Chapter 391: 91 Farewell

Chapter 391: Chapter 91 Farewell

This cultivation session, Lin Jing directly cultivated for several hours.

Only after several hours had passed did Lin Jing open his eyes and stop the continuous cultivation.

Immediately after, Lin Jing felt the extremely hot flame spring around him, and his brow furrowed.

Just now, Lin Jing had been attempting to draw the flame spring into his body, hoping to use it to fully master the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

But after hours of cultivation, Lin Jing found that his physique had stopped improving after reaching a certain level.

Even at the end, Lin Jing had slowly withdrawn his protective spiritual power, enduring the unbearable high temperatures with only his body refining techniques.

Despite this, he still couldn’t break through the final barrier of the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

It seemed as if something was constantly preventing him from completely mastering the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique.

Lin Jing felt his body and began to ponder.

A moment later, Lin Jing looked down at his feet.

Under Lin Jing’s feet was the flame spring with a hundred-meter depth, glowing intensely red like the gaping maw of a gigantic beast, terrifying to behold.

Moreover, from this height of a hundred meters above, Lin Jing could distinctly feel the horrifying heat from below.

Then Lin Jing extended his divine sense, but it was blocked by the flame spring, unable to probe very deep.

Seeing this, Lin Jing’s frown tightened even more.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Jing decided to dive below the hundred-meter mark to try his luck.

And as he thought, Lin Jing first gathered his spiritual power to protect his body.

Afterward, he made some other preparations to prevent any unexpected occurrences.

Once all this was done, Lin Jing began his descent.

Upon contact with the area below hundred meters, Lin Jing immediately felt the terrifying temperature.

Instantly, the temperature on his body soared, rising to a level that Lin Jing himself almost couldn’t bear.

However, Lin Jing didn’t shrink back, but continued to dive deeper.

It wasn’t until his whole body was submerged below the hundred meters that Lin Jing stopped his descent.

At this moment, Lin Jing’s body was glowing red, like a red-hot shrimp.

Here, Lin Jing finally felt his Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique stir once more.

Therefore, Lin Jing sat down cross-legged right there and resumed his cultivation.

…

…

After another four hours of cultivation, Lin Jing had only just managed to adapt to the current temperature.

By now, he clearly felt that his Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique was still a hair’s breadth away from perfection.

Lin Jing’s brow furrowed tight, and he couldn’t help but think.

Logically, with such high temperatures, the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique should have been perfected long ago; it shouldn’t be like this.

Lin Jing looked at his own body, which had been burnt bright red, while also feeling the endless power contained within.

It seemed that he was missing a catalyst…

Lin Jing then lowered his head in thought.

It wasn’t until a good while later that Lin Jing seemed to have an epiphany, suddenly lifting his head, his eyes flashing with light.

Subsequently.

Lin Jing straightened his posture, his gaze unwaveringly determined.

Then, he began to retract his spiritual power, gradually exposing his body protected by spiritual power to the flame spring.

The moment the spiritual power was retracted, Lin Jing felt an immense, unbearable pain.

Lin Jing clenched his teeth, silently enduring it.

The flame spring found every opening to seep through his skin, inching into his body bit by bit.

And within his body, the flame spring was far from tame; the fire-element essence brought by the flame spring rampaged through his body.

Causing continuous damage to his body…

And Lin Jing kept circulating the Overlord Divine Physique, trying to heal his damaged body.

In this cycle of destruction and repair,

The Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique was improving bit by bit.

Indeed.

This was indeed the final way to improve the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique: to let his body accommodate more power through constant destruction and reformation.

Only, all this destruction and reformation were happening internally.

As the flame spring continued to penetrate deeper, Lin Jing’s body was completely occupied by the fire-element essence.

If some practitioner of fire-element cultivation techniques were to see this, they would certainly accuse Lin Jing of squandering precious resources.

Such rare fire-element essence, and he was using it for body refining…

Indeed, the fire-element essence could be used for cultivation, but Lin Jing was not absorbing it to maintain the balance of the five elements within his body.

He was merely using the fire-element essence brought by the flame spring to continuously cleanse his body.

By this method, he was aiming for a breakthrough in the strength of his physique.

……

And so, after just two hours,

Lin Jing suddenly felt a tremor in his body, followed by a wave of refreshing feeling that spread instantly throughout his body.

Afterward…

Lin Jing’s body began to slowly shrink.

The previously bulging muscles gradually disappeared, melting into his body.

Lin Jing knew that this meant he had mastered the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique to the seventh level of perfection.

That’s why this change occurred.

Although the muscles on his body vanished and his body shape reverted to its previous form,

His physique was stronger than before.

The entire process of transformation lasted for a quarter of an hour.

Until, after the quarter-hour had passed, Lin Jing’s body had fully returned to normal.

At this moment, Lin Jing felt the surging power within him, overjoyed.

Since the Seven Refinement Body Forging Technique was perfected, this round of cultivation was also concluded for Lin Jing.

Then.

Lin Jing didn’t linger any longer and started to ascend.

