True Martial World - Chapter 435: Meeting Opponents

The airship traveled at an extremely fast speed, it only needed a day's time to reach the Untraversable Sea.

The Untraversable Sea surrounded the entire Tian Yuan world. Heading east from the sea, one would reach the border of the land containing the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. And heading north, one would see seas with no end in sight.

The sea would be completely still with no Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. Even a Great Emperor could not cross it.

The God Burial Abyss was deep in the Untraversable Sea, which was also directly below the Tian Yuan world.

The airship travelled downwards parallel to the Tian Yuan world's continental cliff. As the Sun was obscured, the airship was quickly swallowed by the Tian Yuan world's continental body’s huge shadow.

What was a thousand foot long airship looked like a speck of dust in front of the huge continental plate.

"Puah!"

The airship entered the Untraversable Sea, causing a splash. However, looking down from high up in the sky, this splash was completely trivial.

Yi Yun stood in front of a window of the airship and looked at the deep and endless underwater world.

This sea did not have many fish. Occasionally, biological creatures would appear. They were large underwater fierce beasts.

Looking up, Yi Yun noticed that the Tian Yuan continent was actually floating on the Untraversable Sea. There was no foundational attachment anchoring the Tian Yuan continent to the seabed. Most of it was empty space, and there were countless numbers of large rocky spines protruding through the empty space.

These rocky spines covered more than a 100,000 feet. It went from the Tian Yuan world's continent deep into the depths of the Untraversable Sea. They looked like ferocious teeth.

Seeing this scene, Yi Yun deeply felt the vastness and mightiness of this world. And in it, he felt very small.

People tend to feel tiny when faced with the vastness of nature. This was probably one of the driving forces for people to constantly grow stronger and to explore the mysteries of the universe.

At this depth, the water flow became more and more turbulent. The airship was approaching the terrifying vortex in the God Burial Abyss.

The airship was large in size, so it was more affected by the suction force. The closer it got to the God Burial Abyss, the more uncontrollable the suction force would become. Even the Lin family's Grand Elders could not control such a large airship in the turbulent sea.

Hence, in another 15 minutes, they had to leave the airship.

Then, people would need to approach the God Burial Abyss using their own physical strength.

"We are almost there. Any deeper and we will lose control of the airship."

On the deck of the airship, Elder Huowen was standing steadfastly as he withstood the turbulent waters of the nearby God Burial Abyss.

Elder Tianzhu nodded, "Let the juniors come out. They should be able to withstand a water flow at this level."

As Elder Tianzhu said this, he suddenly noticed something. Turning his head to the side, he looked deep into the depths of the sea.

"Oh? That is… "

In the deep depths of the Untraversable Sea, there was a fuzzy shadow that was approaching the Lin family's airship.

Elder Tianzhu squinted his eyes. His eyesight was excellent, so he could clearly see in the dark sea depths. It was a giant sea turtle.

On the sea turtle, it had a barrier. And in that barrier sat a group of people.

Despite the distance, Elder Tianzhu could see their clothes clearly. On their clothes, there was a flame-like emblem. It was a kind of coat-of-arms.

Among those people, there was an elder who clearly felt the gaze of Elder Tianzhu. He tilted his head slightly and exchanged gazes with Elder Tianzhu. A smile formed on his lips.

"Li Fire Sect!"

Elder Tianzhu frowned. The uninvited guests in front of him came from the Li Fire Sect, which was a huge sect.

In the Tian Yuan world, not every faction was in the form of a family clan. The Tian Yuan world had several large sects as well. Their strength was even stronger than several family clans!

"What are they doing here!?" Elder Huowen's face sank. At that moment and place, it was naturally not a coincidence for the Li Fire Sect to suddenly appear close to the God Burial Abyss.

"They probably have the same purpose as us. It looks like our fears have come true. The Shentu family clan will definitely not let us explore the mystic realm freely. They plan to hinder us and fight us in the mystic realm!"

Back when the Relic Trial ended, the Lin family had suggested using Shentu Nantian, the Thousand Hand Granny and the lives of the upper echelons of the Shentu family clan to exchange for the information of the Great Empress mystic realm. Then, the upper echelons of the Lin family had already guessed that the Shentu family clan would not hand over the secrets of the Great Empress mystic realm without qualms to the Lin family. The Shentu family clan would privately sell the information of the Great Empress mystic realm to other factions!

By doing so, they could kill three birds with one stone.

Firstly, the Shentu family clan would recoup their losses to the highest degree. The Shentu family clan could choose a few or even a dozen factions and negotiate a price with them. After the negotiation, they could sell the information of the Great Empress mystic realm to them. And these dozen or so factions could provide quite a sizable income to the Shentu family clan.

Secondly, by doing so, the Shentu family clan could prevent most of the Great Empress mystic realm falling into the hands of the Lin family. With everyone entering it, there will be a big scramble to see who had the best ability and luck.

It was very likely that with everyone competing, restraining and scheming against each other, no one would dare to break the prohibitions of the Great Empress mystic realm at all costs. They might end up leaving empty handed. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

The Shentu family clan knew that it was nearly impossible for them to get the core heritage of the Great Empress mystic realm, so they might as well make the information available. Everyone could enter the Great Empress mystic realm, but no one could obtain it.

Thirdly, by releasing the information of the Great Empress mystic realm, many experts from the various factions would end up killing each other, finally dying there. The Shentu family clan definitely wished to see other factions weakened as a result.

The Lin family knew this was possible, but they had no way to prevent this as not even a soul contract was sufficient.

This was because when the Lin family spread the news of the negotiation with the Shentu family clan, the Shentu family clan had sufficient time to sell the information of the Great Empress mystic realm.

The soul contract was only signed when the upper echelons of the Shentu family clan came to negotiate with the Lin family. Binding the Shentu family clan by then would be too late.

"What should we do…? Probably when the Shentu family clan sold the news, they had come to an agreement that once they entered the mystic realm, they would join forces against us. Then, we would not be able to make any progress."

The Great Empress mystic realm was after all a place for the Great Empress to pick her successor.

When the ancient Great Empress established this inheritance land, she naturally knew that those who entered the Great Empress mystic realm would not be uniform in age. As a result, there would be huge differences in their cultivation levels.

Those with high cultivation levels might not necessarily be more talented. Someone with a lower cultivation level might be the person she was looking for.

Under these circumstances, the ancient Great Empress would naturally provide some protection for those with low cultivation levels. If not, those with high cultivation levels and of higher age, but of average talent, would kill others wantonly so as to reduce their competitors.

However, this protection was not everywhere. There had to be places that was outside the scope of this protection.

If Lin Xintong were to be outside the range of this protection and the Lin family was jointly attacked by the Shentu family clan and the other family clans, the outcome would be disastrous.

Elder Huowen frowned as he said with a sunken expression, "If we did not guess wrongly, when the Shentu family clan signed the agreement, it would’ve included that the other family clans are not to pick on the Shentu family clan, and on the contrary, deal with our Lin family. If that happens, it would be very difficult for Xintong to amount to anything in the Great Empress mystic realm!"

"In this half a year… Shentu Nantian's injuries should be healed. He would most likely appear at this expedition to the mystic realm. His intentions on Xintong were never pure. Coupled with the Shentu family clan understanding the Great Empress mystic realm being better than ours, if they were to make any arrangements before hand… "

Elder Tianzhu did not speak further. He did not dare to imagine the consequences.

"The situation of the juniors is actually better. To protect her successor, the ancient Great Empress should have set up several restrictions. As for us old folks, we would be in a more dangerous situation. The Great Empress' protection for us will be so little that its pathetic!"

The ancient Great Empress' intention was to pick a successor. As for those old folks like them, who entered to search for treasures, why would the Great Empress care about their lives?

The Great Empress may have left treasures for them probably on a whim. After all, some of the treasures could not be used by her future successor and it might not be particularly valuable in her eyes. Hence, she had conveniently left them behind for the people of the future.

Those who had the means to get the treasure would get it. If they could not get it or ended up dying for the treasure, they only had themselves to blame.

"This move of the Shentu family clan sure is malevolent!" Elder Huowen said angrily. "The juniors have to be very careful. As for us old folks, we can probably only enter the protective outer perimeter of the Great Empress mystic realm. We can't proceed any deeper as it would be too risky. Then, it will almost certainly be fated that old folks like us would return empty-handed!"

"We have gone through so much effort and have been embroiled with the Shentu family clan for so long only to end in this result. Compared to the other family clans, we have received no advantage at all. It could be said to be a disadvantage!"

