662 Four Stone Tablets

Roar!

Boundless fluctuations of energy swept across Lin Dong’s body the instant theDesolate Seed was formed. Contained within these fluctuations were incrediblyrich and formidable Desolate Force!

“Is this … Desolate Force?”

These strong and familiar fluctuations were immediately detected by all thesurrounding disciples. After sensing it, each and every one of them wasshocked. To be able to emit Desolate Force, one had to first succeed incondensing a Desolate Seed. And to be able to condense a Desolate Seed, onemust have mastered the Desolate Art till the third level.

For most disciples to reach that level, it would require many months of hardwork. Even those senior direct disciples like Jiang Hao had taken an entiremonth in order to condense a Desolate Seed. However… under their nose, Lin Dongused less than half an hour to condense a Desolate Seed.

“Is that fellow…even human?” asked a few disciples as they looked at eachother in black dismay as a feeling of powerless washed over their hearts. LinDong’s training progress made people unable to even muster the courage tocompete with him. This fellow was simply too sick…

A shocked expression swiftly flashed past the blind man’s face at this moment.He was not shocked by the incredible rate that Lin Dong managed to condense hisDesolate Seed. What made him really shocked was that Lin Dong actually managedto withstand the repulsive force from the Desolate Stone.

The blind old man was obviously well aware of the might of the Desolate Stone.Although at the beginning the Desolate Stone was only repelling Lin Dong byinstinct, it’s strength was something that a disciple like Lin Dong, wasabsolutely unable to contend with. However, right now, Lin Dong had actuallymanaged to withstand the repulsion from the Desolate Stone. If not, he wouldnot have been able to absorb such a massive amount of Desolate Force andcondense a Desolate Seed.

“He could even resist the repulsion of the Desolate Stone…” said the blind oldman before chuckling once. This disciple called Lin Dong was truly surprising.

Under the gazes of the numerous people around, Lin Dong slowly opened hisfaintly closed eyes. At this moment, a grey glow swept pass from within hiseyes, which made him look somewhat peculiar.

At this point, Lin Dong’s fingers were no longer on the the Desolate Stone. Hestared at the Desolate Stone, before a faint upward curl involuntarily surfacedon his lips. So what if it was a Pure Yuan Treasure, in the end, it was stillsubdued by him…

That previous temperate white glow was obviously radiated by the MysteriousStone Talisman within Lin Dong’s body. That thing was extremely low key and ithardly made a move. However, every time it did, it was able to achieve quite agood result.

Lin Dong examined the fist-sized Desolate Seed hovering in the middle of hisDantian for a while. Within that Desolate Seed, he could feel a mysteriousenergy. It was quite vigorous and it should be the so-called Desolate Force.

“One has to practice the Desolate Art till the third level in order tocondense a Desolate Seed. Looks like my Desolate Art has reached the thirdlevel…” Lin Dong thought to himself as he rubbed his chin. He was obviouslyextremely satisfied with this result. Although it had to be said that he reliedon the Devouring Ancestral Symbol and the Mysterious Stone Talisman, this wasobviously not a major issue for the pragmatic Lin Dong.

Lin Dong was clearly aware that it was not difficult for him to learn theDesolate Art since he had the Devouring Ancestral Symbol. According to hiscalculations, if he was to shut himself off and practice in front of theDesolate Stone for an entire month, it would not be difficult for him to reachthe seventh level of the Desolate Art. Furthermore, right now, the onlydisciples that could reach that stage were Jiang Hao and the other three seniordirect disciples.

Of course, Lin Dong did not know that when ordinary disciples reached thethird level of Desolate Art, the Desolate Seed that they condensed was only thesize of a peach seed. However, the quality of the Desolate Force within theirDesolate Seed was so much more inferior compared to the Desolate Force producedby his Desolate Seed…

However, right now, Lin Dong did not bother practising the Desolate Art. Heknew that his previous performance was quite eye catching. If he was to actmore ruthlessly, he was afraid that it would affect the morale of the otherdisciples…

Therefore, when his Desolate Seed condensed and took shape, Lin Dong withdrewhis hand and retreated to the outside of the platform under the numerous gazesof the surrounding people.

On the platform, those gazes still followed Lin Dong as he retreated, causingthe surrounding atmosphere to turn slightly weird. This caused Lin Dong to feelsomewhat helpless. Fortunately, this situation did not continue for long. Afterstaring at Lin Dong for a while, those disciples finally returned to reality.They gave a soft sigh before finally withdrawing their gazes and continuedtheir training.

