Chapter 134

The Red Kun Lineage, overseen by twelve Peak Masters who stood high above, looking down upon the entire Chikun Star Domain.

Even among the surrounding star domains, the Red Kun lineage was extremely dominant, and the Chikun Star Lord’s strength was formidable among those of the Star Lords.

As long as Fang Qing could become a disciple under any of the Peak Masters, he could freely traverse within the Chikun Star Domain.

What Fang Qing didn’t know was that there were no longer twelve Peak Masters in the Red Kun lineage, but thirteen.

However, Lin Yuan’s becoming the thirteenth disciple of the Chikun Star Lord had not yet been announced. For now, only the Star Lord and the twelve Peak Masters were aware of it.

Lin Yuan estimated that before reaching the Sixth Rank, even if it were announced,

it wouldn’t be under the identity of ‘Lin Yuan.’

“Right,”

“Big Brother Lin, how is your challenge going?” Fang Qing asked curiously.

He had been so caught up in expressing his excitement that he had forgotten to ask Lin Yuan about his progress in the challenges.

“Me? I… didn’t pass,” Lin Yuan said frankly.

As the thirteenth Peak Master of the Red Kun lineage, it was predetermined that he couldn’t “recognize” Fang Qing in the early stage.

It wasn’t that Lin Yuan didn’t trust Fang Qing.

Well… actually, Lin Yuan didn’t entirely trust Fang Qing.

It wasn’t that he suspected Fang Qing would betray him, but that some information couldn’t be kept secret just because you didn’t want to share it.

A Sixth-Rank Spirit Illusion Evolutionist could skim through your memories with just one glance.

Therefore, caution was necessary.

Since the Chikun Star Lord had repeatedly warned him about this, naturally Lin Yuan knew what to do.

He wouldn’t reveal anything to Fang Qing, not even to his own parents.

However, Lin Yuan was only concealing this one aspect of his identity. He could enjoy all the benefits that came with being a Peak Master.

The many Evolution Paths gathered by the Red Kun lineage? For members of the lineage who wished to peruse these Paths, there was a cost involved.

But as a Peak Master, he could browse them at will.

“Sixth Rank?”

Lin Yuan’s eyes were calm. If it had been before the Seven Star Cave challenge,

he would have doubted his ability to reach the Sixth Rank.

But now, Lin Yuan was almost certain he could step into the Sixth Rank.

Over a hundred Sixth-Rank Evolution Paths, sixteen Evolution Paths that went beyond the Sixth Rank, and that ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path that no challenger had comprehended for millennia…

All of these were of immense help to Lin Yuan.

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Fang Qing chatted idly with Lin Yuan for a while before standing up and leaving.

On his way back to his manor in the Central Continent, Fang Qing wore a puzzled look.

“How could Big Brother Lin possibly have failed the challenge?” Truthfully, Fang Qing would rather believe he had failed than Lin Yuan. Given their interaction and sparring over the past days, Fang Qing felt that even if he trained for another hundred years, he might still not catch up to Lin Yuan’s current level.

Such a genius, even if considered across the entire Chikun Star Domain, would shine brightly – how could he possibly fail the Seven Star Cave challenge?

“Indeed, it is somewhat strange,”

the voice of the white-bearded old man rang out.

“However, it’s not impossible,” the white-bearded old man analyzed seriously, “Among the past Seven Star Cave challenges, aside from red-patterned geniuses and a very few special challengers, even those with golden patterns have been eliminated on occasion.”

Of course, the likelihood of a Golden Pattern Challenger being eliminated midway was extremely low, but not nonexistent.

If one was terribly unlucky and died in one of the initial star caves, they would naturally be disqualified.

“There’s another possibility,”

the white-bearded old man continued, “And that is Lin Yuan intentionally failing the Seven Star Cave challenge.”

“Intentionally failing the challenge?”

Fang Qing’s eyes widened.

Who would pass up such an opportunity?

“Young Fang,”

the white-bearded old man glanced at Fang Qing, “There are advantages to becoming a disciple of a Peak Master in the Red Kun lineage, but there are also disadvantages.”

“While being protected by a Peak Master, you must serve the Red Kun lineage, follow the Peak Master’s commands, and you might even have to go to the battlefields of different species…”

the white-bearded old man explained.

In general, since the Chikun Star Lord spent most of his time in seclusion, not dealing with worldly matters, the entire Red Kun lineage essentially served the twelve Peak Masters.

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Central Continent Manor.

Underground training area of the main building.

Lin Yuan sat cross-legged, continuing to contemplate the ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path.

This was far beyond any Evolution Path Lin Yuan had encountered before.

“Mysterious Yellow?”

Lin Yuan’s entire being was immersed in it.

In a daze, Lin Yuan found himself on an endless expanse of land.

It bore an aura that was thick, ancient, and vast.

[Your Against-Heaven’s Understanding allows you to comprehend the ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path, and your grasp of this path continues to deepen…]

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[Your Against-Heaven’s Understanding allows you to comprehend the ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path, and your grasp of this path continues to deepen…]

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[Your Against-Heaven’s Understanding allows you to comprehend the ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path, and your grasp of this path continues to deepen…]

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The more Lin Yuan contemplated, the more astounded he became; his incomprehensible understanding allowed him to continuously analyze the essence of things.

“What kind of being created this Evolution Path… My Martial Path Evolutionary Path, my Taiji Dao, can it one day reach such a level?” Lin Yuan pondered the ‘Mysterious Yellow’ Evolution Path.

Two days later.

Lin Yuan paused his contemplation.

“Not even two percent?”

Lin Yuan estimated the progress of his contemplation.

This two percent was not of the entire Mysterious Yellow Evolution Path,

but rather, of the first tier chapter of it.

“No hurry, take it slow; the one thing I have plenty of right now is time,” Lin Yuan reassured himself.

Fourth-Rank Evolvers can live for six thousand years, and Sixth-Rank Evolvers from twenty to fifty thousand years.

Currently in his twenties, Lin Yuan was still young; faced with such a long lifespan, he was not even a cub.