Wood Emperor Physique! Myriad Souls Pagoda's Anomaly!

Lin Zhi Shan's head rolled to the ground, blood gushing like a fountain from his headless neck.

His eyes were wide open, staring at the sky.

Until his last moment, he couldn't comprehend how he could be killed by a mere ant-like Medicine Slave.

Su Hao put away the Soul Shaking Bell. This magic artifact could only be used once and had now become a common item.

He had even considered activating another magic artifact, the Soul Extinguishing Needle, just to be absolutely sure.

Now it seemed Lin Zhi Shan was truly at his wit's end. He could have saved a magic artifact.

Su Hao glanced at the corpse and picked up another damaged magic artifact from the ground, the Tiger King Cone.

This item possessed immense power, having destroyed three low-grade magic artifacts consecutively.

Fortunately, the trouble had been diverted, allowing Liu Mei and Lin Zhi Shan to mutually injure each other first.

Otherwise, Su Hao's chances of killing Lin Zhi Shan would not have exceeded sixty percent.

The biggest obstacles were the cave dwelling's defensive array formation and this Tiger King Cone.

And now, he hadn't even used his secret technique, the Extreme Intent True Art, and had reaped such a great reward!

"Discovered Talent Power [Wood Affinity (White)]."

"Discovered Talent Power [Alchemist (Blue)]."

"Discovered Talent Power [Hundred Profound Gang Body (Purple)]."

The Hundred Profound Gang Body, which was a blue talent in its incomplete state, had now been perfected and become a purple talent.

Su Hao was overjoyed. With this, perhaps the Hundred Profound Gang Body could even evolve further!

"Absorb!"

[Name] Su Hao

[Realm] Qi Refining Level 7

[Talents] Hidden Kill (Purple), Hundred Profound Gang Body (Purple), Hundred Profound Gang Body (Purple), Alchemist (Blue), Fire Elemental Sword Physique (Blue), Sword Heart (Blue), Golden Spirit Body (White), Martial Artist (White), Initial Yang Qi (White), Water Spirit Body (White), Wood Affinity (White)

"Detected that the host possesses two identical talents, Hundred Profound Gang Body (Purple) x2, which can be synthesized. After synthesis, Hundred Profound Gang Body (Purple) will evolve into Wood Emperor Physique (Orange)."

The Hundred Profound Gang Body could indeed evolve further!

"Synthesize!"

"Consumed Hundred Profound Gang Body x2, generated new talent: Wood Emperor Physique (Orange)!"

Wood Emperor Physique (Orange): Top-tier wood element talent. Immune to pill poison; possesses special sensing ability for plant spiritual energy; top-tier wood spiritual energy affinity; spiritual energy can transform into Wood Emperor Qi, nourishing plant spiritual items, and can be used to extract and refine pills.

"Wood Emperor Physique is the final talent in the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins series of talents and cannot evolve further.

Talents related to the Hundred Profound Medicine Veins will automatically be converted into corresponding quality talent fragments. Talent fragments can be used to evolve any talent of the corresponding quality."

The moment the new talent was generated.

Su Hao's perception of heaven and earth spiritual energy further improved, and he vaguely felt a special connection with the surrounding plants and vegetation.

His physique underwent a miraculous change, and he felt refreshed and invigorated. His pores opened, and an indescribable comfort washed over him.

At this moment, unprecedented confidence filled his heart. This feeling of controlling heaven and earth intoxicated Su Hao.

[Name] Su Hao

[Realm] Qi Refining Level 7

[Talents] Wood Emperor Physique (Orange), Hidden Kill (Purple), Alchemist (Blue), Fire Elemental Sword Physique (Blue), Sword Heart (Blue), Martial Artist (White), Initial Yang Qi (White), Golden Spirit Body (White), Water Spirit Body (White), Wood Affinity (White)

Concurrently, at the very center of the Golden Light Sect, surrounded by peaks and bound by ten thousand chains, a colossal black tower floated in mid-air.

The area around the tower was filled with a bloody aura, and mournful ghost cries echoed intermittently. Countless vengeful souls resided within.

The instant Su Hao's Wood Emperor Physique manifested, the Myriad Souls Pagoda vibrated incessantly. The numerous chains attached to it also shook, emitting chilling clangs, causing several peaks to collapse.

The countless vengeful souls within the tower suddenly fell silent. After a few seconds, thousands upon thousands of souls erupted in a frenzied riot.

The Myriad Souls Pagoda struggled violently, its dense chains, connected to the earth, stretching taut.

The rumbling sound persisted for a long time.

After a few breaths, the Myriad Souls Pagoda fell silent again, as if nothing had happened.

Many high-ranking officials of the Golden Light Sect rushed to the Myriad Souls Pagoda.

Leading them was a middle-aged man in a black robe with golden trim. He issued an order without hesitation, "Immediately bring another thousand offerings! To quell the agitation of the Myriad Souls Pagoda."

