28: Ancient Altar

Lin Chuan arranged their accommodation and took out a cloth bag, handing it to Li Ergou. "This is 500 Spirit Stones for this month's food expenses. Remember to make a portion for me when you cook!"

Li Ergou took the Spirit Stones and stammered, "Revered Master, the three of us need 500 Spirit Stones for food in one month?"

"Don't talk nonsense, money is no object! Buy whatever is good at the foot of the mountain. If you run out, come ask me for more. Also..." Lin Chuan lowered his voice, "There is someone in the house next to the woods; do not give him anything to eat, no matter what!"

Lin Chuan was naturally referring to Peak Master Di Lan.

"You two wait a moment," Lin Chuan said to them, then turned and ducked into his own dwelling.

Lin Chuan rummaged through his belongings inside his room.

"Strange, where did it go? That old rascal didn't take it to sell for money, did he?" Lin Chuan muttered while searching.

"Haha, found it! Thank goodness it's still here!" Lin Chuan laughed happily, pulling a tattered book from the clutter under his bed. He blew the dust off the cover, tucked it into his robes with satisfaction, and returned to Li Ergou's dwelling.

"Here, take this. This is the introductory Qi Refining manual of the Spirit Realm Sect. Practice according to this, and come ask me if there is anything you don't understand." Lin Chuan handed the book from his robes to Li Ergou.

"Thank you, Revered Master, for bestowing the technique!" Li Ergou hurriedly pulled his sister to kneel down.

Lin Chuan helplessly pulled the two of them up and asked, "Are your parents still alive?"

Hearing this, Li Ergou lowered his head and said softly, "Our parents are all dead. Three years ago, the Demon Race slaughtered our entire village. My sister and I escaped only because we went up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables."

Lin Chuan sighed upon hearing this. Looking at the thin and weak siblings, he asked, "How have you been living since you were brought up the mountain?"

"Although my sister and I have Spiritual Roots, we haven't learned any Spells yet. After coming up the mountain, we did odd jobs. At least we had something to eat; it was much better than begging," Li Ergou quickly replied.

Lin Chuan reached out and grabbed Li Xiaoxiao's arm; it felt like holding a white bone, without any sense of flesh, which made his heart ache a little.

"Ergou, buy more meat over these next few days. First, build up your and your sister's bodies; otherwise, you won't be fit to Cultivate," Lin Chuan instructed.

After giving his instructions to Ergou, Lin Chuan pondered for a moment and continued, "Your secular names are indeed not very pleasant. I will give you new ones, are you willing?"

Li Ergou pulled his sister and said in surprise, "Please bestow names upon us, Revered Master!"

"Your surnames were given by your parents, so I won't change those. From now on, you shall be called Li Siyuan, and your sister shall be called Li Sinian, how is that? As for nicknames, I will still call you Ergou, and your sister Xiaoxiao," Lin Chuan thought for a moment and said.

"Li Siyuan? Li Sinian?" Ergou repeated the names a few times and said happily, "Thank you, Revered Master, for bestowing the names!"

Lin Chuan pulled Xiaoxiao in front of him and asked with a smile, "Do you like the name Li Sinian?"

The little sister finally had a smile on her face at this moment, and she said sweetly, "I like it, thank you, Revered Master."

Lin Chuan smiled with satisfaction and said, "Ergou, just rest and build up your strength these next few days. Once you are healthy, I will take you into the Secret Realm to play."

After bidding farewell to his two little Disciples, Lin Chuan returned to his room and asked, "System, what is the current progress of the task?"

【Current task progress 436,000 / 500,000】

Lin Chuan looked at the prompt on the System panel. He never expected that the 500,000 Spirit Stone task, which had caused him so much distress, would be completed so easily.

It was all thanks to the hundreds of Disciples from the Divine Sword Sect, who had driven many other Sect Disciples to participate in his Dungeon Instance.

Just as Lin Chuan was feeling smug, Peak Master Di Lan was currently in a cave under the cliff behind Tianquan Peak.

"Unexpectedly, this Formation was hidden so secretly, actually hidden within the sheer cliffs!" Peak Master Di Lan muttered to himself while looking at an ancient altar in front of him.

"Hmph, my Demon Race kin were slaughtered in this Southern Territory. I have endured humiliation for twenty years, and finally, there is a reward! Once I figure out the activation method for this ancient Formation, it will be time for my Demon Race army to descend!"

Earth Lan Peak Master thought while walking onto the altar to examine the ancient Formation before him. He was full of joy at this moment, looking at the complex runes on the altar one by one.

If there were any experts from the Southern Territory here, they would surely recognize that those complex runes were the script of the Demon Race.

"So that's how it is! So that's how it is! Hahahaha!" Earth Lan Peak Master looked at the text on the altar and laughed maniacally.

"It turns out that only a blood sacrifice is needed to open the Formation and open the barrier between the two realms!"

Earth Lan Peak Master laughed maniacally, opened his arms, and roared, "Spiritual Void Master, oh Spiritual Void Master, you would never dream that within your Spirit Realm Sect, there is actually a hidden Demon Race teleportation Formation!"

"Haha, the Disciples of your Spirit Realm Sect are the perfect Materials for the blood sacrifice. Don't blame me; once my Demon Lord's army arrives, your Spirit Realm Sect will be our base camp." Earth Lan Peak Master was full of killing intent, his eyes fierce, staring intently at the altar in front of him, wondering what he was planning.

Meanwhile, in the Secret Realm, with the help of the new weapon obtained by Quan Wudi, Xiao Hongyuan and the other three cleared the Vicious Thunder Ruins again without any effort.

Jian Wuxie picked up the armor dropped after the Poison Cat King died with a look of disappointment, depressed, "It's just ordinary heavy armor. I thought something good dropped again."

A Fei laughed, "It's not bad to have it; it adds quite a bit of defense. It's better than getting nothing at all."

Jian Wuxie looked at the claw in Quan Wudi's hand and laughed, "Brother Quan, this weapon is truly powerful. You can kill a Cat Demon in just a few hits."

Quan Wudi laughed arrogantly upon hearing this, "Hahaha, that's natural. This is a Lord Artifact!"

"If this weapon were enhanced again, who knows how powerful it would become? Wouldn't it be one claw, one monster?" Jian Wuxie chuckled.

Quan Wudi's smile froze on his face when he heard Jian Wuxie's words. He now had a shadow over the concept of enhancement. Although he knew Jian Wuxie was right, he instinctively rejected that enhancement machine. If he broke it again after enhancing it, wouldn't he have to go bash his head against a wall?

"Hehe, Brother Quan, don't be afraid. It's fine to enhance it a few times. Didn't Kelli say that only above +10 is there a chance of failure that leads to the weapon breaking?" Xiao Hongyuan said with a light laugh.

"Sigh, I'll consider it again. Let's go back first and ask that Old Blind Man what the deal is with the classes he mentioned mysteriously," Quan Wudi said with a hesitant face.

The four of them left the Dungeon Instance and returned to stand before G.S.D, saying, "Senior, we are back. Now can you tell us about the classes?"