Chapter 92

Xie Ruolan left and returned a day later, but only to drop off some Heqi Pills before leaving again. A month passed, and she did not appear again.

The Heqi Pills were obtained from Ling Shengjie. From her actions and tone, Lin Haoming discovered that since Xie Ruolan had a powerful master, she no longer needed to be polite to Ling Shengjie, so she directly changed her attitude.

Although he did not know how Xie Ruolan managed to get them, he believed the situation must have been quite dramatic, and he admired how quickly she could change her attitude.

Now, thinking about it, perhaps it was a good thing that the old ancestor Lin died early. Otherwise, if he had followed the old ancestor Lin's path and become a Dao companion with Xie Ruolan, he might have been soul-extracted by her one day. Now, seeing her true face and interacting with the real her might be a good thing.

The Heqi Pills Xie Ruolan obtained totaled three hundred, and they were all mid-grade Heqi Pills. Each mid-grade Heqi Pill was worth ten spirit stones, equivalent to retrieving three thousand spirit stones.

Although these Heqi Pills seemed like a lot, they were far from the two high-grade spirit stones he had given her. When Xie Ruoran gave him the pills, Lin Haoming felt that she seemed quite happy, and he subconsciously guessed that she must have gotten more than just these from Ling Shengjie.

However, it was already good that she could help him get these back. Even if she kept some for herself, Lin Haoming did not want to question it. Moreover, when he received the Heqi Pills, he was very generous and thought of it as hiring someone to collect a debt, with the rest of the amount paid as a reward to Xie Ruolan.

After Xie Ruolan returned to the sixth floor, Lin Haoming still inquired about the rumors outside.

However, there was very little news about Ling Shengjie. It was only known that since Xie Ruolan visited him, he had been staying with the old ancestor Ling. The most discussed news among the inner disciples was that Kong Yuanliang had reached the Foundation Establishment stage and moved out of Spirit Wheel Mountain, although he did not usually live in the cave on Spirit Wheel Mountain.

Lin Haoming had long guessed that Kong Yuanliang would reach the Foundation Establishment stage, as he was the de facto first among the inner disciples.

However, after Kong Yuanliang reached the Foundation Establishment stage, one of the five major caves on Spirit Wheel Mountain became vacant. Combined with the caves that became vacant after the previous competition, the struggle for the caves on Spirit Wheel Mountain would begin again. But Lin Haoming had already obtained what he wanted and was not interested in competing for these anymore.

In the following days, Lin Haoming only went to the market to instruct Li Shunian and Bao Wenliang to help Xie Ruolan collect the things she needed, and to buy them from the Treasure Gathering Pavilion if they could not find them.

Thus, life temporarily settled down.

Lin Haoming now possessed virtue, with one major virtue and fifty-two minor virtues.

The sixth layer seal of the Spirit Gathering Pearl could be unsealed with one major virtue, but Lin Haoming had no intention of unsealing it. The fourth layer seal of the Demon Gathering Pearl could be unsealed with twenty-seven minor virtues, and Lin Haoming did not act on it. As for the second layer seal of the Space Pearl, which required only nine minor virtues, Lin Haoming still did not unseal it, as it was meaningless to him.

On the contrary, when he discovered that the virtue of the Virtue Pearl could subdue and guide the souls of ghosts and spirits, especially those that had been refined, into the cycle of rebirth, thus gaining more virtue, Lin Haoming began to think about how to use virtue to earn more virtue.

Of course, ghosts and spirits were very powerful, and Lin Haoming was well aware that without strong power, dealing with them could cost him his life. Therefore, cultivation, especially rapid improvement in cultivation, was still the most important, at least until he faced Wu Hongfei's challenge.

Thus, for the remaining days, Lin Haoming devoted all his energy to cultivation, spending at most one or two days a month going to the market to check the situation.

Additionally, Lin Haoming specifically instructed Li Shunian and Bao Wenliang to collect some waste spirit stones, especially mid-grade and high-grade waste spirit stones.

The reason he now had no such concerns was partly because Xie Ruolan's battle on the life-and-death platform had greatly shocked the inner disciples, and partly because Lin Haoming had the Space Pearl. Even if he had more spirit stones, he could store them in his storage bag, and no one would notice or worry.

Thus, three months passed in a flash.

In the quiet room, Lin Haoming's body was twisted at an incredible angle, with the back of his head almost touching his calf, as if he were being bent backward by a powerful external force.

Lin Haoming had maintained this posture for three days. It was one of the postures in the first layer of the "Divine Bone Technique."

When he first practiced this posture, Lin Haoming felt as if his spine would break, and he could not do it. After nearly a month of painful practice, he finally managed to complete it.

After a round of breathing and circulation of his mana, accompanied by the sound of his bones cracking, Lin Haoming sat back down on the ground.

Sighing deeply, a smile appeared on his lips, as completing this posture indicated that the first layer of the "Divine Bone Technique" had reached a minor level of completion.

Lin Haoming himself was somewhat surprised. He did not know if it was because he had a natural talent for body cultivation and a strong innate divine consciousness, or because the Demon Gathering Pearl provided sufficient demonic qi during cultivation, combined with the continuous use of Bone-Strengthening Pills and Spirit-Nourishing Pills as aids, which made his cultivation speed much faster than what was recorded in the technique. In just over three months, the first layer had reached a minor level of completion.

This result made Lin Haoming very satisfied. Calculating the time, he decided it was about right. After a brief rest, he got up and left the cave, heading directly to the entrance of the passage leading to the first floor.

The market stall of the outer sect was now completely managed by Li Shunian. When Lin Haoming arrived, he saw Li Shunian trading with someone. Since the transaction was small, they did not enter the soundproof room. Lin Haoming went in directly.

After a short while, Li Shunian dismissed the person outside and entered the soundproof room, bowing respectfully to Lin Haoming and saying, "Senior Brother Lin, I have kept you waiting."

Seeing Li Shunian's attitude, Lin Haoming suddenly felt as if he were now the Xie Ruolan of the past, and Li Shunian was the Lin Haoming of the past. At least at this moment, he was sitting in the chair that Xie Ruolan used to sit in, with his legs crossed in the same way.

Thinking about the height Xie Ruolan had reached, Lin Haoming pondered whether he would also reach such heights in the future. If he could really take each step, it might not be bad.

"Shunian, how was this month?" Unconsciously, Lin Haoming found that his tone was somewhat like that of the female demon.

"This month's income is about the same as last month, but there is something I need to report to Senior Brother, it's about the Blue-Eyed Ice Toad!" Li Shunian said.

"What? Someone has a Blue-Eyed Ice Toad?" Lin Haoming exclaimed in surprise. The blood of the Blue-Eyed Ice Toad was one of the rarest items Xie Ruolan needed, and he did not expect to be able to collect it from outside.