Chapter 141: He Doesn't Forget to cultivation Even While Eating!
Warfare Academy.
Lin He sat inside the cultivation room, with the combat footage of Lin Chuan in the Ninth Mining Area projected in front of him.
The first segment was the ancient prison.
Ten phantom thunder Avatars simultaneously condensed the Cangtian Divine Fist.
A hundred fist imprints fell successively, shattering the Prison Soul Warden along with the soul lamp.
The second segment was the Demon Kings Spiritual Body.
That fifth-tier Peak spiritual body brought a life-protecting Saint Artifact, and could also extract Demonic Qi from the Demon Realm to continuously restore its body.
In the end, its demonic core was still shattered by Lin Chuan, and even one-sixth of the Demon King's soul was snatched away and refined.
Lin He watched the two videos repeatedly, his expression becoming increasingly unsightly.
After entering the Warfare Academy, he had not been living badly.
SSS-grade Thunder Element talent.
Adopted son of the Lin Clan.
Coupled with the resources secretly sent by the Tianyi Cult, as soon as he entered the academy, he obtained an Advanced cultivation room and a large amount of potions.
Over the past few days, his strength had improved quite rapidly.
Several teachers in the college also believed that he possessed the qualifications to contend for the top spot among newcomers in the Warfare Academy.
Lin He originally still felt that the gap between himself and Lin Chuan was shrinking.
As a result, they hadn't seen each other for a few days.
Lin Chuan had even killed a fifth-tier Peak!
What made Lin He even more uncomfortable were the comments beneath the video.
"The Lin Clan produced two SSS-grade Thunder Elementgeniuses this year. Lin Chuan can already kill fifth-tier Peakexperts, so why has there been no news about the other one?"
"Are you talking about Lin He? I heard that ever since he entered the Warfare Academy, he has been in seclusion."
"Both are SSS-grade, why is the gap so huge?"
"One punched through the student union and breached an ancient Secret Realm. The other is still brewing a big move inside the cultivation room!"
Lin He directly closed the comments.
"What do these idiots know?"
"After Lin Chuan returned to the Lin Clan, he took away so many resources, and even had the Grand Elder of the Lin personally nurture him."
"If I had those things, I wouldn't necessarily be worse than him!"
When he said these words, he completely forgot.
Before Lin Chuan returned to the Imperial Capital, he had already defeated him publicly.
And even cracked his basket.
The black communicator on the desk suddenly lit up.
Lin He glanced at the door.
Confirming that the sealing Formation of the cultivation room had been activated, he then connected the communication.
A figure draped in a white robe appeared within the projection.
The other party wore a silver mask, making it impossible to see their specific appearance clearly.
Lin He immediately stood up.
"Lord Divine Envoy."
"Have you already watched Lin Chuan's combat footage?"
"I have watched it."
Lin He was silent for a moment, then still asked, "Can his strength really kill a fifth-tier Peak head-on?"
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy said:
"He really can."
"The power of the Demon Kings Spiritual Body reached the fifth-tier Peak, and it even had a Saint Artifactprotecting its core. Even so, it still died in Lin Chuan's hands."
Lin He's hands clenched tightly.
"Why has he improved so quickly?"
"You ask me, who do I ask!"
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy looked at Lin He.
"The things Lin Chuan has displayed have far exceeded the cultivation range that the Lin Clan can provide. There are still secrets on him."
"If time continues to be given to him, before long, ordinary sixth-tier powerhouses might not necessarily be able to suppress him."
Lin He lowered his head.
Ordinary sixth-tier powerhouses couldn't even suppress him.
Then what would he use to take revenge?
Seeming to see through his thoughts, the Silver-masked Divine Envoy raised his right hand.
A soft sound suddenly came from the storage cabinet behind Lin He.
Clack!
The cabinet door opened automatically.
Inside, there was an extra white Inheritance jade token, as well as three silver potion boxes.
Placed right in the middle was a transparent container.
Inside the container was a mass of silver-purple liquid.
Streaks of tiny thunder arcs continuously exploded within the liquid.
Even across the container, Lin He could still sense that it contained an extremely strong Thunder Element power.
"These are for me?"
Lin He's breathing became a bit hurried.
"Not bad."
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy pointed at the Inheritancejade token.
"SS-grade Body Refining cultivation technique,
"Cultivating this cultivation technique requires continuously drawing thunder into the body to temper the flesh, meridians, and bones. After successful cultivation, the physical body can bear even more violent Thunder Element power, and the resistance to thunder techniques will also be greatly enhanced."
"It just so happens to be used to deal with Lin Chuan."
Lin He picked up the Inheritance jade token.
As soon as his Mental Strength made contact, streams of cultivation technique information poured into his mind.
Just the introductory content was dozens of times more complicated than the Body Refining cultivation techniquehe was currently cultivating!
"These potions have all reached the fifth tier."
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy continued, "The box on the left strengthens the physical body, the middle box increases gang qi, and the right box protects the meridiansand internal organs."
"As for that portion of Heavenly Thunder Spiritual Liquid."
"Used in conjunction with
Lin He looked at the cabinet full of resources, and the lingering fear in his heart was slowly suppressed.
SS-grade cultivation technique.
Dozens of fifth-tier potions, and Heavenly Thunder Liquid!
The total value of these things definitely exceeded billions.
You might not even be able to buy them with money.
The Tianyi Cult was willing to take out so many good things, showing that the other party truly recognized his talent!
Lin He looked up at the projection.
"Lord Divine Envoy, rest assured."
"I will not disappoint you."
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy nodded.
"Lin Chuan has already become a major enemy of our cult. You come from the same Clan as him, and you understand his personality best."
"Refine all these resources."
"The next time you encounter him, we want to see your value."
The communication ended.
The silver-masked figure disappeared.
Lin He looked at the resources in the cabinet and reached out to pick up that bottle of Heavenly Thunder Spiritual Liquid.
"Lin Chuan."
"You can have today simply because you took advantage of the Lin Clan."
"After refining these things, I might not be inferior to you!"
He directly sealed the cultivation room.
Afterwards, he pressed the Inheritance jade token of
A massive amount of cultivation technique information poured into his spiritual space.
Lin He sat cross-legged on the ground, following the cultivation technique route, controlling the Thunder Element gang qi to enter his flesh and blood.
Crackle!
Silver thunder arcs emerged from his body.
Thunder drilled into the meridians, bringing waves of tearing pain.
