Without thinking, Lin Sheng pinched Big Yellow's large mouth shut as it got close to him.
He then saw Big Yellow's somewhat innocent eyes.
"What are you doing?"
Feeling the sticky sensation on his face, Lin Sheng's face immediately darkened. He turned Big Yellow's face away and wiped his own face with his sleeve.
Big Yellow, looking wronged, squatted to the side, head lowered, occasionally raising his eyebrows for a peek.
Ignoring Big Yellow, Lin Sheng was currently savoring the feeling from earlier, but unfortunately, he couldn't enter that state again.
However, he always felt that there was some difference in himself compared to before. Although not significant, it truly existed. These differences were not on his physical body but affected his mind and spirit.
Soon, as if remembering something, he brought up his personal attribute panel and, seeing the values on it, revealed a look of realization.
"I didn't expect my spiritual points to break through again."
He carefully recalled the feeling from earlier; it was something he had never experienced before.
At this moment, his spiritual attribute alone had reached two points.
If he included the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey after integrating with it, his spiritual attribute had already reached three points.
"I wonder what effect having 3 spiritual points will have on this Heart Monkey Talent?"
He thought to himself.
The increase in spiritual attribute would allow him to better adapt to the Heart Monkey Talent.
He was very curious how long his Heart Monkey Talent could last now.
However, he was not in a hurry to integrate with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
After all, he had already activated the Heart Monkey Talent two or three hours ago and had consumed several Star Dew Grass. Although the fatigue in his mind and spirit had greatly reduced with the spiritual attribute Breakthrough, he had still not recovered to his optimal state.
So there was no need to rush. It would not be too late to test it after the fatigue completely dissipated.
Thinking this, he got up, preparing to go check on the Three-Eyied Spirit Monkey behind him.
But before that, he picked up the plate on the stone table, intending to throw the remaining piece of Spirit Beast jerky to Big Yellow.
After all, his state just now must have been significantly different from before. Big Yellow's reaction was likely because he was worried about him, and this remaining piece of jerky was originally intended for him anyway.
But when his gaze swept over the jerky on the plate, he paused slightly.
At this moment, the jerky on the plate still had transparent mucus on it, especially with a few teeth marks on the surface.
...
Seeing the appearance of the jerky, Lin Sheng's eyebrow twitched, and he turned to look at Big Yellow.
And Big Yellow seemed to realize something as well, having already turned his head away, not daring to look Lin Sheng in the eye at all.
"Stupid dog!"
After a while, Lin Sheng uttered a sentence, threw the Spirit Beast meat from the plate to Big Yellow, and then turned and left.
Watching Lin Sheng enter the room and close the door, Big Yellow finally turned his head, bit the Spirit Beast jerky next to him in one gulp, swallowed it in a few chews, and soon squinted his eyes, his face full of enjoyment.
Half an hour later.
The quiet room was filled with smoke, and a faint, calming fragrance emanated from the brass incense burners. These were all high-grade calming incenses.
Although the price was not as expensive as Star Insect, it wasn't much cheaper either. After he tested it, it did have a slight effect on calming the mind.
Lin Sheng sat cross-legged in the center of the quiet room, closing his eyes and concentrating. Another stick of incense passed before he slowly opened his eyes.
"That's about enough. I can test the changes after my spiritual attribute has increased by another point."
He muttered softly to himself. Then, with a thought, he integrated with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey.
His body began to swell, quickly turning crimson. As the Heart Monkey Talent activated, bone spurs extended from his muscles. A slit slowly opened in the center of his brow, revealing that indifferent, emotionless vertical pupil.
Lin Sheng stood up and slightly moved his body, while his consciousness controlled the vertical pupil on his brow.
"One breath... two breaths..."
Time passed little by little, and he silently kept track of it in his heart. Before long, it reached 15 breaths.
This was the maximum time he could originally last without using auxiliary items like Star Dew Grass.
In the past, when he reached this time, he couldn't bear the severe pain at the consciousness level and the extremely violent emotions that were difficult to suppress.
But at this moment, he didn't feel much.
"Sixteen breaths... seventeen..."
It wasn't until the time reached 25 breaths that he finally felt like he was reaching his limit.
He didn't continue to persist but decisively exited the Heart Monkey Talent.
"To think I could last until 25 breaths! As expected, the Breakthrough in spiritual attribute has a very good control effect on the Heart Monkey Talent."
