"Yu Xiaochang?"

Wan Wushuang murmured, her beautiful eyes dark with thought, then turned and left.

After Lin Chang'sheng left the Void Divine Hall and traveled a thousand miles, he still felt unsafe.

He sprinted another thirty thousand miles before finally stopping in a range of rolling mountains.

The terrain here undulated so much that even a Nascent Soul cultivator would need considerable time to scan it with Divine Sense.

Lin Chang'sheng found a natural cave and slipped inside.

Next, he channeled his magical power, cut off a huge boulder, and blocked the entrance.

That way, unless he made a ton of noise, not even a Nascent Soul powerhouse would be able to detect him.

Lin Chang'sheng pulled out the storage bags from the three Golden Core cultivators he'd killed, then dumped out their contents in a heap.

Turns out, there were plenty of treasures here.

The Spirit Stones alone added up to over seventy thousand, along with a staggering amount of demon beast materials, herbs, elixirs, and magical artifacts.

No wonder Golden Core Stage cultivators lived so well.

Unfortunately, most of the stuff wasn't to Lin Chang'sheng's taste.

The herbs were mostly in the hundred-to-three-hundred-year range—useless compared to his thousand-year-old ginseng.

The magical artifacts were almost all lower or middle grade.

None could compare to his Immortal Slaying Saber, which could fuse with all kinds of treasures.

As for the elixirs, those weren't bad; besides Essence Stabilizing Pill and True Essence Pill, there were quite a few Concentration Pills and Golden Bone Pills.

Essence Stabilizing and True Essence Pills weren't a big boost for Golden Core cultivators, but there were lots of them.

They'd add up to a fair bump in cultivation.

Lin Chang'sheng did a quick count—there were over sixty bottles, ten pills per bottle.

That's 600 pills in total.

Even if each one only added ten points of cultivation, that's six thousand experience points.

And then there were the Concentration Pills and Golden Bone Pills.

Those were specifically for Golden Core Stage cultivators.

Concentration Pills could boost a Golden Core cultivator's Divine Sense, strengthening it and greatly helping when it came time to break through to Nascent Soul.

Right now, Lin Chang'sheng had a Flawless Golden Core, so when he reached Nascent Soul, he'd naturally aim for a peak breakthrough.

So he couldn't slack off on Divine Sense cultivation either.

There were fewer Concentration Pills; the three cultivators only had ten bottles combined.

Five pills per bottle.

The Golden Bone Pills were even rarer—just three bottles.

Golden Bone Pills were taken by Golden Core Stage cultivators to remodel their bodies—fortifying bones, boosting cultivation, and packing a punch.

After sorting the elixirs,

Lin Chang'sheng spotted four white Jade Scrolls among the treasures.

He sent his Divine Sense inside and discovered four Magic Technique Treasure Manuals.

One was titled Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique—a saber technique secret manual.

If cultivated to perfection, not only was the blade unmatched, but one slash could split mountains, another could sever rivers, and yet another could slay immortals.

Even just reading the intro fired Lin Chang'sheng up.

His original ambition was to wander the world, drinking and singing.

Now he'd done that, but his target was the peak of the Immortal Path.

Countless people had perished chasing immortality, but just as many cultivators kept forging ahead.

And Lin Chang'sheng was obviously one of them.

Cultivation—who doesn't yearn for longevity?

Cultivation—who doesn't dream of standing atop all immortals, looking down on the world?

And even if Lin Chang'sheng wasn't aiming for the peak, he had to keep getting stronger regardless.

Because there were plenty out there who wanted him dead.

Especially that old bastard Celestial Concealment.

Just thinking about that guy's terrifying power made Lin Chang'sheng double down on his cultivation.

Besides the Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique, there was also Arrow Shadow Maze, a hidden weapon technique, plus Gale Cloud-piercing Technique, and Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step—a body technique divine power.

"With these four Magic Technique Treasure Manuals, I can finally patch my weak spot in magic."

His Invisible Celestial Blade and Meteor Fire Rain didn't do much against cultivators above the Early Stage of Golden Core anymore.

If not for having a body tougher than most in the Late Golden Core Stage, plus divine sense at the Nascent Soul level...

it wouldn't have been nearly so easy for Lin Chang'sheng to kill someone at the Golden Core Middle Stage.

So he needed to boost his magic attack arsenal, fast.

These four manuals came at just the right time.

Lin Chang'sheng dropped everything and dove into the four Magic Technique Treasure Manuals, totally absorbed.

[Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique (Entry Level 1/500)]

After half an hour, Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique finally reached Entry Level.

[Arrow Shadow Maze (Entry Level 1/500)]

An hour later, the hidden weapon manual had reached Entry Level too.

[Gale Cloud-piercing Technique (Entry Level 1/500)]

[Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step (Entry Level 1/500)]

...

Two hours later, all four manuals were at Entry Level.

[Detected: Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique at Entry Level. Spend 2000 Spirit Stones to Simplify?]

[Detected: Arrow Shadow Maze at Entry Level. Spend 1500 Spirit Stones to Simplify?]

[Detected: Gale Cloud-piercing Technique at Entry Level. Spend 1500 Spirit Stones to Simplify?]

[Detected: Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step at Entry Level. Spend 1500 Spirit Stones to Simplify?]

Lin Chang'sheng clicked "yes" on all four without hesitation.

[Simplifying Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique... Simplification Complete... Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique === Immortal Slaying!]

[Simplifying Arrow Shadow Maze... Simplification Complete... Arrow Shadow Maze == Blind Arrow Grab!]

[Simplifying Gale Cloud-piercing Technique... Simplification Complete... Gale Cloud-piercing Technique == Run With The Wind!]

