Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

Chapter 87 The Small Competition Ends

The sect competition at Hundred Refinement Peak has been over for more than half a month, but many disciples still talk about what happened that day.

"Junior Brother Lin, you can keep these pills. They're just some Spirit Gathering Pills; they're of little use to me now."

Song Cheng insisted on giving these pills to Lin Yun, and Lin Yun felt really bad about it.

Lin Yun firmly shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Song, what are you saying? I can't accept a free gift without having done anything right! How could I take your pills for nothing?"

Song Cheng sighed and said, "Alas! Junior Brother Lin, you can take it. I have already reached the ninth level of Qi Refining. I will meditate for a while longer and then prepare to break through with the help of a Foundation Establishment spiritual object."

"How about this, if I fail to pass the test, you can help me take my belongings back to the family."

"And these Spirit Gathering Pills are my reward for entrusting you with this task."

Hearing this, Lin Yun hesitated before accepting the Spirit Gathering Pills.

"Well... okay!"

"That's more like it! Alright, Junior Brother Lin Yun, I'll go back to my secluded cultivation now."

Wishing Senior Brother Song a successful Foundation Establishment!

Watching the other person's departing figure, Lin Yun couldn't help but recall the situation from the sect's small competition half a month ago.

He was already exhausted at that time, but he still accepted Wu Tong's challenge.

During this time, he exhausted all his trump cards, including the last few talismans he had.

They fought until they were completely exhausted, and only then did they give up.

Lin Yun's record stands at five wins and one loss!

Wu Tong was also in a bad state. After being held up by Lin Yun for so long, his already meager magical power was almost completely depleted.

Next, he faced Zhong Mo and was almost forced to use his talisman again, but he barely managed to win by relying on his own combat experience.

Then, Song Cheng took the stage and easily defeated Wu Tong, who was weak in magic.

Then Song Cheng stayed on the stage, and with the power of the Thunder Bell, no one dared to challenge him, allowing him to win second place in the sect's minor competition and obtain the Lesser Pure Spirit Liquid.

Thus, the sect competition came to a complete end.

Lin Yun's record was five wins and one loss, making him third in the sect's minor competition, and his reward was a top-grade magic weapon.

Fourth place goes to Wu Tong, with a record of four wins and two losses, while fifth place goes to Du Jin, with three wins and two losses.

Both received the same reward: to go to the Transmission Hall and choose a cultivation technique of Foundation Establishment level or below, or a second-tier inheritance.

As for those ranked sixth to tenth, the reward is 300 sect contribution points each. There's not much difference between the high and low rankings, so nobody cares about that.

The reason Song Cheng came to deliver the pills was because he felt guilty for taking credit for Lin Yun's efforts and wanted to make it up to Lin Yun.

"A top-grade magic weapon is already quite good."

"The rewards for winning the sect competition in the past have never been this good. I don't know why the rewards for this sect competition are so generous."

Lin Yun was already very satisfied. You should know that in the past, the reward for winning the sect's minor competition was at most a high-grade magic weapon.

Not many disciples were willing to sign up.

As he spoke, Lin Yun took out the top-grade magic artifact that had been bestowed upon him some time ago.

Shattered Gold Splitting Shuttle!

A long, dark golden shuttle appeared in Lin Yun's hand, about the length of his forearm.

Both ends are sharp spikes, and with just a slight scratch, a tear appeared on Lin Yun's Xuan Tu inner armor.

"A top-grade magic weapon crafted from pure metallic spirit patterns is truly rare, its sharpness has been enhanced to the extreme."

"Unfortunately, the metallic spirit patterns engraved inside cannot be detected. This is because they have been treated with special methods. If we try to detect them forcibly, the entire artifact will be destroyed."

Such methods are actually quite common. Most weapon refiners will treat the magical artifacts they refine in this way in order to prevent their weapon refining techniques from being leaked.

