On the rooftop of Xianyuan Hotel.

"Now, I have learned thirty-two beginner-level martial arts techniques, and with each beginner-level technique I have learned, I have gained many insights..."

Lin Yun practiced the martial arts techniques he learned from the Cosmic Trading System while thinking to himself.

There is a lot of information on the Cosmic Trading System, but much of it needs to be discovered by the system's owner.

Because he studied martial arts, he has done a lot of research on information related to martial arts.

Recently, he discovered a claim on the Cosmic Trading System.

If a person has already learned many martial arts techniques, and when they learn a new technique, they still have many insights, this person's martial arts talent is probably very good.

The reason is very simple.

A person's comprehension is only two or three parts. When he has learned a certain number of martial arts techniques, he will not be able to gain new insights when learning new techniques. It is very likely that he has reached the limit of his comprehension.

If a person has an aptitude of 80-90%, the number of martial arts techniques they learn can be several times that of the former. When they learn new martial arts techniques, they will also have a lot of insights. This is because high aptitude allows one to understand more things.

Of course, it cannot be ruled out that some people have good comprehension but are slow to react. They can only understand a small amount of each martial art, but they can gain new insights from a large number of martial arts techniques.

Some people with exceptional comprehension can gain a lot from a simple martial art. They don't need to learn many martial arts techniques to understand a great deal. Once they have learned a certain number of martial arts techniques, they will not gain any new insights when they learn new ones.

In short, there is no definitive answer.

"I wonder how good my comprehension is, and how many martial arts techniques I can learn..."

Lin Yun said softly.

People with exceptional comprehension are extremely rare.

Most people, the more martial arts skills they learn, the more insights they gain when learning new skills, and the stronger their comprehension becomes.

A person with strong comprehension will develop a deeper foundation if they learn more martial arts techniques.

Even with the same level of skill and the same number of martial arts techniques, one's strength increases with each fight.

whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Lin Yun's punches and kicks were powerful and swift.

Spiritual crystallization, or rather, a lack of spiritual crystallization.

In the past few days, since he returned home, the spiritual energy absorbed by the Cosmic Trading System has been much less each day.

Each day, you can only obtain about three or four spirit crystals.

After returning home, he could no longer use various resources to exchange for spiritual crystals, and with the added consumption, the balance on the cosmic trading system was getting smaller and smaller.

Currently, there are only eleven spiritual crystals left in the cosmic trading system.

A martial art like Tiger Fist can only be learned by learning one more.

"They've collected a lot of resources over the past two days. Perhaps we can find some time to collect some of them..."

Lin Yun thought to himself.

He didn't want to delay his martial arts training.

He takes a plane, a round trip, which doesn't take too much time.

An hour later, Lin Yun finished practicing his martial arts.

I went downstairs, opened the door, and went into the room.

Xia Qingqing, Lin Duo'er, and Zhong Ling were laughing and talking.

Lin Duo'er was excitedly introducing the various specialties of Xianyuan County to Xia Qingqing and Zhong Ling.

"Brother Lin, I heard from Duo'er that there's a Sanqing Palace here. Shall we go visit it together tomorrow?" Xia Qingqing looked over and smiled as soon as she saw Lin Yun return.

Since arriving at Lin Yun's house, Xia Qingqing has changed how she addresses him.

He no longer called Lin Yun "brother," but "big brother Lin."

According to Xia Qingqing, Lin Yun already has a younger sister, so she couldn't call her that anymore. Besides, she was his girlfriend, and it might sound strange to others if they heard it.

Lin Yun smiled, not paying any attention.

He knew that Xia Qingqing was embarrassed.

"Okay!" Lin Yun agreed.

That evening.

Lin Yun learned a beginner-level martial arts technique again.

It cost another ten Spirit Crystals.

With the addition of the spiritual crystals absorbed by the Cosmic Trading System, Lin Yun now only has two spiritual crystals left on his Cosmic Trading System.

The next morning, Lin Yun practiced this new martial art.

As the night passed, although Lin Yun hadn't done anything, he had become more familiar with this new martial art.

This is also the experience Lin Yun has gained from learning many martial arts techniques these past few days.

An hour later, Lin Yun finished practicing.

