Xue Jin was lost in thought for a long time. In the end, he let out a soft sigh.

According to the instructions, he had to tell Lin Xun about this matter and was not allowed to help.

Xue Jin had a strong feeling that there was no way Lin Xun was going to back down once everything was revealed!

    ……

Three days swiftly passed.

Lin Xun remained unaware that a dark night six-winged falcon had landed in his little courtyard three nights ago.

Neither did he know that news of his identity had already caused a fierce hidden current to flow in the far away Forbidden City.

His thoughts were fully focused on the provincial exam and his body was now fully recovered after three days of recuperation.

Lin Xun was quite happy to discover that after the grueling battle of the third round, his mastery of the Nine Heavenshaking Destruction Art had reached the Inkling level and had begun to advance toward the Elemental level.

The Elemental level consisted of discovering the subtleties of a technique. Only after gaining comprehension of a technique’s...