"There's no other way… " Elder Tianzhu shook his head, "If we had not been embroiled with the Shentu family clan, and not force the Shentu family clan to make the information available, it would still be a mystic realm solely controlled by the Shentu family clan. We would not have gotten a single chance. But now, we finally have that tiny bit of hope… With the wolf, Shentu Nantian, inside this mystic realm, I can't feel at ease."

"Let's ask Xintong and see what her decision is… "

Elder Huowen may say so, but in fact, he had already guessed Lin Xintong's answer. With her personality, she would only have one answer.

True Martial World - Chapter 434: Heading towards God Burial Abyss

Yi Yun's silent response made Lin Yu felt like he was punching into thin air.

For people at Yi Yun's age, it was the time when they were the most aggressive. They would not allow others to look down upon them. Lin Yu had originally expected that saying those words would cause Yi Yun to become agitated and begin quarreling with him with his neck red with anger. When that happened, he could then provoke Yi Yun into entering the desolate beast cage, and fight with a Mystic Lin Tiger.

With Yi Yun's strength, him facing a Mystic Lin Tiger would definitely put him into a pathetic state. Even if the administrators of the Lin family helped him, Yi Yun would still be injured, or at least embarrass himself greatly.

However, Lin Yu was at a loss with Yi Yun's low-key forbearance.

Lin Yu's lackeys had grown up together with Lin Yu, so they understood Lin Yu's mind very well. They wanted to step forward to provoke Yi Yun.

However, Lin Yu shook his head, "Forget it. Provoking him would be obvious on our part. This kid Yi Yun might not even agree. Even if he agrees, the Matriarch would hold us accountable if he gets injured."

Lin Yu did not want to complicate things, and at that moment, he felt something as he turned to look far into the distance.

People had the same feeling as they all looked into the distance.

They only saw a group of people flying towards Cloud Protruding peak silently in the snow-filled sky.

Yi Yun squinted. Amongst the people, he saw Lin Xintong, Su Jie and Matriarch Lin.

What made Yi Yun slightly surprised was that the Matriarch, who was always the head of the Lin family, was currently following respectfully behind two elders.

These two elders, both had white hair and beards with slightly yellowish faces; one of them was dressed in gray, while the other was dressed in white. Their face even had spots from age. They did not seem to portray the feeling of immortals, and could even be said to be a bit ugly.

The two elders looked very similar, as if they were a pair of twins.

When Yi Yun saw these two old people, they were still very far away and their speed seemed very slow, but in just a few seconds, they had already landed lightly, without even stirring the dust on the ground around them.

Immediately, the noisy Cloud Protruding peak quietened down. Everyone was looking at the two elders in a daze. It was as if the snowflakes fluttering in the sky had stagnated.

With the two elders in front of him, Yi Yun felt his heart thump heavily. He subconsciously held his breath. Yi Yun felt like he could not look at the two elders' eyes, as if their eyes were light beacons that could see through him.

Although Yi Yun knew that the Purple Crystal's level far exceeded this world's standard and they would not be able to detect it, the pressure emitted by these two elders made him unable to be at ease.

The two elders glanced at Yi Yun at the same time. One nodded slightly, while the other remained expressionless.

Not far from the two elders was a simple-dressed Lin Xintong.

Having not seen her in five months which had only felt like a blink of an eye, Yi Yun felt Lin Xintong's temperament had a subtle change when he saw her again. She seemed to resemble a fairy of Heaven even more. With the Purple Crystal in his body, Yi Yun could feel that Lin Xintong's energy was like a calm lake, without the slightest wave.

For her to have such a powerful energy yet it being so calm meant that Lin Xintong's power had reached an unimaginable level.

"All Lin family disciples present, let me introduce. These two are the two of the Lin family's three Grand Elders, Elder Huowen and Elder Tianzhu. I believe everyone must have heard of them since a long time ago, but few people have actually seen them."

After the Matriarch finished speaking, she retreated to stand behind the two Grand Elders.

Although the people present had some prior suspicions, they still drew a breath of cold air when they heard the Matriarch's affirmative response. They found it unbelievable.

The three Grand Elders of the Lin family were legends to the juniors present. They were almost never seen. Even some of the ordinary Elders in the family would seldom have the opportunity to meet them.

These two elders were the real pillars of support of the Lin family. For the Lin family to survive in the Tian Yuan world and becoming one of the top family clans and protect its treasured ground, the Jade Spirit Mountains, was all due to the support of these few elders.

However, the situation of the Lin family was not at its best. The two Grand Elders present were very old and they did not have much lifespan left.

The remaining third Grand Elder was the most powerful one and was younger. However, it also required the Lin family to produce another Grand Elder within the next 10-20,000 years so as to carry on supporting the Lin family's estate. This was not an easy task.

And Lin Xintong was no doubt the candidate the upper echelons of the Lin family paid the most attention to. Once Lin Xintong's naturally terminated meridians was joined up, then she would become a future peerless Great Empress. Then it could ensure the prosperity of the Lin family for a million years.

With such great advantages ahead, it was worth it for the Lin family to take the risk.

"All of you must already know the meaning behind the Great Empress mystic realm, so I shall not say any further. For this trip to the mystic realm, Tianzhu and I will accompany you, but the real main characters would be all of you!"

"As it is an inheritance ground, the greatest benefits of the Great Empress mystic realm would be definitely left to juniors like you. If you can obtain the recognition of the Great Empress mystic realm and obtain the heritage left behind by the Great Empress, or be able to find a method to join up Xintong's naturally terminated meridians, then you would be the person who contributed the most to the Lin family. As long as your future achievement is passable, you will be allowed to helm half of the Lin family's estate!"

Elder Huowen's words were a surprise. It caused all the geniuses present to stare with widened eyes.

Helm half of the Lin family's estate!?

They had originally guessed that the Lin family would reward greatly for this Great Empress mystic realm trip as it was very important. However, they had imagined that it would be cultivation techniques, elixirs or relics.

They had never expected that Elder Huowen would promise the future ownership of the Lin family.

As for why it was half of the estate, it was obvious. The remaining half was reserved for Lin Xintong.

If Lin Xintong could really join up her naturally terminated meridians, then it would be reasonable for her to become the person helming the Lin family. However, for them to share power of the Lin family with Lin Xintong, with their status being second only to a peerless Great Empress, this made many of the Lin family disciples present excited.

"The Lin family has really invested a lot this time."

Behind Grand Elder Huowen, Su Jie was secretly surprised. He was quite impressed with Elder Huowen's drive. Only with great rewards would there be brave heroes.

However, Elder Huowen's rewards were reasonable.

This was because if someone was able to obtain the Great Empress' heritage, then he would have the sufficient capacity to control half of the Lin family. And if that someone could find a way to heal Lin Xintong, then his credit was even greater.

"Let's move out!"

Elder Huowen did not speak any further nonsense. Throwing his hand gently, a beam flew out. It was a mini-airship.

This small airship began to rapidly grow in size once it was thrown into the air. Soon, it was about a thousand feet long.

Following that, Elder Huowen flicked his long sleeves and a strong force surged over. The juniors present were transported into the airship by this force.

Yi Yun felt the space around him transform, and the next moment, he was already inside the airship's hull.

This made Yi Yun astonished. Elder Huowen's method clearly contained spatial laws within it, or he would have appeared on the deck and not inside the airship's hull.

The airship shot up into the sky and with a blink of an eye, left Cloud Protruding peak as they flew towards the God Burial Abyss.

Along the way, the airship broke through the fog at an extremely fast speed. However, Yi Yun felt it was very stable while on board it.

The two Grand Elders were no longer seen. At the beginning, Elder Tianzhu had nodded at Yi Yun slightly, which was the thanks to Yi Yun for seeing through the Shentu family clan's nefarious plot. Later on, they no longer paid any attention to Yi Yun. Most of their efforts were placed on Lin Xintong.

For this expedition to the Great Empress mystic realm, the most important person amongst the juniors was of course, Lin Xintong. The person most likely to obtain the Great Empress' heritage was also Lin Xintong.

The younger generation of the Lin family did not know that in the past five months, the three Lin family Grand Elders had come forward to give Lin Xintong pointers. Together with the Matriarch, they would each teach Lin Xintong something they were good at from time to time.

All the experts in the Lin family were revolving around Lin Xintong. All sorts of precious medicines were generously given to Lin Xintong for her usage.

The Lin family's nurturing of Lin Xintong could be said to have stopped at nothing. No junior in the long history of the Lin family had received such treatment.

