Chapter 879 - 127: Challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda (Part 2)
Chapter 879: Chapter 127: Challenging the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda (Part 2)
"Is what you’re saying true?"
"If any of you had a Martial Arts Seal on you, you’d know if what I’m saying is true or not."
Upon hearing the old man’s words, many martial artists present exchanged glances. None of the martial artists in the tavern were under twenty years old, even if they once had a Martial Arts Seal, it had long disappeared.
In other domains, martial artists with a Martial Arts Seal would keep it at home as a testament to their youth.
But this is the Thousand Mechanism Domain, renowned for making everything artifact refining materials, and the Martial Arts Seal had long been sold.
The recovery price of ten Flame Coins was enough to exchange for a few bottles of pills needed by martial artists of various grades.
In the private seating on the second floor, Lin Chen took out his Martial Arts Seal and infused his divine thought into it. A few moments later, he withdrew his divine thought and looked at Yin Yue, "It’s indeed changed."
When he infused his divine thought into the Martial Arts Seal, he sensed the update of the seal.
The martial arts steps disappeared, replaced by a pagoda shrouded in mist.
Just as Lin Chen’s words fell, the Martial Arts Seal suddenly vibrated. Lin Chen picked it up, and words flowed on the seal’s surface.
[Innate Third Realm Zuo Chuan initiates the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda challenge; those qualified to enter the pagoda and all Innate Third Realm martial artists may enter and observe.]
Seeing the words appear, Lin Chen looked at Yin Yue, "I plan to go in and take a look. Shall we return to the other courtyard first?"
"No need, we can go in directly."
Yin Yue also took out a silver Martial Arts Seal from her embrace.
"This is a Martial Arts Seal crafted by the royal family for our Moon Soul Race. Even if I haven’t reached the top of Martial Arts Mountain, not being in the Innate Third Realm, I can still go in and observe."
Ever-present privilege!
Lin Chen sighed inwardly but paid little attention. It’s quite normal for someone like Yin Yue, an ancient remnant race princess, to have some privileges.
By now, Lin Chen had a general understanding of the Flame Dynasty.
The royal family’s power in the Flame Dynasty is undoubtedly the strongest because they control the Divine Seal. However, precisely due to the Divine Seal, their actions are constrained, unable to act freely as they wish.
In some instances, the royal family must win over other major forces, and these ancient remnant races should be among the powers they want to win over and forge good relations with.
The two simultaneously activated their thoughts and entered Martial Arts Mountain, leaving only two floating Martial Arts Seals in the booth.
The floating Martial Arts Seals indicate that their owners have entered Martial Arts Mountain, a widely known fact throughout the Flame Dynasty. When the shopkeeper and the waiter come in and see them, they won’t suspect people have run away; they’ll just wait for them to return from Martial Arts Mountain.
...
Martial Arts Mountain.
This time after Lin Chen entered, he didn’t appear on the steps but in a realm of phantasm.
"Choose true face or anonymous entry to the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda plaza?"
Upon hearing the voice beside him, Lin Chen chose anonymous without hesitation.
With his decision for anonymity, Lin Chen found himself enveloped in a black robe, a black hood, and his divine thought was sealed.
"This is anonymity indeed."
Lin Chen understood what anonymity meant, wearing a black robe and cloak obscured the face, divine thought couldn’t be probed, and even the body couldn’t be discerned in the loose robe, only height could be determined.
As for speaking voice, for an Innate Martial Artist, changing the way of speaking was a simple matter.
After disguising himself, Lin Chen’s surrounding environment changed again, appearing on a plaza.
On the vast plaza, he saw many similarly dressed in black robes, scattered around the plaza, unable to probe with divine thought. Lin Chen could only scan with his eyes, soon spotting Yin Yue.
In the plaza, the little girl’s appearance of Yin Yue was exceptionally conspicuous.
Just before Lin Chen approached Yin Yue, he saw a figure quickly moving towards her.
"Could it be someone who knows Yin Yue?"
Lin Chen also quickened his pace, and in his view, the middle-aged man had already reached Yin Yue, reaching out towards her. However, just as his hand was about to touch her, a bolt of lightning descended from the sky, instantly striking the man.
The middle-aged man was reduced to ashes in the lightning.
[No fighting allowed before the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda plaza; violators will be expelled, not allowed to enter again for a year!]
The authoritative voice of Martial Arts Mountain resounded throughout the plaza. Upon hearing this, Lin Chen sighed in relief, knowing that while physical injuries in the Martial Arts Mountain battlefield heal upon exiting, damage to the divine soul doesn’t recover.
He was just worried about encountering a Moon Soul Race expert who betrayed Yin Yue’s father in the plaza, possessing power beyond his current ability to counteract. If discovered and attacked here, he feared he couldn’t save Yin Yue.
Now, confirmed that fighting is prohibited in the Heaven-Reaching Pagoda plaza, Lin Chen relaxed and stood still without moving towards Yin Yue.
Quickly, more people gathered on the plaza. Lin Chen observed carefully, noting thousands of people in total, yet the number of those in black robes didn’t increase much.
Lin Chen touched his chin, pondering that those capable of reaching the Innate Third Realm aren’t young people who love to show off. Logically, more should choose anonymity, so why were there only about a hundred black-robed ones?
Those who appeared with their true face here didn’t show disdain towards Lin Chen and the others in black robes. On the contrary, they deliberately kept a certain distance from them.