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Seeing that he had gotten his hands on the < holly seed >, Lin Jin relaxed his mind, and instantly felt wave after wave of fatigue and sleepiness spread unceasingly into his mind.

He knew that he was suffering from the side effects, so he did not continue to spy on the communication between the Three Brothers s of the Hengyang Dao Association and the Gongzi Zhou s.

And between the Gongzi Zhou and the Three Brothers of the Hengyang Dao Association, there were some words that had been said in secret. After seeing the《 holly seed》 being swatted away by the Talking about the Old Man, each of them had to fight for a while, blushing before finally stopping and sitting down on their seats to meditate. It was unknown as to what they were thinking.

After going through the《 holly seed》 auction, the mood in the auction house became a bit more agitated, but after all the business people were after profits, and it did not take long for them to return to their normal state. Only the Talking about the Old Man was full of energy after going through the big price auction, and normally, no one would compete with him when he called out a price. One reason was because they did not want to offend the power behind him, and in the end, they gave him more than a hundred antiques.

By the time the Auction s finished, it was already 11 points.

Lin Jin was currently in a daze, he did not know what was happening above and only knew that the continuous sound of the hammer hitting the ground had disappeared, followed by the feeling of someone touching him.

Lin Jin opened his eyes and saw Talking about the Old Man smiling at him. Looking at the crowd around him, he knew that this Auction was over.

"Is it over?" Lin Jin yawned.

"Yes, it's over. Do you want that set of books now, or do you want them shipped back to you with my antiques? "

Lin Jin rubbed his blurry eyes and said: "I think it's better if you give it to me now!"

"Okay, I'll get it for you. "You go up first and wait for me in the dining room." Talking about the Old Man patted Lin Jin's shoulders, and then walked to a small door in the stage.

They saw the Talking about the Old Man disappear behind the small door. Lin Jin followed the crowd into the elevator.

Auction like this only existed once a year, and those who were able to enter the auction house were powerful auction houses. In order to keep in touch with each other, the moment they entered the hall, the people of the antique dealer began greeting each other and liaising with each other.

However, amongst these people, Lin Jin was not familiar with any of them. He didn't want to deal with them either, so he found an empty table near the window and waited.

Not long after, the Talking about the Old Man carried a beautifully wrapped purple sandalwood wood box and two middle-aged men who were each carrying a small box and walked over while talking and laughing.

"Xiao Xu, Xiao Song, this is my Xiao You. Why don't you join us for lunch? " Talking about the Old Man walked to the front of the table, and said to Lin Jin while pointing at him with his finger.

These two antique dealer s were both outsiders, one of them was called Xu Changxing. The other one was Song Qian, who was bidding on the < < holly seed > > manual. Upon seeing the Talking about the Old Man's introduction, the two antique dealer people immediately smiled and greeted him.

However, they had coincidentally met the Talking about the Old Man. Other than a few interactions with the antique shop, they did not actually interact much with each other.

Thus, he did not think much of him. After greeting Lin Jin, he chatted with the Talking about the Old Man for a while before finding an excuse and headed towards a place with a lot of people.

Only when Song Qian left. He looked at Lin Jin twice, and his expression was somewhat strange.

"I never thought that this set of books would be auctioned off at such a high price. But I also borrowed your power to show off my might. " Seeing them leave, the Talking about the Old Man sighed and sat down, then handed the box over to him.

Lin Jin casually received the book, which ordinary people would never be able to buy in their entire lives, and laughed: "If I can understand some of the secrets of the heavens from this book, then this four million is worth it."

Hearing his words, Talking about the Old Man suddenly sighed. "It's a pity that I'm no longer young, nor did I meet you earlier. Otherwise, exploring this mysterious Heavenly Dao with you would be a joyous event in life."

Lin Jin knew that the Talking about the Old Man was naturally optimistic and said nonchalantly: "Everyone has their own destiny, you may enjoy the good fortune now, and come here to play with antiques and travel around. How could he not be happy? The pursuit of the Heavenly Dao was, after all, too remote.

"

The Talking about the Old Man laughed: "It's been a while. "Then brat, why are you still chasing after me? You look like an expert who has seen through the mundane world. You seem to be even older than me."

Lin Jin smiled and said, "Perhaps this is my nature! "Therefore, I'm suitable to cultivate. You're not suitable!"

Hearing that, Talking about the Old Man pointed to a burst of laughter: "Kid, you sure know how to speak!"

At this moment, the hotel attendant walked over and asked, "May I ask what dishes you two would like to order?"

