

At the same time, Yi Yun opened the Purple Crystal's energy vision.

With the energy vision, he saw through all illusions.

In an instant, Yi Yun could see the "Yin" labeled desolate bone's entire energy structure.

"There is indeed heretic energy…"

Yi Yun could clearly distinguish the nature and essence of the energies in the desolate bone.

In this world, some energy was pure and powerful, and they were very beneficial for the cultivation of warriors. Examples are primordial strain desolate bones or the energy in a pure Yang spirit.

However, the nature of some energies was to destroy. Even if they were tamed, they did not have any benefit for a warrior. For example, back when the Shepherd Boy and the Myriad Empyreal King fought, the dark energy from the Myriad Empyreal King's Ten Thousand Ghost Bell was similarly extremely powerful, but other than killing people, it had no other use. No one could absorb that energy to utilize it. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Now, in the desolate bone, it contained an energy that was similar. Other than harming others, it had no other purpose.

This was probably left behind by using the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's ancient mystic techniques to process the "Yin" labeled desolate bone.

These things would cause a backlash to a Desolate Heaven Master if they made the slightest of mistakes while extracting the energy.

Of course, to Yi Yun, this was not a threat at all.

Yi Yun raised his hands and began to form seals.

People focused their attention as they stared at Yi Yun's ten fingers. The outcome of the bone refinement was all resting on this moment.

"Master!"

Lin Xintong alerted Su Jie. Su Jie waved his hand gently, and focused while speaking, "My mental energies are locked onto the kid. If there are any tiny abnormalities, I will immediately make a move and cut his mental energy link with the desolate bone. However… the spiritual backlash is instantaneous. Even if I can make a move in time, his soul will still suffer some damage, but he will definitely not become a retard."

Su Jie could only do this. At the Desolate Heaven technique tea session, Yi Yun had agreed to this matter in front of so many people; so he, as Yi Yun's master, could not strongly object to it. He could only save Yi Yun only when something happened.

"Yes."

Lin Xintong nodded. She could only count on Su Jie now.

"Heh! He is a bit too undeveloped after all… " Shentu Nantian noticed that when Yi Yun extracted the energy from the desolate bone, he did not divert much energy to protect his soul. That was a grave mistake.

For example, when Shentu Hai used the Desolate Heaven technique, he would first conjure his Aspect Totem to defend against the backlash from the desolate bone's energy. And even with all the preparations, he had been greatly drained and he had nearly hurt himself.

And now, Yi Yun was only courting death by being so carefree.

"I really overestimated you. Looks like even if you do not become a retard this time, you would still suffer greatly. You will probably not recover without half a year's recovery time."

Shentu Nantian naturally noticed that other than Su Jie, the upper echelons of the Lin family, including the Lin family's Matriarch, were all watching Yi Yun's every move, ready to make a move at any moment.

Clearly, the Lin family would not watch a talent become a retard because of a Desolate Heaven technique tea session without doing something.

Such a scene made Shentu Nantian know that it was impossible to completely destroy Yi Yun. However, just making Yi Yun suffer a major setback and delaying his cultivation would be sufficient.

At that moment, Yi Yun tapped his fingers on the desolate bone and as if playing the piano, runic seals came flying out.

These runic seals revealed a very simplistic aura. When everyone saw this scene, they were dumbfounded.

Mystic Crystal Hand?

Why was it the Mystic Crystal Hand again?

The Lin family's Desolate Heaven Masters, especially the younger generation, were all stunned with their mouths agape.

True Martial World - Chapter 400: Dark Desolate Heaven Master

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he placed the disk array on the ground. Runic circles began to shine on it as it began to grow in size. It grew to the point where it extended beneath Yi Yun, Shentu Feng and Shentu Hai's feet.

"Stand on it." Shentu Nantian said. To refine the ancient recipe's elixir, the disk array was its foundation.

Yi Yun faltered slightly before he stepped onto the disk array.

He knew that with his new identity, he had not yet reached the point where he had to be killed at all costs, even after offending Shentu Nantian once again. Under the current situation, Shentu Nantian would not do anything to him in front of the upper echelons of the Lin family.

"The three of you shall extract the energy from the desolate bones and provide it for me! The twelve desolate bones will follow the order of the twelve Heavenly branches. Whatever bone I need, you will need to extract the corresponding bone's Power of Desolates!"

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he took a jade jar out of his interspatial ring. Opening the jar, a pungent smell of blood was emitted.

It was the blood of a primordial strain.

People could clearly see that this beast's blood was heavy and thick. It also contained dense amounts of Power of Desolates within it, so there was no doubt that it was the blood of a primordial strain.

Shentu Nantian planned to use the desolate bones and blood simultaneously to refine the elixir from the ancient recipe.

"Zi!"

Shentu Nantian shouted out a word. "Zi" was the top of the twelve Heavenly branches.

And the "Zi" label desolate bone was in Shentu Hai's hands!

Shentu Hai's eyes flashed as he also took out a disk array from his interspatial ring. He then began extracting the Power of Desolates from the "Zi" labeled desolate bone.

This was the desolate bone of a king-ranked desolate beast, and since this desolate bone had been processed through an ancient recipe, it was not that easy to extract the Power of Desolates from it.

However, Shentu Hai was well prepared as he had been previously exposed the Desolate Heaven techniques of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect. Although he did not master it, he still had some understanding of it.

His ten fingers moved as he sent out runic seals. Behind Shentu Hai, Heaven Earth Yuan Qi energy began to condense, forming a black phantom image.

The phantom image had two wings on its back and had teeth sticking out its mouth. It looked like a huge bat and looked extremely ferocious.

"Aspect Totem?"

When people saw the black phantom appear, they were stunned. Typically, people would only conjure their Aspect Totem during battle. As for Shentu Hai conjuring his Aspect Totem while using the Desolate Heaven technique, it was rarely seen.

"Shentu Hai's technique is known as the Black Handed Demon. It is an extremely rare method of the Desolate Heaven technique. In the past, there were Dark Desolate Heaven Masters who liked to use it. Black Handed Demon indeed requires the manifestation of an Aspect Totem."

In the Desolate Heaven technique, there were a few existences that were taboo. They were labeled as Dark Desolate Heaven Masters.

This group of people was labeled as heretics by the orthodox Desolate Heaven Masters.

Different from the orthodox Desolate Heaven technique, Dark Desolate Heaven Masters would do anything just to refine an effective desolate bone relic. That also included using human bones as materials for the Desolate Heaven technique.

The reason why the bones of desolate beasts could be refined into desolate bone relics was that of the great amounts of Power of Desolates contained within them. In contrast, strong humans, their bodies contained great amounts of Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

Hence at times, the effects from the bones of strong desolate beasts and the bones of humans were the same.

Hence, Dark Desolate Heaven Masters had developed a method to use the bones of human experts to refine relics. Tens of millions of years ago, the heritage of the Dark Desolate Heaven Masters had reached an extreme.

They had established several Dark Desolate Heaven technique sects and there were Dark family clans that passed on their bloodlines. These dark family clans were Dark Desolate Heaven Masters for generations.

These family clans were extremely powerful, as they used unscrupulous means to obtain human bones to help refine desolate bone relics. As their bloodlines passed down the tyrannical cruelty, they caused chaos to the world.

