Princess Qinghua was staking everything on one throw, and Chen Lin could hardly say anything. But with her selling off all her property, he would have nowhere to stay. He would have to rent or buy a house.
Having reached an agreement with the All Things Pavilion without anyone resorting to extortion or seizure, he planned to settle here for a while. He would try using a Double-Arm Circumambulation to refine Soul Refining Pills, then continue searching for higher-grade Circumambulation Beasts.
By now, he had given up hope of receiving the place at the Soul Refining Pond that Princess Qinghua had promised him. He wanted to see whether he could gain access through other means.
Just as Chen Lin found a place to live, Princess Qinghua sold the entire Princess Manor and likewise bought a small courtyard residence to stay in temporarily.
She also dismissed all her servants and laborers, causing a tremendous stir throughout the city.
She would either succeed or die trying.
If she advanced successfully, she would leap upward like a fish transforming into a dragon, becoming a Silver Soul powerhouse whom even the emperor had to treat courteously. If she failed, she would vanish without a trace, lost among the masses.
Chen Lin greatly admired her courage, but he did not believe she could succeed.
After all this time, he had gained a thorough understanding of Soul Fusion. The ritual was much like a cultivator breaking through a major realm. In terms of rank, it was roughly equivalent to advancing from Nascent Soul to Spirit Transformation-a rise to a higher level of existence.
If the first attempt failed, there was essentially no hope left.
Moreover, even by selling off her property, she could only scrape together the resources required for the ritual. Without the nation's support,