Another Breakthrough

Old Luo had spoken so bluntly that Lin Yutong naturally understood him.

She was also very tempted by it...

Although Lin Yutong had no designs on the position of Clear Moon City's city lord, her mother, Lin Qingyue, had already made it clear that only by becoming the next city lord's heir could she gain Clear Moon City's unconditional support and take any resources she wanted.

Lin Yutong had no interest in being city lord, but she had a different kind of obsession with cultivation.

That was also the main reason she was the strongest among all her siblings.

Of course, the reason she was so obsessed with raising her cultivation was still because of the news Old Luo had brought...

Her father, the man who had never appeared since the day she was born, had given her a test. Only by breaking through to the Dou Zong level could she earn her father's recognition and gain the chance for father and daughter to meet.

For some stubborn people, if they had a father like that, they might not necessarily be willing to acknowledge him...

But the environment Lin Yutong lived in was so particular.

Although her mother was by her side, with her mother's promiscuous nature, she had almost never spared her own daughter more than a glance since childhood.

Of course, this was not only true for Lin Yutong, but for all her siblings as well.

The others at least had their fathers looking after them from time to time, but Lin Yutong was even worse off. After all these years, she had not even seen her father's face...

It was precisely because she had lacked familial affection since childhood that she yearned so intensely for this hard-won bond between father and daughter.

When she came of age and Old Luo brought her this test, Lin Yutong threw herself into cultivation without regard for food or sleep, all so she could see her father sooner.

Four years ago, after her mother, Lin Qingyue, selected the Four Heirs, Lin Yutong had originally wanted to give up, but Old Luo persuaded her with the condition of using Clear Moon City's resources for cultivation. Only then did she join this struggle.

Even so, she was not good at fighting, and without the support of any faction from her father's side behind her, she could only fall into a disadvantage, suppressed firmly by her elder and younger brothers, with no hope of victory in sight.

The only good news for her now was that her mother, Lin Qingyue, had not yet decided the final conditions for the heir's victory, so the four siblings had been quietly amassing strength while waiting for the final battle to arrive.

For this, those elder and younger brothers of hers had been pulling out all sorts of moves, even going so far as to win over some crooked and unorthodox people...

Just like how Lin Yucheng did not hesitate to capture Blood Slaves for Blood Dance to use in her training—all for the sake of that Bewitching Woman's backer, Blood Demon Old Ghost!

"Old Luo, when the other party is such a Strong Person, what could I possibly use to recruit him?" After thinking for a long time, Lin Yutong finally shook her head and said. A helpless, bitter smile could not help appearing on that jade-like Pretty Face of hers.

At this, Old Luo gave a mysterious smile.

"You need not worry about that, Miss. I think as long as you personally go and invite him with sincerity, the other party will definitely be moved by you!"

These words made the innocent Lin Yutong freeze in surprise, her eyes turning toward him blankly.

Sincerity?

How much was sincerity worth?

When others recruited Strong Persons, they brought out real, tangible benefits, yet you want me to bring "sincerity"?

The other party was not a child, much less a fool. How could he possibly be recruited like that?

Unfortunately, under Old Luo's insistence, Lin Yutong ultimately chose to agree. However, she had already made a decision in her heart. Once she returned, she would take out the last rare items she had treasured and see whether she could move the other party...

If she could not, then she could only accept her fate.

On the arena, because of Hu Tian's sudden intervention, the original fight had no choice but to come to an end.

Cheng Wu, who had looked like he was about to receive his boxed lunch, narrowly picked up his little life after breaking free from Blood Dance's control. It was just that, judging from his condition, no one knew whether he could recover...

As for Lin Yucheng, seeing his three subordinates easily defeated by the other party, he already knew this man was not someone to provoke.

Although he wanted to use the power of City Lord Manor to get rid of the other party, in Wind Cloud Arena, anyone had the right to go up and challenge.

Even if Hu Tian had somewhat broken the rules by suddenly interfering in someone else's battle, Cheng Wu had also been very tactful afterward and immediately announced his surrender, acknowledging that the victor was Blood Dance...

Coupled with the eldest, Lin Yuheng, stepping in, even though the second brother, Lin Yucheng, was angry, he had no way to vent it. In the end, he could only fling his sleeves and leave.

As for this Wind Cloud Arena, it could only be wrapped up hastily.

After everything settled, inside the respective manors of the Four Heirs, message after message was sent out. Countless people began searching for information about this Strong Person who had suddenly appeared.

In less than half a day, information about Ye Chen and Hu Tian had already been placed on the desks of those with intentions. From the moment the two walked out of the mountains, all the way until they entered Clear Moon City and the grounds of Wind Cloud Arena...

Everything the two had done in between, and everyone they had come into contact with, was dug up one by one. Even the bearded big man whom Ye Chen had previously grabbed to ask for information was seized by the quick-moving eldest, Lin Yuheng.

All the commotion outside did not affect the lives of Ye Chen and his servant these past few days.

In the most luxurious inn in Clear Moon City, Ye Chen, who was not short on money, directly rented out a small courtyard to serve as their residence during these days in Clear Moon City.

Unlike the undercurrents surging in the Outside World, Ye Chen was currently preparing to make a breakthrough in his cultivation.

"Old Hu, I'll have to trouble you next."

Ye Chen nodded to Hu Tian, then directly shut himself in the room and began his seclusion!

More than half a month had passed since his last breakthrough to Da Dou Shi. After the long period of battle earlier, not only had the Dou Qi in Ye Chen's body become even more condensed and his cultivation even more stable, even his cultivation speed these past few days had faintly become much faster.

In this way, he could also begin breaking through again with peace of mind.

With a turn of his palm, a green pill had already appeared in his hand. Without any hesitation, Ye Chen directly swallowed it, then felt the pill transform into a surge of pure medicinal power that flowed straight down his throat and into his abdomen.

Grade 3 Spirit Gathering Pill, a cultivation-aiding pill for the Da Dou Shi stage. It could help the user rapidly condense Dou Qi, speed up their breakthrough, and increase the success rate.

This was a cultivation-aiding pill that Ye Chen had refined himself over the past five years.

It was unlike the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill in the Original Work, which could directly raise a Da Dou Shi by several levels, but it also did not develop drug resistance like the first two, nor did it limit the number of times it could be taken.

This counted as an extremely practical auxiliary cultivation pill. It was not rare in the Pill Region either; many alchemists with inheritances, or alchemist families, possessed this kind of pill formula.

After the pill was swallowed, within two hours, a faint white mist of energy had already begun to appear around Ye Chen, wrapping his entire body inside it.

As Ye Chen breathed in and out, the white mist of energy was rapidly absorbed into his body through his mouth and nose.

Gradually, the Dantian and meridians inside his body were filled with vast Dou Qi energy, which then began to be rapidly absorbed by the thumb-sized Dou Crystal.