#24 - Successfully conquer Qingtan

On the way back, the four were still discussing Lei Li and Xie Yingying.

"Brother Lin Yun, how strong is Lei Li? Are you confident you can beat him?" Lin Dong asked curiously.

In the battle just now, Lin Yun and Lei Li fought fiercely, seemingly evenly matched, but Lin Dong knew that Lin Yun still had many tricks up his sleeve.

However, Lei Li's strength was also not bad, possessing the advantage of a higher realm and abundant Yuan Power. Lin Dong felt that he didn't have a sure chance of victory facing Lei Li.

Lin Xia and Qing Tan were also looking at Lin Yun.

Now they had undoubtedly offended Lei Li to the death. When the hunting event came, Lei Li would definitely find a chance to retaliate.

"When the hunting event arrives, it shouldn't be a big problem!" Lin Yun said modestly.

Steady!

Hearing Lin Yun's answer, the three of them smiled relaxedly.

After spending this time together, they had a certain understanding of Lin Yun. In terms of strength, they had never seen Lin Yun pushed to his limit.

Whether it was after sparring or after successfully breaking through, Lin Yun would always say it was a fluke, barely made it, or good luck.

However, the result was that they were completely under Lin Yun's control.

Now that he said it wasn't a big problem, it meant there was no problem.

In fact, Lin Yun was confident that he could beat Lei Li just now, even though Lei Li was one realm higher than him.

But he didn't do that.

Always keep a card up your sleeve, never let others know your trump cards… This was his style.

If he defeated Lei Li, wouldn't he become the number one genius in Qingyang Town?

The proverb says, 'A tree that stands taller than the forest will be blown down by the wind.'

The hunting event was about to arrive. If he showed the strength to steadily defeat Lei Li, it would mean that the Lei and Xie families couldn't gain any advantage in the hunting event. Like a cornered dog jumping over a wall, the two families might attack him in advance.

For the Lei and Xie families, killing someone in the Body Tempering Realm was not difficult now.

The most frightening thing in life is having no hope.

Lin Yun deliberately put himself at a disadvantage in the fight with Lei Li, giving Lei Li the feeling that he was just a little short of defeating him. This gave Lei Li hope, making him feel that he could overcome Lin Yun without relying on the power of his family to use a superior advantage.

Lin Yun's approach was like controlling scores on an exam!

Anyway, he had the strength, so it didn't matter how many points he scored usually, as long as he achieved his goal.

When the hunting event came, Lin Yun's strength would have improved again. At that time, he could pretend to barely defeat Lei Li and continue to hide most of his strength, without worrying about the Lei and Xie families' revenge.

…

Back at Lin Yun's courtyard!

Lin Xia and Qing Tan acted like two sensible little wives, helping Lin Yun tidy up the room. Today, the two of them had bought a lot of things for Lin Yun.

After they left, Lin Yun began to sort out his gains for the day.

First, the mission rewards.

"Two bottles of Fourth Grade Yuan Qi Pills."

Respectively from Xie Yingying and Lei Li.

In addition, there were fifteen Third Grade spiritual herbs and two Fourth Grade spiritual herbs obtained from the exchange.

Lin Yun took out the alchemy furnace, put all seventeen spiritual herbs into the furnace, and let Chi Ling automatically match them to refine pills.

Chi Ling didn't need a pill formula to refine pills. She could extract, fuse, and refine higher-quality elixirs than the spiritual herbs based on the available spiritual herbs.

After a while, the pills were ready.

A total of thirty-two pills.

Twenty-two of them were Third Grade, nine were Fourth Grade, and one barely reached Fifth Grade.

The pills refined by Chi Ling, like the ones rewarded by the system, were top-quality pills without impurities. There were no side effects after absorption.

Moreover, even if there were side effects, there was no need to worry.

The Divine Grade Alchemy Furnace also had a function that could be used for cultivation.

