Chapter Thirty: Minor Accomplishment

  The acquisition of energy, Lin Dong knew of only two ways, one was the energy contained in spiritual medicine, and the other was yuan force.

  The former possibility is smaller, after all, from the stone symbol's ability to refine the spiritual medicine into a pill, it seems that he is not very interested in the energy contained in the spiritual medicine, and in this case, there is only the latter.

  At this point, Lin Dong also hesitated for a moment before slowly closing his eyes, urging the yuan force seeds in his meridians to move. Then, there was a faint glow surging in Lin Dong's palm, and a weak thread of yuan force wandered under the skin of his palm, but it was unable to break out of his body after all, with Lin Dong's current strength, he couldn't control the yuan force to that extent yet.

  "Hah!"

  But just as Lin Dong frowned, the mysterious stone symbol in his palm suddenly trembled, and then Lin Dong felt a surge of suction power bursting out from the stone symbol!

  Under that suction, the thread of yuan force spinning under Lin Dong's skin was directly swallowed by the stone talisman. Moreover, after swallowing that thread of yuan force, the stone talisman seemed to be still unsatisfied, a suction force transmitted into Lin Dong's body, continuously pulling out the yuan force from his yuan force seed.

  This sudden change made Lin Dong's face somewhat horrified, this Yuan force seed was the result of his hard work for more than half a year, if it was completely absorbed by this stone symbol, what would he do then?

  As Lin Dong was shocked, a severe pain suddenly came from his palm. He quickly looked down and saw that the stone talisman had begun to slowly embed itself into the flesh of his palm!

  The speed of the stone symbol's embedding changed from slow to fast, and when Lin Dong was about to pull it out in a hurry, the stone symbol directly slipped into his palm, but his palm was smooth as jade, without any scars.

  As the stone symbol was embedded in Lin Dong's palm, that suction force also gradually weakened until it completely disappeared.

  "This is..."

  Lin Dong suppressed the panic in his heart and looked at his palm, only to discover that at this moment, there was a faint symbol on his palm. This symbol seemed to be deeply hidden under the skin, and if one didn't look closely, it would be impossible to detect.

  This rune was not unfamiliar to Lin Dong, because the runes on that stone slab were exactly the same as his.

  Looking at the mysterious runes, Lin Dong also didn't know what to do. He could feel the stone symbol embedded in his palm, perhaps because of their blood connection, he had a sense of familiarity with the mysterious stone symbol.

  Sensing the stone symbol in his palm, Lin Dong closed his eyes and turned his mind. In a daze, he suddenly appeared in that dark spiritual space. At this moment, the brightness of the third light shadow body in the spiritual space seemed to have recovered somewhat.

  "Shi Fu's mastery of martial arts is indeed also in need of Yuan Li's support..."

  Seeing this scene, Lin Dong nodded thoughtfully and withdrew from the spiritual space. Since embedding the stone symbol into his flesh and blood, he seemed to be able to enter that spiritual space at will.

  "The internal yuan force is too weak and still not enough to complete the Qimen seal, it seems that this martial art is indeed quite complex..." Lin's hands clenched into fists, and he muttered to himself.

  "It seems like I still need to quickly increase my strength..."

  Lin Dong let out a soft sigh, only now did he understand that if the stone talisman was to perfect some higher-level martial arts, it would also require a considerable amount of yuan force to support it. Before, when cultivating the Tong Bei Fist and other first-rate martial arts, the stone talisman had been able to handle it, but once he encountered martial arts like the Qi Men Yin that were incomplete, he needed to use his yuan force to stimulate the stone talisman.

  At this point, Lin Dong also temporarily suppressed the urgency in his heart towards the Qimen mark. He sat cross-legged on the bed and took out a bottle of Shiyu Ling liquid, dripping a few drops into his mouth, allowing his body to slowly absorb the pure medicinal power. As the medicinal power seeped in, the Yuan force seed also began to grow stronger thread by thread...

  ……

  In the following month, Lin Dong once again became reclusive and rarely seen moving around in the Lin family home. All his time was spent on cultivation.

  And under his cultivation, which was as intense as forgetting to sleep and eat, combined with the assistance of Shí Fú Líng Yè and even Líng Yào Dān Wán, the effect obtained was extremely obvious.

