Chapter 350: Kept Silent in Oblivion

Translator: Flying Lines

Unfortunately, the fighting was over as soon as it started.

After Lin Zhong showed his terrible momentum of Tao Insight Realm, the enemies who had ambushed them left without hesitation.

This disappointed Lin Xun.

He really wanted to see how powerful Shen Jinglun was, who won the third place in the Nation Test sixty years ago and was famous in the Forbidden City as Bronze Charming.

Lin Zhong didn’t chase enemies out. He was worried about being separated from Lin Xun.

When he returned, the silver spear in his hand had disappeared. He also had recovered his simple, honest appearance, with his body hunched.

As Lin Xun was about to ask something, Lin Zhong reported, “Young master, I will tell my story on a suitable day.”

Lin Xun inquired, unwilling to give up his expectation, “Granddad Zhong, would you fight on my requirement in days to come?”

Lin Zhong couldn’t help but sight and said with a bitter smile, “Young master, it’s my duty to protect you. I will definitely fight for you when there’s a need.”

After a pause, he added in a deep voice, “But, I will not fight against any people of Lin Family. This was what I promised to your father.”

Lin Xun took a confirmed glance at Lin Zhong and said with a smile, “I appreciate this.”

After returning to Heart-cleansing Peak, Lin Xun gave 300,000 gold coins to Vulture and let him manage this huge sum of money.

Then Lin Xun came to the top of Heart-cleansing Peak alone and sat on a stone by the cliff.

In the distance, clouds were rolling in the sky, where a bright moon was hanging up high. As the wind in the mountain was howling, an old pine tree was swaying on the edge of the cliff, playing the music of nature.

Dressed in moon-white and his black hair tied behind his head at will, Lin Xun stood in the moonlight, which made his clearly outlined face appear even more refined and calmer.

In another 20 days, he would go to Northlight Lin and fight with Lin Xuefeng, the famous outstanding youngster of Northlight Lin.

There was no doubt that Lin Xuefeng must have been a Sea Spirit Realm man at that time.

Even though Lin Xun now was in Heaven-gang Realm, there was a big gap between Lin Xun’s cultivation and Lin Xuefeng’s.

The power of Heaven-gang realm and that of Sea Spirit Realm was totally different.

Lin Xun had fought with Chi Cangfeng before, so he knew the power of Sea Spirit Realm well.

But this duel was imperative, and Lin Xun could not fail!

So he could only focus on improving his strength for the time being and tried best to prepare for this duel.

Sitting alone in front of the cold and quiet cliff, Lin Xun thought for a long time and finally smiled. He picked up a pot of wine, drinking.

…

From this day on, Lin Xun stayed on the top of Heart-cleansing Peak alone.

He observed the clouds in the morning and slept when the night came.

Sometimes, he practiced saberplays with ancient trees, rocks and waterfalls, leaving shadows between floating clouds and chanting wind.

Sometimes, he sat alone with the saber in his arms like a silent cicada, watching stars, clouds and the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.

As long as he sat motionlessly, he devoted himself into a state of oblivion as he ignored the changes of weather and the pass of day and night. He was in a trance and almost crazy in practicing.

He sat solemnly and motionlessly with his legs crossed, like a mountain communicating his mind with heaven and earth to understand the rules of nature.

This was a special practice.

He abandoned complicated thoughts in his minds, refused disturbance from trifles , but integrated himself into nature and combined his mind with the world.

He saw great beauty of the world, the impermanence of time, the unpredictability surging storms, the rainbow under the waterfall, the tracks of flying fireflies and the colorful reflections on the morning dew…

All the changes of the world were observed by him heartily!

He combined his body and mind with heaven and earth, reading the rhyme of Taoism!

What Heaven-gang Realm practitioners could understand was the whole form of universe.

Everything has its shape, such as planets, roads, mountains and rivers.But great music has the faintest notes, the great form is without shape.As time went by, Lin Xun kept himself isolate from others and practiced alone.

Sometimes he meditated, sometimes he practiced saberplay, sometimes he admired heaven and earth or had insight into mountains and rivers, other times he just drank and stared blankly.

He looked sloppy with longer beard and complicated eyebrows. He was not like a young man now, but like a man who had experienced a lot.

No one disturbed Lin Xun with trifles during these days.

But in the dark, Lin Zhong, Young Ke and Vulture all paid attention to Lin Xun’s every movement.

From the first day, they noticed that Lin Xun was practicing, or rather, he tried to attain enlightenment!

Enlightenment!

The way of enlightenment was extraordinary and mysterious. When practitioners reached a certain degree of cultivation, he would start to understand the heaven and earth with his strength and realize the power of creation.

Lin Xun, who was Heaven-gang-Realm practitioner now, would get to know the essence of Tao by observing the form of heaven and earth. Only by insight into the changes in the universe could he have powerful means to manipulate weather and fly in the air freely when he reached Sea Spirit Realm.

