Very soon, from the side of the Treasure Tower, they respectfully handed over the prepared spiritual stones to Tang Yu.
The branch master, after sending the spiritual stones, smiled and said politely:
"It's rare for the elder to visit Black Cloud City. Is there anything else that needs attention? If you need anything, just let me know."
A moment ago, the other party had taken out an elder token that had been personally granted by the sect master.
This type of token was generally given to important figures who did not belong to the Treasure Tower but had significant relations with it.
In short, whoever held this token had to be treated with respect by everyone, except by the sect master of the Treasure Tower.
"It's possible I'll need your help with something later. For now, I'll rest here for a while."
Tang Yu didn't bother being overly polite.
After exchanging a few words,
The branch assigned him a room where he could rest.
They even sent two beautiful maids.
"Greetings, elder, my name is Shishi."
"Greetings, elder, my name is Jiujiu."
The two maids were cultivators in the Qi Refining stage and were in charge of receiving important figures.
Today, the branch master had given them strict instructions to serve this mysterious elder of extremely high status well.
"How old are you?"
Seeing that the two young women were quite attractive, Tang Yu's tone softened a bit.
"Answering the elder, we are both nineteen years old."
The two maids answered in unison.
"At such a young age, you already have to cultivate and work at the same time, it's not easy. It's fine, one of you will give me a back massage, and the other will massage my feet. In return, I'll share some cultivation ideas with you."
With the mindset to enjoy the moment,
Tang Yu lay face down on the bed and allowed the two maids to attend to him.
Heh! A master of the Hehuan Sect is simply a master! All day eating and drinking, doing nothing else. Why bother with cultivation?
While casually talking with them about some cultivation ideas he had heard from the Hehuan Sect elders,
He used his divine sense to secretly observe Lin Xuan, wanting to see how he would handle the situation now that he had altered the plot.
As long as the residual essence of the Immortal Empress inside Lin Xuan's pearl didn't awaken,
Tang Yu could observe him with his divine sense without being detected.
The other party's cultivation level was still low, so he wouldn't notice anything.
Back home, Lin Xuan had a gloomy expression, clearly in a bad mood.
He had planned to try his luck at the black market,
But the items he was interested in were snatched by that bastard named Xu Kun.
"Definitely the work of Lin Qin's family."
A flash of resentment crossed Lin Xuan's eyes.
Earlier, he had declared firmly that he would defeat Lin Qin at the coming coming-of-age ceremony in seven days.
Given the cautious nature of his uncle's family, it wasn't surprising they were sabotaging him.
Just as, with a dark face, he was about to return to his room to plan his next move,
He saw the old butler waiting for him outside his bedroom door.
This made Lin Xuan feel even more disgusted. He let out a cold laugh and walked closer, saying:
"Old Butler Wang is truly loyal to my uncle, huh? Are you spying on me for him? Then do me a favor and tell him that at the coming-of-age ceremony in seven days, I'll publicly defeat Lin Qin."
After receiving such a sarcastic taunt from Lin Xuan,
Butler Wang showed a hint of confusion on his face but could only smile bitterly and say:
"Young Master Xuan, you misunderstand. I came on the Patriarch's orders to deliver something to you."
With that, Butler Wang handed over a storage ring.
Lin Xuan examined it and realized it was the compensation the Qin family had promised him.
This made Lin Xuan grit his teeth in hatred.
The Qin family had looked down on him, unilaterally broke the engagement, and now tried to dismiss him with a few spiritual stones.
If this isn't humiliation, then what is?
Just thinking about his current embarrassing situation...
Lin Xuan snatched the storage ring and entered the room, slamming the door shut.
Butler Wang, who was outside the door, walked a short distance before sighing faintly.
Young Master Xuan, back then
When he still had talent, he was always extremely arrogant.
Now that he has lost his talent, he's even more proud than before, always thinking that everyone is against him and chasing him.
If he continues like this, how will he make his way in the Lin family?
Returning to his room, Lin Xuan took out the spiritual stones and pills from the storage ring.
Fifty medium-quality spiritual stones, just enough to solve his immediate crisis.
Five Qi replenishing pills, which could be very helpful for cultivators in the Qi Refining stage.
