Scripture Storage Pavilion, Five Years Later

Scripture Storage Pavilion, Five Years Later

"Little one."

"Let me see your hand."

As the Abbot, the Courtyard Heads, and the others' thoughts churned.

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk stepped forward and spoke kindly.

"Alright."

Lin Yuan did not refuse.

In truth, he could not refuse.

When he looked at the Long Eyebrow Old Monk, Lin Yuan felt the thread of Innate Inner Energy he had just nurtured within his dantian tremble.

It was obvious.

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk's strength far exceeded Lin Yuan's imagination.

He was at least far stronger than the Abbot and the Courtyard Heads.

Because Lin Yuan had not felt such pressure from them.

"Martial arts perfected, Inner Energy born naturally."

"You truly brought a superior martial art to the realm of perfection."

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk lightly touched Lin Yuan's right hand. A scorching current of Inner Energy spread through him, and the old monk soon sighed.

"Inner Energy born naturally?"

Upon hearing this, the Abbot of Great Zen Temple and the Courtyard Heads all heaved sighs of relief.

Even though they had long suspected it, they still found it unbelievable.

The Martial Path in this world was divided into the Acquired Realm, Innate Realm, Master Realm, and Great Grandmaster Realm.

Generally speaking, the Master Realm was already the ceiling. A Great Grandmaster might not appear even once in several centuries.

The Acquired Realm and Innate Realm accounted for the overwhelming majority of martial artists in the world.

There were roughly three ways to advance from the Acquired Realm into the Innate Realm.

First: consume some rare heaven-and-earth Spirit Herb. As long as one fully absorbed its medicinal power, even an ordinary person could become an Innate Realm martial arts expert.

Second: a Peak Houtian Realm martial artist seized an opportunity for a breakthrough and successfully entered the Innate Realm.

This was also the mainstream path. Nearly all Innate martial artists came about this way.

Third: cultivate a superior martial art to the realm of perfection.

Superior martial arts were the painstaking works of Master Realm martial arts experts.

A superior martial art at the perfected level had already developed some aspect of the human body to its utmost limit.

Thus, naturally giving rise to Innate Inner Energy was nothing strange.

However, martial arts experts who entered the Innate Realm through this path were generally in their fifties or sixties, having studied superior martial arts day and night for decades before suddenly gaining insight one day.

As for someone like Lin Yuan, who comprehended a superior martial art at the age of three or four, at the very least, the Abbot and Courtyard Heads had never heard of such a thing.

Only a peerless martial arts genius born with innate knowledge, one who appeared perhaps once in a millennium, could barely explain it.

"Little one, are you willing to take me as your master?"

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk looked at Lin Yuan with a complicated expression and suddenly asked.

When those words were spoken, the Abbot, the Courtyard Heads, and the other monks did not find them strange.

After confirming that Lin Yuan had comprehended a superior martial art and cultivated it to perfection.

They realized that Lin Yuan's martial arts talent was undoubtedly the greatest Great Zen Temple had seen in a thousand years.

For such a martial arts genius, only the Long Eyebrow Old Monk in the entire Great Zen Temple was confident he could teach him.

Strictly speaking, the Abbot and Courtyard Heads were also in the Innate Realm, just like Lin Yuan.

How could they possibly be qualified to take him as a disciple? "This disciple greets Master."

Lin Yuan immediately bowed to the Long Eyebrow Old Monk.

Becoming the Long Eyebrow Old Monk's disciple would indeed save Lin Yuan a great deal of time.

According to Great Zen Temple's rules, every disciple, regardless of who he was or what status he held.

Had to spend three years as a Horse-Running Monk, three years as a Chore Monk, three years in the Sutra Lecture Hall, and three years in the Discipline Hall.

Only after enduring those twelve years would he be qualified to formally come into contact with Great Zen Temple's true martial arts.

If Lin Yuan did not reveal his talent and simply lay low among the ordinary Little Novice Monks, who knew how much time he would waste.

Although with Heaven-Defying Comprehension, he could gain insight even from watching mountains and water.

Different starting points naturally meant vastly different gains in the same amount of time.

Under the premise that he could only remain in this world for twenty years, lying low was clearly not an option.

With Lin Yuan becoming the Long Eyebrow Old Monk's disciple, he would have the personal guidance of Great Zen Temple's sole Master.

Combined with Heaven-Defying Comprehension, Lin Yuan's rate of progress would absolutely be unprecedented.

Two months later.

Lin Yuan and the Long Eyebrow Old Monk sat facing each other.

"From now on, you should move into the Scripture Storage Pavilion."

The corner of the Long Eyebrow Old Monk's mouth twitched slightly.

The implication was that the Long Eyebrow Old Monk believed he could no longer teach Lin Yuan.

There was no helping it.

Lin Yuan's comprehension was too absurd.

At first, the Long Eyebrow Old Monk could still offer Lin Yuan some guidance.

But after a few days, he began to feel that something was wrong.

Since ancient times, people had used the phrase "draw one inference from three" to describe those of exceptional talent.

But how could Lin Yuan be limited to drawing one inference from three?

He drew one inference from ten!

He drew one inference from a hundred!

No matter what the Long Eyebrow Old Monk said, Lin Yuan could understand it immediately.

And from it, he could comprehend even more profound meanings.

What the Long Eyebrow Old Monk found even more unbelievable was that Lin Yuan possessed such talent not only in the Martial Path.