Only upon seeing those gazes finally turning away, did Lin Dong heave a deepsigh of relief. Just as he retreated away from the platform, he heard somesounds coming from behind him and hurriedly turned around. Having turnedaround, he saw the blind old man that was previously standing at the entranceof the stone pyramid, was now standing behind him.

The blind old man used his ashen-grey eyes to stare at Lin Dong, beforefaintly sweeping over his body. As he did that, Lin Dong felt a vaguefluctuation passing gently and swiftly scanning across his body, causing hisheart to immediately turn cold.

“If that fellow Zhou Tong knew that his record was surmounted by a latergeneration member, his expression would surely be splendid…” said the blind oldman. His voice was incredibly hoarse, however, it possessed a mysteriousstrength that could touch a person’s heart and soul.

Lin Dong did not dare to neglect this mysterious blind old in front of him.Although he could not detect any Yuan Power fluctuation from the blind old man,he had an intuition that this blind old man was likely more powerful than thetwo hall masters…

“Worthy of the Dao Sect…”

Thinking about this, Lin Dong could not resist but secretly voice hisadmiration. These were the hidden aces of the super sects. After accumulationover countless years, there would definitely be a few terrifying individualshidden within.

With a thought, he respectfully saluted towards the blind old man and said: “This junior used some unorthodox methods and cannot be compared to senior ZhouTong.”

“In this world, the result is all that matters. That fellow Zhou Tong was alsoblessed just like you…” said the blind old man casually before giving a smile.

Lin Dong casually scratched his head. It seems like that senior Zhou Tong wasa rare genius that was blessed.

“You haven’t found a martial arts, right?” said the blind old man as he staredat Lin Dong with his pupil-less grey eyes.

Lin Dong awkwardly nodded his head. There were many martial art stone tabletshere. However, he had yet to discover anything that piqued his interest.

“Look’s like you are quite ambitious. If you are so confidence in yourself,follow me and I’ll bring you to the place where Zhou Tong went before…” saidthe blind old man. Without saying anything else, he proceeded to turn aroundand walk towards the depths of the great hall. His behaviour seemed as if hedid not care if Lin Dong was going to follow him or not.

Lin Dong felt slightly helpless after seeing how carefree the blind old manwas. However, his final statement generated quite a bit of interest within him.Although he had only entered the Desolate Hall for a short while, he had heardof the great senior Zhou Tong quite a few times. Therefore, he was especiallyinterested in this person, who had an extremely high place in the hearts andminds of the Dao Sect disciples.

Taking a step forward, Lin Dong closely followed behind the blind old man. Theblind old man’s walking pace was consistent with no trace of anxiousness norslowness. His small footsteps were akin to a sickly old man that had to moveslowly due to a lack of strength,

Lin Dong calmly followed him and he did not lose his cool because of the oldman’s slow and stumbling speed. Instead, his eyes looked at his nose, while hisnose faced his heart and he stayed calm throughout the journey.

Under this slow walking pace, Lin Dong walked for roughly an hour within thismartial arts hall, before discovering that the old man in front had suddenlystopped.

When the old man stopped, Lin Dong raised his eyes instantly. Promptly, he sawthat in front of him, was a bowl shaped light membrane. Within it, were fourbarely visible stone tablets standing erect quietly.

Chi!

The blind old man slowly raised his thin and wrinkled palm. As he gentlyswiped downwards, a ray of light shot out of his finger. After which, Lin Dongsaw that the ray of light had directly tore apart the light membrane andforcefully ripped a small opening.

“Is that…Mental Energy?”

Lin Dong narrowed his eyes and stared intensely at the old man’s fingertip. Atthat instant where it sparkled, he clearly detected a familiar fluctuation,which was Mental Energy.

However, the Mental Energy fluctuation that was being emitted from the body ofthe old man was countless times more solidified that those emitted by him.

If Lin Dong’s Mental Energy was equivalent to a small spring, the old man wasperhaps equivalent to an ocean. There was simply no way to compare the two ofthem.

“His primary focus is on Mental Energy…”

Seeing the old man’s action, Lin Dong’s heart trembled. However, he suddenlyunderstood why he did not feel any Yuan Power fluctuation from the old man’sbody. It seems like this blind old man primarily cultivated his Mental Energy.This was the first time he had ever seen a person with such powerful MentalEnergy…

The blind old man did not know what Lin Dong was thinking and proceeded totear open the hole. He gently walked step by step inside, while Lin Dongrapidly followed him behind.

After entering the light membrane, the ray of light grew dim instantly. Amysterious pressure started to radiate from the front, causing Lin Dong heartto turn cold. Noticing the pressure, he raised his head and looked towards hisfront.

At that spot, stood four black coloured stone tablets. Furthermore, thepressure was coming from those stone tablets!