And Lin Xintong did not disappoint the upper echelons of the Lin family. In the short period of five months, her strength had once again made a leap forward. Her nomological insight had also improved. In the entire Lin family's history, no one had her strength at this age.

If it was not for the curse of the natural Yin meridians clouding the hearts of the all the Elders, then Lin Xintong's current achievements were enough for her to be nurtured as the Lin family's future successor.

Now, taking advantage of the time the airship was flying, the two Grand Elders meditated beside Lin Xintong, secretly manipulating the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi around her, letting Lin Xintong reach her optimal state in the three aspects of Essence, Qi and Spirit.

For this expedition to the Great Empress mystic realm, the upper echelons of the Lin family had a great deal of confidence in Lin Xintong.

They knew that the reason why the Shentu family clan failed in the Great Empress mystic realm was because of Shentu Nantian. He, as the number one genius amongst the younger generation of the Shentu family clan, had not been able to gain the recognition of the Great Empress mystic realm!"

If Lin Xintong were to gain the recognition of the Great Empress mystic realm, then the Lin family would truly be able to open up the Great Empress mystic realm.

With Lin Xintong having natural Yin meridians with a perfect pure Yin body, her martial talent was impeccable. If Lin Xintong could not gain the recognition of the Great Empress mystic realm, then the upper echelons of the Lin family could not think of anyone who had this ability.

"Matriarch, don't worry. Xintong will be fine."

Beside the Matriarch, an elder said. The Matriarch nodded. The eyes that she used to look at Lin Xintong was filled with love and hope...

At that moment, Lin Xintong's eyes were tightly shut. Her eyelashes were gently quivering. She looked like an ethereal fairy while in her meditative state. But underneath her calm as still water energy, there was a hidden thriving fighting spirit burning. It was her declaration of war at fate!

She had always wanted to take control of her destiny. And this time, the Heavens had placed an opportunity in front of her...

True Martial World - Chapter 433: Desolate Beast Cage

With winter coming, it began to snow in the Jade Spirit Mountains.

The array in Jade Spirit Mountains did not insulate the land from snowflakes, so the entire magnificent mountain range was covered in snow.

The snow-clad Jade Spirit Mountains had another form of beauty.

Looking from high in the sky, one could see an endless white snowy expanse. It was like a huge divine pillar made of those white peaks piercing the blue sky.

With these peaks stretching together, it looked like an ancient snake dragon that twisted amongst the clouds.

And above the mountain peak, there was a spirit spring that never froze all year round. It seemed like a misty jade that scattered over the mountains into countless numbers of pearls, disappearing when they entered the clouds.

With the Great Empress mystic realm about to open, the first thing Yi Yun encountered after coming out of reclusive training was the snowfall. Seeing this beautiful scene, it felt like he was in a paradise. It was like a poem or a piece of art.

Yi Yun had already received the Matriarch's voice transmission that all the juniors of Lin family, who were entering the Great Empress mystic realm, were to gather at Cloud Protruding peak.

Cloud Protruding peak was one of the 18 main peaks of the Lin family. It was usually the place for the younger generation of the Lin family to cultivate and grow.

Usually, juniors would cultivate at Cloud Protruding peak, and many of them would end up living on the Cloud Protruding peak for the convenience of cultivating.

Upon reaching Cloud Protruding peak, Yi Yun immediately felt the vitality in the peak. Ignoring everything else, there were dozens of martial art grounds on Cloud Protruding peak.

On these martial art grounds, there were young elites sparring with each other. Sword and saber beams flashed as Yuan Qi flared.

The snow ended up being blown away by the energy surges, causing several parts of the martial art grounds to be void in snow. It looked like pictures of flowers.

Yi Yun went straight to the main hall of Cloud Protruding peak. This main hall was where they were to gather.

A distance away from the main hall, Yi Yun suddenly heard the ferocious roar of a beast!

This sound caused one's eardrums to tingle. With a thought, he followed the sound and came to a back area of the Cloud Protruding peak's main hall.

Upon seeing the scene, Yi Yun felt slightly apprehensive.

On the square in the back area, there was a huge metal cage.

The metal cage was a hundred meters long and about three storeys high. The bars of the metal cage were about the thickness of a person's wrist. On these iron pillar-like bars, there were complex runes engraved on them. It was apparently a type of array.

Inside the cage, there was a seven to eight meters long, ferocious-looking desolate beast. It looked like a hideous saber-toothed tiger.

Yi Yun did not know the rank of this desolate beast, but just from the aura it gave off, it was definitely an extremely strong desolate beast.

And at that moment, there was a person fighting the desolate beast inside the cage.

Yi Yun happened to know this person. He was Lin Yu.

Lin Yu was holding a bloody four-foot long sword. His hair was disheveled and his clothes were torn. There were even several wounds on his body.

"Ding Ding Ding!"

The sword clashed with the desolate beast's fangs as Lin Yu moved and dodged around in the metal cage. He was looking for the desolate beast's weakness and he was constantly leaving wounds on the desolate beast.

With Lin Yu's constant provocation, the desolate beast was extremely enraged.

"Roar!"

After its neck was stabbed by Lin Yu, the saber-toothed tiger charged at Lin Yu desperately. Just as its shiny fang about to stab Lin Yu's neck, Lin Yu suddenly crouched down and stabbed with his sword. The sword Qi roared!

"Puah!"

The blade pierced the saber-toothed tiger's soft belly as blood splattered. Lin Yu's sword had nearly pierced straight through the saber-toothed tiger!

Following that, Lin Yu's body flipped as he kicked his foot upwards, hitting the saber-toothed tiger on its jaw from below.

The saber-toothed tiger let out a wail as its body flipped backward, crashing heavily to the ground.

Its body was twitching. After being severely wounded, it had apparently no strength left to fight.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lin family administrator in charge of Cloud Protruding peak immediately opened the cage. They restrained the saber-toothed tiger and carried it away.

This desolate beast was reared by the Lin family. It was specially used to train the young.

It was not easy to capture desolate beasts so typically, they would try their best to prevent killing them when fighting them. They would heal them their wounds and use them again.

Fighting a ravaging desolate beast in the cage was itself an extremely dangerous form of training. Most of the time, the one severely wounded was not the desolate beast, but the Lin family disciple.

Even with the Lin family's administrators protecting them on the side, sometimes, a young disciple might succumb to the desolate beast during training. It was something that happened occasionally. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Brother Yu is so good!"

"Brother Yu managed to defeat a Mystic Lin Tiger in the time it takes for half a stick of incense to burn. It was done in such a relaxed fashion!"

There were quite a lot of juniors surrounding the cage. These people were apparently Lin Yu's lackeys. Seeing Lin Yu exhibit his prowess, they immediately surrounded him to flatter him.

"It's just a young Mystic Lin Tiger, so defeating it is nothing to be proud of. The danger in this Great Empress mystic realm exceeds this. My strength is insufficient."

Lin Yu inattentively wiped the tiger blood off his blade. He ignored his lackeys, as his eyes drifted to a few youths present. These youths were also cultivators to be sent out to participate in this Great Empress mystic realm.

These people were his companions, and also his rivals!

Lin Yu knew very well that in terms of absolute power, he was far inferior to them. Their cultivation level was, after all, higher than his. However, if their cultivation level was fixed and just from comparing talent alone, he believed his ability exceeded these people.

For this Great Empress mystic realm, he had worked hard. He was planning to achieve much to prove himself.

As he was thinking, the hand that was holding on to the cloth that wiped the blood turned stiff. Both his hands subconsciously moved downwards. The straight blade was now being bent by him.

He had seen a person amongst the crowd, Yi Yun.

Lin Yu narrowed his eyes as he could not prevent his eyes from having a hint of fighting spirit and provocation. He exchanged gazes with Yi Yun.

Beside Lin Yu, the youths who looked like lackeys were still excited. Just as they were about to say something, they saw the expression of their "Big Bro" change. They realized something was amiss and they also looked at Yi Yun.

"Eh? Who is that kid?"

These lackeys were a bit stunned. They did not know why their big brother was suddenly paying attention to this person.

Many of the Lin family disciples present had only seen Yi Yun's masked appearance. Few of them had actually seen Yi Yun's actual appearance.

"Yi Yun! He's Yi Yun!"

Someone said in the crowd. Immediately, the Lin family's younger generation were all slightly stunned.

They had long heard of Yi Yun's name, and today, they had finally seen him in person.

"So he is Yi Yun. This is the person who had meritorious contributions at the Relic Trial, and being appreciated by the Matriarch."

