Chapter 33

Lin Yiming had settled everyone down, and by the time they finished their meal, it was already late. Everyone returned to their rooms, but Xiaoguoguo, after a good sleep, seemed to have an even bigger appetite than before.

Lin Yiming couldn't understand it. This Xiaoguoguo, she ate and slept, and after sleeping for about twenty hours, she could still eat so much, almost like a pig.

How could she still have such a good figure? When he spied on her today, her abdomen was very flat. As for whether it was smooth, he hadn't touched it, so he didn't know.

How could she maintain her figure with such eating habits?

After dinner, Lin Yiming left the auction house and found a secluded place. He took out the magical dagger and began to cut through the space, absorbing the immortal energy. He didn't dare to do this at the auction house, as there were super experts like the chairman there. If the chairman detected that he could absorb immortal energy, who knew if he would be tempted by greed?

Even a thousand-realm giant would be moved by such a treasure.

After finishing his cultivation outside, Lin Yiming opened the Ancient Spirit Scripture and began to practice.

"Huh? How strange..."

As soon as Lin Yiming started cultivating, a strange expression appeared on his face. The Ancient Spirit Scripture was supposed to have a very slow cultivation speed, but why did he feel that his cultivation speed wasn't slow at all?

Could it be because he had just started cultivating, and it would slow down later?

Lin Yiming calmed his mind and continued to cultivate.

As he cultivated, he gradually felt a stream of spiritual energy flowing out from his dantian, gathering above it, and then continuously condensing. Slowly, he could faintly feel the formation of a pale, heart-like existence above his dantian.

Heart...

The Martial Spirit Heart is the second heart that one must condense. This heart is different from the human heart, which sustains life.

The Martial Spirit Heart, during battles, would sink into the dantian, and its beating would determine the amount of spiritual energy that could burst forth in a single breath.

Now, he could actually feel the existence of the Spirit Heart, something he couldn't have felt before obtaining the Ancient Spirit Scripture. The chairman was right; with his previous cultivation method, he would never have been able to condense the Martial Spirit Heart.

Lin Yiming was completely immersed in cultivation. Gradually, he felt as if he had risen from the ground, sitting cross-legged in the air.

Flying through the clouds, he reached the distant horizon. In the black void before him, a scene suddenly appeared.

On a desolate land, a massive, ancient beast, like a mountain, roared continuously. This ancient beast looked like a giant water buffalo, but it stood on two legs.

After a while, another massive ancient beast appeared. This one seemed to be made entirely of stone and looked somewhat like a giant bear.

The two ancient beasts charged at each other with a roar and collided heavily.

For a moment, the earth shook, the ground cracked, and even the sky split open.

The two ancient beasts entangled each other...

Gradually, more and more ancient beasts appeared in the scene. These ancient beasts varied in size, some could ride the clouds and mist, and others could spout fire and control lightning.

All the ancient beasts fought each other upon meeting.

Lin Yiming watched this sudden scene, feeling the ancient and mysterious aura surrounding him. He continued to cultivate, trying to grasp a thread of the ancient aura that seemed to have existed since the beginning of the world, but he couldn't catch it.

Unconsciously, a night had passed. Lin Yiming opened his eyes. He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but he felt that the very short grass, which didn't even reach his knees when he sat cross-legged, seemed to have grown a bit overnight.

He could even feel a familiar ancient aura from the grass.

In his body, he could already clearly feel the existence of the Spirit Heart.

"This... This is too fast. Wasn't it said that the cultivation speed of the Ancient Spirit Scripture is very slow? But this speed, even the top cultivation methods that can condense the Martial Spirit Heart, probably wouldn't be this fast."

Lin Yiming felt very strange. Logically, the chairman wouldn't deceive him; he had no reason to lie about this. If it wasn't the chairman's fault, then it must be something special about himself.

He had only two special points: one, he was a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越者" in English, but in this context, it means "a person who has traveled through time or space"). However, his穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "time or space travel") was related to his mental power, which actually prevented him from absorbing the ordinary spiritual energy of this world.

If it wasn't the穿越 (穿越 means "穿越" in Chinese, which can be translated as "穿越" in English, but in this context, it means "time or space travel") issue, then it must be the other point: he absorbed immortal energy!

"That's right, it's the immortal energy!"

Lin Yiming suddenly understood. The Ancient Spirit Scripture was a very ancient cultivation method, and immortal energy had existed since ancient times.

His essence was formed by absorbing immortal energy, and using this ancient energy to cultivate the equally ancient Ancient Spirit Scripture might be a perfect match.

