232: Chapter 235 Yuanxing Realm Master

Outside the No. 3 Enlightenment Chamber.

Zhou Xuan put away the communication jade talisman and looked at the new saber mark left on the stone wall.

It was very short.

It was very shallow.

If placed in the eyes of an ordinary saber cultivator, one might only think it unremarkable.

But Zhou Xuan could tell that this slash was not simple.

It was not that its power was not simple.

Rather, it was that it truly left behind something of Lin Yi's own.

For someone at the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage to contemplate the early saber marks of World Lord Yuanxing for three days and achieve this step was already shocking enough.

A moment later, the communication jade talisman lit up.

Zhou Xuan looked down at it, then looked at Lin Yi.

"The World Lord wants to see you."

Lin Yi put away his saber and nodded.

"Let's go."

Zhou Xuan did not say more and turned to lead the way.

The two left the Enlightenment Chamber, crossed the Inner Court cloud bridge, and walked deeper inside.

The further they walked, the quieter it became.

The palaces floating among the clouds gradually became fewer, replaced by solitary peaks.

On every solitary peak, an extremely deep aura resided.

Some were as blazing as fire.

Some were as heavy as mountains.

Some were so sharp that just looking at them from afar made one's forehead ache faintly.

This area was no longer one where ordinary Inner Court Geniuses could step at will.

Zhou Xuan stopped in front of a cyan palace.

"Go on in."

"The World Lord will only see you."

Lin Yi looked up.

The cyan palace hung above the sea of clouds, its doors wide open.

Inside, there were no guards or attendants.

Only a figure in silver robes sat quietly in the hall.

Lin Yi stepped into the hall.

As soon as he entered, he felt as if the surrounding sea of clouds had been sliced into countless layers by an invisible force.

It was not pressure.

Nor was it killing intent.

It was merely the natural residue of Saber Intent.

Lin Yi's heart trembled slightly.

World Lord Yuanxing looked up at him.

"Lin Yi."

"Greetings, World Lord."

Lin Yi bowed and saluted.

World Lord Yuanxing did not tell him to rise, nor did he intentionally suppress him; he simply looked at him calmly for a moment.

"I have seen that saber mark of yours."

"It is very immature."

Lin Yi said, "Yes."

"But it has your own things in it."

World Lord Yuanxing continued:

"That is why I am seeing you."

Lin Yi did not speak.

World Lord Yuanxing raised his hand, and the cloud energy in the hall condensed into a screen of light.

In the light screen was the scene of Lin Yi losing to the youth in white at the 37th level.

The youth in white dismantled his saber momentum with one palm, dispersed the water momentum with another, and interrupted the eruption of the Black Demon War Heaven Body with a third.

The image stopped at the moment Lin Yi was finally judged to have failed.

World Lord Yuanxing asked:

"Where did you lose?"

Lin Yi looked at the light screen.

"Too scattered."

"Explain clearly."

"Divine Body, True Intent, Divine Ability, saber technique; I can combine them into one slash, but it is not yet a natural Fusion."

Lin Yi said:

"When I execute a slash, there is still a sequence, a trace."

"The opponent at the 37th level could see these traces, so they could dismantle it."

World Lord Yuanxing nodded slightly.

"Being able to see it means you didn't lose in vain."

He waved his hand, dispersing the light screen.

Then he asked:

"You follow the True Intent of Water, why use a saber?"

This question, Lin Yi had thought about before coming.

But when truly facing the question asked by World Lord Yuanxing, he did not answer immediately.

The True Intent of Water was his strongest Dao currently.

The saber was the weapon he had held in his hand since he was lowly.

The two seemed different.

Water is soft.

The saber is sharp.

Water is formless.

The saber has an edge.

A moment later, Lin Yi said:

"Water is the Dao I have realized."

"The saber is the instrument with which I walk the Dao."

World Lord Yuanxing's expression did not change.

"Too empty."

Lin Yi paused.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"Many cultivators can say words like these."

"I want to hear yours."

Lin Yi was silent.

After a moment, he spoke again.

"I first practiced the saber to kill enemies."

"Later, I cultivated water because water allowed me to survive and see the flow of power clearly."

"Still later, I discovered that the saber is not just for killing enemies."

"The saber can cut open the things I see."

"Water lets me see flow, flaws, bearing, and sinking."

"The saber lets me bring these things to fruition."

He slowed his tone as he said this.

"So to me, water is not a Dao outside the saber."

"Water lets me know where to slash."

"The saber lets me truly slash down."

The hall was quiet for a moment.

World Lord Yuanxing looked at him.

"This sentence is better than the previous one."

He stood up.

Just by the action of standing up, the cloud energy in the hall silently parted.

"Water is soft; the saber is sharp."

"How do you make them merge?"

Lin Yi did not answer with words.

He gripped his pitch-black long saber.

He did not urge his Divine Body pressure.

Nor did he release his water momentum.

He simply drew his saber.

The saber light was very light.

Like a mark made by the wind on the surface of water.

It was also like the saber edge sweeping across a place that was meant to crack.

This slash was exactly what he had gained in the Enlightenment Chamber over three days.

After Fusion, returning to simplicity.

But just as the saber light was slashed out, World Lord Yuanxing merely extended two fingers.

And gently pinched it.

The saber light stopped.

It was not forcibly crushed.

Rather, it was pinched at the position where it should least have stopped.

Lin Yi's eyes narrowed slightly.

