The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 823 A blessing in disguise?

Lin Chen hid underwater, feeling extremely nervous.

A powerful demon, comparable to the Void Realm expert, was just a few dozen meters above him, searching for him like a god of death. If it discovered him, his fate would undoubtedly be dire.

Lin Chen remained motionless, clinging to the bottom of the pool, completely transforming himself into a lifeless stone.

A few seconds later, Lin Chen clearly felt an invisible divine sense sweep over him, but it did not linger.

The eldest brother's Life and Death Seal is really useful!

Lin Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief; now all that remained was how to escape.

After searching the entire valley with its divine sense and finding nothing, the golden lion took flight and quickly flew away into the distance. However, the many demonic beasts that had followed it back did not leave but stayed behind and continued to line up to drink water.

Not only that, the large group of monsters that had been chasing Qiao Wei returned, and a long queue formed again in front of the spring.

Lin Chen was immediately stunned.

Among these drinking monsters are many powerful ones; if I were to show myself, I wouldn't be able to escape either.

Forget it, I'll just stay away.

Surely these monsters can't be queuing up to drink water day and night without stopping; there must be some gaps.

Lin Chen didn't need to deliberately search for scouts; he only needed to observe the subtle ripples in the water around the pool to determine if there were any other monsters drinking there.

Lin Chen calmed down and began to perceive his surroundings.

Lin Chen was shocked by this realization.

Spiritual energy!
An incredibly rich spiritual energy!
Lin Chen silently drank some spiritual spring water, then quietly circulated his internal energy. Sure enough, the toxins in his body quickly dissipated, just like snow under the sun, disappearing without a trace.

This sacred spring really can detoxify!

After removing the toxins from his body, Lin Chen calmed down and began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy without moving. Since the spiritual energy here fluctuated violently, his absorption of spiritual energy would not be noticed.

A massive amount of pure spiritual energy surged into Lin Chen's dantian like a river, causing the golden core within to spin wildly and devour everything in its path.

Every second, a massive amount of spiritual energy surges in, enough to sustain one day of cultivation outside!
As time passed, the golden core within Lin Chen's body shone even brighter and became increasingly substantial.

After an unknown period of time, the golden elixir gradually began to show signs of life.

At this moment, the golden core is more like an egg, and inside the egg, a new life is being nurtured!
Lin Chen suddenly had a realization.

The transformation from a lifeless core to a nascent soul—isn't that simply the process of transforming from nothingness into life? The nascent soul is essentially one's second life, a clone of oneself. However, the nascent soul stage is like that of a newborn infant, not yet having cultivated to the primordial spirit stage, extremely weak. But under extreme conditions, if the main body is injured, the nascent soul can leave the body and, within a short time, possess a suitable body, thus being reborn and gaining a second life. A few days ago, I entered the late stage of the Golden Core realm, and here, I've directly reached the peak of the late stage of the Golden Core realm, also known as the Great Perfection of the Golden Core!

Just one more step forward and you'll reach the Nascent Soul stage, officially entering the Nascent Soul realm.

An invisible barrier was hindering Lin Chen, preventing him from transforming his Golden Core into a Nascent Soul. This was the bottleneck between each major realm.

To overcome this bottleneck, one might rely on enlightenment, opportunity, or external aids. Ultimately, one needs some kind of internal or external assistance to help break through the elixir and transform into an infant.

Lin Chen felt a little regretful. The amount of spiritual energy he absorbed was far too little compared to the amount of spiritual energy in this spiritual spring. He probably wouldn't have the chance to enter this place again in the future. After all, aside from the factor of the deadly poison, the monsters in Yin Yang Valley were also terrifyingly strong. Didn't you see that even someone as powerful as Senior Brother could only run away?

Since cultivation was no longer an option, Lin Chen turned his attention elsewhere.

Are there any living creatures in this sacred spring?

For example, spirit fish, seashells, and the like...

Lin Chen searched around, but was disappointed. The entire pool was clean, with no living creatures in sight.

If there are no other good things, then we should fill the spring with more spiritual water.

Lin Chen filled all the large jars he had prepared in his spatial ring with spiritual spring water until there was no more room to fill them, and then he stopped.

In the dim underwater light, there was no sense of time, and it was unclear how much time had passed before the slight rustling in the pool above disappeared.

Lin Chen opened his eyes and waited quietly for a long time, but there was still no movement.

The opportunity is coming!

Lin Chen extended his senses and found no monsters in the surrounding area.

Lin Chen slowly floated to the surface of the water, cautiously poking his head out.

It was nighttime, the sky was full of stars, and the moonlight shone on the ground, creating an atmosphere of utter tranquility.

There were no golden lions, no water-drinking monsters, and the surroundings were completely silent and empty!

Lin Chen quickly took off on his sword and flew towards the hill where he had previously hidden. When he returned to his hiding place, he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of relief that he had escaped death.

Lin Chen looked around and was immediately bewildered.

In the complete darkness, where should I fly?
I only have a small Golden Core. If I get targeted by some demonic beast, wouldn't I be doomed?

(End of this chapter)