Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage, the Hunt Begins

Lin Yun began studying the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.

However, there was too much information in the cultivation method, and it made his head ache. Even with 15 points of comprehension, he found it difficult to understand in a short time.

He clearly recognized every word, yet could not understand them when they were put together.

If he could not understand it, he could not cultivate it.

Cultivation methods differed from martial arts. They had no moves or forms; one had to sit in meditation, open the meridians, circulate through the heavenly cycle, and use this to move yuan power.

Thus, thoroughly comprehending a cultivation method was crucial. Otherwise, if yuan power traveled through the meridians and took a wrong path, it could very likely cause irreversible damage.

"Let's try creating a task."

Task: Read the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art 10 times. Reward: Dragon Elephant Prajna Art beginner-level comprehension experience +1.

"It worked!"

Delight appeared on Lin Yun's face.

He immediately began reading the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art in his mind.

Before long, he had read it ten times.

Lin Yun claimed the reward. His comprehension experience increased, and in an instant, he gained a general understanding of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art and figured out how to cultivate it.

"This feels like suddenly understanding a math formula I originally didn't get after reading it ten times."

Overjoyed, Lin Yun continued creating reading tasks.

After one day, read it 100 times to obtain proficient-level comprehension experience.

After ten days, read it 1,000 times to obtain mastery-level comprehension experience.

Lin Yun did not continue reading for now, because the later reading tasks required too many repetitions.

Comprehension Levels: Beginner, Proficient, Mastery, Perfect, Enlightenment.

Perfect-level comprehension experience required 10,000 readings.

Enlightenment-level comprehension experience required 100,000 readings.

He could not finish that in just a day or two. Reading it every day would become irritating after a hundred times a day, and the Hunting Event was about to begin. Lin Yun wanted to first stabilize his Earthly Yuan Realm Cultivation Base, then see if he could improve his strength.

Moreover, mastery-level comprehension was temporarily enough for Lin Yun to cultivate.

At the very least, there would be no problem cultivating the first few layers.

Comprehension merely meant his mind had learned it; he still needed to put it into practice to gain anything.

Task: Cultivate the first layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art 10 times. Reward: Dragon Elephant Prajna Art First Layer Beginner.

Lin Yun created the task. The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art no longer had any small +1 tasks.

Cultivate it 100 times to reach minor accomplishment.

Cultivate it 1,000 times to reach major accomplishment.

Cultivate it 10,000 times to reach completion.

Once he reached completion, the first layer would be finished.

Lin Yun had also wanted to create achievement-type small tasks for cultivating it to major accomplishment and completion, but he failed. He could only create milestone achievement tasks.

Task: Complete the first layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art. Reward: Physique +1.

Task: Complete the second layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art. Reward: Physique +1.

Every layer could have a task created for it. There were thirteen layers in total, and every reward was Physique +1.

Lin Yun continued trying to create every task related to the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art that he could. Before long, he successfully created another pile of tasks.

Task: Cultivate the complete Dragon Elephant Prajna Art 1,000 times. Reward: Dragon Elephant Prajna Art Superb Skill proficiency +1.

Task: Cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art to Superb Skill. Reward: Strength Talent (Beginner).

Task: Cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art to Close to the Dao. Reward: Strength Talent (Intermediate).

Each of the thirteen layers could only be cultivated to completion.

Yet the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art as a whole could continue improving.

However, he would have to wait until Lin Yun had cultivated all thirteen layers and thoroughly integrated the entire cultivation method before he could do that.

The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art was somewhat similar to the Mystic Gate Seal. Each layer could be treated as an independent cultivation method, separate yet connected.

After creating the tasks, Lin Yun began cultivating.

Following the circulation route of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art, he controlled his yuan power to strike at his meridians. He first needed to open the six meridians in his hands.

The first layer's circulation cycle mainly relied on these six meridians.

With mastery-level comprehension, Lin Yun spent only three days easily opening all six meridians in his hands.

Because he had practiced boxing often, the meridians in his hands possessed tremendous resilience, making cultivation of the first layer come naturally to him.

After cultivating a Cultivation Method, the feeling was completely different. Lin Yun could clearly sense that his Yuan Power was growing faster and faster, far beyond anything the Body Tempering Realm could compare to.

With a Cultivation Method, whether absorbing the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth or refining Pills, the efficiency was greatly improved.

Lin Yun took out the gourd containing Innate Yin Sha Qi and began cultivating by absorbing it.

The Innate Yin Sha Qi filled an entire gourd. This energy was far purer and more powerful than the Yin Sha Qi within Qing Tan's body.

Whenever Lin Yun cultivated, he only drew out a thin wisp to refine.

As he refined more and more of it, the Yuan Power in his Dantian also grew increasingly stronger.

A supreme Cultivation Method combined with innate resources made Lin Yun's cultivation in the Earthly Yuan Realm incomparably smooth, and he soon felt on the verge of a breakthrough.

Lin Yun quickly created a task!

Task: Break through to the Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage. Reward: Physique +2, Comprehension +2.

With the help of more than a dozen wisps of Innate Yin Sha Qi, Lin Yun successfully broke through to the Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage.

Over the course of a month, Lin Yun had spent the first half mainly reading Cultivation Methods, while his actual cultivation had taken place during the latter half.

In other words, he had broken through from the early Earthly Yuan Realm to the middle stage in just half a month.

If others learned of such speed, it could only be described as terrifying.

After reaching the Earthly Yuan Realm, every further breakthrough became extremely difficult. Some people might not even manage one in over a decade.

Cultivation manuals and cultivation resources were both incomparably important.

The Lin Family's Azure Yuan Art only opened four meridians, not even matching the first layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.