Young Ke was worried that haste might make waste. The more Lin Xun wanted to advance in cultivation, the less he might be able to reach his goal. What was worse, he might fell back and get fettered by shackles of the lower realms.

They all knew that Lin Xun would soon fight with a young strong man in Sea Spirit Realm so it was inevitable for him to practice under pressure.

At the beginning, Vulture was also worried. After a few days’ observation, he decided that Lin Xun was not in the state of pressure.

Vulture suspected that Lin Xun had forgotten everything now and entered a deep level of oblivion.

Lin Zhong also put forward his own view that Lin Xun’s cultivation would be improved even if he could not break through to Sea Spirit Realm directly.

Anyway, Lin Xun didn’t make mistakes in his practice, which made them relieved.

Lin Xun shouldered too much. Under such heavy pressure, they couldn’t do better than Lin Xun if they were put in the same position.

Soon, it was only three days away from the time Lin Xun had agreed with Northlight Lin. But Lin Xun showed no sign of stopping practicing.

In these days, many big events happened in the Forbidden City.

A high-profile auction was held in Keystone Business, in which all the treasures auctioned were peerless, causing fierce competition among many top forces.

It was said that these treasures were sold at a crazy-high price in all!

Because of the success of this auction, Keystone Business’s reputation had been upgraded to an unparalleled level.

The most interesting thing was that the auction was completed by Shi Yu, the third son of Fortune God Shi, alone.

Shi Yu’s prestige in Keystone Business was greatly increased and he was thought highly of by many people outside.

In addition, Young Sword King, Shie Yutang, had a duel with Yi Nian, who came from Moon-wheel Empire, at Green-deer School.

That was a drawn match!

All of a sudden, young monk Yi Nian became the focus in the Forbidden City. He could be called a famous monk now.

As for Shie Yutang, Young Sword King, his reputation was not damaged after this duel at all. On the contrary, his cultivation was successfully promoted, causing countless exclamations and clamors, which made his prestige rise day by day.

Of course, the most sensational thing in recent days was the Nation Test. It could be called a gathering of the talents and strongmen.

Since the beginning of the Ziyao Festival, thousands of young practitioners who came to participate in the Nation Test had presented wonderful duels one after another.

Up to now, the Nation Test had come to an end. 100 practitioners had successfully passed the examination and became the successes of this year’s Nation Test.

Among them, Song Yi, a young strongman from Song Family, one of the seven top-ranking aristocratic families, won the first place.

The second place was taken by Chi Cangfeng, who also came from the top-ranking aristocratic families, Chi Family.

Bai Lingshi, the granddaughter of Jinghai Marquis, ranked third. She had a high status even equal to Song Yi and Chi Cangfeng.

In short, top three places were completely taken over by the descendants of the upper class of the Empire, which made people lament that the foundation of aristocratic families were out of their imagination since these forces had run for so long.

Lin Xun’s absence from the Nation Test also made many people talk about him. It was a pity that Lin Xun didn’t take part in the Nation Test as the first place in the Province Test of Southwest Province.

However, this discussion just happened in a small number of people. Most of people were concerned about the top three of Nation Test.

It was said that on the day of the end of the Nation Test, the top three were not only summoned by the King together with other practitioners who passed the examination, they were directly taken away by Green-deer School when they left the Imperial Palace!

It was a rare honor.

Green-deer School was the top school in the Empire. It had cultivated countless talents for the Empire.

But now, Green-deer School came forward to recruit Song Yi, Chi Cangfeng and Bai Lingshi, which made many people envy the special treatment they received.

Of course, Lin Xun knew nothing about this news.

When there was only one day left from the coming duel, Lin Zhong could not help but approach the top of Heart-cleansing Peak again.

Lin Xun was still sitting on the hard rock by the cliff with his legs crossed. His figure was thin and silent.

His body was covered with fallen leaves and dust. His long beard was drooping. His weather-beaten face was full of desolation.

“Should I wake up him?”

Lin Zhong hesitated.

Tomorrow was the time to go to Northlight Lin. If Lin Xun kept practicing, he would be doomed to break his appointment.

This would disrupt the progress of solving internal problems.

Most importantly, Northlight Lin was not the same as the other three branches of Lin Family. Their attitude towards Lin Xun was not too bad.

If Lin Xun missed this opportunity, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Boom!

Suddenly, an indescribable air came out like a hurricane around Lin Xun.

Uh huh?

Lin Zhong was delighted. He saw Lin Xun, who had been sitting with his legs crossed, open his eyes. Frightening lights were running in his deep dark eyes where there seemed to be waves swirling.

He was like a peerless sword, which had been forged for thousand times in the furnace, finally showed up at this moment!