Ten Thousand Spirit Stones Dividend

The enemy is using this place, and indeed they need the spirit vein as an energy source to control the Crimson Flame Demon Lord through the formation.

But that doesn't guarantee they won't touch the spirit vein here.

Once the spirit vein here is destroyed, the seal on Heavy Mountain Path will inevitably suffer an energy deviation.

If the balance is broken, the seal will loosen, or briefly fail.

As long as the Devil Race in the Purple Demon Realm seizes the opportunity, they will definitely be able to break the seal.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qingshan's face turned extremely grim.

On one hand, he wanted to catch the enemy behind this.

On the other hand, he didn't want to release the Devil Race by having the enemy destroy the seal.

Weighing the pros and cons, he realized he couldn't just wait for the enemy to appear again as he had imagined.

What if they destroy this place?

The best course now was to completely seal this area, preventing the enemy from entering again.

Even if it let them escape, it would eliminate the future threat.

"Master."

Just then, Lin Chen suddenly spoke up: "Are you caught in a dilemma?"

"Oh?" Zhao Qingshan was surprised. "Go on."

To be able to think on his level, he must have some understanding of the Purple Demon Abyss.

And he also knows the full context of the whole matter.

Lin Chen had only been in the sect for a few days—how could he know these things?

Lin Chen seemed to have seen through his thoughts. "Master wants very much to catch the enemy and eliminate the root of trouble forever.

But now the environment here is extremely fragile and easily damaged, which could break the seal and release the Devil Race."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Zhao Qingshan had already overturned his earlier judgment.

This kid definitely knows the inside story.

Lin Chen looked up at the Crimson Flame Demon Lord. "Master, actually, we have a way to have our cake and eat it too."

In front of the Sect Leader, Lin Chen didn't dare to be coy and quickly laid out his plan. "We do this... and then that..."

"You mean, swap the real for the fake, then lure the snake out of its hole, and finally catch the turtle in the jar?"

Zhao Qingshan heard such a novel plan, and undisguised delight appeared on his face.

"Exactly!"

Lin Chen pointed at the Crimson Flame Demon Lord. "We replace him with one of our own, and set up an ambush around here. That way, we can wait for the enemy to arrive and catch them all in one net."

"An excellent plan!" Zhao Qingshan finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Fourth, I'll note this as a merit for you. Along with cracking the Soul Forging Art, I'll give you two rewards later. Let's go back and call the others."

"Thank you, Master!" That was exactly what Lin Chen wanted to hear.

The two quietly withdrew.

Rejoining Ming Bufan and Jian Rushuang, the four returned directly to the sect.

The rest didn't require Lin Chen's personal involvement.

Over the next few days, he focused on familiarizing himself with his power, fighting the Rabbit Doll every day.

After a full half month, he finally achieved perfect control.

Standing there now, he didn't emit even a trace of spiritual power fluctuation.

And his spiritual power was condensed, far surpassing cultivators of the same realm.

His physical strength was also perfectly mastered, and had even grown to 35,000 jin through tempering.

His physical defense had increased accordingly, nearly enough to block attacks from top-grade magic tools.

But his Spirit Stones were too few now; if he wanted to attach spirits, he could only reach the second layer.

"Brother Chen, come down the mountain."

Just then, Little Fatty Jin Yuanbao's paper crane message arrived.

A flash of escape light appeared beneath Lin Chen's feet, and in the blink of an eye, he was at the foot of the mountain.

"Brother... Chen, you're so fast!" Jin Yuanbao was startled by Lin Chen's sudden appearance.

Lin Chen grinned and slung an arm around his shoulder. "Junior brother, remember this: never tell a man he's fast. Tell him he's fierce!"

"Haha... Brother Chen, you..."

Jin Yuanbao's face turned lecherous, but then he noticed that Lin Chen's clothes seemed different.

He reached out to touch them, looked carefully, and suddenly cried out in surprise.

"Brother Chen, you're wearing the Purple Spirit Robe of an inner disciple—a top-grade magic tool!"

The little fatty rattled on endlessly. "This treasure not only has seven formations inscribed on it for strong defense, but it also actively absorbs surrounding spiritual energy to speed up cultivation. What a treasure..."

Jin Yuanbao's hands kept groping over Lin Chen's body, his gaze utterly infatuated.

"How about I give you one?" Lin Chen shoved the lecherous little fatty away.

