After returning to his cave dwelling, Ye Lin stretched deeply.
It was currently a bright, sunny noon outside. As a gentle breeze brushed against his face, much of the mental fatigue from his more than two months of bitter cultivation dissipated.
Speaking of which, he had been at the academy for so long, yet he had not attended a single lecture, nor had he truly experienced or tasted the leisurely cultivation life of the academy.
“Sigh, you win some, you lose some. My path is destined to be a speedrun. If I get too deeply involved with the people and matters in the academy, those things will only become a drag on my path forward.”
“There is nothing wrong with clearing this cultivation world all by myself.”
Staring blankly at the sky for a moment, Ye Lin shook his head and walked out of the cave dwelling's courtyard.
With his growth rate, he would not be able to stay in this Tianyuan Cultivation Academy for long anyway, so there was no need to bring unnecessary worries upon himself.
After leaving the Inner Academy, he immediately summoned Jiang Qianyue, Ji Qianxing, and the others.
After a brief conversation, he learned that he had already been away from the Tianyuan Dynasty for ten days.
Yet, his trip to the Thunder Ancestor Hall had clearly felt like less than half an hour to him. It seemed this was because the flow of time in the Immortal Realm was different from that of the Tianyuan Continent.
Not dwelling too much on this issue, he initially wanted to directly take Jiang Qianyue, Ji Qianxing, Nangong Tian, and the others to begin sweeping through all the evil spirits within the Tianyuan Dynasty.
After all, with the six Golden Core Stage evil spirits like Ziqing and Chiyue leading the way, he did not even need to get detailed information from the Demon Suppressing Division to find the evil spirits' nests.
As a side note, Ziqing and the others originally only had five evil Venerables. The other one was the giant octopus he had killed during the newcomer trial, making it a total of six evil Venerables now.
Ye Lin was about to leave with his subordinates when Nangong Tian, the ancestor of the royal family, sent him a message. They had suppressed an evil Venerable who had come to negotiate terms with the royal family.
It was none other than Venerable Tianku, who was still active to this day—the very skull who had collaborated with the Second Prince back then.
It was no exaggeration to say that Venerable Tianku was the one solely responsible for Ye Lin being targeted by the royal family, clashing with the Chu family, and even attracting the greed of Ji Wuyan, Ji Qianxing, and others from the Ji family.
Without him, Ye Lin would at most be a slightly famous academy genius right now. He would never have become the universally acknowledged number one of the younger generation in the Tianyuan Dynasty, a peak figure who could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with any veteran powerhouse.
To thank him for contributing so much, Ye Lin unsheathed the Sword of Original Sin without the slightest hesitation.
“Big boss, don't kill me! Give me a way to live! I can swear allegiance to you, and I am willing to give you all my resources! I can even lead you to the place where True Monarch Queyue is sealed and help you obliterate him!”
“I only beg you to spare my life!”
The moment Venerable Tianku, who had transformed into a red-haired youth, saw Ye Lin, he begged for mercy in a humble tone, showing unprecedented sincerity.
Unfortunately, Ye Lin was not one to be soft-hearted. With a single slash, he directly obliterated Venerable Tianku's body and soul.
【Ding! You have slain the unforgivable Venerable Tianku. You have obtained 3,200 years of other-race lifespan, your Luck Value has increased by 200 points, and you have picked up the talent 'Soul Devouring.'】
【You have accumulated one strand of the Power of Sin, and you have accumulated 10 points of the Power of Heaven's Punishment...】
As soon as Venerable Tianku died, the game prompt sounded in Ye Lin's ears.
“Subordinate Tianku pays respects to the Burial Lord! Thank you, Lord Burial Lord, for granting me an undying body, allowing me to escape the sea of bitterness and achieve eternal life.”
“This subordinate will follow Lord Burial Lord for all eternity.”
Just as the game notification finished, Venerable Tianku was revived by Ye Lin using the 【Lord of Reincarnation】 trait.
“Alright. Jiang Qianyue will be responsible for carrying the flying vessel, Ziqing will guide the way, and everyone else will return to the Undying Burial Ground to wait.”
