WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 29: Changes to the Stone Amulet

The dim moonlight enveloped the entire ground like a layer of silver thread.

Lin Dong's figure once again appeared in the darkness of the Spiritual Domain. Followed closely, two glowing shadows also winked as they each displayed Penetrating Fist and Eight Desolations Palm.

However, this time, Lin Dong did not bother to glance at any of these two glowing shadows. Instead, he firmly stared at the place behind the second glowing shadow, as shades of anticipation and nervousness dyed his face.

In the afternoon, he had already read the manual of the Magic Gate Seal. However, as Lin Xia had said, this was only an incomplete manual, and to master this extremely complicated and detailed martial art, it was indeed extremely difficult.

Thus, an entire afternoon of intense study produced little results. Moreover, this incomplete manual of the Magic Gate Seal was also different from other martial arts that Lin Dong had contacted before. For example, Penetrating Fist and Eight Desolations Palm are martial arts that involve a fixed sequence or pattern of movements. In comparison, the Magic Gate Seal used some kind of hand seal to expel the Yuan Energy within the body, and when the Yuan Energy was combined with the hand seal, an extremely powerful force would be generated.

Although he had only skimmed through the manual, Lin Dong could still sense that the Seal Method described in the incomplete manual was incomplete. Perhaps that was why Lin Xiao and Lin Zhentian decided to give up on this martial art, even after successfully mastering the Hand Seal method. After all, without a complete manual, it was impossible to bring out the true power of the Magic Gate Seal.

As for the lost Hand Seal Method, Lin Dong hoped that the Shining Stone Talisman Shadow could solve it ...

Under Lin Dong's tense gaze, at first, nothing had happened in the darkness behind the second glowing shadow. For a moment, darkness rose as a third luminous shadow formed.

After witnessing the shining shadow forming, Lin Dong could not help but sigh in relief in his heart.

When the glowing shadow finally winked, his hands folded together to form an intricate hand seal.

"This is indeed the opening Hand Seal Method of the Magic Gate Seal."

A fire lit up in Lin Dong's eyes as he focused all of his senses on the shining shadow.

After the first hand seal, the glowing shadow displayed five other hand seals in succession. Each of the different Seal methods displayed were quite complicated, yet with the preparations he did in the afternoon, despite being pressed hard, Lin Dong was able to follow his rhythm.

When the hand seal created by the glowing shadow changed for the 7th time, Lin Dong's heart started beating rapidly because the Hand Seal Method written on the incomplete manual had been severed here. So, the other Hand Seal Methods are not recorded in this incomplete manual…

Under Lin Dong's fiery and intense gaze, his originally delicate movement of the shining shadow suddenly came to a halt. After what seemed like an eternity, fortunately, the hand seals finally kept changing!

"Success!"

Gazing at the shining shadow hand, the new hand seal was clearly very foreign, yet it also looked very compatible with the previous hand seal. Lin Dong could barely contain himself from leaping in excitement, as excitement and happiness flooded his face.

The incomplete martial arts manual was perfectly restored thanks to the fantastic ability of the shining shadow of the Stone Talisman!

"To think that it really works ..."

Overcome by emotions, it took a while before Lin Dong finally regained his composure and he once again focused on the Glowing Shadow Talisman Stone. However, his complexion suddenly changed as he discovered that Glowing Shadow looked faded and looked much fainter than before. Even the speed of hand seal turnover had started to slow down.

"What the hell is going on?" After witnessing this scene, Lin Dong felt extremely worried. This was the first time something like this had happened, since he had obtained the Stone Amulet.

The expression on Lin Dong's face turned slightly ugly, as the rate at which Shining Shadows moved from each hand seal gradually became slower. In the end, Glowing Shadow suddenly came to a halt. However, the final hand seal in his hand was definitely not the last step in the Magic Gate Seal.

"Maybe the Stone Talisman Glowing Shadow is unable to fully recover this Magic Gate Seal?"

