Time passed slowly, and half a month went by.

  On this day, Cui Qing'er came to the Demon Lock Tower to find Lin Hao.

  "Lin Hao, my pn is to wait until you participate in the inner sepetition. Once you perform outstandingly and have your punishment waived, you leave this Demon Lock Tower, and then I'll help rescue the princess. This way, you won't be implicated."

  "Should I thank you for that?" Lin Hao fihe st stroke oalisman paper, pleting a middle-grade tier-two Talisman of Thunderfire.

  "How do you know I'll perform outstandingly in the petition? The inner sect is full of geniuses, not to mention the personal disciples from each peak. None of them are easy oppos. I don't even have fiden myself. you guarantee I'll win?"

  "Haven't you practiced dual cultivation teiques? Plus, with your special physique, breaking through to the te Foundatioablishment stage before the inner sepetition shouldn't be too difficult."

  "Not difficult?"

  Lin Hao snorted, his eyebrows arg like bows.

  "You make it sound easy. You're also a Foundatioablishment cultivator. You should know that this realm is about establishing a solid foundation for immortality. Without a deep accumution, how one dense an elixir?"

  "And what is your current realm?"

  Cui Qing'er looked embarrassed, finding it hard to speak. "I'm still at the early Foundatioablishment stage."

  "Heh, then tell me, how I possibly break through to the te Foundatioablishment stage within a month?"

  Cui Qing'er bit her lip, hesitating for a moment before a look of determination fshed in her eyes.

  "Actually, I have a method that help you break through to the te Foundatioablishment stage."

  "Just say it."

  What a heartless man, 't you just give in a little? Cui Qing'er rolled her eyes before speaking.

  "I have a secret dual cultivation teique."

  With that, she pulled a book from her bosom.

  Lin Hao looked at the yellowed book, feeling quite stra was actually a paper book. Why wasn't it recorded on a jade slip?

  Cui Qing'er seemed to notice his fusion and expined, "This secret teique is an untransmittable secret of my Demon , restricted by the Demon Aor. It only be transcribed in books, not on jade slips."

  Lin Hao took the book and flipped through it casually, uo help but marvel in his heart.

  What a secret teique, indeed quite demonic.

  The prerequisite for this dual cultivation teique was to simultaneously absorb the Primordial Yin of nine women.

  This... is more demonic than demonic cultivation!

  If wot out, he might really be seen as a demon and bee a target for the righteous sects.

  Even his master might not protect him.

  But even if he didn't care about his reputation and practiced this method, where would he find nine women in such a short time?

  This wasn't one-o was like stag Arhats!

  How many women would be willing to do this?

  Fortunately, it didn't have to be virgins, otherwise, it would be even harder to find!

  Seeing Lin Hao hesitate, Cui Qing'er spoke up, "Don't worry about finding female cultivators. I'll help you with that. But give me some time, as more people means more plications."

  Lin Hao sacitly agreeing to the matter.

  "Anything else?"

  Cui Qing'er was slightly taken aback, shaking her head. "No."

  "Then leave."

  "……"

  Cui Qing'er gave him a resentful look a in a huff.

  Lin Hao didn't care, pig up his brush to tinue drawing talismans.

  The Sect Leader's notes had greatly aided his uanding of talismans. In just over a month, he could now draw middle-grade tier-two talismans.

  If he could further improve his talisman skills before the inner sepetition, he would be even more fident.

  Huh?

  Lin Hao packed up his talisman tools and was about to meditate when he suddenly found himself enveloped in darkness.

  He couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

  A trace of panic rose in his heart, and he quickly tapped the sword sheath on his back. With the sword in hand, he felt a bit more secure.

  But the thick darkness still prevented him from seeing anything.

  Lin Hao fumbled in his pocket for a Bright Fme Talisman, intending to t and use it, only to find he had no spiritual power at all.

  What's going on?

  Panic crept into his heart.

  At that moment, thunder roared.

  Boom!

  Boom!

  Boom!

  Snake-like lightning tore through the sticky darkness, letting in a sliver of light.

  Lin Hao quickly imprihe se he saw into his mind.

  He was outside the inner sect's library, on an ahousand-year-old locust tree, where hundreds of dried corpses hung.

  All these corpses faced the same dire, which was where Lin Hao stood.

  Their hollow eyes met his.

  A chill ran up Lin Hao's spine, reag the top of his head.

  The robes on the corpses were all Xuan Yi's robes, meaning there were no outsiders hanging there.

  But... why was he here?

  He was clearly in the Demon Lock Tower... suddenly appearing here was truly bizarre.

  Moreover, there was no elder guarding the library.

  Could this be an illusion?

  Lin Hao bit his tongue lightly; it hurt, and the darkness before him remained unged.

  Not an illusion? Was he trapped by some powerful figure?

  His mind filled with chaotic thoughts, and his hand holding the sword trembled slightly. The unknown was more terrifying.

  But in his list of ehere shouldn't be any powerful figures.

  Among the high-ranking members of the Xuan Yi, only the Discipline Elder had a grudge against him.

  But would that old dog dare use such a method?

  To manage sect rules yet viote them to punish a disciple, uhe old dog didn't want his elder position anymore.

  Boom!

  Another fsh of lightning.

  In a fleeting gnce.

  Lin Hao saw the elder guarding the library, his hollow eyes staring directly at him, and his eyes glowed, pierg through Lin Hao's body.

  Then he was hung on the a locust tree.

  Heh...

  Exposed, this is an illusion!

  Peerjun