Lin He clenched his teeth and began seclusion.
At the same time.
A Tianyi Cult stronghold hidden in the gray zone.
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy closed the communication.
A black-robed disciple beside him asked with some heartache, "Lord Divine Envoy, we don't have many bottles of that Heavenly Thunder Spiritual Liquid left in total."
"Handing it over to Lin He just like that, isn't it too wasteful?"
"If it can kill Lin Chuan, it is not wasteful."
The Silver-masked Divine Envoy reopened Lin Chuan's combat footage.
"Even if it fails to kill him, it doesn't matter."
"At the very least, it can test out for us how many trump cards Lin Chuan still has hidden."
Jiuli Academy.
Xinghuo Hall cafeteria.
In front of Lin Chuan was a large plate of braised beef and two bowls of rice.
He had just returned from the Jiuli Treasury.
After spending 1.86 billion, his heart still felt somewhat uncomfortable.
He must eat more.
To make up for the heartache part.
Zhao Qishan sat opposite him, using his wristband to select a new battle armor.
"Brother Chuan, what do you think of this set?"
"A fourth-tier profound tortoise armor, the chest can block a full-strength strike from a tier 6 Grandmaster, it's just that the price is a bit expensive."
Lin Chuan picked up a piece of beef with his chopsticks.
"You're buying battle armor, why are you asking me?"
"I figured that since you have money, your taste might be a bit better."
"When I buy things, I only buy the strongest and most expensive ones."
Just as Lin Chuan sent the beef into his mouth, the Systemprompt suddenly sounded.
[Enemy Lin He cultivated the SS-grade cultivation technique
[This cultivation triggered a four-thousand-fold return!]
[Stacking coefficient.]
[Congratulations to the host,
Boom!
A massive amount of cultivation technique information poured directly into Lin Chuan's mind.
Drawing thunder to temper the body.
Refining meridians with thunder.
Tianyi transforming tribulations.
All cultivation processes of
Over on Lin He's side, he had just completed the first Lightning Tribulation Body Tempering.
Over on Lin Chuan's side, it had directly reached the Perfection state!
Beneath his skin, streaks of tiny purple thunder patterns lit up.
As soon as the thunder patterns appeared, the Dutian Divine Thunder inside his body automatically surged over.
The Physical Body Tempering that originally required triggering nine Lightning Tribulations to complete was instantly finished all at once!
Bones, flesh, and meridians were strengthened simultaneously.
Lin Chuan exerted a little force with the hand holding the chopsticks.
Clack!
The alloy chopsticks directly broke into two halves.
Zhao Qishan raised his head.
"Brother Chuan, is today's beef this hard to chew?"
"It's alright."
Lin Chuan looked at the half chopstick in his hand.
"My younger brother has started going to work."
"You even have a younger brother?"
"I do."
Lin Chuan took another pair of chopsticks.
"My younger brother is eating well at the Warfare Academy, and as his older brother following him, I'm considered to be sharing in the glory."
Zhao Qishan listened in total bewilderment.
However, Lin Chuan had already continued eating.
The next System prompt sounded very quickly.
[Enemy Lin He consumed a fifth-tier Body Refiningpotion!]
[Triggered an eight-hundred-fold return!]
[The host's physical body strength has greatly increased!]
A massive amount of warm current appeared out of thin air within Lin Chuan's body.
The flesh and blood that had just completed tempering began to strengthen once again.
Lin Chuan's clothes were bulged out by his Qi and blood.
Shortly after.
[Enemy Lin He consumed a fifth-tier qi-condensing potion!]
[Triggered a twelve-hundred-fold return!]
[The host obtained a large amount of pure gang qi!]
Boom!
The gang qi in Lin Chuan's Dantian rapidly rose.
Circles of energy fluctuations outward dispersed.
The few plates on the table vibrated gently, and the soup bowl next to them began to shake.
Zhao Qishan hurriedly reached out to protect his food.
"Brother Chuan, are you going to breakthrough?"
"Not yet."
Lin Chuan controlled the gang qi within his body.
The barrier of tier 9 Grandmaster had already begun to loosen.
However, this bit of power was still a bit lacking.
Just as he suppressed his aura, another even more fierce return fell down!
[Enemy Lin He began refining the Heavenly Thunder Spiritual Liquid!]
[This refining triggered a three-thousand-fold return!]
[The host obtained a large amount of pure Thunder Element power!]
Crackle!
Purple thunder light emerged from Lin Chuan's body.
The lighting equipment in the Xinghuo Hall cafeteria flickered a few times simultaneously.
The Dutian Divine Thunder rapidly absorbed those Thunder Element powers.
The already extremely violent purple thunder was enhanced once again!
Lin Chuan was still chewing beef in his mouth.
Yet his mood was becoming better and better.
Lin He was working hard in seclusion.
Enduring the pain of Lightning Tribulation Body Tempering, he busied himself for several hours before cultivating
He himself sat in the cafeteria and ate a meal.
The cultivation technique directly reached the PerfectionRealm.
Qi, gang qi, and Thunder Element power all increased by a large margin.
This younger brother truly wasn't beaten in vain!
Lin Chuan picked up his rice bowl, just preparing to finish the remaining rice.
The System prompt sounded once more.
[An enemy is consuming a fifth-tier demon blood potion!]
[Triggered a six-hundred-fold return!]
[An enemy is cultivating a mental defense secret technique!]
[Triggered a thousand-fold return!]
[An enemy is refining Thunder Element resistance materials!]
[An enemy is...]
One after another.
The speed was getting faster and faster!
Five Elements Cult.
Demon Race.
Other evil cult Martial Artists.
And those Human Race experts eyeing the spectre core!
Over three thousand enemies had all begun serious preparations to deal with Lin Chuan!
The Qi and gang qi within Lin Chuan's body rose once again.
The Realm barrier that had just loosened began to vibrate violently!
Zhao Qishan looked at the increasingly strong aura on Lin Chuan's body, picked up his meal tray, and moved back two tables.
"Brother Chuan, how come you're about to breakthroughwhile eating a meal? Could it be that even when you eat, you don't forget to cultivation!"
Zhao Qishan was truly shocked; this was simply too diligent and too hardworking!
Lin Chuan stood up and pointed at the unfinished braised beef.
"Help me pack it to go."
After speaking, Lin Chuan walked directly out of the hall.
The prompts continued to ring.
Lin Chuan truly felt that he was about to not be able to hold it in anymore.
