New and dark light years

Chapter 134 Many Friends
Looking at the dense array of ice needles inside the glass pot, Ding Feng was puzzled for a moment and asked, "What is this?"

Li Lin shook his head: "I don't know either. I only know that this thing has extremely heavy yin energy, and even a great ghost cannot withstand it."

Ding Feng glanced at Yan Jing, who was standing next to Li Lin like a little maid, and said, "Have you already tried it out?"

Li Lin nodded.

"Could you send me a few so I can try them out? Don't worry, I'll reward you handsomely afterwards."

"now?"

Ding Feng nodded slightly.

Li Lin tilted the glass pot, while Yan Jing held a wine cup and waited.

Soon, four ice needles fell into the wine glass.

Yan Jing walked over with the wine glass in her hand and placed it in front of Ding Feng.

Ding Feng's body was somewhat stiff as he kept staring at Yan Jing, and it was clear that he was somewhat wary of her.

He only relaxed when Yan Jing returned to Li Lin's side.

Li Lin noticed this phenomenon and found it strange; this person seemed to be more afraid of him.

They were clearly in their own territory.

Could it be... that Yan Jing is very powerful to these people?
Ding Feng looked at the four ice needles in the cup, reached out his finger to touch them, but then thought of something and gave up.

He said to the servant beside him, "Go and call the Eighth Prince."

Not long after, a young man came up. He looked at Li Lin and Yan Jing, and when he saw Yan Jing, there was obvious envy in his eyes.

A beautiful female ghost is something every spirit hunter desires.

Moreover, this is a female ghost who can appear during the day, which makes her even more significant.

"Chief, what are your orders for summoning me here?"

Ding Feng pointed to the ice needles in the cup: "Try eating this."

The ice needles are very thin, only slightly thicker than a hair.

Without saying a word, the young man immediately swallowed the ice needle.

At first there was no reaction, but after a while, the young man felt cold all over his body.

His lips began to turn white, his whole body started to tremble, and then frost appeared on his body.

"Chieftain...it's cold."

Without saying a word, Ding Feng placed his right hand on the young man's back and transferred his blood and energy to the young man's body.

But the domineering power of these ice needles seemed to exceed Ding Feng's expectations.

His palms began to freeze.

"Do you need my help?" Li Lin asked.

Ding Feng shook his head: "Don't worry, it's within my estimation range."

After saying that, Ding Feng closed his eyes and focused all his energy on channeling his blood and qi.

Yan Jing leaned close to Li Lin, her lips almost touching his ear, and whispered, "His blood quality is far inferior to yours."

Li Lin didn't want to talk to her at all.

This is perfectly normal. Middle-aged people can't compete with young people in terms of vitality.

After about two incense sticks' worth of time, the frost on the young man's body gradually disappeared.

Ding Feng breathed a sigh of relief, removed his hands from the young man's back, and asked, "How do you feel?"

"Thank you, clan chief. I feel much better. And my yin energy has increased."

Ding Feng nodded: "How does it compare to the Yin Qi Stone?"

"If they are about the same size, this ice needle will naturally have more yin energy, but... absorbing yin energy stones is not as uncomfortable."

Ding Feng nodded: "Alright, you can go now."

The young man clasped his hands in a fist salute and then left.

Ding Feng then returned to his seat and looked at Li Lin, saying, "County Commandant Li, could you spare me a few more ice needles?"

Li Lin pondered.

Ding Feng clasped his hands in a fist and said, "In addition, I will give you a celestial artifact."

Li Lin nodded.

Yan Jing handed over another wine cup with ten more ice needles, and Ding Feng clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Please wait a moment."

He got up and left.

After the others had gone some distance, Yan Jing said, "It's clear that these people are quite wary of you, County Commandant."

Li Lin shook his head: "He's afraid of you."

Yan Jingmei laughed: "So, I am still somewhat useful. Why don't you support me from now on, County Commandant?"

"I can't afford it."

Yan Jing looked at him with a quiet gaze.

Not long after, Ding Feng came over again, holding something that looked like a jade pendant.

"Please accept this, County Lieutenant Li."

Li Lin took it and looked at it, and found that it was not a jade pendant, but a round, jade-like crystal.

Beneath the translucent jade piece, a sphere was encased.

The black and white colors are slowly rotating.

Li Lin took it and examined it for a while, discovering that there seemed to be a peculiar 'qi' emanating from the inside of this thing.

It makes one feel somewhat comfortable.

"This thing must be very precious."

Ding Chun waved his hand: "It has been passed down in the family for over a hundred years, and we have never discovered its use. Moreover, its 'spirituality' is getting weaker and weaker. I remember when I was a child, this magical artifact spun incredibly fast."

Li Lin put the item into his bundle, clasped his hands in thanks, and said, "Thank you."

“Lieutenant Li, you’re too kind. You’ve also given me over a dozen Immortal Ice Needles. Logically speaking, we’re the ones who should benefit.” Li Lin stood up. “I should be going now. If Chief Ding has time, please visit our Yulin County.”

"It's easy to talk about."

Li Lin smiled, took out a talisman, put Yan Jing into it, and then left the Ding family.

After seeing Li Lin off, Chief Ding returned to the pavilion on the mountain. He looked at the ice needles in his wine glass, smiled, and then swallowed all of them without saying a word.

Soon, Ding Feng's entire body was frozen solid, but he showed no signs of pain on his face; instead, he appeared quite pleased.

