My Foolish Oudoudou

Lin Yun and Lin Dong had sparred many times before, but some time ago, the two of them had each been cultivating on their own in order to break through to the Earthly Yuan Realm.

It had been almost two months since they had exchanged martial arts pointers.

Now, they were facing each other directly in the finals of the Hunting Event.

For Lin Dong, this was a chance to defeat Lin Yun fair and square.

Lin Yun, Brother, this time, get ready to see me in a whole new light... Lin Dong grew more and more excited. Spurred on by Lin Yun, he had cultivated with even greater diligence and effort. Now that two months had passed, even he himself did not know how much he had improved.

In any case, this time, he was confident he could shock Lin Yun! "Pa! Pa! Pa...!"

"Pa—"

As soon as the two began, they still used Tongbei Fist. They were probing each other's Yuan Power, but Lin Dong's Tongbei Fist was still about the same as before, unleashing sharp, resonant strikes in a continuous, compact rhythm.

Lin Yun was different. His strikes kept going pa after pa, without the slightest pause. What was more, Lin Yun's resonant force was linked together, his power like the waters of a great river, surging endlessly.

Since he had promised to train him, Lin Yun did not unleash too much power, suppressing his Yuan Power to the level of the Earthly Yuan Realm Initial Stage.

Lin Yun, Brother's Yuan Power is about the same as mine. Looks like he didn't break through much earlier than I did. Since he can't suppress me with Yuan Power, then in martial arts, you won't have a chance. Lin Dong assessed Lin Yun's Yuan Power and could not help feeling secretly delighted.

What he feared most was that he would surpass Lin Yun in martial arts, only to be suppressed by his Yuan Power. If that happened, it would be far too regrettable.

After all, Yuan Power was the foundation. One force could break ten thousand techniques. If one's strength was insufficient, then no matter how exquisite one's martial arts were, they would only look flashy and impractical.

"Lin Dong, little brother, bring out something new. We've gone through these moves many times already. You won't be my match," Lin Yun deliberately provoked him.

"Then, Lin Yun, Brother, forgive me!"

Lin Dong exhaled deeply, his face flushing slightly from excessive excitement. His hands moved, joining together nimbly and swiftly, shifting into one complex seal after another.

His hand seals changed rapidly, and deep-blue Yuan Power condensed into a blue Light Seal in Lin Dong's palm. Then he abruptly raised his palm and blasted it toward Lin Yun.

The moment Lin Dong's hands began forming seals, Lin Yun already knew what he was going to do.

Mystic Gate Seal, second layer? My foolish Oudoudou, you're celebrating too soon... A smile tugged at Lin Yun's lips. "I hope this won't be too big a blow to you."

He also formed seals with both hands, but his sealing technique was more complex than Lin Dong's, and much smoother.

When the blue Light Seal appeared in Lin Dong's palm, an even larger, more solid ice-blue Light Seal soon successfully surfaced in Lin Yun's palm as well.

He was also using Mystic Gate Seal, the second layer!

However, his second layer had already reached major accomplishment, while Lin Dong had merely just crossed the threshold. The gap was enormous.

"Boom!"

In a flash, their two palms met, and the two Light Seals collided.

A fierce Yuan Power fluctuation erupted in the arena, and a savage gust of force turned into a blue shockwave that wreaked havoc outward.

Accompanied by a deafening roar and the blue aftershock sweeping like a gale, Lin Dong's body flew into the air like a kite with its string cut.

"How could this be?"

Midair, Lin Dong's expression seemed to freeze. The excited flush on his face faded, turning pale, and his eyes gradually lost their color along with the weightlessness of his body.

Bang! Lin Dong landed on his backside, and the pain in his tailbone snapped him awake from the blow.

"Why?"

"Why still couldn't I win?"

Lin Dong, who had fallen off the Giant Platform, muttered to himself, becoming a broken record. The pain in his backside seemed to be covered over by the pain of the blow to his heart.

He could not understand it. He had resources, the help of the Stone Talisman's light shadow, and could deduce the second layer.

And he had clearly worked so hard.

But why was the Mystic Gate Seal Lin Yun unleashed still stronger than his?

He had lost.

Lin Dong stood frozen in place, thinking about where the problem lay. "Lin Yun wins!"

"The first place of this Hunting Event is Lin Yun!"

On the Giant Platform, the judge announced loudly.

"Hiss, that palm just now had such powerful force. I'm afraid even an Earthly Yuan Realm Middle Stage expert might not necessarily be able to block it."

"What martial art is that? Judging by its might, it's absolutely above Fourth Grade."