After a quick meal, Lin Yun, Xia Qingqing, and the other two went to the Sanqing Palace.

Xianyuan County is said to be the hometown of Laozi, a very famous historical figure and the founder of Taoism. He is imbued with a strong mythological character, and the Three Pure Ones are said to be his incarnations.

Sanqing Palace is said to have been built on the site of the place where Laozi once lived and preached.

Lin Yun himself doesn't have much faith in these mythical figures, but he doesn't belittle them either.

There's a saying that goes, "You may not believe, but you cannot disrespect."

Lin Yun once had this mindset.

Regardless, the other side has made a great contribution to Chinese history and culture. Even now, the Taoist scriptures they left behind are very famous throughout the world.

For this reason alone, Lin Yun deserves his respect.

However, now that Lin Yun has obtained the Cosmic Trading System, he knows more.

He knew that there were cultivators in this world.

This is a different system from martial arts training.

Each has its advantages and disadvantages.

Although some novels portray cultivators as very powerful.

But he knew that before reaching a certain level, a cultivator was not necessarily that strong.

Those who reach a certain level in martial arts are not weak.

The Golden Elixir Path, breaking through the void with martial arts—these are some people's descriptions of the realms of martial arts. In fact, these can be traced in some realms of martial arts.

Martial arts and cultivation have many things in common.

Lin Yun was also quite curious about this trip to Sanqing Palace.

This Laozi has a strong mythological aura, and in some ways, he fits the description of a cultivator. I wonder if this Laozi is a cultivator.

However, thousands of years have passed since that era.

Even if the other party was a cultivator, they should already be gone.

Even if the other party is a cultivator, it would require a high level of cultivation to have such a long lifespan.

Cultivators at this level all possess the power to move mountains and overturn seas.

Having lived in Xianyuan County for so many years and visited Sanqing Palace several times, he had never seen anything magical.

Lin Yun's home is located on the west side of the county town.

Sanqing Palace is located to the east of the county town.

The two places are more than 20 miles apart.

However, it didn't take Lin Yun and his group long to get there by car.

We arrived in less than twenty minutes.

Tickets were sixty yuan. A bodyguard paid the money and collected the tickets, and then the group went inside.

The entire Sanqing Palace is basically a very large square, with a hall of different sizes in the front, middle and back, and some pavilions and plants on both sides not far away, which is very simple.

Although it was the end of the year and many migrant workers had returned home, there weren't many people visiting the Sanqing Palace.

Tickets cost sixty yuan per person, which is not something the average person is willing to spend.

If three or four people come in, the ticket price will be two or three hundred yuan.

In particular, there's not much to do at Sanqing Palace. You just walk to the back, look at the main hall and the statues, and then come back. It's a few kilometers in total, and all you feel is exhaustion.

It's better to take a walk along the river; you can also enjoy the scenery.

Lin Yun once complained about this situation.

On the first and fifteenth of the lunar month, when many people offer incense to Laozi, the entrance fee is only ten yuan, and there are more people.

Xia Qingqing and Lin Duo'er were very happy when they came in. They ran happily ahead with Zhong Ling.

Actually, it's just about creating a lively atmosphere.

It's fun when so many people come to play together.

Watching the three girls running happily ahead, Lin Yun followed behind with a smile.

"Um?"

Suddenly, Lin Yun's heart stirred, and he looked up in great surprise at the palace in front of him.

This is the main hall in front of the Sanqing Palace; it's not very large.

However, Lin Yun sensed a strong spiritual energy within this palace universe.

What's going on?

Lin Yun exclaimed in surprise.

This intense spiritual energy is not the kind of spiritual energy that ordinary people emit; rather, it is a feeling of convergence, and it is extremely strong.

Thinking this, Lin Yun strode forward.

At the same time, he began to quickly check the situation on the Cosmic Trading System.

With a targeted search, a lot of information becomes easy to find.

Lin Yun quickly found out.

In this situation, it's likely that you've encountered a spirit.

Spiritual objects are those that possess spirituality and can gather spiritual energy to strengthen themselves.

Like humans, who are the most intelligent of all beings, humans can not only gather spiritual energy, but also generate spiritual energy.

However, humans have bodies, flesh and blood, and also have distracting thoughts; the spiritual energy within them is difficult for others to absorb.

