Chapter Fifty-two to Sixty-one (Condensed Version)

  As he spoke, he turned and left.

  Wang Lin hesitated for a moment, thinking of Si Tu Nan saying he had already reached the 14th layer of Qi Condensation, and his heart involuntarily calmed down. He followed along, wanting to see what Sun Da Zhu was going to do.

  Sun Dazhu didn't go anywhere else, but instead headed towards the medicine courtyard. Before long, he arrived at the courtyard and pushed open the door to enter.

  Wang Lin's expression remained unchanged, his eyes calm and serene, he pondered for a moment before following inside.

  Sun Dazhu entered the yard, pointing to a cup of tea on the stone table, and said slowly: "Disciple, drink it! This is the spiritual medicine prepared by your master for you. After drinking it, pack up your luggage and follow me to leave Hengyue Sect."

  Wang Lin looked at the teacup for a moment without saying anything.

  Sun Dazhu furrowed his brow, picked up the teacup and personally handed it to Wang Lin, saying: "This Hengyue Sect is unbearable, humph, when the founder of Xuan Dao Zong arrives, everyone will have to flee for their lives."

  Wang Lin did not take the teacup, his divine sense swept across and found that it indeed contained spiritual energy. He said, "The disciple is not thirsty, so this tea will not be drunk."

  Sun Dazhu's eyes flashed a cold light as he said, "Drink it, don't force Master to take action!"

  Wang Lin fell silent, his left hand took over the teacup, and he glanced at Sun Dazhu. He remembered that Situ Nan had said that he had already condensed his Qi to the 14th layer. His right hand secretly pinched a technique in his sleeve, and the power of the technique suddenly surged forth, transforming into a large hand that swiftly descended from the sky and grabbed Sun Dazhu.

  Sun Dazhu's expression stiffened, but he immediately struggled to get up. No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't break free. Gradually, a hint of horror appeared in his eyes: "This... what kind of magic is this?!"

  Wang Lin didn't say a word, but instead walked up to Sun Dazhu's side. His eyes gleamed as he lightly patted Sun Dazhu's chest, and instantly Sun Dazhu opened his mouth subconsciously. Wang Lin poured tea water from his right hand, all of which fell into the other person's mouth.

  Sun Dazhu's face changed greatly, with a hint of ferocity, and he hastily said in a stern tone: "Wang Lin, what are you doing? Do you want to kill your master and destroy your ancestors? If you kill me, the Hengyue Sect will not let you off. I'm telling you, the Master asked me to go over there for a moment, if I don't go, he'll definitely send someone to summon you!"

  Wang Lin didn't say a word, his divine sense swept across, and the tea water in Sun Dazhu's body had already dissolved completely. A silver thread-like object was moving along his blood vessels, heading towards his head.

  Sun Dazhu also felt something was wrong, just about to speak, but it was too late, the linear object had already drilled into his brain, in an instant, his ferocious expression slowly relaxed, and finally calmed down.

  Wang Lin stared at Sun Dazhu and immediately felt that something was off. The other's eyes were clearly somewhat dull.

  He hesitated for a moment, then said: "Master, I didn't want to kill you or destroy our lineage. It was you who first had ill intentions towards me. This tea, if I really drink it, I'm afraid I will fall into your trap."

  Sun Dazhu's expression was stiff and he suddenly said: "The tea water can't be drunk."

  Wang Lin was taken aback and carefully sized up Sun Dazhu for a long time before suddenly asking: "Why can't you drink?"

  "There are three dead leeches in the tea water." Sun Dazhu said with a numb expression.

  Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he asked: "What is the effect of these three corpse line worms?"

  "Temporary control over all of one's actions is one of the necessities for refining a puppet."

  Wang Lin's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent as he calmly said, "Why should I take it."

