Green Lotus Sword Song

"Maybe... that's how it is..."

Lin Chen heard this and more or less agreed. It was just that, considering the Ancestral Stone had belonged to Lin Dong before, he said:

"It's just that I don't know if there's any way to undo this connection with the Stone Talisman."

Lin Dong froze, then asked in confusion, "Brother Chen, the Stone Talisman has already acknowledged a master, so why are you still thinking about that?"

"To return it to you, of course."

Lin Chen smiled and continued, "This is your thing. Letting me know about it is already good enough. If I didn't return it to you, wouldn't I be taking such a huge advantage for nothing? Even if I got it, I wouldn't feel at ease."

If it were anyone else, they would definitely have gone along with his words, found a way to sever the master-recognition bond, taken the Ancestral Stone back, then used that same method to make it acknowledge them as master. That way, it would become their treasure, and no one else could take it away.

But Lin Dong did not think that way.

That terrifying suction from before—if it had been aimed at him, wouldn't the Yuan Power he had painstakingly cultivated inside his body have been sucked dry, and wouldn't he have been turned into a dried corpse...?

No matter what, it was impossible for him to stand here safe and sound like Lin Chen.

Besides, who knew whether the Ancestral Stone might cut open his skin and threaten his life!

Lin Dong hurriedly shook his head and waved his hands, saying in lingering fear, "Brother Chen, Brother Chen, I'm giving this Stone Talisman to you. I can't afford to take it!"

Please. Who knew when the Ancestral Stone would suddenly want Yuan Power again?

Without enough Yuan Power to support it, wouldn't he die an ugly death!?

Lin Chen's expression turned serious as he solemnly reminded Lin Dong, "How can that do? Little brother, this is such a precious treasure. Don't joke about this!"

"Brother Chen, I'm not joking!"

Lin Dong smiled bitterly. He had thought about a lot. In half a year, he had never triggered the master-recognition process, yet Lin Chen had triggered it the moment he arrived. On top of that, the Ancestral Stone needed to absorb a massive amount of Yuan Power. With his small frame, after finally reaching his current cultivation, if he fell back to Body Tempering Stage Three because of this, what was he supposed to do?

The Clan Tournament was about to begin again. Absolutely nothing could go wrong with his cultivation.

Otherwise, something he would regret for the rest of his life would happen.

His enemy Lin Hong planned to take first place in the Clan Tournament, then ask Lin Zhentian to let him propose marriage to Qing Tan. This was something he absolutely could not tolerate!

And the cold sneers and mockery Lin Mang's family directed at his father also needed to be repaid by his own hand, in blood!

All these reasons made Lin Dong, who had personally witnessed the Ancestral Stone's strange reaction, not dare take the Ancestral Stone back.

In that case, this was the only method.

Seeing that Lin Chen was still very hesitant and worried, Lin Dong felt deeply moved, but he was not particularly heartbroken either. He said:

"Anyway, Brother Chen, since you can take out the Stone Talisman and use it, then I can keep using it too. Looking at it that way, isn't it no different from before? Since that's the case, Brother Chen, you don't need to worry too much about my feelings. I understand. It's just that I might have to trouble you more later."

"Since you've put it that way, I can only do as you wish."

After Lin Chen sighed, he placed the Ancestral Stone in Lin Dong's hand and continued:

"Keep the Stone Talisman with you for now. Right now, you and Qing Tan both need to cultivate. You don't need to worry about me either. With just a thought, I can use it."

When Lin Dong heard this, he also accepted the Ancestral Stone. "That works too. We'll use it first."

He rubbed the Ancestral Stone and discovered that there were some slight changes compared to before, but he could not tell exactly what had changed.

He could only guess that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi and Yuan Power had brought benefits to the Ancestral Stone.

"Brother Chen, I mentioned before that this Stone Talisman can trigger an empty space. I think it's a Mental Space. Cultivating martial arts inside it is extremely helpful."

Lin Dong had not forgotten about this matter. After skillfully triggering the Ancestral Stone, before losing consciousness, he reminded him, "Just do it the way I did!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, for obtaining the ultimate treasure Ancestral Stone. You have gained one sign-in opportunity. Sign in?"

Just as Lin Chen was about to follow Lin Dong's operation and enter that Mental Space, the system's notification rang beside his ear.

