Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Lin Xuankong, having activated the Shadow Concealment Primordial Technique, moved as swiftly as a ghost, pressing the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder onto one Marsh Python after another!

「Half a breath later,」

On the mountaintop platform, the five Tier Three Marsh Pythons were all eerily "sleeping" on the ground.

「One breath later,」

Lin Xuankong had already flashed onto the Profound Iron Chain Bridge. On the bridge, one Marsh Python after another fell into a bizarre "sleep," some dangling from the bridge, others plummeting into the thousand-foot abyss below!

「Ten breaths later,」

Every single Tier Three Marsh Python on the Chain Bridge, along with over two hundred Marsh Pythons behind them, fell into a "sleep"!

Only now did the thunderball in Lin Xuankong's hand exhaust all its power and completely vanish. He ceased the Aurora Shining Heaven technique and looked up at the countless Marsh Pythons on the opposite mountain peak. On the opposite peak, the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Marsh Pythons, being far enough away, had not had their eyes damaged by the Aurora Shining Heaven. Their vertical pupils had clearly seen what happened on the brightly lit summit of Juefeng Mountain!

When Lin Xuankong stopped and stood alone on the Chain Bridge, the Marsh Pythons, which had grown to two or three zhangs long in the rain curtain, all tensed their massive serpentine bodies. Staring at their eerily "sleeping" kin, their vertical pupils suddenly constricted, and finally, they all fixated on Lin Xuankong.

「In the next moment,」

Lin Xuankong charged toward the opposite mountain peak. Meanwhile, the countless Marsh Pythons on that peak began writhing madly toward the base of the mountain. Countless trees and rocks were shattered into pieces by their frenzied movements. The sound of rumbling was endless as these Marsh Pythons scattered and fled in all directions. Not a single one remained; in an instant, the opposite peak was left barren, devoid of any serpents!

The Marsh Pythons, which had once considered every Martial Cultivator on the mountaintop platform as delightful prey, now fled frantically as if they had seen some terrifying ancient beast!

At this moment, Lin Xuankong, all alone, managed to scare away a thousand Demons, as if possessing the awe-inspiring power of a Divine Demon!

...

Returning to the mountaintop platform, Lin Xuankong turned to look at the "sleeping" Marsh Pythons. After a few glances, he focused on a circular mark on one of their bodies, his heart filled with emotion. This Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder Divine Technique, passed down for a thousand years, once enabled Ancestor Yin Talisman to dominate the world. Generations of Yin Talisman Sect Members have longed for it to reappear. This peerless Thunder Technique indeed deserves to be the strongest technique of the Yin Talisman Sect!

Among the Three Secret Techniques of the Yin Talisman, the Divine Thunder Illusion attacks the physical body, and Aurora Shining Heaven is for surprise attacks and support. However, this Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder Divine Technique is extremely profound; it doesn't harm the body but annihilates the Divine Soul. Whether it's a Demon or a Martial Cultivator, as long as their Heart Thought is not strong enough, upon contact, their soul will immediately dissipate, leaving only a soulless walking corpse!

Those Marsh Pythons hit by the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder, strictly speaking, haven't completely died. They've lost their Divine Soul. Even if I don't kill them, they will remain in a sleep state, sleeping until their vitality is exhausted, sleeping until their bodies decay!

If I were to use the Divine Thunder Illusion, or fully wield the Ruyi Profound Gold Rod, the power might seem fiercer on the surface than the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder. But in terms of terrifying killing ability, the Soul-Extinction Celestial Thunder far surpasses the other two... What's more, the most wonderful thing is that it perfectly preserves the spoils of war! A Demon's entire body is valuable; the Python Skin, Python Flesh, and python gall are all extremely useful!

...

「Inside the stone house,」

Lin Xuankong looked at the four Yin Talisman Sect Members in front of him, whose eyesight had recovered. The bile from seven Tier Three Marsh Pythons amounted to a total of one hundred and nine drops. He diluted half a drop in clear water and had the four of them wash their eyes with it; they all naturally recovered from their injuries.

At this moment, Lin Jiao, whose vision had just returned, stared at Lin Xuankong in disbelief. "Steward Lin, are you... are you...?"

For a moment, this usually talkative man was too shocked to complete a single sentence!

Hu Shuo was even more excited than him, having already guessed Lin Xuankong's identity in his heart. If it weren't for the presence of other Martial Cultivators outside the stone house, he might have rushed out to bow towards the east, shouting that their Ancestor's spirit had manifested and that the Yin Talisman Sect was destined to rise!

Nalan Yunzhu remained as silent as ever, but now she tightly held Lin Jiao's hand, her face also full of excitement and joy.

Among the four, Zhao Yufei's expression was the most complex. She looked at the silver-haired Lin Xuankong before her and couldn't help but recall her silent vow to someday show Lin Xuankong the vast difference between them. She also remembered her once proud demeanor in his presence, and her certainty outside the Demon Slaying Valley that this old man surely wanted to cling to her for protection!

Who could have imagined? He was actually that Nine-Seal Genius! He was the one who left his mark on the Jade, that Nine-Seal Genius! He was the Nine-Seal Genius whom the Yin Talisman Sect had not seen in a thousand years, comparable to the founding ancestor of the Yin Talisman Sect!

And she was merely at the level of Three Seals... This gap was as vast as heaven and earth, like the difference between clouds and mud!

Yet he had never flaunted it before her. And in the Demon-Suppressing Valley, how could he ever need her help? Let alone not needing her help; if he hadn't stepped in in time, she might have ended up like Xu Bei, devoured by the Marsh Pythons, turning into mush!

Lin Xuankong looked at the four of them, frowning, and said, "I am just Lin Xuankong, Silver Jade Steward Lin Xuankong. I hope you all remember that!"