[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-dark-and-dawn-light-years":3,"chapter-dark-and-dawn-light-years-dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-31":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Dark and Dawn Light-Years",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2264631,4420,"Chapter 31: Bestowing Favor Without Seeking Recognition","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-31",31,"\u003Cp>Li Lin stared at this object, which resembled certain leather goods, and sensed a faint aura of evil.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Evil aura is a level higher than resentment aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Resentment aura gives rise to minor spirits; evil aura gives rise to major spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone is stirring trouble in Shangtikou Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin surveyed the surroundings, then jumped down and used a wooden stick to lift the leather-like object, placing it aside before re-covering Xiuniang’s coffin board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Xiuniang, rest well beneath the earth—don’t think of returning.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, he used his hoe to push the soil back into the grave and rebuilt the mound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he finished, evening was nearly upon him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned to the village, which had grown quiet; villagers had instinctively returned home, closing doors and windows, with only a few still busily occupied with unfinished tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin carried the evil-tinged leather object to the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At once, the Tree Immortal Lady appeared, regarding the leather-like item in Li Lin’s hand with a strange gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lady, what is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Placenta.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this was the placenta the Tree Immortal Lady had mentioned earlier?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That meant she had known about Xiuniang’s problem all along!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why didn’t she tell me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he realized: back then, he hadn’t even learned the Spirit-Subduing Heart Method, let alone fist or spear techniques—he was merely a novice spirit hunter with decent blood qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already done him a favor by even naming the placenta.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If she’d said someone was causing trouble outside the village, the real issue wasn’t whether he dared go stop it—but whether he could stop it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going meant death; not going meant losing face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Li Lin smiled at the Tree Immortal Lady: “Thank you, Lady, for your concern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady gave a light hum and pointed to the altar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin placed the placenta upon it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, the evil aura vanished, and the placenta caught fire, quickly turning to ash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Immortal Lady disappeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin returned home, ate dinner, and began refining pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still used the large iron pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Pill Refining +1】【Pill Refining +1】【Pill Refining +1】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later, a large pot of fragrant Shengxi Pills was ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But one-third were duds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really need a pill furnace,” Li Lin said with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bottling the Shengxi Pills, he swallowed two and climbed onto the bed to sit in meditation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Nourishing Yin Heart Method +1】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Nourishing Yin Heart Method +1】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some time, just as dawn broke, he suddenly felt his spirit tremble, then a tingling warmth arose in his lower dantian, surging upward along his meridians straight into the niwan palace of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his consciousness, countless drifting sparks appeared, dense and numerous, filling his entire “vision,” spinning and dancing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was still with his eyes closed—these sparks were illusions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, the sparks blurred and vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt his body light and filled with coolness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Finally reached the grade!” Li Lin opened his eyes and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching the grade means Ninth Grade; cultivating yin energy within a living body is extremely difficult—ordinary people simply cannot do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With yin energy clinging to him, he could now use spell techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Li Lin still had no spell technique manuals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reminded him of Huang Qi’s words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few days, the Demon-Slaying Office would send someone who could teach him spell techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was… all gifts come with a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had asked Huang Qi, but the latter had only smiled without answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was worrying about where to obtain a spell technique manual, Zhao Xiaohu’s voice came from outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Ge! Lin Ge!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the door and saw Zhao Shu and his entire family had come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Shu held cured pork in his left hand and a large fat chicken in his right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Shen carried a heavy basket, likely filled with many items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xiaohu held a jar of wine in each hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin welcomed them in, invited them to sit, and smiled: “You’re planning to make Xiaohu a spirit hunter, aren’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Shu nodded: “Yes. Xiaohu is slow-witted—I’ll leave him in your care, Li Xiaolang.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’ll only be his guide, not his master.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Zhao Xiaohu grew anxious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin continued: “But I’ve always regarded Xiaohu as a younger brother—I’ll teach him fist techniques, spear techniques, and the Nourishing Yin Heart Method. When I learn spell techniques, I’ll teach them to him too. But how well he learns, and which path he follows afterward, must be decided by him alone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Shu sighed in relief: “That’s enough. It’s already very good.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew well that fist techniques, spear techniques, and heart methods were far beyond the reach of ordinary people like them; Xiaohu couldn’t even read—if no one taught him, even handing him a manual would be useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xiaohu also relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Shu chatted with Li Lin for a while, left the tuition, then left with Hua Shen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaohu stayed behind, eagerly asking: “Lin Ge, what do we start with?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Today we learn nothing,” Li Lin smiled. “We eat first—red rice. Let’s fully nourish your body first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xiaohu nodded vigorously: “Alright, I’ll wash the rice and cook.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin nodded with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At noon, Zhao Xiaohu ate one bowl of red rice. Afterward, his body heated up, his face flushed red, and he wanted to stand and shout to release the pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hold it in,” Li Lin said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xiaohu sat still in his chair, his clenched teeth and bulging forehead veins revealing how much pain he endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin sat cross-legged on the bed, cultivating the Blood Rice’s essence with the Reviving Health Method, while watching Zhao Xiaohu closely in case of sudden trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, Zhao Xiaohu felt less discomfort and asked: “Lin Ge, you ate more than I did—why are you fine?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin opened his eyes: “Because I’m a true spirit hunter. You’re not yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh! Zhao Xiaohu’s eyes filled with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth… when Li Lin first ate Blood Rice, he ate a whole bowl, felt nothing, and even thought it tasted good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difference between people is truly immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After another hour, Zhao Xiaohu’s blood qi calmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin checked his pulse and nodded gently: “Not bad. Your body has recovered considerably.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Xiaohu grinned foolishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a voice came from outside: “Is Spirit Hunter Li at home?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice was familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Lin opened the door and saw Bai Liwei and Bai BuFan standing outside the courtyard, with a donkey tied behind them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The donkey carried a pile of large and small packages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Senior Bai, Spirit Hunter Bai!” Li Lin bowed and stepped forward: “You’ve traveled far—please come in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned and said: “Xiaohu, boil water and brew tea for our honored guests!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1145,"2026-06-19T19:39:18.782Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","69ace8a173ae7ce37ef61c48b69507a8df82f3de15401cac02861440d3875183","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-32","dark-and-dawn-light-years-chapter-30",221,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fdark-and-dawn-light-years-cover.jpg"]