This works too?

Lin Chen raised his brows slightly, a hint of delight on his face.

He had just obtained the Ancestral Stone, and right after that came a sign-in reward. Beautiful!

"Sign in!"

"Ding! Congratulations, host, sign-in successful. You have obtained the sign-in reward—Green Lotus Sword Song!"

Lin Chen immediately checked the sign-in reward and discovered that this Green Lotus Sword Song was actually a set of Sword Dao Martial Arts, namely a sword technique. His heart filled with excitement.

Anything produced by the system was bound to be premium.

He had learned some sword techniques in the Lin Family's Martial Arts Pavilion before.

But without exception, their grades were all either first-grade or lower second-grade martial arts.

In terms of power, they were clearly not ideal enough. At most, they were enough to throw his weight around in the Body Tempering Stage.

When facing experts at the Earthly Yuan Stage, or even the Heavenly Yuan Stage, he would need at least a lower third-grade martial art for it to be presentable.

As usual, Lin Chen could not tell what grade this Green Lotus Sword Song was.

He only knew that the Green Lotus Sword Song had nine styles.

The first style, Green Lotus Drawing Sword Style: Sword Flower Autumn Lotus Light Exits the Scabbard.

The second style, Green Lotus Crossing the Sky Style: One Sword Crossed the Sky, and the Stars Turned Cold.

The third form, Green Lotus Meteor Style—one point of cold light chilled the Nineteen Provinces.

The fourth form, Green Lotus Vertical and Horizontal Style—sword qi swept thirty thousand li.

The fifth form, Green Lotus Sword Control Style—riding the wind with a sword, carefree and unrestrained.

The sixth form, Green Lotus Drunken Sword Style—drunkenly dancing with a long sword, pointing at the void.

The seventh form, Green Lotus Solitary Sword Style—a lone sword danced, laughing at the vast heavens.

The eighth form, Green Lotus Years Style—at dawn, he brushed off his sword and returned drunk.

The ninth form, Green Lotus Blooming Style—one sword, a green lotus, shattered a hundred gods.

When Lin Chen came back to his senses from the nine forms of the Green Lotus Sword Song, he finally realized that his back had already been soaked through with cold sweat.

At some unknown point, countless traces of sword qi had appeared on the ground, and when those sword qi marks overlapped, their shape had actually become a green lotus bud that had yet to bloom.

He rubbed the spot between his brows, only then realizing how terrifying these nine forms of the Green Lotus Sword Song truly were.

Fortunately, Lin Dong had already gone to the Mental Space to cultivate martial arts. Otherwise, wouldn't he have been struck speechless by this scene?

"Why do I feel like just the first form, the Green Lotus Drawing Sword Style, will be enough to cultivate for quite some time?"

The corner of Lin Chen's mouth twitched. After erasing the sword qi marks on the ground, his thoughts stirred slightly, and he sat cross-legged on the bed. His mind had already arrived within the Ancestral Stone's Mental Space.

After establishing a connection with the Ancestral Stone, he could clearly sense the existence of this Mental Space. It was extremely subtle.

At the very least, some kind of deductive power existed behind it.

As soon as Lin Chen entered, he saw Lin Dong practicing punches with a blank-faced "Lin Dong," the blows cracking out one after another.

What they were practicing was precisely Tong Bei Fist, whose limit was nine resonances.

Through the martial arts deduction of this Mental Space, the limit of Tong Bei Fist could be elevated to the tenth resonance, allowing a lower first-grade martial art to unleash power comparable to a lower Second-grade Martial Art.

Smack!

After Lin Dong struck out the tenth resonance, he decisively restrained his aura and came before Lin Chen, saying excitedly:

"Brother Chen, did you see that just now? That was the tenth resonance of Tong Bei Fist, comparable to a Second-grade Martial Art!"

Seeing this, Lin Chen nodded and praised him, "With this tenth-resonance Tong Bei Fist, what could Lin Hong possibly use to fight you? Surely not that Eight Desolations Palm or whatever."

Those words of praise truly made Lin Dong beam with delight.

After all, the reason he worked so hard was so he could give that Lin Hong a vicious lesson at the Clan Tournament.

And the martial art the other party excelled at was the so-called Eight Desolations Palm.