Awakening Little Marten

Qingyang Town, Lin Family Back Mountain.

After dealing with the Blood Wolf Gang, Lin Chen made a special trip with Lin Lie to the eastern mountain range of Flame City to search for the Pill Immortal Pool.

Afterward, the two went their separate ways. Lin Chen did not linger in Flame City and returned directly to Qingyang Town, not alerting anyone in the Lin Family upon his arrival.

"The Lin Family still needs some reassurance..."

Inside the room, Lin Chen sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, muttering inwardly. Although Lin Lie had accompanied him to Flame City this time, allowing him to obtain the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit from Yue Shan and pinpoint the Pill Immortal Pool's location, the trip could not be considered wholly satisfactory.

The accident that had befallen Lin Zhentian was beyond his expectations, leaving him feeling troubled from time to time. Though he knew he need not blame himself too much, and only needed to restore Lin Zhentian's arm in the future to make amends to the Lin Family.

Yet, the pain Lin Zhentian had personally endured was something no one else could replace. Thinking of someone who had worked so hard for him suffering such an ordeal, Lin Chen felt somewhat conflicted.

He would ultimately have to give the Lin Family an explanation. Even if Lin Zhentian had been injured by his own enemy, without Lin Chen's involvement, Lin Zhentian would never have ended up like this.

If he dared to act, then he dared to take responsibility. Before the Lin Family, there was no need for him to put on an act.

At this point, he only needed to wait for Lin Tao to escort Lin Zhentian back.

"Forget it. No more thinking about that. Since it will still take the Lin Family some time to mine the Yang Yuan Stone Vein, I should awaken Little Marten first and find the Spirit Grinding Mill within the Stone Talisman."

"As long as my Spiritual Power reaches the level of a Low-level Spirit Talisman Master, I'll have the strength to fight someone in the Form Creation Realm."

Setting aside those troublesome matters that gave him a headache, Lin Chen muttered to himself before taking out a purple box from his Cosmic Bag and gently holding it in his hands.

Inside the box was the Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng that Lin Lie had brought him. Unlike the Ice Fire Snake Scale Fruit, which was still effective on humans, the Thousand Year Demonic Spirit Ginseng was more specialized and only worked on demonic beasts.

As for how to persuade the awakened Little Marten to become his ally, Lin Chen had already made his plans. To him, it was not a problem at all.

Whether it was Hao Jiuyou, who had been manipulated by the Other Demon to frame Little Marten within the Heavenly Demonic Sable Clan, or Little Sable's Father, who slumbered within the illusion of the Eternal Illusory Demon Flower, Little Marten could not remain indifferent once Lin Chen revealed even a little information. Nor would he willingly sit and await death.

Familiar with this world, Lin Chen had a rough understanding of Little Marten. Little Marten was an exceptionally loyal and affectionate person. He might not treat others with complete sincerity, but he genuinely cared about his father.

And Lin Chen, who knew some secrets, was Little Marten's only way out once his patience ran dry.

The secrets he knew about the Heavenly Demonic Sable Clan would make Little Marten unable to doubt him, and leave him with no other choice.

If Hao Jiuyou had not framed him and countless unknown experts had not besieged him, how could Little Marten, who had already obtained the right to use the Ancestral Stone, have ended up stranded in a remote backwater like Qingyang Town in the Great Yan Dynasty?

And a severely injured demonic spirit, without the Stone Talisman or outside help, could not rely solely on itself. Let alone returning to the Demon Region, even leaving the Great Yan Dynasty alive would be a problem. Though Little Marten possessed many methods, if he wished to maintain a certain level of strength and swiftly recover to his peak, there were some things he could not accomplish alone.

After pondering for a moment, Lin Chen raised a finger and opened the jade box in his hand. A spiritual ginseng entirely crimson-red, gleaming with a lustrous bloody light, appeared before his eyes.

"What dense demonic aura..."

"It truly deserves to have been formed from the blood of a Nirvana Realm demonic beast."

Feeling the dense demonic aura radiating from the blood ginseng before him, Lin Chen could not help but sigh.

Although the Nirvana Realm was not considered powerful in his vast worldview, to his current self, it was an unreachable and untouchable existence.

Still, he believed it would not be long before the Nirvana Realm posed no threat to him whatsoever.

The next moment, Lin Chen did not hesitate. With a flip of his hand, he directly placed the Stone Talisman—which he had long absorbed into his palm with blood—onto the blood-red spiritual ginseng.

Sizzle! Sizzle!

The instant the Stone Talisman came into contact with the blood-red spiritual ginseng, streams of light shot out from the flesh of his palm. In the blink of an eye, the blood-red spiritual ginseng, which emitted an intense demonic aura, turned into an extremely viscous crimson liquid.

Before that viscous crimson liquid could remain in Lin Chen's sight for long, it was completely enveloped by a gentle white glow and ultimately vanished without a trace.

Inside the room, it was as though nothing had happened.

"Looks like Little Marten isn't a picky eater..."

"In that case, I'll enter the Stone Talisman space this time and see what's going on."

Lin Chen raised his head and lightly ran the fingertips of his left hand across his right palm. A faint smile appeared on his fair, jade-like face.

Inside the Stone Talisman space.

Within the dark spiritual space, Lin Chen's nearly tangible spiritual body moved forward continuously. His steps were extremely slow, yet with every step, the Spiritual Power surrounding him rippled outward before dispersing in all directions.

Lin Chen knew full well that, given Little Marten's cautious nature, he would never show himself directly. Though Lin Chen's Spiritual Power was fairly strong, there were certain areas within the Stone Talisman space that it simply could not penetrate.

And those places were also where Little Marten's injured demonic spirit could not remain for long.

Therefore, if he wanted to find Little Marten, he could only conduct this sort of blind search.

After an unknown amount of time, a subtle change finally appeared on Lin Chen's handsome face. Faintly, one could see the curve that had suddenly risen at the corners of his lips.

"I thought you would keep hiding forever..."

"What's wrong? It hasn't even been a day, and you've already run out of patience?"

Lin Chen smiled teasingly at a dark area above and to his left. Then, waves of Spiritual Power rapidly gathered before him, forming hundreds of long, densely packed bee-stinger needles in the blink of an eye.

"If you still won't show yourself, I'm going to lose my patience."

"If I have to personally invite you out, Heavenly Demonic Sable, I'm afraid the consequences won't be something you want to bear."

Just as Lin Chen finished speaking, a rather youthful voice emerged from the darkness.

"Who exactly are you? How do you know I exist?"

As that startled voice fell, Lin Chen saw a gleam of light dart out from the darkness. After several flashes, it stopped several yards in front of him.

As the gleam gradually dimmed, a Black Rat about the size of a palm, black as ink from head to toe, was fully revealed before Lin Chen.

What made the Black Rat especially unusual was that its tiny eyes were not clouded. Instead, they were filled with remarkably human-like confusion and vigilance.

"Of course I know you exist. Otherwise, you wouldn't have awakened so quickly."

"And you can rest assured. I came to the Stone Talisman space to find you with no ill intent. I merely came to discuss cooperation between us."