What does my ancestor's pregnancy have to do with me, a mere servant?

The spirit field has just been fertilized.

Lin Yuan dusted off his hands and retreated back into his cave.

He made a hand seal, and several pieces of pebbles flew back to the door frame, barely blocking the gap. This door had been blown up twice; tomorrow he would have to go to the Pill Treasure Pavilion to get a suitable set of array flags and array plates to protect the cave.

He sat down at the bluestone table and took out the storage bag he had just received.

Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow as he probed with his spiritual sense. Two thousand three hundred low-grade spirit stones, seven mid-grade spirit stones, plus a mid-grade flying sword.

A mere henchman at the ninth level of Qi Refining, carrying so much wealth—Jiang Huaiyue's financial resources were far more abundant than he had anticipated.

Lin Yuan swept the spirit stone flying sword into his storage bag, but then discovered something else.

A bamboo slip.

The bamboo slips have a thick patina, and the bamboo joints have been rubbed until they shine. They were clearly the personal belongings of their original owner.

Lin Yuan probed in with his divine sense.

A dense array of rune patterns flooded his mind. The strokes were powerful and sharp, and the spiritual energy flowed through the lines like lightning—this was a method of drawing offensive runes.

It is called "Hell-Destroying Thunder Talisman".

It uses the power of heavenly lightning as its core. Upon activation, it can instantly condense a pillar of destructive lightning that strikes straight down.

Lin Yuan quickly disassembled the structure with the eyesight of an eighth-grade talisman master.

This thing is much more powerful than a fireball talisman, at least ten times more so.

It is almost a one-hit kill for Qi Refining stage cultivators, and even for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, taking a single lightning bolt will leave them severely injured.

However, the conditions for creating it are extremely demanding. There are as many as thirty-six rune nodes, and the accuracy of the spiritual power of each node cannot exceed a millimeter. The requirements for the strength of spiritual sense are far greater than those for ordinary low-level runes.

With Lin Yuan's current level as an eighth-grade talisman master, he can barely draw it, but the success rate will not be very high.

Lin Yuan turned the bamboo slip over and over again, looking at it twice, and couldn't help but smile.

This guy brought it all the way here.

Godfather.

Lin Yuan silently offered three sticks of incense to this 'deliveryman' he had never met before.

Door-to-door delivery, the goods arrived and I was dead – five-star service!

He carefully put the bamboo slip into his storage bag. This might come in very handy on the stage of the Saintess Election. Then he took out the jade bottle containing the Qi Condensation Pill.

Without hesitation, Lin Yuan tilted his head back and swallowed the first one.

The pill entered the stomach. The medicinal power of the Condensing Essence Pill was far more violent than that of the Gathering Qi Pill, transforming into a scorching torrent that suddenly rushed into the meridians.

……

An hour later, the fifth Qi Condensation Pill was swallowed.

"boom!"

The barriers of the meridians shattered instantly.

Nine layers of Qi refinement.

Spiritual energy poured into the new meridian domain like a flood bursting its banks, and the range of divine consciousness suddenly expanded from fifty zhang to eighty zhang.

The spirit fields outside the cave, the distant path, and even the night crow perched on the crooked, withered tree thirty feet away, all came into clear perception.

Lin Yuan clenched his fist.

His internal spiritual energy was abundant, and he was close to the threshold of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Once you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining, if you have a Foundation Establishment Pill, you can try to establish your foundation.

However, Lin Yuan currently has neither the method nor the pills for Foundation Establishment.

The most urgent task is to help Lin Feilu secure the position of Saintess and then enter the Crimson Forbidden Land.

The Formless Transformation Technique was activated. The spiritual energy fluctuations of the ninth level of Qi Refining rapidly subsided and were sealed into the seventy-two hidden meridians and three hundred and sixty-five acupoints.

The external gas generator came to a steady stop on the third floor of the gas refining system.

Business as usual.

at the same time

Danbao Pavilion, second floor.

The maid Xiaoyu quickly walked up the wooden stairs, stood beside Li Yang, and presented a letter with both hands.

