"Boom..."

With a muffled sound emanating from the space within his mind, a tremendous force surged, compressing and then filling Li Lin's mental space abruptly. The space of spiritual power expanded several times in an instant.

"Sigh..."

The breath soared instantly, and a huge energy from the world around entered Li Lin's body at this moment. On the spirit jade bed, there was also a faint glow pouring into Li Lin's body.

At this moment, the soul space in his mind also received great benefits. A pure energy seeped out from the space of spiritual power, nourishing the soul, which became much more solid at this moment.

After a long time, Li Lin's aura calmed down, and by then, his aura had already reached the level of a third-rank spirit master.

Four days ago, Li Lin was at the middle level of a first-rank spirit master, having refined a portion of the devoured spiritual power, he broke through to a second-rank spirit master in two days. Now, having refined all the devoured spiritual power, he had just broken through to the level of a third-rank spirit master.

"Sigh..."

Li Lin exhaled a breath of turbid air from within, feeling the abundant spiritual power in his body, he also revealed a hint of a smile. Advancing two levels of spiritual power in six days, this pace excited him.

After tidying up, Li Lin left the cave's secret chamber. Counting the time, there was about half a month left until the sect conference of the Ghost Martial Sect. He prepared to set off after getting ready.

On the back mountain, Li Lin appeared among it. At this moment, several huge demonic beasts were playing together in the back mountain: the little dragon, the Sky Wing Snow Lion, the Bloodthirsty Mantis, the Green Demon Python, and the Lightning Black Panther. Among these beasts, the Bloodthirsty Mantis, the Green Demon Python, and the Lightning Black Panther all submitted to the Sky Wing Snow Lion, which in turn, completely submitted to the little dragon.

"Swish swish..."

The little dragon instantly moved several times and landed on Li Lin's shoulder, showing great excitement. The four demonic beasts, including the Sky Wing Snow Lion, also obediently came to Li Lin's side.

"You can go hunting in the nearby mountains, but don't go too far," Li Lin said to the demonic beasts, also planning in his mind. Now that he had several demonic beasts by his side, after the sect conference of the Ghost Martial Sect, he should refine some elixirs for these demonic beasts to consume. This would allow these demonic beasts to break through quickly. The Heavenly Spirit Record contained records on this aspect, able to assist the demonic beasts in breaking through at an extremely fast pace, which was much stronger than the Myriad Beasts Sect.

The Myriad Beasts Sect could control only a few demonic beasts per person, but the beast controlling technique in the Heavenly Spirit Record could control many more demonic beasts. Most importantly, while controlling the demonic beasts, it also could help them break through quickly, something the Myriad Beasts Sect could not compare to.

However, helping the demonic beasts to break through would be extremely costly. If it were before, Li Lin wouldn't even dare to think about it. But now, he could barely afford it, although relying solely on eating into his resources. Although he nominally owned a hundred miles of land with two towns, supporting the development of the Flying Spirit Gate was far from enough. Even if his Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique could find a way to specifically devour martial artists and spirit masters in the future, it would not be enough to support the cultivation of demonic beasts. The cost of cultivating numerous demonic beasts would be even more terrifying than his Yin-Yang Spirit Martial Technique.

"Roar..."

The demonic beasts roared softly and then slowly headed towards the nearby mountains, with the little dragon following behind the Sky Wing Snow Lion.

Li Lin was not worried about the little dragon and the Sky Wing Snow Lion in the nearby mountains. There were no strong beings nearby. With Dong WuMing, the Soul-Commanding Poisonous General around, any strong beings approaching would be detected by Dong WuMing. Moreover, both the little dragon and the Sky Wing Snow Lion were not easy to deal with.

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Leaving the back mountain, Li Lin was about to return to his residence when he saw Zhang Mingtao and Fang Xinqi leaving the residence.

"Greetings, Sect Master." Zhang Mingtao and Fang Xinqi quickly paid their respects.

"What's the hurry?" Li Lin saw their hurried expressions and casually asked.

"Sect Master, we caught a spy a few days ago. He initially said he took the wrong path, and then he said he was looking for you, Sect Master. But he didn't even know your name. We interrogated him for a few days, and he still hasn't said who sent him, so we were planning to interrogate him again," Fang Xinqi said.

"Take me to see him." Li Lin's eyebrows raised, and he went to see the spy with Zhang Mingtao and Fang Xinqi.

In front of the Flying Spirit Gate's main hall, a thin figure was tied up on a big tree, his messy hair covering half of his face, his clothes tattered, and his aura extremely weak.

"Greetings, Sect Master."

As soon as Li Lin appeared, the surrounding disciples immediately paid their respects with respect, and Huang Boran was among them, whipping Liu Yishou harshly.

