Five Isn't Enough? Really Not Enough!

Fifteen thousand Origin wasn't enough for an upgrade. To upgrade again, he'd need at least twenty thousand Origin, possibly even more!

"Not enough Origin," Lin Chen sighed softly. He thought he was acquiring Origin fast enough, but he hadn't expected the amount needed for upgrades to increase as well.

This was definitely not good news for Lin Chen. It meant that to fully upgrade his techniques, he would need several times, perhaps even tens of times, more Origin than he had originally anticipated!

"I hope Xiao Chun can hurry up and find the lairs of the other big brothers in the different regions!" Lin Chen thought to himself.

The best way to quickly obtain Origin was to kill a group of Ghosts or a group of alien beasts. However, most alien beasts were individually mutated, and it was rare for them to mutate as a group, so they rarely gathered in large numbers.

Therefore, hunting Ghosts was currently Lin Chen's best method for acquiring Origin!

Entering the city, Lin Chen found a restaurant and had a simple meal before finding a hotel nearby to rest.

Reflecting on his gains today, besides a large amount of Origin, he had also earned tens of millions of Great Xia currency. Vajra Temple had transferred fifty million to him, and the Xuzhou Demon Suppression Division had paid him three million in total.

After a simple wash-up, Lin Chen prepared to rest. Just as he was about to fall asleep, a crisp knock came at the door. When he opened it, he saw a charming woman in revealing clothing standing at the entrance.

"Handsome, need special services?" the beauty asked Lin Chen.

"Special services?"

Lin Chen was taken aback, then chuckled, "You?"

"If you're not satisfied, I can introduce you to my other sisters," the beauty explained.

"You have other sisters?"

Lin Chen's eyes lit up. He looked at the beauty in front of him and asked, "Are you coming over, or am I going over?"

"It would be best if you could come over. If my sisters come over, it would cause too much of a scene," the beauty said, pausing slightly before continuing, "Also, if my sisters come over, you'll have to reimburse their travel expenses regardless of whether you're interested or not."

"Then I'll go over. I might as well take a good look at your sisters!" Lin Chen smiled faintly.

Hearing this, the beauty's face lit up with joy. She quickly said, "Handsome, follow me!"

Lin Chen left the hotel with the beauty and drove to the small shop she mentioned. After a ten-minute drive, they arrived at an inconspicuous alley.

The beauty looked at the alley beside them and smiled, saying, "Handsome, it's in there."

Lin Chen nodded slightly and, led by the beauty, arrived at a room with a half-rolled-down shutter door. Upon entering, he saw four women dressed in hot attire.

"Handsome, are the girls here good?" the beauty asked Lin Chen, and as she spoke, she pulled down the shutter door.

Lin Chen's expression changed slightly. "Why did you pull the door down?"

"It's not good for others to see this kind of thing," the beauty chuckled.

At that moment, Lin Chen suddenly looked at the women. "Which big brother do you belong to?"

"Big brother?"

As soon as he said that, the five beauties clearly froze. Seeing this, Lin Chen knew that these five Ghosts didn't have a big brother.

They were just wild Ghosts!

This made Lin Chen feel a pang of disappointment. He had noticed they were Ghosts when he met the beauty at the hotel and had intended to kill them immediately, but he hadn't expected them to have sisters.

Lin Chen instinctively assumed that there might be a big brother behind them. After all, according to Xiao Chun, the Ghosts in the Xuzhou urban area had divisions for their hunting grounds, and they rarely crossed boundaries.

As a result, when he came here and made a simple probe, he discovered that these female Ghosts were just wild Ghosts with no organization at all!

"Are there only five of you sisters?"

"Handsome, are you that fierce? Five isn't enough for you?" the leading beauty chuckled, scrutinizing Lin Chen as if trying to see if he was truly that powerful.

"You'll soon find out if I'm fierce or not, but five really isn't enough. Can you call a few more?" Lin Chen looked at the leading beauty.

"Handsome, I'm sorry, there are only the five of us here," the beauty shook her head slightly, then chuckled, "But I'd like to see if you're really that fierce!"

"Alright, in that case, I'll play with you!"

Lin Chen smiled faintly, activating his Blood Qi True Flame, and charged directly at the beauty in front of him.

A moment later, Lin Chen pulled open the shutter door. The room was empty. The five beauties had vanished as if into thin air, having turned to dust.

"I told you five wasn't enough, but you didn't believe me. Now you've played yourself to death!" Lin Chen sighed and left the alley, driving back to the hotel.

The five Ghosts only provided three thousand Origin. Apart from one Second-order Ghost, the rest were all First-order Ghosts.

Perhaps it was because he had been too busy today, but Lin Chen was only woken up by a phone call the next morning. He looked at it and saw an unknown number.

"Master, it's me, Xiao Chun," Xiao Chun's voice came through as soon as the call was connected.

Lin Chen's spirits immediately lifted. He quickly asked, "Have you found the lairs of the other big brothers?"

"Not yet, but I have some news to report to you, Master."

Hearing that there was no news about the other big brothers' lairs, Lin Chen was immediately disappointed. "What news?"

"I don't know what happened, but word of what happened last night got out on the streets. Now the big brothers in Xuzhou aren't easily accepting outside Ghosts," Xiao Chun's voice sounded somewhat helpless.

Word got out?

Lin Chen was slightly taken aback. Hundreds of Ghosts were suddenly wiped out. After a night passed, it would be strange if the big brothers of Xuzhou knew nothing.

It seemed these Xuzhou big brothers were starting to get scared. After all, neither Brother Li nor Silly Biao were weaker than anyone else, yet they were completely wiped out overnight. How could other Ghost groups not be afraid?

"You handle it, I just want the results!" Lin Chen's tone was indifferent, fully embodying the evil of a capitalist. As the boss, he didn't need to consider the process?

I just want the results!

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Xiao Chun on the other end of the line hurriedly replied, "Master, don't worry, I'm already thinking of ways. I believe I can infiltrate their ranks soon."

"Notify me if you get any news!"

Lin Chen hung up the phone and logged into the Cultivator Forum, intending to find a suitable mission. However, as soon as he logged in, Lin Chen discovered that his permissions had been upgraded to Tier 5, allowing him to browse and accept Tier 5 bounty missions.

Lin Chen was now at least a Tier 7 Cultivator, so the forum's permissions were clearly lagging. However, Lin Chen didn't care about this, because there weren't many missions above Tier 5 anyway. Conversely, as long as the quantity of low-tier missions increased, the Origin would be just as plentiful.

"This mission is interesting!"

Just then, Lin Chen saw a mission, a Tier 4 bounty mission.

"Go to Fire Forest Mountain to investigate. It's suspected that strange beasts are gathering. Eliminate the strange beasts, reward: five million." Lin Chen's eyes lit up.