After furrowing his brows, Li Lin's hands produced several objects shimmering with flowing light. These were the formation corners given to him by Ghost Fairy Bai Ying when he left the Flying Spirit Gate.

After surveying his surroundings for a moment, Li Lin shook his hand, and the formation corners in his hands turned into flowing lights, instantly falling into the surroundings at a mysterious angle.

"Chi..."

As the formation corners fell, the scene in front of Li Lin suddenly changed. He found himself inside a cave tunnel with many branching paths, spreading out like a spider web, with a dense white fog in front covering the view ahead.

A rich aroma filled the cave tunnel, similar to that of the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, but not exactly the same.

Li Lin glanced around and smiled slightly. This formation was not difficult for him. It would not be a problem for him to leave, but now he could take the opportunity to close up and consume Spirit Pills inside.

Sitting cross-legged, Li Lin took out a brocade box, opened it, and a wild force immediately spread out. The violent spiritual power made Li Lin's heart beat vigorously, and the spiritual power in his mind seemed to be drawn out involuntarily.

"Spirit Pill." Li Lin's eyebrows twitched. This Spirit Pill was likely from a fourth-order early-stage spirit beast, exactly the treasure he got from the White Wolf Mercenary Group.

Thinking of the fiery Blue Spirit, Li Lin realized he had been outwitted by this woman once. Fortunately, he had stored the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, martial skills, and this Spirit Pill in his storage ring; otherwise, it would have been a loss.

Feeling the energy of the Spirit Pill in the brocade box, Li Lin remembered that he dared not consume it when he was at the Spirit Warrior level. If he had consumed the Spirit Pill then, he probably would have been overwhelmed by the violent energy and turned into an idiot. At that time, his strength was not enough to absorb such a massive amount of energy, but now it probably was.

"One Spirit Pill, based on the current foundation of my spirit, can only allow me to increase one level of spiritual power," Li Lin thought to himself, picking up the Spirit Pill from the brocade box. Without much hesitation, he began to consume it.

As the Spirit Pill entered his stomach, it turned into a fierce heat flow, spreading violently within his body and transforming into a huge energy, like a wild beast rampaging inside him.

"Really violent." Li Lin was not surprised by this. The terrifying energy transformed by the Spirit Pill did not rush into his meridians but directly into his mind, causing throbbing pain in his mind. The energy enveloped the Soul Pill and started to rotate.

The energy transformed by this Spirit Pill could only be described as terrifying, even more so than the energy transformed by the Demon Pill. Perhaps it was because the Demon Pill's energy acted within the body's meridians, supported by a strong body, the pain Li Lin felt was different. Now, the energy directly entered the mind, causing intense pain as if countless wild beasts were rampaging, the terrifying power causing intense pain repeatedly.

"Refine." Li Lin gritted his teeth and thought, resisting the huge energy impact in his mind. The vast spiritual power in his mind directly protected around the Soul Pill, while his handprints condensed, starting to rapidly refine this huge and terrifying energy.

"Refine."

After a fierce struggle, Li Lin gradually started to operate the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art to refine this violent energy. Moments later, a white transparent light circle began to swirl around him.

Outside, six days later, the second protector looked at a piece of jade stone inside the hall, furrowing his brows and murmuring, "Six days have passed. Li Lin has actually managed to last six days. Among martial artists, it is difficult for even those at the seventh level of Martial Spirit to do this."

"Second protector, how long do you think Li Lin can stay inside?" asked a man in white beside the second protector in the hall, who seemed to be a protector as well.

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"I don't know. Li Lin is really a monster," the second protector said lightly.

"Second protector, what about Li Lin? Is Li Lin inside here?" In the hall, a stone door opened, and a beautiful figure emerged, her beautiful face carrying a hint of arrogance, which instead made people feel pity.

"Congratulations, Miss, for passing the ninth level of the fourth layer." Seeing the woman, surprise flashed in the second protector's eyes. The Miss truly lived up to her reputation as a cultivation freak of the Yun Yang Sect. Every time she challenged the Martial Realm, she made significant progress. This time, after passing the ninth level of the fourth layer, her strength was almost on par with a first-level Martial General, and now, the Miss had just recently broken through to the fifth level of Martial Spirit.

