Chapter 66: New Function of the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll

Ding!

System detected that the host consumed a top‑grade Body-Tempering Pill, successfully triggering Tenfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!

Congratulations, host, you have obtained Tenfold Harvest!

Looking at the system screen before him, the latest Byte Entry floated into view.

Li Mu, at this moment, not only felt no joy whatsoever, but also hunched over a huge water tank, frantically pouring water into his mouth while continuously dry heaving.

"Ugh, ugh, ugh..."

"This is freaking terrible, right?"

"And it even burns my throat, I can't swallow it at all!"

That dose of the pill went down, and it almost took half of Li Mu's life, honestly.

That taste is truly indescribable!

It's extremely pungent and bitter at the entrance!

And the crucial part is it also scorches the throat!

Moreover, after the bitterness, the whole mouth is filled with sourness, making it truly hard to swallow.

It feels extremely nauseating!

Just as Li Mu was violently dry heaving.

Suddenly, he felt his abdomen suddenly bloated, as if he had overeaten.

Although he didn't feel the painful sensation that comes after taking a Poison Pill.

His belly, however, seemed to expand like a balloon being gradually inflated, becoming increasingly swollen.

However, Li Mu had no intention of, like last time, immediately using the Ba Jiu Xuan Technique to refine it!

What he wants!

Is to fully unleash this Poison Pill's maximum toxicity and destructive power!

If it could cause his body to explode and die, that would be perfect!

But then, a bizarre scene unfolded!

Li Mu made no move, and the Ba Jiu Xuan Technique did not activate.

Yet the true Qi inside Li Mu did not show the expected violent chaos from the Poison Pill's invasion.

On the contrary, it gradually began to calm down.

Soon, his own true Qi and the Poison Pill's raging spiritual energy converged toward Li Mu's dantian like a gentle stream.

This level of obedience was even more disciplined than Li Mu's own cultivation, following whichever meridian it should, proceeding step by step, methodically.

Li Mu: "???"

After sensing the internal anomaly, Li Mu's mind shifted, refocusing his attention on the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll.

He saw that within the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll, over a hundred names led by Lin Zecheng and Qin Siwu were simultaneously flashing a pale gold light.

As the light flickered, Li Mu also saw strands of pale gold emanating from each name, eventually descending to completely cover him.

This caused Li Mu's true Qi and spiritual energy, which had just begun to show a hint of turbulence,

to be instantly suppressed by the pale gold strands, smoothed, and transformed into pure spiritual energy that benefited him!

At the same time, Li Mu could clearly feel his physical strength had increased by nearly twenty thousand jin!

Li Mu: "???"

Wait a moment!

Why is this situation completely different from how it was for me back then!

Li Mu still remembered that, when he mistakenly took Qin Siwu's Poison Pill,

he not only clearly felt the Poison Pill's backlash, but also had to use the Ba Jiu Xuan Technique to transmute its domineering medicinal force.

After a lot of struggling, the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll could finally transfer the Poison Pill's side effects away.

But now...

The Poison Pill he just swallowed seemed, the moment it entered his mouth—before digestion even began—to become completely non‑toxic and harmless, and it even actively helped stabilize his internal true Qi and medicinal potency?

What is going on?

Li Mu wore a panda‑like question‑mark expression.

Then, with a mindset of putting theory into practice, Li Mu pulled out a High‑Pressure Pot and began refining pills again!

Ding!

System detected that the host is refining a top‑grade Body-Tempering Pill, successfully gaining Tenfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!

Congratulations, host, you have obtained Tenfold Harvest!

Ding!

System detected that the host consumed a top‑grade Body-Tempering Pill, successfully gaining Tenfold Heavenly Dao Blessing!

Congratulations, host, you have obtained Tenfold Harvest!

"..."

Accompanied by the reappearance of the system Byte Entry, Li Mu swallowed another Body-Tempering Pill!

