Immortality by Merit and Sin Coins

Chapter 127: Chapter 93: Wind-Riding Mountain Patrol, Spiritual Root Tribulation

Perhaps it was because it had eaten too few Merit Coins, but its aura was only equivalent to the Late-stage Jade Liquid realm. It couldn’t compare to the little wolf cub, which looked pitiful on the surface but had secretly already reached Jade Liquid Perfection.

But what Lin Shu wanted wasn’t its Magical Power.

It was something even more important.

[Half-Life Immortal Descendant. Calamity-Crossing Cyan Simurgh: Juvenile]

[Divine Technique Comprehended]

[Half-Life Immortal. Wind-Riding Mountain Patrol]

”It’s not related to swords?”

Lin Shu was stunned for a moment. He actually quite envied the kind of Sword Formulas Xie Yutang had used.

Her use of them had clearly been unpracticed, but neither their power nor the scope of the Magic Technique was something he could hope to match.

Even now, Lin Shu’s only large-scale Immortal Technique was the Moon-Devouring Soul-Shattering Curse.

The problem was, that thing was fake.

Whether it was the Red Moon or the surging darkness, it was all just a scene imagined by the Affected Person whose mind had been shaken.

In Lin Shu’s eyes, the White Teeth Mine hadn’t changed at all from beginning to end.

”So what’s the use of this Divine Technique?”

He focused his mind and activated the Divine Technique.

The next moment, the RUSTLING of the wind began to echo in his ears.

Lin Shu felt his whole body become light and ethereal, as if he had merged with the mountain wind.

He looked up with some confusion. With a slight stir of his mind, he found that he had inexplicably appeared in the air outside the inn.

”A Light Body Technique?”

Lin Shu muttered, looking around.

He merged with the mountain wind again. In an instant, he circled Shihu City and returned to the inn, the entire trip taking only a few breaths of time.

’This doesn’t seem like a Light Body Technique...’

His expression finally changed.

The situation before him was more like his body was moving along with the mountain wind, at a speed several times faster than the streaks of light that Cultivators transformed into.

And that wasn’t the only effect of the Divine Technique.

As Lin Shu felt the mountain wind, he also sensed the entire mountain responding to him.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Power within it surged into his body of its own accord.

While in the mountains, his Qi Absorption efficiency had doubled!

Lin Shu swallowed, finally realizing what was happening.

He had heard from Yan Jin before that the reason the Yu Family was called the Mountain God was not a self-proclaimed title, but an Immortal Position truly recognized by heaven and earth.

Wind-Riding Mountain Patrol... this wasn’t a Divine Technique of the Cyan Simurgh, but the Immortal Power of a Mountain God!

”Well, escaping will be convenient from now on.”

Lin Shu looked at the Cyan Sparrow in his hand with a complicated expression.

The White Jade coins were one thing, but even the Immortal Descendant nurtured from them was like this. It was as if all his abilities were tailor-made for survival.

”Whatever. I’ll adjust my breathing first.”

Lin Shu waved his sleeve, sweeping up ten jade-colored silver ingots and feeding them all into the Cyan Sparrow’s body.

[Foundation Establishment Sixth Grade. Cyan Bird Feeding Body Formulas: Perfection]

Previously, the seventeen thousand Merit Coins had struggled to break through the barrier of the Middle Third Grade.

Now, before the white light formed from a full Hundred Thousand Merit Coins, those obstacles were obliterated with devastating force.

Fifth Grade... Fourth Grade...

Lin Shu watched as the Jade Liquid in his Nine-Layered Spirit Sea grew thicker and thicker, as if it were about to solidify into tangible, warm jade.

Advancing two grades in a row consumed four of the jade-colored silver ingots.

He had thought the great barrier of the Upper Three Grades would be much harder to break through.

He never expected that in just a moment of daze, the text in the prompt changed.

[Foundation Establishment Third Grade. Cyan Bird Tribulation Method: Perfection]

Just as Lin Shu was immersed in the joy of his soaring Cultivation, a roar suddenly erupted in his mind.

