Chapter 564 - 405: Blood Soul Bead, Unexpected Harvest? Accepting a Mission

With the Heaven and Earth Immortal Vein here, Lin Chang’sheng’s cultivation speed is way faster compared to outside.

One day of practice here is worth twenty days outside.

Time ticked by, minute by minute.

With the spiritual spring, Spirit Gathering Array, Heaven and Earth Immortal Vein, and Blood Soul Bead all at work,

Lin Chang’sheng felt cultivating was almost as easy as having a meal.

In just three short days, Lin Chang’sheng clearly sensed his physical body had gained a significant boost, even his Divine Soul had grown stronger.

"This Blood Soul Bead really is a fine treasure!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought to himself.

Normally, cultivation only strengthens primordial power.

But with the Blood Soul Bead’s help, both body and soul got a real upgrade.

...

Seven days flew by in a flash.

Over these seven days of practice, Lin Chang’sheng’s cultivation improved a lot, but he was still a fair distance from breaking through to Middle Stage of Integration.

"If I grind away here for about half a year, I should be able to reach Middle Stage of Integration!"

Lin Chang’sheng mused inwardly.

Advancing a small realm in half a year—most cultivators wouldn’t dare even dream of that.

After all, once you hit Integration Stage, it’s considered decent progress if you break through even a small realm in decades.

Because Lin Chang’sheng was so damn strong, when the seven days were up, nobody came to challenge him.

So he still kept the rights to the cave residence.

"Heh—"

One day, as Lin Chang’sheng was cultivating, he suddenly heard shouting from above the mountain, and realized it was a woman’s voice.

Lin Chang’sheng couldn’t help but get curious.

He instantly stopped cultivating and headed toward the cave above.

The distance between the two caves wasn’t far, so soon he arrived outside the other cave.

He saw a young woman, early twenties, throwing punches and kicks in front of the cave—every strike made the air rumble.

You could tell her moves packed serious power.

"Late Stage of Integration?"

Lin Chang’sheng looked at her young face, then saw she had Late Stage Integration cultivation, and found it pretty unbelievable.

If she really was only in her twenties, how come she never showed up during the Celestial Pride List?

If she joined the Celestial Pride List, Lin Chang’sheng probably wouldn’t have stood a chance.

But the stronger you cultivate, the easier it is to alter your appearance, so Lin Chang’sheng figured she wasn’t actually as young as she looked.

After practicing for a while, the girl was sweating buckets.

Suddenly she stopped and dove into the nearby spiritual spring, washing herself off.

Lin Chang’sheng hadn’t expected this—he’d only come up to see who was doing such intense training.

But wound up seeing quite the scene instead.

The girl’s body was fully revealed by the clear water—Lin Chang’sheng saw it all, for better or worse.

"If she finds out I was here, I’m probably dead meat!"

Lin Chang’sheng thought, then decided to slip away.

Snap—

Just as Lin Chang’sheng was about to leave, his foot hit a dry branch and made a crisp crack.

"Who’s there?"

The girl heard something, immediately covered herself, tightened her clothes, then leaped up, using primordial power to vaporize all the water off her body.

The next moment, she was standing right in front of Lin Chang’sheng.

Her speed even surprised Lin Chang’sheng; she was fast.

"You?"

She seemed to recognize Lin Chang’sheng instantly.

Her eyes were a strange mix of shock and angry embarrassment.

She hadn’t expected Lin Chang’sheng was that kind of peeping creep.

"Senior Sister, this is totally a misunderstanding! You were making so much noise, interrupted my training, so I came up to check. Didn’t expect—"

Lin Chang’sheng said awkwardly.

"There’s no such thing as coincidence! You’re just a pervy bastard!"

The girl wasn’t buying Lin Chang’sheng’s excuse and snapped at him furiously.

She thought everyone would be training, but Lin Chang’sheng proved her wrong—now she’d ended up exposing herself to him completely by accident.

Right now, her fist was clenched tight.

Looked like she could throw hands any moment to teach Lin Chang’sheng a lesson.

"Doesn’t matter if you listen to my explanation or not. So, what now? I already saw everything. If you want, I’m fine if you want to see mine in return!"

Lin Chang’sheng stopped bothering with explanations.

