Beauty and the Bodyguard

"What do you plan to do now?" The ghastly thing asked with interest.

Lin Yi pondered for a moment. He had two choices in this situation. One was to charge out without any hesitation. After all, the two Dragon Boat escorts couldn't even take one hit from him. He could kill them in one move and not give them any chance to escape.

Of course, there was another option, and that was to change his original intention and go back to the space below to continue his closed-door cultivation. Since the five poisons swamp blocked off divine sense, the two Dragon Boat escorts up there still didn't notice Lin Yi. As long as Lin Yi closed-door cultivation down there for a while longer, the old sect of West Mountain would give up one day no matter how suspicious he was, and he could come out without anyone knowing.

Of the two choices, the latter was obviously more secure, but he'd have to change his original plan. There were only two months left before the mission deadline, and if Lin Yi stayed, it'd be over for sure. On the other hand, the former choice was radical, but there wasn't much risk to speak of. It'd be a joke if Lin Yi couldn't kill these two small fries in seconds with his full Jindan strength.

"Forget it. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I'll go back to the underground space and continue my cultivation. I was planning to go back to the northern part of the island and then start preparing to form my nascent soul, but it seems like I can only try to break through here." Lin Yi rubbed his head and ordered the spirit Bird to return to the underground space.

"Hehe, I was going to give you a reminder, but it seems that I've underestimated you." The ghastly thing laughed in his heart.

He thought that Lin Yi would attack without a second thought. After all, his strength had skyrocketed recently, and any normal person would be full of confidence and attack those two without hesitation. However, if that were the case, Lin Yi would be in real trouble.

There was something on those two small fish that couldn't be ignored. It was very difficult for ordinary people to notice it, but it couldn't escape the perception of the ghost's consciousness. It was the extremely size Jade tablet on the bald man's wrist. This Jade tablet didn't have any power on its own. Once it was attacked, it would shatter. At the same time, a Jade tablet that was connected to it would also shatter.

Needless to say, the sensing Jade token was in the headquarters of the Longzhou escort agency. If Lin Yi made a move on them, the old sect of West Mountain would sense it immediately. When he came, Lin Yi wouldn't be in a good state even if he had a huge increase in strength.

"I'm not stupid. " Lin Yi smiled faintly. With his insight, even if it was his first time communicating with a ghost's divine sense, he wouldn't let go of any detail, nor would he be overconfident enough to attack without observing clearly. A small shrimp was no big deal, and he could kill it with a single step, but many things often failed at the hands of small shrimps like this.

Although he was now in the consummate level of the Golden core realm and had more confidence than before, he did not have the slightest confidence to face the old sect master of West Mountain. A man should be flexible and bear with it.

After returning to the underground space, Lin Yi wasn't in a rush to continue his practitioning. He was already at the threshold of the peak of the Golden core stage, and there was only a thin paper window between him and the nascent Soul Stage. It looked like he could break through with one touch, but this was just the surface. If forming a nascent soul was that easy, then nascent soul masters would be as common as dogs.

At his current level, there was no longer any effect in continuing to cultivate in seclusion. Even if he used the killing Qi of the five elements to temper his body, it would be useless. This was because it was like a bottle filled with water. No matter how much water he poured into it, it would be futile. There was only one way to improve, and that was to change to a larger bottle.

From the jiedan stage to the Yuanying stage, the so-called Yuanying stage was actually just a change of a larger and stronger bottle. If the jiedan stage was a pond, then the Yuanying stage was a huge Lake. The two were completely different. This process was a typical example of breaking and then establishing. One must have the awareness of death and then be reborn. At the same time, it must be accompanied by all kinds of preparations. It was by no means possible to achieve it by just bitter cultivation.

Lin Yi could only change his mind now. It was obviously impossible to start forming a nascent soul after returning to the North Island. In order to not waste time, he could only start now. The first step was to make the Golden core!

Thanks to Chu bubai, Lin Yi now had a whole baby ginseng. If he put it up for auction, the entire Sky Class islands would be in an uproar. By then, Lin Yi's name would be known by everyone, including those Hidden Peak existences. Of course, this was just for show. Even if Lin Yi's brain was damaged, he wouldn't let out the baby ginseng. He couldn't even say a word about it, let alone sell it, or he'd be killed.

He took out the baby ginseng, and the surrounding air was filled with a fragrant smell. The smell almost made Lin Yi think that he was back in Lufeng forest. The spirit Bird that was playing nearby immediately came over and stared at the baby ginseng. It had never seen something as rare as baby ginseng, but it was a spirit beast's natural instinct for treasures. It was impossible for it not to know what it was.

"You want to eat this?" Lin Yi smiled as he looked at the bird's eyes-it'd always been a carefree and happy-go-lucky guy the first time they'd met, and it was rare to see this "expression" on it.

"Ji Ji!" The spirit Bird nodded its head in a human-like manner. Its eyes were still staring at the baby ginseng without blinking, and it was swallowing its saliva with all its might.

"Hehe, you're quite knowledgeable!" Lin Yi scolded with a smile before shaking his head."But you can't eat this. Even if I give you a small piece of the baby ginseng, your body won't be able to take it, let alone an entire baby ginseng. Not only will it not benefit you, but you'll also suffer internal injuries. I won't be able to explain it to Xiao Tao."

"Ji ji ji ji ..." The spirit Bird looked at Lin Yi pitifully, then looked at the baby ginseng. In the end, it had to put its head back down, looking dejected.

Lin Yi couldn't help but laugh at the situation-he was telling the truth. Baby ginseng was indeed a rare treasure, and just a little bit of it was enough to give a practitioner like him years of hard work. But it was also because of this that this thing couldn't be eaten casually-if it was too strong, it'd be a deadly poison-this was a common knowledge.

For the past three months, the spiritual bird had been jumping around in this underground space, and for some reason, its strength had skyrocketed from the foundation peak stage to the late-stage of the Golden core stage. The improvement was even greater than Lin Yi 's, and even a freak like Lin Yi could only sigh at it. (To be continued.) "If you like this work, you're welcome to come to Qidian.com to give your recommendation and monthly vote. Your support is my greatest motivation. For mobile users, please read on M.Qidian.com.)