Lin Xun was once again in the limelight. He became the most talked-about figure in the Forbidden City overnight.
Even ordinary people in other parts of the world knew that the master of Mind Cleansing Peak in the Forbidden City was a remarkable young genius blessed by the heavens.
However, those stirring rumors took a turn on the second day…
“What? Lin Xun wasn’t chosen?”
“I know! He was so brazen and so disrespectful and even forced the Marquis of Rising Sky to kneel. It’s understandable that Her Majesty didn’t give him that opportunity.”
“That’s his punishment! Although he’s powerful, he is too arrogant.”
“It’s unfortunate.”
“Haha, I think the punishment has only just begun. He’s so arrogant, and he has offended so many important people. He will no doubt suffer endlessly in the future.”
Similar discussions rapidly swept every area of the Forbidden City.
It all started because of some rumors.Rumor had it that, after a series of marvelous duels at the empress’ birthday banquet, Bai Lingxi, Song Yi, and Yuchi Ze caught the attention of three extraordinary masters with their outstanding performance!
At the end of the birthday banquet, the three were taken away from the Ziyao Empire to train in a mysterious sacred cultivation land!
It was a once-in-a-lifetime supreme opportunity!
The vast majority of cultivators in the Forbidden City were unaware that the so-called sacred cultivation land was the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
They also didn’t know that the three extraordinary masters who took away Bai Lingdu and the others were from three different ancient Daoist sects of the Ancient Wasteland Domain.
However, that didn’t affect the attention the rumor received!
On the contrary, the mystery of the matter made them feel that Bai Lingxi and the others had leapt to the dragon gate and reached the sky in one step!
Everyone also realized that Lin Xun had missed out on such a supreme opportunity despite his dazzling performance at the empress’ birthday banquet!
The entire Forbidden City buzzed like never and the rumors stirred up heated discussions.
Many people believed that Lin Xun had missed out on the opportunity due to his arrogance and disrespectful attitude. He had not only angered the imperial family but displeased the empress.
Otherwise, given his abilities and the strength that he had shown by defeating Chi Cangfeng and the Marquis of Rising Sky, how would the extraordinary masters not choose him?
He brought it upon himself!
Many cultivators shared the same view.
Lin Xun is so crazy. From what I remember, ever since he came to the Forbidden City, he had violently beaten up the descendants of the Song and Hua Clans, two high clans, and then he almost killed Hua Wuyou.
This isn’t all. During the rune grandmaster verification assessment, Chu Haidong, a genius talent of a rune master family, almost fainted from anger because of him and received the title ‘stupid idiot.’
Furthermore, he didn’t stop when he entered Qinglu Academy. When Chu Shanhe, the deputy head of the Rune Department, learned that the boy had repaired the Sword of Apocalypse, he stormed home in fury.
Then, at the empress’ birthday banquet, he forced the Marquis of Rising Sky to kneel and displeased the empress and the imperial family.
The series of things that Lin Xun had done became more and more daring.
Who wouldn’t be glad to hear that he was finally suppressed and lost out on the supreme opportunity to leap to the sky?
“From now on, it likely won’t be easy for Lin Xun.”
Many people were aware that it was only the start of the oppression that Lin Xun would receive.
“I heard that Lin Xun asked for leave from the Qinglu Academy and returned to Mind Cleansing Peak to train after he left the palace yesterday. It’s obvious that he realizes that his situation isn’t good and came to the decision to avoid the limelight for a while.”
Before long, the news about Lin Xun’s return to Mind Cleansing Peak spread out. It confirmed their speculation that the youth no longer dared to act wildly as he did before because of the oppression.
“The wind can’t beat the storm. Lin Xun has risen fast, but he is oppressed even faster. This is all because he’s too crazy.”
Many people had the same view.
As the saying went, the higher the jump, the worse it was when you fell!
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Of course, those who truly understood the situation knew that although Lin Xun might continue to face all sorts of trouble, not many would dare to provoke him anymore!
The fact that Lin Xun had dared to offend so many powerful clans and make a mess of the empress’ birthday banquet and was still alive and well proved that he wasn’t easy to oppress!
Whoever took advantage of the opportunity to trample on Lin Xun was asking for death. Even the great clans that he had displeased couldn’t do anything to him. Ordinary people would be seeking death to anger him!
Although he was arrogant and wild, he had no doubt built a monstrous reputation for himself, and no ordinary forces would dare to provoke him.
They first had to consider whether they could withstand revenge from a young fearless genius such as Lin Xun before they tried to trample on him!
Simply speaking, the huge disturbance that Lin Xun had caused at the birthday banquet was like a double-edged sword. It brought both benefits and problems. But, imperceptibly, Lin Xun’s name had penetrated the hearts of many cultivators in the Forbidden City.