They stole the corpses from orthodox sects, sacrificed virgin boys and girls, wantonly used girls as sex slaves, massacred mortals, and gave offerings to demon ghosts.

Due to their evil acts, the orthodox Desolate Heaven Masters finally combined forces with the orthodox sects to declare war on the dark world. Finally, the dark family clans and sects were all destroyed at their peak.

The heritage of the Dark Desolate Heaven technique was as such greatly destroyed. However, the Dark Desolate Heaven Masters did not completely disappear as a result of this, they just went underground.

The "Black Handed Demon" used by Shentu Hai was not an exclusive technique used only by Dark Desolate Heaven Masters. Some orthodox Desolate Heaven Masters would also use it, though seldom.

This method was ancient and complex, so many Desolate Heaven Masters did not even understand it.

It was indeed remarkable that Shentu Hai could use this method at his age.

The people from the Lin family, regardless of the younger or older generation, had to admit that Shentu Hai was a genius in the Desolate Heaven technique.

Clearly, it was an extremely difficult matter for Shentu Hai and company to cooperate with Shentu Nantian to refine the ancient recipe.

Realizing this, many of them began to worry for Yi Yun. Although they did not know Yi Yun, Yi Yun was, after all, representing their Lin family and was the only person who could compete with the Shentu family clan amongst the younger generation. If Yi Yun was to lose terribly, then they would also be embarrassed.

"Junior Brother Yun should still have some hidden methods, right?"

"That should be the case. If he could crack Song Ziyue's array so easily, I doubt he only has the Mystic Crystal Hand. Let us wait and see…"

As they spoke, their hearts suddenly sank. They saw a black gas start to emit from the desolate bone in Shentu Hai's hands. This black gas was like a venomous snake that shot towards Shentu Hai's eyebrows!

"Oh? That is!?"

People widened their eyes. The black gas revealed a very dangerous aura and was clearly detrimental for Shentu Hai!

And at that moment, the bat-like Aspect Totem behind Shentu Hai roared and swallowed the black gas!

Shentu Hai was currently stressed. After his Aspect Totem swallowed the black gas, he began sending out runic seals onto the desolate bone. Only then did he manage to quell the black gas completely.

Only when the black gas was completely sealed did Shentu Hai exhale, revealing a complacent smile.

"Spiritual backlash!" An old Desolate Heaven Master identified the origin of the black gas.

In the domain of the Desolate Heaven technique, some desolate bones were extremely dangerous. If one did not have the ability to refine them, it would result in serious consequences.

People could die due to the Desolate Heaven technique!

"No wonder Shentu Hai had to use the Black Handed Demon. This Black Handed Demon has the advantage in dealing with spiritual backlashes."

An old Desolate Heaven Master from the Lin family said. The reason why the Black Handed Demon was widely used by Dark Desolate Heaven Masters was that the human bones they refined contained resentment, resulting in more frequent spiritual backlashes!

Now, Shentu Hai's king-ranked desolate beast's bone made a spiritual backlash, likely due to the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's heritage. Some of the processing methods had caused the bone to become like this.

If one suffered a spiritual backlash while refining such a desolate bone, the consequences ranged from damaging one's soul to becoming a retard!

"This Shentu Nantian actually chose such an ancient recipe. Since the "Zi" labeled desolate bone has spiritual backlash within it, then the other labeled desolate bones might also have it too, and they might even be more dangerous. These twelve desolate bones are definitely not simple."

People looked at the 12 bones in Shentu Hai, Shentu Feng and Yi Yun's hands as they eyelids twitched. Especially the younger generation felt fear. They felt lucky that they were not in Yi Yun's position, facing such a situation.

If it were them, they would really be in a situation of being irrevocably committed. If they shied away from it, it would be too embarrassing. If they gritted their teeth and went through with it, who knows if they would end up a retard as a result.

Many of them began to sympathize with Yi Yun. Although his Desolate Heaven technique was extraordinary, he was too young. He was not like Shentu Hai or Shentu Feng. The both of them must have been exposed to the Desolate Heaven technique heritage of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect prior to this.

At that moment, Shentu Hai completed the extraction of the Power of Desolates from the "Zi" labeled desolate bone.

This blob of Power of Desolates finally landed into the disk array at Shentu Hai's feet. As a result, the runes on the disk array lit up.

There was a total of 12 runes on the disk array, corresponding to the 12 desolate bones.

Seeing the corresponding rune light up, Shentu Hai clenched his fists and was delighted!

He had succeeded!

With Shentu Hai's ability, it was quite taxing on him to extract a king-ranked desolate beast's desolate bone. Furthermore, he had to be wary of the spiritual backlash within the desolate bone, so it was very draining on his mental energy.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead and took out a Soul Nurturing pill from his interspatial ring before swallowing it down.

With that, his face flushed abnormally.

Usually, he did not have a 100% success rate at extracting a "Zi" labeled desolate bone. If an accident happened midway, Shentu Nantian had to expend some mental energy to help him.

At this Desolate Heaven technique tea session, Shentu Hai inevitably felt nervous in front of so many people. He worried that an accident would happen while he was handling it, but thankfully, he succeeded.

He had undoubtedly shined at the Desolate Heaven technique tea session. And he had gained face for the Shentu family clan.

"Junior Brother Yun, how about it. Can you handle it? If you think you cannot, it is not too late to quit now. Shentu Feng and I will become more tired, but we can finish your portion." Shentu Hai said with a mocking smile. He was waiting to see Yi Yun's expression of being in a dilemma.

Actually, with Shentu Nantian's intentions, if he did not tell Yi Yun that there was a spiritual backlash within the desolate bones and instead tricked Yi Yun, causing him to become a retard, that would naturally be the best outcome.

However, at the Desolate Heaven technique tea session, Shentu Nantian naturally could not do so in front of all the upper echelons of the Lin family.

How could the Lin family permit such an insidious trick? After all, the Shentu family clan was still at a slight disadvantage in this negotiation with the Lin family. Shentu Nantian may hate Yi Yun, but it did not reach the point of him needing to kill Yi Yun at all costs. So he definitely needed to weigh the consequences.

Now, by letting Yi Yun first agree to the cooperative bone refinement, then pointing out the problem of the spiritual backlash after, everything was different.

If Yi Yun was smart, he would bow out in a crestfallen manner, then Shentu Nantian's objective would have been accomplished. It could showcase the Shentu family clan's abilities and at the same time, trample on Yi Yun.

True Martial World - Chapter 399: Refining Bone

Following Shentu Nantian's suggestion, everyone's gazes landed on Yi Yun.

Quite a considerable number of people did not understand what Shentu Nantian's was thinking, nor did they know that Shentu Nantian already disliked Yi Yun because of Lin Xintong's special feelings for Yi Yun.

"Yi Yun, you must not agree to it. Shentu Nantian is going to try and give you a hard time on purpose."

At that moment, Lin Xintong's Yuan Qi transmission rang in Yi Yun's ears. Lin Xintong had previously heard from Su Jie that Yi Yun had a great feud with Shentu Nantian, which was why he had to change his identity.

