Chapter 55: Han Xue's Resentment

  It's been over a month since Han Xue's failed attempt to capture the infant, and Tian Hanfeng has been listed as a forbidden area. Lin Tianyang wanted to find Leng Yue but had no way of approaching that place, so he could only come to his own chosen cave dwelling and temporarily settle down.

  These days, Lin Tianyang found Fang Jin whose cultivation had reached the 11th layer of Qi Refining. Fang Jin was envious when he saw that Lin Tianyang had already established his foundation.

  Lin Tianyang learned that Leng Qingfeng was also at the foundation building stage a year ago, and gave Fang Jin a foundation building pill, believing that when his cultivation is a bit higher, combined with the foundation building pill given by the sect to inner disciples, he should be able to successfully build his foundation.

  After returning to his own cave, Lin Tianyang didn't start cultivating immediately because he had something on his mind. Instead, he took out the few manuals of techniques he obtained from the Hidden Classics Pavilion and began studying them himself.

  There were things he didn't understand, so Lin Tianyang came to the Tongtian Tower again to ask the Tongtian Daoist, but this old Daoist refused to answer anything that wasn't obtained within the Tongtian Tower. Even if Lin Tianyang was willing to give him spirit stones, he still wouldn't do it.

  Lin Tianyang had no choice but to ponder on his own, and when he really couldn't figure it out, he ran to the Scripture Pavilion to browse through the classics.

  Yin Cui Mountain was a mountain peak located southeast of Tian Ce Peak, with relatively ordinary spiritual energy. At the foot of the mountain, in a spiritual spring, a seven-colored small snake was playing with a man in his early twenties in the spring water.

  The man in the spiritual spring was naturally Lin Tianyang, who was now lying quietly in the spiritual spring with his upper body exposed. 'Little Cai' was very mischievous and swam around Lin Tianyang, looking very lively.

  Today is Lin Tianyang's first attempt to cultivate the Hundred Refining Golden Body Technique, because cultivating in the Spiritual Spring is beneficial to the body, so Lin Tianyang specially ran here.

  Before practicing, Lin Tianyang knew that cultivating the Body Refining Technique was extremely painful, especially when first using the technique, it was even more unbearable. But only after actually practicing did he realize just how strong this pain was.

  At this time, Lin Tianyang felt that all the bones in his body were about to collapse, and every muscle on his body was aching. Wanting to move even a little bit was an extremely painful thing. Just at this moment, a transmission talisman flew in. It turned out that Leng Qingfeng had arrived.

  Lin Tianyang let out a sigh, enduring the ache all over his body as he flew to the outside of the Spiritual Spring. 'Little Cai' was once again unwillingly put back into the Spiritual Beast Bag by Lin Tianyang.

  "Lin Shidi, are you injured?" Seeing Lin Tianyang's exhausted face, Leng Qingfeng was somewhat surprised.

  Lin Tianyang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No!" Then he changed the subject and asked: "How did Master come here?"

  Leng Qingfeng heard that he was not injured, and also relaxed a lot. He smiled and said: "After Tian Hanfeng's ban was lifted, I originally came to find Fang Jin, but from his mouth, I knew you had also built the foundation, so I came to take a look!"

  Lin Tianyang asked Leng Qingfeng to sit down, then a monkey-shaped puppet brought up a cup of spiritual tea. Leng Qingfeng looked at the puppet with some surprise and exclaimed: "Brother Lin still knows puppetry?"

  Lin Tianyang slightly shook his head and said, "This thing was also obtained unexpectedly. I still have a few on hand. If you need it, Brother Shixiong, I'll give you one." As he spoke, Lin Tianyang patted his storage bag, and another monkey-type puppet appeared in front of Leng Qingfeng.

  Leng Qingfeng looked at him curiously and followed with a smile: "Since Lin Shidi is so generous, I won't be polite either!"

  When he saw him pick up the puppet, Lin Tianyang smiled and asked: "Leng Shixiong, I don't know if you've seen your aunt recently?"

  Leng Qingfeng shook his head and said, "After Tian Hanfeng was unsealed, I originally wanted to go see my aunt, but now she's with her master, Senior Han. However, Senior Han's cave is still closed off, not even a transmission talisman can get in. It seems that Senior Han must have been severely injured from the failed attempt at forming his Nascent Soul and needs quiet recuperation."

  Lin Tianyang nodded slightly and said, "It's probably so. On the day when the heavenly phenomenon of the infant's knot appeared, I was also near Tian Han Peak. I saw the final scene where he failed to achieve his goal due to a slight mistake. It seems that without two or three years' time, his injuries won't recover!"

  Two people were chatting casually, meanwhile, at this moment in the Han Xue's mansion, a figure in black was staring angrily at Leng Yue. Leng Yue didn't dare to look up at her master with even one glance, feeling that if she made eye contact, her gaze would be frozen by Han Xue's eyes.

  "Why aren't you speaking? Since you won't say anything, I'll ask you, what's the relationship between you and that Lin surname monk?"

  Leng Yue's heart trembled as she heard her master's urgent questioning, and she pleaded bitterly: "Master, Lin Tianyang is not the kind of person you think he is. When we faced a strong enemy before, he was willing to sacrifice his life to help me escape. Why won't you let me interact with him?"

  When Han Xue heard Leng Yue questioning her decision, a sense of resentment rose up in her heart, as if Lin Tianyang had wronged her. She gritted her teeth and said, "Master has seen more people than you can imagine, and that Lin person did what he did out of helplessness, it only shows that he is skilled at calculating, even if it means death, he wants to get the maximum benefit. If the situation were different one day, who knows, he might not hesitate to sacrifice you!"

  "Master, how can you say such a thing?" Leng Yue felt a chill in her heart when she heard that Master had thought of Lin Tianyang in this way.

  "This is for your own good, I don't want you to regret it later. As a teacher, I was deceived by someone in the past and it led to my family being destroyed. I don't want you to make the same mistake!" Han Xue's tone remained icy cold.

  "Master, Lin Tian is not the kind of person you said he was. Master, why won't you give us a chance?" Leng Yue suddenly knelt down in front of Han Xue and begged bitterly.

  Han Xue looked at Leng Yue's heartbroken appearance and thought of her former self, who was determined and calm in the face of adversity. She had even given up two core disciples with Ice Spirit Roots to take Leng Yue as her own disciple. But now, for the sake of personal feelings, she had become like this. Han Xue felt even more displeased, but it seemed that pressuring her would only have the opposite effect. Taking a deep breath, she said: "Leng Yue, you are already in the late stage of foundation building. In the future, your chances of condensing a Golden Dan are extremely high. If that Lin person can also successfully form a dan, I can consider testing him. However, before that, I hope you can maintain an ordinary relationship with him as fellow disciples. Can't you do that?"

  As soon as she heard Master's hint of loosening his mouth, Cold Moon was overjoyed and immediately nodded repeatedly: "Thank you, Master, for your kindness!"

  Han Xue saw Leng Yue's delighted expression, but in her heart, she had an inexplicable feeling, and towards Lin Tianyang, whom she had never met before, she couldn't help but add two more points of hatred. She coldly said to Leng Yue: "You shouldn't be too happy yet, you're not allowed to leave the cave until you've condensed your Golden Elixir!"

  Leng Yue didn't expect Master to give such an order, but since Master had already agreed to test Lin Tianyang, it was probably her greatest concession. Thinking of this, Leng Yue also didn't dare to provoke her further, so she could only agree for the time being.

  Lin Tianyang would never have imagined that even if he kept a low profile, he would still be remembered and hated by a cultivator who had already reached the False Infant Realm.

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