The frost spread, and soon the entire pavilion's floor, tabletops, and even the roof were covered in frost, a situation that continued until evening.

The frost gradually disappeared, leaving the entire pavilion damp, as if it had just rained heavily.

A surge of heat emanated from Ding Feng's body, evaporating the moisture from his skin.

At this moment, a middle-aged man walked over and said, "Congratulations, brother, your strength has greatly increased."

Ding Feng turned around, smiled, and said, "Finally, there has been a breakthrough."

The middle-aged man said, "Isn't it too much of a loss to just give the immortal artifact to that kid?"

“It’s worth it,” Ding Feng said. “That immortal artifact has been in our family for over a hundred years, and we haven’t been able to figure it out. Moreover, we’ve searched the Tai Xuan Cave countless times without any results. The fact that County Magistrate Li was able to find something as soon as he arrived shows that he has some affinity with immortals.”

"That's exactly right, so we absolutely cannot give him the immortal artifact."

Ding Feng laughed and said, "As the saying goes, when one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven! Since we can't walk this path ourselves, why not let those with the right destiny walk ahead, and we can follow behind and reap the benefits?"

"I'm afraid that kid will figure out the function of the immortal artifact, but won't tell us..."

"It's alright." Ding Feng waved his hand. "Our Ding family has plenty of good stuff. We can trade with him later. Second brother, remember this... people who always think about taking things will never have a good ending. Since we can trade, why should we take it?"

What if the other party is unwilling to exchange it?

"That means our Ding family has nothing that others covet, so we need to put more effort and time into cultivating our business until we have something that they value and are willing to trade with us."

The middle-aged man nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Ding Feng continued with a smile, "Of course, when cooperating with someone, we also need to consider their character. We naturally can't deal with those who go back on their word. County Commandant Li is a good one. According to Qiu'er's investigation, he is a young man of outstanding character. It's a pity that the Huang family beat us to it, otherwise we would have had Qing'er contact him."

Li Lin was unaware of Ding Feng's evaluation of him.

He had already ridden his horse home.

Throughout the journey, whether he was riding a horse or resting at night, he studied this magical artifact.

But found nothing.

Blood oath is not acceptable, nor is burning or drowning.

Injecting yin energy had no effect whatsoever.

"If it were so easy to uncover the secret of this thing, the Ding family wouldn't have been so generous in giving it to us," Yan Jing said helplessly.

Li Lin agreed with this statement, but he felt that the comfortable aura emanating from this thing seemed familiar, as if he had sensed it somewhere before.

But it was too faint; there was only a vague impression.

Time flew by as they traveled and studied the magical artifacts.

Four days later, Li Lin returned to his home in Yulin County.

Huang Qing and Hong Luan were naturally overjoyed.

After the three of them cuddled together for a while, Li Lin took out the talisman.

Soon, Yan Jing appeared from the talisman.

Upon seeing the eerie and sinister Yan Jing, Hong Luan trembled with fear.

Although Huang Qing was also pale, she still bowed gracefully and asked, "Sister, is this the True Lord that my husband is raising?"

As a member of the Huang family, she knew that many powerful families had the ability to raise ghosts.

The Four Mysterious True Lords are the great demons kept by the Huang family.

Yan Jing held Huang Qing's hand and said resentfully, "County Commandant Li is using me and now he wants to throw me away. How heartless of him."

Huang Qing and Hong Luan glanced at Li Lin.

Huang Qing then said, "I believe that you are not such a heartless and ungrateful man."

Hongluan nodded repeatedly.

Yan Jing laughed: "Little sister, I was just joking, don't take it to heart."

Huang Qing breathed a sigh of relief. She felt that Yan Jing's hands were a little cold, but she didn't dare to shake them off.

Li Lin said, "Hongluan, go to the room and bring over two Yin Qi stones."

"Two pieces?" Yan Jing was somewhat surprised.

Li Lin laughed and said, "I owe you a lot for protecting me along the way, otherwise I would have encountered any trouble. One Yin Qi Stone would make me seem too stingy, so I'll give you two."

Yan Jing's eyes showed a hint of emotion. Then she looked at Huang Qing and said, "Sister, I don't want the Yin Qi Stone. I want to ask your Li family for help, okay? Please put in a good word for me with the county magistrate!"

Huang Qing was stunned.

Li Lin said helplessly, "I really can't afford to support you. I can't even supply the tree fairy with the blood and energy she needs."

Li Lin is no longer the novice he used to be. He can tell that the Tree Fairy is very restrained when she is absorbing his blood essence.

This is clearly... not a sign of being full.

He felt guilty enough for letting the Tree Fairy go hungry, and if he raised another Yan Jing, wouldn't that take away some of her vital energy, making the Tree Fairy even hungrier?

He didn't want this to happen.

At this moment, Huang Qing suddenly said, "My lord, we don't necessarily need your lifeblood to support this sister; we can use incense offerings."

Yan Jing didn't really want to consume incense offerings; he preferred to consume Li Lin's blood and vital essence.

But then she suddenly realized that as long as she stayed in this house, she would eventually have a chance to taste some of Li Lin's blood and qi.

Yes, she immediately took Huang Qing's hand and said, "Thank you, little sister. From now on, you will be my mistress."

Li Lin sighed, "I don't have an altar..."

“Go to the Huang family…go to Father!” Huang Qing laughed. “Actually, Father has two small altars. Our Huang family started out with this skill.”

(End of this chapter)