"It's okay, it will recover slowly. Tomorrow, you and Elder Zhou will start taking care of the Flying Spirit Shop on behalf of Liu Yi." Li Lin said.

"Yes, Sect Leader." Hu NanSheng responded.

As night fell, the bright moonlight adorned the spring night sky, which looked like an endless and transparent ocean, quiet, vast, and mysterious. Dense stars twinkled in the sky, dancing with tiny and dazzling spots of light.

On the Flying Spirit Mountain Range, under the night sky draped in a silver veil, in the room, Li Lin once again sat cross-legged on the Lingyu bed to cultivate, surrounded by a circle of faint yellow light.

Calculating the time, Li Lin estimated that the people from Ghost Martial Sect should be arriving soon. He guessed that they would be dumbfounded upon learning about the fate of the Jiu Hua Sect.

The next morning, Li Lin hesitated for a moment before taking out the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid again. Without hesitation, he consumed two of the remaining four portions of the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid.

A massive amount of energy surged within his body. Enduring it all, Li Lin immediately started to refine the massive energy inside him.

Li Lin was already familiar with refining the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid. He quickly reached a stable state, and the spiritual power space in his mind was constantly being irrigated with spiritual power.

After swallowing a Six-Layer Spirit Master from the Jiu Hua Sect, Li Lin's own spiritual power level had already reached the peak of a Five-Layer Spirit Master. Now, after three hours, Li Lin once again felt the signs of a breakthrough.

Three hours later, the transparent and invisible light circle that was emanating from Li Lin's body became denser and more dazzling. At this time, in his mind, Li Lin felt the spiritual power space in his brain expand and fill up, while the spiritual power continued to refine and irrigate, filling his own spiritual power sea space.

After a moment, the majestic spiritual power was already filling the space in his mind to the point where it could no longer increase. With a deep hand seal, Li Lin gave it his all and began to break through the bottleneck.

"Break..."

Li Lin shouted in his heart, and the hand seal began to change instantly. Finally, he pressed down the spiritual power in the brain's spiritual power space, and then there was a muffled sound in the sea of spiritual power in his brain, as a massive amount of energy spread out.

"Boom!"

Inside the space of spiritual power in his mind, and at the same time, a muffled sound was heard, the light around his body became dazzling simultaneously, his aura climbed, and the spiritual power sea space in his brain instantly increased several times in size, and violent spiritual power surged again.

At the same time, a massive invisible force rushed straight into the depths of his brain, and his soul power became more substantial. A vast expanse of white gathered deep within his soul. At this moment, Li Lin clearly felt that although the spiritual power he had swallowed from a Six-Layer Spirit Master was beneficial, it was quite different from the nourishment on the soul power.

Compared to the swallowed spiritual power, although it could nourish the soul power and enhance it, compared to the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, it was much inferior in nourishing the soul power. The Soul Spirit Divine Liquid not only enhanced the spiritual power but also nourished the soul power to a powerful extent. Every consumption of the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid had an astonishing effect on nourishing the soul power.

It took a while for the aura to stabilize, and by this time, Li Lin had already reached the Six-Layer Spirit Master level. There was still a significant portion of the energy from the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid in his brain that had not been refined.

Li Lin had no intention of stopping and continued to refine the massive energy transformed by the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid in his brain. This energy, in terms of increasing spiritual power, might not be as strong as swallowing a Six-Layer Spirit Master's spiritual power, but it was much stronger in terms of benefits to the soul power.

In this process, Li Lin clearly felt his soul power continuously strengthening and solidifying, filling the deep spaces of his soul, becoming more and more massive.

Having strong soul power was what Li Lin valued most. With strong soul power, he could gain a lot of advantages among peers of the same level in refining pills, puppets, and formations. With strong soul power as support, he could completely refine pills and puppets that exceed the capabilities of peers at the same level, and in terms of strength, having strong soul power made it much easier to kill opponents of the same level.

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Time slowly passed, and on the afternoon of the third day, in the sky above the Jiu Hua Mountain Range, a giant flying beast circled above, and a dozen figures descended, looking at the rotting corpses of Jiu Hua Sect disciples on the ground and the empty Jiu Hua Sect on the mountain top. The faces of everyone changed drastically, all showing a look of shock.

These dozen figures were Du Yunshan and other elders who rushed from the Ghost Martial Sect. Seeing the scene of the Jiu Hua Sect, they could only feel helpless.

"Huang BoRan, who exactly is your Grand Elder?" After returning to the flying beast, Du Yunshan asked Huang BoRan on the flying beast. After receiving the news, the Ghost Martial Sect immediately rushed to Jiu Hua Mountain with Huang BoRan, but they were several days late due to Li Lin's calculations.

"Elder Du, I don't know. The Grand Elder rarely shows up and has been in seclusion." Huang BoRan replied. Du Yunshan's questions along the way were mostly met with ignorance from Huang BoRan.

