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Drip, drip. A crystal drop of dew fell down from the branch and onto Shi Ling's face that was full of fatigue. Shi Ling's eyes slightly squinted and then opened. First, they became hazy and then they became clear again.

This scene immediately made Shi Ling come to his senses. He looked around and immediately became confused. He was thinking if he wasn't in the same lake as before. Why did he come here all of a sudden?

While Shi Ling was still thinking, he felt his body suddenly sink down. Lowering his head to look, he saw that he was sitting on a branch that grew on top of a cliff, and this branch seemed to be slowly bending down because it could not bear his weight.

Shi Ling's heart immediately skipped a beat. He looked at the root of the branch. Looking at the crack that was slowly breaking, Shi Ling's eyelids twitched as he muttered to himself: "F * ck."

The next moment, he heard a light cracking sound. The branch broke and Shi Ling fell down.

However, before Shi Ling could even scream, he had already fallen on top of a shattered boulder.

Shi Ling stood up and looked around. When he raised his head to look at the place where the branch was broken off, he saw that it was only four to five meters above the ground. He was so scared that his face turned pale.

Immediately, Shi Ling jumped down from the boulder. At this moment, he was under a cliff. From his position, it seemed like he couldn't see the top of the cliff because the cliff was too high.

Shi Ling looked at the huge rock with a diameter of five meters, although it had already been split open, but Shi Ling could still see that it was the rock that attacked him and Loong Yang earlier. Shi Ling looked at the huge rock with a diameter of five meters, although it had already been split open, Shi Ling could still see that it was the rock that attacked him and Loong Yang previously.

However, what made Shi Ling curious was that the lake he saw earlier and that strange fishing Abel.

"Could it be that everything that happened before was just a dream?"

Shi Ling asked himself. Thus, he pinched his face again. After feeling the real pain, Shi Ling was sure that he was awake now.

He shook his head with a bitter smile. However, at this moment, Shi Ling felt the dense Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

This feeling was too familiar, it almost made him forget about it. When he was still an official disciple of the sect, he used this feeling to sense the world's spiritual energy in the outside world and injected it into his body. After his power was destroyed, this feeling never appeared again.

He looked around, trying his best to maintain his calm. Then, he sat down cross-legged on the spot, took a deep breath, and then, following the cultivation method he had used before, he began to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body.

Soon, waves of dense spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth, like the ocean waters, rushed towards Shi Ling. First, he hovered around Shi Ling's body, Shi Ling swallowed a mouthful of saliva, his heart was a little nervous, and there was a drop of sweat on his forehead. He wanted to try to absorb it into his body, but he was worried that, like before, the spiritual energy would remain outside his body, unable to be absorbed.

In the next moment, Shi Ling felt an extremely comfortable energy flow into his body and spread to his limbs and bones. Immediately, Shi Ling opened his eyes and a look of ecstasy appeared on his face; he was actually able to absorb the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. This also meant that from today onwards, he would no longer be a cripple and could cultivate just like before.

"Hahahaha!"

This kind of feeling, which he had not felt for a long time, made him crazy. From the time he turned fifteen, he had stepped into the Spirit Sword Sect, and then his power was crippled by the number one heaven's pride expert Guang Biao, now a full two years had passed, these two years, he had gotten used to seeing people's hearts warm, the world is cold, and he had to suffer all kinds of humiliation. For what reason would he have to fight his way back to that lofty inner sect, to seek justice for himself, who had received unfair treatment back then.

In these two years, even in his dreams, he had been thinking of this moment. He had tried countless ways to recover his strength, but it was all to no avail. Until today, this fortuitous encounter had allowed him to regain his cultivation and once again step into the world of cultivation.

However, when he thought of this, Shi Ling's expression suddenly froze. At that moment, he saw an old man with white hair and beard, wearing a pure white daoist robe and holding a horsetail whisk.

Shi Ling's pupils suddenly contracted. He had seen that old man before. He was the same fishing uncle who appeared in his dreams before.

Shi Ling ran towards the old man without any hesitation. At this moment, he understood why he didn't die even though he fell off such a high cliff and why he could step onto the road of cultivation again.

At this moment, Shi Ling looked at the smiling old man. The old man gently turned around and left. At this moment, Shi Ling quickened his pace in an attempt to catch up to the old man.