Moreover, the chairman had said that to accelerate the cultivation of the Ancient Spirit Scripture, one needed to absorb demon spirits. Demon spirits were special types of primordial energy. The characteristic of the Ancient Spirit Scripture was to absorb demon spirits and transform them into another kind of power to aid cultivation.

Although his immortal energy wasn't demon spirits, it had a similar effect.

That's why he could cultivate the Ancient Spirit Scripture so quickly.

Realizing this, Lin Yiming stood up suddenly, almost shouting out loud. This time, he had found the most suitable cultivation method for himself.

The Ancient Spirit Scripture was undoubtedly a very powerful cultivation method. The biggest problem with cultivating the Ancient Spirit Scripture was the cultivation speed, but for him, who possessed immortal energy, this wasn't a problem at all. On the contrary, it would make his cultivation even faster.

Others had to painstakingly search for demon spirits; without demon spirits, they had to endure a cultivation speed that was much slower than others. For him, his immortal energy was like having demon spirits cut into dozens of pieces, and he could absorb a piece every day.

This was equivalent to him always using demon spirits to cultivate the Ancient Spirit Scripture.

Was there a cultivation method more suitable for him than the Ancient Spirit Scripture?

Lin Yiming began to cultivate frantically. Every day, except for a short time in the afternoon when he went to the appraisal alliance to appraise items, he spent all his time cultivating.

Deep into the night, Lin Yiming sat cross-legged on the grass in the wilderness, immersed in cultivation.

In a half-dream, half-awake state, he seemed to be floating in the sky, surrounded by countless stars. These stars seemed to revolve around him as the center, slowly moving.

As they revolved, the stars stopped and began to beat slowly.

With the beating of the stars, Lin Yiming felt his heart begin to beat in sync, gradually speeding up from slow to fast.

This heartbeat wasn't from his heart but from something like a heart in his dantian.

As the heartbeat accelerated, it eventually reached twelve beats in a single breath. Suddenly, a massive sound, like the breaking of the world, exploded in his ears.

The sound woke him up instantly. He opened his eyes and saw a tall field of green grass that completely blocked his view.

"Is this... Wasn't I in a field of short grass?"

Lin Yiming stood up from the ground, puzzled, and looked around. The grass seemed to be the same as the grass in the field where he had been, but it had grown much taller.

From the height of his knees when he sat cross-legged, it now reached above his head when he stood up.

Everything in this space seemed to emit an ancient aura. More incredibly, he could feel that the surrounding flowers, trees, and even a small stone under his feet seemed to have life, emitting a joyful aura, which also carried an ancient and mysterious aura.

It seemed that his cultivation had affected everything around him!

"My dantian."

Suddenly, Lin Yiming clearly felt something like a heart above his dantian.

"The Martial Spirit Heart, I actually condensed the Martial Spirit Heart."

Lin Yiming was shocked. He had only been cultivating the Ancient Spirit Scripture for three days, yet he had already condensed the Martial Spirit Heart!

The Martial Spirit Heart and the Martial Spirit Heart before were two completely different concepts.

"The Martial Spirit Heart is divided into seven levels, and at each level, the number of beats in a single breath varies depending on the cultivation method. Generally, at the first level of the Martial Spirit Heart, it can only beat once or twice in a single breath. I wonder how many times mine can beat?"

Lin Yiming took a deep breath, raised his fist, and punched the air in front of him.

Instantly, the Martial Spirit Heart in his body sank into his dantian and began to beat rapidly. In a single breath, it beat twelve times.

With the beating of the Martial Spirit Heart, streams of spiritual energy suddenly surged from his body, flowing down his arm and out.

"Whoosh..."

The wind of the punch blew past, and Lin Yiming stared at his arm in amazement. In a single breath, his Martial Spirit Heart had beaten twelve times.

He could feel that his Martial Spirit Heart was still very small, only at the first level, yet it could beat twelve times!

At the first level, the Martial Spirit Heart beats once or twice in a single breath, at the second level, three to six times, and only at the third level can it beat seven to twelve times.

The fourth level beats thirteen to twenty times, the fifth level twenty-one to thirty times, the sixth level thirty-one to forty times, and the seventh level, the peak, beats forty to fifty times.

He had just comprehended the first level of the Martial Spirit Heart, yet it could beat so many times?

This must be because he was cultivating the Ancient Spirit Scripture and using immortal energy. Lin Yiming even found that his mental power had increased sharply, nearly doubling.

"This Ancient Spirit Scripture is truly amazing! In this life, I will no longer live a mediocre life like in my previous life. Sister, and the uncles and aunts in the village, wait for me. I will definitely make you all live a good life!"

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