Lin Xuan discovered that there was actually a Calamity Qi, appearing in the world, his expression changed constantly, a bit worried, but also a bit expectant.
This Calamity Qi was certainly not a good thing. Once it invaded one's Primordial Spirit, with a little carelessness, it might be blinded by it, as if a debuff was cast on it, making foolish moves until it eventually died!
During countless Heavenly Calamities, countless strong cultivators had fallen to the Calamity Qi. Even those as strong as Zhao Gongming and the Three Sovereigns of the Interception Sect had not escaped being affected by the Qi, resulting in their eventual deaths!
“However, within a Calamity, there are also great opportunities! If one can gain some benefits from it, they will be of endless use.”
“This Human Emperor Calamity, its intensity is not as great as the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the risk of getting burnt is limited…”
Thinking about the upcoming Calamity, Lin Xuan’s mind became active.
You know, that War of the Three Sovereigns was incredibly exciting, many factions had joined the battle, with disciples of many Saints and even Heaven's Court being involved!
For example, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Interpretation Sect, and Nine Heavens Xuan Nu of Heaven's Court, all came out to assist the Yellow Emperor, just to get a share of the merit and luck.
Among them, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Interpretation Sect were contaminated by the Calamity Qi during this War of the Three Sovereigns, their Primordial Spirits were blinded, and they slaughtered the Human race on a grand scale, amassing tremendous karma, leading to their near demise during the subsequent Investiture of the Gods Calamity!
Even though they had taken many named disciples as scapegoats, trying to avoid the karmic consequences of killing, they were still later stripped of their Three Flowers and Five Qi by the Three Sovereigns, and only because Yuan Shi Tianzun personally came out to save them, otherwise, they probably wouldn't have escaped death. And this was all karma incurred during the War of the Three Sovereigns!
“The more one kills, the more they will be invaded by the Qi, but I don’t need to fight for merit with others, there are still benefits that I can obtain.”
Lin Xuan secretly thought to himself. You know, his greatest reliance was the Trait Acquisition System, the traits of fallen cultivators were the greatest benefits for him!
On that terrifying battlefield, there would surely be a large number of cultivators falling, at that time, traits would be everywhere like raindrops, wouldn’t this be the best opportunity for him to make a fortune?
Just casually acquiring a few benefits, snatching a few high-grade traits, perhaps he could even ascend!
He became increasingly expectant. He didn’t even need to clash with other strong cultivators, he just needed to stay on the battlefield!
“However, there will probably be many strong cultivators participating in the War of the Three Sovereigns, if I want to participate, just existing on the battlefield, I need at least the Golden Immortal realm.”
Lin Xuan quickly calmed down, pondering in his heart, and determined his next short-term goal, which was to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm as soon as possible!
Because the War of the Three Sovereigns was completely a gluttonous feast in the prehistoric world, every faction wanted to get a share of the benefits, even Heaven's Court participated, and all the Saintly Sects wouldn’t be absent, anyone who could come out would come out. After all, everyone knew that Chi You was destined to fail!
Why? Because he represented the remnants of the Witch Tribe, he would be doomed to fail, and was destined to be targeted by all factions.
However, the power of the Witch Tribe remnants would definitely not be weak, there would definitely be intense battles on the battlefield, how could ordinary cultivators have the qualifications to participate? Only those who had attained the Golden Immortal Realm would have a chance!
“There’s still some time before the War of the Three Sovereigns breaks out, I need to raise my cultivation as soon as possible!”
After making up his mind, Lin Xuan became even more diligent, and continued to take on tasks, slaughtering Xuanxian Demon cultivators with great enthusiasm. Even the number of tasks he could take on became scarce!
However, one day, when he was in the Heaven’s Court selecting tasks to take on, he suddenly discovered a task with a very lucrative reward, and his eyes lit up.
“Kill a Xuanxian Realm Perfect Demon, target suspected of breaking through to the Golden Immortal, task reward… roughly 5 million War Merit points?!”
Seeing the task reward, Lin Xuan was stunned. Good heavens, a reward of over 5 million War Merit points, more than the total amount of War Merit points he had accumulated so far. Even killing many Golden Immortal cultivators wouldn’t have such a generous reward!
Killing an ordinary early-stage Golden Immortal would probably only earn a little over a million War Merit points, while the target of this task was only suspected of breaking through to the Golden Immortal, previously he was just a Xuanxian Perfect Demon. If he could kill him, he would receive over 5 million War Merit points, it was a complete windfall!
Lin Xuan quickly reviewed the task description and finally understood the reason.
It turned out that the target Demon was a Demon who killed the Dao Companion of a Golden Immortal official of Heaven’s Court, then fled, and disappeared without a trace.
When this Golden Immortal learned that his Dao Companion had been killed, he was furious and wanted revenge. But because this Xuanxian Demon was very good at hiding, he couldn’t find his whereabouts and could only issue a bounty in Heaven’s Court!
If anyone could kill this Demon, in addition to the 800,000 War Merit points from Heaven’s Court itself, this Golden Immortal would also give out almost all of his own savings as a reward, adding up to a total of nearly 6 million War Merit points!
“I’ll take it.”
Lin Xuan didn’t hesitate and immediately took on the task. In his opinion, this was a great opportunity given to him. Completing this task was equivalent to killing dozens of Xuanxian Demons!
The target of the task was very good at hiding?
Coincidentally, he just had the right talent, the red trait ‘Soul Pursuit’, which could directly lock onto the enemy's soul aura to find the enemy’s location!
Anyway, for this kind of task, the person issuing the bounty would definitely provide relevant items and clues, such as the aura of the person who was killed and even the aura of the target Demon, which was enough to cast the spell.
As for what if the target of the task really advanced to the Golden Immortal, and was very strong?
“I’m not only at the Xuanxian late-stage in terms of physical cultivation, but my Primordial Spirit is also at the Xuanxian mid-stage. Now, the power of the Scarlet Heaven Sword is even stronger. With the support of many trait abilities, I might even be able to kill this newly-promoted Golden Immortal!”
A flash of confidence appeared in Lin Xuan's eyes. That’s right, his Primordial Spirit cultivation had advanced by one realm during this time, and it had already reached the Xuanxian mid-stage. His strength had naturally become much stronger.
After all, he not only refined all of his salary, but he also used a small amount of War Merit points, and he had a long accumulation of cultivation. He had the ‘Food Qi’ talent, he was constantly instinctively absorbing the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth. Under the support of the Great Perfection Heaven Immortal Art and his innate talent, it was only natural that he would breakthrough.
Incidentally, his innate talent, after countless accumulations and fusions, had accumulated little by little, transforming and evolving to the level of an Extreme Innate Talent!
Extreme Innate Talent, compared to the High-grade Innate Level, had great improvements in all aspects, such as aptitude, comprehension, cultivation speed, and even luck!
Even, with the surge in luck, his Koi trait, which symbolized luck, also changed, evolving into a dark gold trait!