Fairy Eye

"That's true."

Han Lin responded in a low voice.

"Given this level of difficulty, even if you have enough spirit stones, it will still take you quite a while to refine it, right?" Ji Bai asked, his brows furrowed slightly.

"As for refining spirit stones, I don't know why, but I seem to refine them faster than others, so it's alright."

"I see..."

Ji Bai really couldn't understand what was going on with Han Lin.

However, the resources consumed for each breakthrough of the Nine Spiritual Roots talent are indeed terrifying. Han Lin is only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. When he reaches the later stage or even the peak, it will probably be even more difficult to break through one level of cultivation.

This made him sigh.

"With your terrifying resource consumption, it's probably impossible for you to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in this lifetime."

"Why? I feel fine right now," Han Lin said, somewhat unwilling to admit defeat.

"Not bad? That's because you're only at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Given the difficulty of your current breakthrough, I estimate that by the time you reach the peak of Qi Refining, it will probably take two or three hundred thousand spirit stones to break through to the next level! Plus, you'll need a massive amount of spiritual energy to support Foundation Establishment. If you want to establish Foundation, you'll need to earn at least a million spirit stones in your lifetime. Do you think you can do that?" Ji Bai rolled his eyes.

"So many!"

Han Lin was also taken aback.

"A lot? That's a conservative estimate! If you want to cultivate to the extreme realm, you'll need even more spirit stones!" Ji Bai scoffed.

What is the extreme realm?

"Don't even think about reaching the pinnacle. Besides, it's pointless to talk to you about it now. We can discuss this again once you've reached your peak!"

Ji Bai shook his head, then suddenly realized something, and his expression became serious:

"Han Lin, with your talent, you should have stayed at the bottom for your entire life. But because I saw that you have a good talent for talismanic arts, I took pity on you and brought you from the outer sect to the inner sect."

"You must promise me that unless absolutely necessary, you will not reveal to anyone that you possess nine spiritual roots!"

"Why is that?" Han Lin asked, puzzled.

"Nothing special, your talent is too poor, yet you are exceptionally outstanding in talisman making."

You know, talisman makers make money much more easily than others.

Do you know what this means?

This means that if left unchecked, you will be diverting resources from the sect's spirit stone warehouse that could have nurtured several peak Qi Refining experts, or even Foundation Establishment experts.

But if you use these resources on someone else, they might not even make a ripple.

If other higher-ups found out, it would be absolutely unacceptable.

The meaning is simple: Han Lin can make money, but his talent is too poor.

These resources would be better used to cultivate more useful talents than to use them on him.

"So that's what Master meant." Han Lin smiled wryly upon hearing this. "Didn't the sect always say it was fair? How come it's different here?"

"Fairness? There are many kinds of fairness. From your perspective, this is naturally unfair! But from the perspective of most people, this is the fairest thing. If you still want to stay in the sect, you'd better keep a low profile in the future, otherwise even your master can't protect you!" Ji Bai said with a sneer.

"Understood, disciple will never reveal my talent to anyone again! However, since some people already know about this, disciple cannot guarantee that this secret will not be leaked." Han Lin said helplessly.

"You mean Yinxiantang, right?"

"Yes, when we were registering, the manager, Senior Zhang, and another steward, Senior Brother He, knew about this."

After much thought, Han Lin realized that among the current Guiyuan Sect members, only these two knew the secret of his spiritual root.

"This shouldn't be a big problem! Although they know this secret, they obviously haven't publicized it. Otherwise, with your talent of nine spiritual roots, it would probably have already caused a huge uproar in the sect."

"Um."

Han Lin also thought this made sense.

"Alright, don't take it too hard. Just tone it down a bit in the future. Let your teacher take a look at your face! I've been researching all sorts of difficult and complicated diseases lately, and I'm really interested in your face." Seeing Han Lin's low spirits, Ji Bai smiled and changed the subject.

"Yes."

Han Lin swept his hair aside, revealing half of his dark face.

It looks a bit scary.

Even Ji Bai's heart skipped a beat upon seeing this, but he quickly regained his composure and gently touched it, saying, "Could it be that the mole has spread?"

Han Lin shook his head, "This disciple doesn't know, but it shouldn't be a mole, otherwise it wouldn't be so smooth."

Moles are usually raised above the skin, but this one is simply black and doesn't protrude from the skin.

Moreover, the skin in this dark area is not rough and is no different from that of a normal cheek.

"Something's strange. Let me check it out." Ji Bai gently closed his eyes and channeled his true energy and spiritual sense into Han Lin's skin through his fingertips.

Let's take a closer look to see if Han Lin's black spots are on the surface or if they've turned black inside as well.

Unexpectedly, the moment his true energy entered his face, a strange change occurred.

The originally ordinary black spot suddenly seemed to come alive, wriggling wildly and releasing a large cloud of black gas.

Ji Bai's pupils contracted, and before he could react, a wisp of black energy rushed into his fingertips, flashed up his arm, and instantly arrived on his face.

But it didn't linger; it paused briefly on her cheek before disappearing without a trace.

"What the hell is that!" Ji Bai noticed a cold, black aura suddenly appearing in his mind's sea, and his expression changed. He was about to use his internal energy to expel it.

However, as soon as he began to circulate his energy, the wisp of black energy that was originally only as thick as a hemp rope suddenly burst open, turning into a vast expanse of pitch-black mist that enveloped him. At the same time, his sea of ​​consciousness felt as if it were being devoured by thousands of ants, causing him excruciating pain.

"ah--!"

Ji Bai let out a scream and clutched his head in pain.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Han Lin was shocked and rushed over to help, but didn't know how to do it.

"Don't come near me!"

Ji Bai's face contorted in pain. He shoved Han Lin aside, clutched his head, and stumbled out of the courtyard.

Han Lin chased after Ji Bai all the way to the courtyard gate, only to find that Ji Bai had disappeared into the woods outside. He was at a loss for what to do.

Just then, Han Lin's heart skipped a beat. He noticed something moving on his face and was so alarmed that he wanted to run back to his room to see what was going on in the mirror.

Before he could even move, he clearly felt a powerful aura emanating from his cheek, flowing down his arm, and into his right palm.

Han Lin raised his palm and saw that a very obvious black aura was gathering towards the vertical lines on his palm.

The previously dormant Heavenly Eye Mark had now been activated without his control, radiating a dazzling silver light as if it were frantically absorbing the black energy.

"Could this black aura be the dark spots on my face?" Han Lin's heart pounded. He had a hunch that the black aura was related to the dark spots on his face.