A bright, resonant cry rang out across the space, followed instantly by the sound of wings beating. In this place where even time had been forbidden, the sound of wind suddenly appeared from nowhere.
A golden phantom shot out of the endless void.
It headed straight for Lin Shuguang.
The Spring Autumn Cicada!
It was the Spring Autumn Cicada!
Lin Shuguang could not help widening his eyes.
Ever since he had come to the Totem Continent, he had been unable to use the Spring Autumn Cicada or the Divine Demon Body. He had even lost all contact with them. He had never expected that the mutated Nine Revolutions Golden Core he had upgraded would actually have such an effect.
The Spring Autumn Cicada circled around Lin Shuguang, letting out excited, jubilant shrieks.
Lin Shuguang's face softened as well.
At present, his divine soul had descended into this mysterious space, and the Spring Autumn Cicada was also in a soul state.
Lin Shuguang extended his hand, and the Spring Autumn Cicada eventually landed in his palm.
Just then, a fragment of memory was transmitted from the Spring Autumn Cicada into Lin Shuguang's mind...
"The Imperial Capital Battle... Ji Wufeng?" Lin Shuguang was startled.
He had not expected the Imperial Capital Battle that had erupted on the third day of the tenth month to actually be related to Ji Wufeng. At present, Ji Wufeng was still imprisoned in the Black Prison.
He slowly raised his head...
"It looks like a storm is about to descend."
"Ji Wufeng entered the Imperial Capital and caused a huge commotion, making the Taiyi Immortal Sect reappear in the world. Xuanyuan City's gates were breached... Strange. Wasn't it said that Xuanyuan City was firmly in Gu Taxian's grasp? This clearly doesn't look like the rumors claimed. It seems something really has gone wrong with the Great Gan Dynasty."
"For trouble to arise at a time like this, it seems it must also be related to this fortune. The Totem Continent doesn't have much fortune left, otherwise Eternal Night wouldn't have descended..."
After transmitting the information, the Spring Autumn Cicada seemed to have completed its mission. It took flight once more, circling around Lin Shuguang before finally dissolving into light and scattering through the space.
Lin Shuguang's divine soul seemed to be tugged by some force, returning from this empty space to his body.
When he opened his eyes again, he was no longer inside the Spatial Altar. Instead, he stood in his room, as though he had been ejected from space.
Lin Shuguang's heart tightened.
Could it be that after breaking through, I won't be able to enter the Spatial Altar anymore?
Then I'll have suffered a huge loss.
With a thought, his entire body vanished from where he stood. Only after confirming that he was inside the Spatial Altar did he finally let out a sigh of relief.
The Spatial Altar was now his trump card for saving his life. Without it, he probably would not be able to carry out his plans.
Having just experienced that empty space, Lin Shuguang did not know how much time had passed. Now that his divine soul had returned, he had the strange feeling... as if this physical body had become somewhat burdensome.
Lin Shuguang frowned in confusion. He lowered his head and glanced at his body, then raised his hand and clenched it tightly. The surging power was clearly palpable.
Thinking of this incompatibility between his divine soul and physical body,
Lin Shuguang immediately brought up the Attribute Panel.
Strength: 1.49 million Constitution: 1.49 million Defense: 1.49 million Mental Power: 3 million
Originally, the gap between his Mental Power and the other three attributes had not been very large. But now, because of that mutated Nine Revolutions Golden Core, his Mental Power had exceeded the other three attributes by more than a million points.
It was no wonder such a huge gap had made Lin Shuguang feel uncomfortable between his divine soul and physical body.
"My physical strength has to increase. Otherwise, if I keep breaking through, who knows whether my soul might leave my body and I'll lose my physical body forever..."
As Lin Shuguang's strength grew higher and higher, he truly did not reject being in a divine-soul state. After all, all techniques returned to unity; as long as something existed, it had its reason.
The only thing he was unwilling to part with was this physical body. To forge his current body, he had poured in countless efforts. If he really lost it, he would be furious.
He continued checking the system.
The realm column clearly displayed: Sixth Heaven of the True Fate Realm!
"Breaking through is certainly something worth celebrating."
Lin Shuguang turned and left the Spatial Altar. Not long afterward, someone knocked on Leng Yueyan's door.
"What?" Leng Yueyan's voice came from inside after a while, but she showed no intention of opening the door.
"Open up. I'll come in and talk."
"No." Leng Yueyan refused flatly.
Lin Shuguang's face darkened at once. "There's something I need to ask you."
"But... it's late at night, and we're a man and a woman alone together. That wouldn't be appropriate, would it?" Leng Yueyan hesitated from behind the door.
Lin Shuguang's face remained dark. "Why didn't you think that way when you came looking for me before?"
Leng Yueyan did not answer.
But Lin Shuguang could clearly sense that the woman was standing right behind the door. The two of them stood separated by a single door... and faintly, Lin Shuguang seemed to hear Leng Yueyan muttering.
"Open the door... don't open the door... open the door... don't open the door..."
It seemed she was wrestling with an extremely difficult choice.
Lin Shuguang grew increasingly impatient as he waited. He was just about to break down the door when Leng Yueyan suddenly opened it.
"I..."
Lin Shuguang had only managed to utter one word before Leng Yueyan, who had been poking her head out and looking around, grabbed him and pulled him into the room.
"Shh."
