"The old sect master has instructed that we endure a little longer, to see what Flying Spirit Gate intends to do next, before making a decision." Dai Daozi's gaze darkened, and then he spoke softly.

  "Master, it's bad, something major has happened." Outside the great hall, a disciple of the Ghost Martial Sect, with the cultivation of a martial soul, hurried into the hall, his expression one of panic.

  "What has you so flustered?" Inside the great hall, a group of elders and protectors were discussing important matters. Seeing this disciple rushing in flustered, Dai Daozi's expression changed instantly, and he asked sternly.

  "Master, our branch at Jiuhua Mountain was suddenly destroyed by a mysterious force four days ago," said the disciple, panicked.

  "What..." Suddenly, inside the great hall, Dai Daozi and the elders and protectors' expressions changed dramatically.

  "Master, it's a disaster." At this moment, another disciple of the Ghost Martial Sect, with the cultivation of a martial soul, hurried into the great hall from outside, panic-stricken.

  "What now?" Dai Daozi said heavily.

  "Master, we just received news that Qianshan Gate was destroyed by a mysterious force at dawn four days ago; the entire Qianshan Gate no longer exists."

  "Qianshan Gate has been destroyed too..."

  Inside the great hall, everyone's faces turned to shock again, all eyes subsequently turned to Dai Daozi.

  "Master, it's bad. We just received news that Tianyi Gate was destroyed three days ago; Elder Zhou was killed by Flying Spirit Gate, and all one hundred elite disciples of our Ghost Martial Sect were also killed." Yet another disciple of the Ghost Martial Sect, with the cultivation of a martial soul, rushed into the great hall, panicked.

  Dai Daozi's expression was extremely grave, a coldness flashed in his eyes, and he fiercely slapped his hand on the chair.

  "Crack..."

  The chair immediately shattered into ashes, and Dai Daozi's complexion turned iron blue: "Investigate, find out who is behind the destruction of Qianshan Gate and Jiuhua Mountain branch. Flying Spirit Gate, this time, our Ghost Martial Sect will no longer tolerate."

  "Whoosh whoosh..."

  While the Ghost Martial Sect was in chaos and fury, within a secret chamber behind Flying Spirit Gate, Li Lin's aura was rising at this moment. Unknown when it began, the space within the chamber started to fluctuate violently, a surge of earthy yellow light burst forth around Li Lin, then, like curtains of light, it wrapped around his body, and finally, following his breath, it entered his body through every pore, cycling repeatedly.

  As time slowly passed, the earthy yellow light inside Li Lin became more and more intense, and his skin also gradually emitted strands of yellow light. Suddenly, an invisible force of heaven and earth began to converge in the chamber, then entered Li Lin's body.

  At this moment, several spiritual practitioners inside the chamber were looking increasingly alarmed, knowing that Li Lin, who had been cultivating for several days, was starting to break through.

  Li Lin's aura grew stronger and stronger, and as the invisible heaven and earth energy continuously poured into him, rapid changes were happening inside his body. With each breakthrough, even if it was a minor one, Li Lin could feel a slight transformation in his body. The muscles, bones, internal organs, blood vessels, and meridians inside his body would undergo different enhancements, making his body stronger and stronger.

  Meanwhile, with every breakthrough, Li Lin could clearly feel his dantian qi sea expanding as if enlarging after each breakthrough. The larger the dantian qi sea, the more true qi it could contain. The more true qi, the stronger his power.

  As Li Lin's aura continued to strengthen, the invisible energy fluctuations inside the chamber became more and more intense, and finally, billions of pores all over Li Lin's body greedily absorbed all the energy flowing into his body, and at this moment, the entire chamber was enveloped in a dense yellow light.

  After about half an hour, the chamber's yellow light was completely absorbed by Li Lin, and everything began to return to normal, revealing Li Lin's figure sitting cross-legged.

  However, at this moment, an imposing aura emanated invisibly from Li Lin's body. In just a moment, this formidable aura was completely retracted, without any leakage.

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  "Sigh!"

  Li Lin exhaled a long breath from his dantian qi sea, slowly opened his eyes, his deep black pupils now even more profound.

  "I'm now a sixth-tier martial general." Feeling the vast true qi within his body, Li Lin smiled satisfactorily. Stretching his arms, he gently smiled, feeling that at this moment, whether it was his muscles and bones or his internal organs, all were much stronger than when he was a fifth-tier martial general.

  Satisfied with his body's strength, Li Lin himself was very pleased. If comparing the robustness of his body alone, his body could be compared to high-level defensive martial techniques.

  In just a few days, he had broken through again, and for this speed, Li Lin was very satisfied. Even for martial generals with excellent talents, without a year's time, they definitely couldn't break through. Ordinary martial artists reaching the level of martial general, probably without three to five years, don't even think about breaking through. But now, he could break through in just a few days, indeed a joyous matter.

