Clean and Hygienic! Tang Sect Taboo!

"Well answered!"

Lin Chen looked at the giant wolf and smiled faintly, "Since that's the case, I'll give you a quick end!"

Activating his Blood Qi True Flame to its fullest, a massive fist shadow descended, and the giant wolf instantly turned to dust, without a shred of pain!

After killing the giant wolf, Lin Chen checked his System panel.

"Origin:"

"Enhanceable Martial Arts: Phoenix Undying Body Second Level (0/9), Dragon Roar Iron Shirt First Level (9/9)."

Looking at the panel, Lin Chen couldn't help but ponder. The Origin was only enough for one enhancement. He could either advance the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt or strengthen the Phoenix Undying Body.

Lin Chen's current defense was more than sufficient. Although it was only the first level of the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt, combined with the recovery ability of the Phoenix Undying Body, he was confident in his ability to survive even when facing a powerful expert far stronger than him.

On the contrary, his offensive methods, despite the boost from the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt, didn't see a significant increase. After a moment of thought, Lin Chen chose to strengthen the Phoenix Undying Body.

"Origin:"

"Enhanceable Martial Arts: Phoenix Undying Body Second Level (1/9), Dragon Roar Iron Shirt First Level (9/9)."

Feeling the second strand of Blood Qi True Flame in his dantian grow stronger, a smile appeared on Lin Chen's face. Not only did the second strand of Blood Qi True Flame grow, but the first strand also seemed to become more solidified.

Clearly, reaching the second level of the Phoenix Undying Body didn't just strengthen the second strand of Blood Qi True Flame; the first strand would also improve, although the change was less obvious than with the second strand.

"Now, what tier is my strength at?"

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow, feeling a bit curious. The strongest he could currently access was only Tier 5. He had never encountered anything beyond Tier 6.

Therefore, Lin Chen currently had no way to determine the level of his own strength and abilities.

Lin Chen's expression turned serious, and he thought to himself, "It seems I need to find an opportunity to accurately test my strength!"

"And..."

A sharp glint flashed in Lin Chen's eyes. He had only just strengthened the Phoenix Undying Body to the second level, and his strength was already at the level of a Tier 7 Cultivator. Were Tier 9 Cultivators truly the peak of the cultivation world?

Through the Cultivator Forum, Lin Chen understood that the peak of the cultivation world was Tier 9 Cultivators. However, the System panel clearly indicated otherwise.

Therefore, Lin Chen suspected that there were even more powerful beings beyond Tier 9 Cultivators, but that level of existence was beyond the understanding of ordinary Cultivators.

"It seems necessary to gain a deeper understanding of the cultivation world!" Lin Chen thought to himself.

"Ah~"

Just as Lin Chen was lost in thought, a scream suddenly came from the hillside. Hearing this sound, Lin Chen's expression changed. The voice belonged to Huang Qian, who was on the hillside.

"Weren't there no more monsters?"

Lin Chen's face darkened. He stepped on the ground and rushed towards the hillside. He believed the multicolored tiger from before wouldn't lie to him. Could a new exotic beast have arrived?

In just a moment, Lin Chen had leaped onto the hillside. He saw a thin man standing beside the corpse of the multicolored tiger, in the process of dismembering it.

The thin man stopped his actions upon seeing Lin Chen appear, then looked at Lin Chen, "Friend, did you kill this Tier 3 tiger?"

"That's right!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly, beginning to understand why Huang Qian had screamed. The thin man's actions in dismembering the tiger's corpse were too bloody.

After all, when Lin Chen killed enemies, to avoid excessive bloodshed, he often used his Blood Qi True Flame to turn the corpses directly into dust, neat and hygienic.

"I'll buy this corpse. How about five million?" the thin man looked at Lin Chen.

"Alright!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly. If he hadn't killed the multicolored tiger to prevent attracting the attention of the strange beasts in the nearby pond, he would have directly used his Blood Qi True Flame to turn it into dust.

Since he could make money now, Yang Qi naturally had no reason to refuse. Five million was not a small sum, equivalent to the reward for this mission to investigate Fire Forest Mountain.

"Sorry, I was in a hurry to dismember the corpse just now, so I scared your friend!" the thin man glanced at Huang Qian, who was not far away.

"It's fine!" Lin Chen smiled calmly.

The thin man was also a Cultivator. If there were any real threats, Huang Qian wouldn't have been able to wait for him to arrive. This indicated that the thin man had no malicious intent.

Moreover, if Lin Chen guessed correctly, the thin man in front of him was likely one of the other two Cultivators who had accepted the mission, but unfortunately, he had arrived a step too late.

"Hello, my name is Tang Jiu, from the Tang Sect!" the thin man said to Lin Chen, introducing himself while adding Lin Chen as a friend and transferring the money.

"Qingzhou University, Lin Chen!"

Lin Chen smiled calmly. He already had plans to gain a deeper understanding of the cultivation world. Now that a Cultivator from the Tang Sect had taken the initiative to befriend him, he naturally wouldn't refuse a friendly gesture.

"Let me ask you a question!" Lin Chen suddenly remembered a meme from his past life and looked at Tang Jiu in front of him, "Your name is Tang Jiu, so do you have any Cultivators named Tang San in your Tang Sect?"

"Tang San?"

Tang Jiu's expression changed slightly. He looked at Lin Chen and said, "That name is a taboo in our Tang Sect. It's fine since you're an outsider, but within our Tang Sect, mentioning it is strictly forbidden!"

Taboo?

Strictly forbidden?

Hearing Tang Jiu's words, Lin Chen's expression changed slightly. He had only intended to recall a meme from his past life, but he hadn't expected that in this world, in the cultivation world, the name Tang San was a taboo!

Tang Jiu looked at Lin Chen and said with a smile, "If you have any exotic beast corpses in the future, you can also sell them to me. Tier 3 exotic beasts are generally around three to five million. If it's a Tier 4 exotic beast corpse, it's about ten million. Tier 5 exotic beasts start at twenty million."

"That expensive?" Lin Chen's expression changed slightly. Didn't this mean that the exotic beast he had just killed could be sold for forty to fifty million?

Tang Jiu heard this and chuckled calmly, "Exotic beast corpses, especially those of exotic beasts above Tier 3, aren't common to begin with, so the price naturally isn't cheap."

Hearing this, Lin Chen's lips twitched slightly. He had just killed five Tier 3 alien beasts and two Tier 4 alien beasts. Including the fierce tiger alien beast in front of him, that was at least 45 million as a starting point!

Although Lin Chen wasn't short on money, it still stung him to think that something he could have profited from was now being wasted for nothing.

It seems that when strange beasts encounter strange beasts, I can't use Blood Qi True Flame anymore, otherwise the losses are too great! Lin Chen reminded himself inwardly.

"You're here to take on the bounty mission, aren't you?" Lin Chen looked at Tang Jiu in front of him.

"Yes!"

Lin Chen heard this and said calmly, "Then you can go back. I've already completed the bounty mission, and the 异兽 has been killed."

"Just this one?" Tang Jiu looked at Lin Chen in surprise.

Actually, he didn't care about the bounty reward itself. The main thing was that the 异兽 represented its corpse, which he and the Tang Sect behind him both had a need for!

Whoosh~

Lin Chen activated his Blood Qi True Flame, directly targeting the weeds beside him. In an instant, the weeds turned to ash.

"The other 异兽 have already turned to ash!"