Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 121 - Opening a City Gate
It was already dusk when the small boat entered Chunsun County.

As Lin Le led Qing Li ashore, he noticed some eyes lingering on his face.

He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. Had he been discovered?
Lin Le walked straight to a stall, and the people at the stall immediately became restless.

As he tried to leave, he felt a cold, sharp blade pressed against his neck. Clearly, if he tried to leave, his head would fall to the ground instantly.

He had no doubt that Lin Le was absolutely capable of doing this, because thousands of people had already given their lives to demonstrate what a butcher he was.

Lin Le sat down next to him and asked, "Brother, where are you from?"

The man, who looked rather honest, said, "A local? Are you from out of town, young man?"

"A local?" Lin Le smiled knowingly. "Answer again."

As he spoke, blood filled the sky, and the man saw a ferocious beast with a dragon's head and a phoenix's body staring intently at him, its malevolent aura completely undisguised.

"I'm from Kuzhu City," the man said honestly.

"Who told you to come?" Lin Le asked, tilting his head back and taking a sip of water.

“Commander Yan,” the man said.

Lin Le frowned slightly: "Yan Xuan Cave?"

"Yes." The man nodded.

Lin Le couldn't help but bang on the table. He thought that at most a thousand-household commander would come, from around the second city gate.

But unexpectedly, it was Yan Xuandong, the garrison commander, who came in person. According to rumors, he had the cultivation level of the Third City Pass and nearly the Fourth City Pass.

'That Yan Changchun is more important than I thought.'

Lin Le's thoughts raced through his mind before he asked, "How many commanders have come?"

“No commanders have come.” The man shook his head.

"No commanders?" Lin Le was taken aback, then laughed, "It seems our garrison commander isn't very popular."

He's supposed to be a garrison commander, yet when he goes out on official business, not even a single commander will accompany him. How could he possibly lose the hearts of the people like this?

The man dared not speak.

Lin Le asked, "Have you found the place I'm looking for?"

"Found it," the man said, honestly telling everything he knew. "The items are now with Lord Yan."

"Hmm." Lin Le nodded slightly. "One last question, who exposed my whereabouts?"

It's unlikely that Guan Wenzhong was the one who exposed their whereabouts, as it wouldn't benefit him.

“Song Shiyin, Commander Song,” the man said. “Your case was transferred to her by Commander Guan. After she discovered that you had massacred Qingye County, she reported it to Yan Xuandong, pointing out that you might have gone to the county seat.”

"When Lord Yan investigated in the county town, Huang Mazi pointed out that you might be coming to Chunsun County, so we came here afterward."

'Song Shiyin, that name sounds familiar?' Lin Le thought for a moment, a strange look on his face: 'The Song Shiyin you're talking about, is she the woman who's six feet tall and has a birthmark on her face?'

"Yes." The man nodded.

Lin Le stroked his chin. Why did this young lady come to the county town?
He didn't have a bad impression of Song Shiyin, this strong woman; at most, she was just a naive young lady.

Master Song has a fairly good reputation in Baishan County, but he doesn't have time to go there now to verify whether Master Song is genuinely kind or just pretending.

However, he is most likely genuinely kind, since he can tolerate his wife's lingering relationship with her ex-boyfriend instead of killing them all in a fit of rage. That shows he is truly kind.

If it were him, he would have already used underhanded methods to drown them all in pig cages.

If he knew about this virtuous family's daughter, killing her would go against his conscience.

'Forget it, I'll spare her life then. One more or one less won't make a difference.'

Lin Le thought to himself, anyway, he didn't need that much killing karma anymore, because the next promotion required a lot of killing karma. Ten million killing karma points, who knows how long it would take him to accumulate them.

"Go back and inform Yan Xuandong to come see me," Lin Le said. "Okay." The man immediately got up and left.

After he left, Qingli suddenly asked, "Who is Song Shiyin?"

She sensed that Lin Le seemed to know this woman.

"A somewhat naive young lady, we met only once," Lin Le said casually.

"Oh." Qingli nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions. She could tell that Lin Le didn't care much about that woman, so she didn't need to care either.

Lin Le internally examined the Spirit Platform Secret Realm. He originally wanted to wait a few days before attempting to break through, but unexpectedly, Yan Xuandong came in person. So he had no choice but to first establish his divine consciousness through one realm and one breakthrough, lest he be caught off guard and fail.

Looking at the towering red pillar, Lin Le "crashed" into it, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw a majestic city gate standing in front of him.

Lin Le walked towards it. Although pressure was exerted on him with every step, to him, this pressure was nothing more than dust in the air.

After walking eighty-one steps, Lin Le arrived at the city gate and then punched it.

boom!
The city gates swung open rapidly to both sides, and a gentle breeze blew in, blowing towards Lin Le and his body.

A gentle breeze swept away the impurities from Lin Le's body.

Outside, Lin Le opened his eyes and spat a mouthful of bloody phlegm onto the ground.

This is the impurity in his body, but this impurity is only for him. For ordinary creatures, this sputum of blood is a precious medicine for qi and blood, a great tonic.

The flames ignited, burning the bloody sputum into ash. Although it was impurity, it still contained his blood, so it couldn't be left lying around.

The first gate of the foundation building is called Purity, also known as Impurity. After opening this gate, dust will not accumulate on the body, and foul air will not enter the body. Food eaten will be 100% absorbed, and the human body will no longer need to excrete.

Once this city gate is opened, the method by which Foundation Establishment cultivators crush ordinary Qi Refining cultivators—divine sense—will also be born.

At this moment, Lin Le felt his spiritual power rapidly transforming, becoming more solid and powerful.

What was once loose like sand has now solidified into a hard, complete stone.

Suddenly, Lin Le felt a powerful gaze fall on him. He followed the gaze and saw a man with a goatee walking aggressively toward him.

Lin Le exhaled, and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords flew out, followed by a boom!

With the blessing of divine sense, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords unleashed an extremely terrifying speed.

A surge of energy erupted, and in the blink of an eye, the Yin-Yang Twin Swords pierced straight at the man's head and heart.

Boom!
A shield appeared in front of the goatee-bearded man, blocking the attack for him.

"How dare you!" Yan Xuandong was furious when he saw that Lin Le not only did not surrender but also directly used his magic weapon to attack.

The Yin-Yang Twin Swords flew back, and Lin Le slowly raised his teacup, saying, "Thank you for the compliment."

Within the inner realm of his divine power, drops of vital energy and precious liquid dripped down, transforming into magical power to nourish Lin Le's entire body.

The opening of the first city gate also signifies that Lin Le's physical limits have been raised once again.

"No need to thank me," Yan Xuandong said in a sinister tone. "You're Lin Le?"

"It's me." Lin Le nodded.

"You fiend, why did you slaughter Qingye County and Bailian County!" Yan Xuandong raised his sword at Lin Le.

Lin Le put down his teacup and said, "What do you mean by massacre? I just eliminated a bunch of bullies. Your Demon Slayer Division should be thanking me."

"Still dare to argue? You've killed thousands of people, what is this if not a massacre!" Yan Xuandong said coldly. "Men, kill him!"

Lin Le chuckled after hearing this. He had asked Yan Xuandong to give him the reason, but Yan Xuandong accused him of sophistry. Clearly, no matter what he said, Yan Xuandong would find him guilty.

As people gradually gathered around, Lin Le slowly stood up.

Fine, let's just kill him and call it a day.

(End of this chapter)