Qing Tan's cold energy was getting more and more severe, causing the two of them to spend more and more time in the Alchemy Furnace.
The prolonged intimate contact also invisibly increased their feelings for each other. It could be said that if Lin Dong wasn't around, Lin Yun and Qing Tan were like a close-knit young couple.
As the cold energy intensified, the Yin Pearls refined by Red Spirit using the cold energy also increased.
However, Lin Yun had the Innate Yin Sha Qi rewarded by the system, which had an even better effect than Qing Tan's cold energy. This meant that the Yin Pearls were no longer very effective for Lin Yun.
As for Qing Tan, she herself had excessive cold energy and couldn't use the Yin Pearls at all.
After much thought, they decided to give the extra Yin Pearls to Lin Dong.
Their current relationship was only missing the secret of the cheat, everything else was known inside and out.
Especially Lin Yun's understanding of Lin Dong, it was probably more thorough than Lin Dong's own understanding.
Coupled with Qing Tan's sake, there was an invisible layer of closer relationship between Lin Yun and Lin Dong.
Although Lin Yun and Qing Tan hadn't officially announced their relationship yet, his parents had tacitly approved of it.
Besides being Lin Yun's cousin, Lin Dong might also be his future brother-in-law!
An hour later, Lin Yun and Qing Tan came out.
"Brother Lin Yun, how is Qing Tan's cold energy now?"
"Do you know the reason for her cold energy?"
"Is there any way to cure it?"
Seeing the two come out, Lin Dong immediately went over and asked with concern.
He had been waiting outside until his legs were numb! "Don't worry, Qing Tan's cold energy isn't necessarily a bad thing. Haven't you noticed that Qing Tan's cultivation speed is actually not much worse than yours? This is the benefit brought by her Physique."
"As for a cure, there should be a way, but I haven't figured it out yet."
Lin Yun supported Qing Tan and slowly answered Lin Dong's questions.
After speaking, he pulled Lin Dong aside and said, "Oh right, let me show you a treasure!"
"What treasure?" Lin Dong was puzzled.
Lin Yun opened his palm, revealing seven ice-white Yin Pearls.
"Yin... What is this?" Lin Dong quickly changed his words.
Little rascal, you can really act... Lin Yun looked at Lin Dong's feigned composure and found it a bit amusing. Perhaps this was the pleasure of having a God's perspective. No matter how Lin Dong tried to hide it, nothing could escape his eyes. "These are 'Yin Pearls' condensed from the cold energy within Qing Tan's body. They are a very strong Innate Yin Sha Qi. I've tried them, and they are very useful for cultivation in the Earthly Yuan Realm. Here, take them."
Lin Yun specifically emphasized "Yin Pearls," which was the name Lin Dong himself had given them.
"So many?" Lin Dong was slightly surprised... Brother Lin Yun wouldn't forcibly absorb the cold energy from Qing Tan's body just to get a large number of Yin Pearls, would he?
When he used the Stone Talisman to help Qing Tan before, only three or four pearls were condensed from the cold energy at a time.
"There weren't this many originally, there were only three to five before, but Qing Tan's cold energy is getting stronger and stronger, and the number of condensed Yin Pearls is also increasing accordingly." Lin Yun specifically explained, to avoid Lin Dong having other thoughts.
Although Lin Dong didn't take Qing Tan as his wife in the original work, he always treated her as a sister, and his care for her never diminished.
"Brother Lin Yun, how did you do it? How can you condense cold energy into Yin Pearls?" Lin Dong couldn't help but ask curiously, even subconsciously looking at Lin Yun's palm.
Condensing Yin Pearls, wasn't this the same as his Stone Talisman?
Could it be that there is more than one Stone Talisman, and Lin Yun also obtained one? Lin Dong couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
"Little brother Lin Dong, this concerns my secret. I've already told you enough, and it's only because I trust you that I'm willing to share the Yin Pearls with you. I hope you won't tell anyone else." Lin Yun gave the Yin Pearls to Lin Dong and said somewhat coldly.
He was intentionally giving Lin Dong a warning not to keep asking about his secrets.
If he wanted to know his secrets, he had to exchange them with his own secrets!
He still had a mission to subdue Lin Dong, which he hadn't completed yet. To succeed, he probably needed Lin Dong to be completely unguarded against him and willing to reveal the existence of the Ancestral Stone to him.
Lin Yun wanted to pry open Lin Dong's heart step by step.
"Yes, thank you, Brother Lin Yun!"
