672 Peace

After the conclusion of the monthly competition, the Desolate Hall turnedpeaceful once again. However, there were now a few more good discussion topicsthat appeared secretly in the discussions between the disciples. These topicsnaturally did not stray away from the soul-stirring fight between Lin Dong andJiang Hao that day.

News that Lin Dong managed to successfully learn the “ Desolate Demon Eye” hadalso circulated around rapidly. This inevitably caused repeated shock to peoplewho heard it, while quite a few Desolate Hall disciples smacked their lips inenvy of Lin Dong’s talent.

After the intense fight with Jiang Hao during the monthly competition, LinDong had managed to thoroughly secure his footing within the Desolate Hall.Becoming the fifth senior direct disciple caused his status within the DesolateHall to soar. Every day when he met disciples from Desolate Hall, they wouldshow a face of respect and bow towards him and address him as a senior brother.This was even true for disciples, who were older and more experienced than him.

Although Lin Dong felt nonchalant about this kind of special treatment, it wasgreat news for Mo Ling and the rest of the disciples, who followed Lin Dong andjoined Desolate Hall. Although it was peaceful in the Desolate Hall, disputesand division into cliques were unavoidable. As new disciples, their positionwas considered to be the lowest as they did not have anyone to reply on.Typically, their training facilities will also be inferior compared to thoseveteran disciples.

However, following Lin Dong’s meteoric promotion to senior direct disciple,these new disciples had a backer to rely on. Hence, thanks to Lin Dong’sreputation, those veteran disciples would no longer dare to intentionallycreate trouble for them. As such, from that day onwards, Mo Ling and the restof them faced significantly less troubles.

Furthermore, unknown to Lin Dong, there were quite a few disciples that werequietly following him. Gradually, this indicated the formation of a new cliquewith him as their leader.

Naturally, Lin Dong did not care much about this matter and would only smilewhen he occasionally discovered it. He had no intention of forming a clique.However, Mo Ling and the rest of them are his friends and they all came fromGreat Yan Empire. Hence, if they were to run into problems, he would naturallynot standby idly.

After Lin Dong’s officially promotion to senior direct disciple, the currenthim was now formally considered as a core disciple of the Desolate Hall. Assuch, Lin Dong could finally enjoy the life of being a disciple in the DesolateHall…

In the subsequent month after the monthly competition, a large majority of LinDong’s time was spent within the martial arts hall. Of course, he was notdelusional enough to attempt to master the three other great martial arts.Hence, every time he entered the martial arts hall, he would sit in front ofthe Desolate Stone to absorb the Desolate Energy for his Desolate Arts. Otherthan that, he would spend the rest of his time before the “Desolate Demon Eye”martial art tablet.

The perverted lethality of the “Desolate Demon Eye” was experienced first-handby Lin Dong after his fight with Jiang Hao. This martial art was truly fearsomeand Lin Dong only had an initial mastery over it and could barely control it.Therefore, during this one month’s time, he spent all his time shuttling in andout of the mental space within the stone tablet. Inside there, he continuouslyreceived the dreadful attack from “Huang”…

This training method was slightly masochistic. However, since Lin Dong had theMysterious Stone Talisman, he was not afraid of the fiendish corrosive strength.

Thanks to this masochistic training, Lin Dong could sense that his controlover the “Desolate Demon Eye” was become increasingly proficient after amonth’s training. This fact brought joy to his heart.

Furthermore, due to the long period of time spent within the Martial ArtsHall, he had gotten rather close with the blind old man. This person, whoappeared to be an eccentric blind old man, was rather cordial with Lin Dong.This was especially true after he learnt that Lin Dong had successfully learntthe “Desolate Demon Eye”. Their relationship grew even stronger and the warmththat he showed Lin Dong, was something denied to Chen Zhen and Wu Dao.

Between their interactions, Lin Dong found out the name of the blind old man,Gu Mo. At the beginning, when Lin Dong first saw him, he was eccentric anddistant. However, his status gave Lin Dong quite a shock, as he was actually anelder of the Dao Sect. His status was even higher than Chen Zhen and Wu Dao bya level.

Furthermore, what truly shocked him was that even though Elder Gu Mo failedinitially when he tried to learn the “Desolate Demon Eye” and even lost hissight, thanks to his stubborn nature and determination, he was able toforcefully master it in the end. This caused Lin Dong to be secretly in awebecause only the individuals who have tried to learn the “Desolate Demon Eye”,would understand how potent the corrosive power of the fiendish Qi was.Nonetheless, Elder Gu Mo actually refused to give up even after losing hissight, and forcefully managed to master it in the end…

Of course, it may be have been because he had nothing else to lose. Since hehad already turned blind, there was nothing else for that fiendish Qi tocorrode. Subsequently, Elder Gu Mo chose to gave up his Yuan Power cultivationand decided to focus on his Mental Energy cultivation. Once his Mental Energywas unleashed, the world that he saw was clearer than the world he previouslysaw with his fleshly eyes.

