576: Chapter 408 576: Chapter 408 Lai Jianlin nodded his understanding.
He was not involved in some of the family and official cooperation.
As for the Huang Family, a seemingly righteous clan that often engaged in evil deeds, they would inevitably be dealt with sooner or later.
The only issue was the lack of evidence, and they also had their own matters to attend to, preventing them from taking action.
Whether the officials would take action was their responsibility; after all, they were cultivators, not heroes of justice.
Lai Jianlin returned to his courtyard and prepared to enter closed-door cultivation for two days.
He took out two bottles, each containing a pill.
He had previously saved two supreme elixirs, and had acquired quite a few more recently.
However, he thought of his junior sister, who had also received two supreme elixirs and might take the opportunity to advance while they were away.
But on this mission, all those who had followed and participated unexpectedly received a fortune.
He wondered if Saint Lord Jiang Tang, on his return, would treat everyone equally and also gift those who stayed behind with some supreme elixirs.
As a senior brother, he naturally considered Ding Fong.
Lai Jianlin was now at the early Golden Core stage.
If it had been before, he would have been a Golden Core elder in the Immortal Sect.
After encountering people from Jiang Tang’s side and the young generation from the Top Ten Clans, he realized that his cultivation was not even comparable to some of the women; how could he be proud?
If one is not strong enough, the only option is to become stronger.
Since the lecture from Jiang Tang a few days ago, his understanding had deepened.
During those days of energy cultivation, he suppressed the spiritual energy within his body, waiting for the right moment and opportunity to break through!
While cultivating, Lai Jianlin also contemplated other matters.
He couldn’t simply focus on cultivation alone; like others, he needed skills.
He needed to be capable of leading subordinates on missions, especially when Saint Sect expanded later on.
There would be a need for managers in different industries—he could avoid such roles in his family, but not when outside opportunities to learn skills arose.
He wouldn’t refuse these opportunities; instead, he craved to learn more skills to become an all-around practitioner, the true king of the cultivation world.
Lai Jianlin consumed a Vitality Pill, feeling the spiritual energy and the breath of life within collide and then merge together.
As this potent force circulated through his meridians without his control, it impacted all of his acupoints.
Each acupoint stored more energy, and every meridian widened.
Lai Jianlin understood that among cultivators of the same level, the one whose meridians stored more spiritual energy would likely emerge victorious in a battle.
Sometimes victory did not rely solely on spells and magic artifacts.
Without powerful spiritual energy, these techniques would not be effective.
He refrained from letting the spiritual energy breakthrough immediately, instead strengthening and fortifying his body and functions first.
Then he took a Nourishing Soul Pill.
This pill’s spiritual energy, coupled with the previous one, not only strengthened his soul but also his body.
As the cultivation progressed, he felt the timing was right and allowed the spiritual energy to surge towards the mid-stage Golden Core barrier.
If his expectations were correct, he might not need a Fortifying Golden Pill and could successfully reach the mid-stage Golden Core barrier smoothly.
Lai Jianlin didn’t realize that, when he successfully breached the mid-stage Golden Core barrier, the scene was different from when he had reached the early Golden Core stage.
A faint golden aura floated in the room, signifying to his family members that their family now boasted another Golden Core practitioner.
As he opened the barrier, a swirling mass of golden energy formed above his room’s rooftop.
All the members of the Lai Family who were not in seclusion or out on missions noticed this extraordinary phenomenon.
Those with weaker abilities even hoped to benefit from the heir’s advancement energy to enhance their own.
However, those who had just returned from missions were somewhat indifferent, as they had enough pills and could advance whenever they found the time.
What was this bit of energy compared to the abundance found at their base?
Their lack of interest did not mean others felt the same.
Not everyone had the privilege to participate in Saint Sect missions.
Those who couldn’t participate in the Saint Sect missions heard about the enormous resources brought back by mission participants, becoming the highlight of the family.
They too sought such glory, and for that, they must become stronger to gain the family’s attention and cultivation—a right they currently desired to possess.
Lai Jianlin did not rush his advancements.
After solidifying his current cultivation level, he chose to take out a book—this was an Artifact Refining book.
Previously, in his family, he had the opportunity to observe those skilled in artifact refining.
Without specialization, he only gained a basic understanding and couldn’t become a master capable of creating powerful magic artifacts.
This mission had introduced him to Ye Tian, an impressive refining master, and also to Jiang Tang’s even more exceptional flying artifact.
When Luo Yaxuan asked Jiang Tang if he could learn alchemy, Lai Jianlin impulsively asked if there was a secret manual available for him to learn artifact refining.
To his surprise, Jiang Tang actually gave him a book, which thrilled him immensely.
The members of other clans envied them; even Mr.
Jiang from the Jiang Family asked Jiang Tang if there was a formation book available.
He had seen Jiang Tang hand over a basic Formation Book to Mr.
Jiang, and he knew that anything from Jiang Tang’s hands, even basic training methods, was extraordinary.