Lin Baichuan laughed heartily, his eyes narrowing into slits with delight.
A Space Ring—this was a treasure at the spirit artifact level, and a special type of spirit artifact at that. It was worth ten, even dozens of times more than other spirit artifacts of the same rank.
Even the lowest-grade inferior spirit artifacts started at a hundred gold. Yet the Space Ring in his hand had an internal space of ten cubic meters. It was absolutely among the finest inferior spirit artifacts, likely worth ten thousand gold.
And it was priceless on the market. Even if one had money, one might not be able to buy it. It was an unquestionable family heirloom.
He had truly struck it rich this time.
Lin Baichuan grinned and flipped his right hand. A white jade bottle immediately appeared in his palm. Inside was a thumb-sized drop of milky-white liquid. The moment he lifted the stopper, a fragrant aroma rushed into his nose.
After instinctively taking a deep breath, he felt his entire body relax, as though all one hundred and eight thousand pores had opened and he were soaking in a hot spring.
The exhaustion caused by his tremendous expenditure vanished in an instant. He was immediately brimming with energy, his qi and blood even beginning to boil.
"Holy shit... this stuff is more addictive than taking drugs!"
Lin Baichuan immediately sealed the jade bottle and stared at it as he murmured, "So this is Earth Spirit Milk? As expected of a Natural Treasure. It truly is extraordinary."
"But how am I supposed to use this Earth Spirit Milk? Drink it?"
Lin Baichuan immediately furrowed his brow. His predecessor in this life had merely been a refugee. Though he had later luckily entered the Demon Suppression Division, he had never had access to such information. He had only heard the name Earth Spirit Milk tonight. As for how to use it, he was completely in the dark.
After giving it some thought, Lin Baichuan stored the Earth Spirit Milk back in his Space Ring. Every medicine carried some toxicity, let alone a Natural Treasure like Earth Spirit Milk. It contained terrifying energy. If used improperly, it would not be a Natural Treasure, but poison.
"There's no rush to use the Earth Spirit Milk. I'll wait until I figure out how to use it. But I can make good use of those 300 Merit Points."
Lin Baichuan murmured as he opened the system panel again.
"First, I'll raise the Seven Kill Saber Art beyond perfection." A sharp gleam flashed in Lin Baichuan's eyes as he immediately began adding points to the Seven Kill Saber Art.
He first added one Merit Point to the Seven Kill Saber Art. At once, the number behind the Seven Kill Saber Art rose from 41% to 51%.
"What's going on? One Merit Point can only raise it by ten percent? Could it be that after the Seven Kill Saber Art's realm increased, Merit Points became less effective?"
Lin Baichuan frowned slightly, but he did not stop adding points. Instead, he spent five Merit Points on the Seven Kill Saber Art in one go.
Buzz...
The next moment, accompanied by a flash of light, Lin Baichuan's consciousness entered another world. It was a world where martial arts had only just begun to sprout, where cultivation methods were scarce.
In that martial world, Lin Baichuan became a saber wielder who had risen from humble beginnings. He painstakingly cultivated the Seven Kill Saber Art for thirty years. With immense perseverance and extraordinary comprehension, he actually entered the Blade Path through the Seven Kill Saber Art, comprehended Saber Intent, and became a grandmaster of the Blade Path.
"Phew..."
After the time it took to burn an incense stick, Lin Baichuan exhaled a breath of turbid air. His consciousness returned from that mysterious world, bringing with it the saber wielder's thirty years of bitter cultivation and the Saber Intent he had comprehended.
Buzz!
Vast experience in the Blade Path poured into Lin Baichuan's body. The next moment, his entire being underwent a transformation. A profound aura erupted from within him. At that moment, Lin Baichuan contained boundless Killing Intent and murderous will.
As towering as mountains, as vast as seas.
Yet also like the sharp edge of a blade, with killing intent soaring into the heavens.
This was Saber Intent.
