"Ah, reached the ninth level of Martial Soul." Li Lin nodded, sensing the aura from Cuiyu, and said, "You've broken through again, haven't you?"
"Ah, after taking the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit, I've made another breakthrough." Cuiyu nodded.
"What level are you at now?" Li Lin asked curiously. He had never been able to see through Cuiyu's strength, which perhaps was like his own cultivation of the Yin Yang Spirit Martial Technique, where the level of strength wasn't something ordinary people could discern.
"Second-level Spirit General Peak." Cuiyu nodded lightly. Taking the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit allowed me to break through from a first-level Spirit General to the peak of the second level. Just a little bit more, and I could break through again.
"Only a second-level Spirit General? So, in the Sacred Pool, you had just broken through to Spirit General?" Li Lin was surprised.
Cuiyu didn't speak but slightly nodded.
"Then at the time of the ninth level Spirit Soul, you were able to contend with Zhao Qinghai?" Li Lin sighed inwardly. When they were attacked back then, Cuiyu contended against Zhao Qinghai, only barely being at a disadvantage. If Cuiyu had just broken through to a first-level Spirit General in the energy pool, then at that time against Zhao Qinghai, Cuiyu's strength was merely at the ninth level Spirit Soul. Being able to contend against Zhao Qinghai, a third-level Spirit General, was terrifying enough.
And since Cuiyu broke through to a first-level Spirit General in the energy pool, he could easily defeat Zhao Qinghai. Such strength was terrifying.
"The cultivation technique I practice is special; I can also contend against opponents across levels." Cuiyu nodded, not hiding anything from Li Lin.
"Cuiyu, who exactly are you?" At this moment, Li Lin couldn't help but ask, no longer believing in the maid identity.
"Do you really want to know?" Cuiyu asked with a slight smile.
"Yes!" Li Lin nodded affirmatively.
"But I can't tell you now. It's not that I don't want to tell you, but telling you would have a significant impact on you. When there's a chance in the future, I will definitely tell you," Cuiyu said, looking at Li Lin with a slight apology.
"It's okay, no matter who you are, you are still my friend," Li Lin replied in relief.
"Just a friend?" Cuiyu looked at Li Lin, her eyes carrying an indescribable gaze, stirring something in Li Lin's heart.
"This…" Li Lin looked at Cuiyu. Their time together was not without meaning, and the ambiguity between them had said it all. For his sake, Cuiyu got hurt by Zhao Qinghai and didn't leave him behind when competing for the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit. Li Lin was moved by everything Cuiyu did for him. In every aspect, Li Lin even felt he was reaching for someone out of his league, but now he had Wushuang, and there was also Hongling, that girl.
"Alright, you don't need to answer, I know what you're thinking," Cuiyu said with a light smile, then added, "Remember what you said, huh? If sister Wushuang agrees, you won't have any objections, right?"
"Hehe." Li Lin could only show a somewhat awkward smile, looking like a child. When facing his opponents, Li Lin wouldn't frown, but among women, he felt somewhat awkward.
"Look at you, all dazed. I really don't know how sister Wushuang fell for you," Cuiyu glared at Li Lin, then shyly said, "But that's good too, sister Wushuang doesn't have to worry about you attracting bees and butterflies outside."
"Boss, I'll take you to a place that will surprise you," suddenly, Little dragon seemed to remember something, raising his little head to Li Lin.
"Really? Then take me to see. I want to see what could surprise me," Li Lin said with a slight smile.
"Let's go." Little dragon said mysteriously, then led the way forward. Reaching the grand hall, he had four fifth-level demonic beasts, the Contrary Scale Demonic Pengs, lead the way straight to the back of the palace.
Moments later, a small room appeared in front of Li Lin. This room was no different from other rooms, with the door slightly ajar.
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"Boss, don't be surprised when you enter," Little dragon said with a mysterious tone.
"Let's see." Li Lin was curious and pushed open the ajar door, with Cuiyu also following with curiosity and confusion.
Upon entering the room, both were almost simultaneously dumbfounded, their expressions taking a long time to recover.
"Boss, I told you not to be surprised!" Little dragon said lightly.
"Little dragon, where did you get this from?" Looking at everything in front of him, Li Lin was extremely surprised. In the room, a stone table in the center was piled with no less than a hundred jade slips, various attributes emanating. From these attributes, Li Lin could tell that these jade slips were at least of the Yellow-level beginner martial technique level.
"This wasn't my doing; the Contrary Scale Demonic Peng led me here," Little dragon said.
