The Great Zen Temple, with its ancient Buddha and green lamps.
Five years of time had not left any traces on this place.
The Scripture Repository.
"It's been five years..."
Rin Haruto sat cross-legged, his eyes deep and profound.
Unknowingly, he had been in this world for five years.
A quarter of the twenty-year limit had already passed.
During these five years, besides immersing himself in enlightenment and cultivation, Rin Haruto had also gained a certain understanding of this world.
As for the channels of understanding, they naturally came from the Great Zen Temple.
As a sacred Buddhist site and a great martial arts sect, the Great Zen Temple could not truly live in seclusion.
On the contrary, the intelligence network of the Great Zen Temple almost penetrated every aspect of the world.
Using Buddhist faith as a reason to spread information, it was virtually omnipresent.
According to what Rin Haruto knew,
The current Great Li Dynasty ruled the Central Plains and was at its peak.
All corners of the land submitted.
Even a millennium-old sect like the Great Zen Temple had to bow its head before the Great Li Dynasty.
According to the intelligence gathered by the Great Zen Temple,
At least six martial arts grandmasters were serving the Great Li Dynasty.
It should be known that the total number of martial arts grandmasters in the world today is estimated to be only a dozen or so.
The Great Zen Temple, with one grandmaster sitting in charge, could already exert pressure on the martial world.
The Great Li Dynasty mobilizing six martial arts grandmasters, the deterrent force was imaginable.
The reason why the Great Li Dynasty had such a foundation was because of its founding emperor.
He was a Grand Great Master.
Grandmaster.
Grand Great Master.
A difference of one word.
A world of difference.
Since ancient times, each era would produce some grandmasters.
A few or ten in small cases, dozens in large cases.
But Grand Great Masters... were rare, appearing only once every few hundred years.
The Great Li Dynasty swept across the world, forcing martial arts sects like the Great Zen Temple to lower their heads.
It relied on that invincible founding emperor, the Grand Great Master.
Even today, many years after the founding emperor of the Great Li Dynasty had fallen,
There were still methods to command so many martial arts grandmasters.
If it were said that Houtian, Xiantian, and even grandmasters,
Were merely improvements and transformations of the physical body,
Then Grand Great Masters... were sublimations of the spirit and soul.
A living Grand Great Master, a single glance, would be enough to make an ordinary grandmaster tremble in fear.
"Mental power..."
Rin Haruto touched his brow.
The founder of the Great Zen Temple a thousand years ago, the ancestor 'Bodhidharma', was also a Grand Great Master.
Therefore, the Great Zen Temple did not lack descriptions of Grand Great Masters.
Compared to grandmasters,
The biggest characteristic of Grand Great Masters was that they began to develop the power of the spirit and soul.
To break through to Grand Great Master, one must condense and master mental power.
However, how ethereal was the spirit and soul?
Ordinary grandmasters, even after decades, might not be able to sense this power.
Even if some grandmasters sensed it,
During the condensation of mental power, the slightest mistake,
Would lead to irreversible consequences.
After all, injuries to the physical body could be slowly nursed back to health.
But in terms of spirit and soul... there was no room for the slightest negligence.
Normally speaking,
Out of a hundred grandmasters,
Eighty would never touch the level of spirit and soul in their entire lives.
Nineteen would sense the level of spirit and soul, but fail and die during the condensation of mental power.
In the end, only one grandmaster would be able to advance to the realm of Grand Great Master.
"The one hundred and sixty-third secret method to break into Grand Great Master is almost without any danger..."
Rin Haruto pondered in his heart.
Ever since four years ago, after using the 'Muscle Tendon Marrow Cleansing, Body Forging, Blood Exchanging, Spirit Tempering Art' to nurture his body and successfully enter the realm of grandmaster,
Rin Haruto had, in addition to cultivation, pondered the method of advancing to Grand Great Master.
With Rin Haruto's heaven-defying comprehension, sensing and even developing the spirit and soul was not a problem.
The difficulty lay in how to condense mental power without any risk.
This kind of essential power involving the soul, even Rin Haruto had to be cautious.
The 'Bodhidharma' ancestor of the Great Zen Temple did leave behind a method to break through to Grand Great Master.
And it was left on the third floor of the Scripture Repository.
However, this method had a high mortality rate, reaching ninety-six percent.
A ninety-six percent mortality rate... compared to the ninety-nine percent mortality rate outside, it had already improved a lot.
However, for Rin Haruto, it was still far from acceptable.
It was precisely because of this that,
Rin Haruto planned to use his own heaven-defying comprehension to create a secret method to enter Grand Great Master without any risk.
After creating one hundred and sixty-two secret methods,
The one hundred and sixty-third breakthrough secret method a few days ago made Rin Haruto quite satisfied.
Not only did it reduce the risk of breaking through to Grand Great Master to almost zero,
Even if some extreme situation occurred, such as being disturbed by external forces during the breakthrough.
