After leaving Senior Zhu Xuanwei's clone, Ye Lin rushed back to his cave dwelling.
It had to be said that this 【Forced Swap】 trait was incredibly useful—zero consumption, long range, far superior to the 《Thousand-Mile Thunder Flash》 immortal spell.
“Brother Ye, look over here!” Just as he was about to land directly from the sky into his cave dwelling's courtyard, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from afar.
Without even thinking, Ye Lin knew it was that fellow Qi Changqing.
“What are you doing in the Inner Academy?”
With a swap, Ye Lin arrived right next to Qi Changqing and spoke casually.
He recalled that this fellow was still an outer disciple.
“Of course I promoted through my own abilities! You should have seen it—I just threw a palm strike from a distance, and that third-ranked Senior Brother from the Outer Academy flew backward and surrendered on his own.” Seeing Ye Lin ask about how he got into the Inner Academy, Qi Changqing lifted his chin with immense pride.
“Impressive indeed. That palm strike of yours contained tens of thousands of years of accumulation from a Sacred Domain clan. Ordinary geniuses indeed wouldn't be able to block it,” Ye Lin said with a straight face.
“Tch, Brother Ye, if you want to call me weak, just say it. Actually, I've always known I'm pretty weak.
“Before, I thought that with my own abilities, I would one day defy heaven and change my fate, turning the tables without relying on my family.
“But since dying once, coupled with seeing your heaven-defying growth speed, Brother Ye, I had no choice but to use some special means to speed up my growth.”
Qi Changqing spoke completely nonchalantly as he handed over the storage ring containing the spirit stones obtained from selling the over one hundred million pills to Ye Lin.
Actually, as a youth who once possessed a lot of backbone, he had really wanted to rely on his own abilities to earn others' recognition.
But after experiencing the taste of collaborating with Ye Lin to farm rewards from the mysterious book in his mind, he had completely let go of his pride.
Take selling the over one hundred million pills this time, for instance; that book had directly rewarded him with a Saint-grade talent, plus several decades' worth of cultivation.
Without exaggeration, this was a level he could never reach in his entire lifetime on his own, yet now it was within easy reach.
If you can use cheats, of course you use cheats. Who would willingly choose to suffer?
Of course, talent and cultivation couldn't be split fifty-fifty with Ye Lin, so he had converted them into cultivation resources and put them in the storage ring for Ye Lin as well.
“I don't look down on you. Not taking a proper shortcut when it's available would just mean you're out of your mind.” Taking the storage ring casually, Ye Lin patted Qi Changqing's shoulder.
After all, he was using cheats too. His philosophy was that if you can cheat, cheat as hard as you can. If you really can't, then that's a different story—then you work hard and cultivate bitterly.
“As expected of Brother Ye, your thoughts align perfectly with mine.” Seeing Ye Lin's sincere expression, Qi Changqing was also quite excited.
After all, the older generation in this world always emphasized that cultivation was like sailing against the current—if you do not advance, you will retreat.
But he and Ye Lin were currently flying directly in the sky, so they naturally didn't need to struggle in the sea like others.
“Oh right, Brother Ye, there's one more thing. An old man named Wei Ming asked me to deliver a letter to you.
“Also, you seem to be on the Heavenly Dao Kill List. I received a prompt saying that as long as I kill you, I can obtain immense benefits rewarded by the Heavenly Dao.
“I don't have any such thoughts, but I'm worried that the geniuses of other major clans might have received the same prompt from the Heavenly Dao. If so, they might do whatever it takes to deal with you for the sake of those massive, bountiful rewards. But you don't have to worry too much, Brother Ye. I've already requested my family to send an ancestor of the Immortal Ascension Realm, and they are already on the way.”
Suddenly remembering something, Qi Changqing rambled on, and after speaking, he handed a letter to Ye Lin.
Taking the letter, Ye Lin said with an easy expression, “Thanks. You can keep the rewards you got for sticking up for me this time. Raise your cultivation quickly so you can keep up with my footsteps in the future.”
With that, Ye Lin brought Qi Changqing into the cave dwelling to have a cup of hot tea.
After sending him off, he opened Wei Ming's letter.
The contents of the letter were similar to what Lin Luoxian and Qi Changqing had told him—that under the guidance of the Heavenly Dao, he had been placed on the Heavenly Dao Kill List, and warned him to be extremely careful.
After reading the letter, Ye Lin actually felt a trace of warmth in his heart.
Although he was a game player, this was also a real world.
It had been over a month since he came to the cultivation world. Having decent friends like Wei Ming, Lin Luoxian, Xiao Jintian, Qi Changqing, Zhu Xuanwei, Jiang Ningzhi, and Xu Qing'an wasn't bad at all.
Humans were social creatures after all. Although they didn't contact or meet each other often, having a group of familiar people on the path of cultivation was quite pleasant.
【Ding! You have surpassed billions of Blue Planet players, and your Dao Heart has comprehended a trace of the true meaning of cultivation. The path of cultivation is not just about fighting and killing; it should also encompass the diverse brilliance of various geniuses.
Billions of experiences will eventually transform into nourishment for your path of cultivation, supporting you to continue onward indefinitely; otherwise, you might easily fall into endless void.
You have obtained a God-grade reward. The reward has been distributed to the player's game space. Please view it at your own discretion.】
Just as Ye Lin was feeling pleased, a game prompt suddenly rang in his ear.
Hearing this, Ye Lin was stunned. He really wanted to say he hadn't comprehended a single thing, and was purely happy because he was accepted by others and treated as a true friend.
But the words died on his tongue. Looking back, ever since entering the game, he seemed to have plunged headfirst into cultivation, never paying attention to anything else.
Now, reminded by the game, he woke up as if from a dream. At the beginning, this game indeed had no main quests, pursuing an extremely free development path.
Raising his cultivation was definitely still his most important main line, and this would never change. After all, strength was the foundation for standing firm in the cultivation world, and it was the source of his confidence when facing those powerful enemies.
But besides raising his cultivation, he indeed should carve out a bit of time to appreciate the great mountains and vast rivers, and witness all kinds of wonders and the unknown.
He had seen in the memories of the senior who created the 《Origin Unity Art》 that the senior had gone through ten thousand tribulations and suffered countless hardships, finally creating this Taboo-grade cultivation method based on all of his experiences and insights.
Moreover, the cultivation method also mentioned that although one achieves the Dao first and does not suffer, it still wrote that one must experience and comprehend—it just meant not suffering during those experiences.
If one's path of cultivation were compared to a scroll painting, then cultivation was undoubtedly the core scenery, while other life experiences were the embellishments outside of that core.
The core scenery was indeed very important, but it was undeniable that the other embellishments also collectively made the painting rich and colorful.
“Alright, once I break through to the Golden Core Stage, I'll cultivate while carving out some time to enrich my life experiences.”
Since even the game said this concerned his path of cultivation, Ye Lin naturally couldn't ignore it.
After making his decision, with a thought, he entered the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda.
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