Leng Yueyan made a silencing gesture.
Lin Shuguang stared at her expressionlessly. Although they had known each other for less than two days, it was obvious that this woman was a complete airhead... At his feet lay a floor covered in flower petals. Clearly, there had been a reason for her earlier muttering about opening or not opening the door.
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Leng Yueyan skillfully set up a layer of spell shielding around the room before turning to Lin Shuguang. "I've soundproofed the room. Go ahead."
Lin Shuguang instinctively glanced around. The pink sheets on the bed made his brows twitch. When had there been a bedspread like this in his home?
"Could you... stop looking around?" Leng Yueyan suddenly blocked his view.
Lin Shuguang withdrew his gaze and said without changing expression, "Do you still have any Nine Revolutions Golden Cores?"
Leng Yueyan immediately looked at him when she heard this. "You used the one I gave you?"
"Mm."
The moment Lin Shuguang finished speaking, Leng Yueyan suddenly attacked. One hand shot toward him as fast as lightning.
Lin Shuguang casually blocked it, easily catching her hand.
"You broke through?" Leng Yueyan asked in delight. Her hand twisted again, slipping free of Lin Shuguang's grasp like a loach.
Lin Shuguang narrowed his eyes slightly... He had now advanced to the Sixth Heaven of the True Fate Realm, yet he still could not discern the depths of this woman.
Leng Yueyan was around his age, but he had never expected her to be even more deeply concealed than he was.
He withdrew his hand, with no intention of continuing to test her. He got straight to the point. "I need a Nine Revolutions Golden Core."
Leng Yueyan shook her head. "You just took one. Taking another wouldn't be very useful. It would only waste the energy of the Nine Revolutions Golden Core. Besides, I'm doing this for your own good. You just broke through, so your foundation may still be unstable. If you rush to take another, it could instead hinder your cultivation."
"I'm only asking whether you have one. I don't need your concern about anything else." Lin Shuguang's tone was calm.
Leng Yueyan froze, then said irritably, "What's wrong with you? I was kindly reminding you, and kindness gets no reward. I don't have one!"
Her tone was harsh, but her manner made it obvious that she had no idea how to quarrel.
Lin Shuguang looked at her. "Are Nine Revolutions Golden Cores very expensive? Very rare?"
"Obviously." Leng Yueyan rolled her eyes and turned around with her arms folded. "The materials for a Nine Revolutions Golden Core are already very expensive. On top of that, the pill-completion rate is extremely low. Even those old masters wouldn't dare claim they could refine one with absolute certainty."
"What if I said I was confident I could do it?" Lin Shuguang suddenly asked.
"You?" Leng Yueyan paused and looked at him strangely. Rather than questioning him outright, she cautiously asked, "You really know how to refine pills? Do you understand alchemy?"
Lin Shuguang replied casually, "Perhaps there's no one in this world who understands alchemy better than I do."
Leng Yueyan was amused by his words. "If that gets out, those old masters will probably want to refine you directly. But are you serious?"
Lin Shuguang looked over without confirming or denying it. "Do you have a way to obtain alchemy materials?"
Leng Yueyan studied Lin Shuguang before saying after a moment, "Just hearing you say that, it's hard for me to believe you. I think you should understand too. If someone else suddenly said something like that, would you believe him?"
When it came to matters involving profit, Leng Yueyan seemed to have become an entirely different person.
After saying all that, the change in her bearing was obvious.
"However, we do know each other, after all. I'm willing to give you a chance, but I have a condition."
Leng Yueyan looked at Lin Shuguang slyly, as if waiting for the fish to take the bait.
Lin Shuguang looked at her. After a moment, he slowly asked, "What condition?"
Leng Yueyan was simple and direct. "Pretend to be my man."
Lin Shuguang was silent for a moment. "All right."
Unexpectedly, Leng Yueyan was the one who froze. "I thought you would refuse."
"I need the materials. When can you give them to me?" Lin Shuguang was equally direct.
Leng Yueyan tilted her head and thought for a moment. She seemed interested in finding out how capable Lin Shuguang was at alchemy. "Would tomorrow morning work?"
"Too late." Lin Shuguang shook his head. "Preferably now."
The Ninth Prince Gu Changhe's subordinates might arrive tomorrow. He had no time to waste with Leng Yueyan. As for agreeing to her condition, it was nothing more than... if he could fool her, he would.
Leng Yueyan thought for a while before looking at Lin Shuguang. "Then go outside and wait a moment. I'll take you somewhere."
Lin Shuguang frowned, only to hear Leng Yueyan say irritably, "I'm changing clothes. Hurry up and go out."
Lin Shuguang waited at the door for several minutes. Fortunately, Leng Yueyan did not take long. She changed into a set of dark-colored clothes. "Come this way."
She waved a hand and climbed over the wall beside them.
Lin Shuguang: "..."
The door was right in front of them. Why did this woman insist on thinking she had to climb over the wall?
With one Void Chaos Art, Lin Shuguang instantly teleported to Leng Yueyan's side. His sudden appearance startled Leng Yueyan, who had been waiting for him to climb over. "You sure have quite a few tricks."
"Lead the way." Lin Shuguang urged her on.
"Just follow me later. Don't say anything, and don't ask anything." Leng Yueyan warned him. Lin Shuguang nodded, and the two of them quickly disappeared into the night...
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