Chapter 2753 The White Cat's Gift

The entire field was silent.

Anyone who saw the shallow, vertical line running down Jin Zhongyue’s face to his throat would instantly think the same thing: If just a bit more force had been used, wouldn't he have been cut in half?

The disciples of the nine peaks had frozen on the spot, stupefied. It was unimaginable that Jin Zhongyue, a peak Heavenly Longevity Immortal and the twelfth ranked deputy deacon of Origin Sky Pavilion, would be crushed by a single sword strike! The way it had happened was heart-stopping!

Several deputy deacons in the audience felt chills running through them. They couldn't help but ask themselves, would they be able to block such a strike?

Meanwhile, what the prominent experts found most shocking was Lin Xun's sword cauldron! The fact that it had easily shaved off the tip of the Dragon Horse Dagger-Axe was solid proof that it was top-notch among the Immortal-grade weapons!

Jin Zhongyue never had thought that the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron could be so powerful, indestructible and unstoppable! It had caught him completely off guard, which was precisely the key reason for his defeat.

Inside Heaven's Judgment Arena, Lin Xun said indifferently, “From this moment on, the important responsibility of guarding the teleportation array will be handed to you.”

The crowd was stunned.

Guarding the teleportation array?

Just then, a high-ranking person revealed the story behind this, “Yesterday, Deputy Deacon Jin assigned Lin Xun to guard the area of the teleportation array leading to the Thousand Star Sea. Since he has lost in this challenge, Lin Xun will replace him as deputy deacon, while he'll take over Lin Xun’s position.”

The audience immediately exclaimed with surprise. They finally understood that Lin Xun had challenged Jin Zhongyue today not because he wanted to stir trouble, but because Jin Zhongyue had tried to make things difficult for him first!

“Having someone of Lin Xun’s caliber be a doorman is more than making things difficult, it's clearly a deliberate attempt to humiliate him!” many spoke out in indignation.

“Heh, Deputy Deacon Jin really doesn't deserve any sympathy. It's on him that he picked up a stone and dropped it on his own feet!” a spectator sneered.

Jin Zhongyue's face was bleak, his heart filled with mortification and bitterness. He felt as though he didn't belong here and couldn't bear to stay for a second longer, so he hurriedly left. Seeing this, Origin Sky Pavilion Elder Cao Beidou's expression became as gloomy as a rain cloud.

On this day, Lin Xun defeated Jin Zhongyue and took his place, effortlessly becoming one of the twenty-four deputy deacons of Origin Sky Pavilion! When the news spread, the entire Origin Sect was shaken. This day also left a deep impression of Lin Xun's heaven-defying battle prowess and his Immortal-grade weapon on everyone's memory.

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“Deacon Tao, what are the duties of a deputy deacon?” asked Lin Xun, who had sought out Deacon Tao Leng after returning to Origin Sky Mountain from the Heaven's Judgment Arena.

Tao Leng handed Lin Xun a brand new sect token for a deputy deacon before he explained, “Each of the twenty-four deputy deacons is in charge of one affair. Jin Zhongyue's duty was to measure the penalty and carry it out in the case that a true disciple of the nine peaks violates the rules.”

After a brief pause, he continued, “Now that you have replaced him, that will be your duty. Of course, most of the time, everyone has nothing to do and focuses on cultivation.”

“I see.” Lin Xun got the idea.

Tao Leng pondered a little and couldn't help but ask, “Lin Xun, now that you're a deputy deacon, when do you plan to go for the deacon position?”

He was genuinely curious. In just over one year, Lin Xun had continuously risen from being a true disciple of the Ninth Peak to deputy deacon. From this trend, there was no need to even think to know that he would definitely keep aiming higher.

“I haven't thought about it yet,” replied Lin Xun nonchalantly. “This one only started because Jin Zhongyue provoked me. Otherwise, my original plan would have been to wait for half a year before vying for the position of deputy deacon, and I never even thought about targeting Jin Zhongyue.”

Tao Leng revealed an odd look, and then he chortled, “If Jin Zhongyue knew this, I'm afraid that his intestines would rot due to remorse.”

The two chatted for a while longer before Lin Xun excused himself. Returning to his cave haven, he sat down cross-legged and entered meditation.

While it might seem quick how he was already a deputy deacon, wanting to become a deacon, elder, then deputy pavilion master within a hundred years was extremely difficult.

For example, the requirements to advance to the position of deacon were extremely strict. In terms of cultivation alone, one must be at the advanced Heavenly Longevity Realm.

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In addition to that, one would need to pass a sect examination, the content of which would be decided by Origin Clarity Deputy Pavilion Masters. Most of it concerned carrying out an extremely difficult mission.

Only after satisfying the two conditions above would one qualify to challenge one of the twelve deacons, and only by defeating them could one successfully become a deacon!

All of that was only to become a deacon only. Should one strive for the status of a pavilion elder, then what was demanded would only be more perverse. Just taking the one about cultivation level for example: one must be at the Nirvana Spirit Realm.

That alone was already far out of Lin Xun’s current reach. His cultivation wasn't even enough to become a deacon, being two tiers below the advanced Heavenly Longevity Realm. Therefore, the priority at hand was to seize the time to level up as quickly as possible.

Huh?

In the middle of the cultivation session, Lin Xun's heart suddenly jerked. His eyes flew open. At some point, a big, plump cat with snow-white and silky fur had appeared. Sitting not far away, it was staring at him with its greenish-blue eyes.

