Invincible through Touching Corpses

After bidding farewell to his team members, Lin Xinghai headed toward Zuo Wenya’s residence.

The academy’s instructors all had academy-assigned housing. However, these apartments weren’t located on the East Sea Academy campus but in a separate residential complex nearby.

As a Divine Demon Realm expert, Zuo Wenya enjoyed the best treatment. The unit assigned to him was a two-story duplex. With over 200 square meters per floor, the total living space was nearly 400 square meters.

In a place like East Sea Base, where every inch of land was worth its weight in gold, a residence this large was truly a luxury.

Zuo Wenya was in the middle of his Cultivation. When he opened the door and saw Lin Xinghai, he was a little surprised. "I heard you all went out on a mission—a C Level mission, at that. You’re back so soon? Come on, come in and we’ll talk."

As he followed Zuo Wenya into the apartment, Lin Xinghai smiled and said, "Yeah, the mission went pretty smoothly. We finished up and came straight back to get in some more time for Cultivation."

"Smooth is good. Was anyone injured?" Zuo Wenya was naturally concerned, as this was his personal disciple’s first mission.

"Don’t worry, no one was. We even took on an additional mission while we were out and completed that successfully as well," Lin Xinghai said with a smile.

"An additional mission? You must have earned a good amount, then?" Zuo Wenya’s interest was instantly piqued.

"Yeah, quite a bit. From this one trip, I earned about 5 million Huaxia Coins," Lin Xinghai nodded. He mentioned this to lay the groundwork and justify his upcoming, explosive increase in power.

Zuo Wenya had only asked casually, but the answer left him a bit stunned.

"Five million Huaxia Coins? What kind of additional mission did you take to earn that much? As the team leader, does that mean you can rake in one or two million from a single trip?" Zuo Wenya exclaimed in amazement.

He thought back to the earnings from his own first mission and felt a little ashamed. There was simply no comparison.

"Uh... no. I’m saying *I* earned 5 million Huaxia Coins. Our team’s total income was around 10 million Huaxia Coins," Lin Xinghai quickly corrected him.

This time, Zuo Wenya was truly speechless. He stared blankly at Lin Xinghai for a long moment before finally managing to ask, "How did you do that?"

Lin Xinghai had nothing to hide, so he gave a brief summary of the mission and also revealed the existence of his Investigation Technique.

"Investigation Technique? You actually developed a Perception Secret Technique like that? No wonder your Gun Technique is so incredible. Plus, you said you can pilot a Rare Level Mecha, which means your Perception Power must be much stronger than that of other experts at your level." Zuo Wenya stared at his personal disciple, his gaze burning with intensity, momentarily at a loss for what to say.

He had thought he already understood this student of his quite well, but he never expected a single trip to yield such a massive surprise.

"By the way, Teacher Zuo, I’d like to sell the Investigation Technique in the academy library. Do you think that’s feasible?" He then explained the idea that Little Fatty had originally proposed.

"Let me be clear. Are you really willing to put this Investigation Technique in the academy library for other students to purchase and learn?" Zuo Wenya collected his thoughts and looked at Lin Xinghai, his tone serious.

A self-developed ability like the Investigation Technique was, strictly speaking, a personal trump card. Many such Secret Techniques existed; in fact, most veteran Divine Demon Realm experts had mastered one or two, but not just anyone was willing to share them.

"Yes, provided I’m satisfied with the selling price," Lin Xinghai said with a nod.

"You want to price it at 10,000 Credit Points, right? If your Perception Secret Technique is truly as effective as you claim, then that’s absolutely no problem," Zuo Wenya nodded, giving a firm confirmation.

"Great. Then I’ll have to trouble you, Teacher," Lin Xinghai said quickly.

"You kid... you go out on one trip and earn 5 million Huaxia Coins, and now you’ve got this Investigation Technique to sell. You’re practically a goose that lays golden eggs. And to think I was worried you didn’t have enough Cultivation Resources. I even went out of my way at an academy meeting to get your monthly allowance of Cultivation Resources raised to 5 million Huaxia Coins," Zuo Wenya said with a wistful sigh.

Lin Xinghai was dumbfounded. Then, he was deeply moved. He knew that getting his allowance for Cultivation Resources increased by that much wasn’t something that could be done with just a simple request.

"Teacher Zuo, thank you," Lin Xinghai said with heartfelt sincerity.

"What are you thanking me for? A kid as capable as you probably thinks nothing of a little favor like this," Zuo Wenya chided with a laugh.

"How could it be a small favor? With this many Cultivation Resources, I can help someone else out!" Lin Xinghai laughed.

"Help someone else?" Zuo Wenya’s eyes lit up in understanding. "You mean that little girlfriend of yours, don’t you?"

"Her talent is good. Investing your resources in her wouldn’t be a waste," Zuo Wenya said with a nod.

"That’s what I think, too. If she could have used nothing but Nine Yang Blood Pills for her Cultivation, she probably would have broken through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage even before this last mission," Lin Xinghai said.

With her talent combined with a massive influx of resources, Liu Miaomiao might not be able to catch up to him, but she would definitely leave everyone else far behind.

Zuo Wenya’s face showed his surprise. "Are you sure she can cultivate that quickly? How many points of Blood Qi Power does she have right now?"

"I’m sure of it. Right now, Miaomiao’s Blood Qi Power is at 75 points. During the mission, I bought her a lot of Nine Yang Blood Pills to help her increase it. She should be at 85 points by now. Her breakthrough is just a day or two away," Lin Xinghai replied.

Zuo Wenya was stunned. By that calculation, it would take Liu Miaomiao no more than ten days in total to break through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage.

Talent like that was, without a doubt, terrifyingly high.

Generally speaking, anyone who could break through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage within a month was considered a genius.

Those who managed it within twenty days were top-tier geniuses.

As for breaking through within ten days... that was the level of a Demon.

Even he himself had taken a full fifteen days to break through to the Blood Qi Realm Middle Stage back in his youth.

One had to understand that Cultivation speed didn’t just depend on the quality of the Elixirs used. More importantly, it depended on the user’s absorption rate.

And that absorption rate, to put it simply, was talent.

Furthermore, this talent became more and more important at higher levels, because as one’s Blood Qi Power grew, the difficulty of increasing it would also rise.

"If she could increase her Blood Qi Power by 75 points in just one week without having used Nine Yang Blood Pills before... with that kind of talent, it’s virtually guaranteed she’ll break through to the Divine Demon Realm! And she could very well do it before she even graduates. Ah... if I had known, I would have taken Liu Miaomiao on as a personal disciple too," Zuo Wenya said regretfully.

’If that had happened, I would have been able to mentor two personal disciples all the way to the Divine Demon Realm. That would have absolutely shattered the academy’s record!’

Lin Xinghai listened from the side but didn’t say a word. It wasn’t his place to comment, as he felt it was most suitable for Liu Miaomiao to be training under Wen Qiuying, since their Attributes were compatible.

Besides, he knew that while Liu Miaomiao was a top-tier genius, she wasn’t quite at the Demon Level. The main reason for her rapid improvement was that she had learned his Object Control Technique, which had further accelerated her Cultivation speed.

Zuo Wenya just sighed wistfully before quickly turning his gaze to Lin Xinghai. He asked with anticipation, "And what about you? The Blood Qi Power you’ve condensed must be even greater, right?"