“Then let's see what this is actually made of.”
Seeing that the talent fusion success rate of the 【Talent Forging Pool】 trait was as high as 100%, Ye Lin did not hesitate at all and immediately equipped it.
Then, he directly chose to fuse his Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Five Elements Spiritual Roots, his Sword Spiritual Root, and his Lightning Spiritual Root.
“Boom!”
Almost the exact instant he chose to fuse them, all the Spiritual Roots inside his body were sucked away by a cauldron-shaped pool.
Immediately after, following a bout of shaking inside the cauldron, a Spiritual Root radiating a seven-colored chaotic hue took their place.
【Ding! Your seven-element mid-grade Spiritual Roots have finished fusing. Congratulations, you have obtained the Chaos Spiritual Root (Damaged). This Spiritual Root is only an Earth-grade Spiritual Root, with ten times the foundation.】
Just as the seven-colored chaotic Spiritual Root finished fusing, the game prompt rang in his ears.
Immediately after, Ye Lin felt the speed at which the Qi Condensation chapter of the 《Origin Unity Art》 circulated on its own within his body accelerate significantly.
Not only that, but his Qi Condensation Stage cultivation, which had originally reached its absolute limit, actually increased by a small margin.
Ye Lin's original seven-element Spiritual Roots only gave him seven times the foundation, but this Chaos Spiritual Root, although temporarily damaged, gave him ten times the foundation.
And since this foundation did not appear out of thin air, naturally requiring the absorption of corresponding blood vitality and spiritual power to accumulate, it was perfectly normal for him to feel his cultivation rise slightly just now.
“Fortunately, the taboo cultivation method I practice first tempers my own body into the Great Dao. As long as my body can hold it, I can make up for the deficiencies and foundation of any realm anytime, anywhere.”
“Otherwise, every time my Spiritual Root upgraded, I would have to disperse my cultivation and start over from scratch.”
Sitting cross-legged, Ye Lin ran his cultivation method to absorb the spiritual energy from the mid-grade spirit stones and the blood vitality from the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda, all while murmuring to himself in his heart.
That unknown senior was truly incredible to have actually created such a heaven-defying cultivation method.
Fifteen minutes later, the ten times foundation of his Body Tempering Realm and Qi Condensation Stage was completely filled. Thus, his current base combat strength was no longer 307 times, but 310 times.
“In the future, as long as I kill enough living beings, this Chaos Spiritual Root will eventually be completely restored one day.”
Stopping his cultivation, Ye Lin glanced at the Spiritual Root inside his body, then walked straight out of his room.
Right now, the Heavenly Dao of this world had not yet refreshed the prerequisite quest for him to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage, so he could only go join the Demon Suppressing Division first.
After all, he would need a massive amount of blood vitality next to supply the Dao Seed seedling inside him, and only the Demon Suppressing Division would have information on large numbers of evil spirits.
In addition to killing evil spirits to hoard blood vitality, he also had to learn alchemy, weapon refinement, talismans, Dao-proving, and other auxiliary cultivation professions to deal with the unreliable assessment of the Creation Dao Palace. Time was indeed extremely tight.
Deactivating the formation and walking out of Cave Dwelling No. 1, Ye Lin came face-to-face with his neighbor, Lin Luoxian, who had just returned from outside.
The two of them merely nodded to each other out of politeness before going about their own business.
Quickly leaving the Cultivation Academy, Ye Lin spent fifteen minutes before arriving at the entrance of the Demon Suppressing Division on the southern side of Tianqi City.
This was an incredibly majestic and solemn manor. In front of the manor stood two stone lions, and at this moment, Demon Suppressing Guards were hurriedly entering and exiting the premises.
“The Demon Suppressing Division is a restricted area. Unauthorized personnel are prohibited.” Just as he reached the entrance, the two Demon Suppressing Guards responsible for guarding the gate frowned and blocked Ye Lin's path.
“I am the first-place ranker of this term's Outer Academy at the Cultivation Academy. I have come to join the Demon Suppressing Division using my battle merits.”
Ye Lin didn't want to waste his breath, so he directly took out his academy disciple token and got straight to the point.
Both the Cultivation Academy and the Demon Suppressing Division belonged to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Races. According to the rules, as long as they possessed battle merits, academy disciples could directly enlist in the Demon Suppressing Division without needing any approval or anyone else's consent.
“You are the top freshman, Ye Lin, who caused such a sensation not long ago?”
Hearing Ye Lin state his real name, the two guarding Demon Suppressing Guards looked as if they had seen a ghost, completely shocked.
