642 Four Great Mysterious Scriptures

Desolate Hall?

After listening to the name that came out of Little Marten’s mouth, Lin Donggawked and said with a little doubt: “Didn’t you say that the Desolate Hall wasthe weakest?”

“At the beginning, there was no difference between the the four halls of theDao Sect and only during the later period, did a slight difference emerge.During that time, the strongest was not the Sky hall, but the Desolate Hall.”Little Marten said casually.

“Oh?” Lin Dong was somewhat astonished, as he had never imagined that thecurrently bottom ranked Desolate Hall actually had a period of glory.

“So why are they ranked last now?” Lin Dong asked.

“Within the four great halls of the Dao Sect, there are 4 great mysteriousscriptures, Sky Hall’s “Heavenly King’s Scripture”, Earth Hall’s “Earth King’sScripture”, Flood Hall’s “Flood Scripture” and lastly Desolate Hall’s “GreatDesolation Scripture”…”

“These four great mysterious scriptures are the top martial arts of the DaoSect, and their creator was an extremely frightening existence even during theprimordial times. The scripture that is most obscure is the “Great DesolationScripture”.” Little Marten said as his expression slowly turning serious. Thischange in expression and his rarely seen serious expression allowed Lin Dong tounderstand the might of the “Great Desolation Scripture”.

“Although the “Great Desolation Scripture” is extremely powerful, it too has aweakness. That is, it is extremely demanding on the individuals who tried tocomprehend it. Therefore, till this present age, although many talents havebeen recruited into the halls, the number of people that managed to comprehendthe “Great Desolation Scripture” can be counted using one hand.”

“Since there was no one who could comprehend the “Great Desolation Scripture”,it was natural that elite disciples of the Desolate Hall could not compete withtheir counterparts of the three other halls, who were able to comprehend thethree other great mysterious scriptures. Therefore, year by year passed withthem remaining at the bottom.”

Lin Dong thought that this was very obvious, as the four great mysteriousscriptures were the trump cards of the four great halls. However, it seems likethe Desolate Hall was especially unlucky to own a seemingly unrivalled butextremely obscure “Great Desolation Scripture”. To a certain degree, no matterhow powerful it was, if one was unable to understand it, it was still useless.

“Of course, Desolate Hall is actually biding their time, as they only need onedisciple who is able to comprehend the “Great Desolation Scripture” by a strokeof destiny. With that, they will be able to completely reverse the situation.At that time, winning back the title of the number one Hall in one stroke wouldnot be a surprising feat.” Little Marten said with a smile.

“Is it that formidable?” Lin Dong said while smacking his lips and thought,“This Great Desolation Scripture is that fearsome? There’s nothing much to makeout of it if no one can comprehend it; yet the moment one does, he willimmediately shock the world.

“This isn’t just a rumor as every single Desolate Hall disciple who managed tocomprehend the “Great Desolation Scripture” wound up becoming extremelypowerful. Let’s not talk about the distant past, do you know who was the mostrecent person to comprehend the “Great Desolation Scripture”?”Little Martengrinned.

“Who is it?”Lin Dong replied by reflex before giving a shudder, while his faceshowed some countenance: “Could it be that ruthless senior who charged into theYuan Gate and slaughtered three of their elders?”

“Heh, that’s the fellow. Now do you know the reason why Wu Dao does not seeeye to eye with Liu Tong? The Desolate Hall has finally managed to raise aprodigy that could comprehend the “Great Desolation Scripture”; yet in the end,he was killed by the Yuan Gate. This grudge is not something that can be easilyresolved with words alone…” Little Marten said while nodding his head.

“No wonder.” Lin Dong said and solemnly nodded his head, and in his heart avoice of appreciation arose as he thought, “From the looks of it, the GreatDesolation Scripture truly is the most mysterious amongst the four greatmysterious scriptures. Compared to the “Azure Dragon Transformation Art” givenby Qing Zhi, which is more powerful?”

“Did you want me to join Desolate Hall because you wanted me to learn that“Great Desolation Scripture”?” Lin Dong said as he finally understood whatLittle Marten meant.

“Yes, since we have joined the Dao Sect, you must definitely obtain that item.”

Little Marten nodded his head and said, “Furthermore, in the other three greathalls there are vast numbers of prodigies and geniuses, which would make ithard for you to stand out if you join them. What’s more, that old geezer Wu Daohas taken an interest in you, it’s better to be the head of a dog than the tailof a phoenix. Just wait till you succeed in learning the Great DesolationScripture, there will definitely be a place for you in this generation of elitedisciples within the Dao Sect. This is the only way you can catch up to LingQingzhu.

Lin Dong rolled his eyes, however he made no attempts at refuting that.Although he was the champion of the Hundred Empire War, this place wasn’twithin an empire – it was one of the biggest super sects within the EasternXuan Region.

Every disciple here was carefully selected. Furthermore, the Hundred EmpireWar was not the only channel in which these super sects recruite theirdisciples. Therefore, being the champion of the Hundred Empire War, was notgoing to giving him any edge in the Dao Sect.

“Alright let’s join the Desolate Hall.” Lin Dong said as he saw the shadow ofWu Dao in front of him. He had already made up his mind. Furthermore, LittleMarten’s words have successfully piqued his interest towards the “GreatDesolation Scripture”.

While Lin Dong was having a conversation with Little Marten, the lightformation carrying them slowly descended on the top of a giant hill. On the topof the hill stood many huge halls, and on the very peak covered in clouds, avast green platform appeared.

On top of the platform, were humongous columns that created a majesticatmosphere, and Lin Dong’s group slowly descended under the assistance of thelight formation.

“Haha, Wu Dao, you have finally returned.”

