They All Deeply Regretted It After I Became Indifferent

Facing the pressure of the Golden Core cultivator.

Lin Mo didn’t even frown.

Although the gap between the Golden Core stage and the Foundation Building stage is indeed significant.

But that also depends on the person.

Ever since Lin Mo obtained the ‘Sword’ spiritual root, it has complemented his physique, which is in perfect harmony with the sword spirit.

Not only is his cultivation speed far surpassing the original host by more than a little, but the quality of his ‘True Qi’ has also changed.

The attribute of ‘True Qi’ is determined by the spiritual root.

For example, a ‘Fire’ attribute celestial spiritual root has special bonuses in cultivating fire-based techniques, and the ‘True Qi’ also takes on the characteristics of ‘fire’.

It is inevitably superior to a dual spiritual root containing ‘fire’ when practicing the same ‘fire system’ technique, whether it’s the power of the moves or the quality of the True Qi.

The same goes for other attribute spiritual roots!

This ostentatious cultivator, at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, with a mere three spiritual roots, and the quality of the Golden Core within him is of the lowest grade.

His true age has already surpassed two hundred years.

Although he is a Golden Core cultivator, he would be no match for Lin Mo in a real fight.

Lin Mo’s True Qi has already accumulated to a point where he could form his Golden Core on the spot!

But he has not chosen to do so for two reasons.

First, he aims for a ninth-grade Golden Core, but previously, he didn’t have enough regret points, so he chose not to break through.

Second, although he now has enough regret points, he has discovered that the longer he nurtures his True Qi, the higher the chance of forming a high-quality Golden Core, and the fewer regret points it will cost.

Since he can save a lot here, why should he let the system earn more regret points?

After all, he’s not in a hurry to break through to the Golden Core, so he might as well nurture it slowly.

Lin Mo glanced sideways at his group of junior sisters.

Seeing that they were all in very good condition, he wasn’t surprised.

Xia He approached Lin Mo, shaking the elixir in her hand.

“Hey, stop pretending, will you? If you’re feeling unwell, I don’t mind giving you a high-quality ‘Calm Qi Pill’.”

The Calm Qi Pill, as the name suggests, is an elixir for calming the Qi and concentrating the spirit.

This is also why she could remain composed under the pressure of a Golden Core cultivator.

Lin Mo wasn’t surprised by this, after all, these junior sisters were all ‘Immortal Second Generation’, with substantial family backgrounds, so it wasn’t strange for them to have such an item.

“I don’t need that, you keep it.”

“Pretending, if you don’t need it, forget it!” Xia He felt that Lin Mo was definitely putting on a brave front. A Foundation Building cultivator couldn’t possibly face the pressure of a Golden Core cultivator without feeling anything.

After taking back the elixir, Xia He suddenly froze in place.

Her gaze fell upon a figure at the center of the crowd.

He was an extremely handsome man with an extraordinary demeanor.

He slowly walked up to the Golden Core cultivator who was exerting pressure.

The Golden Core cultivator had obviously noticed him too.

The man spoke slowly, “With so many mortals present, isn’t your approach a bit too ruthless?”

“Who are you, and I advise you not to meddle in affairs that don’t concern you!” The Golden Core cultivator hesitated to make a move upon seeing the man, as he could clearly sense that this young man was also a Golden Core cultivator.

“I, Nangong Xu, will handle this matter!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man’s body erupted with fierce true qi. In just a brief encounter, without even drawing his sword, he used the scabbard alone to repel the opponent back to the gates of Jiangyue Pavilion.

“If you wish to die, try stepping through these gates?”

Knowing he was no match for the other, the Golden Core cultivator outside the gate didn’t care about losing face anymore and fled in disgrace.

In an instant, cheers erupted from the crowd.

Nangong Xu’s action immediately won the favor of many ladies in the loft.

Hmm, Xia He was one of them.

Lin Mo took a few steps back, distancing himself from Xia He, who was swooning over the idol.

