Body Tempering Ninth Level

Inside the room, Lin Yan sat cross-legged on the bed and carefully took out the bundle from his robes, then pinched one section of Beast Bone out with two fingers.

The damaged Beast Bone was exposed to the air, and a nauseating stench of blood immediately drifted out. It was unpleasant, but to Lin Yan, it was the most wonderful thing in the world.

Lin Yan looked at the section of Beast Bone, placed it in the center of his right palm, then willed it, and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire inside his body instantly sprang out from the center of his left palm.

Buzz!

The appearance of the scarlet flame instantly lit up the entire room by quite a bit, and a terrifying, violent aura also spread in all directions.

The small ball of flame was like a child in need of affection. First, it rubbed intimately against Lin Yan's palm, then when it sensed that section of Beast Bone, it became like a greedy child, anxiously wanting to leap over and devour it.

Seeing this, Lin Yan could not help but smile. He did not stop it, and instead took the initiative to pass over the Beast Bone in his right hand.

This section of Beast Bone had been prepared for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire to begin with. It was just that along with the latter's growth, its intelligence also seemed to be rising rapidly, and its temperament was becoming more and more like a human child's, turning gluttonous and lively.

As for this, Lin Yan rubbed his chin while pondering a question.

If a Fire Spirit really was born in the future, then what should it be called? He remembered that Xiao Yan's Fire Spirit seemed to be called Xiao Yi. What about his own...

Just as Lin Yan was pondering this question, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire at the side had long since been unable to hold back. It turned into a bloody maw and swallowed that section of Beast Bone in one bite.

As time slowly passed, that seemingly incomparably hard section of Beast Bone was gradually devoured by the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, and the damaged bloodline contained within it was also gradually absorbed and digested by the latter.

According to Lin Yan's guess, since it could be preserved for so long and be targeted by the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, this section of Beast Bone was very likely left behind by a wild beast above the Origin Core Realm. The strongest experts in Qingyang Town were only Heavenly Origin Realm experts, so one could imagine how precious this section of Beast Bone was. Yet unexpectedly, Lin Yan had happened to take a liking to it.

After absorbing this bloodline, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire seemed like a child that had eaten its fill and began to leap about happily.

At the same time, its form also underwent a significant change. Not only had it clearly grown a full circle larger, its scarlet color had become even deeper, and even that might of ten thousand beasts had condensed considerably.

What made Lin Yan even more pleasantly surprised was that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire's current state seemed not far from breaking through the Ember Body and entering the Blazing Body. If nothing unexpected happened, the next time he broke through to the Earth Origin Realm would probably be the moment the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire grew into the Blazing Body.

Among the four stages of the Heavenly Flame's growth, although stepping from the Ember Body into the Blazing Body was considered relatively simple, its significance was not small. This meant that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire had already cast off its frail infancy and entered a more powerful stage, and it could also initially display the ferocious terror of a Heavenly Flame, bringing Lin Yan even greater help.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan could not help but happily play with the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire for a while. Along with its body growing stronger, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire could now also turn into the appearance of a little fire person. Although it could not speak and had no expression, Lin Yan could still sense the other party's childlike, easily satisfied joy.

Lin Yan also did not immediately use the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire to break through to the Body Tempering Ninth Level, because he knew very well that on the path of cultivation, a martial artist's foundation was extremely important. It had only been a few days since he had broken through to the Body Tempering Eighth Level. If he rapidly broke through to the Ninth Level, it would inevitably cause his Origin Power to become unstable. That would be extremely unwise.

This was also why some great clans clearly controlled vast resources, yet their own younger generation's early cultivation was not that rapid. What was piled up with spiritual medicines and resources was nothing but an empty show. Naturally, Lin Yan would not allow himself to become that kind of person.

Since there were still a few months before the Hunting Tournament, Lin Yan felt he should first let himself settle for a while.

Ever since that day when Lin Yan had acted and dealt with the younger generation of the Xie Family, then defeated Lei Li together with Lin Dong, the reputation of the Lin Family Double Heroes among the Lin Family's younger generation had also suddenly swelled. That extent had clearly already surpassed Lin Xia and Lin Hong.

