"How... how could this be?" Lin Taichu froze.
He could clearly feel that mysterious power growing stronger, becoming purer and more powerful, seemingly far more potent than before.
Yet he felt no burden or fatigue at all. Instead, his body was brimming with inexhaustible strength, like a long-ailing patient who had suddenly made a full recovery.
The injuries on his body also healed rapidly. Moments later, he was completely unscathed, as though nothing had happened.
This left him both astonished and puzzled. Had his injuries truly healed completely?
No! Lin Taichu quickly noticed the problem.
He discovered that the power within his body had not increased and was still stalled at the Body Refining Triple Peak.
However, he was not discouraged, because he had already vaguely anticipated this.
"It seems this mysterious crystal is the reason." Lin Taichu silently guessed as he turned the crystal over in his hand.
Lin Taichu extended his Spiritual Sense into the crystal and quickly read the information within.
"So this is rune power?" Lin Taichu's eyes lit up.
He discovered that the crystal contained a piece of information explaining how to cultivate this power.
Besides recording the cultivation method, the crystal also contained a cultivation technique called the Xuan Yang Nine Swords.
The Xuan Yang Nine Swords was a cultivation technique passed down through the ancestors of the Lin Clan. It contained nine moves, and every form required a special physique to learn.
According to the crystal, the Xuan Yang Nine Swords was the supreme martial art pursued throughout the life of Lin Taixu, an ancestor of the Lin Clan.
For generations, the descendants of the Lin Clan had dreamed of learning the Xuan Yang Nine Swords.
Anyone qualified to cultivate the Xuan Yang Nine Swords was an elite disciple from one of the