Xianyuan Hotel, rooftop.
'Now, I have learned thirty-two beginner-level martial arts. For each beginner-level martial art I learn, there are many insights...'
Lin Yun thought to himself as he practiced the martial arts he had learned from the Universal Trading System.
There is a lot of information on the Universal Trading System, but much of it requires the owner of the system to discover it for themselves.
Since he is studying martial arts, he has studied more information about martial arts.
Recently, he discovered a saying on the Universal Trading System.
If a person has learned a lot of martial arts and still has a lot to learn when they learn a new martial art, that person may have a good martial arts talent.
The reason is simple.
If a person's level of understanding is only two or three points, when they have learned a certain number of martial arts techniques, they will not be able to gain new insights when learning new ones. Most likely, they have already reached the limit of their understanding.
If a person's level of understanding is eight or nine points, the number of martial arts techniques they have learned may be several times that of the former. When they learn new martial arts techniques, they will still gain a lot of insights. This is a high level of understanding, and they can understand more things.
Of course, it is not impossible that some people have average perception, but are just slow to respond. They can only perceive a small amount of things in each martial art, but can perceive new things from a very large number of martial arts.
There are also some people with extremely strong perception who can perceive a lot from a simple martial art. They don't need to learn many martial arts to perceive a lot of things. When they have learned a certain number of martial arts, they will not perceive new things when learning new martial arts.
In short, there is no certainty.
'I don't know, how is my comprehension, and how many martial arts can I learn...'
Lin Yun whispered.
There are very few people with extremely strong comprehension.
For most people, the more martial arts they learn, and the new martial arts they learn at the same time, the more new insights they have, and the stronger their comprehension becomes.
For people with strong comprehension, if they learn more martial arts, then the foundation of their fighting skills will be deeper.
Fighting at the same level, or even with the same number of martial arts, they will be stronger.
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With martial arts like Tiger Fist, he can only learn one more.
'In the past two days, they have collected a lot of resources over there. Maybe I can find some time to collect some of them...'
Lin Yun thought.
He didn't want to delay his martial arts training.
It didn't take long for him to take a flight there and back.
An hour later, Lin Yun finished practicing martial arts.
He went downstairs, opened the door, and walked into the room.
Xia Qingqing, Lin Duoer, and Zhong Ling were laughing and talking.
Lin Duoer was beaming as she introduced the various features of Xianyuan County to Xia Qingqing and Zhong Ling.
'Brother Lin, I heard Duoer say that you have a Sanqing Palace here. Let's go take a look together tomorrow,' Xia Qingqing said with a smile as she saw Lin Yun return.
Since coming to Lin Yun's side, Xia Qingqing had changed her address.
Instead of calling Lin Yun "brother," she now called him 'big brother.'
According to Xia Qingqing, Lin Yun already has a younger sister in the family, so it's not appropriate for her to continue calling him that. Besides, she is his girlfriend, and it might sound strange if people heard her call him that.
Lin Yun laughed and didn't care.
He knew that Xia Qingqing was embarrassed.
'Okay!' Lin Yun agreed.
That night.
Lin Yun once again learned a beginner-level martial art.
Once again, he spent ten spirit crystals.
Together with the spiritual crystals absorbed by the Universal Trading System, there are now only two spiritual crystals left in Lin Yun's Universal Trading System.
The next morning, Lin Yun practiced this new martial art.
After a night's sleep, although Lin Yun did nothing, he became more familiar with this new martial art.
This is also Lin Yun's experience these days learning many martial arts.
An hour later, Lin Yun finished practicing.
After a simple meal, Lin Yun, Xia Qingqing and the others went to Sanqing Palace.
Xianyuan County is said to be the hometown of Laojun, a very famous figure in history, the ancestor of Taoism, and contains a strong mythological colouring.
Sanqing is said to be his incarnation. Sanqing Palace is said to have been built on the ruins of the place where Laojun once lived and preached.
Lin Yun himself does not believe in this kind of mythical figure too much, but he will not belittle it either.
As the saying goes, one can choose not to believe, but one cannot disrespect.
At one time, Lin Yun held this mentality.