“It's you, Senior.” Lin Xun secretly breathed a sigh of relief after realizing it was a false alarm.

“I would like to have a talk with your martial uncle,” declared the white cat, its voice as majestic as ever.

How could Lin Xun dare refuse? He quickly invited Kong Jue out of the Limitless Abyss Sword Cauldron.

Kong Jue was sleeping like a log. Even under the sudden change of environment, he directly lay down on the ground and quickly started snoring again without batting his eyelids once.

Lin Xun wanted to wake him up, but the white cat stopped him. Its pure, emerald blue eyes were fixed on Kong Jue with mysterious gleams in them, appearing to be sensing something. Although Lin Xun was puzzled, he refrained from asking questions.

“My dao brother,” the big white cat suddenly spoke up after a long silence. “This place is not suitable for your cultivation. Why don't you come with me to my place and stay for a while?”

A snoring Kong Jue instantly rolled over and asked, “You have any wine there?”

The white cat said, “Yes, and it's your favorite brew, ‘Martyr March.’”

Kong Jue sprang to his feet, so excited that his eyes glowed. “Let’s go!”

The white cat nodded, and the next second, both of them vanished. It was too late for Lin Xun to even inquire about it, let alone stop them. As a matter of fact, he didn't have the ability to stop the white cat from taking away Kong Jue either.

Recalling the scene just now, he wondered if his martial uncle's state of mind had recovered when suddenly, a milky-white jade bottle and a token appeared out of thin air.

The white cat’s dignified voice also rang in Lin Xun's mind, “This bottle produces a thousand Sun Moon Immortal Pills every month. Each pill has the effect on par with a thousand pounds of immortal divine essence. For the next one hundred years, the bottle is yours to use.

“Inside this token is my Will Dharma Form, which can be deployed once a month and a total of three times. Only resort to it when your very life is at risk.

“You've done your martial uncle a great favor, and me a big favor as well, so consider this a token of appreciation from me. One thing to remember, though, do not mention this matter to others, and don't utilize my Will Dharma Form within the Origin Sect.”

The gifts falling from the ether took Lin Xun aback. He was rattled.

A big favor for Martial Uncle and the white cat? When did that happen and what exactly did I do? I don't recall anything.

After calming down from the confusion, he suddenly remembered something his teacher, the Lord of Fangchun Mountain, had once said: Kong Jue’s mindset went astray while he was seeking the path of Eternal Supreme, and the only one who could help him resolve it was Lin Xun!

“Could it be that Martial Uncle Kong Jue saw what I went through during my Immortal certification? He peeked into the mysteries of the Eternal Supremacy Path, and it repaired his crumbling state of mind? Did the same thing happen with the white cat?”

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was the case, and the more relaxed he became. It would naturally be an excellent thing to be able to help his martial uncle.

Lin Xun then shook his head and stopped delving into it. Instead, he examined the milky-white jade bottle in his hand. The bottle was only nine inches high and as thick as a child's arm. The surface was smooth, glistening, and comfortably warm to the touch. The mouth was brimming with wisps of divine immortal energy.

Lin Xun tipped the bottle, and immediately a pill the size of a pigeon egg rolled out, shiny and filled with a medicinal aroma. Immortal runes were imprinted all over the pill while within it, there was a sun and a moon bobbing up and down in surging immortal essence.

Sun Moon Immortal Pill!

Lin Xun's eyes glowed.

Since the pill was as effective as a thousand pounds of immortal divine essence, and this bottle produced a thousand pills in a month, it meant that in the next a hundred years, he would no longer have to worry about immortal divine essence for his cultivation!

“What a treasure!” marveled Lin Xun. This jade bottle was definitely an incredible treasure of incalculable value.

After the bottle, he assessed the token. This object was heavy and felt like jade but it wasn't made of jade, dark in color with an unfathomably obscure law power covering its surface. He probed his spirit sense into it.

Boom!

Something exploded in Lin Xun’s mind and became an endless universe with billions of stars in circulation. Among them, a figure sat cross-legged, diffusing billions of immortal rays. As radiant and immeasurable as a god, the figure seemed to be the keeper of this universe.

Upon a clear look at their face, Lin Xun was astounded.

Origin Sky Pavilion Master Yan Ji!

Some time ago, Lin Xun had traveled with Mo Lanshan on a nine-star mission, and in a mountain range called Meteorite in Cangtu World, he had been ambushed by members of the Shaman Sect Ancestral Court.

At that time, Mo Lanshan had called upon the Will Dharma Form of Yan Ji to rout two great experts of the Shaman Sect in one fell swoop, during which Meng Shan was executed and Gou Hu was lucky to escape with his life.

It was also then that Lin Xun had witnessed the terror of Origin Sky Pavilion Master Yan Ji. As a mere Will Dharma Form, he had crushed old Immortal monsters like Meng Shan and Gou Hu without barely any resistance from them!

So that white cat really is Pavilion Master Yan Ji...

It took Lin Xun half a day to calm down.

He had some suspicions about the identity of the white cat a long time ago, and now it had been verified.

This token can be used three times, meaning I have three life-saving cards...

Lin Xun was thrilled.

The Sun Moon Immortal Pills would be helpful in cultivation, whereas the token could be saved as an ultimate trump card. They were definitely a generous gift from the white cat, exactly what one would expect from the leader of Origin Sky Pavilion!