93: A conspiracy is brewing

This was far more Advanced than ordinary Mind Dividing into Three Uses!

Ordinary Mind Dividing into Three Uses meant forcibly splitting one's Mental Energy into several pieces, barely allowing one to do several things at once, but the efficiency was low and prone to errors.

But his method was like directly "growing" three independent "brains" capable of independent processing, equivalent to three people with shared thoughts and tacit understanding working in collaboration!

The efficiency was more than just doubled!

"If I could get a more Advanced Mind Dividing into Two Uses secret technique in the future..."

Just thinking about that scenario made Lin Jingyu's scalp tingle with excitement, and goosebumps broke out all over his body. Wouldn't that be directly Mind Dividing into Six Uses?

With six "brains" operating at once?

That feeling was unimaginable!

This Spirit Refining Art was definitely a Heaven-Defying level Cultivation Technique secret art; it must never be leaked, not even a single bit.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his churning emotions and the urge to howl at the sky, his eyes burning bright, filled with infinite longing for the future.

He sank his Mental Energy into the heavy "brick" Jade Slip, while simultaneously calling up three "Heavenly Books" that every Alchemist must study—

Complete Compendium of Basic Spiritual Plants (Illustrated and Annotated Edition), Ten Basic Fire Control Arts (From Beginner to Master), and Eight Pill Control Arts (From Beginner to Master).

Mind Dividing into Three Uses, full power! Let's get started!

The Complete Compendium of Basic Spiritual Plants was relatively the "simplest," although its content was vast as a sea, filled with illustrations and text, spanning over ten million words.

It recorded the forms, medicinal properties, growth environments, harvesting techniques, preparation methods, compatibility taboos, and identification of common counterfeits for eighteen thousand types of basic Spiritual Plants...

But in front of Lin Jingyu's now monstrous memory, comparable to a human scanner plus a supercomputer, it was simply a piece of cake.

With a thought, the three mental lakes simultaneously shimmered with a faint light.

One of the "mental thoughts" was responsible for visual information processing: the images and textual descriptions of a certain Spiritual Plant in the Jade Slip poured in like a flood, instantly being parsed and understood.

The second "mental thought" was responsible for memory storage: the parsed information was categorized, like the most precise archive, instantly filed and branded deep into his spirit.

The third "mental thought" was responsible for association and comparison: the newly memorized Spiritual Plant information was quickly compared and associated with previously stored data, forming a knowledge network.

In an instant, thousands of words of content and dozens of detailed Spiritual Plant diagrams were like being captured and archived by a high-precision camera.

They were branded into his mind with pinpoint accuracy, clear and detailed, impossible to forget even if he wanted to!

He was now comparable to a scanner.

"Holy crap! Is this what it feels like to be a top student? So satisfying! Absolutely amazing! No wonder simple problems for a Genius can stump countless ordinary people!"

Lin Jingyu shouted wildly in his heart, so excited he almost danced with joy.

No wonder the major Sects and immortal cultivation Families would break their heads trying to recruit Geniuses; this efficiency, this learning speed, this Comprehension Ability in all aspects.

Compared to those mediocre people who hang their hair from the beam and prick their thighs with an awl to stay awake while miserably rote-memorizing, they were simply not in the same dimension!

By comparison, the Fire Control and Pill Control techniques required real, solid practice; they belonged to "hand skills."

Just remembering the theory was useless; he had to practice!

However, with the monstrous blessing of powerful Mental Energy and the "three-core drive," his control over his body had reached an unbelievable level.

Remembering those hand seals as complex as a heavenly book, the routes of Qi circulation, the changes in force and speed, and mastering the ever-changing transitions between them.

Although it still required time and sweat, for him, it was just a matter of time.

He quickly browsed and filtered through the vast sea of Fire Control and Pill Control methods in the Jade Slip.

Finally, he locked onto two techniques: the Five Elements Fire Control Art and the Five Elements Pill Control Art.

The reason was simple: they were steady, balanced, neutral, did not pick Spiritual Root attributes, had extremely strong compatibility, and were perfect for a "wild path" cultivator like him who had no master and relied entirely on his own exploration.