"Yi Yun, you have not even heard of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect before. You definitely will not understand the Desolate Heaven technique heritage of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect. You do not know that the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's heritage is different in many ways compared to the Tian Yuan world's Desolate Heaven technique. If you were to agree, you would fall into Shentu Nantian's schemes!"

"Oh? Differences in the heritage systems?" Yi Yun thought and looked towards Lin Xintong. He felt a strand of warmth surging to his heart when Lin Xintong used her Yuan Qi to inform him.

However, about the heritage systems being different, Yi Yun did not care at all. Ignoring the Desolate Heaven technique heritage of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect, Yi Yun did not even know much about the mainstream Desolate Heaven technique heritage of the Tian Yuan world. Especially the aspects of energy sealing, Yi Yun only knew the Mystic Crystal Hand and the Small Thousand Seal.

Just with these two techniques, how much could Yi Yun understand the mainstream Desolate Heaven technique heritages?

Hence, it did not affect Yi Yun much even if the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's heritage contained some mysteries.

"Thank you Miss Lin, but… I still want to try…"

Yi Yun's words made Lin Xintong's eyebrows frown. "Yi Yun, I know you have a feud with Shentu Nantian and want to take some revenge, but now is not the time. You are too weak, if you act on emotion, you will only suffer."

Yi Yun laughed and said, "It is just a competition in the Desolate Heaven technique and not a life and death battle. Even if I were to suffer, it will be nothing much. I will just be embarrassed. After all, I am a newcomer to the Lin family and I am not an important figure, so what if I am embarrassed?"

"If I were to be afraid of losing now, and not accept Shentu Nantian's challenge, then that means I am already afraid. Today's competition does not risk my life, and if I were to reject it, then in the future, when I face a life-death blood battle with him to settle our feud, there might only be me and Shentu Nantian. There will be no one to protect me. At that time, can I still reject it?"

Yi Yun's rhetorical question stumped Lin Xintong.

Indeed, when someone wants to kill you, would they ask you if you wanted it or not?

Compared to the situation of a life and death battle, the Desolate Heaven technique showdown right now was nothing.

Upon understanding this, Lin Xintong stared deeply at Yi Yun. She did not know what Yi Yun's expression was like under the mask. She found it hard to believe that the youth she had met in the Cloud Wilderness would reach this point, step by step maturing along the way. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Besides, he was only fifteen years old, but he already had a blood feud with Shentu Nantian. However, despite that, he was still unperturbed and could still make such a calm analysis with such courage.

"Yi Yun… you are right. I was the one being narrow-minded, but I need to remind you that Shentu Nantian is a merciless and narrow-minded person. Even if he does not know your real identity, he might still have murderous intent for you."

"Yes, I understand." Yi Yun nodded. "Miss Lin, do not worry, I have a sense of proportion."

As Yi Yun said that, he turned his gaze towards Shentu Nantian.

"Hey, kid, are you agreeing or not?" Shentu Hai had a mocking smile on his face as he provoked Yi Yun.

Yi Yun completely ignored Shentu Hai and cupped his hands and said, "Thanks to Young Master Nantian's appreciation, you have given me this opportunity to train my Desolate Heaven technique standard. Of course, I have no reason to reject it."

Yi Yun said this very "sincerely" while Shentu Hai and Shentu Feng nearly burst out laughing.

This retard! This was probably the type of person who would help you count the money received from selling him?

"Hahaha, Junior Brother Yun is so candid. Good! Then let us begin."

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he took out a disk array from his interspatial ring. This disk array was about five feet wide and squarish. There were runes densely engraved in the middle, forming a perfect circle.

An array disk that gave off the meaning of perfect harmony.

With Shentu Nantian in the middle, Yi Yun, Shentu Hai and Shentu Feng stood around him in a triangular fashion.

The surrounding disciples of the Lin family were looking at the four people in the middle of the square.

Although they did not know about Shentu Nantian's feelings for Yi Yun, they knew that Shentu Nantian's goal in taking out the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's recipe was to flaunt the Shentu family clan.

Maybe it was because Yi Yun had smacked Song Ziyue's face so terribly that Shentu Nantian had to stand forward to save the Shentu family clan's reputation.

Under this situation, how could Shentu Nantian let Yi Yun shine in this cooperative bone refining process?

Letting Shentu Feng and Shentu Hai go onstage at the same time to cooperate with Yi Yun was probably to put Yi Yun down.

"Junior Brother Yun sure has guts. However, he has never even heard of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect, yet he still wants to cooperate with Shentu Nantian. In a while, he will probably embarrass himself."

In the surrounding pavilions, some of the disciples of the Lin family were worried for Yi Yun.

"Having too much courage can be a fault, to the point of being stupid… For this matter, if it were me, I would definitely not agree to it."

People began discussing and at that moment, Shentu Nantian took out 12 desolate bones from his interspatial ring. Once these 12 desolate bones appeared, they shone in the air.

The 12 bones were either crystal clear, like jade, or simple and plain. They faintly seemed to create small Yuan Qi swirls around them.

These bones were not ordinary, that could be seen at a glance!

"Oh? Amongst these desolate bones, it seems like some of them are primordial strain's bones!"

Some of the Desolate Heaven Masters that were present had extraordinary vision. Although they could not recognize what desolate beast the bones came from, they could still tell their grade. Normal desolate bones definitely did not contain such strong Power of the Desolates.

"Could it be that Shentu Nantian already has the ability to refine primordial strain bones?"

Thinking of this, many of them were alarmed. Shentu Nantian was only 30 years old. To warriors with long lifespans, he was currently a junior. If he could refine primordial strain desolate bones at this age, would that not be remarkable?

"That is not the case…" At that moment, an old man shook his head and disagreed. "Those are not primordial strain desolate bones but desolate bones processed using an ancient mystic technique. It almost increases a desolate bone's grade by one grade. It should be a mystic technique belonging to the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect!"

In the Lin family, there were Elders from the older generation who had previously read books regarding the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's mystic techniques, even though they did not understand the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's heritage system.

"Increase a desolate bone's grade?" People were shocked. There was such a method?

"Indeed, but the effects are not as great as you think. This is because one has to pay a price to increase a desolate bone's grade."

"Actually, with the Shentu family clan's heritage, they are not lacking in desolate bones of primordial strains. However, Shentu Nantian had used such a roundabout method because, with his ability, it would probably be quite difficult for him to handle several primordial strain desolate bones at the same time."

As the old man spoke, Shentu Nantian waved his hand and the 12 desolate bones split into three groups. They then shot towards Shentu Hai, Shentu Feng, and Yi Yun!

These desolate bones landed in the hands of the three, with each having four pieces.

"This…" People were alarmed. "Is Shentu Nantian thinking of getting these teenage juniors to extract the Power of Desolates from these desolate bones?"

It would probably be considered too difficult to extract the Power of Desolates from this grade of desolate bones for Yi Yun and company.

At that moment, Shentu Nantian smiled and said, "Can the three of you please help me. Do not worry. Soon, I will set up an array, so that your mental energies will increase, enough for you to extract the Power of Desolates from these desolate bones!"

