Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 81 - Eight-Section Spiritual Root
After greeting Zhou Ziyang, Lin Le sat down cross-legged in the alchemy room.

Through introspection, one could see densely packed lotus roots piled up like bones, with eighteen lotus seeds within the lotus flower shimmering with a faint glow.

1,120 points of killing karma, 1,365 points of human merit, and 63 points of earthly merit—these are all the gains Lin Le has made recently.

The dense lotus roots dissipated and turned into blood streaks, and Lin Le's spine also emitted a blazing heat.

Lin Le waited patiently until the heat subsided, then looked inward at the inner landscape of the Yellow Court. The eight-section red jade pillar, twenty-four feet high, stood tall, faintly tinged with gold.

Looking at the authentic lotus seeds, Lin Le thought for a moment but didn't use them. His current Qiankun Ring was enough for him, and he didn't need to upgrade it for the time being.

Instead, it's better to save them up and quickly improve your cultivation once you reach one hundred.

Finally, there was the Human Lotus Seed. Lin Le used one to perfect his transformation technique.

After consuming another Enlightenment Pill, Lin Le recalled the stray cats he usually saw, his mind completely absorbed in their every move.

When Lin Le came to his senses, he raised his hand and saw a chubby little paw. Looking around, he noticed that his line of sight was much lower than usual.

Lin Le forcibly conjured a water mirror, looked at the black cat in the water mirror, and smiled slightly.

Transformation Technique: Cat, complete!

After stretching his body, Lin Le felt that he was just like a cat at this moment, with a cat's sense of smell, eyesight, and reactions all manifested in him.

After transforming back into human form, Lin Le clenched his fist and muttered to himself, "It's a pity I can only transform into a cat. To transform into other animals, I need a deeper understanding of them as well."

Fortunately, no one is needed.

Lin Le transformed himself back into "Zhou Botong." He walked around a few times, his steps becoming even more unsteady; he had truly become the old man.

Moreover, with weakened qi and blood, even a doctor cannot detect the deception when taking the pulse.

Three years later, Lin Le learned the Tiger Eye Technique. This spell was quite easy to learn, probably because it was related to the soul.

Lin Le opened his eyes, and light shone into the dark room.

After blinking several times, Lin Le's eyes returned to normal, looking no different from those of an ordinary person.

Tiger Eye Technique, perfected!

Next came the momentum of the flame, and Lin Le consumed three one-patterned Human Lotus Seeds.

Because of his experience in learning alchemy, Lin Le successfully grasped the essence of the "fire of life" to a minor level.

Finally, there is the new life force. Because Lin Le had little accumulation, he consumed five one-patterned human lotus seeds to advance to the minor completion stage.

Now he only has two lotus seeds with one pattern left.

Lin Le had no intention of holding back, and threw the last two into the Slaughtering Force.

A hallucination appeared before his eyes: thousands of undead rose up and rushed towards Lin Le, trying to drag him into the abyss of death.

Lin Le reached out and squeezed, and a long spear appeared in his hand. He then engaged in battle with them.

Bones piled up like mountains, blood flowed like rivers, and Lin Le crushed the last human head with one foot.

Then the scene changed, and the dead people stood up again and attacked Lin Le.

So repeatedly...

By the time Lin Le came to his senses, the temperature around him was dropping noticeably.

Blood vessels filled the whites of his eyes, and it took a long time for them to slowly fade.

Lin Le took a few deep breaths, his brows furrowing slightly. He sensed that the massacre was progressing too quickly.

He showed signs of becoming addicted to it and turning into a serial killer.

'Because I killed too many people?'

Lin Le thought to himself.

"Slaughter of Death, Slaughter of Death"—when Lin Le named it, he had a premonition that this cultivation method would only require slaughter to continuously improve. 'I need to strengthen my spiritual cultivation; I don't want to suffer a qi deviation.'

Lin Leping calmed himself down and took out all the confiscated magical artifacts, throwing them into the alchemy furnace.