"That's right. I heard Yi Yun comes from a place called the Tai Ah Kingdom in the Savage East. For him to reach such a position in the Lin family is indeed not easy. However, this is also because of luck."

To the Tian Yuan world warriors, the remote lands in the East were collectively referred to as "Savage East". The Savage East had several countries, and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was one of them.

Few Tian Yuan world's warriors paid attention to the countries in the Savage East. Be it the Yun Long Divine Kingdom or the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, they all felt that those countries were just a blob on the map. As for what the names and specialities of these countries were, they had no idea, nor did they bother to find out.

Some people present knew the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom only because of Yi Yun. However, the term "Divine Kingdom" was subconsciously changed by them to "Kingdom". In their opinion, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was not worthy of the word "Divine".

"Yi Yun, we meet again!” Lin Yu suddenly spoke. As he walked towards Yi Yun, he slowly wiped the blood off his blade. The scarlet beast blood drops reflected the sunlight as they dropped onto the white snow, making it look more shocking. To Yi Yun, this was a form of demonstrating Lin Yu's strength.

"I heard that after you obtained a spot to enter the Great Empress mystic realm, you went into reclusive training immediately in one go?" Lin Yu stopped 30 feet away from Yi Yun. Accompanying him were a few Lin family disciples who had obtained spots to enter the Great Empress mystic realm.

Yi Yun looked at the people present. Other than Lin Xintong, he did not know many of the top martial arts geniuses of the Lin family.

Actually, Yi Yun did not wish to have any contact with these people. However, these people were team mates that would be entering the Great Empress mystic realm with him. Yi Yun also did not want to appear rude and unruly, which would cause their relationship to turn bitter.

"Yes… I was lucky to gain some insight, so I was in reclusive training until now."

"Jade Forest peak's third grade cultivation land, Heavenly Yang Hall. This is a cultivation ground typically used by the family's Elders, and yet, you went into reclusive training for nearly half a year… "

Lin Yu did not carry on his sentence. However, people could tell that he was hinting how the cultivation ground was wasted in Yi Yun's hands. After all, Yi Yun's cultivation level could hardly put the Heavenly Yang Hall's effects to full use. It was a waste of a heavenly treasure.

"At our age, going into reclusive training for a month or two is the limit. Any longer is of no use. Power is gained from actual fighting, not something you gain from just sitting there."

"Only through battles that let you risk your life would your progress be at its fastest. Don't tell me that you think that going to the Great Empress mystic realm is just playing house? That place can cause people to die if you are just a little careless! None of the Lin family disciples that were chosen to the enter the mystic realm dared to slack. They were all fighting for their lives in countless number of times throughout this period."

Lin Yu said proudly. His tone had an air to it that came naturally. It was a killing air and fighting spirit that he had gained over prolonged fighting with desolate beasts.

With this air infused into his speech, it made his words sound resounding and appealing.

His words also gained the acknowledgment of many of the young elites!

These Lin family elites advocated strength, and advocated battles that saw blood. This was what a warrior was. It was the expected living situation of young warriors.

As for people who went into reclusive training for prolonged periods of time, they were usually middle-aged people who had mostly expended their potential. It was also something liked by old people who could no longer make a breakthrough in their cultivation levels.

Yi Yun only smiled after hearing Lin Yu's words. He did not retort.

Fighting was naturally the best method to increase one's strength. However, with the Purple Crystal and the Great Empress relic's pure Yang energy combined together, it would allow him to be reborn once. The benefits gained from them was far from something fighting could compare with.

In the five months of reclusive training, Yi Yun's increase in his cultivation level was not considered much. The greatest benefit was his pure Yang body's formation. About 90% of the Great Empress relic's energy had been used by Yi Yun to reconstruct his body. As for the breakthrough in cultivation level, that was something that would naturally follow.

True Martial World - Chapter 432: Planting a Dao Seed On the Yuan Foundation

The middle and highest peak amongst the 18 main peaks of the Lin family was named Jade Forest peak.

If one looked at the Lin family's mountain range from a height of a million feet in the air, one would realize that the Jade Forest peak was the core of the mountain range, as the rest of the mountains meandered from it. It was like giant dragons surrounding the Jade Forest peak as its center.

The Nine Dragon Encircling Pearl was what people called this strange landscape.

The Lin family used this landscape as its foundation. It had a spiritual vein array so as to ensure the Lin family's prosperity. With its thick Yuan Qi, it transformed this place into the Lin family's treasured ground.

People who practiced martial arts needed "Wealth, Land, Companion, Law". Amongst them, "Land" meant a cultivation ground. As one of the four most important factors needed for cultivation, it was easy to see how seriously cultivators treated land.

Every family clan in the Tian Yuan world had its own home land. They had spent large amounts of resources so as to set up their grounds to be flawless.

And a lot of the time, the conflicts of interest between family clans tended to revolve around the battle for territory.

To the Lin family, the Jade Forest peak itself was a very important asset to the family. The three Grand Elders of the Lin family would choose the Jade Forest peak as the location whenever they began a long reclusive retreat.

At that moment, Yi Yun was also residing in Jade Forest peak, cultivating in recluse.

The chamber Yi Yun used was named the Heavenly Yang Hall.

The Heavenly Yang Hall was a cultivation ground for cultivating pure Yang laws. It was ranked third in the Jade Forest peak. It was only inferior to the first, which was used by Grand Elders, and the second, which was used by guest elders of the Lin family.

This was the best cultivation ground juniors from the Lin family could use. Typically, very few of the younger disciples in the Lin family received such treatment.

A good cultivation ground allowed one's cultivation to have double the results with half the work.

Now, Yi Yun had already stayed in the Heavenly Yang Hall for quite a long while. He had absorbed the pure Yang energy within the Purple Crystal, and was as such transforming his meridians. He was creating a solid foundation step by step.

The Yuan Foundation meant to set up a foundation in a warrior's dantian.

The next higher realm after the Yuan Foundation realm was called the "Dao Seed".

The meaning of the Dao Seed is to plant a martial arts seed on top of the Yuan Foundation base.

To plant a Dao Seed on the Yuan Foundation was to sow one's path in the martial Dao.

What would sprout in the future depended on the warrior.

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, many warriors would come to a stop at the Yuan Foundation realm throughout their martial lives. To be able to reach the Dao Seed realm was a great fortune. It was enough for them to lord over people.

As such, people who reached the Dao Seed realm were called Human Lords in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom!

However, in the Tian Yuan world, people at the Dao Seed realm were only people who could travel freely. To lord over others and be called a Human Lord would only be a joke.

With the passage of time, Yi Yun, who was immersed in cultivation, had already entered an ethereal state. Pure Yang Qi was seeping out from the Purple Crystal Origins, entering into all of the corners of Yi Yun's body. As it circulated through his meridians, a large portion of the energy injected itself into Yi Yun's blood vessels. A very small portion of it escaped out of Yi Yun's pores.

The pure Yang Qi that was being emitted from the crystal also took along with it slight amounts of impurities within Yi Yun's body.

After repeated marrow cleansings, and with the transformation of the pure Yang Qi, Yi Yun really felt as if he was slowly being reborn.

Yi Yun's muscles were becoming more toned, but he was not stiff like stout muscular men. His muscles gave off an elegant beauty. They were like a mountain stream and were like nature itself.

Yi Yun's air also became more and more restrained. With the grade of Yi Yun's pure Yang body increasing, not only did his body not radiate burning gas, it actually began to seal it within his body's aperture points. He gave off the feeling of a gentle scholar. If one phrase was enough to describe him, it would be "jade-like gentleman".

A prudent gentleman of a disposition as graceful as the luster of jade may seem restrained, but it had the integrity of jade.

Shentu Nantian also chased down the path of being a jade-like gentleman, but that was to give people that impression. He purposely catered to the requirement of being a jade-like gentleman, but his core person was not like that.

As for Yi Yun, as his pure Yang body was approaching perfection, it naturally allowed him to gain such a temperament. Even though he himself was not a true gentleman.

It should be said that Yi Yun's core beliefs were that of a gentleman, but what he did would not be restrained by the code of ethics of a gentleman.

As he cultivated while losing the sense of time, Yi Yun had already been in reclusive training for five months without realizing it.

Before this, the only time Yi Yun had cultivated for so long in one seating was back when he entered Fallen Star Gate.

In these five months, while absorbing the pure Yang Qi, Yi Yun also constantly resolved the problems that were previously caused by hastily improving his cultivation. At the same time, he also made up for his shortcomings in nomological truths. This made Yi Yun's martial arts system become increasingly unassailable.

