Chapter 25: Ascetic Cultivation (Seeking Recommendations)

  Tang Lin and his brothers started doing business outside the Gongxian Hall, although they were making a loss, but they enjoyed it, as long as Lu Fengxue and others could eat their fill, how could they not be happy?

  Half-price exchange for Tianling Dan, this made many outer door disciples admire Tang Lin and others with all their might. Tang Lin's relationship in Tiangongmen was also soaring all the way, among these outer door disciples, Tang Lin had become their leader, although this leader's cultivation was not good, but his brain plus that body of courage, was enough to make everyone convinced.

  After more than two hours, the crowd dispersed, leaving only Tang Lin and his brothers, as well as another person. Seeing this man's appearance, Zhan Dapeng was taken aback at first, then nodded to him.

  His name is Xiao Yao, an outer disciple. He was originally a young monk in a temple in the mortal world, but due to a combination of circumstances, he entered the Tianjian Gate. He doesn't like to talk much, and belongs to the kind of person who won't say a word even if you beat him with a stick. However, his cultivation is not low, and he has reached the peak of the fourth layer of Qi training, just like Zhang Dapeng. Usually, no one can see his shadow, and it's unknown where he hides to cultivate, but the impression he gives people is quite good.

  "Carefree Junior Brother, are you also here to exchange for elixirs?" asked Zhan Dapeng.

  "Senior Zhang, I...I don't have any contribution points, I just came to take a look. I heard that recently our sect has a new junior brother with the surname Tang, and I wanted to see for myself!"

  "This is it, this senior brother's name is Xiao Yao? What a great name!"

  Tang Lin came before Xiao Yao with a smiling face, looking very sincere.

  "Haha... I've seen it, Brother Tang is indeed extraordinary! Alright, now that I've met you, I don't have anything else to do. I'll go cultivate!"

  Facing Tang Lin, Xiao Yao appeared very shy, but Tang Lin could see that the bald-headed senior brother in front of him was not a bad person, an honest man.

  "Senior brother, wait a moment. This is ten pieces of Tianling Dan. You take it. Since we're meeting for the first time, I don't have anything good to give you. There are quite a few Tianling Dans, so just accept them!"

  Looking at the Tianling Dan in front of him, Xiao Yao's face was shocked. He had heard rumors about Tang Lin from others, but he had always been half-believing and half-doubting about Tang Lin's character. However, today was their first meeting, and yet the other party had taken out ten Tianling Dans to give to him. This generosity made Xiao Yao feel honored and surprised.

  "Xiao Yao, you take it, it's not easy for one person to cultivate in solitude. I haven't seen you come to the Contribution Hall once in all these years, so you must have your difficulties. Tang Lin may not be great at cultivation, but he's a good person, don't worry!" Zhang Da Peng added.

  "This...this is too valuable, I can't accept it!"

  Xiao Yao pushed Tang Lin's hand away, his face filled with gratitude.

  "Carefree brother, I, Tang Lin, attach the greatest importance to fraternal bonds. I know your character and have also heard about you from Big Peng's mouth. So, I'd like to make friends with you. I think you're worth my effort to befriend!"

  After finishing speaking, she suddenly stuffed the Tianling Dan into Xiao Yao's arms and looked at him with a smiling face.

  "That... I thank you, junior brother. For so many years, I haven't had any friends, and I'm not very talkative either. In the Tianjian Sect, only Zhan Shixiong looks down on me, so I only have him as a friend. Since you, Tang Shidi, don't despise me, I, Xiao Yao, am willing to be brothers with you, through life and death!"

  One sentence made the four of them excited and enthusiastic, especially Tang Lin. Since he was young, he didn't have many friends. After coming to Tianjian Gate, he met Zhang Dapeng and now has another brother, which warmed his heart.

  The four of them returned to Zhang Dapeng's medicine garden, laughing and chatting along the way. This place became their base. Tang Lin specially caught a few big fat fish from the back mountain and had a great time eating with the three of them.

  "I'm saying, now that you have the dan medicine, shouldn't your cultivation be accelerated? With the support of so many dan medicines, your cultivation will quickly improve. In the inner door qualification battle half a year later, all four of us brothers have hope. Although I monopolized the Tianling Dan, Lu Fengxue and his group won't lack dan medicine either. They are still our biggest obstacle to entering the inner door." Zhan Dapeng said.

  "Am I afraid of her? Not even my brother pays attention to me, let alone a little girl like her. But what you said is right, I must quickly improve my cultivation. Starting tomorrow, I'll focus on practicing. You three are already at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and with the help of the Tianling Dan, I believe that in half a year, you will definitely advance to the sixth layer of Qi Refining. At that time, entering the inner sect won't be difficult!"

