Junior, Can I Play with Your Xun'er?

Ling Jiu left with the "Soul Spirit Art," saying she was going to look for some old friends. While she was at it, she would help Jiang Lin recover some of the inheritances left behind by the previous Spirit Emperor.

Although not many people knew of Ling Jiu, the so-called "Dark Spirit Emperor," she wielded an utterly terrifying degree of influence within certain groups. Thus, so long as Ling Jiu did not act recklessly, Jiang Lin had gained a helper who could operate on the same wavelength.

Would Ling Jiu act recklessly?

Jiang Lin had asked himself that question, and the answer he received was: no.

Children distinguished between black and white, right and wrong. The adult world spoke only of interests.

For clever people like Jiang Lin and Ling Jiu, it was easy to understand the stakes, reach a consensus, and take matters to their utmost conclusion.

"Spirit Codex?" Within the Sacred Fire Artifact Academy, Jiang Lin looked at the copied manuscript Ling Jiu had left behind before departing. He shook his head slightly, then began reading it carefully.

Before he knew it, two months had quietly passed.

"Source Qi refinement... there's something to it, after all." On the lake's central island within the Sacred Fire Artifact Academy, Jiang Lin, who sat cross-legged, slowly opened his eyes. The divine gleam in them flashed and vanished as the aura within his body was swiftly suppressed to the limit, nearly nonexistent.

Six-star Dou Emperor!

"You broke through?" By the lakeside not far away, a white-clad young woman with a graceful figure seemed to sense some fluctuation. She rose and turned around, only to see Jiang Lin, who had just calmed his aura.

The white-clad girl's own aura was equally powerful. The surrounding air seemed unable to restrain her any longer; if