"Alright, get up. Remember to protect your Martial Soul well. Don't reveal it lightly in front of others."
Lin Yue helped the girl to her feet, took a bottle of Healing Potion from his belt, and poured it into her mouth.
Feeling the blood and wounds on her head rapidly healing, the girl revealed a look of astonishment. Then, even greater admiration for her benefactor surged in her heart.
Not only could he heal and evolve her Martial Soul, he could also brew potions of this caliber. Her benefactor truly possessed heaven-defying talent!
"Once you enter the Spirit Hall branch in Nuoding City, go find Deacon Su Yuntao. Tell him I sent you. But when Deacon Su Yuntao reports it upward, say that he discovered and recommended you himself."
"When you arrive in Spirit City, go directly to Qian Daoliu and show him your Martial Soul. He should accept you as a disciple and devote himself to teaching you swordsmanship."
He had more or less arranged a path for the growth of his future maid. Lin Yue scratched his head, feeling that there should not be any problems.
Whenever Lin Yue visited lately, Su Yuntao would cling to him and complain about missing the chance to recommend a genius. Well, now he had an achievement this huge. Lin Yue had directly made it up to Su Yuntao.
Once the Angel Holy Sword Martial Soul was exposed before Qian Daoliu, the peerless master of the sword in this world, someone who surpassed Chen Xin's father, Qian Daoliu would certainly nurture Shen Zhaoran as a confidant even if he did not take her as a disciple.
With Spirit Hall's resources, Lin Yue would no longer need to worry about this little girl's future growth.
"Alright, thank you, benefactor!"
Shen Zhaoran nodded firmly, her eyes filled with resolve.
In this life, she would surely make good use of the abilities her benefactor had bestowed upon her and cut down all the treacherous and wicked people in the world!
"Oh, right. Don't leave yet."
After rummaging through his storage belt, Lin Yue handed the girl three more bottles of various potions.
"Keep all of these. Don't tell anyone where they came from, and don't reveal them to outsiders lightly."
As he spoke, Lin Yue looked through the potion bottles again and picked out two milky-white ones.
"Drink these two first. They can permanently improve your spiritual power and various resistances."
"Once you've settled down in Spirit Hall, contact me through other means or by letter. If you encounter any difficulties, you can ask me too. At the very least, I can keep supplying you with potions."
As he spoke, Lin Yue stuffed all the potions into a Spatial Storage Soul Tool he had looted and handed it to the girl.
Why else would people say robbery was the fastest way to accumulate capital? He had wiped out two local tyrant families, and his little treasury had instantly become abundant. He had even gained several more Spatial Storage Soul Tools.
"Alright, thank you, benefactor."
Her eyes sparkling like stars, Shen Zhaoran nodded repeatedly. As she gratefully accepted the Soul Tool, her face brimmed with gratitude and admiration for Lin Yue.
In the future, she would surely become someone as outstanding as her benefactor!
"Alright, stop calling me benefactor all the time. Just call me Lin Yue from now on."
"Alright, goodbye, benefactor."
Watching the resolute girl stride toward Spirit Hall, Lin Yue revealed a trace of melancholy.
He had not expected the Universal Amplifier to strengthen a Martial Soul to such an extent.
He wondered what kind of changes his little actions would bring to the future Spirit Hall...
"Forget it. Why think so much? I'll take things one step at a time."
Lin Yue did not particularly care about any of the factions on Douluo Continent. He was more like a lone wanderer who cared only about his own strength. As long as no one provoked him, he would not hate or oppose them.
In a fantasy world, all external power was illusory. Only one's own transcendence was the sole truth.
Shaking his head to clear away his wild thoughts, Lin Yue turned slightly and returned to the Shi Family estate.
Outside, voices still rose in a clamor as everyone busied themselves putting out the fire at the Zhuo Family.
Lin Yue, meanwhile, turned slightly. Before the guards had gathered, he suddenly darted into the Shi Family treasury and began looting it thoroughly...
These two families seemed to make their living in Nuoding City through medicine and pharmaceuticals, so they had accumulated quite a few good things.
With these, he would no longer lack materials for refining medicine in the future...
"Knock, knock, knock. Knock, knock, knock."
"Who is it?"
Outside the Spirit Hall branch late at night, the dull knocking made the night-duty deacon Su Yuntao somewhat displeased. Yawning, he walked toward the front gate.
But when the door opened, the tiny figure before him, wrapped in bloodstained clothes, made his expression turn solemn. He immediately crouched down and asked gently,
"Child, what happened? Are you hurt? What exactly happened here?"
"Are you Mr. Su Yuntao?"
"Hm? I am. You know me?"
Seeing that she knew him, a hint of astonishment appeared on Su Yuntao's face. Just as he was about to ask further, he noticed the girl slowly spread open her right hand, and a longsword filled with holy light gradually emerged.
The moment he saw the holy sword's appearance, Su Yuntao's pupils contracted sharply as he turned his head in horror.
The sword held by the Angel God statue in the main hall of the Spirit Hall branch was actually ninety percent similar to the sword in this girl's hand!
Every sacred mural depicted the holy sword in Lord Angel God's hand. Every single one looked like this. There was no way he could be mistaken!!
"Th-this is?"
The Angel Holy Sword? This Martial Soul was actually the Angel Holy Sword? How was that possible?!!
Su Yuntao's pupils shrank sharply, his breathing turning heavy. He could hardly believe what he was seeing!
Had the Angel God descended?! Could this be a divine miracle?!!
"Brother Lin told me to come here. He told me to join Spirit Hall under your name and be recommended upward as a talent discovered by you."
"Hiss..."
Upon hearing this, Su Yuntao's entire body trembled. Tears actually welled up uncontrollably from sheer excitement.
