6: Chapter 6 Jade Pendant

Sunsets and sunrises.

The next morning.

Warm sunlight shone through the window, scattering sparsely over Lin Shen, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, cultivating.

"Phew..."

Under the sunlight, Lin Shen slowly opened his eyes and breathed out a long breath of turbid Qi.

At this moment, a subtle change had occurred in the aura surrounding him.

"After seven or eight hours of cultivation, I can finally operate the Sanyuan Qi-Guiding Technique fluently and drew a strand of Spiritual Qi into my body."

Feeling that active strand of Spiritual Qi at his Dantian in his lower abdomen, the corners of Lin Shen's lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

With Spiritual Qi, he could open this Storage Pouch.

With the cultivation resources inside this Storage Pouch, he would soon be able to step into the first level of Qi Refining Realm and then rapidly advance towards the second and third levels.

"However, now that I have this strand of Spiritual Qi, the most important thing is to see what secrets this jade pendant holds!"

Lin Shen retrieved the jade pendant he had obtained from Li Changye's corpse from his bosom, his eyes narrowing slightly.

His heart was filled with anticipation, hoping it was a treasure that could aid his cultivation.

Gripping the jade pendant tightly with his right hand, Lin Shen operated the Sanyuan Qi-Guiding Technique and injected the scarce strand of Spiritual Qi from his body into it.

As that scarce strand of Spiritual Qi was injected, the jade pendant suddenly emitted a faint glow.

"As expected, this jade pendant really is an Immortal treasure; it requires Spiritual Qi to activate!"

Seeing the reaction from the jade pendant, Lin Shen was overjoyed and hurriedly increased his effort.

As the faint light bloomed, a profound and mysterious aura instantly enshrouded Lin Shen.

"This is..."

Within this mysterious aura, Lin Shen instantly felt a stream of information rapidly appearing in his mind.

Only after a long while did he fully digest and absorb this information.

"'He who steals a hook is executed; he who steals a state becomes a marquis; he who steals all living beings becomes a saint; he who borrows from Heaven and Earth becomes an Immortal!'"

"To think this is actually a fragment of the legendary Immortal treasure, the heaven-stealing cauldron..."

"However, as it is only a small fragment, most of its functions have been lost, leaving only the ability to steal the Luck of others."

From the information in his mind, Lin Shen was amazed to discover that this jade pendant was a fragment of a legendary Immortal artifact.

However, its functions were defective, retaining only the ability to steal others' Luck, which could only be accomplished by killing them.

Furthermore, the stolen Luck could not be directly added onto oneself.

However, it could be stored in the jade pendant, and the stolen Luck could be used to help the possessor enter a state of Epiphany. The duration of Epiphany depended on the density and quantity of the Luck.

"Although it doesn't have the complete functions of the heaven-stealing cauldron, it is still a fragment of an Immortal artifact. Just this single function of stealing others' Luck for Epiphany is already Heaven-Defying."

Lin Shen didn't feel disappointed at all; instead, he was extremely satisfied and excited.

Previously, he learned from Mo Shenggu that a person with high Luck who enters a state of Epiphany could immediately bring a Spell that had stalled to the Perfection Realm.

Even more so, upon entering Epiphany, one could achieve Major Achievement in the Dao of the Sword, or even comprehend Sword Intent directly to slay enemies of higher Realms.

Most people spend their entire lives without ever catching a glimpse of the state of Epiphany.

This showed just how precious the state of Epiphany was.

Now with this jade pendant's Epiphany ability, Lin Shen believed that as long as his cultivation level rose, no one could match his progress in cultivating any Spell or Cultivation Technique in the future.

He excitedly played with the jade pendant.

Lin Shen suddenly discovered that there were actually over ten strands of extremely potent Luck stored within this jade pendant.

"To think there's such an unexpected harvest?"

Seeing these ten-plus strands of extremely potent Luck, Lin Shen was overjoyed.

Meticulous in thought, he quickly realized that these strands of potent Luck didn't come out of thin air, nor had they always been in this jade pendant.

Had they always been stored in the jade pendant, they would have vanished without a trace under the wash of time long ago.

Since they weren't stored in the jade pendant from the start, then...

It could only be him!

Li Changye!

This person possessed the immortal ascension token and this jade pendant.

If he hadn't hidden in the dark and shot him dead, then the immortal ascension token and this jade pendant would have been in Li Changye's possession.

Such a person must have been someone blessed with great Luck!

And after he killed him, this jade pendant most likely absorbed Li Changye's Luck.

"Wonderful, the Li Family was exterminated well!"