"Forget it, I'll use this to buy materials and refine pills first. Then I'll take these five Qi replenishing pills and see if I can make a big breakthrough all at once."
After confirming that the Qi replenishment pills had no issues, Lin Xuan murmured to himself and left again.
"The flexibility of dignity and principles..."
Tang Yu, who was secretly observing with his divine sense, couldn't help but make a sarcastic comment.
Normally, to demonstrate his pride and integrity, a protagonist would never accept compensation from someone else, considering it a humiliation.
But this guy, even though he sees it as humiliation, still accepts it.
This made Tang Yu despise him a little. If it were him, he would have accepted it without hesitation.
And then he would have focused on cultivating, waiting for an opportunity to come back strong and say something like: "Miss Qin, you wouldn't want the Qin family to have problems, would you?"
However, when Lin Xuan left the room, Tang Yu immediately became alert. He signaled to the two maidens not to act yet and called the pavilion master.
The tower master had been gone for less than half an hour when he was called back, so he spoke respectfully:
"What orders does the elder have?"
"Do you know all the medicinal herb stores in the Black Cloud City?"
Tang Yu asked with a smile.
"Two-thirds of the medicinal herb stores are ours, and I know the others as well."
The pavilion master quickly replied.
The tower mainly focused on the business of medicinal herbs, pills, and magical treasures.
In the southern region of the Nine Heavens Continent, these businesses were under the control of the tower.
"Then make all the stores increase the price of any medicinal herbs Lin Xuan requests to three times their value."
Tang Yu formed a seal with his hands, and Lin Xuan's face appeared floating in the air.
The pavilion master immediately rushed out to carry out the order.
He instructed all the stores under his command to triple the prices for Lin Xuan.
After giving this order, Tang Yu hurriedly left.
At that moment, Lin Xuan was heading to the nearest medicinal herb store of the tower with the spiritual stones he had just obtained.
Entering the store, he mentioned the names of several medicinal herbs.
The clerk ordered his people to prepare the herbs and then did some calculations with the abacus before smiling:
"Sir, the total is sixty-one medium-grade spiritual stones, but I'll give you a discount and leave it at sixty."
"Sixty? That's too expensive! It can't be, I calculated that these herbs only cost twenty medium-grade spiritual stones. Are you trying to scam me?"
Upon hearing the price of sixty spiritual stones, Lin Xuan's expression darkened, and he asked indignantly.
He only had three medium-grade spiritual stones on him, and although he had endured humiliation to get fifty more, he still couldn't afford the price.
"Sir, we apologize. This year, the production of medicinal herbs has been extremely low, we're in a special period, so all our branches have increased the prices. You can go to another store if you wish."
The clerk used an excuse he had prepared to respond.
Of course, Lin Xuan decided to go elsewhere. If all the tower's stores had raised their prices, why not try somewhere else?
After wandering around for a while, he found a herb store that had no connection to the tower.
He entered and mentioned the medicinal herbs he needed.
The store clerk, seeing it as a good deal, personally went to collect the herbs.
Meanwhile, Tang Yu, who was secretly following him, chuckled and activated his special technique.
Without alerting anyone, he injected a stream of impure energy into one of the herbs the clerk had picked.
This way, when Lin Xuan discovered that the pill had some problem, he would blame this herb store and not the tower.
After buying the herbs, Lin Xuan stored them in his storage ring and hurried back home to refine the pills.
In cultivation novels, refining pills and forging weapons is an essential skill for the protagonist, and Lin Xuan was no exception.
He spent the entire day refining the pills.
When he finally completed the process, instead of a refreshing medicinal fragrance, an unbearable stench filled the room.
It was as if a peasant woman, untrained in the art of abstinence, had been constipated for seven days.
"Urgh...!"
Lin Xuan almost vomited immediately upon smelling it.
"So this is what you get when refining pills with an ancient recipe. It really is different from regular pills. No wonder it's a treasure left by a master."
After a long while of getting used to the stench, Lin Xuan finally gathered the courage to swallow the pill.
As soon as the pill touched his tongue, an indescribable bitterness spread in his mouth.
This bitter and foul taste was something he had never experienced before, and he almost spat the pill out several times.
With great effort, he managed to digest it, and soon the medicinal power spread throughout his body.
