Chapter Sixteen: Return of the Divine Dragon Bloodline

  Ye Lin had just returned to where the one-armed old man lived when Xing Tian ran over from a distance, anxiously asking: "Young Master, you're back?"

  Although Ye Lin was indeed back and safe, Xing Tian still didn't feel at ease. He had to examine him carefully again and again before he could slightly relax, saying: "Great, young master, you were gone for ten days, I was worried to death."

  Indeed, although it seemed very calm, but Ye Lin's entry into the mountain this time consumed no less time. The round trip plus the time spent on cultivation along the way added up to more than ten days.

  Of course, this trip into the mountains brought Ye Lin a rich harvest. Not only did he open his eyes to see all sorts of ferocious beasts and monsters in the mountain range, as well as various guardian spirit beasts protecting heavenly materials and earthly treasures, but more importantly, it allowed him to truly understand the cruelty of this world.

  It's said that the Lian Yao mountain range is a notorious forbidden land, where countless ferocious beasts and monsters roam. Even an ordinary creature can possess strength comparable to a powerful demon of the Yuan Dan realm. To put it bluntly, in the Lian Yao mountain range, even if you encounter a mere mouse, if you were to release it into the human world, it could potentially be a master with abilities rivaling those of a powerful army.

  If it weren't for Ye Lin's possession of a pair of eyes that were magically fantastical, he would have been able to see the mountain range thirty miles away, with columns of vital energy rising into the sky. If Ye Lin had just entered the mountain range, he might have been swallowed up by all sorts of goblins in the mountains.

  Don't be suspicious, the place where the Broken Arm Old Man chose to live was originally a very deep place in the mountains. If it weren't for the fact that the Hunyuan Golden Hair Monkey often roamed around here, I'm afraid this place would have been occupied by powerful ferocious beasts long ago. However, despite this, various ferocious beast auras can still be seen ten miles away.

  However, despite this, the distance of a thousand miles, which would normally take Ye Lin only a day to travel back and forth at his speed, actually took him ten days. Moreover, most of that time was spent on the road, and the actual time he spent fighting against Tianyuan was less than half a day. Adding the two days he spent cultivating in a state of urgency, it still didn't add up to much.

  "What is this?"

  After confirming that Ye Lin was safe and sound, Xing Tian shifted his gaze away from Ye Lin's body. However, as he swept past Ye Lin's shoulder, he saw a massive black snake, over 30 meters long, coiled around it. The snake's body was glossy and emitted an aura of death, although it had no signs of life left in it. Nevertheless, Xing Tian could sense an energy aura several times stronger than Ye Lin's emanating from the snake's body.

  Not bad, although the Swallowing Heaven Python is already dead, its innate Dragon Bloodline has determined that its physical body is extremely strong and powerful. The Swallowing Heaven Python was a Five-Heaven Realm cultivator in its prime, while Ye Lin, even if he broke through now, would at most have just barely broken through the Second Heaven of the Refining Muscle stage. The aura emitted by the Swallowing Heaven Python is naturally much stronger than Ye Lin's.

  "This? This is Tianyuan, the guardian beast of Chiyo."

  Ye Lin and Xing Tian have been together since childhood, their feelings are exceptionally good. As for Xing Tian, Ye Lin naturally wouldn't hide anything from him.

  Suddenly, Xing Tian seemed to have thought of something and loudly exclaimed: "What, you are also the Swallowing Heaven Python, the guardian beast of Chi Yang Fruit?"

  It seems like Ye Lin said this big snake is a giant python that swallowed the sky, as if there's something strange about it.

  "What's wrong?"

  "This is something that I risked my life to bring back from the depths of the jungle, could it be fake? Moreover, in order to deal with this big guy, Shangguan Wan'er almost died."

  Although Ye Lin's mouth was unwilling to forgive Shangguan Wan'er, his heart was filled with gratitude for her willingness to risk her life to save him. If it weren't for that incident, Ye Lin would have definitely used his entire life to protect her.