Little Lin really was a good person!!
"Child, don't worry yet. Let me test your Soul Power first."
Unable to care about anything else, Su Yuntao brought over a crystal ball and placed it before the girl.
Having already awakened her Martial Soul and knowing the procedure, Shen Zhaoran stretched out her hand.
But the instant her palm hovered over the crystal ball, a brilliant golden light instantly shattered it!
What was this?
The unfamiliar sight made Su Yuntao's breath catch.
She clearly had no Spirit Rings, yet she could make a crystal ball capable of measuring Innate Full Soul Power explode. Such a situation was unheard of!!!
"Come quickly! Help this child clean herself up and examine her! Make sure she isn't hurt!"
Instantly rousing the entire Spirit Hall, Su Yuntao shouted, jumped, and bounced around the hall in exhilaration.
He had discovered a genius. He had discovered a genius!!!
"Creak..."
When the sound of the door opening softly rang out late at night, Ah Yin immediately opened her eyes and looked toward the bedroom door.
There, a familiar figure slowly approached, carrying a faint trace of moisture.
"Brother Lin?"
Although he seemed to have already washed himself, the faint strands of blood scent still made Tang Yin snap awake in worry. Her face filled with anxiety as she leapt from the bed.
"Don't worry, I'm fine."
Having already washed away the blood covering his body, Lin Yue, who had wiped out all his enemies this time, smiled and patted the girl's forehead.
"I've already dealt with everything. I didn't leave behind any future trouble."
That night, in an instant, the Shi Family and Zhuo Family were destroyed.
The city guards investigated for two days and two nights, yet found no clues.
Or rather, they did not dare find any clues.
Two families had been wiped out silently in a single night.
The Soul Elders who should have been present in both families had also been instantly killed, unable even to buy time to call for help.
Such strength signified that the one who exterminated them possessed at least the cultivation of a Soul Ancestor above Level 40. They might even have been a Soul King above Level 50.
And the lord of all Nuoding City was merely a Soul Ancestor.
A Soul King had exterminated two families that tyrannized the local area. It did not cause much of a stir, and the city lord's authorities quickly settled the matter and suppressed it. They no longer pursued the culprit.
Only the local tyrant families, mourning the death of their peers, grew increasingly fearful.
Because only they knew what the Shi Family and Pei Family had been planning these past few days.
They had joined forces against that boy at the clinic.
Yet the plan had barely begun to take shape when, within only a few days, the two families most deeply involved had been completely annihilated.
"This is a warning to us, gentlemen."
At yet another joint meeting, the elderly host's eyes were filled with terror as he gripped the pipe before him tightly with both hands.
"What should we do about this?"
"Are we just going to let it go?"
"If we don't let it go, will you deal with it? Soul Elders were killed in an instant, without any chance to sound an alarm, beg for mercy, or call for aid. At least several Soul Ancestors struck at once!"
"Enough. Stop arguing, everyone."
With an ugly expression, the elder at the center once again took control and stopped the crowd's discussion.
"Listen. We still can't allow that fellow to keep going like this."
They had operated in this small patch of Nuoding City for a long time. Now, openly, the Seven Treasure Merchant Association was competing with them, while that boy from the clinic sold deadly-effective medicine at low prices, seizing their resources and customers.
And in secret, there were people from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, or perhaps Soul Ancestors and even Soul Kings backing that boy.
"Actually, I never wanted to go this far. But since they are pressing us so relentlessly, in order to continue surviving and maintain our authority in Nuoding City, we have no choice but to do this!"
The elder slowly rose and made the final decision.
"I will seek outside assistance, but it will take one or two months to make contact. Those who support me in requesting aid from that lord may contribute resources here and join the alliance."
"Once we defeat the Seven Treasure Merchant Association in the future, along with that damned boy, we can still rule this small patch of Nuoding City as we please."
"As for those who refuse to join, don't blame this old man for being heartless. When that lord arrives, he will swallow you along with them!"
Soon, sighs rose one after another throughout the meeting room as figure after figure walked toward the elder.
In the blink of an eye, more than a month passed.
Ever since wiping out those two families that had failed to recognize their place, Lin Yue's life had immediately become much easier.
There were no more troublemakers who failed to recognize their place, no more worries. Every day, he focused on cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and improving his cultivation, raising his level from after obtaining his Spirit Ring to the peak of Level 15. He had even vaguely touched the threshold of Level 16.
With Innate Full Soul Power and the help of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, achieving this cultivation speed in two and a half months was exceptionally fast progress.
However, perhaps due to Martial Soul Evolution, or perhaps because that Spirit Bone had taken effect, Ah Yin's growth during this period had been equally astonishing. She had already broken through to Level 17. At this pace, she would need to prepare to hunt her second Spirit Ring again in less than half a year.
"Not bad, not bad. Once I accumulate a little more points, I'll be able to strengthen the Mysterious Heaven Skill in one go."
After the two consecutive failures last time, Lin Yue had learned his lesson. He planned to save enough points for consecutive amplifications to ensure success in one fell swoop.
Thus, during this period, he had copied out the Mysterious Heaven Skill by hand many times and stuffed the copies into his storage space, waiting to strengthen them all together.
Remaining points: 32268
"Very good. Even with only a thirty percent success rate, this is enough for six amplifications. I refuse to believe it can still fail."
Just as Lin Yue rolled up his sleeves and prepared to amplify it, a system notification suddenly rang out in his mind.
[ Ding. Warning. Different paths are triggering. The conflict between Tang Yin and Tang San is about to begin. Would you like to watch? ]
His expression turned serious. Lin Yue immediately put away his items and rushed straight toward Nuoding City Academy.