Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow—Watching Reflections in the Water!

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, five days had gone by.

Lin Changsheng paced back and forth across a patch of grass outside the bamboo grove by his door.

[Grass-Skimming Technique (Perfect Stage)]

"Finally, it's reached the Perfect Stage!"

Lin Changsheng raised his head and looked at the panel, satisfaction showing in his eyes.

Over the past five days, he had not gone to Hundred Herbs Hall. Instead, he had been stepping on grass and skipping stones by the Grand Canal. After Nine Stars Linked reached the Perfect Stage, he had stopped going to the river and practiced nearby outside the bamboo grove to grind experience.

Now that the Grass-Skimming Technique had also reached the Perfect Stage, it could be fused.

[Detected two same-type Perfect Stage Lightness Skills, Grass-Skimming Technique and Flying Eaves Lightness Skill. You may spend 20 taels of silver to fuse them into a new Lightness Skill. Fuse?]

At that moment, a red notification popped up on the panel.

"Fuse!"

Lin Changsheng immediately tapped confirm.

[Grass-Skimming Technique and Flying Eaves Lightness Skill fusing... Fusion successful... Obtained Lightness Skill, Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow!]

Less than ten breaths after Lin Changsheng confirmed, another red notification popped up on the panel!

"Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow!"

Lin Changsheng's eyes lit up at the notification.

Once this Lightness Skill was upgraded, both his speed and leaping ability would rise by a great margin, and his safety would be far more secure!

[Detected Lightness Skill Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow. Spend 30 taels of silver to simplify it?]

At that moment, Lin Changsheng saw another notification pop up on the panel.

"Simplify!"

Lin Changsheng immediately tapped the confirm button.

Another notification popped up on the panel.

"Uh..."

"Have me watch reflections by the water? This... is way too simple, isn't it?"

Seeing the simplified result for Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow, Lin Changsheng could hardly believe it. Go to the water's edge, lie there, and watch the reflection—it was simple beyond simple!

But could this really raise experience?

"I'll try it and see!"

With that thought in mind,

Lin Changsheng locked the door and ran toward a pond more than fifty zhang from his home.

There was a pond over ten zhang wide there, just right for practicing Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow.

At this time,

Thousands of li northwest of Southern Fujian City,

Inside a cave,

"I've finally fused ninety-nine Soul Seeds. Once I stabilize them for another three months, I can retrieve that final Soul Seed!"

"Once I fuse the last Soul Seed, the Myriad Souls Banner will be complete!"

A young man with an eerie pattern on his forehead sat cross-legged in the center of a formation. He looked at the small triangular banner floating before him, radiating black light in every direction, anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"Go!"

Qi Hui looked at the triangular Myriad Souls Banner hovering before him. His fingers formed seals, and streams of black radiance flowed into it. A miserable ghostly wind and the howls of spirits rang through the cave.

At the same time,

A wisp of black energy flew out of the Myriad Souls Banner and out of the cave, drifting southeast before vanishing from sight.

"This Soul Seed still hasn't returned. Its host's blood and qi must be quite strong! Excellent!!"

"The stronger the host's blood and qi, the stronger the Soul Seed it nurtures. When the time comes, it can serve as the main soul of the Myriad Souls Banner!"

Anticipation filled Qi Hui's eyes.

Lin Changsheng's home.

More than fifty zhang away.

Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow, experience +1!

Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow, experience +1!

+1!

Lin Changsheng stood by the pond, his face reflected in the water. Red notifications continuously popped up at the corner of his eye!

[Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow (Entry Stage 12/1000)]

"It really works. The experience for Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow is rising rather quickly!"

Lin Changsheng discovered that in less than ten breaths, Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow had gained twelve experience points. At this rate, his Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow Lightness Skill would likely reach the Perfect Stage in less than two days.

"Hm? This... could it be?"

Suddenly, Lin Changsheng felt a chill in his chest, while his right eyelid twitched wildly. Frowning, he pulled open the clothes over his chest and immediately saw an egg-sized skull pattern flickering in and out of view.

It was the same skull pattern that had appeared last time.

