Chapter 382 - 344: The Exchange List: How Can Lin Yi Be Left Out?
Chapter 382: Chapter 344: The Exchange List: How Can Lin Yi Be Left Out?
Dragon Tiger Mountain.
Inside the barrier.
Lin Yi had returned.
A sense of familiarity washed over him.
The White Tiger and Xiaoqi were also set free.
They could frolic and play to their hearts’ content here, completely unrestrained.
However, unlike Xiaoqi, the White Tiger could not leave the barrier.
Lin Yi sat outside the wooden cabin.
He was cross-legged atop a large boulder.
The roar of the nearby waterfall sounded like the charge of a thousand armies.
[Current Realm: Star Tempering Realm]
[Current Source Qi: 99.99%]
Just like before, his Source Qi was full.
He was just a hair’s breadth away from breaking through to the Divine Abyss Realm.
Lin Yi’s eyes were tightly shut as he waited for the bottleneck to loosen.
As soon as he found an opportunity, he could shatter his shackles and step into the Divine Abyss Realm.
This process, however, would be a bit long.
Breaking through realms required the right moment, a catalyst.
So, Lin Yi wasn’t in a hurry. Besides, the Starry Sky Daoist was there to help him.
The Daoist was constantly channeling and transferring Source Qi into Lin Yi’s body.
Using Source Qi to assault the bottleneck might shorten the time needed for the breakthrough.
The days passed, one by one.
On the fifth day of Lin Yi’s seclusion...
Zhong Yan returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with a group of disciples.
The moment he found his Second Senior Brother, he asked urgently, "Senior Brother, where’s Lin Yi? Is he back?"
Hearing this, Second Senior Brother smiled and nodded.
"He’s back, but he went into seclusion the same day. Said he hit a bottleneck in his cultivation!"
"Oh, right. Don’t rush off to find him. You won’t be able to see him anyway. I’ve already arranged for disciples to stand guard there!"
"First, tell me about the situation on the battlefield. Did you see Master?"
Second Senior Brother stopped Zhong Yan, who was about to head toward the barrier.
"I saw him. Master is helping Elder Yi defend the Restricted Area Battlefield!" Zhong Yan nodded.
"Then we can rest easy. With Master and Elder Yi defending the place, they should be able to intimidate the demonic beasts in the Restricted Area, at least a little!" Second Senior Brother said with a smile.
Zhong Yan glanced at him but didn’t reveal the true situation in the Restricted Area.
The situation there was already dire.
There were great demons at the Heart Communication Realm or higher, and more than one of them.
If they were to lead an assault on the restriction, even Yi Nanshan and the Elder Celestial Master wouldn’t be able to stop them.
When that time comes, they would be in real danger.
The entire Huawu Alliance, both old and new districts, would be plunged into dire straits.
If all those demonic beasts were to charge out of the Restricted Area, it would cause untold devastation, and rivers of blood would flow.
Right now, the only solution was for Lin Yi to reach the level of a Martial God as soon as possible.
Only he had any hope of resolving this crisis.
But with Lin Yi’s current cultivation level, reaching the Martial God Realm seemed utterly hopeless.
However, as long as he could get his realm past the Heart Communication Realm...
Even reaching the Beidou Realm would be enough to suppress those demonic beasts.
And yet... that was easier said than done. To continuously jump realms from the Star Tempering Realm all the way to the Beidou Realm?
The difficulty was hardly any less than reaching the Martial God Realm.
And there wasn’t much time left.
No one knew when those great demons would launch their attack on the restriction.
It could be today, or it could be tomorrow.
It might be in a few months, or even a few years.
But they couldn’t afford to gamble, nor could they afford to wait.
The very survival of the Huawu Alliance was at stake. Who would dare to gamble with the lives of hundreds of millions of people?
Yet the timeline was uncertain. The only thing to do was wait patiently for Lin Yi to grow stronger.
It was a complete impasse...
Before he left, the Elder Celestial Master had repeatedly warned Zhong Yan.
He absolutely could not tell anyone about the situation in the Restricted Area.
Not even Second Senior Brother or Lin Yi.
If it were to leak, the consequences would be irreversible.
So, Zhong Yan held firm to his promise.
’I must not mention what happened in the Restricted Area to anyone.’
’I have to keep the news under wraps until we find a solution.’
"Hey, what’s gotten into you?
You look completely distracted."
Second Senior Brother said to Zhong Yan, his brow deeply furrowed.
"Huh? What? No, I’m not distracted at all," Zhong Yan said, shaking his head.
"Keep pretending. Go on, keep putting on an act for me!"
"You think I don’t know your personality?"
"Tell me the truth. Did something happen with Master? Is the problem serious?"
Second Senior Brother saw right through him, knowing something was on Zhong Yan’s mind.
At these words, Zhong Yan seemed to waver.
He finally let out a soft sigh. "Sigh. I can’t hide anything from you, Second Senior Brother."
"Master told me not to say anything, but you just had to ask.
Fine, I’ll defy Master’s orders and tell you this once. Otherwise, it’ll eat me up inside!"
"Master and Elder Yi are investigating a betrayal in the Restricted Area. They suspect there’s a traitor within the military, so they’re looking into it secretly!"
"He told me not to say anything, since there are no solid leads yet!"
"If word gets out, all their previous efforts will be for naught!"
After Zhong Yan finished speaking, realization dawned on Second Senior Brother.
Zhong Yan wasn’t lying, though. Yi Nanshan and the Elder Celestial Master really were investigating the matter.
Before the great demons appeared, they had been conducting the investigation in secret.
So, Zhong Yan hadn’t lied.
He had just told a selective truth, omitting the graver danger.
Second Senior Brother gave him a deep look. "Since Master told you not to say anything, why did you? What did you just say? I didn’t hear a thing. I’ll just pretend you never said it..."
Zhong Yan: "..."
"What the—? You were just grilling me for an answer, and now that I’ve told you, you’re going to pull this on me?" Zhong Yan was so exasperated he laughed.