“Yes, but on the condition that you eat it first.” As he spoke, he took out a white medicine bottle that had somehow appeared in Lin Ye’s hand.
Because Mu Rou’s body was too frail to consume the entire medicinal herb at once, Lin Ye had made the Jade Lingluo into five portions of medicinal liquid last night. This was the second portion.
If Lin Hai had not arrived, Mu Rou’s body would certainly have fully recovered after consuming the medicinal herb.
However, Lin Hai’s arrival caused Mu Rou’s emotions to fluctuate too greatly, and her condition showed signs of worsening. Now, he could no longer be certain whether this portion of medicinal herb could cure Mu Rou.
Thinking this, a trace of icy killing intent flashed in their eyes. Originally, Lin Ye had still intended to spare the life of the original body’s biological father.
However, after what had just happened, Lin Hai’s life force was destined to be lost.
Carefully feeding Mu Rou the medicinal liquid, Lin Ye watched her gradually improving complexion and finally let out a faint sigh of relief.
“Surround this place! Don’t let even a single fly out!” Suddenly, a burst of disorderly footsteps came from outside the courtyard, along with a man’s commanding voice.
“Older brother!” Hearing the voices outside, Lin Xue’s eyes involuntarily turned toward Lin Ye, and deep worry flashed in her gaze.
“Don’t worry, everything will be fine!” Lin Ye smiled and shook his head at Lin Xue.
He had observed things yesterday. In the entire Lin Family, the highest cultivation belonged to Lin Hai, who possessed the strength of a five-star great martial master.
Next was the guard captain in front of the Treasure Pavilion last night, whose strength was approximately that of a six-star martial master. The remaining guards all had cultivation between One-Star and five-star martial master.
As far as Lin Ye was concerned, if he engaged in direct combat, he might suffer at the hands of these guards. However, if he wanted to leave, these people alone could not stop him.
After Mu Rou took the medicine and fell asleep, Lin Ye returned to the narrow side chamber beside them.
Lin Ye had only been sitting cross-legged for a short while when Lin Xue entered.
“Older brother, are you really confident that you can change father’s decision?” Lin Xue asked Lin Ye worriedly.
“You don’t believe in me?” Lin Ye raised his eyebrows slightly, but there was not the slightest trace of anger on his face.
“No, that’s not it. I-I’m just a little worried.” Lin Xue hurriedly waved her hands, afraid that Lin Ye would misunderstand.
“Don’t worry. The sacrificial offering definitely won’t be me.” It would be Lin Feiyang. Lin Ye’s lips curved into a faint smile, but he did not say the second sentence aloud.
Lin Xue nodded. After pondering for a moment, she seemed to have made a momentous decision and said seriously, “older brother, if something unexpected happens then… Xue’er is willing to take your place!”
Hearing Lin Xue’s words, Lin Ye could not help finding it somewhat amusing.
However, when he saw the extraordinary seriousness on Lin Xue’s face, that trace of amusement in his heart vanished instantly.
He understood. Even though Lin Xue believed that he could handle this matter, she was still afraid that the slightest flaw might appear in his plan.
She was using her own life force as the final safeguard for his plan!
Indeed, there were no truly perfect plans under heaven. Anything could change because of all sorts of circumstances, and no one could guarantee that everything would proceed according to their plan.
Not even him.
Lin Ye sighed softly, and faint emotion surfaced in his gaze as he looked at Lin Xue.
To be honest, after coming here, he felt fortunate to have a mother and younger sister here. He hoped to use his own strength to protect them and no longer be as lonely as he had been in his previous life.
But he had never thought of protecting them by sacrificing himself.
He believed that if he had to choose one person among Lin Xue, Mu Rou, and himself to survive, he might hesitate, but in the end, the one he definitely chose would be himself.
But what had they done? They were both willing to sacrifice their own lives so that he could live. This was an emotion he had never experienced in his previous life.
Looking at Lin Xue’s resolute expression, a warm current passed through Lin Ye’s heart.
At this very moment, he truly developed a sense of recognition toward Lin Xue and Mu Rou, as well as a sense of belonging to this world.
At the same time, a deeper sense of responsibility arose in his heart. He had to use all his abilities to protect them, not merely because they shared a blood relationship with him and this body.
“All right, but I guarantee that such a thing will never happen!” Lin Ye looked into Lin Xue’s eyes as he spoke.
After Lin Xue left, Lin Ye asked in his mind, “System, I want to increase my cultivation.”
“Ding!”
“Because the host’s constitution is too weak, the System currently does not support converting spirit card essence into spiritual power. Host, please cultivate and improve yourself.”
“A weak constitution? Is there any way to rapidly improve my constitution?”
Lin Ye also knew how frail this body was. It had improved somewhat after gaining spiritual power, but even after reaching the martial master realm, this body was still far inferior to the one he had possessed in Huaxia.
“Ding!”
“Host, please find a body tempering cultivation method as soon as possible to practice body tempering, or raise the system level to Six to activate the body tempering function and improve your constitution through the System.”
“A body tempering cultivation method?” Lin Ye murmured. He did know that such things existed in this world, but those cultivation methods were extremely rare. The chance of obtaining one was even lower than raising the system level to Six.
“Forget it. I’ll just cultivate slowly for now!” Lin Ye sighed softly.
However, if someone knew that Lin Ye possessed Six-Star cultivation talent and was still sighing here about cultivating “slowly,” would they not go mad?
“Ding!”
“System mission: Create a Tier-Two Foundation-Building Spirit Card. Mission details: Find Foundation-Building Spirit Jade. Mission rewards: One Tier-Two Foundation-Building Spirit Card. Host, do you accept the mission?”
“Accept!” Lin Ye answered without hesitation. There was no penalty for failure anyway, so he would accept it first.
“Ding!”
“Host has successfully accepted the mission! Mission progress: Foundation-Building Spirit Jade 0/1.”
“What is a foundation-building spirit card?” Lin Ye asked, somewhat puzzled.
“Ding!”
“Foundation-building spirit card: A Spirit Card that helps martial artists establish the foundation of their Martial Dao. When a martial artist cultivates with the foundation-building spirit card placed nearby, their cultivation speed and spiritual power density increase eightfold.”
Hearing the effects of the foundation-building spirit card, Lin Ye’s eyes lit up. He asked in his mind, “Can I only make one?”
“Ding!”
“When the system level reaches third rank, as long as the host finds the corresponding materials, the System can create an unlimited number of all spirit cards below the earth ranking, with a one-hundred-percent success rate.”
“Unlimited creation? A one-hundred-percent success rate?” Hearing the System’s answer, Lin Ye’s heart pounded.
He had previously heard the System say that the spirit card crafting function would be unlocked once its level reached third rank, but he had not expected that it would allow unlimited creation.
And a one-hundred-percent success rate?
If he remembered correctly, the success rate for an ordinary second-order card master creating a second-order spirit card was only ten percent. The success rate for creating a One-Star Spirit Card was only fifty percent, right?
Moreover, this applied to all spirit cards below the earth ranking!
The System was defying the heavens!