Chapter Seventy-One Hello

  Leaving the Tianfa Forest, Lin Yun did not return to Tianfa City, let alone return to Tianfa Academy.

  Ever since the battle with the madman, it seems that Lin Yun has gained some insight, so he plans to use a year's time to hone himself well. During this period, he also plans to raise his cultivation to the level of a pre-heavenly martial artist before continuing to pursue the beautiful teacher.

  Leaving the Tianfa Forest, Lin Yun found a secluded mountain peak near the waist and explored it repeatedly to confirm that there was no one else around before taking out the Wan Shou Tower from his arms.

  As soon as he thought of the tens of thousands of spiritual beasts sealed inside the Beast Tower, Lin Yun couldn't wait to enter it. He pierced his index finger with a sharp object and let a drop of fresh blood slowly drip into the Beast Tower. As the blood seeped into the tower, it vanished without a trace in an instant.

  Within a few minutes of fresh blood entering the Wan Shou Tower, Lin Yun felt a mysterious connection between himself and the tower. Overjoyed, his soul immediately entered the tower. As Bai Hu Tian Zun had said, the Wan Shou Tower has nine layers. The first and second layers seal away First-Heaven Tier 1 and Tier 2 spiritual beasts respectively, while the third layer seals away a First-Heaven Tier 3 spiritual beast. With his current strength, he could at most open up to the third layer of the Wan Shou Tower. As for the fourth to ninth layers, they should be slowly opened as his strength continues to increase.

  The first floor of the Wan Beast Pagoda, Lin Yun had just stepped into the space of the first floor and clearly felt that within the first floor, there were a full 10,000 First-Order Primordial Spirit Beasts. In the second floor's space, however, there were less than 3,000 Second-Order Primordial Spirit Beasts. As for the third floor's space, there were fewer than 1,000 Third-Order Primordial Spirit Beasts. The higher one went, the fewer spirit beasts there were.

  But all of this is enough, after all, a full thousand congenital third-grade spiritual beasts, what does that represent?

  What shocked Lin Yun even more was that, through his understanding, the Beast Tower itself was also a space that could be cultivated. For example, in the first layer of the First Heaven Tier Spirit Beast, once it broke through to the Second Tier realm, it would immediately transfer from the first layer to the second layer, and so on.

  Having understood the extraordinary nature of the Wan Shou Tower, Lin Yun carefully put it away. After all, previously, the Qi Sect had personally sent three Tian Zun experts to Heaven's Punishment Forest to seize the Wan Shou Tower, but they ended up returning empty-handed. If the Qi Sect were to find out that the Wan Shou Tower had fallen into his own hands, he believed that the Qi Sect would definitely not let him off. At that time, his troubles would be great.

  The Tianfa Forest trip was quite rewarding, not only did I smoothly break through from a primary martial artist to an intermediate martial artist, but also cultivated the Sword Red Mirror to perfection, condensing and releasing red sword energy, and even obtained the Wan Shou Tower.

  Mid-tier martial artist, only two ranks away from the realm of Innate Martial Artist. It seems that constantly tempering oneself in life-and-death battles can indeed rapidly increase one's strength. With a joyful heart, Lin Yun rested well at the halfway point up the mountain peak. He didn't leave until the next morning when dawn broke on the earth.

  On this day, the Dragon Empire received a shocking news that shook the entire region. The Dark Empire suddenly launched an attack on the Dragon Empire. Faced with the overwhelming force of the Dark Empire, the Dragon Empire was caught off guard and had no time to react. As a result, the Dragon Empire lost a large amount of territory in a short period of time.

  The Eastern Continent, to the east lies the Dragon Ascension Empire, to the west lies the Heavenly Dragon Empire, to the south lies the Grasslands, and to the north lies the Great Sea. In the center lies the Dark Empire. Generally speaking, the three major empires often have some minor frictions during peacetime, but never has such a massive war occurred. It was precisely because of this that the Dragon Ascension Empire was caught off guard by the Dark Empire.

  It cannot be denied that as one of the three strongest empires on the mainland, the Dragon Might Empire, even if caught off guard in a short period of time, would quickly react.

  At this moment, the Dragon Empire is recruiting new soldiers everywhere to prepare for a showdown with the Dark Empire. As the main city of the Dragon Empire, Tiancheng City will also recruit new soldiers, and the number of recruits is quite large.

  With the relationship with White Tiger Heavenly Venerable, Lin Yun would never enter the Heavenly Punishment Forest for training again. After all, once he entered the Heavenly Punishment Forest to train himself, he would have to go on a killing spree, which was something he couldn't do. Since that's the case, the best choice next would be the battlefield. The training on the battlefield would absolutely not be weaker than entering the Heavenly Punishment Forest.

  Lin Yun quietly entered Tianfa City to enlist in the army, but didn't tell anyone, not even his beautiful teacher or master.

  The current Tianfa City is not chaotic, after all, the war has not affected Tianfa City at all. At this moment, Tianfa City is full of recruitment places for new soldiers, and they can be found everywhere.

