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Chapter 104: The Primordial Evolution Path, The Thirteenth Disciple
Chapter 104: The Primordial Evolution Path, The Thirteenth Disciple
Star Cave Seven.
The mountain trembled and shook.
Those most affected were undoubtedly the testers still pondering the stone statues' trials.
Currently, among the numerous testers in Star Cave Seven, only a handful bore golden patterns, with the rest marked by silver.
As for the three with red patterns, they had passed their trials days ago and already left.
Most of those with golden patterns had also departed.
"What's happening?"
"I feel like the ground is a bit unstable."
"An earthquake? Can there be an earthquake in a virtual world?"
The testers looked at each other in bewilderment. As third-stage and fourth-stage evolvers, this slight tremor wasn't enough to make them lose their balance.
But where were they?
Star Cave World, the trial world opened by the mighty Red Kun Star Master.
To ensure fairness for the testers pondering the stone statues, Star Cave Seven was incredibly stable, with no unexpected variables.
But now?
"I feel like the stone statue in front of me is trembling," said a tester, his eyes wide with disbelief as he looked at the statue he had been studying for over half a month.
This statue was nearly three meters tall and was considered one of the best among those containing six-stage evolution paths.
As the other testers observed, they immediately noticed that the statues exceeding ten meters in height, which contained evolution paths beyond the sixth stage, were also affected by the tremors.
To be specific, these giant statues, each over ten meters tall, were not usually stationary.
For example, the giant 'Rubik's Cube' slowly rotated its six faces, creating ripples in space.
And the 'Giant Mouth' statue, its interior resembling an abyss, harbored an unknown vortex that spun within.
Each of these giant statues, containing evolution paths beyond the sixth stage, released their auras, influencing and assimilating their surroundings.
But at this moment, they fell still, as if dead. The giant cube's faces stopped turning, and the eerie aura of the Giant Mouth statue quieted, making it seem like an ordinary statue.
"Something extraordinary has definitely happened," said Fang Qing, ceasing his contemplation of the statue before him.
The white-bearded old man had been clear about the seventh star cave—it tested the insight of every evolver.
"How did he...?" Fang Qing scanned the room, noticing the confused and shocked expressions on the faces of the testers seated beneath the statues.
Only the tester resting in a far corner, lying on the ground, seemed unchanged.
As the others whispered anxiously, this tester lay still, paying no heed to the quaking ground.
"Golden pattern," Fang Qing noted, having long ago spotted this peculiar tester.
Instead of seizing the opportunity to ponder the statues and pass the seventh star cave's trial, they chose to rest.
Mysterious Space.
The twelve figures were greatly astonished.
The testers didn't understand the significance of the mountain's tremors, but as disciples of the Star Master, they knew far more than those on the outside.
"Has someone passed the final trial?"
"Who is it? That trial is so difficult that even I might not be able to figure it out. How did these third- and fourth-stage kids do it?"
"This is a momentous event, a once-in-a-millennium occurrence for our Red Kun lineage."
The twelve figures were stunned. It was precisely because they knew so much that they understood the difficulty of passing the final trial.
It was never meant for ordinary testers.
"It's Lin Yuan."
"It must be Lin Yuan who passed the final trial."
The twelve figures scanned the room, their gazes eventually settling on Lin Yuan.
What else could it be?
Unlike the other testers, who displayed shock and anxiety, Lin Yuan remained unchanged.
Moreover, the twelve figures could sense that the tremors emanating from the mountain were centered on Lin Yuan and spreading rapidly in all directions.
"Wasn't Lin Yuan just wandering around before?"
"Perhaps he wasn't wandering but secretly pondering the final trial?"
"That must be it. I never expected Lin Yuan to give us such a big surprise."
The twelve figures spoke swiftly, quickly deducing the reason behind Lin Yuan's peculiar behavior.
As disciples of the Star Master, they were aware that Star Cave Seven held not only the 136 stone statues containing evolution paths but also a 137th evolution path.
This path was not within the stone statues but within the mountain itself.
Unfortunately, over the millennia, the Star Cave World had opened hundreds of times, with thousands of red-pattern testers entering Star Cave Seven. None had even considered this evolution path, let alone figured it out.
And so, the twelve figures had overlooked this final test, only realizing what had happened after the mountain trembled for a while.
"The final test... This Lin Yuan is actually suitable for this evolution path. If he grows smoothly, there's a high chance he'll surpass the sixth stage."
The nine figures below couldn't help but comment as they gazed at Lin Yuan lying on the ground.