Lin Baichuan's pupils shrank into pinpoints in an instant. Ecstasy surged in his heart as he instinctively opened the system panel.
Name: Lin Baichuan Identity: Junior Demon Slayer of the Demon Suppression Division Cultivation: Ninth Rank Cultivation Technique: Golden Bell Shield (Fourth Layer, 17%+) Martial Skill: Seven Kill Saber Art (Transcendent) Artistic Conception: Saber Intent (1%+) Merit Points: 294 ...
Sure enough, the Attribute Panel had changed. The Seven Kill Saber Art had advanced to the Transcendent realm, and an additional Artistic Conception section had appeared.
So-called Artistic Conception was, in truth, martial artistic conception.
Martial artistic conception had nothing to do with cultivation. It was a kind of conviction, a realm of the heart. It was a transformation of the mind. In this world, there were countless martial artists, yet those capable of comprehending martial artistic conception were incomparably rare.
Out of a hundred thousand, perhaps even a million people, there might only be one.
Anyone capable of comprehending artistic conception was unquestionably a genius among geniuses. Someone like Lin Baichuan, who comprehended martial artistic conception while still in the Ninth Rank Skin Refinement Realm, was rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
"So beyond perfection lies the Transcendent realm. It can even allow one to comprehend martial artistic conception." Lin Baichuan murmured, "Saber Intent can also receive points. Let's see how much one Merit Point can raise it."
No sooner said than done, Lin Baichuan immediately added one Merit Point to Saber Intent.
Artistic Conception: Saber Intent 1% → 1.1%
"Holy shit, one Merit Point only raises it by 0.1%? Doesn't that mean I'll need 1,000 Merit Points to bring Saber Intent to perfection?"
Lin Baichuan froze, then could not help wanting to curse aloud.
He had thought that obtaining 300 Merit Points meant he had made a huge profit. Now it seemed he was still a pauper. Three hundred Merit Points were not even enough to fill the gaps between his teeth. It looked like he would have to kill more demons and monsters in the future.
"No, I can't waste Merit Points on Saber Intent. That's far too uneconomical."
Lin Baichuan shook his head inwardly and murmured, "I don't know how to use the Earth Spirit Milk yet, but I can use Merit Points to raise the Golden Bell Shield. Perhaps I can break through the limits of the human body without even using the Earth Spirit Milk."
With that thought, Lin Baichuan unhesitatingly added points to the Golden Bell Shield.
Boom!
Golden light immediately blossomed within Lin Baichuan's body. His consciousness once again entered another world, where he became a youth who bitterly cultivated the Golden Bell Shield.
The youth came from a humble background and had no chance to cultivate higher-grade techniques. Yet his comprehension was heaven-defying. He forcibly deduced the Golden Bell Shield, a low-grade technique with only three layers, step by step into a fourth layer, then a fifth layer.
Day after day, year after year.
And so, ten years later.
The youth had become a young man. From an unknown and weak martial artist, he had become a grandmaster of body refinement, successfully deducing the Golden Bell Shield to the sixth layer.
"Phew..."
After exhaling a breath of turbid air, a trace of profound depth appeared in Lin Baichuan's eyes. A faint golden light surfaced across the skin of his body, as though it were forged from gold and iron.
His body shook, immediately producing a series of crackling sounds.
At that moment, the flesh and skin across his body transformed into gold and iron. Surging qi and blood burst forth as Lin Baichuan threw a punch with the momentum.
Crack... Boom...
His Fist Intent actually tore through the air by force, producing a deep, explosive boom.
This was the sonic boom of ruptured air. Lin Baichuan's eyes widened, his face full of delight.
"A punch breaks the air, and a sonic boom rises on its own. The strength of my physical body has probably reached ten thousand jin. This is the limit of a Ninth Rank Skin Refinement Realm physical body..."
Excitement welled up within Lin Baichuan. With a thought, he immediately opened the system Attribute Panel.
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