Time flowed quietly.
Not long after the freshman competition, Elaicis began his grand performance.
Back when Lin Yun had asked him to create a cultivation technique that could stimulate his Golden Dragon King bloodline while absorbing solar energy, Elaicis had entered a state akin to seclusion.
This "seclusion" ended a little over a month after the freshman competition concluded—and with it, Elaicis began his masterpiece.
What was a cultivation technique?
It was a complete circulatory pathway for soul power, guiding it through specific meridians to flow throughout the body, utilizing every major and hidden channel to unlock the human body's full potential.
Different pathways could awaken different latent abilities, each producing unique effects.
The greater the potential unlocked, the faster the cultivation speed—and the stronger the technique. In other words, the grade of the technique would rise accordingly.
This wasn't something that could be accomplished overnight. Creating a technique from scratch was an immensely difficult task. Fortunately, the Douluo Continent's cultivation system was laughably underdeveloped, lacking high-end concepts like qi deviation or mental tribulations.
To Elaicis, crafting a cultivation technique was no different from inventing a new spell.
After all, he had once used necromancy to transform himself into an immortal lich. The flow and surge of magical energy were fundamentally similar to the principles of a cultivation technique.
For eight full months, Lin Yun worked with Elaicis to develop the technique.
First, they had to map out the soul power's circulation route—ensuring it formed a complete cycle while maximizing the use of all meridians to push the body's potential to its limits.
Initially, they focused on the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve primary channels as the foundation, experimenting with pathways that could most efficiently absorb solar energy.
This step alone took nearly three months just to establish a basic circulation route that could stimulate Lin Yun's bloodline and enhance his cultivation speed.
As Elaicis put it: "This is just the foundation. From coarse to refined, simple to complex, shallow to profound—only after solidifying the base can we expand upon it to create the technique most suited to you."
For someone as formidable as Elaicis to spend three months just laying the groundwork spoke volumes about the difficulty of creating a cultivation technique.
But this was also because he pursued perfection. The foundation was like the bedrock of a skyscraper—only with absolute stability could the structure rise. Lin Yun later learned that Elaicis had tested thousands of circulation models before settling on the first draft.
Lin Yun named it:
The Solar Scripture.
A technique built upon absorbing solar energy—no name could be more fitting.
Once created, Lin Yun's cultivation speed increased by 30%—and this was just the prototype, barely utilizing hidden meridians. Even his soul power compression and purification efficiency saw visible improvements.
Over the next five months, Lin Yun and Elaicis refined the Solar Scripture. With the foundation set, building upon it became far easier. By the time Shrek Academy's vacation arrived, the Solar Scripture could already circulate through nearly all of Lin Yun's meridians, forming a Great Heavenly Cycle.
"Three more days until Shrek's break. Let's pause the refinement here for now."
Within the spiritual sea, Lin Yun and Elaicis sat facing each other, bathed in the glow of the miniature sun formed by the Life Gold.
"Agreed. These eight months have drained much of this old man's energy. The current Solar Scripture is sufficient for your needs. After I enter slumber to repair more of my divine sense, I may recall additional memories—allowing further improvements to your technique." Elaicis smiled faintly.
Eight months of relentless experimentation had taken its toll.
In his prime, eight months—no, even eight years of seclusion—would've been trivial to Elaicis.
But now?
How the mighty have fallen.
"You've worked hard. If there are any treasures that could help restore your divine sense, just name them. I'll do my best to obtain them." Lin Yun nodded sincerely, gratitude lacing his voice.
Innovating alone in the Douluo world was exhausting. Without Elaicis, the Solar Scripture would've remained a pipe dream even if Lin Yun became a god.
The sheer breadth of Elaicis's knowledge dwarfed Lin Yun's. Though Lin Yun had contributed many ideas, the lion's share of the work belonged to the Grand Magus.
Truly worthy of his title!
"No need for formalities. You've aided me greatly as well—this was only natural." Elaicis chuckled, glancing at the Life Gold's radiant sphere. "That said, anything capable of assisting me would need to be at least on par with Life Gold. Should we encounter such treasures, I shan't hold back."
Life Gold-tier treasures…
Lin Yun fell silent for a moment before a uniquely Douluo location surfaced in his mind:
The Icefire Yin Yang Well.
Alone, he wouldn't dare approach it. Between potential traps left by a certain someone and the herb spirits that had evolved into 100,000-year soul beasts, it was a death wish.
But he wasn't alone.
He had lackeys.
Once vacation began, Lin Yun planned to return to the Star Dou Forest and rally the beast kings—storming the Icefire Yin Yang Well with enough firepower to flip the table.
As long as the Divine Realm wasn't yet Tang San's personal fiefdom—and with the God of Destruction keeping watch—Tang San couldn't leave behind anything exceeding god-level power. At best, he might've left a quasi-god-level wisp of divine sense.
Against that?
Di Tian's Dragon God Claw could smash it to pieces in one strike.
Even if Tang had left something behind, Lin Yun wasn't worried.
Hell, there might not even be anything there…
"Rest well, then. I'll keep an eye out for anything that could help you."
Returning to the physical world, Lin Yun opened his eyes, gazing at the night outside his window.
Developing the technique had slowed his cultivation, but after eight months, he'd still reached the 40th rank bottleneck. All he needed now was a soul ring to break through to the Soul Ancestor realm.
"I wonder if Di Tian found what I asked him to look for…"
(End of Chapter)
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