In Lin Dong’s opinion, the reason why Elder Gu Mo saw eye to eye with him, waslikely because he had also trained in the “Desolate Demon Eye”…

And this was how Lin Dong spent one month’s time, in peace and tranquility.Within this month, Lin Dong gradually integrated himself into this foreign yetfamiliar Desolate Hall. After thinking for a while, Lin Dong felt like thismight turn into another home for him. At the very least, even a cautious andprudent person like him did not feel put off by this place…

His life within the Desolate Hall was unlike the Ancient Battlefield, where hehad to be constantly on the tenterhooks and be ready for a life or death fightwith an opponent at anytime. However, thanks to this unique peacefulenvironment, it caused Lin Dong’s state of mind to become increasingly mild andpeaceful. Meanwhile, the viciousness and antisocial behaviour that was drilledinto his bones in the Ancient Battlefield was slowly being withdrawn………

Huff.

A meager form sat cross-legged quietly before the black coloured stone tablet.After a long time, the black coloured eye on the surface of the stone tabletsuddenly blinked once. Wave after wave of mysterious fluctuations started beingemitted. In the end, most of them shot directly into the grey line present onthe forehead of the figure.

The grey line gradually dissipated, before Lin Dong’s eyes gradually opened. Amysterious grey flash flickered across his eyes before a smile appeared on hisface.

“Looks like you have made good training progress on the “Desolate Demon Eye…”

A hoarse voice rang out from behind Lin Dong. He turned around and gave asmile toward the blind old man, who was holding onto a broom before he said:“This is all thanks to the guidance from senior uncle Gu Mo.”

If they were going by status, Lin Dong had to address Gu Mo as elder. However,due to the latter’s eccentricness, he scolded Lin Dong when he first addressedhim as elder and made him change it to senior uncle. As Lin Dong was not aperson to be constrained by mannerism, he felt that calling him senior unclewill help bring them closer.

“If you are not talented, any advice that I give will be of no use. You brat,you are getting more and more greedy…” replied the blind old man, while a smileappeared on his fully wrinkled face. He proceeded to say: “ You should go. WuDao is waiting for you outside the martial arts hall. It seems like he has atask for you.”

“Yes.”

Lin Dong was startled for a short while before he smiled and nodded his head.Without saying anything else, he bowed and saluted to Gu Mo before swaggeringout.

Walking out of the martial arts hall, Lin Dong was not surprised to see WuDao, with his hands behind his back. During this one month, Lin Dong had rarelymet up with him. Thinking about it, it seemed like there are quite a fewinternal matters within the sect. Being the vice head of the Desolate Hall, itwas natural that Wu Dao would be much busier than someone like him, who wasmerely concerned with training.

“You sure know how to network. It hasn’t been a few months, yet you actuallymanaged to win over senior brother Gu Mo. At this present moment, even I can’tdisturb you during your training…” When Wu Dao saw Lin Dong walked out of thehall, he involuntarily chuckled before he chided him.

Hearing this, Lin Dong smiled. Never would he have imagined that senior uncleGu Mo was actually so suave. He actually forced Wu Dao to wait outside themartial arts hall…

“What is going on, senior uncle Wu Dao?” asked Lin Dong while he blinked andgrinned.

“Yes, this time you will have to make a trip out of the sect. There aremissions that the higher-ups want you disciples to complete. You can treat itas a training trip. Since you are new, you won’t be assigned with majorresponsibilities. After all, there will be other hall disciples. Just learn toadapt to it,” said Wu Dao with a smile.

“Going out of the sect?”

Lin Dong gawked for a moment before nodding his head. He knew that for thesesuper sects, there is a high possibility that they would assign missions fortheir disciples in order to train them. From the looks of it now, it seems likehe would be taking part in one now…

“Follow me, I take you to meet your buddies who would be traveling togetherwith you…” said Wu Dao, who shot a smile towards Lin Dong, before proceeding toturn around and walk off.

Lin Dong looked at Wu Dao’s back in doubt. The smile present on that oldfellow’s face was slightly odd and strange. However, he did not ponder on thisissue. With a twist of his body, he quickly chased up to Wu Dao.

The two of them dashed past all the groups of mountains within the DesolateHall before descending on a gigantic platform towards the north. Afterdescending, Lin Dong took a quick glance around, before his facial expressionturned into one of doubt.

At this moment, on the platform, a young girl at the prime of her youth,dressed in a white blouse and a green skirt was staring lazily at him. Withinthose bright and beautiful big eyes, were a peculiar elf-like sadism and adeeply hidden feeling of intrigue.

This young lady was precisely the one who called Lin Dong, a shamelessbraggart, proud and aloof when he first entered Dao Sect, Ying Huanhuan…