“What are you doing?” Xia He snapped back to reality and saw Lin Mo’s ‘disgusted’ face, frowning slightly.

“I’m just afraid your drool will stain my clothes,” Lin Mo said bluntly.

“Don’t talk nonsense, I didn’t drool, [slurp].” Xia He hurriedly wiped away the evidence, unwilling to admit her embarrassment.

“Xia Xia, I saw it though!” Qu Ruyan said with a smile, holding a sweet osmanthus cake in her mouth: “I often drool over delicious food too, there’s nothing embarrassing about admitting it.”

“She’s different from you!” Lin Mo corrected: “She drools over men!”

Qu Ruyan tilted her head, curiously asking: “Xia Xia, I drool over food because I’m greedy, why do you drool over men?”

Of course, it’s because she’s greedy too!

Seeing Qu Ruyan’s innocent face, Lin Mo couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

This girl was truly an unwitting accomplice!

“Yes, yes, yes, I do like Young Master Nangong, what’s wrong with that? He’s not only handsome and talented, but also a renowned prodigy among the young generation in the cultivation world. He built his foundation at ten, succeeded in forming his Golden Core at twenty, and now at twenty-five, he’s on the verge of breaking through to the middle stage of the Golden Core. He’s much more impressive than you, an old man still building his foundation.” As Xia He spoke, her ears turned red as if they were bleeding, but her accusation was once again directed at Lin Mo.

Lin Mo smirked, he was twenty-five too!

This girl was clearly love-struck.

What was there to argue with him?

Lin Mo turned away, out of sight, out of mind.

That man named Nangong Xu, he seemed hypocritical at first glance.

If he were truly such a paragon of justice, why didn’t he stop the middle-aged Golden Core cultivator when he first made his move?

Instead, he waited until the guests had suffered internal injuries from the middle-aged Golden Core cultivator’s oppression, and half of them had run away, before he came out to play the hero.

What is this if not hypocrisy?

Such a simple thing, and Xia He couldn’t see through it.

Wasn’t this just a pure love-struck brain?

“The first round of the competition has already begun!”

“The host has posed a challenge, and the challenge is none other than the host himself.”

“Gentlemen present, you have the duration of an incense stick to craft fitting verses based on what you’ve seen and thought.”

The madam held a thick stack of paper, distributing it to the girls inside the building.

Lin Mo, holding the blank sheet, did not start writing immediately like the others.

Seeing this, Xia He, who had already finished her poem, thought she saw an opportunity and couldn’t help but sneer: “You can’t even write a poem, and you still have the nerve to bring us to this gathering of talents?”

Lin Mo paid no attention to Xia He’s words.

He truly couldn’t write poems.

But, he could copy!

His gaze lingered on the graceful figure above in the loft until time was nearly up.

Only then did he begin to write.

Xia He, seeing that Lin Mo had only hastily finished his verses in the last few seconds, was convinced in her heart that he couldn’t have written anything worthwhile and would surely not pass the first challenge.

As the answering came to an end, Yan Ruyu did not send anyone to collect the papers.

Unlike mortals, cultivators did not need to flip through each paper one by one; with a sweep of her divine consciousness over the entire Jiang Yue Building, Yan Ruyu had made her decision.

With a gentle wave of her hand, the answer sheets from a very small number of people in the audience were gathered into her hands.

“I have read all the works. Those gentlemen whose works I did not collect may leave now.”

Xia He, looking at the paper still in her hands and then at Lin Mo’s empty ones, wondered if she had heard wrong.

“Yay, I passed too.”

“Eh, Xia Xia, you didn’t pass?”

Looking at Qu Ruyan’s innocent eyes, Xia He’s face turned very ugly.

Not to mention Lin Mo’s unseen work, she had seen Qu Ruyan’s.

It was almost entirely composed of food items.

It could hardly even be called a poem.

She couldn’t understand how they had passed this challenge.

Up in the loft, observing everything, Yan Ruyu’s lips did indeed curl up slightly.

Yes, she had done it on purpose.

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Still running a fever, but I couldn’t resist updating!