Chapter 685 Exploration and Harvest

The Qingyun Sacred Sect Master did not know whether Lin Yuan was still inside the Qingyun Institute.

But if he wanted to pay respects to this Senior, besides coming to the Qingyun Institute, there was nowhere else to go.

Furthermore, with Lin Yuan's strength, even if he was not currently in the Qingyun Institute, he certainly knew everything happening here, and would not be unaware of them coming to pay respects.

Therefore, after respectfully stating his intention to pay respects, the Saint Sect Master quietly stood in place.

If Lin Yuan was willing to see them, he would naturally be able to see him.

If he was unwilling to see them, the Saint Sect Master would not dare to force the issue.

It was unknown how much time had passed.

A voice rang in the ear of the Saint Sect Master.

At the same time, it also rang in the ears of the four hundred and fifty 店舗- wait, four hundred and fifty-six Elders.

"Come in."

"Yes." The Saint Sect Master's heart settled.

Through this reply, he was certain that Lin Yuan not only held no malice towards the Qingyun Saint Sect, but should also harbor goodwill.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to accept the visit and request to see him from himself and the others.

Very quickly.

The Saint Sect Master and the numerous Elders walked deep into the Qingyun Institute.

"Here?"

As they walked further inside, the Saint Sect Master's expression changed slightly; at this moment, he could no longer feel the existence of the outside world.

As the Sect Master, he could control the Qingyun Sacred Mountain at any time, but now he could no longer perceive the Qingyun Sacred Mountain, as if this space and time were completely isolated from the outside world.

"The Senior's grasp of space and time."

The Saint Sect Master trembled inwardly. Opening up such an independent space and time inside the Qingyun Sacred Mountain? This kind of method was no different from building one's own lair right under the tiger's eyelids.

As the Saint Sect Master, a single thought could control everything in the Saint Sect, yet after so many years, he had not discovered a single trace.

If Lin Yuan truly held any murderous intent toward the Saint Sect, he probably wouldn't even be able to resist, or even react in time.

The Saint Sect Master and the various Elders did not walk for long.

Before arriving in a spacious space.

A figure sat cross-legged in the center, and it was precisely Lin Yuan.

"Greetings, Senior."

The Saint Sect Master immediately bowed.

The hundreds of Elders behind him likewise bowed.

"Mn."

Lin Yuan nodded and said casually, "What is the matter with you finding me?"

"Senior, not long ago, I used the Saint Sect's Legacy rune exploration technique to see that giant demon."

The Saint Sect Master spoke truthfully, without concealing the matter of himself peeping at Lin Yuan making a move.

In reality, at the end of the rune-interwoven image, the Saint Sect Master also realized that Lin Yuan had already discovered their peeping.

To conceal it at this time would be completely being clever by half.

"Coming here this time is to thank Senior for protecting our Saint Sect for so many years—"

The Saint Sect Master said in a grateful tone.

"It is fine."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

Over the past thousand years, he had continuously cleared out nearby magic spirits and great demons, greatly reducing the casualties of Saint Sect Disciples going out, which could also be considered a form of protection.

And with Lin Yuan's personality, after recovering his strength, if the Qingyun Saint Sect truly encountered any life-and-death crisis, he would not turn a blind eye.

With Lin Yuan's strength, unless a group of Source Demons surrounded and attacked, the Qingyun Saint Sect would probably remain as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, Lin Yuan was fully qualified to say this phrase 'It is fine'.

"That rune peeping secret technique."

Lin Yuan asked with considerable interest.

He was quite interested in this kind of rune application technique, feeling that it had a deep origin and did not look like it came from the hands of the Qingyun Saint Sect.

The founder of the Qingyun Saint Sect was merely an expert of the First Realm of Leisure, roughly equivalent to a Chaotic Great Saint. How could they create a peeping secret technique that almost concealed itself from him?