Jin Yuanbao didn't mind at all. He directly pulled out a storage pouch and shook it in front of Lin Chen's eyes like a trophy.

"Chen-ge, half a month—guess how much we earned?"

Lin Chen shot him a glare, swept his spiritual sense over it casually, then pretended to count on his fingers. "I'd say... two hundred eighteen thousand seven hundred ninety-six."

Hearing that number, Jin Yuanbao's eyes went wide, his mouth fell open, and the pouch of Spirit Stones slipped from his hand.

Lin Chen caught it, weighed it in his palm, and asked with a grin, "So? Was I close?"

Jin Yuanbao rubbed his face hard, as if trying to crush the shock out of it. "Chen-ge, did you guess that blind, or what? How could you be so accurate?"

"What's so hard about it?"

Lin Chen tossed the Spirit Stone pouch back to Jin Yuanbao. "I can also guess that you copied another three hundred sets, and with the discount, the average price per volume was between four and five Spirit Stones. That's the net profit after all expenses."

After hearing Lin Chen's explanation, Jin Yuanbao was completely dumbfounded.

His urge to show off was utterly shattered.

He walked up to Lin Chen and stared into his eyes. "Chen-ge, did you have someone spying on me?"

"Get lost, get lost! If I had that kind of free time, I'd rather sleep more."

Lin Chen vibrated his spiritual power and sent the little fatty flying back.

That stunned Jin Yuanbao even more. "Chen-ge, you, you, you... you're at Qi Condensation ninth layer now?"

This time, it was Lin Chen's turn to be shocked.

He hadn't even used his Concealment Art, but there was no way the little fatty could casually see through his cultivation level, right?

Jin Yuanbao flipped his hand, and a pearl appeared on it. The pearl glowed with a dazzling red light, round and full.

He glanced around before explaining in a low voice, "Chen-ge, this is a Spirit Detection Pearl. Different lights mean different cultivation levels. When you just released your spiritual power, it detected you."

Lin Chen took a deep breath and looked at Jin Yuanbao with a scrutinizing gaze. "Does your family have dragon bloodline or something?"

Cough, cough, cough...

Jin Yuanbao burst into a fit of coughs and guiltily put away the Spirit Detection Pearl. "Chen-ge sure knows how to joke."

He quickly opened the Spirit Stone pouch. "Let's just split the money."

Lin Chen didn't notice his expression and was immediately drawn to the Spirit Stones.

The two split the money on the spot.

One hundred nine thousand each, and the rest was kept as startup capital for next time.

Lin Chen also took out the next part of the storybook, which he had prepared over the past half month.

What he gave Jin Yuanbao was only a portion.

In reality, he had already copied both storybooks entirely onto Jade Slips.

And divided them into twenty-four parts, enough for Jin Yuanbao to sell for at least a year.

At this scale and pace, he would have roughly two hundred thousand Spirit Stones coming in every month.

That was enough to meet his cultivation needs for now.

After finalizing the next plan, the two parted ways.

Lin Chen returned to the mountaintop. Looking at the Spirit Stones in his hand, he directly called out to the system.

"System, purchase cultivation and attach spirit to the sixth layer."

[Ding! Deducted 63,000 Spirit Stones. Promoted to Extreme Path Spirit Attachment sixth layer. Invincible within Qi Condensation Realm. Host may attempt to challenge Return to Origin Realm.]

As soon as the system's voice faded, thunderous roars sounded inside Lin Chen's body.

Strands of powerful Five Elements spiritual power, like dragons, intertwined with each other, following the six previous qi channels as they surged upward rapidly.

On Lin Chen's body, the light of the Five Elements flickered in alternation. Waves of formidable spiritual power burst out from him, stirring up ripples that spread outward.

A wind swept through the small courtyard. Leaves rustled, flowers and grass bent low, and even the water's surface rippled.

Lin Chen's aura kept rising, already far beyond what the Qi Condensation Realm should allow.

Just then, Qi Ruming happened to walk into the courtyard.

Seeing this scene, he stood frozen on the spot.

"Less than a month since joining, and he's already advancing to Return to Origin Realm?"

He himself had once been a genius, but even he had only reached Return to Origin Realm two years after joining the sect.

Lin Chen hadn't even used up a full month.

He stared for a long time, but it didn't quite feel like Return to Origin Realm either.

He was baffled.