Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 164 - The Fourth-Tier Book Stealing Begins the Kill
On her long, slender, snow-white neck, her prominent Adam's apple throbbed slightly.

Qingli exhaled a puff of white steam and rolled her eyes at Lin Le in front of her: "This is what happens."

"Mmm." Lin Le's face showed utter despair. Although he was in a good mood now, he had been really tormented just now.

This reminded him of a famous "cut-it-all" event from his past life. He only had one dollar left, so they gave him diamonds. He was just one diamond short, so they gave him gold coins. He just couldn't cut it down.

After organizing the resources of Dongbo Lake, Lin Le looked at the vast lake before him and said, "Qingli, don't demons always want to occupy a region's ley lines and water veins? Why don't you try it out here first?"

"What do you want me to do?" Qingli's eyes twitched slightly to the left, knowing that Lin Le wouldn't suddenly bring up this suggestion.

"I want you to find out the exact location of the water veins and draw a map for me," Lin Le said.

Qingli glanced downwards: "For that seal?"

She also realized that the bronze pillar was connected to the cave of the Weeping Maiden River.

“Yes.” Lin Le nodded.

"We don't even know what's sealed down there. What if it's a powerful demon?" Qingli frowned. "What's inside that's worth your trouble?"

“A treasure.” Lin Le patted the embroidered ball and leopard skin pouch at his waist. “These things are all related to this seal, so I want to try to find a location similar to the previous cave.”

"Alright then." Qingli nodded slightly. "I'll give it a try."

Lin Le said, "Yes, thank you for your hard work."

Qingli once again hovered around the bronze pillar, interacting with the water veins beneath it.

Lin Le then began to consume the spirit stones he had plundered, as he was trying to break through to the fourth stage of the Golden Core realm.

This seclusion lasted for five days.

With the consumption of another mid-grade spirit stone, Lin Le's three golden cores broke through the speed of three revolutions per breath, reaching three to four revolutions per breath.

Within his inner vision, the precious liquid dripped from the three lotus leaves, accelerating Lin Le's strength to its peak.

Half a day later, Lin Le clenched his fist, displaying the power of forty elephants.

'I need to hurry up and improve my skills.'

Lin Le made a choice in his mind and finally chose the Liu family in Yizhou.

Compared to the Prince Yi's Mansion and Xuanling Temple, which suffered little loss in strength, the Liu family, having lost four Golden Core cultivators, was severely damaged.

Moreover, the Liu family is a local powerful clan with profound family learning, and their background is definitely stronger than that of the Prince Yi's Mansion.

Without hesitation, Lin Le sent a message to Qing Li and flew out of Dongbo Lake.

Boom! A piercing sonic boom rang out, and Lin Le flew towards the state city like a fiery meteor.

Fengqiu City, the capital of Yizhou Prefecture.

Lin Le looked at the thirty-zhang-high city wall and slowly walked into the city.

Although it is winter now, it still can't stop the place from being full of people.

Vendors hawked their wares along the streets, while the monks flew through the air on designated roads.

Qi Refining cultivators, who were once rare to see, are now a common sight, and Foundation Establishment cultivators are frequently seen on the aerial roads.

If a state capital is like this, one can only imagine how prosperous the capital of another country must be.

As Lin Le walked, he unknowingly arrived at the front of the inner city.

Lin Le casually blocked the guards' view and entered the inner city.

There are no more vendors here, nor are there any roads in the air; only towering buildings all around, each about eight or nine zhang tall.

Following Liu Chengan's memory, Lin Le arrived at the central mansion.

The wall stretches endlessly, reaching a height of ten zhang (approximately 33 meters), making it a city within a city.

This is the Liu family mansion.

Lin Le formed a hand seal, opened a small gap in the protective array, and flew inside.

Once inside, Lin Le had a clear goal: to go straight to the Liu family's library.

A few breaths later, Lin Le arrived in front of the Liu family's scripture pavilion.

Stepping inside, Lin Le's powerful divine sense began to peruse the books that were not restricted.

Half an hour later, Lin Le entered the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion. With a hand gesture, the restrictions on the books were opened.

Because each book had to be opened one by one, this floor was much slower than the first floor. Even though there were less than a tenth of the books on the ground floor, it took Lin Le two hours to finish reading them.

Then comes the third layer, then the fourth layer, and finally the fifth layer.

Looking at the three jade slips placed before him, Lin Guan examined their restrictions, then spent ten merit points, using a single thought to ponder a way to break them.

These three jade slips represent the true foundation of the Liu family; each one contains a cultivation technique that can lead directly to the Nascent Soul realm.

Therefore, even Liu Cheng'an, a former elder of the Scripture Pavilion, had no way to lift the restriction; only the patriarch's seal could help.

Otherwise, brute force would only damage these three jade slips.

Coming to his senses, Lin Le formed a hand seal and unlocked the restrictions on the three jade slips.

Di-

A sharp sound rang out from the top of the Scripture Pavilion. Lin Le wasn't surprised, after all, the restrictions here were doubled, one layer being a spell and the other a bloodline restriction. Even if he figured out how to break the spell, it would still trigger an alarm, but that was enough, because Lin Le only wanted to avoid damaging the jade slip by forcibly breaking the restrictions.

With his divine sense intruding, Lin Le immediately began copying the information contained in the jade slip.

With just one breath, a furious roar rang out: "Who dares to steal the true scriptures of my Liu family!"

Lin Le scanned the area with his divine sense and got a vague impression. It seemed to be the fourth branch elder of the Liu family, with a cultivation level of the fifth stage of the Golden Core realm.