Over three thousand new employees started working together!
If he stayed a little longer.
The moment he broke through, the cafeteria would explode!
Chapter 142: Stepping into the Great GrandmasterRealm!
Just as Lin He began his closed-door cultivation,
the others who had their eyes on Lin Chuan were also frantically chugging potions at full speed.
In an underground stronghold of the Five Elements Cult.
Several priests gathered around the battle recording of Lin Chuan, repeatedly studying Cangtian Poison Thunder.
"This thunder is unusual; it even carries poison attributes."
"Ordinary lightning-warding armor definitely won't stop it."
"Prepare thunder-resistance potions first, then cultivationmental defense secret techniques and movement techniques."
The group quickly brought out potions and began to cultivation.
On the other side.
Several cultist Martial Artists preparing to claim the bounty were also madly purchasing protective gear.
Some specifically cultivated cultivation techniques designed to resist Thunder Element attacks.
Some spent a fortune to buy fifth-tier antidote potions.
Several Great Grandmasters who specialized in coordinated assassinations were studying Lin Chuan's movement techniques.
Over three thousand people were all working hard!
In the Demon Realm, beneath the black palace.
A colossal pool of blood surged continuously.
Within the pool floated numerous Demon God skeletons, from which drops of dark golden blood slowly seeped out.
The Celestial Demon King whose spirit body had been shattered by Lin Chuan stood beside the Demon God Pool.
His aura was much weaker than before.
Having one-sixth of his soul seized and refined by Lin Chuan was not a minor wound that could be healed by sleeping for a few days.
Even now, his soul remained incomplete.
Every time he used Mental Strength, his head felt as if someone were hacking it from the inside with a blade.
"Damn you, Lin Chuan!"
The Celestial Demon King looked at the pool water, an expression of heartache and reluctance on his face.
The opportunity to enter the Demon God Pool was something he had earned only after accumulating over a hundred years of military merits.
The Demon God blood in the pool could strengthen the physical body, repair the soul, and even offer a chance to further mutate his royal bloodline.
He had originally planned to save it for when he attempted a breakthrough to a higher Realm.
Now, however, he had no choice.
With one-sixth of his soul missing, his strength would suffer if he delayed any longer.
"Once this king recovers, I will tear you to shreds with my own hands!"
The Celestial Demon King stepped into the blood pool.
Boom!
Vast amounts of dark golden blood surged into his body.
The black demon armor on his body rapidly grew, and his damaged soul began to recover as well.
Meanwhile.
Lin Chuan had just returned to the Spirit Vein Villa.
System notifications began popping up continuously like firecrackers going off.
[An enemy has consumed a fifth-tier thunder-resistance potion!]
[Triggered high-multiplier rebate!]
[Host's Thunder Element resistance has increased!]
[An enemy is cultivating an SS-rank mental defense secret technique!]
[Triggered 1,500x rebate!]
[Host has gained a massive amount of mental secret technique cultivation experience!]
[An enemy has refined a fifth-tier detoxification Spirit Herb!]
[Triggered 2,000x rebate!]
[Host's poison resistance has greatly increased!]
The more seriously those people studied how to deal with Lin Chuan and the more thoroughly they prepared,
the more benefits Lin Chuan received.
Especially the thunder-resistance cultivation techniques and detoxification secret techniques they cultivated.
They painstakingly studied how to counter him,
yet in the end, all the cultivation experience went straight into Lin Chuan's head.
Wasn't this equivalent to a bunch of employees working overtime at their own expense while delivering the solutions right onto the boss's desk?
"You've really worked hard, everyone."
Lin Chuan walked into the underground cultivation room, and just as he sat down cross-legged, an even more violent rebate descended!
[Enemy Celestial Demon King has entered the Demon God Pool!]
[Enemy is absorbing Demon God blood!]
[Current Hatred Multiplier: 2x!]
[Triggered high-multiplier rebate!]
[Host has gained a massive amount of Qi and Blood Origin!]
Boom!
An extremely immense life force surged straight into Lin Chuan's body.
After being processed through the System rebate, the Demonic Qi within the Demon God blood had been completely cleansed, leaving only the purest Qi and blood along with soul power.
Lin Chuan's newly Perfection Heavens Will Lightning Tribulation Body immediately began operating on its own.
Purple thunder patterns lit up beneath his skin.
His muscles, bones, meridians, and internal organs all began strengthening simultaneously!
Indestructible Golden Body Formula also circulated along with it.
As two SS-rank Body Refining cultivation techniques erupted together, Lin Chuan's physical body strength skyrocketed rapidly.
Inside his mental space.
The Formless Soul Fetus opened its eyes.
The Great Millstone of Spirit Refining slowly turned, compressing and condensing the continually rebated Mental Strength.
The Astral Essence in his Dantian also grew more and more abundant.
The fifth-tier potions sent by Lin He.
The cultivation resources consumed by over three thousand enemies.
And the Demon God blood that the Celestial Demon Kinghad been reluctant to use.
All the rebates stacked together.
The Realm barrier of Lin Chuan's ninth-tier Grandmasterfinally could not hold on any longer!
Crack!
A shattering sound that only Lin Chuan could hear echoed from within his body.
In the next moment.
The Astral Essence that had accumulated to its limit compressed entirely toward the center of his Dantian!
Boom!
The entire underground cultivation room shook violently.
Layer after layer of protective Formations lit up, containing the power erupting from Lin Chuan inside.
A torrent of purple lightning surged out from his body.
The floor, walls, and ceiling were completely covered in lightning!
Lin Chuan's Qi and blood, Astral Essence, and Mental Strength simultaneously crossed the limit of the Grandmaster Realm.
breakthrough successful!
First-tier Great Grandmaster!
The Dutian Thunder Ring behind Lin Chuan appeared on its own.
The colossal purple thunder ring rotated slowly.
The ancient runes upon it that had previously been dormant began to illuminate one by one.
The fourth!
The fifth!
The sixth!
Rumble!
With each additional rune that lit up, an even stronger power of lightning poured into Lin Chuan's body.
The fourth through sixth ancient runes of the Dutian Thunder Ring had been successfully ignited!
The maximum amplification had now reached sixty times!
With all six runes unleashed!
His power and speed could surge by up to sixty times!
Fortunately, Lin Chuan had just attained the PerfectionHeavens Will Lightning Tribulation Body and had Indestructible Golden Body Formula strengthening his body.