Lin Dong held the Yin Pearls, feeling a little guilty.
He had never revealed his secret to Lin Yun, but Lin Yun, in order to help Qing Tan, was not only willing to reveal that he had a treasure but also willing to share the Yin Pearls with him. Lin Yun could have completely kept them for himself.
Yet he himself was always probing and never sharing.
Compared to him, Lin Yun's Charm was too great.
He really is, I... Lin Dong felt a lot of emotion inside.
Seeing Lin Dong's moved and guilty look, Lin Yun secretly felt smug... My foolish little brother, think carefully about how good I am to you. Try to understand as soon as possible and be honest with me, your brother! That night, Lin Dong took the Yin Pearls and cultivated.
"These Yin Pearls are a bit different... Hiss, they are actually easier to absorb than the Yin Pearls refined by the Stone Talisman."
Feeling the effect of the Yin Pearls, Lin Dong was secretly shocked.
The Yin Pearls provided by Lin Yun were much better than the Yin Pearls he had obtained from the Stone Talisman before.
This couldn't help but make Lin Dong even more curious... Perhaps Brother Lin Yun's treasure is even more powerful than the Stone Talisman!
...
In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed since the end of the Hunting Tournament.
On this day, a powerful Origin Power fluctuation suddenly erupted from Lin Yun's room, indicating a breakthrough.
Earthly Yuan Realm Late Stage, he broke through!
[Task: Break through to Earthly Yuan Realm Late Stage. Reward: Physique +2, Root Bone +2. Completed, claim?]
"Claim!"
[Physique 20 (One in a Hundred) -> 22 (One in a Hundred)]
[Root Bone 29 (One in a Hundred) -> 31 (One in a Thousand)]
With this attribute increase, Lin Yun felt the changes in his body were slightly more noticeable.
His Physique was only 17 before, but in just over two months, he cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art to the third layer, gaining +3 Physique. This time, breaking through to the Earthly Yuan Realm, he gained another +2, reaching 22.
His Root Bone went from one in a hundred to one in a thousand, a qualitative leap.
Besides the realm breakthrough, Lin Yun didn't neglect his martial arts.
He successfully maxed out two second-grade martial arts and two third-grade martial arts.
His talents improved significantly.
Fist Technique Talent (Intermediate +2).
Palm Technique Talent (Intermediate).
Movement Technique Talent (Intermediate +1).
He also gained the Pure Yuan Finger, a fourth-grade martial art, which Lin Yun also cultivated to perfection, receiving the reward "Beginner Finger Technique Talent."
With talents in fist, palm, and finger techniques, Lin Yun's hands were now very agile.
As for the Mystic Gate Seal, Lin Yun successfully learned the first to fourth layers, reaching Great Accomplishment overall.
The progress of the Mystic Gate Seal was relatively slow. After all, it was a fifth-grade martial art, difficult to cultivate and extremely demanding on Origin Power.
Furthermore, Lin Yun did not cultivate the Lin Clan's core cultivation method, the Azure Yuan Art. The Azure Yuan Art could only open four meridians, which was truly meager, and these four meridians were already covered by the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.
In comparison, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art truly lived up to its name as a top-tier cultivation method, capable of opening hundreds of meridians and various acupoints, connecting all parts of the body.
During this time, Lin Yun also visited the Underground Exchange several times, exchanging for many spiritual herbs, ranging from first to fourth grade.
The low-grade spiritual herbs were mainly prepared for the three little ones.
Under Lin Yun's lavish nurturing, the three little ones progressed rapidly, already as big as young calves.
Little Fire and Little Yan reached the Body Tempering fifth layer.
And Little Flame was even comparable to the Body Tempering sixth layer.
The reason Little Flame was a step ahead wasn't due to its mutated bloodline; its body hadn't fully matured yet, and the effect of its bloodline hadn't become prominent. It was mainly due to Lin Dong's favoritism, secretly feeding it a lot of Stone Talisman Spiritual Liquid.
Stone Talisman Spiritual Liquid had a very good body-building effect on people and demonic beasts in the early stages of cultivation.
Not just the three little ones, but Mama Tiger Heroine also made progress, now comparable to the Heavenly Yuan Realm Middle Stage.
The Fire Python Tiger was just a Heavenly Yuan Realm demonic beast. It was very difficult to break through further after reaching the Heavenly Yuan Realm. Without Lin Yun's help, it would probably take Tiger Heroine several decades to break through from the Heavenly Yuan Realm Early Stage to the Middle Stage.
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