Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 84 - The County Magistrate is Captured
"He got away." Xiang Lingchen looked around the scene.

"Damn it!" Wei Zhenshan said, filled with resentment.

But then he suddenly remembered something and quickly took out his official seal, saying, "You and I share this official seal. Use it to search all the cultivators in the city. I don't believe he can escape!"

"Okay." Xiang Lingchen nodded, and then he began to move.

A soft, yin palm strike landed directly on Wei Zhenshan's chest.

Caught off guard, Wei Zhenshan was struck squarely by Xiang Lingchen's palm.

With a thud, Wei Zhenshan coughed up a mouthful of blood and stared at Xiang Lingchen in disbelief.

He thought that Xiang Lingchen's help was a way of putting aside past grievances and fighting against foreign enemies together, but he never expected that Xiang Lingchen would turn around and strike him back.

"Why?" Wei Zhenshan asked Xiang Lingchen, puzzled.

"Why?" Xiang Lingchen picked up the official seal that Wei Zhenshan had dropped. "Two tigers cannot share one mountain. Wei Zhenshan, if you are not eliminated, the Xiang family will not have peace."

Wei Zhenshan was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood: "Xiang Lingchen, what time is it? You're still thinking about your Xiang family's position. If you don't kill that little thief, your entire Xiang family will be wiped out in the future!"

“I know, that’s why I’m sparing your life now,” Xiang Lingchen said, holding the official seal. “Otherwise, that palm strike would have shattered your heart meridian instead of causing frostbite.”

"What do you mean?" Wei Zhenshan frowned.

Xiang Lingchen stretched out his hand, and a rope automatically tied Wei Zhenshan: "What do you mean? Of course, I'm asking you, Magistrate Wei, to stay at my Xiang family home for a while until your term is about to end."

"If you behave yourself, you can leave the Xiang family safely. But if you don't," Xiang Lingchen's voice turned icy, "be careful of robbers, Lord Wei!"

"Alright." Seeing Xiang Lingchen's resolute attitude, Wei Zhenshan also gave up resisting. He could only blame himself for being careless and actually thinking that Xiang Lingchen had come to save him.

All of this was observed by a black cat that was grooming itself.

In the Lin family mansion, a black cat leaped into the courtyard, and then a slender, fair hand reached out to grab it.

However, the black cat was agile and dodged to the side, transforming into a handsome young man.

"Oh, your strength has improved." Qingli praised, then her vertical pupils contracted, and she suddenly flew in front of the young man, her voice tinged with anger, "You're injured! Who did this?!"

"It's just a superficial wound, nothing serious." Lin Le took a step back, creating some distance. "It'll be fine after a night's rest."

"Did you start that fight just now?" Qingli frowned and forcefully pressed her hand against Lin Le.

“It was me,” Lin Le nodded. “I got into a fight with the county magistrate and the county constable.”

After carefully cleaning Lin Le's wounds with her magic, Qing Li frowned: "Why did you fight with them for no reason?"

"Just giving it a try," Lin Le shrugged, pressing his hand to his wound as the regenerative energy, imbued with the Wood Element True Qi, stimulated his flesh and blood.

"Can't you take it slow?" Qingli tapped Lin Le's forehead with her finger, displeased. "Your progress is beyond what ordinary people can achieve, why do you have to take such risks?"

“No.” Lin Le shook his head. “I feel anxious just letting them live one more day.”

Qingli said somewhat angrily, "Then I'll just kill them for you, and you can focus on your cultivation!"

He then turned around
"Hey!" Lin Le grabbed Qing Li's arm quickly. "Don't interrupt my cultivation! Is taking revenge yourself the same as taking revenge through someone else?"

"Then promise me you'll never do anything you're not sure you can do!" Qingli said, turning around.

"I promise, I promise," Lin Le agreed loudly, then muttered under her breath, "So nosy, just like my mother."

"Because you call me 'Mother'!" Qingli said, puffing out her chest.

Lin Le snapped, "You're really going to have a problem with this mother, aren't you?!"

