Chapter 63: Temperament and Strength

Lin Yu was stunned by the words, then looked at He Jing with surprise and asked, "Recognized already?"

He Jing frowned, staring at Elijah and said, "Claude told you, right? Is he on Nathan Island too?"

Elijah smiled and said, "Correct."

He Jing said calmly, "I should have thought of it earlier. Betraying the Spear of God and evading capture for a full five years without a single trace can only mean hiding on Nathan Island..."

After speaking, he turned his head and said in a low voice, "Claude is also a Saint-level assassin of the Spear of God. I once cooperated with him back then and used the Ghost Shadow Walk and Phantom Body Veil in front of him."

"I see." Lin Yu nodded, then smiled and said, "Elijah, you are also a smart person; you should understand what can be said and what cannot, right?"

"I am clearly trying not to expose my identity, yet you insist on revealing Saint Wind's identity. Are you not afraid I will kill you to silence you?"

Elijah said calmly, "Since you know about Nathan Island, you should also understand the special nature of the Nathan Guard. Death for me is merely returning to the embrace of the Holy Tree, while you will therefore—"

"Don't be so confident."

Lin Yu interrupted his words without hesitation, then said lightly, "In front of me, you cannot return!"

Elijah was slightly stunned, then his Expression Grimmed, as if confirming the truth of that statement in some way.

Lin Yu sized him up from head to toe, then suddenly sighed and said, "Forget it. I am in a good mood today and do not wish to kill anyone. You had better be sensible and go to sleep yourself!"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Elijah was stunned, then his face changed rapidly.

Lin Yu nodded and said, "It seems you still wish to resist, so let me help you!"

Before the words had fully left his mouth, surging spiritual power instantly flooded his mind.

Elijah's eyes widened; before he could react, that terrifying spiritual power shook his Upper Dantian. His entire head felt as if it had been thrown into a washing machine, and in a state of severe dizziness, his consciousness quickly sank into darkness.

With a thud, the blond man holding a silver revolver collapsed to the ground.

... Just that simple?

He Jing stared blankly at the fallen Elijah.

He had personally experienced how difficult this fellow was to deal with.

Yet such an enemy, who had made him feel troubled, possessed no power to resist in front of Lin Yu, and even fell in such an inexplicable manner, leaving him, an observer throughout the entire event, completely unable to understand...

Is this Lin Dage?

He Jing thought silently, a complex emotion surging in his heart.

Lin Yu, however, did not care at all. To him, this battle could not even be called a battle; it could only be said to be watching a product promotion video.

Moreover, the product in this video was not even particularly attractive, at most arousing a tiny bit of his desire to collect...

"Now all that remains is clicking the product link~"

Lin Yu walked over with great interest and sequentially searched the souls of Elijah and Aaron, obtaining the alchemy and Runes of both men.

To be fair, the methods of these two were quite interesting.

Unfortunately, Lin Yu himself already mastered a complete magical system, far superior in this aspect to the Western Alchemy here!

"Interesting, but useless..."

Lin Yu shook his head, looked at He Jing not far away, and smiled, "Both of these owe some credit to you. Later, I will write down their Cultivation Technique knowledge and give you a share!"

Upon hearing this, He Jing was stunned and hurriedly said, "No need. I did nothing. If we speak truly, I even dragged you down. I am already very happy that you do not blame me for acting without permission!"

"That won't do!"

Lin Yu said with a smile, "Let us speak of the matter at hand. At least this Aaron was indeed defeated by you."

He Jing glanced at the poisoned and unconscious Aaron, shook his head, and said, "Lin Dage, you are joking. That telekinetic user is one thing, but this big man was defeated by you. I merely delivered the final blow for you!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu was somewhat surprised, "You figured it out?"

He Jing said helplessly, "Of course. I have also read the original work and know that this big man mastered Runes. That is a power similar to talismans, capable of deploying various strange methods through Lu En symbols."

"But when I faced him, the Lu En symbols inscribed on his body did not exert even the slightest effect..."

He Jing looked at Lin Yu and said softly, "Realizing this, I understood that you must have done something to him."

Lin Yu explained with a smile, "Correct. Whether Runes or talismans, they all mobilize the power of heaven and earth through certain means. The Qi formation of this valley has long been under my control. As long as I do not permit it, no one can communicate with heaven and earth!"

"Alright!"

Lin Yu stood up and threw that silver revolver to He Jing.

