On his way back to the royal capital, Ye Lin suddenly remembered that the damaged bead he had obtained from killing Su Mo during the Seven Kings County mission had not been repaired yet.
His Blessing of Heaven and Earth, 【Lotus of Reverting Life】, could forcibly restore any object that had been damaged for no more than a day to its peak state.
To avoid missing the window for restoration, he used the effect of 【Lotus of Reverting Life】 on the damaged bead while on his journey.
“Buzz!”
As soon as the blessing's effect was activated, the illusory image of a golden lotus emerged before his chest.
Immediately after, the illusory golden lotus emitted a faint golden light, instantly enveloping the damaged bead.
【Ding! The reset effect of 'Lotus of Reverting Life' has been completed. The blessing has entered cooldown for 12 shichen.】
The moment it was enveloped by the golden light, the cracks and all damages on the strange bead were instantly repaired.
Without any hesitation, Ye Lin tossed the black bead into his storage bag and opened the game panel to check the inventory information.
【Item: Heaven-Swallowing Bead (Damaged)
Description: Originally one of the three beads inlaid on the natural wondrous item, the 'Heaven-Swallowing Gourd'. Having been tainted by a trace of the devouring rules on the 'Heaven-Swallowing Gourd', it birthed its own Law of Devouring.
Later, because the 'Heaven-Swallowing Gourd' was destroyed, the three Heaven-Swallowing Beads were scattered across different realms.
Currently, this Heaven-Swallowing Bead is only a quasi-immortal-grade supreme treasure, but it contains the Law of Devouring. Refining it can increase the speed of devouring all things by 50 times.】
“Being able to increase my resource refining speed by 50 times is not bad at all.”
After reading the specific effect of the 'Heaven-Swallowing Bead', Ye Lin nodded in satisfaction. He then bit his index finger and dripped a drop of essence blood directly onto the Heaven-Swallowing Bead.
As a quasi-immortal-grade treasure that had once accompanied the incredibly formidable 'Heaven-Swallowing Gourd', this Heaven-Swallowing Bead naturally possessed its own pride.
However, after the 'Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda' leaked a tiny trace of its aura, it instantly became as docile as a lamb, crying and begging to recognize Ye Lin as its master.
Ye Lin did not make things difficult for it either. Once the master-recognition process was completed, he stored it in his dantian.
It was worth mentioning that this 'Heaven-Swallowing Bead' was, after all, originally a part of the 'Heaven-Swallowing Gourd'.
Therefore, even though it was damaged, its amplification multiplier was much higher than other quasi-immortal-grade treasures. One had to know that other quasi-immortal-grade treasures could only provide an amplification of 20 times at most.
Having resolved the matter of the 'Heaven-Swallowing Bead', Ye Lin used the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda to adjust his cultivation aura to the level of the First Layer of Foundation Establishment.
It was not because he was afraid of anyone, but rather because there was no need to lay bare his full capabilities before everyone's eyes. Keeping a trump card up his sleeve was always wise.
After all, he was a cheater and a player, so he did not think there was anything too shocking about breaking through from the Ninth Layer of Body Tempering to the Qi Condensation Stage, and then to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection, in just over a month.
(Note: Ye Lin had achieved a Taboo Foundation Establishment, but according to the cultivation classification of the Heavenly Desolation Continent, he was at the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.)
But in the eyes of others, he was still just a new disciple of the Cultivation Academy with only a mid-grade Spiritual Root. With this talent, he shouldn't even think about reaching the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation within ten years, and being able to establish his foundation within thirty years would already be a stroke of immense luck.
The last time he revealed his Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation cultivation and powerful combat strength, it could be explained away as having obtained a great opportunity. However, he had only been out for a little over two days this time.
If others found out that he had directly broken through from the Ninth Layer of Qi Condensation to the Ninth Layer of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection—and a Taboo Great Perfection that surpassed the Extreme Realm at that—then all the grand figures would probably be unable to sit still.
Of course, he wasn't afraid of others' greed or being hunted, but he still needed to cultivate normally, learn other sub-professions, and refine pills to make money to upgrade his talent and physique.