You could directly enter the alchemy furnace and refine yourself like a spiritual herb. The alchemic fire could extract impurities from Lin Yun's body, making his physique purer.

However, Lin Yun's current body couldn't withstand the alchemic fire yet. He needed to reach the Yuan Dan Realm to do so.

Anyway, Lin Yun could now take pills to cultivate with peace of mind, without worrying about excessive drug use causing side effects.

There were only four months left until the hunting event.

Lin Yun's next goal was to break through the Ninth Level of Body Tempering and reach the Earth Yuan Realm.

Now that he had enough pills, Lin Yun could cultivate recklessly.

In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.

Under Lin Yun's tireless cultivation, the Yuan Power seeds in his meridians grew stronger and more condensed, and began to impact the barrier of the Dantian.

The Ninth Level of Body Tempering required Yuan Power to break open the Dantian.

Under multiple impacts, Lin Yun could vaguely feel that the solid barrier of the Dantian was slightly crumbling.

After taking the pill that was close to the Fifth Grade, Lin Yun finally broke through it completely in one go.

Entering the Ninth Level of Body Tempering!

The Yuan Power seeds rushed into the Dantian, as if a dry pond was being irrigated. Lin Yun could feel that his body was undergoing a transformation, extending outward from the depths of his body.

That feeling was like a hidden dragon ascending to the sky, a fish entering the sea!

[Mission: Break through the Ninth Level of Body Tempering. Reward: Physique +2, Bone Structure +2. Completed, claim?]

"Claim!"

[Physique 13 (Outstanding) — Physique 15 (Outstanding).]

[Bone Structure 21 (One in a Hundred) — Bone Structure 23 (One in a Hundred).]

The energy of attribute enhancement merged into his body, and Lin Yun's body ushered in another small climax.

In just over a month, he improved from the Eighth Level of Body Tempering to the Ninth Level. In addition to the pills, the biggest reason for such a fast cultivation speed was that Lin Yun's attributes were very high, especially the Bone Structure attribute, which represented the talent of cultivating Yuan Power, reaching "One in a Hundred". This was beyond the reach of ordinary geniuses.

Lin Yun created a mission to continue cultivating.

[Mission: Break through the Earth Yuan Realm. Reward: Bone Structure +2, Comprehension +2, Top-Tier Cultivation Manual 《Dragon Elephant Prajna Art》.]

"This reward, a cultivation manual! ?"

Lin Yun's eyes lit up. A cultivation manual was no small matter.

This required reaching the Earth Yuan Realm to cultivate.

Cultivation manuals were different from martial arts. Martial arts could maximize the power of Yuan Power, while manuals could fundamentally enhance Yuan Power.

This was the difference between external and internal skills.

Martial arts were divided into First to Ninth Grade.

Cultivation methods were divided into Third-Rate, Second-Rate, and First-Rate.

The entire Lin family only had one cultivation manual, and it was only a Third-Rate manual.

Now the reward was actually a top-tier cultivation method. Without thinking, it must be above First-Rate.

If Lin Yun learned it, dominating the entire Qingyang Town would be no problem at all.

Now he had even more motivation to cultivate.

He had almost used up all the pills, so Lin Yun went to the underground exchange again. First, he used his savings to buy a batch of First and Second Grade spiritual herbs, and then let Chi Ling process them into pills, and then resell them for Third and Fourth Grade spiritual herbs.

There were still too few Fourth Grade spiritual herbs. Lin Yun ran to several exchanges, and only obtained three.

However, with Chi Ling, quantity could make up for the lack of quality.

As long as there were enough types of Third Grade spiritual herbs, Chi Ling could still refine many Fourth Grade pills by matching them.

In addition to pills, there was also the Yin Pearl he had taken from Qing Tan.

The Yin Pearl was extremely pure Yin Fiend Qi. Because the cold energy was too strong, Lin Yun couldn't absorb it before. Now that he was at the Ninth Level of Body Tempering and preparing to attack the Earth Yuan Realm, the Yin Pearl could finally be used.