"Senior, that peeping secret technique of The Dao of Runes originates from the Eternal Sect in the Central Heaven."

The Saint Sect Master immediately replied.

"Eternal Sect?"

Lin Yuan looked at the Saint Sect Master.

According to the intelligence he understood, the Eternal Sect was a faction with a Thirteen Step Time Life formulated presiding over it.

At the beginning of the drastic changes in heaven and earth, the source of the boundless Devilish Qi appeared within the range of the Eternal Sect. Today, countless 'demons' were running rampant between heaven and earth, but the most powerful Source Demons were mainly concentrated in the Central Heaven, held back by the Eternal Sect's faction.

"Correct."

The Saint Sect Master nodded and said, "At the very beginning of the drastic changes in heaven and earth, the Eternal Sect often sent envoys to travel between Sects like ours to provide some support. That secret technique was given by the Eternal Sect, specially used to investigate great demons and 'demons' above them."

"It's just a pity that a long time has passed since the arrival of the previous envoy."

The Saint Sect Master sighed, guessing that the Eternal Sect was currently under immense pressure and could no longer look after factions like theirs.

"I see."

Lin Yuan nodded.

No wonder he almost failed to notice the peeping of that secret technique; it turned out to come from the Eternal Sect.

"Can those secret techniques be given to me?"

Lin Yuan said directly.

These secret techniques and methods from the Eternal Sect were simply not placed inside the Qingyun Institute, so Lin Yuan had no way of knowing them.

"Alright."

The Saint Sect Master took out a Jade Slip, inside which were recorded all the secret techniques from the Eternal Sect.

For the Qingyun Saint Sect, no matter how many secret techniques there were, they still fell far short of Lin Yuan's protection.

Seeing Lin Yuan begin to investigate the secret techniques within the Jade Slip, the Saint Sect Master and the various Elders immediately retreated tactfully.

"Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful."

Lin Yuan roughly browsed through the secret techniques in the Jade Slip, his eyes lighting up slightly.

The application of these secret techniques to The Dao of Runes had reached an unimaginable level; even Lin Yuan was touched upon seeing them for the first time.

"Thirteenth Order. These secret techniques must all come from the hands of the Thirteenth Order."

Lin Yuan was certain in his heart, vaguely feeling the perspective of a Thirteen Step Time Life from these secret techniques.

Only a Thirteenth Order expert capable of observing timelines one by one could create such a complete secret technique.

"Eternal Sect."

Lin Yuan looked up at the Central Heaven, then continued to comprehend them.

Spending a little less than half a day, Lin Yuan basically comprehended the dozens of rune secret techniques recorded in the Jade Slip.

These secret techniques involved all aspects, enough to show that at the very beginning of the drastic changes in heaven and earth, the Eternal Sect truly intended to help numerous Sect factions tide over their difficulties.

"The Legacy of The Dao of Runes is indeed profound and subtle."

Lin Yuan was deeply touched. He originally thought that his comprehension of The Dao of Runes, even if not reaching the level of complete comprehension, had already covered most of the way, but now seeing these dozens of secret techniques from the Eternal Sect…

Lin Yuan realized that he was still far away from fully comprehending The Dao of Runes.

"The two Primordial Spirits have already explored a very distant region."

Lin Yuan's gaze was deep. Ever since he found that the number of nearby 'demons' was not enough…

Lin Yuan sent out the two Primordial Spirits to explore further regions: one to hunt down a greater quantity of 'demons'.

Second, to look for factions similar to the Qingyun Saint Sect, and then obtain the corresponding rune Legacy.

This was also the reason why, upon the appearance of the terrifying giant demon, Lin Yuan directly dispatched his true physical body.

The two Primordial Spirits were not by his side. As for condensing them anew? There was no need for that.

"Let us continue to open up particle worlds."

Lin Yuan reined in his thoughts. Having just refined that terrifying giant demon close to a Source Demon, his resources were abundant.

