Chapter 4: We Each Go by Our Own Terms

"It's fine. Who on earth are you? How did you know I was in danger?" Lin Mo shook his head, then pulled at the clothes behind him with both hands to prevent exposing anything where the Fireball Technique had burned them.

Luo Qingcheng said matter-of-factly, "Didn't I already tell you? I am Luo Qingcheng. In the entire Jade Maiden Immortal Sect, who else is named Luo Qingcheng? I left a small Spell on your body, so whenever you encounter danger, I can sense it."

"Ruyan, come quickly and greet your Uncle Lin."

When Liu Ruyan followed Luo Qingcheng over, she had already noticed Lin Mo, but no matter what, she could not believe that her cheap fiancé had suddenly transformed into her adoptive mother's Dao Companion.

Lin Mo and Liu Ruyan looked at each other in dismay, neither of them speaking.

Liu Ruyan asked curiously, "What, do the two of you know each other?"

"We don't know each other."

"We know each other."

Lin Mo and Liu Ruyan's answers were completely opposite, so Luo Qingcheng pressed further, "Do you know each other or not?"

"We know each other."

"We don't know each other."

Lin Mo rolled his eyes at Liu Ruyan. No wonder the other party called off the engagement; with just this little tacit understanding between them, even if they were together, they probably wouldn't be happy.

He simply laid his cards on the table, "Liu Ruyan is my fiancée, but yesterday we called off the engagement."

Luo Qingcheng wore a look of astonishment, never expecting that the gossip would end up involving herself.

She asked with a serious expression, "Ruyan, is what he said true?"

Liu Ruyan did not speak, only gently nodding.

But she immediately raised her hand and said, "Mother, you can rest assured. Lin Mo and I have already called off the engagement. If the two of you want to be together, just be together directly; you don't need to mind me."

Luo Qingcheng let out a long breath, "That's good. Mother was just afraid you would be sad."

She hypocritically continued, "Ruyan, you are still young. Lin Mo's ability is too strong, and you can't handle it. Mother is different; with my profound cultivation, no matter how formidable Lin Mo is, Mother can handle it."

Liu Ruyan felt something was a bit off. Could it be that Lin Mo really was a Genius, and she had been blind to his true worth?

At this moment, the happiest person was none other than Lin Mo. What about thirty years in the east of the river, thirty years in the west of the river? How could that compare to the satisfaction of being in the east of the river yesterday and the west of the river today!

Thinking of how haughty Liu Ruyan had been when she called off the engagement with him yesterday,

Lin Mo cleared his throat and said, "Ruyan, don't have any psychological pressure. From now on, we'll each go by our own terms of address—you call me Dad, and I'll call you Senior Sister."

Luo Qingcheng's little face turned red, and she glared at Lin Mo, saying, "What are you saying? It's too early to call you Dad right now. Ruyan, you can just call him Uncle."

If Liu Ruyan remembered correctly, Lin Mo was actually a year younger than her.

Her nose was almost crooked with anger. This man who had taken her first night—yesterday she still looked down on him, and today he had super-upgraded his generation!

But meeting Luo Qingcheng's expectant gaze, she had no choice but to compromise. Everything she had in the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect was given to her by Luo Qingcheng, and she didn't dare to defy Luo Qingcheng at all.

Liu Ruyan hunched her body and said unwillingly, "Uncle Lin."

"Hey!" Lin Mo responded with extreme alacrity.

Seeing Lin Mo's smug expression, Liu Ruyan's gaze wished she could tear Lin Mo to pieces!

She could only turn her head away and stop looking at Lin Mo, while secretly plotting in her heart that once she found the opportunity, she must kick Lin Mo out of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect.

The matter with the bandits was just a small interlude. After dealing with the two of them, Luo Qingcheng drove a flying Magical Artifact and sent Lin Mo back to the Waste Pill Room, also making an appointment with him to come find him after some time.

With his fiancée turning into a cheap daughter, Lin Mo did not become proud at all; instead, he began a life of two points and a line: eating the detoxifying marrow cleansing pill, going to the restroom, and cultivating.

Eating the Medicinal Pill again, going to the outhouse again, and cultivating again.

As for the qiankun creation cauldron, he also roughly understood it.

The things recombined by this thing were indeed quite good, but they also came with some strange side effects.

Ten days of time flashed by in an instant. Relying on popping pills, Lin Mo had already reached the fourth layer of the Qi Refinement Stage.

During the Aptitude test, the results showed that Lin Mo had no Spiritual Root, but now, although the Medicinal Pill played a part, Lin Mo also felt that his Cultivation speed was not slow at all.

For ten consecutive days, Lin Mo had been immersed in Cultivating and hadn't eaten at all; his stomach was already growling endlessly from hunger.

Even if the sky fell, eating his fill came first. Lin Mo went straight out the door to the Outer Sect cafeteria.

The food provided inside the Outer Sect cafeteria was all Mortal food; it had no Spiritual Qi, but it could fill one's stomach.