Sure enough, just like before, before the Body-Tempering Pill's toxicity could take effect, the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll had already transferred the negative effects away!

"I think I understand what's happening."

Looking at the hundreds of names continuously flashing on the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll, Li Mu's face showed a sudden realization.

If the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll is likened to a water purifier, then the names Qin Siwu, Lin Zecheng, and the others serve as filter cartridges!

The more filter cartridges there are, the higher the filtration efficiency and precision!

When I first took a Poison Pill, there was only Qin Siwu as a filter cartridge!

Now, my Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll has over a hundred filter cartridges.

With this consumable increase, my filtering of Body-Tempering Pill toxins and various negative effects and costs is naturally not comparable to when I only had one filter cartridge before.

After figuring this out.

Li Mu twitched the corner of his mouth.

For a moment.

He even realized whether he should cry or laugh.

As more names pile onto the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll, I don't even need to make any effort!

This damn…

The enemy not only has to bear the negative costs for me, but also help stabilize the true Qi inside my body?

Isn't that the same as my cultivation being automatically blocked?

One tube, no need to manage it!

Although the fact that the Heavenly Dao Treasure Scroll's power keeps growing is undeniably a good thing.

But doesn't that mean that in the Qian Kun Realm, more people will want to kill me?

Moreover, this divine artifact I made is employing every possible method to make me go around causing trouble and drawing hatred!

Li Mu rubbed his slightly swollen temples, truly feeling speechless!

Forget it!

When the car reaches the mountain, a road appears; when the boat reaches the bridgehead, it straightens itself.

Anyway, these people are already offended; pondering this is useless.

If I have that idle time, I'd rather refine more Body-Tempering Pills, quickly boost my own strength, and reach the Refining Qi Realm Forbidden Realm: Nine Bans—that's the true path!

Thinking of that.

Li Mu picked up the High-Pressure Pot and began frantically refining pills again!

……

The Qingzhou Lin Family mansion.

Lin Zecheng staggered out of his courtyard.

His complexion was waxen yellow, his breath feeble!

In such a wan state, it seemed as if his entire body had been hollowed out.

Honestly!

If today weren't the day of the clan council, Lin Zecheng truly wouldn't want to get out of bed!

Thus, Lin Zecheng moved like a ghost, stepping deep then shallow, all the way to the clan council hall.

At this moment, many members of the Lin Family had already gathered here.

One young man, upon seeing Lin Zecheng approach, couldn't help but flash an ambiguous lewd grin, elbowed Lin Zecheng's body, and teasingly joked.

"Brother Lin, you're truly vigorous and fierce, your charisma hasn't faded since those days!"

"I just rushed back from the Ziyang Sect yesterday, and tonight it's battle after battle, artillery everywhere!"

"Brother Lin, why not give us a little insight!"

"You, yesterday, how many women did you actually battle?"

Seeing his younger cousin gaze at him with envy and admiration, Lin Zecheng felt a pang of bitterness inside.

Bullshit continuous victories!

Bullshit endless artillery!

I've been sleeping nonstop since I got back yesterday!

Dammit!

As a result, this sleeping not only fails to relieve fatigue, but actually makes me more drowsy.

Consequently, Lin Zecheng felt as if he had plowed hundreds of acres, his whole body on the verge of falling apart!

He now seriously suspects whether someone has plotted against him.

If not, how could a respectable Second Grade Foundation Establishment Realm practitioner suddenly become this weak?

Just as Lin Zecheng was pondering silently, a richly dressed, slender‑faced, silver‑haired elder stepped out.

Seeing the elder's expression cold and aura imposing.

The ongoing chatter and clamor suddenly halted; everyone held their breath, staring at the elder without blinking.

Even Lin Zecheng straightened his posture noticeably.

But as the hall's atmosphere grew silent, a piercing scream from a middle‑aged woman suddenly rang out from the side.

"Clan chief, yesterday I heard Zecheng say that Ze Hong died terribly, and his corpse is still left exposed in the Yunshan Secret Realm wilderness!"