"Is it him?" Li Lin looked at Liu Yishou, who was tied up, but couldn't make out his appearance, though he felt he had seen this person somewhere.

"Sect Master, please save me, save me!" Liu Yishou's eyes suddenly lit up as if he had seen light in the darkness. These six days had been worse than death for him. Only heaven knew how much he had suffered. The people of the Flying Spirit Gate had used every possible means to torment him, and he had wished for death but couldn't die.

"Who are you..." Li Lin's eyebrows raised, the voice sounding familiar.

"Sect Master, it's me, look, it's me." Liu Yishou struggled to shake his head, scattering his messy hair to reveal a thin, dry, haggard, and lifeless face.

"Liu... Yishou, you are Liu Yishou." Li Lin was taken aback, not recognizing him immediately. Originally, Liu Yishou had a sly and rat-like appearance, but now, he looked like an addict, with sunken eyes as if he had been soaked in water.

"Yes, Master, it's me. I'm glad you recognize me. Please, release me." Liu Yishou became excited, realizing for the first time that being recognized could also be thrilling.

"Sigh..."

Just then, as if a gust of prestige blew past, many of the surrounding Flying Spirit Gate disciples who were watching vanished in an instant. They hadn't expected the Sect Master to actually know this person, who really came looking for the Sect Master. They had been tormenting him not so lightly, and with this realization, all disciples suddenly broke out in cold sweat, worrying about the trouble they had caused by tying up a friend of the Sect Master for six days.

Li Lin turned to look, Zhang Mingtao, Fang Xinqi, and Huang Boran were also dripping with cold sweat, trembling.

"What are you doing, getting so scared?" Li Lin asked the three.

"Sect Master, we didn't do it on purpose. We saw his sly and rat-like appearance and thought he was a spy, so we tied him up. We didn't know he was a friend of the Sect Master," Huang Boran immediately knelt on the ground, inwardly thinking he was in big trouble.

"Get up. Who told you he is my friend? This kid swindled me last time in Tianxing Town. Continue to take good care of him," Li Lin said indifferently.

"What, not a friend of the Sect Master, but a swindler who even swindled the Sect Master?" Huang Boran, Zhang Mingtao, and the other disciples instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Daring to swindle our Sect Master, I'll whip you to death..." Huang Boran suddenly shouted, standing up with a long whip in hand, raised high, ready to lash out at Liu Yishou.

"Master, please spare my life, I didn't do it on purpose," Liu Yishou immediately became miserable.

"Wait..." Li Lin suddenly remembered something, then said, "Liu Yishou, why did you come to find me? What's the matter?"

Hearing the Sect Master's words, Huang Boran immediately backed down, relieved to know this person wasn't a friend of the Sect Master.

"Master, I came to you for help. Please release me first," Liu Yishou pleaded.

"Release him," Li Lin told Huang Boran.

Moments later, Liu Yishou stood in front of Li Lin, wilted and exhausted, clearly having suffered greatly over the past six days.

"Speak, what's the matter? How did you know I'm at the Flying Spirit Gate?" Li Lin asked.

"Master, it's a long story. I have no strength at all now. Could you give me something to eat first, and then I'll talk after I've eaten?" Liu Yishou said.

"If you don't talk, forget it. Have him chopped up and fed to the demonic beasts," Li Lin said indifferently.

"Yes, Sect Master," Huang Boran immediately responded.

"No, I'll talk, I'll talk right now," Liu Yishou immediately said, "Someone fed me a poisoned pill, forcing me to find you, or else I would surely die."

"Who sent you to find me?" Li Lin's eyebrows raised, his mind immediately thought of Lv Xiaoling, suspecting that only Lv Xiaoling would send Liu Yishou to find him.

"This..." Liu Yishou looked at Li Lin with his sly and rat-like eyes, then said, "I don't know her. You'll know if you go."

"Not telling the truth, do you really want to be fed to the demonic beasts?" Li Lin said coldly.

Feeling the coldness in Li Lin's eyes, Liu Yishou shivered and hurriedly said, "I'll tell, I'll tell. It was that woman who wanted to find you, Master. I don't know her name. She said you stole something from her, and as long as you return it, there would be no problem."

"She probably said that after finding me, she would chop me alive, right?" Li Lin said with a slight smile, knowing Lv Xiaoling's temper, she wouldn't let him off easily.

"How did you know?" Liu Yishou said in surprise.

"I naturally know. How did you find me?" Li Lin asked curiously.

"I ate the poisoned pill, and after searching for several months without finding you, I thought I was surely going to die. So, I just wandered around, and a few days ago in Huamen Town, I saw you, Master, and followed you all the way here," Liu Yishou said weakly.