Volume 1: Earth Volume Chapter 164 The Aura of Being the Only One!

  Lin Tian nodded slightly, feeling a bit suffocated in his heart. "Miss Shi Xuanxuan, I am Qiū Yǔ, the young master of Tiān Yī Shānzhuāng. Miss Shi Xuanxuan is as beautiful as a celestial being, and it's my great fortune to meet you today!" Lin Tian continued eating his vegetarian meal with his head down, unaware of what was happening around him. On the other side, a young man had already approached Shi Xuanxuan! "This person seems quite extraordinary!" Qingming glanced at the white-clothed youth who had approached and said in a low voice that with Shi Xuanxuan's beauty, ordinary people would have the idea of going up to get close to her, but due to their own self-doubt, they wouldn't dare to approach. That young man, however, seemed quite confident!

  However, although the young man's courage was commendable, the beauty did not appreciate it, and Shi Xuanxuan didn't even lift her head! The young man's face turned red and white with anger, saying: "Shi Xuanxuan, you may be beautiful, but there's no need to be so proud! This is the first time I've been so polite to a girl!" "Qing Cong is the Holy Maiden of Cihang Jingzhai, my master has instructed me not to have overly intimate conversations with any man, otherwise, my master will punish me, and also punish the man who had an intimate conversation with me. You've finished your meal, please leave quickly!" Shi Xuanxuan said calmly, her voice echoing in the silent dining hall. Lin Tian felt that he had heard her voice before, but it was somehow different. That night, Shi Xuanxuan had seemed like a seductive spirit, but now she seemed like an ethereal fairy!

  "Could it be because of her master that Xuanxuan doesn't talk to me much?!" Lin Tian heard this and felt as if the clouds had parted to reveal the sun, making his usual bland food taste delicious for a moment! "Little Ling, Little Ling, come out quickly. Just now, Xuanxuan was being cautious in her heart, that's why she didn't talk to me much?" Lin Tian thought to himself.

  "Clumsy master, you've finally figured it out a bit! Humans say that people in love have an IQ close to zero. You're not even in love yet, and your IQ is already below zero!" Xiao Ling said disdainfully. "Just now when Shi Xuan saw you, her heart rate increased by 10%. Now it's still faster than normal by 4%, so she should have some good feelings towards you. However, how to turn that little bit of affection into love, that depends on your efforts, master! Xiao Ling just wants to say one thing: without strong abilities, you and Shi Xuan are absolutely impossible. Master, you need to use sincerity to move her heart, and strong abilities to conquer her!" "Dizzy, Xiao Ling, you've become a love expert now?" Lin Tian said.

  "Shi Xuanxuan, your Ci Hang Jing Zhai's rules are really unreasonable!" The young man sneered, "Why can't the Holy Maiden even have close contact with men?!" "This is a rule passed down by our ancestors, and we must follow it!" Shi Xuanxuan said, finishing the last small piece of pastry in her hand and standing up, "Sorry, Qing Cong has eaten enough, I'll take my leave first!"

  "Xuan Xuan, I'm full too, let's go together!" The young man caught up with Shi Xuanxuan and said, "Eh, you really know how to take advantage of the situation!" After Shi Xuanxuan and the young man left, Long Haohai cursed in a low voice. "Qing Cong must have gone to the Holy Maiden Temple to cultivate, that guy will definitely be stopped by the temple's guards!" The fat man Qing Ming laughed and said, "Well, actually, Qing Cong's life is quite boring too, every day except for practicing, it's learning those complicated etiquette that all the holy maidens need to learn. Last time Master let her go out to gain experience, but she came back soon after a short while!"

  "Oh, I know Shi Xuanxuan went out of the sect recently and saw the colorful world outside. I wonder what she's like after experiencing it?" Long Haohai said curiously. The fat guy slightly furrowed his brow: "It seems there's a bit of change, her conversations with fellow disciples are less frequent and colder. Also, she seems to prefer going to the back mountain alone when she has nothing to do." Lin Tian thought to himself, making up his mind to sneak around the back mountain more often these days!

  "Fatso, can we also go for a walk in the back mountain?" Lin Tian asked. "Uh, this... Master Zhai hasn't explicitly forbidden it, but Lin Tian, you'd better not run to the back mountain for no reason, especially at night, and don't go there!" Qingming said, lowering his voice, "To be honest, you won't believe it, but the back mountain is haunted!"

