Chapter 497: Chapter 47: The Potential of the Earth List Top Ten

Bottom of the Lake.

Lin Chen frowned, the Canglan energy was expelled from his body, an unexpected occurrence.

After a few breaths, he operated his Cultivation Technique once more, and the Canglan energy was once again absorbed into his body, but just like before, it was quickly driven out.

His body endured the icy pain, unable to retain the energy for absorption.

"Are these three energies repelling each other?"

No, the Mother Tree Essence from the Martial Arts Garden doesn’t cause repulsion, otherwise his Sixth Transformation wouldn’t have been so smooth.

It’s the Lingxiao energy that is repelling this Canglan Power!

Lin Chen had a conjecture, the energy from the Mother Tree Essence is extremely gentle, it didn’t repel the Lingxiao energy before, so it naturally wouldn’t repel the Canglan energy.

The most likely scenario is the mutual repulsion of Lingxiao energy and Canglan energy.

Lingxiao energy is extremely Yang, while Canglan energy entering the body is extremely cold, exactly the opposite...

Lingxiao energy has already entered the body, to absorb Canglan energy, it must continuously flow into the body to counterbalance the Lingxiao energy and not be expelled.

The Canglan energy here is not dense enough!

He needed to go deeper...

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...

At the lake shore, as time passed, the expressions of Qu Feng and others who were initially watching had changed.

"It’s already been thirty minutes!"

One of the disciples spoke, glancing at the gigantic hourglass nearby, which was placed by the Martial Arts Academy to allow those entering Canglan Lake to accurately calculate how long they stayed at the bottom of the lake.

"Senior Brother Li said thirty minutes, but it’s certainly not an extremely precise number, a bit more is normal."

Li Yuan listened to his junior brothers’ discussions but remained silent as he stared at the serene lake surface.

The thirty-minute timeframe was his estimation based on his own experience when he first Entered the Grade, enduring the lake for that duration.

Back then, after entering Ninth Grade, during non-tidal times he managed to endure at the bottom of Canglan Lake for thirty minutes, but during tides, only for fifteen minutes.

Rumors suggest that Junior Brother Lin has near Grade-Entering strength, but it’s only near Grade-Entering, not the actual entry. Estimating that Junior Brother Lin could endure for thirty minutes was already a high prediction.

...

When the hourglass passed another fifteen minutes, all present disciples began to feel uneasy.

"Could Junior Brother Lin have encountered problems?"

Concern was visibly etched on a disciple’s face, despite few incidents ever occurring during previous entries into Canglan Lake, with the usual outcome of excessive cold exposure leading to frostbite upon resurfacing.

But after forty-five minutes without seeing Junior Brother Lin come up, they couldn’t help but worry.

This isn’t something a Viscera-Refining Martial Artist should be able to do.

"There shouldn’t be any issues."

Qu Feng shook his head: "I believe Junior Brother Lin is fine, we should wait a little longer."

"Wait more? If Junior Brother Lin really encountered problems, the dean might throw us all into the Canglan Sea afterward."

The disciples present clearly understood what Junior Brother Lin meant to the Academy.

These words caused Qu Feng to waver; while he trusted Junior Brother Lin, Junior Brother Lin’s importance to the Academy made him hesitate to take risks.

"I’m going down to see."

Li Yuan spoke gravely, his heart sharing the same concern—worried that Junior Brother Lin might be too stubborn, enduring the cold of Canglan energy beyond his bodily limit and refusing to give up, which could indeed result in issues.

Undoing his belt, Li Yuan was about to remove his clothes when a disciple suddenly shouted: "There’s movement, there’s a ripple on the lake surface over there."

Everyone’s gaze sharply turned towards the lake surface, fifty zhang from the shore, bubbles were continuously rising, creating ripples that spread in all directions.

A few breaths later, a figure leapt out from the water, and seeing this silhouette, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Junior Brother Lin!

Junior Brother Lin is safe.

Yet after the sigh of relief, everyone looked at the figure walking on water towards them with amazement.

Not yet Entered the Grade, enduring forty-five minutes in Canglan Lake, it’s simply unbelievable.

Li Yuan’s gaze narrowed as he looked at Lin Chen appearing onsite, a thought emerged in his mind.

"Junior Brother Lin, staying down there so long, you really made me anxious."

Lin Chen landed, hearing Qu Feng’s words, a look of confusion in his eyes, evidently unsure why Qu Feng was anxious.

"Even Grade-Entering Martial Artists find it hard to endure Canglan Lake for forty-five minutes right after Entering the Grade. But knowing Junior Brother Lin’s history of miracles, I and other seniors, especially Senior Brother Li here, were about to go down to retrieve you."

Qu Feng explained, and Lin Chen followed Qu Feng’s gaze to see Li Yuan standing at the shore.

"Junior Brother Lin, this is Senior Brother Li Yuan, our Senior Brother of Canglan Martial Arts Academy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Chen clasped his fists: "Greetings, Senior Brother Li."

Being referred to as the Senior Brother of the entire Canglan Martial Arts Academy meant he was the strongest among the three years’ disciples.

"Junior Brother Lin, have you been injured, is your body uncomfortable?"

Li Yuan looked at Lin Chen, asking solemnly.

"Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother Li, my body is unharmed."

Lin Chen replied with a smile, surfacing not because his body couldn’t handle it, but because the Canglan energy absorbed within was soon expelled by the Lingxiao energy inside.