Talking about the Old Man handed the menu over to Lin Jin and said: "You can order whatever you like. Rest for a while after eating, there will be two auctions in the afternoon!"

"It's better if you behave a bit more!" "I'll do as I please" Lin Jin laughed as he pushed the menu to Talking about the Old Man, saying: "The Auction in the afternoon doesn't have anything much, I just want to rest and recover my energy, so I won't accompany you."

"Alright then!" Talking about the Old Man knew a little about Lin Jin's abilities. When he saw Lin Jin's distracted look on the stage with his eyes closed, he knew that Lin Jin was using a Tao technique.

At this moment, seeing his slightly exhausted appearance, Han Li knew that he had exhausted his energy by using Dao arts. Thus, he casually ordered a few dishes and continued: "The meeting area has long since helped us prepare a room. I will bring you over later."

Lin Jin nodded, he picked up the box and started playing with it, but at least he knew that this set of books was too precious, so he did not take it out to look at, in order to prevent others from suspecting him.

After a while, a few small and exquisite dishes were placed one after another on the table from the pretty waiter. Talking about the Old Man poured himself a cup of wine and invited Lin Jin to eat.

After dinner, the Talking about the Old Man brought him to his room upstairs. When they reached the elevator, the Gongzi Zhou who was bidding against him previously suddenly came over and shouted loudly: "Old mister, please wait."

The Talking about the Old Man did not have the same level of ability as Lin Jin, so how would he know who the young man who asked him to stay was?

Although Lin Jin knew that he was the Gongzi Zhou who was bidding on the《 holly seed》, he couldn't explain himself to him right now, so he pretended to be innocent. He stood to the side.

When the Gongzi Zhou saw the purple sandalwood wood box in his hand, he thought it was some sort of bodyguard. After glancing at him for a bit, he shifted his gaze away.

"Talking about old mister, please allow me to introduce myself! Junior is surnamed Zhou, called Zhou Ji, and is the chairman of Changsha's Brilliant Antiques Store! " Zhou Ji said gently.

After he left the stage, he immediately had someone investigate the information of the Talking about the Old Man, and found out that he was the big boss' father. He couldn't help but take his son's power into consideration.

Furthermore, because the words of the Chinese Dao Association clearly forbid the use of Tao techniques on ordinary people, he could only find the Talking about the Old Man, hoping to spend more money to buy back the books.

"Oh, so it's Boss Zhou. I've long heard that a Hui Ming Auction House has sprung up in Changsha in the past two years. I just didn't expect Boss Zhou to be so young. It's nice to meet you." I wonder why Boss Zhou is looking for me? " Talking about the Old Man said politely.

"Heh heh, old mister. I am that number 56 from Auction who is bidding for the ancient book with you! "

"Oh!" When he said that, Talking about the Old Man immediately remembered his voice and laughed heartily, "So you're the one who fought with me for this book! "You've cheated me, raising the price to such a high level, causing me to spend so much money."

Zhou Ji smiled apologetically. "I've come to discuss this matter with old mister. Please allow me to make a presumptuous request. I don't know if you can give me that set of books for free, but I can offer a higher price."

"Oh?" Talking about the Old Man still didn't know that he was restricted by the Three Brothers of the Hengyang Dao Association so he couldn't raise his trump card. Seeing that he only came to shoot after the Auction was done, the Talking about the Old Man laughed and looked at him, "How much can you put forth?"

"How about four million five hundred thousand?" Zhou Ji thought that there was hope, and immediately gave his price.

Talking about the Old Man looked at the expressionless Lin Jin, and laughed as he rejected: "I'm extremely sorry, but I also bought this set of books because I liked it a lot. I'm afraid that I can't agree to your request!"

The elevator door opened and two people came out. Talking about the Old Man looked at the open elevator. He said to Zhou Ji: "Gongzi Zhou, I'm a bit tired, so I won't accompany you. Let's talk again in the future when there's a chance!"

Without waiting for him to reply, he followed Lin Jin into the elevator.

"Talking about old mister …" Zhou Ji saw that he had left as he pleased, and looked as if he did not put in his eyes at all. He couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart. Just as he was thinking about how he could get that set of books, a mocking, high-pitched voice rang out.

"Gongzi Zhou is indeed rich. Four million five hundred thousand, hehe. Unfortunately, you don't put us in your eyes, and others do not care about you either. You also didn't think that the Tao Book we all wanted would end up in the hands of an ordinary person in the end.

"

Zhou Ji turned his head to look and saw that it was indeed the boss of the Hengyang Dao Association's Three Brothers.

