Chapter 9: Orange Essence

  "Baby!"

  Ye Lin let out a loud cry and rushed forward in a sprint.

  One day, Ye Lin learned the location of Chi Yang fruit from the old man with a broken arm, and then he entered this ancient forest alone.

  "Xing Tian is coming, but Senior doesn't allow it. It seems that this time should be a test for me from Senior!"

  Originally, Ye Lin decided to enter the depths of Lian Yao Mountain Forest to find the Chi Yang Fruit. After Xing Tian received the news, he naturally wouldn't be at ease and insisted on going with Ye Lin. However, Duan Bi Old Man's face turned dark as he firmly refused to let Xing Tian follow, saying: "If he can't even withstand this test, how can he be worthy of possessing the Zhan Tian Knife?"

  The old man with the broken arm knew the secret of the Heaven-Slaying Sword, and now Ye Lin had obtained the recognition of the Heaven-Slaying Sword and also got the method to cultivate the Thirty-six Heavenly Overturning Swords. It was as if he had fulfilled his promise to that old opponent back then, and could be considered as that old opponent's successor.

  Although they were arch-enemies and fought all their lives, over time, the one-armed old man and his old nemesis developed feelings for each other that grew stronger with each passing day. Their spiritual connection had been forged over many years, and their bond was deep and strong. Naturally, the one-armed old man would not allow his old nemesis's successor to be too weak.

  So when Ye Lin asked him about the Chi Yang fruit, he had already thought of this test in his heart.

  It can be said that Ye Lin's conjecture is very accurate.

  "The senior said that the Chi Yang fruit is a treasure of heaven and earth, with abundant spiritual energy, it will inevitably attract the protection of heavenly spirits. If I want to obtain the Chi Yang fruit, I must defeat the guardian spirit."

  Ye Lin's heart recalled some things that the old man with a broken arm had said to him when he was about to leave, and suddenly his heart felt a bit troubled.

  "With my current strength, if I add the Tianxia Knife Method and the Zhan Tian Knife, I should be able to defeat a Three-Heaven Refining Body cultivator at the Bone Forging stage. But I wonder, what kind of power does this Heaven and Earth treasure's guardian spirit possess?"

  This is normal, as Ye Zhen had just broken through the third layer of the Body Refining Realm, and Ye Lin had just broken through the first layer of the Body Refining Realm, reaching the Angle Skin Realm. Now that his strength has broken through to the Copper Skin Realm of the first layer of the Body Refining Realm, he has even obtained the rare Golden Skin Realm. Not only has his defense greatly increased, but his power has also greatly increased, and compared to many ordinary Bone Forging Realm masters, he is not inferior in the slightest. Furthermore, with the might of the Heaven-Slaying Sword, he can already defeat the vast majority of Body Refining Realm masters. Although there are many geniuses in this world, such as Ye Fan, an emperor-level figure whose strength is beyond the normal realm, however, with the might of the Heavenly Slaughter Sword Technique, Ye Lin is not much different from him.

  It can be said that below the Three Realms of Refining the Body, although Ye Lin's boundary was not high, his strength was absolutely considered to be at the top level.

  "Hmm, that's also a thousand-year-grade spirit medicine, I won't let it go."

  Ye Lin arrived at the Lian Yao Shan Lin, it can be said that he completely returned to his own home. He possessed the magical divine eye, no matter what kind of treasure, as long as it was within three miles of his line of sight, there was simply no way for it to escape his divine eye.

  As soon as he arrived at the Lian Yao Mountain Forest, he opened his eyes and looked around. Ha! He actually saw layer upon layer of spiritual energy, although it couldn't be considered anything too powerful, but the quantity was extremely large.

  For example, now he opens his eyes and looks around, and unexpectedly sees thirteen strands of spiritual energy above the tenth level, and there are even three strands of spiritual energy above the hundredth level. If it were in the past, he would probably be overjoyed, but now, he doesn't even give them a glance.

  No choice, too many treasures, having seen so many, one's vision naturally becomes higher.

  But just now, he looked far away and saw a red aura rising into the sky. Judging from its extent, it's probably already reached the level of over a thousand years.

  "Hey, a spiritual medicine of over a thousand years, I won't let it go."

  You should know that when I first broke through the Tianjiao skin boundary, if it wasn't for Xing Tian entering the deep mountains every year and obtaining a thousand-year-old ginseng and a ten-thousand-year-old He Shou Wu, I'm afraid Ye Lin would have been stuck at the time of his breakthrough due to insufficient spiritual medicine.

  It can be seen that truly top-grade spiritual medicines are extremely precious.

  Roar!!

  Ye Lin had just arrived at the location of Jing Meng, and hadn't even seen the spiritual medicine itself, when a terrifying tiger's roar suddenly echoed through the air. Then, with a gust of wind behind him, a gigantic tiger-headed monster pounced towards Ye Lin.

  Spark.

  Ye Lin's previous life as a generation of Tai Chi masters, at least the fighting consciousness was very strong. Feeling the wind direction behind him, his body lightly flashed to the left, dodging the tiger-headed monster's pounce.

  However, looking at the tiger-headed monster guarding the spiritual medicine tightly and not allowing Ye Lin to move forward, Ye Lin's face didn't look too good.

