Rising Higher (Part 1)

Lin Xin understood that the other party intended to befriend him.

"Brother Kong has lofty aspirations. Well said."

"Oh, right. Inner Qi that has absorbed Yin Blood will carry a faint reddish tint. Only experts of the Qi Refining Stage can detect it, so there is no need to worry too much," Kong Yuhui added. "After we return, I'll handle the cleanup. If anyone questions you, say that when we woke on the final day, everyone else had vanished. We were short-handed, and the mission to hunt the Yin Blood Birds failed as well."

Without changing expression, Lin Xin took out the four charred Yin Blood Birds he had put away and tossed them onto the ground.

"Eh? As expected of Brother Lin!" Kong Yuhui was instantly taken aback.

"One each. That should cancel out the mission, shouldn't it?" Lin Xin said blandly.

"Of course." Kong Yuhui crouched down, picked one up, and put it away.

Jiang Yuer also prepared to tear off a strip of her skirt to pick up a Yin Blood Bird. But Cheng Ruofei abruptly grabbed her, and she immediately looked puzzled.

"What is it?"

Cheng Ruofei did not answer. Instead, she fixed her gaze on Lin Xin.

"Senior Brother Kong can take one, but we wouldn't dare take them so casually. Brother Lin, what do you want in exchange?"

Lin Xin was rendered speechless. This woman's thoughts were far too practical, yet indeed meticulous; she feared he would use this to coerce them. Thinking of what Kong Yuhui had said earlier, that Inner Qi would be dyed red after absorbing Yin Blood—

He glanced at Cheng Ruofei and Jiang Yuer again.

"In that case, I'll give each of you a drop of Yin Blood. Together with these two Yin Blood Birds, Senior Sister Cheng, tell