Chapter 29: The Unexpected Change of the Stone Token

  The faint moonlight shrouds the earth, like a layer of illusory silver gauze.

  In the dark spiritual space, Lin Dong's figure reappeared, and with his reappearance, two light shadows also appeared, Tongbei Fist and Bahang Palm, each unfolding separately.

  However, this time Lin Dong's gaze was not placed on the two lights, but instead tightly stared at what was behind the second light, his expression tense.

  In the afternoon, he had already flipped through that volume of Qimen prints, but as Lin Xia said, this was just a fragment, and it was indeed too difficult to learn something that looked extremely complex and cumbersome.

  So, the afternoon's study had a minimal effect, and this rare book of Qimen Yin was indeed different from other martial arts that Lin Dong had come into contact with, such as Tongbei Fist and Bahang Palm. These all had fixed routines, but Qimen Yin was different. This martial art required the use of a certain seal technique to stir up the body's yuanqi, and when the yuanqi combined with the seal technique, it could explode out with extremely powerful force.

  Although it was just a fleeting glance, Lin Dong could still feel that the seal on this fragment was not complete. This might also be why Lin Xiao and Lin Zhen Tian had abandoned it after successfully cultivating it - without a complete seal, they were unable to bring out the true power of this mysterious seal.

  As for the missing prints in the back, we have to rely on Shi Fu Guang Ying, and see if it can make up for them...

  Under Lin Dong's tense gaze, the darkness behind the second beam of light fell silent for a moment before finally forming another beam of light amidst the ripples.

  Seeing the light and shadow take shape, Lin Dong's heart also couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

  As soon as the light and shadow merged into one, both hands came together, forming a complex handprint.

  "It is indeed the opening seal method of Qimen Yin."

  Lin Dong's eyes became fiery at this moment, staring intently at the light and shadow.

  After the first handprint was displayed in the light and shadow, there were five consecutive transformations, each of which was quite complex. However, with the preview in the afternoon, Lin Dong was still able to barely keep up with this rhythm.

  And when the seventh change of the light and shadow handprint occurred, Lin Dong's heart suddenly rose up, because the remaining pages' seal method had completely disappeared at this point. In other words, even on the remaining pages, there was no record of the subsequent seal methods...

  Under Lin Dong's scorching and tense gaze, the originally smooth and flowing Seal of Light and Shadow suddenly appeared to be slightly stagnant. Fortunately, this stagnation only lasted for a few breaths before the Seal in Guan Yin's hand continued to change!

  "It succeeded!"

  Looking at the light and shadow in his hand, that was clearly very unfamiliar, but seemed to be extremely harmonious with the seal, Lin Dong almost couldn't help but jump up, his face filled with excitement and thrill.

  The originally incomplete martial arts were actually perfected under Shi Fuguang's strange ability!

  "It's actually possible..."

  Lin Dong was excited for a long time, and only gradually calmed down. He looked at Shi Xiu's light shadow again, but his face changed suddenly as he discovered that the current light shadow seemed to have dimmed a lot. Even the speed of the changing seals in his hand had started to slow down.

  "What's going on?" Seeing this scene, Lin Dong was greatly shocked. This situation was still the first time he had encountered since obtaining the mysterious stone symbol.

  Under Lin Dong's somewhat unsightly complexion, the speed of the changing light and shadow imprinting method was also getting slower and slower. In the end, it suddenly stopped abruptly, but looking at the last handprint, it was clear that this was not the final step of the Qimen Imprint.

  "Can't even Shi Fu Guang Ying thoroughly repair this strange door seal?"

  Lin Dong furrowed his brow, clearly somewhat perplexed as to why the Stone Symbol Light Shadow that had been fine just a moment ago suddenly couldn't be repaired.

  The stopped Shigeki Kage no Jutsu, after a brief pause, was once again cast from the beginning, but what made Lin Dong feel stifled was that this time's casting still remained at the same place as before...

  So repetitive, yet still no change...

  Lin Dong stared blankly at the light and shadow of the stone symbol, and after a long while, he finally sighed helplessly and said to himself: "Forget it, I'll just have to make do with this. After all, it's more complete than what's recorded on the remaining fragments."

  Saying so, Lin Dong also stretched out his hands, and the hand seals followed the light of the stone symbol to repair some of the seal movements...

  After such a long period of cultivation, Lin Dong finally relaxed his hands and took a deep breath. Those seals were complex, but under Shi Xuan's perfect guidance, it wasn't too difficult to remember them in his mind. Of course, remembering them in his mind wasn't the hard part; when the time came to actually use them, it wouldn't be so easy.

  According to the remaining chapters, this Qimen seal is divided into four layers. However, only the first layer's sealing method is recorded in the remaining chapters. If I'm not mistaken, the one that Shi Fu Guangying restored earlier should be the second layer of the Qimen seal. But what puzzles me is why it's impossible to restore the third and fourth layers - could it be because it's just too difficult?

  Lin's eyes flickered uncertainly, and finally he could only shake his head and sigh: "Two layers are two layers, anyway, with my current strength, being able to successfully cultivate the first layer of this mysterious gate is already very good."

  With this self-consolation in his heart, Lin Dong finally withdrew from the spiritual space with some regret.

  …

  Lindong's tightly closed eyes on the bed also opened, and his agile body jumped off the bed. He took a deep breath, pulled in his stomach, and with slightly stiff hands, he began to perform that rather complex hand seal.

  As the Yin and Yang slowly completed step by step, the primordial seeds that swam in the Lin Dong meridians also suddenly transmitted some ripples, but these ripples were very subtle, flashing by in an instant, and then disappearing.

  At that time when the fluctuation disappeared, Lin Dong also shook his head helplessly. Although he remembered the seal method, wanting to achieve the tacit understanding of simultaneously operating yuan force and seal method still required a lot of practice. After all, no matter what, this first heavy seal of Qimen was considered a third-grade martial art.

  "The first level of Qimen Yin is equivalent to a third-grade martial art. If you can also master the second level, I'm sure that even if it's not comparable to a fourth-grade martial art, it will still be among the top in the third-grade martial arts."

  At this point, Lin Dong's previous melancholy had weakened a lot. He let out a light breath and reached for the stone symbol that was placed close to him. However, as soon as his eyes scanned it, his face suddenly changed drastically.

  "What's going on..."

  The stone symbol now has a somewhat dull complexion, and the warm and cool feeling like jade is also dissipated. Even the strange symbols on it have faded a lot.

  The stone symbol now looks almost no different from ordinary stones!

  That appearance was as if it had lost some kind of energy support, making the stone token become ordinary again.

  "Energy Crisis?!"

  The flash of insight in his mind made the turmoil in Lin's heart suddenly disperse, and now he finally vaguely understood why the stone symbol's light shadow had stopped automatically when it was only halfway repaired.

  The stone token has perfected the martial arts, and it may also need energy support. After this period of time, the Tongbei Fist, the Bahang Palm, and the Qimen Seal just now have all consumed the original energy of the stone token!

  "It should be like this..."

  In the room, Lin wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead. Since he knew where the problem lay, he could think of a way to solve it. This stone symbol was too important for him, and no matter what, he couldn't let anything go wrong with it.