One Breath Becomes Three Purities

Looking at the three hideous faces before her, Tang Xue felt nothing but despair.

Having spent her days cultivating within the sect and being pampered by the Outer Sect disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, when had she ever encountered such a scene?

At the critical moment, the Senior Brother who usually cared for her most had abandoned her and fled without a second thought, leaving her heart shattered.

"Heh heh heh, little lady, just give in to us."

As the man in the black robe finished speaking, his grubby hand began to reach toward Tang Xue's body.

"Let go of me, let go!"

At that moment, Tang Xue unleashed the full aura of her seventh-level Qi Refining stage, but in the next instant, another black-robed man grabbed her shoulder, forcibly suppressing the aura she had just summoned.

"Seventh-level Qi Refining, and you still want to resist? How naive."

The black-robed man sneered.

"Seven Kill Fist, Kill!"

At that moment, the black-robed man who had been holding Tang Xue's arm stared down at the fist protruding from his own chest.

"Ho... how is this possible?"

The black-robed man turned his head, then closed his eyes and collapsed to the ground.

Ye Lin's punch had pierced straight through the black-robed man's chest.

"Who goes there?"

The other two black-robed men turned around in unison.

"Who are you? We have no grievances between us, do we?"

The two black-robed men looked at the unfamiliar face before them and slowly retreated.

"Seven Kill Fist."

Ye Lin didn't waste a single word on the two men before him; saving Tang Xue was one thing, but the fact that they were evil cultivators was another.

In the hearts of all cultivators in this world, there was zero tolerance for evil cultivators—they were to be killed on sight, for they were no longer human; they were traitors to the human race.

For the sake of longevity, they were willing to act as lackeys for demons, unscrupulously slaughtering their own kind, and were despised by all practitioners.

"Attack!"

With that, the two black-robed men charged toward Ye Lin, their spiritual energy surging and their momentum imposing.

But in the next moment, they looked at the bloody holes in their own chests, their eyes filled with disbelief.

"Ni... ninth-level Qi Refining?"

Accompanied by the desperate cry of one of them, the two men fell straight to the ground.

I am now invincible among those in the Qi Refining stage; three eighth-level Qi Refining cultivators couldn't even withstand a single exchange with me, Ye Lin thought to himself as he looked at the three corpses. He shook his hands, crouched down before one of them, and wiped the blood from his fingers.

"It... it's you? Aren't you just an ordinary mortal?"

Tang Xue stared at Ye Lin with wide eyes.

She couldn't believe that this person, who had claimed to be a mere mortal just a moment ago, had instantly slaughtered three top-tier eighth-level Qi Refining experts in the blink of an eye.

"I simply came to thank you for paying my bill."

Ye Lin looked up, a transparent panel flickered into view, and he stood up to walk into the distance.

Name: Tang Xue
Cultivation: Seventh-level Qi Refining
Fate Grade: Green
Divination: [Good Fortune Follows][Superb Intuition]
Destiny: After this incident, she will safely reach the Heavenly Sword Sect, cultivate for a lifetime, and step into the late stage of Foundation Establishment. Due to her lifespan being exhausted, she will die of melancholy.
Recent Opportunity: Within the Holy Sword Peak of the Heavenly Sword Sect, she will find a Yellow-grade mid-tier longsword, greatly increasing her combat power.

[Good Fortune Follows]: You are a girl born with blessings; those who follow by your side will also be influenced by your good fortune.
[Superb Intuition]: Your intuition is incredibly sharp, often allowing you to discover the truth behind certain matters.

Looking at Tang Xue's opportunity, Ye Lin shook his head. Not to mention that he no longer had any interest in a Yellow-grade mid-tier longsword, the Heavenly Sword Sect was not a place he could enter anyway.

"Hey, what is your name?"

Tang Xue shouted toward Ye Lin's retreating back.

"Azure Cloud Sect, Ye Lin."

Ye Lin replied casually, then quickened his pace toward the Azure Cloud Sect; he couldn't wait to study the One Breath Becomes Three Purities.

