Martial Arts Crossover: Infiltrating a Girls' Chat Group at the Start

At that moment, Lin Zhu caught a glimpse of the cultivator holding the Phoenix Blood Stone entering the treasure appraisal room.

Chapter 713 Evolution of the Resurrection Function

The cultivator went in quickly and came out quickly, looking disappointed. He gripped the stone in his hand tightly and loosely, then sighed.

Lin Zhu watched him leave Zhongbao Trading Company before following him.

"Huh!" Xiao Fei noticed as well, "Could there be something wrong with that stone?"

She focused her gaze to its limit, her eyes almost gleaming with golden light, but she still couldn't see the true nature of the stone.

Although curious, he did not follow Lin Zhu.

On the street not far from the entrance of Zhongbao Trading Company, Lin Zhu called out to the cultivator, "Fellow Daoist ahead, please wait."

The cultivator turned around and saw Lin Zhu dressed in black immortal robes, with an extraordinary bearing. He cupped his hands and said, "May I ask why you called me to stay here, friend?"

Lin Zhu pointed to the stone in the cultivator's hand, "I am Lin Zhu. I have a strong affinity for this stone in your hand. Fellow Daoist, would you be willing to make a move?"

"This..." the cultivator hesitated for a moment, "How much can you offer, fellow Daoist?"

Lin Zhu didn't name a price, but instead asked, "How much do you want, fellow Daoist?"

The cultivator was only at the Celestial Immortal level, just like Lin Zhu. He thought for a moment, since the stone hadn't been appraised as having any value at the Zhongbao Trading Company, he might as well sell it for whatever he could. But he still asked for an exorbitant price: "I want resources that can enhance spiritual power. Of course, one merit coin is also acceptable."

For celestial beings, especially those who are independent cultivators, accumulating merit is extremely difficult.

After accumulating merit, they would mostly exchange it for cultivation resources to improve their strength and then hunt down demons, monsters, and ferocious beasts.

Lin Zhu took out the Spirit-Awakening Tangerine that hadn't been concentrated by the Concentration Technique and handed it to the cultivator, saying, "A low-grade acquired spiritual root fruit, is this alright?"

"This!" The cultivator was surprised that Lin Zhu would actually offer him a postnatal spiritual fruit in exchange. He was already tempted, but he wanted more.

But what if I make more demands and scare Lin Zhu away?

Holding this stone in his hand was like holding a chicken rib; after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to focus on securing the immediate benefits first.

So he nodded to Lin Zhu and said, "Okay!" and handed the stone to Lin Zhu.

The two exchanged money for goods, and the transaction was completed smoothly.

Lin Zhu took the stone and immediately put it into his storage space. Then he cupped his hands and said, "It was a pleasure working with you. Farewell."

The cultivator returned the greeting with clasped hands, saying, "I must thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist."

Both of them turned and left.

A "ding" sounded in Lin Zhu's mind; the chat group was calling him.

At this moment, Xiao Fei approached and asked, "Did you find anything, little brother?"

"A little," Lin Zhu nodded with a smile. "Sister Feifei, please excuse me for a moment."

Xiao Fei paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!"

Upon arriving at the courtyard that Ma Fusheng had arranged for her, Lin Zhu went inside and immediately looked at the chat group.

[Ding! Phoenix Blood Crystal of the Primordial Realm level detected. Contains Nirvana Power. Add to system?]

Dongfang Xiong: Phoenix Blood Crystal at the Hunyuan Realm level, what does that mean?

Xianle: According to the concept of immortality, above the level of Daluo Jinxian is Hunyuan Jinxian, which is also the Hunyuan Realm. It also has nine levels, and the difference between each level is greater than the difference between Daluo Jinxian and Hunyuan.

Wu Xingyun: Whose Phoenix Blood Crystal is it?

Lin Zhu: It should be mine, no doubt about it.

Big Sister: Yes, it's the stone you put into your storage space. It contains a drop of blood from a phoenix at the ninth level of the Primordial Chaos Realm, and its Nirvana power is immense.

Lin Zhu: Can it help you evolve?

Big Sister: It's not that easy. However, the system's resurrection function can be modified. After an accidental death, one can be reborn in the system space, perfectly inheriting one's physique, cultivation level, and aptitude from before, and may even be able to advance further.

Lin Zhu: Add it, add it quickly.

Big Sister: You made the most accurate choice.

Inside the storage space, the stone encasing the Phoenix Blood Crystal appeared in the space temporarily constructed by the chat group. The outer layer of stone peeled off, and soon a Chaos Pearl was extracted. It was entirely red, with a ball of Nirvana Golden Flame inside.

With a flash of golden light, the Nirvana Golden Flame grew stronger inside the Phoenix Blood Crystal, and then burned.

Within the system's temporary space, the Nirvana Golden Flame was condensed into substantial Dao patterns, its vitality extremely restrained.

[Ding! Phoenix Blood Crystal successfully collected. Resurrection function successfully modified. Metamorphosis into Nirvana. Below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level, one can undergo Nirvana upon death. Lin Zhu has been detected as the provider of Phoenix Blood Crystal; nine Nirvana opportunities below the Great Luo Golden Immortal level can be provided to him.]

Lin Zhu: So you mean I have nine lives now?

Big Sister: That's right, young man, go have fun! It doesn't matter if you die, you can be perfectly reborn.

Lin Zhu: What if you use up all nine chances for Nirvana?

Big Sister: Don't be too reckless. You're currently at the Celestial Realm, and you can undergo Nirvana once for every 100 merits you accumulate.

Lin Zhu: It's quite affordable.

Big Sister: 10 billion Golden Immortals, 1 mu of merit for a Taiyi Immortal, fees are based on merit.

Lin Zhu: I can't afford to die.

