One.
The eight students of the Earth Class arrived in front of the stone tablets.
There were quite a number of stone tablets here. There were fifty-five of them, but there were people in front of each tablet.
Every ten years, eight Earth Class students would enter the Holy Land. Lin Zhen's group had entered, and the group from a hundred years ago had already left. Normally, there should be eighty people.
But in reality, there were less than seventy people in the Earth Class. Many things would happen in a hundred years. Some martial artists would leave or die for some reason.
But there were still more people than the stone tablets. Most of the time, one person would comprehend one tablet. Some would comprehend two or three.
Only the last few tablets had not been comprehended. But without asking, the last few tablets were definitely more difficult.
The first tablet had the most people comprehending it. There were three people.
When Lin Zhen's group arrived, a chubby martial artist opened his eyes.
"The new students are finally here. Our group is no longer the smallest."
"May I ask if there are any tricks to comprehending the stone tablets here?" Huang Zun calmly asked.
The chubby martial artist glanced at Huang Zun. "There aren't many tricks. The important thing is to choose. No one can comprehend every single stone tablet. For example, if you insist on comprehending a spear art while learning a sword art, that would be a waste of time. Choose the one that suits you. The purpose of comprehending the stone tablets is to enter the Thirty-Three Heavens Pagoda. It's enough as long as you can increase your strength."
"Then what are you comprehending?"
"This is the Gale Steps. It's a movement technique suitable for battle."
Hearing the chubby martial artist's words, everyone's eyes lit up.
Movement techniques were very important to a martial artist. For example, Lin Zhen's Plum Blossom Steps had helped him many times in battle.
But the Plum Blossom Steps had a lot of limitations. It couldn't be considered a true top-notch martial technique.
The Gale Steps was a universal movement technique. Any martial artist could learn it. Everyone had a use for it. Several martial artists immediately prepared to learn it.
But to comprehend the stone tablets, one had to pay attention to the order. According to the rules of the Holy Land, Lin Zhen's group of eight were ranked last. Moreover, the eight of them were not ranked first or last.
The ranking would be useful when comprehending the Popular Stone Stele. Those who ranked higher would be able to obtain a better position.
The fat cultivator said, "If you want to comprehend it, you have to compete with each other to determine the order. Of course, you can also challenge us, but if you want to challenge us, you need to be qualified."
"What kind of qualifications do you need?"
"In the Holy Land, the standard to measure strength is the 33 Heavens Pagoda. We are all people who have more or less passed through several levels. If you want to challenge us, you must be at the same level of the 33 Heavens Pagoda. If you pass more levels than us, then your ranking will automatically be higher."
A martial artist came to a realization and said, "Oh! The so-called challenge can only be carried out between people of the same level? "
"That's right. Only those who have passed the same floor can challenge each other. For example, you have not passed the first floor yet, so you can challenge each other. If someone passes the first floor, then you won't have the right to challenge each other."
The several martial artists looked at each other. Then, two of them turned around and left. They were prepared to test just how difficult the 33 Heavens Pagoda was.
However, most of them didn't plan on going right now. The 33 Heavens Pagoda should be very difficult. If they could learn the Gale Steps, then it would be much easier.
Huang Zun looked at the several people beside him and said, "I want to comprehend the Gale Steps stone stele. Let's decide the order. Those who still want to comprehend it can challenge me."
Among the Earth Class students, two of them were already following Huang Zun's lead. Perhaps they had sparred with each other yesterday, so they knew that Huang Zun was very strong.
However, there were also two people who wanted to challenge Huang Zun. Now that everyone had yet to clear the first floor of the 33 Heavens Pagoda, there was no harm in comparing notes.
Lin Zhen didn't participate in the challenge, nor did he attempt the 33 Heavens Pagoda. He was still in a weakened state after taking the God Power Pill. He still needed two more days to clear the pagoda. During these two days, he wouldn't use martial arts.
After walking around for a while, the other Earth class martial artists found the stone tablets and confirmed the order.
Huang Zun's strength was still relatively strong. He had won two matches in a row and obtained a good position to comprehend the stone stele.
Even if someone lost, they would still be ranked in front of Lin Zhen. Because Lin Zhen hadn't fought a single match, he was automatically ranked last.
However, Lin Zhen wasn't impatient. Ordinary stone steles were useless to him. Because he had inherited Hei Gu's memories, Lin Zhen was already proficient in many Holy Land martial arts. For example, he had long since learned a stone stele like the Gale Steps.
It was just that it wasn't convenient for him to reveal it before. Now that he had arrived at the Holy Land, Lin Zhen could slowly reveal what he had learned.
Seeing Lin Zhen strolling around and not participating in any challenges, Huang Zun and the others revealed looks of disdain.
"That guy who took drugs. If we don't give him a chance to transform into a Black Hole Beast, then he's nothing but trash!" Huang Zun was very disdainful of Lin Zhen. In his opinion, the Earth Class was filled with Three Flower students. For a World King like him to be able to sneak in was simply a disgrace to the Earth Class.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Who told him to be an alchemist? It's said that the pills he refined were even better than Qian Tong's. I really don't know how this brat managed to cultivate alchemy to such a level at such a young age."