And it was obvious they came from the same great master; perhaps cultivating them together would have unexpected effects.

Each one contained one hundred and thirty-six basic techniques, like strokes in writing.

And combining these basic techniques was like spelling words and forming sentences, with endless variations, sufficient to cope with the ever-changing needs of the Alchemy process.

However, the threshold for a Trainee Alchemist was not ridiculously high; one only needed to master all the basic techniques, plus over two hundred of the most common and core combination techniques, to qualify.

"At most a month's time!"

Lin Jingyu clenched his fist, his confidence exploding like never before.

Becoming a Trainee Alchemist was just around the corner.

He could already see his glorious future, wearing an Alchemist robe and commanding the scene in front of a Pill Furnace!

But now he couldn't wait!

Time waits for no one!

...

The Immovable Wisdom King Art scroll from the Family Head, Lin Lingshan, recorded several types of Medicinal Pills that could be used for cultivation.

The Alchemy steps were not particularly complicated, and the required Materials were not precious; they could be easily gathered at the Southeast Market Town.

Lin Jingyu had previously specifically entrusted his most trusted Uncle Lingkuang to take almost all of his Spirit Stones to the market for procurement; calculating the time now, he should be back.

With his current "divided into three" Mental Energy level, and his micro-level control over his body, he felt his chances of successfully refining these Medicinal Pills were quite high!

If he succeeded, it would not only greatly alleviate the Family Head's injuries, but perhaps... it might even truly help the Family Head Cultivate the embryonic form of the Immovable Wisdom King Body recorded on the animal skin scroll!

Although it was an embryonic form, it could still unleash power equivalent to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer.

It would be enough to play a huge role.

Lin Jingyu ended this deep cultivation, his consciousness slowly returning.

He opened his eyes, a flash of essence passing through them, his entire temperament seeming more reserved and profound.

He stood up, stretched his somewhat stiff muscles and bones, pushed open the heavy stone door of the secret chamber, and returned to the surface.

Just as he pushed open the front door, a noisy wave of sound mixed with anger, suspicion, and panic rushed towards him like a physical force, almost knocking him off balance!

"Stop them! Don't let them run! It must be them who harmed the Family Head! They have a guilty conscience!"

"Exactly! Pretending to go buy life-saving medicine, who knows how many Spirit Stones they've embezzled! Lining their own pockets!"

"Two insidious and cunning villains! Hand over the Family Head's Storage Pouch! That belongs to the Lin Family!"

"Beat them to death! Avenge the Family Head! Rid the Lin Family of this scourge!"

"Right! Take them down! Let's see if they dare to embezzle family property again! Tie them up and send them to the ancestral hall for trial!"

"Why waste breath on them! Take them down first!"

...

At least twenty or more Lin Family Clansmen, men, women, old, and young, blocked the entrance to Lin Jingyu's small courtyard completely.

They were filled with righteous indignation, spitting as they shouted, faces red and necks thick, waving their fists as if they were not facing fellow clansmen, but irreconcilable enemies.

The spearhead was pointed directly at Uncle Lingkuang, who was flushed and trembling with anger inside the door, and Lin Jingxia, who was trembling with fear, her eyes red-rimmed.

They wouldn't even listen to the explanations the two were exhausting themselves to give.

Aggressive, like hungry wolves, wanting to tear the two apart and devour their flesh and blood.

From the bottom of their hearts, they had already determined that the Family Head was dead.

They were here now to seize the Family Head's estate, and they absolutely could not let the various treasures left behind by the Family Head fall into the hands of outsiders.

Behind the crowd, a figure stood with arms crossed, leaning against the shadow of the courtyard wall, watching this farce with cold eyes.

It was none other than one of the Grand Elder's proudest Disciples, the Qi Refining Fourth Layer Lin Lingming.

A faint, cold smile hung on the corners of his lips, his eyes filled with mockery and calculation, like a venomous snake lurking in the dark, quietly watching the prey struggle in vain within the trap.

He occasionally exchanged glances with a few of the loudest people in the crowd, nodding slightly, the implication of fanning the flames self-evident.

This siege against Uncle Lingkuang and Lin Jingxia was clearly not accidental.