A hundredfold return! My unfilial disciples are all reincarnations of the Empress.

The system notification in my mind subsided.

Lin Feng calmly used his divine sense to check, and found that eighteen snow-white ginseng plants and a thousand high-grade spirit stones had appeared out of thin air in his storage bag.

His heart pounded.

He recalled the ten years he spent on Xiaozhu Peak when no one paid any attention to him, and how he became a "useless elder" as soon as he transmigrated.

God knows how stifled he felt during those ten years.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but exclaim, "Damn system, it made me suffer for a full ten years!"

Then he sighed again, grinned, and said, "I'm finally going to get back to the top!!!"

The two apprentices standing to the side: ? ? ?

Liu Yushu: Master, what's wrong?

Chi Yao: He's probably homesick.

Lin Feng immediately found a relatively secluded flat area with bluestone.

"I will be using this place to cultivate in seclusion for a month. You two will train nearby and also protect and keep watch for me."

Upon hearing this, the two disciples immediately became serious: "We will certainly protect Master's safety!"

Lin Feng took out three thousand-year-old white ginseng roots; the snow-white ginseng bodies felt slightly cool to the touch.

He opened his mouth and took a big bite.

The ginseng has a sweet taste, and its rich metal-elemental spiritual energy is constantly released.

Unlike the Spirit Gathering Pill, the White Ginseng can not only improve cultivation but also strengthen his golden spiritual root.

Lin Feng circulated the Qingyun Palace Heart Sutra, absorbing this spiritual energy with all his might.

A month later.

He completely transformed the spiritual power of the thousand-year-old white ginseng, and his cultivation level broke through to the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm.

Lin Feng slowly opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashing in them.

He broke through two minor realms with just three White Ginseng plants. Now he still has fifteen thousand-year-old White Ginseng plants left, as well as the thirty Earth-grade Spirit Gathering Pills he obtained earlier.

He is not far from reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

He scanned the area with his divine sense and quickly detected the presence of his two disciples, who were guarding the vicinity, one on the left and one on the right.

"Master has emerged from seclusion!"

Liu Yushu and Chi Yao rushed over almost simultaneously. After more than a month apart, both of them had changed quite a bit.

Liu Yushu's Yin spiritual energy became more refined, and her aura stabilized at the third level of Foundation Establishment.

Chi Yao went even further, her fiery spiritual power becoming much stronger, clearly indicating that she had consumed the Fire Spirit Ginseng.

"Sixth level of Qi Refining?" Lin Feng looked Chi Yao up and down. "Impressive speed."

Chi Yao grinned: "It's mainly thanks to the Fire Spirit Ginseng Master gave me. After consuming it and refining it for a month, I broke through three levels in a row!"

After the three of them finished packing, they continued along the path deep in the valley.

The deeper one ventures into the heart of the secret realm, the stronger the malevolent aura in the air becomes.

Before they had walked more than a hundred feet, the ground beneath their feet suddenly trembled slightly, and a muffled rumble came from underground.

Lin Feng instantly unleashed his full divine sense, covering an area of ​​a hundred feet in radius, and his expression changed slightly.

"Oh no, there might be a monster awakening underground."

As soon as they finished speaking, several cracks suddenly appeared in the ground beneath their feet.

Immediately afterwards, a giant earth dragon with a dark gold body and a back covered with ferocious bone spurs burst out of the ground!

Even with only half of its body protruding from the ground, it was already three or four zhang tall. Its gaze swept around and quickly locked onto the three people, then it opened its mouth and spewed out a gust of earth-yellow demonic wind.

"Get out of the way!"

Lin Feng put one arm around Liu Yushu and pushed Chi Yao with the other, and the three of them were instantly thrown to the sides.

The evil wind slammed into the spot where they had just been standing, creating a large crater in the ground.

"A seventh-tier demonic beast... peak Golden Core stage!" Lin Feng frowned.

This thing is much more troublesome than that giant bear.

"Master, my senior sister and I will hold it back!" Chi Yao raised her longsword and charged upwards.

"Don't be reckless." Lin Feng grabbed her. "This thing is tough and thick-skinned. The two of you can't even break through its defenses. Stay behind me obediently."

As they spoke, the earth dragon roared, and its massive body broke free from the ground.