A martial artist sighed. He was filled with jealousy towards Lin Zhen for being a Grade Seven Alchemist.
"En! So what if he's good at alchemy? The foundation of a martial artist is still to practice martial arts. If he doesn't reach longevity, then he'll start studying alchemy. Once his lifespan is up, everything will be for naught. A thousand year old World King can't be considered an extreme genius. It's just that the Black Hole Beast's innate talent allowed him to take some shortcuts. "
Huang Zun had also studied alchemy before. However, alchemy was a painstaking skill. Without a long period of accumulation, one wouldn't be able to achieve much. He had been cultivating for three days and two days, but he was still only a Grade Three Alchemist.
He was already more than five hundred thousand years old, but he wasn't as good as Lin Zhen who was more than a thousand years old. Naturally, he would feel somewhat unbalanced. This was also one of the reasons why he didn't like Lin Zhen.
"Hurry up and cultivate. I'll try to squeeze this brat out of the Earth Class!"
Huang Zun began cultivating in front of the Gale Steps stone tablet.
After a while, the two people who had challenged the Tower of the Thirty-Three Heavens returned.
"How was the result? Did you pass the first level? "
One of them shook his head. "No, the first level's guardian is too difficult. It's an early Three Flower stage spirit reader at the peak of Dark Gold stage. His spirit attack is faster than a gun. There's no way I can withstand it!"
The other person's confidence had clearly taken a hit. "This Tower of the Thirty-Three Heavens is too abnormal. The first level is already so difficult. There are still thirty-two levels after that. How many years will it take to pass all of them? I don't think anyone can pass all of them, not even a god! "
"Just focus on cultivating. Don't bite off more than you can chew."
While they were talking, Lin Zhen had already reached the depths of the stone tablet.
He had already looked through all of the stone tablets and decided on one that he wanted to comprehend.
This stone tablet was called the Shadowless Steps. It was an upgraded version of the Gale Steps.
The person who had created the Gale Steps had left behind two stone tablets. The Shadowless Steps was the essence of what he had learned in his life. It was extremely difficult.
The Gale Steps used the power of the wind element and his own understanding. The Shadowless Steps used the power of the wind element and the power of time. It was incomparably complex.
After the Gale Steps had been created, a few other martial artists had also learned its secrets. Hence, there were also some in the God Sealing Altar. However, the Shadowless Steps was unique in the Fallen Star Lake.
There were some martial techniques that had many similarities. Back then, Hei Gu had learned many of them. Hence, when it came to Lin Zhen, it could help him save a lot of steps.
'I'll use this Shadowless Steps. If I learn this move well, it will be much more useful in battle than teleportation. Teleportation requires time to activate, reaction time, and the possibility of being interrupted. This Shadowless Steps doesn't have this problem. It just so happens that I'm proficient in the power of time and space. I also have the foundation of the Gale Steps. Learning this move won't be a problem at all.
'However, learning this move directly will raise suspicions. I'll go to the Gale Steps first and deal with it for a few days.'
Seeing Lin Zhen arrive in front of the Gale Steps stone tablet, Huang Zun and the others puffed out their chests. They even looked at Lin Zhen with a look of defiance.
Lin Zhen ignored them and sat at the back to start comprehending.
"Tsk! Coward! "
Huang Zun said disdainfully. Seeing that Lin Zhen had no reaction, he also lost interest.
The days of cultivation in the Holy Land had begun.
The freshness of arriving at the Holy Land for the first time quickly dissipated and was replaced by intense cultivation.
There were rules in the Holy Land. A person could stay here for a maximum of a hundred years. After a hundred years, if they could not be chosen as a personal disciple by the Holy Land Master, they could only leave.
A hundred years sounded very long, but it was too short for a warrior. Everyone was eager to learn and comprehend.
During this process, Lin Zhen's performance was somewhat unusual.
After comprehending the Gale Steps for two days, Lin Zhen left this stone tablet and went to a stone tablet called the Dripping Sword Technique to comprehend.
Everyone thought that he had given up because he could not comprehend the Gale Steps. However, they did not expect that after comprehending this sword technique for three days, he would go to another stone tablet to comprehend the Telekinesis Control Technique.
At the beginning, people who valued Lin Zhen more were now somewhat disdainful of him.
Practicing martial arts required one to be focused. What was the use of learning a little bit of everything if he did not master everything? Lin Zhen was obviously biting off more than he could chew. It would not be long before he would regret it.
For a whole month, Lin Zhen had been wandering around. In the end, he would even run to the Xuan Class, Huang Class, and even the Desolate Class to comprehend for a while. This caused everyone to cast sidelong glances at him.
After a month, Lin Zhen once again returned to the Earth Class and came to the Shadowless Steps stone tablet.
In this month, he did not waste his time in vain. At least everyone thought that he had learned a lot. In the future, when he used the Holy Land's martial arts, no one would say much. At most, they would marvel at how he could learn so well in such a short time.
When he returned to the Shadowless Steps stone tablet, Huang Zun and the others did not pay attention to him at all.
At this time, in their hearts, Lin Zhen was no longer on the same level as them. After a year, Lin Zhen would definitely fall into the Xuan Class. There was no need to spend more effort on him.
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