"Bang!" Li Lin's claw mark tore through the spatial airflow, fiercely landing on the protective aura already set up by the hemp-robed youth, creating a claw glow that greatly intensified, bringing with it scorching flames, and forcefully tore open the protective aura revealing five cracks.

"Pfft..." The hemp-robed youth did not expect the opponent's claw to be so powerful. Caught off guard, he was severely injured, the protective aura shattered, and his body instantly retreated backwards.

Li Lin was not surprised. The white jade silk gloves were no ordinary item, and he did not know where Xu Fuguan had obtained them from. He then sneered coldly, his body moved with his heart, once again darting towards the hemp-robed youth like lightning, his right hand forming a seal, his fingers piercing through the airflow like lightning, locking onto the hemp-robed youth's crown.

In an instant, Li Lin activated the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art, unleashing a tremendous devouring force, a majestic Qi was already absorbed into his body.

"Bang bang..." Screams echoed through the valley, accompanied by a huge force of impact, almost leveling the entire valley, while several mercenaries instantly became food for the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion.

Moments later, after throwing the corpses to the Skywing Snow Lion, Li Lin quickly left the area.

"Sigh..." The next morning, atop a mountain peak, Li Lin slowly ceased his cultivation, the light around his body completely retracted, his cultivation significantly enhanced overnight.

"I've reached the peak of the late stage of the Second Order Martial Master. Devouring one more will be enough to break through to the Third Order Martial Master." Li Lin smiled lightly, feeling satisfied with the Qi filling his body. Originally, after devouring the young man from the Rakshasa Gate, he was at the edge of the mid-stage of the Second Order Martial Master. Now, after devouring another Second Order Martial Master, his cultivation had strengthened to the peak of the late stage of the Second Order Martial Master.

"Little dragon, let's continue on." Li Lin said to the little dragon beside him.

"Ssss..." The little dragon, twirling its letter around, perched on Li Lin's shoulder as they continued into the misty mountain range, with the Skywing Snow Lion following far above.

With the little dragon and the Skywing Snow Lion by his side, Li Lin was not worried about significant dangers. Ordinary beasts posed no threat to him, as long as he avoided dangerous areas. Encountering beasts like the Stone Ape Demon King or the Nine-Headed Demon Jiao within the misty mountain range would spell doom.

Cultivating within the misty mountain range was what Li Lin found most satisfactory. Here, he could devour to his heart's content, generally without anyone discovering the secret of his Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art.

He could target mercenary groups here, providing ample opportunities for continuous cultivation and, with some luck, stumble upon some small fortune.

After a day had passed, by night, Li Lin found another valley cave, his body still full of Qi energy waiting to be refined.

Sitting cross-legged, Li Lin began to refine the Qi within his body, soon entering a state of cultivation, the refined Qi quickly entering his dantian Qi sea.

Before long, the Qi in his dantian Qi sea was almost full, subsequently filling his entire body's meridians.

As time slowly passed, Li Lin's aura began to slowly climb, the pale yellow light around his body becoming increasingly dense.

"Bang..." When a muffled sound exploded from within Li Lin's body, his aura rapidly climbed, reaching the Third Order Martial Master in the blink of an eye.

"Sigh..." His aura only calmed down by dawn, the light around his body completely absorbed, exhaling a breath of stale air from his dantian Qi sea, his eyes opening, a sharp light flashing through before settling down.

"I've broken through to the Third Order Martial Master." Li Lin smiled lightly, his strength undoubtedly having increased manyfold, the Qi filling his body much stronger than when he was a Second Order Martial Master.

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"These next few days, there's no rush to devour. I need to take it slow, just in time to refine a Spatial Beast Pouch." Li Lin murmured, then forming a seal with his hands, the Fire Dragon Cauldron appeared before him, with a pile of refining materials already prepared.

This time, Li Lin was not refining weapons or elixirs but a Spatial Beast Pouch recorded in the Heavenly Spirit Record, a type of spatial bag that can store beasts.

Unlike a spatial bag, which is entirely for carrying space around, this is a special item. Some third-order beasts might have bodies hundreds of meters large; the Skywing Snow Lion is now only in the early stages of the third order, with a body size of one hundred and fifty meters. If it reaches the later stages of the third order, its body size will definitely increase again.

