Chapter 67: Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief

"Alright~"

Lin Yu stood up from the ground with a smile and looked at He Jingfeng, who had silently retreated to his side: "This guy is not someone you can deal with."

He Jingfeng was not annoyed at all, but nodded: "I know he counters me, I just couldn't help but want to learn from him..."

Lin Yu asked with a smile: "Did you get the item?"

"Got it."

He Jingfeng handed something to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu nodded and accepted it, then turned his head to look at Baron.

Baron's face sank, and he said coldly: "So your target was me."

Lin Yu shook his head: "That's not it, it's just that your Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief makes me very interested!"

Baron's pupils shrank, and he said in a deep voice: "How do you know?!"

"I know a lot." Lin Yu said with a smile, "I not only know that you have mastered the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief, but I also know where you learned it, and who taught it to you..."

Speaking of this, Lin Yu paused, then turned to look at He Jingfeng curiously: "Oh right, you have been active abroad all these years, did you ever go to Mount Kangchenjunga to take a look?"

He Jingfeng whispered: "I went five years ago, but at that time, Ruan Feng had already left."

Lin Yu nodded: "Looking at it this way, he had already run to Nasen Island five years ago."

Nasen Island, Ruan Feng...

Is this the name of that person?

Baron listened to the two people's words in silence.

Lin Yu turned his head and said with a smile: "Do you know why I went to such great lengths to create such a situation of being alone?"

Baron said coldly: "For my Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "That can be considered a reason, but in the final analysis, it is because I have a good impression of you."

Baron was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "What do you mean?"

Lin Yu smiled: "Literal meaning. I appreciate you as a person, so I plan to give you a chance, a chance to trade with me on an equal footing without soul-searching..."

Soul-searching?

Hearing these two words, Baron couldn't help but frown.

Lin Yu said leisurely: "As far as I know, the 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief' is also known as the 'Saint's Theft'. As the saying goes, the saint does not die, the great thief does not stop. Those who cultivate the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief can steal the vitality of this world for their own use."

"To be more specific, it is to build a perfect absorption and digestion system based on the six organs of the large intestine, small intestine, stomach, triple burner, gallbladder, and bladder, so as to transform the vitality of all things, nourish the innate Qi, and reach the realm of eating and drinking to achieve immortality."

"..." Baron forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart and said in a deep voice, "It seems you really know a lot."

"Of course, maybe even more than you!"

Lin Yu said with a smile: "This ability of perfect digestion is indeed very interesting, but at the same time, the vitality obtained by digestion will also be limited by the object being digested."

"The vitality contained in grass, trees, soil, stones, birds, and beasts is different."

Speaking of this, Lin Yu paused, looked at him calmly and said: "Baron, do you know, for people like you who cultivate the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief, what is the most nourishing delicacy?"

"..."

Baron fell silent and did not answer.

"People."

Lin Yu pointed at Baron and said calmly: "Especially strange people who have obtained Qi!"

"Over the years, you should have noticed it too, no matter how delicious the food is, it cannot arouse your appetite. It seems that the body needs something more nourishing..."

Baron's face was gloomy: "Are you persuading me to eat people?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "No, on the contrary, I have always believed that mastering powerful power requires a matching mindset."

"The reason why Ruan Feng saved you back then was because in a desperate situation, you still stuck to your bottom line, preferring to eat yourself rather than touch the corpses of your companions."

"This mindset of sticking to the bottom line moved him, so he passed the 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief' to you."

"And I am the same. For this reason, I am willing to give you a chance to trade on an equal footing..."

Lin Yu said seriously: "Hand over the 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief' to me, and I will solve your increasingly strong appetite over the years!"

Hearing this, Baron fell silent, his face changing constantly, seemingly tempted.

A moment later, he raised his head, looked at Lin Yu calmly and said: "Sorry, I thought about it carefully and felt that I am still not qualified to pass on this unique skill to you..."

"No, you are!"

Lin Yu said lightly: "Because the person who taught you the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief has already broken the bottom line himself."

Baron's pupils shrank, and he said in astonishment: "You mean, he... he..."

Lin Yu said calmly: "Let me introduce him to you. That person's name is Ruan Feng, a loose cultivator. He was one of the thirty-six thieves who swore brotherhood with Wugensheng back then, the founder of the Eight Miraculous Skills 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief', and also a classic case and negative example of a mismatch between mindset and power."

"..."

Baron's face began to change.

"Still don't believe it? Then why don't you think from another perspective? You have only cultivated the 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief' for twenty years, and your appetite has gradually become unsatisfied, while he has practiced for a full eighty years, and that is under the circumstance of being hunted down!"

