Inside the courtyard, Lin Yan moved quickly.
As he sat cross-legged, Lin Yan soon entered a state of cultivation.
He swiftly brought his hands together, his fingertips twisting into a rather unusual hand seal.
Suddenly, his mind stirred. Glimmers of dazzling Yuan Power began to surface across his body, continuously gathering toward his palms.
Under Lin Yan's control, the Yuan Power on the surface of his body formed two little snakes. As his hand seal changed, they twisted and writhed in his hands, seeming to gradually take the shape of a special Yuan Power seal.
Crack!
Clearly, cultivating a Spirit Art was no simple matter.
As Lin Yan formed the seal, one tiny mistake was enough to ruin all his efforts. The sound of shattering glass rang out, and the seal burst into fragments on the spot.
The faint spiritual light gradually faded, and the backlash from the Yuan Power left Lin Yan's fingers trembling slightly.
"Again!"
But this failure clearly couldn't shake Lin Yan's resolve.
One failure simply meant trying again. So even as he continued to fail, Lin Yan kept making attempt after attempt.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
The sounds of the seals shattering rang out again and again. With every failure, the powerful spiritual energy jolted Lin Yan's hands until they went somewhat numb.
Yao Lao watched from the side in silence, not daring to disturb Lin Yan in the slightest.
But as he watched Lin Yan's fingers grow red and tremble from his repeated failures, a look of admiration couldn't help but appear in his aged eyes.
"Growing stronger with every battle—that's what a true powerhouse is!"
Yao Lao couldn't help sighing to himself. He clearly approved wholeheartedly of Lin Yan's perseverance.
As for Lin Yan, after enduring dozens of failures, the seal in his palm finally began to emanate a bone-chilling aura!
Lin Yan's eyes lit up, and he cautiously infused it with even more Yuan Power.
Then, as still more Yuan Power flowed in, the seal in his hand finally took complete shape!
"I did it!"
Lin Yan couldn't help laughing aloud.
He sent the Samsara Death Seal flying toward a rock in the courtyard.
Boom!
A loud crash rang out, and Lin Yan's Samsara Death Seal blasted the rock to pieces.
Lin Yan looked pleased.
Yao Lao smiled at his side and said, "Congratulations, young friend. You've successfully mastered the Samsara Death Seal!"
"I'm sure this cultivation session has also brought your control over the Yuan Power within your body to a new level."
Lin Yan smiled and nodded, then said to Yao Lao, "There's more, Senior Yao. It seems my Samsara Death Seal can still be upgraded."
"According to the records, once mastered, the Samsara Death Seal needs to be nourished with Yuan Power. That will make it even stronger."
"Once I've finished nourishing this Samsara Death Seal, I can even form several of them."
"Only by stacking multiple seals can they unleash an even more terrifying power."
Yao Lao smiled. "Then spend the next little while cultivating the Samsara Death Seal, young friend."
"Truth be told, I'm curious myself: compared with a Profound Rank Dou Technique like Eight Extremities Collapse, which of the two is stronger?"
Lin Yan agreed on the spot.
Soon after, he began cultivating the Samsara Death Seal again.
During the days that followed, the Lin Clan continued mining the Sun Essence Mine as usual, while Lin Yan devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivating the Samsara Death Seal.
He soon finished nourishing the first Samsara Death Seal and even successfully formed a second one!
That day,
Lin Yan tested the Samsara Death Seal in Ironwood Forest.
Standing before a tree, he stacked the two seals and struck forward.
The seals shot ahead, and the ironwood struck by them instantly erupted with a terrifying force of icy Yin energy.
The ironwood exploded in an instant. The frigid chill made the air around them grow cold.
Lin Yan looked satisfied.
After all, although the Samsara Death Seal wasn't as domineering as Eight Extremities Collapse, it contained a terrifying force of icy Yin energy. An opponent who didn't know its true nature could be struck by the seal and have that chill eat into them, leaving internal injuries.
In other words, this thing might actually be pretty effective in a real fight.
"Hey, Brother Lin Yan, I finally found you."
"Are you cultivating here?"
Just as Lin Yan was about to continue testing it, Lin Dong arrived. Seeing Lin Yan's Samsara Death Seal, Lin Dong couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth as he spoke to him.
With his keen eye, he could naturally tell the Samsara Death Seal was extraordinary. He couldn't help feeling shaken.
"You've gotten another powerful martial art!"
"Just like I'd expect from you, Brother Lin Yan."
Lin Dong couldn't help sighing.
But he didn't ask anything more. Everyone had their own secrets, and he had some of his own.
So it was enough for him to know that Lin Yan was his good brother.
"Heh, it's just a little trick. Nothing special."
Lin Yan merely smiled, then dispersed his Samsara Death Seal and asked Lin Dong,
"Little Brother Lin Dong, you came all the way here to find me. You weren't just passing by, were you?"
Lin Dong shook his head and told Lin Yan why he'd come:
"No, Brother Lin Yan. Haven't we been mining quite a lot of Yang Yuan Stones lately?"
"So Grandpa plans to sell a batch in Flame City and exchange them for Yang Yuan Pills."
"He specifically asked me to come find you. Let's go to Flame City together and have a look around. We can broaden our horizons."
Lin Yan rubbed his chin at that.
Come to think of it, he'd never been to Flame City. He was quite interested in a place like that.
And there was one rather important point.
Lin Yan remembered that, in the original story, Lin Yan seemed to have become a Symbol Master after obtaining the Spirit Movement Chapter from the Curio Pavilion in Flame City.
Since Lin Yan had the chance to visit Flame City, he naturally couldn't let it pass him by.
On one hand, he wanted to find out whether he had the potential to become a Symbol Master.
On the other, he wondered if the Curio Pavilion might also be a place where he could check in.
The reward he'd just received from the Great Thousand World had made Lin Yan's heart burn with excitement. If he could seize the opportunity and strike while the iron was hot, he might be able to obtain more rewards from the Great Thousand World...
"Let's go! We'll head there now."
With that thought, Lin Yan immediately agreed to Lin Dong.
Then he turned and headed straight for the Ironwood Manor's gate.
Lin Dong quickly followed. After that, Lin Yan, Lin Dong, Lin Zhentian, Lin Xiao, and the others transported a large quantity of Yang Yuan Stones and ironwood out of Ironwood Manor, heading straight for Flame City!
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