This stone eye was obtained from Shi Hui.
According to the feedback on the panel, it was exactly the eye of the Lingxu Jade Soul Elephant.
It also had the effect of calming the mind and settling the spirit. Although not as good as lingxu ivory, its effect on nourishing the spirit was quite outstanding.
To avoid any tracking methods on it, he specifically took the elephant eye away for a period. His danger perception had no feedback, clearly indicating that, unlike lingxu ivory, no tricks had been played on it.
Although his mental attributes had successfully broken through, the value of something that affects the spirit would naturally not be low, especially since it was from a demon beast.
It would also provide a significant boost to cultivating his spirit in the future.
After putting away these items, with a thought, he activated the Giant Spirit Bear.
His body instantly began to swell, but under his deliberate suppression, it quickly returned to normal.
He scanned the surroundings, and after confirming there were no noteworthy potential threats, he disappeared from the mountaintop in a few leaps.
After a while, he stopped, no longer suppressing the body shape change.
Layers of fine black fur emerged on his muscular body, the fur shimmering with cold light, like sharp steel needles piercing through.
His body also began to expand rapidly, becoming robust and heavy.
Especially his two large hands, which were like cattail fans.
Although a few days had passed, he hadn't truly tested the amplification attributes of these two high-level Spirit Beasts. Now that he was deep in the central part of the Congyun Mountains, he didn't need to worry too much about danger, so he took this time to test them properly.
Looking at his two thick hands, especially the explosive Giant Strength within his body.
He extended his hand and grabbed an ancient tree that three people could barely encircle.
Snap…
The ancient tree was directly crushed. He didn't feel much resistance during the process.
One should know that the ancient trees in the Congyun Mountains were no less resilient than ordinary rocks.
Although he could do this before, it was definitely not this easy.
He found another large bluestone, and with a light pat of his hand, the rock shattered.
After testing several more times, he had a clear understanding of the Giant Spirit Bear's 11 points of strength amplification.
"With 11 points of strength amplification, the corresponding strength should be around 120,000 to 130,000 jin. A Peak Bones Transformation Martial Artist would probably only have this much strength."
"And the Great Strength talent."
Lin Sheng's gaze fell on the talent bar.
He hadn't activated this talent yet.
At that time, the Black Armor Mysterious Bull also had the Giant Strength talent.
However, the Giant Spirit Bear's Great Strength talent had the suffix "Level Three".
Clearly, the talent's grade was above that of the Black Armor Mysterious Bull.
The Black Armor Mysterious Bull's Level One Giant Strength talent was to temporarily increase its own strength by two times.
The Giant Spirit Bear's Level Three Giant Strength effect was definitely stronger than that.
However, he still had to test it personally to see the specifics.
While thinking, he didn't hesitate to activate the Great Strength talent.
Instantly, on his already extremely strong body, muscles twitched, and thick blood vessels appeared. His entire body's muscles knotted together like the tangled roots of an old tree.
Lin Sheng only felt the blood in his body instantly boiling and compressing frantically.
Unimaginable terrifying power gathered within his body, desperately wanting to be unleashed.
His thick hands swelled by a size, lifted, and heavily fell.
Boom…
With the point where his fist landed as the center, the ground immediately shattered, creating huge, bottomless fissures.
The ground for dozens of zhang around churned, and all the ancient trees were shattered into dust.
Whoosh…
Exhaling heavily, Lin Sheng directly deactivated the Great Strength talent.
"Very strong power, it can actually amplify my own strength by five times."
A hint of surprise appeared on his face. He didn't expect the Level Three Giant Strength effect to be so powerful.
The Giant Spirit Bear's strength amplification itself was already around 120,000 to 130,000 jin.
After activating the Great Strength talent and amplifying it by 5 times, his strength reached nearly 600,000 jin.
With such strength, even a Peak Bones Transformation Martial Artist focused on strength probably couldn't compare with him.
"As expected of a high-level Spirit Beast, it's truly formidable." Lin Sheng couldn't help but exclaim.
He glanced at the small tears on his body, from which tiny beads of bright red blood were flowing out.
"However, a talent with such powerful explosive force also has extremely high requirements for one's own Physique."
The Giant Spirit Bear's Physique amplification was also not low. Just one strike earlier caused his muscles to tear. Clearly, with the Giant Spirit Bear's Physique, this explosive talent probably couldn't withstand many strikes. It was no wonder the Giant Spirit Bear didn't activate this talent before it died.
If he couldn't kill the enemy within the duration, he would probably lose the ability to resist and be left to be slaughtered.
This was also where the weakness of many exotic beasts lay.
