Chapter 350 - Kept Silent in Oblivion (1/2)
Translator: Flying Lines
Unfortunately, the fighting was over as soon as it started.
After Lin Zhong showed his terrible momentum of Tao Insight Realm, the enemies who had ambushed them left without hesitation.
This disappointed Lin Xun.
He really wanted to see how powerful Shen Jinglun was, who won the third place in the Nation Test sixty years ago and was famous in the Forbidden City as Bronze Charming.
Lin Zhong didn’t chase enemies out. He was worried about being separated from Lin Xun.
When he returned, the silver spear in his hand had disappeared. He also had recovered his simple, honest appearance, with his body hunched.
As Lin Xun was about to ask something, Lin Zhong reported, “Young master, I will tell my story on a suitable day.”
Lin Xun inquired, unwilling to give up his expectation, “Granddad Zhong, would you fight on my requirement in days to come?”
Lin Zhong couldn’t help but sight and said with a bitter smile, “Young master, it’s my duty to protect you. I will definitely fight for you when there’s a need.”
After a pause, he added in a deep voice, “But, I will not fight against any people of Lin Family. This was what I promised to your father.”
Lin Xun took a confirmed glance at Lin Zhong and said with a smile, “I appreciate this.”
After returning to Heart-cleansing Peak, Lin Xun gave 300,000 gold coins to Vulture and let him manage this huge sum of money.
Then Lin Xun came to the top of Heart-cleansing Peak alone and sat on a stone by the cliff.
In the distance, clouds were rolling in the sky, where a bright moon was hanging up high. As the wind in the mountain was howling, an old pine tree was swaying on the edge of the cliff, playing the music of nature.
Dressed in moon-white and his black hair tied behind his head at will, Lin Xun stood in the moonlight, which made his clearly outlined face appear even more refined and calmer.
In another 20 days, he would go to Northlight Lin and fight with Lin Xuefeng, the famous outstanding youngster of Northlight Lin.
There was no doubt that Lin Xuefeng must have been a Sea Spirit Realm man at that time.
Even though Lin Xun now was in Heaven-gang Realm, there was a big gap between Lin Xun’s cultivation and Lin Xuefeng’s.
The power of Heaven-gang realm and that of Sea Spirit Realm was totally different.
Lin Xun had fought with Chi Cangfeng before, so he knew the power of Sea Spirit Realm well.
But this duel was imperative, and Lin Xun could not fail!
So he could only focus on improving his strength for the time being and tried best to prepare for this duel.
Sitting alone in front of the cold and quiet cliff, Lin Xun thought for a long time and finally smiled. He picked up a pot of wine, drinking.
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From this day on, Lin Xun stayed on the top of Heart-cleansing Peak alone.
He observed the clouds in the morning and slept when the night came.
Sometimes, he practiced saberplays with ancient trees, rocks and waterfalls, leaving shadows between floating clouds and chanting wind.
Sometimes, he sat alone with the saber in his arms like a silent cicada, watching stars, clouds and the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers.
As long as he sat motionlessly, he devoted himself into a state of oblivion as he ignored the changes of weather and the pass of day and night. He was in a trance and almost crazy in practicing.
He sat solemnly and motionlessly with his legs crossed, like a mountain communicating his mind with heaven and earth to understand the rules of nature.
This was a special practice.
He abandoned complicated thoughts in his minds, refused disturbance from trifles , but integrated himself into nature and combined his mind with the world.
He saw great beauty of the world, the impermanence of time, the unpredictability surging storms, the rainbow under the waterfall, the tracks of flying fireflies and the colorful reflections on the morning dew…
All the changes of the world were observed by him heartily!
He combined his body and mind with heaven and earth, reading the rhyme of Taoism!
What Heaven-gang Realm practitioners could understand was the whole form of universe.
Everything has its shape, such as planets, roads, mountains and rivers.But great music has the faintest notes, the great form is without shape.As time went by, Lin Xun kept himself isolate from others and practiced alone.
Sometimes he meditated, sometimes he practiced saberplay, sometimes he admired heaven and earth or had insight into mountains and rivers, other times he just drank and stared blankly.
He looked sloppy with longer beard and complicated eyebrows. He was not like a young man now, but like a man who had experienced a lot.
No one disturbed Lin Xun with trifles during these days.
But in the dark, Lin Zhong, Young Ke and Vulture all paid attention to Lin Xun’s every movement.
From the first day, they noticed that Lin Xun was practicing, or rather, he tried to attain enlightenment!
Enlightenment!
The way of enlightenment was extraordinary and mysterious. When practitioners reached a certain degree of cultivation, he would start to understand the heaven and earth with his strength and realize the power of creation.
Lin Xun, who was Heaven-gang-Realm practitioner now, would get to know the essence of Tao by observing the form of heaven and earth. Only by insight into the changes in the universe could he have powerful means to manipulate weather and fly in the air freely when he reached Sea Spirit Realm.