Reinforcements

"This pill actually looks quite nice."

Lin Yiqing picked up the pill left outside and held it up for a closer look. He found it rather amusing that the pill looked remarkably like the candies he used to eat.

The pink pill was quite appetizing, but the immense Origin Qi contained within it was enough to make anyone move with caution.

After studying it for a moment, he gently popped it into his mouth. Instantly, the Realm-Breaking Pellet transformed into a warm current, sliding down into his gut.

"Ugh."

Before he could react, a surging medicinal force rushed toward his limbs and bones. The power was so intense that it even flushed his face a deep red.

Lin Yiqing had long anticipated such a reaction. He hurriedly circulated his internal cultivation technique, guiding the medicinal force to cycle through his body until it finally poured, in an endless stream, into his Dantian.

Sensing the Origin Qi being absorbed, the Supreme Origin Pellet began to spin rapidly, acting like a bottomless pit that swallowed and refined every bit of the medicinal power.

As the refinement continued, the aura around Lin Yiqing grew increasingly formidable. Finally, once the last drop of energy was refined, a powerful momentum erupted from his body.

Origin Pellet Realm, Small Perfection!

"Roar!"

A furious beast roar suddenly echoed through the lush forest, and a massive shadow flew past like a cannonball.

It crashed through countless towering trees along its path, forcibly carving a bright, open trail through the gloomy woods.

Seeing that the giant beast would not be getting up again, Lin Yiqing couldn't help but reveal a smile. He withdrew his right fist and collected a Third-Grade Spirit Herb from in front of him.

Although he had never practiced body-tempering martial arts, his physique had been steadily improving thanks to the constant tempering from the Supreme Origin Pellet.

Take this Magic Armor Rhino, for example; even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Origin Pellet Realm would have to engage in a bitter struggle against it. Its strength and speed were far beyond those of ordinary cultivators.

Yet, in Lin Yiqing's hands, it was killed with a single punch.

His Origin Qi and physical body had undergone the baptism of Greater Yin Qi and Sun Qi, and later, he had acquired the unprecedented Supreme Origin Pellet. He had long since transformed to an indescribable degree.

It was extremely difficult to gauge his combat power against cultivators of the same realm, so he didn't even know what kind of opponents he could face now.

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, Lin Yiqing frowned. A sliver of spiritual sense quickly seeped out from his Mud Pill Palace and spread outward.

"Hmph! You little beast, go to hell..."

"You're the one who should die, you bastard!"

As his spiritual sense spread, Lin Yiqing's expression shifted slightly, his deep pupils turning toward the north of the forest.

After a moment of thought, he tapped his toes against the ground and his figure shot off like a falcon toward the direction of the voices.

"Bang!"

At that moment, in a clearing in the forest, a round figure brandished a long silver spear, smashing the person who had been besieging him away.

He then shouted sharply, "If you aren't afraid of death, come on up!"

"Don't be afraid, everyone! This fatty is at the end of his rope. Don't let him scare you."

Behind the clearing, a young man in white robes held a long sword, watching the little fatty trapped in the center with burning eyes.

The little fatty was in a wretched state. His hair was disheveled, his face was deathly pale, and one sleeve of his purple robe had been torn away. There were many marks from sharp weapons on his body, and blood dripped from him even as he stood there.

"Hand over the spirit herbs from that cave, and we might leave you a whole corpse!"

The young man was surrounded by a number of subordinates. It appeared he held a high status, and his men moved with great coordination, keeping the fatty tightly encircled.

"Pah! Not to mention that I didn't take them, even if I had, I wouldn't give them to a sissy like you!"

The little fatty gritted his teeth, enduring the intense pain racking his body, and spoke with a fierce glare.

"Hmph! Still running your mouth when you're at death's door? Get him!"

The young man in white changed his expression upon hearing this, his eyes turning gloomy as he waved his hand.

"Is this the end? That bastard who set me up... in the next life... I'll definitely kill you!"

The little fatty gasped for air, feeling the Origin Qi in his body dried to the absolute limit, and couldn't help but curse in grief and indignation.

"Swish!"

Just as the little fatty reached the depths of despair and was about to give up, a white sword beam, over ten feet long, instantly sliced across the battlefield toward the crowd.

"Who's there?" "You're courting death!"

When the sword beam struck, two experts at the Great Perfection of the Origin Pellet Realm in the clearing reacted immediately. With angry shouts, they both attacked, their formidable Origin Qi instantly colliding violently with the sword beam.

"Bang!"

The moment they collided, their expressions changed drastically. They poured their internal Origin Qi out frantically to resist the peerless sword beam.

From the very moment of contact, they clearly sensed that the terrifying power contained within the sword beam far exceeded what anyone at the Great Perfection realm could withstand.

A violent shockwave erupted upon impact, snapping the surrounding trees in two, while the two Great Perfection experts were sent flying, crashing heavily into the ground.

"Pfft!"

Seeing that two experts at the Great Perfection of the Origin Pellet Realm couldn't even take a single strike from the newcomer, everyone present was stunned into silence.

"Thousand River Moon Reflection Sword!"

At that moment, a brilliant sword gleam, shaped like a crescent moon, slashed across the clearing. Before the crowd could even react, it struck down the two Origin Pellet Realm experts along with several others present.

"Who goes there? How dare you oppose the Liu Family of Qingping City!"

Seeing this, the young man in white turned deathly pale. He hurriedly raised his sword, pointing it at the black-robed figure emerging from the woods, and demanded an answer in a sharp voice.

"You fatty, I didn't expect you to make it out alive."

Ignoring the young man in white, Lin Yiqing looked at the little fatty in the clearing and couldn't help but speak softly.

Seeing the hundreds of wounds, large and small, covering the other's body, Lin Yiqing felt a touch of admiration.

To have fought his way out of the Storm Fierce Tiger's lair and escaped from under the nose of a Form-Shaping Realm expert—the fellow was truly a legend.

The little fatty gazed at the slightly short, black-robed figure, his heart filled with a complex mix of emotions. Just when he thought his death was certain, he never expected the very person who had swindled him to be the one to save him.

"Hmph, it's all your fault anyway, and you still have the nerve to say that!"

The little fatty couldn't help but rub his eyes and turn his head slightly, speaking with a heart full of resentment.

He had almost believed he was going to meet his end right there.

"Good, so you have an accomplice!"

Seeing that the two seemed to know each other, the young man in white was filled with shock and rage. He stared daggers at Lin Yiqing while his right hand quietly reached for a bamboo-tube-like object.

"Heh."

Lin Yiqing's gaze turned cold. He raised his right hand and swept it across the clearing. Six short swords flew instantly from his Universe Bag, and in a flash, several silver streaks of light darted through the air, piercing the brows of the men and killing them on the spot.

Origin Pellet Realm weeds—nothing more than clay chickens and pottery dogs.

Still trying to sneak a signal out? Who has the time to chatter with you for half a day? Lin Yiqing muttered to himself.

Then, under the little fatty's complex gaze, he stepped forward to collect the Universe Bags from the bodies on the ground before turning to ask, "Can you still walk?"

"I can, you..."

The little fatty hesitated, wanting to say more, but ultimately swallowed his words. He hurried to follow Lin Yiqing as they quickly departed the scene.