This power began to circulate throughout his body, cleansing his marrow and meridians, and improving his physique. Moreover, he was slowly absorbing this power.
boom
A powerful aura belonging to the sect leader suddenly erupted from Lan Mu's body. Lan Mu had successfully broken through to the Void Dao Realm.
After a long while, once his state of mind had stabilized, Lan Mu opened his tightly closed eyes, his gaze sharp and intense, his hair moving without wind, and his entire body exuding a terrifying aura.
"Thank you for your kindness, senior." Lan Mu knelt down on both knees and kowtowed heavily.
Lin Qing smiled and said, "No need for so much formality. I'm happy to receive the Eight Treasures Turtle."
Lan Mu cupped his hands and said, "Senior, I will do everything in my power to find the Eight Ancient Treasures for you."
"Okay, one is one less. As long as you help me find them, you'll get your share of the rewards." Lin Qing nodded. It was good to have someone help him find them.
"Senior, we are also willing to help find the Eight Ancient Treasures, and we will do our utmost." The seven sect leaders beside them immediately added.
In their view, this senior was at least at the Escape One Realm, and might even be at the supreme Supreme Realm.
Although Lan Mu is different from Lan Chen, who knows if he will let Lin Qing take action? So they hurriedly said it out loud, as this was the best way to save their lives.
After all, just one Eight Treasures Turtle was enough to make Lan Mu, who was merely a Venerable, become an existence like them.
“Okay, as long as you find the Eight Ancient Treasures, I will grant you one reasonable request: treasures, techniques, or ways to increase your strength, anything is possible,” Lin Qing said after a moment’s thought.
"Hmm." At this moment, Lan Mu looked sharply at the seven people, thinking angrily, "Damn it, the business thieves are here."
"Senior, how will we find you then?" Cang Quan asked Lin Qing.
Now, his mind is filled with the Eight Treasures of antiquity; as for that so-called perilous great opportunity, to hell with it.
Finding the Eight Ancient Treasures may be a bit difficult, but it's not dangerous at all. If you search slowly, you'll find them eventually.
"It's simple. As long as you call my real name, Lin Qing, I will be able to sense it."
This is something Lin Qing only recently learned: when he calls upon the Dragon King, there is no response, but as long as it is his real name, he can sense his thoughts and descend.
"This is, senior." Cang Quan's hands trembled slightly. He was somewhat shocked. "No, it shouldn't be. The rules of this world should be incomplete. It's impossible."
True immortals, the immortal beings, can summon their powerful forces by calling upon their true names.
The others had all lived for an unknown amount of time and vaguely knew some of the secrets from the past.
They were all somewhat shaken, and then they all clasped their fists and bowed, saying with utmost sincerity, "Senior, we will do our utmost to find the Eight Ancient Treasures."
"Hmm," Lin Qing nodded, glanced at everyone, and then prepared to leave. He wanted to find a place to study the newly appeared merit.
Upon seeing this, Lan Mu, Hua Shi, and the others immediately bowed and shouted, "Respectfully seeing off our senior!"
"Senior, I have a chicken!" Suddenly, a voice came from Tai Ling Lake below.
"Hmm," Lin Qing stopped and looked down.
Lan Mu and the others also looked over. Not only them, but all the cultivators who were watching the situation above looked at the person who had spoken.
"Senior, I have a chicken! I have a chicken!" a one-armed old man shouted from atop an ancient tree.
"Hey, isn't that Old Man He? He's still alive."
"Old man He is courting death, daring to offend such a being."
"His lifespan is nearing its end; he'll probably die in a few years. He's probably just grasping at straws in desperation. Just wait and see; we'll definitely kill him soon."
"Old Man He is a pitiful man. Although he only has the cultivation of inscription, his son is a god-level figure. It's a pity he was captured."
"Yes, even his daughter-in-law and granddaughter were arrested. Old Man He has really lost his mind. How could he possibly fool someone like that?"
Sure enough, although Old Man He's cultivation level was very low, his son was a very famous person, and these people recognized Old Man He at a glance.
"What do you want to say?" Lin Qing asked Old Man He calmly.
Lin Qing had already learned about Old Man He's background from the people below. Although it was somewhat tragic, Lin Qing didn't want to get involved, since it had nothing to do with him.
There are so many injustices in the world that he can't possibly handle them all. If it were right in front of him, helping out wouldn't be a problem. But who knows where he's been taken? Is Lin Qing really going to make a special trip there?
If it's said to be a chicken, it must be some other rare and exotic animal, not the Eight Treasures Chicken, because Lin Qing didn't sense any Eight Treasures Chicken aura from it.
"Senior, I have Eight Treasures Chicken." Old Man He waved his one arm, his legs trembling slightly, not from fear, but from excitement.
Lin Qing said in a calm tone, "Oh, you said you have Eight Treasures Chicken, but I didn't sense its aura on you."
"How could I possibly carry such a precious chicken with me? I raise the chicken at home, and to avoid being discovered by others, I use special herbs to eliminate the smell from my body every time I go out."
Old Man He continued, "Don't underestimate me just because I'm only at the Inscription Realm. My son is a god, and that Eight Treasures Chicken belongs to my son."
"Hmm, it really is Eight Treasures Chicken." Lin Qing suddenly smiled.
He had just used his divine sense to investigate Tai Ling City, and sure enough, there was an Eight Treasures Chicken being raised in an ancient well in a small courtyard.
Lin Qing asked, "Do you live at No. 521 Tianxing Street in Tailing City?" At the same time, he reached into the city and instantly, an Eight Treasures Chicken appeared in Lin Qing's hand.
"Yes, yes, that's it, that's it. I kept it in the ancient well to raise it in secret. My son put a restriction on the ancient well so that it won't be discovered unless the city lord comes."