Otherwise, once such an amplification was activated, even his own physical body might not have been able to endure it.
At this stage, however, the enemies Lin Chuanencountered couldn't even force him to activate the second rune.
Lin Chuan raised his right hand.
Within his palm, purple lightning and blue-black poisonous fire intertwined.
After breaking through to Great Grandmaster, the quality of Astral Essence within his body was entirely different from before.
For the exact same blast of Cangtian Poison Thunder,
its power had increased by at least several dozen times!
"These employees really worked their hearts out."
Lin Chuan withdrew his power.
"They carried me straight into Great Grandmaster!"
He did not immediately step out of the cultivation room.
Instead, he continued to circulate his cultivation technique, stabilizing his skyrocketing Astral Essence and Qi and blood.
It was not until late at night
that Lin Chuan finally emerged from underground.
The commotion during the breakthrough had been completely blocked by the villa's protective Formation.
People outside had no idea that he had already advanced to Great Grandmaster.
Outside the Spirit Vein Villa district.
A dark figure moved continuously forward, sticking close to the shadows of the trees.
There was not a trace of aura on him.
As his footsteps fell on the ground, not even a single leaf was disturbed.
Passing through the perimeter protective Formation, the dark figure took out a gray clearance card.
The light on the surface of the Formation flashed slightly.
Then, it let him straight through.
The dark figure looked up at Lin Chuan's villa.
"Eighteen years old, ninth-tier Grandmaster."
"Being able to jump ranks to kill a fifth-tier Peak is indeed impressive."
"A pity you shouldn't have brought the spectre core back to Jiuli."
The Five Elements Cult had already spread the news.
Lin Chuan had not completely refined the spectre core.
As long as one killed Lin Chuan and extracted the core power from his body, there would be a chance to elevate one's own Talent!
What's more, the bounty offered by the Celestial Demon Royal Family was terrifyingly high.
As long as this hit succeeded,
he would have the resources to break through to higher Realms in the future!
The dark figure melted into the night.
In just a few breaths, he had already arrived outside the villa.
He did not know that
on Lin Chuan's System map, a red dot was rapidly approaching.
"In such a hurry?"
Lin Chuan sat in the living room and looked up at the window behind him.
"Not even taking a rest in the dead of night."
Chapter 143: One Shot of Poison Thunder, Instakill
Outside the window, there was absolute silence.
A few seconds later, a slender black blade light suddenly penetrated through the window!
The blade light turned translucent, passing directly through the wall and protective Formation.
By the time it solidified into physical form again, it had already materialized behind Lin Chuan's head!
Fast!
Incredibly fast!
And completely devoid of any aura!
Clutching a pitch-black short blade, a shadowy figure slipped out from the shadow of the wall.
Great Grandmaster-grade astral essence was fully compressed onto the tip of the blade.
This strike aimed straight at the back of Lin Chuan's head!
As long as it hit...
Both his physical body and mental space would be pierced through simultaneously!
A smile had already surfaced on the shadowy figure's face.
Killing Lin Chuan was not as difficult as imagined!
Yet, right as the tip of the blade was about to touch his hair—
The space beneath Lin Chuan's feet rippled gently.
He vanished.
Pfft!
The pitch-black short blade pierced through the sofa, and the shadowy figure's pupils abruptly constricted.
"Divine Mobility Technique!"
He immediately pulled out the short blade, preparing to meld back into the shadows.
However, Lin Chuan's voice resonated from behind him.
"Entering someone else's house without knocking?"
The shadowy figure whipped around violently, thrusting the short blade straight toward Lin Chuan's chest!
Lin Chuan circulated both the Heavens Will Lightning Tribulation Body and the Indestructible Golden Body Formula simultaneously.
Purple lightning patterns coated his right arm as he smashed a fist straight forward!
Fist and blade tip clashed head-on!
Clang!
A crisp metallic ring instantly reverberated throughout the entire villa.
The pitch-black short blade froze in midair.
A fracture line spread from the blade tip all the way to the hilt.
Bang!
The entire weapon detonated into shards on the spot!
Gripping the broken half of the hilt, the shadowy figure was utterly dumbfounded.
"How is this possible?!"
"This is a fifth-rank weapon!"
He was a Great Grandmaster!
He had driven a fifth-rank assassination weapon with Great Grandmaster-grade astral essence.
Yet Lin Chuan had shattered his weapon with a single barehanded punch?
Does this make any damn sense?!
What proved even harder for him to accept was that Lin Chuan's fist did not bear a single scratch.
"No!"
The shadowy figure finally perceived the aura radiating from Lin Chuan.
"You're not a ninth-layer Grandmaster!"
Lin Chuan shook his hand casually.
"Just broke through."
Great Grandmaster!
Any trace of greed in the shadowy figure's heart vanished in an instant.
Back when Lin Chuan was still a Grandmaster, he could already beat a fifth-rank Peak Demon Kings Spiritual Bodyto death.
Now he had made a breakthrough to Great Grandmaster.
What hope did he have of killing him?
Flee!
The shadowy figure's body faded rapidly.
A-rank Talent, Shadow Stealth!
As long as he entered the shadows, he could suppress his aura entirely and pass straight through buildings and ordinary Formations.
Yet his body had only half-dissolved—
When a terrifying surge of purple Mental Strength bore down upon him from all directions!
Boom!
The floor caved downward.
The shadowy figure was forcibly crushed out of the shadows.
His limbs froze stiff; he could not move so much as a single finger!
"Such terrifying Mental Strength!"
The shadowy figure pushed his astral essence desperately.
It was futile!
The Mental Strength crushing down upon him grew heavier and heavier.
His bones began to produce cracking sounds.
Lin Chuan raised his right hand as purple lightning and greenish-black poison flame converged rapidly upon his knuckles.
The shadowy figure finally panicked.
"Don't kill me!"
"I can tell you who issued the bounty!"
"I also know about the Five Elements Cult—"
"I have no interest in your petty scraps of intelligence."
Lin Chuan threw a punch!
"Cangtian Poison Thunder!"
Boom!
A purple-gold fist imprint slammed straight into the shadowy figure's chest!
His protective astral essence ruptured in an instant.
Lightning blasted into his body, followed immediately by greenish-black poison power spreading through his flesh, meridians, and mental space!
The shadowy figure's body flew backward.
After crashing through the exterior wall of the villa, he plowed all the way into the courtyard!
Bang!
