Chapter 335: The Great Desert Sutra
When the blind elder told Chen Zhen and Wu Dao that Lin Yan had condensed the desert seed in just half an hour, they were completely stunned:
"This kid keeps surprising us..."
"It seems he really has a chance to be stronger than Zhou Tong..."
Their comments matched those of the blind elder; they all thought Lin Yan could become stronger than Zhou Tong.
Of course, Lin Yan knew nothing about these opinions of him.
After resting for a night, Lin Yan headed to the grand hall the next morning, intending to ask Chen Zhen if he could now start studying the Great Desert Sutra.
When he arrived at the grand hall, the first thing he saw was Chen Zhen and Wu Dao calmly playing chess.
Lin Yan, showing good judgment, stood to the side waiting for the two masters to finish their game.
When they finally finished, they noticed Lin Yan was there.
So they asked, "Disciple, why did you come so early and say nothing?"
Lin Yan smiled slightly and replied, "I saw the masters were playing chess, so I didn't want to interrupt."
"I came to ask if I can now study the Great Desert Sutra."
As he said this, all eyes in the hall turned towards Lin Yan.
At that moment, a young woman dressed in red from the Heavenly Palace was passing by, and upon hearing Lin Yan's words, she commented disdainfully:
"Do you think that just because you have a high level of cultivation you can understand the Great Desert Sutra?"
"No one in the Desert Hall has managed to understand it for a long time. Maybe you can't either, as it's not as simple as you think."
The one speaking was Ying Huanhuan from the Heavenly Palace.
Lin Yan nodded and said, "How will I know if I don't try?"
"So I still want to try."
Seeing that her words had no effect on Lin Yan, Ying Huanhuan snorted and left.
After listening to Lin Yan, Chen Zhen smiled and said, "Since you've condensed the desert seed, you can go study the Great Desert Sutra."
"Come, I'll take you to see the blind elder so he can guide you."
With that, Chen Zhen took Lin Yan's hand and they flew towards the ancient tower.
When they arrived at the tower, the first thing they saw was the blind elder.
They quickly descended and stopped in front of the elder.
Chen Zhen explained Lin Yan's purpose to the blind elder, and Lin Yan bowed and said, "Hello, master."
Hearing Lin Yan call him master, the blind elder trembled slightly. It had been a long time since he heard that word...
Then, with his grey, pupil-less eyes, he looked at Lin Yan and said:
"Good, good... It has been years since I've heard that title..."
"Are you sure you want to learn the Great Desert Sutra?"
Lin Yan nodded. Although there were many martial arts here, what Lin Yan wanted was the Great Desert Sutra...
"You have a good eye. If you trust yourself, follow me. That place was visited by Zhou Tong in his time."
The blind elder said no more, turned around, and headed into the grand hall.
Lin Yan, though a bit puzzled by the elder's nonchalant attitude, was very interested in his last sentence. Although he had been in the Dao sect for a short time, he had heard a lot about Zhou Tong, a highly respected name among the sect's disciples.
With great interest in this prestigious character, Lin Yan closely followed the blind elder, who walked unhurriedly.
The elder's slow, small steps were like those of an old man on the verge of death, weak and slow.
Lin Yan followed quietly, not getting impatient with the elder's slow pace, maintaining a serene expression.
After slowly walking through the martial arts hall for almost an hour, the elder stopped.
When the elder stopped, Lin Yan looked up and saw a light membrane shaped like an inverted bowl. Inside the membrane stood a stone stele.
Swoosh!
The blind elder slowly raised his bony hand and made a cut in the air. A beam of light emerged from his finger, and the light membrane, along with the space around it, tore apart.
Then, the two arrived at a new place, where there were four stone steles like the one seen inside the light membrane.
The blind elder approached one of the steles and said to Lin Yan:
"This is the most powerful technique of the Great Desert Sutra, the Desert Demon Eye..."
Hearing this, Lin Yan stepped forward, looked at the four large characters "Desert Demon Eye" on the stele, and sat cross-legged. Then he said to the blind elder:
"Don't worry, master, I'm ready."
The blind elder was surprised by his response.
He took a deep breath and recited a spell. The four characters on the stele began to float around Lin Yan.
Suddenly, the characters entered Lin Yan's head, and he felt immense pressure all over his body.
"Hum..."
With a low groan, Lin Yan resisted the pressure with strength.
After enduring the pressure, a vast and grey place appeared before him.
There, he saw a stone stele identical to the one outside, with an eye on it.
However, there were some crawling objects slowly approaching the eye on the stele.
Seeing this, Lin Yan released his energy and launched a blow with desert energy towards the crawling objects.
Feeling the desert energy, the crawling objects quickly moved away from the stele.
The stele, perceiving Lin Yan's level and desert energy, was surprised. Then, an ancient and slow voice emanated from the stele:
"I didn't expect someone from the Desert Hall to reach here... Incredible..."
"If you have come this far and scared away those objects, you can probably comprehend the Great Desert Sutra."
"Even though you haven't learned other arts of the Desert Hall... it doesn't matter. When you comprehend the Great Desert Sutra, I will have a favor to ask of you."
Lin Yan nodded and began to study the Desert Demon Eye.
Sitting cross-legged, a series of black energies emerged and swirled around his body.
These black energies silently absorbed the knowledge emitted by the stele and transferred it to Lin Yan's mind...
After half a day of knowledge absorption, Lin Yan successfully comprehended the Great Desert Sutra.
Upon comprehending the Great Desert Sutra, Lin Yan felt the benefits it granted him.
His mental strength had increased significantly, and the desert seed in his dantian had grown a bit more...
Seeing that Lin Yan had comprehended the sutra, the stele said: "Good, since you have finished comprehending it, please help me seal those crawling objects..."
Lin Yan knew how dangerous those objects were. In the original, the stele had suffered a lot because of them.
Now that he had arrived and comprehended the Great Desert Sutra, he had the necessary power.
As soon as the stele finished speaking, Lin Yan expelled the crawling objects one by one and sealed their origin.
Although they were sealed, the stele said: "Good, that is enough. Although they are sealed, your seal will break in two years."
"Then you will have to return. I hope to see how far you have comprehended the Great Desert Sutra in two years..."
Lin Yan nodded and said: "Alright. Although I don't know what these objects are, I know they harm you. In two years, I will return to destroy them completely."
The stele smiled and said: "It's good to know. They are not easy to eliminate..."
"Hehe, well, since you have comprehended the sutra, it's time for you to leave. Don't keep the others waiting..."
With that, Lin Yan returned to his body. Upon opening his eyes, there was a grey layer in his gaze.
The next thing he saw was a bright light and the three: the blind elder, Chen Zhen, and Wu Dao.
Learning that Lin Yan had comprehended the sutra, the three smiled with relief: "Well done! Incredible that you managed it! It's amazing..."
"You truly are our disciple, comprehending the Great Desert Sutra without learning other arts. A real miracle!"
Lin Yan smiled slightly: "It's nothing, I just got lucky."
Wu Dao commented: "Today is your match with Jiang Hao. He must already be waiting for you."
"Let's go, we don't want them to think our star disciple chickened out, hahaha!" (End of the chapter)
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