"Li Changye dared to intercept my treasure in advance; he truly deserved to die!"

Realizing that everything Li Changye did ended up benefiting him in the end, Lin Shen felt delighted.

His father was indeed right.

In this world, one must strive and fight!

Only by fighting are there infinite possibilities. Without fighting, how could one possess the potential for Immortal Ascension!

"Now my main objective is to raise my cultivation level. Only then will I have some power to protect myself in the cultivation world."

"In addition, I must pick out a few highly offensive Spells and a technique to observe others' Luck."

"This way, relying on a steady stream of Luck, I can frequently enter the state of Epiphany to quickly comprehend those powerful offensive Spells and enhance my self-preservation capability!"

Lin Shen planned in his heart.

Opening the Storage Pouch, he took out a Medicinal Pill labeled to accelerate Spiritual Qi absorption and swallowed it.

The Sanyuan Qi-Guiding Technique operated inside his body.

Lin Shen greedily absorbed the surrounding Spiritual Qi, entering a state of cultivation.

...

Heishi City, Lin Manor.

"Hahaha, my son Lin Shen indeed has the potential for Immortal Ascension! As expected of my seed! Thunder-Water-Wood tri-Spiritual Roots, joining the inner sect of Chiyun Valley, and now gaining the appreciation of an Inner Sect Elder—he will surely have hope for Foundation Establishment in the future!"

Reading the carrier pigeon message from his subordinate, which described Lin Shen's Spiritual Root testing scene and the exchange of the foundation establishment pill, Lin Hu couldn't help laughing loudly.

As early as the day Lin Shen left Heishi City, Lin Hu had secretly dispatched several trusted confidants along different routes to the Chiyun Valley Dao Sanctuary.

This wasn't to track Lin Shen, but to find out as soon as possible whether Lin Shen could join Chiyun Valley at the Immortal Ascension Assembly.

Now that he received confirmation, Lin Hu instantly felt relieved, feeling that it was all worth it.

As for Lin Shen trading the foundation establishment pill from the immortal ascension token with an inner sect Elder, Lin Hu didn't feel it was a shame either.

Instead,

he felt Lin Shen had handled the matter extremely correctly.

Holding a foundation establishment pill that could increase the chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Realm without sufficient strength was no different from a child carrying a treasure in a bustling market, risking robbery and assassination by powerful people at any moment.

Now through such a trade, not only did everyone know about it, eliminating his personal danger, but he also obtained a large amount of resources to assist his early cultivation.

Lin Hu could only say that Lin Shen had handled this brilliantly; even he would have made the same choice as Lin Shen.

As for the other two who desperately held onto their foundation establishment pills, Lin Hu couldn't help sneering repeatedly.

Hopefully those two had powerful backgrounds and strength; otherwise...

they would only become dry bones paving another's way to break through to the Foundation Establishment Realm.

"Congratulations, Family Head! Wonderful news!"

"Now that the Young Lord has entered Chiyun Valley, once he returns from his travels in the future, our Lin Family will surely become the overlord of all of Heishi City."

"What is an overlord of Heishi City? The Young Lord is now an Inner Sect Disciple of Chiyun Valley, and word has it his talent is exceptional, plus he enjoys the appreciation of an Inner Sect Elder. Once he returns from his travels, he will surely be the overlord of Qinghe County!"

The Elders of the Lin Family also received the news one after another. They flocked into the main hall, congratulating Lin Hu with faces full of smiles.

Lin Shen was a member of their Lin Family.

They shared in both honor and loss.

Now that Lin Shen had managed to become a cultivator, their Lin Family's status would soar straight to the sky as well.

"Hahaha, indeed! Indeed!"

Listening to everyone's congratulations, Lin Hu burst into laughter: "However, there is no rush. We will discuss everything after Shen'er returns. Now that Shen'er has successfully become an Inner Sect Disciple of Chiyun Valley, three years from now, all Disciples of our Lin Family who meet the age requirement will participate in Chiyun Valley's Immortal Ascension Assembly."

"Thank you, Family Head! If those brats of mine are fortunate enough to join Chiyun Valley, they will definitely follow the Young Lord's every command and go through fire and water for him!"

Hearing Lin Hu's words, expectation couldn't help but shine in the eyes of the other Lin Family Elders.

If, in the long run, their Lin Family could consistently produce offspring with Spiritual Roots, after a number of years, they would surely rise to become a Cultivation Clan!

Lin Hu was also filled with anticipation.

As long as members of the Lin Family could enter Chiyun Valley, those people would become Lin Shen's most loyal subordinates in the future.

After all, blood is thicker than water; how could outsiders be as handy to use as family?