#37 - Late Earth Realm
Qing Tan's cold aura grew increasingly severe, leading to longer periods for the two in the alchemy furnace.
Prolonged intimate contact subtly increased their affection for each other. It could be said that if Lin Dong wasn't around, Lin Yun and Qing Tan were like an inseparable young couple.
As the cold aura intensified, the Yin Pearls refined by Chi Ling using the cold aura also increased in number.
However, Lin Yun possessed Innate Yin Fiend Qi, a reward from the system, which was even more effective than Qing Tan's cold aura. In other words, Yin Pearls had little effect on Lin Yun now.
As for Qing Tan, her cold aura was already excessive, making Yin Pearls even less useful to her.
After much deliberation, they decided to give the surplus Yin Pearls to Lin Dong.
Their current relationship only lacked the explicit revelation of the secret of the cheat, otherwise, they knew everything about each other.
Especially Lin Yun's understanding of Lin Dong, which was perhaps even more thorough than Lin Dong's understanding of himself.
Moreover, because of Qing Tan, an invisible layer of closer relationship formed between Lin Yun and Lin Dong.
Although Lin Yun and Qing Tan hadn't officially announced their relationship, their parents had tacitly approved it.
Besides being Lin Yun's cousin, Lin Dong might also be his future brother-in-law!
An hour later, Lin Yun and Qing Tan emerged.
"Lin Yun-ge, how is Qing Tan's cold aura now?"
"Do you know the cause of her cold aura?"
"Is there a way to cure it completely?"
Seeing the two come out, Lin Dong immediately went over to ask with concern.
His legs had gone numb from waiting outside!
"Don't worry, Qing Tan's cold aura isn't necessarily a bad thing. Haven't you noticed that Qing Tan's cultivation speed isn't inferior to yours? This is the benefit of her constitution."
"As for a complete cure, there should be a way, but I haven't figured it out yet."
Lin Yun supported Qing Tan and answered Lin Dong's questions in a slow and methodical manner.
After speaking, he pulled Lin Dong to the side and said, "By the way, I'll show you a treasure!"
"What treasure?" Lin Dong asked in confusion.
Lin Yun opened his palm, revealing seven ice-white Yin Pearls.
"Yin... What is this?" Lin Dong quickly corrected himself.
Little rascal, quite the actor... Lin Yun looked at Lin Dong's feigned composure and found it amusing. Perhaps this was the joy of having a God's-eye view. No matter how Lin Dong tried to hide it, it was all clear in his eyes. "These are 'Yin Pearls' condensed from the cold aura in Qing Tan's body. They are a very strong Yin Fiend Qi. I've tried them, and they're very useful for cultivation in the Earth Origin Realm. Here, take them."
Lin Yun specifically emphasized "Yin Pearls," a name Lin Dong himself had given them.
"So many?" Lin Dong was slightly surprised... Could it be that Lin Yun-ge was forcibly absorbing the cold aura from Qing Tan's body in order to obtain a large number of Yin Pearls?
When he helped Qing Tan with the Stone Talisman before, only three or four Yin Pearls were condensed at a time.
"There weren't this many originally. There used to be only three to five, but Qing Tan's cold aura is getting stronger and stronger, so the Yin Pearls condensed are also increasing," Lin Yun explained specifically to prevent Lin Dong from having other ideas.
Although Lin Dong didn't take Qing Tan in the original story, he had always treated Qing Tan as a younger sister, and his care had never diminished.
"Lin Yun-ge, how did you do it? How can you condense cold aura into Yin Pearls?" Lin Dong couldn't help but ask curiously, even subconsciously looking at Lin Yun's palm.
Condensing Yin Pearls, isn't that the same as his Stone Talisman?
"Could it be that there's more than one Stone Talisman, and Lin Yun also obtained one?" Lin Dong couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
"Lin Dong-didi, this concerns my secret. I've already told you enough, and it's only because I trust you that I'm willing to share the Yin Pearls with you. I hope you won't tell anyone else," Lin Yun said, slightly coldly, as he gave the Yin Pearls to Lin Dong.
He was deliberately warning Lin Dong not to keep asking about his secrets.
If you want to know his secrets, you have to exchange them with your own!
He still had a task to subdue Lin Dong, which he hadn't completed yet. To succeed, he probably needed Lin Dong to be completely defenseless against him and willing to reveal the existence of the Ancestral Stone to him.
Lin Yun wanted to pry open Lin Dong's heart step by step.