The sixth stage to the seventh stage is a huge bottleneck and shackle.
In the vast universe, among the countless races, even those with extremely special bloodlines and advantageous starting points rarely find it easy to surpass the sixth stage.
The true form of the Red Kun Star Master is the Star Sea Kun, the pinnacle bloodline in the universe. Even so, it took him thousands of years to surpass the sixth stage.
And most Star Sea Kun fail to break through this barrier.
Whether it's their bloodline or talent, the sixth stage is usually their limit.
To surpass the sixth stage, one must rely on themselves.
The fact that Lin Yuan's completion of the final test led the twelve figures to speculate that he had a "high chance of surpassing the sixth stage" was already an extremely high evaluation.
"Ah."
One of the nine figures below, Kawa, sighed.
Back in the second star cave, he had noticed Lin Yuan and had been considering asking his senior brothers to let him take Lin Yuan under his wing.
Then he witnessed Lin Yuan's outstanding performance in the fourth star cave.
At that moment, Kawa realized he had been too indecisive.
In the seventh star cave, Lin Yuan's failure to choose a stone statue caused his reputation to plummet in the eyes of the senior brothers.
This development rekindled Kawa's hopes.
If you don't want him, I will.
But now, Kawa's emotions were in turmoil as his thoughts took a twist.
"Don't feel regret, junior brother," one of the figures beside Kawa said consolingly, noticing his change in expression.
"Now that Lin Yuan has passed the final test, he's beyond anyone here, including the three senior brothers above."
The figure spoke casually, glancing at the three figures above.
Kawa was taken aback.
The final test was left by their teacher, and a millennium ago, the only other person who had passed it was immediately taken in as a disciple by the Red Kun Star Master.
Unfortunately, before this gifted evoluter could grow to their full potential, their high-profile actions drew the attention of foreign races, leading to their demise.
Enraged by this, the Red Kun Star Master descended upon the battlefield and spent centuries exacting revenge on the foreign race responsible.
"We were all mistaken," said one of the three figures above.
"This Lin Yuan never had any interest in those one hundred and thirty-six stone statues."
"From the start, he's been contemplating that final evolution path."
The three figures spoke with a sense of awe, without a hint of jealousy or anger.
Instead, they felt genuine delight and surprise.
After all, Lin Yuan's decision to take part in the Seven Star Cave test indicated that he was one of their Red Kun lineage.
No one would reject a powerful member of their own group.
"Guzewen, it looks like you won't be able to take him in after all," the central figure among the three jested, looking at Guzewen.
With Lin Yuan passing the final test, only the Red Kun Star Master himself had the qualifications to take him in within the entire Red Kun lineage.
As for them, well, they could try to shamelessly ask, but they wouldn't be able to teach him anything.
Even if Lin Yuan comprehended other evolution paths, including the sixteen that surpassed the sixth stage, they knew how to guide him.
But this final evolution path...
While this evolution path also surpassed the sixth stage, it was still different.
For instance, the three figures above were evoluters who had surpassed the sixth stage.
Yet compared to the Red Kun Star Master, they were like fireflies next to the bright moon.
"It's been ten thousand years..."
"Finally, a genius suitable for cultivating the 'Xuan Huang' evolution path has appeared."
Within the palace, the Red Kun Star Master, seated on his throne with closed eyes, had ripples of thoughts stirring in his mind.
The 'Xuan Huang' evolution path was something the Red Kun Star Master had obtained from a secret realm in a distant universe.
This evolution path was extremely mysterious; its threshold was incredibly low yet incredibly high at the same time.
The reason for its low threshold was that not only humans but also other races could cultivate it.
As for why it was considered incredibly high, in the millennia since the Red Kun Star Master had obtained this evolution path, he had only found a single person suitable for cultivating it.
The Red Kun Star Master had been delighted and immediately taken this person as his disciple.
But unfortunately, this disciple had perished at the hands of a foreign race ten thousand years ago.
"Xuan Huang Evolution Path..."
Anticipation shone in the eyes of the Red Kun Star Master.
With his strength, even if he wasn't suitable for this evolution path, he could still force his way through it.
And so, with great difficulty, one could, at most, cultivate up to the sixth stage. As for breaking through the sixth stage, there was basically no possibility.
Only an incredibly compatible evolutionary would have the hope of stepping into a higher level.
"Lin Yuan."
The name immediately brought up a flood of information in the Red Kun Star Master's mind.
"My good disciple."
