Chapter 5

A hand covers the sky, purple fire destroys the world!

At this moment, Lin Xun's thoughts suddenly became chaotic. The thin figure sitting at the desk trembled violently, unable to help but clench his fists tightly.

That scene was so shocking, so dazzling, a hand covering the sky and earth, filled with the mighty power to destroy the world!

At that moment, Lin Xun's heart was also shaken. He had never known that there truly existed a power capable of burning the sky and destroying the earth!

It was as if a deity from legend had descended upon the world, able to pluck stars and moons, refine rivers and seas, and possess the boundless power to transform the mundane into the miraculous.

" someday, I can do it too! Definitely!"

Lin Xun took a deep breath, his fighting spirit burning and boiling. Strength was what he currently lacked the most!

He yearned for strength!

Growing up in the dark, sunless mine prison, being told from a young age that his innate source spirit vein had been taken, Lin Xun had a desire and determination for strength that far exceeded that of ordinary people.

After a long time, Lin Xun's emotions finally calmed down. He looked at the yellowed animal skin book on the desk, his gaze filled with complexity.

After being pushed by Mr. Lu into the mine tunnel that resembled a great abyss, accompanied by a deafening explosion, Lin Xun lost consciousness completely.

When he woke up again, he found himself on a desolate black plain.

Then, he spent three months trekking through mountains and rivers, enduring numerous hardships and dangers, finally arriving in the territory of the Purple Dawn Empire.

Fuyun Village was indeed within the domain of the Purple Dawn Empire.

Lin Xun still remembered that before parting, Mr. Lu had said that the culprit who had stripped him of his innate source spirit vein was in the Purple Dawn Empire!

Gently touching the yellowed animal skin book, Lin Xun took a deep breath, calming himself completely.

Then, he stood up, carefully put away the yellowed animal skin book, and hid it back in the old wooden box.

This book and the dark gray calligraphy brush were hastily given to him by Mr. Lu before parting, indicating that they were the most important things to Mr. Lu.

Lin Xun still remembered Mr. Lu's solemn instructions at the time of parting— "In the future, take good care of them! Your ability to practice smoothly will depend on them! Especially that brush, it contains a secret that even I have not yet uncovered. If you can solve it, even if your source spirit vein has been taken, you can still reverse your fate!"

Lin Xun did not know what shocking secrets were hidden in the book and the brush. Before he could determine Mr. Lu's fate, he did not intend to face these secrets.

...

Blowing out the dim oil lamp in the thatched house, Lin Xun climbed into bed, sitting cross-legged in the darkness, and began to practice.

Rushing~~

The energy in his body flowed like a clear stream, guiding a thread of spiritual energy to circulate through his meridians and acupoints, over and over again.

In the current world, the cultivation system was flourishing, giving rise to countless schools and traditions. The cultivation manuals were vast and numerous.

The path of cultivation was divided into five major realms: True Martial, Spirit Qi, Spirit Sea, Cave Heaven, and Derivative Wheel.

Among them, the True Martial realm was the foundation of cultivation, the most important. There are countless beings in the world, but not everyone can cultivate.

The only criterion for determining whether a person can cultivate is whether they can enter the True Martial realm, the most basic but also the most important condition.

The True Martial realm is divided into nine levels: Qi Induction, Internal Strengthening, Mansion Opening, Meridian Unblocking, Bone Washing, Blood Igniting, Small Circulation, Great Circulation, and Spirit Transformation.

Each level brings about a new change in the cultivator's strength.

For example, the first level, Qi Induction, involves sensing one's own energy, using Qi as a guide to circulate spiritual energy through the meridians and acupoints, thus cleansing the body of impurities.

Upon reaching this realm, the cultivator's body will be cleansed of all impurities, making the flesh and skin vibrant, with the strength to split stones and capture tigers and leopards!

In simple terms, the Qi Induction realm is the first threshold of cultivation, the first step into the True Martial realm.

Whether one can cross this threshold is the sole criterion for determining whether one can become a cultivator.