"Manager, we've found it."

Li Yang took the letter and probed it with her divine sense.

The message is very short.

Lin Yuan. A menial outer sect disciple. He joined ten years ago. He possesses a low-grade spiritual root. His registered cultivation level is Qi Refining Level Two. He is responsible for planting in the spiritual fields. He has no social record and exhibits no unusual behavior. He is virtually invisible among the outer sect disciples.

Li Yang put the letter down.

Ten years. Low-grade spiritual root. Second level of Qi Refining. Farming.

It was as clean as a blank sheet of paper.

She picked up the teacup, her slender fingers unconsciously stroking the inside of the cup.

Yet, this blank sheet of paper, within just a few days, saw its cultivation level rise from the fifth level of Qi Refining to at least the seventh level. It possesses a discerning eye for talent that surpasses even many inner disciples.

Behind them stood a mysterious alchemist who could mass-produce top-grade Qi Gathering Pills.

The cleaner the resume, the deeper the water behind it.

Li Yang put down her teacup, a smile playing on her lips.

"No need to investigate further. The blanker the paper, the more it proves that someone has cleaned it up for him."

Li Yang leaned back on the soft couch, her bright red dress dazzlingly bright in the moonlight.

"interesting."

……

The genius was just beginning to emerge.

Lin Yuan squatted by the spirit field, watching the Tranquil Grass sway in the wind, seemingly very satisfied with the new fertilizer from last night.

"It's growing well; it was worth adding some high-quality human fertilizer for you in the middle of the night."

Lin Yuan brushed the dust off his hands and looked at the Tranquil Grass, which was looking particularly vibrant thanks to the new fertilizer, while his mind was racing.

Jiang Huaiyue's lackey is dead, and his body has turned to ashes, but this is just a delaying tactic.

A living person disappearing into thin air will inevitably be investigated sooner or later.

He needed to coordinate his statements with Lin Feilu as soon as possible, and at the same time—while this news was still fresh, it was a perfect excuse to extort money from her. Lin

Yuan changed into a black robe and mask, then transformed into a streak of light.

After a short while, at the northern foot of the inner gate.

A crack appeared in the stone door of Lin Feilu's cave.

She took the Qi-restoring pill last night, and her complexion was much rosier than before. Her breathing was also more stable, so it seems that the pill was working well.

What are you doing here?

Without saying a word, Lin Yuan squeezed into the door and sealed the stone door shut with his backhand.

"Something's happened." He lowered his voice considerably. "Jiang Huaiyue's people have found my cave. They're at the peak of the ninth level of Qi Refining. They immediately asked me what I was doing there in the middle of the night."

Lin Feilu's pupils contracted sharply.

"It took me a lot of effort to kill him." Lin Yuan spread his hands and sighed, "Senior sister, I almost lost my life there."

Lin Feilu stared intently at him.

Even a fool could tell what this sixth brother was up to! Pretending to be a victim? He was just trying to extort money from her!

"Say it, what do you want?" she squeezed out through gritted teeth.

Lin Yuan removed his mask, revealing a handsome face that still held a hint of vulnerability despite having survived a near-death experience: "Senior Sister, I was greatly frightened, and my Dao heart is unstable. I need Senior Sister's company and a deep conversation to calm my wounded and pure heart. Otherwise, if Jiang Huaiyue asks about it tomorrow, I might be so scared that I blurt out everything about us."

"You're dreaming!"

"Alright, if Jiang Huaiyue discovers the spy is dead, dig deeper into our relationship, and also into Senior Sister Wen's Soul Devouring Technique..."

"Shut up!"

The cave was deathly silent.

Lin Feilu's chest heaved violently, her eyes filled with humiliation. She closed her eyes and turned to walk towards the jade screen.

"Get in here."

……

An hour later, Lin Yuan emerged from Lin Feilu's cave.

Looking at the golden words that appeared before his eyes, he couldn't help but let his lips curl into a wild smile.

Available attribute points: 1088