Divine Emperor Demon Emperor

Chapter 648: Chapter 647: Demon Palace Ancestors

As the Grand Commander’s hands formed the Seal Technique with increasing speed, Lin Yun stared at them without blinking. ’This is... this is a Seal Technique only Array Masters should know. Why does the Grand Commander know it too?’

Lin Yun didn’t know what this Seal Technique was. He wasn’t an Array Master, so he couldn’t understand it. However, he knew that if Li Tian were here right now, he would be just as shocked.

As a Red Pen Array Master, Li Tian would surely recognize that the Grand Commander’s Seal Technique was meant to activate an Array.

However, that wasn’t the crucial part. The Array the Grand Commander was activating was of an incredibly high rank; it would take at least a Black Pen Array Master to inscribe something like it.

’A Black Pen Array Master... Just think, are there even any Black Pen Array Masters left on the Celestial Spirit Continent...?’

As the Grand Commander’s Seal Technique grew even faster, Lin Yun saw lines of light suddenly appear, tracing their way across the once-unremarkable Martial Arts Training Ground and even the entire underground plaza.

These lines flickered with white light. In an instant, Lin Yun realized they had transformed the entire underground plaza into a massive Array.

An incredibly profound and complex Array materialized before his eyes. As soon as it did, Lin Yun felt the Martial Arts Training Ground become saturated with dense Elemental Power.

This Array incorporated the effects of a Gathering Element Array, but it did more than just that. The power-gathering aspect was merely one of its minor functions. As for its true purpose, Lin Yun would have to enter it himself to find out.

”Grand Commander, this Array...” Instead of rushing to enter, Lin Yun turned to the Grand Commander and asked, his voice filled with astonishment.

However, upon hearing Lin Yun’s question, the Grand Commander replied in utter confusion, ”Array? What’s an Array?”

The Grand Commander had no idea what an Array was, but seeing Lin Yun’s reaction, he quickly guessed. ’He must be talking about these glowing lines, right?’

The first time he’d come to this underground plaza, he hadn’t yet become the Grand Commander. He had followed his predecessor here, and upon seeing the glowing lines for the first time, he too thought they were very beautiful. He had immediately asked the previous Grand Commander of the Demon Palace about them.

However, the answer he received was simply that no one knew. As for what these glowing lines truly were, no one in the Demon Palace knew anymore.

”Brother Lin Yun, what is this Array you’re talking about?” the Grand Commander asked, not understanding the question.

’What exactly is an Array?’ Lin Yun wasn’t an Array Master, so he didn’t know how to explain it. Besides, the concept of an Array was far too difficult to put into words.

Looking at the Grand Commander, Lin Yun tried a different question. ”Grand Commander, who taught you the Seal Technique you just performed?”

”Oh, you mean this,” the Grand Commander replied. ”It’s passed down from one generation of the Demon Palace’s Grand Commander to the next. In each generation of Commanders, only the Grand Commander knows this Seal Technique. And only the Grand Commander can activate the underground Martial Arts Training Ground...”

According to the Grand Commander, this underground plaza was built by the ancestors of the Demon Palace. As for when, exactly, it was built, that had been lost to time; even the Grand Commander didn’t know.

The Seal Technique he had just performed was also passed down through the generations from those same ancestors.

In the past, the Demon Palace had kept chronicles recorded by each generation’s Grand Commander. However, due to the passage of time, as well as the perpetual war with the Divine Palace, many of the most ancient records had long been destroyed.

The Grand Commander didn’t know the significance of the Seal Technique. Seeing this, Lin Yun didn’t ask any more questions, as it was clear he wouldn’t get any answers.

No longer dwelling on the matter of the Array and the Seal Technique, Lin Yun turned his gaze back toward the Martial Arts Training Ground.

The massive Array enveloped the entire underground plaza, but it was clear that the hundred-some-square-meter Martial Arts Training Ground was the core. At this moment, the dense Heaven and Earth Primordial Power was concentrated exclusively within it.

”Brother Lin Yun, remember what I said. Start by acclimating yourself at the edge of the Martial Arts Training Ground,” the Grand Commander reminded him as he saw Lin Yun about to step in.

Lin Yun nodded at the Grand Commander’s reminder and took a step into the Martial Arts Training Ground. The moment he crossed the threshold, he felt the surrounding Elemental Power rush into his body like countless Spiritual Snakes, surging through his meridians.

Instantly, a painful, swelling sensation filled Lin Yun’s meridians. It felt like he had just swallowed several Spiritual Essence Pills in a row, although it wasn’t exactly the same. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ

”Brother Lin Yun, close your eyes and sit cross-legged! Don’t resist the Elemental Power’s movement. Let it flow naturally,” the Grand Commander called out from outside the training ground, noticing the change in Lin Yun’s expression.

Following the Grand Commander’s advice, Lin Yun immediately sat down cross-legged on the spot, closed his eyes, and stopped resisting the Elemental Power surging into his body.

’The Elemental Power in this Array is very strange.’ It automatically entered a person’s body, rampaged through their meridians, then promptly left, only to surge back in again. This process repeated over and over.

After a brief test, Lin Yun discovered that it was actually impossible to refine this Elemental Power. Moreover, the power seemed to have a mind of its own, or perhaps some kind of instinct. After circulating once through his meridians, it would leave his body on its own.

Lin Yun had never encountered Elemental Power that couldn’t be absorbed. After a dozen breaths of acclimation, the power at the edge of the Martial Arts Training Ground no longer had any effect on his meridians, and the initial, painful swelling was gone.

Feeling he wasn’t gaining much insight here, Lin Yun stood up and walked five steps closer to the center of the training ground.

The Grand Commander, who was standing to the side, watched as Lin Yun—on his very first visit to the training ground and after only a dozen breaths—dared to walk to that spot. His expression flickered with surprise.

To put it in perspective, Zhang Qing, who had trained here many times, could only just barely reach the spot where Lin Yun now stood. Any closer to the center, and Zhang Qing wouldn’t be able to bear it.

After taking five steps toward the center of the Martial Arts Training Ground, Lin Yun’s meridians ached with an intense, swelling pain. He had nearly reached his Limit. He stopped and once again sat down cross-legged.

The Elemental Power here was far more violent than at the perimeter of the training ground, and its concentration was much higher as well.

Like a swarm of Spiritual Snakes, the Elemental Power frantically surged into Lin Yun’s meridians, coursing through them at extreme speed.

There was simply too much Elemental Power, and it moved through his meridians far too quickly.

To put it in perspective, the Elemental Power was currently circulating through his body more than three times faster than he could circulate his own. This speed produced an extremely painful, swelling sensation in his meridians.

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