Reaching a Deal

Osmanthus Tree's true-body consciousness sank deep into its main body, shutting off every channel of contact with the outside world and ignoring Lin Qi from then on.

He frankly told Lin Qi that over the next three days, he would do his utmost to sort out and formulate a somewhat more advanced cultivation method for him—this would benefit Lin Qi, and it would benefit Osmanthus Tree as well. Osmanthus Tree needed Lin Qi to supply energy. The stronger and purer Lin Qi's battle qi became, the more energy Osmanthus Tree could obtain, and the better its quality would be.

Thus, for the sake of Lin Qi's and Osmanthus Tree's future interests, Osmanthus Tree resolutely cut off all external contact.

Lin Qi accepted Osmanthus Tree's reasoning, so he stopped pestering him and directly forced the God-Stiffening Powder down Ying Jue's throat.

Watching Ying Jue's face turn pale as the pungent, vile-tasting God-Stiffening Powder was poured into him, nearly making him faint, Lin Qi smiled and patted his cheek. "Do you feel anything? Hmm? Do you feel like you're slowly stiffening up from your toes?"

Ying Jue's face paled in waves. Just as Lin Qi had said, the tips of his toes were beginning to stiffen and go numb, as though tiny pellets of ice were clinging to them, threads of cold constantly seeping in and gradually freezing his body and meridians.

That icy aura made even Ying Jue's soul tremble. He stared at Lin Qi in terror and asked shakily, "You... what did you do to this king? What exactly did you do?"

Lin Qi smiled. Donkey ambled over from the side and lashed Ying Jue unconscious with a flick of his tail. Staring at Lin Qi with wide, watery eyes, Donkey shook his head after a long while and said,