Immortal Spirit Island, Zhao Ling'er (3rd Update)

It turned out that each of them had an extra jade slip in their hands.

There was not a single word or image on it, yet Li Xiaoyao and Lin Yueru, without any instruction, pressed the jade slip to their foreheads and poured their hard-earned spiritual power into it.

In a short while, two pieces of information appeared in their minds.

Li Xiaoyao was the first to come to his senses, a look of surprise appearing on his face. "The person Master asked me to find seems to be... a bookworm."

"A feisty second junior sister, a simple and kind third junior brother, hey... not bad."

"Who did Master ask you to find? It's not another junior brother, is it? If so, the Seven Profound Sect will be too male and too female..."

Upon hearing the words "shrewish" and "junior sister," Lin Yueru's breath hitched, and anger appeared on her face.

But in the blink of an eye, she gave up.

According to the rules of the Seven Profound Sect, there is no order of entry; entry is based on cultivation level.

She is currently only at the Qi Refining Level One, while Li Xiaoyao stole the secrets of heaven between life and death, and after an epiphany, successfully broke through to the Qi Refining Second Layer.

"You just wait!"

Lin Yueru clenched her teeth and ignored Li Xiaoyao.

She left the Ten Mile Ice Domain without looking back and walked briskly eastward.

She will not slack off in the slightest during this mission.

When we meet again, she will be the Grandmaster the Seven Profound Sect!

Li Xiaoyao's cultivation speed with his single metal-attribute spiritual root was indeed fast, and his cultivation speed with his dual wood-water spiritual root would certainly not be any slower.

Who isn't a genius at some point?

After leaving the Ten Mile Ice Domain, Lin Yueru's first stop was Yuhang Town.

She planned to replenish her supplies here before continuing her journey.

When she was at the Seven Profound Sect, her master, Wang Yan, provided her with essential supplies for survival, so she didn't need to worry about these issues at all.

But this time, she was alone on the mission, so she had to be fully prepared.

Of course, spiritual practice cannot be abandoned!

Lin Yueru returned to Li Xiaoyao's aunt's inn and ordered a few dishes.

She waited while simultaneously cultivating her spiritual practice with her eyes closed.

The spiritual energy flows through the meridians, circulating endlessly.

After leaving his master's side and losing access to the demons and monsters that were the specialties of the Ten Mile Ice Domain, his cultivation speed immediately slowed down considerably.

However, if every spare moment is used for practice, the cumulative effect will ultimately be very beneficial.

"Speaking of which, this junior sister Zhao Ling'er that Master asked me to find seems to have quite a background?"

Lin Yueru recalled the description of Zhao Ling'er in the jade slip—

"The Serpent-Patterned Princess, the Sacred Spirit Body."

In the Western Border, they slay the Wind Demon; in the East Blue, they kill the Thunder God.

In the Northern Wasteland, Fushibi; in the Southern Mountain, Earth Demon are captured.

Finally, the floods were quelled, and the land was reborn.

This is somewhat like the biographical inscriptions in legendary tales of the strange and supernatural.

Between the lines, Lin Yueru deduced something interesting.

The phrase "Serpent-Patterned Princess, Sacred Spirit Body" reminded her of the "deceased" Witch Queen of Southern Border.

Perhaps there is some blood relation between the two?

A groping hand reaching for Lin Yueru's cheek interrupted her thoughts.

"Hey girl, come have a couple of drinks with this old man... Ah!"

The oil-stained wooden table seemed to come alive, instantly sprouting tough, dark brown vines that tightly bound the groping hand to the tabletop.

Snap!

Blood splattered everywhere.

A severed hand lay twitching on the table.

Its owner, on the other hand, let out a hysterical scream.

"Aaaaah! A witch! She's a monster!"

He was a middle-aged man with an oily face and a fat head and big ears.

His shouts attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

The obese man looked at Lin Yueru with hatred and fear in his eyes.

Driven by these complex emotions, he blurted out, "Let's all kill this witch!"

However, the public's reaction was far from what he had expected.

"Shut up! This girl came from the Shilipo direction. She might have some connection with that Sword God. Don't gossip!"

"Retribution! Guo San, when you seized my family's land, did you ever expect this day to come?"

"Evil people will be punished!"

"That's right! Guo San'er is used to bullying and dominating the market. Today he offended the immortal and got his hand cut off. He deserved it!"

The crowd was criticizing the obese middle-aged man, Lin Yueru found somewhat absurd.

To be honest, she never expected things to turn out this way.

At first, she only used the "Black Jade Vine Curse" to subdue her opponent.

After all, back in the Ten Mile Ice Domain, this self-created spell only had a controlling effect on those demons...

Lin Yueru never expected that an ordinary person's body could be so "fragile".

Before I could even exert any force, my opponent had already fallen.

The obese middle-aged man named Guo San'er, whether from excessive blood loss or from being too ashamed by the criticism from the people, his face turned pale and then purple, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot.

"Is this considered eliminating a scourge for the people?"

Lin Yueru felt both amused and exasperated.

This can be considered as fulfilling her long-held dream—to be a female knight-errant, roaming the world, upholding justice, and helping the weak and oppressed.

But after it was over, she felt completely uninterested.

I feel I should have higher aspirations, and my life should be more meaningful...

Lin Yueru the time being.

She shook her head and set herself a small goal—to cultivate to the Great Perfection of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining and become a Foundation Establishment cultivator!

Unwilling to be surrounded by people asking her all sorts of questions, she simply paid the bill, packed some dry food and some water, and then left the inn.

Three days later.

"This is Immortal Spirit Island."

Looking at the scene before her, Lin Yueru felt quite emotional.

The lotus pond maze and the Thunder God statue really took a lot of her energy.

However, she eventually made it through.

During the battle, she constantly pushed herself to the limit and tempered her will, finally breaking through to the Qi Refining Second Layer.

Some magical spells and techniques that were merely confined to the imagination now finally have a foundation for being put into practice.

Only at this moment did Lin Yueru realize the profound meaning behind her master Wang Yan's words.

What she learned from Li Xiaoyao was not some kind of secret manual, immortal classic, or secret record left by predecessors, but rather the most fundamental principles and theoretical foundations of cultivation.

Attack, defense, escape, healing, control...

If you lack something, you can create it yourself.

Of course, Lin Yueru can only use some magical spells and techniques that have been tested and proven "feasible" in the Ten Mile Ice Domain.

After all, when you're out in the world alone, you lack the ability to recover. If you were to injure your meridians while researching new methods, there would be no one to help you recuperate.

"Soul Planting, Spirit Shifting!"

Lin Yueru made a hand seal, and her body gradually transformed into a blue and green light ball, which then gradually merged into the soil.

This is a rudimentary technique she created, allowing her to move through the roots of plants and attach her consciousness and body to them.

The ingenious method that combines escape and observation remains effective even after one has completed the Foundation Establishment stage.

Unfortunately, it has a slight negative impact.

The more one practices, the closer one's mindset becomes to that of a plant, becoming indifferent to the outside world and gradually losing emotions.

After sneaking into a peach tree, Lin Yueru finally found her target in a small pond.

She realized that the girl bathing in the lotus pond was Zhao Ling'er.