He was quite satisfied with this point. Furthermore, after exiting the Heart Ape state this time, he did not feel the tidal wave of mental fatigue like before.
He only felt slightly mentally tired, but it didn't have much impact.
After exiting the Heart Monkey Talent at this moment, he could feel that the fatigue at the consciousness level was also constantly decreasing.
"I didn't expect the effect of this one point spiritual attribute Breakthrough to be so obvious."
Lin Sheng sat back down on the ground, a thoughtful look on his face.
When his spiritual attribute first broke through by one point before, although it also had a good effect on the Heart Monkey Talent, it wasn't as significant as this time.
At this moment, he maintained the state of integrating with the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, carefully sensing the difference between himself and before. Although there was no difference in his physical body, his mind and spirit were indeed different.
But he couldn't pinpoint exactly where it was different; he could only describe it as a profound and mysterious feeling.
It was as if things that were originally somewhat difficult to understand had become much clearer.
Soon, as if remembering something, he immediately began practicing the Qingniao Chasing Star Finger.
His Qingniao Chasing Star Finger had been stuck at the third layer for some time.
After all, the highest-grade avian exotic beast he had integrated with was only High-Grade Mortal Rank, so the progress of cultivating this true technique was not fast.
According to his estimation, to advance this cultivation method to the third layer, it would likely take at least another half a year.
Yet at this moment, as he practiced this martial art with a flicker of thought, he actually felt that some of the obscure and difficult-to-understand parts of the original cultivation had become much simpler.
"Has my comprehension increased?"
This thought flashed through his mind. This situation did seem like an improvement in comprehension. However, comprehension was basically determined innately, and improving it later in life was extremely difficult. Only some extremely rare heavenly materials and earthly treasures might have this effect.
Just like the blood dragon fruit consumed by the Three-Eyed Spirit Monkey, but it improved comprehension by stimulating its own Bloodline potential.
This was not the same as his current situation.
"I didn't expect that increasing my spiritual attribute could actually improve my comprehension."
Lin Sheng pondered for a moment and roughly guessed the reason behind it.
The scope covered by spiritual attribute was very broad, not just one's own mind and will, but also thinking ability should be included.
The improvement in thinking ability was undoubtedly also part of comprehension, which was why he had this effect now.
"This can be considered an unexpected gain."
While thinking, he did not stop his cultivation actions but instead fully immersed himself in it.
He practiced for two hours.
He only stopped when the sky gradually darkened.
"Phew... This practice session alone is comparable to nearly two days of regular practice. At this rate, breaking through the third layer of Qingniao Chasing Star Finger might only take two or three months."
A smile appeared on his face. The effect brought by the spiritual attribute this time far exceeded his imagination, and it also made him realize the benefits of the spiritual attribute. It was no wonder that among so many exotic beasts he had integrated with, almost none could increase his spiritual attribute.
"However, before, one or two points of spiritual attribute didn't have such an obvious effect. It only became so clear at the third point. Does this mean that three points of spiritual attribute can barely be considered a qualitative change? So, does this mean that there will be a relatively large improvement every three points of spiritual attribute from now on?"
This thought flashed through his mind.
But it was just a thought. After all, he only had these three points of spiritual attribute now. To confirm his conjecture, he would have to wait until his spiritual attribute accumulated again in the future.
However, what was certain was that the effect brought by the spiritual attribute was very strong, superior to simply increasing physical quality attribute points.
...
The next day.
As soon as the sky brightened, someone had already arrived early outside Lin Sheng's residence.
Then Lao Zhou led him in.
This was a rather young servant.
Seeing Lin Sheng cultivating in the courtyard, he immediately bowed respectfully before speaking.
"This humble one is Le An, a servant of the Zhao Family. Gongzi Zhao asked me to inform Gongzi Lin Sheng that there is news."
Speaking of this, the servant paused, took out a yellow letter from his Pregnant, and respectfully handed it over.
"Gongzi Zhao has important matters at home and cannot leave, so he asked this humble one to deliver it to Gongzi Lin."
Lin Sheng stopped his movements, took the warm towel from Lao Zhou's hand, wiped his face, and a hint of a smile appeared on his face.
"Alright, thank Senior Brother Zhao for me."
Taking the letter, Lin Sheng casually flicked out a silver ingot, which landed in the servant's hand.
Without further ado, he turned and returned to his room to open it.
It was densely written with a large amount of text. After reading it through, a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
"Zhoushan County..."