Regardless, the other party has made great contributions to the history and culture of the Great Xia. Even now, the Taoist classics left behind by the other party are very famous throughout the world.
For this reason alone, Lin Yun deserves respect.
However, Lin Yun has now obtained the Cosmic Trading System and knows more.
He knows that in this world, there are actually cultivators.
This is different from martial arts cultivation, and the two systems are different.
Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
Although some novels have portrayed cultivators as being very powerful,
he knows that cultivators are not necessarily very strong until they reach a certain realm.
And martial artists who have reached a certain realm are not weak.
Cultivating the Golden Elixir, breaking through the void with martial arts—these are some of the ways people describe the realm of martial arts, and in fact, there are traces of this in some realms of martial arts.
Martial arts and cultivation have a lot in common.
Lin Yun was also a little curious about this trip to Sanqing Palace.
This Laojun has a very strong mythical aura, and in some places, it fits the situation of a cultivator. I wonder if this Laojun is a cultivator.
However, thousands of years have passed since the other person's era.
Even if the other person was a cultivator, they should no longer be around.
Thousands of years, even if the other person was a cultivator, they would need to be at a high realm to have such a long life.
Cultivators at this realm all have the ability to overturn mountains and seas.
He has lived in Xianyuan County for so many years and has also been to Sanqing Palace a few times, but he has never seen anything miraculous.
Lin Yun's home is in the west of the county.
Sanqing Palace is in the east of the county.
The two places are more than 20 li apart.
However, it doesn't take long for Lin Yun and the others to get there by car.
It takes less than 20 minutes.
The entrance fee is 60 yuan. One of the bodyguards pays the fee and gets the tickets, and then the group enters.
The entire Sanqing Palace is almost like a very large square. There are three halls of different sizes in the front, middle and back, and not far away on both sides are some pavilions and some plants. It is very simple.
Although it is the New Year's Eve and many migrant workers have returned, there are not many people coming to Sanqing Palace.
The entrance fee is 60 yuan per person, which is not something the average person is willing to spend.
If three or four people enter, it will cost 200-300 yuan in entrance fees.
There is nothing interesting about Sanqing Palace. Just walking to the back, looking at the main hall and the statues of the gods, and then coming back again, it's a few kilometres in total, and you just feel tired.
It's better to go for a walk along the river and enjoy the scenery.
Lin Yun had once complained about this situation.
It's only on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, when many people offer incense to Laojun, that the admission fee is only ten yuan and there are more people.
After Xia Qingqing and Lin Duoer entered, they were very happy. They and Zhong Ling ran happily in front of them.
In fact, they were just having fun.
It was fun to have so many people come together to play.
As he watched the three girls running happily in front of him, Lin Yun smiled and followed behind them.
'Huh?'
Suddenly, Lin Yun's heart stirred, and he looked up suddenly, looking very surprised at the temple in front of him.
This was the temple in front of Sanqing Palace, not very big.
However, Lin Yun sensed a strong spiritual energy in this temple.
'What is going on?'
Lin Yun exclaimed in surprise.
This strong spiritual energy was not the kind of spiritual energy emitted by ordinary people, but a sense of convergence, and it was extremely strong.
Thinking this, Lin Yun walked quickly forward.
At the same time, he began to quickly search for this situation on the Universal Trading System.
With a purposeful search, it was not difficult to find a lot of information.
Soon, Lin Yun found it.
This situation should be encountering a spiritual object.
Spiritual objects are objects with a spiritual nature that can gather spiritual energy and strengthen themselves.
Just like humans, who are the spirit of all things, not only can they gather spiritual energy, they can also generate it.
However, humans have bodies, made of flesh and blood, and they have distracting thoughts, so it is difficult for other people to absorb their spiritual energy.
Spiritual objects can be naturally born or artificially created.
Naturally born spiritual objects are often born from powerful and pure spiritual energy combined with special circumstances. They rely on powerful and pure spiritual energy to survive and are composed entirely of extremely strong and pure spiritual energy. This kind of spiritual energy can be easily absorbed and refined by others.
