94: Chapter 94 Harvest

After several hours of flight across the vast sky, Lin Qing finally caught sight of the familiar Flying Boat.

At this moment, the Flying Boat was still sailing at full speed, breaking through the clouds as it shuttled across the horizon.

On the boat, Yuan Kun stood at the stern, staring fixedly at the empty sea of clouds behind them, his heart hanging in suspense, unable to settle for a long time.

He had detected the majestic Spiritual Qi within that Grade Six Cultivator earlier; the man also possessed Intermediate Spells capable of triggering Saber Qi. His strength was definitely among the top tier in the entire Great Qi.

Although Lin Qing had also erupted with strength that exceeded his expectations, facing such a powerful enemy left Yuan Kun filled with worry in addition to his shock.

Just as his mind was consumed by anxiety, a figure suddenly swept out from behind the clouds and landed lightly on the deck of the Flying Boat. His posture was upright, his robes fluttered gently, and he showed no signs of distress.

"Lin Qing!"

Yuan Kun's eyes lit up, the tension in his heart instantly relaxing as he stepped forward quickly, his tone full of concern:

"Are you all right? Are you injured?"

Lin Qing shook his head slightly, his expression indifferent as he replied casually:

"It's fine, everything has been settled."

Those few understated words made the life-and-death struggle from earlier seem like nothing more than an ordinary sparring match.

Lin Qing didn't specifically tell Yuan Kun to keep today's events a secret, but Yuan Kun knew better; he wouldn't easily mention this to anyone in the short term.

As for the other people on the Flying Boat, Lin Qing didn't ask them to keep quiet either.

On this Flying Boat, besides Yuan Kun, there was only one person in charge of steering who was at the Early Stage of Grade Five; the rest were all Mortal Realm Martial Artists.

Even if they spread word of the fragments they saw today, others would only treat it as a wild delusion; no one would believe it.

More importantly, Lin Qing now had enough confidence to be fearless of any turmoil within Great Qi.

Fang Chao's strength was definitely among the best in the entire territory of Great Qi, yet after using Five Elements Spiritual Qi, killing such a powerhouse was easy for him.

Furthermore, the common shortcoming of ordinary Grade Five Cultivators—insufficient stamina—didn't exist for Lin Qing at all.

Ordinary Cultivators store Spiritual Qi in their Meridians and Dantian; once it's used, it's gone. If their Spiritual Qi is exhausted, they must sit in meditation and circulate a Cultivation Technique to re-absorb it, which usually takes several hours or even days to slowly recover their strength.

Previously, Fang Chao had wanted to use the fact that Lin Qing's Spiritual Qi reserves were inferior to his own to wear Lin Qing down. Unfortunately, he never could have imagined that Lin Qing had a System.

While others needed to sit cross-legged in meditation to circulate their techniques, Lin Qing's were running automatically around the clock. Where others' Spiritual Qi decreased as they used it, Lin Qing's was replenished as he used it.

For something like flying, Lin Qing could almost keep going indefinitely. Once he obtained higher-grade Cultivation Techniques later and his Spiritual Qi absorption efficiency increased, Lin Qing could even maintain low-intensity combat indefinitely.

From beginning to end, the stamina advantage Fang Chao took pride in simply didn't exist before Lin Qing. If Fang Chao knew this, he would probably be so angry he'd come back to life.

Even if the news were truly spread by the others on the boat, it wouldn't happen overnight. By then, even if Lin Qing only used a single type of Qi, he wouldn't fear any force in Great Qi.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Yuan Kun took a Storage Ring from his robe and handed it to Lin Qing:

"This is that black-clad Cultivator's Storage Ring. Open it and see if there are any clues inside."

Lin Qing took the ring, and in just a moment, he easily broke the Restriction on it.

Inside the ring were nearly a thousand Spirit Stones and some other miscellaneous items, but nothing too precious.

Lin Qing handed the ring back to Yuan Kun:

"Take it and see if you can find any traces of the person behind this."

Yuan Kun quickly took it and began to carefully investigate and organize its contents.

Next, Lin Qing took out the ring of the Cultivator who had accompanied Fang Chao. Although his net worth was much richer than the black-clad man's, it still contained ordinary items.

Over two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, an identity token, several bottles of Grade Five healing Medicinal Pills, a Grade Five long saber of decent quality, and a few low-grade Spell Secret Manuals. Unfortunately, these low-grade Spells were already useless to Lin Qing.

As for Fang Chao's ring, cracking it would still take some time.

At this moment, Yuan Kun walked over, looking at Lin Qing as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Seeing his expression, Lin Qing said:

"No need for reservations, just speak your mind!"

Yuan Kun replied:

"Although there are no items in the ring that clearly identify the owner, several things are exclusive supplies for the Great Qi Imperial Family."

Lin Qing fell into thought. Was the Imperial Family moving against him? It didn't seem like it. For the Imperial Family, sending a Disciple into the Chuyun Immortal Sect would not only bring material rewards but also many intangible benefits.

Lin Qing's performance was obvious to all; he could be said to be the person most likely to enter the Chuyun Immortal Sect in this session of Great Qi. Moving against him now would serve no interest for the Imperial Family.

Then, he thought of someone: Third Prince Third Prince Duan Chengyu. There was no need to overthink it; just thinking of this person made Lin Qing guess that this was eighty percent likely his arrangement.

The next few days were calm, and the Flying Boat successfully arrived at Qingzhou City. The two didn't stay there; after getting off the Flying Boat, they flew directly toward Luoxia Valley.

After half a day, the familiar green mountains and secluded valley came into view.

As the news of Lin Qing's return spread, the entire Luoxia Valley fell into a warm and festive atmosphere.

Lin Qing's performance in the Heavenly Pride Competition this time had already spread to every corner of Luoxia Valley. At this moment, Lin Qing was almost the idol of all Disciples in Luoxia Valley.

Sect Master Shen Yurong had even ordered people to prepare a victory banquet early on, just waiting for Lin Qing's return. Luoxia Valley was lively for several days, and Yun Nian and the others also caught up with Lin Qing one after another.

Lin Qing's residence was also moved from the True Disciple area to the Elders' area halfway up the mountain. It was more peaceful and quiet here, most suitable for secluded cultivation.

And during these few days, Lin Qing finally opened the Storage Ring left by Fang Chao.

As expected of an inner sect elite of the Xuanye Demon Court, Fang Chao's wealth was astonishingly abundant, and the ring's space reached three zhang square.

Inside the ring, besides some ordinary clothes and identity tags, there were a full twenty thousand Spirit Stones and dozens of bottles of high-quality Grade Six Medicinal Pills.

Besides those, there were the Grade Six Cultivation Technique and Intermediate Spells that satisfied Lin Qing the most.

The technique was the core Cultivation Technique of the Xuanye Demon Court, the "Xuanye Demon Scripture." The full version of this technique was as high as Grade Eight, but unfortunately, Fang Chao only had the Grade Six portion.

One of the two Intermediate Spells was the "Flowing Cloud Shattering Moon Blade" that Fang Chao had used, while the other was called the "Soul Searching Technique."

When Lin Qing cultivated techniques and Spells, he never cared whether they were compatible with him or not. For the coming period, he had new things to Cultivate.