"If you do not want the Cultivation Technique, at least take some spoils of war?"

"This gun belongs to you from now on. It is Elijah's masterpiece of alchemy, capable of firing both alchemy-enhanced physical bullets and energy bullets condensed from Qi."

"Do you see the runes carved on the revolver cylinder? Those are the inscriptions for enhancing bullets and Qi bullets."

"The six chambers correspond to six enhancement effects. Among them, you have already witnessed the gold, red, and blue Qi bullets."

"The gold one is similar to a shotgun, capable of firing a large number of Qi bullets at once. The red one is an enhanced version in power. If Qi is continuously supplied during firing, it can also expand the attack range, outputting continuously like a laser."

"As for the blue Qi bullet, it is the ability to lock onto your Qi just now and automatically track."

"I will not say much about the remaining three. If you are interested, you can study them yourself..."

Two types of bullets, six effects, combined together, indeed constitute great variety.

He Jing listened with great interest. He was originally a lover of guns, and seeing such an alchemical work, naturally he could not put it down.

Without pretense, He Jing decisively accepted this alchemical revolver, and the look in his eyes toward Elijah underwent a subtle change.

Sensing the slight killing intent flowing from He Jing, Lin Yu could not help but laugh in disbelief.

When dealing with this fellow earlier, He Jing had not shown the slightest killing intent. Several assassinations were aimed at crippling the arm, with no intention at all to take this fellow's life.

Now that he had obtained Elijah's revolver, he could not help but feel a trace of killing intent...

Lin Yu asked with a smile, "Do you like this gun that much?"

Upon hearing this, He Jing was stunned, then all killing intent vanished. He said embarrassedly, "Indeed, I quite like it."

Lin Yu shook his head and said, "If you like it, take it. There is no need to kill. This fellow has stock; it is not just this one gun. Moreover, I have already deleted part of their memories. Even if they come looking, they will look for me, not you."

He Jing felt somewhat ashamed, "Professional habit. Please forgive my embarrassment."

Lin Yu stretched, smiling as he said, "I'll have to give those monkeys some rewards later. If not for them, I wouldn't have felt right laying a hand on these little ones."

"Indeed, only when one has a righteous cause does the heart feel truly at ease!"

Speaking thus, he glanced at He He Jingfeng beside him and said with a light laugh, "Are you very confused? Clearly, I possess the power to kill them all with a mere wave of my hand, yet I still insist on finding an excuse to trouble them?"

He He Jingfeng pondered for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Because you prefer to have a righteous cause?"

"Not exactly that I prefer it," Lin Yu said with a smile. "I simply believe that to master the immense power to do as one pleases, one must possess a mind and heart of matching strength."

"This state of mind can manifest in many forms. For me, even the most insignificant ant at my feet, before I step on it, I will first look upon it..."

As he spoke, he turned his head to gaze at Elijah, who lay unconscious on the ground: "Take these foreign cultivators, for instance. Their lives or deaths mean nothing to me. The reason I act thus is primarily for my own sake."

"Of course, this is merely my personal insight into maintaining my humanity, not a standard answer. Listen to it, but how you act in the future depends on your own understanding."

Upon hearing this, He He Jingfeng fell into deep thought.

He knew that Lin Yu's words were not only explaining his recent actions but also offering him guidance on the cultivation of the mind and heart.

Indeed, over these years, although he had held fast to the bottom line of not killing the innocent, with the passage of time, this bottom line had gradually evolved into a habit rather than an inner conviction.

This state of mind might sound somewhat similar to Lin Yu's at first glance, but in reality, they were completely different.

Lin Yu embodied the word "sincerity"; he knew what he was doing and why he did it.

But He He Jingfeng was different. Had Lin Yu not offered this guidance, he might not have even realized that he had not carefully examined his own heart for several years...

Thinking of this, He He Jingfeng broke out in a cold sweat.

Moments later, he raised his head and said solemnly, "I understand. Thank you, Lin Dage, for your guidance!"

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Then let us go. Come with me to meet the protagonist's group!"

As he spoke, he waved his sleeve, transporting these unconscious foreign cultivators to the outskirts of the nearest city.

He He Jingfeng remembered Nash, who had fallen first, and hurriedly said, "Lin Dage, there is still one we haven't seen!"

Lin Yu said without hesitation, "No need. That fellow is a natural telekinetic; he holds no reference value whatsoever."

He He Jingfeng: "..."

(End of this chapter)