Artificially created spiritual objects also require pure spiritual energy to be sustained, and over time, they can also gather a lot of pure spiritual energy that can be easily absorbed and refined by others.
This pure spiritual energy is easily refined by people and naturally favoured by some cultivators. Spiritual objects can gather this pure spiritual energy, which can be seen as precious.
However, the most precious thing is still the spirituality in these spiritual objects, which also has other effects.
This pure spirituality is very rare.
Especially a spiritual object that has grown up, their spirituality is very high and even more precious.
On the cosmic trading system, there are people who buy these spiritual objects.
Depending on the level, the price of spiritual objects varies.
The less expensive ones are worth a dozen or a few tens of spirit crystals.
The more expensive ones are worth a few thousand or even tens of thousands of spirit crystals.
Lin Yun's eyes lit up when he saw this.
He wondered what level this spiritual object he had discovered was, and if he put it up for sale on the universal trading system, how many spirit crystals it would sell for.
Soon, Lin Yun arrived in front of the temple.
At this time, Lin Yun also discovered that there were actually three places where spiritual energy converged.
Two of them were on the two large trees in front of the temple gate.
The other was on the statue of the god in the middle of the temple.
Lin Yun looked very strange.
Did he just discover three spiritual objects?
'These two large trees have all survived for thousands of years. What is very strange is that the trunks of these two trees are all spiralling, one spiralling left and the other spiralling right, which corresponds to the way of yin and yang in the world...'
Just then, the guide next to him explained in a timely manner.
'The tree trunks, one turning left? One turning right?'
Lin Yun was a little surprised.
He had been to Sanqing Palace several times before, but at that time he didn't bother to find a tour guide, so he hadn't noticed this.
Now that he looked closely, it was obvious.
One tree trunk was turning left, and one was turning right, very obvious and natural.
'There really is something to it...'
Lin Yun nodded in secret.
Could it be that this is the reason why these two trees have developed spirituality?
If the trees have become spiritual, have they become spirits?
Tree spirits? Tree demons?
Lin Yun searched the Universal Trading System and found that there are indeed tree demons and the like in this world. However, without reaching a certain realm, tree demons have little power and are even considered treasures by some cultivators.
'Release spiritual energy in the palm of your hand, press the palm against the spiritual object, and then use the Universal Trading System to collect it?'
Lin Yun began to look for a way to collect the spiritual bodies in these spiritual objects, and soon found one.
The spiritual objects were the two large trees and the statue of the god in the temple. He obviously could not collect these three things.
However, the most important thing was the spiritual bodies in the spiritual objects. As long as he collected the three spiritual bodies, he would be fine.
As long as there were three spiritual bodies, he could create three more spiritual objects at any time.
This was simple.
Soon, Lin Yun followed this method.
It seems that Lin Yun just touched this big tree, which is what many people who come here do. The tour guide didn't care about it and continued to tell story after story.
Even if Lin Yun sucked the spirit body that gave birth to this big tree away, it would not affect the growth of this big tree.
Therefore, Lin Yun did this at the moment without any psychological burden.
Soon, Lin Yun's spiritual power sensed that there was a white light in the centre of this big tree, which should be the spirit body in this big tree.
'Don't...don't absorb me...'
Just as Lin Yun was about to absorb the white light in the tree into the trading space, a young voice came out fearfully.
Lin Yun was startled.
His hand trembled, and the suction generated by the universal trading system immediately disappeared.
Although Lin Yun now knows that there are many magical existences in this world, he has never seen this kind of thing after all.
How could he not be startled when he suddenly heard this kind of voice?
Don't suck him?
He was absorbing the white light mass in this big tree, could it be that this white light mass was talking?
This big tree...has become a demon?
According to some information he looked up just now, although some big trees can become spirits, become spirits, become demons, but those that can speak like this are still very, very rare, or, are more special, extremely spiritual, or, have extremely high realms.
Lin Yun's thoughts were spinning rapidly.
It shouldn't be because of a high realm.
Otherwise, he really might not be a match for this tree.
Then, it should be the former situation, because due to special circumstances, the spirit born from this tree is extremely spiritual.
'Are you this white light?'
Lin Yun used his spiritual power to send a message.