After all, if one cannot even achieve "Qi Induction," they naturally cannot cultivate and can only remain an ordinary person among the masses, unable to become a cultivator with the power to fly through the air and control the elements.

At the age of ten, Lin Xun began his first contact with cultivation, learning the technique "Embrace the Origin," taught by Mr. Lu, which emphasized maintaining the origin and being clear and steadfast.

At the age of eleven, Lin Xun successfully crossed the threshold of the Qi Induction realm, guiding Qi into his body, circulating it throughout, cleansing his body of impurities, and becoming a true cultivator.

Now, at the age of thirteen, Lin Xun's cultivation has just broken through the "Qi Induction" realm, reaching the second level of the True Martial realm, "Internal Strengthening."

The "Internal Strengthening" realm involves using special secret techniques to inhale and exhale spiritual energy, refining the internal organs, strengthening the body's energy, and making the breath as strong as a bull and as swift as an arrow, with enduring stamina.

Lin Xun has been stuck at the "Internal Strengthening" level for two years.

Compared to others, Lin Xun's cultivation speed, though not terrible, can only be described as mediocre, far from those with exceptional talent and outstanding potential.

But only Lin Xun knew that after losing his "source spirit vein," being able to cultivate at all was already a stroke of luck in his misfortune!

And being able to achieve this was naturally inseparable from Mr. Lu's help.

Rushing~~

The spiritual energy surged within his body, circulating eighteen times, reaching the limit of what Lin Xun could endure.

Breath~

Lin Xun did not hesitate to stop, opening his mouth to exhale a straight, arrow-like white gas, shooting out three feet like a white ribbon, causing the air to ripple.

In the "Qi Induction" realm, circulating the body's spiritual energy nine times is considered complete.

To reach the "Internal Strengthening" realm's complete stage, one must circulate the body's spiritual energy eighteen times. Once this is achieved, one can attempt to break through to the third level of the True Martial realm, "Mansion Opening."

Lin Xun had been able to circulate his body's spiritual energy eighteen times through his meridians last year, but after a year, he was still stuck at this level.

There were many reasons for this, such as a lack of food rich in spiritual energy to supplement his cultivation, a lack of abundant cultivation resources, and a lack of a good teacher to guide him through the difficulties... and so on.

After all, Lin Xun had been an abandoned infant since childhood, growing up in a dark, sunless mine prison. Just surviving was a stroke of luck, and he naturally could not compare to others.

But the most important reason was that Lin Xun's meridians were sluggish and fragile, unable to withstand more intense impacts. He could only choose to break through and advance when his meridians were strengthened to a certain degree.

However, Lin Xun was not in a hurry. The unique living environment he had grown up in had already honed his patience and perseverance beyond the ordinary.

To survive in the dark mine prison, one must first learn to endure loneliness—this was said by the longest-living and most experienced prisoner in the mine prison.

Lin Xun always kept this in mind.

...

The next morning, before dawn, Lin Xun instinctively woke up from his sleep.

The moment he opened his eyes, looking at the unfamiliar environment in the house, Lin Xun was somewhat dazed, but then he fully woke up, realizing that this was no longer the familiar mine prison.

However, the habits formed over many years left Lin Xun without any sleepiness, and he quickly got up.

This was Fuyun Village, the first place he had settled in after entering the Purple Dawn Empire. His first task was to quickly integrate into the village.

To thoroughly integrate into the village, he needed to prove his value.

Like yesterday evening, if it weren't for the "Light-Inducing Spirit Pattern" Lin Xun had inscribed, which helped the villager Tieshan eliminate the "pests" in the spirit field, he might not have so easily gained the recognition of the village chief, Xiao Tianren.

This was value.

Lin Xun believed that after yesterday's incident, the residents of Fuyun Village would at least no longer reject him as an outsider.

After getting up, he casually stretched, and just as he was about to wash up, he heard a strange sound from the yard. Curious, he pushed the door open and went out.

He saw that in the dilapidated, nearly barren yard, overgrown with wild grass, many figures had already gathered at some point.

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