However, the opponent's slow footsteps made it impossible for Shi Ling to catch up. Shi Ling couldn't help but shout out: "Senior, please wait."

However, the old man turned a deaf ear to Shi Ling's words. He continued to walk slowly, and the distance between him and Shi Ling was getting further and further apart.

Soon, Shi Ling caught up to a forest. At that moment, the old man was out of sight and Shi Ling started to search around. He could see that the old man seemed to be in the forest, smiling at him, but he could not find him.

Not long after, the old man completely disappeared, and Shi Ling's footsteps also stopped. Looking at the empty forest, he panted heavily, and immediately, his knees bent and he kneeled down. He shouted towards the depths of the forest: "Senior! "Thank you!"

With that, he kowtowed three times on the ground. His voice echoed through the forest, but there was no response.

After a long time, Shi Ling stood up from the ground and looked around him, which had calmed down. He didn't know if the senior who helped him could hear him, but if he could, he really wanted to thank him in front of him, even if that word meant nothing to him.

At this moment, Shi Ling lowered his head and looked at his right index finger. At this moment, there was a silver ring. Shi Ling raised his hand and looked at the ring.

Shi Ling muttered to himself, "From today onwards, my other name will be 'Shi, Jing, Tian'!"

After saying that, Shi Ling's hand clenched into a fist. His eyes became cold and deep.

"..."

The sky gradually darkened and a drizzle began to fall from the sky. The tinkling sounds of spring water began to play a wonderful tune in the forest. One could even hear the faint chirping of insects.

At this moment, in a cave, Shi Ling was sitting cross-legged. In front of him, there was a bonfire that lit up the cave.

Strands of thin Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth flowed into Shi Ling's body. It spread to his limbs and bones. Not long later, a blackish black filth emitted from Shi Ling's body. The smell was very unpleasant.

At this moment, Shi Ling was using his spiritual energy to wash the impurities from his body. With his previous cultivation experience, Shi Ling knew that only by reaching the purest state of the body could one guarantee the purity of the spiritual energy after turning it into mana.

The Stamping in Shi Ling's hand changed and stopped at another Stamping, causing the Spiritual Qi in his abdomen to revolve and finally forming a small whirlpool.

Shi Ling opened his eyes and revealed a faint smile. The swirl of spiritual qi was the first threshold for cultivator to enter the cultivation world.

"Incorporate the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into the body, and from then on, change one's physique. It becomes difficult to catch a cold, and one becomes ill."

Although his strength had not increased, it would form a good foundation for future cultivation.

In the flames, he saw the scene from before, where he was once defeated by the number one heaven's pride level expert in one move. He muttered to himself: "The next time the sect will be participating in the assessment examination, I will definitely be participating. At that time, it will be time for me to step back into the outer sect.

After saying that, Shi Ling stuck a piece of firewood into the ground and stood up. He walked out of the cave and looked at the rain that had stopped outside.

He twisted his body. Sometimes he would suddenly turn around and then push upwards. His movements were as fast as lightning.

The moves were simple, but the moves were compact, and intertwined. If there was anyone who could cultivate this set of basic sword technique to a certain level, they could be comparable to a high level martial art.

Along with Shi Ling's sword command dance, the surrounding spiritual energy flowed into Shi Ling's body once again. At this moment, Shi Ling was very clear about his own shortcomings.

In his body, the spirit veins he possessed were the monthly rank spirit veins. By cultivating through the monthly rank spirit veins, the strength would increase the slowest. In the Spirit Sword Sect, the minimum requirement for recruiting disciples was to have a monthly rank spirit vein.

Now that Shi Ling had this type of spirit vein, he could naturally regain his identity as a sect disciple, but, he needed to participate in the test again. Only then would he be able to cross over from a servant to a outer sect, and from then on, he would have a meteoric rise in status, and enjoy the protection provided by the sect.

At the same time, Shi Ling also knew how difficult it was to get a rank in the disciple test. Among the participating disciples, there were not only servants, but also new disciples that had joined the sect during this period of time.

At this moment, if Shi Ling wanted to get revenge on Guang Haoran, he had to participate in the examination. However, it was extremely difficult for him to get a good ranking, so he had to improve his strength as quickly as possible.

There was a whistling sound, Shi Ling's sword pointed at a big tree and made a soft popping sound. The surface of the big tree was pierced by Shi Ling's sword and the entire tree started to shake. Leaves started to fall from the branches.