[Simplifying Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step... Simplification Complete... Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step == Cloud Stepping!]

"Immortal Slaying? Blind Arrow Grab? Run With The Wind? Cloud Stepping?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked at the simplified martial arts, and only Immortal Slaying left him stuck.

Did he really have to slaughter an immortal to level it up?

Talk about harsh.

"It doesn't HAVE to be an immortal—I'll just slash at the word 'immortal'!"

Lin Chang'sheng had a flash of inspiration.

Quickly, he scratched the word 'immortal' onto the nearby cave wall.

Then he grabbed a lower grade magical artifact and, without using magical power, started hacking at the wall.

Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique Experience +1!

Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique Experience +1!

Celestial One Immortal Slaying Technique Experience +1!

...

Watching the experience rack up, it was clear this method was foolproof.

Blind Arrow Grab was even easier.

Lin Chang'sheng fished out an arrow from his stash and started groping it with his eyes closed.

Arrow Shadow Maze Experience +1!

Arrow Shadow Maze Experience +1!

Arrow Shadow Maze Experience +1!

...

Cloud Stepping was simple too. Lin Chang'sheng wrote 'cloud' on his shoe sole, then kept lifting his leg and stepping down.

Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step Experience +1!

Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step Experience +1!

Nine-Star Soaring Cloud Step Experience +1!

...

Lin Chang'sheng alternated, stepping cloud in place, left hand blindly grabbing arrows, right hand slashing at 'immortal' on the wall with a saber.

All three manuals' proficiency skyrocketed.

Sadly, Run With The Wind wasn't doable now. He was holed up in a cave—no wind, nowhere to run.

Had to wait until all three magic techniques were perfected.

Then he'd try running after he got outside.

...

While Lin Chang'sheng cultivated away...

The Cyan Mountain Plain had exploded.

Over the ruins of the Void Divine Hall, an old man hovered, brows furrowed, standing on air.

His Divine Sense spread wide, sweeping everything in a hundred mile radius.

He waited nearly half the day, but not a single report came back with Lin Chang'sheng's whereabouts.

It was like Lin Chang'sheng had vanished into thin air.

This made Celestial Concealment Divine Master furious.

"Useless fools—"

Celestial Concealment was so pissed he wanted to tear Lin Chang'sheng apart, greedily devour his flesh and blood.

This wasn't just about his grandson's life.

This was also about his own future achievements.

He'd hoped to capture Lin Chang'sheng and have Master Bi Xi perform a soul swap using Lin Chang'sheng instead of his grandson.

But now with no sign of Lin Chang'sheng, how could Celestial Concealment not panic?

Not only might his future be ruined, he might also end up getting scorched by Master Bi Xi's wrath.

"Celestial Concealment Senior Brother, the brat must have escaped Cyan Mountain Plain. We'd never find him here—needle in a haystack. Better go back to Beimu and get Senior Brother Celestial Secret to use Celestial Eye. Even if the punk's at the ends of the earth, he can't hide."

The Beimu powerhouse who came along spoke up.

The guy radiated Nascent Soul energy himself, though he was noticeably weaker than Celestial Concealment.

Celestial Concealment's eyes flashed coldly. "That beast ruined my plans—once I get him, I'll skin him alive! Mo Li, Du Yue! You two stay behind and keep searching. Report to me the moment you get any news!"

Leaving those words, Celestial Concealment tore away through space.

He knew with the world so vast, if Lin Chang'sheng wasn't found here it'd be even harder elsewhere. He'd have to use Tracking Secret Technique to get a lead.

Otherwise, trying to search blindly—even for a Nascent Soul powerhouse—was pointless.

...

Ten miles away.

A man in his thirties, hands hooked in his belt, kept his eyes darting over every female cultivator.

Especially the ones with a partner.

He practically started drooling.

After a while, the guy remembered to check on Celestial Concealment's group.

When he saw Celestial Concealment leave, his heart filled with glee.

"Lin Chang'sheng, oh Lin Chang'sheng! You really do live up to your name—slipping away just like that, making that old Beimu geezer so mad!"

Cao De always kept Lin Chang'sheng on his mind—they'd even hit the brothel together once, sort of.

Finding a friend on the same wavelength in the cultivation world wasn't easy.

Of course he didn't want Lin Chang'sheng to die at Celestial Concealment's hands.

If Lin Chang'sheng knew what Cao De was thinking right now, he'd probably cough blood out of anger.

He didn't go to the brothel for fun like Cao De did—he was there grinding proficiency.

...

Thirty miles away.

A graceful woman in purple straightened her tightly knit brows after seeing Celestial Concealment leave.

"Brother Lin is alright—thank the heavens!"

Gao Ziyue breathed a sigh of relief to see Celestial Concealment depart.

She'd genuinely worried that Lin Chang'sheng would fall into Celestial Concealment Divine Master's hands.

After all, he was a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse—even her own master backed off from him.

Luckily, Brother Lin had heaven's own luck. When the Void Divine Hall closed, he vanished like thin air and never showed up again.

"Ziyue, you can relax now, right? Come back to the sect with me!"

Behind Gao Ziyue, her master Ji Ruyan and other disciples from Liuyun Immortal Sect had been waiting for ages.

So much happened inside the Void Divine Hall this time—Ji Ruyan needed to report to the Sect Leader immediately.

Especially concerning Lin Chang'sheng.

His growth was terrifying.

In just a few years, he'd risen from a Qi Cultivation rookie to the current Golden Core cultivator.

Not to mention snagged a ton of opportunities.

That's not something just anyone can do.

Even the Sect Leader couldn't compare back in the day.

If they could recruit this prodigy, keep him in Liuyun Sect and nurture him, his future achievements would be limitless.

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