The elder of Kaiyuan Sect looked at Lin Chen and asked in a deep voice:
"Lin Chen! Do you have anything to say about what Yun Tianxing ntioned?"
However, although he was asking Lin Chen, his gaze intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Sword Bone.
Sword Bone frowned upon seeing this, realizing there must be sothing fishy going on.
Sword Bone looked at Lin Chen and asked:
"Lin Chen, what exactly happened? Tell us carefully, rest assured, as long as you're not at fault, I'll ensure you're fine!"
Lin Chen also knew that without a reasonable explanation to convince everyone, even Sword Bone couldn't protect him! However, he had already devised a plan in his mind.
He looked calmly at Yun Tianxing, then spoke:
"Esteed elders, I did not use any treasure to absorb the Spiritual Liquid of the Heavenly Pool. It's because the Divine Art I practice is special, allowing
to absorb much of the Spiritual Liquid, which is why this happened!"
Upon hearing this, the elders exchanged glances, clearly with a mix of skepticism. A dark-skinned elder spoke in a deep voice:
"Lin Chen, empty words carry no proof! Let us examine your storage ring. If there's no treasure inside to store the Spiritual Liquid of the Heavenly Pool, we'll admit you didn't break the rules!"
"Hmm?"
Lin Chen's expression changed at the ntion of checking the storage ring? That was unacceptable as it crossed Lin Chen's boundaries, with everything in the storage ring being of utmost importance to him. How could he let anyone look freely?
Sword Bone saw Lin Chen's expression and understood his aning. He frowned and then said:
"Gentlen, since Lin Chen claims his Divine Art is special and can absorb a large amount of Spiritual Liquid, you've also seen it; Lin Chen's cultivation level is only at Divine Artist seventh level. How about this, we use Divine Sense to scan Lin Chen's Dantian, and if a large amount of Spiritual Liquid is found, it proves what Lin Chen said is true!"
Upon finishing, Sword Bone turned to Lin Chen:
"Lin Chen, do you think this is acceptable?"
Lin Chen frowned and thought for a mont but eventually nodded.
He knew this should be the greatest concession these elders would make. Also, using Divine Sense to scan the Dantian shouldn't enable them to do anything unscrupulous. As long as he deliberately released the Spiritual Liquid contained within the little lotus, it should suffice to get through. Moreover, even if they intended to manipulate with Divine Sense, Lin Chen's Soul Power could easily handle it.
Seeing Lin Chen nod, although the elders were sowhat dissatisfied, upon careful consideration, they realized this thod could verify if Lin Chen was lying.
Sword Bone said:
"I am not convenient to check, then let Elder Gong do it!"
And Elder Gong was the sa dark-skinned Kaiyuan Sect elder who had spoken earlier. Upon hearing this, he nodded, then stepped forward and said to Lin Chen:
"Lin Chen, don't be nervous, open your Dantian. I'll just sweep it with Divine Sense, it won't harm you in any way. If you really didn't break the rules, we naturally won't make things difficult for you!"
"Hmm! I understand, elder, please proceed!"
Lin Chen appeared calm and defenseless, which made Elder Gong murmur to himself:
"Could it be that this lad really didn't use any tricks?"
Imdiately, Elder Gong released his Divine Sense, swept across Lin Chen's Dantian, and felt the aura of the abundant Spiritual Liquid released by the little lotus, transford into a cluster of light under Lin Chen's command.
Seeing this, although Elder Gong was greatly astonished as to how Lin Chen's Divine Art could achieve such, he was mostly convinced of Lin Chen's statent.
Soon, Elder Gong withdrew his Divine Sense and nodded towards Sword Bone, saying:
"What Lin Chen said is true. All the Spiritual Liquid has been absorbed and stored in his Dantian."
Generally, for a Martial Artist's cultivation, Divine Essence or Vital Energy is stored in the Dantian. Apart from Lin Chen's Dantian being occupied by the little lotus, it's unlikely to find another person like this in the world. Therefore, the elder couldn't have imagined that the believed cluster of Spiritual Liquid was actually the little lotus, which, after his Divine Sense left, transford back to its original form.
Seeing Lin Chen truly had no issues, Yun Tianxing and others were sowhat incredulous.
"Elder, could you be mistaken? How could that kid accommodate so much Spiritual Liquid?"
Hearing Yun Tianxing questioning him, the inherently uncomfortable Elder Gong snorted coldly:
"Hmph! What, you think this old man needs your instruction on how to do his job?"
"No, no! Disciple misspoke, elder, please don't bla !"
Upon hearing this, Yun Tianxing finally reacted, imdiately bowing to apologize, then glaring fiercely at Lin Chen, having already shifted all the bla onto him.
Sword Bone, seeing this, said:
"Alright, since there's no problem with Lin Chen, let's conclude this trip to the Heavenly Pool. It seems it's getting late, everyone should head back early!"
Upon hearing this, the elders were quite displeased but had no choice. Lin Chen's actions hadn't broken the rules; it was just that all the benefits were seized by Lin Chen alone, which made them a bit unhappy.
After the elders said their goodbyes one by one, Sword Bone appeared in a good mood. Although the other disciples of Tianjian Pavilion had not gained an improvent, all the benefits were taken by Lin Chen. No matter what, Lin Chen was a disciple of Tianjian Pavilion, and seeing the elders' disgruntled expressions made Sword Bone quite content.
Then he moved his hand, and a large sword appeared before him, following which the group from Tianjian Pavilion returned.
As night fell, the group finally returned to Tianjian Pavilion. Although seeing suspicious glances from people like Qian Jin, Lin Chen was unafraid. With his current strength, he feared no one in the outer sect. In fact, Lin Chen was now the strongest in Tianjian Pavilion's outer sect!
Returning to Tianjian Pavilion, Lin Chen wasted no ti and went directly back to his cave dwelling.
Although breakthrough with the Spiritual Liquid wouldn't be affected by cultivation barriers, Lin Chen continued to suppress the Divine Essence in his ridians, making his cultivation more substantial and profound.
In the tis that followed, Lin Chen stayed in his cave dwelling, constantly cultivating, repeating the process of enhancing his cultivation and then compressing it, making his Divine Essence increasingly pure and refined.
anwhile, in his mind, he kept contemplating his plans:
In Lin Chen's view, there was no further space for improvent in the outer sect of Tianjian Pavilion. He planned to leave the sect, undergo so training, and re-enter Tianjian Pavilion after breaking through to the Divine Spirit realm, reaching the requirents to join the inner sect.
The duration of ti wasn't certain, after all, Lin Chen couldn't predict exactly when he would break through. Moreover, he was unsure if his idea adhered to Tianjian Pavilion's rules. If not, it was sothing he needed to plan carefully.
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