Bronze bell, crisis is coming!
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In front of an Immortal Cave.
Lin Dong skillfully set up a fire and began to roast meat again; he was either eating or on his way to eat.
There were still two and a half days left until the assessment ended.
Lin Dong was not in a hurry to kill Yao Beasts. Since Skinny Monkey was injured, he casually found a mountain forest, opened an Immortal Cave to rest, and tallied his gains.
"Your injuries aren't serious, are they?"
Lin Dong looked at Skinny Monkey. Skinny Monkey was injured because of him, and he felt guilty. He applied the medicine given to him by the butler on Skinny Monkey.
"Don't worry, Big Brother Dong, nothing's wrong. With the medicine you gave me, it's even less of a problem!"
Skinny Monkey chuckled, raising his hands to show off his biceps.
Lin Dong nodded, relieved that Skinny Monkey was fine.
If he had really suffered any hidden injuries that would affect his future Cultivation, Lin Dong would never have let Bai Han's few subordinates die so easily.
Skinny Monkey watched the roasted meat.
Lin Dong began to tally his gains.
Bai Han and the others' Storage Pouches contained nearly 100,000 Spirit Stones and various miscellaneous items.
Lin Dong glanced at them and then threw them into his own Storage Pouch.
The miscellaneous items were put into another Storage Ring, which he would then give to the butler to sell, bringing in an additional income for the Lin Family.
"Is this Bai Han's ultimate Magic Treasure?"
Finally, Lin Dong's gaze fell on a palm-sized bronze bell. When Bai Han activated it, even he felt a sense of trepidation.
The bronze bell was rusty and looked very ordinary, yet it exuded an ancient and profound aura.
A top-grade Magic Treasure!
Lin Dong recognized the bronze bell's grade at a glance. "It's actually a top-grade Magic Treasure. This must be the Bai Family's ancestral Magic Treasure!"
A top-grade Magic Treasure is a treasure of the Purple Palace Realm level.
It needs to be forged from extremely precious spiritual materials. Even Purple Palace Realm Cultivators would covet such an item, as it can unleash terrifying power!
Such Magic Treasures are too precious; even some ordinary Purple Palace Realm Cultivators might not possess one.
Even the Lin Family didn't have one.
It should be the Bai Family's accumulated heritage over many years!
Lin Dong sneered, "The Bai Family truly went all out to kill me, giving Bai Han, a Core Formation Cultivator, such a powerful Magic Treasure to bring into the Secret Realm."
"Unfortunately, in the end, it benefited me!"
The pain of losing a son, and an ancestral Magic Treasure falling into enemy hands—I wonder if the Bai Family Head will vomit blood when he finds out!
Lin Dong was also fortunate.
If he hadn't interrupted Bai Han's spell at the first sign of trouble, acting swiftly, ruthlessly, and fiercely, he would have suffered a great loss!
It also had to be said that the two Bai brothers were truly kind.
Knowing that Lin Dong lacked Magic Treasures, they each sent him one. Both the precious sword and the bronze bell were exactly what Lin Dong needed.
Buzz!
Lin Dong easily erased Bai Han's imprint on the bronze bell and re-established his ownership by dripping blood!
Buzz!
Lin Dong quickly refined the bronze bell.
Lin Dong gently waved his hand, and the bronze bell expanded against the wind. With a slight tremor, a heavy pressure swept out, causing ripples to spread through the Void Realm.
"So strong!"
Even Skinny Monkey was startled, feeling a sense of suffocation. This feeling only disappeared when Lin Dong retrieved the bronze bell.
Buzz!
With a thought, Lin Dong placed the bronze bell in his Sea of Consciousness. It could protect his Divine Soul from all evil, making him unafraid of ordinary Soul attacks!
The effect of this bell was excellent; it could be used for both offense and defense!
It perfectly covered Lin Dong's current weakness of not focusing on Spirit Refining.
Lin Dong's Divine Soul wasn't too weak; it was just a bit weaker compared to his cultivation and Physical Body.
With the Devouring Heaven Scripture Cultivating on its own, even if Lin Dong didn't focus on Cultivating his Soul, his Divine Soul was still much stronger than that of ordinary people.
But Lin Dong also secretly decided that if he had the chance, he would properly Cultivate his Divine Soul, not wanting to have any weaknesses.
It smells so good!
As Lin Dong finished refining the bronze bell, the mountain range was filled with the rich aroma of roasted meat. The roasted meat's skin was crispy and oozing oil!
The roasted meat was ready!
