Chapter 66: Divine Weapon? Demonic Weapon?

[Name: Liu Yuan (Lin Yuan)]

[Identity: Master of the Gate of Myriad Realms]

[Bound Talent: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]

[Current Status: Consciousness Descent]

[Remaining Stay Duration: One Hundred and Fifty-Four Years]

In the Eastern Palace, Lin Yuan glanced at the panel of the Gate of Myriad Realms.

Unawares, he had already spent six years in this world.

During these six years, Lin Yuan could be said to have lived extremely comfortably, having whatever he wanted.

With Emperor Liu Shi's pampering of him, even if Lin Yuan asked for the stars in the sky,

Emperor Liu Shi would probably consider it.

Pondering for a moment, Lin Yuan walked out of the Eastern Palace.

He came before a wooden building deep within the imperial palace.

This wooden building looked extremely ordinary.

Yet a large number of imperial guards patrolled nearby.

Lin Yuan did not stop, walking straight toward the entrance of the small building.

"Greetings, Crown Prince."

"Greetings, Your Highness."

Seeing Lin Yuan, the patrolling imperial guards immediately saluted respectfully.

There was no help for it; as the current emperor's only offspring,

Lin Yuan had already been enfeoffed as the Crown Prince at the age of five.

This was extremely rare throughout the successive dynasties of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Even for the legitimate eldest son,

it was only possible to be conferred the position of Crown Prince after reaching adulthood and undergoing the capping ceremony.

And even upon becoming the Crown Prince, one would be guarded against by the emperor.

Although the existence of the Crown Prince could stabilize the imperial court, it would to a certain extent divide the emperor's power.

How could it compare to the doting of the current Emperor Liu Shi? If not for Lin Yuan being too young,

Emperor Liu Shi would probably have even let Lin Yuan oversee the state affairs and get accustomed to how to be an emperor.

Lin Yuan walked into the wooden building.

This was the Forbidden Land of the Great Yan Dynasty.

It housed the most powerful Cultivation Techniques and secret arts of the Great Yan Dynasty.

Taking out any single one of them would be enough to cause a bloody storm outside.

Several years ago, Lin Yuan proposed to Emperor Liu Shi that he wanted to enter the wooden building to take a look.

Emperor Liu Shi agreed without even thinking.

Firstly, although the wooden building was a Forbidden Land,

who was Lin Yuan? He was his son, the future emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty.

What was wrong with entering the wooden building?

Secondly, Emperor Liu Shi felt that Lin Yuan was simply acting out of curiosity.

How old was Lin Yuan back then? Could he understand the many profound Cultivation Techniques and secret arts inside the wooden building?

He estimated that after playing around for a period of time, he would lose interest.

Emperor Liu Shi probably never dreamed in his wildest dreams that in less than two years,

the numerous Cultivation Techniques and secret arts collected by the Great Yan Dynasty over thousands of years would be fully comprehended, thoroughly grasped, and even innovated upon by Lin Yuan.

"The cultivation system of this world……"

Lin Yuan casually found a place and sat down.

His expression fell into brief contemplation.

The Great Yan Dynasty, or rather, the entire Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains,

had cultivation systems that were essentially similar at their core.

Specifically, they were divided into seven stages——

Flesh Refining, Tendon Refining, Skin Refining, Bone Refining, Organ Refining, Marrow Refining, and Blood Refinement.

The corresponding Realms were: Martial Student, Martial Apprentice, Martial Warrior, Martial Master, Innate Martial Master, Great Grandmaster, and Martial Saint.

Simply put, 'Flesh Refining' Martial Student, 'Tendon Refining' Martial Apprentice, 'Skin Refining' Martial Warrior, 'Bone Refining' Martial Master, 'Organ Refining' Innate Martial Master, 'Marrow Refining' Great Grandmaster, and 'Blood Refinement' Martial Saint.

According to Lin Yuan's judgment, the strongest 'Blood Refinement' Martial Saint had their entire body's Qi and blood fused into one, equivalent to the Tier 2 ultimate level of the Main World.

However,

Lin Yuan perceived something was amiss.

That was, the cultivation system of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains, when traced to its root, was merely a method of polishing the Physical Body and strengthening Qi and blood.

As for the Soul and spirit, it did not touch upon them in the slightest.

You must know that even in the first world Lin Yuan traversed, upon reaching the Grandmaster level, one already began to develop 'spiritual exotic power'.

It made no sense that a 'Blood Refinement' Martial Saint comparable to the Tier 2 ultimate would not touch upon it at all.

"Soldier Envoy."

Lin Yuan muttered to himself.

This set of cultivation systems from Martial Student to Martial Saint

was merely the cultivation system accessible to ordinary people.

Yet in this world, there was another set of cultivation systems.

That was to become a Soldier Envoy.

Soldier Envoys could urge Divine Weapons.