Or if Rin Haruto himself suddenly didn't want to break through.
There was room for recovery,
At most, it would take a few years to recover.
Unlike other breakthrough secret techniques that had no turning back.
"Entering Grand Great Master is today."
Rin Haruto pondered repeatedly for a while, deciding to start the breakthrough immediately.
At the same time.
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple, Hayashi Ken, the head of the Warrior Monk Institute, and several other institute heads were chatting.
"Calculating the time, it's been three or four years since Junior Brother Hayashi stepped out of the Scripture Repository, right?"
The head of the Disciplinary Institute pondered for a while before speaking.
Junior Brother Hayashi was Rin Haruto.
After becoming a disciple of the old monk with long eyebrows, this grandmaster,
Rin Haruto's seniority in the Great Zen Temple was the same as the abbot and institute heads,
Belonging to the 'Hayashi' generation.
Usually, when the abbot and institute heads mentioned Rin Haruto, they addressed him as junior brother.
"That's right."
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple nodded.
Ever since Rin Haruto moved into the Scripture Repository five years ago, except for the first year when he occasionally came out for a stroll.
For the next four years, he had never stepped out of the gate of the Scripture Repository.
"It is said that Junior Brother Hayashi refined Xiantian internal energy at the age of three, a martial arts genius not seen in a millennium, but Junior Brother's dedication to martial arts is not something ordinary people can compare to."
The head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Institute said.
The others nodded secretly.
Not leaving the Scripture Repository for four years, spending his days with martial arts classics,
This kind of composure and patience was not possessed by many eminent monks.
"I wonder how Junior Brother Hayashi's cultivation is going?"
A trace of curiosity appeared on the face of the third institute head.
Merely watching the warrior monks practice the Arhat Fist once, he smoothly entered the Xiantian realm.
Now that he had been in the Scripture Repository for five years, everyone wanted to know what level Rin Haruto was at.
"With Junior Brother Hayashi's aptitude, perhaps he is already at the peak of Xiantian."
The head of the Disciplinary Institute guessed.
"Peak of Xiantian?"
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple hesitated for a while.
The martial arts of this world were divided into Houtian, Xiantian, Grandmaster, and Grand Great Master.
Although Rin Haruto entered the Xiantian realm as a three-year-old child,
But three-year-old children inherently lacked Qi and blood,
Entering the Xiantian realm with this kind of foundation would definitely take a lot of time to make up for it.
In five years, Rin Haruto might have just finished making up for it, reaching the level of an ordinary Xiantian martial arts expert.
"Perhaps."
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple pondered for a while, nodding slightly.
He did not believe that Junior Brother Hayashi could, on the premise of making up for his foundation, then cultivate to the peak of Xiantian.
But Rin Haruto was a disciple of the old monk with long eyebrows, and of the same generation as them, so he could not deny it too much in words.
"You two old guys, have so little confidence in Junior Brother Hayashi?"
"Maybe Junior Brother Hayashi is already a Grandmaster now."
The head of the Warrior Monk Institute looked in the direction of the Scripture Repository, a smile appearing on his face.
He was the first to discover Rin Haruto's martial arts talent.
"Grandmaster..."
The head of the Disciplinary Institute and the head of the Miscellaneous Affairs Institute looked at each other, shaking their heads slightly.
Even though they heard that the head of the Warrior Monk Institute was joking when he said this, neither of them echoed it.
After all, that was a Grandmaster.
A towering pillar that could be counted on two hands under the heavens.
"Alright, stop discussing Junior Brother Hayashi..."
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple felt that the topic of the chat was becoming more and more outrageous, and immediately stopped it.
However.
Just at this moment.
Rumble!!!
An invisible wave rose into the sky, turning into ripples that spread in all directions.
"This is mental power?"
"It's a Grand Great Master, the mental power of a Grand Great Master?"
The pupils of the abbot of the Great Zen Temple and several institute heads shrank suddenly.
Then their scalps exploded, their faces full of horror.
When did a Grand Great Master appear in the world?
And this Grand Great Master had come to their Great Zen Temple?
"No, this mental power, comes from the Scripture Repository!"
"It's Junior Brother Hayashi's aura!"
The head of the Disciplinary Institute seemed to have noticed something, his eyes bulging round.
"Junior Brother Hayashi's aura?"
"Mental power? Grand Great Master?"
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple and the head of the Warrior Monk Institute opened their mouths, as if they had seen a ghost.
According to the source and aura of this mental power.
A possibility could not help but emerge in their hearts.
Could it be that Junior Brother Hayashi, who had been in the Scripture Repository for five years, had entered the Grand Great Master realm?
Realizing this, a ridiculous thought surged in the hearts of several people.
Three-year-old Xiantian was one thing.
But now, an eight-year-old Grand Great Master?
Was this still human?
Was this still human?!!