Deduct 1 for merit. I am really not a child of luck.

Chapter 229: The Spirit Baptism Begins! The Whole World Wants to Beat Me Up! (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After a while, the group walked onto the top fairy bridge.

Zhu Zishun was like a leader. He not only used the sound amplification technique to remind the foundation-building disciples of several immortal bridges, but also remembered to introduce Lin Mo and other newcomers who were entering the secret realm of the Spirit Washing Pool for the first time.

As for the other chosen ones, they are not as aloof as the rumors say.

Except for Chu Qingyun who was a little out of tune with the others, everyone else was talking and laughing, walking along the way as if they were sightseeing, heading further away towards the Fairy Bridge.

"It is indeed a top-grade immortal bridge. It is completely different from last year's top-grade one!"

Lin Chenran smiled and said, "Last year's bridge was short and narrow, and it was not very comfortable to walk on."

Lin Qingyu pursed her lips and said:

"I'm embarrassed to say this. Do you think the bridge is too crowded? The best-quality soul-washing pool is obviously better. We barely got through it. You should hold yourself back a bit!"

Lin Chenran frowned at his sister and said, "Are you ashamed of your brother? Are you really in love with that handsome Lin?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Qingyu put her hands on her waist and said confidently: "What's the matter?"

Lin Chenran chuckled, turned around and shouted to Lin Mo who was not far away:

"Brother Lin Mo, my sister likes you, and she asked if you could add her contact information!"

When everyone heard this, they turned around and looked at Lin Mo and Chu Wange as if they were enjoying a good show.

Even though I had never heard of the name "Nanshan Immortal Couple" before, I had heard of it while I was waiting.

Now that Lin is so openly trying to steal someone's girlfriend, isn't he afraid of offending the wife?
Lin Mo: “…”

At this time, Lin Chenran smiled and said, "Give me a chance. We both have the last name Lin. Maybe we were a family five hundred years ago!"

Lin Qingyu looked at Lin Mo, her face flushed with shame, and she pulled her brother's shoulder: "Don't embarrass yourself!"

Lin Chenran didn't care. Seeing that the other party didn't speak, he frowned and said:

"What? You're not willing to give me this little bit of face!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the originally peaceful atmosphere at the scene suddenly fell into dead silence.

There was something wrong with the tone towards Lin Chenran.

Lin Mo frowned slightly and looked at Lin Chenran's extremely aggressive eyes. He also understood that his sister wanted his contact information, but it was just an excuse to find trouble.

However, before he could speak, the disciples said with a smile:

"Brother Chen Ran, you don't have to be so impatient, do you? Even if you want to challenge Brother Lin Mo, you need to wait until after the Spirit Washing Pool."

When Lin Chenran heard this, his expression changed from gloomy to bright, and he said very straightforwardly:

"Okay, let's talk about it next time."

He smiled at Lin Mo, his smile was extremely sincere and brilliant, and he frowned and said, "I'm not lying to you! I'm really interested in you!"

Lin Qingyu angrily hit his shoulder: "Brother!!!"

You wanted to challenge me?
But...why?
Lin Mo didn't quite understand what the other party was doing.

Are you upset with me because I got first place in the Tiandao event?

Suddenly, Zhu Zishun smiled and said:

"Don't mention that Brother Chen Ran wants to challenge Brother Lin Mo. Even I want to ask Brother Lin Mo a question or two."

As he spoke, he reached out and touched Lin Mo's shoulder affectionately.

"!!!"

This time, Lin Mo's hair stood on end.

Because he noticed that not only Zhu Zishun, but also Chu Qingyun, Liu Yunmu, Jing Zifeng and even Lin Chenran were all eyeing him covetously.

Seeing him like this is like looking at a piece of fatty braised pork.

Obviously, they all want to beat themselves up!
Sure enough, they soon started speaking.

Liu Yunmu smiled and said, "Brother Lin Mo, if you would like to give me some advice, please be sure to discuss the Dao with me first."

Jing Zifeng chuckled:
"Yun Mu, you ran away, didn't you? Brother Lin Mo, why would you fight with me? You should fight with me!"

Chu Qingyun's invitation to fight was concise and clear:
"Go out and arrange a fight."

……

Hearing this, Lin Mo's mouth twitched.