  Lin Yun simply signed up and immediately received his equipment, setting off right away. As it happened, Lin Yun's registration had just brought the total number of recruits to 10,000. With the war pressing in, the 10,000 men were hastily mobilized and set off towards the border, ready to engage in battle.

  Lin Yun had just left Tian Fa City, when two groups of people appeared quietly. One group was the young master of the Wang family, Wang Ba, and the other group was Huang San, also known as the eldest prince of the imperial family. The two groups had originally planned to ambush Lin Yun in the Tian Fa Forest, but unfortunately, they lost his trail as soon as they entered the forest. With no other choice, the two groups could only wait outside the Tian Fa Forest.

  It took only ten days, just when the two groups thought the young man had died in the Heavenly Punishment Forest, he quickly emerged from it. Before they could even react, the young man vanished again without a trace. In the end, having no other choice, the two groups could only return to the Heavenly Punishment City and prepare to wait for him by guarding the tree stump.

  It has to be admitted that the method of guarding the tree and waiting for the rabbit is indeed very good. Seeing the young man join the army, the two groups of people didn't hesitate at all, and followed the army of thousands to leave Tianfa City, preparing to find an opportunity to get rid of the young man.

  As for the double assassination attempt by Huang San and Wang Ba, Lin Yun was completely unaware of it from start to finish. In his heart, he had never thought that these two would come to assassinate him, especially Huang San. No matter what, he had saved Huang Shan's life before, so even if Huang San was ungrateful, he wouldn't forget the favor, right? And as for Wang Ba, who had been beaten by Lin Yun three times, was this person a donkey? Did he not remember being beaten but only remembered eating?

  Following the army of thousands leaving Tianfa City, Lin Yun wore the uniform issued by the Empire. This time they were heading to the border between Longteng Empire and Dark Empire, which was far away from Tianfa City. Under normal circumstances, it would take at least a week's journey.

  The second day after leaving Tianfa City, the army of ten thousand people rested and had a meal. Lin Yun sat under a big tree, eating the dry rations given by the army. At this time, a small hand slapped him hard and laughed: "I really didn't expect that you would join the army too."

  This sight didn't seem to be a big deal at first, but it startled Lin Yun greatly because he never expected that the person who appeared in front of him would be Linglong, whom he had met several times in Tianfa City and helped him obtain the Life and Death Seal. Why did Linglong appear here? Was she following him all along?

  If it weren't for knowing that Linglong had no malice towards him, just being able to meet her here would be enough to make him murderous.

  "Linglong, why did you appear here?"

  It has to be said that Linglong's figure is really too short, only about 1.68 meters tall. In the army of thousands, Linglong's figure absolutely belongs to the tall and slender type. If you don't look at Linglong's face, just looking at her figure alone, some people will definitely think that Linglong's body is not a man's, but a woman's.

  "Of course we are going to war, what else would it be for, sightseeing?"

  "Which army did you join?"

  "What? Just because you enlisted, does that mean I'm not allowed to enlist too? Is the Imperial Army your family's or something?"

  Ling's eloquence left Lin Yun speechless, directly making him feel like he had something to say but couldn't, a suicidal feeling. However, having met Ling here, Lin Yun was already on guard in his heart, as the saying goes, "knowing people and faces but not their hearts", who knows what Ling is following him for, one can't be too careful.

  Without continuing the conversation with Ling, Lin Yun simply ate a bit and then lay down on the ground to sleep. Meanwhile, Ling, standing not far away, looked at the already sleeping young man, her eyes reflecting a complex mix of emotions.

  This time, the army of ten thousand people did not take the official road, but took a small path. In this desolate mountain and ridge, when the entire army was fast asleep, several figures quickly approached. It was Wang Ba leading fourteen assassins. Among the fourteen assassins, there were four congenital martial artists. Of the remaining ten people, except for two who were congenital warriors, the other eight were all martial guests.

  This time, in order to assassinate the young man, the Wang family can be said to have spent nearly half of their wealth. Otherwise, the four congenital martial artists and eight congenital martial guests would not have been easily invited. It was precisely because of this that Wang Ba personally took action. Otherwise, even if he were given a million chances, he would absolutely not dare to come forward.

  Fifteen figures emerged like ghosts in the dark of night, arriving stealthily and glancing around. They found that everyone was already asleep, and the fifteen people didn't show any concern. After all, among this army of ten thousand, not even one innate martial artist existed. Even if they wanted to slaughter this entire army, it wouldn't be a difficult task.

  However, Wang Ba also didn't go too far, after all, the army of ten thousand people was the empire's army. If he dared to slaughter the army and the empire found out, I believe the outcome for the Wang family would be tragic.

  Fifteen people quietly surrounded the young man, their eyes fixed on him with cold gazes. The only sound in the dark night was the croaking of frogs echoing through the desolate mountains and wild ridges. Wang Ba waved his hand lightly, and two martial artists emerged, approaching the young man. Just as they were about to make a move, Lin Yun, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, smiled, and said, "Hello."