WU DONG QIAN - KUN
Chapter 50: Qingyuan Art

After the sensational Hunting Competition ended, Qingyang City gradually returned to its originally peaceful and quiet days. However, there were still a lot of people discussing about "Hunting" and most of them were talking about the person who outperformed others, Lin Dong.

Lin Dong was not someone who liked to show off. After the Hunting Competition, he spent most of his days quietly in the Lin Family and only came out occasionally. Therefore, many people were curious about the person who replaced Lei Li as the strongest member of the younger generation in Qingyang City.

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In the morning, a thick fog enveloped the mountains behind the Lin Family estate. Inside that dense forest, a series of "bang bang" sounds suddenly resounded.

In the open space within the forest, three human-shaped wooden poles were located in a triangular formation on the ground. In the center of the triangle, a deft figure quickly dodged, retreated and blocked, successfully fending off all the wooden arms on the wooden pole that attacked every part of his body.

The sound of a "bang bang" is produced when a wooden arm collides with a human arm. From each sound, one could clearly feel the deep and powerful force behind each blow.

Naturally, that human silhouette was Lin Dong. Right now, he was fully focused on the three wooden poles as he moved deftly past them, dodging and ducking. A moment later, his expression turned serious as his two fingers curled up and immediately attacked the wooden pole in front of him.

“Bang!”

Just as Lin Dong's two fingers made contact with the wooden pole, a bright light burst out from above his fingers. Instantly, a sturdy wooden pole exploded as shards of wood flew in all directions.

“Bang bang!”

Then, Lin Dong stretched out one finger from each hand to the two remaining wooden poles. Immediately, the two exploded as well, causing the ground to be littered with pieces of wood.

"Chun Yuan's Finger Power was truly terrifying!"

Witnessing the destructive potential of his fingers, Lin Dong could not help but nod in satisfaction. This Chun Yuan finger was the only Level 4 Martial Art in the Lin Family. After Lin Zhentian and the others marked Lin Dong as a Martial Arts Genius, they immediately thrust the manual into Lin Dong's face.

Of course, since Lin Dong had the help of the Mysterious Stone Amulet, he could easily learn this Chun Yuan Finger. Furthermore, this martial art was not as complicated as the Wonder Gate Seal. Therefore, after several days of hard work, Lin Dong had already become quite good at it. And now, after a month's time, Lin Dong had mastered it until he could easily execute it at any time. Of course, as long as he had sufficient Yuan Power in his body.

As he finished the other part of his training regime, Lin Dong wiped his sweat away as he sat on a nearby rock. With a serious expression on his face, he then proceeded to take out a yellowish old manual from the pocket in his clothes.

This old manual was the Secret Art that Lin Zhentian personally kept. Yesterday, Lin Dong finally managed to get it from his grandfather. Even though it was only a Tier 3 Secret Art, if he managed to learn it, it would still be of great benefit to him.

Within this month, Lin Dong had also gained a better understanding of the Secret Art.

Essentially, the Secret Art was actually a unique method of directing and refining the Yuan Power. For example, their "QingYuan Art" Lin Family was able to open 4 hidden channels within one's body. These four channels are directly connected to a person's skin. Therefore, after one studied the QingYuan Art, they could use activating the Art to open these four inner channels and absorb the Yuan Power from between Heaven and Earth. Thus, compared to other practitioners who could only absorb from breathing, one would be able to absorb Yuan Power faster.

It was said that 1st Tier Secret Arts was able to open dozens of hidden channels. In fact, some of the more mysterious Secret Arts will teach a unique method of creating constant suction under one's skin. So that even when one was not in a state of practice, one would be able to continuously absorb Yuan Power from between Heaven and Earth, thus making the body hard and enriching one's Dan Tian.

Of course, Lin Dong was eager to obtain such a Secret Art. However, the manual was extremely rare and valuable. In fact, even a Tier 3 Secret Art was quite a valuable item and most people from ordinary families would never expect to learn this Secret Art.

Although he only needed to open four channels, this was not an easy thing to achieve. After all, the human body is very complex and filled with many inner channels and many mysteries. Most of these inner channels were closed, and if one wanted to open them, it would not be a walk in the park.

As Lin Dong slowly read the yellowish manual, he burned every word into his mind. Secret Arts and Martial Arts were two different things. If one failed to master the Martial Arts, he could easily give up. However, if one makes a mistake while trying to learn the Secret Art, even a small mistake can cause one to lie in bed for a few days, while a big mistake can cause one's inner channel to rupture. Therefore, one must be very careful while trying to learn the Secret Art.

Thus, even though the book only had ten pages, Lin Dong took over an hour to read it. Finally, he withdrew his gaze and pondered on what he had learned. Written in the book were many detailed descriptions and guidelines. If he followed them closely, it would save him a lot of time.

“Hmm, I wonder if the Mysterious Stone Amulet will help me when I learn Secret Art?”

As Lin Dong gently stroked the Secret Art Manual, his eyes flashed as he suddenly recalled his perfect "mentor.

At this thought, Lin Dong smiled gently. He did not rush to close both of his eyes as he entered into the Spiritual Domain.

Right now, this Spiritual Domain seemed brighter than before. The number of luminous figures also increased to four. They executed Penetrating Fist, Eight Desolations Palm, Wonder Gate Seal and Chun Yuan Finger.

After entering, the space behind the fourth luminous shadow gradually began to distort. Finally, another luminous shadow appeared. However, this time, the glowing shadow sat on the ground.

Shortly after this fifth luminous shadow appeared, his body gradually became translucent as numerous luminous lines, resembling channels within the body, began to appear to the surface of his body.

When the body became completely transparent, Lin Dong could clearly see a light suddenly appearing between the chaotic inner channels. It flows along one of the deep channels before finally reaching the area just below the surface of the skin.

After witnessing this scene, Lin Dong immediately realized that this was the first deep channel to be opened for "QingYuan Art". This method of teaching is several times more interesting and enlightening compared to the explanations in the manual.

After the first inner channel lit up, the other three channels lit up consecutively. Thanks to the light and his transparent body, the paths of these four inner channels were very clear.

After Lin Dong had made his way for these four inner channels to the heart, he silently nodded his head. However, just as he was about to leave the Spiritual Domain, he suddenly saw another inner channel light up and successfully connect to a point on the skin.

"Fifth channel!"

Disciple Lin Dong slightly shrank as he looked at the path of that fifth inner channel. It seemed like this Mysterious Stone Talisman was not only capable of refining Martial Arts, but was also capable of refining Secret Arts!

With this discovery, Lin Dong once again returned to his calm self while continuing to stare at the shining shadow. He was curious to find out how many channels in the addition the luminous shadow could open.

Under Lin Dong's steady gaze, a few minutes after the fifth channel lit up, the other two inner channels lit up in succession!

Seven channels in!

As he stared at the twinkling path of the seven inner channels, Lin Dong involuntarily flinched. This would almost double the power of the "Qingyuan Art!"

This Mysterious Stone Amulet was actually made by the gods!