197: Chapter 199 Yuanhe Four Palaces and Ascetic Cultivation

This was a glittering golden hall. A plaque hung before its entrance, bearing the three characters "Battle Hall."

As soon as Lin Yi stepped before the hall's entrance, he felt surges of turbulent Battle Intent constantly emanating from within, as if countless experts were fighting inside, radiating an endless killing intent.

"The Battle Hall. This is the second of the 'Four Halls of Yuanhe' in my Yuanhe Divine Palace."

Outside the hall, the White-Haired Fox spoke leisurely.

"This is also a top-tier divine weapon that can be called a semi-Divine Artifact. It was created to improve the Disciples' combat techniques, such as saber and sword arts."

"Its interior contains infinite space. Over endless ages, it has recorded the combat projections of all the experts from our Yuanhe Divine Palace throughout history."

"Therefore, as long as a Disciple of our Yuanhe Divine Palace enters, they will be transported to a massive space to battle a projection."

"That projection is tailor-made for the Disciple. It can perfectly point out all the flaws in their saber and sword techniques and guide them to Breakthrough to a higher level."

"With the help of this projection, Disciples can usually discover their shortcomings most quickly and improve their technical Realm."

"As for usage time? You can still use it whenever you want."

"Oh, projection combat? Improving technical Realms? This sounds somewhat similar to the myriad laws stone wall in the Tianshan Pavilion of the Heavenly Mountain Sect back then?"

Lin Yi thought to himself.

The myriad laws stone wall was one of the three treasures of tianshan that Lin Yi had used in the Tianshan Pavilion. It was also a treasure that could assist in Cultivating martial arts and the Force Exertion Realm.

However, that treasure could at most be used to Cultivate martial arts below the Innate level, so it had long since become useless to Lin Yi.

The upper limit of this Battle Hall was clearly much higher than the myriad laws stone wall. Let alone the Innate level, even if he reached the World Realm, it would still be able to help him.

After all, this was a semi-Divine Artifact, a supreme treasure that even World Realm experts might not necessarily possess; naturally, its power was boundless.

"Excellent! With the Battle Hall here, Cultivating the Grotto Heaven Realm saber technique 'One Blade Slashes One World' will be much easier."

"I originally thought it would take another month or two to reach Minor Achievement in the divine body chapter, and several years to reach Major Achievement."

"But looking at it now, this time will likely be shortened by more than several-fold!"

Filled with joy, Lin Yi then continued to follow the White-Haired Fox Yuan Yi away from the Battle Hall.

Thus, after only the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the two of them once again arrived outside another hall.

This was a hall composed entirely of white jade. Its surface was pure and flawless, almost blending in with the entire white jade Yuanhe Divine Palace.

Its entrance was enormous, a full ten meters high. Above the gates were written the three characters 'Willpower Hall.'

"The Willpower Hall, as the name suggests, is the place where the Disciples of my Yuanhe Divine Palace temper their will."

Before the gates, the White-Haired Fox Yuan Yi spoke leisurely.

"As everyone knows, will is the absolute core of a cultivator's Cultivation. It plays a huge role in condensing the Divine Body, breaking through Realms, strengthening the Divine Soul, and many other aspects."

"Therefore, the Willpower Hall is a treasure my master created specifically to temper the will of the Disciples."

"As long as a Disciple of our Yuanhe Divine Palace enters, the hall will emit terrifying waves of pressure from all directions based on the maximum limit of will impact the Disciple can withstand, tempering the cultivator's will until the Disciple can no longer hold on and faints."

"Furthermore, for the Core Disciples of our Yuanhe Divine Palace, as long as they are below the Undying Realm, the palace will automatically distribute Precious Medicine to nourish the Divine Soul and will after they faint, helping them recover quickly so they can resume tempering and reach a higher level of will sooner."

"Hmm? They even provide free soul-type Precious Medicine for recovery?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi was instantly delighted.