And Divine Weapons were the most powerful 'existence' in this world.

Among the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains, every kingdom had a State-Protecting Divine Weapon.

The power of a Divine Weapon could not be resisted by human manpower.

When a Soldier Envoy urged a Divine Weapon, even just a trace of aura

could easily crush ten or a hundred Blood Refinement Martial Saints.

This was also why Emperor Liu Shi, upon learning that Lin Yuan had the potential to become a sage monarch,

showed a reaction far more excited than when his innate bones and Physical Body were revealed at birth.

No matter how strong the innate bones and Physical Body were, in the future, one would only be able to become a Blood Refinement Martial Saint.

And what could a Blood Refinement Martial Saint count for in front of a 'Soldier Envoy'?

As long as the Great Yan Dynasty had a Divine Weapon suppressing it for a single day, no matter how many Martial Saints there were, they could not affect the overall situation.

However, not everyone could become a Soldier Envoy.

To become a Soldier Envoy, one needed to gain the recognition of the Divine Weapon.

Furthermore, every Soldier Envoy did not live for long.

Rarely could a Soldier Envoy live up to forty years.

This also led to the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains constantly needing to stockpile 'Soldier Envoy' candidates.

Even so, a generational gap of 'Soldier Envoys' would occasionally occur.

The current Great Yan Dynasty was facing this very situation.

However, with a Divine Weapon suppressing the Realm, plus the alliance pact signed by the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains,

no problems would arise within a short period of time.

"The strength of a Soldier Envoy originates from the Divine Weapon."

"Leaking just a trace of aura is enough to crush ten or a hundred Martial Saints. The power of a Divine Weapon is at least Tier 3, or even quasi-Tier 4."

Lin Yuan guessed in his heart.

With his discernment, he naturally saw that the so-called 'Soldier Envoy' was merely a Puppet.

The truly powerful existence was naturally still the Divine Weapon.

Lin Yuan stood up.

He walked over to a bookshelf deep inside the wooden building.

He took down a tattered ancient volume from it.

It recorded bit-by-bit information regarding 'Divine Weapons'.

This was also one of the few channels through which Lin Yuan could understand 'Divine Weapons'.

As for asking Emperor Liu Shi directly, other matters were easy to talk about.

But once it involved 'Divine Weapons', Emperor Liu Shi would be deeply reticent.

It seemed he did not want his son to know about matters concerning 'Divine Weapons' so early.

Lin Yuan slowly flipped through the ancient volume.

Even though the contents within had long been engraved in his heart,

it still stirred ripples within Lin Yuan's heart.

"Among the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains, every single kingdom has a Divine Weapon suppressing it."

"It seems peaceful under heaven, but the living human sacrifices required by each Divine Weapon can be called astronomical."

"Once they cannot be satisfied, the thirty-six Divine Weapons will actively 'awaken' and search for sacrifices."

"At that time, it will be devastation for all living things."

"I wonder whether this is truly a Divine Weapon, or…"

The content at the very end of the volume seemed to have been erased.

But combining it with the context, Lin Yuan easily knew what had been erased.

"I wonder whether this is ultimately a Divine Weapon, or a Demonic Weapon."

Lin Yuan closed the ancient volume and placed it back onto the bookshelf.

The classics housed within the wooden building numbered in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

Coupled with this volume being hidden in the innermost part, ordinary people, even if they came in, would most likely never see it.

Only Lin Yuan, possessing Heaven-Defying Comprehension, after fully comprehending all the Cultivation Techniques and secret arts inside the wooden building, would have time to search for these volumes recording miscellaneous essays.

"Divine Weapons."

Lin Yuan frowned slightly.

Regarding the origin of Divine Weapons, there was no specific record inside the wooden building.

He only knew it seemed related to the ancient era ten thousand years ago.

All Divine Weapons were born during that time.

As for how they were born and how today's situation was formed, it was unknown.

Ten thousand years of time was truly too distant.

The Main World was fine; having stepped into the interstellar era, everything could be passed down through the formation of data.

However, in the world Lin Yuan was currently in, a slight bit of war or man-made disaster could lead to a break in heritage.

"This world……"

A trace of a peculiar look appeared on Lin Yuan's face.

The living human sacrifices required by Divine Weapons were better the more abundant their Qi and blood were.

And the mainstream cultivation system of this world was precisely a method of pure Physical Body polishing and Qi and blood enhancement.

Looking at these two aspects individually, there was nothing strange about them.

But once combined——

Lin Yuan immediately sensed something else.

"The people of this world should all be penned up by the so-called 'Divine Weapons'."

"The Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains are thirty-six pen farms, and all people are livestock waiting for the 'Divine Weapons' to devour."

Lin Yuan thought to himself.

Lin Yuan was almost certain that the cultivation system from Martial Student to Martial Saint had definitely been influenced by 'Divine Weapons'; otherwise, it could not be so 'malformed'.