No, buddy, are you all so shameless?
You guys are in the late stage of foundation building, challenging me who is at the fifth level of foundation building?
They are all geniuses on the Liangyu Ranking. They just snatched a few spots in the Spirit Washing Pool. Is it that serious?
If you have the guts, go challenge Yu Linglong and see if she won’t beat you up!

Just when he was confused, Yu Linglong's voice suddenly came to his ears, and she said in a joking tone:

"Lin Mo, I forgot to tell you that when you were unconscious, the system announced that you were ranked first on both lists."

"What do you mean by first on both lists?"

"Of course it's the Tiandao activity rankings, and the Jiuzhou Liangyu rankings!"

"……understood."

Lin Mo instantly understood where these attacks came from.

These geniuses on the Liangyu list can tolerate others getting better opportunities than themselves, but they will never tolerate their own ranking on the Liangyu list falling.

When he was in Qingshan Sect, he already had a deep understanding of the degree of involution among disciples in their fight for rankings on the list.

I didn't expect that this phenomenon would be the same for the entire Diyuan Star?

Damn it, the twelve years of compulsory education in cultivating immortals is harmful!

Lin Mo sighed secretly in his heart, it turned out that he couldn't escape the internal competition no matter where he went.

Fortunately, Zhu Zishun spoke up to resolve the situation, and no one mentioned the matter anymore.

This also meant that everyone had tacitly agreed on one thing, that challenging Lin Mo would have to wait until after the Spirit Washing Pool.

The tacit understanding between geniuses is often that simple.

Little did they know that when they were preparing to gang up on Lin Mo, Lin Mo was already preparing to slip away.

"It seems like we should get away soon after the soul washing..."

Lin Mo said secretly in his heart.

Although he had never seen the battles between these gifted geniuses, he knew that they were basically top talents like Chu Wange and Long A.

Fighting with these geniuses, let alone jumping a few small ranks, even if there is only a small rank difference, the gap will be greatly widened.

Now let him fight these people with his head?
Of course, if we think about it from another perspective, as long as he doesn't fight with these people, wouldn't he be able to keep his number one position?
There are still three months until the first ranking season of this year, so let’s get the rewards first...

Just as Lin Mo was thinking, they finally reached the end of the fairy bridge.

Before the Soul Washing Pool was visible, a light green mist floated over.

Lin Mo took a sip and instantly felt a strong spiritual energy rushing to his head, which was more stimulating than drinking iced cola in summer. "Such a strong spiritual energy! It is worthy of being a top-grade spiritual cleansing pool!"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

The spiritual energy here is even several times denser than that in the most top-level spirit gathering array.

Just by taking a breath, he could feel his cultivation showing signs of weakening.

If you practice meditation here, your cultivation will improve by leaps and bounds.

Lin Mo looked through the thin layers of spiritual mist and looked towards the one... two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight hot spring pools in the distance.

Why so many!
Lin Mo looked a little surprised.

I originally thought that the top-grade soul-washing pool should be extremely rare, but I didn't expect that when I took a look, I couldn't even count them.

If we add the hot springs further away hidden by hills and big trees, there will be even more.

Moreover, the color of each soul washing pool is slightly different, just like a luxury hot spring resort hotel, with various pools with different functions.

Lin Mo could feel that the spiritual energy attributes contained in almost every soul washing pool were different.

Zhu Zishun smiled and explained to the others:

"I heard from my master that the best soul-cleansing pools are also allocated according to the five elements. Choosing a soul-cleansing pool that suits your situation will make your soul-cleansing work more efficiently."

Wouldn't it mean that the five elements of spiritual roots need to be soaked in five pools?

Lin Mo thought secretly in his heart.

Zhu Zishun said to Lin Mo and the others, "Brother Lin Mo, Brother Long, and Fellow Daoist Chu, remember to use the isolation formation before entering the Spirit Washing Pool to avoid disturbing each other."

Except for Lin Mo's team, everyone else had entered the Soul Washing Pool last year.

Although it is not a top-grade soul-cleansing pool, the rules are the same.

The soul cleansing process is like a retreat and cannot be disturbed by outsiders.

Lin Mo nodded slightly: "I understand."

In fact, Feng Geng had told them about this before they entered the secret realm, and he also assigned each person a prop for isolation, which could barely be considered a small magic weapon.

