Chapter 322: Tricks (2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“As a senior, it wouldn’t be good for you, a hall master, to interfere in the battle between the juniors, right?”

Seeing Chu Jihe’s reaction, Xia Mengran knew what he was thinking. However, she didn’t care at all and only stretched out her hand.

“Give me the token!”

Chu Jihe reached into his sleeve with a bitter expression and took out a token that was neither metal nor wood. He handed it to her.

After taking the take, Xia Mengran left the pavilion with Lin Shen without looking back.

Once out of the pavilion, Xia Mengran handed the token to Lin Shen and told him about the Shan Family’s rise to a famous family. Then, she said,

“The Shan Family has been in the limelight recently, and even their clansmen have acted arrogantly. You took Goldstream Isle from Shan Wenqi, so he definitely won’t let it drop. You won’t blame me for causing trouble for you, right?”

Lin Shen smiled faintly and said, “Only if I’m willing to be mediocre. As long as

1 want to cultivate, I can’t help but fight for resources against other people. I’ve long realized this!”

“Good! I was right about you!”

Xia Mengran’s gaze on Lin Shen became gentler.

“On the cultivation path, we can only advance forward and cut through the thorns. If we’re afraid of everything, we should forget about cultivation, go back home, and get married!”

Lin Shen was caught between laughter and tears.

His Senior Sister was as straightforward as always.

Suddenly, Lin Shen thought of something and asked curiously, “Senior Sister, I heard that Master has another disciple. I wonder where she is now?”

Xia Mengran’s expression changed slightly. After a moment of silence, she slowly said, “Have you heard of the name Su Liuying?”

Of course, he had heard of it!

Lin Shen looked stunned.

Was the traitor of the sect his senior sister?

“Master only has you and me as her disciples now!”

Xia Mengran said vaguely and didn’t say anything else. She gathered her energy into a cloud and flew toward Goldstream Isle with Lin Shen.

The matter of Su Liuying’s betrayal had already become taboo in the sect.

Seeing that Xia Mengran didn’t want to say anything more, Lin Shen tactfully didn’t ask further.

Not long after, the two of them arrived above an island.

“Junior Brother Lin, that’s Goldstream Isle!” Xia Mengran pointed down.

Before Lin Shen could take a closer look, he felt an extremely dense spiritual essence coming at him, mixed with traces of water and metal energy.

When he focused his gaze again, he saw ancient trees towering into the sky on the island. Spiritual birds and beasts chased after one another. It was a scene of exuberant vitality!

“When I’m in the sect, I usually cultivate in seclusion at the Fallen Sword Peak. If you encounter anything difficult, you can come to the Fallen Sword Peak to see me!”

After exchanging a few words with Lin Shen, Xia Mengran left in a hurry.

Watching Xia Mengran leave, Lin Shen smiled.

Although this senior sister was a little rough, she treated him very well.

It seemed that having fewer disciples had its benefits. At the very least, they had a harmonious relationship.

After calming himself down, Lin Shen landed on the island.

Goldstream Isle had an abundance of water. Two rivers ran through the entire island, and water vapor filled the air. This was where the abundant water spiritual essence came from.

As for the metal spiritual essence, Lin Shen guessed that it should come from the baleful vein underground.

The Cave Abode was built in the center of the island. It was a vast place. Although the decorations were simple, they had an ancient elegance to them.

Lin Shen was also happy to make things simpler. This place was just what he wanted.

As a true disciple who occupied a Cave Abode, according to the rules, he could request the sect to send maidservants or strongmen to the island to serve him.

However, after thinking about it, Lin Shen gave up on this idea.

With more people, there would come more trouble. He had a lot of secrets. It was better to be careful.

Having no servants wasn’t a big deal.

Taking out the Cave Abode talisman, Lin Shen made a hand seal. In an instant, the restrictions on the island were activated, isolating the entire Goldstream Isle from the outside world. Even if a Mystic Light Stage cultivator master attacked, it would take a few days to break through the restrictions.

After making preparations, Lin Shen sat down cross-legged and took out the jade slip for the Supreme Secret Technique to read.

In just a short moment, he had already memorized the incantation of the Supreme Secret Technique. Then, he put away the jade slip and began to comprehend it with his seven clones.

Ten days passed.

