Fiend Demon Body

After the three left the room, they could still hear Lin Xiao's hearty laughter. It had been a long time since they had heard such a sound.

"Mm!"

However, Qing Tan's delicate little face suddenly turned deathly pale. Strands of visible cold air slowly seeped from her body, leaving fine shards of ice scattered across the nearby ground.

"This is bad—Qing Tan's cold aura is acting up again!" Lin Dong's expression changed drastically.

"I'll carry Qing Tan back to her room first," Lin Mu said. Though he was somewhat worried, he was not overly nervous. He understood Qing Tan's constitution and knew how to deal with it.

Lin Mu picked Qing Tan up and sprinted toward a nearby room.

Rushing into the room, Lin Mu quickly laid Qing Tan on the bed. White frost already covered his arms, and both had been frozen numb.

"This cold aura really is terrifying."

Lin Dong followed Lin Mu into the room and looked worriedly at Qing Tan, who was wrapped in a quilt.

"I'll go get Father!"

"Brother Lin Dong, don't go. Father has finally been happy for once—don't make him worry. I'll be fine if I endure it for a while," Qing Tan said through the pain. After speaking, she fainted.

"Lin Dong, take out the stone talisman," Lin Mu said.

"What do you need the stone talisman for?" Lin Dong did not understand, but he still swiftly removed the stone talisman hanging around his neck.

Lin Mu took the stone talisman and placed it on Qing Tan's body. At once, it produced a strange pulling force, drawing the violent yin-cold aura into itself.

"The stone talisman can actually do this too!" Lin Dong said in shock.

After a while, the stone talisman had absorbed all the cold aura, and several white beads formed within its grooves.

"These are Yin Beads formed from yin fiend aura. Absorbing them in the Earth Yuan Realm can help condense a higher-quality Yuan Core. You can absorb them when the time comes," Lin Mu said.

"Big Brother, you should have them instead," Lin Dong declined.

"I have no use for them." Lin Mu shook his head.

Seeing that Lin Mu was not lying, Lin Dong put away both the stone talisman and the Yin Beads.

At that moment, the unconscious Qing Tan slowly opened her eyes. She immediately sensed the condition inside her body and cried out, "The cold aura is gone!"

"Only temporarily. If you want to resolve it completely, we'll have to find another way," Lin Mu said.

"Big Brother, do you have a way to solve Qing Tan's cold aura problem?" Lin Dong asked anxiously.

"Qing Tan possesses the special Fiend Demon Body. To solve the cold aura problem, she must first be able to control this constitution." Lin Mu pondered for a moment before speaking.

"The Fiend Demon Body?" Lin Dong looked confused.

"The Fiend Demon Body is a special cultivation constitution. Cultivating with it can advance at an astonishing rate, but it cannot absorb Yang Gang Qi. It can only use a special method to condense a Yin Core," Lin Mu said.

"What special method?"

"It requires an object of extreme cold as a catalyst, and the process is extremely dangerous," Lin Mu said gravely.

"Brother Lin Mu, if I successfully condense a Yin Core, will the problem be completely resolved?" Qing Tan asked.

"Yes." Lin Mu nodded.

"Brother Lin Mu, I'm not afraid of danger. If I succeed, everyone won't have to worry about the cold aura inside me anymore." Qing Tan smiled, revealing her two little canine teeth.

"But where can we find an object of extreme cold?" Lin Dong said. Just hearing it was enough to tell him that such an object would not be easy to find.

Qing Tan's expression changed again at those words.

"Don't worry. I'll definitely help you find one." Lin Mu stroked Qing Tan's head and smiled indulgently.

"Mm, thank you, Brother Lin Mu!" Qing Tan's pretty face flushed slightly.

"We're family. Do you really need to thank me?" Lin Mu smiled and pinched Qing Tan's dainty nose again.

After that, Lin Mu and Lin Dong left Qing Tan's room.

"Big Brother, how do you know so much?" Once outside, Lin Dong asked curiously.

"I can't tell you yet. You'll know in the future," Lin Mu said with a smile.

"Mm." Lin Dong nodded and did not press further.

"The Stone Talisman Spirit Liquid can heal Father's injuries. Find an opportunity to secretly have Father take it," Lin Mu suddenly said.

"Is that true?" A glint flashed through Lin Dong's eyes.

"We'll know once we try."

In the blink of an eye, another ten-odd days passed.

Seeing that Lin Mu and Lin Dong had both gained some proficiency in the Through-the-Back Fist, Lin Xiao taught them the Eight Desolations Palm as well. However, Lin Mu did not learn it. The Through-the-Back Fist was enough for him; he did not want to waste too many resources on such a low-level martial art.

Lin Dong, on the other hand, learned it very diligently. With the spiritual mirror image within the stone talisman, he had gained some proficiency in just a few days.

Name: Lin Mu

Primal Energy Cultivation: Body Tempering Ninth Level (+)

Spiritual Power Cultivation: None

Martial Skill: Through-the-Back Fist [Perfect]

Mental Secret Art: None

Cultivation Technique: None

Life Talisman Seal: None

Special Items: None

Yang Yuan Pills: 112640

" I can break through again!" Lin Mu said happily.

Over the past few days, whenever the '+' appeared after his Primal Energy cultivation, Lin Mu would tap it without hesitation.

His cultivation had now broken through to the Body Tempering Ninth Level, and the seed of Yuan Qi within his body had grown many times stronger.

This time, the moment the '+' appeared, Lin Mu did not hesitate and tapped it directly. At once, the number of Yang Yuan Pills dropped by a hundred thousand.

However, his cultivation did not rise from the Body Tempering Ninth Level to the Earth Yuan Realm. Instead, it advanced to the Body Tempering Tenth Level.

"How could this be?"

Lin Mu was somewhat confused. Everyone basically knew that the Earth Yuan Realm came after the Body Tempering Ninth Level, yet he had actually broken through to the Body Tempering Tenth Level.

"Nine is the limit, twelve is perfection. Could it be that the Body Tempering Realm doesn't only have nine levels, but twelve?" A glint suddenly flashed in Lin Mu's eyes.

"Whatever. As long as I can grow stronger, that's all that matters."

After breaking through to the Body Tempering Tenth Level, Lin Mu felt that his strength had increased considerably again. At the very least, he could now take on two of his former selves.

"My Primal Energy cultivation and martial skill proficiency can both be improved through the system, but my combat experience is still lacking. I need to find a way to make up for that," Lin Mu thought.

Without experience in life-and-death battles, he would be at a tremendous disadvantage when facing opponents of equal strength.

"I've got it. There are plenty of Demonic Beasts in the Back Mountain!"

There were even quite a few Demonic Beasts in the Heavenly Yuan Realm in the Back Mountain. It was the ideal place for Lin Mu to train, and perhaps he could even find some spirit herbs there.

Having made up his mind, Lin Mu went to sleep peacefully, planning to head to the Back Mountain the next day to train and hone his combat experience and battle instincts.