Within the Jade Tower, the Cang Bird pattern erupted with a blinding white light. The lowest three layers were called ”Guarding Essence,” and the middle three were named ”Nourishing Body.”

Now, the Spirit Sea churned and the Jade Liquid boiled, turning a shocking, blood-red color from the inside out.

This dense Dao Essence lit up the final three layers!

”Tribulation!”

Lin Shu’s pupils trembled violently. He felt as if his entire being was being peeled away from this world by an invisible hand.

Everything around him suddenly became incredibly distant.

He subconsciously reached out his arm, wanting to grab something, but when his five fingers clenched tightly around the tabletop, he abruptly realized he hadn’t moved at all.

[Dao Essence Spirit Root: Tribulation]

[Aura concealed and unperceivable. Immune to divination. Averts disaster and evades calamity for a carefree, long life.]

Lin Shu looked at the cryptic prompt, feeling his head begin to throb again.

He could understand the previous two Spiritual Roots.

Guarding Essence could stabilize the Divine Soul, and Nourishing Body used Primordial Qi to protect the Physique.

These were all things he could tangibly experience.

But this Dao Essence Spirit Root, which he had anticipated the most, just spouted a bunch of profound-sounding nonsense and didn’t seem to protect anything at all.

’What does ”immune to divination” mean?’

’Are there really Cultivators who can figure out what’s happened to me just by pinching their fingertips?’

’And what does ”averts disaster and evades calamity” mean?’

Lin Shu felt that his biggest disaster right now was the Qi Family of Yongzhou Prefecture. He didn’t need anyone to remind him to carefully avoid that pack of Silver-eyed White Wolves.

”Did you take a kickback?”

He reached out and grabbed the Cyan Bird’s neck. A Hundred Thousand Merit Coins went in, and in return, this Calamity-Crossing Cyan Simurgh was the one to achieve Dao Essence Perfection.

”...”

The little Cyan Bird struggled, making a CREAKING sound, looking wronged and innocent.

Lin Shu slowly loosened his grip.

Although his expectations had been somewhat dashed, he also knew it was probably just due to his own shallow understanding.

Many things that the Merit Coins had made him feel were a waste had later proven to be more than worth their cost.

Besides, even if the Spiritual Root was a bit intangible...

...the blood-red Dao Essence in his Dao Foundation, rich with Spiritual Qi, was the real deal.

Lin Shu carefully observed the Jade Tower.

He discovered several points of light gradually appearing at the top of the nine layers, coalescing into a cluster.

They no longer shattered after a brief appearance like before.

This was clearly a sign that he was beginning Core Formation!

”Phew.”

Lin Shu suppressed his excitement and prepared to retract the immense aura radiating from his body.

Since he didn’t know a Breath Concealment Technique, he usually had to use his Divine Thought to suppress the Jade Tower in his body and quiet the Spirit Seas a bit. The effect could only be described as better than nothing.

Just then, Lin Shu’s expression froze. He had suddenly discovered a problem.

He looked around suspiciously.

It seemed that the feeling of the world suddenly being pulled away from him was not an illusion.

That invisible hand was still there!

To be precise, it wasn’t a hand, but an invisible, thin membrane formed by the three Spiritual Roots combined. It had wrapped around his body, sealing all of his aura inside!

”Hiss... at least I can use it as a Breath Concealment Technique. It’s not a total loss.”

Lin Shu’s mood improved slightly.

He took a wooden basin from his Storage Bag, placed it on the table, and carefully examined the Spiritual Milk.

Then, a troubled expression appeared on his fair, handsome face.

He had obtained the heavenly Spiritual Object, alright.

’But how am I supposed to use it?’

’Wouldn’t drinking it directly be a bit too risky?’

Lin Shu dipped a fingertip into it, feeling its warmth, his eyes hesitant.

He suddenly realized that he didn’t seem to have any way to refine this thing into an Elixir.

”Huh?”

Just as he was about to find something to test it for poison,

the bright red Spiritual Milk actually began to seep into his skin, strand by strand.