  "Continue refining." Li Lin pursed his lips in a smile, swallowing the true qi inside Zhou Ming's body, and as he expected, breaking through to the sixth-tier martial general, but there was still residual true qi energy inside his body. Although Zhou Ming was severely injured, the true qi in his body was absolutely vast, after all, he was a ninth-tier martial general powerhouse.

  A moment later, Li Lin entered the state of cultivation again, immediately enveloped in a faint yellow light.

  Above Ghost Martial City, within a rock wall, there was a stone door about one person tall. Dai Daozi stood outside, gazing respectfully at the stone door, saying, "Father, have you made a decision?"

  "Tianyi Gate, Qianshan Gate, Jiuhua Mountain branch, these three incidents seem complicated, but upon closer examination, it may not be so simple. It seems that someone had arranged this long ago." An old voice came from inside the stone door.

  "Father, do you mean there is someone behind this, specifically targeting our Ghost Martial Sect?" Dai Daozi asked.

  "Destroying Jiuhua Mountain, Tianyi Gate, Qianshan Gate, and even killing Zhou Ming, this is not something an ordinary force can do. The Li Lin from Flying Spirit Gate you mentioned has a sixth-order beast with him, is that true?" The old voice inside the door continued to ask.

  "According to the information we received, it should be a sixth-order early-stage Reverse Scales Demon Peng," Dai Daozi said softly.

  "Reverse Scales Demon Peng." The voice inside seemed somewhat surprised, then said, "Our Ghost Martial Sect is located at the outer edges of the Misty Mountain Range, at the very outskirts of the ancient domain. The three sects and four gates of the Spirit Martial Continent have always coveted the ancient domain. Could it be the people from the Beast Sect?"

  "Father suspects that Flying Spirit Gate is related to the Beast Sect?" Dai Daozi said with a grave expression.

  "It's just a speculation. Only the Beast Sect has the capability to possess so many beasts. We cannot rule out the forces that have been wanting to deal with our Ghost Martial Sect over the years. In any case, this matter is not simple." The voice from inside the stone door came again.

  "Father, what should we do now? If we don't take action this time, I'm afraid everyone will think our Ghost Martial Sect is easy to bully, and I don't know how many people are laughing at our Ghost Martial Sect right now." Dai Daozi said softly.

  "Regardless, this time our Ghost Martial Sect naturally has to take action. But over the years, who exactly is the powerful spirit commander inside Flying Spirit Gate, no one has known." The voice inside sighed slightly.

  "So, father means..."

  "You and your brother discuss it. One of you personally go, one to clarify our Ghost Martial Sect's stance, and second to probe who exactly is the spirit commander inside Flying Spirit Gate." The voice inside the stone door spoke again after a moment.

  Inside the back mountain of Flying Spirit Gate, on the second day Li Lin refined the true qi inside his body, his eyes opened again.

  "Sigh..."

  A breath of turbid air was exhaled from his body at the same time, a glint of sharp light flashed through Li Lin's eyes, he stretched lazily, and his bones crackled, a sense of comfort instantly surged.

  Feeling the level of true qi inside his body, Li Lin estimated that if he could swallow another sixth-tier martial general now, he should be able to reach the mid-stage of the sixth-tier martial general. However, he had almost reached his limit in terms of breakthroughs in the level of true qi recently, so Li Lin did not dare to continue swallowing and breaking through.

  Li Lin stood up and then set his gaze on those five spiritual practitioners. After swallowing these few spiritual practitioners, Li Lin estimated that he could break through to the third-tier spiritual realm. His gaze, carrying a hint of a faint cold smile, finally settled on the practitioner with the cultivation of a second-tier spiritual general.

  The second-tier spiritual general was terrified, as if feeling what Li Lin was about to do, but was completely restrained and unable to speak.

  "A second-tier spiritual general, not bad." Li Lin smiled indifferently, a surge of swallowing power burst from his hand, and then in the eyes of the other four spiritual practitioners, it landed on the heavenly spirit cover of this second-tier martial general.

  Half an hour later, five dry corpses turned into ashes under the spiritual fire in Li Lin's palm.

  "Continue refining." Li Lin had no intention of leaving the secret chamber. After taking out the spiritual jade bed, he immediately began to refine and swallow the spiritual power. When refining spiritual power, Li Lin would always take out the spiritual jade bed. The spiritual jade bed has a significant amplifying effect on both spiritual power and soul power, definitely a rare treasure.

  A moment later, a cultivation hand seal was formed, and Li Lin was already enveloped in an invisible transparent light circle.

  Inside Ghost Martial City, on this day, two thousand iron cavalry thundered out, galloping all the way, stirring up dust and flying. In the sky above, on the back of a huge flying beast, there were more than twenty figures, with Dai Gangzi at the forefront.