True Martial World - Chapter 398: Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect

"Broken yet again, hahahaha!" While Shentu Nantian was trying his best to contain his anger, Su Jie began laughing in a very exaggerated and loud manner at the perfect time, "This disciple I took in sure is amazing! He has given me such a huge surprise in this Desolate Heaven technique tea session, hahahaha!"

Su Jie's laughter was like a chanting curse that made Shentu Nantian irritated.

Yi Yun was about to begin breaking the fourth small group array while Song Ziyue, who was in the middle of the array, looking dejected, had lost all of his will to fight.

Without a doubt, if this carried on, Yi Yun would definitely completely crack the Five Elemental Bone Array.

Shentu Nantian naturally did not want to see this result.

Shentu Nantian was already treating Yi Yun as the enemy, and suspected the feelings Lin Xintong had for him. Under this situation, how could he allow Yi Yun to carry on stealing the show?

"Everyone, it looks like there is no point left in this showdown." Shentu Nantian suddenly stood up, "Junior Brother Yun's Desolate Heaven technique is outstanding. Ziyue, keep your array and admit defeat!"

Oh?

Yi Yun stopped his hands and turned around to look at Shentu Nantian.

At that moment, Song Ziyue seemed to recover from his dumbstruck state. Every second he spent in the square was a grilling moment for him.

"I admit defeat!"

Song Ziyue gritted his teeth as he said so. Since he was inferior, he had no qualms in admitting defeat.

As he began to dismantle the array, Lin Ziyan, who was opposite Yi Yun, also stopped her Guanyin Flower Picking Hand.

From the moment Yi Yun began cracking the array till now, only about 150 seconds had passed. Lin Ziyan had only completed 80-90% of her Guanyin Flower Picking Hand, but at that moment, there was no need to carry on using it.

If it was to be decided who ended up the worst after the showdown between Song Ziyue and Yi Yun, it was naturally Song Ziyue, while Lin Ziyan was caught in the crossfire.

She originally hoped to use the Guanyin Flower Picking Hand to compete with Song Ziyue. It would have been a spectacular showdown of high-level techniques that would have been the center of attention, and she would have gained fame and glory from it.

However, because of Yi Yun's appearance, she ended up in such an awkward situation.

"Junior Brother Yun has good ability. I underestimated you."

Lin Ziyan said as she gave Yi Yun a deep glance before she left the square.

With Song Ziyue admitting defeat and Lin Ziyan leaving the square, there was no reason for Yi Yun to stay behind. As he was preparing to leave the square, Shentu Nantian suddenly said, "Junior Brother Yun, hold on a moment."

Yi Yun halted and looked towards Shentu Nantian.

"Now, with Junior Brother Yun just coming on stage, why the hurry to leave?" As Shentu Nantian spoke, he left the seats of honor and began walking towards the center of the square slowly.

Seeing Shentu Nantian's actions, everyone was stunned. What was Shentu Nantian going to do?

"He is not letting Junior Brother Yun leave. It cannot be that he wants to compete with Junior Brother Yun in the Desolate Heaven technique, right?"

A junior from the younger generation said in a speechless manner.

"It cannot be. If that was the case, then Shentu Nantian would really be too shameless."

Shentu Nantian did not focus on the Desolate Heaven technique, but as many things intersected with one another, his situation was pretty similar to Lin Xintong’s.

Shentu Nantian's age was slightly more than two times that of Yi Yun's age. Was it not bullying if an adult were to compete with a child's Desolate Heaven technique?

"It cannot be. Shentu Nantian has to consider his own background. It is impossible for him to do something as unbecoming as that."

For a proud person like Shentu Nantian, how could he want to compete with Yi Yun? This was because, even if he won, he would still be mocked by the Lin family's upper echelons.

"Junior Brother Yun, I saw you breaking the array easily just now. You should not have expended too much of your energy, right?" Shentu Nantian had already walked into the center of the square and was just ten steps away from Yi Yun.

Yi Yun held his breath and a pair of black eyes could be seen through the mask as it quietly looked at Shentu Nantian.

He did not express the hate in his heart, but the coldness and indifference in his eyes made Shentu Nantian frown slightly.

This kid's pair of eyes are really annoying...

No matter how Shentu Nantian looked at Yi Yun, he did not like him. It was to the point where he really wanted to dig out Yi Yun's eyes.

"No!" Yi Yun answered calmly. He had only taken about a hundred seconds to crack the Five Elemental Bone Array, and since it was through a trick, he had not consumed that much of his mental energy.

"That is good." Shentu Nantian smiled. How could he let Yi Yun walk off stage while still being in the limelight?

Of course, Shentu Nantian could not compete with Yi Yun directly; hence, he had thought up a method.

"Junior Brother Yun's accomplishment in the Desolate Heaven technique is outstanding, and you have only showed us the tip of the iceberg. I believe that everyone has not yet seen enough. If Junior Brother Yun were to leave now, it would be quite a shame."

Yi Yun remained silent. He knew that Shentu Nantian had most likely thought of something.

He could feel Shentu Nantian's hostility towards him. It was ironic that, even with a change of identity, he had once again formed a grudge with Shentu Nantian.

"I am not sure if Junior Brother Yun has ever heard of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect?"

Yi Yun did not understand why Shentu Nantian asked the question. However, the surrounding people paused slightly. The Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect was an extinct sect. It existed even earlier than the Daming Temple.

The greatest aspect of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect was its Desolate Heaven technique.

Back when the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect was in its golden era, it had produced many famous Desolate Heaven Masters.

The Desolate Heaven technique heritage of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect was a system of its own. It was extremely difficult to learn and extremely profound. Only those with extraordinary talent could learn the Desolate Heaven technique of the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect.

Seeing Yi Yun shake his head, Shentu Nantian smiled, "It is alright if you do not know. Speaking of this, back when my family clan's elders explored an ancient mystic realm, they happened to find a Desolate Heaven technique recipe left behind by the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect."

"The Desolate Heaven techniques recorded inside the recipe were not anything spectacular, but they can still showcase my Shentu family clan's Desolate Heaven technique abilities. And coincidentally, with my abilities, I can barely refine it… Hence, I was thinking of showing it to everyone. You can think of it as me adding some fun for this Desolate Heaven technique tea session."

Upon him saying those words, people began to look at each other. How could an ancient Desolate Heaven technique recipe left behind by the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect be as unremarkable as Shentu Nantian described?

The Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect's Desolate Heaven technique was much more abstruse than mainstream Desolate Heaven techniques. And Shentu Nantian previously said that this recipe was found in an ancient mystic realm. The Great Empress's recipe that could cure Lin Xintong of her natural Yin Meridians might have come from that mystic realm!

Furthermore, Shentu Nantian also said that he could barely refine it. This made many become secretly alarmed. Shentu Nantian's Desolate Heaven technique might have been even better than they expected.

"This Shentu Nantian is really a genius! There is no need to talk about his ability in martial arts, but who would have thought that his accomplishments in the Desolate Heaven technique would also be extraordinary. He might even have even dabbled in arrays and elixir refinement."

The younger generation of the Lin family were all secretly alarmed. Although many of them did not like Shentu Nantian, they had to admit that it was indeed well-deserved for him to be called a peerless son of Heaven in the Tian Yuan world.