Old Man He is now so excited that he's gesturing wildly.
"My God, Eight Treasures Chicken, that really is Eight Treasures Chicken."
"Old He wasn't lying after all; it really is Eight Treasures Chicken."
"This is incredible! Old Man He is incredible!"
Not only the cultivators below, but even the eight sect leaders, including Lan Mu, who were suspended in the air, were itching to get their teeth clenched.
Lan Mu was extremely distressed. "There's actually an Eight Treasures Chicken in Tai Ling City! Ah!" Lan Mu roared inwardly.
"Very well, speak now. What do you want—to increase your strength and lifespan, to rescue your loved ones, or perhaps an unparalleled magical technique?"
Lin Qing put away the Eight Treasures Chicken, and then lifted Old Man He up from below, making him float in front of him.
"I want to become stronger!" Old Man He roared.
Chapter 591 The Rise of Old Man He (Seeking a minimum monthly vote tomorrow)
“Yes,” Lin Qing said with a smile.
He was overjoyed; in just a few days, he had obtained both the Eight Treasures Turtle and the Eight Treasures Chicken.
"It's a pity they can't be eaten yet; they need to be kept to pair up and reproduce." Lin Qing said with a hint of regret.
"Keep your mind calm, and I will help you advance." Lin Qing appeared in front of Old Man He and placed his palm on the top of his head.
"His life force has depleted to this extent. Tsk tsk tsk. If he wants to become stronger, he can't be the weakest among his peers. He should at least be among the stronger ones."
Lin Qing took out a drop of juice from a three-thousand-year-old peach, along with some pure blood spirit essence, to cleanse its marrow and replenish its depleted qi and blood, thus strengthening it.
As time went on, Old Man He's aura grew stronger and stronger.
His hunched body gradually straightened, and the age spots on his body gradually disappeared.
His white hair gradually began to turn black, and even his arm, which had been severed for who knows how many years, began to grow back bone and flesh.
A quarter of an hour passed, and Old Man He's aura remained at the peak of the Void Dao Realm.
At this moment, his severed arm had regenerated, and his once snow-white and dry hair had become a head of long, black, and beautiful hair.
The once hunched and withered body is now upright and strong, radiating a divine light that demonstrates the power of its physical form.
He transformed from an old man into a young man, a complete rejuvenation. And you know what? The old man from before the New Year was quite handsome.
Of course, beneath Lin Qing's face, everything else is rubbish.
"Such powerful strength! I feel like I could destroy a star with one punch." He Tian spoke, and an explosion followed, making the cultivators below dizzy and their vision go black.
Clearly, having just acquired such immense power, it's still somewhat out of control.
"I will take my leave first. Once you have found the Eight Ancient Treasures, you may call me by my real name." With these words, Lin Qing's figure disappeared.
"Respectfully seeing off Senior," Lan Muhetian and the others said respectfully.
The cultivators below, not knowing what to say, could only follow the chants of the sect leaders, such as Lan Mu, and chant "Respectfully bidding farewell to the senior."
"Brother Lan, please forgive us for what happened earlier. We will take our leave now. If you need us, we will certainly not refuse," Hua Shi said, clasping his hands in a fist salute.
Lan Mu found it somewhat amusing that they had gone from being juniors to peers.
"Yes, thank you all, fellow Daoists. I will host a banquet another day and invite you all. Today, I still have some matters to attend to," Lan Mu said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Lan He, who was huddled to the side, trembled slightly.
"Alright, Brother Lan, Brother He, we'll take our leave." Cang Quan and the others cupped their hands and then transformed into streaks of light, disappearing into the horizon.
"I also have things to do. I need to go save my son, daughter-in-law, and precious granddaughter. I won't stay any longer. Goodbye," He Tian said goodbye.
Then, he couldn't wait to fly towards the altar that led into the city, where there was a teleportation array. Although he had now reached the Void Realm, the distance was too far, and the teleportation array was the fastest way.
"Brother, let's go home and have a good talk," Lan Mu nodded, then grinned and grabbed Lan He, flying towards the city lord's mansion.
At the same time, the cultivators below instantly erupted in excitement.
"My God, Old Man He has actually become a Void Dao expert."
"Do you want to die? You still call him Old Man He. Be careful what you say."
"Shut up, aren't you calling him Old Man He too? Ugh, you have such a foul mouth."
If it were said that Lin Qing had previously promoted Lan Mu to the Void Dao Realm, they still felt it was somewhat unreal.
But when Old Man He, who was about to die of old age and had low strength, suddenly became a hegemon in the Void Path, it stirred up their hearts.
Subsequently, a craze for finding the Eight Ancient Treasures swept across the entire Wuhu Prefecture, eventually even affecting several surrounding prefectures.
So many people, including powerful ones, were searching for it, and sure enough, some people with great fortune actually obtained it, thus reaching the Void Dao Realm and establishing a powerful clan.
An ancient mining prefecture, hundreds of millions of miles away from Wuhu Prefecture.
Ancient Mining Prefecture is somewhat special. Unlike ordinary prefectures, this entire prefecture is comprised of one ancient mine, and the ancient mine is the prefecture itself.
The area was divided into zones, with some powerful forces occupying a mining area and then having cultivators mine there.
The ancient mine produces only one mineral: black gold. Black gold is very precious. Adding it when crafting magical artifacts can produce miraculous effects and enhance their power.
The Luo family owns a vast area spanning a million miles within the ancient mining state, with a patriarch at the peak of the Void Dao realm residing in the family.
On this day, in Luo City, the weather was fine and the sky was clear. Everything at the teleportation array was exactly the same as usual, flashing intermittently. Then, a group of cultivators appeared and another group disappeared.