Gou Refining Essence into Qi in the Dharma-ending Age

Chapter 3 Planning and Meditation

Lin Yuan's pupils constricted, his expression froze, and then he used all his strength to forcefully maintain his current expression.

In Lin Qingfeng's eyes, this scene was a display of someone trying to save face in order not to show weakness in front of him.

He deliberately came to find his older brother at this time just to see this kind of expression!

He disliked his so-called older brother from a young age, and his jealousy reached its peak after he learned that his brother had superior aptitude.

Why is it that I am only of inferior aptitude, while a bastard is of superior aptitude?

Fortunately, his mother had made preparations in advance. In order to prevent Lin Yuanzhen from rising to prominence due to good luck, she tampered with the test of Lin Yuanzhen's physical attributes.

A mid-grade aptitude isn't bad, but it's definitely not enough to attract the attention of one's father, let alone the clan.

Even so, he was still jealous.

Why is it that I am of the lower grade while Lin Yuan is of the middle grade?

Once Lin Yuan embarks on his cultivation journey, his progress will undoubtedly be incredibly smooth.

Even though his mother said she wouldn't let Lin Yuan smoothly embark on his cultivation journey, he still felt it wasn't enough.

Until the Heavenly Mystery Sect informed the entire Yuan Realm that the Era of Absolute Spirits had arrived.

The thought that someone with superior aptitude for cultivation couldn't cultivate filled Lin Qingfeng with immense satisfaction. Looking at that face he once loathed, he now only wanted to laugh.

What does it matter if someone is better looking than you, or has superior physical attributes? Once you become a mortal, it's all meaningless.

However, Lin Yuan maintained his calm expression and said, "If there's nothing else, you can leave. Don't disturb my cultivation."

Maintaining that expression without bursting out laughing is actually quite difficult.

Lin Qingfeng was extremely dissatisfied. His features were almost contorted, and he gritted his teeth. His once passable face was now contorted with rage: "Are you still going to maintain your ridiculous dignity? You've been like this since you were a child. What are you pretending for?!"

This shouldn't be the case.

Upon hearing the news, Lin Yuan should have wept bitterly and felt intense hatred for himself.

"What are you pretending for?"

"If this is all you've come for, you can leave now." Lin Yuan stood tall and composed, as if the man before him were merely a raging baboon, powerless and impotent.

"Fine! Fine! Fine! I don't believe you can keep pretending forever. By the way, don't think that you can become a superior person just because you go to the mortal world. Once you're there, you'll only be struggling in the mud." Lin Qingfeng said viciously.

If even bone structure testing can be tampered with, then arranging a mundane position for someone is naturally even simpler.

Immediately afterwards, he turned and left, quickly disappearing into the courtyard.

Watching Lin Qingfeng's disappearing figure, Lin Yuan could no longer maintain his calm expression, and his smile became even more difficult to conceal.

"It's all thanks to you, my foolish little brother, with your superior talent... that you helped me cut off my distracting thoughts."

Lin Yuan never expected such a pleasant surprise.

……

After leaving, Lin Qingfeng quickly returned to his courtyard.

This courtyard, in terms of both size and decoration, is far superior to Lin Yuan's courtyard.

His face still showed lingering anger.

Why didn't Lin Yuan react at all when he heard those news?

"Die! Die!"

"Who do you want to die?" It was a somewhat chilling female voice.

Lin Qingfeng looked up and immediately saw a woman dressed in luxurious black clothes, with a beautiful face and an imposing presence.

He trembled instantly and bowed respectfully: "Mother!"

The woman is Lin Qingfeng's mother, Wang Mingfeng.

Wang Mingfeng did not allow Lin Qingfeng to dispense with the formalities; instead, she made him remain in the uncomfortable bowing position and coldly asked, "Where did you go?"

Knowing his mother's temper, Lin Qingfeng dared not hide anything and told her exactly where he had been and what he had done.

"Fool." Wang Mingfeng's voice was even colder, filled with disappointment. "I thought you could master the Three Stillnesses and make progress in meditation, but you're still incredibly stupid. Who told you to tell Lin Yuan that his innate talent is top-grade?"

Lin Qingfeng retorted instinctively, "Mother, even if he finds out, so what? Even if he tells us, the clan won't care."

He didn't think he was stupid; he had done his job after conducting an investigation.

Wang Mingfeng was even more disappointed in her foolish son. Sometimes she even felt that he wasn't her own: "The clan certainly won't care, but what if they really do care? That would be a huge problem."

"Moreover, the Lin family in this world has top-grade talent. No matter where he is, he is a genius. Even if he did not cause trouble in the clan and leave the Lin family, if he thinks that he has top-grade talent and has a glimmer of hope, he can find other cultivation forces. If those cultivation forces happen to believe him, he may rise again."

"Once he rises to prominence, it will cause even greater trouble. Such things are commonplace in the cultivation world. If he only knew that he had a mid-grade aptitude, none of this would have happened."

It's not uncommon for someone in a family who is neglected and bullied to rise up and successfully take revenge on those who once humiliated them.

Different beliefs lead to drastically different outcomes.

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingfeng immediately understood, and his face turned grim: "Mother, what should I do?"

"You don't need to do anything, I'll handle it from here," Wang Mingfeng said. "Away from the family, as a mere mortal, even a cultivator at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage can easily handle this."

Lin Qingfeng's eyes lit up: "Mother, are you going to go all the way and do it all..."

"That's right. I'll send someone at the third level of the Nascent Soul stage to prevent that brat from actually breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the next few days." Wang Mingfeng made no attempt to hide his thoughts.

Lin Qingfeng immediately became excited and was eager to go to Lin Yuan's courtyard once again.

You can't be that calm when facing life and death, can you?

However, Wang Mingfeng seemed to have guessed his thoughts and said to him, "You can't go anywhere during this period. You can only leave the courtyard when you break through to the first level of the Fetal Breathing Realm."

In fact, if she hadn't been afraid that her foolish son would be affected by that brat's mind and unable to enter a meditative state, she would never have revealed the plan.

Things are accomplished in secrecy; if you want to succeed, you must not let foolish people know about it.

……

Lin Yuan was naturally unaware that someone was plotting to kill him.

After Lin Qingfeng left, he returned to the quiet room.

It took me quite a while to calm myself down.

The fact that one's physical constitution can be resolved in a few words does not mean that one can rest easy.

Only true meditation is real.

He sat down cross-legged again, and as before, his body and mind remained perfectly still.

Then comes the most crucial step: calming the mind.

Previously, I had countless distracting thoughts due to concerns about my physical constitution.

This time, however, no distracting thoughts arose in Lin Yuan's mind.

"call…"

With the rhythm of his breathing, Lin Yuan gradually forgot everything, as if everything had turned into nothingness.

With a calm mind, it was achieved without even realizing it.

Once all three states of stillness are achieved, one enters a state of deep meditation.

Driven by instinct, the body began to absorb spiritual energy for the first time.