Lin Dong's brows furrowed tightly, as he was clearly unable to understand why the Shining Shadows of the Stone Amulet, which a moment ago was fine, had suddenly become unable to execute the Magic Gate Seal.

However, even though the Shining Shadow Talisman Stone had stopped, after a while, it had once again returned to the starting point of the Magic Gate Seal. However, even at the second repetition, Lin Dong was disappointed when he realized that the Shining Shadow was still stopped at the same place before…

Although it continued to repeat itself, there was still no further refinement to the Magic Gate Seal…

After saying this, Lin Dong stretched out his hand, as he imitated the Glowing Shadow talisman Stone and formed a hand seal…

This went on for a long time before Lin Dong finally relaxed his hand and took a deep breath. Although the hand seal was complicated, under the perfect supervision of the Stone Talisman Glowing Shadow, inserting this hand seal into the mind was not a difficult task. However, although it was easy to remember this hand seal, it would be a different story when he was forced to use it in battle.

“According to the incomplete manual, this Magic Gate Seal is divided into four chapters. However, the incomplete manual only records the first chapter of the hand seal. If I am not mistaken, the extra hand seal displayed by the Stone Talisman Glowing Shadow belongs to chapter 2. But why can't Glowing Shadow restore chapters 3 and 4 as well.. Could it be too complicated to handle?”

Disciple Lin Dong blinked from side to side as he racked his brain to find a solution. In the end, he could only shake his head with a sigh: “If it was two chapters then it was two chapters. After all, with my current strength, it would be a pretty good achievement to master the first chapter of the Magic Gate Seal.”

Lin Dong comforted himself in his heart, before leaving the Spiritual Domain with a hint of regret.

…

On his bed, Lin Dong's tightly shut eyes finally opened. His strong and healthy figure leaped from the bed before concentrating his energy into his stomach, as his hands fused together to form a rough clone of those intricate hand seals.

As he moved from one hand seal to the next, Yuan Power ripples were suddenly transmitted from the Yuan Power seed within Lin Dong's channel. However, his movements were extremely small, and after blinking, he disappeared once again.

As the ripples faded, Lin Dong helplessly shook his head. Even though he had memorized the hand seals, in order to reach the stage where he could use Yuan Power and the Hand Seal Method simultaneously, he still had a long way to go. After all, when all was said and done, the first chapter of the Magic Gate Seal was already considered a Level 3 martial art.

“The first chapter of the Magic Gate Seal is already equivalent to a Level 3 martial art, if chapter 2 is added, then, then even if the Magic Gate Seal could not be considered a Level 4 martial art, it would definitely remain towering above the others. Martial arts level 3.”

The moment Lin Dong's mind reached this point, the gloom from before was greatly weakened. He lightly sighed, as his hand grabbed to take the stone talisman from his body. However, he suddenly noticed something from the corner of his eyes and his complexion changed greatly.

"What's going on…"

The stone talisman had turned slightly dark and the originally lukewarm jade-like feeling almost disappeared completely. Even the strange mystical characters that covered it also became almost invisible.

The current stone talisman, looked almost no different from a rock by the roadside!

It was as if the stone talisman had lost its power supply and turned back into an ordinary stone.

“Energy deficiency ?!”

A thought flashed through his mind, causing the panic in Lin Dong's heart to spread. Only now did he vaguely understand why the Stone Talisman Glowing Shadow could only recover up to half of the chapter before stopping automatically.

Perhaps this Stone Talisman required energy to refine this martial art. Having spent his energy on the Penetrating Fist, the Eight Desolations Palm, and now the Wonder Gate Seal, his original energy source had been exhausted!

“It should be so..”

In his room, Lin Dong wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. Since he now knew where the problem lay, he could find a solution to solve it. After all, this Stone Amulet was too important to him. No matter what, he could not let anything happen to him.

TN: We have made the following name changes for some skills

: Boxing Exploring to the Palms of Wandering Hands

: Mysterious Seal > Magic Gate Seal

: Soft Rotating Palm > Velvet Hand of Returning Air