  "Ever since I discovered you had a spiritual gourd, I've been suspicious of you in my heart. So I took you as my disciple, originally planning to use the Soul Searching Technique on you after you reached the first layer of Qi Condensation. But because I previously gave you the Spirit Transformation Grass, I felt that it would be impossible for you to reach the first layer within ten years, so I put this matter aside. However, unexpectedly your cultivation has now reached the third layer, and currently the Hengyue Sect is facing a great calamity. My own cultivation is too low, so before I leave, I want to see if there are any secrets on you, which is why I prepared this cup of tea for you."

  Wang Lin took a deep breath and asked, "What is the Huā Líng Cǎo? Have you told anyone else about my affairs? And what about these three Corpse Winding Grasses, why didn't you use them on me back then?"

  "Huā Líng Cǎo is a must-have when dispersing one's powers, its function is to disperse the spiritual energy within the body. As for your matter, I haven't mentioned it to others, previously because I was afraid that people would snatch the gourd from me, later on because things were too sudden, if I were to say something, there wouldn't be any benefits for myself, so it's better to take action myself."

  "These three Corpse Withering Grass, I didn't have them at first, but I got them last year when I went down the mountain. I exchanged them with a fellow Taoist for some stolen sect scriptures. That fellow said that during the foundation-building period, the success rate is 100%, and this grass has no color or smell, so it's not easy to detect. I originally planned to use it on my three Shifu's nephews to make some Cang Hai Dan."

  Wang Lin's anger burned fiercely as he coldly laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid of being discovered by me?"

  "To get the secrets from you, I can no longer be too concerned about anything else. I'm already old, if there's still no progress, this life will have no foundation."

  Wang Lin's eyes flashed with a cold light, his voice icy as he said, "You just said the sect leader is looking for you, is this true?"

  "No."

  As soon as Sun Dazhu finished speaking, Wang Lin's eyes flashed, and he slapped his palm on Sun's head. Instantly, Sun's body convulsed, and he fell to the ground with blood flowing from his seven orifices.

  Wang Lin stared blankly at Sun Dazhu's corpse, with an inexplicable feeling in his heart. This was the first time he had killed someone, and it was his own master.

  After a long silence, Wang Lin picked up Sun Dazhu's corpse and walked out of the Hengyue Sect with a downcast expression. He found a mountain stream and threw the body in. As for Sun Dazhu's storage bag, he kept it for himself, as there were still some good things inside.

  After returning to his room, Wang Lin sat cross-legged on the bed, his divine sense scanning around the room, leaving a faint mark as a warning. If someone tried to detect him, he would immediately discover it.

  After doing all this, he took out the mysterious bead and fell into contemplation. The mysterious bead had lost all its external characters three days ago, revealing a faint leaf shape.

  Situ Nan said that the water element in the five elements has been completed, and what is needed now is the wood element. Because of this, he repeatedly urged Wang Lin to leave Hengyue Sect and go out to find materials with wood attributes, and quickly supplement the wood attribute of the Tian Ni Pearl.

  Wang Lin had a clear understanding of his own cultivation now, and he knew that he had already reached the 14th layer of the Qi Condensation stage.

  He grasped the bead and entered a dream state. Just as he was about to go in, he quickly put the bead into his inventory bag.

  In the dream space, as soon as Wang Lin appeared, Situ Nan's voice immediately rang out: "Not bad, you have the style of my old self. Wang Lin, remember that the Cultivation Realm is a very cruel place, where the strong prey on the weak. If you still have your former naive mindset, I'm afraid you won't live for long."

  Wang Lin remained silent for a long time before saying, "Senior, shouldn't the next step in our cultivation be to prepare for foundation building? However, I don't know anything about the incantation for foundation building."

  Cai Nan hummed and said, "I know that's all, but this foundation building is truly entering the ranks of immortals, it's very difficult. You'd better find a quiet place to close up, so the chances of success will be much higher. Also, your spiritual spring water and snow water are no longer suitable, at the moment of foundation building, you need a large amount of spiritual energy, you should prepare more dew."

  Wang Lin nodded and said, "This dew is easy to say, but it takes a lot of time."