Unless your weapon crafting skills are a whole level higher than the other party's, you absolutely cannot deduce the spirit patterns engraved inside a finished magic weapon.

If one possesses such skill in weapon crafting, there's no need to go through all this trouble.

This Broken Gold Shadow Shuttle is quite unique; it can be held in hand for close combat, and it's roughly like a short knife.

However, after these days of repeated refinement, Lin Yun has discovered even more of the power of this top-grade magic weapon.

"go!"

Lin Yun activated it with his own spiritual power, and the dark golden shuttle shot out of the air at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to detect.

"point!"

With a thought from Lin Yun, the Shattered Gold Shadow Shuttle split into three during its flight, forming a triangular shape!

"Take it back!"

The next moment, the three fragmented golden shadow shuttles, which had shrunk by a third, quickly spun around, then circled around Lin Yun a few times before recombining into a complete magic weapon.

"Truly amazing! I wonder which master craftsman created this; it's simply divine skill."

When combined, this flying shuttle becomes a top-grade magical artifact with considerable power.

If it is divided into three sections, then the power of the three sections of the flying shuttle will not decrease too much, and each section of the flying shuttle is equivalent to the power of a high-grade magic weapon.

It can be said to have both area-of-effect attacks and single-target breakthroughs!

"The only problem is that the amount of mana required to activate this Shattered Gold Shadow Shuttle is far too much."

"Just this one round trip has depleted nearly ten percent of my magical power!"

However, Lin Yun also understood that this was not a flaw of the magic weapon, but rather a flaw of his own.

If one's cultivation level breaks through to the late stage of Qi Refining, then this situation will be greatly alleviated, and there will be no need to worry at all.

In addition, this piece of broken gold shadow shuttle has a little trick up its sleeve: it has some hollowed-out spaces inside.

You could easily put some insects inside these hollowed-out spaces.

The speed of this Shattered Gold Shadow Shuttle far exceeds the speed of the spirit insect's own flight, allowing it to simultaneously carry and attack.

However, if it collides with other top-grade magical artifacts during flight, all the spirit insects stored inside will die.

"I've only managed to cultivate five Fire Jade Bees so far, so it's best not to store them there."

"Let's consider these things again when we're able to cultivate a Fire Jade Bee and use these spirit insects on a large scale."

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Lin Yun carefully put away the Broken Gold Shadow Shuttle, meditated for a while, and then activated the Book of Insight.

[The five elements of the Cangxuan Domain have returned to harmony. The earth's veins yield metals and stones, vegetation flourishes, and water and fire are in balance. It is a suitable time for cultivation to break through realms, but a time to refrain from practicing demonic arts and secret techniques.]

[The Taiyuan Sect's Qingyang Sect Leader has decided to investigate the situation within Guangling territory. To this end, three exploration teams have been formed, each led by a Foundation Establishment elder, to investigate the situation of the Spirit Fusion Fruit Tree when Guangling territory opens again.]

[At Broken Cloud Ridge, the Xiong family dispatched three Foundation Establishment cultivators, but they were driven back by an alliance of other families. In this battle, the Xiong family once again seized a large amount of cultivators' blood and bones to replenish their blood pool.]

[In the Western Regions of Cangxuan, the Blood Spirit Sect has once again dispatched a Core Formation stage elder to the Southern Region, preparing to expedite their progress.]

Lin Zhongchuan and Lin Chaosheng each led their clan's troops in a fierce battle against the Wu family's southward-bound cultivators, achieving a great victory!

In the Great Qian Immortal Dynasty, two cultivators who had obtained dragon energy were exposed and were hunted down by the entire dynasty's cultivators.

"The Wu family's dispatch of cultivators south this time was clearly to investigate the secret of the He family's unusually large quantity of spiritual herbs. However, the family blocked them this time, which has created a huge grudge that can never be resolved."

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Lin Yun sighed and decided that from now on, he would designate Wu Zhong, the head of the Wu family, as his ancestor every day and obtain one piece of information related to him.

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