Yi Yun looked within his body and saw that every inch of his bones were as white as jade. His bone marrow had also become like a translucent red crystal.

With every breath, Yi Yun could taste the fragrance in his mouth. The saliva in his mouth was as sweet as springwater.

The benefits of this body, now with nearly zero impurities, was brought forth from having a pure Yang body.

This feeling was indescribable!

Yi Yun checked the Purple Crystal and most of the pure Yang energy from the Great Empress relic had been absorbed by Yi Yun. The pure Yang spirit had also grown. As for the frost Qi condensed from the Seven Noxious Divine Yin Pill, it was compressed and placed in a corner. It was completely under Yi Yun's control.

Actually, if Yi Yun wished it, he could easily remove the frost energy, but Yi Yun felt that it might not necessarily be useless in the future, so he kept it.

In this period of five months, Yi Yun used the pure Yang Qi in the Purple Crystal to make his cultivation level reach the peak of the middle-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. He was now closing in on the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm.

The more solid the Yuan Foundation was, the more impressive the martial arts fruits bore from the planted Dao Seed would be.

With a breakthrough in cultivation level, it also brought an increase in strength. Previously, whenever Yi Yun conjured his Aspect Totem, his body would be drained of his Yuan Qi in a short period of time.

Now however, Yi Yun felt that even if he conjured his Aspect Totem, he could still last a short while, even at full combat capability.

"I have gained a lot from this reclusive training. In this treasured ground in the Jade Forest peak, I was able to focus, without distractions, on digesting the Great Empress relic's medicinal essence. With the Purple Crystal's help, no junior in the Tian Yuan world can possibly have similar conditions like me. It would be hard not to have my strength increase by leaps and bounds.

As Yi Yun was thinking this, a flare suddenly lit up before his eyes.

It was a voice transmission talisman. Only a few voice transmission talismans could penetrate the chamber, and this came from Matriarch Lin.

The voice transmission talisman only had a few words.

The Matriarch wanted Yi Yun to come out of reclusive training as the Lin family's Grand Elder had predicted that in a month, the God Burial Abyss's demon-like tidal strength would weaken. And that moment was the opportunity for the Lin family's disciples to enter the Great Empress mystic realm!

After the flare dissipated into the darkness, Yi Yun took a deep breath as his eyes flashed.

"The Great Empress mystic realm is finally opening!"

Yi Yun felt like he had unending amounts of Yuan Qi within his body. He was in his top condition, so to enter the Great Empress mystic realm to challenge himself was in line with his wishes.

He could not help but feel like his blood was boiling.

"I want to see, with my own eyes, what sort of things are in this Great Empress mystic realm!"

True Martial World - Chapter 431: The Matriarch’s Decisiveness

At that moment, Lin Fenggu was feeling pangs of anger burning in her heart. If it was a Desolate Heaven technique mystic realm, she would not have anything to say about the Matriarch choosing Yi Yun.

However, this was a martial mystic realm, so on the basis of reason, the spot should have been given to Lin Yu.

"Matriarch!"

Lin Fenggu gritted her teeth; however, the Matriarch's was expressionless. She did not care about Fenggu as she had obviously already decided this matter.

Lin Fenggu could only put her hopes on Yi Yun.

To her, Yi Yun was a Desolate Heaven Master, so it would be meaningless for him to search for martial arts inheritances.

"Yi Yun, think over the matter. The Great Empress mystic realm is useless to you. Even martial arts geniuses might not obtain any benefits by entering there, what more you."

"Besides, the mystic realm is fraught with danger. You should just stay in the family and train your Desolate Heaven technique, then your future accomplishments will be inconceivable. If you were to risk it by going to the Great Empress mystic realm, and meet some unfortunate circumstances, then it might be too late to be sorry!"

"If you do not go, I can pass you some Desolate Heaven technique manuals. I can also prepare Desolate Heaven technique disk arrays for you."

Lin Fenggu had used a Yuan Qi transmission to speak to Yi Yun. Yi Yun smiled, Desolate Heaven technique manuals? Giving him Desolate Heaven technique disk arrays?

For an old woman like Lin Fenggu, her items might not even make Yi Yun covet them. Besides, even if she really did have good items, it was unlikely that she would give them to him.

Yi Yun knew that if he were to reject the offer at this family meeting, Lin Fenggu would probably just use some low-grade items to brush him off, treating him as some bumpkin.

Yi Yun slowly stood up and bowed at the Matriarch, "This junior thanks the Matriarch for her care and concern. This junior is indeed interested in the Great Empress mystic realm and hopes to explore it."

Yi Yun's words were slow and gently, but when they entered the ears of Lin Yu and Lin Fenggu, it made their expressions turn extremely ugly.

"Alright." The Matriarch gave him a benevolent smile, "Then that spot will be reserved for Yi Yun. This opportunity in the Great Empress mystic realm is originally all thanks to Yi Yun, so it is reasonable to leave one spot for him."

The Matriarch was in charge of the internal affairs of the Lin family, so her words were final. She was not negotiating with the other Elders in the family, but informing them.

Immediately, the Elders present had all sorts of different expressions.

Many of them had a more suitable person in mind for the spot. Everyone wanted to advocate their direct descendants, but with Yi Yun taking one of the spots, it undoubtedly left one spot less for the rest.

Everyone knew that Yi Yun had made a great meritorious service for the family at the Relic Trial, so giving him one of the spots as an award was reasonable.

The point was that these people felt that it was a waste to give the spot to Yi Yun.

"Matriarch!" Lin Fenggu could not resist, "I know that Yi Yun managed to prevent a disaster for our Lin family at the Relic Trial, but I will not agree that the opportunity of entering the Great Empress mystic realm is thanks to Yi Yun!"

"The Lin family was the one who captured Shentu Nantian and the Thousand Hand Granny. The people who negotiated with the Shentu family clan was also our Lin family! Even if Yi Yun managed to see through Shentu Nantian's malicious schemes as a junior, what could he have done with his strength? If not for our Lin family's strength, he would already have been killed by the Shentu family clan!"

"Only with power do you have the capital to be unyielding. It is our Lin family obtaining the location of the Great Empress mystic realm at the cost of offending the Shentu family clan. This has nothing to do with Yi Yun!"

Lin Fenggu's words were agitated, but the reasoning within them were agreed upon by the other Elders of the Lin family.

However, the Matriarch's expression turned cold upon hearing this. She only looked at Lin Fenggu with a cold stare.

Those Elders who were familiar with the Matriarch's personality knew that by giving off that gaze, it meant that she was extremely displeased with Lin Fenggu!

Lin Fenggu's voice cut off, no longer daring to make a sound.

Against the Matriarch, a figure who had helmed the Lin family for so many years, she was extremely afraid.

"If the Lin family only has people like you, treating enemies as family, backstabbing talented people, and only trying to swallow any interests you see into your own pockets, then the Lin family would probably not be that far off from destruction."

"Impotence, jealousy, greed, selfishness, unable to distinguish between right and wrong, short-sighted. What use is there for the family to keep a person like you?"

When the Matriarch said this, it was like having a sharp knife stabbing into Lin Fenggu's heart.

Lin Fenggu was stunned, as her ears buzzed. She felt like all the blood in her body had surged to her face. She had been completely refuted by the Lin family's decision maker in the Lin family's Elders meeting.

As for what the Matriarch said, "What use is there for the family to keep a person like you?"

Lin Fenggu's old face flushed and this blood-red color spread to her neck. She stood there without speaking a word.

Behind Lin Fenggu, Lin Yu was also standing stiffly at his seat. From the moment he stood up, he had not even finish speaking a sentence, but left hanging there. It was extremely embarrassing.

Hearing the Matriarch decide on the matter, he felt like his entire self had been emptied.

He felt that the gaze from the surrounding juniors had changed from envy and jealousy to sympathy.

After all, Yi Yun had the Matriarch backing him. He may have strong backing, but it was not stronger than Yi Yun's.

"I… I cannot accept it!" Lin Yu clenched his fists tightly as his body began to lightly tremble. He did not dare to shout this out and had only transmitted his voice to Lin Fenggu, "I want to fight Yi Yun. In terms of martial ability, what is he!? I can completely destroy him without a weapon!"

Lin Yu's Yuan Qi transmission was full of irreconciliation. However, Lin Fenggu only shook her head, "So what if you can win against him? Do you think the Matriarch does not know that your martial ability far exceeds that of Yi Yun’s? However, she will not let you go, as this is a reward for Yi Yun."