"Sun-Moon Breathing Method!"

At the sight of the pattern, Lin Changsheng immediately circulated his cultivation method, inner force surging through his meridians!

As the cultivation method circulated, the skull pattern gradually dimmed in less than a quarter of an hour.

"This skull pattern is listed on the panel as Yin Energy Invasion, yet it appears every so often. The Sun-Moon Breathing Method can only suppress it slightly; it still cannot destroy it."

"It seems that if I want to purge it completely, I must find more and higher-grade cultivation methods to fuse together."

Lin Changsheng's expression darkened.

In other words,

He had to obtain more cultivation methods and fuse them in, forming a stronger one to achieve the goal of clearing away this blood and qi.

This Yin Energy Invasion was always a hidden danger.

"It's time to leave."

Lin Changsheng thought to himself.

If he wanted more cultivation methods to fuse and raise their grade, he could only go to Southern Fujian City. Pasture City was too small; the cultivation methods available there were all of low grade.

He planned to head for Southern Fujian City once Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow reached the Perfect Stage.

Having made up his mind,

Lin Changsheng simply moved a stone over and sat beside the pond as red notifications constantly popped up on the panel.

Another two days passed.

[Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow (Perfect Stage)]

Lin Changsheng looked at the red notification on the panel and let out a sigh of relief. At the same time, a vast torrent of information flooded into his mind and instantly merged with his consciousness.

That torrent of information

Was none other than the cultivation techniques and methods of exerting force for the Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow Lightness Skill.

"Let's see how this movement technique performs!"

"Whoosh!"

With a thought from Lin Changsheng, his body instantly turned into an afterimage and appeared three zhang away!

With another flicker, he appeared back at his doorstep.

Lin Changsheng stamped his foot, and his body floated lightly onto the roof like a swallow. The next moment, his figure flashed, appearing atop a treetop three zhang beyond the door, swaying along with the branches.

"This Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow really is impressive. Wonderful!"

"I never thought that after being reborn, I'd be able to fulfill my childhood dream of vaulting over eaves and running along walls, climbing treetops like a bird!"

Using the force-exertion method of Fleeting Light and Passing Shadow, Lin Changsheng felt inner force billowing through his feet. His body was like a wisp of smoke as he raced through the tops of the bamboo grove like lightning and shadow, incomparably swift, heading toward Lone Wolf Mountain!

"Was that Changsheng?"

At that moment, a hundred zhang away from Lin Changsheng's home, a pretty young woman with a full chest and delicate features held a food box in one hand and covered her mouth with the other. Shock filled her beautiful eyes.

"Changsheng's martial arts are actually this powerful!"

"So none of it was coincidence. He was the one who saved me!"

Yan Zhen watched Lin Changsheng step across the bamboo treetops and sweep past like a bird. Shock filled her beautiful eyes as she murmured, "Changsheng, with such a great kindness, what can your sister possibly use to repay you?"

She knew very well.

If not for Lin Changsheng, her end would certainly have been miserable!

Yu Capital.

The imperial city.

Two hundred li away.

"Trash! You're all trash!"

"You actually failed!"

Inside a luxurious manor, a handsome young man in white with thin lips overturned the desk before him in one sweep. The letter in his hand was shattered by the force, and his expression was frighteningly grim!

This young man was Prince Qi of Great Yu, Yu Xiaochang.

Yu Xiaochang had just received a message from his subordinate's Divine Eagle. The Eldest Princess had received help, killed the people sent to assassinate her, and joined forces with experts from Yu Capital.

He understood it perfectly well.

Since the Eldest Princess had not died in Pasture City, there would be no more chance to kill her.

"I will not admit defeat! Since ancient times, evil cannot triumph over righteousness. How can yin and yang be reversed?"

"I still have a chance!"

Yu Xiaochang clenched both fists, his knuckles cracking "crack, crack". After a long while, he took a deep breath. A resentful killing intent appeared in his eyes as he said in a low voice, "Lin Changsheng, that man ruined my great plans. How can I let him live!"

"Men!"

Yu Xiaochang spoke in a deep voice.