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Spirit Vulture, Xiaoke, and Lin Zhong understood why Lin Xun had suddenly chose to go into closed-door cultivation after attending the birthday banquet when they heard the news.
However, they didn’t believe that was the root cause of his reason to go into closed-door cultivation.
“Lin Xun’s sudden training has to be related to the empress’ summoning rather than due to him being oppressed,” analyzed Spirit Vulture.
“He may have sensed some unpredictable danger,” said Xiaoke.
“The most annoying thing is that a student in the Qinglu Academy called Zuo Yujing made an outrageous remark. He said that Young Master deserves to be killed for challenging the authority of the imperial family, and he said that he would make Young Master suffer the consequences if he had a chance to duel against him.”
Lin Zhong said angrily, “Zuo Yujing wants to take advantage of the situation to stomp on Young Master to increase his prestige.”
“The Zuo Clan?” asked Spirit Vulture thoughtfully.
“Correct. I heard that he is one of the top figures in the Rune Department of the Qinglu Academy. He is ranked third on the Spirit Sea Gold Rankings,” explained Lin Zhong.
“His remark caused a sensation in the Qinglu Academy, and it damaged the Young Master’s reputation.”
“The Zuo Family and the Qin Family were the two main culprits who took the Lin Family’s wealth and properties more than ten years ago. And now, the West Creek, Cloud Weight and Flying Peak Lin Clans are working with the Zuo and Qin Clans in hopes of regaining control of Mind Cleansing Peak and turning their situation around.”
Spirit Vulture said calmly, “Under such circumstances, it isn’t surprising that Zuo Yujing dared to make such a remark.”
“But…” Lin Zhong sighed. “Young Master is in closed-door cultivation, and we don’t know when he will make a breakthrough. Should we just sit and do nothing?”
“Yes, we won’t do anything.”
Spirit Vulture smiled slightly. “We can do whatever we need to do. No matter how noisy the outside world is, at least no one can bother us on Mind Cleansing Peak.”
As Spirit Vulture was speaking, he suddenly frowned. “But there is one troublesome thing.”
“What?” asked Lin Zhong.
“There are many enemies who want to target Mind Cleansing Peak. They may not be able to do anything to us, but they can attack the North Light Lin Clan.”
“Lin Zhong, I have a suggestion. I hope you can pay the North Light Lin Clan a visit and inform them of the current situation. If possible, tell them to move their clan to Mind Cleansing Peak.”
Lin Zhong assumed a solemn expression. “Mister Spirit Vulture, don’t worry. Leave this matter to me.”
“As for the others…”
Spirit Vulture thought for a moment and said, ”We can only make arrangements when Lin Xun returns.”
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While the outside world was in an uproar, Lin Xun had already entered the Omega Secret Realm.
It was indeed true that Lin Xun didn’t go into closed-door cultivation to improve his cultivation. After all, he had already broken through to the advanced Spirit Sea Stage, so it wouldn’t be very beneficial to go into closed-door cultivation again.
However, it was different with the Omega Secret Realm.
Lin Xun had already been qualified to enter the Omega Secret Realm to challenge the fourth level of the Great Azure Cloud Path as he had reached the Spirit Sea Stage a while ago.
However, he was previously troubled by all kinds of trivial things. It was only now that he was determined to challenge the Omega Secret Realm.
Compared with the crisis of the five year limit, other things weren’t as important to Lin Xun. His priority was to become strong as quickly as possible!
The Omega Secret Realm was a great opportunity for Lin Xun to transform his strength!
As before, the Omega Secret Realm was a vast expanse of space with only a straight azure cloud path stretching across the void and the Omega Door standing at the end of the path.
As Lin Xun glanced around, he couldn’t help but feel the outside world was changing. Even he was constantly improving and only the Omega Secret Realm was ever so quiet and empty, and without any traces of time.
A familiar cryptic wave of energy swept over Lin Xun before a cold and emotionless voice resounded—
“Dao Seeker, the fourth level of the Great Azure Cloud Path is called Conquering Domain. You have only one chance to pass. The longer you remain inside, the greater your reward. Do you want to challenge the level now?”
Lin Xun was taken aback. The condition for passing the level was different from the previous levels, so he couldn’t help but ask, “What will happen if I fail?”
Immediately, he realized that the other party might not answer his puzzlement. Otherwise, he would have received answers to the many questions he had when he challenged the first level.
To Lin Xun’s surprise, he got an answer!
“The level can’t be failed.”
That cold and empty voice was still devoid of emotion.
But the unexpected change surprised him. In the many times he had entered the Omega Secret Realm before, it was the first time the mysterious voice had answered his question, which indicated that the other party had real consciousness!
Who was the other party?
Was it a wisp of consciousness left by the owner of the Omega Secret Realm?