[Task: Enhance the Symbol Master Tower's Symbol Array. Reward: One bag of Ninth-Grade Soul Nourishing Pills.]
Lin Yun created the task, then controlled his Spiritual Fire, moving up and down within the Symbol Master Tower, inscribing Devouring Talisman Runes to enhance the original absorption Symbol Array.
After completing this operation, the Symbol Master Tower's absorption efficiency increased by nearly tenfold.
He received the Ninth-Grade Soul Nourishing Pill as a reward.
Only then did Lin Yun walk out of the Symbol Master Tower.
Outside the Symbol Master Tower, Yan Xuan and many other high-ranking members of the Symbol Master Tower were waiting, observing Lin Yun's condition. Seeing Lin Yun emerge, they all showed expressions of joy.
"Haha, you are now the first Spiritual Symbol Master in our Flame City."
"I never thought our Flame City would have a day when a Spiritual Symbol Master is born."
"Even if the Symbol Master Tower suffers some loss, it's worth it."
"The Symbol Master Tower is meant for cultivation. If it can produce a Spiritual Symbol Master, it doesn't matter if it's unusable for ten years."
They had already sensed Lin Yun's breakthrough to Spiritual Symbol Master from the previous spiritual energy fluctuations. Seeing Lin Yun now, they couldn't help but show excitement.
"You don't need to worry. Although I did absorb a lot of spiritual energy from the Symbol Master Tower, I helped the Symbol Master Tower enhance its Symbol Array. With the current recovery speed of the Symbol Master Tower, it should return to its previous state in at most half a year. Moreover, after half a year, the spiritual energy in the Symbol Master Tower will be even denser, and you can use the Symbol Master Tower more frequently than before."
Lin Yun explained with a smile.
"Really?"
"You can actually enhance the Symbol Master Tower's Symbol Array?"
"If we can use the Symbol Master Tower twice more a year, we all have a chance to break through to Five-Seal Symbol Master."
Yan Xuan and the others were shocked. The Symbol Master Tower could be said to be a sacred object in their hearts. It was something created by their ancestors, and they couldn't even understand it. Yet, Lin Yun was able to improve upon the original foundation. Didn't this mean Lin Yun's spiritual energy and Symbol Array attainments were comparable to the ancestors of the past?
Of course, the most pleasant surprise was the enhancement of the Symbol Master Tower, which was beneficial to each of them.
They had originally thought that Lin Yun's breakthrough would deplete the Symbol Master Tower, and some people still held grudges. Now, with this result, they were completely impressed by Lin Yun.
Without much small talk with the Symbol Masters, he let them experience the changes in the Symbol Master Tower themselves.
Lin Yun returned to the Lin Clan.
Everything in the clan was as usual! Lin Yun murmured, "So much time has passed, and the Wang and Qin clans haven't sent anyone. Could they have chickened out?"
He had been waiting all this time. It had been half a month, and he hadn't waited for anyone to come looking for trouble. Lin Yun was a little disappointed.
"Never mind. There are still many Martial Arts and spiritual secret technique tasks I can grind. I'll just wait at home slowly. Anyway, I've given them the opportunity. It just depends on whether they are useful or not."
Lin Yun thought to himself. The later the other party came, the stronger he would be. With his current rate of improvement, if the other party still didn't come after a year, Lin Yun could directly attack them.
After being away for three days, Lin Yun was a little impatient to find Qing Tan to cultivate after returning.
Cultivating together had become a habit for the two of them during this time.
When Qing Tan saw Lin Yun return, her heart blossomed with joy.
A short separation is better than a new marriage, just like a long drought meeting sweet rain! ...
After breaking through to Spiritual Symbol Master, Lin Yun no longer felt so pressured.
His mindset relaxed a lot.
However, he didn't become too lax. He still insisted on grinding Martial Arts and spiritual secret technique tasks every day.
In addition, Lin Yun also began to study Talisman Puppets.
The hundreds of Talisman Puppets brought back from the ancient tomb estate were in a semi-Waste state. Lin Yun had thought about repairing them before, but he hadn't had the time. Furthermore, these Talisman Puppets required the Spiritual Fire of a Spiritual Symbol Master to be refined again, so it had been delayed until now.
Refining Talisman Puppets didn't help Lin Yun's strength much. The reason he chose to study them was to protect his family.
Lin Yun couldn't always stay at home. He still wanted to see the outside world, and he had promised his wife Qingzhu to participate in the Hundred Empire War and find her!