"Azure Cloud Sect, Ye Lin, is it?"

Tang Xue murmured as she watched Ye Lin's figure gradually disappear.

After a day of traveling, Ye Lin successfully arrived at his residence, opened the door on the left, and looked around.

"Phew, no one has come in."

Ye Lin murmured as he looked at a small pebble by the door. He had deliberately left it there; as long as someone opened the door on the right, it would push the pebble and cause it to shift out of place.

Afterward, Ye Lin went into the courtyard and dug the Phoenix Egg out from underground.

In the two days he had been away, the aura of life within the Phoenix Egg had grown increasingly dense.

Ye Lin took out a North Wind Fruit and placed it on the Phoenix Egg. Immediately, the North Wind Fruit transformed into wisps of light that merged into the egg.

The Phoenix Egg rubbed against Ye Lin excitedly.

"The aura of life is getting stronger, but it's still a distance away from hatching."

Looking at the Phoenix Egg before him, Ye Lin muttered to himself before burying it back underground.

There was no other way; this was the only thing he could do for now, so he would just have to let the Little Phoenix suffer a little grievance.

Returning to the house, Ye Lin took a worn-out vase from his Spatial Ring and smashed it decisively. To his surprise, he discovered a rhombic crystal at the bottom of the vase.

The next moment, the crystal turned into a stream of light and shot into Ye Lin's mind.

"Holy crap."

Before Ye Lin could even react, his eyes closed and he collapsed onto the bed, unconscious.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed by.

On this day, Ye Lin opened his eyes and looked around, dazed.

He had had a dream, a very long dream.

"One Breath Becomes Three Purities, One Breath Becomes Three Purities."

At this moment, Ye Lin sat on the bed, muttering to himself, his eyes filled with excitement.

From the dream, he had learned of the incredible nature of the martial art, One Breath Becomes Three Purities.

One Breath Becomes Three Purities was divided into three levels. The first level allowed one to cultivate an external avatar, the second level allowed for a second external avatar, and the third level allowed for a third external avatar.

Moreover, each external avatar possessed eighty percent of the original body's strength. In other words, once cultivated to perfection, one could possess three external avatars, each with eighty percent of one's own strength.

However, there was a fatal flaw: once an external avatar was destroyed, it could never be replaced; they were one of a kind.

Even if one reached the third level of perfection, if the first external avatar were destroyed, one would only have two avatars left thereafter.

Even so, this martial art could still be described as utterly monstrous.

"With my current cultivation level, I can't cultivate this martial art at all. I must reach the Golden Core stage; it's a bit of a pity."

Ye Lin muttered at this moment. At the Qi Refining stage, he didn't even have the qualifications to cultivate this technique.

"However, once this martial art is mastered, I will have no rivals within the same realm."

Ye Lin was not discouraged. Since he had already obtained the technique, he would be able to cultivate it sooner or later, so he didn't mind the wait.

"It just so happens that I haven't cultivated Demon Shadow No Trace, which I found in the secret realm last time. Let me study it first."

At this moment, Ye Lin took Demon Shadow No Trace out of his Spatial Ring and began to flip through it bit by bit.

His Transcendental Comprehension trait was truly monstrous; after reading it just once, Ye Lin had already grasped it and memorized it by heart.

"Demon Shadow No Trace has three levels. The first level can unleash five times one's own speed, the second level can unleash eight times one's own speed, and the third level can unleash ten times one's own speed. It is simply a divine skill for self-preservation."

"Furthermore, once cultivated to perfection, it can interfere with the enemy's soul. In the eyes of the enemy, you are nothing but a series of afterimages, leaving no shadow and no trace."

Ye Lin muttered to himself.

To call it an illusion technique was less accurate than comparing it to movement techniques; in the future, even if he encountered an enemy he couldn't defeat, he would still be able to escape.

"Time to start cultivating."

With that thought, Ye Lin closed his eyes and began to cultivate Demon Shadow No Trace.