"Hehe, you'll never get past that!" Qingli's eyebrows curved into a smile, full of smugness.

Lin Le rolled his eyes. "You vixen, just you wait. One day I'll make you call me 'Dad'."

Sitting cross-legged, Lin Le continued to heal his wounds with the power of rebirth.

The wound healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Because her skin was already fair and tender, there was no noticeable difference after it healed.

After healing his wounds, Lin Le introspected his inner vision and saw a one-patterned Humanity Lotus Seed shining brightly. He had killed two people today, and their merits, combined with the remaining Humanity Merit, were just enough to make one one-patterned Humanity Lotus Seed.

As the lotus seed of the Human Dao evaporated, three years passed in a single thought. Lin Le combined the illusion technique with the footwork from the Thirteen Turns of Dou Tian.

Because both techniques were perfect, and Lin Le had good comprehension, he quickly mastered a set of footwork techniques.

Lin Le named it the "Lost Step".

When he came to his senses, Lin Le stood up, took a step, and left a part of himself behind.

After taking six steps, there were six Lin Les.

Six is ​​the limit.

Lin Le stopped in his tracks, and the six Lin Les behind him immediately disappeared.

"It's time to sleep." A pair of snow-white arms wrapped around Lin Le from behind.

"Okay." Lin Le nodded, then suddenly remembered something, "Oh right, I haven't given you the yang energy yet."

"No need." Qingli pressed Lin Le's outstretched hand back. "You were just injured, taking care of yourself is the most important thing."

"I already told you, it's just a superficial injury," Lin Le said helplessly.

"No need, I don't need it." Qingli hugged Lin Le and lay down on the rocking chair. "Be good, go to sleep."

"Whatever you want." Lin Le pouted, then settled in to enjoy the pampering from the large water bag.

The next day, Lin Le woke up early, touched his pants, and found nothing.

It's because I was too comfortable before that I kept having those kinds of dreams.

After rinsing his mouth and cleansing himself, Lin Le transformed into a black cat and left the courtyard.

Then, Qingli woke up and looked at the breakfast that had escaped, her lips pouting.

Walking down the street, Lin Le observes the world from a cat's perspective.

When Lin Le first comprehended the power of new life, he realized that his foundation in this area was somewhat shallow.

In order to save some merit in the future, Lin Le patiently observed all things.

Lin Le, now disguised as Zhou Botong, entered Danxia Pavilion.

Zhou Ziyang looked at the familiar figure walking in, his expression changed involuntarily, and he quickly went to greet him, lowering his voice as he said:

"Master Zhou, you should leave now! My temple is too small to accommodate a true immortal like you!"

"I know." Lin Le nodded slightly. After being exposed, he didn't intend to continue refining pills at Danxia Pavilion. Then he changed the subject, "But guests are guests, you can't turn me away, can you?"

Seeing Lin Le's seemingly calm smile, Zhou Ziyang dared not refuse and said with a wry smile, "Speak, what does Master Zhou need?"

After thinking for a moment, he added, "You know that because of that batch of Tiger Bone and Leopard Tendon Pills, I don't have any good stuff left."

"If you run out, just send over a batch." Lin Le took out a storage bag.

As the people he killed rose in status, storage bags, though rare, became commonplace for Lin Le.

"Don't worry, I won't take it for nothing." Lin Le tossed the storage bag to Zhou Ziyang. "Exchange the storage bag and the silver inside for... pills, any good quality ones will do."

Although replacing them with medicinal herbs would maximize profits, mobilizing so many herbs would alarm even the Xiang family, let alone Danxia Pavilion.

I might as well switch to lighter pills; they were stolen anyway, so I don't care.

"Okay." Zhou Ziyang breathed a sigh of relief, and even looked a little happy, but the next second, his face fell.

"Oh, by the way, buy it for me at the internal discount price." Lin Le said with a half-smile, "I know the prices, Manager Zhou."

Zhou Ziyang covered his face.

(End of this chapter)