Young people were, in the end, hot-blooded by nature. In the past, when they clashed with the younger generation of the Lei and Xie Families, they were usually the ones who suffered. Not only did they cut sorry figures, they were also mocked by others. However, the rise of the Lin Family Double Heroes had caused this situation to reverse. At the very least, if the younger generation of the Lin Family met the Xie Family's younger generation again in Qingyang Town now, the other party would no longer dare act as recklessly as before.

As for this suddenly soaring reputation, Lin Yan and Lin Dong both appeared noncommittal. Most of the time, the two of them still devoted themselves to cultivation.

When Lin Dong occasionally went down the mountain to the Lin Family, he merely visited the Martial Arts Hall. Sometimes, when the other juniors invited him out, he declined whenever he could, and did not act too flamboyantly or mess around in Qingyang Town.

As for Lin Yan, he seemed to have vanished without a trace. Very few people were able to see him.

And under Lin Yan's low-key way of life, two months quietly flowed by...

During these two months, Lin Yan's cultivation had not stopped for even a moment. Under this kind of diligent cultivation, the Origin Power Seed within his meridians also grew increasingly stronger and more condensed. Sometimes, when he tentatively attacked the barrier of the Dantian, he could also vaguely feel that the sturdy wall was beginning to sway slightly.

And during these two months, aside from Lin Yan making decent progress, Qingtan's progress made Lin Yan understand why Darkness Hall of the Northern Xuan Region would travel such a long distance to search for Qingtan.

Because of the Fiend Devil Body, Qingtan's cultivation did not use too many resources. However, that cultivation speed was not inferior in the slightest compared to Lin Yan, who possessed a Heavenly Flame.

In two months, Qingtan advanced directly into the Body Tempering Seventh Level in an extremely smooth state. During this, she had not undergone overly harsh training, but even so, the speed at which her body absorbed the Origin Power between heaven and earth was far faster than ordinary people.

Facing Qingtan's terrifying state, Lin Yan was both happy and worried. With Qingtan's cultivation speed, he had to hurry up. He absolutely could not let her catch up.

After seeing that Qingtan's cultivation speed was also so rapid, Lin Yan also found some martial arts from the Lin Family's Martial Arts Hall that were more suited for girls to cultivate. Although their grades were not very high, Lin Yan did not doubt in the slightest that after Lin Dong learned of this news, he would definitely use the Stone Talisman light shadow to upgrade and perfect these martial arts for free. After all, in this regard, the Stone Talisman was indeed much more useful.

As the time drew closer and closer to the hunt, Qingyang Town also became livelier by the day. Even though there were still around two months before the hunt began, this still did not prevent many people from turning the topic toward it.

Everyone knew that the hunt could be considered another kind of contest between the major factions of Qingyang Town. In every hunt, each faction would put up some stakes. These stakes were actually quite substantial, and very clearly, whichever family could win would have these stakes belong to them. In the previous few hunts, the Lei and Xie Families had relied on this hunt to take many enviable stakes from the Lin Family and Mad Blade Martial Hall.

As for this hunt, there were naturally quite a few people guessing who the final winner among the four great factions would be. Of course, among them, the one most favored was still the Lei Family.

Although it was rumored that the Lin Family Double Heroes had defeated Lei Li, as the faction with the deepest foundation in Qingyang Town, the Lei Family possessed ample capital. It was said that Lei Li was very likely to truly step into the Earth Origin Realm before the hunt. If that really happened, then in this hunt, the Lin Family Double Heroes would probably find it difficult to deal with Lei Li again...

Under Lei Li's halo, the younger generation of the other three great factions seemed to pale somewhat in comparison.

Lin Yan, who had always been cultivating quietly, naturally did not know about these discussions and guesses from the outside world. Moreover, even if he did know, he would not pay much attention to them. Tiny Qingyang Town made the people here like frogs at the bottom of a well. They only saw that little patch of sky and earth, yet did not know how vast the world was, or how many favored sons of heaven there were.

In this quiet atmosphere, Lin Yan's cultivation was also completely consolidated when time flowed to the middle of the second month, and Lin Yan decided to break through in one go.

With the help of the Heavenly Flame, the Dantian barrier that Lin Yan had tried to assault nearly a hundred times was finally, under one fully prepared buildup, completely broken through in a single burst!

When that Origin Power Seed slowly rushed into the Dantian, Lin Yan could feel that a kind of transformation seemed to be growing from deep within his body...

That feeling was like a hidden dragon ascending to the heavens, a fish entering the sea.