If one wishes to accommodate several beasts like this, it would require thousands of meters of space. Crafting such a vast space is something nobody could achieve, except perhaps for those legendary figures at a certain level of strength.

Although the Spatial Beast Pouch is similar to a spatial bag, it does not have such a vast space to contain beasts within. Instead, it can only reduce the body size of beasts below the fourth-order level, akin to the Wan Beast Bag of the Myriad Beasts Sect, possessing a similar ingenious design, and even surpassing it in some aspects.

Li Lin had already gone through the crafting process of the Spatial Beast Pouch in his mind several times. Now, taking out the materials and the Fire Dragon Cauldron, he began the crafting process.

Spiritual power was injected into the Fire Dragon Cauldron, igniting the spiritual fire, and one by one, the materials Li Lin had prepared were thrown into the cauldron for refining.

Outside the cave, the Skywing Snow Lion and the little dragon stood guard closely by, ensuring that ordinary beasts dared not approach due to their scent.

"Miss, please spare me. I really don't know him. Where do you expect me to find him?" A pleading voice came from a courtyard.

In a luxuriously decorated room, a stunningly beautiful woman stood with her hands on her hips in an ungraceful pose, glaring fiercely at a skinny young man in front of her.

The breathtakingly beautiful woman, despite her crude pose, did not detract from her beauty. The girl, around eighteen or nineteen years old, had her waterfall-like black hair simply tied behind her head. Her exquisite facial features and fair skin combined to form perfection. She wore a tight leather armor that snugly wrapped around her prominent features.

Her slender, beautiful legs and round, firm, and perky buttocks, along with two beautifully patterned short swords hanging from her waist, added a wild beauty to her stunning appearance, making any man who saw her fall at her feet.

If Li Lin were here, he would surely recognize this girl as Lu Xiaoling. The skinny young man was Liu Yishou from Tianxing Town. Additionally, there were two young men in splendid attire, around twenty-one or twenty-two years old, resembling sheep, with one being a Sixth Order Martial Master and the other a Fifth Order Martial Master, truly outstanding among their peers.

"Liu Yishou, if you don't find that boy for me, I'll chop off your hands and feet to feed my Silver Spirit Phantom Mouse," Lu Xiaoling shouted.

"Miss, I really don't know him. Even if you kill me, I can't find him," Liu Yishou trembled with fear, realizing he was in deep trouble after falling into the hands of this young lady.

"You dare say you don't know him?" One of the young men in splendid attire kicked Liu Yishou hard on the back, causing him to fall to the floor of the room and spit out a mouthful of blood.

"Cousin, don't be so rough. If you kill him, how can I find the person?" Lu Xiaoling glared at the young man in splendid attire and then handed Liu Yishou a pill, saying, "I don't care how you do it, but you must find him for me. Otherwise, even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will find you."

"Yes, Miss, I'll go find him right away," Liu Yishou hastily agreed, pale-faced as he got up.

"Wait, this is a poison pill. If you don't get my antidote within half a year, you'll die. Once you find the person, come find me," Lu Xiaoling took out a black pill.

"Miss, isn't that unnecessary? I won't run," Liu Yishou's face changed drastically, having thought of escaping sooner but now realizing he couldn't even if he wanted to.

"Eat it, or I'll take your life right now," another young man in splendid attire coldly huffed.

"I'll eat it, I'll eat it," Liu Yishou reluctantly swallowed the pill, knowing the young man in splendid attire would indeed kill him.

"Let's go. You must find that little thief for me. When I find her, I'll surely flay her alive for daring to steal my stuff. The worst part is leaving me alone on the mountain," Lu Xiaoling fumed, stomping her foot in anger.

"Cousin, rest assured, this area is all under our Ghost Martial Sect's control. As long as that kid is still nearby, we'll definitely find him," said the first speaking young man in splendid attire, who was at the Fifth Order Martial Master level.

"No, I want to take revenge myself and torment him properly for leaving me on the mountain, causing my foot to swell," Lu Xiaoling angrily said.

"Okay, once we find that kid, we'll definitely hand him over to my cousin for disposal," the young man in splendid attire said obsequiously, then suggested, "Cousin, why don't we go back to the Ghost Martial Sect now? There's nothing fun here."

"I have to go back. You guys go back first. I won't leave until I find that little robber," Lu Xiaoling said.