If Lin Xintong was able to join up her naturally terminated meridians and become a peerless Great Empress, then the only person qualified to be her partner in cultivation intercourse would probably be Shentu Nantian.

"Junior Brother Yun, I previously said that I could barely refine that ancient recipe. Hence, I need others to help me… Junior Brother Yun's accomplishments in the Desolate Heaven technique are extraordinary, and is in line with my requirements, so… how about cooperating with me?"

When Shentu Nantian asked him, Yi Yun finally understood what Shentu Nantian was thinking.

Shentu Nantian had said so much, but the main reason was to put him down.

Despite talking about cooperating to refine a desolate bone relic, there was probably a trap within!

How could Yi Yun know an ancient recipe left behind by the Heaven Desolate Ancient Sect? Shentu Nantian could do something during the process to make Yi Yun embarrass himself very easily!

And at that moment, Shentu Hai and Shentu Feng, who were originally sitting with Shentu Nantian, walked to the center of the square while laughing.

They had previously received a Yuan Qi voice transmission from Shentu Nantian. It was time for them to make a move.

"Junior Brother Yun, let us do it together. If it is just you alone, it might be too difficult. With the three of us joining hands, it will be done smoothly."

As the two spoke, they stood to the left and right of Yi Yun.

"How about it, Junior Brother Yun? This would be a rare experience for you." Shentu Nantian gently touched the interspatial ring on his finger as he still hung a genial smile on his face.

"This fellow sure is a hypocrite..." With this thought in mind, a smile, suffused with a trace of mockery, appeared on Yi Yun's face. However, under the mask, his smile could not be seen by others.

Since he understood what Shentu Nantian was planning to do, Yi Yun wanted to see what trick Shentu Nantian was up to.

Originally with Yi Yun's personality, he would not try to steal the show. However, today, his purpose was to mess things up, so how could he miss out on the fun?

True Martial World - Chapter 397: Nearly Devastated

Shentu Nantian nearly forced himself to let his gaze fall on Yun Yantian's body. He held his breath as his mind went blank. His eyes even protruded slightly.

At that moment, he had seen with his own eyes that a portion of Song Ziyue's Five Elemental Bone Array had been torn apart in front of Yun Yantian. Yet another core bone had exploded into grayish-white desolate bones powder!

This meant that the Power of Desolates within the desolate bone had been extracted cleanly by Yun Yantian!

Shentu Nantian looked on as Yun Yantian nonchalantly grabbed a small, yellow turtle from the pile of bone residue.

This small turtle had short limbs and struggled desperately. However, its body was covered with runic seals, so it could not move despite its struggle.

Although the small turtle looked quite cute, it was a vicious desolate beast, named Earth Spirit Turtle. Usually, half of its body would be buried underground and its upper body would be covered in earth. It would even have grass growing on it. It would stay motionless for months, up to half a year, in a state of semi-hibernation. If it felt that a prey that it considered palatable approach it, it would suddenly rise up and swallow the prey!

This Earth Spirit Turtle was one of the essence Qi’s that Song Ziyue had sealed within the Five Elemental Bone Array. With Yi Yun's nonchalant grab, and with the runic seals suppressing it, he easily threw it into a jade box. The entire process seemed very easy and casual as if he had just caught a tortoise in a pond.

Yet another small group array had been broken apart by Yi Yun!

How… how was this possible!?

Shentu Nantian felt all of his blood rush to his face, turning his entire face red. He no longer looked like the suave and jade-like gentleman anymore.

He had just said, in front of every Lin family elder, that he was sure that Yun Yantian was just lucky, but before he could even finish speaking, he had been given a loud smack on the face!

"Cracked… it has been cracked again. There is no other way. This junior surnamed Yun really can crack the array. It was no coincidence."

A Lin family elder said in both a surprised and excited manner.

If the first time was said to be a coincidence, they could believe it as it was the most reasonable explanation. However, if the second time was also explained away with a coincidence, then that was clearly impossible!

It was really incredible. They were also sure that it would be impossible for a junior's Mystic Crystal Hand to crack the Five Elemental Bone Array, but the truth was placed right in front of their eyes.

The field of the Desolate Heaven technique was extremely deep and profound. Even these elders did not dare to say that they understood the Desolate Heaven technique greatly. There were always phenomena that they could not understand, and other domains that they had never encountered before.

The more they learned, the more they realized that they knew less!

"This kid, hahaha. Well done!"

At that moment, Su Jie was also elated as he felt extremely happy!

"Elder Su, you took in a good apprentice." The elders of the Lin family, other than Lin Xintong's grandaunt and her sixth grand uncle, as well as a small minority, did not have a good impression of the Shentu family clan even though they had agreed to the marriage proposal from the Shentu family clan. After all, the Shentu family clan and the Lin family had been at odds over the past few years.

Under these circumstances, they also felt good upon seeing a junior from the Lin family smack the Shentu family clan in the face.

Truthfully, seeing Shentu Nantian sit amongst the Lin family's upper echelons as if he was half the owner of the Lin family, they felt extremely uncomfortable. They were only worried that Shentu Nantian would one day become an in-law of the Lin family, that is why they could not offend him, so instead, they had patiently appeared polite on the surface.

"This, *cough*" Su Jie stroke his beard as he blushed. He opened his mouth and although he wanted to take credit for this, and had always been thick-skinned, there was no way for him to really take credit for Yi Yun's current achievements. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Actually… I only took in this disciple midway for a couple of months. As for really teaching him, I only taught him the Mystic Crystal Hand two months ago. And I only taught him for a day. To have such results… truthfully, this does not have much to do with me."

Everyone knew that Su Jie had taken in Yun Yantian as an in-name disciple. An in-name disciple meant that he would not receive the core teachings of his master.

Clearly, Su Jie had not imparted Yun Yantian with any true ability. It could even be said that Su Jie had never intended to really take in Yun Yantian in as a disciple from the beginning.

Under these circumstances, Su Jie naturally could not lie with his eyes wide open.

He had regretted taking in Yi Yun only as an in-name disciple. Was this not going to make people say behind his back, that he failed to see even though he had eyes!?

"Haha, Elder Su sure is modest. Regardless, our young friend Yun is a talent that Elder Su discovered. Even if he is not from the Lin family, if he can mature in our Lin family, it would be joyous news!"

At that moment, an old but amiable voice sounded. The person who spoke was the Lin family's Matriarch!

In the Lin family, the Matriarch had the final say in internal affairs. Other than those grand elders who dedicated themselves to cultivating and cared nothing for the worldly affairs, whatever the Matriarch said was not questioned in the Lin family.

Su Jie knew that with the Matriarch saying those words, it had the hidden meaning of wishing to recruit Yi Yun.

In the Lin family, there were plenty of disciples that did not share the same surname. They were recruited into the Lin family due to their talent, and they enjoyed the same treatment as direct descendants.

A few years later, they might even marry the children of the Lin family, eventually becoming a real member of the Lin family.

In the world of warriors, marriage was a relationship that made people feel reassured. Especially in a marriage where both parties could work together and cultivated through intercourse, then their relationship would grow even stronger.

"This… I will ask my disciple for his intentions. However, I do believe that he has no reason to oppose it."

