"It's fine. I really didn't expect the Elder of the Jiuhua Sect to ambush Sect Leader Li." Du Yunshan spoke softly, but he harbored some doubts in his heart. Given the cultivation and strength of the Jiuhua Sect's Elder, if he really ambushed Li Lin, how come he didn't kill him?
"I didn't expect it either. Luckily, I have a strong life force. But what I didn't expect was that after the Grand Elder of our sect learned of the news, he took people to the Jiuhua Sect. I just got the news that the Grand Elder actually wiped out the Jiuhua Sect. I'm really sorry about this." Li Lin sighed helplessly, appearing deeply pained.
"Although the Jiuhua Sect was somewhat excessive, after all, it was an external force of our Ghost Martial Sect. What the Flying Spirit Gate did this time makes it difficult for our Ghost Martial Sect to handle. Even if Sect Leader Li said that the Jiuhua Sect's Elder ambushed him, we still need evidence. Otherwise, other sects might have complaints," Du Yunshan said with a slight change in his expression.
Li Lin's expression remained unchanged, but he naturally knew that the Ghost Martial Sect was probably looking for an excuse to make things difficult for the Flying Spirit Gate. Whether the Jiuhua Sect was wiped out or not, in fact, had little impact on the Ghost Martial Sect.
"Elder Du is right. I also met with the Grand Elder yesterday. I asked him to personally explain to the Ghost Martial Sect when the time comes," Li Lin said softly.
The underlying meaning of Li Lin's words was clear to everyone; they were all old foxes. Li Lin was essentially bringing up the strong Ling Marshal from within the Flying Spirit Gate. If the Ghost Martial Sect wanted to cause trouble, the Flying Spirit Gate was not to be trifled with. When a Ling Marshal went to the Ghost Martial Sect, it would probably not be pleasant for them.
"This is serious. I believe Sect Leader Li is not lying. The Jiuhua Sect deserved what they got this time. It's just that the Grand Elder of the Flying Spirit Gate was a bit too heavy-handed. Now that the Jiuhua Sect has been wiped out and nobody is managing their territory, I wonder if Sect Leader Li's Flying Spirit Gate might be interested," Du Yunshan's face twitched slightly as he looked at Li Lin.
"Elder Du, the strength of my Flying Spirit Gate is not enough. Let's forget it. There's no benefit in this matter, and I don't want any trouble. Thank you for your kindness," Li Lin said lightly, knowing naturally that the Ghost Martial Sect wouldn't be so generous. They were clearly just testing him.
"Then, Sect Leader Li, you should recover well. I also need to go back immediately to report to the Sect Master about the Jiuhua Sect's matter," Du Yunshan said.
"Then we won't keep Elder Du any longer," Li Lin said, then had Hu Nansheng and other elders escort the people from the Ghost Martial Sect out.
As soon as the people from the Ghost Martial Sect left, Li Lin immediately got up from the bed, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"Sect Leader, you really acted like it," Huang Boran chuckled.
"Did I?" Li Lin smiled slightly, "Not at all. Such tricks can be easily seen through by someone with Du Yunshan's level of cultivation as pretending to be injured."
"Really? Then why did the Sect Leader still pretend to be seriously injured?" Huang Boran asked in confusion, while Fang Xinqi, Yan Qi, Zhang Mingtao, and Liu Yishou in the room were also full of doubts.
"Remember, pretending is also an art, a kind of realm. It depends on how you pretend. Some things, both sides are aware of, but this understanding cannot be laid out openly, so we have to pretend. This way, both sides can step down," Li Lin said with a slight smile.
"Sect Leader is truly wise." Li Lin's words enlightened everyone, benefiting them greatly, and they all looked up to him even more.
The next morning, after getting ready, Li Lin rode the Tianchi Snow Lion away from the Flying Spirit Gate, heading for the Baiyun Gorge, tens of thousands of miles away.
Although tens of thousands of miles was not a short distance, Li Lin didn't mind. With the speed of the Tianchi Snow Lion, it was only a matter of a few days.
In midair, Li Lin hesitated for a moment and then stuffed a third-grade high-level pill into his mouth. The pill turned into a vast energy in his mouth, and under the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art, it was refined by Li Lin into pure Qi entering the Dantian Qi Sea.
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It had been a long time since he had swallowed and refined the energy of a pill. Refining it now, Li Lin couldn't help but feel some emotion. The energy of the pill was indeed much weaker than the true Qi they devoured, and even the refining speed was much slower.
However, if others knew what Li Lin was thinking at this moment, they would be ashamed to death. After all, directly swallowing pills for cultivation was already dozens of times faster than the normal cultivation speed.
In midair, the Tianchi Snow Lion roared past, and Little dragon lay on its back, unconsciously emanating a faint yellow light.