'It's me, please don't suck me in, I... I don't want to die... sob...' A young sobbing voice came out.
Lin Yun was speechless.
The spirituality of this white light is also too high, right?
'I didn't say I was going to kill you...' Lin Yun thought for a moment and said.
'I... I don't want to leave here either... I still need to grow with the spiritual energy here. I'm still young, so when I grow up a little more, you can take me away...' The childish voice stopped crying and said crisply.
'Er...' Lin Yun again didn't know what to say.
He just felt funny.
The spirituality of this white light cluster was really extraordinary.
This kind of thing, the average spirituality, could not say it.
'Okay, then, I'll go absorb the spirit of that big tree over there...' Lin Yun tentatively said.
'Don't absorb the spirit of that big tree either, it's Xiao Lan, it's my good friend...' Sure enough, the young voice sounded again, and it started crying again.
'Brother, brother, don't absorb me, please...' Next to him, in the direction of the big tree, a young voice also sounded, also crying.
The previous childish voice was male, but this one was female.
They both looked to be about five or six years old.
The spirits of these two trees were surprisingly high.
'So what should I absorb? I can't just come here for nothing, can I?' Lin Yun laughed.
'You can absorb the spirit on the statue...' Just then, the boy's voice timidly said.
'The spirit on the statue? Isn't it your friend?' Lin Yun asked curiously.
'It only has simple spirituality, no consciousness...Brother, do you want spiritual energy? You can also absorb a large part of the spiritual energy in Xiaobai and me, just leave a small part for us to survive. We can also absorb spiritual energy in the future, and let you absorb it...' Just then, the girl's voice whispered.
'The spirituality on this idol has no consciousness?' Lin Yun looked up and looked at the idol in the temple, a little surprised.
Seeing two spiritual beings in a row, both with such high spirituality, he had thought that all three spiritual beings here were highly spiritual.
Unexpectedly, the spiritual being in this statue did not have consciousness.
While talking, Lin Yun walked closer.
His palm slightly caressed the bottom of this statue, and his spiritual energy was released.
A larger white light appeared in the centre of this statue, containing more spiritual energy.
However, no sound came out.
'It seems that, just as the spirits of the two trees said, this idol only has spirituality but no consciousness...'
Lin Yun mused.
In that case, he would first absorb the spirit in this idol and leave.
With the power of the Universal Trading System, an invisible suction force immediately arose, beginning to absorb the spirit in this idol.
In just a dozen seconds, Lin Yun had absorbed the spirit in this idol into the trading space.
'Boom!'
Without the support of the idol and entering the special trading space, the white light immediately exploded, sending out a huge burst of pure spiritual energy. The spiritual energy points on the cosmic trading system immediately began to rise rapidly.
It rose by dozens of points in almost a second.
In just two or three seconds, it rose by one spiritual crystal.
The number of spiritual energy points and spiritual crystals was still rising.
'So much spiritual energy...'
Lin Yun was secretly astonished.
He had known that this would happen, but he had never expected that this white light would contain so much spiritual energy.
However, he thought about it carefully.
This statue of the god had at least a history of several decades.
It was not known when it had become spiritual, but it had probably gathered a lot of faith over the years.
Although there are not many people who come to the Sanqing Palace, there are still some people who come to burn incense on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month. Those people are more loyal, and when the temple fair is held every year for free, the place is packed with people, and even more people burn incense.
It is not surprising that it has accumulated so much spiritual energy over the years.
One minute later, the spiritual crystals on the cosmic trading system had risen by more than 40, and the number was still rising, and the rate of increase was getting faster and faster.
The universe trading space is full of spiritual energy, and the universe trading system is refining it with all its strength.
Although this spiritual energy is relatively pure, it still needs to be refined, as it only has relatively pure attributes.
Around them, the three girls Xia Qingqing, Lin Duoer, and Zhong Ling were running around, looking at everything with curiosity.
Lin Yun slowly walked around the front and back of the temple.
All the bodyguards dispersed around the four of them, paying attention to the situation around them.
Their duty meant that even in such an open place with not many people, they had to pay careful attention to the safety of their employer.