World Lord Yuanxing released his two fingers, and the saber light silently dissipated.

"A little interesting."

"But it is not enough."

He walked to Lin Yi and raised his hand to point.

A wisp of saber light appeared in the hall.

That saber light was extremely thin.

Like a silver thread.

But the moment Lin Yi saw it, he felt that the entire hall, the entire sea of clouds, and even the Divine Body power within his own body had been split into two by this line of saber light.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"This is the saber."

"It is not that you press water into the saber."

"Nor is it that you stuff your Divine Body, Divine Ability, and True Intent all into the saber."

"It is that when you execute the slash, they should naturally be in this slash."

"There is no sequence."

"There is no piecing together."

"There is no trace."

Lin Yi stared at that line of saber light, his heart and mind shaken.

This sentence was more direct than three days of contemplating the saber.

He finally understood why he had been dismantled at the 37th level.

Because his so-called Fusion was still a "merging."

Since it is a merging, there are seams.

With seams, it could be dismantled.

World Lord Yuanxing withdrew the saber light.

"You are still far from enough."

Lin Yi did not refute.

"I know."

"It is good that you know."

World Lord Yuanxing turned around and sat down again.

"Your talent is not bad."

"Top-grade Divine Body, True Intent of Water at the fourth stage, and breaking the Eastern Region's Divine Body Realm Hunyuan Tower record of nearly ten thousand years at the Divine Body Realm Triple Stage."

"These are all not bad."

"But to me, the most important thing is not these."

Lin Yi looked up.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"It is that you know how to change."

"You lost at the 30th level, but fought through it three months later."

"You learned Fusion at the 35th level."

"You learned to bear and counter-roll at the 36th level."

"You lost at the 37th level, but could see that your traces were too heavy."

"Only those who can change are worth teaching."

Lin Yi bowed.

"Please guide me, World Lord."

World Lord Yuanxing looked at him.

"I can take you as a personal Disciple."

The hall was quiet for a moment.

Lin Yi's eyes flickered slightly.

World Lord Yuanxing continued:

"But being a personal Disciple is not the end."

"You only have the qualification to stand before me now."

"If you join my sect, I will teach you the saber, and I will also teach you the Dao of Water and Fire."

"But my requirements for you will also be higher than the Inner Court."

Lin Yi did not hesitate.

"Disciple Lin Yi, greets Revered Master."

He bowed and saluted.

World Lord Yuanxing accepted this salute.

"Rise."

Lin Yi stood up.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"From this day on, you are my, Yuanxing's, seventh personal Disciple."

"But I will set a test for you first."

"Within ten years, take the first step in the Fusion of the True Intent of Water and Fire."

Lin Yi's gaze focused.

Fusion of the True Intent of Water and Fire.

When he was at the 33rd level, he had already faintly seen a direction.

But that was only seeing the door.

He was still very far from truly taking the first step.

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"Contemplating the True Intent of Water alone to the fifth or sixth stage is not the hardest thing for you."

"The difficulty lies in letting water and fire generate and restrain each other, truly forming a cycle."

"This step is harder than pushing your True Intent of Water from the fourth stage to the ninth stage."

Lin Yi's heart shook.

World Lord Yuanxing looked at him.

"But if you want to reach the true heights, this step must be taken sooner or later."

"The Dao of Water can only make you a strong one."

"The combination of water and fire can make you carve out your own path among the strong."

Lin Yi said in a deep voice:

"Disciple understands."

World Lord Yuanxing raised his hand, and a silver token fell before Lin Yi.

"This is my personal Disciple token."

"With it, your authority in the Inner Court is raised to Level One."

"Enlightenment Chamber, Divine Ability Hall, and Combat Technique Hall can all be used according to the personal Disciple specifications."

"In addition, regarding the legal registration of your Jiuzhou World, I will have people accelerate the process for you."

Lin Yi's eyes flickered slightly.

"Thank you, Revered Master."

"Don't thank me too early."

World Lord Yuanxing said calmly:

"The registration can be pushed forward, but for Jiuzhou to truly stabilize, it depends on how high you can go yourself."

"A Small World without strong ones, even if registered, is only safe on paper."

"The stronger you are, the more stable Jiuzhou is."

This sentence was very direct.

And very true.

Lin Yi nodded.

"Disciple understands."

World Lord Yuanxing said:

"Go and rest first."

"Three days later, come to the Yuanxing Hall."

"I will give you your first lesson."

Lin Yi saluted again.

"Yes."

He turned and left the cyan palace.

Outside the hall, Zhou Xuan was still waiting.

Seeing the silver personal Disciple token in Lin Yi's hand, Zhou Xuan's gaze focused, then he smiled.

"Congratulations."

Lin Yi put away the token.

"Thank you, Elder Zhou."

Zhou Xuan shook his head.

"You don't need to be so polite in the future."

"A personal Disciple of World Lord Yuanxing already holds a status not below that of an ordinary Inner Court Elder."

Lin Yi did not respond to this sentence.

He looked up into the distance.

Hunyuan Tower still towered into the Void Realm.

The matter of Jiuzhou finally had hope of truly moving forward.

But Lin Yi knew very well in his heart.

World Lord Yuanxing was right.

Legal registration was only the first step.

What could truly protect Jiuzhou was never a piece of paper.

It was strength.

His strength.

Three days later.

Yuanxing Hall.

First lesson.

Fusion of the True Intent of Water and Fire.