With a supreme Cultivation Method, as well as the Innate Yin Sha Qi—a supreme treasure for Earthly Yuan Realm cultivation—

Lin Yun was not surprised by this pace at all.

"Nearly a quarter of the Innate Yin Sha Qi has been used up. The remaining amount should be just enough for me to cultivate to the Heavenly Yuan Realm." Lin Yun checked the Yin Sha Qi left in the gourd and grumbled inwardly... This damn system really had a perfect grasp on the amount it rewarded.

As the year's end approached, Qingyang Town's once-every-three-years Hunting Event finally began.

This was one of Qingyang Town's greatest events. Nearly every notable faction within Qingyang Town's sphere of influence came to participate.

The hunting competition was scheduled for the first day of the Lunar New Year.

The location was set at the Beast Horn Arena outside Qingyang Town.

Early in the morning, teams from the town began heading toward the Beast Horn Arena.

Led by Lin Zhentian, Lin Ken, Lin Xiao, and the others, the Lin Family also set out for the Beast Horn Arena in a grand procession.

The Beast Horn Arena was Qingyang Town's most magnificent structure. It covered an enormous area, directly encompassing a forest that stretched for dozens of miles. At the center of that forest stood a Giant Platform remodeled from a small mountain peak, where the final contest for the Hunting Event championship would take place.

The young people from the various factions all gazed longingly at the Giant Platform in the center. It was a place to contend for glory and make a name for oneself; everyone hoped to ascend it.

The younger generation of the Lin Family was no exception. All of them wanted to show their skills atop the Giant Platform.

At that moment, each of them looked as though they had been pumped full of blood, exceptionally spirited.

Ever since their conflict with the Lei and Xie Families at the last gathering, the Lin Family's younger generation had realized the gap between themselves and others. Those who fell behind would be beaten.

Had Lin Yun not stepped in to resolve the matter, they might have suffered even greater humiliation.

Thus, after returning, the entire younger generation of the Lin Family had been stirred into action by Lin Xia, learning from Lin Yun.

They cultivated diligently precisely so that they would not be at a disadvantage when facing the Lei and Xie Families this time.

While waiting for the various factions to enter, the Lin Family's younger generation discussed the Hunting Event rules among themselves.

The Hunting Event had been held many times before, and its rules had remained largely unchanged.

Lin Xia seriously explained to everyone, "The forest below connects directly to the deep mountains. There are many ferocious Demon Beasts inside, and that is the main hunting ground."

"Those participating in the hunting competition will each receive an Identity Token, then enter that forest. The objective is to cross the forest and reach the Giant Platform at its center."

"During that process, we must rely on our own abilities to escape the claws of those Demon Beasts."

"But besides the threat of Demon Beasts, there are also the other participants. To climb onto the Giant Platform in the center, there is a requirement: you must obtain ten Identity Tokens. This means that while traveling through the forest, we must defeat at least ten people and take their Identity Tokens."

"Everyone wants to seize other people's Identity Tokens, so we must guard against not only Demon Beasts, but other people as well."

The Lin Family's younger generation listened attentively, their expressions grave.

Those participating in this Hunting Event were all at the Body Tempering Fifth Layer or above, making them the clan's elite.

However, the Hunting Event stage was far greater than the Lin Family's internal competition. The Body Tempering Fifth Layer was merely the minimum qualification here.

The Lin Family's main elite participants this time were Lin Yun, Lin Dong, Lin Xia, Lin Hong, and Qing Tan.

Both Lin Yun and Lin Dong had been in seclusion cultivating, so no one knew their current strength.

Lin Xia had already broken through to the Body Tempering Ninth Layer, while Lin Hong was at the Body Tempering Eighth Layer.

Qing Tan had caught up from behind and was also at the Body Tempering Eighth Layer. However, although her realm had reached that level, her attainments in martial arts could not yet compare with the others.

"This time, it'll depend on you two. I heard that the Lei Family has spent a fortune on Lei Li. He has also been in seclusion cultivating all this time, and there's a good chance he has already broken through to the Earthly Yuan Realm. If he really has, do you two have any confidence when facing an Earthly Yuan Realm cultivator?" Lin Xia came over to Lin Yun and Lin Dong and asked anxiously.

The two of them had both been cultivating in seclusion and had only emerged today.

She had no idea what the two of them's true strength was now.

Who isn't in the Earthly Yuan Realm these days...? The corners of Lin Dong's lips lifted slightly as he said calmly, "I think it should be fine. What do you think, Brother Lin Yun?"

Lin Dong looked at Lin Yun with a measure of confidence.

Other than occasionally visiting the Underground Exchange to trade for Spirit Herbs, he had spent all this time immersed in cultivation.

With the help of a large number of Pills and the Yin Pearls he had accumulated earlier, he had successfully broken through to the Earthly Yuan Realm a few days ago.

And beyond his advancement in realm, he had also made considerable progress in martial arts. Both the Gu Ang Fist and the Flowing Wind Movement Technique had reached perfection, nearly matching the level of the light-and-shadow demonstrations within the Stone Talisman.

Most importantly, he had successfully cultivated the second layer of the Mystic Gate Seal. This was an enormous breakthrough—the second layer of the Mystic Gate Seal was comparable to a Fourth Grade Martial Art.

This time, he not only wanted to make a name for himself in one stroke, but also make Brother Lin Yun see him in a new light.

"I should be fine as well." Lin Yun nodded slightly.

The two seemed to share an unspoken understanding. Once they had stated their positions, neither explained further.

Lin Xia looked at the two of them speechlessly. That was the Earthly Yuan Realm—a level of existence that could abuse Body Tempering Ninth Layer cultivators like dogs. Could these two guys show a little respect?

Wait, with such flippant tones, had they also broken through to the Earthly Yuan Realm?! Please bookmark, recommend, and leave a good review!