  Around January, the primordial seeds in Lin's body had grown several times larger, and the primordial energy they contained was much stronger than it was when he first joined the sect. Although it still hadn't reached the eighth level, it shouldn't be far off.

  As for the first level of Qimen Yin, after this period of day and night non-stop bitter practice, Lin Dong also initially mastered it. The coordination between that printing method and Yuan Li was also gradually becoming tacit, but no matter how hard Lin Dong practiced, he couldn't trigger even half a point of Yuan Li fluctuation in his body for the second level of printing method. It's probably because his strength is too low.

  But overall, this month's hard work has yielded a considerable harvest.

  …

  In the dense forest, Lin Dong sat on a stone pedestal with his eyes closed, and there were faint sweat marks on his body, which should be after intense exercise.

  In the midst of Lin Dong's closed eyes and crossed legs, there was a subtle surge of yuan force circulating around his body, which eventually followed his breath and seeped into his body, nourishing his flesh and skin.

  Of course, this gentle stream-like yuan force was far from enough to satisfy Lin Dong's needs, and the fire-red dan bead in his mouth was also swallowed lightly at this moment.

  With the entry of Dan Wan, the majestic and pure medicinal power burst forth instantly, that kind of impact made Lin's body feel wave after wave of comfort and relaxation in his blood, flesh, and bones.

  Pure medicinal power surges like a tidal wave, tempering the skeletal organs while also transforming into strands of primal energy that merge with the primal energy seeds.

  "Humming."

  As more and more yuan force poured into the yuan force seed, the originally still yuan force seed suddenly emitted a faint tremor. The faint mist that had been lingering around it transformed into a ring of light at this moment, swirling around the yuan force seed.

  When the mist turned into a faint halo, Lin Dong clearly felt that the yuan force seed began to flow along the meridians towards the lower abdomen. However, just as this movement was about to reach the end of a meridian, an invisible resistance suddenly emerged, like an invisible wall, blocking the flowing yuan force seed.

  Facing the invisible wall of obstruction, the yuan force seed collided several times, but it didn't have much effect, so it could only be abandoned reluctantly...

  "Tempering Body Eighth Layer..."

  When the Yuanli seed was blocked by that invisible barrier, Lin Dong's tightly closed eyes also slowly opened, and he let out a long breath, with a hint of joy flashing in his eyes.

  The scale of Yuan Li's seed was several times larger than that of the same clan at the time, and it had already reached the eighth level of Tempering.

  "That layer of barrier, should be the so-called Dan Tian's barrier. If it can be broken through, the Yuan Li seed can enter the Dan Tian and take root in it, thus thoroughly consolidating the foundation of cultivation..."

  Lin Dong muttered to himself, the sign of refining his body to the ninth level was that the Yuan Force seed took root in the Dan Tian, but looking at the current situation, he still needed to work hard for a while before he could achieve this step.

  However, a period of half a month is enough to advance from the seventh level of Tempering Body to the eighth level. This speed is already quite good. As for the ninth level, it's still a bit too far-fetched. After all, one has to eat one mouthful at a time...

  Jumping down from the stone pier, Lin Dong's body was as straight as a long spear, his face solemn, and his hands slowly formed a complex handprint in front of him.

  As this handprint was formed, suddenly and faintly, as if there was a special aura spreading out.

  Lin Dong's hands moved swiftly, changing rapidly in a short period of time. In just a few breaths, he had changed into several complex seal techniques. As his seals changed, the yuan force seeds in his body's meridians also flowed out at this moment, surging towards Lin Dong's palm with a loud whooshing sound.

  "Cheers!"

  As the Lin Dong's palm light grew brighter, a stern shout suddenly came from his mouth. His hand formed a complex seal and swung back to heavily chop onto the hard stone pedestal.

  Bang!

  The palm print fell, and the stone pedestal exploded instantly, with debris flying everywhere.

  Lin Dong's mouth was panting with coarse air, his face flushed red as he stared at the almost completely shattered stone pedestal. His eyes surged with an uncontrollable color of wild joy. After entering the eighth layer of Tempering Body, he finally successfully displayed the first layer of Qimen Seal...

  This power is beyond compare, even if it's the tenth move of Tong Bei Quan, it can't be matched. A third-grade martial art is indeed extraordinary!