Lin Chang'sheng actually sort of believed what Murong Tian said.

Because.

Sect Leader Su Changkong only took 180 years to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm and become sect leader. That kind of speed is just nuts.

"Perfect timing. I need to head to the Mortal World, find a girl, and smack her ass. Maybe I'll get lucky and run into some Heaven and Earth Qi while I'm at it!"

Lin Chang'sheng thought to himself.

But.

Before that, he needed to recruit a few junior disciples to sunbathe together.

"Today's sunlight is especially strong. Time to go to the Task Hall, get a token, rope in some outer sect juniors, and start racking up experience points for the Five Elements Pure Yang Technique."

Lin Chang'sheng made up his mind, thinking to himself.

Because.

Gathering Five Elements Spirit Roots for a sunbathing session should include himself. He had Three Spirit Roots, just needed two more to make five. That should work.

Lin Chang'sheng returned to his own little courtyard.

He grabbed a wooden plank and whittled it into a sign. On it, he wrote:

[Wanted: Junior disciples with Water or Earth attributes. Sunbathe with me! Three days, one spirit stone!]

Then, carrying the wooden sign, he headed to the entrance of the Task Hall. He found a big stone tablet, set out a stool, sat down, and propped the sign up next to him.

"Wait, am I seeing this right? He's using spirit stones to hire Water or Earth Spirit Root juniors to sunbathe with him? Dude's got too many spirit stones and nowhere to spend them, huh?"

"Sunbathing increases cultivation? Is there some trick to this?"

"Huh? Isn't that Senior Brother Lin Chang'sheng, the one who just got rewarded by the sect?"

"Hey, I actually have a Water Spirit Root. I'll give it a shot. Three days of sunbathing for one spirit stone. That's not bad!"

"Bro, you think this is a scam or what?"

"......"

Lin Chang'sheng hadn't been sitting long before he was surrounded—three deep inside, three deep outside—by mostly juniors under the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, all buzzing with comments.

Totally ignoring their chatter, Lin Chang'sheng warmed his hands and started swiping Golden Bell Shield experience points.

"So many junior sisters here. If only one would let me spank her, that'd be perfect!"

"But damn, what a shame."

Lin Chang'sheng glanced at the crowd of graceful junior sisters, sighing internally.

For now.

Taiyin Formless Slash and Wind and Thunder Movement were not options. Honestly, what he really wanted was to recruit a girl to let him spank her. Even if he paid in spirit stones, probably no one would be up for it.

"Senior Brother Lin, I have Water, Fire, Gold, and Wood—Four Spirit Roots! Do I qualify?"

At that moment, a skinny, gentle-looking Junior Brother at the peak of Qi Refining First Layer squeezed forward.

"You're in. Sunbathe with me for three days and earn one spirit stone! Just sit here with me, soak up the sun."

Lin Chang'sheng said in a low voice. With a flick of his hand, he produced a stool—he had more than a dozen in his storage bag.

"All right! Senior Brother, my name is Su Yun, but you can just call me Xiaosu!"

The skinny junior sat on the stool, looking super nervous.

"Still missing an Earth Spirit Root, huh?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked at his panel—no red notification popped up. He pondered; his own roots were Fire, Gold, and Wood, which overlapped with Su Yun's Water, Fire, Gold, Wood—just one extra Water attribute.

Still missing Earth for the full set.

Thinking of this, Lin Chang'sheng turned to the crowd and announced, "Everyone, I'm looking for someone with an Earth Spirit Root! If you're interested, come sign up! Promise—just sunbathe with me, and after three days, you'll definitely get a spirit stone!"

"Senior Brother Lin, I have Earth, Gold, Fire—Three Spirit Roots. Does that work?"

Just as he finished, a short, chubby junior at Qi Refining Second Layer stepped up, speaking nervously.

"Works for me. Sit right here!"

Lin Chang'sheng nodded and, with another wave, took out another stool.

Five Elements Pure Yang Technique, exp +1!

Five Elements Pure Yang Technique, exp +1!

...

"It works, just as I thought!"

Lin Chang'sheng noticed a red notification popping up on his own hidden system panel.

"Sunbathing now adds one experience point every thirty breaths. Kind of slow, though!"

Lin Chang'sheng kept his eyes on the panel, watching the progress and frowned a little. Glancing at the crowd, he suddenly thought, "If a complete group of Five Elements Spirit Roots gets me one point every thirty breaths, what if I make another full group for sunbathing? Wouldn't my experience points double?"

"Let's try and see!"

