Chapter 28 Descent

Chapter 28 Descent

"Can I perform a traversal now?"

Lin Yuan felt a surge of joy in his heart.

The traversal ability of the Gate of Myriad Realms was not without restrictions.

It required time to accumulate energy, and the specific manifestation was being 'lit up' bit by bit.

At the time of his return from the first traversal, Lin Yuan had obtained relevant information from the Gate of Myriad Realms.

The lighting degree of geological regions of the Gate of Myriad Realms was divided into the peripheral outer area being lit, the inner area being lit, and the core area being lit.

Once the peripheral outer area was lit, traversal could be performed, but the traversal method was consciousness descent.

If the inner area was lit, Physical Body traversal could be carried out.

As for the core area being lit, it was related to a certain metamorphosis of the Gate of Myriad Realms.

The information Lin Yuan received only briefly described it in a few sentences.

For the three degrees of lighting, the required time went from least to most.

Lighting the peripheral area roughly required eight months to a year.

Lighting the inner area required several years to a decade.

As for the core area being lit, Lin Yuan estimated—

It would probably take decades, or even centuries.

"Let's directly perform a consciousness traversal."

Lin Yuan had little interest in Physical Body traversal.

First, accumulating the energy to satisfy Physical Body traversal took far too long.

Second, the fault tolerance of Physical Body traversal was too low; dying meant truly dying.

Compared to that, the cost-effectiveness of consciousness traversal was much higher.

"However, before the traversal, I should still make some preparations."

Lin Yuan steadied his mind and began making arrangements.

It was mainly to remind his parents that he might 'disappear' for a period of time next.

Although there was a gap in the flow of time between higher worlds and lower worlds,

Lin Yuan was unsure what tier the world he would traverse to this time actually was.

What if the time flow difference wasn't large, and he stayed there for decades while several years passed in the Main World?

That would also be a troublesome matter.

Having prepared everything,

Lin Yuan left the underground training ground and came before a room door.

"After this traversal, I should be able to deduce the Martial Dao Evolution Path to the Second Rank."

"By then, continuing to upload it to the Goddess of Wisdom, the Merit Points obtained should be able to elevate my citizen Rank to the Third Rank, right?"

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

As early as half a year ago, Lin Yuan had already uploaded the improved 'Mythical Chapter' and 'Xiaoyao Chapter' of the Martial Scripture.

He received a reward of three thousand Merit Points.

At the same time, the ranking of the Martial Dao Evolution Path on the Canglan Evolution Ranking also rose from its initial ninety-third place to seventy-eighth place.

The one hundred evolution paths on the Canglan Evolution Ranking were ranked by the Goddess of Wisdom based on massive computing power, combining many aspects such as their potential, popularization degree, and cultivation difficulty.

When the Martial Scripture only had the Grandmaster Chapter and Great Grandmaster Chapter, it ranked ninety-third; when the Mythical Chapter and Xiaoyao Chapter were added, its comprehensive potential further enhanced, which naturally rose in the rankings.

It could be predicted that when the Martial Dao Evolution Path officially broke through to the Second Rank, its ranking would inevitably rise by another tier once more.

After all, between the First Rank and Second Rank belonged to a qualitative change of a major Realm, which was a major leap recognized by the Cosmic Human Civilization.

Generally speaking, uploading the Martial Dao Evolution Path provided Lin Yuan with a total of five thousand Merit Points.

Promoting to Second-Class Citizen consumed one thousand Merit Points.

Four thousand Merit Points still remained.

Promoting from a Second-Class Citizen to a Third-Class Citizen required five thousand Merit Points.

"Let's begin."

Lin Yuan pushed open the room door.

He walked in front of a two-meter-long nutrient pod.

During the first traversal, Lin Yuan had no choice; compulsory military service weighed heavily on his shoulders, and he could only bite the bullet and proceed directly with the traversal.

Fortunately, his luck was not bad; he spent twenty years in the Martial Dao World, yet only a little over ten minutes had passed in the Main World.

It's just that now, it was naturally impossible for Lin Yuan to do nothing.

This nutrient pod was of military quality purchased by Lin Yuan through Chairman Liao's channels.

Once activated, the maximum maintenance time was no less than two hundred years.

In other words, as long as Lin Yuan lay inside, unless he actively got up himself, the nutrients inside the nutrient pod could sustain his body's needs for two hundred years.

This gave Lin Yuan a strong sense of security, at least preventing the scene of traversing back only to find this body starved to skin and bones.

Flashing the usage of the nutrient pod in his mind, Lin Yuan opened the pod cover and directly lay inside.

"Traverse."

Lin Yuan's mind and spirit merged into the Gate of Myriad Realms deep within his mind.

