8 Side Effects Of Soul Merging
The light blue sky was gradually covered with the dark veil of night and bright stars began to appear.
In the endless darkness, the bright stars were like fireflies that illuminated the whole forest, have to say it was truly a feast to the eyes but sadly Ling Tian couldn't witness it.
Inside his cave, Ling Tian has already fallen into a deep slumber due to exhaustion. But it seemed as if he wasn't able to sleep well because right now, his eyebrows were scrunched together as if he was experiencing something very painful.
His breathing was also very rough and his
forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"Don't!!" Suddenly his eyes opened and he stood up with a jerk!
"Huff! Huff! Huff!" Leaning against the wall, he gasped for breath and his eyes were red-rimmed.
"This..... what's wrong with me?" noticing the wetness in his eyes, he frowned his brows as all kinds of emotions such as grief, sadness, rage, and resentment welled up in his heart.
Earlier when he was sleeping, he had a very terrible nightmare.
In that nightmare, because he couldn't return to the Ling Family on time, his father lost the position of the patriarch.
But it was as if the position of the patriarch was something insignificant, his parents never mentioned anything about it in front of him.
They still looked at Ling Tian with their eyes filled with gentleness, the only thing they were worried about was his safety.
But good times didn't last long, after his uncle Ling Shan successfully became the new patriarch, he fiercely suppressed Ling Tian's family and forced them to leave the main house to watch over the gold mines.
Even though Ling Tian's parents were dissatisfied, they were powerless, in the end, they had no choice but to obey the orders of the new patriarch.
But not long after they left the Ling family, they were ambushed by those same black-clothed men who tried to kill Ling Tian before!
It turned out that even after expelling them Ling Shan still couldn't have peace of mind, he was always worried that Ling Tian would retaliate against him in the future. He wanted to eliminate the weeds right from the roots, so he ordered his men to assassinate them.
Although his parents were strong but they were still overwhelmed by the greater number of enemies, in the end, they sacrificed their own lives to give Ling Tian a chance to escape.
Even though Ling Tian knew that they weren't his real parents, their death still made him feel as if his heart was ripped into thousand pieces, he felt a grief so overwhelming that his mind descended into a state of madness!
His heart was filled with boundless murderous intent, at that moment he didn't care about life and death anymore, the only thing in his mind was to slaughter all of his enemies!
Ling Tian has been through many things in his life, but this was the first time he felt such a strong murderous intent!
"So this is the side effect the system was talking about?" Even though everything he went through was just a dream, the emotions he felt were real.
The warm currents in his heart when he received familial love, as well as the grief and resentment he felt when he saw his parent's sacrifice were not fake at all.
It was as if those emotions came from the depth of his soul!
But he knew very well who the source of all these emotions was, it was his predecessor.
"Sigh.. looks like I have no choice but to go back to the Ling Family." Rubbing his forehead he muttered to himself.
To be honest, Ling Tian didn't want to go back because it was similar to jumping in a wolf's den, it would only result in endless trouble, there was no benefit in doing so.
As for his hatred towards Ling Shan, he has already forgotten about it after he acquired his divine veins.
But although Ling Tian could let go of his desire for revenge, the same thing couldn't be said about his predecessor!
His resentment for his uncle and his love for his family was far too heavy! His feelings were so strong that even after his death, they continued to affect the current Ling Tian!
Cultivation wasn't just about training one's physical body alone, it involved the training of the soul as well, that's why on the path of cultivation a healthy state of mind was also very important! If Ling Tian didn't resolve the resentment hidden in the depth of his soul then his future achievements were bound to be limited!
"There's still a little more than 3 months before the martial arts competition begins, before that, I have to reach at least 6th layer of the origin gathering realm!" Ling Tian would never make a move if he wasn't sure about his safety, he knew that his current strength was far from enough!
The mysterious black-clothed men who killed his predecessor were all at the early stages of the origin gathering realm, especially his uncle, he was already at the 8th layer of the origin gathering realm!
Even his predecessor, who was much stronger than him couldn't survive a single attack from them, if he returned without sufficient strength then he would be courting death!
Thinking of that Ling Tian immediately sat down cross-legged and decided to cultivate. He knew that he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway so why not use this time to increase his strength instead.
This time it took more than one hour before he could adjust his state of mind, after that he started running the Yin-Yang inextinguishable scriptures and absorbed the origin qi of heaven and earth.
Soon Ling Tian's breathing became even and he gradually became immersed in cultivation.
Time flies and in the blink of an eye, eight hours have passed. The stars disappeared as golden rays of sunlight peeked through the snow-white clouds.
The chirping of countless birds echoed throughout the whole forest which awakened Ling Tian from his cultivation.
"Peak of the 4rth layer of body tempering realm!" Even though there was no breakthrough this time, there wasn't even a bit of disappointment in his eyes as if he had already expected it.
He had already noticed that every time his cultivation realm advances by a layer, the time required for the next breakthrough doubles.
Last time he had to cultivate for more than 4 hours to achieve the 4rth layer of the body tempering realm so he already knew that it would take at least 8 or 9 hours before he could reach the 5th layer of the body tempering realm.
With this speed, I certainly wouldn't be able to achieve the 6th layer of origin gathering realm in 3 months, looks like I have to find a way to increase my cultivation speed! : Ling Tian thought in his heart.
From his memories, Ling Tian knew about many ways that could increase one's cultivation speed, among them the usage of medicinal pills or spiritual herbs were the most common methods.
On the path of cultivation, although talent was necessary, cultivation resources were as important.
Resources like medicinal pills or herbs could greatly increase a martial artist's cultivation speed allowing him to improve leaps and bounds in a short period of time.
As long as someone had enough resources then even if his talent was lacking, he could still make decent achievements in cultivation.
Thinking of that, Ling Tian finally decided to use the [Heaven Defying Shop] for the first time ever since he arrived in this world!
"System, open the [heaven-defying shop]!" as soon as his voice fell, a transparent screen appeared in front of him.
On the screen, there were many options such as Cultivation resources, Cultivation techniques, Treasures, etc.
Ling Tian immediately chose cultivation resources and a list containing all kinds of pills and spiritual fruits appeared in front of him!