"What were you just saying about Li Lin?" Yun Hongling pouted and asked the second protector.

"Li Lin was too heavy-handed during his fight with Li Da Jiang at the Earth Dragon Peak, so he was punished by the Sect Master to think over his actions in the Spirit Realm for a month. It's already been six days," the second protector replied.

"What, father punished Li Lin." Yun Hongling suddenly said angrily, "Second protector, let Li Lin out for me, hmph!"

"Miss, once inside the Spirit Realm, I can't let him out. Besides, this is the Sect Master's command," the second protector said lightly, his expression subtly changing. Rumors of the Miss and Li Lin having a vague relationship seemed not to be unfounded.

"I'll talk to my father." Yun Hongling's face fell, and she stormed out of the hall.

Time slowly passed, and Li Lin had already entered the state of cultivation, slowly refining the violent energy of the Spirit Pill. The energy was refined at a good pace.

As the energy was refined, Li Lin could feel his significant progress. Inside the mind space, the energy transformed by the Spirit Pill also nourished his Soul Pill invisibly. The Soul Pill was constantly enveloped by spiritual power and rotating, making his whole body indescribably comfortable. As the energy was refined and diminished, the violent momentum had already calmed down.

Unknowingly, the aura around Li Lin began to rise, and the circle of pale white light surrounding him started to become dazzling.

Several hours later, Li Lin felt his mind space expand and fill up. With a muffled sound in his mind space, a huge energy spread out, the spiritual power howling, and the Soul Pill rapidly rotating. At this moment, outside his body, a spiritual power leak formed a vortex light circle in front of him, like a tornado, instantly drawing the surrounding white fog.

Within this white fog was an aroma similar to the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, which was now invisibly swallowed by the suction force into Li Lin's body.

This aroma, very similar to the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid, was nourishing to the soul. At this moment, Li Lin's internal spiritual power was not unfamiliar with this aroma, immediately forcibly absorbing it into his body.

"Hu hu..."

Within the white glow, the aroma spread, and feeling a trace of it being absorbed into his body, Li Lin experienced a sensation of moving the whole body by pulling one hair, with the aroma in the fog converging towards him.

A trace of the aroma was weak, and Li Lin had not taken it seriously, far from reaching the level he could devour. But now, with the aroma converging into a massive energy in the spiritual power vortex around him, it entered his body, as vast as the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid below, instantly rushing into Li Lin's mind.

After converging, the energy became terrifyingly powerful, surpassing the original dose of Soul Spirit Divine Liquid by far. Moreover, this energy, after being forged once outside Li Lin's spiritual power vortex, was much purer than the energy of the Soul Spirit Divine Liquid. After a slight refinement by the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art in Li Lin's body, it could be transformed into the purest spiritual power for his own use.

"I didn't expect such benefits in the Spirit Realm." Li Lin was overjoyed. It was just like being in the Three Systems and Five Harmonies Formation of the Ghost Martial Sect, with so much energy directly available for him to break through.

"Devour." Li Lin was thrilled at this moment, how could he let go of this opportunity, greedily absorbing the vast energy.

Inside the cave tunnel, Li Lin's body was now enveloped in dense white fog, with strands of aroma or vast energy continuously pouring into his body.

Time slowly passed, and everything in the Yun Yang Sect remained as usual. The news of Li Lin being punished by the Sect Master was spread, but everyone understood that this punishment was just for show, not really a punishment, just a gesture to silence Elder Zhao.

As Li Lin entered the Martial Spirit Illusion Realm, the most interesting thing for everyone in the Yun Yang Sect now was the competition inside the Martial Spirit Illusion Realm two months later. The triennial opening of the secret ground was accessible only to the top fifty people on the Dragon List who could participate in the competition inside the Martial Spirit Illusion Realm, and in the end, only twenty people could enter the secret ground for cultivation.

Cultivating in the secret ground was something all disciples wished for. Rumors said that after entering the secret ground, each person's strength would greatly increase. Inside the secret ground, there were immense treasures.

The Dragon List was now bustling, as only those on the Dragon List could participate in the competition in the Martial Spirit Illusion Realm. Anyone who wanted to go to the secret ground had to enter the Dragon List first.