The fire was started, and at extremely high temperatures, all the ritual implements melted into molten iron.

Seeing this, Lin Le inserted the Demon-Slaying Spear into the alchemy furnace.

Like an elephant sucking up water, the Demon Spear of Slaughter absorbs the molten iron in the alchemy furnace.

Lin Le could feel the pain of the Demon Spear of Slaughter, but he ignored it.

After absorbing the molten iron, Lin Le took out the Lu Kong Demon Spear. Even though it had absorbed a large amount of molten iron, he could still feel a bone-chilling coldness when he held it in his hand, as if a ghost had possessed him.

Lin Le gripped the Demon Spear of Slaughter, waiting for it to unleash its power.

But after waiting for a while, it didn't cause any trouble.

Lin Le raised an eyebrow, his killing intent mingling with the power of lightning, and mercilessly drew out the spiritual essence of the Slaughtering Void Demon Spear.

The Demon Spear of Slaughter clanged loudly. It couldn't understand why it was being beaten so badly when it hadn't suffered any backlash this time.

Lin Le pressed down on the Demon Slayer Spear and continued to whip it until it fainted before stopping.

This demonic artifact is like a vicious dog; it must be whipped constantly to instill fear into its very bones, lest it one day suddenly turn on you.

Sitting cross-legged, Lin Le refined the medicinal herbs and spirit stones he had collected. He was now only one-tenth of the way to the sixth level of the Spirit Platform Realm.

In the afternoon, Lin Le introspected the Spirit Platform Secret Realm. As the last piece of jade fell, the sixth level of the Spirit Platform was formed.

With a thought, a ball of earthy yellow energy fell down, spreading across the sixth level of the spiritual platform.

Seemingly sensing the final missing link, the true qi within the four spiritual platforms below became exceptionally active, even beginning to circulate spontaneously.

With each cycle, the progress of refining the earth elemental energy would increase. At this rate, Lin Le estimated that he would be able to completely refine it in less than an hour.

With a slight frown, Lin Le pondered for a moment and decided to complete his breakthrough here.

"Manager Zhou, I've made a small breakthrough and need to rest. Don't let outsiders disturb me." Lin Le walked out of the alchemy room, handed the pills to Zhou Ziyang, and gave him these instructions.

“Okay.” Zhou Ziyang nodded.

Lin Le turned around and went back to the alchemy room, focusing all his attention on circulating the Dao Guide to accelerate the refining of the earth elemental energy.

However, a rather unexpected guest arrived at Danxia Pavilion at this time.

"Magistrate, what brings you here?" Zhou Ziyang hurriedly greeted Wei Zhenshan as he walked in.

"Hey, Manager Zhou, I'm sorry, we have to cancel our previous order," Wei Zhenshan said with a sigh as he sat down.

"Your Excellency, are you referring to the order for Tiger Bone and Leopard Tendon Pills?" Zhou Ziyang frowned.

Wei Zhenshan nodded: "Yes, we won't need any more after we receive this batch today."

"Why? Is there something wrong with our pills?" Zhou Ziyang asked anxiously. He had brought back medicinal herbs from several nearby counties at high prices for this order.

If Wei Zhenshan says he doesn't want to do it, even though it's in installments and the loss won't be crippling, it will still be painful enough, and most of the loss will be attributed to him.

“There’s nothing I can do. The Xiang family is in trouble, and I can’t do anything about it,” Wei Zhenshan said.

After returning home yesterday morning, Xiang completely severed all cooperation with the county magistrate's office.

With such a large order for Tiger Bone and Leopard Tendon Pills, Wei Zhenshan naturally wouldn't accept it all himself, so canceling the order became the most reasonable course of action.

It's only because Danxia Pavilion has a powerful background that they would not only cancel the order, but also extort money from the customer.

Zhou Ziyang opened his mouth, but finally nodded helplessly and said, "Okay."

Even a powerful dragon can't suppress a local snake, let alone Danxia Pavilion, which can't be considered a powerful dragon at all; it's more like a hedgehog.

(End of this chapter)