With Lin Fenggu saying this, Lin Yu felt like a deflated ball. Yes, even if he did defeat Yi Yun in a showdown, so what? So what if he had mercilessly beat down Yi Yun?

It was even to the point that the Matriarch would not even grant his request to have a martial showdown. In the Matriarch's eyes, Yi Yun’s value was not something he could compete with.

"This matter is already decided. Do not think of replacing Yi Yun, however… you can take advantage of the period where the God Burial Abyss's demon-like tidal strength has not weakened, and work hard cultivating. If you reach the peak of the Yuan Foundation realm, then you would not need to compete with Yi Yun for a spot. There are still a few spots left, so maybe you can obtain one of those."

Lin Fenggu's transmission meant that they had to take up second best. It was not impossible to obtain a spot for those who were at the peak-Yuan Foundation realm and above.

"Peak of the Yuan Foundation realm..."

Lin Yu's eyebrows ticked. If the God Burial Abyss could be opened half a year later, then he could indeed breakthrough to the peak of the Yuan Foundation realm before it happened.

Even if it was shorter, he could still break through, but it would be inevitable that he would have progressed too fast in his cultivation level. His foundation would be affected by that.

To geniuses, rashly breaking through was not a good thing.

"I understand..."

Lin Yu endured this grievance and sat back at his seat.

...

At this meeting, there were eight spots that were temporarily decided upon amongst the ten spots. There were still two spots to be discussed in the future.

With the Matriarch's backing, Yi Yun had easily obtained one of the valuable spots. For this, it was inevitable that the Lin family's upper echelons and juniors would criticize this matter in secret. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

Many people believed that a family competition should have been held to decide who was to obtain the remaining spots. That was the most fair way.

However, even with a family competition, it was hard to tell whose talent was better due to the differences in age.

Some people who had good relationships with Lin Yu felt some injustice for Lin Yu. They felt that a genius like Lin Yu had been repressed by the family, while Yi Yun, of average strength, had obtained this advantage because of his backing. It was too unfair.

For this matter, it was easy to cause people to feel a sense of resentment.

However, because of this, Lin Fenggu no longer added fuel to the flames. After being harshly reprimanded by the Matriarch, Lin Fenggu toned herself down. She knew that if she were to discuss this matter secretly, then it would be equivalent to speaking ill of the Matriarch. She no longer dared to do anything that could make the Matriarch unhappy, for if this reached the Matriarch's ear, the consequences would be disastrous.

"Time will tell." While people were discussing this matter, Lin Fenggu said with certainty. Her expression was confident, "It is alright even if Yu'er did not manage to obtain the spot for those in the late stages of the Yuan Foundation realm and below. As long as Yu'er makes a breakthrough, he can still obtain one of the two remaining spots."

"Fire is the test of true gold. Once he enters the Great Empress mystic realm, Yu'er will prove his worth. When that happens, Yu'er will use his results to shut those who were laughing at him. He will also let those without abilities know what a genius is, and what strength is!"

The "those without abilities" mentioned by Lin Fenggu naturally pointed to Yi Yun. She just did not dare making it clear.

As for these discussions, Yi Yun was indifferent. Ever since the meeting ended, Yi Yun had gone into a reclusive chamber for training.

There was at most two to three years for the opening of the Great Empress mystic realm, and the shortest time was a few months. No one knew when the God Burial Abyss's demon-like tidal strength would reach its nadir.

Yi Yun was planning to use this time to properly digest the pure Yang energy inside the Purple Crystal.

At the Relic Trial, Yi Yun had completely swallowed all of the pure Yang energy essence that exploded out of the Great Empress relic. Now, the energy was stored in the Purple Crystal, so it was time to turn it into his strength.

He knew that his strength would make a leap in a short amount of time!

Not only Yi Yun, the other juniors who had been selected to enter the Great Empress mystic realm wasted no time at cultivating. As for the two remaining spots, they became something many of the juniors of the Lin family worked hard towards.

People knew that this Great Empress mystic realm was of great importance. If one obtained a great opportunity within it by luck, then it would be like a carp leaping through the dragon's gate. Their future achievements would be limitless!

This was an ancient peerless Great Empress' heritage. In comparison, many large family clans in the Tian Yuan world were simply not on that level.

Besides, if one could obtain an ancient recipe that could heal Lin Xintong, then they would obtain unimaginable honor and benefits. There might even be that slight chance of winning Lin Xintong's heart.

In the Lin family, as long as they were separated by three generations of blood relatives, they could marry each other. Many of them had no genetic relationship with Lin Xintong.

With all the possible benefits, people were all red-eyed.

"I will make the Matriarch regret this!" Under the bright moon, a youth dressed in blue clothes stood on a cliff. He inserted the sword in his hand into the rock as he his eyes shimmered with non acceptance. He was Lin Yu.

The tides will change, those who despised me, Lin Yu, I will use my results to smack you in your faces!”

True Martial World - Chapter 430: Fixing the Spots

The Great Empress mystic realm was not only a great opportunity, it also concerned the fate of Lin Xintong.

The current situation of the Shentu family clan exploring the Great Empress mystic realm, was that the elder generation was not able to explore the deepest parts of the mystic realm, while the younger generation did not manage to enter the mystic realm's core.

Under these circumstances, the Lin family was unsure of what else could be in the Great Empress mystic realm.

And the method to cure Lin Xintong of her terminated meridians may seem very promising, but it would be extremely difficult to obtain.

The Lin family conceded that their strength was not much stronger than the Shentu family clan. The Lin family would also face the same difficulty exploring the places that the Shentu family clan was unable to explore.

Hence, the people who were to be chosen had to be very carefully selected by the Lin family.

Sending everyone out was not realistic. The Lin family had three Grand Elders. The strongest one of them had to remain in the family to hold the fort, so as to prevent the Shentu family clan from taking advantage of this opportunity to destroy the Lin family's territory.

With Shentu Patriarch's strength, he just needed two hours to crack open the Lin family's mountain protective array. He could then lead the Shentu family clan elites and annihilate the Lin family.

For a large family clan like the Lin family, they would not let the Grand Elders that held the fort leave under normal circumstances as it was too dangerous.

As such, the Lin family only had two Grand Elders for this expedition. The two of them could jointly escort the younger generation into the mystic realm without a problem.

According to the records in Shentu Nantian's jade scroll, the Great Empress mystic realm was fraught with dangers.

The channels that the younger generation faced were gentler. Typically, there would not be too many injuries or deaths. In contrast, the older generation would face dangers that could kill at any moment.

They might not even obtain a single opportunity there and end up dying.

"I want to go in."

In the Lin family's internal meeting, Su Jie was the first to speak.

This Great Empress mystic realm had been searched over once by the Shentu family clan, so all the easily obtainable opportunities were already gone. So it was not necessarily a good thing for the older generation to enter it.

Su Jie was worried over Lin Xintong's naturally terminated meridians, which was why he personally wanted to explore the mystic realm.

Matriarch Lin nodded, "Elder Su, there is no rush to decide the spots for the older generation. Now, we need to look at the spots for the younger generation. They are the most important ones."

Compared to the older generation, the younger generation entering the Great Empress mystic realm was definitely a great assignment.

The dangers they would face would be much lower compared to that of the elders. Even if they couldn’t find any opportunities, it would still be a valuable chance to train.

By broadening their horizons by seeing the arrays and heritage left behind from ancient times, they could gain a lot and break through bottlenecks.

The Matriarch spoke, "The entrance to the Great Empress mystic realm is in a spatial crack near the God Burial Abyss's whirlpool. If we want to enter, we will need to choose a period when the whirlpool's tidal power is at its weakest. If not, even our family's Grand Elders will find it difficult to withstand the God Burial Abyss's terrifying suction power and be able to bring our juniors in or open the door to the mystic realm."

"It is very difficult to determine when it will happen. It might be in a few months, and it might even be one or two years from now."

"For this, we will need to make a lot of preparations."

"And the spots to enter the mystic realm are currently fixed at ten."

"These ten people must be the elites of our Lin family's younger generation. Your mission is extremely critical! As the greatest opportunities within the Great Empress mystic realm will be in the areas that you will be exploring."

As Matriarch Lin spoke, she looked at the juniors sitting behind the many Elders.

This family meeting also had juniors participating.

And those juniors that were qualified to sit here were only about twenty odd in numbers. They were the proud children of Heaven amongst the Lin family's younger generation. Usually, they would enjoy the best resources of the Lin family.