The Earth Yuan Realm required the Yuan Power in the body to be fused with Yin Fiend Qi to make the Yuan Power stronger. The most important thing at this stage was to absorb the Yin Fiend Qi between heaven and earth.

And Yin Fiend Qi also had advantages and disadvantages.

The Yin Fiend Qi in the world was divided into nine levels, with the first level being the worst and the ninth level being the strongest.

Similarly, in the Earth Yuan Realm, the better the Yin Fiend Qi absorbed, the stronger the strength.

Most people cultivated normally, absorbing ordinary Yin Fiend Qi from the world.

These ordinary Yin energy can only reach the first or second grade.

However, the Yin pearls absorbed from Qingtan's body can reach the fifth grade or higher.

This quality of Yin energy, not to mention Qingyang Town, even Yancheng further up may not be able to find it.

Lin Yun swallowed a Yin pearl and began to cultivate.

As the Yin pearl entered his body, Lin Yun's body almost instantly stiffened, and icy cold air spread wildly within him, covering his skin with tiny ice crystals.

He also experienced Qingtan's suffering from the cold air.

However, this bit of cold air was only a part of what Qingtan released, and its power was not great.

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In addition, Lin Yun's physique was not weak, and although refining the Yin pearl was a bit painful, he could withstand it.

As the Yin energy entered the dantian, it slowly merged with the Yuan Power.

After successful refinement, a trace of extremely faint Yin energy was added to Lin Yun's Yuan Power.

"As long as the Yin energy in the Yuan Power is continuously strengthened, I can break through to the Earth Yuan Realm."

Lin Yun's face was full of confidence. Next, he would have more in-depth exchanges with the little Qingtan loli to obtain more Yin pearls.

"Speaking of which, now that I have obtained such a good opportunity like the Yin pearls, can Lin Dong still successfully break through to the Earth Yuan Realm? I don't know how many Yin pearls he stored from Qingtan before. I hope it is enough for him to cultivate."

Lin Yun regretted Lin Dong for a second and then stopped worrying about it.

In any case, it was impossible for him to give Qingtan to Lin Dong.

He didn't get the opportunity of the Ancestral Stone before, so be it. Whoever gets the opportunities later will keep them.

If Lin Dong falls behind because of this, it doesn't matter, he will back him up.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

Lin Yun had almost refined all of his elixirs and Yin pearls, and he had reached the peak of the ninth level of Body Tempering. The Yuan Power in his dantian also had a strong Yin energy. He was only one opportunity away from breaking through to the Earth Yuan Realm.

Today, Qingtan came to find Lin Yun again.

"Brother Lin Yun, I feel like my cold air is about to flare up again. I'll stay with you these two days."

"Qingtan, your cold air flares up more and more frequently, and the cold air is getting stronger and stronger. How much energy is hidden in your small body?" Lin Yun touched Qingtan's little head and said.

During this period, he had obtained many Yin pearls from Qingtan and could see that Qingtan's cold air was becoming more and more serious.

"I don't know why there is so much." Qingtan pouted, looking aggrieved... If it weren't for Brother Lin Yun's help, she would really be in pain.

"However, with Brother Lin Yun's treasure, no matter how much energy there is, it can be suppressed."

The lively Qingtan quickly turned into a smiling face, optimistically.

"You, you're just thinking about my treasure!"

Lin Yun said dotingly.

He had been helping Qingtan for so long, and every time it was alone in the alchemy furnace. Now their relationship was already very good, and they could occasionally say some intimate words and do some intimate actions.

On the second day that Qingtan followed Lin Yun.

Her cold air flared up.

Lin Yun skillfully blindfolded Qingtan and then carried her into the alchemy furnace.