When he passed the fifty-meter mark, Lin Jing especially checked to see that Yan Wanfei had left at some point.

Just wondering whether he had managed to break through the fifty-meter barrier this time…

Afterward, Lin Jing continued upward.

Soon, he returned to the cave.

Then, Lin Jing changed into the clothes he had already prepared.

Only after examining his body did he nod in satisfaction.

Though he had been a hulking figure for several years, Lin Jing still preferred his current appearance.

After that, Lin Jing left the place.

When Lin Jing returned to Li Yan City, even Yue Qi, who saw him, was stunned.

If it weren’t for the familiar aura and voice, she wouldn’t dare believe that this was Lin Jing’s true appearance.

However, Lin Jing’s explanation soon helped her understand.

Next, Yue Qi told Lin Jing something.

Lu Youjiu and the other two had temporarily left Li Yan Island, apparently because they had some matters to attend to.

They hadn’t informed Lin Jing because they were afraid of disturbing his cultivation.

The reason Yue Qi had stayed behind was specifically to tell him this news.

After hearing this, Lin Jing nodded.

Now that Li Yan Island was stable and there were no enemies left.

Moreover, since returning after dealing with the Heavenly Desire Demon Monarch, Holaw Three Rivers had built a defense-offense integrated fifth-rank grand formation for Li Yan Island.

This formation was even more formidable than the one previously set up by Dai Mao.

Therefore, there was no fear of any attacks.

Next, Lin Jing only needed to go about his business and didn’t need to worry about anything.

After talking with Yue Qi for a while, Lin Jing then left Li Yan City to return to his alchemy room.

He still needed to refine the Flawless Eternal Youth Elixir for Yan Wanfei.

According to what Yue Qi had just said, they would be gone for quite a long time.

Lin Jing thought to himself that he should refine the Flawless Eternal Youth Elixir before they returned to give Yan Wanfei a surprise…

……

Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, another three months had flown by.

Throughout this period, Lu Youjiu and the others hadn’t returned, not even sending any messages.

Then one day, as Lin Jing was practicing the Shenglin Revival Wood Technique in the Spirit Field in the northern part of Li Yan Island, repairing the delicate veins within the Spirit Plants…

Suddenly.

Lin Jing felt a powerful Divine Sense sweep over him, and he promptly activated his own Divine Sense to scan back.

When Lin Jing scanned back, he was immediately taken aback…

Then a Divine Sense message reached Lin Jing’s mind:

“Brother Lin…”

“Come quickly to Li Yan City, there are matters to discuss…”

It was Lu Youjiu and the others who had returned. The one transmitting the Divine Sense message was precisely Lu Youjiu.

Lin Jing promptly replied through Divine Sense:

“Brother Lu, please wait a moment…”

Having said that, Lin Jing immediately stood up.

Then he flew to Li Yan City on his Flying Sword.

Arriving at the City Lord’s Mansion in Li Yan City, Lin Jing immediately saw Lu Youjiu and the others.

Afterward, Lin Jing walked over with a smile:

“Brother Lu…”

“Brother San He, Brother Yan…”

“Your mission this time has been quite lengthy.”

Yan Wanfei then said:

“This time it was Brother Jiu who had some matters; we just accompanied him to take care of some business.”

Lin Jing then looked at Lu Youjiu with concern:

“Brother Lu, was the matter very troublesome?”

Lu Youjiu shook his head and said:

“It’s just some private affairs, nothing serious…”

After speaking, Lu Youjiu took out a transparent ‘stone’ of unknown material from his Space Ring and handed it to Lin Jing.

He then said:

“Brother Lin…”

“This is a piece of Flowing Light Gold Crystal, perfect for adding to your Ling Yin Flawless Sword to enhance its quality.”

“If combined with the Bright Spirit Origin Stone in your hand, it could even further upgrade your Ling Yin Flawless Sword.”

“You just need to find an Energy Refinement Master to meld it into your Ling Yin Flawless Sword when the time comes.”

The Bright Spirit Origin Stone was that transparent material Lin Jingzhi had obtained from the Island Master’s Storage Bag on Yuxing Island.

The Bright Spirit Origin Stone was incredibly precious, only a high-ranking Energy Refinement Master could refine and integrate it into a Flying Sword.

That’s why the Artifact Refiner Yan Wanfei had found earlier didn’t take the initiative on his own.

……

At that moment, Yan Wanfei quickly added:

“Brother Lin, I won’t be able to help you find an Artifact Refiner this time…”

“Because we three are leaving…”

Lin Jing was taken aback upon hearing this, and then asked with confusion:

“Leaving?”

“To where?”

When Lin Jing had come here, he felt that the atmosphere was a bit off.

Especially Yan Wanfei, who had lost his usual liveliness.

So this was the reason.

Lu Youjiu spoke up:

“This time, we’re planning to leave this southern outer sea and head to the Inner Sea…”

“Once we leave this time, we won’t be coming back for a short while. When we return, we don’t know how many years it will be.”

“So we’ve come to bid farewell to you, Brother Lin…”