Spiritual objects can be naturally born or artificially created.

Many naturally born spiritual beings are created by powerful and pure spiritual energy, coupled with special environments. They rely on powerful and pure spiritual energy to survive, and their entire being is composed of extremely dense and pure spiritual energy, which is easily absorbed and refined by people.

Man-made spiritual objects also require the nourishment of pure spiritual energy. Over a long period of time, they can accumulate a lot of pure spiritual energy, which can be easily absorbed and refined by people.

This pure spiritual energy is easily refined, and is naturally favored by some cultivators. The fact that spiritual objects can gather this pure spiritual energy shows its preciousness.

However, what is most precious is the spirituality within these spiritual objects, which also serves other purposes.

This kind of pure spirituality is extremely rare.

Especially a fully grown spiritual creature, with its high level of spirituality, is even more precious.

On the cosmic trading system, there are people who buy these spiritual items.

The price of a spiritual object varies depending on its level.

Some are a dozen or so, a few dozen pieces, spiritual crystallizations.

There are many, thousands, even tens of thousands of spiritual crystals.

Lin Yun's eyes lit up when he saw this.

It's unknown what level this spiritual object he discovered is, or how many spiritual crystals he could sell for if he put it on the cosmic trading system.

Soon, Lin Yun arrived in front of the palace.

At this moment, Lin Yun also discovered that there were actually three places where spiritual energy converged.

The two places are on two large trees in front of the palace gate.

One place is inside the temple, on the very center of the statue.

Lin Yun looked puzzled.

Did he discover three spiritual objects at once?

"These two large trees have both lived for over a thousand years. What's truly remarkable is that the trunks of both trees are spiraling, one spiraling to the left and the other to the right, perfectly embodying the principles of Yin and Yang in the universe..."

Just then, the tour guide next to them offered an explanation.

"The tree trunks, one twists to the left? The other twists to the right?"

Lin Yun was somewhat surprised.

He had visited Sanqing Palace several times, but he hadn't been willing to hire a guide back then, so he hadn't noticed this.

Now that you look closely, it is indeed true.

One tree trunk twists to the left, and the other twists to the right; it's very obvious and very natural.

"There's definitely something to it..."

Lin Yun nodded secretly.

Could this be the reason why these two large trees possess spirituality?

The tree has developed a spiritual quality; could it have become a spirit?

Tree spirit? Tree demon?

Lin Yun searched on the Cosmic Trading System and found that tree spirits and the like did exist in this world. However, tree spirits had little power unless they reached a certain level, and were even considered treasures by some cultivators.

"Release your spiritual energy into your palm, place your hand on the spiritual object, and then use the cosmic trading system to collect it?"

Lin Yun began searching for ways to store these spiritual objects and quickly found one.

That's easy.

Soon, Lin Yun started doing it according to this method.

It seemed that Lin Yun was simply touching the big tree, something many people who came here did. The tour guide didn't seem to mind and continued to tell one story after another.

Even if Lin Yun absorbs the spiritual creature born from this tree, it will not affect the tree's growth.

Therefore, Lin Yun felt no psychological burden in doing this.

Soon, Lin Yun sensed with his spiritual power that there was a white ball of light in the center of the tree, which should be the spiritual object in the tree.

"No...don't suck me..."

Just as Lin Yun was about to absorb the white light from the tree into the trading space, a childish voice rang out in fear.

Lin Yun was startled.

With a slight tremor, the suction force generated by the cosmic trading system immediately disappeared.

Although Lin Yun now knows that there are many wondrous things in this world, he has never actually seen such a thing.

How could he not be startled by such a sound?

Don't inhale it?

He is absorbing the white light from this big tree. Could it be that the white light is speaking?

This big tree... has it become a demon?

According to the information he had just looked up, although some large trees can become spirits, deities, or demons, those that can speak like this are extremely rare, or rather, quite special, possessing extremely high spirituality or a very high realm.

Lin Yun's mind raced.

It's probably not because of an extremely high level of attainment.

Otherwise, he might not be a match for this big tree.

So, it should be the former situation, because due to special circumstances, the spiritual creature born from this big tree has extremely high spirituality.

"Are you this white light?"