If he was constantly targeted, even if he couldn't be killed, his cultivation progress would definitely be severely slowed down.
After all, he still had the assessment of the Creation Dao Palace in a year, the evil god Ye Tian was still locked in a mortal struggle with him, the Phoenix Young Master Lu Chen had spoken of the great cataclysm of the Dharma Ending Age, and the mysterious enforcer had mentioned that the major factions of the myriad realms were crazily targeting the Great Dao Enforcers...
All of this required him to grow at the fastest speed to shatter these obstacles. If he was targeted every single day, how could he cultivate at all?
Therefore, keeping a low profile was indeed necessary!
Although he had already provoked the imperial family and the Chu family, as long as he didn't provoke too many big shots outside the Tianyuan Dynasty to come looking for trouble, he could still easily deal with these two forces.
As he lay on the flying vessel traveling at rapid speed, Ye Lin admired the rolling clouds around him, watching the mountains recede and the rivers flow into the distance.
【Ding! You have appreciated the grand mountains and rivers. Your divine ability, 'Embracing Mountains and Rivers with a Sword', has successfully integrated the Intents of 10 high mountains and 10 rivers.】
Just as Ye Lin was feeling completely relaxed, the game notification suddenly rang in his ears.
“I almost forgot that I still need to fill the 'Embracing Mountains and Rivers with a Sword' divine ability with the Mountain and River Intent.”
Hearing the game notification, Ye Lin couldn't help but slap his forehead. 'Embracing Mountains and Rivers with a Sword' was a Heavenly Dao-grade divine ability given to him by the mysterious female enforcer.
After consuming all the other-race lifespan he obtained from killing evil spirits to upgrade it to the Novice rank, he was able to integrate the Intents of a thousand high mountains and a thousand rivers into a single sword strike.
On his journey back to the royal capital, Tianqi City, weren't there countless mountains and great rivers for him to extract Intents from?
However, extracting these Intents didn't mean that simply glancing at a mountain or a river would allow him to form an Intent and integrate it into his divine ability.
Instead, he had to be truly immersed in body and mind, just like just now, appreciating the majestic grandeur of the high mountains and the relentless flow of the rivers, to truly form the Intents.
Thus, to comprehend and appreciate the mountains and rivers, he deliberately slowed down the rapidly flying vessel.
【Ding! It has been detected that you are appreciating the mountain and river Intents. The 'Diligence Compensates for Clumsiness' trait has been activated. The appreciation effect is accumulating at a hundredfold rate.】
【You are comprehending the mountain and river Intents. Your identity as a 'Creation Dao Palace handyman disciple' is providing an amplification. Your comprehension has increased by 2,000%.】
【High mountain Intent +1, River Intent +1...】
As he traversed various mountains, valleys, and canyons, the game notifications of acquiring mountain and river Intents continuously rang in his ears.
For the next half of the day, Ye Lin traveled through high mountains and river valleys. He saw that high mountains were not only majestic, but also solitary, desolate, eternal, and ethereal...
He observed that rivers were not only relentlessly surging, but also leisurely flowing, misty and vast, spanning across the earth, and cold and lonely...
Flying over a thousand mountains and crossing a thousand rivers, Ye Lin's restless state of mind—which had been frantic and overwhelmed due to hunting evil spirits and rapidly leveling up—seemed to be purified at this moment, becoming much calmer.
He felt that to these mountains and rivers, he was merely an insignificant passerby in the eternal passage of time, a mere drop in the ocean.
Gradually, a reserved and heavy sense of composure slowly enveloped him.
“Boom!”
Gradually, this sense of composure grew stronger and stronger, as if the heavens were collapsing, ready to crush all things.
【Ding! Your Dao Heart has received a tremendous supplement. Under various buffs, you have comprehended the 'Mountain and River Intent'. Once the Intent is activated, your attack power will increase by 5 times.】
【You are the first player in this game to comprehend an Intent. You have triggered a special achievement reward. The reward has been sent to the player's game space. Please check it yourself.】
When the composure on Ye Lin's body reached its peak, the game notification suddenly rang in his ears.
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