A car similar to a sightseeing car passed through the shade of trees, drove into a heavily guarded courtyard, and stopped in front of an ancient palace.
After getting out of the car, Li Yin clearly felt several eyes falling on him.
That familiar feeling that he had developed after facing the Star Refiner more than once...
This fully proves that the palace is heavily guarded.
"When a Star Refiner's gaze falls on another Star Refiner, it will not cause an overreaction in the Atomic Will, just like it is difficult for an ordinary person to accurately detect whether another ordinary person's gaze falls on them. However, when a Star Refiner looks at a warrior..."
Immediate results.
Even if the Star Refiner harbors malice or murderous intent in his heart, without words, the warrior will feel unspeakable horror and fear, and may even induce underlying diseases and scare him to death.
This is also why most star refiners rarely enter the circle of ordinary people.
Everyone who looked around was trembling with fear.
I dare not even breathe when I speak.
Boring.
There are not many places in the entire Longmen Pavilion that can be guarded by so many star refiners personally.
This palace...
This is the foundation on which Longmen Pavilion has been established and developed to this day—the location of the legendary star weapon.
Three days had passed since Li Bin defeated thirteen challengers, and his application to use the legendary star weapon had been approved. Now, led by the deacon of Longmen Pavilion, he came to the palace where the legendary star weapon was preserved.
At the palace gate, Zhang Songbai, dressed in formal attire, was already waiting there.
"Li Pin."
The person in charge of Longmen Pavilion greeted him with a smile on his face: "Is this the first time we meet? Haha, I was the one who led the Longmen Pavilion team a few months ago, and I personally saw you win the championship in the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Li Yin said.
"Come, the Pavilion Master is already waiting for you inside. He will personally activate this set of legendary star instruments of my Longmen Pavilion for you."
Zhang Songbai said.
"Pavilion Master!?"
Li Yin was a little surprised.
Although this Pavilion Master is not the founder of Longmen Pavilion, he is also a great star refiner who is close to the pinnacle in the field of star refiners.
However, considering the preciousness of the legendary star weapon...
It is reasonable for the Pavilion Master to activate it personally.
At that moment, Li Pin followed Zhang Songbai into the palace.
The entire palace is built with special materials. Maybe it is not as strong as the Zhenyan that can be used directly as the arena for the world's number one martial arts competition, but it can perfectly restrain the overflow of star power and extend the service life of the star weapon.
After going deeper for a while, in a completely closed room, the head of Longmen Pavilion, Ran Dongsheng, who was dressed in a long robe, was communicating with an old man.
Seeing Zhang Songbai and Li Bin coming, the two stopped talking and their eyes fell on him at the same time.
Even though their gazes were just scrutiny, they still brought considerable pressure.
Through these pressures, Li Yin, who had been accustomed to Xiang Tianxing's oppression in the garrison for more than a month, clearly judged that these two people...
They are all great star refiners.
Outside the six poles of the world, one person can support a country and rule over hundreds of millions of people.
"It is true that heroes emerge from youth."
Looking at Li Pin, whose expression seemed unchanged, Ran Dongsheng praised him sincerely.
You know, he is a great star refiner who has integrated his spiritual will into atomic will. Even if he does not show any malice, the information oppression contained in his eyes is still not something an ordinary martial saint can withstand.
Li Yin was able to remain calm...
From this point, we can see how high his spiritual attainments are.
"Have you ever experienced the process of using the atomic will to temper your own martial arts will? After the World's No. 1 Martial Arts Conference, you stayed in Jiangzhou to ask Xiang Tianxing to train you?"
Ran Dongsheng asked.
"yes."
Li Yin nodded.
As far as he knew, there were also martial saints who had trained in this way.
Of course, I'm far from being as efficient as him.
"I heard that for every million points I spend, I can ask the Grand Master of Longmen Pavilion to help me with one thing. I wonder if I can ask the Grand Master of Longmen Pavilion to activate the Atomic Will to temper my spirit?"
"oh?"
Ran Dongsheng looked at Li Yin with some surprise, but then he smiled and said, "I know that maybe the effect of tempering the atomic will that Xiang Tianxing has inspired is good, but... I don't recommend you to do this."
"Why?"
"There are only a few great star refiners in Taibai. You are... afraid that it is difficult to get in touch with them now. It is understandable that you don't know them. You have to know... that great star refiners are different from top star refiners."
Ran Dongsheng said, thinking for a moment, and then said: "Have you heard of a rumor that star power contains information?"
"I mentioned this to the Palace Master and me."
Li Pin said.
"Xiang Tianxing... Yes, he is an outlier among the Star Refiners."
Ran Dongsheng said, smiling: "Since he has told you, it is easy to do. Using the atomic will to temper the spirit is something that top star refiners can do, but great star refiners cannot."
