"Boss, if you don't let me take action, I'm going to suffocate." Little dragon circled above Li Lin's shoulder, his voice loudly protesting in Li Lin's mind.
"There will naturally be a chance for you to take action, but now is not the time," Li Lin replied.
Moments later, Li Lin took the demon core into his hand. This fist-sized fourth-stage late-phase demon core was releasing terrifying energy in Li Lin's hand.
"Let's find a place to rest for a while," Cui Yu softly said.
"Okay," Li Lin responded. Without the distinction of day and night, during this period, they would find a place to rest after every dozen or so hours.
During this time, Li Lin was always practicing normally. Although there was special energy within the secret area, Li Lin's normal practice was only about the same as the normal practice of ordinary martial artists, unable to achieve the effect of accelerated cultivation.
Although he now had quite a few demon cores, Li Lin could not afford to consume them for cultivation now. It would take three months to reach the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit. According to Yun XiaoTian's tone, the distance was not short. If he consumed the demon cores to prepare for a breakthrough and delayed the time, losing the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit would be a loss not worth the gain.
Therefore, Li Lin was now just collecting demon cores, unable to immediately consume them for breakthroughs. In this more than a month's time, the two of them had killed quite a few fourth-stage demonic beasts. As for third-stage and second-stage demonic beasts, there were even more. Almost the deeper they went, the more demonic beasts there were. Initially, the highest-level demonic beasts were only at the mid-phase of the fourth stage, but in the past few days, late-phase fourth-stage demonic beasts had appeared.
Li Lin was not worried about fourth-stage level demonic beasts, but if they encountered fifth-stage level ones, Li Lin was somewhat worried in his heart. Fifth-stage level demonic beasts were not as easy to deal with as fourth-stage ones.
In an empty valley, after observing their surroundings for a while, the two decided to rest in this valley for several hours to recuperate and recover their strength.
Letting Little dragon guard, Li Lin sat cross-legged, running the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art, and his body was immediately enveloped in a faint yellow glow.
Outside the yellow glow, Li Lin could feel strands of mysterious energy in the air entering his body. With his cultivation, he could simultaneously transform it into true qi and spiritual power, entering his dantian qi sea and the space within his mind.
This energy was very mysterious, as if it was an energy that naturally existed between heaven and earth. Entering the body, it could be transformed into pure true qi and spiritual power without much refinement.
Still, for Li Lin, due to the constraints of the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Art, the speed of cultivation did not benefit much.
Time slowly passed, and both of them entered a state of cultivation.
"Sigh…"
About ten hours later, Li Lin exhaled a breath of foul air, withdrew his hand seal, and stopped cultivating. A flash of sharp light passed through his eyes. Although the speed of cultivation was not fast, it was still a small improvement, several times faster than normal cultivation outside.
Looking at Cui Yu beside him, who was still cultivating, a huge amount of spiritual power was also diffusing from her body, enveloping the surrounding area. Slight spatial ripples appeared around her, and within the spatial ripples, strands of energy that were difficult to detect with the naked eye and could only be felt were slowly being absorbed by Cui Yu.
Looking at Cui Yu, her features were exquisite, her skin was fair, and her beautiful face had a large, unsightly red blotch.
"If it weren't for this red blotch, she would definitely be a stunning beauty," Li Lin softly said, feeling somewhat regretful in his heart.
"Do you think the red blotch on my face is ugly?" Just then, Cui Yu stopped cultivating, her beautiful eyes slightly smiling as she looked at Li Lin.
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"It's not about being ugly, but it affects your original appearance," Li Lin hesitated for a moment and softly said, "As far as I know, there should be spiritualists who can refine some elixirs to remove this red blotch, right?"
"What if it's removed? Do you also care about beauty and ugliness?" Cui Yu looked at Li Lin.
"What I mean is, the heart of admiration is common to all. Perhaps without this red blotch, it could bring a lot of confidence to your life," Li Lin softly said.
"Are you saying that without the red blotch on my face, I would have many men pursuing me, like Sister Wushuang?" Cui Yu said.
"This..." Li Lin gave a wry smile, not knowing how to answer for a moment, and hesitated to say, "My words do have some of that meaning, but definitely not all."
"Then answer me honestly, if the red blotch on my face can never fade, and I'm this ugly, would you marry me?" Cui Yu asked with a slight mischievous smile in her beautiful eyes.
