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Chapter 174 Bridge Between Heaven and Earth
Zhong Lin looked at the sect leader Yu Jinglei's easy palm with a burning gaze. It was like the pressure of heaven and earth, making people look up to it.

Zhong Lin took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "Master, may I ask, is this the Grandmaster realm?"

Yu Jinglei flicked his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, and said proudly, "Yes, Zhong Lin, now that you have reached perfection in your Qi, you should be able to sense the existence of that 'membrane', right?"

Zhong Lin stretched out his palm, grabbed the air a few times, and said in a deep voice: "Disciple can feel a prison enveloping his entire body, making him feel oppressed, like a bird in a cage, wanting to spread its wings and fly high, but unable to do so. Please, Sect Master, enlighten me."

Yin Daoyan was also listening attentively on the side. He had already cultivated to the first level of pure Yuan realm, but his true Qi was still to be perfected. However, this kind of thing would happen sooner or later.

"We are like mayflies in the universe, like a grain of sand in the vast ocean. The universe is vast, and yet we are so insignificant. Martial arts practice, from the ninth level to the first level, involves the three realms of body building, blood coagulation, and Qi refinement, which are merely the continuous development of the human body. However, we must remember that human power is limited. Even if we can condense true Qi, we are only a larger mayfly, still a drop in the ocean compared to the universe."

Yu Jinglei sighed and looked up at the sky and the earth.

"Life is a microcosm, and the universe is a macrocosm. After the first level, cultivation is about breaking through the membrane that covers the body, opening the bridge between heaven and earth, drawing in the essence of heaven and earth, shedding the turbid qi, and condensing the innate true qi. This is the Grandmaster realm."

Right, right.

Zhong Lin was filled with surprise. After cultivating his true Qi to perfection and feeling that "membrane", he began to make some guesses. After all, he had read so many martial arts novels in his previous life, so he naturally knew a lot about the routines in them.

The Ren and Du meridians, the bridge between heaven and earth, the Baihui acupoint...these things have long been written about in novels.

It is indeed as Yu Jinglei said, to advance in martial arts one must naturally rely on the power of heaven and earth.

In this way, the so-called Grandmaster realm is the innate realm in novels.

"So that's how it is. So that's how it is. Please teach me the Dharma, Sect Master." Zhong Lin said excitedly.

Yu Jinglei waved his hand and said with a smile, "There's no rush. Breaking through to the Grandmaster realm is not something that can be done overnight. You've just reached perfection in your Qi, so you need to stabilize it for a while. Once your cultivation is stable, I will teach you the secret method."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Yin Daoyan with a serious expression.

"Elder Yin, did you really find the Tianyuan Fruit?"

There was no way Yu Jinglei could be so serious. Even with the sect's secret method, it was extremely difficult to break through to the Grandmaster realm. The three great elders had been in seclusion for sixty years, but still could not comprehend the Grandmaster's secret. However, the Barrier Breaking Pill could allow people to break through easily. Now all the spiritual materials for refining the Barrier Breaking Pill had been collected, which also meant that as long as the refining was successful, Jianding Sect would have another Grandmaster. How could he not be excited?

Yin Daoyan smiled and said, "How dare I lie about such a big thing?"

"Good, haha, what a blessing for the sect, what a blessing for the sect!"

Yu Jinglei was very excited when he heard this: "I will call the three supreme elders, Yun Yi and Lianshan elders here right away."

The three supreme elders and Shi Yunyi are all first-grade warriors, and Elder Lianshan is a fourth-grade alchemist. These people are very important.

"Master, wait a minute." Yin Daoyan stopped him.

Yu Jinglei finally realized that Yin Daoyan and Zhong Lin were both first-rank warriors, and that they had found the Tianyuan Fruit. If they had refined the Barrier Breaking Pill, they could use it themselves, so why would they need to give it to others? Yu Jinglei's face changed, and he quickly explained, "Elder Yin, please don't misunderstand. The Barrier Breaking Pill is of great importance, and I am also in a hurry..."