The Red Kun Star Master's thoughts stirred, and his consciousness once again connected to the virtual world.
Star Cave Seven.
Lin Yuan lay on the ground, intently focusing on the enigmatic mountain beneath his feet.
"What kind of evolutionary path is this? I've been pondering it for almost ten days, and I've barely comprehended one percent of the first stage?"
Lin Yuan was astonished.
When he had contemplated the sixteen statues taller than ten meters, it had taken him at most half a day to comprehend the first and second stages.
But with this mountain, he felt like he was staring into an abyss with no end.
【Your comprehension talent is heaven-defying. By observing the mysterious mountain, you have comprehended one percent of the first stage of an unknown evolutionary path.】 "One percent of the first stage?"
Lin Yuan had long been aware of the mountain's tremors, and he understood that he should have met the criteria for passing the trial of Star Cave Seven.
For testers pondering the two- to three-meter-tall statues, they needed to comprehend the third and fourth stages thoroughly to be considered passing Star Cave Seven.
For the statues taller than ten meters, one only needed to comprehend the first stage to pass.
Now, Lin Yuan was pondering the majestic mountain beneath his feet, and he had barely comprehended one percent of the first stage, yet he was considered to have passed the trial.
The first two types were challenging, but the last one was exceptionally difficult. If not for Lin Yuan's thorough examination of all the statues, his improved insight, and his multiple inspections of the mountain, he wouldn't have had the thought of comprehending this evolutionary path.
After all, Lin Yuan hadn't sensed any attraction from the mountain throughout his time there.
In other words, Lin Yuan was actually not suitable for cultivating this unknown evolutionary path. It was only because of his heaven-defying comprehension talent that he was able to force his way through and pass the trial.
"It was worth it," Lin Yuan sighed in relief.
Although he had only comprehended a minuscule portion, just one percent of the first stage, he had passed the trial, and as a result, Lin Yuan naturally obtained the complete version of this evolutionary path.
However, this evolutionary path was too profound and profound for Lin Yuan to unravel in a short time.
He could only leave it for later, to slowly contemplate.
But this was not a problem for Lin Yuan at all.
With his heaven-defying comprehension talent, Lin Yuan wasn't afraid of not being able to unravel it; he was just afraid that there wouldn't be anything to unravel.
Directly comprehending the mysteries of heaven and earth was too abstruse. Evolutionary paths, on the other hand, were like descriptions of those mysteries, making them easier to understand.
Lin Yuan's efficiency in comprehending evolutionary paths was much higher, akin to taking a shortcut.
Whoosh! Lin Yuan's figure vanished.
Like the other testers who had passed the trial before him, he left Star Cave Seven.
The only difference was that they had stood up, touched the statue in front of them, and then been teleported away.
Lin Yuan, on the other hand, simply lay on the ground and was teleported away.
Lin Yuan's departure also caught the attention of the twelve figures in the Mysterious Space.
Like the other testers, they would have thought that Lin Yuan had simply logged off if they didn't know better.
But as observers of the Star Cave Seven trial, these twelve figures immediately realized that Lin Yuan hadn't logged off; he had successfully passed the trial and left.
"It looks like the teacher has taken action," said the first of the three figures at the top.
According to the rules of the Star Cave Seven trial, every tester who passed would be teleported to a unified space.
Once the Star Cave World completely closed, these twelve figures would then choose from among the testers.
However, after Lin Yuan disappeared, they did not find him in the temporary space where successful testers were gathered, awaiting the end of the trial.
Obviously, the only one capable of altering the rules of the Star Cave World was the exalted Red Kun Star Master.
"Where am I?"
After being teleported away, Lin Yuan found himself in a palace.
The surroundings were spacious and empty, with a solitary throne at the center.
Seated on the throne was a red-robed elder with his eyes closed.
Lin Yuan felt as if the elder was watching him, despite his eyes being shut.
"Hmm?"
Fang Qing had mentioned that after passing the Star Cave Seven trial, everyone would be teleported to the same place. They would wait there until the trial ended, and then they could choose which Star Master they wanted to serve under.
But now, Lin Yuan was alone in the palace; he didn't see any of the other testers.
"Could it be..."
Lin Yuan had a guess.
Perhaps there was an issue with the evolutionary path he had comprehended last.
"I am Red Kun, and I wish to take you as my thirteenth disciple. Are you willing?" The red-robed elder on the throne suddenly spoke, his eyes still closed.
"Red Kun?"
Lin Yuan's thoughts raced, "I am willing."
(End of Chapter)
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