Chapter 960: Limit of the Mortal Body (2)

“Perhaps you might have the opportunity to ascend to the seventh layer, but my suggestion is that since you’ve already adapted to the pressure of the sixth layer, you might as well break through here. Once the realm breakthrough is complete, it’s not too late to head to the seventh layer.”

“Thank you for the reminder, Brother Feng.”

Lin Chen nodded, and Feng Haoyu said no more, as speaking deeply on a superficial acquaintance has always been a taboo.

He merely offered a suggestion, whether Lin Chen listens or not, that’s Lin Chen’s own affair.

Feng Haoyu left decisively, Lin Chen watched Feng Haoyu exit the Thousandfold Secret Realm.

For those entering the secret realm, exiting is also quite simple. As long as you head to the secret entrance on each layer, there’s a teleportation array there. Stand on the teleportation array, and after ten breaths, you can be transported out.

As of now, Lin Chen is the only one left in the entire Thousandfold Secret Realm.

The departure of Feng Haoyu didn’t affect his mood; he continued walking on the sixth layer as usual.

Though he can walk normally on the sixth layer now, it’s still not enough. Only when he can stroll leisurely will it count.

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Thousandfold Secret Realm’s exit.

The moment Feng Haoyu came out, he felt several powerful auras locking onto him immediately, among which two exuded obvious hostility.

“Are you of the Wind Breath Race?”

As soon as Feng Haoyu landed, two elders appeared before him.

Upon seeing these two elders, Feng Haoyu frowned, but still spoke, “Feng Haoyu of the Wind Breath Race, do you two have any business?”

The two before him wore clothes embroidered with gold-threaded cloud patterns, the clan attire of the Cloud Race, and their auras were above his, likely late-stage of the Innate Fourth Realm.

“How is Lin Chen doing inside the secret realm?”

One of the Cloud Race elders spoke, but the moment he finished asking, Feng Haoyu’s face turned cold. He did not know why these Cloud Race people were inquiring about Lin Chen, but he did not want to deal with them, especially as he was dissatisfied with their interrogative tone.

Late-stage Innate Fourth Realm, indeed, but given their age, they don’t count for much in the Cloud Race, whereas he is a prodigy of the Wind Breath Race and a candidate for a future elder of the clan.

“I entered the Thousandfold Secret Realm to cultivate, not to report to you two.”

Feng Haoyu’s tone was extremely cold, he finished speaking and prepared to leave.

“Brother Feng, don’t rush. It’s just that we were a bit anxious with our tone, but this matter concerns our clan’s prodigy Yun Ye. Yun Ye died unclearly in the secret realm, and the murderer is Lin Chen. This matter has incited the wrath of our clan elders, and we hope Brother Feng can inform us of the situation.”

Yun Ye died in the secret realm?

Feng Haoyu was taken aback; he knew who Yun Ye was, the second Innate Fourth Realm martial artist among those entering the secret realm this time.

Not seeing Yun Ye on the sixth layer had piqued his curiosity, given Yun Ye’s strength, he shouldn’t have retreated to the fourth layer due to the temporal storm.

Unexpectedly, Yun Ye had died at Lin Chen’s hands.

Doesn’t this mean that the true strongest in the secret realm isn’t him, the Innate Fourth Realm, but Lin Chen?

However, even shocked by Lin Chen’s strength, Feng Haoyu still didn’t plan to disclose Lin Chen’s situation in the secret realm to these two Cloud Race members.

He held admiration for Lin Chen but had no ties with Yun Ye or the Cloud Race.

“I didn’t encounter Lin Chen.”

“But those who came out said Lin Chen was heading to the sixth layer at the time…”

“The pressure in the Thousandfold Secret Realm is immense, divine thought distance is less than ten zhang. I entered the secret realm to cultivate and break through, not to keep tabs on others.”

Feng Haoyu unapologetically interrupted the other’s words; the meaning was clear, he did not know if Lin Chen was on the sixth layer.

Hearing Feng Haoyu’s response, the expressions of the two Cloud Race elders became dour. By the time they received the news and arrived, quite a few people had already come out of the secret realm, and the Princess of the Moon Soul Race had also left the Entropy Race. Thus, they couldn’t be certain if Lin Chen was still in the secret realm.

What if Lin Chen claimed he was heading to the sixth layer but was actually seeking the teleportation array to slip out?

They had also inquired with people from the Entropy Race, but the response was that the Entropy Race only handled the opening of the Thousandfold Secret Realm and didn’t pay attention to when entrants exit.

They assumed this was true since the Entropy Race had no reason to shield Lin Chen.

