Do You Want It or Not!

"What a coincidence."

Li Xun smiled warmly and said, "Liu Sandao!"

"How is it possible!"

"How did you come so fast!"

Unlike Li Xun's calm demeanor, Liu Sandao's heart was tense, and he felt as if he had fallen into an icehouse. His face showed an incredulous expression.

How much time had passed since he killed the two Xuanyang Sect inner disciples?

How could the Xuanyang Sect react so quickly?

Remember, Canglang Mountain is about six thousand miles away from the Xuanyang Sect!

Did he teleport here?

"In this world, nothing is impossible. If there is… it can only mean that your knowledge is too shallow," Li Xun said with large strides, quickly approaching Liu Sandao.

"Do you think you can defeat me alone?" Liu Sandao's face turned fierce. He leaped into the air, and a long sword suddenly appeared in his hand, thrusting towards Li Xun with astonishing speed.

The sword was incredibly fast, like a soaring swan, producing a sharp whistling sound.

"Your name is Liu Sandao, but you use a sword. You disappoint me," Li Xun shook his head and made no visible movements. A bright silver light burst out from behind him. With a swift motion, he aimed at Liu Sandao.

A powerful gust erupted, like waves crashing, causing one's flesh and soul to tremble involuntarily.

The long spear resembled a dragon, striking first and landing before Liu Sandao's sword.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, Liu Sandao's sword disintegrated, and the long spear continued forward, heavily striking his chest.

"Spurt!"

He coughed up blood.

Liu Sandao was sent flying like a cannonball, even faster than when he arrived. He crashed into a nearby stone wall with a loud thud, causing the entire cave to shake violently.

"Cough, cough!"

With blood at the corners of his mouth, Liu Sandao leaned against the stone wall, unable to move. Li Xun's last attack shattered all his bones, nearly ruining his cultivation. Fortunately, Li Xun held back slightly at the last moment; otherwise, Liu Sandao would already be dead.

"You… you are not… at the Qi Refining Realm!" Liu Sandao struggled to speak, his eyes filled with unwillingness.

"Who said I was at the Qi Refining Realm?" Li Xun stepped forward, looking down at Liu Sandao with a gentle smile. He held the spear in his right hand and, with his left hand, produced a jade box.

He then tossed the jade box towards Liu Sandao.

"Huh?"

Liu Sandao's eyes widened, filled with disbelief. He struggled to raise a hand and catch the jade box. As he opened it, a rich medicinal fragrance filled the cave, spreading all around.

"The… the Spirit Cleansing Pill! Cough!!"

At the sight of the Spirit Cleansing Pill, Liu Sandao's eyes sparkled with two brilliant rays. Overwhelmed with excitement, he accidentally triggered his wound, causing a severe bout of coughing.

However, he couldn't take his eyes off the Spirit Cleansing Pill even for a moment. This was the pill he had been yearning for! With the Spirit Cleansing Pill, he could immediately become a powerful Spirit Connection Realm cultivator!

Was this a twist of fate?

He never imagined that the Spirit Cleansing Pill in his hand was sent to him by the one hunting him down.

"Do you… really want to give it to me?" Liu Sandao raised his head, looking at Li Xun with a hesitant expression.

"Just say if you want it or not," Li Xun said straightforwardly.

"I want it! I… want it!" Liu Sandao was excited and immediately replied.

He reached out with one hand, trying to grab the Spirit Cleansing Pill and store it away. But just as his hand was about to touch the pill…

"Poof!"

A silver-white long spear shot through the air, piercing through Liu Sandao's throat and pinning him to the stone wall behind him.

The moment Liu Sandao was killed, the system's voice rang in Li Xun's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on a successful investment. You've gained ten years of cultivation. Would you like to claim it?]

"Claim it!" Li Xun didn't hesitate to answer.

As his words fell, Li Xun's long hair fluttered, and his robes moved without any wind. A boundless divine radiance emanated from his body, exuding a terrifying aura akin to a king. At this moment, Li Xun's dantian surged with endless waves.

With each breakthrough, wave upon wave of true essence poured forth endlessly, washing over his body.

Every minute and every second, Li Xun's body underwent metamorphosis.

"Boom!"

In the infinite cosmos.

A loud bang resounded.

Mid-Spirit Connection Realm, breakthrough!

After reaching the mid-Spirit Connection Realm, Li Xun's true essence showed no signs of waning. After an unknown amount of time, it surged again, breaking through to the late-Spirit Connection Realm before gradually subsiding.

"Buzz!"

Li Xun slowly opened his eyes, and two cold lights flashed within them, piercing through the void.

He clenched his fist, a look of pleasant surprise on his face. The ten-year cultivation boost had instantly elevated him to the late-Spirit Connection Realm, leaving him just one step away from the peak of the Spirit Connection Realm!

With a little more effort, he would become a core disciple, within reach!

"After breaking through to the late-Spirit Connection Realm, it seems my divine consciousness has increased several times over…"

Li Xun carefully sensed it. Before, his divine consciousness could only cover an area of over a thousand meters, but now it could extend to six or seven thousand meters. This distance was almost the size of a town from his previous life!

Within the range of his divine consciousness, nothing could escape his sight.

"This trip has been quite rewarding."

Li Xun sighed with emotion. He glanced at Liu Sandao's corpse, walked over, and collected both his long spear and the Spirit Cleansing Pill.

"You dare to take whatever I give you. What should I call you?" Li Xun swept his eyes over Liu Sandao's body and took off the storage ring on his finger, then probed it with his divine consciousness, carefully inspecting the contents.

Apart from Liu Sandao's personal belongings, there were only a dozen middle-grade spirit stones, some low-grade pills, and two yellow-ranked cultivation manuals.

The spirit stones and pills were not bad, but Li Xun didn't care much for the cultivation manuals.

Yellow-ranked cultivation manuals were generally used by outer sect disciples at the Xuanyang Sect. They were of little interest to inner sect disciples like him.

"What is this?"

In a corner of Liu Sandao's storage ring, Li Xun found a blood-red bead.