There were only three people in the world who knew the secret of the Sovereign's Imperial Jade Seal.
One was Lonely Star Fishing Old Man, the other was Lin Zhen and Ayagus.
Lonely Star Fishing Old Man was the one who issued the mission and could be ignored. In Ayagus's eyes, his only competitor was Lin Zhen.
He had already calculated the number of Imperial Jade Seals Lin Zhen had. Out of ten competitors, eight Imperial Jade Seals were in Lin Zhen's hands. As long as he got one more, Lin Zhen would obtain the best defensive equipment, Mixed Yuan Armor!
"I can't let him get it. Once Lin Zhen gets the Mixed Yuan Armor, I won't have the chance to defeat him. Eight Imperial Jade Seals are nothing. As long as he's short of one, I'll have a chance."
Lin Zhen was currently in the Snow Mountain Continent. He would definitely participate in this expedition. This was Ayagus's chance.
He started to rack his brains to think of a way to deal with Lin Zhen.
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Inside the snow cave, Lin Zhen was practicing the Overlay Technique.
"The Overlay Technique is divided into nine forms. Each form has a corresponding hand seal. It can be used bare-handed or with weapons. It can reach up to nine times the damage."
From the first to the ninth form, they were:
First form: Lin, Acalanatha Seal.
Second form: Bing, Great Vajra Wheel Seal.
Third form: Fighting, Outer Lion Seal.
Fourth form: Inner Lion Seal.
Fifth form: Jie, Inner Bound Seal.
Sixth form: Formation, Outer Bound Seal.
Seventh form: Lie, Wisdom Fist Seal.
Eighth form: Zai, Sun Wheel Seal.
Ninth form: Forward, Aquarius Seal.
This hand seal wasn't as simple as the Buddhist Tantra. The hand seal needed to be opened, retracted, pinched, and many other methods. It had to be combined with the circulation of the heart sutra to concentrate, compress, release, and explode the divine power.
This was a complicated process. If one didn't have great willpower and wisdom, it was almost impossible to comprehend the release of the hand seal.
Just the first form was like a heavenly book to Lin Zhen. The difficulty of the later stages was imaginable.
Lin Zhen studied the first form for a while. Then he closed his eyes and sat cross-legged on the ground. His hands slowly rotated and started to form hand seals.
The first change … the second change ….
The first style of the Acalanatha Seal had a total of 360 transformations.
In a spurt of energy, Lin Zhen condensed one hundred and eighty-seven hand seals. When more than half of them were condensed, there was a slight deviation and he failed.
"This result isn't too good. It's my first time and I've already failed halfway."
Lin Zhen didn't know how effective this technique was for others, but he wasn't very satisfied with it.
Ever since the universe's origin entered his body, Lin Zhen's cultivation was like a fish in water. There were almost no bottlenecks that could stop him. He was not used to this feeling.
However, his perception was not to be trifled with. When he failed on the 160th attempt, he knew that there was a problem with his method.
Lin Zhen quickly discovered the problem after repeatedly studying the Layering Tactics secret manual.
"Although this secret manual doesn't mention anything, this Layering Hand Seal is obviously related to Buddhism. This is the key point. Lonely Star Fishing Old Man purposely didn't mention this point so that people can comprehend it on their own."
Lin Zhen suddenly understood. This was a problem of perception. If he didn't grasp this point and forced himself to cultivate, the end result wouldn't be good.
"Buddhism … Buddhism … What should I do?"
Lin Zhen closed his eyes and thought silently. He immediately thought of the voice that gave him hope and guidance on the Star of God's Punishment.
That voice even appeared once. It was full of warmth and kindness. It didn't sound sad or happy, but it made people feel very comfortable.
He didn't know why he thought of this voice. Naturally, he thought of the first time he heard it. It was the Twin Lotus Flower on a Stock in the polar region of the Star of God's Punishment.
"That's right, the lotus flower! My original divine body, the Undying Spirit Body, originated from that lotus flower. The lotus flower is also very compatible with the profound meaning of Buddhism. Maybe I'll succeed! '
As he thought about it, Lin Zhen placed his hands on his knees. His current divine body revolved, and the lotus flower appeared on the surface of his body again.
From afar, the light of the treasure in the snow cave was extinguished, and the clouds rolled.
Layers of petals slowly bloomed. Lin Zhen's hand seals also changed slowly.
Although this speed wasn't fast, Lin Zhen did everything correctly. He didn't make any mistakes!
Ten minutes later …
Lin Zhen exhaled deeply. It was done!
The 360 changes of the Acalanatha Seal were displayed in his hands.
This was the first challenge of cultivating the first style. As long as he could make all the changes in one go, it would be like a martial artist opening the Conception and Governing Meridians. It would only be a matter of time before he became a super expert.
The following process wouldn't be so fast. Lin Zhen needed to unify the 360 changes. After all, it was impossible to use such a long time to revolve the hand seals in a battle. After unifying the hand seals, he would be able to complete the explosive process in an instant and become an invincible killing weapon.
This process was just a matter of time. The main thing was that he had to make all the changes in the first step.
Lin Zhen was in his best condition now. He didn't hesitate when he moved. He was already prepared to go into seclusion. Now that he had successfully completed the first step, he could strike while the iron was hot.
Outside the snow cave, the cold wind whistled. Day and night alternated. The unchanging seasons of the Snow Mountain Continent were incomparably dry.
However, no one was idle. Pioneering was a battle, a life and death struggle. They had to have enough strength to back them up.
Year after year passed by …
Lin Zhen spent close to three years to unify the Acalanatha Seal.
For Lin Zhen, this was close to 70 years. Countless deductions, simplifications, and compression allowed him to finally complete the first style when the third year was approaching.
However, Lin Zhen didn't even go out to test the power of the Acalanatha Seal. He immediately began to study the second style, the Great Vajra Wheel Seal!
The second style doubled the attack power. In other words, Lin Zhen's move was almost equivalent to three of his previous moves.
Even if his realm didn't increase, this kind of superposition was enough to allow Lin Zhen's strength to make a qualitative leap.
Lin Zhen didn't feel anything about the successful completion of the first style. With his body and comprehension improved by the universe's origin, it would be unreasonable if he still couldn't comprehend the first few styles of the Lonely Star Fishing Old Man.
He wanted to complete the cultivation of the second style before pioneering.
In the blink of an eye, more than five years passed …
It was already eight years and five months since Lin Zhen went into seclusion.
Ibu, Vierry, and Suzanne came out of seclusion one after another.
The three of them didn't become a Higher God. After all, it wasn't easy to break through to become a Higher God.
However, Suzanne was in high spirits. It was obvious that she had gained a lot from this seclusion.
Seeing Suzanne's expression, Ibu and Vierry were overjoyed.
Suzanne's Boundary Formation Art hadn't been fully cultivated. This was a huge hindrance to their team's development. Now that Suzanne had a breakthrough, their strength had improved by leaps and bounds.
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