Immediately, he began to feel internal changes.
The most obvious was that a black, foul-smelling substance began to ooze from the pores of his skin.
This is a classic in cultivation novels.
Whenever someone purifies their body and marrow, they expel impurities in this way.
When all the impurities are gone, an ordinary person turns into a genius.
Tang Yu, who was secretly watching, memorized the recipe and the pill refinement process.
Then, he sent a message to Ambar through a flying sword to have the tower begin mass production.
As always, he only provided the recipe and took fifty percent of the profits.
"This secret will feed me for life."
Tang Yu let out a malicious laugh.
From a distance, he launched several waves of energy at Lin Xuan's room.
The waves were subtle and made no sound when they hit the window.
However, they made several holes in the paper of the window.
The stench in the room began to escape.
Soon, the foul smell spread over a radius of several dozen meters.
Just then, some disciples from the Lin family were passing by...
In the wooden bathtub, he quickly rinsed off with water to remove the sticky, black dirt from his body.
Then, he put on his clothes, opened the door to the room, and looked at the people outside, saying, "What's going on here?"
As soon as he opened the door, the nauseating smell from the room rushed toward the people with force.
This sudden smell multiplied, causing everyone present to be pushed back several dozen meters.
At that moment, everyone present vomited.
"Come here!"
The elder leader, who didn't have enough cultivation level, thought, "If it weren't for this, even the Golden Dan inside would have flown out."
Lin Xuan could only approach the elder leader and say, "There was a bit of a smell in the room just now, but isn't this a bit of an exaggeration?"
As he opened his mouth, the foul smell from his mouth, due to the pills he had just taken, began to escape.
Several nearby disciples from the Lin family began to turn pale and roll their eyes from the bad smell.
How bad it stinks! This man smells unbearably bad!
"No wonder you dared to say you'd defeat Lin Qing in the adulthood ceremony; it seems you use these kinds of evil methods."
"What Lin Xuan, willing to do anything to win!"
"This is cheating!"
After everyone recovered, they began to curse Lin Xuan for his shamelessness.
This terrible smell wouldn't be tolerated even by them, cultivators at the first level of Qi, let alone a cultivator at the Foundation level.
"Are you looking for trouble on purpose?"
Hearing the doubts of the people, Lin Xuan was about to start a fight.
How could he use such low methods to defeat his opponent?
"I don't care what methods you use, but you'd better solve the bad smell in your room, the entire Lin family is about to die from this stinky odor!"
The elder leader said these words and turned to leave.
It was so unbearable that even his eyes couldn't open, staying for another second was torture.
When the group left, Lin Xuan, feeling humiliated, clenched his fists and angrily looked at the backs of everyone.
"This Lin family has no eyes, I don't care about staying!"
Lin Xuan made a decision in his heart and returned to his room to solve the bad smell.
Tang Yu, who had been watching secretly, couldn't stop laughing.
Killing this guy wasn't realistic.
He had a "golden finger" and was the son of fortune chosen by Heaven.
But bothering him and manipulating him to lose his calm was no problem.
After all, cultivators are afraid of their mentality being affected.
That same night, the news of the unbearable stench from Lin Xuan's room spread throughout the Lin family.
Then, some servants of the Lin family spread it in the Black Cloud city.
The famous Lin Xuan, the first genius of the Lin family in a thousand years, had not only become a useless person, but he was also a useless person with an unbearable smell!
When Qin Weiwei from the Qin family heard, she felt a slight relief.
Fortunately, the engagement had already been broken.
Otherwise, what would be the point of marrying a man like him in this life?
After a bone washing, Lin Xuan began to take the Qi recovery pills to cultivate in his room.
When Tang Yu saw that he had already started his cultivation retreat, he stopped watching him.
Instead, he went to the Treasure Hall and began focusing on his work, such as "The Tragic Journey of the Goddess Yun" and others, to make money.
The ancient pill recipe that he had borrowed from Lin Xuan.
After being thoroughly researched in the Treasure Hall, they had begun to mass-produce it.
According to Ambar's response, once the fame of this pill spread, Tang Yu would receive monthly dividends of no less than three thousand high-level spirit stones.
This made Tang Yu feel very moved.
There was no doubt that it was the starter package provided by the protagonist's "golden finger."