Su Jie was overjoyed. The Matriarch appreciating Yi Yun would be an excellent turn of events.

Then again, if the Matriarch did not try to recruit Yi Yun, with his extraordinary Desolate Heaven technique talent, that would have been abnormal.

With Yi Yun first reaching the Tian Yuan world and having Shentu Nantian as an enemy, he would indeed require the protection of the Lin family. By providing him with the necessary environment and resources needed for him to mature, this would be a matter that benefited both sides.

"Xintong, do you know this little friend Yun?"

The Matriarch suddenly turned and spoke to Lin Xintong. She naturally remembered that when Yi Yun "contradicted" Lin Xintong's grandaunt in the Jade Bamboo peak, Lin Xintong has said "a mere acquaintance should not sow discord between two close people", preventing her grandaunt from salvaging the situation.

Clearly, not only did Lin Xintong know this little friend Yun, their relationship was also not shallow!

This was naturally a good thing. After all, the Matriarch had the intention of nurturing Lin Xintong into becoming a pillar of support for the Lin family. The more elites who she had good relationships with, the better it would be for her future. It was even more so knowing a top genius in the Desolate Heaven technique.

After all, Lin Xintong's naturally terminated meridians still had not been healed, and even if they were healed, who could guarantee that there would be no remaining symptoms?

Knowing a Desolate Heaven Master who had a future ahead of him was necessary!

"Yes, Yun Yantian is Xintong's old friend."

Lin Xintong said frankly. And sitting beside Lin Xintong, Shentu Nantian's expression turned even uglier upon hearing this.

Traces of blood-red color covered his face as they engulfed it.

Old friend?

This was actually a phrase that did not mean much, but in Shentu Nantian's ears, it sounded extremely harsh.

He did not know why he found the two words, "old friend" to be such a problem!

Especially just now, he had clearly seen the joy in Lin Xintong's eyes when Yun Yantian cracked the array for the second time.

If it was any ordinary girl who felt happy about an old friend's success, then Shentu Nantian could barely accept it.

However, Lin Xintong was a girl who resembled a breeze and had little emotion.

Why would she be happy for that kid's success? This was not normal!

A person would only be happy for another person's success when they had a close or special relationship. If not, as humans were naturally selfish, they may congratulate on the surface upon knowing of a friend's success, but deep down they may say, what does this have to do with me?

There was even the situation when one would feel jealous upon seeing someone else's success when one was down and out, thinking of things like why can a friend have this but not me?

This was the way of thinking of ordinary people.

Would Lin Xintong rejoice upon seeing the other Lin family disciples, who even had blood relationships with Lin Xintong, do remarkably well on stage?

Taking a step back, if it was Shentu Nantian himself, would Lin Xintong have any reaction if he was able to show off his remarkable skill?

At that moment of being queried, maybe even an insincere praise would be something very rare!

Thinking of this, how could Shentu Nantian feel pleasant?

He was originally not a magnanimous person. Besides, under these circumstances, which man could be magnanimous!?

At that moment, Shentu Nantian was on the verge of anger. If not for the occasion, he would nearly have made a move to kill Yun Yantian!

"Junior sister Xintong…" Shentu Nantian's voice turned increasingly deeper. Just as he got Lin Xintong's attention and was about to say something…

"Peng!"

The third explosion!

Shentu Nantian's heart sank as he jerked his head towards the center of the square.

His eyes looked ferocious like a wild beast's red eyes.

He could clearly see that the third group array in front of Yun Yantian had crumbled. The desolate bone that held the group array in place had turned into grayish-white bone residue.

Like clockwork, Yi Yun stretched out his hand and grabbed the third desolate beast essence Qi from the bone residue.

At that moment, Song Ziyue, who was standing before Yi Yun, was completely dumbstruck. After Yi Yun broke his array for the second time, he had already felt a heavy blow.

Now, with the array being broken for the third time, his confidence was devastated. Seeing Yun Yantian put the third desolate beast essence Qi into the jade box, Song Ziyue seemed to lose his soul. He looked like a fool, where could one still find the temperament of a young proud son of heaven?

He was really afraid. Now, whatever that happened on stage made him feel like he had entered a nightmare.

"The third one!"

Shentu Nantian clenched his fists as his temples throbbed. The veins on his hands bulged. It only took about thirty seconds in between cracking the second and third group array!

Yi Yun, who was onstage, took an average of about thirty seconds to crack a small group array. This was not cracking an array, it was clearly just pushing down sand castles built by children!

True Martial World - Chapter 396: Breaking one after another

The woman in palatial attire felt as if her lungs were about to explode after she was put down by Su Jie, however, she had no way of retorting. She did not understand how Yi Yun was able to crack Song Ziyue's array.

"Dear nephew Nantian, what is going on? Were you not very confident in Song Ziyue just now? However, just now a random punk managed to crack the array!"

Originally, the woman wished to see a junior from the Lin family beat a junior from the Shentu family clan, but how could she not feel indignant about letting a fellow like Yi Yun, who came from some nook and cranny, put Lin Ziyan to shame?

Shentu Nantian frowned as he too was baffled, "Grandaunt, do not worry. I believe that there should be some other reason. Let me ask Ziyue and confirm my suspicions."

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he transmitted his voice to Song Ziyue.

At that moment, Song Ziyue was standing in the center of the square, frozen like a wooden stave. The moment Yi Yun cracked his array, he felt as if his heart had been severely scratched.

"Ziyue, what is going on?"

Shentu Nantian's voice rang in Song Ziyue's ear.

Song Ziyue seemed to wake up from a dream and took a deep breath. He gave a deep stare in Yi Yun’s direction and a vein bulged on his forehead, "This kid broke my array…"

"Is that not obvious!? I am asking you how he cracked it!" Shentu Nantian said in a discontented manner, "With such an obvious matter, do I need you to repeat that to me?"

Song Ziyue's expression sank as he thought for a moment before he spoke, "Logically, it is impossible for him to have used the Mystic Crystal Hand to dismantle the trap I designed in the desolate bone. However, although my array is complex, it is not without flaws. If you have heaven-defying luck, it is possible for you to crack it randomly."

Even the best lock could be opened by a bumbling locksmith. With a piece of wire, sometimes luck might allow someone to open the lock. Although it was highly improbable, it was not impossible.

Song Ziyue was convinced that the Mystic Crystal Hand’s runic seals that Yi Yun used had resonated with his own runic seals, resulting in such an effect.

Shentu Nantian took a deep breath, "I was originally suspecting that this was the case. Are you sure?"

"I am sure!" Song Ziyue nodded as gazed at Yi Yun, his gaze now containing a trace of hatred, "There will not be a second time. The Five Elemental Bone Array definitely cannot be cracked by the Mystic Crystal Hand."

Song Ziyue gnashed his teeth as he said that. He was very confident in his own array.

And at that moment, Yi Yun had already walked over to a second small group array.

In the middle of the small group array was an Earth-elemental bone. Earth-elemental energy was an energy type that Yi Yun had been in little contact with, but it did not prevent Yi Yun from cracking the array.

With the Purple Crystal's energy vision, all the traps were fully exposed in front of Yi Yun, with nowhere to hide. Furthermore, Yi Yun's control of energy was precise to the point that it far exceeded Su Jie’s.

