Chapter 91

In the dead of night, in the outskirts of the Tao Clan’s city, deep in the mountains, the crisp sound of fists breaking the air echoed!

The spiritual land of the Tao Clan was rich in spiritual energy, covering a vast area. Therefore, within a hundred miles around the Tao Clan, ferocious beasts and wild beasts were unwilling to enter, making it relatively safe. Of course, this was under normal circumstances.

Yi Yun had absorbed too much energy during the day, feeling a burning heat all over his body. He didn’t want to sleep at night, so he came to the deep mountains on the outskirts of the city to practice!

“Peng!”

“Peng!”

“Peng!”

With each move, Yi Yun performed the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist." A tree as thick as a woman’s waist could be split in half with a single palm strike from Yi Yun!

The more Yi Yun practiced, the more excited he became. He felt as if he had inexhaustible strength within him.

After practicing the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist" more than a dozen times, Yi Yun didn’t feel tired at all; instead, he looked refreshed and spirited.

In the past, when practicing the Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist in the back mountains of the Lian Clan, Yi Yun would be exhausted after just four or five rounds. He couldn’t keep practicing like he did today.

During the process of practicing the "Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist," Yi Yun felt that the purple crystal in his body pulsed with his heartbeat.

With each pulse, the purple crystal absorbed the elemental energy from the surrounding environment.

Yi Yun discovered that the elemental energy near the Tao Clan was much richer than that in the back mountains of the Lian Clan.

This was naturally due to the higher-grade spiritual land that the Tao Clan guarded, which was superior to the medicinal mountain of the Lian Clan.

With the richer elemental energy, Yi Yun felt that the speed at which his body replenished energy was much faster, making him very comfortable.

"Turns out a spiritual land has such wonderful effects..."

Yi Yun learned for the first time that practicing in a high-grade spiritual land could achieve twice the results with half the effort.

This was just the Tao Clan, a medium-sized clan in the Great Wasteland. In the eyes of the central region of the Taiyi Divine Kingdom, this was just a slightly larger village, not worth mentioning.

If it were a major city in the Taiyi Divine Kingdom, the Jinlong Guard’s training base, or even the imperial capital, the training grounds there would be unimaginable!

In the relatively rich elemental energy environment, Yi Yun once again entered a state of formlessness and emptiness, and subconsciously, he felt as if he had grasped something.

It seemed to be a thought, a realization, something very important, but just as Yi Yun was about to grasp it, it slipped away.

What was it?

Yi Yun chased after this thought, failing time and time again, until he felt utterly exhausted. Suddenly, he snapped out of his state of emptiness and formlessness.

Looking up, he saw the moon high in the sky, indicating it was around midnight.

In the mountain forest, a gentle breeze blew, and Yi Yun was drenched in sweat, feeling somewhat drained.

Touching his stomach, he found that the energy he had absorbed from the beast horn had been completely depleted, and... he was hungry again.

"I really can eat a lot!"

Yi Yun smiled bitterly. At the Fifth Layer of the Mortal Blood Realm, a martial artist’s body required a lot of energy, which mostly came from food, making it the time when they ate the most. Moreover, he had practiced the Elephant Swallowing Technique, which greatly increased his appetite.

He didn’t have a spatial ring, so when he left the Lian Clan, he couldn’t bring much meat. He could only eat the standard meals provided by the Tao Clan.

Even though the Tao Clan was wealthy and had grain supplied by the Jinlong Guard, the standard meals were not very abundant and were far from enough for Yi Yun to digest.

If there were a whole roasted cow right now, Yi Yun felt he could eat it all.

"If I had enough wild beast meat to eat, my strength would probably grow faster..."

Yi Yun thought, looking around and realizing that the area was already in a mess.

Many trees had been split by Yi Yun, and large pieces of black iron rock had been shattered. He hadn’t expected that in his state of emptiness and formlessness, he had caused such destruction.

"I wonder how I would fare if I fought Lin Xintong, who was suppressed to the Third Layer of the Mortal Blood Realm? If she only used the 'Dragon Sinew Tiger Bone Fist,' I should be able to easily defeat her. But if she used her main cultivation technique, the 'Xuannü Heart Sutra,' the outcome would be uncertain."

Thinking back to the battle with Lin Xintong a month or two ago, Yi Yun compared himself. At that time, Lin Xintong was far superior to him. Now, with his strength further advanced, he should not be inferior to the Lin Xintong of that time. Just as he was thinking, he suddenly sensed something and turned to look.

But just that one look made Yi Yun turn to stone.

He stared in disbelief at the figure not far behind him. No... this can’t be!

At this moment, about ten zhang behind Yi Yun, on an ancient pine tree, stood a girl in a white dress, standing gracefully. The evening breeze lifted her dress and hair, gently fluttering.

The bright moon, the ancient pine, the girl, and the green mountains formed a beautiful picture.

Yi Yun was momentarily stunned.

Lin Xintong!

What was she doing here?

Right, Old Man Su had mentioned that they were coming to the Tao Clan. However, Yi Yun had thought that Lin Xintong and Old Man Su were here for training in the Great Wasteland and wouldn’t stay long in a place like the Tao Clan.

"Did you just say... you want to spar with me?"

Lin Xintong smiled.

Yi Yun was speechless. Was she joking? He had only muttered to himself, barely audible even to himself.

What kind of senses did she have to hear that clearly?

Appearing behind him in the middle of the night, wearing a white robe, she looked like a ghost.

Yi Yun complained inwardly, but to be fair, for many men, encountering such a beautiful ghost would be a blessing.

"You have broken through to the peak of the Qi Induction Realm." Lin Xintong said calmly, as if stating a fact.

"Uh..." Yi Yun was taken aback, feeling that nothing could escape Lin Xintong. It was even possible that she had seen him break through during the preliminary selection of the Divine Kingdom.

That flying boat!

Yi Yun suddenly remembered that during the preliminary selection, there was a flying boat floating in the sky. He had assumed it was for judges and hadn’t paid much attention.

Lin Xintong might have been on it.

"Did Miss Lin watch me during the preliminary selection?" Yi Yun asked hesitantly, feeling somewhat guilty because of the purple crystal.

But upon careful thought, even if Lin Xintong had seen his breakthrough, she wouldn’t have noticed anything. She couldn’t detect the existence of the purple crystal, nor the traces left by the purple crystal absorbing energy, which were just some light points.

When he met Old Man Su a month or two ago, the old man’s confusion had already indicated this.

"Yes, I saw you break through during the preliminary selection. You seemed... different..."

Lin Xintong looked at Yi Yun seriously, making him feel uneasy.

Upon reflection, Yi Yun realized that his breakthrough this time could be explained by the fact that the heavenly treasures he had consumed hadn’t been fully digested.

However, Lin Xintong had no intention of probing Yi Yun’s secrets. In fact, there were many martial artists in the world with their own secrets.

Many geniuses had their own opportunities.

The world had a long history, and many strong figures had appeared, leaving behind numerous opportunities. Some were significant, some minor, and obtaining a few was not uncommon.

Lin Xintong had also explored secret realms to seek opportunities, and some were so insignificant that she didn’t bother to take them.

"Shall we spar?" Lin Xintong suddenly asked again.