"Do you think... he can really hold on?"

Lin Yu said calmly: "I can understand Ruan Feng's difficulties, but I don't agree with them."

"In my opinion, compared to him who has long been controlled by the Eight Miraculous Skills, you, who are still sticking to your bottom line, are the only successor of the 'Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief' in this world!"

Hearing this, Baron's heart fell into a struggle.

He Jingfeng on the side was also a little surprised. He hadn't seen the Nasen Island arc yet, so naturally, he didn't know Ruan Feng's current situation.

"So the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief also has hidden dangers no less than the Fenghou Qimen..."

He Jingfeng muttered in his heart.

Lin Yu smiled: "How about it, this trade is not a loss for you, right?"

Baron was silent for a long time, finally raised his head, looked steadily at Lin Yu and said: "Can you really solve my problem?"

"Of course."

"Prove it to me!"

"Alright!"

Lin Yu readily agreed, then held up two fingers and said with a smile: "There are two ways to solve the hidden dangers in you. The first method is in the name of the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief."

"Immortal Thief, Immortal Thief, first you have to be a thief~"

"Ordinary thieves have relevant departments to catch them, while Immortal Thieves steal the vitality between heaven and earth."

"As the saying goes, the cycle of heaven is retribution. Being an Immortal Thief, naturally, there is the way of heaven to manage it."

"Your increasingly strong appetite is the manifestation of heavenly retribution on you."

"So now the question comes, what should an Immortal Thief do so as not to be caught by the way of heaven?"

Lin Yu smiled: "The answer is simple: don't steal!"

Baron was startled when he heard this.

Lin Yu said leisurely: "A thief who doesn't steal will never be caught. This is a truth that everyone understands, but wanting to do it is not that easy!"

"..."

Baron frowned, seemingly a little puzzled.

Lin Yu smiled: "I know what you are confused about."

"The 'not stealing' I'm talking about doesn't mean you have to give up the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief, but to eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, sleep when you should sleep, be free and easy, not be confused by your own desires, and achieve the saintly realm of 'not pulling a hair, not taking a hair' like the founder of the School of Yangism, Yang Zhu. Naturally, you can perfectly control the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief!"

"But the problem is, such a realm... can you reach it?"

Hearing this, Baron fell silent again.

He Jingfeng on the side was thoughtful, and for some reason, the figure of Feng Baobao appeared in his mind.

Just like what Lin Yu said, eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, not be confused by desires and pursuits. Isn't such a thief who doesn't steal exactly Feng Baobao, who possesses some saintly qualities?

Lin Yu nodded: "It seems you also feel that you can't do it, so now there is only the second method left."

As he spoke, he flipped his right hand, took out a white crystal, and threw it to Baron.

Baron reached out to catch it, and just as he was about to ask about the use of this thing, he suddenly sensed a rich vitality emerging from the crystal, pouring into his body continuously, bringing him great satisfaction far exceeding food.

"... What is this?!"

Baron stared tightly at the white crystal in his hand, his expression containing both shock and indescribable surprise and enjoyment.

Lin Yu smiled lightly: "In the eyes of Eastern strange people, it can be a spirit stone containing the vitality of heaven and earth; in the eyes of Western strange people, it can also be the Philosopher's Stone that countless alchemists have dreamed of."

Baron said blankly: "So this is the legendary Philosopher's Stone, no wonder it has such surging vitality!"

Lin Yu smiled: "This is the second method that treats the symptoms but not the root cause, drinking poison to quench thirst, by ingesting higher-level supplements to fill your heart that is gradually becoming unsatisfied."

"At your current level, this stone is enough for you to digest for hundreds of years."

"Within these hundred years, if you persist in cultivation, you might be able to reach the saintly state of mind..."

Baron raised his head and said: "What if I still can't reach it after a hundred years?"

Lin Yu had black lines on his head: "Hey hey, pushing your luck, right?"

"Fine, helping people to the end, sending Buddha to the west. After a hundred years, if you are still alive..."

Lin Yu pointed to He Jingfeng beside him: "Go find him."

He Jingfeng was startled and hurriedly whispered: "Are you kidding, me?"

Lin Yu glanced at him: "Be more confident. After a hundred years, you might have already ascended to immortality. What is a mere top-grade spirit stone to you?"

"... Also."

He Jingfeng nodded, then looked at Baron: "If you agree, I will leave my contact information now."

Baron felt the continuous vitality in the spirit stone, struggled for a long time, and finally sighed.

"Alright, I agree to the trade!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 68 =====