He was the same when it came to Buddhist scriptures and Buddhist teachings.

Faced with such a freak, even a Master like the Long Eyebrow Old Monk could barely handle it.

Thus, by the end, rather than the Long Eyebrow Old Monk guiding Lin Yuan.

It was more like two eminent monks debating as equals.

Some of Lin Yuan's words even benefited the Long Eyebrow Old Monk, a Master, greatly.

And it had taken only two months to reach this point.

"The Scripture Storage Pavilion?"

Lin Yuan's eyes brightened slightly.

The Scripture Storage Pavilion was where Great Zen Temple stored its martial arts manuals.

It was an absolutely vital and restricted place.

The Seventy-Two Supreme Techniques, those seventy-two superior martial arts, were kept on the second floor of the Scripture Storage Pavilion.

Furthermore, the third floor of the Scripture Storage Pavilion contained profound martial arts that surpassed the Seventy-Two Supreme Techniques.

In truth, Lin Yuan had long wanted to visit the Scripture Storage Pavilion, but the Long Eyebrow Old Monk had never agreed.

He said that Lin Yuan was too young, and coming into contact with things of too high a level would be detrimental to his state of mind.

"The many martial arts collected in the Scripture Storage Pavilion were written by Great Zen Temple's Masters throughout the generations."

"There, you should be able to learn even more."

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk waved his hand, looking as though he had simply given up.

Since he could not teach Lin Yuan, then he would let Great Zen Temple's Masters from every generation teach him.

In truth, as a vital place of Great Zen Temple, ordinary disciples were simply not qualified to enter the Scripture Storage Pavilion.

But Lin Yuan was different. With permission from the Long Eyebrow Old Monk, a Master, entering the Scripture Storage Pavilion would not be a problem.

After that day, the Long Eyebrow Old Monk announced that he was entering seclusion.

Lin Yuan, meanwhile, took up permanent residence in the Scripture Storage Pavilion.

At only three years old, Lin Yuan began browsing through countless martial arts manuals.

The martial arts collected in the Scripture Storage Pavilion were as vast as the sea. The Seventy-Two Supreme Techniques were merely the most famous portion, and there were countless others besides.

"The Muscle Tendon Change Classic?"

On the second floor of the Scripture Storage Pavilion, Lin Yuan took out an ancient book.

The Muscle Tendon Change Classic was a special martial art that could reshape one's meridians and improve one's martial arts aptitude.

Its value was even greater than that of the Seventy-Two Supreme Techniques.

Yet throughout the entire Great Zen Temple, not a single person had mastered this martial art.

The reason was that its threshold was too high. It required not only martial arts comprehension, but also involved the essence of Buddhist scriptures.

The Long Eyebrow Old Monk might possess the foundation necessary to master the Muscle Tendon Change Classic, but to a Master, it was no longer that important.

Lin Yuan picked up the original copy of the Muscle Tendon Change Classic and began reading it carefully.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Your comprehension is heaven-defying. Upon observing the special martial art Muscle Tendon Change Classic, you have comprehended the special martial art "Yi Jin Xi Sui Body-Tempering, Blood-Changing, Spirit-Refining Divine Art."

Lin Yuan was delighted.

An indescribable aura began circulating through his limbs and bones, slowly strengthening his meridians and flesh.

This power was not limited to his physical body. Even Lin Yuan's spirit and soul began to be nurtured.

"The original Muscle Tendon Change Classic can only reshape the meridians, making its effects far too limited. This 'Yi Jin Xi Sui Body-Tempering, Blood-Changing, Spirit-Refining Divine Art' I comprehended can strengthen everything comprehensively, without any flaws or weaknesses. Even Great Grandmasters would probably turn green with envy upon seeing it."

A smile could not help but appear on Lin Yuan's lips.

Through two months of instruction from the Long Eyebrow Old Monk, a Master.

Lin Yuan was no longer completely ignorant of the martial arts of the current world.

Masters did not place much importance on muscles and bones.

Or rather, every Master had already developed his muscles and bones to the utmost limit attainable by ordinary humans.

But the subsequent body tempering, blood changing, and spirit refining could still have an enormous impact on Masters.

Spirit refining in particular was said to be a type of martial art that even Great Grandmasters desperately desired, one capable of enhancing the spirit.

"With this 'Yi Jin Xi Sui Body-Tempering, Blood-Changing, Spirit-Refining Divine Art,' entering the Master Realm should be possible somewhat earlier."

Lin Yuan nodded slightly, feeling quite satisfied.

After comprehending the Great Arhat Buddha Fist, Lin Yuan had soared in a single step, skipping over the Acquired Realm and entering the Innate Realm directly.

However, Lin Yuan's Innate Realm was somewhat strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

After all, other Innate martial arts experts nurtured Innate Inner Energy while their Qi and Blood were vigorous, eventually breaking through into the Innate Realm.

But as a three-year-old child, the Innate Inner Energy Lin Yuan had nurtured was naturally far inferior to that of normal Innate martial arts experts, whether in quality or quantity.

Still, now that his realm had risen, everything else was merely a matter of time.

But now, with this 'Yi Jin Xi Sui Body-Tempering, Blood-Changing, Spirit-Refining Divine Art' nurturing his body and spirit, Lin Yuan did not even need to wait for time.

This martial art far surpassed the Muscle Tendon Change Classic and could comprehensively improve every aspect of Lin Yuan.

And so.

Lin Yuan remained in the Scripture Storage Pavilion for five years.