Big Sister: The more you work hard and accumulate more merit, the more you can give me the overall allocation. As long as it's 1,000 acres, the chat group can reach the level of a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure. At that time, the Nirvana will be discounted by 50%, and you can also open up a personal cave heaven.

Wanwan: We only have a few dozen merits now.

Aqing: The lion's share is with Xiaozhuzi, over a hundred million, right?

Lin Zhu: The merit of a thousand acres is not even worth this much if we were all sold together.

Wu Xingyun: What? Are we that cheap?

Xianle: Little Bamboo is right, and far from it. In most areas of the Pangu Realm, every life has its value. As long as one has enough merit, one can even kill beings with merit at will. Those beings with great merit are not necessarily good.

Si Qing: Actually, that's not the case. Generally speaking, a being with merit wouldn't waste its merit to kill an insignificant person. Cultivation is easy to gain, but merit is hard to accumulate.

Xianle: I just wanted them to know more about the cruelty of the Pangu Realm. Although the Pangu Realm uses merit as a standard for evaluating cultivators, it's not necessarily accurate. Just like the Asura Cult Leader of the Asura Blood Sea, who proved his Dao through killing and became the Dao Master of the Killing Dao, he would kill anyone he didn't like, regardless of how much merit he accumulated.

Lin Zhu: Is it the Styx Ancestor?

Xianle: It's him. His combat power is no less than that of Chiyou.

Lin Zhu: Could Chi You be the master of the Way of War?

Xianle: That's right, he is the Master of the Path of War.

Lin Zhu: What about the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan?

Xianle: He is the head of the Five Emperors and the master of the Imperial Way.

Lin Zhu: The Dao Lord of the Imperial Path is not actually the Heavenly Emperor?

Celestial Music: The Heavenly Emperor is the Lord of the Qian Yuan Dao, and can be considered a part of the Heavenly Dao.

Xiaoxue: Sister Xianle knows so much, it seems I need to read some books too.

Xianle: No rush. You and Qing'er should focus your energy on cultivation now. I've hit a bottleneck, which is why I have time to read.

Xiaoxue: Okay, then it will probably take a long time to cultivate.

Si Qing: By the way, I have a question now. The chat group is already online, so can I invite people now?

Big Sister: No, we have to wait until the system is upgraded. Even if we can recruit people then, we can't just recruit anyone.

After the chat ended, Lin Zhu began to sense the differences within herself in the room.

Chapter 714 Nirvana Phoenix Yan

A wisp of flame appeared within his soul; this flame was the fire of the phoenix's rebirth, very subtle yet incredibly powerful.

A thought suddenly struck him: 'Could I refine this wisp of flame?'

With that in mind, he did just that.

He carefully guided this wisp of Nirvana Fire and merged it into the Dao patterns of the blazing spiritual fire, the two combining to form a new Flame Divine Dao pattern.

Immediately, the boundless spiritual power within his body began to circulate rapidly, and the Nirvana Phoenix Flame Dao Patterns shone brightly, transforming the boundless spiritual power into Nirvana Phoenix Flame, increasing its total amount, and even condensing it into its source.

Lin Zhu had not anticipated this, but he knew it was an opportunity for him, so he fully opened all the acupoints in his body to absorb the innate spiritual energy between heaven and earth.

The Nirvana Phoenix Flame was extremely hot, and the Qilin robe on Lin Zhu's body had been taken back by it, with the flames enveloping his entire body.

The Witch God Body Refining Technique was activated, and the Nirvana Phoenix Flame flowed within his body, burning his flesh. The power of his life soul transformed into a hammer, relentlessly pounding his flesh, much like forging iron.

After its physical body shattered, it was reshaped by the powerful life force within the Nirvana Phoenix Flame, only to shatter again during the reshaping process.

He originally intended to improve his spiritual power cultivation, but this time the Nirvana Phoenix Flame brought him an improvement in his physical body.

The physical body, which was already at the level of a high-grade immortal artifact, has been refined by the Nirvana Phoenix Flame and is now infinitely close to that of a top-grade immortal artifact.

At this moment, outside the courtyard, the fluctuations of innate spiritual energy attracted the attention of Xiao Fei and Ma Fusheng.

"Is young brother Lin about to break through?"

Xiao Fei shook her head, "I don't know, Lao Ma, you go ahead and do your work. I'll protect you here."

Ma Fusheng looked at Xiao Fei and wisely retreated. He knew that Lin Zhu was a talent that Xiao Fei had already set her sights on, and that he was not someone he could covet.

Lin Zhu cultivated in the courtyard for a full five months.

For the first three months, he used the Nirvana Phoenix Flame to refine his body, which enabled his physique to break through to the level of a top-grade immortal artifact. In the last two months, because of the success of the body refinement, he accelerated the circulation of spiritual power, which also made his spiritual power cultivation progress by leaps and bounds.

He felt the hunger in his body, and while greedily absorbing the innate spiritual energy, he also swallowed the Qi-awakening tangerines whole.

He broke through to the fourth level of the Celestial Immortal realm in less than a day, having consumed fifty Spirit-Enhancing Tangerines. His spiritual cultivation also successfully broke through to the ninth level of the Celestial Immortal realm.

As the spiritual power within his body increases, he can also absorb more innate spiritual energy.

The purer the spiritual power, the more innate spiritual energy it carries, and the more powerful the attack will be, all for the same amount of spiritual power.

If he continues to cultivate at this point, breaking through to the True Immortal realm shouldn't be too much of a problem.

But after estimating the time, he felt that it was time to leave Linjiang City.

Meanwhile, in Heaven, the foolish Golden Immortal General found the brothers Gao Ming and Gao Jue, hoping they would help him.

Unfortunately, he miscalculated in the end.