Just as Lin Dong and the others were descending, a voice filled with laughtercould be heard coming from the front. Lin Dong raised his vision until he sawover ten shadows standing on top of the platform.

At the front, stood three middle aged men, with hands crossed behind theirbacks and giving off an imposing aura. Lin Dong could feel an extremelyboundless fluctuation coming from them, and if his guess was right, the threeof them should be the vice heads of the three other great halls.

Lin Dong’s gaze swept past the three of them and looked behind them, wherethere stood three disciples – two males and one female. All three of them had apowerful aura emanating from them, which exceeded those emitted from thepatrolling disciples that they had previously seen.

Amongst the three of them, the person that caught Lin Dong’s eye was thatyoung lady. She looked quite young and seemed similar to Su Rou, although shepresented a much nobler stature. Wearing a red skirt, she had a slim andgraceful figure.

The young lady had quite a beautiful appearance. However, that was not why LinDong paid special attention towards her. Instead, it was because of the faintmysterious fluctuation that was emanating from within her body. Also, otherthan that fluctuation, he faintly heard the soft and clear sound of a musicalinstrument.

This was the first time that Lin Dong had ever encountered such a scenario,which immediately piqued his interest.

“Are you guys that impatient?” Wu Dao casually said as he landed on theplatform and proceeded to shoot a look at the three guys standing in front ofhim.

“Haha, news of the Hundred Empire War had already been transmitted to thesect. Who would have thought that this round’s winner did not actually getsnapped up by the Yuan Gate and instead chose to enter our Dao Sect. This istruly invigorating.” said the middle aged man who was standing in front of theyoung lady in red. He proceeded to give a loud laughter, with the laughtergiving of a feeling similar to the rumbling of thunder, shaking and buzzing thesurrounding air.

He is the vice head of the Sky Hall, Wei Sheng.

“Who is the champion of this round’s Hundred Empire War?” said the vice headof the Earth Hall with a wide smile on his face, as his gaze unceasingly sweptover Lin Dong and the rest, with his eyes showing a slight hint of earnestness.

Wu Dao gave a light snort and raised his chin towards Lin Dong, who proceededto finally take a step forward and respectfully gave the three men a salutebefore he said: “Disciple Lin Dong greets the three vice heads.”

The instant Lin Dong stepped forth, the gazes of the three vice heads and theyoung lady dressed in red were instantly focused on his body, as they were allinterested in this disciple, who managed to raise some heads within the sectbefore even entering it.

“Hmm, with the power of the fourth Yuan Nirvana Stage, he actually managed tobecome the champion of the Hundred Empire War, this is truly surprising.” saidthe vice head of the Sky Hall, Wei Sheng as he stared at Lin Dong with his eyessparkling, laying bare Lin Dong’s Yuan Power cultivation level in a singleglance.

“Four Yuan Nirvana Stage?”, after hearing this sentence, the young ladystanding near him gawked.This strength was not considered as outstanding. Howdid he actually manage to become the champion of the Hundred Empire War?

“That’s not right, there is also Mental Energy. Nice one brat, he actuallymanaged to cultivate his mental energy to Four Seal Heavenly Symbol Master, nowonder.” Wei Sheng’s senses was quite sharp, and after a detailed survey, heeven managed to uncover Lin Dong’s Mental Energy cultivation level. This causedLin Dong to be quite shocked, as he had always kept his Mental Energy underwraps and had never released it outwards. Hence, he had never expected that itwould be unmasked. This goes to show that it was not by fluke that Wei Shengwas able to become the vice head of the Sky Hall.

“Four Seal Heavenly Symbol Master?”

When this statement entered their ears, the faces of the young lady dressed inred and the two males who were giving off an imposing aura, showed a surprisedexpression, as they had never thought that Lin Dong could actually cultivateboth his Yuan Power and Mental Energy to such a level.

“A four Yuan Nirvana Stage together with being a Four Seal Heavenly SymbolMaster, this definitely can be compared favourably to a Five Yuan Nirvana Stageexpert. However based on what I know, Qin Tian from Tianyuan Empire is at SixYuan Nirvana Stage. Since you could surpass him, you must have some hiddentricks up your sleeves. Tsk tsk, just by relying on your upbringing from a lowlevel empire to reach this stage is surely not simple…” said Wei Sheng as hecontinued to click his tongue. From the looks of it, he knew quite a bit aboutLin Dong already.

After seeing the look Wei Sheng gave as he stared at Lin Dong, Wu Dao’sexpression turned into one of discontentment. However he had no choice as theSky Hall is currently the strongest hall and had the most say. If Lin Dongagreed to join them, there was no one who could overturn this decision.

As he lamented the fact that such a good seedling was once again going to fallinto the hands of the Sky Hall, Wu Dao felt a sense of irritation.

“Haha, Lin Dong is not bad, come join my Sky Hall,” said Wei Sheng, asexpected by Wu Dao, after staring at Lin Dong for a while and spreading hisarms before giving a smile.

The nearby vice heads of the Earth Hall and Flood Hall gave an angry puff, asthey also felt regretful that this seedling was going to once again fall intothe hands of the Sky Hall.

Wu Dao’s face turned ugly. However he could only wave his sleeves indiscontentment, before saying helplessly to Lin Dong: “ The Sky Hall iscurrently the strongest of the four great halls, if you wish you could go andjoin the Sky Hall.”

After hearing that, Lin Dong looked at Wei Sheng who was showing a beamingface before looking at depressed Wu Dao. Giving a sigh of hopelessness, he gavea salute towards the former.

“I’m honored by the love vice head have shown. However, I wish to join theDesolate Hall.”

The apologetic sound of a youth resounded across the platform. However it madeeveryone present gawk.