  "Damn it, this is just a thousand-year-old ginseng, and yet there's a tiger-headed monster guarding it like that. The Chi Yang fruit, which is said to be a treasure of heaven and earth, its guardian spirit must be even more powerful?"

  Ye Lin also saw clearly what the red light in front of him was, it was just a thousand-year-old ginseng, and it wasn't even comparable to the one Xing Tian gave him back then.

  However, the guardian spirit beast of this thousand-year-old ginseng, which is no longer in Yelun's eyes, has a terrifying strength, at least stronger than those who have cultivated their body to the second heaven of the Refining Body realm. Although it still can't compare to the warriors who have reached the third heaven of the Refining Body realm, it is already extremely powerful.

  The biggest problem is that now there are only a thousand people who have participated, and they already possess the Guardian Spirit of the Second Heaven Refining Body. Then, as for the Chi Yang Fruit, which is a treasure of heaven and earth, what kind of existence will its Guardian Spirit be?

  "Not bad, I'd better take this matter seriously. Otherwise, if I were to encounter a freak beast at the fifth or sixth level of Body Refining, wouldn't I be in a desperate situation?"

  Ye Lin was still a self-aware person, he didn't dare to joke about his own life. If it were a fourth-level spiritual object of the Refining Body stage, he could at least put up a fight. But if it really were a fifth or sixth level, or even a seventh or eighth level spiritual object of the Refining Body stage, he was afraid that as soon as he arrived, it would swallow him in one bite.

  "But how am I supposed to try?"

  Before determining the other party's level, Ye Lin didn't dare to approach recklessly, otherwise, he was afraid that once discovered, he wouldn't even have a chance to escape.

  "Hmm, I'll just search for some spiritual medicine that's above the thousand-year grade and see what kind of guardian spirit it has. Generally, what level is it?"

  There's no way to rush towards the target, that's a way of seeking death, Ye Lin wouldn't do that. As for the test of the one-armed old man, it also has many varieties, including bravery, experience, and adaptability in unexpected situations. A true strong person can only be someone who is flexible and adaptable. If a person is too rigid, knowing there's a tiger on the mountain but still insisting on going to the Tiger Mountain, his strength won't last long.

  The old man with one arm's test can also be said to have several possibilities.

  If the guardian spirit of Chi Yang fruit is too strong, then it can only be a test of Ye Lin's ability to adapt to situations. After all, if he wants Ye Lin, a one-realm body-refining cultivator, to challenge a five- or six-realm body-refining cultivator, or even an eight- or nine-realm body-refining cultivator, it would not be a test, but rather seeking death.

  If the guardian spirit of the Red Sun Fruit is a monster that has tempered its body to the third or fourth heavenly realm, and its strength is only slightly stronger than Ye Lin's, but not too far apart, then it can be said that it is testing his combat ability.

  If the guardian spirit of the Red Sun Fruit is a monstrous beast that has cultivated its body to the second or third heavenly layer, and yet still can't compare to Ye Lin's strength, then it can only be testing his courage, seeing if he has the guts to venture into the infamous Lian Yao Mountain Forest alone.

  At this time, Ye Lin was indeed a little afraid of being careless. One carelessness might lead to failure in the test.

  "Hmm, I'll take a closer look at these spiritual objects' guardian beasts then!"

  As he spoke, Ye Lin's claws grasped the tiger-headed monster's forehead and chin, his arms bursting with divine power. "Hah!" With a loud shout, Ye Lin actually tore the tiger head of the tiger-headed monster open from top to bottom.

  Wow!!

  A loud crash, and the entire tiger head was actually torn open by him.

  "Ah, the Heaven-Cleaving Blade is indeed extraordinary. Carrying it on my back can increase pressure according to the limits of my physical body's endurance, keeping my body under immense pressure at all times, and thus constantly cultivating my body."

  Although it was only recently acquired, Ye Lin discovered a special function of the Heaven-Slaying Sword, a presence similar to a gravity domain. It can be said that as long as the Heaven-Slaying Sword is still on Ye Lin's back, it naturally releases a domain, one centered on Ye Lin, with a size that just envelops Ye Lin's entire physical body in a gravitational domain.

  The Heaven-Cleaving Blade weighed 3,333,333 pounds, as long as Ye Lin's physical endurance did not exceed this value, then, as long as Ye Lin still carried the blade on his back, it would naturally release a pressure that pressed down on Ye Lin's body, keeping his flesh constantly under gravitational training. In fact, the Heaven-Cleaving Blade, as a divine sword, could be stored within its master's body and merge with their flesh to become one, but because of this very characteristic, Ye Lin had always carried the Heaven-Cleaving Blade on his back.

  Of course, if Zhantian Dao is held in hand by Ye Lin, that would be another story.

  Similarly, due to this characteristic, Ye Lin just now faced the Tiger-headed Monster and didn't draw his sword because he had already decided that from now on, when facing an opponent, under normal circumstances, he would absolutely not use the Heaven Slashing Sword.

  "Uh-huh, I'll go check out Chi Yang Guo first, and then compare it with other places."

  The spiritual essence of all things in the world has its own unique aura, Ye Lin's magical divine eye can see this aura, so he decided to go and take a look at what level of aura the Chi Yang fruit is, only then can he have a comparable existence.

  Three miles away, looking far into the distance, Ye Lin suddenly felt like he was being pinched by a door panel.

  "Orange, the precision has actually reached orange?"