On the Spirit Testing Stone, it was revealed that Lin Chen had opened up one thousand three hundred and sixty-seven meridians, which was the full complement a martial artist could open in the Body Tempering Realm.
This was already the most powerful Body Tempering Method recognized by everyone. Being able to do this meant laying the strongest foundation in the Body Tempering Realm, and his future achievements would be even greater.
However, the crowd was unaware that the meridians Lin Chen had opened far exceeded this number, actually more than three thousand.
According to the cultivation practice of the Primordial Transformation Decree, the meridians Lin Chen could open were three times that of an ordinary martial artist.
Moreover, the power brought to Lin Chen by opening these meridians was not as simple as one plus one equals two; the benefits he received greatly surpassed those of ordinary martial artists by several times.
Take spiritual power, for example. Compared to ordinary martial artists, Lin Chen’s spiritual power circulated faster, and his absorption speed was quicker. The spiritual energy he could store inside his body was also more abundant than ordinary martial artists, and the power he could unleash using martial arts skills was naturally stronger as well.
But because Lin Chen had opened up many more meridians, the resources he needed for cultivation were also several times that of ordinary martial artists. It was said that Lin Chen had over two hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones, but they were far from enough for his extravagant consumption. Within a month, he had used up all of them.
The only flaw of the Primordial Transformation Art might just be that it’s rather costly.
While others needed to consume one elixir for cultivation, Lin Chen had to consume ten, a hundred. Moreover, he needed to put in several times more effort into his practice than others.
But the advantages that the Primordial Transformation Decree brought to Lin Chen made everything worthwhile in his eyes.
Therefore, Lin Chen’s talent was far beyond what was displayed on the Spirit Testing Stone.
Just now, when the Spirit Testing Stone was assessing Lin Chen’s talent, he sensed a powerful force from heaven and earth locking onto him. An anomaly also appeared in the sky, and Lin Chen immediately knew it was due to his talent and inwardly cursed the turn of events.
This world was not short of geniuses, but very few could make it to the end.
To geniuses, the public might show reverence and flattery on the surface, but inside they are fearful, also anticipating your fall from grace to laugh at your expense, even wishing for your death.
So Lin Chen certainly did not want to reveal too much of his talent.
Surviving in moderation and developing in secret was the true path. These years, falling from the first-ranked genius to a waste, Lin Chen had reflected a lot.
Only when you are strong yourself is it real; all those rumors and gossips are false.
If others say you are powerful, does it really make you powerful?
If others say you are useless, does it truly make you useless?
It’s all just lip service in the end.
Just when Lin Chen felt uneasy, not wanting to expose too much of his talent, the Primordial Myriad Transformation Cauldron within his dantian, as if sensing something, trembled slightly. A faint sound of the cauldron echoed within the dantian, as if it was resisting the heaven and earth itself.
In the next instant, the anomalies between heaven and earth disappeared.
At this moment, Lin Chen’s gaze fell on Mu Qingxue, who looked dumbfounded in the distance, and Li Chu, who had a worried expression.
Although Lin Chen did not care about the mockery of others, Mu Qingxue and Li Chu held a blood feud with him.
"Impossible, you can’t possibly have such great talent, could it be... could it be that there’s something wrong with this Spirit Testing Stone?"
As Lin Chen approached step by step, Li Chu, in a fit of agitation, actually blurted out such words.
It seems he and his brother Li Huan are as foolish; they always like to question those powerful beings.
To dare imply there is an issue with the Spirit Testing Stone Wall of the Jade Cauldron Sect, Ning Shangfeng, who had been recruiting disciples in so many places and encountered so many people, was hearing such a statement for the first time.
At this moment, Mu Qingxue looked at Lin Chen with complicated emotions, her eyes filled with a bit of regret.
Not long ago, she and Li Chu were still the recipients of praises and envy from everyone around them.
However, at this moment, all that glory had returned to Lin Chen, just as it was three years ago, the center of everyone’s attention.
Mu Qingxue felt some regret. If she hadn’t betrayed Lin Chen, if she hadn’t been seduced by Li Chu’s words, she would still be by Lin Chen’s side, the two of them a true pair of immortal companions.
"Lin Chen, do you know how much it pained me to leave you? I also suffered greatly. My heart truly held affection for you, but your cultivation made no progress, and I left you to motivate you."
"Now that your cultivation and talent have both returned, it proves that my method was effective. Lin Chen, let’s start over."
Mu Qingxue’s gaze fell upon Lin Chen, her voice becoming tender as she spoke, feigning an innocent and reliant demeanor.
"Shut up, you wretched woman!"
"To motivate me? When I used all my spiritual power to open up your meridians, you conspired with others to banish me to the Myriad Demon Cavern, calling it motivation?"
"Allowing the yin energy to erode my body and sever my meridians, calling that motivation?"
"Mu Qingxue, you truly have no shame. You opportunistic wretch, you really make me sick."
Lin Chen could barely contain his revulsion as he lashed out at Mu Qingxue.
To think Mu Qingxue would claim her betrayal was meant to motivate him.
This was simply a ludicrous joke. Did she see him as a gullible three-year-old child?
"Qingxue, don’t bother with him. What does it matter if his talent is strong? His cultivation will always be lower than ours. Once we reach the Jade Cauldron Sect, we’ll diligently cultivate and his achievements may not surpass ours."
Seeing Mu Qingxue considering a change of heart to return to Lin Chen, how could Li Chu agree? He immediately stepped forward and addressed her.
However, upon hearing these words, Mu Qingxue’s brows furrowed even tighter, and her regret intensified.
Surpass Lin Chen in achievements, was that possible?
The notion was practically laughable.
How extraordinary was Lin Chen’s talent? For the past three years, the sole reason his cultivation had stagnated was that he was trying to open her sealed meridians.
Yet, why had Lin Chen’s cultivation suddenly advanced by leaps and bounds a month ago, reaching the ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm in just a short month and unblocking all the meridians in his body, acquiring a physique of the Profound Level?
It was precisely because he possessed a mighty cultivation talent that he could recover his cultivation so quickly.
In this moment, Lin Chen was like an insurmountable mountain; they simply had no chance of comparing to him.
"What? The reason Young Master Lin Chen’s cultivation made no progress for the past three years was that he was using all his spiritual power to open up the sealed meridians within Mu Qingxue?"
"No wonder, it all makes sense now. The reason behind Young Master Lin Chen’s cessation in cultivation these past three years is now clear."
"Young Master Lin Chen says that a month ago he was conspired against by Mu Qingxue and others, and thrown down into the Myriad Demon Cavern. The Myriad Demon Cavern, of all places! Young Master Lin Chen must truly be fated not to die, to have walked out of there alive. Even powerful Martial Artists at the Melding Earth Realm wouldn’t dare to enter that place lightly due to the malevolent yin energy."
The onlookers, having heard Lin Chen’s words, started pointing fingers and accusing Mu Qingxue. Thɪs chapter is updated by ⓝovelFire.net
In the past, they would have never believed the words of Lin Chen.
But now, with the return of Lin Chen’s talent, they believed every single word.