"You... you animal—"

Gao Yumin was so pissed off by Lin Chang’sheng’s words she could barely speak—she was still a virgin, and with this kind of humiliation, how could she not blow her top?

Before she finished, Gao Yumin punched straight for Lin Chang’sheng’s face.

Lin Chang’sheng reacted fast, dodging as her fist aura flew toward him.

The truth was, Gao Yumin was Late Stage Integration and way stronger. Lin Chang’sheng wouldn’t win a power contest.

Her fist aura just grazed his sleeve as Lin Chang’sheng used Cloud Soaring Sun Chasing Step to slip past.

"I’m not sticking around today!"

Lin Chang’sheng jumped and disappeared into the forest.

Gao Yumin stomped her feet on the spot in anger.

"Just wait till next time I catch you!"

Gao Yumin shouted, still fuming.

She knew Lin Chang’sheng’s cave was right below hers—once he got inside and activated the array, she wouldn’t be able to get in, so chasing after him was pointless.

Back in his cave, Lin Chang’sheng found himself a little shaken up and couldn’t calm down to practice.

Some images kept flashing in his mind, like they’d been burned in.

"Guess I’ll go run some tasks and earn a few experience points!"

Lin Chang’sheng muttered, thinking some work outside might help.

Constant training was getting dull anyway.

Soon he went to Jiuhua Mountain and found Zhao Shuang’Er and Hou Shaojie.

The three of them headed together to Experience Peak to pick up some tasks.

When they got there, Lin Chang’sheng found the place packed, with groups of disciples recruiting for teams to head out together.

Some tasks just can’t be done with only two or three people.

Lin Chang’sheng also noticed the task board had different colored listings.

"Boss, the colors mark difficulty: white, yellow, purple, black, red—from easiest to hardest. White tasks can be done by Nascent Soul Stage folks, really simple, but only pay up to 10 experience points. Yellow ones need Divinity Transformation disciples, worth up to 50 points; purple ones require Void Refining disciples, up to 100 points; black ones need Integration Stage, up to 200 points; and the hardest, red, are for Late Stage of Integration and above. If we can tackle the black tasks, that’s already impressive!"

Hou Shaojie explained to Lin Chang’sheng, seeing he was confused.

Without Lin Chang’sheng, they would only dare take purple tasks.

But with him around, maybe black tasks were doable.

Lin Chang’sheng kept scanning the board.

He saw the red tasks were intense—some were about killing targets chosen by the major sects, and the targets were always Late Stage Integration cultivators.

If you didn’t have Late Stage Integration cultivation, it was a suicide mission.

There were also jobs to kill spirit beasts—spirit beasts aren’t just demon beasts; some are so strong even Mahayana Stage experts struggle.

These red tasks really were tough.

Lin Chang’sheng then focused on the black tasks.

The black ones were at least a little simpler.

Some involved escorting merchant caravans, some were about helping the sect hunt demon beasts, and others were gathering herbs for the sect.

Lin Chang’sheng finally picked one: escorting a merchant caravan, near the sect.

The caravan had to pass through Qingfeng Cliff, a hotbed for bandit raids.

That’s why they wanted help from nearby major sects.

Who knows, maybe taking out those bandits could net them some extra loot.

That’s why Lin Chang’sheng decided to accept this task.

After taking the task, Lin Chang’sheng went to the hall to register.

"How many in your party?"

The registrar was an older man.

He didn’t even look up as he asked.

How many in the group meant how to split experience points later.

That’s why the number needed to be registered.

"Three!"

Lin Chang’sheng replied right away.

When he heard, the old man paused—he was obviously surprised, then looked up at Lin Chang’sheng like he was crazy.

Three people for a black task?

That’s basically suicide.

"Is that Lin Chang’sheng?"

"I think so—can’t believe he took a black task outright!"

"Is there a problem with him taking a black task at Early Stage of Integration?"

"But this task’s no joke! Qingfeng Cliff is bandit central, and there’s a few Integration Stage cultivators among them."

"Yeah! Still, Lin Chang’sheng’s cultivation isn’t ordinary, he should be able to handle himself!"

...

As Lin Chang’sheng was registering in the hall, disciples all around seemed to recognize him too.

Everybody started gossiping.

Once the elder at the desk realized it was Lin Chang’sheng taking the task, the mocking tone vanished from his face.