Scum Of The Demonic Sect

Chapter Eight: Acting Like a Scoundrel

Lin Haoming hadn't expected the benefits to come so quickly, but that wasn't the most important thing. The most important thing was that the Spirit Gathering Pearl now charged spirit stones ten times faster. What used to take almost a day to fully charge a spirit stone now only takes an hour.

Given this, Lin Haoming had an even bolder idea.

The next day, Lin Haoming returned to his slaughterhouse. Upon arrival, he saw Li Shuntian rushing over with a somewhat unpleasant expression, whispering, "Manager Lin, you've also put Bao Wenliang in charge here?"

Hearing this question, Lin Haoming recalled how he hadn't received any merit points from Li Shuntian when he initially put him in charge. Clearly, the young man wasn't sincere. Thinking this, Lin Haoming patted Li Shuntian's shoulder and said, "Shuntian! You know I have seven or eight late-stage Qi Refining cultivators under my command. Your cultivation is a bit weak, and I was afraid you wouldn't be able to manage them, so I've had Junior Brother Bao help you!"

Hearing Lin Haoming's words, Li Shuntian's face also darkened. He knew Lin Haoming was clearly supporting Bao Wenliang. Thinking about how he used to be close to Lin Haoming, but now Bao Wenliang had beaten him to it, he felt somewhat resentful.

Lin Haoming, of course, wouldn't really do anything to him. After all, when he was at his lowest point, Li Shuntian was one of the closest people to him. So, Lin Haoming smiled and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Shuntian, don't be angry. Remember, you're my confidant. I have something to tell you: go and ask everyone if they have any leftover spirit stones. Collect some for me!"

Hearing Lin Haoming say this, Li Shuntian recovered from his dejection. He, who had been somewhat dejected, was now more energetic than before.

Lin Haoming also felt a trace of merit seemingly entering the Merit Bead. He immediately cursed Li Shuntian inwardly. He had been ungrateful for his past kindness, and now, after being punished, he was grateful for a sweet treat. A prince, indeed! How shameless!

However, from his behavior, Lin Haoming seemed to have grasped something: if you're kind to someone for no reason, almost no one will appreciate it. It's the combination of punishment and sweet treats that works.

Upon arriving at the slaughterhouse, Lin Haoming announced that Bao Wenliang would henceforth be the second-in-command. Many people looked at Bao Wenliang, surprised by his sudden change in status.

Many remembered Lin Haoming refusing their contributions yesterday, and several of Bao Wenliang's former close associates approached him to inquire.

Bao Wenliang knew he needed help to establish himself here, especially with Li Shuntian present. So he quietly told the others that Manager Lin wasn't refusing contributions, but rather waiting for them to pledge their loyalty. He himself was the first to do so, hence the reward.

Hearing this, everyone understood. Bao Wenliang had only told three people, but everyone here had friends. When Lin Haoming finished killing the pangolin beast and was about to leave, Bao Wenliang ran over with a grin and handed him a cloth bag.

Lin Haoming looked inside and found it filled with Qi-regulating pills.

Bao Wenliang immediately explained with a smile, "It's all everyone's kind gesture!"

Lin Haoming, remembering how ungrateful those guys were yesterday, naturally didn't stand on ceremony with the Qi-Boosting Pill. After taking it, he instructed, "Go tell the person who gave you the pills that things were the same as when Hai Futong was around, and they should be the same as now!"

"Okay!" Hearing Lin Haoming's words, Bao Wenliang immediately went back with a smile.

Lin Haoming watched him leave and then went back to his own residence. Unexpectedly, halfway there, he suddenly felt his Merit Beads receiving a considerable amount of merit, and the fourth golden line was already faintly appearing.

Lin Haoming glanced back at the slaughterhouse and inwardly cursed those guys for not taking the benefits they could have gotten; they were all truly shameless.

However, although the amount of merit he received this time was considerable, the quality was clearly not as good as what Bao Wenliang had given him. After all, not everyone had risen from the bottom so quickly, and he couldn't appoint everyone as his second-in-command.

On the third day, Lin Haoming received over three hundred worthless spirit stones.

Looking at the large bag of discarded spirit stones, Lin Haoming couldn't help but smile wryly. Sure enough, everyone here was struggling; they couldn't bear to throw away even useless spirit stones.

The only use for these discarded spirit stones was to refill the spirit stone mines. Since they were spirit stones themselves, over time, as the mines matured, they could be re-filled with spiritual energy and mined again. Therefore, some within the sect bought them. However, one hundred discarded spirit stones could only be exchanged for one Qi Circulation Pill. The discarded spirit stones a person accumulated in their entire life would probably only be enough to exchange for one or two Qi Circulation Pills.

But then again, if it weren't for this, he wouldn't have had the opportunity to obtain so many discarded spirit stones. Lin Haoming felt quite lucky.

More than three hundred discarded spirit stones, enough to fill twelve a day, meant he would earn twelve spirit stones a day.

Furthermore, Lin Haoming didn't intend to delay his cultivation. He took out five different types of Five Elements Spirit Stones and placed them in five different locations, setting up a small Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array. With this array, his cultivation speed would be more than twice as fast as absorbing low-grade spirit stones alone. In other words, it was even better than directly absorbing the equivalent of a mid-grade spirit stone from a Spirit Gathering Pearl, and it wouldn't interfere with the Spirit Gathering Pearl producing spirit stones for him.

As for continuing to perform rituals for the mountain armor beasts, Lin Haoming had no intention of doing so. From the three times he had unsealed the beasts, he had realized that the merit required to unseal the fourth layer of the seal was definitely greater than that required for the third layer. He had killed over a thousand mountain armor beasts without unsealing the third layer, showing that the reward for killing them was disproportionate to his current focus on cultivating and producing spirit stones. Therefore, in the days to come, Lin Haoming would only occasionally check on his territory, devoting the rest of his time to cultivation.

With his current cultivation level, absorbing the spiritual energy of a low-grade spirit stone, without considering refining it, would only take him four hours. Including refining time, he could refine the spiritual energy of about two low-grade spirit stones a day. However, using the Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array would consume five spirit stones a day, while the benefit gained would be less than five spirit stones' worth. This means a portion of the spiritual energy is wasted.

However, now that Lin Haoming has a spirit stone machine to create spirit stones, he naturally doesn't care about this. For him, rapidly improving his cultivation level is the most important thing.

Now, relying on the Five Elements Gathering Spirit Array, Lin Haoming's daily cultivation is at least twenty times faster than pure meditation and Qi cultivation. That is, one day of his cultivation is equivalent to twenty days, nearly two months, or three years of arduous training in the past.

If it were a disciple with outstanding talent, their cultivation level would probably have increased significantly. But for Lin Haoming, his cultivation growth is pitiful. He estimates that even with tireless day and night cultivation, it would take him at least half a year to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining. But his duel with Guo Xin is only a few days away. Given this situation, Lin Haoming had no intention of continuing his cultivation. Moreover, he now had over three hundred spirit stones and needed to prepare for his upcoming competition.