Devour the golden-armored corpse, advance, and become incorruptible!

Xue Linglong's voice was still crisp, yet it carried a deliberate sense of reverence that made Lin Yuan pause his steps.

He walked down the steps slowly and arrived before her.

Under the morning light, her figure appeared even taller and her curves more stunning. That fair face of hers still held that bewitching charm deep within her bones, but between her brows, there was a trace of unease and desolation that could not be concealed.

"What's wrong? Have you become distant with me?"

Xue Linglong's body stiffened almost imperceptibly.

She did not look up, her long eyelashes casting thick shadows beneath her eyelids.

"You are now the Sect's Supreme Guest Elder, on equal footing with the Old Ancestor. I am merely at the Foundation Establishment Stage. With our difference in status, I naturally should observe the proper etiquette."

Her words were flawless, yet they carried a distance that made one's heart ache.

Lin Yuan sighed inwardly.

He understood instantly.

This girl was afraid.

He had climbed too fast.

From a "Lin the Old Dog" struggling at the bottom, he had soared into the sky, becoming a big shot capable of laughing and joking with Nascent Soul Old Ancestors.

And she was still stuck in the same place.

The huge disparity made her feel like a moth desperately chasing after him, only to find that the flame she was pursuing had long since turned into the scorching sun in the sky, unreachable.

She was afraid that she would never be able to catch him again.

Lin Yuan did not speak again; he simply reached out, his fingertips pinching her sharp chin, forcing her to look up.

Their eyes met.

Deep within those bewitching eyes, he saw anxiety, saw unease, and saw a deep affection that was about to be crushed by reason.

"Silly girl."

Lin Yuan smiled, his thumb gently caressing her smooth skin.

"You are my woman."

"You were in the past, you are now, and you will be in the future."

"I will not leave you behind, and I certainly won't let you fall behind."

He leaned over to her ear, his voice lowered, carrying the mischievous smile unique to an experienced player.

"Besides, with my big estate, won't I need you to help me manage everything inside and out in the future?"

These words were half promise, half familiar flavor.

The tight string in Xue Linglong's mind finally snapped with a "pop."

Her eyes suddenly turned red, her bewitching pupils instantly misted over with water, and all her panic and unease were washed away completely by his words.

She could no longer suppress it, lunging into his arms and hugging him with all her might, as if trying to knead herself into his bones and blood.

"I... I thought you didn't want me anymore..."

Her voice was thick with tears, full of grievances.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Yuan gently patted her back, feeling the warmth and trembling in his arms.

"Let's go, into the room."

"I'll let you see whether I want you or not."

Before the words faded, he had already swept Xue Linglong up into his arms, and with a short gasp of surprise, he strode into the Quiet Room.

A long time later, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped.

Xue Linglong lay lazily curled up in Lin Yuan's arms, her fingertips unconsciously drawing circles on his sturdy chest. Her face was flushed with satisfaction, and the haze of insecurity between her brows had long since vanished, leaving only an inseparable, deep affection.

After the intimacy, Lin Yuan patted his waist and took out a Jade Bottle.

"Take this and Cultivate well."

Inside the bottle was the supreme grade spirit gathering pill that Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators dreamed of.

It was too inefficient for Lin Yuan to use this now.

Refining one pill only increased his Cultivation value by twenty points.

He needed five hundred thousand points for Foundation Establishment Perfection, which meant he would need to consume twenty-five thousand pills.

Compared to Dual Cultivation with Gu Zheng once, which was one thousand points—equivalent to fifty pills—the efficiency difference was worlds apart.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan's gaze fell on the small golden characters at the bottom of his vision.

【Cultivation: Late Foundation Establishment Stage: 0 / 500000 (addable points); Blood Moving: 3000 / 3000 (addable points)】

【First-Grade Alchemist: 900 / 900 (Perfection); Sixth-Grade Artifact Refiner: 1 / 400 (addable points); Third-Grade Formation Master: 0 / 700 (addable points)】

【Fifth-Level Fire Control Art: 0 / 500; Illusion Transformation Art (Perfection)】

【Available attribute points: 18488】

【Special attribute points: 102】

"At the current rate, I still need to practice bitterly with Gu Zheng four hundred times to reach Perfection!" Lin Yuan calculated in his heart.

Xue Linglong opened the bottle cap and saw the supreme grade spirit gathering pill inside, her beautiful eyes filled with gratitude.

She pecked Lin Yuan on the face: "Then I will stick by your side and never leave from now on!"

Lin Yuan smiled: "Good, then you stay by my side. I am going to Cultivate, you go too!"

"Then if you need anything, call me. I'll be right outside the door!"

After Xue Linglong left, the tenderness on Lin Yuan's face slowly faded.

With a thought, two Refined Corpses appeared in the open space of the Quiet Room.

One was a Specter.

At this moment, the Specter was miserable, a huge hole in its chest visible from front to back, its aura withered to the extreme.

The other was Bai Yixuan's Golden Armored Corpse.

Its whole body flashed with a faint golden light, comparable to the Early Stage of Core Formation, but it had been injured by the silver thunder bamboo leaf, and its corpse Qi had dissipated quite a bit.

Lin Yuan sat up, his expression becoming solemn: "Bai Yixuan, you destroyed my Refined Corpse. Today, I will use your heart's blood to replenish my Specter!"

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and his hands began to form seals rapidly.

The Secret Technique of "Ten Thousand Corpses Return to One" from the "Three Yin Corpse Decomposition True Scripture" was unleashed fiercely!

"Hum—"

A cold and obscure aura instantly permeated the air.

Under Lin Yuan's control, the body of the Golden Armored Corpse actually began to slowly decompose, turning into wisps of extremely pure golden corpse Qi, which, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, frantically poured into the large hole in the Specter's chest!

"Roar!"

The Specter let out a silent roar to the sky, and its withered aura began to skyrocket at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Its broken wound, under the infusion of the golden corpse Qi, not only healed rapidly but was also plated with a layer of dark golden patterns on the surface.

Its bones made a "crackling" sound, its stature grew a bit taller, and its muscle lines became even more ferocious and terrifying.

The entire Fusion process lasted for a full hour.

When the last wisp of golden corpse Qi was completely devoured, the Specter's aura also climbed to a brand new height!

It was no longer a Silver Armored Corpse, nor was it a Golden Armored Corpse.

Its skin presented a dark, dull color that was neither gold nor jade, and its bones were hard, with faint precious light flowing, as if it were ten-thousand-year cold iron, Immortal and indestructible.

This was a Realm beyond the Golden Armored Corpse—Unchanging Bone!

Its strength was already comparable to a Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivator!

"Good! Good! Good!"

Lin Yuan's eyes were full of wild joy. He had originally thought that after the Specter absorbed this Golden Armored Corpse, it would at most rise to the Realm of a Golden Armored Corpse.

He didn't expect it to directly skip the Golden Armored Corpse and advance to the Unchanging Bone. It must be because of the Fusion with the immortals remains; the Specter's potential far exceeded that of ordinary Refined Corpses.

The Specter's strength had greatly increased, providing him with another layer of security.

Looking at the Specter, Lin Yuan felt a surge of heat in his heart. He flipped his palm, and a ball of pitch-black, constantly wriggling flesh and blood appeared.

It was precisely the flesh and blood of the Immortal obtained from Situ Piaomiao's treasury!

"Since the Ten Thousand Corpses Return to One can fuse Refined Corpses, then... can this Immortal's flesh and blood also be fused into it? If so, can the Specter... go even further!"