It was said that the Spiritual Dining Hall inside the Sect was vastly different, filled with food specially supplied for Cultivators, but unfortunately Lin Mo had never been there.

A portion of cooked spiritual rice, paired with two portions of fresh and tender chicken.

While Lin Mo was still eating, the Outer Sect Elder Shen Xuanyin found the Spirit Medicine Sect Disciple Wang Dali.

An Inner Sect Disciple had offered dozens of Spirit Stones, and Shen Xuanyin was as happy as if she had won the lottery. After all, everyone in the Outer Sect knew that Lin Mo was a tail-ender, and kicking him out of the Jade Maiden Immortal Sect was far too easy.

Holding her nose, Shen Xuanyin dropped three Spirit Stones and said, "Someone wants you to break Lin Mo's legs during the sparring match so that he won't be able to Cultivate anymore in the future."

Wang Dali beamed with joy as he took the Spirit Stones. Although he usually had other income, when it came to things like Spirit Stones, nobody would complain about having too many.

Wang Dali cupped his fists in salute and said, "Elder, rest assured, I will definitely not fail the commission."

Shen Xuanyin opened her hand and fanned it in front of her nose, unable to hold her breath any longer as she said, "You'd better do it, otherwise the one you'll be offending is an Inner Sect Disciple. I'm leaving; this place of yours is truly not somewhere a person can stay, it stinks to death."

After she completely left, Wang Dali unleashed a string of silent curses, secretly cursing in his heart that this old hag was becoming increasingly harsh.

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Under Shen Xuanyin's under-the-table manipulation, Lin Mo's first opponent in the sparring match was Wang Dali.

Of course, Lin Mo himself didn't know; he only felt that this matchmaking system was not very fair.

On the surface, he was just a Cultivator who had just stepped into the Qi Refining Stage, whereas Wang Dali was already a veteran third-layer Qi Refining Cultivator.

When it was Lin Mo's turn to take the stage, he didn't care either. Now that he was already at the fourth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, dealing with a Wang Dali would be an absolute breeze.

Seeing Lin Mo's such confident appearance, Wang Dali instead felt a bit unsure.

In his imagination, Lin Mo should be so weak-kneed at this moment that he wouldn't dare take the stage, crying and shouting for his parents as he wanted to forfeit.

Although Wang Dali didn't read much, at this moment he thought of an idiom: even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. Although his Cultivation was higher than Lin Mo's, he still had to be careful of the other party; after all, judging by Lin Mo's appearance, it looked like he had some trump card.

Wang Dali thought about it and secretly placed the nine-turn marrow cleansing pill he bought from the market into his mouth.

The marrow cleansing pill was considered an all-around Medicinal Pill for those below the fifth layer of the Qi Refining Stage, possessing functions such as enhancing Aptitude, breaking through Bottlenecks, and restoring Spiritual Qi.

This Medicinal Pill was considered a backup plan left by Wang Dali. After all, he didn't want to offend the Inner Sect Disciple either; if that happened, the lucrative job of shoveling nightsoil wouldn't be secure anymore.

However, as a bumpkin who had never eaten a nine-turn Medicinal Pill, he had no idea that any Medicinal Pill above five turns would instantly melt in the mouth to maximize the stimulation of its medicinal properties.

Before Wang Dali could even taste the flavor of the nine-turn marrow cleansing pill, it had already turned into a stream of heat, wandering through his limbs and bones.

With his Qi circulating, he felt as if he had infinite strength, and he raised his fist to attack Lin Mo.

Lin Mo did not yet have enough combat experience, nor did he collide head-on with Wang Dali. Sliding on one foot like a nimble loach, he dodged the opponent's attack.

Wang Dali sneered, "Kid, honestly take the beating, or don't blame me for being impolite."

At this moment, Lin Mo was forced into the corner. Facing Wang Dali's offensive, he also clenched his fist and collided with the opponent.

Wang Dali retreated several steps in succession, continuously shaking his palms.

Lin Mo's eyes lit up. He had always thought that his Realm was high, but he wasn't proficient in combat and was only matched evenly fifty-fifty with Wang Dali.

The scene before him—could it be? He was actually very strong?

At this moment, Wang Dali suddenly surged with momentum. The medicinal effect of the detoxifying marrow cleansing pill was no joke; he felt his stomach churning violently, his face turning blue and purple, and he warned sternly, "Lin Mo, you kid better surrender quickly, or I really won't be polite to you."

Lin Mo didn't care about any of this. Take advantage of his vulnerability to finish him off.

Putting all his strength into both fists, he unleashed a combo right at Wang Dali's stomach.

The gate that Wang Dali was already desperately locking down instantly went out of control, and his back door scattered flowers like a heavenly maiden, blowing his long robe right up.

Randomly selecting quite a few lucky spectators, the Disciples watching the match only felt a flash of yellow before their eyes as shit was about to hit them.

After completely releasing it, Wang Dali seemed to have lost all his strength. Coupled with losing face to the utmost extent, he lay on the sparring ring with vacant eyes, feeling that his life was hopeless and wanting to end it all.