WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 37: Breakthrough

In his room, Lin Dong sat on his bed as he very carefully took out the wooden box hidden in his clothes and then took out the Yellow Mud Fruit from inside.

As the Yellow Mud Fruit was exposed, a pleasant aroma emanated that could captivate anyone nearby.

Lin Dong stared at this Yellow Mud Fruit as he placed it on his right palm. His mind twitched, urging the traces of Yuan Power to flow from the Yuan Power Seed within him into the Stone Talisman embedded in his palm.

“Hum!”

The moment Yuan Power gushed in, Lin Dong could see the faint mysterious symbol on the bottom of the skin of his palm starting to glow as a trace of bright light seeped out from the pores of his palm and shone on the Yellow Mud Fruit.

The Yellow Mud Fruit quickly withered as a mysterious light shone on it. As the light faded, two dark yellow pills were placed quietly in Lin Dong's palm.

After witnessing this magical scene, admiration filled Lin Dong's eyes as his fascination with the Stone Amulet once again deepened.

“Said that some very strong individuals are able to crystallize mental energy into symbols that have all kinds of magical effects. Maybe this is how the Stone Talisman was formed?

Lin Dong grabbed the lukewarm pill as he pondered. He sometimes heard such rumors, but these stories came from afar and he had yet to experience the outside world to confirm it.

Compared to the great and majestic Great Yan Dynasty, Qingyang City was too small…

“One day, I have to venture into the outside world.”.

Lin Dong smiled, deep down in his heart appeared an adventurous soul. He was certain that he would not be limited to this small town of Qingyang!

"However, before that, let's start training first."

The adventurous spirit in Lin Dong's heart was quickly swept away by the cold reality as he helplessly stretched his hand out. Right now, he was not even a top dog in Qingyang City. How can there be any hope of venturing into the fascinating yet dangerous outside world.

As he stuffed the old yellow pill into his mouth, Lin Dong sat on his bed as he felt a stream of pure medicinal strength spread throughout his body. A smile formed on his face as he concentrated on absorbing the medicinal strength, allowing the Yuan Power Seed within his inner channel to grow.

…

Ever since the fight with the younger generation of the Xie Family, in particular, the fact that he had not lost even against Lei Li. Lin Dong's reputation among the younger generation in the Lin Family suddenly skyrocketed. In fact, his reputation now exceeded that of Lin Xia and Lin Hong.

Young people tend to be rash and hot-blooded. In the past, every time they clashed with the younger generation members of the Lei and Xie Families, they had always been defeated, forced to flee with tails between their legs. However, thanks to Lin Dong, the situation had now changed for the better. At the very least, whenever the younger generation members in the Lin Family met the other younger generation members of the Xie Family, the latter no longer dared to bully them directly.

Lin Dong was indifferent even as his reputation surged. Instead, he chose to focus most of his time on training. Even when he occasionally visited the Lin Family, he would go straight to the Martial Arts Library. Whenever the other members of the younger generation invited him to mingle with them, he would politely decline. Therefore, he did not cause much ripples in Qingyang City.

Two months passed quickly as Lin Dong maintained this calm lifestyle ...

During these two months of training, Lin Dong had completely exhausted the ten Yellow Mud Fruit Pills and two Crimson Reishi Flaming Pills he had. Hence, he was forced to return to the underground bazaar and exchange the diluted Ling Talisman Stone Liquid for ten other Class 3 Elixir stalks. This ensured that he had a constant supply during these two months.

Of course, when he returned to the market, Lin Dong carefully chose another underground location. After all, it was best to be careful when handling the Ling Talisman Stone Fluid.

During these two months, even though Lin Dong made incredible progress, Qing Tan completely defeated him.

Perhaps it was due to his mysterious body constitution. Although Qing Tan rarely used potions, his training progress was almost as fast as Lin Dong, even with the help of the Stone Amulet.

Qing Tan smoothly progressed to Layer 7 Tempered Body. Although he did not undergo rigorous training, his body seemed to absorb the Yuan Power between Heaven and Earth at a much faster pace than usual.

Lin Dong was stunned when faced with this strange situation. Once, when Lin Xiao returned home and found out about this matter, he also showed the same surprised reaction. After much contemplation, they were still unable to understand the situation. In the end, they decided to link it to Qing Tan's unique body constitution.

Despite the fact that it was still hazy, Lin Xiao and Lin Dong could vaguely sense that Qing Tan's body was indeed unique. However, this was the cause of celebration and misery. After much discussion, the two decided that it was best to keep the matter a secret. After all, if news came out, it could cause some unexpected problems.

Moreover, after witnessing Qing Tan's rapid training progress, Lin Dong went to the Martial Arts Library to find some martial arts that were more suitable for girls. After refining that martial art using the Stone Talisman Glowing Shadow, he then personally taught it to Qing Tan, to allow him to protect himself.

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As the Qingyang City Hunt approached, Qingyang City grew increasingly crowded. Although there was still around two months before the hunt, many people were already eagerly discussing it.

Everyone knew that his hunt was a cover for the main faction of Qingyang City to compete with each other. In every hunt, every faction would donate a reward, and of course, these rewards tended to be very tempting. Naturally, the victorious faction would be able to claim all the prizes. In the previous hunt, the Lei and Xie Families could utilize this fact to claim some exorbitant rewards from the Lin Family and the Raging Blade Dojo.

For the upcoming manhunt, of course, many people speculated about who would emerge as the eventual victor among the four major factions. Of course, the faction that was highly favored was still the Lei Family. After all, they were the most established faction in Qingyang City and they had great resources to spend. Moreover, until now, no one had been able to threaten Lei Li's position as the number one younger generation in Qingyang City.

In fact, it was rumored that Lei Li would rise to the World Yuan level before the hunt began. If so, the Lei Family would have around an 80% chance of victory for the upcoming hunt ...

Under Lei Li's brilliance, the members of the younger generation in the rest of the three main factions looked lackluster in comparison.

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Lin Dong did not know much about these speculations and discussions as he continued his seclusion to focus on his training. Nonetheless, even if he knew, he would probably ignore them because he knew that the future was not determined.

As he trained quietly, Lin Dong had managed to achieve excellent results in these two months. During this period, he had tried several hundred times to break through the Yuan Barrier. Towards the end of two months, he decided to preserve and concentrate all of his resources and finally managed to break through the Yuan Dan Barrier!

And when the Yuan Power Seed finally broke through and entered Yuan Dan, to Lin Dong's excited excitement, he could feel the transformation taking place in every part of his body…

The sensation was akin to a drowning dragon soaring into the sky, or a fish that was finally released into the sea.