Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Three: The Merit Bead (Part Two)

Since the first seal was broken by killing the pangolin beast, Lin Haoming naturally wouldn't let go of any opportunity to kill the pangolin beast next.

However, apart from Li Shuntian, it was impossible for anyone else working with him to intentionally kill the pangolin beasts for him, so Lin Haoming could only kill a maximum of four pangolin beasts a day.

Every time he killed the pangolin beast, Lin Haoming would say something. However, after killing them for five or six days in a row, he sometimes felt that the Merit Bead was reacting, but the Merit Bead still hadn't broken the second seal of the Spirit Gathering Bead.

However, on the seventh day, when he killed the second mountain armor beast, the merit bead in his dantian finally reacted again, and the second seal of the spirit gathering bead was broken.

After breaking the seal, Lin Haoming immediately sped up his work, and after finishing his task, he ran back into the stone chamber.

Li Haiying watched as Lin Haoming activated the magic array again, a cold glint in his eyes.

Seeing this, Bao Wenliang, the follower, immediately flattered him, saying, "Senior Brother Li, I think Lin Haoming is afraid of you. He's worried that you'll catch him when he's alone, which is why he activated the magic array."

“I understand that. I’m just worried about the spirit stones he’s wasting activating the formation. The formation will consume one spirit stone every ten days, which is three spirit stones a month. One spirit stone can be exchanged for three Qi Circulation Pills or one Qi Gathering Pill. That’s three Qi Gathering Pills gone in a month!” Li Haiying said unhappily.

Li Haiying had already taken Lin Haoming's things as her own, while Lin Haoming was still trying to absorb spiritual energy. Sure enough, after the second seal was broken, Lin Haoming felt that the spiritual energy contained in the Spirit Gathering Pearl had increased significantly.

From the moment Lin Haoming entered the stone chamber until someone called him to work the next day, a full seven or eight hours passed, and the spiritual energy inside the Spirit Gathering Pearl was not drained. Lin Haoming knew that he now possessed an inexhaustible supply of spirit stones for his cultivation. The only drawback was that these spirit stones could not be used.

Even so, Lin Haoming was already quite satisfied. The only thing he needed to do now was to raise his cultivation to the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage as soon as possible. Only when he reached the seventh level, the late stage of the Qi Refining stage, would he have some ability to protect himself when facing Li Haiying.

In the days that followed, Lin Haoming would immediately return to his cultivation after finishing his work. Although he would still nag the pangolin beast every day, the Merit Bead no longer reacted.

Although the seal on the Merit Bead was not broken again, Lin Haoming successfully entered the seventh level of the Qi Refining stage within a month, which can be considered as a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator.

Although Lin Haoming's cultivation had improved, he didn't want others to know. When his ancestor was alive, he had passed on many cultivation techniques to him, including the technique of concealing one's aura. Although this technique wasn't very good, and any Foundation Establishment cultivator or even a Qi Refining cultivator at the Great Perfection stage could see through it, he believed that his companions in the slaughterhouse wouldn't be able to tell.

Of course, the slaughterhouse was a name Lin Haoming gave himself. The real name of this place is Futu Cave. Futu Cave does not only slaughter mountain armor beasts. It's just that Lin Haoming and his twenty-odd people are responsible for slaughtering mountain armor beasts. In addition, there are hundreds of other people who are engaged in the work of slaughtering other spirit beasts.

These days, besides cultivating, Lin Haoming wasn't completely indifferent to everything. He secretly slipped some of the Qi-regulating pills he had kept before to Li Shuntian, asking him to help inquire about Hai Futong and Li Haiying.

The Qi Circulation Pill was still somewhat useful when Lin Haoming was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but it became less useful at the seventh level, so he didn't feel bad about making use of it.

Li Shuntian took the benefits and worked very hard. He soon learned that Hai Futong left because his cultivation was about to break through to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. He was only in his early thirties and wanted to try to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for Li Haiying, the reason he took over Haifutong's job was entirely because this kid secretly gave benefits to Kong Xiangming, the steward of Futu Cave.