Time passed slowly, and by the second day, a dazzling yellow light enveloped Li Lin's body. Accompanied by an invisible energy from between heaven and earth being absorbed into his body, his Qi aura leaped up, the space within the Dantian Qi Sea expanded several times, and he broke through again, reaching the seventh level of the Spirit Master.
"Sigh..."
After a moment, the Qi stabilized, and after exhaling a breath of turbid air from the Dantian Qi Sea, Li Lin opened his eyes and saw Little dragon surrounded by a faint yellow light, his expression immediately brightened.
"Little dragon is about to break through," Li Lin murmured. From Little dragon's aura, it was clear that he was on the verge of breaking through.
Little dragon's breakthrough would take some time, so Li Lin immediately took Little dragon into his arms.
In midair, looking at the air currents whizzing past below, Li Lin felt that after the Tianchi Snow Lion broke through to the mid-third stage, its speed had increased significantly again. As the king of wind-type flying beasts, the Tianchi Snow Lion's speed was terrifying, and ordinary fourth-stage beasts probably couldn't catch up.
With nothing else to do, Li Lin continued to sit cross-legged to stabilize his cultivation. Both his Qi and spiritual power had just broken through not long ago and could not continue to swallow and break through. Haste makes waste, and his recent cultivation progress was already very satisfying to Li Lin.
In a mountain range, the mountains twisted and turned, endless at a glance. Now in the deep spring season, the mountains were covered with a sea of green trees and forests, and amidst the green sea, there were clusters of various colored wildflowers.
Within the mountains, a peak soared a thousand feet high, standing tall and precipitous, with strange rocks and a giant cliff standing upright, piercing into the mountainside, its momentum extraordinary.
On this peak, there were many buildings, appearing to be the work of gods. In a courtyard, a young girl was watching a nameless wildflower blooming beside the rocks in front of the mountain.
This was an extremely beautiful girl, with skin as delicate and translucent as white jade, hair as flowing as ink clouds, exquisite features like carved jade, a beautiful neck, deep and black eyes, and teeth as bright as her eyes, making her stunningly beautiful. To say she was a nation's downfall would be an understatement.
The girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old, wearing a long green dress that highlighted her graceful curves. If Li Lin saw her, he would naturally recognize her as the beautiful girl in green clothes he had accidentally seen naked in the Misty Mountain Range and then tormented him several times.
"Miss, the Sect Master asks for your presence," a pretty maid approached, whom Li Lin would also recognize as the one he had seen naked before.
"I know, Dongmei, do you know what my father wants?" the girl in green asked.
"It seems to be about the Great Assembly of the Three Sects and Four Gates two years from now. I heard that this time, the Sect Master has selected many personal disciples to participate in the training," the pretty maid said.
"Okay, I know," the beautiful girl said indifferently, and then the two slowly left the courtyard.
Three days later, Li Lin opened his eyes, and below in the void, a range of continuous mountains appeared. The majestic cloud peaks in the mountain range shone under the sunlight, making the cliffs gleam. The forests and clouds in the mountain range obscured the view, barely revealing the lush greenery.
The entire mountain range stood tall, with occasional solitary peaks. The forest was dense, bamboo shaded, and the mountain walls were steep, with rivers flowing through them.
"Snow Lion, slow down. I'll find a place," Li Lin told the Tianchi Snow Lion, carefully observing the ground below. According to Dong Wuji, the Poison Marshal, the Baiyun Gorge was covered with thick white fog from above, which ordinary people dared not enter. It was not difficult to find without a specific address, but entering this vast mountain range made it hard to locate.
Moments later, a range of verdant mountains appeared in Li Lin's sight, with clouds and mist winding through the mountains.
"This is the place. Snow Lion, let's go down," Li Lin said. The Tianchi Snow Lion quickly descended from midair, and Li Lin landed on a mountain peak. Looking ahead, there were strange mountains standing tall, with mountains connected, lush and steep, covered in clouds and mist, and a long gorge appeared below.
"This is Baiyun Gorge," Li Lin was delighted, according to Dong Wuji's address, this was indeed the place.
After storing the Tianchi Snow Lion in the space beast bag, Li Lin immediately entered the gorge. This gorge was special, with green trees shading both sides and wildflowers adorning it, making the gorge exceptionally beautiful, but the top of the gorge was covered in clouds and mist.
Walking forward slowly, after a while, Li Lin passed through a long gorge. According to Dong Wuji, he made a small raft and traveled upstream along a river, ignoring many branches.
Li Lin thought to himself that without a detailed address, it would not be easy to find the Ghost Fairy. This place was like a maze, and Li Lin also thought that the Old Poisoner knew the address so well, their relationship must be quite deep.