"Master, these are human martial techniques, which are useless to us demonic beasts. Every few decades, some human powerhouses come here and scatter some martial techniques. After those humans leave, we collect them. Since they are of no use to us, we've placed these martial techniques here," the Contrary Scale Demonic Peng said.
"Yellow-level beginner martial technique."
"Yellow-level intermediate martial technique."
"Yellow-level advanced martial technique."
Flipping through the jade slips, Li Lin immediately became excited. These hundred jade slips were all of the Yellow level, much more than the Yellow-level martial techniques in the secret chamber of the Flying Spirit Gate, and most were Yellow-level intermediate martial techniques, with not a few being advanced.
Hearing the Contrary Scale Demonic Peng's words, Li Lin understood that it must have been the strong practitioners of the Yunyang Sect who, to train their disciples, would place some martial techniques in the secret land every few decades. Knowing that these martial techniques would be taken by demonic beasts, they allowed their disciples to kill the beasts to obtain the techniques as a form of training.
However, the people of Yunyang Sect probably did not expect that most of the martial techniques would be accumulated in this hidden palace by demonic beasts like the Contrary Scale Demonic Peng.
"These two are…" Among the pile of martial techniques, Li Lin picked up two jade slips, sensing the attributes emanating from them, one being of wood attribute and the other of water attribute.
From the aura emanating from these two jade slips, Li Lin's heartbeat sped up.
"These should be Xuan-level beginner wood attribute martial technique and Xuan-level beginner water attribute martial technique," Cuiyu said next to Li Lin, looking at the numerous martial techniques on the stone table, her gaze surprised but not as much as Li Lin's.
"Xuan-level beginner martial technique." Li Lin's heartbeat accelerated, his master Yu Yu had mentioned that there were Xuan-level beginner martial techniques in this secret land, and it seemed to be true.
Xuan-level beginner martial techniques were treasures in major sects and schools. This level of martial technique, Li Lin knew, was something even his master Yu Yu could not give him more of. High-level Yellow techniques were more plausible, but Xuan-level and Yellow-level were completely different levels.
Among his many martial techniques, Li Lin had the Floating Light and Glimpse Shadow at Xuan-level beginner level, and the Soul Blade Technique was also at Xuan-level beginner level. But in terms of martial techniques, he did not yet possess a Xuan-level technique, which was what Li Lin had always desired.
A set of Xuan-level beginner martial techniques could be worth an entire second-tier force. Now, with two scrolls of Xuan-level beginner martial techniques, they were definitely treasures. Even martial masters, if they knew a Martial Soul had Xuan-level beginner martial techniques, might not be able to resist lowering their status to rob them.
"Cuiyu, you are a Spirit Practitioner; these martial techniques should be of no use to you," Li Lin said, and the two scrolls of Xuan-level beginner martial techniques were already in his spatial bag.
"I can't use them, take them all," Cuiyu glared at Li Lin: "No one is competing with you, look at you."
"I'm not worried about you competing with me. You're cultivating Xuan-level intermediate spirit techniques. I'm just a poor man; you wouldn't compete with me, right?" Li Lin chuckled and unceremoniously collected the hundred or so Yellow-level martial techniques into his spatial bag.
These were all Yellow-level martial techniques, and for Li Lin personally, his cultivation of high-level Yellow techniques was already sufficient. But these Yellow-level martial techniques were immensely important for the Flying Spirit Gate. With these techniques, the development of the Flying Spirit Gate would undoubtedly improve significantly.
Seeing Li Lin's actions, Cuiyu could only smile helplessly.
After collecting these martial techniques, Li Lin was satisfied, especially with the two sets of Xuan-level beginner martial techniques. Together with the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit he obtained this time, this trip to the secret land was definitely worthwhile.
Inside the secret land, without day or night, after several hours, in a room, Li Lin placed all the jade slips and the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit into his hidden storage ring.
Thinking of the remaining five Martial Spirit Sacred Fruits, Li Lin's mouth curved into a slight smile. These fruits could greatly increase the chance for martial artists and spirit practitioners to become Martial Kings. The Old Poisoner and the Ghost Fairy, currently at the peak of nine levels Spirit Marshal and Martial Marshal, respectively, would have a much greater chance of breaking through to Martial King and Spirit King after taking the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit. If both of them broke through, the strength of the Flying Spirit Gate would undoubtedly increase significantly.
And Wushuang, who couldn't enter the secret land this time, Li Lin thought of leaving a fruit for her when he obtained the Martial Spirit Sacred Fruit. And for the Heavenly Winged Snow Lion, taking a fruit could mean a breakthrough to the fourth level was just around the corner.