Most exotic beasts had their shortcomings. Fast exotic beasts generally had mediocre Physiques, while strength-type exotic beasts were usually not fast.
However, this was not a problem for him.
Now, with three Body Integration Marks, he could perfectly combine them to make up for all his shortcomings.
Of course, he could also completely focus on one direction and unleash powerful strength far beyond imagination.
The strict Physique requirements of the Great Strength talent were naturally not a problem after integrating the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon.
Similarly, after integrating three strength-type exotic beasts, activating the Great Strength talent again might lead to an even greater improvement. Thinking of this, he decided to just test it out.
Immediately, he integrated the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon and the Scarlet Iron Rock Rhino.
The Giant Spirit Bear provided 11 points of strength amplification, the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon 10 points, and the Scarlet Iron Rock Rhino 8 points.
Although the stacking of power wasn't simply 1+1, after integrating two more extremely powerful exotic beasts...
Lin Sheng felt his own strength had reached an extremely terrifying level.
His massive five-meter-tall body was like an ancient ferocious beast.
"Talent: Giant Strength (Level Three) activated."
With a thought, the muscles on his body rippled.
The blood and qi within his body rapidly became turbulent.
After feeling the power in his body surge again, he moved and stepped hundreds of zhang away, arriving in front of an earthen slope, and pressed his palm onto it.
RUMBLE…
After a brief pause, the hundred-zhang slope in front of him immediately shattered.
A huge hollow appeared, almost piercing through the entire slope.
BANG BANG BANG—
After several more consecutive punches, the entire earthen slope finally couldn't bear it anymore and completely collapsed into a pile of rubble.
Lin Sheng withdrew his fist and stood, his body rapidly contracting, returning to his normal size.
Glancing at his body, which showed no abnormalities, a smile appeared on his face.
"As expected, with the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon's terrifying Physique of up to 15 points as a safeguard, the drawbacks of the Giant Spirit Bear's Great Strength talent were completely compensated for."
At this moment, not only was there no sign of collapse on his body, but the blood and qi within him had also long since stabilized.
Clearly, after integrating the Scarlet Eye Flame Dragon, the Great Strength talent could be activated, if not permanently, then at least for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, without any pressure.
"However, after integrating multiple exotic beasts, although the power amplified by the Great Strength talent is still considerable, it doesn't reach the initial 5 times amplification, only about close to four times."
Thinking of the berserk power within his body just now, he slightly furrowed his brow, but it soon relaxed.
The talents of exotic beasts have limits. After integrating a large number of exotic beasts, he also understood this point.
Just like the Blood Demon Centipede's Rapid Healing talent back then, with his current strong Physique, even activating this talent, the recovery effect was far less than before.
It wasn't that the Rapid Healing talent was weaker, but that he was too strong.
The Level Three Giant Strength before him had clearly also reached its limit.
The power after the burst just now had reached a million jin. Although there was a gap compared to what he imagined, power at the million-jin level could definitely be called terrifying.
He thought that even someone as strong as the Divine Transformation Realm was probably only like this.
In short, he was absolutely very satisfied with the Giant Spirit Bear's talent.
Soon, his thoughts shifted, and he integrated the Roaring Moon Wolf Ghoul.
Unlike the Giant Spirit Bear, the Wolf Ghoul belonged to the high-agility type Spirit Beast.
With agility as high as 10 points, it was definitely the highest among the many exotic beasts he had integrated.
After integrating it, his body continuously moved through the jungle.
Unlike Level Three Giant Strength, the Divine Speed talent was a passive talent and didn't need to be actively activated.
Under the amplification of the Divine Speed talent, his speed had already reached an unbelievable degree.
Especially in changing body shape, he was extremely agile. Combined with the Green-Eyed Fierce Eagle, his speed was further greatly increased.
As for the second talent, Scent Enhancement.
It belonged to the perception-type skills, like an enhanced version of Big Yellow.
After all, besides speed, the Wolf Ghoul's perception was also quite good, with a perception attribute as high as 6 points, which was much stronger than the Smelling Groundhog.
After completing the tests, he didn't linger either and quickly returned to the team.
Due to the geographical advantage, their group rested in this cave for two days.
However, this was the central part of the Congyun Mountains after all. Ferocious beasts were numerous, and the danger level far exceeded the outer areas.
Although Lin Sheng's Dragon Might talent provided deterrence, as a talent, it had range limitations, which meant he couldn't leave for too long. Otherwise, it was highly possible that powerful Spirit Beasts would be attracted.
So, continuing like this was definitely not a long-term plan.
On this day, Xie Qingyun and Yuan Zhongfei proactively found Lin Sheng to discuss the arrangements afterward.
