"It's hard to say. Perhaps it's that milk-faced kid who doesn't know the severity of his actions, daring to strike against our Hei Jian Sect. How could the Flying Spirit Sect have such strong warriors? We should take this opportunity to completely eradicate the Flying Spirit Sect," said an elder in a long robe, speaking gravely from the left.

"The elders both make sense, but the sudden boldness of the Flying Spirit Sect might indeed have some backing. We should clarify the situation before making a decision," said a man in black.

"Master, what about our senior brother? He's still in the hands of the Flying Spirit Sect," said a woman in a palace dress.

"Hmph, I don't believe the Flying Spirit Sect dares to really kill a member of our Hei Jian Sect. They probably want to use your senior brother to threaten us. I want to see just how far the Flying Spirit Sect dares to go," the man in black huffed.

Time slowly passed. In the secret chamber, Li Lin was enveloped in a pale yellow light, and streams of refined Qi began to continuously pour into his Dantian Qi Sea.

This Qi only needed a bit of refining to be utilized, which was much faster than refining elixirs. Several hours later, Li Lin's aura began to slowly rise.

Inside Li Lin's Dantian Qi Sea, the vast Qi had already filled the Dantian Qi Sea. Then, the Qi began to permeate his entire body, causing his meridians to expand again.

"Compress," Li Lin commanded in a low voice, operating the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Art. The Qi inside his body fiercely compressed towards his Dantian Qi Sea. This breakthrough was within Li Lin's expectations; he was already at the peak of the Eighth Tier Warrior, and after devouring a warrior from the Hei Jian Sect, breaking through to the Ninth Tier Warrior was just a matter of course.

"Bang!"

As the Qi compressed, a muffled explosive sound emanated from Li Lin's Dantian Qi Sea, which expanded several times in an instant.

"Hu hu..." An invisible energy from heaven and earth also entered Li Lin's body at this time. His aura suddenly surged until dawn when it finally calmed down.

"Hu hu..."

Li Lin slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air from his Dantian Qi Sea, feeling that the Qi inside was several times more robust than before. A slight smile appeared on his lips. With the Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Art, the breakthrough was indeed fast.

The devoured Qi energy inside his body was just the tip of the iceberg. Li Lin estimated that this devoured Qi energy was enough for him to break through to the peak of the Ninth Tier Warrior. After taking a dose of Soul Spirit Elixir, he would be able to break through to the first level of Spirit Master and Martial Master.

"Continue refining, I must strengthen my power as soon as possible," Li Lin thought to himself. Strength is everything. His current power as a Ninth Tier Warrior was too low. He needed to rapidly enhance his strength.

Li Lin continued to refine the Qi energy inside his body. The continuous refining of this devoured Qi energy also improved its effectiveness.

The Qi energy inside his body was continuously refined into pure Qi and then entered his Dantian Qi Sea, where the pure Qi kept increasing.

As Li Lin refined, time seemed to lose its meaning. After five days, the door to the secret chamber opened, and a figure in a green robe appeared outside.

"Chi chi..." Little dragon jumped onto Li Lin's shoulder, looking very affectionate, while the Sky Winged Snow Lion obediently stood by.

Li Lin emerged from seclusion with a smile on his face. Just as he had anticipated, after breaking through to the Ninth Tier Warrior, he had refined the young warrior from the Hei Jian Sect. His martial level had reached the peak of the Ninth Tier Warrior. After taking another dose of Soul Spirit Elixir, he would be able to break through to the levels of Spirit Master and Martial Master. Then, with all his methods, he could probably contend even against Sixth or Seventh Tier Warriors.

Li Lin returned to his residence, where Li Xin Tong happily rushed up to him, having completely regarded Li Lin as her family.

"Sect Leader, you've been in seclusion twice during this time. You really are diligent. No wonder your strength is so formidable," Fang Xin Qi said to Li Lin.

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"Sixth Senior Sister, have the people from the Hei Jian Sect not come these days?" Li Lin asked, feeling somewhat surprised. The people from the Hei Jian Sect hadn't come to cause trouble. Could it be that they were really afraid of the Flying Spirit Sect?

"Not at all. They probably got scared by the Sect Leader and don't dare to target our Flying Spirit Sect anymore," Fang Xin Qi replied.

Li Lin frowned. Scared by him? That seemed impossible. From the memories of that young man's mind, Li Lin understood the situation of the Hei Jian Sect quite well. That young man was the Sect Leader's top disciple of the Hei Jian Sect, and the woman in the palace dress with one ear cut off was the second disciple, Zhao Yu.

The Sect Leader of the Hei Jian Sect, Qian Ba Tian, was at the third level of the Martial Soul stage, just like Li Qing. Therefore, when Li Qing was around, the Hei Jian Sect did not dare to target the Flying Spirit Sect. Besides, the Hei Jian Sect also had five elders, three at the second level of the Martial Soul stage and two at the first level. As for the martial masters, there were over a dozen in the sect, and half of the other disciples were at the warrior level. Overall, their strength was much stronger than that of the Flying Spirit Sect.

