"What exactly is your intention in bringing me to this place?" Xu Lingchong suppressed the hatred in his heart and asked in a low voice.
The masked man laughed lightly and said, "Nothing much, I just saw that you were pitiful, so I helped you."
"Helped me?" Xu Lingchong couldn't bear to look straight at the pile of minced meat on the ground and said while gnashing his teeth, "Can this be considered as helping me?"
"Of course, let me ask you a question. Do you like women more, or do you like power more?" The masked man said playfully.
Xu Lingchong was stunned for a moment before slowly replying, "Power."
Although women were good things to cultivators who wholeheartedly pursued strength, compared to power and strength, they were really nothing. Especially to a person like Xu Lingchong who was extremely ambitious.
For so many years, he had always spared no effort in pursuing Shangguan Laner. Even if the factor of lust for women was within it, the more essential objective was still to borrow power to rise up. As long as he could successfully rise up, at that time, he would have as many peerless beauties as he wanted.
"Since you want power, then why do you have to rack your brains to keep this thing?" The masked man laughed lightly in disdain and then said, "Compared to child's play like climbing up to women, it's far more reliable to strengthen one's own strength. What do you think?"
Xu Lingchong was asked to the point of being speechless, and only after a long while did he faintly say, "Even if I want to increase my strength, there's no need to be a eunuch, right? What the fuck is the relationship between the two?"
"Of course it's related." The masked man snapped his fingers and an ancient book suddenly appeared before Xu Lingchong. The title page was engraved with four dark golden words — Chrysanthemum Treasured Book.
Xu Lingchong's eyelids twitched, and he picked up the ancient book under the other party's indication. After he flipped it open, the first sentence that entered his eyes caused him to be shocked speechless, "If you want to cultivate this technique, you must first castrate yourself …"
"This Chrysanthemum Treasured Book is a supreme divine technique. After cultivating it to a profound level, its power is not the slightest bit inferior to the five divine techniques that are highly respected on the Heavenly Island, and it might even surpass them. However, there are two prerequisites to cultivating it. One is to first castrate yourself, and the second is to have bone-deep hatred. You have already fulfilled these two prerequisites." The masked man explained.
"This …" Xu Lingchong was instantly shaken. Regardless of whether he dared to face it or not, he had to accept the reality that he had already become a eunuch. In terms of hatred, his hatred towards Lin Yi and Shangguan Laner had absolutely broken through the horizon.
"With your aptitude and conditions, as long as you concentrate on cultivating the Chrysanthemum Treasured Chrysanthemum, you will be able to reach within a few months. Only, you will be able able able able able able able. You. At that your strength, you, you will, you.
When he heard this, Xu Lingchong fell into deep contemplation. He was able to feel that these words weren't empty words without any basis, but up until now, he still knew nothing about the masked man before him.
What was the identity of the masked man, what were his intentions, and why did he want him to cultivate the Chrysanthemum Treasured Book? These were all questions, and the masked man didn't have any intention of explaining.
After being silent for a long time, Xu Lingchong suddenly fiercely gritted his teeth and said, "Now that things have come to this, I have no other choice. I want this Chrysanthemum Treasured Book."
"Very good, I didn't misjudge you. You are indeed a sensible fellow that knows how to adapt to circumstances. Then from today onwards, you will stay here and cultivate. I will only let you out after you've cultivated to the Initial Realm. As for the miscellaneous matters outside and at home, I will take care of them for you." The masked man spoke in admiration, then his figure flashed and vanished from Xu Lingchong's line of sight, as if he had never appeared.
Who exactly is this fellow that's pretending to be mysterious? Xu Lingchong couldn't help but guess in his heart as he gazed at the completely empty chamber.
This chamber, including the top and bottom, was completely impenetrable and impenetrable walls, and there was utterly no way out. Even with Xu Lingchong's extraordinary eyesight, he was unable to find any gaps, and it was even to the extent that he felt a familiar defensive formation on the walls, and the level of the defensive formation was so high that it was astounding.
Yet this masked person had actually vanished into thin air right before his eyes in a place like this. Even with Xu Lingchong's experience, such cultivation and strength caused him to be unable to help but be flabbergasted and feel disbelief.
Xu Lingchong took a deep breath and sat down cross-legged right away before hugging the Chrysanthemum Treasured Book and starting to study it. At any rate, regardless of whether he was willing or not, since the matter had developed to such an extent, if he didn't do as the masked man said and cultivate this Chrysanthemum Treasured Book to the Initial Realm, then it would probably be difficult for him to see the light of day once more.
To the unaware Lin Yi, Xu Lingchong's strange encounter was equivalent to doing him a great favor in a disguised form.
After all, Xu Lingchong had just suffered a tremendous change, and it was the moment where it was the easiest for him to go to the extreme, and it was the moment where he posed the greatest threat to Lin Yi. Yet he was suddenly forcefully imprisoned by this masked man of unknown origins to cultivate the Chrysanthemum Treasured Book.
Not to mention what would happen in the future, at least in a short period of time, Xu Lingchong was already unable to pose any threat to Lin Yi, and Lin Yi could concentrate on cultivating for a period of time! On the other hand, Lin Yi didn't intentionally find out where Xu Lingchong had gone. Since there was no news of him, he was happy to be idle.
Time flashed by, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day of the auction. According to the agreement, Lin Yi arrived at the Hong Merchant Group early in the morning to meet up with Hong Zhong.
However, this time, he appeared in his original appearance. In any case, Hong Zhong already knew his identity, and the relationship between him and Hong Zhong had already been seen by everyone at the birthday banquet. Rather than hiding his identity as Lin Er, it was better for him to be a bit more aboveboard and directly appear in his original form.
This was actually a kind of psychological game. After all, up until now, no matter how much Nan Tianba and the others suspected him, they at least didn't have enough evidence to confirm that he and Lin Er were the same person. Facing Lin Yi's original body, this trace of uncertainty could very likely become an opportunity. On the other hand, if it was Lin Er, the other party could instead confirm and directly make a move.
After meeting up with Hong Zhong and exchanging greetings, Lin Yi immediately took out a bag from his bosom and handed it to Hong Zhong, saying, "Shopkeeper Hong, these are some pills that I refined not long ago. Can I pack them up and sell them to your Hong Merchant Group?"
Hong Zhong's eyes lit up, and when he took a look at the cloth bag, he shockingly found that there were a total of thirteen pills inside, all of which were Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills. What made him even more surprised was that these Foundation Establishment Barrier Breaking Pills were all flashing with a layer of pill halo. They were actually all rare top-grade goods!
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