Lin Le took a step and disappeared into the Sutra Pavilion.

call!
A gust of wind swept in through the window, and a middle-aged man stepped into the fifth floor. He first glanced at the jade slips, and breathed a slight sigh of relief after confirming that the three jade slips were still there.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, a hand with distinct knuckles pressed down on his head.

The divine sense invaded, instantly rummaging through his memories, and then the soul string was plucked, annihilating his soul.

Two breaths later, another tall, thin man rushed into the library.

He glanced around and looked at the man shaking his head beside him: "Boji, what's going on? Where's the thief?"

"He got away!" Liu Boji pressed his temples. "That thief's spiritual sense technique is exceptionally sharp. I didn't even see him clearly before I was severely injured."

"What!" The tall, thin man frowned, turned to look at the jade slip, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found it was still there. He then stepped forward and touched it, and the restriction appeared.

The tall, thin man breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank goodness, that thief only had the incantation, not the token, otherwise he really would have succeeded."

Liu Boji seemed to have recovered a bit and said, "Boguan, did you see anyone behaving strangely when you came here?"

Liu Boguan shook his head: "No."

"What should we do then?" Liu Boji shook his head again. "I can't take it anymore, Boguan. My head is throbbing. I need to go into seclusion to recuperate. Boguan, please go and report to the family head for me."

"I will report to the family head in detail after I emerge from seclusion."

"Okay." Liu Boguan had no doubts. After all, it was only a matter of two breaths; how could he possibly kill a Golden Core cultivator and replace him?

Liu Boji stumbled and flew out, heading towards his own house.

After watching Liu Boji fly away, Liu Boguan immediately mobilized people to seal off the Liu family's residence to prevent the thief from escaping.

Liu Boji returned home, told his wife, and then went into the secret room.

Inside the secret room, Liu Boji, who had just been suffering from a headache, returned to normal.

He transformed himself from a greasy middle-aged man into a handsome young man.

Lin Lejing sat on the futon, gently blew a breath, and activated the Yin-Yang Twin Swords array as a warning.

With his eyes closed, Lin Le began to deplete his 10 points of human merit. He then reviewed his memories and tried to understand the recorded knowledge.

It took Lin Le five years to understand the knowledge contained in the first floor of the Sutra Repository.

Then, the merit of humanity began to be consumed one hundred points at a time, taking fifteen years for Lin Le to understand the knowledge of the second level.

Then, his human merits began to be consumed one thousand points at a time, taking thirty-six years for Lin Le to comprehend the knowledge of the third level.

Finally, the merits of humanity began to burn ten thousand times over, and after 108 years of comprehending knowledge, and another 54 years of creation and three sudden enlightenments, Lin Le finally perfected the Three Cavern Primordial Burning World True Scripture and pushed it to a new height.

The chapters on the Divine Cave and the True Cave remain unchanged. The Dragon Sparrow Fighting Heaven Technique in the Mysterious Cave chapter is deduced to the Golden Elixir chapter. In the Primordial Chaos chapter, Lin Le imitates the innate divine power of "Fire of Qi" to deduce "Fire of Essence" and "Fire of Spirit," and uses this to deduce the Three Realms Spirit Fire Technique into the Samadhi True Fire Technique.

The Burning World Chapter was split into the Myriad Manifestations Chapter. The Burning World Chapter retains the Sunset, Sky-Breaking, Leak-Free, Star-Pointing, Dragon-Tiger Fight, Red Lotus Fury, Undying Fire, Thunder Pool, Heavenly Punishment Strike, and the Ten Moves Between Life and Death and deduces them to the Golden Core level. In addition, a new spell constructed with fire, life, and death is added - the Infernal Purgatory.
The Myriad Manifestations Chapter retains all the collected spells; the Heavenly Crafts Chapter retains all the collected cultivation arts.

After closing his eyes and adjusting his breathing for a while, Lin Le walked out of the secret room.

Although Lin Le has passed through hundreds of years through his merits, it has only actually taken him half a day.
He didn't disturb anyone; he simply appeared like a ghost in front of the courtyard gate, strolled in, and saw Liu Boguan, whom he had met at noon, playing the piano.

Liu Boguan seemed to sense something, looked up and saw a handsome young man sitting opposite him.

Liu Boguan remained calm and continued playing the piano, but the music suddenly became intense and soaring.

Lin Le remained expressionless and sat down in front of Liu Boguan.

After the piece ended, Lin Le clapped his hands lightly: "Not bad, not bad. Although I know that the fifth elder of the Liu family has the best qin skills in the whole province, after listening to this, it is not just outsiders praising you."

Liu Boguan lowered his eyes: "Did you trigger the alarm in the Library Pavilion at noon today?"

"It's me." Lin Le poured herself a cup of tea. "Is there anything else you want to ask, while I'm in a good mood right now?"

With the Burning World Sutra perfected, Lin Le was indeed in a good mood; otherwise, he wouldn't have waited for Liu Boguan to finish playing the piano.

"Did you kill Elder Liu Chang'an?" Liu Boguan asked.

“Yes.” Lin Le nodded.

Liu Boguan let out a soft breath: "One last question, why are you at odds with the Liu family?"

“It is the Liu family that is my enemy.” Lin Le put down his teacup and said, “Alright, rest in peace.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Boguan was about to pluck the strings, but found that he couldn't move at all.

"Although I haven't mastered the art of immobilization, I do know a little about the art of soul immobilization." Lin Le plucked a string with his fingers.

Thump! Accompanied by the sound of the zither, Liu Boguan fell to the ground.

Lin Le casually played a tune before getting up; it was time to continue killing.

(End of this chapter)