Chapter 5 (1/2)

Huge hand hiding the heaven, purple flames ruining the world!

At this moment, Lin Xun’s thoughts suddenly became chaotic and his thin figure sitting by the desk gave a sudden jolt of tremble. He could not help but clench his fists firmly.

That scene was so shocking and dazzling. A hand, shadowing the heaven and earth, was suffused with the power strong enough to destroy the whole world.

At that moment, Lin Xun was astonished deep in heart. He never knew that there really existed a power so devastating.

It was as if the legendary gods had come down to the mortal earth, and they had immeasurable power to take stars and moons, refine rivers and seas, and turn dirt into treasure.

“One day, I can do it too! Yes, I will!”

Taking a deep breath, the fighting spirit in Lin Xun’s heart was burning and boiling. Power – it was currently what he was most deficient in.

He yearned for power!

Growing up in the dark mine prison, he was told that his Spiritual Vein had been ripped away from his body, which gave him a much stronger and more persistent longing for power.

After quite a while, Lin Xun finally regained some calmness. Looking at the yellowing scroll on the desk, a touch of complexity flashed by in his eyes.

After Master Lu pushed him into the abysmal tunnel, Lin Xun lost his consciousness completely with a monstrous booming sound.

When he woke up, he was in a deserted black plain.

Then he spent three months trekking through the mountains, braving the wind and dew. Going through all kinds of hardships, he finally came to the territory of the Ziyao Empire.

Feiyun Village belonged to Ziyao Empire. Lin Xun still remembered that before their separation, Master Lu mentioned the man who took away his Spiritual Vein was in this empire.

Gently stroking the yellowing scroll with his fingertips, Lin Xun took a deep breath and calmed himself completely.

Standing up, he packed up the yellowing scroll with great caution and hid it again in the wooden case.

The scroll and the cyan inscribing pen were handed to him by Master Lu before their separation, meaning they were the most crucial things that Master Lu cared about.

Lin Xun still remembered what Master Lu told him very seriously before their parting, “Keep them safe! You will need them for your journey! The inscribing pen is of particular importance. It conceals a secret that I have tried to unveil but failed. Crack it, even someone like you, whose Spiritual Vein has been ripped away, can possess the ability to defy the God and change your fate!”

Lin Xun did not know what secrets were hidden in the scroll and the pen. He was not going to face them until he could be completely sure whether Master Lu was alive or not.

Blowing out the dim light, Lin Xun went to his bed and sat cross-legged in the dark, beginning to cultivate.

Gurgling…

The Qi ran in his body like a flowing stream, guiding traces of spirit energy to circulate in his meridians.

In today’s world, the cultivation system was prosperous and diverse with countless schools and inheritances. Classics on cultivation were as vast as a mighty ocean and too many to enumerate.

The cultivation was divided into five realms – Martial, Gang Spirit, Sea Spirit, Tao Insight and Reincarnation Developing.

Among them, Martial Realm was the cornerstone of cultivation, and the most important one. There were so many human beings in this world. But it did not mean that everyone was qualified for cultivation.

The only criterion to judge whether a person could cultivate was whether he could step into the Martial Realm, which was the most basic but also the most important condition.

The Martial Realm was then subdivided into nine levels, namely Qi Guiding, Inner Strong, Viscera Opening, Orifices Connecting, Marrow Washing, Blood Burning, Xiao Zhoutian (Small Circulation), Da Zhoutian (Big Circulation) and Spirit Turn.

Each realm would bring great changes to the power of the practitioners.