39: Shadow Wolf and Phantom Blade

“Special Physique my foot! What Cultivation Technique are you Cultivating that you’re overdrawing your own potential?”

The Great Serpent Demon Beast was a bit speechless; this immortal cultivator was thinking too highly of himself.

That wasn't the most important thing; the most important thing was that he Cultivated a Cultivation Technique that sacrificed potential and Lifespan for rapid Cultivation growth in a short period of time.

Doing so was tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst.

Lin Yongrong answered truthfully, “It’s a Cultivation Technique my third uncle taught me, called the Blood Soul Art. I haven’t Cultivated it for too long, Senior, can I not Cultivate this Cultivation Technique?”

The Great Serpent Demon Beast pondered, “It’s fine, you continue to Cultivate!”

What it was thinking internally, however, was to simply treat this human as a disposable pawn.

Originally, it did have the idea of complete Possession, but now it only wanted to use this body to infiltrate areas where immortal cultivators were active.

This body was simply too frail; it might be difficult to carry out its plan.

When a Yao Beast reaches the second rank, its intelligence is already comparable to that of an immortal cultivator.

At the third rank, it can condense a demon core and speak human words.

As a third-rank Yao Beast in the Qingyang Mountain Range, it also wanted to experience the life of an immortal cultivator; the most crucial thing was…

“Yongrong…”

A call accurately reached Lin Yongrong’s ears, and the Great Serpent completely restrained its own aura.

“Fourth Uncle is here,” Lin Yongrong thought to himself.

Lin Yucheng followed the faint traces of Lin Yongrong’s movement and successfully found this place.

Along the way, he was also on tenterhooks, fearing that he might encounter some powerful Yao Beast.

Fortunately, he didn't encounter any powerful Yao Beasts on the way and successfully found Lin Yongrong.

“Yongrong, this is…”

“Senior, your body…” Lin Yongrong asked in his Sea of Consciousness.

“It’s temporarily useless, you deal with it yourself!”

This was equivalent to a layer of snake skin it had shed; all of its essence and energy were contained within the demon core.

Lin Yongrong said confidently, “This is the skin of a high-level Yao Beast I found. Let’s take it back!”

“Yongrong, judging from the aura it emits, this is at least the body of a third-rank Yao Beast. I didn’t expect you to have such an Opportunity.” Lin Yucheng was also somewhat shocked.

Lin Yongrong waved his hand and said, “It’s nothing, just good luck.”

Lin Yucheng said, “Then I’ll put away this Yao Beast’s body first, and we’ll deal with it when we return to the Family. With your addition this time, our Hunting Demon Team’s harvest is truly immense.”

Upon hearing such compliments, Lin Yongrong couldn't help but feel a little conceited.

…

Lin Yongmao’s life began to become leisurely again.

Ever since Little Pine started helping with mining, he only needed to focus on Cultivating and planting spiritual plants.

A small portion of Thousand-Pinnacle Cliff was planted with spirit gathering grass by him; the once-rocky cliff now looked lush and green.

Because of the ample low-grade spirit soil and spirit spring water, the environment here has also greatly improved, and due to the growth of spiritual plants, the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is also continuously increasing.

Although it still can't compare to the Lin Family's Spirit Plant Garden, catching up is only a matter of time.

The key was still the World Tree, which was too powerful.

Under the influence of the Law of Time, all spiritual plants could grow a hundred times faster.

Lin Yongmao did not delegate the care of the spiritual plants to others; he did it all himself.

This was also a process of de-stressing; if all of one’s time every day was spent on Cultivating, it would truly be too boring.

At this moment, Lin Yongmao had already harvested a large batch of spirit gathering grass in front of him. The spirit gathering grass even had morning dew on it, sparkling and incomparably fresh.

spirit gathering grass hardly needed any cultivation; their roots were deeply embedded in the ground, allowing them to be harvested almost like cutting leeks, as soon as new leaves emerged.

One crop after another, as long as there was enough Spiritual Qi and nutrients, they could continuously grow.

Lin Yongmao directly grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. As the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art operated, the spirit gathering grass was successfully refined into Xuan Ling Qi.

Then came the process of Xuan Ling Qi transforming the Meridians.

Lin Yongmao’s main Meridians within his body had already become incredibly tough; now only some branch Meridians remained.

Once all these branch Meridians are strengthened and transformed by Xuan Ling Qi, the first layer of the Mystic Spirit Body Tempering Art will be successfully achieved.

“I wonder how my cheap old man is doing now; I hope he doesn’t encounter any danger.”

Lin Yongmao was still very concerned about Lin Yucheng; he didn’t want to easily lose the Family affection he experienced in this world.

…

Qingyang Mountain Range, outer perimeter.

Lin Yucheng had already put away the Great Serpent Demon Beast's body, and at this moment, he was leading Lin Yongrong, preparing to return to the team.

The Lin Family Hunting Squad was quite familiar with most of the terrain in the Qingyang Mountain Range and could leave specific marks for contact.

Lin Yucheng’s steps were light, and Lin Yongrong, who was behind him, was not to be outdone.

“Watch out!”

Lin Yucheng, with lightning speed, tackled Lin Yongrong to the ground. Lin Yongrong didn't even know what was happening before he was covered in mud.

He was about to ask when he was shocked by the scene before him.

A wild wolf with glowing eyes was confronting Lin Yucheng.

Lin Yongrong’s legs felt weak again, so he simply lay on the ground and didn’t get up.

Lin Yucheng held the Zhanjin Sword in his hand, his Qi Refinement Stage Great Perfection Cultivation completely released.

The wild wolf seemed to have the intention of retreating.

This wild wolf was also a Yao Beast, a first-rank ninth-level Yao Beast, the Shadow Wolf. It initially chose not to attack the powerful Lin Yucheng, but instead intended to ambush Lin Yongrong first.

But who knew that Lin Yucheng’s reaction would be so fast, saving Lin Yongrong in an instant.

Lin Yongrong’s mind echoed with the voice of the Great Serpent Demon Beast again:

“Hmph, just a first-rank Yao Beast. If I hadn’t completely restrained all my aura, it wouldn’t even dare to approach you.”

“This immortal cultivator is quite good. His combat experience is very rich, and his intuition is very sharp. The faint Killing Intent emanating from his body, hmph… he must have killed quite a few Yao Beasts…”

Lin Yongrong knew that Senior Great Serpent would not easily make a move, so he found a safe place to watch the battle.

Lin Yucheng and the Shadow Wolf confronted each other for several minutes. He also didn’t have the confidence to instantly kill the Shadow Wolf. But if he failed, he might be counterattacked by the Yao Beast.

“Awoo—”

The Shadow Wolf let out a long howl, its voice piercing through stone and traveling a great distance.

“Not good, it’s summoning its companions, let’s go!”

Lin Yucheng immediately guessed the Shadow Wolf’s intention and quickly grabbed Lin Yongrong’s hand, flying forward, his Spiritual Qi in his legs already circulating to the extreme.

This was not some Tusked Boar pack; if they were to fall into the encirclement of a Shadow Wolf pack, even he wouldn't be confident in getting out unscathed.

Soon, howls of wolves echoed in response. The Shadow Wolf, seeing the two in front of it trying to escape, also quickly launched an attack to block them.

A black shadow blade was spat out from its mouth; this was an innate skill of the Shadow Wolf clan.

Shadow Blade!