"I never expected that this Competition Ceremony would offer a direct route to the royal city."
"That's fine too. The resources in the Upper City are definitely not as good as those in the royal city. Entering the royal city sooner will be of greater help to my cultivation."
"You definitely can't break through to the Platinum Realm next, but you can cultivate to the Gold Ninth Grade Perfection first, and then break through to the Platinum Realm directly after entering the Spirit Realm."
Thinking about it, Lin An resumed his cultivation.
After spending several more days, his cultivation level reached the Gold Ninth Grade Perfection.
"There are still seven days until December, so we can't just sit around. It's a good time to wander around Shenglin City and find all the lurking Sin Beast."
Lin An, "Even if my cheap old man and I temporarily leave Shenglin City, with Elder Qian, there shouldn't be any problems."
When he first transmigrated here, he thought about finding the Sin Beast hiding among the people of Shenglin City, but later he was busy with cultivation and felt that it was a waste of time, so he did not do it.
Now that he has nothing to do, he can find all these lurking Sin Beast.
Thinking about it, Lin An found Lin Xiao and shared his thoughts.
Lin Xiao naturally had no objections. All three hundred personal guards were assigned to him, and if that wasn't enough, the garrison could be mobilized directly, allowing him to act on his own.
" Ji Yuan greets the young master. The three hundred personal guards have assembled."
Soon Ji Yuan appeared with three hundred personal guards and bowed to Lin An.
"It broke through to gold?"
Lin An looked at Ji Yuan, who had clearly also reached the Gold First Grade.
"Thanks to the City Lord's gift of the spiritual liquid, I was able to break through."
Ji Yuan smiled and said, "It's not just me; Steward Qian Yang and Commander Feng Shan have also broken through to the Gold Realm."
"Yes, that's good. With you all here, Shenglin City is safer."
Lin An nodded. Of the spiritual liquid he obtained from the Spirit Devouring Ghost Tree, he only took half, while the other half was in Lin Xiao's hands.
Now, with the addition of three more Gold Realm experts, Shenglin City's strength has greatly increased, while Black Mountain, which was originally a threat, has now declined.
After chatting with Ji Yuan for a few minutes, Lin An also set off with his men.
Shenglin City has a population of over 200,000. Lin An divided it into 30 districts, and with the help of 300 personal guards and garrison troops, the search for the Sin Beast was not slow.
In just seven days, he went through everyone and found nearly a thousand lurking Sin Beast among them.
However, these Sin Beast are all at the Black Iron and Bronze Realm, so killing them won't grant him any attribute points.
As December arrived, the rankings were settled again, and Lin An, as usual, chose 3,000 attribute points.
This brought his attribute points to 10855.
After dealing with the lurking Sin Beast in Shenglin City, Lin An found Lin Xiao and asked him when he planned to set off.
Upon learning that it would be another half month before they could depart for Guangwu City, Lin An decided not to stay in Shenglin City.
"Instead of wasting half a month in the city, we might as well go to Black Mountain to hunt Sin Beast."
Although he can't gain attribute points by killing these Sin Beast now, he can still increase his title progress.
Immediately, Lin An led three hundred personal guards away from Shenglin City and into the Black Mountain.
These guards don't need to kill the Sin Beast; they only need to lure Sin Beast over for him.
Black Mountain has also entered its darkest hour.
"If I kill all the Sin Beast in Black Mountain, it will probably affect the development of players who Shenglin City in the future," Lin An couldn't help but think.
However, this thought only flashed through his mind, and he did not stop Condemnation in his hand.
Anyway, the players won't arrive for several months. In that long time, other Sin Beast from other places will come over.
For half a month, the slaughter took place in the Black Mountain. Carriages from Shenglin City came and went, all transporting the corpses of the Sin Beast.
These corpses are of little significance to Lin An, but they are a different story for Shenglin City; they represent resources.
Once these resources are fully utilized, Shenglin City's overall strength will be greatly enhanced.
"Young Master, the City Lord sent me with news that we will be departing tomorrow," Zhao Tong, the head of the Zhao Family, said respectfully as he approached Lin An.
These three families have been extremely busy lately; the vehicles transporting the corpses of the Sin Beast belong to them.
As the corpses of those Sin Beast were transported away, the three major families went from initial shock to eventual numbness.
At the same time, his awe for the City Lord's Residence reached its peak.
"Tomorrow, it's time to go back."
Lin An nodded.
He also glanced at the progress of the next title, "Hundred Ten Thousand Sin Slaughter," and realized he had only killed a little over 700,000 Sin Beast, still more than 200,000 short.
"No wonder the emergence of so many Sin Beast from Black Mountain in my previous life only triggered a small-scale siege; it turns out the number of Sin Beast didn't reach a million."
Lin An put away the Condemnation. There were still some Sin Beast in the Black Mountain, but their numbers were dwindling, estimated to be only tens of thousands left.
Without wasting any more time, Lin An quickly returned to Shenglin City.
"Get a good night's rest, and we'll use the Teleportation Formation to head to Guangwu City first thing tomorrow morning," Lin Xiao said with a smile.
Lin An nodded, returned to the courtyard, washed up thoroughly, ate and drank his fill, and then rested.
Nothing more was said that night.
The next morning, when Lin An arrived in the living room, Lin Xiao was gathering Qian Hai, Qian Yang, Ji Yuan, and Feng Hai together to give them instructions.
" An'er and I will be gone for a month at most. During this time, you all continue to protect Shenglin City as planned."
" An'er has hunted down quite a few Sin Beast; their corpses should be properly processed, as they can be used to enhance the strength of the garrison and personal guards."
Lin Xiao said, "I won't say anything else, I've already told you all this before, so go and get busy."
"Yes, City Lord." The four men acknowledged the order, bowed to Lin An, and then left the living room.
"Come with me."
As Lin Xiao spoke, he walked deeper into the City Lord's Residence and soon arrived at a side hall where a Teleportation Formation appeared before him.
"While the Teleportation Formation can help us reach Guangwu City quickly, it also has its drawbacks."
"Without protective treasures, one's cultivation level must be at least at the Gold Realm; otherwise, the spatial power of teleportation will tear the body apart."
"Because it's a long-distance teleportation, you might experience some discomfort during the process, but that's normal. Don't worry about it."
"Each lower city has a Teleportation Formation, but they only connect to the Upper City, and they are all small Teleportation Formation, capable of teleporting a maximum of five people at a time."
"There are better Teleportation Formation in the Upper City, capable of transporting thousands of people at a time..."
"..."
As Lin Xiao explained the situation to Lin An, he also activated the Teleportation Formation. "Let's go, we should be able to reach Guangwu City in about fifteen minutes."
Lin An nodded and stood on the Teleportation Formation with the other person.
Buzzing...
Soon, a spatial fluctuation appeared, and Lin An felt everything go black before his eyes, and his figure disappeared from the spot.