Chapter 427: Chapter 270: A Prudent Extermination, Core Formation Spiritual Materials

Yan Mingyi gently shook her head in his embrace. Without looking up, her muffled voice carried a barely perceptible sob and a trace of lingering fear.

"I... I knew you’d be fine. But... but I could sense the fluctuations from the Magical Combat over at Floating Star Island and Rising Sun Island were so intense... I—I couldn’t help but worry..."

She had heeded Lin Changheng’s instructions, remaining on Moonrest Island to defend the Array without taking a single step off. But when her Divine Sense perceived the cataclysmic battle raging in the distance, her heart leaped into her throat.

She knew Lin Changheng must be involved. The agony of knowing he was in danger while being powerless to do anything but wait was far more torturous than joining the battle herself.

Lin Changheng understood, a warmth spreading through his chest. He gently patted her back and soothed, "Just a few pathetic fools, all taken care of. When have I ever done something I wasn’t confident about?"

Only then did Yan Mingyi look up, her beautiful eyes glistening. She carefully looked him over, confirming that not so much as a corner of his robe was torn.

The tension in her heart finally eased completely. With a slight blush on her pretty face, she let go, a little embarrassed, and mumbled, "Next time... if something like this happens again, take me with you, won’t you? I can actually help now."

"Haha, that won’t be necessary. You can focus on advancing your Puppet Dao. Break through to Tier Two and refine more protective Puppets for me. Wouldn’t it be better to intimidate our foes with an army of Puppets?"

Lin Changheng pointed out a clear path.

It was also a path that would be of genuine, significant help to him.

"Alright!"

Yan Mingyi’s eyes lit up, and she nodded emphatically. "Actually, I’ve already touched the threshold of the Tier Two Puppet Dao. My breakthrough shouldn’t be far off."

"That’s excellent!"

Lin Changheng laughed heartily and turned to the Deep Lake Spirit Clam that had emerged from the lakebed. He took out several Tier Two Elixirs he had plundered and fed them to Xiaobai as a reward. "I have you to thank for this one," he praised. "Otherwise, with that scoundrel’s crimson Escape Light, I truly would have struggled to catch him."

The Shadow Escape Technique specialized in short-distance, rapid repositioning and could conceal one’s presence, but it wasn’t very effective for tracking someone making a long-distance, explosive escape.

But Xiaobai’s Dark Blue Water Arrow—charged for a long time and released at the perfect, cunning moment—was a stroke of genius. It snuffed out the enemy’s last glimmer of hope for survival.

GURGLE GURGLE...

Xiaobai let out a series of cheerful, contented gurgles, unceremoniously consuming the Elixirs as its shell fanned open and shut.

It affectionately nuzzled Lin Changheng’s palm, then a thin jet of water, precise as a fountain, squirted toward the hem of his robe.

It didn’t soak the fabric, but instead carried a cool, pure Water Spirit Aura that washed away the nearly imperceptible traces of blood and malevolence clinging to it.

Nearby, Xiaohai and Xiaoqing gathered around Xiaobai, whining and letting out soft roars. They were quite curious, seemingly asking for details of the encounter.

Lin Changheng stood and stepped aside, smiling at the harmonious scene among his three Spirit Beasts. Then, his gaze shifted to the distance, sweeping over Floating Star Island and Rising Sun Island, his eyes growing deep.

After this battle, the power dynamic of the Three Islands—who was master and who was subordinate—had already changed.

...

「Late that night.」

After finally managing to soothe Yan Mingyi, Lin Changheng sat alone in a lakeside pavilion.

The cool night breeze from the lake brushed against him as he raised his cup to the bright moon.

With the moon for a guest and his shadow for a companion, he felt utterly relaxed and at ease.

In truth, he had already quickly sorted through the five Storage Bags he had acquired.

Aside from Foundation Establishment Cultivator Luo—who had been slain by Cheng Suling’s Talisman Treasure and served as a scapegoat—all the others had been cut down by Lin Changheng’s own hand.

Naturally, all of their Storage Bags had fallen into his possession.

In truth, Cheng and Xu had shouldered all the direct risks.

Lin Changheng had merely struck from the sidelines, looking for opportunities. Even so, not only would Cheng and Xu have no objections, they would even have to offer him a gift out of gratitude.

Because Lin Changheng had truly saved their lives!

This time, Lin Changheng’s personal wealth had increased substantially.

The Spirit Stones alone, counting both Middle Grade and Lower Grade, were equivalent to over eighty thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

Factoring in the various captured Spiritual Artifacts and other common resources, if he were to liquidate everything, the total value would exceed one hundred fifty thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones.

This figure didn’t even include the Spiritual Artifacts Lin Changheng planned to keep for his own use.

Moreover, Lin Changheng had also obtained two exceptionally rare Spiritual Materials.

The first was the Gui Water Essence.

This was the very Spiritual Object that Cheng and Xu had originally teamed up to retrieve. They had ventured deep into a Water Eye Spirit Acupoint, located beneath a section of the Ancient You River, and fought past its guardian, a Cold Jade Crystal Scorpion, all to obtain it.

At the time, Xu Maoling had been so captivated by it that his eyes had glazed over.

Later, Lin Changheng had deliberately gathered information about it in the Immortal City and learned that this Gui Water Essence could actually aid in reaching the Core Formation realm.

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