Now, the ten people would clearly be chosen amongst them.

These juniors all turned nervous.

Amongst the twenty odd people, other than Lin Xintong, the differences between them were not too great. Those who were hovering around the passing mark held their breaths as they waited for the choice that would determine their fate.

Who amongst these juniors did not wish to see the heritage left behind by the ancient Great Empress? Maybe they would even be selected through great luck?

Even if they were not chosen, just getting some benefit would be quite something. The chances of the older generation gaining some opportunity to make a breakthrough were low, but it was different for the younger generation. They were still young, so they had plenty of opportunities and ambition.

"For this matter, I think we can determine six people immediately..." A black-robed, middle-aged man beside the Matriarch said slowly, "Lin Xintong, Lin Qingyun, Lin Lang, Lin Xiaodie, Lin Fengyue and Li Daoxuan."

The names the middle-aged man named were indisputable elites in the Lin family's younger generation.

Amongst them, Li Daoxuan was a disciple who did not share the same family name. His father's surname was Li and he had married a woman from the Lin family. As his father's strength was extraordinary, the Lin family would not let Li Daoxuan change his surname to Lin. For him to be considered one of the best six geniuses in the Lin family's younger generation despite his different surname, it was obvious how strong Li Daoxuan was.

Yi Yun's gaze swept the six people. Other than Lin Xintong, he did not know any of them, nor had he ever seen them before.

In the few months, Yi Yun was in the Lin family, the elites he had seen were only the geniuses in the Desolate Heaven technique.

Desolate Heaven technique apprentices who would mainly focus on the Desolate Heaven techniques. Their achievements in martial arts would no doubt be affected by that focus. They could not compare to the geniuses who specialized in martial arts like Lin Qingyun or Lin Lang.

Since the Great Empress mystic realm was to choose an heir to the ancient Great Empress' heritage, it was natural to look at one's martial art accomplishments. It was useless just being good at the Desolate Heaven technique.

In fact, although the Shentu family clan had obtained a lot of ancient Desolate Heaven technique recipes in the Great Empress mystic realm, these were not left behind by the ancient Great Empress, they were left behind by an ancient Desolate Heaven Master who admired the Great Empress.

The ancient Great Empress undoubtedly focused on martial arts, and she was a woman who had gone to the extreme on the martial path.

"I have no objections." The Matriarch said lightly. These six people were indeed outstanding.

The middle-aged man added on, "There are still four more places. Everyone can try nominating. Firstly, we need to see their talent. Secondly, we need to see their cultivation level. The higher the cultivation level, the more pressure they can handle, making it easier to bring them into the Great Empress mystic realm. It will also alleviate some pressure for the family's Elders."

"Just now, amongst the six people that have been decided, Xiaodie and Yuefeng are relatively younger. Bringing them along will require quite a lot of energy. We can only choose one more person whose cultivation level is below the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. There cannot be anymore."

The middle-aged man had seen the Shentu family clan's jade scroll and had assessed the situation of the God Burial Abyss.

In his opinion, two of the Lin family's Grand Elders could each bring an older junior and a junior whose cultivation level was below the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm.

Other than that, there was also Matriarch Lin. She had the ability to bring one junior whose cultivation level was below the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. In total, there were three people.

This was the maximum they could do in order to ensure safety.

"Matriarch, what do you think? Who will you choose?" The middle-aged man asked.

The moment he said that all the juniors present, who were below the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm, immediately looked nervous as they held their breaths.

Those older disciples still had hope. As 16-17-year-olds, they only had one spot. Everyone wished they would be the one selected.

16-17 years old was the crucial age for a warrior's growth. To enter the ancient mystic realm at that moment for training experience would give a lot of benefits. Who could know when the tidal flows of the God Burial Abyss would lessen in strength.

At that moment, Lin Xintong's grandaunt, with a smile, said, "In my opinion, the spot for someone below the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm would be suitable for Yu'er."

"Yu'er's strength can be said to be at the top amongst the juniors in the late-stages of the Yuan Foundation realm. I think that no one will have any objections to this, right?"

As Lin Fenggu said this, her gaze swept across the Elders present with a smile.

These Elders did not make known their positions. As a result, Lin Fenggu felt very pleased. Subconsciously, Lin Fenggu glanced at Yi Yun.

Although Lin Fenggu disliked Yi Yun, she had to admit that Yi Yun's talent in the Desolate Heaven technique was extraordinary. To compare her nephews' Desolate Heaven technique to Yi Yun would be a terrible sight.

Thankfully, this Great Empress mystic realm was not dependent on one's Desolate Heaven technique talent. What was considered was one's martial arts talent. This was a weakness of Desolate Heaven technique apprentices.

Lin Yu was one of Lin Fenggu's grandnephews. Lin Fenggu was very pleased with him so she naturally wanted her own progeny to obtain this opportunity.

Upon hearing Lin Fenggu's words, those juniors who were nervous and highly anticipant of the outcome felt their heart skip a beat. Lin Fenggu had a certain position in the family, and with Lin Yu's exceptional abilities, these juniors felt that they had no hope.

They were inferior, be it strength or background, so how were they to compete?

And amongst these juniors, a blue-shirted youth looked straight ahead. He did not look around as his expression was very calm. Sitting at his spot, the corners of his mouth could not help but suffuse a smile.

He was Lin Yu.

Seeing Lin Fenggu advocating him, he was naturally happy.

"Matriarch, what do you think? This matter should be fixed, right? If Yu'er is not suitable, then no one else is suitable. Yu'er..."

Lin Fenggu signaled Lin Yu, indicating for him to quickly stand up to accept it and give his thanks.

Lin Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart as he calmly stood up. Clasping his hands, he tried to calm his voice, "Matriarch..."

Just as he opened his mouth, Matriarch Lin said lightly, "I already have someone in mind for this spot."

The Matriarch's words were like a sudden bolt from the clear skies. Lin Yu, who was smiling, suddenly froze. His expression was frozen onto his face.

Lin Fenggu's smile also stagnated as her expression turned ugly. After dazing for a while, she said, "Who does the Matriarch have in mind? If it is another good talent, I naturally have nothing more to say."

At that moment, Matriarch Lin turned towards Yi Yun, “Yi Yun, although the Great Empress mystic realm is an inheritance land for martial arts, I find your foundation very solid. You must have been having a secondary focus in martial arts while concentrating on the Desolate Heaven technique. Do you want to go in and take a look?”

The Matriarch's tone was friendly. Standing beside the Matriarch, Lin Fenggu's facial muscles twitched. Her face seemed to turn livid.

She had stood up to say something that had been rejected by the Matriarch. And in a blink of an eye, the Matriarch had used such a negotiating tone to ask if Yi Yun wished to enter.

This feeling was like she had been smacked twice in the face in public. She was dumbfounded!

Yi Yun, it was Yi Yun again!

The Matriarch actually chose Yi Yun to go to a martial arts mystic realm, something that had nothing to do with the Desolate Heaven technique!

True Martial World - Chapter 429: Pulling off its Veil

Under the companionship of Yi Yun and Lin Xintong, Matriarch Lin headed to the Jade Bamboo peak.

When they stepped into the airship, the Matriarch suddenly stopped and handed the Great Empress mystic realm's jade scroll to Lin Xintong.

"Xintong, take a look..."

This sentence made many people pause in their thoughts as they too stopped in their footsteps.

Everyone looked towards Lin Xintong.

Great Empress mystic realm!

The trade between the Lin family and the Shentu family clan was not only limited to the Great Empress mystic realm's location. It also included the experience the Shentu family clan gained within the Great Empress mystic realm. It gave a general outline of what the Great Empress mystic realm had as well as the potential opportunities and risks.

Only the Matriarch had seen the jade scroll. As for what it was inside and whether it had something that could cure Lin Xintong of her naturally terminated meridians, was still a mystery.

If even after they had worked so hard and given it so much thought, the Great Empress mystic realm proved to be of no value to Lin Xintong, then it would be meaningless.

Lin Xintong took the jade scroll as she gently touched the corners of the jade scroll's smooth edges.

Her expression remained calm. Only her long eyelashes trembled slightly as she read.

What was written in the jade scroll?

Could it provide an opportunity to change her own destiny?

With her perception sinking into the jade scroll, Lin Xintong read the contents within. She remained silent for a long while as everyone around waited as they observed Lin Xintong's expression.

Old Man Su Jie's hands were clasped together. He was clearly very nervous and looking forward to it.

There was no doubt that whatever easily obtained or valuable within the Great Empress mystic realm had already been taken away by the Shentu family clan.