Skinny Monkey called out, "Big Brother Dong!" Lin Dong walked over with a smile.
The two began to feast, planning to eat their fill, rest for a night, and hunt Yao Beasts tomorrow.
Delicious!
As he ate, Skinny Monkey felt something was off. His whole body was hot, and he asked, "Big Brother Dong, what kind of meat did you roast for me?"
"The meat seems to contain incredibly pure energy!"
"I've only eaten one catty, and I feel my whole body burning, like my Meridians are about to burst!"
Skinny Monkey focused on Body Refining and was tall and robust. Normally, he could eat ten or eight catties of meat, but today, one catty was too much! Something was definitely wrong!
"Oh, shoot!"
Lin Dong was a bit embarrassed: "I forgot to tell you, this is the meat of a fourth-tier Demon Wolves. You're only in the Chongmai Realm, so you can't eat too much, or you'll explode and die."
"Skinny Monkey, are you okay? Quickly circulate your Qi and refine it!"
Fourth-tier Yao Beasts contain abundant energy and are a great tonic for Cultivators. For someone like Skinny Monkey in the Chongmai Realm, half a catty is already the limit!
Without Lin Dong needing to say anything, Skinny Monkey, whose face was flushed, sat cross-legged and began to refine the energy.
The energy within his body became increasingly violent; if he didn't handle it well, there would be big trouble!
Lin Dong also lost his appetite. He looked at Skinny Monkey, frowning. If Skinny Monkey really got into trouble, he would feel guilty for the rest of his life.
Buzz!
But the next moment, Lin Dong saw a faint and mysterious golden light flash on Skinny Monkey's body, smoothing out the violent aura around him.
"This is..."
Lin Dong narrowed his eyes. He felt that this golden light was not simple!
It seemed Skinny Monkey also had a secret!
Not long after, Skinny Monkey opened his eyes in surprise, felt his physical state, and chuckled, "I'm fine! Big Brother Dong, I feel like I can still eat!"
"Are you perhaps trying to force yourself to eat it because you think it's a waste to throw it away?"
Lin Dong frowned and said, "It's not good to harm your body! It's just fourth-tier Yao Beast meat! Big Brother Dong has plenty. In the future, Big Brother Dong will take you to eat fifth-tier and sixth-tier."
"Big Brother Dong, I'm really hungry!" Skinny Monkey scratched his head and said, "I don't know why, but for a moment just now, I felt so hungry!"
Lin Dong frowned, and only when he saw that Skinny Monkey was in good condition did he half-believe him and let him continue eating.
With Lin Dong's permission, Skinny Monkey picked up the piece of meat he hadn't finished earlier and began to eat.
Lin Dong observed carefully and found that Skinny Monkey ate one catty of meat without any problems. It seemed to be related to the golden light that flashed on Skinny Monkey's body earlier!
Boom!
After another two and a half catties of meat, Skinny Monkey's body reacted. His aura suddenly surged, and he Broke Through to the third level of the Chongmai Realm!
"I've Broken Through, Big Brother Dong!"
Skinny Monkey was overjoyed, taking another step closer to Big Brother Dong.
He had only Broken Through a few days ago. If not for the fourth-tier Yao Beast meat, he would not have been able to Break Through so quickly.
Lin Dong smiled, "Not bad!"
But he saw a hint of embarrassment on Skinny Monkey's face. He covered his stomach and scratched his head.
Lin Dong asked, "Are you hungry again?"
Skinny Monkey nodded awkwardly. He felt so hungry!
"Are you sure you can still eat?"
"I can still eat!"
"Eat!"
Lin Dong's eyes flickered with a profound meaning as he looked at Skinny Monkey. It was very likely that he had inadvertently activated some hidden potential within Skinny Monkey.
Skinny Monkey was very happy and continued to eat.
Lin Dong waved his hand, "It's fine. Eat if you're hungry. We're not short on meat, alright? I'm just afraid that you, being in the Chongmai Realm, won't be able to absorb so much energy!"
"Thank you, Big Brother Dong!"
"But... it's strange too!"
Skinny Monkey nodded, as if remembering something, and said, "After eating this fourth-tier Yao Beast meat, my body seems to have undergone some changes. I'm so hungry, and I need to devour a lot of energy!"
How to put it, it was like his Ren and Du Meridians had been opened.
The two of them ate until evening, and most of the Demon Wolves meat disappeared.
Hiss!
Just then, Lin Dong suddenly felt a chill down his spine. A strange sense of crisis swept over him, as if he had been targeted by an extremely dangerous entity.
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