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The next day, Yu Linzhou arrived as promised.

Yu Linzhou placed two fingers on Lin Zhixu's wrist, probed in with his spiritual energy, and raised an eyebrow slightly.

It's much smoother than last night.

Although the meridians are still thin and weak, at least they are no longer in a muddy and blocked state, and spiritual energy can barely flow through them.

It seems the child did indeed listen to him and take the medicine obediently.

He withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

He likes obedient children.

"How do you feel after taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill?"

Lin Zhixu truthfully said, "It hurt a lot at the time, and I came out a lot of filth, but I did feel much better afterwards."

"Hmm." Yu Linzhou wasn't surprised. "It means your body can't handle too much medicine for the time being. A low-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill is just right."

"Eat one pill every day from now on. When your body no longer excretes obvious waste, come back to me to exchange it for a higher-grade one. Once your spiritual meridians are completely unblocked and you can absorb spiritual energy on your own to enter the Qi Refining stage, you won't need to eat it anymore."

After listening, Lin Zhixu was silent for a moment, then asked, "Is it enough to just take the Marrow Cleansing Pill? Is it unnecessary to cultivate any other techniques?"

Yu Linzhou glanced at him, somewhat disdainfully: "With your spiritual veins so blocked right now, you can't even absorb spiritual energy. What's the point of learning any cultivation techniques? It's just a waste of time and energy."

"Fortunately, you encountered the true form, who can use medicine to help you nourish your spiritual veins. If it were an ordinary person, you would probably never have the chance to cultivate in this lifetime."

Lin Zhixu had grown accustomed to his sharp tongue and was immune to it.

After all, what he said was true.

Yu Linzhou casually tossed him a paper crane: "You have no spiritual power right now and can't leave Qiyue Peak. This paper crane will be your mode of transportation."

Lin Zhixu took it, looking at it; it was similar to Jiang Che's. "Thank you, Master. But how do I use this?"

"Just input spiritual power and..." Yu Linzhou paused halfway through his sentence.

He remembered. Lin Zhixu had absolutely no spiritual power available right now.

"...Never mind. I'll go to the beast farm and pick out a mount for you first."

Lin Zhixu looked at the paper crane in his hand: "What about this?"

Yu Linzhou glanced at him and could tell that he was very interested in the paper crane.

"It's just a paper crane, you can keep it for yourself."

Lin Zhixu: "...Thank you, Master."

Yu Linzhou originally planned to help Lin Zhixu clear his meridians today, but now he found that his meridians were too fragile and might not be able to withstand his spiritual power. He could only wait until they were stronger before doing so.

After giving his instructions, Yu Linzhou left.

Lin Zhixu looked down at the paper crane in his palm, still curious. He sat down cross-legged and tried to channel the faint energy within his body into the paper crane.

My lower abdomen felt a slight swelling, and there was something surging in my meridians, like wind trapped in a thick muscular cloth—I could feel it, but it couldn't penetrate.

Lin Zhixu tried for a long time, but the paper crane didn't budge.

He finally gave up.

To maintain the relationship between the system and its host, the system offered words of comfort: "Host, don't be discouraged. Everything is difficult at the beginning. The main problem is that this body is too weak; unlike the protagonist who was able to draw in Qi on the second day."

[Fortunately, the host became a disciple of Yu Linzhou; otherwise, without the tempering and refining effect of the Marrow Cleansing Pill, it would have taken the host a very, very long time to draw Qi into the body.]

Lin Zhixu: [...Thank you, that was very comforting. Don't try to comfort me next time.]

However, what the system said was also true. In the original story, the original owner became a disciple of Yan Lingcang and became an outer disciple, but Yan Lingcang did not care about him.

Although Yan Lingcang did not take on any disciples, Wucang Peak still had many elder disciples and miscellaneous disciples.

They knew that the original owner had been exceptionally accepted as an outer disciple, and they were very jealous of this. Seeing that he was not favored by Yan Lingcang, they began to openly bully him.

If it weren't for Luo Yiyan's frequent help to the original owner, the original owner might have been bullied and turned evil long ago.

After that, Luo Yiyan was soon able to cultivate, and he gave all the low-level Marrow Cleansing Pills he had to the original owner, which gave the original owner the opportunity to draw Qi into his body.

However, this process took a long time.

The cultivation world is the place where the law of the jungle is most evident, and the weak have no human rights.

To gain respect, one must be strong, whether through personal strength or a powerful background. If you possess either of these qualities, others will not dare to bully you.

……

In the days that followed, Lin Zhixu took his medicine on time and exercised diligently.

Yu Linzhou didn't come every day, but every few days to check his meridians and then leave.

Lin Zhixu could feel his body becoming lighter and lighter each day, his breathing becoming smoother and smoother, and the feeling of blockage and stuffiness in his meridians gradually disappeared.

Later on, swallowing a Marrow Cleansing Pill felt almost nothing, and his body stopped leaking impurities.

That day, Lin Zhixu was eating the Marrow Cleansing Pill like candy when a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the courtyard.

Yu Linzhou was holding a dark-colored thing in his arms. When he got closer, he realized it was a small dog. It was completely black, a fluffy ball of fur, and was being held by the scruff of its neck by Yu Linzhou. It was trembling with its tail tucked in.

Yu Linzhou casually tossed the little black dog, which flew in an arc and landed in Lin Zhixu's arms.

Lin Zhixu hurriedly caught the puppy, which shivered and curled up in his arms, its wet eyes looking at him pitifully.

"Master?"

Yu Linzhou patted the non-existent "dog" fur on his hand: "I originally wanted to go to the animal park to pick out a spirit beast for you as a mount, but all those things have been spoiled. They're all lazy, greedy, and have bad tempers. If I were to give them to you, it would be a disgrace to me."

"I just picked this up from outside," Yu Linzhou explained lazily. "Its parents were both half-step divine beasts, but unfortunately they were hunted down and both perished, leaving only this little thing. I'm kind-hearted, so I brought it back."

He glanced at the little black dog huddled in Lin Zhixu's arms, looking pitiful: "Keep it if you want it, otherwise I'll send it to the animal park."

Lin Zhixu lowered his head and met a pair of wet, dark eyes.

He stared at it for two seconds, then looked up and asked, "What level is it at now? Will it hurt me?"

Seeing that he wasn't blinded by the spirit beast's bloodlust, Yu Linzhou's eyes flashed with satisfaction, and he said lazily, "Don't worry, it's at most at the Golden Core stage right now. With me here, it can't hurt you."

"If you're worried, you can form a master-servant contract with it, and then its life and death will be in your hands."

Lin Zhixu nodded.

Yu Linzhou then raised his hand and drew a line across the dog's fingertip, causing a drop of blood to seep out. He then took blood from between the little black dog's eyebrows.

Two drops of blood mingled in the air, turning into a glimmer of light that entered the little black dog's forehead.

The puppy seemed to understand its fate and resisted somewhat when the contract was about to be signed.

But to Yu Linzhou, its resistance was nothing more than a display of affection, and it was easily suppressed.

The little black dog whimpered and huddled even closer to Lin Zhixu's arms.

"Alright," Yu Linzhou said, satisfied. "Give it a name."

Lin Zhixu looked down at the shriveled black ball in his arms, thought for a moment, and said, "...Let's call him Little Black."

The puppy's ears drooped down.

Yu Linzhou chuckled: "It truly lives up to its name."