“You... have heard of me?” Ye Lin's brow furrowed slightly. The way these two were looking at him was clearly off.
“No way, brother. Don't tell me you still don't know your current situation?” Seeing Ye Lin's clueless expression, the two couldn't help but look at him with pity.
“I have been in closed-door cultivation for the past few days and do not know what has happened in the outside world regarding me. I hope you two can inform me,” Ye Lin said, cupping his hands.
“Alright. The general gist of the matter is that not long ago, the Second Prince, Nangong Yun, who had colluded with evil spirits, was directly slain by an incredibly powerful female cultivator.”
“Afterward, two geniuses with terrifying backgrounds, accompanied by their Dao protectors, charged into the imperial palace over the matter of the ambush on the freshmen. It is said that several Golden Core Stage elders of the royal family were killed.”
“These two consecutive losses left the royal family furious. They decided to thoroughly investigate the entire affair from beginning to end, and subsequently arrested the Commander of the Imperial Guard, Xiao Yun.”
“He insisted that the root cause of everything was because you killed an evil spirit in Great Desolation Village.”
“If that evil spirit hadn't died, the Second Prince wouldn't have been blackmailed by the evil Venerable he colluded with, and he wouldn't have plotted to ambush the freshmen.”
“Because of this, many of the new disciples who lost friends or family in the freshman trial have sworn to fight you to the bitter end.”
“The royal family also issued an announcement stating that the moment you step out of the Cultivation Academy, they will grind your bones to dust and scatter your ashes. Fortunately, you didn't show up for over a month, so the matter has gradually died down.”
“We all thought you were afraid of the royal family's retaliation and had found a place to hide and cultivate. We never expected you to be so bold as to appear at the Demon Suppressing Division so blatantly.”
The two finished explaining everything in one breath, then quietly stared at Ye Lin. They were very curious to see what kind of choice he would make in the face of such a desperate situation.
He'll probably be terrified and flee for his life without hesitation, right? the two thought to themselves.
But to their astonishment, after listening to their explanation, Ye Lin merely nodded expressionlessly.
“I see. Please trouble yourselves to lead me inside to register my enlistment.”
Hearing this, the two looked utterly shocked. “Aren't you afraid of those new disciples and the people from the royal family?”
“I didn't do anything wrong by killing evil spirits, so why should I fear them?” Ye Lin asked in return.
“That's true, but... forget it, you've got guts. I respect that. Follow me.”
The two Demon Suppressing Guards originally wanted to say more, but seeing Ye Lin's completely indifferent look, the words at the tip of their tongues ultimately turned into a single expression of awe.
Following behind one of the Demon Suppressing Guards, Ye Lin was quickly brought to a registration area.
The person responsible for registration was a black-robed old man holding a tobacco pipe, with messy hair and a scar on his face.
“Go on. Old Xiao is one of the veterans of our Demon Suppressing Division. He has a bad temper, so remember to speak respectfully when registering.”
After bringing Ye Lin to the door of the registration office, the Demon Suppressing Guard whispered a word of advice, then turned and left.
Stepping slowly into the registration office, Ye Lin took out his identity token.
“Name,” the black-robed old man said in a raspy voice, not reaching for the identity token but taking a deep drag from his pipe instead.
“Ye Lin!”
Without any impatience, Ye Lin directly stated his name.
The black-robed old man known as Old Xiao clearly paused in his smoking action upon hearing his name.
“What is your reason for joining the Demon Suppressing Division?” The old man sized him up, then continued to ask.
“To slaughter every beast that deserves to die,” Ye Lin replied without hesitation.
Hearing this, a gleam flashed across the black-robed old man's eyes, and he nodded.
“Good. From today onward, you are a member of the Tianyuan Dynasty's Demon Suppressing Division.”
“Based on your merits, you are directly promoted to a silver-robed Inspector, to oversee the realm and slay demons and evil.”
With that, the grey-robed old man threw a storage ring directly to Ye Lin.
“Am I not allowed to kill people?” Receiving the storage ring, Ye Lin suddenly asked with a serious expression.
At these words, the black-robed old man was stunned for a moment, then explained seriously, “As long as you have the strength, you can kill any deeply wicked person. Just preserve the evidence.”
“Whatever happens, the Demon Suppressing Division will back you up.”
“Ye Lin, you dog, get the hell out here! You caused the death of my Second Imperial Brother. Today, I will definitely have your head on a platter!” At that moment, a furious roar echoed from outside.
“In that case, I'll go kill someone,” Ye Lin said, glancing at Old Xiao before walking out of the registration office expressionlessly.
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