At a certain moment, Lin Shen, who was sitting quietly, suddenly trembled slightly. The spiritual essence around him surged rapidly in an instant and quickly entered his body. It moved back and forth in his meridians, washing away the attributeless spiritual essence floating in his chest aperture.

After an unknown period of time, Lin Shen’s chest aperture suddenly shook. He focused his mind and looked inside. He saw a mouthful of clear spiritual energy flowing back and forth in his body.

“It’s done!”

Lin Shen suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise on his face.

The conversion of the first mouthful of Five Elements spiritual essence was the most difficult, but once it was successful, he would be able to use it to convert more, and it wouldn’t be as complicated as before.

“All I need to do now is to convert the remaining spiritual essence!”

Lin Shen perked up and continued the process.

With the help of his clones, things became much easier.

Two days later, the 108 spiritual essences in Lin Shen’s body had all been converted into Supreme Mystery spiritual essence!

“This way, I can be considered a true Spirit Nurturing Stage cultivator master!”

Sitting cross-legged in the quiet room, Lin Shen was filled with joy. He pondered for a moment and suddenly released a mouthful of spiritual essence.

The clear Supreme Mystery spiritual essence surrounded his palm, and with a thought, it was covered with a metallic sheen. A sharp aura shot out like a sharp sword, and a clanging sound seemed to ring in the air.

In the next moment, the metallic color faded, and the spiritual essence turned yellow.

The sharp aura around him was also replaced by a heavy aura that felt like a mountain.

After that, the spiritual essence became as flexible as water, as scorching as fire, and as surging as vitality… The spiritual essence evolved into the Five Elements one after another, and the transformation was extremely smooth!

“How impressive!”

Lin Shen couldn’t help but feel amazed.

The Five Elements complemented and countered each other. No matter what individual element one cultivated, they would always encounter opponents that countered their element.

However, the Supreme Secret Technique wasn’t the same. The spiritual essence of the Five Elements could transform at will, and it was almost equivalent to having no weaknesses.

When fighting an enemy, he could change his element according to the enemy’s spiritual essence. It was the most flexible way.

In his excitement, Lin Shen simply stood up and went outside.

He took a deep breath and stepped forward.

Following his movement, countless fog clouds suddenly appeared out of thin air and gathered under his feet, coincidentally supporting the step he took.

In the next moment, he seemed to have spread his wings and soared into the clouds!

When he stood still again, he realized that he was standing on a cloud that covered the sky. He could look up at the sky and look down at the island.

He was riding clouds!

After a while, Lin Shen returned to the Cave Abode reluctantly.

“Now that the Supreme Mystery spiritual essence is complete, I can start practicing my cultivation techniques!”

The Supreme Mysterious spiritual essence could derive the spiritual essence of all Five Elements at will, which meant that Lin Shen could cultivate all cultivation techniques out there.

According to Yu Siyu’s previous instructions, after reaching Beginner in the Supreme Secret Technique, Lin Shen could go to her to learn cultivation techniques and divine powers.

However, after some thought, Lin Shen decided to cultivate the Golden Wheel Lightning Tome and the Nether Yin Heavy Water first.

Although both techniques came from the demon race, the Nine Suns Sect didn’t explicitly forbid disciples from cultivating such techniques.

As long as it wasn’t an evil cultivation technique like sacrificing other people’s life, the Nine Suns Sect wouldn’t object.

“The Golden Wheel Lightning Tome requires both metal and water spiritual essence, while the Nether Yin Heavy Water requires water spiritual essence. The environment of Goldstream Isle is just right. Cultivating on this island will yield twice the results with half the effort!”

Lin Shen smiled and took out the jade slips of the Golden Wheel Lightning Tome and the Nether Yin Heavy Water. He threw them to his clones for them to start comprehending.

As for himself, he took out the Nine Cauldron Pill and continued cultivating the Supreme Secret Technique.

The last clone’s talent had yet to be decided, but Lin Shen wasn’t in a hurry. He made up his mind to obtain a top-notch spirit body talent.

After taking the Nine Cauldron Pill, Lin Shen calmed down and began to cultivate.

At the Spirit Nurturing Stage, what cultivator masters needed to do was to continuously condense and refine their spiritual essence to increase its strength.

When the spiritual essence was strong enough, he could start to condense the seed of Mystic Light and break through to the Mystic Light Stage.

This process was extremely long and arduous.

However, with so many clones around, Lin Shen was confident that he would be able to break through to the Mystic Light Stage in a few years at most!