He looked at Li Yin and said, "The star power contains information, and the way it is transmitted is through the atomic will that is 'enlightened' by the star power. The Great Star Refiner integrates his own will with the atomic will. When the spiritual will gap between the two is large, the Great Star Refiner's thoughts will subtly influence the thoughts of other creatures."
Li Yin quickly understood: "You mean..."
Ran Dongsheng nodded: "It's okay for a short time, but over time, your thinking and consciousness will be assimilated by me invisibly."
As he spoke, he sighed, "This is also the reason why many Martial Saints can only increase their spiritual value through repeated life-and-death battles."
"Assimilation..."
"Your talent should have caught the eye of His Majesty Fu Qingtian. I guess he also considered this aspect when he didn't accept you as his disciple."
Ran Dongsheng said: "Except for those evil cults, no one would teach their disciples in this way, because once a person's mind is assimilated once, his concept of 'true self' is strangled, and it is difficult to maintain the essence of 'true self'. Next, he will be easily influenced by a legendary star refiner who is stronger than him."
After hearing this, Li Yin couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine.
The true self is strangled.
Thinking is distorted.
and…
When you lose your "true self", your mind will be distorted again and again by those who are more powerful. This kind of life...
Is it still a living being
What’s the difference between it and some tools or dolls
Then, he seemed to have thought of something, and his expression suddenly changed: "The essence of this influence comes from the atomic will... and the source of the atomic will... is the Star God!?"
Ran Dongsheng did not respond directly, but said: "Influencing your thinking does not mean erasing your consciousness. It is a subtle influence that you don't even know you are being influenced without anyone reminding you. But once you are influenced once, it is equivalent to lowering your bottom line. Swaying and unstable thinking have become commonplace for you."
He looked at Li Yin and said, "When you are at your wit's end and have made no progress in your cultivation, someone is willing to take you in as his disciple and teach you how to cultivate. Then, under his guidance, you make rapid progress in a very short period of time. So, you are grateful to him and regard him as a rebirth. You even want to die for him... Do you think there is anything wrong with this process?"
Li Pin said nothing.
But he already had the answer in his mind.
Won't.
"But in fact, the reason why your cultivation has skyrocketed and progressed by leaps and bounds is because you have been assimilated by him. With the help of this assimilation, he has driven the growth of your strength."
Ran Dongsheng smiled and said, "All gifts from fate have been secretly marked with a price."
After saying that, he added faintly: "But many times, we have no choice."
These words made Li Bin deeply aware of the source of the disagreement among Xiang Tianxing, Ran Dongsheng and others.
We also realize that there is no right or wrong in the choice of "path".
There is no omniscience in the real world.
The future of Gaia humanity is hidden in a fog. Who dares to say that the path they are taking is really correct
Even if the orthodox path of the Star Refiner...
Even though the real high-level people in this world know that taking this path, refining star power, and integrating atomic will may be the Star God's "assimilation" process for them, they still have to go on under the current environment.
Just like Ran Dongsheng said.
They had no choice.
"Hahaha, actually we are worrying too much. It's like we have observed a supernova at the end of the universe about to explode. Even if the energy it releases is devastating, what does it have to do with us? The power of the Star God is so vast. She has only descended here, and her brilliance has illuminated the entire galaxy. We have been 'assimilated' by such a great life form. Maybe countless civilizations will be envious of us."
Ran Dongsheng smiled and glanced at Li Yin: "If you were an ordinary person, and the great Fu Qingtian suddenly wanted to accept you as a disciple, and you... only had to pay the price of being absolutely loyal to him under subtle influence, would you be willing?"
Li Pin herself would not agree.
but…
Throughout Gaia, there are absolutely countless ordinary people who want to agree.
One hundred billion is too much to count.
And the difference between that great star god and the great star refiner...
The gap is definitely bigger than the gap between Fu Qingtian and an ordinary person.
"Technological progress brings environmental pollution, and the development of nuclear energy will also bring about the crisis of destroying humanity. Therefore, if you want to gain something in this world, you can't do it without paying a price. Many people think that being assimilated by such great life and becoming a part of it is no different from being colonized by a super civilization. A hundred years ago, if those extremely backward small countries had the opportunity to merge into a superpower and become one of them, many people would rush to do so."
Ran Dongsheng smiled and said, "So, we don't need to worry about things that will happen in the future. What we really need to do is to focus on the present and seize the present."
He stood up and took Li Yin directly to a transparent treasure chest made entirely of a huge star crystal. "Just like now, what you have to do is to borrow the legendary star weapon to get one step closer to the peerless martial saint and lay the foundation for embarking on the path of a star refiner."
Li Yin nodded.
His thoughts were also withdrawn from the influence of "assimilation" and fell into this treasure chest made of star crystals.
As Ran Dongsheng activated the star power, the box opened quickly.
Inside, three treasures that looked quite exquisite and exuded rich star power fluctuations appeared in front of Li Bin.
"This is the most precious treasure of our Longmen Pavilion."
Ran Dongsheng said in a deep voice: "Legendary Star Artifact—Tianzun."