Kong Xiangming, the steward of the Floating Pagoda Cave, is a genuine Foundation Establishment cultivator. It would be impossible to get a Foundation Establishment cultivator to speak without offering dozens of spirit stones.

Lin Haoming felt that even if Li Haiying took the position of manager, it would probably take him two or three years to earn back those few dozen spirit stones, and that was without him cultivating. Moreover, if he had that many spirit stones, he could use them to cultivate and maybe even have a chance to break through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining in a year or two. Why suffer here?

After much thought, I realized that Li Haiying might not be following Kong Xiangming's path, but rather the path taken by someone close to Kong Xiangming.

Unfortunately, he knew too few people. It was already quite good that Li Shuntian could find out this much; he probably didn't know anything more.

Before they knew it, it was time to distribute salaries again, and more than twenty cultivators stood together.

In front of everyone, Hai Futong and Li Haiying faced the crowd together, and a tall, thin man stood between them, indicating his unusual status.

"Everyone, this is Situ Ping, a disciple of Steward Kong. Senior Brother Situ has come today to announce some news!" Hai Futong introduced him to everyone.

When Lin Haoming saw Situ Ping, he noticed more of the inner disciple's clothes and the storage bag at his waist.

The inner disciples' clothing is also a low-grade magic artifact, with an internal magic array. It is not only warm in winter and cool in summer, but also has a certain protective function. At least ordinary divine weapons in the mortal world will definitely not be able to cut through it. As for the storage bag, that bag alone costs at least thirty or fifty spirit stones, not to mention that there is a matching flying magic artifact inside.

All the gear added up to at least one hundred spirit stones, which means that inner disciples are much better off than outer disciples.

In fact, for the Blood Refining Sect, outer disciples are only called disciples in name; in reality, they are just odd jobs. Therefore, all outer disciples want to become inner disciples, but less than one in ten can actually become inner disciples.

When the patriarch was alive, I also had this outfit, but after the patriarch died, I was quickly kicked out of the inner sect under some pretext. If I wanted to re-enter the inner sect, the only options were to be chosen as a disciple by a powerful senior or to cultivate my cultivation to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage on my own. Moreover, I had to be under sixty years old, because if I reached the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage within sixty years, I would still have a chance to establish my foundation. After sixty years, even a cultivator's body would begin to weaken, and establishing a foundation would be almost hopeless.

Situ Ping's small eyes swept over everyone, then he said nonchalantly, "Your former manager, Hai Futong, has decided to go into seclusion to break through to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage. Li Haiying will take over the position of manager. Do you have any objections?"

Hearing him say that, many people looked at Lin Haoming, but Lin Haoming did not say anything.

Situ Ping's gaze swept over Lin Haoming, but he still said calmly, "Since there are no objections, then this matter is settled. Manager Li, distribute everyone's salaries!"

Upon hearing Situ Ping's words, Li Haiying smiled and took a cloth bag that Situ Ping tossed out of his storage bag.

When the bundle was opened, it contained a pile of spirit stones and a jade bottle.

This month is a big month for the cultivators of the Blood Refining Sect because they can obtain spirit stones, although there is only one, it is still extremely precious.

At this moment, Lin Haoming was the first to step forward, smiling and extending his hand, calling out, "Manager Li!"

Li Haiying looked at Lin Haoming, who was the first to rush up, clearly trying to intimidate him. His eyes flashed with a fierce light as he stared at Lin Haoming.

However, since Situ Ping was still there, he didn't dare to really do anything to Lin Haoming. Instead, he smiled, took out a spirit stone and three Qi Gathering Pills, and handed them to him. The meaning behind his smile was self-evident.

After receiving the items, Lin Haoming immediately ran to Hai Futong and shoved the spirit stones he had just acquired into Hai Futong's hand, saying, "Senior Brother Hai, I'm here. Thank you for taking care of me. Please don't refuse this small token of my appreciation!"