"Master, I can guide the Yin energy in her body to release more of it. After refining it, I can introduce it into your body. You can take this opportunity to break through to the Earth Yuan Realm," Chi Ling suddenly transmitted a voice.

"Hmm? It can be operated like this?!" Lin Yun was slightly surprised.

But he still asked first, "Will doing this harm Qingtan?"

"No, Master. It's just helping her to discharge the excess cold air in advance. At most, the next time the cold air flares up, the time will be extended," Chi Ling succinctly added.

"She won't feel pain, but you will feel pain."

"Then let's do it!"

It was just a little pain, he could bear it.

Then Chi Ling began to act as a "gas pipeline", without condensing it into pills, and directly transferred the cold air that Qingtan exploded through the purification of the alchemic fire to Lin Yun.

Lin Yun sat cross-legged opposite Qingtan to cultivate. An ice-blue aura emerged from Qingtan's body, then passed through the red flame domain in the middle, gathered in front of Lin Yun, and was absorbed by him.

It was like an ice-blue line connecting the two of them.

As time passed, Qingtan felt that the cold air in her body was exploding more and more.

She was a little scared. This time, the amount seemed to be too much, two or three times more than before.

"Brother Lin Yun, there is so much cold air, I'm scared." Qingtan was very nervous and subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab Lin Yun, wanting to touch him and find a sense of security.

However, when she grabbed Lin Yun's hand, she felt extremely cold.

She was taken aback!

The space of the alchemy furnace had the aura of alchemic fire everywhere.

Chi Ling could skillfully control it and transmit enough temperature to Qingtan so that Qingtan would not feel pain no matter how much cold air she released. However, Lin Yun was the opposite. He needed to absorb the cold air to break through, and Chi Ling could not give him temperature. The power of the alchemic fire would weaken the effect of the cold air, which led to Lin Yun's whole body being cold, just like when Qingtan's cold air exploded.

"I...I'm fine...Qingtan...It...It will be fine in a while." Lin Yun trembled and stammered.

Qingtan's cold air was too strong, he was really too cold, and the bone-chilling pain made his teeth a little disobedient.

However, this trembling voice, when it reached Qingtan's ears, was like a bolt from the blue.

She was too familiar with this rhythm and tone of speech. She spoke like this when her cold air flared up before and she was in excruciating pain.

In an instant, Qingtan thought of many things.

She wasn't cold, but Lin Yun was cold.

She didn't hurt, but Lin Yun hurt.

What did this mean?

Brother Lin Yun's treasure must be able to transfer pain!

Transferring the pain she was about to endure to Brother Lin Yun.

Qingtan thought of many details.

Why didn't Brother Lin Yun speak before?

Why did he ask her to sit still and not reach out to touch her surroundings?

Why did he want her to cover her eyes?

All of this, wasn't it just that he didn't want her to know?

Brother Lin Yun was fine before because the cold air before wasn't strong, and Brother Lin Yun could hold on. But this time, there was too much cold air, and Brother Lin Yun couldn't bear it either.

The blindfolded eyes instantly became moist.

"Brother Lin Yun, you...why did you do this?" Qingtan held Lin Yun's cold hand tightly, her voice sobbing, her heart filled with emotion...Why are you so good to me!

Since she was a child, except for her family, no one had ever been so selfless to her.

"Ah...Qingtan...You, listen to me..." Lin Yun was a little flustered. He thought Qingtan had discovered that he was extracting a large amount of cold air and wanted to explain it clearly.

"You don't need to say it, Brother Lin Yun, I...I understand," Qingtan suddenly interrupted Lin Yun, saying in a tone that I understand you.

It wasn't her family, but he was so good to her. If he didn't like her, what else could it be?

"Wait for me to grow up!" She added softly, her tone extremely gentle.

At this moment, Lin Yun received a system notification that a mission had been completed.

[Mission: Capture Qingtan's heart. Reward: Charm +10, Innate Yin energy. Completed, do you want to claim it?]

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