With just a little digging, it was like discovering an endless mountain of gold.
After seven days, the Lin family's adulthood ceremony began.
All disciples of the Lin family who were over 16 and under 20 years old had to participate in this ceremony.
After completing the ceremony, the family elders would decide which resources the disciples would receive, what tasks they would perform, etc., according to their talent and skills.
Tang Yu, who had already been waiting, used his divine sense to take a look and quickly lost interest.
Most of the people present were cultivators at the first and middle Qi levels, and the fights between them would be like chickens fighting each other.
In the case of Lin Qing, who, after seven days of retreat, had failed to reach the Foundation level but had fully refined his flying sword.
Lin Xuan, who had regained his talent, after taking five Qi recovery pills in those seven days, was very close to surpassing the Foundation level.
With an indifferent expression, he watched the disciples of the Lin family.
Today, exactly twenty people were participating in the adulthood ceremony.
His opponent was a disciple of the Lin family, Lin Fei, who was at the mid-Qi level. Their relationship was not good at all.
Lin Fei didn't expect his first opponent to be Lin Xuan.
With a contemptuous smile, he climbed onto the combat stage and, pointing at Lin Xuan with his hand, indicated that he could come up and receive his beating.
Lin Xuan climbed onto the stage without changing his expression, while from below, mocking laughter and comments about the unpleasant smell Lin Xuan had left before began to be heard.
"Lin Xuan, don't go using that bad smell as your fighting technique today, it's too embarrassing! Even if you win, it won't be honorable…"
Before Lin Fei finished speaking, Lin Xuan was already less than three meters from him and threw a punch at his face.
With true energy flowing inside him, Lin Xuan concentrated his punch into a ball of red energy, which then struck Lin Fei.
Lin Fei snorted coldly and also raised his fist to counter.
The next second, it was like a kite being cut, flying backward off the stage.
He fell to the ground, blood pouring from his mouth, staring at Lin Xuan with an expression of disbelief.
How could a cultivator at the initial Qi stage manifest such combat power!?
The elders of the Lin family also slightly changed their expressions.
Upon observing more closely, they realized that Lin Xuan's strength had returned to the pinnacle of the Qi stage.
"Did he recover his strength?"
"How is it possible that he came back so quickly to the peak of Qi?"
"Is the old Lin Xuan returning?"
The crowd below the stage also changed their expressions.
Seeing how everyone's faces changed, Lin Xuan, who finally felt relieved, was extremely happy.
After sweeping his gaze over the faces of the crowd, he sneered.
Now they regret it?
Similarly, after an easy victory in his fight, Lin Qing looked at Lin Xuan.
Seeing that his cousin had regained his talent, Lin Qing didn't feel jealous.
After all, he had already been chosen by a great master from the Golden Core Realm.
His future success would definitely astonish the entire Black Cloud City.
After exchanging glances with each other, Lin Xuan spoke directly.
"Don't let more trash come to fight me, it's a waste of my time. Lin Qing, come up directly, it's time to settle accounts."
"Audacious, the family rules…"
An elder who heard this changed his face to a dark one, about to intervene when he was stopped by the Patriarch, Lin Shicong, with a gesture of his hand.
People with sharp eyes noticed.
His son, Lin Xuan, who had regained his power, was now at a level above the other young members of the family.
Since no one else could fight, why not let them face off instead?
Since Patriarch Lin Shicong had said it, the crowd raised no objections.
What began as a coming-of-age ceremony turned into the stage for the fight between cousins Lin Qing and Lin Xuan.
Lin Qing climbed onto the stage and took a deep breath, remembering one of the requirements from his future master.
If you're going to win, you must win, and without hesitation!
If that's the case, today he must give his all and defeat Lin Xuan to prove his determination.
Lin Xuan concentrated his energy into his fists and legs.
He used the techniques he had learned from an ancestor in a sphere, taking them to the limit, and in an instant, his figure moved as fast as lightning, even matching a Foundation stage cultivator.
With astonishing speed, Lin Xuan quickly took control of the fight.
Lin Qing started being forced into a defensive position.
The fight lasted no more than a few exchanges of breaths.
The crowd watched as Lin Qing was clearly in an uncomfortable position, constantly being hit and defending.
