He needed to go home and wash up in his current state.
As soon as he entered the house, Chen Lan, who was tending to the small medicinal garden in the yard, was startled. "Brother, what happened to you? How did you get so disheveled?"
"This is the pocket money your brother earned for the family. Have Mother use it later. I haven't bathed in a few days, so I'll go change and wash up first." Chen Lin threw two hundred taels of silver to Chen Lan before heading to the well to draw water.
"So much silver, Brother, did you go hunting outside the city?" Chen Lan subconsciously took the silver, looked at it, and asked in surprise.
"Mm, the Demon Slayer Envoy assessment is coming up soon, so I went out for some training to get used to it," Chen Lin replied nonchalantly as he carried the washbasin and water bucket towards the house.
"Brother, wait a moment, I'll heat some water for you. The well water is cold for bathing!" Chen Lan shouted as she saw Chen Lin's actions, quickly tucking the money into her embrace.
"Okay, I'll just rinse off quickly first," Chen Lin replied.
Soaking in the bathtub, Chen Lin felt the fatigue of the past few days vanish with the rising steam.
Resting his head on the edge of the tub, Chen Lin prepared to start adding points, wondering if he could awaken Spirit Sense Power after strengthening his soul.
Lu Cheng's impression on him that day was truly unforgettable.
Chen Lin opened the Slaughter Jade Book and smiled broadly as he looked at the number behind Slaughter Points on his personal data.
Although he had only stayed in the Two Realms Mountain Range for less than four days, his gains were not small.
Not only had his strength improved significantly, but he had also gained 462 Slaughter Points.
He focused his mind on the transparent plus sign behind Soul Strengthening Technique. As his thoughts moved, the level of Soul Strengthening Technique increased continuously: Level 2, Level 3, Level 4...
As its level grew higher and higher, when it reached Level 5, Chen Lin's head suddenly let out a deafening boom, and his entire soul trembled.
Then, Chen Lin was shocked to find that his consciousness had appeared in a strange place.
This place was mysterious and boundless, with endless colorful mist swirling about.
Within this mist, a golden lotus bud, on the verge of blooming, continuously rotated up and down in the endless sea of mist. As the golden lotus spun, streams of colorful mist were absorbed by it, then transformed into golden transparent liquid, which it released and gathered below.
"Is this my Sea of Consciousness? If it is, then this Golden Lotus and the surrounding golden liquid... is it, is it Spirit Sense Power?"
After forming a guess in his heart, Chen Lin withdrew with a thought.
In the quiet bedroom, Chen Lin slowly opened his eyes.
His gaze swept around, and the tiny wormholes on the bedroom table were so clear. The noise from the street and the conversations from the neighboring households reached his ears clearly.
"What's going on? Why has everyone's voice suddenly become so loud?" Chen Lin frowned and couldn't help but complain. Then, his eyes widened. "No, it's not that other people's voices have gotten louder; it's my hearing that has improved, or rather, my five senses have been enhanced." Chen Lin muttered, staring at the clearly visible dust on the ceiling beam.
Chen Lin stepped out of the bathtub, wiping his body while carefully sensing.
When his gaze fell on the water bucket next to the bathtub, he moved his mind, and an invisible force instantly controlled the water bucket, lifting it slowly.
This invisible force was completely invisible to the naked eye and undetectable, yet Chen Lin himself could clearly feel it.
This was because this invisible force was extending from his mind.
"This must be Spirit Sense Power!" Chen Lin felt his heart race with excitement. His assumption was correct; as long as he upgraded Soul Strengthening Technique, he could awaken Spirit Sense Power and become a Spirit Master.
Suppressing his inner excitement, Chen Lin continuously changed the height of the water bucket, carefully sensing the characteristics of Spirit Sense Power.
He felt this invisible force was magical, like his own invisible hands, extending freely.
"Hoo."
As his thoughts moved, under the bright daylight, the water bucket actually danced in the air.
Up and down, left and right, spinning and leaping, making Chen Lin's eyes shine.
