Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 24: Asking the Refugees
After the burial, Lin Le began to sort through the wolf carcasses. There were definitely more than enough carcasses from these thirty or forty wolves to eat, since the meat was estimated to weigh two or three tons.

Lin Le didn't plan to stay here for ten days or half a month.

After finding the carcasses of the alpha wolf and the other intelligent wolves, Lin Le dismembered them and put them into a large pot to boil.

As for ordinary wolves, Lin Le simply dismantled their spines, extracted their spinal cords, and then boiled them.

Incidentally, Lin Le also rummaged through the villagers' homes and found some silver coins and a martial arts manual.

The Bone Shrinking Technique can change one's body shape after mastering it. Upon reaching perfection, one can obtain a type of bone called shark bone.

Shark bones can make human bones more flexible and elastic, and they also have regenerative capabilities.

In other words, people with this kind of bone structure have the ability to regenerate severed limbs.

practice!
Lin Le pondered for a moment and then made a decision. In his opinion, the bone part should be used to practice the Wild Bull Technique. After mastering the Wild Bull Technique, one would obtain the Wild Bull Bone as a type of root bone.

But in this desolate wilderness, who knows when we'll find it? It's better to train what's in front of us first.

Moreover, the effects of the savage bull bone actually overlap somewhat with the iron plate ribs and coiled dragon tendons that are more easily developed through the Thirteen Protectors' external training.

Now that there are better options available, if not now, when?

Inside, the lotus flowers sway, and a golden lotus seed evaporates.

For a year, Lin Le practiced the art of bone shrinking until he reached perfection.

'His comprehension seems to have improved somewhat, is it because his divine soul has become stronger?'

Lin Le snapped out of his daze and muttered to himself.

He originally thought he would need two lotus seeds to perfect the Bone Shrinking Technique, but unexpectedly, he only needed one lotus seed to achieve the perfect result at the limit.

As the Qi and Blood Elixir dripped down, Lin Le practiced his Bone Shrinking Technique while eating the wolf meat porridge he had just cooked, and the Great Food Technique circulated spontaneously.

A day later, Lin Le circulated his qi and blood, and his skeletal structure expanded. He grew from five feet tall to seven feet tall.

But after only two or three breaths, Lin Le returned to normal, and when he circulated his qi and blood again, he was only four feet tall.

'No wonder it's called the Bone Shrinking Technique; it's completely unsuitable for combat,' Lin Le thought to himself.

The moment his bones were stretched open, Lin Le felt like a balloon, and any penetrating attack from the outside world could cause great damage to his internal organs.

When his bones tightened, Lin Le felt his movement was severely restricted, and his internal organs were also squeezed together, which was very uncomfortable.

If you want to fight, you also need to have a martial art that strengthens your internal organs.

The flames billowed, and the red mist rose straight up to four feet high. Lin Le, who had returned to normal, nodded slightly. After eating the alpha wolf, it should be about seven feet high now.

Just as Lin Le was about to continue practicing the Thirteen Bodyguards' Horizontal Training, the big yellow dog suddenly started barking.

Lin Le walked over quickly.

At the village entrance, twenty or thirty people were holding a wolf carcass with gleeful expressions, while a big yellow dog barked loudly beside them.

In its view, these wolves were Lin Le's prey, and outsiders had no right to touch them.

"What are you barking for? If you bark again, I'll eat you too!" Annoyed by the barking, one of the men picked up a stone and threw it at the big yellow dog.

The big yellow dog dodged to the side, avoiding the rock, and then, somewhat enraged, pounced directly at the man.

The man was quick-witted enough to dodge the big yellow dog's attack and then kicked it.

The big yellow dog seized the opportunity to bite the man's trouser leg, then pulled, causing the man to fall to the ground.

"Ouch!" The man landed on his buttocks, letting out a painful cry, and cursed angrily, "You damned dog, I'm going to eat you alive today! Everyone, help me catch that dog!"

No one spoke.

The man glanced at the people around him who were not moving, and knew that something bad was about to happen.

He slowly turned his head and saw a young man carrying a knife looking at him quietly, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

No one present was a fool. Judging from the boy's fair complexion and his cold, calm demeanor, they knew he came from a wealthy family. And with a knife in his hand, there was no doubt that he had killed the wolves. After all, it was commonplace for scions of wealthy families to become martial arts masters at a young age.

No one expected that this owner would still be here. They only dared to take it because they recognized that the wolf carcass hadn't been dealt with for a day.

"What do you want to eat?" Lin Le asked, his voice calm, but it sounded like a thunderclap to the person on the ground.

The man immediately backed down, kowtowing to the ground: "Sir, I only wanted to eat dog poop, please don't take offense."

"Say sorry to it, and that'll be the end of it," Lin Le said, pointing to the big yellow dog.

The man was straightforward; he immediately turned around and kowtowed to the big yellow dog, saying, "Master Dog, I'm sorry! I was blind!"

"Woof." The big yellow dog also barked, seemingly letting the matter drop.

"Go back now," Lin Le said.

That person really did roll back into the crowd.

"Who's in charge?" Lin Le looked at the crowd.

A man with a fair complexion stepped forward and said, "It is I, young master."

His tone was somewhat uneasy; in his view, the sons of wealthy families would definitely have guards when they traveled.

Even if the young man in front of him was only a first-level martial artist, the guard was at least a second-level martial artist, which was far beyond what he, a first-level martial artist in his thirties, could compare to.

"Where did it come from?" Lin Le asked.

"Qingye County," the man replied.

Qingye County, isn't that the county next to Bailian County? Lin Le's thoughts raced, and he asked again, "How's the situation in Qingye County? Has the flood been brought under control?"

"I stopped it." The man nodded.

"If you were stopped, why did you still go so far away? You don't look like you're going to do business," Lin Le asked.

“It’s a calamity, my lord,” the man explained. “The imperial aura hasn’t gathered yet. Every few days, families are dying in the city, and in the villages outside the city, people are dying in droves. Nobody can sit still.”

"How many days has the flood been contained?" Lin Le asked, puzzled.

“It’s been fifteen days,” the man said.

Lin Le frowned immediately. This shouldn't be the case. Half a month is enough time for the imperial aura to begin to gather.

"What about the government?" Lin Le asked. "Don't they have any measures in place?"

"We did send constables to patrol day and night, and even hired several cultivators to kill demons." The man sighed as he said this, "but it was no use. The number of deaths is still the same, and the taxes are increasing. We really can't hold on any longer."

"I understand." Lin Le nodded slightly. "Take the wolf meat and wolf skin if you want, I can't take them anyway."

"Thank you, young master!" The man immediately bowed to Lin Le with delight. He was most afraid that Lin Le would hold them accountable for taking the wolf carcass, because it was Lin Le's property.

They took it without asking, and a slightly more violent person might break their legs or even beat them to death.

Lin Le waved his hand, turned and left, but then added five more points of merit into his inner realm, which, together with the remaining merit, condensed into a lotus seed.

The group left in a hurry after cleaning up the wolf meat, seemingly afraid that Lin Le would change his mind.

Lin Le didn't care about them; what he cared about was that the imperial aura hadn't gathered yet.

Under natural regulation, the imperial aura should have begun to gather, since the floods have passed.

However, although the flood has passed, the imperial aura has not yet gathered, which can only mean that the source of the disaster is still there, and the flood could occur again at any time.

However, there is another possibility: someone controls the imperial aura to prevent it from gathering.

Based on previous information, Lin Le narrowed his eyes and uttered a sentence:

"The money of the wealthy and powerful will be returned in full, while the money of the common people will be divided 30/70."

(End of this chapter)