  The Heaven Spirit Pill was divided up and everyone prepared to start cultivating. Only Zhang Dabiao seemed troubled, a fact that Tang Lin noticed clearly.

  "Da Biao, what's wrong with you? Are you going to get yourself killed? Your face is completely red!"

  "It's hard to say which one... this one..."

  Zhang Dabiao said with an embarrassed expression.

  "Ugh, you're a big man acting like a woman, it's really annoying to look at. If you've got something to say, spit it out!" Zhang Da Peng said with disdain.

  "Uh, the thing is, you two weren't injured last time, were you? I borrowed two Revival Pills from a female disciple, and at the time, we agreed to exchange them for Heavenly Spirit Grass. But since my relationship with that female disciple isn't bad, she lent them to me on credit. Now she's looking for me to return them, but I don't have any... so..."

  "My goodness! Look at your behavior, it's just Tianlingcao, why make a fuss about giving it to her? I'm embarrassed for you!"

  "Biao Ge, I'm guessing your relationship with that young lady is not ordinary. That Yuan Dan is a sacred medicine for healing injuries, its value far exceeds that of the Tian Ling Dan. Such a precious pill she's willing to lend to you, you two..."

  Zhan Da Peng said with a sly smile as he looked at Zhang Da Biao.

  "Go away! It's not what you think, we're innocent!"

  "Really?"

  Three people asked in unison.

  "Of course it's true, I wouldn't cheat you guys!"

  "Alright, here are five stalks of ten-year-old Tianling grass, you quickly take them back to their owner!"

  After receiving the heavenly grass, Zhang Dabiao hehe smiled foolishly and didn't say anything else to his brothers, then ran away in a flash.

  Looking at Zhang Dabiao's silly face, Tang Lin narrowed his eyes and said with a sly smile:

  "There must be something wrong with those two!"

  Zhan Da Peng's expression was the same as Tang Lin's, looking at Zhang Da Biao's back as he walked away, and said:

  "Ah! Brain-damaged children have so much fun!"

  ……

  At this time, Tang Lin was alone in the house, with an unusually depressed expression. Since his return, he had been closed-door cultivation, and had swallowed more than 20 Tianling Dan, but his cultivation had not changed at all, still stuck at the Qi Refining stage. Every time he swallowed a Tianling Dan, before he could even absorb the spiritual energy within it, the red bead in his body would absorb all the spiritual energy from the Tianling Dan, leaving nothing behind for him. This made Tang Lin extremely depressed. However, after absorbing more than 20 Tianling Dans, the red bead in his body had also undergone a transformation.

  At this moment, in Tang Lin's dantian, a bright red bead was slowly rotating. Compared to before, the bead had clearly grown larger by one circle, and its color had changed from deep red to black. Moreover, Tang Lin could even clearly feel that inside this bead, something was moving, just like an egg waiting to hatch.

  "Damn it, what the hell are you? You've eaten so many of my Spirit Dan pills, and although you saved me once, how am I supposed to cultivate with you acting like this? Every time I take a pill, you snatch it, and now you're not even letting me live?"

  Looking at the bead in his body, Tang Lin shook his head helplessly and then steeled himself, saying:

  "You can grab it if you want, but see who grabs it faster, or whether I eat it all first."

  After finishing speaking, he stuffed a handful of Tianling Dan into his mouth and closed his eyes to start cultivating.

  At this time, if there were outsiders present, seeing Tang Lin eating the Heavenly Spirit Dan as rice, they would definitely scold Tang Lin for being a spendthrift. Probably only he dared to do such a thing; if it were someone else, they would have long been burst to death by the vast spiritual energy within the Heavenly Spirit Dan!

  It worked as expected, the bead was still competing with Tang Lin for spiritual energy, but it was no longer as fierce as before, instead it was gentle and elegant, slowly absorbing it. This made things difficult for Tang Lin, who had accumulated a large amount of spiritual energy in his body, filling him up completely. However, Tang Lin's refining speed was limited, and the bead wasn't helping out either. Before, he didn't let it snatch, but now that he wanted it to, it wouldn't work anymore. Moreover, the amount of spiritual energy it absorbed was getting smaller and smaller, looking like it would soon stop working altogether.

  "I'm going to die, you have a grudge against me, this is not good, I've stored so much spiritual energy inside, if I don't release it, I'll die young, you've ruined me."

  At this moment, Tang Lin had no other way but to slowly refine the spiritual energy. His body was inflated like a ball by the spiritual energy, which was still the result of his cultivation of the Divine Movement technique. His physical body was several times stronger than that of an ordinary person; otherwise, he would have been exploded by the spiritual energy long ago!

  Fortunately, the effect of the Tianling Dan is gradually disappearing. If another one comes, Tang Lin will definitely be finished.