One must know that soul-type Precious Medicine is incredibly precious in the Nine Provinces. If he had such Precious Medicine to assist his Cultivation before reaching the Innate level, he probably would have broken through to the Innate level even earlier, perhaps even before entering the Martial Emperors Relic Palace.

Although his Divine Soul and will now far exceed the Innate level, making them harder to improve, with the Precious Medicine, the Willpower Hall, and his baji rank talent 'Will Dominator' to help, his will would surely progress at lightning speed.

Indestructible-level will might not be far off!

Thinking of this, Lin Yi's eyes brightened even more.

Indestructible-level will was the core of condensing his Top-grade Divine Body.

After all, there were four main factors in condensing an Top-grade Divine Body: reaching the Peak of the third stage of Dao Concept, auxiliary treasures, and having Divine Soul strength and will strength at the Undying Realm level.

Among these four factors, whether it was the Peak of the third stage of Dao Concept, auxiliary treasures, or Divine Soul strength, they were all easy for the current Lin Yi to achieve.

Only the Indestructible-level will was truly difficult!

Even though he now possessed the baji rank talent 'Will Dominator' and his will strength had easily reached the Late Stage of the third level of the Divine Body Realm, he still felt incredibly far from the Indestructible-level will, as if he wouldn't see any hope of Breakthrough even after years of bitter Cultivation.

But now, with this Willpower Hall, his speed could finally be accelerated significantly.

"Alright! Now that I've finished introducing the third hall, the Willpower Hall, the introduction to the Four Halls of Yuanhe is mostly complete."

Ignoring Lin Yi's thoughts, the White-Haired Fox Yuan Yi continued leisurely after finishing the introduction of the Willpower Hall.

"After all, the last of the Four Halls of Yuanhe is the Hall of Cultivation. Its purpose is simple: it's set up to help Inner Sect Disciples and Core Disciples like you improve your cultivation."

"For example, as soon as a Core Disciple breaks through to the first level of the Divine Body Realm, they can directly enter the Hall of Energy and quickly reach the Peak of the first level of the Divine Body Realm by absorbing the pure energy within. This saves the time spent on absorbing energy, allowing them to focus entirely on 'proper' Cultivation, such as comprehending the Dao, improving their will, and tempering their techniques."

"Of course, you are currently at the Peak of the Innate Realm and are still far from breaking through to the Divine Body Realm, so this Hall of Energy has nothing to do with you for now. I'll take you to have a look, and then you can make good use of the other three halls to Cultivate!"

"Yes!"

Lin Yi nodded. He then spent another hour carefully following the Yuan Yi to visit the Hall of Cultivation and other important halls of the Yuanhe Divine Palace. After finding a place to stay within the palace, he arrived at the entrance of the Willpower Hall.

"Let's begin Cultivating! Once I achieve the Indestructible-level will, my Top-grade Divine Body will be within reach!"

"When that time comes, let alone that burly man, I'll be able to casually obliterate even stronger existences!"

"I just hope he can give me a bit more time!"

At this thought, a flicker of worry passed through Lin Yi's eyes.

After being forced to enter the Yuanhe Divine Palace this time, his only concerns were his fellow Disciples of the Heavenly Mountain Sect, Old Ancestor Yan Hui, and his parents and relatives.

After all, he knew that the burly man wouldn't do anything to his parents and the others in the short term, because the man still wanted to find the Yuanhe Divine Palace through him!

But if too much time passed, he couldn't be sure. Although his contact with the burly man had been brief and they hadn't even spoken, he knew that cultivators at the bottom of the Universe like him...

...would certainly have very little patience once they discovered a Treasure Trove like the Yuanhe Divine Palace.

If he failed to appear for a long time, the other party might take it out on his parents.

So Lin Yi now only hoped the man would give him more time.

He didn't ask for years, just a few months, and he would be able to deal with him easily.

"Forget it, I must Cultivate with all my might! Will! Martial arts! And Divine Abilities! Not one can be neglected!"

"I'll Cultivate my will first, and then immediately Cultivate the others when I'm recovering."

With his mind made up, Lin Yi's gaze sharpened, and he stepped into the Willpower Hall.