Chapter 499: Azure Dragon Realm (I)
Chapter 499: Azure Dragon Realm (I)
At Wuling City, in a standalone courtyard by the riverside.Lin Zheyu sat cross-legged beneath the shade of a tree, eyes closed as he contemplated the mysteries of the golden runes on his body. It had been more than a month since he last encountered Fan Hongwei of the Soaring Cloud Pavilion, and he had fully digested the remaining portions of the Profound Exposition of Totems.
Now, his understanding of demonic patterns and barbarian totems far surpassed what it once was. After systematically studying both, Lin Zheyu began attempting to analyze the golden runes and the golden body totem on his body. The golden runes had formed after cultivating demon arts, created through the combined effects of forced recovery by Origin Force and the golden energy within him.
As for the golden body totem, it had formed after integrating the Saha Scripture during the process of constructing the totem. Under a convergence of circumstances, it triggered the demonic patterns' rule-based Dao resonance hidden within the golden runes, causing it to appear on its own.
Neither of these manifestations had been under Lin Zheyu's control. Previously, due to insufficient strength and a lack of systematic understanding and knowledge of demonic patterns and totems, he could not make sense of them, no matter how much he tried to analyze them.
Now, Lin Zheyu finally had the ability to attempt deciphering the golden runes. Pushing his Perception Domain to its limit, his spiritual sense sank into the runes within his body as he carefully dissected the patterns of the Great Dao contained within them. Even with a foundation in demonic patterns and totems, the difficulty of analyzing the golden runes was far greater than expected. Yet this was something he had to do. Otherwise, as his strength grew, he would inevitably hit a bottleneck.
A gentle breeze passed through, rustling the leaves. It was already winter, yet the tree in Lin Zheyu's courtyard remained evergreen, its leaves lush and vibrant.
His aura was long and steady, his chest rising and falling slowly. The golden runes that surfaced on his chest gradually faded, only for another rune to light up beside the previous one. Each rune contained different rule patterns, some vastly distinct from the others.
Time passed slowly.
As dusk fell and dim sunlight spread across the ground, Lin Zheyu remained seated under the tree, unmoving. Only when night deepened, and the moon rose above the treetops, casting its pale light, did he raise his brows slightly and slowly open his eyes.
"Huff~. My understanding of demonic patterns and totems is still too shallow. Relying only on basic knowledge is not enough to fully unravel the secrets within these golden runes."
Lin Zheyu sighed softly, feeling somewhat helpless.