The greenish-black poison thunder detonated.
Half the courtyard was illuminated by thunderous glare!
The Great Grandmaster lay in the deep crater, his chest entirely caved in.
Greenish-black poison flame burned outward from within his body, thoroughly corroding away all his astral essence and Mental Strength in a matter of seconds.
[Target is dead!]
[Myriad Poisons Calamity begins devouring target's A-rank Talent!]
[A-rank Talent: Shadow Stealth!]
[Devour complete!]
[Myriad Poisons Calamity has gained partial concealment traits!]
[When activating poison power, it is significantly harder for targets to detect!]
Sensing the changes within his poison power, Lin Chuannodded in satisfaction.
Delivering a kill late at night, and bringing along an A-rank Talent to boot.
Not bad, not bad at all.
In the neighboring villa.
A figure burst out from the second-floor window.
Ning Zhaoyue had not even had time to tie up her hair, already gripping a narrow-bladed short blade in her hand.
She landed in the courtyard and glanced at the massive crater on the ground.
Then she looked toward Lin Chuan standing beside the gaping hole in the wall.
"What happened?"
"Someone broke in to kill me."
"What?! This is Jiuli Academy!"
Ning Zhaoyue's face darkened.
For someone to slip through the academy's protective Formation and enter the Spirit Vein Villa area...
This matter was far more serious than a regular assault!
She immediately contacted the academy security office.
In less than a minute.
More than a dozen security instructors rushed to the scene.
The middle-aged instructor leading the team stepped up to the crater and ripped off the black mask covering the corpse's face.
Upon clearly seeing the man's appearance, he stiffened entirely.
"Professor Gao?"
Several instructors nearby also gathered around.
"Gao Wenchang!"
"How could it be him?"
Ning Zhaoyue knitted her brows.
"You know him?"
The lead instructor's expression turned extremely unsightly.
"Gao Wenchang, professor at Jiuli Academy's Tactics Academy."
"He has been teaching at the school for six years, responsible for advanced stealth and counter-assassination courses."
A security instructor retrieved that gray access card from the corpse.
Gao Wenchang had used his professor-level authority to slip through the perimeter Formation of the villa area.
This was not an outside cultist Martial Artist sneaking in.
Rather, a Great Grandmaster-grade assassin had been lurking inside Jiuli Academy all along!
The lead instructor immediately issued orders.
"Lock down the scene!"
"Pull up all logs of entry and exit from the academy tonight!"
"Check Gao Wenchang's residence, office, students, and communication logs from the past three years—not a single detail can be missed!"
After finishing the arrangements, he turned his gaze back toward Lin Chuan.
Fragments of the fifth-rank short blade were scattered across the ground.
Yet Gao Wenchang, an assassination-specialized Great Grandmaster, was thoroughly dead.
"When he ambushed you, you weren't injured?"
"Nope."
"Then this fifth-rank weapon?"
"I shattered it with a single punch."
The lead instructor was rendered speechless.
"And Gao Wenchang?"
"Obliterated with one shot of poison thunder."
Several security instructors stared at him in unison.
They had already sensed the Great Grandmaster aura radiating from Lin Chuan, which had not yet completely stabilized.
Eighteen years old.
Fresh off a breakthrough to Great Grandmaster.
Subjected to an ambush by a veteran Great Grandmasterproficient in assassination.
Yet he emerged completely unscathed.
Turning around, he had obliterated both the man and his fifth-rank weapon with just two punches!
After staring for a long time, the lead instructor could only choke out one sentence.
"You brat... are a real fucking monster!"
Lin Chuan smiled.
"I'm alright."
"Mainly, he came one step too late."
"If he had come during the day, I wouldn't have made the breakthrough yet."
Hearing this, the instructors were at an even greater loss for words.
Before breaking through, he was already capable of killing fifth-rank Peak combatants.
Now that he had achieved a breakthrough...
This Great Grandmaster assassin was indeed no different from someone delivering a free kill.
However, they soon found themselves unable to laugh.
Gao Wenchang had taught at Jiuli Academy for six whole years.
For a Great Grandmaster cultivated by an evil cult to lurk inside the school for this long...
No one knew.
Could there be a second Gao Wenchang hiding within Jiuli?!
Stowing the access card, the lead instructor's face turned completely grim.
"Notify the Headmaster."
"Lock down the entirety of Jiuli Academy tonight!"
"Screen all faculty and staff again!"
Chapter 144: A Great Grandmaster Before School Starts! Go Find Pei Wubing!
Early the next morning.
Personnel from the Zhenyuan Division and Jiuli Academytook over everything Gao Wenchang had left behind.
His office, residence, and private cultivation chamber were all sealed off.
The people who had contacted him over the years were also listed one by one.
For a cult member to lurk inside Jiuli for six years, there were bound to be others behind him.
However, Lin Chuan was no longer responsible for handling these matters.
After recounting the details of the attack once more, he walked out of the investigation room.
Ning Zhaoyue had to continue following up with the investigation.
Before leaving, she specially reminded him, "You'd better not leave the academy these next few days. The rumors spread by the Five Elements Cult are still brewing, and countless eyes outside are watching you."
Lin Chuan glanced at her.
"Uh, but the one who tried to kill me yesterday was an academy professor!"
"Well, damn!"
Ning Zhaoyue suddenly realized that his words were completely sound.
Staying at the academy wasn't necessarily safe either.
"Anyway, just be careful."
"If you really have to go out, let me know in advance."
"Got it."
Lin Chuan waved his hand and went straight back to his villa.
Last night's breakthrough had been a bit rushed.
Over three thousand enemies were cultivating simultaneously, returning a succession of diverse medicinal potencies, astral essence, and vital energy that forcibly propelled him into the Great Grandmaster Realm.
Lin Chuan hadn't had the time to properly adapt to it yet.
Entering the cultivation chamber, he first switched on the strength testing equipment.
The walls parted to both sides.
A black force-measuring column crafted from tier-five alloy rose from underground.
This was the highest-grade equipment built into the villa.
Even a Grandmaster of the ninth level unleashing full power would find it hard to damage.
Lin Chuan stood before the testing column and rolled his shoulders.
"Just a regular punch."
Boom!
His fist landed.
The entire cultivation chamber shook.
The anchoring mechanism at the base of the testing column slid back half a meter on the spot.
The digits on the screen above leaped frantically.
After a few seconds of jumping—
Snap!
The screen went black.