"Sheng'er, what should we do next? Staying here all the time is not a solution."
Yuan Zhongfei and Xie Qingyun exchanged glances and spoke in unison.
Even with Lin Sheng's protection these past few days, some Disciples who were a bit farther away were unlucky enough to be targeted by some powerful Spirit Beasts and were severely injured. If they hadn't been discovered in time, they would have definitely died tragically on the spot. Moreover, the two of them had also discovered traces of powerful Spirit Beasts appearing in the surroundings these past two days.
So, after discussing in private, the two of them couldn't sit still and came to find him.
Lin Sheng naturally knew this point. In fact, he was also thinking about his plans for the future.
They definitely couldn't return to the outer areas of the Congyun Mountains. It was easy to guess now that the search for them by the major forces in Linjiang Prefecture would definitely far exceed before, and it was even possible for God-Form Martial Artists to appear.
But they couldn't stay here for too long either. With his perception ability, he had naturally also discovered that the frequency of powerful Spirit Beasts appearing in the surroundings was getting higher and higher these past two days.
This was clearly not a good sign. Although these Spirit Beasts posed no threat to him, too many of them was also a problem.
And what worried him the most were the demon beasts in the Congyun Mountains.
One should know that not just one or two demon beasts had appeared in the Congyun Mountains.
There were definitely terrifying exotic beasts of the demon beast level existing deep within the mountain range.
The Dragon Might talent also emitted a powerful aura belonging to the demon beast level. It was always effective for deterring Spirit Beasts, but it would definitely not have much effect on demon beasts, and might even be counterproductive.
Although the probability of terrifying existences of the demon beast level appearing in the central area was extremely low, if he kept the Dragon Might talent activated, it was possible that a lurking demon beast might detect it at some point. If he attracted one, then things would be troublesome.
"Tomorrow, we will set off for Tiannan Prefecture."
Lin Sheng pondered slightly and said slowly.
"Tiannan Prefecture!?" Hearing this, Xie Qingyun and Yuan Zhongfei were startled.
"That's right, Tiannan Prefecture. We will directly pass through the Congyun Mountains, which can avoid the checks along the way. Moreover, the war between the two countries is over now. Although Tiannan Prefecture was not directly involved in the war, it is adjacent to Nanli Prefecture. Even the Imperial Court's official forces will definitely focus most of their energy on the war."
"As for people like us, even if Linjiang Prefecture reports us, they won't pay too much attention."
Lin Sheng said lightly.
This was the optimal choice after his consideration.
Seeing that Lin Sheng had made a decision, Xie Qingyun and Yuan Zhongfei naturally had no objections. At this point, whether it was them or the remaining Disciples, they had long since regarded Lin Sheng as the new Sect Leader of the Seven Forms Sect. All that was missing was a ceremony.
"Pass down the message and rest well. The journey to Tiannan Prefecture is long and will take quite some time."
"Okay, we will go and make the arrangements now."
…
Time flowed like water, passing quietly. Soon, two months had passed.
Tiannan Prefecture, Luoshui County.
As the twelfth-ranked County Town among the fifteen counties of Tainnan, Luoshui County's area was not small, but it couldn't be considered very prosperous.
What was worth mentioning was its proximity to Luoshui Lake, which was rich in various fish and seafood, and its decent water transportation business.
In a spacious courtyard in the outer city, men in plain clothes were drying fish. A fishy smell filled the air, but these men seemed not to notice, only burying themselves in their work.
With a creak, the courtyard gate opened.
A handsome man in a brocade robe slowly walked in.
The group of men immediately called out "Gongzi" respectfully.
The handsome man nodded slightly in response and finally strode into the room.
"Gongzi, you're back?"
In the room, a simple and honest man immediately spoke respectfully.
Although the simple and honest man's appearance had changed somewhat, his skin was darker and much rougher, those familiar with him could still vaguely see a hint of Qingniao Yard Disciple Gou Donglai in his eyebrows and eyes.
"Hmm, how is Master's side?"
The handsome man said lightly, the muscles on his cheeks rippled, and even his body shape grew slightly taller. Who else could it be but Lin Sheng?
"Reporting, Young Master, Master's cloth shop has also been arranged properly."
"That's good then."
There was no surprise on Lin Sheng's face. He sat in the main seat, picked up a teacup, and took a light sip, his thoughts wandering.
Half a month ago, they had already left the Congyun Mountains and arrived in the territory of Tiannan Prefecture.
The reason they came to Luoshui County was naturally because there was a Dark Star outpost in the County Town.
After spending five hundred contribution points, they successfully used Dark Star's channels to hide in Luoshui County.