What remained would only be extremely dangerous things that might not even be obtainable. This was as Shentu Nantian had said, the Shentu family clan had only explored a tiny portion of the Great Empress mystic realm. There were even more opportunities that the Shentu family clan could only lament at after seeing its inaccessibility.

After Lin Xintong finished reading it, she did not say anything. She returned the jade scroll to the Matriarch. Neither excitement nor frustration could be seen from her face.

"Let me see!"

Su Jie could not bear it further. Although Su Jie was an outsider, the Matriarch absolutely trusted him, so she naturally did not mind letting him see the contents of the jade scroll.

After Su Jie finished reading, his expression turned odd. Yi Yun, who was watching by the side, was also curious. What was in the jade scroll?

The Matriarch could tell what was on Yi Yun's mind. She handed the jade scroll to Yi Yun, "You take a look too."

"Me?"

Yi Yun was slightly stunned. He never expected that the Matriarch would specially give a junior like him to read the jade scroll first hand.

Beside Yi Yun, Lin Fenggu was angered. She had not even seen it as an elder, yet Yi Yun got it before her. Could her position in the Matriarch's heart be less than this kid Yi Yun?

"To be able to obtain this jade scroll was all thanks to you. Although there is hope, this hope...is quite slim."

The Matriarch shook her head gently. After Yi Yun received the jade scroll, he sank his perception into it.

As such, this mystical land that had been left behind a long time ago finally pulled off its veil in front of Yi Yun...

The first thing Yi Yun saw was the location of the Great Empress mystic realm as that was the most critical information.

Upon seeing it, Yi Yun gasped. The Great Empress mystic realm was located near to the God Burial Abyss!

When Yi Yun first arrived at the Tian Yuan world, he had heard from Su Jie that the surroundings of the Tian Yuan world was blocked off by the Untraversable Sea. This Untraversable Sea was infinitely vast, and its Heaven Earth Yuan Qi was sparse. It was dead silent and no one had managed to cross it.

And below the Tian Yuan world, deep in the Untraversable Sea, there was a huge black whirlpool named the God Burial Abyss.

This God Burial Abyss had an incomparable terrifying suction force. Once someone was sucked into it, they would fall deep into the endless abyss, with no way of returning. It was said even immortal gods could not return.

Hence, it was called the God Burial Abyss.

This was the most terrifying place in the Tian Yuan world. Even a mighty figure like the Shentu Patriarch did not dare to enter.

Now, only peerless figures would consider entering the God Burial Abyss when the end of their lifespans was getting close. Some wanted to see with their own eyes what was inside God Burial Abyss.

Others held out for the one in a trillion chance for an opportunity within God Burial Abyss that could extend what was their tiny amount of lifespan left.

The Great Empress mystic realm was not inside the God Burial Abyss. Because if that was the case, then no one could enter it.

It was located near to the humongous whirlpool in the God Burial Abyss. There was still quite a distance, but even so, the mystic realm's main body was still affected by the God Burial Abyss's terrifying suction force. This shocked Yi Yun.

One had to know that the spatial dimension around the God Burial Abyss was extremely unstable. For such a large mystic realm to exist under the terrifying suction force and the spatial warping for such a long time, what sort of power was needed to make this a reality?

There was no doubt that the Great Empress mystic realm was indeed left behind by the ancient peerless Great Empress herself.

It was not necessarily the Great Empress's grave, but a heritage ground left behind by the Great Empress.

In the history of martial arts, peerless Great Empyrean-ranked figures like the ancient Great Empress was extremely few in number. Historical records did not specifically indicate how long their lifespans were. There was just a vague estimation.

They might have existed in this world for hundreds of thousands of years, and might have died or broken through into the void, leaving the world of Tian Yuan.

In history, there had never been two peerless Great Emperors that existed in the same era.

Hence, a peerless Great Emperor was destined to solitude and loneliness.

In the eyes of these peerless figures, the geniuses of their era were not considered geniuses. Hence, many peerless Great Emperors would never be able to have a true disciple which could inherit their mantle.

It was not that they did not wish to take in disciples, it was because they could not find one.

The elites in the same era could not catch their eye.

As the saying goes about ‘rather going without than be contented with anything less than satisfactory.’ If they had really taken in a personal disciple who was unable to continue their brilliance and was unable to push the inheritance they created to its peak, then they would rather not take in a disciple.

But...

A warrior always tended to want the laws and heritage they created in their lives to carry on. The lifespan of people were limited. Mortals wished to have children so as to continue their bloodline after they died. It was the same with warriors. If their heritage could continue, then it was like them living on. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

If they could not find a suitable successor in their living years, then these peerless Great Emperors would establish lands with their heritage.

Inside these lands, there were all sorts of opportunities. Those who were destined could obtain the complete heritage they left behind!

Many mighty figures even began forecasting the future, and used the final years of their life to search for the possible time and location of their future heir’s appearance in the rivers of fate.

And they would use this information to leave behind a heritage mystic realm.

The value of the peerless Great Empress's heritage was self-evident. Furthermore, there might even be treasures left behind by the Great Empress. Once the heritage and treasures appeared, it was sufficient cause for the large families of the Tian Yuan world to go mad.

However...the Shentu family clan had handed over the location of the Great Empress mystic realm to the Lin family.

The reason behind this was because the Shentu family clan could not enter the core of the mystic realm no matter what methods they had used. They naturally had no fate with the heritage and the treasures.

As for the exterior perimeter's opportunities, the Shentu family clan had already taken whatever they could take. Hence, the jade scroll in Yi Yun's hands may be valuable, but the premise was that the Lin family had to be able to take the items out from the Great Empress mystic realm.

This was too difficult.

Since the Great Empress mystic realm was a land of inheritance, then it naturally was the stage for young people.

As a land of inheritance, the main reason for its existence was to pick a successor. The ancient Great Empress would not choose an old man as her successor.

According to the records in the jade scroll, there would be many channels to choose from upon entering the Great Empress mystic realm. These channel would screen one's bone age. The difference in bone age would result in different channels.

The Great Empress mystic realm also had treasures which was left behind by the ancient Great Empress as gifts for the world. These treasures did not have any age restrictions. People like Su Jie could also compete for them. These were all channels that had no bone age restriction.

As for the remaining core channels, there would be bone age restrictions.

There was no doubt the treasures that was up for grabs were trivial. The really precious treasure was the Great Empress inheritance that only juniors could obtain!

To leave behind the best things for one's selected heir was human nature.

"Have you finished reading it? That's about it..."

Everyone present had taken a look at the contents of the jade scroll before it finally returned to Matriarch Lin's hands.

At that moment, Matriarch Lin's expression did not look relaxed, "The bunch of us old people can also enter this Great Empress mystic realm, but we would not have any fate with the core land of inheritance. That is to say, this exploration of the Great Empress mystic realm will depend on our family's juniors."

"Actually, the number of people entering the mystic realm is not limited. However, the jade scroll given to us by the Shentu family clan has said that the entrance to the Great Empress mystic realm is near to the God Burial Abyss! There, the suction strength is extremely terrifying. An ordinary junior has no hopes of nearing it, or their bodies would be torn to pieces!"

When the Matriarch said this, her expression turned odd. This did not make sense. Since the ancient Great Empress had established this land of inheritance, then the main goal was to select a heir.

A heir that could really catch her eye would not be too old. The person wouldn't have a very high cultivation level, but would have extremely high talent.

However with the mystic realm's entrance being so dangerous, how could young people with lacking cultivation levels enter with their own strength?

This made the Matriarch suspect that when the ancient Great Empress established the inheritance mystic realm, the God Burial Abyss was not in such a state. There might have been some changes later on that resulted in the current situation.

Or maybe, with the drifting of spatial dimensions, the entrance of the Great Empress mystic realm had slowly moved to the entrance of the God Burial Abyss over a long period of time.

This also caused the Great Empress mystic realm that was supposed to be presented to everyone in the world to become extremely secretive and difficult to discover.

There was no meaning in trying to figure out the reason. What was important was that due to the location of the Great Empress mystic realm being near the God Burial Abyss, there was a limited number of people allowed to enter.

This was because the juniors of the Lin family could not use their own strength to approach the God Burial Abyss.

They needed a mighty figure of the Lin family to bring them in.

To bring a weak live person that close to the God Burial Abyss without harm was easier said than done. The Lin family did not have many people with such abilities.

"Tonight, we will discuss in detail the candidates who will enter the Great Empress mystic realm!"