As the leader of a sect, he cannot do many things as he pleases. If there really is a Barrier Breaking Pill, he would naturally want to give it to the three elders or his disciple Shi Yunyi for use first.

But even Yu Jinglei had never thought that Master Yin Daoyan and his disciple had also cultivated to the first-grade Pure Yuan Realm and were also qualified to take the Barrier Breaking Pill. What's more, it was they who found the Tianyuan Fruit, and Zhong Lin had even achieved perfect true qi.

Yin Daoyan smiled and said, "Master, please don't misunderstand me. Thanks to the blessings of the previous ancestors of the sect, I unexpectedly obtained two Tianyuan Fruits in the Black Wind Forest..."

"Two?"

Yu Jinglei almost lost his mind and shouted in shock. He even stepped forward and grabbed Yin Daoyan's arm. His voice trembled with excitement, and his eyes showed surprise and anxiety.

Tianyuan Fruit is the main ingredient for refining the Barrier Breaking Pill and is also the most difficult elixir to obtain. The Jianding Sect has been searching for it for nearly a hundred years without finding a single one, but now they have come across two. This means that they can refine more Barrier Breaking Pills. This made him feel surprised, but also a little jealous and lost.

Taking a deep breath to calm his inner shock, Yu Jinglei said sincerely, "Elder Yin, please forgive me for making fun of you."

"I dare not. The Sect Master is planning for the sect's hundred-year plan. This is a blessing for the Jianding Sect and for us." Yin Daoyan exclaimed in admiration.

"What does Elder Yin plan to do with these two Tianyuan Fruits?"

"Of course, I want to refine it into a Barrier Breaking Pill, but I want to ask for one for Zhong Lin. In the Black Wind Forest, if it weren't for Zhong Lin, I wouldn't have been able to snatch those two Tianyuan Fruits from the mouth of the Golden Horned Python. I'm only at the first level, and I don't know when I'll be able to achieve Qi perfection. But Zhong Lin has already reached the first level, so he can take it."

Yu Jinglei nodded silently: "This is as it should be. These two Tianyuan Fruits were obtained by Master Yin and his disciple. No matter what, one should be left for Elder Yin to distribute."

Although the auxiliary medicinal materials for refining the Breaking Barrier Pill are also very precious, they are nothing compared to the Tianyuan Fruit. If two are refined at the same time and all belong to the sect, then if any disciple is lucky enough to get the Tianyuan Fruit in the future, he will not give it to the sect.

What's more, the master and disciple Yin Daoyan who presented the Tianyuan Fruit this time are both first-grade pure Yuan realm warriors, and Zhong Lin's talent is no less than Shi Yunyi's peerless genius, with unlimited future. If he becomes disloyal because of such things, it would be a loss-making matter.

Yin Daoyan finally showed a satisfied smile on his face: "Thank you, Sect Master, for agreeing."

Yu Jinglei no longer hesitated and immediately ordered his disciples to go and inform the three supreme elders, Shi Yunyi, and Elder Lianshan.

Soon, several powerful auras were heard from outside the hall. The door was pushed open and several unfamiliar figures walked in.

"Master, something big is happening. Why do you want all of us to come?"

Before the people arrive, the sound comes first.

At the front were three old men. The one on the left was about fifty years old, with a dark face full of the vicissitudes of life. His forehead was covered with deep wrinkles like ravines. There was a wisp of half-white beard on his chin, which was slightly tilted forward. His eyes were shining, making him look smart and capable, yet solemn.

In the middle was a vigorous old man in his seventies who strode forward. He had a straight back, white hair and beard, and his face was covered with wrinkles, but his eyes were bright. He had just spoken naturally, his voice was like a bell, full of energy, and he seemed to be full of energy. There was a sense of majesty in his words.

(End of this chapter)