Leaving home in the future was inevitable.
Leaving some protective measures for the family became very important.
The Talisman Puppets Lin Yun obtained were all broken. The core Symbol Array had almost disappeared. Fortunately, Lin Dong had a complete medium-grade Talisman Puppet that he could study.
The Insightful Eye Technique played a big role at this time. Under the insightful vision, it was like seeing through things. Everything in the Talisman Puppet was exposed without reservation.
[Task: Observe the Talisman Puppet Symbol Array 10 times. Reward: Introduction to Talisman Puppet Symbol Array Understanding.]
...
Lin Yun created the observation task. In one day, he thoroughly studied the Talisman Puppet Symbol Array and could begin attempting to repair it.
Before starting, Lin Yun first created a task.
[Task: Repair a Talisman Puppet. Reward: Spiritual Secret Technique "Talisman Puppet Compendium."]
"Holy crap, the reward is too thoughtful."
Lin Yun was excited. This was directly giving him the inheritance of the art of Talisman Puppets... System Dad understood him.
Immediately, his favorability towards Talisman Puppets increased by one hundred percent!
He had originally only wanted to repair these low and medium-grade Talisman Puppets, enough for the Lin Clan to be worry-free in Flame City. With the Talisman Puppet Compendium, he had to create high-grade Talisman Puppets as well. If he could mass-produce them, he could even take down the Four Great Sects.
After spending another day, Lin Yun successfully repaired a low-grade Talisman Puppet.
After obtaining the Talisman Puppet Compendium, Lin Yun continued his research. After simply reading it a thousand or eight hundred times, he completely mastered this secret technique.
"It's still a bit difficult to refine high-grade Talisman Puppets. The main issue is the materials; they are too scarce."
Lin Yun sighed. Mass production was almost impossible. High-grade Talisman Puppets were equivalent to Creation Realm experts. The materials needed to refine them had to be able to withstand the attacks of Creation Realm experts at the very least. It was easy to imagine that such materials were not abundant.
"Collecting materials is something I need to find my Sister Xuan Su for."
"Now that I've mastered the art of Talisman Puppets, this is a way to make money comparable to alchemy and artifact refining, and it's hard power. Even if I can't refine many high-grade Talisman Puppets, mass-producing low and mid-grade Talisman Puppets isn't a problem. It's time to buy the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild and have Sister Xuan Su work for me."
Lin Yun immediately took his repaired Talisman Puppet and headed to the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild.
During this time, due to the pressure from the Wang and Qin clans, Lin Yun had been in seclusion cultivating. Xuan Su and Zi Yue knew his time was precious, so they didn't disturb him.
Arriving at the Ten Thousand Gold Auction House! Lin Yun, familiar with the place, went straight to Xuan Su's room.
With no competitors, the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild was thriving. Xuan Su was also very busy managing the auction house.
At this moment, she was meeting with a client who had entrusted items for auction, and many people were still waiting in line.
Lin Yun's arrival quickly attracted the attention of everyone in the commerce guild. In Flame City, almost no one didn't recognize Lin Yun now. His arrival caused a stir.
"Brother Lin Yun!" Xuan Su also dropped everything else and walked towards him in surprise.
"Sister Su, let's talk in private."
Lin Yun looked at her with a smile.
"Come with me!"
Xuan Su led Lin Yun into her room in the inner hall.
After closing the door, Xuan Su was the first to express her concern, "I heard you've been in seclusion during this time and even entered the Symbol Master Tower. How has your strength improved?"
At this point, everyone knew that Lin Yun had offended the two great clans, Wang and Qin. No one knew when the experts from the two great clans would come looking for trouble with Lin Yun again.
"The progress is quite good. I just broke through to become a Spiritual Symbol Master. Dealing with Creation Realm experts like before is no longer that troublesome," Lin Yun said quite casually.
"Sister Su, I came to discuss something with you this time."
"Besides alchemy, I've recently researched the art of Talisman Puppets. Because I obtained some Talisman Puppet inheritance in the ancient tomb estate, I've learned to refine Talisman Puppets. I can refine low, mid, and high-grade Talisman Puppets. The current problem is the lack of materials for Talisman Puppets. I need the power of the commerce guild to help me collect them."
"Well, in other words, I'm here to buy the commerce guild!"
When this topic was brought up, Xuan Su's ears turned red because she had joked before that if Lin Yun could buy the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild, then she would naturally be his.
