After I cultivated immortality, I discussed the theory of lifespan with a long-lived spirit.

Chapter 128 The Death of the Dragon Girl Ovira

After Shuiyue devoured the fire elemental lord, a notification popped up.

You have successfully refined a thousand-year-old ginseng spirit. Defeating nine more ginseng spirits of the corresponding attribute will grant you the corresponding essence.

You have obtained the elemental energy of fire.

[Fire Spiritual Energy: Contains a vast amount of pure spiritual energy that can be directly refined. Consuming it grants a certain degree of fire-repelling ability and heat resistance.]

Although the fire elemental lord had lost a lot of energy due to Lin Er's weapon refining, it still had a considerable amount of residual spiritual energy.

Furthermore, Shuiyue has already absorbed the foundation-building spiritual energy of water, fire, and wood.

The little guy was clearly struggling; his belly was round and full of vitality, while the whole ginseng looked listless.

This time, Lin Er doesn't plan to give her any more spiritual energy.

He quickly led Shuiyue back to the house, where Luna had cleaned it spotless, even wiping the windowsill until it shone.

Lin Er retrieved Shuiyue, quickly set up a spirit-gathering array in the bedroom, turning the place into a cave dwelling, and then injected a stream of spiritual energy into the teleportation ring.

Nine breaths passed, and a white light flashed.

When Lin Er opened his eyes, he was already back in Flora's bedroom.

A night breeze was seeping in through the half-open window, rustling the tassels at the edge of the bed curtains. Flora lay on her side on the bed, her golden hair loose, her breathing shallow and even.

She must have heard a noise; her eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Still half asleep, Flora propped herself up, her collar slipping down her shoulder to reveal her fair collarbone.

"—Lin Er?"

When she saw who it was, her eyes lit up.

"Why are you so late tonight?" she complained softly, a blush creeping onto her cheeks. "You're probably trying to slack off again, aren't you? I need to push you to train harder."

Before she could finish speaking, she expertly wrapped her arms around Lin Er's neck.

"No rush tonight." Lin Er quickly pressed her hand down. "I'm preparing to break through my cultivation level. Come to my place; the spiritual energy there is much stronger."

"But my sister is over there, what if she gets caught—"

Flora's expression became hesitant.

"Don't worry. My spirit-gathering array will interfere with elemental power when it's in operation, your sister won't be able to detect it."

Lin Er replied.

Speaking of the Spirit Gathering Array, he discovered during the day while checking the guild shop's list that after advancing to the True Disciple level, he could upgrade the Cave Spirit Gathering Array to the intermediate level, which would greatly improve both its concealment and spirit gathering effect.

However, that would require a full three hundred low-grade spirit stones, and he couldn't even scrape together a fraction of that right now.

"Alright then." Flora pursed her lips and whispered a warning, "If you're discovered, don't tell me you can teleport to my bedroom."

"Know."

Lin Er responded and reached out to pull her into his arms.

The teleportation ring lit up again.

The two quickly returned to their manor in Watchtower City.

Lin Er stood up and half-closed the window, letting in the moonlight. He then sat down opposite Flora on the bed and began to cultivate the True Moon Bright Jade Secret Manual.

A complete cycle of the universe.

The spiritual energy in his dantian was being rapidly refined.

Lin Er had been stuck at the bottleneck of the seventh level of Qi Refining for many days. This time, the spiritual energy was very abundant, and with Flora's assistance, his Qi circulation was extremely fast.

He only felt the spiritual energy in his dantian constantly liquefying, and his magical power gradually becoming more profound.

Several hours passed.

Lin Er suddenly opened his eyes.

Eighth level of Qi Refining, complete!

A full and satisfying feeling came from deep within my dantian, as if my entire sea of ​​qi had been cleansed and refined.

At this moment, Flora also sensed something. She opened her eyes and winked at Lin Er, as if she wanted to say something.

Lin Er naturally understood what she meant.

I want to see the divination of celestial secrets again.

He also wanted to see where the remaining five elements of spiritual energy were; if he could find out in advance, it would save him a lot of trouble.

Lin Er took a deep breath and focused his mind on the deduction.

[In the first autumn, you and Flora began a secret relationship, with Ellie covering for you.]

[In the first autumn, you and Ilulian travel to the Magic Stone Mine, where you encounter Ovira. Through subtle questioning, you learn that an ancient ruin is hidden beneath the Magic Stone Mine. Within the ancient ruin, you find the elemental energy of gold and earth.]

In the autumn of the first year, a series of children went missing in Watchtower, one of whom was the child of Illulian's goddaughter.

[The following year, Watchtower captured a dragon spy named Ovira who attempted to infiltrate the city. She was publicly beheaded on the guillotine. You obtained Ovira's body and discovered that the dragon horns on her head were fake.]

[The following year, Stormthroat suddenly struck Watchtower, and you died.]

The simulation abruptly ended.

Lin Er abruptly pulled away from the image, his back already damp with a thin layer of sweat.

Flora's face paled slightly, and she gripped his sleeve tightly with her fingers.

"Lin'er." Her voice trembled slightly as she said, "This Watchtower is too dangerous—come back to the clan with me."

Lin Er took a deep breath, suppressing the lingering palpitations of death in his chest.

"Don't rush," he said, taking Flora's hand. "There's still a year left."

The clear timeline from the simulation still lingered in his mind.

The storm hurricane struck after Ovira was beheaded.

It seems we can't kill her easily.

To Lin Er's slight surprise, Ovira dared to venture into Watchtower City alone and was eventually captured alive.

This seems to have something to do with him.

However, now that he knows the whereabouts of the metal and earth spiritual energy, he is determined to obtain it.

It's already very late.

After Lin Er took Flora back, he took the opportunity to rest.

the next morning.

There was a knock on the door.

Lin Er responded, and Luna came in carrying a washbasin and towel.

These days she has been so attentive and considerate that Lin Er is a little unaccustomed to it.

Although she wasn't wearing the standard maid outfit with a lace apron and ruffled sleeves, Luna looked more like a real maid than those modern girls posing in maid outfits.

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After all, she was a knight's daughter who grew up with a silver spoon in her mouth, so she knew better how to serve people.

And she seemed to enjoy it quite a bit.

Lin Er thanked her and, after washing up, found Ilulian.

Based on the information he deduced, the children's disappearance seems to be related to ancient ruins. These two things should be able to be solved together, but it cannot be completely confirmed yet.

"Sister Illulian, your daughter's child may have been kidnapped."

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Ilulian paused for a moment.

"I remember Juno isn't in Watchtower."

Lin Er looked at her intently.

"Anyway, go and look for it first."

Illulian nodded, but then frowned slightly.

"But Watchtower is so big, and we don't have any way to contact her right now, so finding Juno won't be easy."

"Then I'll go ask the guild first," Lin Er replied.

Now we can only rely on the guild's power.

After a quick breakfast, the three headed to the guild.

Lin Er approached the staff and explained his request to find someone.

The staff member looked troubled.

"Deputy Steward, the guild can't go around asking each guild individually—posting missing person notices might be more effective."

"That's right." Lin Er suddenly remembered something. "Have there been any cases of children going missing recently?"

The staff member's expression turned serious.

"Yes. There have been several kidnapping incidents recently in both the inner and outer cities, and most of the victims are very talented children. The guild has issued an urgent bounty."

She paused, then looked up at Lin Er.

"If you accept this bounty, I can tell you more."

You are about to accept a bounty from your sect for finding abducted children. Please find all the children as quickly as possible. A reward of 10 points will be given for each child found.

Spirit Stone.

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