[Upper detection limit exceeded!]
[Please cease damaging the strength equipment!]
A red warning light flashed incessantly.
Lin Chuan looked at the testing column before him.
Where his fist had landed, a prominent indentation had appeared.
"It hit the limit already?"
He hadn't even exerted much effort.
After the Heavens Will Lightning Tribulation Bodyreached Perfection, his physical body had already undergone an enhancement.
Ascending to Great Grandmaster had brought about another complete metamorphosis.
Relying on his pure physical strength alone, he far surpassed an ordinary first-level Martial King.
If he activated the Dutian Thunder Ring on top of that...
With all six ancient runes illuminated, the amplification could reach up to sixtyfold!
Forget this testing column—even the shockwaves of his punch could shatter the entire villa to pieces.
Lin Chuan turned off the equipment and retrieved the newly purchased silver armament casket.
Clack!
The casket parted from the middle.
One thousand two hundred Willow-Leaf Telekinetic Blades were neatly arranged within.
Purple high-grade Mental Strength surged out.
Buzz!
The topmost telekinetic blades took to the air simultaneously.
A broad arc of silver streamers darted around Lin Chuan, their speed escalating rapidly.
The cultivation chamber had originally seemed rather spacious.
Yet once five hundred telekinetic blades took flight, it suddenly felt cramped.
Every single telekinetic blade had to avoid the walls, the equipment, and the lighting overhead.
After steering them through a few loops, Lin Chuan put them away again.
Practicing here felt far too restricted, so he went to the academy's martial arena instead.
Seeing Lin Chuan take out the silver armament casket, the instructor managing the grounds grew completely wary.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"Testing my Telekinetic Weapons."
"How many blades?"
"One thousand two hundred."
The instructor looked at the protective barriers around the martial arena.
"Did you pay for those walls?"
"I just spent 1.86 billion; where would I get the money to buy walls?"
"Then release fewer of them!"
In the end, Lin Chuan released only two hundred telekinetic blades.
He didn't even employ the One Thousand Slashes Sabre Sutra.
He merely commanded the telekinetic blades to strike a tier-five target dummy once.
Swish, swish, swish!
Two hundred silver trails of light swept past in rapid succession.
Mere seconds after rising, the target dummy was diced into a floor full of scraps.
Dozens of hairline fractures appeared on the protective barrier behind it.
The managing instructor's eyelids twitched furiously.
"Forget about unleashing all twelve hundred!"
"If you want to test them, head out to the Grey Zone and find a deserted area."
"If you deploy them all here on campus, this entire arena will have to be closed for repairs tomorrow."
Lin Chuan sighed inwardly; the instructor wasn't wrong. He recalled the telekinetic blades into the casket.
This was only two hundred blades, not even a sixth of the full set.
Moreover, he hadn't assembled them into the hundred-meter telekinetic sabre or executed any sabre techniques.
The training facilities inside the academy were clearly falling behind his current strength.
Lin Chuan walked out of the martial arena.
There was still some time before Jiuli Academy officially began classes.
The members of Spark were all taking turns using the Advanced cultivation areas.
Duan Cheng, Zhao Qishan, and the others had just returned from the Ninth Mining Area and needed rest.
Ning Zhaoyue was assisting in the investigation of the cult.
The Tiger King also had his own matters to attend to.
Lin Chuan wandered around the academy grounds.
For a moment, he genuinely had no idea what to do.
He couldn't just run to the martial arena every day to slice up target dummies with two hundred telekinetic blades for fun.
"Right, why haven't I heard anything from Old Pei lately?"
Lin Chuan suddenly thought of Pei Wubing.
There had been no news of him recently either.
Lin Chuan brought up his wristband and dialed the other man's number.
A prompt soon popped up on the screen.
[Target is currently located in the Catacombs region!]
[Standard communication cannot be connected!]
[Transfer to the Jiuli Academy Catacombs Relay Station?]
"Transfer."
A few minutes later, Lin Chuan arrived at the academy's Catacombs Relay Station.
This place was specifically responsible for communications between Jiuli Academy and several forward cities of the Human Race.
Spatial fluctuations deep within the Catacombs were chaotic.
Ordinary signals couldn't penetrate, necessitating relay via large-scale communication Formations.
The staff member checked Pei Wubing's location.
"Senior Pei is currently in Iron Furnace City."
"That city is controlled by neutral Alien Races. We can only transmit the communication request to a nearby Human Race contact point first, and have them relay it."
"How long will it take?"
"If all goes smoothly, ten minutes."
"Alright."
Lin Chuan sat in the communication room and waited for a bit.
A little over ten minutes later, the projection screen in front of him finally lit up.
The feed flickered.
Pei Wubing's face appeared on the screen.
He was inside what looked like a stone hut.
The desk behind him was covered in maps, transport logs, and various handwritten documents.
A few young people were sitting nearby as well.
One was concocting a potion.
Another was slumped over the desk, fast asleep.
Upon seeing Lin Chuan, Pei Wubing was visibly taken aback.
"What made you suddenly think to contact me?"
"You have the nerve to ask?"
Lin Chuan leaned back in his chair.
"Why hasn't there been any word from you lately?"
Pei Wubing said sourly, "Sigh, don't even get me started. The Martial Arts Association issued a strict order, so I've been leading several of your Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters into the Catacombs on a mission."
"Meanwhile, I keep hearing about the trouble you've been kicking up in Jiuli."
"First you emptied out the Tianheng Club, then you broke through the Ancient Prison, and now you've even slaughtered a Demon King's Spiritual Body! Disciple, you've really been raising hell!"
Chapter 145: Arriving at the Catacombs, Iron Furnace City!
"It's alright."
Lin Chuan leaned back in his chair.
"I just had a breakthrough to Great Grandmasteryesterday."
The smile froze on Pei Wubing's face.
"What did you say?"
"I'm now at the first level of Great Grandmaster."
Silence instantly fell over the stone house.
Behind Pei Wubing, the woman concocting a potion halted her movements.
The young man sleeping face-down on the desk also jerked his head up.
Pei Wubing stared at the screen for a long while.
"How many days has it been since you went to Jiuli?"
"Not many."
"Has school officially started yet?"
"Not yet."
Pei Wubing parted his lips. College hadn't even started yet.
This kid had first swept through the Tianheng Club, brought down four Tier-5 Lords, breached the Ancient Prison, and then slain a Demon Kings Spiritual Body at the Peak of Tier-5.
