As Shen Tu Nantian spoke, he opened his fan and gently fanned himself with a look of confidence.
His confidence was not unjustified and was not because he was blindly convinced because of Song Ziyue’s words. Shen Tu Nantian had made his own judgement and strongly believed that a one-size fits all technique, like the Mystic Crystal Hand, could not crack the Five Elemental Bone Array in the hands of a fifteen-year-old youth.
This point was sufficient to support Shen Tu Nantian’s opinion.
In the seats of honor, there was no lack of Desolate Heaven Masters in the upper echelons of the Lin family. They also acknowledged Shen Tu Nantian’s point. What he described really did exist.
“There might not be such a coincidence under the Heavens.” Su Jie said coldly. He did not have that much confidence in Yi Yun, but seeing Yi Yun’s accomplishments being put down by Shen Tu Nantian so quickly naturally did not make him feel good as Yi Yun’s in-name master.
“Haha, Elder Su, this junior is just expressing his opinion. It is a fact that Song Ziyue’s Five Elemental Bone Array is not something the Mystic Crystal Hand can crack. Maybe in the hands of a Desolate Heaven Master, that is possible. In the hands of a junior however, it is as hard as ascending the Heavens.”
“Under this situation, this junior is just suggesting the most likely reason and it is the most reasonable explanation… What say you, Junior sister Xintong?”
Shen Tu Nantian turned towards Lin Xintong. Lin Xintong had almost not spoken at all since she arrived. Shen Tu Nantian wanted to get to know Lin Xintong, so at random times, he would pull Lin Xintong into the topic of discussion.
“What you think may be reasonable might not be reasonable.” Lin Xintong said coldly. As it was a gathering of the upper echelons of both the Lin family and the Shen Tu family clan, Lin Xintong could not be impolite. She had to answer Shen Tu Nantian whenever he talked to her, if not she would be criticized.
However, Lin Xintong’s mind was not on Shen Tu Nantian when she spoke. She was still looking towards the center of the square and her gaze was locked onto Yi Yun’s hands. She saw Yi Yun’s every move very clearly.
As if in a trance, she seemed to return back to that night from two years ago. The words Yi Yun had said when he first saw Lin Xintong’s hand seals in the Desolate Human Valley…
Thinking of the scenes of that night, Lin Xintong felt mixed emotions. She found it hard to believe in what Yi Yun had said, which was both stubborn and seemingly absurd in nature, yet it had been realized by him with his own hands today.
The technique he used, and all the runic seals the Mystic Crystal Hand formed, were extremely normal. It seemed to resemble the ordinary linen clothes which Yi Yun wore two years ago, and at the same time seemed to be as simple as Yi Yun himself.
He had really become a Desolate Heaven Master at an unbelievable speed!
Who could believe that a small tribe youth, whom she had met in the Cloud Wilderness, who had set goals that would be laughable to normal people, such as pursuing martial arts and ambitioning to become a Desolate Heaven Master, would… actually succeed!
It was as if Lin Xintong had witnessed a miracle that happened to Yi Yun with her own eyes.
This miracle had a special significance for Lin Xintong herself.
This was because Lin Xintong had naturally terminated meridians. If she could succeed in joining up her terminated meridians, then it in itself would be a miracle!
Completing something that was nearly impossible would be just like Yi Yun, achieving aspirations that ordinary people thought impossible.
Lin Xintong of course remembered the scene where she had revealed her determination to join up her terminated meridians when she was young, she had been ridiculed by her aunts and cousins.
The ridicule and sarcasm had once made a young Lin Xintong feel distressed and embarrassed. Now however, it no longer did… She walked her own path and pursued her own dreams. Why should she care about what others felt?
Humans always needed to have dreams, if they did not, what difference would there be between humans and livestock?
Lin Xintong seemed to see herself in Yi Yun. The same effort, persistence and the equally distant and elusive dreams.
If Yi Yun could do it, how could she not?