Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 37: The Five Spiritual Roots
Killing karma: 134; Human merit: 156; Earthly merit: 2
Lin Le examined his inner vision of his supernatural power, then looked at the members of the demon-slaying team: "The mountain demon is mine, you have no objections, right?"

Everyone shook their heads, and each one shook their head faster than the last.

"No objection, no objection. The mountain demons were all killed by the young hero, how could we have any objections?" a hunter said.

Another hunter patted his chest and said, "Moreover, young hero, you saved our lives. If you ever need our help, just ask us. We'll go through fire and water for you, and we'll never refuse!"

"Me too!"

"Me too!" the crowd echoed.

"You can divide the rest of the monkey carcasses among yourselves; I don't want them." Lin Le didn't care about the flattery. "Also, does anyone know where the mandrill's lair is?"

“I know!” someone immediately exclaimed.

Lin Le looked over and saw that it was none other than the overly friendly Hong Tu.

Hong Tu said, "I've seen that mandrill's lair before."

“Then you lead the way,” Lin Le said. “You pick a monkey and come with me.”

“Alright!” Hongtu immediately picked out a slightly stronger monkey and then led the way.

The others looked at Hongtu with envy. They knew there must be good stuff in the mountain goblin's den. The meat was definitely Lin Le's, but the scraps might end up in Hongtu's hands.

Soon, Hong Tu led Lin Le to a small valley.

In the valley, there were still monkeys climbing, but when they saw their monkey king being dragged back, the monkey actually cried out in alarm: "Someone killed the king! Run!"

Lin Le threw a stone, which struck the screaming monkey like a spark flashing with lightning.

boom!
The ape's head was smashed open, and after swaying a few times, it fell to the bottom of the valley.

Lin Le continued throwing stones, aiming at the more agile and stronger apes.

After killing more than a dozen people, Lin Le stopped. He glanced at his killing karma, which had grown to 161, and his human merit was 180.

Lin Le couldn't help but glance at the mandrill; this monkey even knew how to train its subordinates.

The monkeys in the valley had all scattered; they were terrified of Lin Le.

Lin Le dragged the mandrill's corpse into the small valley, and with a few pushes, he climbed into a cave.

The cave reeked of a foul stench that made one want to vomit.

Lin Le walked inside, then paused slightly, because he saw the half-eaten corpse and two naked female corpses.

"Take them out and bury them," Lin Le said to Hong Tu, who came in behind him.

"Okay." Hongtu chuckled awkwardly, thinking that his little scheme to sneak a taste of the soup had been discovered.

Lin Le continued forward and soon arrived at a stone platform.

There was a depression in the center of the stone platform, with soil and a small blade of grass in the depression.

However, as Lin Le pulled it up, it was no longer a small grass, but a ginseng root in the shape of a human.

Although it's just the most common type, you can tell from its appearance that it's almost become sentient.

Although the age of the ginseng is unknown, it must be at least a hundred years old for the mandrill to cherish it so carefully.

Without hesitation, Lin Le, without any regard for Obito, ate the ginseng whole, bite by bite.

As soon as the ginseng entered his stomach, Lin Le felt his blood and qi circulate wildly, digesting the medicinal power.

Without even needing to use his lotus magic, Lin Le could feel that he could completely digest the medicinal power.

After leaving the cave, Lin Le began to gather firewood. When Hong Tu returned after burying the body, Lin Le said, "Skin the mandrill and the other monkeys."

“Okay.” Hongtu had no objections and turned to peel the skin, looking hardworking and conscientious.

After skinning the monkey, Lin Le started a fire to roast it.

Once it was cooked, Lin Le ate it with gusto.

After Hongtu finished his work, Lin Le handed him a piece of roasted meat: "Call a few people over and take the rest of the dead monkeys away. They're yours."

"Thank you, young hero! Thank you, young hero!" Hong Tu clasped his hands in thanks. "Hmm." Lin Le nodded slightly and continued eating his meat.

Hongtu quickly called over a few people to drag the rest of the monkeys away.

After eating for a while, Lin Le threw down the bones, let out a burp, and realized that although the monkey looked big, it only had about two or three hundred pounds of meat to eat, which was just enough for one meal.

By visualizing his inner world through his supernatural powers, Lin Le first depleted his karmic debt from killing.

As heat rose up his spine and then slowly subsided, Lin Le's Yang Spirit Root had grown to its fifth segment.

After consuming another hundred merits of the human path, Lin Le used a lotus seed to suddenly comprehend the Qi Condensation Technique.

Memories from the very beginning of consciousness came flooding back.

When Lin Le regained consciousness, he felt that the blood and qi in his body were more active. The power he had comprehended this time was more like a passive one, called the power of rebirth.

Learn from the process of a baby growing into an adult.

This aura lingers in his body, seemingly having the effect of making him younger with age.

But this effect is neither useful nor worth discarding, since Lin Le is only fourteen years old this year, and can't be much younger than that.

Lin Le consumed another ordinary lotus seed.

One thought, one year. During this year, he constantly practiced the Thirteen Turns of Dou Tian fighting method, trying to combine momentum and technique.

However, after regaining his senses, Lin Le's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, because it had all been for nothing.

The momentum couldn't even be brought into a single thought within a year!

Consuming another ordinary lotus seed, this time it was an epiphany. Lin Le wielded his spear, searching for the perfect harmony between momentum and skill.

Finally, Lin Le thrust forward and teleported to a stone wall like lightning.

boom!
More than half of the gun barrel was embedded in the stone wall.

Fighting Heaven Second Form, Breaking Through the Sky!
Lin Le breathed a sigh of relief after struggling to pull out the gun, realizing that it had actually been useful.

The expenses were several times greater than expected.

If he could develop momentum in a year, Lin Le felt that with his comprehension, he could develop three different limit-breaking techniques based on momentum within a year, and even begin to study the coordination between momentum.

It's a pity I can't bring it; I'll have to do it myself little by little.

'Perhaps a single lotus seed can improve this situation.' This thought couldn't help but cross Lin Le's mind.

After glancing at the merit points, Lin Le felt it was necessary to give it a try.

Lin Le started wielding the gun again, this time not for enlightenment, but to accelerate the digestion of the medicine and vital energy in his body.

It has to be said that this ginseng is truly a ginseng that has almost become a spirit. Lin Le felt that just digesting it would give him enough strength to increase by nearly a thousand pounds.

And that mountain demon, as expected of a demon who had entered the Dao, possessed truly surging vital energy.

As the blood and qi were being transported, the red light became almost tangible, enveloping Lin Le like a pill furnace. Lin Le was like a medicinal herb being refined into a pill.

No, I want to burn him into a flawless, transparent body with skin like glass and bones like white jade.

As the morning sun shone on the earth, Lin Le stopped practicing his shooting; he had already digested all the lessons he had learned.

Lin Le practiced from night to day, but instead of being tired, he was full of energy.

Lin Le clenched his fist; he could feel that he had a strength of 12,100 jin.

'I only need 700 jin to reach the elixir stage,' Lin Le thought to himself.

However, Lin Le felt that the remaining 700 jin was even more difficult than the previous 2,000 or 3,000 jin. He estimated that he would need to eat another mandrill to make up for it.

'But we should be able to raise the money today.'

Lin Le stood up, picked up his spear, and left the valley.

The mandrill has been eliminated, but the bully has not. It's time to eliminate the bully.

(End of this chapter)