Tang Yu, who was observing with his spiritual sense, made a sound of disapproval.
In the original plot, this was the first major turning point in the story.
Lin Xuan, after regaining his power, would destroy Lin Qing, who had been considered the future hope of the Lin family, and would completely sever ties with the Lin family.
After completing his revenge, he would leave Black Cloud City to go somewhere else to boast and humiliate others.
If I hadn't secretly intervened, today Lin Xuan would have really walked out with that air of superiority.
Realizing that he couldn't break the situation with his own strength, Lin Qing decided to use his flying sword.
With a flash of light, Lin Xuan, who was about to strike, quickly retreated.
The flying sword passed so close to his face that it left a wound where blood began to slowly seep out.
"Despicable, using a magical treasure!"
Lin Xuan, who had almost suffered a great setback, began to curse loudly.
He was forced to abandon his attack and choose to defend himself against the fast flying sword.
The Lin family crowd in the stands showed surprised expressions and looked at Lin Shicong.
They thought it was the Patriarch who had prepared this treasure for his son.
Lin Shicong, for his part, was completely confused.
That flying sword was clearly a fine magical item, and even though he had some family funds, he couldn't afford something so extravagant.
After summoning the flying sword, the situation on the stage instantly changed.
Feeling great pressure, Lin Xuan defended with all his strength, but the flying sword's speed was too fast, and he already had seven or eight wounds on his body.
"Lin Xuan, you can still surrender in time."
After overpowering his opponent with the flying sword, Lin Qing didn't feel anything wrong.
After all, his future master had taught him that one must win at all costs.
"Surrender? The one who will lose is you!"
The speed of Lin Xuan's punches increased more and more, and at this moment, he clearly felt his energy sea beginning to stir.
Under the enormous battle crisis, he felt that he was about to break his limits.
Breaking the limit in times of crisis is also a typical skill of protagonists.
As the energy sea stirred more and more violently.
In an instant, Lin Xuan felt that something was going to erupt from within him with great force.
At that moment, Lin Xuan decided to let it flow naturally.
Then, a torrent of heat ran through his large intestine, mixed with his true energy, causing his pants to tear at that very instant. If Ye Qiu were alive and saw this, he would surely exclaim that this was an expert in the field.
During the process of cleansing the bones and stripping the marrow, a part of the black filth didn't know why it had stayed inside him.
At that moment, this black waste shot out with great force.
It jumped and flew several meters away.
The members of the Lin family, who were watching the competition carefully from below the stage, didn't react immediately.
They were completely soaked by it.
The unbearable stench sprayed right in their faces.
The members of the Lin family were shocked for a moment and then began to fly in the air, quickly heading toward a nearby lake to clean themselves.
The few Lin family members who were lucky enough to escape looked at Lin Xuan in disbelief.
Regaining their composure, they all became enraged and began to curse.
"It's a complete lack of shame, using such a low trick!"
"I told you, he definitely had bad intentions those days, what kind of sorcery is this?"
"How disgusting! How can there be such a repulsive person in our family? Quickly expel him from the Lin family, stop embarrassing us and tarnishing our good name!"
Hearing the insults directed at him, Lin Xuan felt extremely complex, even feeling cold on his backside because his pants had torn.
After more than ten years of cultivation, he had also been in energy fasting for more than ten years.
He had already forgotten what it felt like to do something so liberating.
At that moment, he felt like he had lost all his dignity as a human being.
A flying sword stopped in front of him, but he no longer had the intention to continue attacking.
Lin Qing, with a complex expression, picked up the flying sword and, looking at his cousin, said in a low voice.
"Do you think you can defeat me with this trick?"
"..."
Lin Xuan, with a darkened face, didn't say anything. He really didn't know how to answer that question, so he just took out a set of clothes from his storage ring and tied them around his waist to prevent himself from showing more.
Hearing that there were still several shouts demanding that he be punished by the family law for his immoral behavior,
Lin Xuan, completely beside himself, shouted loudly.
"From today on, I sever all ties with the Lin family!"
With that said, Lin Xuan used all his strength and flew quickly out of the Lin family, then ran with all his might directly out of the Black Cloud City.
If he stayed, he feared they would laugh themselves to death!
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