  Lin Tian was stunned, and with a flicker of his mind, a soundproof seal had enveloped Lin Tian, Long Hao Hai, and the fat man Qing Ming. The seal was invisible, but once it was set up, it was impossible to hear any sounds from inside! "Fat man, isn't that right? Ci Hang Jing Zhai has many powerful experts, your Sect Master is already a Heavenly-level Great Perfection, and now you should have all broken through to the Golden Dan stage, right? Your old Sect Master is even more so, a Golden Dan Great Perfection expert. Even if there are ghosts or monsters causing trouble, shouldn't it be easy for you to eliminate them?"

  "Ah, yes, Qingming Dao brother, I've participated in an operation to eliminate a malevolent spirit before. Although that spirit was formidable, it was easily eliminated by the hands of a Golden Dan period senior from our Dragon and Heaven groups!" Long Hao said. The fat man, Qingming, seeing Lin Tianbu set up a seal, no longer lowered his voice and shook his head helplessly: "The one in the back mountain doesn't seem to be an evil spirit, as it has never been seen killing anyone. However, it often comes out at night to scare people. One of my junior sisters was scared into illness for three days by that thing. Later, a brave junior brother ran to the back mountain at night, claiming he wanted to catch the thing. The next day, when we went in to look, we found him fainted on the back mountain, his face pale and terrifying. Since then, there have been several more ghostly incidents, so nobody goes to the back mountain at night anymore. However, it's fine during the day, as that thing doesn't cause trouble during the day! This matter also startled the master at the time, but after investigating for a few days, nothing was found, and it was eventually dropped. As for the old master, no one dares to disturb her with such a small matter!"

  "Xiao Ling, can you detect anything unusual on the back mountain?" Lin Tian asked in his mind. "Master, I can detect the back mountain, but nothing unusual was found. Master, you can try again tonight!" Xiao Ling replied. "Mm!"

  "Lin Tian, the vegetarian dish at our temple fair is not bad, right?" The fat man said with a smile. "Not bad, but I'm more looking forward to your roasted game!" Lin Tian said, "Haha, just by looking at Qingming Dao brother's appearance, I know that his barbecue skills must be exceptional!" Long Haohai chuckled.

  "Come on, just say I'm fat and be done with it! I consider you friends, so I don't mind. You think I'm fat because I'm too lazy to lose weight, but honestly, I think I look fine the way I am. If I wanted to lose weight, there are plenty of cultivation methods that could get rid of this extra flesh in no time! Being overweight is a big deal for ordinary people, but for cultivators like us, it's child's play. Once you reach the Yuanying stage, you can even reshape your body - want to be handsome? Just become handsome, haha!"

  "Haha, I've been seen through! Brother Qingming, you indeed have stronger abilities and a higher level of thinking than me!" Long Haohai laughed. "You can flatter your boss, no need to flatter me, even if you do, it won't work, I won't introduce my sister to you!" The fat man Qingming said. Long Haohai's old face turned red, clearly the fat man had guessed his thoughts correctly!

  After dinner, the sky had already darkened. "Let's go, hurry to the Martial Hall, Xi Men Han of the Xi Men family and Yu Wen Liu Guang of the Yu Wen family are about to start fighting there! Their cultivation has both reached the late stage of Earth Level, it's definitely worth a look! The winner among them might even have a chance at getting one of those ten spots!"

  Listening to the discussions of passersby, Lin Tian just smiled, at the Earth level later stage, wanting to seize one of the top ten spots was extremely unlikely. Among the young generation that arrived here this time, there would definitely be more than ten Heaven-level experts! "Ten spots, even Heaven-level early-stage experts might not have much hope of getting them!" Lin Tian thought to himself. As for the struggle between Earth levels, Lin Tian had no interest whatsoever. Two Earth level later stage guys fighting each other was like two kids fighting in his eyes, what's there to see?!

  However, Long Haohai beside Lin Tian was itching to go and take a look! "Boss, why don't we also go to the Martial Arts Hall to watch Xi Men Han's battle with Yu Wen Liu Guang?!" Long Haohai suggested, at this time, that fatty Qing Ming had already separated from Lin Tian and the others.

  Lin Tian shook his head: "You go by yourself, I'm going back to the house, be careful, I don't want to hear that you got beaten to death!"