Not only can it be used in the Spirit Washing Pool, but it can also be used when you encounter an emergency situation that requires seclusion while you are out training.

Zhu Zishun nodded, feeling relieved, and then said, "Brother Lin Mo, as the leader of this Tiandao event, should have priority in entering the Spirit Washing Pool."

Although the effects of these top-grade soul-cleansing pools should be similar, the Heavenly Dao system does not have any specific pools allocated.

However, according to the unspoken rules, the higher the ranking in Tiandao activity points, the greater the priority.

This is a rule that all the sects and Taoist temples in the Nine Provinces of Diyuan adhere to.

Therefore, even though everyone was eager to try these top-grade soul-washing pools, they still did not go over, but stood there waiting for Lin Mo and others to choose.

Lin Mo coughed lightly: "In that case, we won't be polite."

Zhu Zishun said, "It should be."

Lin Mo and his companions took the lead and entered the range of the top-grade soul washing pools and began to give priority to selecting soul washing pools.

But soon, he was in trouble.

Chu Wange, Yu Linglong, and Long A are all easy to talk to.

There are three natural spirits: gold, water and earth. You only need to choose according to these three single attributes.

As expected, they all quickly found a top-quality soul-washing pool that suited them, and the location was also close to the inside so they would not be easily disturbed.

Of course, there is no difference in the concentration of spiritual energy, whether inside or outside.

Only for Lin Mo, it is really difficult to choose among the five types of spiritual roots, and no single pool can meet all his needs at the same time.

Of course, this did not stump him.

If one pool isn’t enough, then just use a few pools!
Anyway, there is not much here, except for the pool.

He thought about it and did not go into the pool directly. Instead, he chose to sit cross-legged on a stone block nearby.

After adjusting his position slightly, Lin Mo closed his eyes and began to look inward at his own panel status:
【Cultivation】: Foundation Building Level 5
【灵根】：金（49.9%）木（39%）水（60.01%）火（59%）土（39%）

[Root Bone]: 15 (no special constitution)

【Comprehension】: 20
【Innate magical power】:
1. Divination ( bronze): Perfection

2.五行八卦神通：离火神通（2阶中段）坎水神通（2阶中段）乾天神通（2阶初段）兑泽神通（2阶初段）……

【…】

Of course, there are two extremely important data:

[Merit]: 32500
[luck value]: 365
……

Putting aside some magical powers and techniques, since we are going to cleanse our soul, the attributes of our spiritual roots are naturally the most important.

The three types of spiritual roots of fire, earth and wood are all at bottleneck period, and I don’t know if I can reach a higher level with the help of the Spirit Cleansing Pool.

Especially the two spiritual roots of civil and wood, which are still stuck at 39% progress, and even the magical powers have not been unlocked.

After thinking about it, he decided to start refining the gold spiritual roots, which had already broken through in terms of purity but had not yet reached the next limit. The key point was to use this to test the true effect of the top-grade spiritual cleansing pool.

So, Lin Mo found a top-grade gold-type soul-washing pool near Chu Wange.

The pool had a lightly frosty colour and was about the size of an indoor swimming pool.

At least it can be provided to dozens of people for use together, but now it is provided to Lin Mo alone.

As he approached, a cold breath blew towards him. He hung the talisman around his waist, and the isolation formation instantly opened up near the soul washing pool.

Then, he tentatively placed his feet into the soul-washing pool.

Fortunately, it’s cool, but not too cold.

Without much hesitation, he sat in the middle of the pool. After hanging up the talisman, he began to sit cross-legged, practicing the Five Spirits Immortal Technique and entering a meditative state.

Then, a stream of icy energy slowly flowed into his body from the pool water.

The system prompt came: [Ding! Refining...]

About an hour later——

The system prompt came again:

[Ding! The gold element spiritual root has been slightly improved, purity ratio: 49.9%→50.1%]

[Ding! Comprehension has been slightly improved, Comprehension value: 20→21]

Lin Mo's mind was slightly shaken when he saw the prompt. His comprehension...has improved!

　I stayed up all night last night to finish the chapter, and I posted it this morning. As a result, I am not in a good state today (middle-aged men have a lot of physical strength, those who understand will understand...)
　　No more today. Have a good sleep and I’ll try to make it up to you all tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)