"Strange. Isn't the Lin Family's Fourth Grade Martial Art Pure Yuan Finger? When did they gain a new Fourth Grade Martial Art?"

"At such a young age, not only has he broken through to the Earthly Yuan Realm, he has also learned a Fourth Grade Martial Art. Talent like this is simply monstrous."

"I was feeling sorry for Lei Li earlier, but now, looking at it, whether Lei Li was here or not wouldn't have affected the final result. Compared to them, Lei Li is like the glow of a firefly."

The Earthly Yuan Realm experts from the major factions all looked at Lin Yun and Lin Dong with shocked expressions.

Aside from those at the Earthly Yuan Realm Late Stage, the other people at the Earthly Yuan Realm Initial Stage and Middle Stage all felt their hearts sink, because they discovered that even if they themselves faced Lin Yun, there was a very high chance they would not be his match.

"Mystic Gate Seal. It's our Lin Family's Mystic Gate Seal, no mistake."

"But how does Mystic Gate Seal have such powerful might? That's clearly only a Third Grade Martial Art."

The Lin Family members were also stunned. Familiar as they were with the two of them, they suddenly felt strangely unfamiliar.

Powerful beyond anything they understood.

Lin Hong especially couldn't imagine how a person could improve so quickly.

Lin Xia's beautiful eyes shone. She suddenly remembered when the two had chosen the Mystic Gate Seal together. She had asked them why, and Lin Yun and Lin Dong had said they wanted to see if they could complete it.

At the time, Lin Xia had found it laughable—pure fantasy. It was a third-grade martial art. How could it be completed so casually? Being able to learn it at all would already be impressive.

"Looking at it now, they really did it. Those two fellows truly are martial arts prodigies!"

Qing Tan sighed and shook her head. "Brother Lin Dong got beaten up again. Why does he always like fighting Brother Lin Yun when he clearly can't win?"

She admitted that Lin Dong had improved a lot.

But he still couldn't compare to Brother Lin Yun, all right!

Several notifications of completed tasks rang out in his mind, but Lin Yun ignored them for now. Comforting Oudoudou was more important. He absolutely couldn't let him get beaten into shutting himself away, or how would he keep farming tasks in the future?

Lin Yun jumped down from the Giant Platform and went straight to Lin Dong's side.

"Are you all right? It's my fault. I didn't control my strength properly."

Looking slightly guilty, Lin Yun helped Lin Dong up.

"I'm fine, Brother Lin Yun. I was just less skilled," Lin Dong said in a low voice.

"How are you less skilled? Lin Dong, you were amazing. You're practically a genius. You actually came up with such a marvelous seal technique. You're incredible. I never thought you'd really do it—complete the Mystic Gate Seal!"

Lin Yun excitedly clapped Lin Dong hard on the shoulder, forcibly smacking him out of his gloomy, dejected mood.

"What do you mean, Brother Lin Yun? Didn't you also use the second layer of the Mystic Gate Seal just now?" Lin Dong looked at Lin Yun in bewilderment... He had no idea why Lin Yun was praising him.

"That's why I have to thank you. I've been cultivating the Mystic Gate Seal all this time, thinking about it day and night. I kept feeling like I'd grasped something, but I was always just that tiny bit short and could never find the key. Then just now, when I saw the third change in your hand seals, I understood right away. So that was the follow-up seal method for the Mystic Gate Seal. I was just a step away from figuring it out myself, but sadly, you got there first."

Lin Yun sounded slightly regretful, then continued excitedly.

"In that critical moment, inspiration struck. I copied your method and used it, and I didn't expect that feeling to be as if I'd experienced it countless times in a dream. It was unbelievably smooth, and I succeeded on the first try."

Lin Dong pursed his lips. "So after watching my seal-forming method, you learned it on the spot and used it right away. That's how you performed the second layer."

"Yeah. What else?" Lin Yun said as if it were only natural. "That's why I said you were a genius."

Then he looked at Lin Dong reproachfully. "Didn't we agree that once we comprehended it, we'd discuss it together? You didn't even tell me in advance. You made me think so hard."

"I..." Lin Dong felt like he didn't know what to say.

He was clearly the one who had been beaten, so why did it feel like Brother Lin Yun was the one who had been wronged instead?

He had only just learned the second layer himself. He had originally planned to use it to defeat Lin Yun, then teach it to him afterward.

Now Lin Yun had learned it after watching it once.

And he had learned it better than him. How could he still need Lin Dong to teach him? If anything, Lin Dong would need to ask Lin Yun for guidance.

Lin Dong felt as if he had swallowed bitter herbs and couldn't speak of the bitterness.

Here's one chapter first. There'll be another update tonight!