Looking at the two finger prints on the wall, Shi Ling helplessly shook his head. He was very dissatisfied with his current strength, he wanted to raise his strength in a short period of time, he could either spend money to buy a large amount of cultivation resources to help him improve, or he could help his spirit vein reach the sun realm. Other than that, there was no other way.

However, it was already difficult for Shi Ling to maintain his appetite with his meager salary. He would even have extra money to save, so it would be even more impossible to think of a way to let his spirit vein reach the sun realm. First of all, his spirit vein was not an evolved type, so he could only choose to open the second spirit vein, but opening the second spirit vein also required the support of cultivation resources.

Shi Ling's face immediately fell. At this moment, he felt that he really was short on money. He couldn't go borrow money, could he? But who could he find?

At this moment, a beautiful image suddenly flashed across Shi Ling's mind. The corner of his mouth twitched, he wasn't going to find that cold beauty, right?

Thinking about his fiancee, Shi Ling felt his teeth ache. He recalled the scene when she forced him to marry her. Now that he thought about it, it was so absurd. He really couldn't think of any place that was worth it for her to do so.

However, at the same time, a soft voice entered Shi Ling's ears. Shi Ling, who was at the First Stage of Body Refinement, had a much sharper hearing, eyes, ears, and other senses than before; that sound naturally couldn't escape Shi Ling's ears. Shi Ling immediately turned around and saw that not far behind him, the ground had started to wiggle as if something was crawling and twisting underground.

"Snake!"

Shi Ling's pupils contracted. He couldn't help but retreat and stared blankly at the python that was approaching him.

As he was thinking about what to do, he saw the thing under the ground suddenly raise its head and open its bloody mouth towards Shi Ling.

Shi Ling stepped off the ground and dodged the python's bite. When he was a bit further away, Shi Ling noticed that the python's body was almost half a hundred meters long. Its body as thick as a water tank wiggled and slowly approached Shi Ling.

Shi Ling couldn't help but swallow his saliva. If Loong Yang was here, he would have definitely recognized what this was at first glance.

A strange snake that hides in the depths of the forest. It devours biogas all year round and suffers from acute poison. Its venomous teeth are almost five inches long. If it bites it, it will most likely die.

Shi Ling stared blankly at the Poison Imprint Python and cursed in his heart why did he meet this beast here. He did not think too much as he immediately fled into the distance. However, the Poison Imprint Python seemed to have gone crazy as it bit at Shi Ling.

Shi Ling jumped left and right. Several times, he was almost bitten by the beast. When the venomous python passed by him, Shi Ling immediately slashed at the animal's skin.

Shi Ling's fingers felt as if they were on fire. The skin of the Poison Ink Python was harder than he had expected. This attack did not cause it any damage, but it was infuriated and immediately bit back.

Shi Ling didn't even have any time to react as he was bitten by the water vat sized head.

Luckily, Shi Ling wasn't as weak as a chicken right now. With the power of a raging bull, he was able to forcibly lift up the mouth of the poisonous python. Shi Ling stood up from the snake's mouth with both of his hands raised, as if he wanted to force the snake's mouth open.

In addition to the fact that it was a beast itself, Shi Ling found it difficult to contend with it in terms of brute force. At that moment, Shi Ling's body started to bend, and at the same time, the Poison Seal Python even brought Shi Ling along as it began to desperately roll in all directions. Everywhere it passed by, it would squash and leave a mess behind.

At the same time, Shi Ling, who was in the middle of the snake's mouth, suddenly felt a poisonous gas coming at him. At the same time, Shi Ling, who was in the middle of the snake's mouth, suddenly felt a poisonous gas coming at him.

Even the skin on Shi Ling's body was bleeding. Shi Ling clenched his teeth and endured. Right now, he had to think of a way to escape from its mouth as soon as possible.

Shi Ling let out a loud roar, then suddenly exerted force with both of his hands, forcefully opening the poison python's mouth again. At this moment, Shi Ling wanted to use the poison python's mouth to allow him to escape in an instant.

However, before Shi Ling could exert his full strength, the tongue beneath his feet suddenly produced a thick spittle. He felt his feet slip, and in the next moment, Shi Ling slid into its stomach through the mouth of the Poison Imprint Python.

The Poison Imprint Python actually swallowed Shi Ling just like that. Its bright red tongue even licked the side of its lips, revealing a look of nostalgia.