Cultivation technique perfected, cleansing the marrow!

Several minutes later.

Lin An took a pill to recover, while the corpses of eight Bronze Tier sin beasts lay strewn across the ground around him.

"Young master, would you like to rest for a while?" Ji Yuan approached and handed him a waterskin.

"Yes, we'll rest for half an hour before continuing." Lin An took a sip of water and nodded.

He was here to farm attribute points, not risk his life. He really was in poor condition now, so of course he needed to rest.

Half an hour later, with the pill's help, Lin An had recovered considerably and resumed his grand undertaking of farming attribute points.

The group spent the next several days outside the city.

With a hundred personal guards accompanying them and Qian Hai, a Gold Tier expert, overseeing things, they encountered no danger.

Thanks to these efforts, Lin An's attribute points rose rapidly.

In the blink of an eye, the sixth day arrived.

After slaughtering another batch of sin beasts, Lin An turned his attention to his attribute points.

[Attribute points]: 7415

"It really is great to have backing. My men lure the monsters over, and all I have to do is kill them. I don't even have to worry about my safety." Lin An smiled.

Over seven thousand attribute points had already exceeded his expectations.

In his previous life, he had heard that the most anyone had farmed was a little over six hundred attribute points. That was nothing compared to what he had now.

This should be enough. It's time to head back and prepare to break through to the Bronze Realm.

It wasn't that he didn't want to keep farming attribute points. After several consecutive days of fighting, he was already having trouble suppressing his cultivation.

With Qian Hai, a Gold Tier expert, overseeing things, breaking through in the wilderness wasn't out of the question.

But there was simply no need to take that risk. If something unexpected happened, he might not even get a chance to regret it.

Besides, Qian Hai had told him yesterday that he had hunted so many sin beasts over the past few days that there were hardly any left nearby.

If he wanted to keep hunting sin beasts, they would have to head closer to Black Mountain. Regardless of whether Lin An was willing to take that risk, Qian Hai, at least, would never agree.

"Ji Yuan, pack up. We're heading back to the city," Lin An said.

"Yes, young master."

Hearing that the young master was finally returning to the city, Ji Yuan couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.

The more time he spent with the young master these past few days, the more he realized what a monster of a talent he was.

That had also kept him on edge, afraid something would happen to the young master. After all, they were outside Shenglin City, where any danger could arise.

"Young master, you should be breaking through to the Bronze Realm after returning this time, correct?" Qian Hai asked Lin An with a smile.

In his view, aside from gaining practical combat experience, the young master's main reason for constantly hunting sin beasts these past few days was to consolidate his cultivation and quickly break through to the Bronze Realm.

The results were plain to see. The young master's cultivation had clearly reached the threshold, and he could break through naturally whenever he wished.

"That's right. Once we return, it'll be time to break through. I've put you to a lot of trouble these past few days, Elder Qian."

"You're too polite, young master. Protecting you is my duty."

As the two chatted, Ji Yuan soon gathered all the personal guards.

"Young master, all the personal guards are here," Ji Yuan reported.

Lin An swept his gaze over the guards. Only after confirming that none of them had been possessed by sin beasts did he nod. "Back to the city."

"An'er, you're finally back."

"How did things go these past few days? Were you hurt?"

As soon as they returned to the city lord's residence, Lin Xiao came over, his face full of concern as he looked Lin An over.

Although his son had only been away for five days, Lin Xiao had missed him terribly. After all, from childhood until now, his son had never left his side.

Not to mention that he had gone outside the city this time. Even with Qian Hai and a hundred personal guards protecting him, Lin Xiao had been filled with worry.

"Don't worry, Father. With Elder Qian and the hundred personal guards led by Commander Ji, I wasn't hurt," Lin An said with a smile.

"Hahaha, good. Ji Yuan, pass down my orders. Double those hundred personal guards' resources for this month," Lin Xiao said.

"Yes, City Lord," Ji Yuan acknowledged.

"Come along. I imagine you haven't eaten or slept well outside the city these past few days. I've already had food prepared. After eating, get some proper rest."

As he spoke, Lin Xiao took Lin An by the hand and led him toward the reception hall.

Lin An's eyes lit up at the dishes already laid out on the dining table.

He really hadn't had much good food outside the city these past few days, and the sight of these dishes whetted his appetite.

"Father, I'll dig in, then."

With that, Lin An began eating.

Lin Xiao watched with a smile. Compared to several days ago, although Lin An still looked like a youth, he now carried an air of lethal severity. Even his bearing had changed greatly.

He had also learned what his son had been doing outside the city. Apart from brief rests, he had spent most of his time fighting sin beasts.

Though it pained him, Lin Xiao felt even more pleased. His son not only possessed monstrous talent but could also take to the battlefield and kill enemies. He could rest easy entrusting Shenglin City to him in the future.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin An chatted with his bargain-bin father for a while before returning to his own courtyard.

After thoroughly washing up, Lin An opened his panel.

"Allocate points."

[You have consumed 5,000 attribute points. Your proficiency in the Platinum Rank "Lin Clan Cultivation Technique" has successfully increased to perfection.]

Hum...

As the system's words ended, Lin An immediately felt his cultivation technique begin circulating on its own. Vast amounts of spiritual energy from heaven and earth surged into his body.

Once that spiritual energy was absorbed, Lin An could no longer suppress his cultivation and broke straight through to bronze tier.

[Congratulations on becoming the first player on the server to break through to the Bronze Realm. Additional reward obtained: visualization diagram lottery draw ×1.]

[Server-wide announcement: congratulations to player Lin An for becoming the first player on the server to break through to the Bronze Realm. Other players, please follow his example and keep striving!] ×3

The server-wide announcement sounded three times in succession, but Lin An had no time to pay attention.

He discovered that even after he broke through to the Bronze Realm, his cultivation technique continued circulating on its own.

A force coursed through his limbs and bones, making his entire body unbearably hot. At the same time, black impurities were being expelled from beneath his skin.

Is this cleansing the marrow?

Lin An was surprised. He hadn't expected a Platinum Rank cultivation technique at perfection to have such an effect.

Cleansing the marrow could be considered a great opportunity. The city lord's residence had records of such opportunities. Supposedly, only by taking certain extremely precious pills or encountering opportunities such as naturally formed spirit pools could one cleanse the marrow.

Even City Lord Lin Xiao, a gold-tier expert, had only experienced marrow cleansing once, when he broke through to gold tier.

After cleansing the marrow, increased strength was secondary. The most important thing was improved aptitude.

After undergoing marrow cleansing, an ordinary person could transform into a heavenly genius.

My aptitude wasn't poor to begin with, but I wasn't a heavenly genius either. The only reason I cultivated so quickly was my high proficiency in a Platinum Rank cultivation technique.

But now that I've undergone marrow cleansing, my aptitude has improved dramatically. Combined with a perfected Platinum Rank cultivation technique, my cultivation speed will probably be even more terrifying from now on.

A smile appeared on Lin An's face.

He didn't know whether all Platinum Rank cultivation techniques could cleanse the marrow upon reaching perfection, or whether only the Lin Clan Cultivation Technique could do so.

But that didn't matter.

What mattered was that his aptitude was rapidly improving.