When his gaze fell on the table not far away, the more than fifty-pound solid wood table also floated up.
Feeling he still had some strength left, Chen Lin's gaze immediately fell on the bathtub, and then on the wardrobe, wooden bed, stool... not far away.
As Chen Lin's gaze swept over them, the furniture in the room one by one lifted off the ground, floating in the air like ghosts.
"So many things, at least over a thousand pounds, yet I feel no strain controlling them. It's simply unbelievable!"
Chen Lin joyfully placed the floating furniture back on the ground, then looked eagerly at the Deep Blue Sword on the table.
"Clang!"
With a thought from Chen Lin, the sword was instantly drawn from its sheath.
As Chen Lin's thoughts moved, the sword, like a remote-controlled airplane, performed one incredible maneuver after another under Chen Lin's control.
While controlling the flying sword to dance up and down, Chen Lin attempted to put on clothes using his Spirit Sense Power.
At this moment, his heart could not calm down for a long time. "Am I on the path of a Sword Immortal? Flying with a sword, taking someone's head from a thousand miles away, it's too surprising. Who will be my opponent in the future?"
Others practiced martial arts while he cultivated, others cultivated while he added points. It was simply too satisfying.
He wouldn't be so disheveled the next time he went to the Two Realms Mountain Range.
With his mysterious power to control objects from afar and his sharp weapon, he could completely kill prey from a distance and harvest Slaughter Points.
"I wonder what level my current Spirit Sense Power is? It seems I'll have to find the Head Instructor of the War God Temple to chat with when I have the chance," Chen Lin thought to himself.
Chen Lin knew very little about Spirit Masters.
He only knew that Spirit Masters were also powerful martial artists. These individuals cultivated Spirit Sense Power while practicing martial arts.
Although cultivating both required much more time than solely practicing martial arts, with the help of Spirit Sense Power's ability to absorb spiritual energy, their progress was not much slower than that of martial artists who solely practiced martial arts.
Even those with exceptional talent, due to their powerful spirit sense and broad range for absorbing spiritual energy, could advance their cultivation and progress a few steps faster than martial artists who specialized solely in martial arts.
This made many sigh that Spirit Masters were the chosen ones.
Of course, Chen Lin didn't feel invincible just because he awakened his Spirit Sense Power.
After all, while not many people in this world awakened Spirit Sense Power, they weren't nonexistent. For example, powerful Spirit Masters like the Head Instructor of the War God Temple in Nanqing City were merely in charge of one city's branch of the War God Temple, not even considered part of the headquarters' personnel.
Chen Lin truly couldn't imagine how strong Xiang Yuntian and Feng Qiyuan, who were proclaimed as the two strongest martial artists on the Xuantian Continent and commanded the submission of numerous forces, must be.
"With my current strength, I probably wouldn't even be able to see their faces," Chen Lin silently reminded himself. Although his strength had greatly improved, there were still many powerhouses in this world, so he couldn't underestimate anyone.
Of course, even though Chen Lin reminded himself of this, he didn't completely underestimate his own strength.
At the very least, with his current power, he could completely allow his family to live a life free from worry, and he could also resolve some of the disgusting lingering troubles that were tailing the previous owner of his body.
"Keep working hard. I'm only eighteen now, and there's still a long future ahead. It won't be long before I can also enter the circle of top experts in the Nine Provinces, and then no one will dare to harbor ill intentions towards me." Chen Lin's eyes flickered with determination.
He was truly disgusted by Duan Xingze's actions that day. If it weren't for the safety of his current family, Chen Lin would have absolutely killed that scoundrel on the spot and then left Nanqing City.
With his cheat, he could have easily survived in the wilderness for a year or two and then moved to another city without any problem.
However, these were just Chen Lin's impulsive thoughts. If he were truly to do it, he wouldn't choose to.
Because after transmigrating into this world, he not only occupied someone else's body but also enjoyed a considerable amount of care and concern from his family.
He wasn't a cold-blooded person, so how could he not have any feelings!
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