Imperial talent—eternal life!

“Impossible!”

Liu Yanran said, “I don’t believe you’re so heartless. Are we just giving up on over a decade of feelings? You must be lying to me!”

Lin Dong chuckled, “Heh heh, our over a decade of feelings vanished the moment you came to annul the engagement!”

“Why do you keep lying to yourself! Humiliating yourself!”

“If only you had known this, why did you do it in the first place? All of this is your own fault!”

Lin Dong’s icy words struck Liu Yanran like lightning. If Liu Yicheng hadn't supported her, she would have collapsed to the ground again.

If Liu Yanran hadn’t regretted choosing Bai Han and hadn’t come to win him back, Lin Dong might have looked at her differently.

But she was too self-absorbed and even tried to seduce him, disgusting Lin Dong.

Lin Dong also saw Liu Yanran clearly. His Dao Companion died, and instead of being sad, she immediately wanted to cling to him, this big tree.

Such a snob…

Lin Dong was glad he had broken off the engagement at that time.

Lin Dong’s indifference to her completely shattered Liu Yanran’s hopes. She truly regretted it.

Recalling everything she had just done, she felt like a clown, while Lin Dong had watched calmly like a stranger from beginning to end.

“Uncle Liu, rest assured!”

“Given your relationship with my father, as long as your Liu family doesn’t do anything foolish, I won’t make a move against the Liu family.”

“As for the matter between me and your daughter, let’s end it here!”

Since things had come to this, Lin Dong didn’t want to say more. He left a final remark and departed the main hall.

Only Liu Yanran and the Liu family head remained, and soon the girl’s cries rang out, three parts sorrow, seven parts regret.

…

“Crunch!”

Leaving the side hall, Lin Dong chewed on dried meat, striding with an unhurried pace towards the treasure vault.

These were dried meat snacks he had ordered the steward to have servants roast. The more he chewed, the more fragrant they became. Though some essence was lost, it was better than nothing.

[Ding! Host consumed pseudo-fifth-tier Demon King dried meat, gaining gluttony points x588… ]

Lin Dong ate the dried meat without circulating the Devouring Heaven Scripture to refine it. This was a new technique he discovered, which allowed him to gain gluttony points.

In half a day, he had three to five thousand gluttony points in his account.

gluttony points were hard to come by, so Lin Dong didn't plan to use them to upgrade his cultivation.

Currently, Lin Dong was in the Tiangang Realm. Upgrading a minor Realm with gluttony points would require hundreds of thousands of gluttony points, which was slower than his automatic Cultivation.

gluttony points were suitable for strengthening Divine Abilities, Cultivating Divine Abilities, and similar uses.

Once he accumulated more gluttony points, he would strengthen the Divine Ability he had previously obtained. Otherwise, its rank was too low to be useful in the Tiangang Realm.

“Creak!”

Lin Dong opened the treasure vault door and saw dozens of gifts from various forces, big and small, laid out on the ground for the Lin family.

There were all kinds of gift boxes: treasure boxes, jade boxes, and some spiritual liquids in jade bottles.

Inside were various Medicinal Pills, or Heaven And Earth Treasures, and so on, treasures that even Hua Hai Realm experts would covet.

However, there were very few items effective for Tiangang Realm powerhouses.

After all, the strongest individuals in the major forces were, at most, in the Hua Hai Realm.

Even if they had Tiangang Realm-level items, they would certainly keep them for themselves. Being strong oneself was the true Dao; how could they bear to give them to others?

“This is good wine…”

In a corner, there were also two bottles of excellent spiritual wine, which quickly caught Lin Dong’s eye.

This was good stuff. Elder Hu loved to drink, so he would take it along to show filial respect to the old man tomorrow when registering his Inner Courtyard Disciple status.

Lin Dong would not forget Elder Hu’s kindness to him.

On that day, when the Bai family attacked the Lin family, and he went to kill at the Bai family, Lin Dong had vaguely sensed Elder Hu’s aura fluctuating in the shadows.

