Chapter 329: Chapter 330: The Arrival of the Power Tribulation

Refining the World Heart not only allowed one to control the Small World well but also enhanced one’s perception of their Realm during the refining process, aiding in their Realm’s advancement.

When Yuan Xiang left, he had already imparted all the methods of refining the World Heart to Lin Qian, hoping that Lin Qian could successfully break through his current Realm by refining the World Heart.

Refining the World Heart was extremely time-consuming, so before starting the process, Lin Qian had already arranged everything.

The scholars and male artisans continued to modify the Arrays in the Four Directions World and sealed the spatial rifts that allowed the Swift Hidden Clan and Invisible Clan access to the Four Directions World, completely cutting off their possibility of entering this Small World.

Time flew by swiftly, and before they knew it, almost a year had passed since Lin Qian and the others entered the Four Directions World.

In the Central World of the Four Directions World, the talents from the Human Clan and Sea Clan participating in this trial had all gathered in a hall.

This hall was for the exchange of performance points, and at its very center was an Array. Upon entering, a list formed by the Array would appear.

To exchange for the items one needed, one only had to use Soul Power to point at the desired item with their fingertip, and the corresponding performance points would be deducted.

After the performance points were deducted, the previously selected item would be transported in front of the person.

At this moment, in the very center of the hall, Ye Xin was carefully making her selections, and as time gradually passed, she still hadn’t left.

“Why is it taking so long…” a female member of the Human Clan whispered with a frown.

Beside her, a man hastily covered her mouth and frowned, “Don’t talk nonsense.”

After the man spoke, he couldn’t help but glance towards a small group. Seeing that the man in black dragon silver armor at the front of the group was not looking in their direction, he sighed with relief.

At this time, the woman also realized her imprudence and, with her heart still racing, patted her chest.

“Why is Her Majesty the Empress taking so long?” Fang Ziqian played with the folding fan in his hand, stretching his body after a lazy yawn, and then asked somewhat curiously.

“Patience!” Zhao Long glared back at Fang Ziqian and then continued to watch Ye Xin, staying alert to her surroundings.

Fang Ziqian looked back at Li Yunfeng and Yang Tianhao, then pouted and shook his head in an exaggerated manner.

At Fang Ziqian’s antics, the two men couldn’t help but shake their heads and laugh.

Zhang Zide and his company didn’t feel impatient at all but simply chatted and laughed with each other.

Out of all the people there, only their team was exceptionally unique. No one dared to approach within five zhang of them, and their arms were densely covered with black patterns, unlike other talents from the Human Clan and Sea Clan whose patterns only reached their wrists, with performance points so numerous it was astounding.

As the trial progressed, their strength advanced rapidly, especially Ye Xin’s.

At this moment, Ye Xin’s Realm had already reached the Soul Realm of the Life and Death Realm, and she was just one step away from the Heart Realm.

As for the likes of Fang Ziqian, Li Yunfeng, Yang Tianhao, and Zhang Zide, they had all reached the Peak of the Heart Realm, their soul power and physiques constantly being tempered, their combat strength far surpassing the talents of the same Realm, making them the strongest among this group of geniuses.

Zhang Qi, Zhang Wenxuan, and Yang Tianhao’s junior brother had also reached the Heart Realm of the Life and Death Realm, not to be underestimated in strength.

Zhang Zhan of the Eight-Armed Sea Clan and others had long since perished on the trial path.

This trial was not some child’s play, and although in Yuan Xiang’s words it was very safe for Lin Qian, that was based on the latter’s personal strength assessment.

As for the others… well, that wasn’t certain.

Their team’s strength was said to be incredibly formidable, but what truly moved and frightened others was Zhao Long in his black dragon silver armor.

On the road of trials, though their journey was arduous, Zhao Long often cleared all obstacles with a single spear thrust, making smoke disappear and clouds scatter. The person who often passed the trials the fastest was him!

Moreover, this man was extremely unreasonable.

A Human Clan genius who happened to whistle at Ye Xin because he found her attractive was impaled to death by Zhao Long with a single spear.

And when this genius’s companion stepped forward to seek revenge, he didn’t even manage to strike before being skewered by Zhao Long’s spear.

Thus, afterwards, all gazes towards Ye Xin became as proper as they could be, avoiding their team by a wide berth and absolutely unwilling to engage in combat with them.

They, too, wished to live a bit longer.

After a while, Ye Xin finally left the central array of the Exchange Hall, and after storing the exchanged items in her storage ring, she joined the crowd.

At this time, Zhao Long also began to head towards the Exchange Hall, ready to spend all his performance points, since keeping them would be a waste.

“Sister Ye, why did it take you so long?” Seeing Ye Xin return, Zhang Wenxuan was brimming with curiosity and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

Ye Xin looked at Zhang Wenxuan in front of her with a helpless expression on her face, “I initially wanted to see if I could exchange for some scriptures for Little Qian, but who would have thought, the scriptures were all exchanged away already.”

“All of them are gone?” Hearing Ye Xin’s words, Zhang Wenxuan and several others beside were astoundingly surprised.

Fang Ziqian opened his folding fan, feeling somewhat amused: “Could it be that those who participated in the trials before had a unique preference for scriptures, and with the influx of participants, all the scriptures have been exchanged away?”

“How is that possible, there must be a reason behind it.” Hearing Fang Ziqian’s words, Li Yunfeng found it quite funny, shaking his head repeatedly, feeling that it was simply too absurd.

“Could it be that Little Qian himself took them away?” Just then, a possibility suddenly emerged in Ye Xin’s mind, but she didn’t voice it.

Ye Xin knew that Lin Qian liked to collect scriptures to give to the Heavenly Art Department of the Huaxia Empire for research. Those who liked to sweep away all the scriptures, she knew only her fiancé to be such a person.

Almost a year ago, Lin Qian had fled in pursuit of the foreign clan and had never returned. If it weren’t for Zhao Long insisting that Little Qian was still alive, Ye Xin would have thought something unfortunate might have happened to him.

The absence of a single scripture in the Exchange Hall had initially baffled Ye Xin, but now she was eighty percent sure that this was very likely Lin Qian’s doing.

In fact, it was indeed Lin Qian who had done it.

After successfully refining the heart of the world, Lin Qian considered this Four Directions World his property, including the treasure vault beneath the Exchange Hall.

How could Lin Qian miss out on something like scriptures? It was just very unfortunate that he found no Body Refining Scriptures.

He had even inquired Yuan Xiang about it, and the latter had not even heard of this scripture.

Therefore, Lin Qian speculated that the Body Refining Scripture must have surfaced after Yuan Xiang’s era.

However, right after obtaining the scriptures, Lin Qian plunged into cultivation again because he was on the verge of another breakthrough.

The Power Tribulation was coming!

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