"This, you shouldn't be a woman who can just marry anyone casually, right? You don't seem like it," Li Lin softly said.
"If someone doesn't care about my appearance and doesn't care that I am a maid, marrying him would be my fortune," Cui Yu looked at Li Lin, "You haven't said, if it were you, would you marry me?"
"Ha ha, if it were before meeting Wushuang, a woman like you, if willing to marry me, I would naturally want to marry," Li Lin laughed and said.
"Are you saying I'm not as good as Sister Wushuang?" Cui Yu said.
"Of course not, you and Wushuang are two different people, there's no comparability. What I mean is, I now have Wushuang, so it's difficult to accept someone else," Li Lin said.
"Then can't you accept two, or perhaps three people at the same time?" Cui Yu softly said, a slight unusual color flashing in her eyes.
"I don't know, at least not now," Li Lin softly said.
"If we put everything aside, this ugly woman, would you marry me?" Cui Yu's beautiful eyes held a longing look.
"I would," Li Lin nodded, knowing Cui Yu as he did, how could she be as simple as she seemed on the surface? Such a woman would not be inferior to any other woman.
Having said this, the atmosphere suddenly became somewhat ambiguous, and for a moment, it was somewhat silent.
"Having your words, I'm already very happy," Cui Yu softly said, a satisfied look appearing in her beautiful eyes.
"You are not an ordinary woman, if you really were to marry me, it would be my gain," Li Lin said.
"Then good, if one day, Sister Wushuang doesn't object, you have to marry me," Cui Yu said with a slight smile, and after speaking, her face also turned somewhat red, and the atmosphere around them became even more ambiguous.
"Cough..."
Li Lin coughed and said, "Cui Yu, let's go, we should continue on our way."
"Okay," Cui Yu also softly said, and then the two of them continued on their way.
Together, the two of them encountered many dangers along the way, but they were also without danger, after all, both of their strengths were extraordinary.
As Li Lin got to know Cui Yu better, he was increasingly surprised. He could even vaguely feel that Cui Yu's strength, even if he went all out, with all his cards laid out, might still be difficult to contend with her. Even if she made a move, he could not see through her cultivation level, but without a doubt, it was definitely above the Spirit General level.
In the following days, the demonic beasts they encountered became stronger and stronger, almost all of them being mid-phase and late-phase fourth-stage demonic beasts, with third-stage demonic beasts having not appeared for a long time.
Together, the two of them killing late-phase fourth-stage demonic beasts was not a problem.
After traveling for more than a dozen hours, the two would find a place to recuperate and practice for a while. After another ten or so days passed, the two of them had not seen Yun HongLing and Zhao QingHai and others, but the number of demon cores Li Lin had increased quite a bit during this process.
For ordinary people, demon cores were just exchanged for gold coins or turned into elixirs by spiritualists, but for Li Lin, these demon cores directly represented his strength. With these demon cores, his strength could rapidly progress.
In these ten or so days, the most unexpected thing for Li Lin was that he obtained two sets of mid-grade Yellow-level martial arts techniques. While chasing a late-phase fourth-stage demonic beast, he rushed into the beast's lair and unexpectedly discovered these two martial arts techniques.
Li Lin had been doubting his master Yu Yu's words, saying that martial arts techniques could be obtained within this secret land, and he had not discovered any until now. It seems these martial arts techniques really exist, but they were all on the demonic beasts. After all, only the demonic beasts living in the secret land knew the land best.
In these ten or so days, the relationship between Li Lin and Cui Yu suddenly became somewhat ambiguously awkward. Sometimes, when they accidentally touched each other, Cui Yu's face would immediately turn red.
"It's about time, let's find a place to rest before continuing," Li Lin said in a mountain forest.
Moments later, in an open canyon, the two appeared within it. They chose some open places to stay for safety reasons, so they could also guard against the sneak attacks of demonic beasts.
"It's been almost two months, we should be close to the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit," Li Lin said while sitting cross-legged.
"The energy around us is getting stronger, proving that we are heading in the right direction and should be getting closer to the location of the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit," Cui Yu sensed the energy within the space and said.
"Let's rest," Li Lin let Little dragon guard, then closed his eyes and began to cultivate, his body immediately enveloped in a faint yellow light.
Watching Li Lin, Cui Yu's gaze became somewhat dazed, murmuring, "What kind of person is he, still unable to see through him, as if hiding countless secrets."