After giving the order, the Sect Master frowned, "The Myriad Souls Pagoda just absorbed dozens of exceptionally talented individuals not long ago. Why did it suddenly become agitated?"

"This is the culmination of our Golden Light Sect's thousand years of effort. It's about to be successfully refined. We must eliminate any potential hidden dangers and absolutely cannot afford any mishaps!"

An old man rushed out from within the tower, his face filled with ecstatic joy, "Good news, tremendous good news! The Myriad Souls Pagoda has sensed a suitable Artifact Spirit! It must be within a thousand-mile radius of the Golden Light Sect. Sect Master, dispatch people to search immediately!"

"Once we find the Artifact Spirit, it can suppress these malevolent spirits and become their master. At that point, even as a semi-finished product, the Myriad Souls Pagoda will be usable!"

Including the Sect Master, all the high-ranking officials were overjoyed upon hearing the Great Elder's words.

Their thousand-year plan was on the verge of success!

"Third Elder, Fourth Elder, you will each lead a thousand disciples and expand the search area to a five-thousand-mile radius! Also, send people to investigate the teleportation array usage records in the nearby cities!

It must be a prodigy from an outer sect passing by, triggering the Myriad Souls Pagoda's senses.

Regardless of whether they are from the righteous or heretical path, once found, they must be captured alive at all costs!"

The entire Golden Light Sect, even the Outer Sect disciples, were mobilized to search for this prodigy who could serve as the Artifact Spirit of the Myriad Souls Pagoda!

Heavenly Medicine Mountain.

After mastering his new talent, Su Hao cleared away all traces of the incident.

He then brought Lin Zhi Shan's corpse into the cave dwelling.

He tossed Lin Zhi Shan's corpse into the incineration furnace next to the alchemy room, where fierce flames blazed.

The incineration furnace was much more potent than any spell Su Hao could cast, capable of burning the corpse to a pile of ashes.

He planned to scatter the ashes in the flowerbed later. Su Hao was confident that no spell or mystical item could find any trace of Lin Zhi Shan's existence after that!

"Lin Zhi Shan is dead, his remains are gone. However, if the sect valued him and considered him an important figure, they might have his Life Token. If the Life Token shatters, they'll naturally know Lin Zhi Shan is dead."

"Escaping is impossible; it would only expose me more easily."

"It's better to stay put."

"It's better to continue posing as Lin Zhi Shan's disciple. After all, there's no proof of his death, and even Liu Mei from Joy Peak believes I'm his official disciple."

"If the sect really sends people to investigate, it will likely be some Elders or stewards from the Outer Sect. Many of them have average strength, and it's unlikely a Foundation Establishment cultivator would come personally."

"If something does happen, I'll shift all the blame onto Liu Mei."

"Of course, it would be even better if no one finds out. I'll directly replace him and take over Heavenly Medicine Mountain completely."

"In these selfish, heretical sects, their execution efficiency won't be very high. If those people don't know about Lin Zhi Shan's death yet, then no one will covet this place for the time being, guaranteeing at least two to three months of peace!"

Su Hao was very calm.

He even had to thank Lin Zhi Shan for his consistently reclusive and ruthless nature. Apart from Lin Miao, who had been dead for a long time, the cave dwelling had no servants.

This meant Su Hao had to get his hands dirty with less blood.

A while ago, he had managed to trick quite a few people by using Lin Zhi Shan's identity as his disciple.

Currently, the only unstable factor was the Life Token.

If the sect didn't have a Life Token, then everything would be fine. Besides Liu Mei, no one else would know Lin Zhi Shan's situation, guaranteeing long-term peace.

If there was a Life Token, he would gamble that those people wouldn't waste time over a dead man. The worst-case scenario would be being unable to inherit some of Lin Zhi Shan's assets and handing over Heavenly Medicine Mountain!

Su Hao's greatest trump card was his current talent!

"Lin Zhi Shan achieved his current status and position not through cultivation, but through his alchemy skills. He was one of the few in the Outer Sect, and everyone relied on him for alchemy."

"Lin Zhi Shan's life or death is not important. Whoever can satisfy those people's needs can replace his position. Outsiders won't meddle too much."

"Everything relies on talent. Cultivation is like this, and alchemy is the same. With talent, everything will naturally proceed smoothly!"

Su Hao thought to himself. With the Wood Emperor Physique and Alchemist talents, his potential in alchemy would far surpass Lin Zhi Shan's!

The immediate priority was to completely take over Heavenly Medicine Mountain and quickly seize all of Lin Zhi Shan's assets!

This was why Su Hao was willing to take the risk and stay. Lin Zhi Shan's industry, built over twenty to thirty years, was surely worth more than two to three thousand spirit stones!

Just as Su Hao was about to explore Lin Zhi Shan's cave dwelling, A surge of spiritual energy fluctuations suddenly came from outside.

Zhao Bai Jiang and a few servants rushed into the courtyard, looking around, "Senior Brother Lin, are you alright?"

"Zhao Bai Jiang?!" Su Hao, hidden in the cave dwelling's upper floor, breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing them.