"Yes, thank you, Lin Yun-ge!"
Lin Dong took the Yin Pearls, feeling a little guilty in his heart.
He had never revealed his secrets to Lin Yun, but Lin Yun, in order to help Qing Tan, was not only willing to reveal that he had a treasure but also willing to share the Yin Pearls with him. Lin Yun could have swallowed them all himself.
But he was always probing and never sharing.
In comparison, Lin Yun's personal charm was too great.
He really... I... Lin Dong felt a lot of emotions.
Seeing Lin Dong's moved and guilty look, Lin Yun secretly得意... My foolish otouto, think carefully about how good your brother is to you, and strive to understand as soon as possible and be honest with me!
At night, Lin Dong took the Yin Pearls to cultivate.
"These Yin Pearls are a bit different... Hiss, they're actually easier to absorb than the Yin Pearls extracted by the Stone Talisman."
Feeling the effect of the Yin Pearls, Lin Dong was secretly shocked.
The Yin Pearls provided by Lin Yun were much better than the Yin Pearls he had obtained with the Stone Talisman before.
This couldn't help but make Lin Dong even more curious... Perhaps Lin Yun-ge's treasure is even more powerful than the Stone Talisman!
........
In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed since the end of the Hunting Tournament.
That day, a powerful Yuan Power fluctuation came from Lin Yun's room.
Late Earth Origin Realm, he had broken through!
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[Task: Break through to the Late Earth Origin Realm. Reward: Constitution +2, Aptitude +2. Completed, claim reward?]
"Claim!"
[Constitution 20 (One in a Hundred) - 22 (One in a Hundred)]
[Aptitude 29 (One in a Hundred) - 31 (One in a Thousand)]
This time, Lin Yun felt the changes in his body were slightly more obvious.
His Constitution was only 17 before, but he had cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art to the third level in more than two months, gaining Constitution +3. This breakthrough to the Earth Origin Realm gave him another +2, reaching 22.
His Aptitude rose from one in a hundred to one in a thousand, a qualitative leap.
In addition to the breakthrough in realm, Lin Yun's martial arts had not fallen behind.
He successfully maxed out two Tier 2 martial arts and two Tier 3 martial arts.
His talent had greatly improved.
Fist Talent (Intermediate +2).
Palm Talent (Intermediate).
Movement Talent (Intermediate +1).
The Tier 4 martial art, Pure Yuan Finger, was also added, and Lin Yun also maxed it out, gaining the reward "Beginner Finger Talent."
With Fist, Palm, and Finger talents, Lin Yun's hands are now very flexible.
As for the Qimen Seal, Lin Yun successfully learned the first to fourth seals, reaching the Great Accomplishment stage overall.
The progress of the Qimen Seal was relatively slow. After all, it had reached the level of a Tier 5 martial art, making it difficult to cultivate and very extravagant in its consumption of Yuan Power.
In addition, Lin Yun did not cultivate the Lin family's core cultivation technique, the Azure Yuan Art. The Azure Yuan Art could only open up four meridians, which was too shabby, and all four meridians were covered by the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.
In comparison, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art was worthy of being a top cultivation technique, capable of opening up hundreds of meridians and various acupoints, connecting all parts of the body.
During this period, Lin Yun also went to the underground exchange a few times and exchanged for many spiritual herbs, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 4.
Low-grade spiritual herbs were mainly prepared for the three little ones.
Under Lin Yun's extravagant cultivation, the three little ones improved rapidly and were already as big as small calves.
Xiao Huo and Xiao Yan's strength reached the Body Tempering Fifth Stage.
And Xiao Yan was even comparable to the Body Tempering Sixth Stage.
The reason why Xiao Yan was faster was not because of the mutated bloodline. Its body had not fully grown yet, and the effect of the bloodline had not yet emerged. It was mainly due to Lin Dong's preference, secretly feeding it a lot of Stone Talisman spiritual liquid.
The Stone Talisman spiritual liquid had a very good body-building effect for people and demon beasts in the early stages of cultivation.
Not only the three little ones, but also Tiger Ying's mother had made progress, and was now comparable to the Heavenly Yuan Realm Middle Stage.
Fire Python Tiger was only a Heavenly Yuan Realm demon beast, and it was difficult to break through after reaching the Heavenly Yuan Realm. Without Lin Yun's help, it would probably take Tiger Ying decades to break through from the Heavenly Yuan Realm Initial Stage to the Middle Stage.