Every time a particle world was opened up, Lin Yuan's strength would grow a fraction stronger.

At a place incomparably distant from the Qingyun Sacred Mountain.

Lin Yuan's Taiyin Primordial Spirit sat cross-legged, with various Incarnations probing in all directions.

The strength of the Incarnations fell far short of the true physical body, mainly focusing on scouting the path. If they could deal with something, the Incarnation would handle it; if they couldn't deal with it, the Taiyin Primordial Spirit would make a move.

Using Incarnations for carpet-style exploration was currently the most efficient method Lin Yuan could think of.

Even if they truly encountered any danger, dispersing the Incarnations directly would suffice.

"According to the ancient records collected by the Qingyun Institute, before the drastic changes in heaven and earth, the factions of this Origin World were divided into five tiers."

Lin Yuan thought, "The first tier is naturally the Eternal Sect, with a Thirteen Step Time Life presiding over it, existing since ancient times and remaining eternally indestructible."

"The second tier of factions is the Supreme Saint Sect, with an expert of the Third Realm of Leisure presiding over them, which means Experts at the level of the Invincible Great Saint and the Strongest Celestial Venerable."

"The third tier is ordinary Saint Sects like the Qingyun Saint Sect, whose founders stepped into the Three Realms of Leisure. Actually, the Qingyun Saint Sect only barely stepped into this tier."

"The fourth tier and fifth tier are both factions founded by Experts of the Six Realms of Longevity, and their numbers are quite large."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. Due to the popularization of The Dao of Runes in this Origin World, Experts of the Six Realms of Longevity were very, very numerous. Only by stepping into the Three Realms of Leisure could one be considered to have ascended to the heavens.

"Yet I have explored for so long, let alone the second tier Supreme Saint Sect factions, even the third tier Saint Sect-level factions have not been discovered."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly. The factions he wanted to discover were those broken through by 'demons'. As for factions that could still pass down their Legacy? Basically, they all hid very, very deeply, and the difficulty of discovering them was too high.

Factions and Sects broken through by 'demons' certainly wouldn't leave behind any cultivators, but many Legacies, especially the Legacies of The Dao of Runes, would likely be left behind.

Those 'demons' had no interest in Legacies; they only craved devouring living beings.

When a Sect faction was breached, the Sect Master would often leave a glimmer of life for the Sect's Legacy, at least allowing cultivators of later generations who approached to discover their own Legacy.

Over the years, while exploring outward, Lin Yuan's two Primordial Spirits, besides hunting 'demons', were searching for such factions breached by demons in order to obtain the remaining Legacies of The Dao of Runes.

However, up to now, the faction ruins discovered by Lin Yuan were all fourth-tier and fifth-tier Sects. Even if rune Legacies were left behind, they weren't of much help to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan longed to obtain faction ruins of higher levels, at least Sect ruins at the Saint Sect level.

"Unfortunately, after the drastic changes in heaven and earth, major Sects controlled their Sect lairs to migrate in order to avoid the 'demon' disaster, causing the maps before the drastic changes to be useless. Only the Eternal Sect's faction had the means to investigate the specific locations of some Sect factions."

Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.

For example, the Qingyun Saint Sect; its lair, the Qingyun Sacred Mountain, was a weapon at the level of the Three Realms of Leisure, and at critical moments, it could even take away all the Sect Disciples and leave.

"Take it slow."

Lin Yuan was not in a rush, constantly paying attention to the exploration situation of his numerous Incarnations.

"Hm?"

Suddenly, Lin Yuan's expression changed slightly as one of his Incarnations discovered a Sect ruin.

The space and time of this ruin were extremely chaotic. Even though it had been completely breached by demons, over hundreds of millions of years, it was slowly recovering, and the many grand arrays of the ruin were beginning to revive.

"This ruin is extraordinary…"

Lin Yuan narrowed his eyes, carefully observing the distant ruin.