“When I need you to fight, I will let you out.”
After quickly issuing his commands, Ye Lin waved his hand and sent Venerable Tianku, Nangong Tian, Ji Qianxing, and the others into the Undying Burial Ground.
Then, he took out a high-grade flying vessel from his storage ring. He and Ziqing sat down on the vessel, while Jiang Qianyue, a Soul Separation Stage mighty figure, carried the flying vessel and dashed out of Tianqi City.
After all, the flight speed of a high-grade flying vessel was only comparable to the Nascent Soul Stage. Having Jiang Qianyue carry the flying vessel and run was naturally much faster.
On the deck of the flying vessel, Ye Lin originally wanted to find a place to sit cross-legged.
To his surprise, the beautiful woman Ziqing waved her jade-like hand and thoughtfully prepared a comfortable rocking chair for him.
Not only that, but while pointing out the direction, Ziqing also took out a teapot and brewed hot tea for Ye Lin.
Seeing this, Ye Lin could not help but daze for a moment. This feeling reminded him of his time as a young master back on the Blue Planet, being served by the maids at home.
“You make a very good little housekeeper. I'll be the first to raise your cultivation level in the future.”
Taking the hot tea and sipping it gently, Ye Lin cast a satisfied glance at Ziqing.
Then, he leisurely lay back on the rocking chair.
“These are all things a subordinate should do. As long as Lord Burial Lord is satisfied, that is all that matters.”
Hearing that her master was actually going to be the first to raise her cultivation, Ziqing felt incredibly delighted. It had not been in vain for her to specially seek out members of the royal family over the past few days to learn various ways of serving people.
Afterward, she spoke no further, but walked over to the rocking chair and began to massage Ye Lin's shoulders.
Jiang Qianyue, who was carrying the flying vessel and flying at extreme speed, caught sight of this and could not help but wonder if she should also learn from Ziqing to curry favor with the Burial Lord.
After all, although they could continue to cultivate using their own talents after entering the burial ground, how could bitter cultivation ever compare to the rapid advancement granted by the Burial Lord's rewards?
“I have plenty of opportunities. The Burial Lord is, after all, a human. Inside the Cultivation Academy, evil spirits cannot show themselves, but I can serve the Burial Lord tea and water.”
After making a quiet decision in her heart, Jiang Qianyue focused entirely on traveling.
A quarter of an hour later, they arrived at the first evil spirit gathering point. For this kind of gathering point that did not even have a Golden Core Stage expert, Ye Lin simply drew the Sword of Original Sin and slashed down.
“Rumble!”
A sword qi that seemed capable of splitting the heavens swept down. Before the hundreds of evil spirits could even realize what was happening, they were instantly turned into blood mist.
Then, game prompts rang out one after another in his ears.
His other-race lifespan, talents, Luck Value, Power of Heaven's Punishment, and Power of Sin all experienced a surge.
In fact, the reason he acted personally was still to accumulate the Power of Sin.
After all, although his Sword of Original Sin was a Rule-grade weapon with invincible armor penetration, its attack power grew alongside him, starting from the lowest level and upgrading upward.
Through his various recent exploits, having killed so many evil spirits and powerhouses, the grade of the Sword of Original Sin had already reached Earth-grade.
Once he wiped out all the evil spirits in the Tianyuan Dynasty this time, the Sword of Original Sin would likely have enough to upgrade to Heaven-grade.
After clearing the first gathering of evil spirits, Ye Lin had Jiang Qianyue continue carrying the flying vessel to rush to the next gathering point.
The second location, completely wiped out with a single slash!
The third location had a Golden Core Stage expert, but it was still completely wiped out with a single slash!
The fourth location, the fifth location...
Over the entire following day, Ye Lin directly initiated the hunt, slaughtering from the east to the west, and from the west to the south...
Wherever he passed, evil spirits were completely annihilated, the demonic chaos dissipated, the common people were filled with immense gratitude, and the noble families sighed with endless emotion...
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