Lin Fei attempted to break through to the second stage of the Twelve Meridian Nirvana Divine Finger, but his foot taiyin spleen meridian remained unresponsive. This indicated that even with his body transformed and his strength enhanced by the mysterious spiritual energy provided by the enigmatic woman Qingqing, he still could not master the second stage of the technique. It was clear that the difficulty of this cultivation art far exceeded his initial estimations, which explained why the Bald Man had been so shocked to learn that Lin Fei had actually managed to master such a formidable skill.
Giving up on further practice, Lin Fei rose and walked toward the corpse of the Bald Man. He figured that if the man's junior fellow apprentice had possessed treasures, this one surely would as well. Besides, Lin Fei needed to dispose of the body; although they were deep in the wilderness where human footprints were rare, it was better to be thorough.
As expected, Lin Fei found a spatial ring on the Bald Man. Its internal capacity was larger than Sun Jian’s, spanning at least the size of a bus. However, Lin Fei found no rare artifacts inside. There was a significant amount of cash—at a glance, one or two million—and a rhomboid-shaped jade plaque. The plaque bore no characters, only a strange relief pattern resembling a sunflower. The jade quality was excellent, and Lin Fei could sense a dense, yellowish-green spiritual energy emanating from it, though he remained ignorant of its actua…
Chapter 173