After hearing about Li Qing's death, the Hei Jian Sect wanted to take over the Flying Spirit Mountain and sent two disciples to observe the situation of the Flying Spirit Sect and to probe them.

"The Hei Jian Sect," Li Lin muttered to himself. He didn't know what the Hei Jian Sect was waiting for, but they definitely wouldn't let things go. He needed to think of a solution to prevent the Flying Spirit Sect from suffering a great loss.

Initially, Li Lin didn’t care about the life or death of the Flying Spirit Sect, but now, there was a secret chamber left from its heyday. This changed things. If something happened to the Flying Spirit Sect, he wouldn't be able to open the chamber, as the keys were still with the three elders.

Moreover, after spending some time in the Flying Spirit Sect, Li Lin didn’t want to see its disciples slaughtered. If the Hei Jian Sect attacked, the disciples of the Flying Spirit Sect would be completely outmatched and would only face slaughter, as the difference in strength was too great.

Li Lin was troubled. His own strength wasn’t enough, and resolving the issue with the Flying Spirit Sect wouldn’t be easy. In fact, it might be impossible to contend with the Hei Jian Sect.

"If only Uncle Jiang were here," Li Lin muttered. If Uncle Jiang were here, although he wouldn’t openly help him, he would probably assist him in secret. With Uncle Jiang around, why fear the Hei Jian Sect? But Uncle Jiang was still with the Li family.

Li Lin couldn’t help but sigh inwardly. If he could bring a strong warrior to guard the Flying Spirit Sect, it would be much easier for him.

This thought made Li Lin self-mockingly think that real strong warriors wouldn’t care about the insignificant Flying Spirit Sect. Probably all major sects would welcome them with open doors.

"Brother, what are you thinking about?" Li Xin Tong asked, looking up at Li Lin, who was standing there in a daze.

"Nothing," Li Lin came back to his senses and then said, "Brother is going out for a bit. Stay at home and don’t run around."

"Okay…" Li Xin Tong blinked her bright eyes and nodded gently.

Li Lin left his residence, his eyebrows slightly raised. The Hei Jian Sect was not far from the Flying Spirit Mountain. Since there was no movement from the Hei Jian Sect, he decided to go there himself, find someone to use the Soul Searching technique to learn about the situation, and prepare accordingly.

He went straight to the back mountain, summoned the Sky Winged Snow Lion and Little dragon, and headed to the outside of the Flying Spirit Sect. The Sky Winged Snow Lion quietly flapped its wings and disappeared outside the Flying Spirit Sect.

With the Sky Winged Snow Lion and Little dragon by his side, Li Lin felt reassured. Even if he encountered an average Martial Soul strong warrior, with Little dragon and the Sky Winged Snow Lion, there wouldn’t be much danger, at least escaping wouldn’t be a problem with the Sky Winged Snow Lion.

The Hei Jian Sect was not far from the Flying Spirit Sect, almost adjacent. With the Sky Winged Snow Lion, Li Lin arrived within the territory of the Hei Jian Sect in just twenty minutes.

Li Lin knew that the Hei Jian Sect was just a third-rate sect, and its influence in the ancient domain was negligible, especially compared to the even weaker Flying Spirit Sect.

"Snow Lion, hide nearby. Don’t leave without my command," Li Lin said after dismounting the Sky Winged Snow Lion. The Hei Jian Sect was ahead, and if the Sky Winged Snow Lion appeared, it would easily attract attention. If it attracted a Martial Soul strong warrior, he wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Roar…"

The Sky Winged Snow Lion growled softly, folded its wings, and lay down in a forest.

"Little dragon, let's go." Li Lin, with Little dragon, crossed two mountains and truly entered the territory of the Hei Jian Sect.

There were deep weeds around and many disorderly growing trees in the distance. It wasn't difficult to hide, but Li Lin didn’t dare to get close to the central area of the Hei Jian Sect to avoid being discovered by strong warriors.

"Why is there no one around?" On a hill

behind the Hei Jian Sect, Li Lin could even see the buildings of the sect from afar, but there were no people from the Hei Jian Sect around.

"Wait." Li Lin's heart sank. As soon as he encountered a disciple of the Hei Jian Sect, he could use the Soul Searching technique to find out what the Hei Jian Sect was up to.

Time slowly passed. It was now midday, and the weather started to get hot. Fortunately, it was nearing autumn, so there was no scorching sun.

"Damn." After waiting for several hours, Li Lin inwardly cursed, planning to try another location.

"Swoosh, swoosh…" Just then, Little dragon spat out a letter, his eyes alertly watching ahead.

"Someone's coming." Li Lin concealed his aura, also sensing two people approaching from the foot of the mountain.

"Junior Sister, I've missed you so much these past few days," a man's gentle voice came.