"I was wondering who it might be. So it's the three of you shameless poor bastards. With just the three of you, what qualifications do you have to speak to me?" Zhou Ji was furious in his heart, but he knew that it was impossible for him to fight with Three Brothers right now.

"Big brother, what should we do?" Seeing him leave, Chen Changxing the second asked in a low voice.

The three of them had a mutual understanding, the moment Chen Changxing opened his mouth, Chen Changhua knew that he was asking about the set of books. He pondered for a moment and said: "Since that set of books was taken by him, then if we force the subject and the set of books disappeared, then once that old man reported this to the Chinese Dao Association, this matter will definitely be reported to the government. Since this is the case, why don't we do this …"

Chen Changhua whispered to them, and the two brothers nodded.

In the elevator, Lin Jin told Talking about the Old Man about Zhou Ji being the son of the Changsha Society's leader. Upon hearing that he was secretly fighting with the other three from the Hengyang Society, the Talking about the Old Man was overjoyed as he laughed out loud: "You brat, even though these few people are fighting each other, you actually hid at the side and eavesdropped. In the end, you really benefited from it!"

Lin Jin also laughed.

When the elevator reached the 8th floor, it stopped. Talking about the Old Man brought Lin Jin to room 805 and gave him the key: "This is your room. Go in and rest first, my room is next door to room 803.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go down first!"

"En!" Lin Jin just entered the house. He could not wait to open the purple sandalwood wood box. Inside the box, there was a piece of red silk, which was the inside of the six books, < The holly seed >.

He took out the book, flipped to the first page, and a line of ancient words appeared before his eyes:

"holly seed Day: Profound Practitioners, the founder of nature, and the great sect of myriad mysteries. It is deep and therefore is called microcosm. It was far away. So called. Its height covered the nine heavens, its width covered eight corners.

Light like the sun and moon, fast as lightning. "It may be that the scenery is fleeting, or it may float, or it may flow, or it may flow in the deep, or it may fly in the sky and it may float in the clouds …"

"..." Those who cultivated the Dao of the Mystic Realm were allowed to guard the inner regions. Those who use it are gods, and those who forget it are the ones who use it. The one who obtains the most is expensive, do not wait for the might of the battle. Those with physical bodies are rich, there is no need for rare goods. It was too high to climb. Unfathomable.

Riding on the flowing light, planning for the flying scenery, Ling Liuxu, thoroughly dissolving. Unparalleled. It was like entering the bottom of the universe. Through the door of sweat, to swim in the fields. In a trance, it was like a watch. Swallow the nine flowers in the clouds, the six energies in the rosy clouds.

"The haiku, the unknowing, the soaring Xiwei, the wriggling, the tottering, the winner of this …"

These words.

Although he had read this book more than a hundred times, it still gave him a different feeling from when he had read the modern printed version of < The holly seed >. Looking at this elegant handwriting, he felt the influence of the remnant consciousness of the owner of the land who wrote these words.

The profound meaning of the Dao. Then, this voice fused into Lin Jin's mind …

Lin Jin carried the < holly seed s > without feeling, and did not move at all. He was like a wooden sculpture sitting cross-legged on the bed. Only when he saw the last word of each page would his hand move and flip to the next page.

He didn't know how long he looked at it, but he felt that his previous confusion had been resolved. His heart grew brighter and his chest expanded.

When he reached the deepest part of the book, he felt a bright light flash through his mind as a golden door quietly opened in his mind. Behind that door, a vast expanse of whiteness could be seen. It seemed like a dream or smoke, yet it seemed real and illusory, like a white and blue dog, changing in an unpredictable manner …

Lin Jin reached out his hand from the illusion, wanting to touch everything behind the door. However, that vast expanse of whiteness was as if he could not even touch it since it was right in front of him.

One after another, the Tao Book s were swapped away from him. Lin Jin did not realise that when he was reading this book, the zhenqi in his body had suddenly started to move extremely slowly. But after a while, it started to move even faster.

After repeating this countless times, the zhenqi in his body was finally fixed at a certain speed. This speed was similar to the speed at which the Earth circulated and the stars shifted.

As for the Jindan inside his Dantian, under the influence of the zhenqi's circulation, it gradually absorbed its dazzling light and became dimmer …

Just as he was feeling this mysterious Heavenly Dao, he suddenly felt as if he had been born into his mother's body. He saw his parents hugging and cherishing him in every possible way, teasing him to talk …

Looking at the deeply hidden memories of his parents' loving and blissful smile, Lin Jin's heart suddenly throbbed uncontrollably. Unknowingly, his face was already covered with tears.