  "There's nothing, nothing at all."

  Xing Tian heard Ye Lin's pursuit and his expression paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and immediately covered it up.

  There's a ghost!

  Ye Lin looked at Xing Tian with suspicion and muttered to himself.

  Ever since his father went missing, Ye Lin can be said to have grown up with Xing Tian. As for Xing Tian's habits, he naturally knew very well that as soon as he told a lie, his face would turn red.

  "Xing Tian, your face is red!"

  Although he wouldn't really mind if Xing Tian told a lie, Ye Lin was in the habit of teasing him and playfully joked: "Hehe, some people's faces are redder than a monkey's butt!"

  Ye Lin and Xing Tian were together, never with a master-servant air, but only with brotherly affection. Even Xing Tian, in urgent situations, often called out Ye Lin's name, rather than the usual "young master".

  It's his own business, and Tianxin naturally understands it in his heart. As soon as he hears Yelin making fun of himself, he knows that his lie has been exposed. However, he doesn't mind, saying: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but Master won't let me say."

  Although they were brothers, Master's words still had to be listened to. No matter how Ye Lin said it, Xing Tian was unwilling to say it.

  "Alright, don't mention me again. What are you going to do with the corpse of this giant python? Are you going to give it a grand funeral?"

  "Hmph, I'll use it for cultivation and give it a grand burial!"

  "Cultivation?"

  Xing Tian's expression turned serious, as it was related to Ye Lin's cultivation. Even the smallest matter, in their brothers' eyes, was a big deal.

  "Hmm, Master said that within three months, if you break through the third layer of the Body Tempering Realm and reach the Bone Tempering Boundary, he'll accept you as his disciple. Half a month has passed already, how confident are you?"

  Becoming an apprentice is a monumental event for a martial artist, and it's absolutely no laughing matter.

  "Hmph, this time I went out and came back, I've already broken through again, and I'm now at the second heaven of Body Refining, the Muscle Refining Realm." Even with Ye Lin's temperament, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride when talking about this matter.

  It's been six years since I've been stuck in the first layer of Body Refining, unable to make any progress. But after the Mystic Eye was activated, my cultivation has skyrocketed like a rocket. In just half a month, I've already broken through three times and now I'm at the second layer of Body Refining, Refining Tendons and Marrow.

  "What? You've broken through again?"

  Xing Tian looked at Ye Lin as if he were a monster, carefully and meticulously examining him from head to toe, afraid of missing the slightest detail.

  Good heavens! What's going on here?! In less than half a month, Ye Lin has broken through three times in a row.

  It is known that for a martial artist, the Body Tempering stage is the most difficult. Even many people cannot break through this stage in their lifetime. The Ye family, as a large clan, only requires their 16-year-old members to reach the Tempered Bone realm of the third heaven of Body Tempering during their coming-of-age ceremony. This shows just how difficult it is for martial artists in the Body Tempering stage to cultivate.

  But who would have thought that Ye Lin actually broke through twice in half a month, oh my god, what kind of talent is this? Even Ye Fan, with his purple bloodline talent, had never heard of such a cultivation breakthrough method!

  Suddenly, Xing Tian was taken aback, looking closely at Ye Lin, and carefully asked: "That, do you have confidence in breaking through the Bone Refining Realm within two and a half months?"

  This is a big deal, once it really breaks through, then it represents that Ye Lin can worship his own master as his teacher.

  This is absolutely a big deal, you know, in this world, the strength of a martial artist cannot be simply evaluated by their boundary. For example, weapons, if two martial artists with the same boundary have vastly different weapons, the one with the better weapon will absolutely be able to easily defeat the one with the weaker weapon.

  For example, elixirs, formations, and even the level of one's skills, all these factors are crucial in determining a person's strength.

  Apart from the above, the most important thing is martial skills. Truly powerful martial skills, with one move, the heavens and earth follow afterwards. Such martial skills contain the Tao of all things within them. It's truly like burning mountains and boiling seas as if it were nothing, enough to let a martial artist's strength increase tenfold or hundredfold.