Lin Yun used his mental power to send a message.

"It's me, please don't suck me, I...I don't want to die...Waaah..." A childish sobbing voice rang out.

Lin Yun remained silent.

The spirituality of this white ball of light is too high!

“I didn’t say I was going to kill you…” Lin Yun thought for a moment and said.

"I...I don't want to leave here either...I still need the spiritual energy here to grow. I'm still young. Wait until I'm a little older before you take me away..." The childish voice stopped crying and said crisply.

"Uh..." Lin Yun was at a loss for words again.

I just found it funny.

The spirituality of this white ball of light is truly extraordinary.

Such words are beyond the comprehension of ordinary spiritual beings.

"Alright then, I'll go absorb the spirit of that big tree next to me..." Lin Yun tentatively suggested.

"Please don't absorb the spirit of that big tree, okay? Waaah, it's Little Blue, it's my good friend..." Sure enough, the childish voice rang out again, and the child started crying again.

"Brother, brother, please don't suck me, please, waah..." A childish voice also came from the direction of the big tree, crying as well.

The previous childish voice was a male voice, but this childish voice is a female voice.

They were all about five or six years old.

These two big trees are so spiritually powerful.

"Then what should I smoke? I can't have come all this way for nothing, can I?" Lin Yun said with amusement.

"Why don't you absorb the spirit from that statue..." Just then, the boy's voice timidly said.

"The spirit on that statue? Isn't it one of your friends?" Lin Yun asked curiously.

“It only has spirituality, not consciousness… Brother, do you want spiritual energy? You can absorb a large portion of the spiritual energy from me and Xiaobai, just leave a small portion for us to survive. We can absorb more spiritual energy later, and you can absorb it too…” Just then, the girl’s voice murmured.

"The spirit on this statue has no consciousness?" Lin Yun looked up at the statue in the temple and asked in surprise.

Having seen two spirit creatures with such high spirituality, he assumed that all three spirit creatures here were highly spiritual.

Surprisingly, the spirit within this statue had no consciousness.

As they spoke, Lin Yun approached.

He gently placed his palm on the lower part of the statue and released his spiritual energy.

A larger white orb of light appeared in the center of the statue, containing even more spiritual energy.

However, no sound came out.

"It seems, just as the spirits of those two large trees said, that this statue only possesses spirituality, but lacks consciousness..."

Lin Yun thought to himself.

Since that's the case, he'll absorb the spirit within the statue first.

Driven by the power of the Cosmic Trading System, an invisible suction force was immediately generated, beginning to absorb the spirit within the statue.

In just over ten seconds, Lin Yun absorbed the spirit within the statue into the trading space.

"boom--"

Without the support of the idol, the white ball of light immediately exploded, releasing a massive amount of pure spiritual energy. The spiritual energy points on the cosmic trading system immediately began to rise rapidly.

It can rise by dozens of points in almost a second.

In just two or three seconds, a spiritual crystal was gained.

The number of spiritual energy points and spiritual crystals is still increasing.

"So much spiritual energy..."

Lin Yun was secretly surprised.

He knew this would happen, but he never expected that the white ball of light would contain so much spiritual energy.

However, he thought about it carefully.

This statue is at least several decades old.

I don't know when it was formed spiritually, but it may have been accumulated over many years of faith.

Although Sanqing Palace doesn't usually get many visitors, there are still quite a few people who come to burn incense on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month. Those people are generally quite loyal. Also, during the annual temple fair when there is no charge, the place is packed with people, and even more people come to burn incense.

It's no wonder that they have accumulated so much spiritual energy over the years.

One minute later, the number of Spirit Crystals on the Cosmic Trading System had increased by more than forty, and the number was still rising, with the rate of increase accelerating.

The cosmic trading space is filled with spiritual energy, which the cosmic trading system is refining with all its might.

Although these spiritual energies are relatively pure, they are only relatively pure in nature and still need to be refined.

Around them, Xia Qingqing, Lin Duo'er, and Zhong Ling were running around, looking around with curiosity.

Lin Yun then slowly walked around the front and back of the palace.

All the bodyguards dispersed around the four men, keeping an eye on their surroundings.

Their duties require them to be vigilant about the safety of their employers, even in such open and sparsely populated areas.