Although it was only a Bronze Tier Spirit Realm, the space inside was still sizable.
Lin An raced along with his ten personal guards for half an hour, arriving before a forested mountain.
"According to the rules of Spirit Realms, every Spirit Realm contains at least one special treasure. It might be a cultivation technique, a weapon, a natural treasure, or even a visualization diagram."
"And to find that treasure, we need to follow the Guiding Star above the Spirit Realm."
Lin An looked up at the sky. There was no sun, but there was a bright star instead-the Guiding Star.
The Guiding Star would always be there, so there was no need to worry about getting lost in the Spirit Realm.
"It would naturally be best if we could get that special treasure, but there's no need to force it if we can't. My main purpose in coming here is to experience a Spirit Realm and hone myself by hunting Sin Beasts."
"So safety comes first," Lin An said. "If we encounter danger we can't handle, we leave immediately."
"Yes, young master," the ten personal guards replied.
"Let's go. The Guiding Star is in that direction. We need to cross this mountain range, and we can hunt some Sin Beasts along the way."
With that, Lin An led his ten personal guards into the mountain forest.
After they entered the forest, an oppressive atmosphere settled over them, and Lin An also sensed the auras of quite a few Sin Beasts.
"Spread out and look for Sin Beasts. Once you find them, notify me through your spirit communication jade talismans. I'll deal with them," Lin An said.
Spirit communication jade talismans not only allowed long-distance communication within a range of ten li, but also had a locating function.
With the spirit communication jade talismans, Lin An only needed to have his ten personal guards search for Sin Beasts.
"Young master, perhaps five of us should stay to protect you," one guard said after a moment's hesitation.
"No need. Even if a Gold Tier Sin Beast comes, I have ways to escape," Lin An said, shaking his head.
His ready-made father had prepared plenty of life-saving measures for him.
"Yes, young master."
Hearing this, the ten no longer hesitated. Each immediately chose a direction and darted off.
Once the ten had left, Lin An did not remain idle either. He picked a direction and headed off as well.
Before he could find any Sin Beasts, his spirit communication jade talisman reacted.
"Young master, I've found a pack of twenty-three wolf Sin Beasts. The strongest is only bronze fifth grade."
"All right, I'll be right there."
Lin An's eyes lit up. This was the advantage of a Bronze Tier Spirit Realm: even the weakest Sin Beasts inside were bronze first grade. There were no Black Iron Tier Sin Beasts at all.
A few minutes later, Lin An reached the guard's location. Sure enough, he saw twenty-three black wolves resting together.
"Keep searching. I'll deal with these Sin Beasts," Lin An said.
"Yes."
The guard nodded, then quickly left.
Without hesitation, Lin An drew his saber and strode out openly.
The resting pack of Sin Beast wolves naturally noticed Lin An. All the black wolves rose in unison and instantly surrounded him.
"Awooo!"
The next instant, a bronze fifth grade black wolf let out a long howl, and several black wolves immediately pounced at Lin An.
"Just in time."
Lin An slashed with his saber.
Whirling Wind Slash!
Saber light instantly appeared around Lin An. As it rapidly dissipated, the black wolves that had pounced were already lying in pools of blood.
[Player killed a bronze grade three Sin Beast. Gained 3 attribute points.] [Player killed a bronze second grade Sin Beast. Gained 3 attribute points.] [Player killed a bronze first grade Sin Beast. Gained 3 attribute points.]
Lin An smiled as he listened to the notifications.
This was another advantage of a Spirit Realm.
Outside, killing a Bronze Realm Sin Beast would only earn him 1 attribute point.
But inside a Spirit Realm, the attribute points gained from killing Sin Beasts were tripled.
Swish, swish, swish...
Although several of their companions had been killed in an instant, the remaining black wolves did not flee. Instead, they continued charging at Lin An.
Lin An naturally showed no mercy. Amid flashes of saber light, he finished off all these Sin Beasts in less than a minute.
He also gained 69 attribute points.
"I hope there are enough Sin Beasts in this Spirit Realm. Bringing my One Saber Slash to perfection will take a lot of attribute points."
Just as Lin An put away his saber, his spirit communication jade talisman sounded again.
"Young master, I've found Sin Beasts here..."
"Young master, there are some here too..."
As voice after voice rang out, Lin An immediately drew the saber he had just put away.
"No rush. Line up, one at a time."
Lin An used Star-Chasing Steps and darted toward the nearest guard.
What followed was Lin An's time to slaughter. All his guards needed to do was report a location, and he would immediately rush over to hunt the Sin Beasts.
Later, feeling that traveling back and forth wasted too much time, he simply had the guards lure any Sin Beasts they found straight to him.
They were still on the outskirts of the Spirit Realm, and it was only a Bronze Tier Spirit Realm to begin with. Never mind Silver Realm Sin Beasts-even Sin Beasts above bronze seventh grade were extremely rare.
As such, Lin An had no need to worry about too many Sin Beasts appearing for him to kill.
Besides, his storage ring was stocked with all kinds of recovery pills. Combined with Spirit Devouring, a divine ability that could improve his staying power, there was even less reason to worry.
His only fear was that there would not be enough Sin Beasts to kill.
And that concern soon became reality.
In just around two short hours, Lin An had killed every Sin Beast in this mountain forest, gaining 1,452 attribute points in the process.
"Not even five hundred Sin Beasts?"
Lin An raised an eyebrow, not particularly satisfied with this haul.
The Spirit Realm would only remain open for seven days. Factoring in time spent traveling, searching for Sin Beasts, and resting, he did not have much time left.
After this Spirit Realm closed, the next Spirit Realm would not appear in Shenglin City until a year later.
Moreover, that Spirit Realm would only be Black Iron Tier, meaning he could not enter it at all.
Having finally encountered a Spirit Realm he could enter, he naturally wanted to hunt large numbers of Sin Beasts and accumulate attribute points.
"Do any of you have a way to gather Sin Beasts quickly?" Lin An asked, looking at his ten personal guards.
"Young master, there is a way, but I'm afraid it might lure too many Sin Beasts..." one guard said.
Lin An's eyes lit up. "What way?"
"Please take a look, young master."
The guard took out a dark red crystal. Something like liquid seemed to flow inside it, emitting a faint glow.
"This is a Sin-Luring Crystal made by the city lord. Once activated, it releases special energy fluctuations that attract every Sin Beast within a thousand-meter radius," the guard explained.
All ten personal guards had one of these crystals. If they were surrounded by Sin Beasts and faced a crisis they could not withstand, they would activate the crystals to lure those Sin Beasts away, buying their young master Lin An a chance to survive.
"Young master, these crystals are generally only used when Sin Beasts attack a city, to split up their forces."
"But that only works if the Sin Beasts don't have an absolute commander," the guard continued explaining. "Otherwise, the crystals won't be very effective."
Lin An's eyes shone. You should have brought out something this good sooner.
With the Sin-Luring Crystal, all he needed to do was wait for Sin Beasts to come to him and die.
"We'll find somewhere to test its effects in a bit."
"But before that, you should all break through to the Silver Realm," Lin An said.
The ten personal guards had all been carefully selected. Their cultivation had reached the peak of bronze ninth grade, and they could break through to the Silver Realm at any time.
Although those in the Silver Realm could not enter the secret realm, breaking through to the Silver Realm after entering was not much of a problem.
"Yes, young master."
The ten personal guards nodded, then each took out the pills they had prepared beforehand, swallowed them, and began their breakthroughs.