This uncontrollable feeling, in sharp opposition to his desire to pursue the path, made him feel as if he were suffering from schizophrenia, which made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

When the pain of wanting to tear his mind apart reached its limit, Lin Jin suddenly roared loudly and woke up from his state of comprehension.

He raised his eyes and saw that there were no more golden doors, no more parents …

Holding this book of Tao Book, Lin Jin immediately knew that his heart demon had become his parasite, allowing him to break out from that state of comprehension.

Feeling the abundant energy in his body and knowing that this was the additional product he gained from comprehending Dao, he couldn't help but let out a bitter smile.

Recalling what he had seen during his boring junior high school years, he couldn't help but think: Even this concern for his parents could almost drive him crazy. Think about it, how could those men and women who indulged in all sorts of desires in the Greater Thousand Worlds practice Taoism? Perhaps, only after truly comprehending the Dao.

Only then could he do as he pleased!

Lin Jin heaved a long sigh.

As Lin Jin's state of enlightenment wore off, he could faintly hear sighs coming from a few famous mountains thousands of miles away that traversed the distant space.

Thinking back to what he had just comprehended from the book, he once again flipped open this book < The holly seed s >, wanting to see if he could comprehend something else.

The paper was still the paper, the words were still the same, but there was no longer that feeling from before.

Right when it was a pity, Lin Jin's heart suddenly moved, he felt Talking about the Old Man walking out from the elevator, towards his own room.

This feeling was so strong that it was as if he had seen it with his own eyes, causing him to not have the slightest doubt in his heart.

He placed the books scattered on the bed back into the purple sandalwood wood box. Lin Jin calmly waited.

One minute later, a heavy knocking sound could be heard from outside the door. Lin Jin opened the door, and saw Talking about the Old Man's familiar smile.

"Have you finished resting? You didn't pick up the phone for a long time, did you? If I don't call you out now, you'll only have leftovers to eat. " Talking about the Old Man joked.

He could feel the concern in the old man's voice. Lin Jin could not help but feel warmth in his heart.

"It's nothing. It's just that I've used up too much energy in the morning, so I slept a bit too long. I've made you wait too long." Lin Jin wiped his face. Ye Zichen replied apologetically.

"Hehe, why are you being so courteous with me. It's not like your style. Come, come. I'll tell you about my harvest this afternoon at the table." Seeing that he was alright, the Talking about the Old Man laughed and turned to walk towards the elevator.

He was infected by the happy mood of the Talking about the Old Man. Lin Jin could not help but reveal a smile, closing the door, he followed.

After dinner, because the Talking about the Old Man had said that there was some kind of gathering between antique dealer s at night, Lin Jin did not want to join in on the excitement. He bade farewell to the Talking about the Old Man and returned to his room, continuing to read the contents of the《 holly seed s》.

Although Lin Jin's consciousness had already fused with the consciousness of the person who wrote the book. Thus, he no longer had the same feeling as when he first saw it.

But those pages that were lost in the book contained a lot of alchemy and cultivation techniques, and they were extremely profound. Lin Jin couldn't help but to be captivated by it, as he tried to think of the possibilities of these various Tao techniques and pill techniques.

When night fell and the gathering ended at 10 pm, Talking about the Old Man returned to his room and started to recount the history of the day and some of the secrets within the tomb robber that he had heard before, which made Lin Jin feel that it was very interesting.

Because he had frequently eaten Flamefish food for the past few months, Talking about the Old Man's energy was extremely vigorous, and only until midnight did he finally feel a little tired. He instructed Lin Jin to rest a little earlier before lying down on the bed to sleep.

Back in his room, because Lin Jin had been thinking about the contents of the《 holly seed s》, he did not feel sleepy, and he had memorized almost all of the book's contents, so there was no meaning in reading it again.

When he was deep in his meditative state, he only felt a slight thought. Everything around him, including the building, appeared in his mind.

At this time, in order to deal with tomorrow's auction, most of the merchants had already gone to bed. In the dead of night, only a few rooms emitted a soft hum. In addition, some insects were chirping in the grass outside the building and in the shade of the trees.

Lin Jin did not care about the discordant noises from the inn, his mind went through the three tall buildings in the hotel area, and the layers of mountain mist behind the hotel. His mind was spread out in all directions, to a faraway place, as though he wanted to connect the heaven and earth.

As he quietly comprehended the tranquility of the night, Lin Jin felt that his entire body and mind had merged with the night, as though they were one.

While he was experiencing this rare experience, he suddenly felt the window of a certain building in another building in the hotel move. He then saw a man in black jump down from the window towards the fifth and sixth floor.