She didn't expect Lin Yun to take it seriously. Xuan Su was a little moved.
Regardless of whether Lin Yun wanted to obtain the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild or her, the fact that he did this for her in the first place was enough.
"Brother Lin Yun, with your current strength, you don't need to go to such lengths to buy the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild. Even if you just annex it, the guild master wouldn't dare to say no." Xuan Su sized up Lin Yun and asked curiously, "Given your current situation, managing a commerce guild doesn't seem very necessary?"
In a world where the strong are respected, there aren't many rules to follow. In the past, the Blood Wolf Gang and the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild both wanted to annex each other, but their strength difference wasn't significant, so they were in a stalemate.
Lin Yun could completely occupy the Ten Thousand Gold Commerce Guild. Of course, this wouldn't be of much use to Lin Yun. Lin Yun's primary task at the moment was to improve his strength and deal with the trouble from the Wang and Qin clans.
"My dear Sister Su, don't you understand yet? The commerce guild doesn't mean much to me; you mean something to me. I don't want to occupy the commerce guild; I want to buy it and give it to you, so you can create a great commercial empire."
"The commerce guild belongs to you!"
"And you belong to me!"
As Lin Yun spoke, he pulled Xuan Su into his arms.
"Ah..."
Xuan Su was caught off guard and let out a cry of surprise.
However, she didn't struggle but said somewhat exasperatedly, "If you're going to talk business, talk business properly. Why are you suddenly talking about feelings?"
"You are my business!"
Lin Yun buried his head and took a deep breath.
"Don't, it's not good if someone sees!"
Xuan Su pushed Lin Yun away in a panic. Although she was already at a mature and charming age, she had never been in such close contact with the opposite sex, which made her heart pound wildly.
"Don't worry, there's no one. I've already sealed the entire room with my spiritual power. No one can hear."
Lin Yun said with a mischievous smile.
He had been enduring Xuan Su for a long time! After capturing her heart, how could he let go of her person?
Similarly, Lin Yun also understood that Xuan Su had been enduring him for a long time as well.
Since they had already opened their hearts today, they might as well have a deep exchange and break the last barrier between them.
"Do you truly like me, Sister?" Xuan Su knew she couldn't escape this younger brother's clutches. Finally, she asked the question she had wanted to ask for a long time, feeling anxious and serious.
How many men had expressed their love for her?
But Xuan Su knew that those men only had desire in their eyes; they were merely coveting her beauty.
"Isn't my love for you obvious enough?"
Lin Yun grabbed Xuan Su's hand and placed it on his left chest, saying affectionately and seriously, "My heart is here. Touch it. I don't believe you can't feel its passion, sincerity, and longing for you."
"You wouldn't think I want you just because you're beautiful, would you? Of course, that's one reason, but not the whole reason. For you, it started with your appearance, respected your talent, was captivated by your temperament, and matched by your personality."
"No need to be conflicted. I know you have many concerns, but you have no choice, because I won't allow you to leave me. Just be my woman obediently."
"You already occupy a place in my heart!"
Lin Yun's tone was incredibly domineering. He spoke these words from the bottom of his heart. He admired Xuan Su, not just for her appearance. He really liked Xuan Su's strong, intellectual, older-sister-like personality.
Of course, the last sentence was ambiguous. He didn't say how many places were in his heart.
However, he certainly wouldn't mistreat Xuan Su.
He had the ability and strength to make his women happy.
"Hmph, I knew you'd use sweet words to coax me, big brother," Xuan Su said coquettishly, lightly hitting his chest.
"Then, Sister Su, do you have me in your heart?" Lin Yun asked with a smile.
"Just feel it yourself and you'll know!" Xuan Su suddenly lifted Lin Yun's chin. "Little brother, you're too polite."
"Am I polite?"
"Then I won't be polite!"
...
"Sister Su, you recited a poem..."
"What poem?"
"Together we journey to Wushan for clouds and rain, an inch of time is an inch of gold!"
...
[Task: Complete dual cultivation with Xuan Su. Reward: Advanced Sword Technique Talent.]
The sun set and the moon rose. Unknowingly, it was already night.
Those who were waiting to see Xuan Su waited from day to night, but they didn't see Lin Yun and Xuan Su come out.
A big question mark appeared in their minds.
Everyone couldn't help but be curious!
They were a hundred times more curious about what the two were doing in the room that they hadn't come out for so long... Could it be, perhaps, probably, already, hiss, they know how to have fun!
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