High Martial Arts: I Travel Through Heaven and Earth Through Dreams

How could Lin Hanzhou not see through the little schemes of the three major sects?

Do you want him to live out his lifespan and die of old age naturally?

"Hehe, that's a great idea, but unfortunately you won't live to see that day."

Inside the Great Qian Treasury, deep within the Imperial Palace.

Lin Hanzhou sat cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Several years have passed since the two Grandmasters were killed in the capital.

During that year, he used the vast amount of rare and precious materials in the royal treasury to barely make up for the loss of his vital essence.

As for the lost lifespan, there is no way to replenish it for the time being.

After all, rare and precious natural materials that can replenish lifespan are extremely rare.

Even on Earth, treasures that can replenish lifespan are incredibly valuable.

However, Lin Hanzhou didn't intend to rely on rare and precious herbs to extend his lifespan.

While he was burning his lifespan, he had already planned out his future path.

In the past few months, thanks to the massive resources supplied by the royal family and the rich spiritual energy environment, his cultivation level has skyrocketed to the fourth level of the third rank.

He estimated that it would take him at most twenty years to cultivate to the peak of the third rank.

This rapid advancement in his cultivation was precisely why he was willing to burn fifty years of his lifespan to protect the capital.

Trading fifty years of lifespan for such a comfortable cultivation environment is entirely worthwhile.

Moreover, there are a large number of martial arts manuals here, which he can use to develop his martial arts prodigy talent.

Over the years, through his martial arts prodigy training, he has also mastered the movement techniques and martial arts skills of the martial arts school.

It should be noted that even the grandmasters of this world have only just mastered movement techniques and martial arts.

Lin Hanzhou's current achievement represents a direct catch-up to someone else's nearly century-long cultivation progress.

Not only that, after catching up, he also wants to surpass it.

In a few years, his movement and martial arts skills will also reach perfection.

In addition, Lin Hanzhou also discovered a new role for martial arts prodigies.

It can not only improve movement techniques and martial arts skills, but also improve cultivation methods.

Lin Hanzhou hadn't discovered this ability before simply because he hadn't consulted enough cultivation techniques and his database was insufficient.

However, after he perused many of the martial arts manuals in the palace, he gained a new understanding of the "Luo Tian Jue".

After his fine-tuning and improvement, the speed at which he absorbed spiritual energy while cultivating the "Luo Tian Jue" was significantly improved.

The most direct manifestation of this is his current cultivation level of the third rank, fourth level. If he hadn't improved his cultivation technique, his cultivation level would definitely be one level lower.

His strength is now several levels higher than it was during the battle in the capital.

If he were to face those two grandmasters again, he wouldn't need any forbidden techniques; he could simply kill them like dogs.

Lin Hanzhou knew it was time to visit those three major sects.

He wasn't just there to give them a talking-to; he was also quite interested in the inherited techniques of the three major sects.

He did not inform anyone, including Empress Li Yuechan.

He left the capital alone, quietly and without a sound.

His first stop was the Yunxia Sect, the closest sect to the capital and the one that had previously issued a warrant for his arrest.

……

Yunxia Mountain, shrouded in mist, remains as it always is.

Lin Hanzhou, dressed in black, strolled leisurely up the stone steps of the Yunxia Sect's mountain gate.

But at that moment, the disciples guarding the mountain immediately stopped him.

"Who goes there? This is the important grounds of the Yunxia Sect. All unauthorized persons, leave immediately."

Lin Hanzhou ignored them and simply released his Qi Sea Realm aura without reservation.

"boom--!"

An invisible, immense pressure instantly enveloped the entire Yunxia Mountain.

Those disciples guarding the mountain didn't even have time to utter a scream.

He was forced to his knees by this oppressive force, coughing up blood and unable to move.

"Who is this extraordinary person who graces my Yunxia Sect with their presence?!"

Several powerful auras surged into the sky from the depths of the Cloud Mist Sect.

The sect leader of Yunxia Sect, along with several elders, transformed into streaks of light and appeared before the mountain gate.

When they saw Lin Hanzhou's familiar yet youthful face, their expressions all changed.

Clearly, they recognized each other as the powerful and influential Grand Master who protected the nation.

"No... I didn't know that Your Excellency, the Imperial Preceptor, has graced us with your presence. What brings you here?"

The sect leader of Yunxia Sect suppressed his shock and stepped forward to pay his respects.

"It's nothing serious, it's just that I've recently encountered some bottlenecks in my cultivation."

"I've heard that the Yunxia Sect has a thousand-year history and profound cultural heritage."

"I have come to your esteemed clan to borrow some books from the library to gain a broader understanding."

Lin Hanzhou's gaze swept over them, and he spoke calmly.

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, all the high-ranking members of the Yunxia Sect were furious.

The Library of Scriptures!

That's the core and most fundamental inheritance of a sect!

How could such core secrets be allowed to be casually accessed by an outsider?!

This is simply outrageous.

"Your Excellency, isn't your request a bit too demanding?"

An elder from the Yunxia Sect said in a deep voice.

"The cultivation techniques and scriptures of my Yunxia Sect are never passed on to outsiders, this is..."

He hadn't finished speaking.

Lin Hanzhou's figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

The next moment, he was already in front of the elder, one hand casually gripping his neck.

They lifted the elder up like a chicken.

"I am not discussing this with you; I am informing you."

Lin Hanzhou's eyes were cold, and his tone was icy and devoid of any emotion.

He casually tossed the elder, who was already terrified out of his wits, aside.

Then, his gaze swept over all the Yunxia Sect experts present, who were both shocked and furious, and he slowly spoke.

"If you disagree, then I hope your Yunxia Sect's mountain gate can withstand it."

He stood in a position of no return, blocking the entrance to the Yunxia Sect.

This is a blatant and overt scheme.

Is the Yunxia Sect going all out to fight him?

Or should we humiliatingly open the doors of the library and let them peruse it?

Either way, Lin Hanzhou would benefit from both choices.

"I...I, of the Yunxia Sect, am willing to open the door of convenience for the Imperial Preceptor."

Finally, after an incredibly humiliating struggle, the sect leader of Yunxia Sect squeezed out these words through gritted teeth.

In the face of absolute power, all dignity is utterly insignificant.

He could imagine that if he had disagreed, the Yunxia Sect would have been slaughtered and blood would have flowed like rivers today.

This white-haired swordsman earned his fearsome reputation by fighting his way through 100,000 iron cavalry.

For the next month, Lin Hanzhou did the same thing.

He used the same method to visit the Vajra Temple, which was famous for its body-refining techniques, and the Forgetful Sect, which was renowned for its Daoist mind.

Without exception, after witnessing his overwhelming and terrifying strength, the two major sects had no choice but to compromise.

They humiliatingly opened their most important library, allowing Lin Hanzhou to enter.

A month later, Lin Hanzhou returned to the capital with nearly a thousand years of martial arts classics from the three major sects, and announced his seclusion again.

The three major sects, however, lost all face and prestige accumulated over hundreds of years in this battle.

They completely lost the confidence and will to resist the imperial court.

From that moment on, the entire martial arts world was silenced, with no voice left that could challenge imperial power.