"Elder Du, what do we do now? The Jiu Hua Sect has been destroyed." A practitioner at the Three-Layer Martial General level asked.

"Let's go to the Flying Spirit Sect." Du Yunshan frowned and then said.

"Sigh..."

On the fourth day after Li Lin consumed two portions of the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air from his body. The massive energy transformed by the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid in his brain had also been completely refined. His spiritual power level had successfully reached the late stage of the Six-Layer Spirit Master. Although he had not yet reached the peak, he was not far off.

Feeling the abundant spiritual power within his body, Li Lin revealed a slight smile. At this point, his martial artist's cultivation level had also reached the peak of the Six-Layer Martial Master, and his spiritual level had reached the late stage of the Six-Layer Spirit Master, greatly increasing his overall strength. If he were to fight desperately, he would have a chance against an average Martial Soul level opponent, just as long as he didn't encounter an Eight or Nine-Layer Martial Soul.

After putting away the Lingyu bed, Li Lin left the room and took a deep breath of fresh air, calculating the time, the people from the Ghost Martial Sect should also be arriving.

A moment later, in the main hall, Chen XinJie, Chang Lei, and Zheng Ying, three elders, along with many disciples of the Flying Spirit Sect who are currently being focused on for cultivation, were all present.

Zheng Ying and the others had rushed back to the Flying Spirit Sect early yesterday morning.

In the main hall, Li Lin officially announced that the six Martial Soul cultivators who surrendered from the Jiu Hua Sect had become protectors of the Flying Spirit Sect. These six people, five men and one woman, with the strongest being a Nine-Layer Martial Soul, one Seven-Layer Martial Soul, one Five-Layer Martial Soul, two Four-Layer Martial Souls, and one Two-Layer Martial Soul. Together with the disciples who surrendered from the Jiu Hua Sect, who included many Martial Masters, the strength of the Flying Spirit Sect had greatly increased.

Among the six protectors, named Zhang Xiao, Liu YaLei, Yang Li, Lin Feng, Hou BaiLong, and Sun XiaoMing, the strongest Nine-Layer Martial Soul was Zhang Xiao, the middle-aged woman with a Five-Layer Martial Soul cultivation was named Yang Li, and the weakest Two-Layer Martial Soul was Sun XiaoMing.

With the addition of these six Martial Souls, the number of Martial Soul cultivators in the Flying Spirit Sect had reached eleven, representing a significant force.

As for the middle-aged man in fancy clothes, named Ding ChengJie, with a Four-Layer Spirit Soul cultivation, was originally just a guest elder of the Jiu Hua Sect who happened to be in the sky, but now he had directly joined the Flying Spirit Sect.

Li Lin also made Ding ChengJie, with his Four-Layer Spirit Soul, an elder of the Flying Spirit Sect, a rank higher than Zhang Xiao and the others, which pleased him somewhat.

"Elder Ding, you will temporarily assist Liu Yi in preparing for the Flying Spirit Commercial Affairs." Li Lin straightforwardly said to Ding ChengJie. As a spiritual practitioner, they all have some pride, and Li Lin would not accommodate this person. To truly subdue him, it was necessary to grind away his pride.

"Yes, Sect Leader." Ding ChengJie responded.

Liu Yi was extremely happy at this time. If one were to say who was the most prominent person in the Flying Spirit Sect recently, it would undoubtedly be him. Many female disciples of the Flying Spirit Sect were showing him great favor, but Liu Yi knew very well that the pressure on him was not small. If he could not achieve any results, the Sect Leader would not let him off.

"Sect Leader, there are people from the Ghost Martial Sect outside the mountain gate." A disciple of the Flying Spirit Sect reported in the main hall.

"Have they finally arrived?" Li Lin smiled slightly.

"Zhang MingTao, go and bring the people from the Ghost Martial Sect to my residence. You know what to say, right?" Li Lin asked.

"Sect Leader, I know. Just say that the Sect Leader was injured by an elder of the Jiu Hua Sect last time and is now seriously injured and unable to get out of bed." Zhang MingTao said.

"Okay, go and do it." Li Lin said, and then he let everyone disperse, returning to his residence himself.

In the room, Li Lin lay on the bed, circulating his true qi within his body, applying some minor tricks to appear pale and as if his true qi was chaotic, resembling someone seriously injured.

A moment later, Zhang MingTao had already brought the people from the Ghost Martial Sect to Li Lin's room.

"Sect Leader Li, you're okay, right?" Du Yunshan and other strong practitioners from the Ghost Martial Sect arrived in Li Lin's room, accompanied by several elders from the Flying Spirit Sect such as Hu NanSheng. Seeing Li Lin, Du Yunshan could not help but squeeze out a smile more awkward than crying.

"So it's Elder Du, I'm really sorry. My injuries are too severe to get out of bed to greet you properly." Li Lin appeared half-dead, causing Hu NanSheng, Fang XinQi, and others to almost burst out laughing at the side, secretly thinking the Sect Leader was really acting the part well.