Feng Haoyu strode away directly, and the two elders of the Cloud Race didn’t stop him. Though their strength surpassed Feng Haoyu’s, they couldn’t match him concerning locales, and to forcibly hold Feng Haoyu might provoke the Wind Breath Race’s displeasure.

The Cloud Race amongst the ancient remnant clans was not particularly strong, they could not afford to offend the Wind Breath Race.

“It seems Lin Chen might have stealthily left the Thousandfold Secret Realm; even Feng Haoyu has come out, it’s impossible for Lin Chen to have endured so long.”

“That’s what I believe, too. Though Feng Haoyu’s attitude is arrogant, he wouldn’t deceive us; we two have no reason to wait here further, we should return to report to the elders.”

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Entropy Race’s Second Elder’s courtyard; the Second Elder lounged leisurely on a rattan chair and suddenly opened his eyes, “Interesting indeed, Feng Haoyu said he didn’t see Lin Chen in the Thousandfold Secret Realm; what do you think Feng Haoyu meant by this?”

In the courtyard, Qianshan and Qianlang fell into contemplation. The Entropy Race naturally knew whether Lin Chen had exited the Thousandfold Secret Realm. They were watching covertly every time someone entered and when each person emerged was clear.

Since entering, Lin Chen hadn’t come out, though three from the Flower Race exited and went to see the Moon Soul Race’s Princess Yin Yue, and afterwards Yin Yue and the three from the Flower Race left the Entropy Race together.

Those who exited said Lin Chen headed for the sixth layer, so it must be true, while Feng Haoyu on the sixth layer couldn’t possibly have not seen Lin Chen.

“Feng Haoyu intentionally conceals for Lin Chen,” Qianshan and Qianlang spoke simultaneously.

“Then tell me, why would Feng Haoyu hide Lin Chen’s situation?”

Entropy Race’s Second Elder further queried, leaving Qianshan and Qianlang silent this time; they couldn’t fathom why Feng Haoyu would conceal for Lin Chen.

“Do you two admire Lin Chen?”

The Second Elder of the Entropy Race saw the two remain silent and asked this with meaningful depth, causing their eyes to brighten, grasping the elder’s implication.

Of course, they admired Lin Chen; his strength conquered them.

“But Feng Haoyu is an Innate Fourth Realm martial artist,” Qianlang instinctively remarked.

“Wasn’t Yun Ye also an Innate Fourth Realm martial artist, yet he died by Lin Chen’s hand?”

Qianshan, however, comprehended it; Lin Chen could kill Yun Ye, his strength might not be inferior to Feng Haoyu’s.

Perhaps Feng Haoyu, like them, was overcome by Lin Chen’s strength and talent.

“But it’s not just strength, Lin Chen must have done something within the secret realm that even Feng Haoyu found himself humbled by.”

Entropy Race’s Second Elder spoke slowly; he concealed Lin Chen’s yet-unexited status from the secret realm due to a personal debt owed to Lin Chen, but Feng Haoyu was willing to risk offending the Cloud Race on Lin Chen’s behalf owing solely to Lin Chen’s actions within the secret realm that had deeply impressed Feng Haoyu.

“This Lin Chen… may be a latent dragon; but what a pity…”

His clan’s elder sighed at the end, with regret in his tone, leaving Qianshan and Qianlang somewhat puzzled, not understanding what the elder lamented.

Was it because Lin Chen killed Cloud Race’s Yun Ye?

With Canglan Sect backing Lin Chen, and now a connection with the Moon Soul Race’s Princess, these two major forces should safeguard him.

The Second Elder of the Entropy Race also noticed the puzzlement in Qianshan and Qianlang’s eyes, yet he didn’t explain it, it was a pity Lin Chen was born too late; had he been born five hundred years earlier… perhaps there could have been a chance.

But now, the greater the potential, the stronger the regret becomes in the future.

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Inside the Thousandfold Secret Realm.

Lin Chen himself wasn’t sure how long he had been there; currently, he could not only walk on the sixth layer but run, with arms and legs moving freely, uninhibited.

At this point, Lin Chen, the original glaze-like glow on him reappearing from before, now fully restrained again. He exudes an aura that seems as though it has endured countless catastrophes without falling, tempered and refined to the point of steel.

Every breath he takes causes his viscera to emit a profound and timeless resonance. Skin, muscles, bones, and blood vessels have all reached their respective thresholds.

After a long time, Lin Chen slowly opened his eyes; those eyes were serene as a deep sea. A wave of mysterious fluctuation, indescribable in words, erupted suddenly from the depths of Lin Chen’s being.

There was no earth-shattering ruckus, nor a blinding explosion of light.

[Immortal Body: Fourth Layer]