  However, among the heavens and earth, various powerful martial arts are not necessarily understood by top-notch individuals who comprehend the heavens and earth, and who would be willing to impart them to others for free?

  What's most important is that the various powerful martial techniques must necessarily contain the creator's own comprehension of the world, and ordinary treasures may not be able to withstand those powerful martial techniques.

  Therefore, if you want to learn powerful martial arts skills, the best way is to find a master who is skilled in the art and learn from them.

  Naturally, Xing Tian hoped that Ye Lin could worship Duan Bi Lao Ren as his master and let Duan Bi Lao Ren teach Ye Lin powerful martial arts.

  "Hmph, if it were in the past, asking me to break through the Bone Forging Realm within two and a half months would be somewhat difficult for me. However, now that I have this Heaven Devouring Python, as long as I swallow its blood and flesh every day and absorb the essence from its blood and flesh, my Tendon Refining Realm will definitely break through quickly. It won't take even half a month, I'm certain I can break through."

  The benefits of bidding farewell to the world's high-ranking people as teachers, Ye Lin naturally understood in his heart, and he had always made up his mind like this: within three months, break through the Bone Refining Realm, and then bid farewell to the Old Man with Broken Arms as a teacher.

  Actually, Ye Lin didn't know that he had already learned several powerful martial arts: the Dragon Claw Technique, although it was just a powerful cultivation fist technique, but at the same time, it was also a powerful attacking fist technique. However, this fist technique was profound and intricate, its power was not something that ordinary people could wield. Moreover, the Heaven's Gate Thirty-six Knives were even more powerful and perverted, once mastered, splitting the earth and opening the sea would be child's play. However, this set of knife techniques contained complex array methods, to truly master it, one had to painstakingly study the array methods.

  In short, Ye Lin is now an empty guardian of the treasure mountain, only seeing its treasure light, but not being able to enter, still needing enough time for him to cultivate, at this time, he needs some extremely practical martial skills.

  "Really?"

  As soon as Ye Lin said with great confidence that he could break through the Bone Refining Realm within half a month, Xing Tian was overjoyed.

  "Of course, this can be fake, it's just..."

  "What's that?"

  "I've been practicing the Dragon Elephant Chi Kung, which has two sets of techniques: one is the 18 Claw Fist technique of the Divine Dragon, and the other is the 18 Transformation Body Refining technique. I've already grasped the essence of the 18 Claw Fist technique, but now I'm having trouble with the first transformation of the 18 Transformations, the Blood Vessel Transformation."

  "What's wrong?"

  "To cultivate the Dragon God's 18 Transformations and change one's bloodline, the best time is when refining the body reaches the fifth heaven of Blood Transformation Realm. At that moment, ignite the Purple Extreme Heavenly Fire, using it as the source to transform all the blood vessels in the entire body into the Dragon God's blood. By then, my bloodline's power will be transformed into the Dragon God's bloodline, and I'm afraid that by then, I won't be much inferior to the legendary Emperor's son."

  In fact, Ye Lin's words were still somewhat humble. If it really was replaced with the Divine Dragon Bloodline, that would be a genuine Godly Child-level talent. Perhaps at that time, even the Emperor's Children would have to make way for him.

  "Alright then, let's just do it this way."

  As soon as he heard about it, Xing Tian was shocked in his heart, but still raised his hand in agreement at the first time.

  "This is natural, but if I want to cultivate the Dragon God's 18 Transformations, I must have a large amount of Dragon God's bloodline. However, only descendants of the Dragon God like Swallowing Heaven Great Python will possess it."

  Energy is conserved, Ye Lin needs to replace all the blood vessels in his body with dragon blood vessels, so he must have a large amount of dragon blood vessels to exchange, otherwise, the dragon blood vessels will not appear out of thin air.

  Xie Tian sank after hearing Ye Lin's words.