Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 124 - The Strange Change in Poetic Sound
In the inner realm of supernatural powers, a single ordinary lotus seed is consumed, and a year passes in an instant. Lin Le and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords focused on analyzing the array patterns on the Star Flow Disc and added star charts to enhance their understanding.

The Starflow Disc gathers energy too slowly; using it to upgrade the Yin-Yang Twin Swords would take an unknown amount of time.

After consuming fifty merit points, Lin Le successfully improved the array diagram, which was named the Three Lights Refining Spirit Array.

Opening his eyes, Lin Le flicked his finger, and the Yin-Yang Twin Swords transformed into thousands of smaller swords that flew into the sky, covering an area of ​​ten miles in radius.

With his fingers forming a hand seal, his energy intertwined, and his divine sense took control of the formation. As Lin Le began to consume his magical power, all the starlight in the sky was transferred into the sword formation.

With his palm pressed against a mid-grade spirit stone, Lin Le absorbed spiritual energy while simultaneously powering the sword formation.

This training lasted all night, and after consuming twelve mid-grade spirit stones, Lin Le stopped operating the sword formation.

The Yin-Yang Twin Swords flew back into Lin Le's hand. He touched them, thinking, 'The damage isn't too great.'

A perfectly crafted mid-grade magic weapon that is generally considered to be forbidden is worth around one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Now, spending twelve mid-grade spirit stones to upgrade the Yin-Yang Twin Swords to perfect mid-grade magic weapons, the cost hasn't exceeded Lin Le's bottom line.

Lin Le tested the second characteristic of the Yin-Yang Twin Swords, which is called Blood Loss, and can continuously consume a person's vitality and reduce the opponent's physical condition.

'It's alright.'

Lin Le nodded in satisfaction.

Then comes the cultivation method.

As golden light poured in, the first two-patterned human lotus seed was born, and then quickly evaporated.

Nine years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Le has been focusing on cultivating the foundational stage of the Daoist path.

With a foundation in the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining Chapter, Lin Le entered the basics after practicing the Foundation Establishment Chapter for a while, and reached the Minor Success level a year later. However, his foundation in the Qi Refining Chapter ended there.

While the road ahead may not be fraught with hardship, it will certainly be a stumbling journey.

Nine years have passed, and he has barely managed to get close to achieving great success.

Lin Le opened his eyes, exhaled, but did not comprehend anything further, because he realized that the Dao Guidance of the Foundation Establishment Chapter was closely related to the city gate.

In other words, the best option is to open all five city gates before focusing on comprehending the cultivation technique.

I checked the merit points again; there were still a little over three thousand.

Lin Le began to deplete his points little by little, consuming a total of 810 points.

When he opened his eyes, strange golden light surged into Lin Le's body.

The Golden Light Divine Mantra grew rapidly, and the Universe Ring, with its two sides, also grew rapidly.

The three interwoven patterns, one end to the other, mark the Qiankun Ring as it officially enters the ranks of superior magical artifacts.

Lin Le played with the Qiankun Ring. Its third characteristic was as he expected: it was called Demon Extermination. As the name suggests, it had the ability to restrain demons, including inner demons.

After putting away the Qiankun Ring, Lin Le looked at the two people walking towards him and asked, "Finished the investigation?"

These two were Song Shiyin, who was in charge of investigating the forces in Chunsun County, and another centurion of the Demon Slayer Division.

"Yes, it's all done." The man, whose face resembled a bitter gourd, handed a book to Lin Le.

The Demon Slayer Division has informants in various places, and as long as Lin Le knows what each force is like, one night is enough for them to organize and compile the information and give it to Lin Le.

"Take a break, you'll need to clean up the mess later." Lin Le tilted his head slightly.

"Could you let me handle this?" Song Shiyin asked, stepping forward.

She understood why Lin Le wanted the list, but if she let Lin Le handle it, countless people would die.

So it's better to let her handle it.

"No way." Lin Le shook his head and refused. She wasn't one of his own people. If he asked her to kill, he wouldn't get any karma from the killing.

Although the amount of killing karma required to reach the next level of physique is as high as ten million, it is still necessary to collect as much as possible in daily life.

"Can I handle this?" Song Shiyin insisted. Lin Le ignored her, patted the embroidered ball, and the Yinshan Snake and Bai Piao appeared, along with 128 Dao soldiers.

"You communicate with the Yinshan Snake. Kill all the evildoers above." Lin Le handed the book to Bai Piao.

The Yinshan snake's intelligence had been extinguished once by him. Although it had recovered somewhat in recent days, it was still no different from a three-year-old child.

Hu Ang is a fish, which is not good at moving on land, so the action can only be left to Bai Piao.

As for himself, why should he do things personally when his subordinates can do them well?

"No way!" Song Shiyin shouted.

Then she flew away.

Lin Le looked at Song Shiyin indifferently. He could spare her life and damage her reputation, but that didn't mean she could boss him around.

Song Shiyin struggled to her feet from the ruins, a long sword appearing in her hand. She coughed up the blood and looked at Lin Le seriously: "You can't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

What she didn't see was that her hair was gradually turning white.

Lin Le noticed this, raised an eyebrow, and beckoned with his finger: "Come on, if you can hurt me, you win."

With a single step, Song Shiyin arrived in front of Lin Le in the blink of an eye, and then swung her sword down.

Ding!
Golden light burst forth, and the Qiankun Ring automatically protected Lin Le, blocking the sword strike.

Song Shiyin swung her sword again, her eyes exceptionally focused.

Cross the River of Oblivion!
clang!
The Qiankun Ring blocked the attack again, trembling slightly, indicating that this move was much stronger than the previous one.

Lin Le squinted. Under his gaze, a third of Song Shiyin's black hair turned white after she unleashed that sword move.

Song Shiyin drew her sword and stabbed again.

A lone wild goose in flight!
The Qiankun Ring shrank, just enough to block the sword's edge, and Lin Le stretched out two fingers to pinch the Qiankun Ring.

Feeling the stronger force, Lin Le's eyes lit up with a strange light. He could now be sure of Song Shiyin's background.

Seeing that this move was ineffective, Song Shiyin's eyes became indifferent, and then she raised her sword and slashed down.

Higurashi no Kiri!
Her hair was snow-white, but not in the aged white of an old person; rather, it was as clear and lustrous as snow.

Lin Le gripped the longsword, glanced at his palms which were slightly chapped, and thought that he should find a martial arts technique to practice.

“I won,” Song Shiyin said, her voice icy.

"You won." Lin Le nodded.

“I’ll handle those people,” Song Shiyin said.

Lin Le shook his head: "No."

"I won!" Song Shiyin emphasized.

"I know." Lin Le nodded, then tilted his head, his smile wicked. "But did I say that if we won, you would handle it?"

Song Shiyin was stunned, because Lin Lezhen had never said that. Her voice was filled with anger: "You're playing me!"

"So what if I play you?" Lin Le flicked his finger, and the longsword flew out. "Let me make this clear: I am strong and you are weak. I can listen to your opinions, but that doesn't mean you can make decisions for me."

Suddenly, Song Shiyin clenched her delicate fist and launched a whip kick at Lin Le.

boom!
Song Shiyin was sent flying backwards, while Lin Le retracted his right leg.

"Cough!" Song Shiyin coughed up a mouthful of blood amidst the ruins. Her internal organs churned, and although her body was in excruciating pain, her mind was strangely clear.

"You're the first person to dare hit me like that." Song Shiyin slowly stood up, her voice icy, and her tone seemed to have become even colder.

Lin Le put away his smile, because he sensed a threat from Song Shiyin.

(End of this chapter)