  "Sweat, boss you're cursing me!" Long Haohai rolled his eyes, "Then I'll go alone, the martial arts hall might still have some beautiful women from the Cihang Jingzong sect, it's a pity if you don't go, boss!"

  Long Hao Ran had run far away, Lin Tian walked slowly, feeling the ancient and solemn atmosphere left behind by the Ci Hang Jing Zong sect. "One day, the floating clouds in the sky will not be able to cover my gaze, this heaven and earth will all be trampled under my feet!" With every step Lin Tian took, his aura increased a bit more. At this moment, his strength had not improved, but his state of mind was rapidly improving, the improvement of his state of mind brought about a change in his aura, an aura that was unparalleled in heaven and earth, spreading outwards in all directions. This aura was something that people with weak strength could not feel, but those above the heavenly level could all sense it, and every person who felt this aura had a change in their expression!

  The host of the Zhaiyuan Temple, Miao Yun Xianzi, felt this aura and suddenly opened her tightly closed eyes. A sharp light flashed in her eyes as she whispered to herself: "Only I am revered, yet someone else possesses such an aura. If he doesn't die young, this child will surely become a great instrument!"

  In a secluded retreat of Ci Hang Jing Zhai, Li Shi Shi and Tian Xin Dao Zhang sat facing each other, both wearing plain clothes. As they sensed the aura emanating from Lin Tian, their hearts skipped a beat. "What an overwhelming aura! 'I am the only one' - it's not easy to comprehend such an aura. Yet, who dares claim true supremacy in this vast and boundless world?" Li Shi Shi said calmly. "Master, do you want me to wait another fifty years?" Tian Xin Dao Zhang glanced in the direction of Lin Tian's aura, his face twisted in a bitter smile. If anyone saw Tian Xin Dao Zhang's smile, their jaw would likely drop in shock. Seeing him smile was already a rare occurrence; this bitter smile was probably something only a handful of people had ever witnessed.

  "Tian Xin, we've all grown old, I'm now over a hundred years old and have become an old hag!" Li Shi Shi shook her head and said. "Shi Shi, I may be old, my hair has turned white, but you're still as young and beautiful as before, if you were to walk with Shi Xuan's daughter, people would definitely mistake you two for sisters!" Tian Xin said with a sigh.

  Li Shishi's heart trembled, her face slightly flushed, and she revealed a few hints of a young girl's demeanor. However, in an instant, that young girl's demeanor disappeared: "Tian Xin, I am now the Ancestor of Ci Hang Jing Zhai, I must take responsibility for this role! If I lead by violating the ancestral laws, how can I face my ancestors in the future?!"

  "Master, we've both reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Elixir stage, but we all know that as long as our minds are still attached to worldly desires, we can't break through. Although we can live for hundreds of years in this state, there aren't many more fifty-year periods left!" Tian Xin Dao sighed and said, "The last time I came to see you was fifty years ago, and now another fifty years have passed just like that! Master, weren't you once very brave? Why do you seem to lack courage now?"

  Li Shishi said quietly, "In the past, I was a Holy Maiden, but only as a disciple. Now, I am the Ancestor of over a hundred disciples at Ci Hang Jing Zhai, so every word and action must be more careful than before!"

  "If one cannot live a fulfilling life, then what is the point of this cultivation?!" Tian Xin Dao said in a deep voice, "Master, I understand your difficulties, but I still have to say that your persistence has no meaning. I don't know what the ancestors who established this rule were thinking, but to let generation after generation of disciples lose their right to pursue happiness is a very selfish act!" "Tian Xin, you are not allowed to speak like that!" Li Shi Shi said.

  "Alas!" Tian Xin sighed heavily.

  Inside the Holy Palace, Shi Xuanxuan felt that familiar yet strange aura and was both shocked and delighted: "Improved, actually improved so quickly, this aura, at least a top-notch expert can only release it! Such an overbearing aura, it's even affecting my Sword Heart Clear Mind!"

  At the same time, a cry of surprise echoed throughout the entire Ci Hang Jing Zhai, but no one came to disturb Lin Tian. They all knew that Lin Tian was in a special moment of enlightenment at this time, and if they disturbed him, the opportunity would be lost. By then, it's likely that they would have made an irreconcilable enemy out of Lin Tian!