The other party sought no reward, merely favored him, and had helped him several times.

Lin Dong took some things he needed and instructed the steward to distribute some treasures to the Lin family powerhouses based on their contributions.

Lin Dong also gave the steward some Divine Ability rubbings he had obtained from the Bai family.

These rubbings could be used by Lin family powerhouses for Cultivation, focusing on improving all aspects of the Lin family powerhouses.

Back in his small courtyard, the bright moon hung overhead.

Lin Dong lay on a chair in the courtyard, enjoying a moment of tranquility, watching the bright moonlight scatter and the lake ripple.

“Crunch!”

Lin Dong popped precious fourth-tier Medicinal Pills into his mouth by the handful, chewing them like candy.

He ate Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasures like snacks, and drank spiritual liquid like water.

If the various powerhouses in Yunlan City saw this, they would surely say that Lin Dong was squandering heavenly resources! How could one waste Medicinal Pills and Heaven And Earth Treasures like this…

Boom!

Dense Spiritual Qi essence exploded within Lin Dong’s body, but it was quickly refined by him, and tiny giant elephant particles began to condense within his body.

Roar!

His Cultivation had also improved.

But the Tiangang Realm was not so easy to Breakthrough. It was almost impossible to Breakthrough a minor Realm daily like before.

In the Tiangang Realm, one needed to convert spiritual power into Protective Aura, which had a higher spiritual power concentration and stronger attack power, only then would one’s strength achieve a qualitative leap.

One also needed a deep understanding of ‘intent’.

Each minor Realm Breakthrough often required several years of arduous Cultivation.

Just look at the Elders in the academy; most of them were Tiangang Realm powerhouses, and many years passed without them Breakthroughing a single minor Realm.

Although Lin Dong’s Imperial Dragon Qi was Protective Aura, and he didn't need to convert spiritual power into Protective Aura, its concentration far surpassed that of ordinary Tiangang Realm Cultivators. However, he still needed to comprehend more intent!

“What is this? Such a dense life aura.”

Lin Dong opened a treasure box, and a rich essence diffused from it. Inside the box lay a lush green branch.

The branch glowed faintly, with green divine light flowing over it. It looked like an ordinary willow branch, yet it contained a dense life essence.

His intuition told Lin Dong that this item was not simple.

Lin Dong hadn't used Divine Ability cards for the past two days, so he had saved 5 daily Divine Ability cards.

Lin Dong took these items because he wanted to see if there were any treasures suitable for using Divine Ability cards.

This item, however, could be used with a Divine Ability card to see what he would gain.

Lin Dong took a bite, and a dense life essence exploded in his mouth: “System, consume one daily Divine Ability card!”

[Ding! Host consumed the treasure medicine, Life Willow Branch, consumed daily Divine Ability card x1, triggered a million-fold critical strike reward, Emperor-grade Talent—Endless Vitality]

Endless Vitality: As long as one’s spiritual power and vital blood are not depleted, one can quickly recover from injuries. Cultivated to a profound level, one can even undergo Rebirth with just a single drop of blood remaining.

“Hiss!”

“Another critical strike?”

“Emperor-grade Talent—Endless Vitality?”

Lin Dong casually made a cut on his arm, and blood flowed.

But in a blink of an eye, a mysterious, glowing green, containing dense essence, covered the wound, and it recovered instantly!

“What a Heaven-Defying recovery method!”

“With this Talent, I fear no prolonged battles!”

“It’s stronger than any Divine Pill or miraculous medicine! It has the miraculous effect of reversing the tide of battle!”

Lin Dong simply tried it out, and the effect amazed him. Any injury could recover instantly, though he didn't know if a severed limb could be regrown.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a willow tree that survived a hundred calamities.

It was incredibly mysterious, rising from insignificance, possessing tenacious vitality. Even if only a single branch or leaf remained, it could still undergo Rebirth.

It left behind mysterious legends in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.

It seemed Lin Dong had obtained the willow tree’s Talent.