Chapter 1618 Finding One’s Own Dharma Art

Following that, for the next period of time, Lin Xun took Xia Zhi out of the City of Protection and strolled around the Nine Domains Battlefield.

They traveled amongst the mountains and rivers and strolled under the stars.

Along the way, Lin Xun completely put aside all worldly things and took out all the delicious, fun, and interesting things he had collected over the years.

But what made Lin Xun dumbfounded was that Xia Zhi only liked to eat and had no interest in the other fun and interesting treasures.

Moreover, Xia Zhi’s favorite thing was to eat meat. It could be stir-fried, deep fried, pan-fried, roasted, braised, stewed, simmered... As long as it was some kind of meat, she would accept it.

This made Lin Xun feel that it was a blessing to be able to eat.

Xia Zhi always said very little and just stayed by Lin Xun's side quietly. Occasionally, he couldn't help but want to tease her, but he was always defeated by her way of looking at him like a “guileless child.”

Whenever this happened, Lin Xun couldn't help but chatter, then become speechless, and then laugh. It seemed that only in front of Xia Zhi would he be so...childish.

How many people in the world could enjoy the company of Xia Zhi, a pot of wine, and have a happy trip together?

Unfortunately, good times were always short-lived.

Half a month later, Xia Zhi finally had to leave.

"Lin Xun, wait for me to come back."

It was still the same as before. This time, Xia Zhi also spoke to him seriously.

Lin Xun also thought about it, took out the wine gourd, and waved goodbye. "Go. Go."

Xia Zhi walked up to Lin Xun and hugged him. Her slender body was soft, and her cold and ethereal fragrance filled the air.

Lin Xun took a deep breath and hugged Xia Zhi tightly, as if he was afraid that she would disappear in the next moment.

"You can marry her, but you must defeat me first."

Suddenly, Xia Zhi spoke, causing Lin Xun to stiffen immediately. His expression faltered, and the corners of his lips twitched slightly.

She was, of course, referring to Zhao Jingxuan.

But Lin Xun hadn’t expected that Xia Zhi would still be thinking about this matter.

"Alright!" After thinking for a moment, Lin Xun suddenly became angry, "How about I give it a try now?"

Xia Zhi raised her eyes, looked at Lin Xun's eager expression, and said, "Are you really that impatient?"

Lin Xun immediately became embarrassed and said, "Then let's do it next time."

Xia Zhi took two steps back, and a white bone spear instantly appeared in her palm. She stabbed lightly in the void and came towards Lin Xun to attack.

It was simple and nothing fancy.

But in Lin Xun's eyes, this spear was like the sharpest blade in the world. It could pierce through everything. No matter how hard he dodged, he couldn't avoid its sharp edge!

That feeling was like the arrival of the great dao. The spear was the dao, the dao was the spear. The dao was everywhere and reached everywhere, and the same was true for the spear!

Time seemed to pass extremely slowly at this moment.

Lin Xun's pupils shrank, and his fighting instincts honed through years of battles and conquests made him react in an instant–

Retreat!

But at this moment, everything in front of him disappeared. The dao was no longer there, the spear was no longer there, and Xia Zhi stood alone in the distance, calm and relaxed.

Lin Xun sighed. He had completely concluded that Xia Zhi was invincible in this situation. Even if they actually fought, he might have the hope of winning, but the odds were not great.

Xia Zhi came over and said, "Do you want to try again?"

This was not a show of force, but it made Lin Xun smile bitterly as he said, "Why is there a need for the two of us to battle it out at this time?"

Xia Zhi hummed, stepped forward, and a sly smile suddenly appeared on her beautiful little face that could captivate an empire. She said, "Lin Xun, you are as cute as Xiaoxiao."

"Who is Xiaoxiao?" Lin Xun was confused.

The next moment, he saw that there was a little rabbit about the size of a fist on Xia Zhi's shoulder. It was a light pink ball of fluff with a pair of dark eyes full of liveliness.

The little rabbit twitched its lips and grinned, revealing a pair of crystal white rabbit incisors, which looked extremely funny.

But Lin Xun's face almost turned dark. Xia Zhi actually claimed that he was as cute as a pink rabbit?

If this spread out, how would the experts of the Ancient Wasteland Domain treat him?

Xia Zhi smiled brightly, teasing the pink bunny on her shoulder, and said, "Look, Xiaoxiao is so cute when it smiles."

The pink bunny opened its mouth cooperatively, smiled happily, and made a squeaking sound, rolling around like a pink pom-pom on Xia Zhi's shoulders.

The beauty had a youthful countenance of a young girl, a graceful figure, and was as beautiful as an otherworldly fairy. She rarely smiled as brightly as she did now.

It was also at this time that Lin Xun suddenly discovered that no matter how powerful or beautiful Xia Zhi was, deep down in her heart, she still had a simple, clean and child-like character.

However, she rarely showed it.

For a moment, Lin Xun fell into a trance-like state as he gazed at the lively and beautiful Xia Zhi. His mood fluctuated.

"Time to go."

Not long after, Xia Zhi left without any hesitation.

She had never been the type of person to delay things.

In the void, she walked further and further away, and on her shoulders, the pink bunny grinned and waved its little paws at Lin Xun.

Lin Xun couldn't help but laugh after seeing this and waved back.

A dark void portal appeared in the sky, and Xia Zhi stepped into it and disappeared.