After landing on the ground, he didn't stop there. His feet moved and his whole body jumped up. He stepped on a big tree between two buildings and nimbly jumped towards the building he was standing on.

From the man's slender figure, Lin Jin could tell that he was the Zhou Ji who had competed with the Talking about the Old Man for the set of《 holly seed s》 earlier in the day.

During the day, Talking about the Old Man allowed him to have a taste of closed doors. Was he here to steal books? Or do you want to harm Talking about the Old Man?

When he thought of these two possibilities, Lin Jin's heart tightened. All of the consciousness that was dispersed outside immediately returned to his body, and he gently ran towards the window.

Just as Lin Jin had guessed, the figure was indeed Zhou Ji.

Zhou Ji was a disciple from the clan, so he was much more knowledgeable about the Taoism than him, just like those extremely precious Tao Book s.

Normally, he would leave behind a trace of the monk's thoughts, which would contain his understanding of the Dao of the Heavens. If he could gain insights from such a high level, and be able to understand higher levels of the 'Dao', the benefits could be imagined.

Regarding this point, Zhou Ji was naturally clear of it.

This time, Zhou Ji coincidentally found out that this book was stolen from the grave of a certain king in the Ming Dynasty, and that prince was also a famous person.

Because of that, he guessed that this book must have been gifted to him by Lu ChangGeng. He guessed that there must have been a trace of Lu ChangGeng's thoughts on it, and thus, he had the intention to get the book.

However, because the Auction was keeping it a secret too well, he did not know where the book was kept. And for some reason. He could not use the Tao technique to obtain this set of books, so he was just like an ordinary person, wanting to use an auction to obtain this set of books.

However, they did not know where Chen Changhua and the other two had gotten the information from, so they interjected. Disrupting his good fortune.

Helpless, he could only come up with this plan. He wanted to steal the book, use a secret technique to get that strand of will that was attached to it, and then return the book back …

Although the eighth floor was tall, it was nothing to Zhou Ji. With his family's lightness exercise, he was like a giant bat. In the night sky, he stepped on the branch of a tree and flew through the air without making any sound.

However, when he jumped onto the tree right below Talking about the Old Man's window, he raised his head and saw that on the right side of the eighth floor's Talking about the Old Man window, there was the young man beside Talking about the Old Man standing there, staring at him coldly.

The cool night breeze blew past, causing his clothes to immediately flutter.

"It's so late. Gongzi Zhou is very lively! I wonder what brings you here? " The sound of a voice filled with zhenqi converged into a single line. The cold feeling passed into Zhou Ji's ears.

Lin Jin obviously did not want others to hear the commotion.

"To think that I've misjudged you. I'm afraid you're the real owner of the < holly seed > set, right?" He sent out a thought to investigate the situation. However, Zhou Ji couldn't feel the fluctuations of the zhenqi on his body, and he couldn't help but be shocked in his heart.

Looking at the depth of Lin Jin that he was unable to probe, he knew that he had come here for nothing.

However, there was one kind of person in this world that would never die, and Zhou Ji was one of them.

Seeing that Lin Jin was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he was not convinced. He did not believe that he would have a cultivation level higher than himself at such a young age.

Thinking up to this point, although he had lost the confidence to get « holly seed », he immediately had the thought of competing with this young man.

With the help of the zhenqi, Zhou Ji sent a sound transmission to him: "Little brother, since you have obtained that set of books, I have no intention of fighting with you.

Lin Jin didn't know that he just wanted to borrow the set of books, and was afraid that Yue Yang would try to rob it away. At the same time, he also wanted to see how far his cultivation had progressed, so he sent a sound transmission: "Okay!" Then, he leaped into the air, and like a piece of cotton, he landed gently on the tree that Zhou Ji was standing on.

Seeing that he was so light, Zhou Ji could not help but greet him. The zhenqi moved secretly and with a step, it shot towards the mountain at the back of the inn.

Lin Jin landed on a tree and released a thread of thought to lock onto Zhou Ji's figure, before following him and flying away.

Neither of them noticed that three figures had appeared at the side of the building as soon as they left.

One of the figure walked to the place where Lin Jin had jumped down to just then, looked around, and seeing that there were no more movements, threw a hooked rope to the ground floor of Lin Jin's room, then clumsily climbed up the stairs. The other two were hiding below to watch the wind.

Faintly, a grumbling voice could be heard: "Fuck, they all know the lightness exercise, why is it that our bloodline doesn't have the lightness exercise Arts passed down …"