Chapter 256: Breakthrough to the Profound Life Stage!
Xiao Diao frowned slightly and muttered, "The one tracking us was likely one of Yuan Gate's three Head Teachers."
"When we made the space jump earlier, I could sense him using a secret technique to trace our trail. But later, that technique was interrupted."
"Interrupted?" Lin Dong blinked in surprise. Someone actually dared to interfere with a Yuan Gate Head Teacher's secret art?
Xiao Diao furrowed his brows, puzzled. "Yeah, and whoever did it is clearly powerful. Definitely no ordinary person. I wonder who it was, and why they'd help us?"
Lin Fan raised an eyebrow and said, "It was probably the Sect Master."
"It was Father," Ying Huanhuan chimed in softly, her bright eyes turning toward Lin Fan.
"Oh? The Dao Sect Master?" Xiao Diao was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood and chuckled. "Seems like he's a decent guy, helping us out from the shadows."
Lin Fan smiled and glanced at Ying Huanhuan. No doubt Ying Xuanzhi had intervened mainly for her sake.
"Since we've shaken off the pursuer, let's put our gains to use," Lin Fan said after a brief pause.
Lin Dong hesitated. "If I refine that Yuan Gate elder's Nascent Spirit, won't it attract that Yuan Gate Head Teacher again?"
Xiao Diao nodded. "That's a valid concern. But you've still got Nirvana Pills in your spatial pouch, right? I can use them to set up a large formation to block off all traces."
"I have about twenty million," Lin Dong said, tossing his pouch to Xiao Diao.
"That's it? I'll need at least forty million to set up a proper formation," Xiao Diao replied with a frown.
Lin Dong nearly coughed up blood. Forty million Nirvana Pills to set up a formation? This guy was getting greedier by the day!
Seeing this, Lin Fan chuckled. "There are over thirty million Nirvana Pills in that Spirit General's pouch. Take those."
With that, Lin Fan handed over Shen Yun's spatial pouch.
"Now we're talking," Xiao Diao grinned, accepting the pouch. With a flick of his finger, a roaring tide of crimson pills burst out like a dragon, spiraling into the sky.
The sea of pills began to swirl and unleash waves of Nirvana Qi, shaking the Yuan Power of the surrounding world.
Even space itself started to distort. Beams of light descended, enveloping the mountain peak where Lin Fan and the others stood.
Lin Fan examined the array, quickly seeing through its structure. If he were to set up something similar, he could replicate it—but with slightly lesser effect due to his current cultivation.
The effectiveness of a formation was, after all, partially dependent on the user's strength.
"You can begin now."
Xiao Diao clapped his hands and looked at Lin Dong.
Lin Dong's expression turned serious. The glowing orb in his hand slowly rose, and the black strands around it quickly dissipated.
Whoosh!
As the restraints broke, a beam of golden light burst out, attempting to flee.
"Going somewhere?"
Lin Dong smiled calmly. He opened his mouth, and a pitch-black ancient rune shot out, forming a rotating black vortex above the golden light. The suction force from the Devour Talisman immediately enveloped it.
With the help of the Devour Talisman, it took Lin Dong half a day to fully erase Elder Jiang's consciousness.
Once the consciousness was gone, Lin Dong sat down cross-legged, summoned the golden light back into his right hand, and held the golden infant-shaped Divine Marrow Nectar in his left hand to begin condensing his Nascent Spirit.
"Let's start cultivating too. Xiao Diao, we'll leave the guarding to you."
Seeing Lin Dong enter a cultivation state, Lin Fan smiled and spoke to Ying Huanhuan and the others.
"Got it," Xiao Yan responded and immediately began refining the Divine Marrow Nectar without hesitation.
Ying Huanhuan looked at the golden orb in her hand. A moment of deep confusion flickered across her bright eyes—so subtle that even she didn't seem to notice it.
But that emotion lasted only a moment. She nodded gently, closed her eyes, and entered meditation with the nectar in hand.
Lin Fan gave her a long look before sitting down cross-legged himself.
With a thought, he retrieved a jade vial from the system space. Tilting it, a drop of emerald-green liquid rolled out, like a round jade pearl, floating above his palm.
"That's... Earth Spirit Essence!"
Xiao Diao's eyes lit up with surprise when he saw the gem-like drop.
This stuff was extremely rare!
Lin Fan resealed the jade vial and returned it to the system—there were still seven drops left in storage.
Then he pulled out a Life-Origin Profound Spirit Fruit from the system and held it in his right hand.
As he closed his eyes, thin black threads emerged from his palms, winding around both items.
Buzz!
As the threads coiled, a powerful suction force exploded outward.
Both items began to release an incredible surge of refined energy, which frantically poured into Lin Fan's body.
As the energy flooded in, his aura rapidly began to climb.
Time passed silently as the five cultivated.
Boom!
Half a month later, a thunderous boom erupted from Lin Fan's seated body.
His Yuan Power suddenly began to boil violently.
The energy in his body surged into his meridians, transforming into two massive rivers of Yuan Power.
These two currents roared through his meridians like raging dragons, finally colliding within his dantian.
The instant they crashed, Lin Fan's body trembled uncontrollably.
Strange waves began to radiate from within him, causing even his blood and flesh to ripple unnaturally.
Bang! Bang!
The Yuan Power collided like a torrential downpour. From the very center of the impact, a wisp of pale white energy suddenly emerged.
Buzz!
The moment this faint energy formed, all the boiling Yuan Power instantly calmed and gathered together, cautiously surrounding the white strand like stars encircling the moon.
This was the Vital Qi he had forged from within!
Boom! Boom!
As the Yuan Power absorbed this white strand, Lin Fan's strength skyrocketed at an astonishing rate.
"Yuan Power Spirit Infusion!"
Suppressing his excitement, Lin Fan directed the surging Yuan Power into his dantian, funneling it toward his Nascent Spirit at its core.
His Nascent Spirit, small and radiant, acted like a bottomless pit—absorbing every drop of energy without pause.
With each influx of power, golden light flowed more brightly from the Nascent Spirit's form, and its once-illusory figure began to solidify.
Boom!
Seated in his dantian, the Nascent Spirit suddenly opened its tightly shut eyes. A beam of dazzling golden light burst out, piercing through Lin Fan's physical body.
In that instant, Lin Fan could feel a subtle transformation occurring within his body, as if everything was evolving under that golden light.
Shua!
Lin Fan's eyes suddenly snapped open, and a powerful aura surged out of him uncontrollably!
"Well, damn. You broke into the Profound Life Stage that fast?"
Xiao Diao exclaimed, clearly impressed.
"How else could I be your big bro?" Lin Fan grinned, giving Xiao Diao's shoulder a pat.
At the same time, the familiar voice of the system once again echoed in Lin Fan's mind.
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