Chapter 39 Breaking Through Level Ten
A year has passed in the blink of an eye.
The Shi family's brewery opened for business not long after, and with Yan Jin's encouragement, it quickly took over all the liquor business in and around Notting City.
As the brewery reaped the wealth of Notting City, the Shi family rose to become the richest family in Notting City.
Of course, becoming the richest family in the Shi family on the surface meant that Yan Jin, who was behind the Shi family, was even more incredibly wealthy.
Although Xiao Tianhe also wanted to cause trouble, Yan Jin had strong connections in Heaven Dou City and had spent a large sum of gold soul coins, so before Xiao Tianhe could even start targeting the Shi family, he was warned by his superior.
Later, although Xiao Tianhe was envious, he didn't dare to mess with the Shi family.
After the Shi family learned of this, they brought gifts and presented them to Yan Jin.
After developing in Notting City for two months, the Shi family began transporting their wines to Heaven Dou City, and their income increased significantly.
As a result, the Shi family's brewery expanded, and Shi Lin also refined another batch of wine Gu to ensure that the brewery's output could guarantee the quantity sold.
However, the wine delivered to the Heaven Dou Empire was of medium quality and not produced by the superior wine Gu, so it did not attract the attention of important figures. Its main purpose was to expand trade routes.
As for Shi Lin, he spent a whole year using the power of the three Bitter Wine Gu to raise his soul power level to level nine.
Today is the day Shi Lin breaks through to level ten.
Shi Lin sat on the artificial hill in the Shi family's residence, with three bitter wine Gu affixed to his three dantian, rapidly absorbing the surrounding soul power.
As the soul power rapidly entered Shi Lin's body, Shi Lin felt all the meridians in his body begin to swell.
This feeling was extremely uncomfortable, but Shi Lin gritted his teeth and persevered.
After a full hour, Shi Lin, covered in sweat, finally trembled slightly as he broke through the bottleneck and reached level ten in soul power.
Because the Bitter Wine Gu had improved Shi Lin's talent to some extent, breaking through the bottleneck did not cause him too much suffering.
"Finally, I've broken through." Shi Lin lifted his clothes and wiped the sweat from his face.
With the help of three high-grade bitter wine Gu, Shi Lin raised his soul power level from level 3 to level 10 in one year.
In other words, it's relatively easy to level up in the first ten levels, but the speed of improvement slows down as you progress. In the future, it will be virtually impossible to reach ten levels in a year.
Seeing that Shi Lin had moved, Shi An, who was waiting for him in the courtyard, quickly handed him a warm towel.
"Congratulations, young master! Congratulations on breaking through to level 10 so quickly!" Shi An said with a simple smile to Shi Lin.
"Brother An, your soul power level should be breaking through to level 20 soon, right? Hurry up and cultivate. Let's try to go into the Soul Hunting Forest together to hunt soul beasts in the next couple of days." Shi Lin wiped his face and then said seriously to Shi An.
"Replying to Young Master, I've already reached the bottleneck, and I should be able to break through in the next couple of days. By the way, Master said to go see him after you break through." Shi An replied, patting his hair with a simple and honest expression, and said to Shi Lin.
"Understood." Shi Lin nodded, then walked down from the artificial hill and headed towards Shi Zhen's study.
Today, the Shi family's businesses have expanded many times over, and naturally, the Shi family's courtyard has also been expanded.
The Shi family's courtyard is now a three-section courtyard house, with the design drawings personally drawn by Shi Lin. The number of servants has increased to sixty or seventy, since the courtyard is larger and there are more people who need to take care of it.
Of course, the Shi family is not short of money right now!
Soon, Shi Lin arrived at Shi Zhen's study after going through many twists and turns.
After the Shi family business expanded, Shi Zhen began to become a hands-off manager. After all, he had more and more accountants under his command, and each factory had its own factory manager, so Shi Zhen no longer needed to personally oversee things.
"Father, did you need to see me?" Shi Lin entered the study, and without any formalities, sat down in a chair, picked up the teapot, and started drinking.
"You've finished your breakthrough, kid?" Shi Zhen looked at his son, nodded in satisfaction, and then asked Shi Lin with a smile.
"Yes, I've already broken through. There weren't any problems, everything went smoothly." Shi Lin nodded, then didn't say anything more.
"Congratulations, son. But you might have to put up with this for a while. You'll have to wait until Brother An breaks through level 20 before you go into the Soul Hunting Forest with him to hunt soul beasts and absorb soul rings. Your soul power level can't be revealed yet," Shi Zhen sighed, somewhat helplessly.
Shi Lin's innate soul power level is level three, so under normal circumstances, it would take him five or six years, or even seven or eight years, to break through to level ten.
Since Yan Jin recently accepted the Shi family's gold soul coins, he has started to cultivate relationships in the Heaven Dou Empire, asking if he can return to Heaven Dou City.
Therefore, they were no longer as concerned about Shi Lin's cultivation status as before.
Although Yan Jin hasn't paid much attention to Shi Lin recently, if Shi Lin goes on a large-scale hunt for soul beasts to obtain soul rings, Yan Jin will definitely find out.
If that happens, Shi Lin's cultivation speed will arouse the curiosity of Yan Jin and others, and the Shi family will be in danger.
Therefore, the only option was to let Shi Lin absorb one while Shi An was absorbing a soul ring.
"No problem. This trip into the Soul Hunting Forest is a good opportunity to study other soul beasts and see if we can refine Gu worms." Shi Lin also showed a bright smile.
After all, the soul beasts in the Soul Hunting Forest are relatively less wild than those in the Star Dou Great Forest, so the safety level should be higher.
"Alright, I've already asked someone in Heaven Dou City to buy Soul Hunting Certificates for the Soul Hunting Forest. One certificate is enough for five people to enter the Soul Hunting Forest," Shi Zhen nodded and said to Shi Lin.
"Furthermore, I've also contacted two Soul Masters who will escort you two into the Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts," Shi Zhen said after thinking for a moment.
"Dad, no need, no need at all. With this, no Soul Master below level 30 is a match for me. This time, just the three of us—me, Brother An, and Lin Yu—will go into the Soul Hunting Forest." Shi Lin quickly stopped Shi Zhen and showed off the Swamp Poison Gu in his hand.
Shi Lin didn't want others to know that he had broken through to level ten.
In addition to the Swamp Poison Gu in Shi Lin's possession, there is also the bewitching fragrance produced by the Bewitching Incense Gu.
Dealing with soul beasts with less than a thousand years of cultivation should be no problem.
As for soul beasts with a cultivation level of over a thousand years, they are basically non-existent in the Soul Hunting Forest.
"Are you sure it can work?" Shi Zhen frowned and thought for a moment before asking Shi Lin.
"There shouldn't be any problem. I'll refine a few more recently." Shi Lin thought for a moment and prepared to use the swamp poison produced by the swamp poison Gu to refine some high-grade swamp poison Gu.
Make sure you can fire several rounds of venom.
"It's best not to use anyone else." Shi Zhen nodded, agreeing with Shi Lin's idea.
"Alright, Dad, I'll go back and get ready." Shi Lin nodded, then stood up to leave.
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