And now he even had a breakthrough to Great Grandmaster!
Pei Wubing picked up the water cup beside him.
He set it back down. His brain had short-circuited a bit, and for a moment, he didn't know what to do.
"This Cultivation speed of yours is somewhat unreasonable."
"It's alright."
Lin Chuan asked, "Old Pei, are you short on hands over there?"
"What do you want to do?"
"The training equipment at school can no longer keep up with me."
Lin Chuan patted the silver weapon case beside him.
"With one thousand two hundred telekinetic blades, I don't dare unleash them all in the training grounds, and when testing my punches, I constantly have to hold back my strength."
"Staying at school is boring."
Pei Wubing looked down at the map on the table.
This mission had already dragged on for several days.
Teams sent by the Martial Arts Associations of various countries were all rushing to make progress.
They had already scoured several trade routes near Iron Furnace City.
Yet, they had found no truly useful clues.
Their team had no trouble with investigating, tracking, or poisoning.
But if it came to a head-on clash, they lacked someone who could finish the fight quickly.
Lin Chuan's arrival would be just in time!
"We are."
Pei Wubing answered very promptly.
"If you're free, get over here right away."
"What kind of mission?"
"It's inconvenient to say over the comms."
Pei Wubing turned to the disciples beside him.
"You three pack up your things and head back to the Human Race's Qianjin City first."
"Once you pick up Lin Chuan, come back together."
The young man slumped over the desk was no longer sleepy at all.
He looked at Lin Chuan on the screen, clearly still in a daze.
"Did Little Junior Brother really have a breakthrough to Great Grandmaster?"
"This kid is rather uncanny, but he never lies!"
Pei Wubing looked back at Lin Chuan.
"I'll send you the military department's transit permit."
"Enter the Catacombs through Jiuli Passage No. 3."
"Once you arrive at Qianjin City, your Senior Brother and Senior Sister will pick you up."
"Alright."
Lin Chuan agreed. Just as the call ended,
the transit permit sent by Pei Wubing appeared on his wristband.
Coming out of the Catacombs liaison station, Lin Chuanfirst sent a message to Ning Zhaoyue.
[I'm leaving school to head into the Catacombs to find Old Pei.]
Ning Zhaoyue replied quickly.
[When are you leaving?]
[Right after I pick up the thunder blade.]
[You call this telling me in advance?]
[It is in advance! There's at least half an hour left.]
The other end went quiet for a moment.
[Which Catacombs are you going to?]
[Iron Furnace City.]
Of course Ning Zhaoyue knew that place.
Iron Furnace City was located outside the Human Race's controlled area, a massive city built by neutral Alien Races.
Gathered inside were large numbers of Artifact Refiners, commerce guilds, and mercenaries.
Great Xia had a permanent liaison post in Iron Furnace City.
Pei Wubing was there as well.
[Send me a message once you arrive.]
[Will do.]
Lin Chuan put away his wristband and headed to the Weapon Academy.
Inside the underground forging room.
The dean and several instructors had already placed the reforged thunder blade into a long black box.
"We were just about to contact you."
The dean opened the lid.
"Take a look."
The thunder blade lay quietly inside. The blade was somewhat longer than before, presenting an overall black-gold color.
Streaks of purple lightning patterns extended from the hilt all the way to the tip.
Lin Chuan reached out and grasped the hilt, just as his Astral Essence was channeled into it.
Crackle!
A vast burst of purple lightning erupted from the blade.
A lightning blade phantom over a dozen meters long manifested directly in the forging room.
Several nearby weapon racks shook simultaneously.
The dean hurriedly raised his hand.
"That's enough! This isn't a testing ground. If you add any more power, all those weapons nearby will be shaken down!"
Lin Chuan withdrew his Astral Essence, and the lightning blade phantom vanished along with it.
"How does it feel?" the dean asked.
"Smoother than before."
Lin Chuan swung it twice; the blade had become considerably heavier.
But for him now, the weight was just right.
The dean pointed at the thunder blade and said, "Its grade has reached the Peak of Tier-5."
"The blade was reforged using Tier-6 Heavenly Demon Mystic Gold, strong enough to withstand Tier-6 power."
"Once you find a Tier-6 Artifact Refiner in the future, you'll only need to engrave new spirit runes to truly upgrade it into a Tier-6 weapon."
Lin Chuan sheathed the thunder blade.
"What about the leftover scraps?"
"You're still thinking about those?"
"Tier-6 materials—it'd be such a waste to throw them away."
"Who'd dare throw them away!"
The dean took out a small box from beneath the forging table.
Inside lay several thumbnail-sized fragments of Heavenly Demon Mystic Gold.
Even the metal powder scraped off during smelting was packed separately in a small vial.
"It's all here."
"Not a speck missing."
Lin Chuan opened it, took a glance, and stored it into his spatial equipment with satisfaction.
"You're indeed reliable."
The dean waved his hand.
"If you have this kind of work in the future, you can still come to me. It lets me study Tier-6 materials too."
"Will do."
Strapping the thunder blade onto his back, Lin Chuanreturned to the villa.
A Tier-5 Top-Grade telekinetic weapon, potions rewarded by the Zhenyuan Division,
spare combat uniforms, energy crystals, communication equipment, and daily survival supplies needed for the wilderness.
Once everything was fully packed, he headed straight for Jiuli Catacombs Passage No. 3.
This passage was managed by the military department, with numerous armored vehicles and heavy transport trucks parked near the entrance.
Teams of Martial Artists entered the Catacombs along the military passage after finishing identity verification.
Lin Chuan handed the permit sent by Pei Wubing to the guard.
The guard verified his identity and granted passage immediately.
After crossing through the spatial passage,
a massive Qianjin City came into Lin Chuan's view.
Black alloy walls rose dozens of meters high.
Heavy artillery lined the top of the walls, while military fighter jets took off continuously from within the city.
Connected to the Catacombs' main world, even Martial King-level powerhouses could enter normally here.
The Human Race had operated here for years, constructing garrison cities, supply depots, and several large trade routes.
Just as Lin Chuan walked out of the military reception area, he saw three people waiting outside.
The foremost man was in his thirties, carrying a rectangular Formation box on his back.
Over a dozen dark green Formation Flags were neatly slotted inside the Formation box.
The man walked forward and extended his right hand.
"Lin Chuan?"
"Yes."
"I'm your Eldest Senior Brother, Fang Shen."
