"Uh?"

"Xiaobai, if you look down on me one more time, I'm going to smack your little butt! Believe it or not?"

Lin Chang'sheng stared at the Little White Fox, speaking in a serious tone.

"Ying~~~"

The Little White Fox shrank its head, looking scared out of its mind.

Just then, the ground suddenly trembled. From deep within the Celestial Pit, a mass of dust shot straight up, blasting out searing heat, mixed with shards of rock. The force was arrow-sharp, slicing through the air with a piercing whistle!

"No good! The energy surge erupted again!"

"Run, quick!"

"Ah! My leg..."

"......"

The cultivators gathered around the Celestial Pit scattered in panic, screaming miserably. Some who were slower got impaled straight through by flying boulders, blood mist exploding from their bodies on the spot!

In an instant.

The sky filled with ash, shrouding the Celestial Pit!

"Xiaobai, move!"

Without thinking, Lin Chang'sheng scooped Xiaobai up. Unleashing Wind and Thunder Movement, he appeared instantly over thirty feet away!

A few more rapid blinks, and he had gotten out of the pit's range.

Lin Chang'sheng stood on another mountain peak, staring toward the pit, heart pounding. He had just seen, barely forty feet away, two Low Tier Cultivators struck and killed instantly by those boulders.

"Whoa! The Celestial Pit spat out Heaven and Earth Qi again!"

"There's spiritual energy above the Celestial Pit!"

"This time, there are seven or eight streams!"

"......"

Suddenly, Lin Chang'sheng heard cries of surprise. He looked over and saw, up above the pit in the endless haze, seven or eight egg-sized glowing white orbs swirling around in the dust!

"Ying ying ying!"

All of a sudden, Xiaobai's fur stood on end and its big eyes lit up with hope. Gazing at the Heaven and Earth Qi drifting in the mist, it opened its mouth and spat out a pure white pearl!

With a swoosh!

The pearl instantaneously appeared next to those seven or eight streams of Heaven and Earth Qi, as if by instant teleportation.

Next second, the pearl seemed to have suction power, drawing in all the Heaven and Earth Qi around it and then flying back toward Lin Chang'sheng!

"Swoosh!"

The Little White Fox swallowed the pearl, gobbling down all the Heaven and Earth Qi along with it!

Suddenly, an invisible vortex whirled around its body, making the surrounding space ripple and distort!

"Ying ying ying!"

Xiaobai urgently gestured toward Lin Chang'sheng. Without hesitation, he scooped up the Little White Fox, unleashed Wind and Thunder Movement, and bolted off into the distance.

"What? The eight streams of Heaven and Earth Qi just now were all sucked up by a fox?"

"That Qi Refining Seventh Layer cultivator ran off with the fox! They're together! Chase them!"

"That little cultivator—wasn't he from Liuyun Immortal Sect?"

"......"

Seeing Lin Chang'sheng speeding away with the Little White Fox, the cultivators around the pit were utterly stunned. One after another, they had hoped to seize some spiritual energy, only to watch a small fox spit out a single bead and swipe it all.

In that moment, a swarm of cultivators started chasing after Lin Chang'sheng!

"No way, isn't that Senior Brother Lin? That Little Fox on his back is this insane?"

"It just sucked up eight Heaven and Earth Qi in one breath?"

Miles away, a burly youth watched Lin Chang'sheng flicker and vanish in an instant. His eyes bulged in disbelief—it was Tang Xing from Golden Talisman Immortal Sect.

"As expected of Senior Brother Lin. He snatched up all the Heaven and Earth Qi this time!"

"The strong really do get stronger and stronger...."

Jin Yun watched Lin Chang'sheng fade into the distance, his eyes filled with deep envy and awe.

Standing beside them, Su Ying and Jiang Haixue were both just as stunned, their beautiful eyes flickering in amazement.

......

Meanwhile, several miles away, there stood a group of Liuyun Immortal Sect disciples, men and women alike. Gao Ziyue was right among them.

"It's Brother Lin!"

Gao Ziyue watched Lin Chang'sheng's figure flash into the distance, her eyes wide with shock.

"I can't believe it... The cultivator bringing the White Fox is actually Lin Chang'sheng!"

"He took all eight streams of Heaven and Earth Qi by himself!"

Next to Gao Ziyue, Yan Li looked both stunned and also envious—maybe even a little jealous. She turned to Gao Ziyue and said, "Junior Sister Gao, you're close with Junior Brother Lin Chang'sheng. He can't possibly use all that much spiritual energy by himself!"

"Righteous Dao, Evil Dao, the Ten Great Sects—out of all of us, only Liuyun Immortal Sect hadn't gotten any Heaven and Earth Qi! Who would have thought? Junior Brother Lin snatched all eight streams by himself! That's incredible!"

"Just one stream of Heaven and Earth Qi can forge the strongest Dao Foundation; your future path of cultivation will be so much smoother— there's almost no limit to what you can achieve!"

"If our sect gets these eight streams, that's eight disciples with the strongest Dao Foundations!"

"Right, right, then even disciples at the Peak of Qi Refining Ninth Layer could have a shot at getting one!"

"If Liuyun Immortal Sect really gets eight of the top Dao Foundational disciples, the sect competition five years from now will be absolutely thrilling!"

"........"

All the disciples around Gao Ziyue were wide-eyed with joy and excitement.

"Senior Brother Zhao, Junior Sister Gao, Junior Sister Ling, everyone—the Heaven and Earth Qi likely won't appear again. We'd better head back to the sect!"

In the midst of the crowd, Zhuge Buping cupped his fists respectfully to all his fellow disciples.

Even though—

His cultivation was only at the Early Stage of Qi Refining Seventh Layer, he had Dual Spirit Roots, was a direct disciple of Elder Li Jiantang, and was sharp-witted with plenty of cunning. As a result, he had already become the de facto leader among these disciples.

What's more, his talent wasn't bad, so even the Peak Ninth Layer Qi Refining disciples respected his opinions.

He was eager to return so the sect would quickly find out about this. By then, Lin Chang'sheng would have to cough up the Heaven and Earth Qi; as one of the four Dual Spirit Root disciples of his generation, there was no way he'd miss out on a share.

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