104: Chapter 104 Returning to the Ten Thousand Mountains

While Lin Qing sneaked into the Qiushan Sect to steal a sixth-order Cultivation Technique, his wanted posters had already spread across the entire territory of Great Qi.

In every state, city, prefecture, county, Sect market, mountain pass, fortress, and major thoroughfare, Lin Qing's wanted posters were pasted on every noticeboard. City guards, Sect Disciples, and rogue Cultivators formed a seamless, inescapable dragnet.

After the couple from the Qiushan Sect woke up, they did not immediately connect their attacker to Lin Qing.

But as Lin Qing's wanted posters spread and various clues were gathered and analyzed, everyone realized a terrifying fact.

Lin Qing, who had just shone brilliantly at the Prodigy Assembly two months ago, had now actually grown into a powerhouse capable of instantly killing ordinary sixth-order Cultivators.

From a Prodigy competing with his peers to a top expert capable of slaughtering sixth-order experts, in less than two short months, such terrifying growth speed shattered the understanding of Great Qi's cultivation world.

Countless powerful Loose Cultivators and Old Ancestors of great families set out one after another to search for Lin Qing's traces, all holding the exact same thought in their hearts:

Such an unbelievable speed of cultivation could never be explained by ordinary talent. Lin Qing must have a supreme Opportunity and a top-tier Legacy hidden on him!

For a time, the craze to search for Lin Qing across Great Qi reached an unprecedented height. Lin Qing was almost on the verge of starting a great era of cultivation and becoming the king of cultivation!

Right at this moment, the Sun Family stepped forward to dispel the rumors, instantly dousing everyone's fanaticism.

The Sun Family declared: During the Heavenly Pride Competition, Lin Qing had deliberately hidden his true cultivation, which was also why he could instantly defeat all his opponents with a single move during the competition; his cultivation had not surged in a short period of time.

This explanation was reasonable and was accepted by all Cultivators in Great Qi. Only then did the grand, nationwide search craze slowly die down.

In reality, however, this nationwide manhunt had never caused Lin Qing any trouble.

During the days when people thought he was hiding everywhere, Lin Qing was actually relying on his ability to freely alter his face and physique to stroll openly between the various major states.

Since easily obtaining the sixth-order Cultivation Technique from the Qiushan Sect, Lin Qing had tasted the sweetness of it.

He realized that his previous actions of searching everywhere to buy and trade for Cultivation Techniques were simply foolish. Once he knew where a Cultivation Technique was, he could just directly snatch it!

Simple, fast, and highly efficient.

Thus, within a month, Lin Qing altered his appearance and traveled between the top forces of Great Qi's various states, visiting major families and Sects one after another.

The Li Family, Qingsong Valley, Yunxi Sect...

All of them were easily infiltrated by him, and the sixth-order Cultivation Techniques he needed were effortlessly gathered.

It was still the same familiar routine: disguise and infiltrate, then strike like thunder to instantly suppress them, before looting the Cultivation Technique Jade Slips and plundering the Sect's treasures.

Great Qi only had sixth-order Cultivators, so absolutely no one could stop the current Lin Qing.

Having committed crimes repeatedly in the face of danger, his wanted bounty also skyrocketed along the way.

Ultimately, Great Qi's six top forces jointly funded and raised his bounty to five hundred thousand Spirit Stones!

Five hundred thousand was already an extremely terrifying number; five hundred thousand Spirit Stones was enough to buy out a medium-sized force like the Luoxia Valley.

Unfortunately, no matter how high the bounty was, no one had the good fortune to claim it.

While traveling from place to place, Lin Qing did not idle either. For him now, cultivating a sixth-order Cultivation Technique was simply too easy.

Within a month, he had not only cultivated the sixth-order Cultivation Technique to Perfection and integrated it into his auto-running system, but he had also unexpectedly obtained two mid-tier Spells, pushing his Spell mastery rating to Intermediate.