In a split second, an invisible suction force came over.

Lin Yuan only felt his consciousness begin to plummet rapidly.

Zhang Family Fort.

The place was decked out with lanterns and colorful streamers.

How very joyous and celebratory.

Everyone in the fort knew that Fort Master Zhang's wife had given birth to an offspring, and it was a boy.

You must know that prior to this, Madam Zhang had given birth to eight daughters consecutively, and all kinds of gossip were flying everywhere.

"You've worked hard, Wife."

Inside the room, Zhang Kun excitedly put down the infant in the swaddling clothes, looked at the weak woman lying on the bed, and spoke with a heartbroken tone.

"It's not hard at all, Lang, this is our child."

Madam Zhang's face was somewhat pale, but she still forced herself to sit up, holding the swaddling clothes in her arms, her eyes full of tenderness.

The two of them shared a tender moment for a while.

Then Madam Zhang brought up the serious business.

"Husband, that Wanmo Sect has been somewhat restless recently, showing a tendency to approach this side. Have you notified the Daoist priest of Longhu Mountain?"

"Rest assured, Wife." Zhang Kun patted his chest and said.

"I sent someone to deliver a letter to Daoist Changqing long ago, so he must be arriving soon."

Saying this, Zhang Kun paused for a moment and continued: "Besides, what is there to fear about that Wanmo Sect? Your husband can also be considered a first-rate expert of the Jianghu; how could I fear those demonic brats?"

Speaking up to this point, Zhang Kun's tone was filled with strong confidence.

"It seems this birth is not bad."

What Zhang Kun and his wife did not know was that just as the couple were talking,

the infant held in the swaddling clothes opened its eyes, revealing a profundity that did not belong to this age.

This infant was naturally Lin Yuan. Through the two's brief dialogue, Lin Yuan judged that the social status of his father in this life should be decent.

At least at the time of his birth just now, not fewer than five midwives alone were invited, plus over a dozen maidservants waiting upon them.

No matter which world this was placed in, ordinary people certainly could not achieve it.

Thinking and thinking, Lin Yuan began to feel sleepy.

By the time Lin Yuan opened his eyes again, he heard extremely noisy sounds.

The door was tightly shut, but he could hear the sounds of slaughter outside.

His mother was full of anxiety.

"What is going on?"

Lin Yuan widened his eyes.

Weren't things just fine a moment ago?

How could it be like this now?

Seeing Lin Yuan wake up,

his mother immediately sat over, her eyes filled with tears as she said: "Child, eight helm masters of the Wanmo Sect have killed their way here, and your father has gone out to meet them in battle with the experts in the fort."

"They will definitely be able to repel the Wanmo Sect."

Holding Lin Yuan, his mother was comforting herself rather than comforting the child.

A moment later,

the door was pushed open.

His father Zhang Kun walked in covered in blood.

"Lang, how are things outside now?"

Mother Su Yun hastily asked.

"We can't hold them off. Not only did eight helm masters come from the Wanmo Sect, but there is also a Protector hiding in the shadows. Our Zhang Family Fort… the Zhang Family Fort is finished."

Zhang Kun's face was ashen.

He never expected that in order to deal with his Zhang Family Fort, the Wanmo Sect actually dispatched a Protector.

To be able to become a Protector of the Wanmo Sect, they were at least beyond the first-rate expert level.

"What should we do now?"

Mother Su Yun was silent for a moment before speaking to ask.

"You guys leave."

Zhang Kun came behind the bed, gave a gentle pat, and a tunnel emerged.

"This tunnel leads ten miles away. Take the child, go far away, and never come back in this lifetime."

After opening the tunnel, Zhang Kun seemed to have lost all his strength, almost collapsing to the ground.

"Lang, let's leave together, let's leave this place together."

Su Yun glanced at the tunnel and immediately looked towards Zhang Kun saying.

"I can't leave."

Zhang Kun shook his head and said: "I was struck by a palm from that Wanmo Sect Protector; my heart meridians are broken, and I don't have long to live."

Zhang Kun looked towards Lin Yuan, his voice turning gentle: "Originally, I had even thought of your name; let's call him Shanfeng, to become the Mountain Peak of our Zhang Family Fort."

"What a pity, there is no future."

After finishing, Zhang Kun took out a jade pendant and stuffed it into the swaddling clothes.

Two characters were engraved on the front of the jade pendant.

Mountain Peak.

Having done all this, Zhang Kun raised his head to look at his wife Su Yun.

"When the child grows up, don't tell him about his own background."

"Just living ordinarily like this is fine, and absolutely don't think about avenging me."

Finished speaking, Zhang Kun directly pushed Su Yun into the tunnel.