One body-tempering technique. One Yun Jin Saga: Part III!
Yun Jin had practically harvested all the Emotional Value from the mortals across the Qingxiao region.
Though mortals could only contribute little Emotional Value individually, their sheer numbers made it terrifying when added together. Even if each person offered just a sliver, the total was staggering.
Yun Jin glanced at her current Emotional Value balance. Her lips almost split into a crooked grin.
With her accumulation over this period, plus the two major events in the past month—purging demonic qi and passing on cultivation techniques—her Emotional Value had now reached the trillion level.
Total Emotional Value: 256.7 billion.
With so much Emotional Value, Yun Jin almost had no idea how to spend it!
Upgrading the Trial Tower to level three required twenty billion Emotional Value.
Before, she could barely scrape together enough.
But now?
Spend it!
Yun Jin immediately upgraded the Trial Tower to level three. According to the system's explanation, level three was the Trial Tower's final form in the mortal realm.
After the silent upgrade was complete, Yun Jin entered to take a look.
As she suspected.
This time…
A third option appeared inside the Trial Tower.
[Easy Mode.]
[Normal Mode.]
Both of these she had already cleared and could no longer re-enter.
Now, alongside them, a third mode appeared.
[Hard Mode.]
This mode Yun Jin could select. Moreover, in Hard Mode, all rewards were refreshed. Upon clearing, she could choose one of four rewards: cultivation realm, soul realm, technique proficiency, or Law.
Yun Jin fell into contemplation.
For her, the first of three rewards could basically be discarded.
The only true choice was law.
In Hard Mode, the law reward would surely surpass that of Easy Mode.
Back in Easy Mode, she had already pushed the Wood Law to the verge of comprehension. If she cleared Hard Mode, one of the remaining elemental Laws—water, earth, or metal—could be pushed to ninety-nine percent comprehension.
But the final one percent of True Meaning would still have to rely on her own insight.
However…
Would choosing only one elemental Law be a waste?
Yun Jin never doubted her ability to clear it, she was only conflicted over the value.
Hard Mode's reward ought to provide something greater than just a single elemental Law. After all, elemental Laws were only fourth-level Laws. And it wasn't as though Yun Jin couldn't comprehend them herself. Using the Trial Tower's reward on that seemed like a waste of resources.
"Senior Ta Ling." Yun Jin pondered a moment before calling out.
No response.
Yun Jin was patient. "Senior Ta Ling, Senior Ta Ling, Senior Ta Ling. If you don't come out, I'll just keep calling."
After a brief silence, a deep voice finally resonated. "What is it?"
Yun Jin quickly asked, "Can I know in advance the extent of the reward after clearing Hard Mode? Could Senior give me some advice?"
Ta Ling replied calmly, "My suggestion is that you should not attempt the trial just yet."
"Why not?" Yun Jin asked.
Ta Ling explained evenly, "You should know that elemental Laws are only fourth-level. The Five Elements Law, however, is a second-level Law, only beneath the first-level Laws. The difference between them is vast.
Even if you master all five elemental Laws, fusing them is exceedingly difficult.
But. Clearing Hard Mode can help you complete that final fusion of the Five Elements Law."
As Ta Ling spoke, Yun Jin's gaze flickered. "Senior means… I should first grasp all five elemental Laws, then come challenge the trial?"
"Correct," Ta Ling said. "At that time, the reward can directly fuse the five elemental Laws into the Five Elements Law."
Yun Jin's eyes lit up.
The Five Elements Law!
That was a second-level Law, just beneath the first-level ones.
If she could master it, even if the outer-realm Demon World descended, she could walk through it unafraid.
Yun Jin asked, "If I master the Five Elements Law, could I withstand a full-force strike from a Tianxian?"
Ta Ling replied with calm disdain, "Even in the Immortal Realm, those who have grasped a second-level Law are exceedingly rare. Mastering one brings a qualitative transformation. A full-force strike from a Tianxian?"
Ta Ling even gave a faint, mocking laugh.
Yun Jin immediately understood. Fusing the Five Elements Law would unravel the crisis awaiting her in two years. Judging by Ta Ling's attitude, a second-level Law was not just powerful but overwhelming. Perhaps she could not only resolve the crisis but even counterattack…
Yun Jin had never been one to sit and take blows. If the demon figure in Sky City truly struck at her, then she would surely strike back!
Yun Jin said calmly, "Then I will wait until I've mastered the five elemental Laws before attempting the trial."
"Good," Ta Ling responded.
Yun Jin then exited the Trial Tower.
After finishing the upgrade, the Wushuang Sect disciples who had been busy outside for a month returned to the sect.
"An Tong," Yun Jin called, "summon everyone before the main hall."
An Tong vanished instantly.
Before the Wushuang Sect's main hall, all disciples gathered together for once.
Whether old or new, every face brimmed with anticipation. Their Sect Master rarely did things for form's sake. Since she had summoned them all, it surely meant something great was about to be announced.
Yun Jin swept her gaze across the gathered disciples and smiled lightly. "I've summoned you today because your cultivation speed is still too slow. I find it rather unbearable to watch."
The disciples of Wushuang Sect: "???"
The new disciples were especially stunned.
Too slow? Their cultivation speed was already so fast it frightened even themselves!
Especially Ji Heng and others from former super sects. They felt that this past month of progress equaled decades of their prior effort.
And still, the Sect Master said it was too slow?
"Burying yourselves in closed-door cultivation is not the way. As disciples of Wushuang Sect, you must see the world, meet all beings, comprehend the heavens. Only then can you truly find yourselves."
Yun Jin's voice was calm. She had long felt this batch of disciples had a weakness—their realms rose too quickly, but their dao hearts had not kept pace.
The functions of the disciple dormitories could prevent heart demons, but they could not clarify the path each disciple should walk.
Yun Jin had traveled countless minor worlds before she forged an invincible dao heart and trod the invincible path.
If these disciples only cultivated blindly, they would never condense their dao hearts nor ever reach the peak. And now, the system had gifted her the perfect building for them.
In Yun Jin's hand appeared a construction token.
The new disciples did not recognize it.
But the old disciples trembled inwardly.
It appeared!
The Sect Master's power of creating from the void!
"Today, on this very square beside the main hall, I shall remake heaven and earth."
As Yun Jin's words fell, the token in her hand turned into a streak of light.
A towering building descended upon the empty ground. Everyone instinctively turned their gaze to the plaque. For a moment, they could not quite make sense of it.
This was…
"The Mission Hall?"
Yue Zhao murmured aloud.