"Earth-elemental bone array…"

Yi Yun focused on the piece of bone. In his energy vision, he could see that the trap within the desolate bone was very different from the trap before.

The twelve small group arrays were all different in Song Ziyue's Five Elemental Bone Array. This increased the difficulty of cracking the array. A Desolate Heaven Master apprentice, whose ability was lacking, might crack one group array with great difficulty and expend a lot of mental energy. However, when he then tried to crack a second group array, he would have to start all over again. As such, trying to break more than four small group arrays was naturally not an easy feat.

"You still want to crack it?" Song Ziyue stared coldly at Yi Yun, "I want to see how long your good luck can last."

Detecting Song Ziyue's gaze, which was filled with killing intent, Yi Yun raised his head and gave Song Ziyue a light glance. He was wearing a mask so it was expressionless. Only the two thin sanguine marks at where his eyes were looked indifferent.

Yi Yun ignored Song Ziyue and lowered his head as he carried on cracking the array without worries.

…

"Grandaunt, it was an accident just now." Shentu Nantian turned towards the woman in palatial attire and smiled. "I wonder if Grandaunt has heard of Heaven’s stem and Earth’s branches lock. The Heaven's stem is made up of ten stems and the Earth branches are made up of ten branches. Together with the Bagua, the five elements, there are tens of thousands of combinations. Only one of them is correct, only by pressing all of them correctly can one open the lock to Heaven's stem and Earth branches.

"A person, who does not know anything, might use a random combination of Heaven's stem and Earth branches and actually get it right. As such, the lock to Heaven's stem and Earth branches can be opened."

As Shentu Nantian spoke, he opened his fan and gently fanned himself with a look of confidence.

His confidence was not unjustified and was not because he was blindly convinced because of Song Ziyue's words. Shentu Nantian had made his own judgment and strongly believed that a one-size fits all technique, like the Mystic Crystal Hand, could not crack the Five Elemental Bone Array in the hands of a fifteen-year-old youth.

This point was sufficient to support Shentu Nantian's opinion.

In the seats of honor, there was no lack of Desolate Heaven Masters in the upper echelons of the Lin family. They also acknowledged Shentu Nantian's point. What he described really did exist.

"There might not be such a coincidence under the Heavens." Su Jie said coldly. He did not have that much confidence in Yi Yun, but seeing Yi Yun's accomplishments being put down by Shentu Nantian so quickly naturally did not make him feel good as Yi Yun's in-name master.

"Haha, Elder Su, I'm just expressing his opinion. It is a fact that Song Ziyue's Five Elemental Bone Array is not something the Mystic Crystal Hand can crack. Maybe in the hands of a Desolate Heaven Master, that is possible. In the hands of a junior, however, it is as hard as ascending the Heavens."

"Under this situation, this junior is just suggesting the most likely reason and it is the most reasonable explanation… What say you, Junior sister Xintong?"

Shentu Nantian turned towards Lin Xintong. Lin Xintong had almost not spoken at all since she arrived. Shentu Nantian wanted to get to know Lin Xintong, so at random times, he would pull Lin Xintong into the topic of discussion.

"What you think may be reasonable might not be reasonable." Lin Xintong said coldly. As it was a gathering of the upper echelons of both the Lin family and the Shentu family clan, Lin Xintong could not be impolite. She had to answer Shentu Nantian whenever he talked to her, if not she would be criticized.

However, Lin Xintong's mind was not on Shentu Nantian when she spoke. She was still looking towards the center of the square and her gaze was locked onto Yi Yun's hands. She saw Yi Yun's every move very clearly.

As if in a trance, she seemed to return back to that night from two years ago. The words Yi Yun had said when he first saw Lin Xintong's hand seals in the Desolate Human Valley…

Thinking of the scenes of that night, Lin Xintong felt mixed emotions. She found it hard to believe in what Yi Yun had said, which was both stubborn and seemingly absurd in nature, yet it had been realized by him with his own hands today.

The technique he used, and all the runic seals the Mystic Crystal Hand formed, were extremely normal. It seemed to resemble the ordinary linen clothes which Yi Yun wore two years ago, and at the same time seemed to be as simple as Yi Yun himself.

He had really become a Desolate Heaven Master at an unbelievable speed!

Who could believe that a small tribe youth, whom she had met in the Cloud Wilderness, who had set goals that would be laughable to normal people, such as pursuing martial arts and ambitioning to become a Desolate Heaven Master, would… actually, succeed!

It was as if Lin Xintong had witnessed a miracle that happened to Yi Yun with her own eyes.

This miracle had a special significance for Lin Xintong herself.

This was because Lin Xintong had naturally terminated meridians. If she could succeed in joining up her terminated meridians, then it in itself would be a miracle!

Completing something that was nearly impossible would be just like Yi Yun, achieving aspirations that ordinary people thought impossible.

Lin Xintong, of course, remembered the scene where she had revealed her determination to join up her terminated meridians when she was young, she had been ridiculed by her aunts and cousins.

The ridicule and sarcasm had once made a young Lin Xintong feel distressed and embarrassed. Now, however, it no longer did… She walked her own path and pursued her own dreams. Why should she care about what others felt?

Humans always needed to have dreams, if they did not, what difference would there be between humans and livestock?

Lin Xintong seemed to see herself in Yi Yun. The same effort, persistence and the equally distant and elusive dreams.

If Yi Yun could do it, how could she not?

Lin Xintong silently clenched her fists. Her slender jade-like fingers turned white from her clenching.

"I will walk out a path that belongs to me. I wish that you too can walk on a path that belongs to you…"

Lin Xintong said to herself silently. At that moment, Shentu Nantian was frowning slightly. He was sensitive and naturally noticed that when he spoke to her, Lin Xintong's attention was always on Yun Yantian and that she only gave him a perfunctory response.

When had Shentu Nantian, who was a very proud person, not be the center of attention ever since he was young? There were countless numbers of girls willing to be the ones throwing themselves at him, only in front of Lin Xintong did he have to lower his status and be frustrated by her again and again.

For example, now, Lin Xintong would rather focus on a small fry instead of taking notice of what he was saying. This made Shentu Nantian feel hatred for Yun Yantian.

He took a deep breath and swallowed his anger. He still hung a breeze-like smile on his face, "Junior sister Xintong, actually there is nothing interesting for this match. It was one in a ten thousand chance coincidence that will not happen a second time."

"At this Desolate Heaven technique tea session, my Shentu family clan has made some special preparations that will definitely astound Junior sister Xintong. When that happens, it will not be too late for Junior sister Xintong to focus on it. As for this match, actually there is not much to see, it is all…"

Before Shentu Nantian could finish his words, he suddenly heard a "Peng" explosion behind him. This explosive sound seemed familiar to Shentu Nantian.

At that moment, he was still speaking to Lin Xintong, so he was unaware of what was happening in the square, but he realized that the upper echelon elders of the Lin family and the Shentu family clan's elders in his field of vision were all having astonished expressions, as if they had seen a ghost.

Especially the Shentu family clan's elders, not only were they shocked, they also had very ugly expressions!

Lin Xintong as well, she too had a similarly shocked expression. However, in her shocked, beautiful eyes, a hint of being pleasantly surprised could be seen very clearly.