[Host: Lin Qing]

Realm: Spirit Sea Realm (Time to Breakthrough: 300 days)

Talent: Innate Mysterious Fetus, Ultra Instinct

Fused Cultivation Techniques: Yunxi Heart Sutra (Expand)

Recorded Cultivation Techniques:

Spell Mastery Rating: Intermediate

Recorded Spells:

On the panel, the time required to break through to the next Realm had already been compressed to 300 days. If he had a sufficient amount of sixth-order spirit gathering pills to assist him, this time could be reduced even further.

Unfortunately, sixth-order spirit gathering pills were indeed too scarce in Great Qi. Even though he had traveled through several large-scale forces, he only had four or five bottles in his possession.

Because his Spell mastery rating had reached Intermediate, he had self-taught many Spells, so they were not specifically displayed on the panel, but many Spells were worth mentioning.

First were Evasion Techniques. Various ordinary Evasion Techniques and Five Elements Evasion Techniques fell within the category of mid-tier Spells, and his life-saving capabilities had received a massive boost.

There was also a Healing Spell which, as the name suggested, was a pure healing Spell. It could rapidly repair various ordinary Physical Body injuries, and if cast on those with lower Realms, it could even regrow severed limbs, making it extremely practical.

There was also an ability called Telepathy, though it was not the Heaven-Defying Divine Ability in Lin Qing's memory that could eavesdrop on other people's inner thoughts.

He could not directly read others' inner thoughts across space, but instead used his Divine Thought to capture the target's emotional fluctuations and mental changes.

In battles and psychological games where the difference in cultivation between both sides was not large, it was enough to clearly distinguish the opponent's joy, anger, panic, intent to kill, and disguises. It could even accurately judge whether the opponent was lying, harboring hidden killing intent, or feigning compromise.

Although it was not as Heaven-Defying as the genuine Divine Ability, it was still an extremely rare auxiliary Spell.

While Great Qi's Cultivators were still searching for Lin Qing in full swing, Lin Qing was already flying on his sword high above the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

The Hundred Thousand Mountains were vast and boundless, spanning a full million miles in radius, far exceeding Great Qi's five hundred thousand miles of territory.

Here, Yao Beasts ran rampant and danger lurked everywhere. It was not a subsidiary danger zone of Great Qi, but a vast wilderness independent of the dynasties, bordering several countries of various sizes.

Lin Qing planned to traverse the Hundred Thousand Mountains once again to reach other countries bordering it, heading toward a broader stage of cultivation.

He had a map purchased from the Heshun Chamber of Commerce, which detailed the territories of the sixth-order Vicious Beasts within the mountains. For these places, he would generally bypass them if possible to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

But if taking a detour was too time-consuming, he would also choose to fly directly across the airspace of sixth-order Yao Beasts.

Occasionally, some sixth-order Yao Beasts occupying their territories, relying on their status as wilderness overlords, would strike out in fury, wanting to have a showdown with Lin Qing.

However, trying it meant dying!

Stepping into this uninhabited wilderness of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Lin Qing no longer deliberately hid his strength. He unleashed his Five Elements spiritual energy without restraint, and not a single one of these sixth-order Yao Beasts running rampant in the wilderness could last a single move against him.

Lin Qing was not the type of person to make things unnecessarily hard on himself. Before entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains, he had purchased plenty of daily supplies.

Sometimes he would hunt some ordinary wild beasts and stop in a scenic valley to make a barbecue.

Sometimes he would take out a reclining chair and sit quietly by the cliffside for an entire afternoon, watching the sunset.

Sometimes he would also find a cave, take out his bedding, and sleep for the night.

Just as he once again utilized his Five Elements spiritual energy to instantly kill a sixth-order Yao Beast, he caught someone's attention.

Deep within the Chuyun Immortal Sect, inside a quiet and ancient stone hall, a man with white hair and a youthful face slowly opened his eyes, which had been tightly shut for hundreds of years.

Upon waking up, he subconsciously spread out his Divine Thought. His gentle Divine Thought instantly covered the entire Sect, as well as several emperor dynasties, nearly a hundred royal dynasties, and thousands of dynasties under the Sect's jurisdiction.

And naturally, it also covered the Hundred Thousand Mountains.