"That portal can ignore the power of the laws of heaven and earth in the Nine Domains Battlefield. What kind of place is Xia Zhi going to?"

Lin Xun's dark eyes were fathomless as he had seen this dark portal before.

That year, when Xia Zhi had left from the Star Chess Sea, she also had entered this portal.

However, it was only at this moment that Lin Xun realized how extraordinary this dark portal was!

...

Xia Zhi was gone.

For the Ancient Wasteland Camp, apart from a few sighs, there was no big commotion.

The other eight domains had been defeated with countless casualties, and the Ancient Wasteland Camp had obtained a massive amount of rich loot.

After these trophies were sorted and counted, they were distributed one by one.

Even Zhao Jingxuan and the others who did not participate in the war received a share.

Little Silver, Little Sky, the big black bird and others also had their own gains.

Among them, the one who gained the most was naturally Lin Xun, because all the spoils that originally belonged to Xia Zhi were also given to him.

Lin Xun had counted the Saint treasures he had obtained and was shocked to see that he had obtained over four hundred of them!

And there were many precious and other rare items at the Saint level among them!

In addition, there were a large number of sacred materials, elixirs, rare treasures, secret manuals, precious minerals... They were densely packed and countless.

Next, there were only two things left for the Ancient Wasteland Camp.

One was to pursue and suppress the remaining enemy forces that were wandering around. As the saying went, it was better to chase down the enemy than to pretend to be an overlord!

They needed to treat their enemies as coldly as the autumn wind that swept away the fallen leaves.

On this matter, with Shaohao and Ruowu as leaders, the powerful experts from the Ancient Wasteland Camp had already begun to take action.

The second thing was to look for a supreme opportunity to become a Saint.

There was still one year left until the Conflict of the Nine Domains came to an end.

During this year, many magical and mysterious realms would be coming to the battlefield, among which there were many secret realms like the Absolute Hell and Origin Magnet that had opportunities to become supreme Saints.

In the Ancient Wasteland Camp, there were still many powerful experts who had the qualifications to become a Saint, but have not been able to set foot in the supreme realm.

This matter was left to the big black bird, Toady, and A’lu.

Lin Xun then put everything aside and focused on rebuilding the city.

The current City of Protection may be considered powerful, but after experiencing the last invasion by the eight domains allied forces, Lin Xun realized that it was not enough to make this city infallible for the years to come!

Three months later.

The City of Protection now looked completely different. Its golden walls were full of vitality and were connected with the power of heaven and earth, just like the legendary divine residences of the gods.

In three months, Lin Xun had smelted a large amount of divine materials. Using the foundation of the Total Annihilation Perfect Protection Array, he created a new Saint-level array called the Imperial Void True Martial Array.

This formation could harness the power of the void and display the forbidden power of true martial arts. It could kill enemies from a distance of eight thousand feet, and its power was unpredictable.

In this way, even if the enemy appeared within an eight thousand foot radius, they would still be attacked, which greatly made up for the shortcomings of the Total Annihilation Perfect Protection Array.

Moreover, after the city was further repaired, it would become stronger and stronger under the influence of the power of the Saint-level forbidden array.

In short, this city was becoming a defensive Saint-level treasure, and it was nurtured by a large formation. Thus, as time passed, its quality would only become higher and higher.

After finishing this, Lin Xun completely put down everything and decided to create his own dharma art before the Conflict of the Nine Domains came to an end!

It was also on this day that Lin Xun left the City of Protection.

The sky was blue, and the white clouds were like cotton.

In front of a lake as green as an emerald, Lin Xun was sitting cross legged by the lakeside, holding a bamboo fishing rod in his hand. There was a green leather wine gourd beside him, and he was fishing with a leisurely demeanor.

The breeze blew slowly, the blue waves were flowing, the sky was blue, the clouds were white, and the fields were quiet and vast.

One day later.

Lin Xun's mind was empty. He was fishing alone on the green lake and was completely motionless.

Three days later.

All the energy in Lin Xun had disappeared, becoming empty and without a trace of fluctuation.

Seven days later.

A bird with colorful wings flew over and landed on Lin Xun's shoulder. It combed its feathers with its beak. Surprisingly, it had landed on a living creature without realizing it.

Ten days later.

Lin Xun opened his eyes and shook his wrist slightly as he held the fishing rod.

Whoosh~

An astonishing scene appeared. A vast lake covering an area of a thousand acres was being "fished up" by a fishing line as thin as a hair.

The entire water surface slowly rose, and the whole lake soon appeared in midair, like a huge, clear crystal, glowing with magnificent luster in the sky.

In the crystal, there were colorful gravel rocks, swaying aquatic plants, and schools of fish swimming in groups...

The huge lake was "fished up" into the air, but not a drop of lake water had spilled. The ripples in the lake could clearly be seen.

Furthermore, it gave off the impression that this lake was being suspended in the void, creating an indescribable harmony that fit with this world.

Lin Xun looked at this and couldn't help but frown.

Whoosh~

The next moment, the lake fell to the ground again, and all the strange phenomena disappeared.

Lin Xun held the empty fishing rod and murmured, "The fish has escaped from the abyss without any clothes on and returned home without any worries. This is the essence of the transcendent state of mind. Unfortunately, no matter how transcendent the state of mind is, it will not create its own dharma art for me. It’s of no great use...

"This dharma art should be found within oneself!"

After saying that, Lin Xun stood up, put his hands on his back, and walked away from the lake.