Shentu Nantian felt a hum ring in his head as if he had been hit heavily by a hammer. He was completely stunned. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

He turned his neck with difficulty. Inch by inch, he turned towards the center of the square…

True Martial World - Chapter 395: Yi Yun Cracks the Array

"Guess how long it will take for Senior sister Ziyan to crack that small group array?"

Someone amongst the Lin family's disciples asked with excitement.

This was what it meant to be captivating. Previously, when those direct disciples had gone up and did battle using the crude method of colliding runic seals, that was completely without technique. Compared to Lin Ziyan and Song Ziyue's competition in the Desolate Heaven technique, it was like the difference between savage wrestling and beautiful dancing.

"About seven to eight minutes!"

To win against Song Ziyue, at least 4 small group arrays had to be cracked. Song Ziyue's array was extremely abstruse and complicated, so breaking a small group array in about 7-8 minutes was already considered very fast.

For this duel, it was a competition between top geniuses. Although the Lin family disciples adored Lin Ziyan, they had to admit that Song Ziyue had the ability to be arrogant. It would also not be easy for Lin Ziyan to win against Song Ziyue.

"About seven to eight minutes… Then Senior sister Ziyan will need about thirty minutes to win against Song Ziyue. Besides… Senior sister Ziyan might not stop after only breaking four small group arrays. She might even break six, seven, or even all twelve small group arrays!"

Some of the younger Lin family disciples had infinite hopes in Lin Ziyan.

"Difficult!" An older Lin family disciple shook his head. "Guarding an array is easy while breaking an array is difficult. Junior sister Ziyan needs to be stronger than Song Ziyue by at least 30-50% to have any hope of doing so."

Before the older disciple finished speaking, he suddenly heard a light "Peng" sound.

He was stunned as he looked towards the sound. The source of the sound was Yun Yantian.

For cracking this array, Yi Yun stood opposite to Lin Ziyan with Song Ziyue in the middle. However when Lin Ziyan displayed her Guanyin Flower Picking Hand, other than people like the woman in palatial attire who had animosity against Yi Yun and Su Jie, no one else had paid attention to him.

In fact, Yi Yun's Mystic Crystal Hand had long since been obscured by the Guanyin Flower Picking Hand's light beams. It was impossible to tell what was happening.

And only with the exploding sound did people look towards Yi Yun. And the scene in front of them dumbfounded everyone.

In front of Yi Yun, the fire elemental desolate bone had already fractured. It had turned from its original dark red color and into a grayish white. Clearly, it looked as if its Power of Desolates had been drained.

Only when a desolate bone has had all of its Power of Desolates extracted will it become like this.

Following the desolate bone, that powered the array's core, losing its energy, the entire small group array lost its energy, as if it was about to collapse at anytime.

What… What is happening…?

Many people's brains did not react in time. They could not understand what the scene in front of them meant. Maybe they had actually thought of it, they just could not believe it.

And at that moment, Yi Yun nonchalantly grabbed a fiery red light from within the fractured desolate bone. It was the phantom image of a small lizard. It was the desolate beast essence Qi that was originally sealed within the desolate bone!

"Lava Fire Lizard! He grabbed a Lava Fire Lizard!"

Many people stared with their eyes wide. Even with a desolate bone placed there, many of the Desolate Heaven Masters would not be able to identify what desolate beast the bone came from. However, now, with Yi Yun grabbing the essence Qi, they could easily recognize it.

This Lava Fire Lizard was a formidable desolate beast. It was tyrannous and its body contained a terrifying fire-elemental energy. If it released the energy, it would be a nightmare.

And at that moment, this Lava Fire Lizard's essence Qi, which was filled with resentment and tyranny, had been nonchalantly grabbed by Yi Yun, as if he was capturing any ordinary house lizard.

At that moment, Yi Yun nonchalantly formed a few runic seals on the Lava Fire Lizard's essence Qi. He then took out a box from his interspatial ring and stuffed the Lava Fire Lizard in as if he was storing food. He then closed the lid.

"Peng!"

When Yi Yun closed the lid, the small group array in front of Yi Yun completely exploded. The remaining desolate beast bones scattered as it completely fell apart.

Yi Yun had already cracked a small group array!

Wh… What?

Seeing this scene, people were stunned and had their mouths agape. Even if they could not believe it, they finally realized what the scene in front of them meant. Yun Yantian had cracked one of the small array groups of the Five Elemental Bone Array!

Everyone present, be it the Lin family's disciples or the Shentu family clan's disciples, had their expressions frozen. Their bodies were stiff as if they were zombies with talismans pasted on them.

The entire tea session's venue was silent. It was as if they had seen a ghost.

Originally, people estimated that Lin Ziyan would use about 7-8 minutes to crack a small group array, but in about 30 seconds time, when Lin Ziyan's Guanyin Flower Picking Hand had made about a third of its progress, Yun Yantian had already cracked the first small group array on his side!

What was going on? People were still slow to react. This feeling was like a martial arts grandmaster and a second-grade figure in the trade challenging a top expert at the same time.

When the battle began, that martial arts grandmaster fought with the top expert beautifully by using all of their secret techniques. It made the scene appear fabulous, making jaws drop. However, victory was undetermined.

However, when it was the second grade figure going up on stage, he used a very ordinary kungfu technique against the top expert. Without a word, a nonchalant kick then caused the top expert to fall to the ground.

This must be a joke, right?

People truly found it unacceptable. Especially those in the seats of honor, Lin Xintong's grandaunt was completely dumbstruck. Her mouth was agape and her eyes staring straight ahead. She looked like a hen would do when it had its neck grabbed.

At that moment, she felt all of her blood surge to her face. Her old face had turned red like a cooked crab.

Yun Yantian, that country bumpkin who did not understand any rules, had actually broken one of Song Ziyue's group arrays before Ziyan?

She turned her head with difficulty to look at Su Jie. It was as if her joints had turned to rust and could not be moved.

She saw Su Jie with a completely dumbfounded expression too.

Su Jie was the person who knew Yi Yun the best amongst all of them. Others might think that Yi Yun had been learning the Desolate Heaven technique for a very long period of time, but Su Jie was very sure that Yi Yun had only been learning the Desolate Heaven technique for a very short period of time.

Two years ago, Yi Yun was still a mortal in every way. In these two years, he had gone from Mortal Blood to the Yuan Foundation in his martial arts. He had also cultivated all sorts of heritages. Under such a situation, how could he have time to learn the Desolate Heaven technique?

How did he accomplish this in such a short period of time? It was too great an exaggeration.

Although he found it unbelievable deep down, but noticing the woman in palatial attire project her gaze on him, Su Jie's old face began to give a lewd and teasing smile. Who cares why Yi Yun's Desolate Heaven technique was so awesome, as long as he could let this disgusting old hag eat dirt, it alone would be a joyous feat.

"How is it? Is your face swollen? Keke, if I were you, I would quickly jump into the lake. If not, your old face will become as red as a monkey's bottom. If that happens, how are you to face others?"

Su Jie mimicked the tone the woman in palatial attire had used before and spoke in a queer manner. Now there was only one word in his mind, marvelous!