Fang Shen pointed to the Formation box behind him.
"I mainly study poison Formations."
The woman beside him stepped forward as well.
"Second Senior Sister, Tang Li."
Dozens of different-colored potions hung at her waist, and she wore a pair of specially made gas-proof gloves on her hands.
"I'm in charge of concocting medicine, detoxification, and treating poison injuries."
The last person was someone Lin Chuan had previously seen in the Martial Arts Association's database.
Du Qingming!
Pei Wubing's third Direct Disciple.
A-rank Corrosive Spirit Poison Physique.
Back when Pei Wubing gave "Four-Armed King Fist" to Lin Chuan, Du Qingming had sulked about it for days.
Later, he learned that Pei Wubing helped Lin Chuanhandle mineral veins and opened his private resource vault to him.
He felt even more indignant and had always regarded Lin Chuan as a rival.
He had even thought about meeting up someday to fight this Little Junior Brother in person.
Unfortunately, by the time they truly met, Lin Chuan was already a Great Grandmaster.
Du Qingming looked at Lin Chuan, who was several years younger than him.
Any thought of sparring had long vanished without a trace.
He was just somewhat unconvinced before, not brain-damaged.
"Little Junior Brother."
Du Qingming took the initiative to greet him.
"Senior Brother Du."
Lin Chuan nodded with a smile.
Tang Li chimed in from the side, asking, "Qingming, didn't you always say you wanted to have a match with Little Junior Brother once you met him?"
Du Qingming's face darkened.
"When did I ever say that?"
Fang Shen pulled out his wristband.
"The chat logs are still in the disciples' group."
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Du Qingming glanced at Lin Chuan.
"Little Junior Brother, that was just me being immature in the past."
Lin Chuan was amused.
"It's fine, we can have a spar."
"No, no, no, no sparring, definitely not."
Du Qingming refused very flatly.
"My health hasn't been good lately."
Tang Li sized him up.
"Yesterday you were still saying you could kill a Tier-4 demon with one punch."
"I caught a cold today, my stomach hurts, and I even had diarrhea just now."
An eighteen-year-old Great Grandmaster who could even kill Peak Tier-5 entities.
What could Du Qingming possibly spar with?
Get beaten to death, and then extort Shifu for funeral expenses?
Fang Shen was also sizing up Lin Chuan.
"Did you really break through to Great Grandmaster?"
"Just had the breakthrough yesterday."
Fang Shen and the others fell silent.
The military department had already prepared an off-road vehicle for them.
The four left Qianjin City and sped along the black stone road built by the Human Race toward Iron Furnace City.
At first, military garrisons could still be seen along the way.
Every certain distance, there was a communication tower and a supply station.
Most of the traffic on the road consisted of human merchant caravans.
Driving, Fang Shen remarked, "The next hundred-plus kilometers are still within the Human Race's garrison range."
"Military boundary markers are planted along both sides of the road."
"Once we pass the last outpost, it will be the public trade route."
"That area is no longer under Great Xia's jurisdiction."
Tang Li turned around from the passenger seat.
"We might run into caravans and mercenaries of other races on the road."
"As long as they show no hostility, don't take the initiative to attack."
"Iron Furnace City does not permit any race to slaughter recklessly inside the city. Whoever breaks the rules will never be allowed to enter the city to trade again."
Lin Chuan asked, "What if they strike first?"
Du Qingming leaned back in the rear seat.
"Then kill them. The goods and corpses will all be ours."
Lin Chuan nodded.
"Not bad, not bad. Having clear rules prevents headaches."
The off-road vehicle pressed forward.
Two hours later, human structures along the road grew sparse.
Martial Artists of various races began to appear frequently.
A dozen or so Grayrock Tribe members with rock-like skin hauled several large ore carts past them.
An Alien Race caravan bearing teal scales was escorting medicinal herbs.
At the rear of the team, several Martial Artists carried the corpse of a demon over twenty meters long.
Nearby were also quite a few human mercenaries. Some were inspecting goods, while others sat by the roadside selling demon materials just brought back from the wilderness.
Lin Chuan observed as they traveled.
There were even more neutral races in the Catacombs than he had imagined.
They possessed their own cities, chambers of commerce, and Clans.
Their mastery of Artifact Refining, Formations, and alchemy techniques was in some cases even older than humanity's.
On the way, Fang Shen and the others brought Lin Chuaninto a Human Race garrison city.
They replenished vehicle energy and updated Catacombs maps.
Along the way, they also handed over several shipments of supplies from the Martial Arts Association to the garrison personnel.
After setting off again, their surroundings completely left the Human Race's controlled area.
Several hours later, the distant sky was gradually illuminated by dark-red firelight.
A city built at the foot of an enormous volcano appeared before everyone's eyes.
Its black walls exceeded a hundred meters in height, and hundreds of giant smokestacks stood within the city.
Sparks and white steam billowed relentlessly into the sky.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The dense ringing of metal striking metal could be heard from over a dozen kilometers away.
The entire city was like an immense furnace that would never be extinguished.
Iron Furnace City!
The off-road vehicle passed through the gate inspection and headed east along the broad avenue.
More and more races crowded the road.
Humans, Grayrock Tribe members, Furnace Dwarf, and many Alien Races Lin Chuan had never seen before were all mingled together.
Flanking both sides of the road were weapon shops, materials stores, and apothecary shops.
Fang Shen parked the car in front of a black stone house.
Just as the group stepped out of the vehicle, the stone door opened from within.
Pei Wubing walked out. He stepped up to Lin Chuan and sensed the aura on him.
First level of Great Grandmaster!
"Holy crap!"
Pei Wubing couldn't help patting his shoulder.
"You kid truly leave no room for other Geniuses to survive!"
"Good Talent, can't help it."
Lin Chuan added, "Besides, my blade has been upgraded this time as well."
Pei Wubing glanced at the black-gold blade.
"Isn't this Thunder King Yue Jinglei's? Heh heh, Tier-6 materials added to it now?"
"Yes, though it's still at the Peak of Tier-5 for now."
"Just right."
Pei Wubing turned and walked into the stone house.
"The issuer of this mission is one of the most formidable Artifact Refining Clans in Iron Furnace City."
"Whoever can help them recover what was lost, the Clan's Tier-6 Artifact Refiner will forge for them once for free."
Hearing this, Lin Chuan immediately followed him inside.
"Shifu! This mission was practically made for me!"