With that in mind, Lin Chang'sheng told the crowd, "Anyone else interested? Four Spirit Roots have priority!"

Since if there was another Four Spirit Root, he'd just need to match them with someone with Earth, and that'd cover it.

"I have Earth, Wood, Gold Spirit Roots!"

"I have Gold, Wood, Water, Fire—Four Spirit Roots! That work?"

Just then, two people reported their spirit roots, both at Qi Refining First Layer.

"Perfect, you two. Sit over here!"

Lin Chang'sheng waved his hand again, pulling two more stools out of his storage bag. "You two sit here!" he instructed.

Once he pointed where to sit, his panel immediately showed red experience notifications, and the speed doubled. Checking the numbers, what took thirty breaths for one point was now down to fifteen breaths for a point.

"One more complete set of Five Elements Spirit Roots, and my experience doubles! What if I make ten groups? My exp will absolutely skyrocket!"

Thinking this, Lin Chang'sheng looked at the surrounding juniors, eyes full of anticipation. "Anyone else want to sunbathe with me? I'm paying in spirit stones! Fair and square, guaranteed!"

He knew.

As long as he offered spirit stones, these Qi Refining First and Second Layer juniors would never turn down the temptation.

How many tasks would it take them to earn just one stone?

"Me!"

"Me too!"

"Count me in!"

"........"

As soon as Lin Chang'sheng finished, all sorts of juniors came rushing up. In no time, he'd fit together ten full sets of Five Elements Spirit Roots, since most had either four or three roots.

Two people could make a full set!

Which meant it only cost two spirit stones per group for three days of sunbathing!

On his panel, the red experience points were flashing non-stop.

Before a quarter of an hour had passed, the panel showed: [Five Elements Pure Yang Technique (Mastery 3112/4000)]

"Not bad! Twenty spirit stones, and the Five Elements Pure Yang Technique could probably be maxed out within five hours!"

"Hell yeah!"

Looking at the experience bar for his Five Elements Pure Yang Technique racing up, Lin Chang'sheng felt very pleased.

"Why do you think Senior Brother Lin is spending twenty spirit stones hiring people just to sunbathe with him?"

"No clue. Does he really have so many spirit stones he can't finish spending them? Or does he have some weird fetish?"

"The sect just awarded him five hundred spirit stones, but even at this rate, he'll run out eventually. Such a wastrel!"

"........"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng and twenty juniors sunbathing in the scorching sun, all dripping with sweat, the rest of the sect just couldn't understand it. Some mumbled, "Has Lin Chang'sheng cultivated so hard he's gone nuts?"

Or did he really have some strange kink?

"Once my Five Elements Pure Yang Technique hits perfection, I'm off to Celestial Extreme City!"

Lin Chang'sheng glanced at his twenty sunbathing juniors, each soaked in sweat, calculating his next moves. At that moment, everyone started looking toward the Task Hall entrance.

"Gao Ziyue?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked too, eyes narrowing. Yep, it was Gao Ziyue coming.

At this moment.

Gao Ziyue was with a group of more than ten, both guys and girls, most at the peak of Qi Refining Ninth Layer!

"Brother Lin, what exactly are you doing...?"

Gao Ziyue came over, staring at Lin Chang'sheng and his crew sunbathing—everyone sweating buckets—clearly baffled.

"Oh me? I've got a special plan with these folks! Ziyue, what brings you here?"

Lin Chang'sheng looked at Gao Ziyue and asked.

"Brother Lin, my master asked me to head out to Celestial Extreme City for training. I've heard there's been a lot of Heaven and Earth Qi over there lately. Oh, and this is for you. My master gave you this magical artifact. I tried coming by your place a few times but kept missing you."

Gao Ziyue reached into her storage bag and put a wooden box in front of Lin Chang'sheng. She clasped her hands together and said, "Take care!"

When Gao Ziyue finished, she hurried off to catch up with the other seniors.

"You too, take care!"

Lin Chang'sheng nodded to Gao Ziyue and didn't say anything more, just kept sunbathing.

........

"Junior Sister Ziyue, that Lin Chang'sheng is such a slacker. He doesn't even cultivate with his spirit stones; just hires people to sunbathe! Why are you still so nice to him? He's really not worth it!!"

As Gao Ziyue rejoined her group, one stunning, round-faced Senior Sister glanced Lin Chang'sheng's way, her voice full of disdain.

"Senior Sister Yan Li, Brother Lin must have his reasons for doing what he does. Plus, he helped my father rest in peace—I'll never forget what he did for my family!"

Gao Ziyue said firmly.

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