The content of the letter was exactly the information he had asked Zhao Kongfang to help him collect about all the young ladies from influential families in the three counties who were yet to be married or were about to be married.
The information received from the person in charge at the Dark Star outpost in the city was that the Jade Faced Man Kong Qi was currently roughly located within these three counties.
As for which specific county, he still had to search for it himself. However, the other party also gave him another piece of information, which was that the reason Jade Faced Man Kong Qi had been engaging in these "flower picking" activities was due to the cultivation method he practiced.
He needed to constantly engage in intercourse with virgins; otherwise, his cultivation would regress.
If he continuously failed to meet the requirements of the cultivation method, there would be a risk of cultivation deviation.
And this Kong Qi, relying on his absolute strength, was quite arrogant and also a lustful person, so his targets were mostly those pampered young ladies from wealthy families.
Moreover, he had a rather perverse hobby, which was being particularly fond of women who were about to be married.
That was why Lin Sheng used Zhao Kongfang's intelligence to collect relevant information.
Among this information, the county with the most young ladies from wealthy families who were about to be married recently in the three counties was Zhoushan County, with a total of three.
As for the other two counties, Ping County only had one, and Wen County didn't have any this month.
With a movement of strength in his hand, the letter immediately turned into dust.
...
An hour later.
Outside Wanhua City, a figure rapidly moved through the mountains and forests.
The figure was dressed in tight clothes, with a bamboo hat on his back, looking like a wandering swordsman, except for the missing weapon at his waist.
His movements were extremely fast, covering a hundred meters in the time it took to breathe. In just the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, he had completely left the majestic walls of Wanhua City behind.
"Zhoushan County is not close to Wanhua City. At my current pace, it will probably take nearly two days."
The figure in tight clothes stopped. It was none other than Lin Sheng.
Taking out a map from his Pregnant, he checked the direction. Lin Sheng frowned slightly, but soon relaxed. After looking around, his body began to swell rapidly at a visible speed, quickly turning into a crimson, agile giant over two meters tall.
After the crimson giant appeared, it had no intention of delaying. With one foot crushing the ground, it transformed into a crimson blur and rushed towards the predetermined direction.
Wherever it passed, it startled some wild beasts in the mountains and forests, causing them to scatter and flee, creating quite a commotion.
The speed he displayed at this moment was more than 50% faster than before.
Before long, the crimson figure had disappeared from the mountains and forests.
...
Zhoushan County.
"Sesame cakes... fragrant and crispy sesame cakes..."
"Sugar-coated haws... sweet and sour sugar-coated haws... only one large coin per skewer..."
On the bustling streets of the County Town, hawking sounds rose and fell continuously, creating a lively atmosphere.
From a large and very imposing mansion in the center of the street, the Zhao Family mansion, two women walked out. The woman walking in front was about sixteen years old, dressed in brocade clothes, wearing an exquisite jade bracelet on her fair wrist. A smile hung on her rosy and fair cheeks, showing a pampered noble aura.
The woman's features were regular and proper. Although not outstanding, she could be considered a beauty with decent looks.
The woman following behind her was a young maid about the same age. As she followed, she kept calling out.
"Miss, slow down... Be careful not to fall..."
About 10 meters behind the two, two burly men followed. They both had weapons tucked into their waists, and their bodies were full of vital energy, clearly indicating they were two Martial Artists with decent strength.
While following the two, they occasionally scanned the street, clearly serving as the woman's bodyguards.
The woman dressed in luxurious clothes walked in front, occasionally stopping at stalls on the street to buy things. Before long, the maid behind her was already carrying many bags and bundles in her hands.
And the woman called Miss was still happily shopping tirelessly.
The two burly men behind her still followed at a distance of over ten meters, not getting close.
After the figures had gone far, a stall owner on the street spoke.
"Which family is that young lady from? So generous..."
As soon as the stall owner spoke, nearby stall owners immediately responded.
"Just looking at you, you must be setting up a stall here for the first time. You don't even know the Second Miss of the Sun Family..."
"Sun Family? The Sun Family that dominates the sale of medicinal materials in Zhoushan County!?"
The first stall owner to speak immediately said in surprise.
"Besides this Sun Family, which other Sun Family is there in Zhoushan!?"
"No wonder... no wonder she's so generous..."
"Yeah, it's just a pity I heard that the Second Miss of the Sun Family is getting married this month... She won't be able to look after our business anymore."