"We must avenge Ze Hong!"

"We must obtain justice for him!"

At that moment.

A richly dressed, elegant middle‑aged woman hurried forward, shouting with a mournful, indignant tone.

"Indeed!"

"Chief, Ze Hong is the future pillar of our Lin Family!"

"Now, he has died so inexplicably in the Yunshan Secret Realm."

"If we cannot avenge Ze Hong, even Ze Hong wouldn't be able to close his eyes in death!"

"Right!"

"Chief, we absolutely cannot let this matter be settled so easily!"

"We must take revenge on that Li Mu!"

"Revenge!"

"If we don't avenge this, where will the Lin Family's reputation in the vast Qingzhou stand?"

"Exactly!"

"We must make that Li Mu pay blood for blood!"

The middle‑aged woman's words were like a bucket of cold water poured into a hot oil pot.

In an instant it sparked a wave of fury among the clan, everyone raising their arms and shouting to avenge Lin Zehong, to make that Li Mu pay blood for blood!

The reason Lin Zehong's death caused such a huge stir in the Lin Family!

The cause, when explained, is actually simple!

For a cultivation clan like the Lin Family, a hundred‑year Qingzhou lineage, the reason they choose to send their youngsters to the Ziyang Sect for training.

Put bluntly!

It is just like the secular aristocratic families who have their heirs pass the imperial examinations, become officials, and then give back to the clan.

The Qingzhou Lin Family actually runs the same calculation in its heart.

They send the fourth‑generation disciples Lin Zecheng and Lin Zehong to the Ziyang Sect for cultivation, and once they become great powers in the cultivation world, they will in turn protect the Lin Family!

That is also why a great cultivation clan like the Lin Family has enjoyed a centuries‑long heritage!

Because this is the very foundation of their clan!

But now, Li Mu killed Lin Zehong, whom the Lin Family had placed great hopes on, inside the Yunshan Secret Realm!

This act undoubtedly shakes the Lin Family's foundation and tramples its bottom line!

How could this not provoke the Lin clan's fury!

Even if Li Mu is the Four Peaks Grand Competition Champion of the Ziyang Sect this time.

But frankly, he is merely a lowly Ten Grade Lian Qi Realm ant!

If the matter were to be dropped simply because he is this year's Ziyang Sect Four Peaks Grand Competition Champion?

Wouldn't that be, in effect, telling other families that in the future the Lin Family's disciples in any sect can be killed or slaughtered at will?

If this continues, wouldn't the Lin Family's hundred‑year foundation be destroyed in an instant!

In short, this matter cannot be let go under any circumstances!

Not only must we avenge!

But we also must employ the Thunder Technique against Li Mu!

It must achieve the effect of killing one to warn a hundred!

Only then can it truly serve as a deterrent.

However, what everyone failed to notice is!

As the crowd in the council hall raised their arms and shouted to avenge Lin Zehong!

No one noticed that Lin Zecheng's complexion at that moment had completely drained of color, pale to the point of horror!

If I recall correctly.

The scenes currently unfolding, my younger brother had once described to me in detail when he was alive!

Back then at Xuan Yue Feng a similar scene occurred; after Zhao Jianfei was stripped of his position, the disciples of Xuan Yue Feng all raised their arms and shouted to take revenge on Li Mu.

Result…

Zhao Jianfei's head was fine, then it exploded, just exploded?

Now look at the present.

Zhao Jianfei is dead…

Qin Zhixiang is dead…

Lin Zehong is dead…

And the environment I now find myself in is just as similar to the situation Lin Zehong mentioned back then!

Everyone present is also clamoring to avenge Li Mu!

What makes Lin Zecheng even more uneasy is that his own body is now having problems.

Since returning to the clan yesterday, Lin Zecheng has constantly felt off, as if under some curse!

This familiar formula!

This familiar scent!

Does this mean…

That my own head is about to explode next…