Your cheat has arrived, and trouble comes knocking

Lin Mo was dumbfounded. You fucking called this a tiny little change?!

Could this be any more of a screwjob?

If he had known how badly it would screw him over, Lin Mo would never have been in such a hurry to cultivate the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art.

"Heh heh. Thus, those of later generations who cultivate this art must carefully select their dual cultivation partner after learning it. Do not say I failed to warn you."

"If you possess the Pure Yang Sacred Body, found in fewer than one in hundreds of millions, you may treat everything I said above as so much hot air."

"Thank fuck. Scared the shit out of me!"

After hearing that final passage, Lin Mo's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally settled.

Why didn't you just say the Pure Yang Sacred Body was unaffected? You had this old man worrying for ages!

"Now I finally understand why that she-devil Liu Ziyan didn't kill me."

Since the Yang Scroll bound itself to the yin energy of one's first dual cultivation partner, the Yin Scroll probably worked the same way.

If Liu Ziyan wanted to keep cultivating the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art and advance to higher realms, she could not kill him.

No wonder Liu Ziyan had not only given him the cultivation method for the Yang Volume of the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art after they finished, but also a Life-Prolonging Pill and cultivation resources!

So she wanted to use him as her long-term cultivation cauldron!

"If it's Liu Ziyan, I suppose this old man can reluctantly accept..."

Whatever else might be said about her, Liu Ziyan's figure and looks were truly top-notch.

He had also awakened the Pure Yang Sacred Body, so he did not need to worry about Liu Ziyan draining him dry.

Once Lin Mo got his cultivation going, there was no telling who would be using whom as a cauldron!

"But until then, this old man still needs to lie low and stay alive for a while..."

Although Liu Ziyan was bound to his yang energy, that did not mean he could get right in her face and run his mouth without restraint.

If he angered Liu Ziyan, she would probably kill him on the spot, even at the steep cost of switching to another cultivation art, wouldn't she?

At least he should no longer have to grovel as much as before, scraping out a living in the cracks.

As long as he did not cross Liu Ziyan's bottom line or make unreasonable demands, she would probably turn a blind eye.

"Hmm... for now, I should focus on raising my cultivation."

But before he properly began cultivating, he needed to take a Life-Prolonging Pill.

Lin Mo estimated that he had less than half a month left to live at most.

Even with the support of the Pure Yang Sacred Body and the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art, he clearly could not, in less than half a month,

Break through from the second level of Qi Refining to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Only by breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm could this mortal body of his exceed its natural lifespan.

He found the Life-Prolonging Pill, the size of a longan fruit, in the storage ring Liu Ziyan had given him.

Lin Mo swallowed it without hesitation.

The Life-Prolonging Pill tasted rather bitter, but melted the moment it entered his mouth.

Its medicinal effects flowed down his throat and into his body. In mere moments, Lin Mo could distinctly feel an energy brimming with vitality spreading throughout him.

Before long, his cloudy eyes grew considerably clearer.

His skin, covered in the marks of age like a withered flower, actually seemed to reverse the ravages of time.

It went from sagging to slightly firmer.

Not only that, but Lin Mo could clearly feel his once nearly depleted energy becoming much more vigorous.

"Truly miraculous..."

Feeling the earth-shaking changes in this decrepit body of his, which already had one foot through death's door, Lin Mo could not help clicking his tongue in wonder.

Now he finally understood why a Life-Prolonging Pill could sell for so much despite its low grade and its ability to grant only another three to five years to someone nearing the end of their lifespan.

Spirit stones were merely worldly possessions, but for someone whose oil was running dry and whose lamp was about to go out,

Time was a priceless treasure!

Take Lin Mo now, for instance. He had only a brief half month left to live.

Without a Life-Prolonging Pill to extend his life, what did it matter if he had awakened the Pure Yang Sacred Body? It would be nothing more than a fleeting golden dream, all that joy for nothing.

Collecting his thoughts, Lin Mo took ten spirit stones from the storage ring and began cultivating.

Liu Ziyan had been very thoughtful. The storage ring even contained several pills that could speed up his absorption of spiritual energy.

But for Lin Mo now, they were all unnecessary.

Compared to before, when he had possessed only half a spiritual vein, after awakening the Pure Yang Sacred Body,

Even if Lin Mo's rate of absorbing spiritual energy could not be called a qualitative leap, it was at least like a little heifer riding a rocket-udderly soaring into the heavens.

An endless stream of pure spiritual energy entered his body through his breath and the countless pores all over him.

After passing through meridian after meridian, it finally flowed into his dantian.

At that moment, Lin Mo, who had transmigrated into this world over a hundred and ten years ago, finally experienced the thrill of cultivation, of his strength growing noticeably greater!

And so, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

With the support of the Pure Yang Sacred Body and the Yin-Yang Evil Demon Art, along with ample spirit stones to fuel his cultivation,

In just that brief half month, Lin Mo broke straight through from his original second level of Qi Refining to the third level.

That speed could hardly be called slow.

Over the past century, although Lin Mo had not cultivated often, the total time he had spent cultivating still amounted to at least seven or eight years.

Yet that had only taken him from the first level of Qi Refining to the second.

Now, however, he had reached the third level of Qi Refining in just half a month.

Compared to his previous breakthrough, the time needed for this one had been reduced more than a hundredfold!

You're right, but that's the Pure Yang Sacred Body for you!

As for why Lin Mo stopped cultivating after reaching only the third level of Qi Refining, it was because someone had come knocking.

Normally, barring any unforeseen events, Lin Mo should have reached the end of his miserable life by now.

Thus, the Maidservant Department, which managed all the First Saint Sect's menial disciples, had sent someone to collect Lin Mo's corpse before it could sully Sect Leader Liu Ziyan's quarters.

Since the matter involved Sect Leader Liu Ziyan, the person sent to collect Lin Mo's corpse was Zhao Donghai, supervisor of the Maidservant Department's Rebirth Hall.

But when he saw Lin Mo still sitting very much alive at the bedside, looking especially vigorous and healthy at that, Supervisor Zhao Donghai froze on the spot.

The two menial disciples he had brought along behind him did the same.

Hadn't they said Lin Mo had died of old age? What was going on here?