Its thick limbs tread on the ground, and its dark gold body is seven or eight zhang long.

Lin Feng took a deep breath, leaped into the air using the Illusionary Shadowless Step, and slashed down with his Frost Sword, which was wrapped in a chilling light!

The bone spurs on the earth dragon's back exploded instantly.

The Frost Sword slammed down hard on it, making Lin Feng's hand go numb, before it could even cut in half an inch.

"Their defense is fucking outrageous..." Lin Feng cursed under his breath.

He flipped his wrist, unleashing a series of sword strikes, repeatedly cutting the same spot.

The earth dragon, in pain, writhed wildly.

Lin Feng gripped the sword hilt tightly, being dragged around in the air like a rag doll hanging on the back of a dragon.

When the earth dragon realized that twisting its body wouldn't shake him off, it turned around and spewed a gust of demonic wind at itself.

Lin Feng was caught completely off guard. His hands slipped from the sword hilt and he was blown backward three or four meters.

He immediately used his spiritual power to form a protective shield, barely managing to stabilize himself and stand firmly on the ground.

"Master!" Chi Yao stamped her feet in worry.

Liu Yushu suddenly took two steps forward, and the Taiyin spiritual power surged into the Moonflower Sword. Moonlight gradually fell within a six-zhang radius around it, forming a domain.

[Taiyin Moonflower Sword Passive: Reduces the movement and casting speed of enemies within its domain by 30%; Nascent Soul cultivators and above are immune; the domain's range increases with cultivation level.]

This area is only about twice the length of the earth dragon's body, and you can cross it in just a few steps, but it's not entirely useless.

The earth dragon's attention turned to the woman who had suddenly appeared in front of it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Lin Feng silently used his movement technique to appear above the earth dragon.

Once you've secured yourself on its back, grip the sword hilt tightly with both hands and continue attacking the wound!

The earth dragon, in pain, turned around and saw Lin Feng still attacking in that direction, clearly enraged.

It opened its mouth wide, and spiritual energy began to condense into a ball. A ball of spiritual energy was then spat out and hurtled towards Lin Feng.

Lin Feng did not dodge, his hands continuing to move.

At the last moment, he unleashed a spiritual energy cannon to counteract some of the power, managing to withstand the attack.

Fortunately, he was protected by a sacred defensive robe and a spirit energy cannon, preventing him from being knocked down.

He still clung firmly to the Frost Sword, standing on the back of the earth dragon.

He spat out blood, laughed wildly twice, and roared, "Die, you bastard!"

With a forceful downward press, the Frost Sword slid along the gaps in the bone spikes and completely disappeared into the dragon's spine!

Dark golden blood gushed out, and the earth dragon writhed violently, beginning its final struggle.

Lin Feng flew off its back, panting heavily.

"Cough... You two did a good job."

Chi Yao stepped forward to help Lin Feng up.

Liu Yushu quickly came over to check if Lin Feng was injured.

She breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that her master was alright.

Lin Feng walked to the earth dragon's corpse, cut open its abdomen with his sword, and found a bright, earthy-yellow demon core the size of an infant's fist.

"A seventh-tier demon core can fetch a good price."

He put the demon core into his storage bag and then shaved off several of the best-quality dark gold scales from the earth dragon's back.

After packing up, the three continued their journey.

After going several more miles, the view suddenly opened up ahead.

A vast lake appeared at the horizon, its surface as clear as a mirror. In the center stood an ancient stone platform, and faint chanting could be heard all around.

Liu Yushu stared at the central stone platform, a sudden unease creeping into her heart: "Master, what is that?"

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes and probed with his divine sense.

The stone platform contained extremely strong spatial and restrictive power.

His pupils suddenly brightened: "That's... the Trial of Water!"

"What?!"

The two apprentices exclaimed in surprise at the same time.

In the world of cultivation, there are trials of five fundamental powers, and these trials appear randomly. Each trial brings generous rewards upon completion.

Currently, in the entire cultivation world, no more than two hundred people have survived these trials.

And now, the gate to the Water Trial lies right there in the middle of the lake!

"You all step back." Lin Feng's voice was a little tense. "There are restrictions around that stone platform. I'll test it first."