Urban Divine Doctor Descends the Mountain

Chapter 668: Chapter 668: Double Support, Double Success

By this time, Lin Dong had already returned to Qing Shan observatory.

He came back at half past seven.

He kept the promise he made before setting out, to return by eight o’clock to have the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The New Year’s Eve dinner was ready. Bai Jue had prepared six dishes, Qiao Bing three, and Tang Mu two, bringing the total to eleven dishes, a full table.

After Lin Dong came back, everyone was overjoyed.

Tang Mu then ran over and asked, ”Lin Dong, did you win?”

Lin Dong nodded, ”I killed the Corpse King.”

”What about my parents?” Tang Mu asked nervously.

Lin Dong sighed and said, ”The Corpse King said that your parents were killed by him long ago.”

”What...” Tang Mu’s face turned pale, and she staggered backward, nearly fainting.

Qiao Bing quickly supported her.

Lin Dong sighed, unsure how to comfort her.

Tang Mu’s face was extremely pale; anyone who received news of their parents’ death on New Year’s Eve would react the same way.

During the New Year’s Eve dinner, because of Tang Mu, naturally, everyone was not very happy.

Seeing this, Tang Mu gave a bitter smile and said, ”Lin Dong, I’m sorry. My situation has affected everyone’s Lunar New Year mood.”

Everyone shook their heads, as this kind of thing was understandable to all.

After the New Year’s Eve dinner, Tang Mu went back to her room early.

And the two women, Bai Jue and Qiao Bing, went to her room to comfort her.

At this time, Lin Dong’s Master, Daoist Master Qing Shan, called Lin Dong to one side and asked:

”Disciple, I have a question for you. You must answer truthfully.”

Lin Dong nodded, ”Master, please ask.”

”I want to know if you have cultivated the Devouring Technique,” Daoist Qing Shan asked with a serious expression.

Lin Dong didn’t hide anything from his Master and nodded, ”Yes.”

Upon hearing Lin Dong’s reply, Daoist Qing Shan had an epiphany, ”No wonder, no wonder you had only condensed two Golden Pills before you left in the daytime. When you came back, you had three Golden Pills.”

”It seems you used the Devouring Technique to devour the Ghost King and the Corpse King,” he speculated.

Lin Dong hadn’t expected that his Master, Daoist Qing Shan, could not only see through the change in the number of his Golden Pills but also deduce what had happened from this change.

Daoist Qing Shan continued, ”Disciple, the Devouring Technique is an extremely domineering cultivation method. If you rely on it too much, you could very well be backfired upon. Even controlled by it, leading you to deviate into evil territory and become a demon who only knows killing.”

Lin Dong was startled; he realized that recently his killing intent was indeed stronger than before.

When encountering injustice, he had the impulse to solve it by killing.

Like when he killed Shou Hou!

Could it be the influence of the Devouring Technique?

Daoist Qing Shan cautioned, ”The Devouring Technique is not forbidden to cultivate, but you must exercise restraint!”

”Always remember that it is a cultivation method and should be controlled by you, not the other way around.”

”Moreover, you have the Nine Shift Longevity secret. You can use it to suppress the Devouring Technique.”

Lin Dong hurriedly asked, ”Master, how should I use the Nine Shift Longevity secret to suppress it? I feel my killing intent has been very strong recently.”

”Cultivate both techniques simultaneously! After you condense one Golden Pill using the Devouring Technique, use the Nine Shift Longevity secret for the condensation of the next one!”

”In this way, you can suppress your killing intent and not be controlled by it.”

Daoist Qing Shan gave Lin Dong specific advice.

Lin Dong understood, ”Master, I get it.”

It’s like balancing yin and yang within the body, not just relying on ’yin’ medicine to enhance the body but also needing to take corresponding ’yang’ medicine.

Only in this way can one grow healthily!

The same applies to the improvement of one’s cultivation level, not just relying on the Devouring Technique but needing to develop through both the Nine Shift Longevity secret and the Devouring Technique.

That way, one won’t be controlled by the Devouring Technique and deviate into evil territory.

It appears that for his next Golden Pill enhancement, Lin Dong can no longer rely on absorbing the Inner Qi of other martial artists.

Instead, he needs to absorb Heavenly and Earthly treasures using the Nine Shift Longevity secret.

Seeing Lin Dong understood all this, Daoist Qing Shan nodded and said, ”Keep in mind what I’ve just told you, otherwise if you deviate into evil territory, even I can’t save you!”

After saying that, he went off to play chess with Elder Qiao.

As for Lin Dong, he looked toward Tang Mu’s room at the moment.

He saw that the two women, Qiao Bing and Bai Jue, were still in her room comforting Tang Mu.

He then went back to his own room alone.

There was a TV in the room, so he turned it on for a while.

He found that almost all the channels were broadcasting the Spring Festival gala.

He watched for a while but found it uninteresting, so he turned off the TV.

Lin Dong then logged onto the Martial Arts Dark Web.

He wanted to see what everyone thought about tonight’s New Year’s Eve’s battle.

And to check whether his Devouring Technique had been exposed.

Soon, he logged onto the Martial Arts Dark Web.

He discovered that the homepage of the Martial Arts Dark Web actually had a special program for New Year’s Eve.

And that special program was the video of his battle with the Ghost King and Corpse King.

Lin Dong saw that there were countless comments below.

”This battle is so thrilling!”

”What a pity there’s no ending. How exactly did Master Lin turn the Ghost King to ashes? And how did he make it so that not a trace of the Corpse King was left in the human realm?”

”Even though there’s no ending, isn’t this much more exciting than the Spring Festival gala?”

”Don’t insult Master Lin, upstairs. How could the Spring Festival gala compare to Master Lin’s grand battle!”

”...”

Lin Dong couldn’t help but laugh and cry at these comments.

But even he himself thought that tonight’s New Year’s Eve battle was indeed more exciting than the Spring Festival gala.

Lin Dong continued scrolling through the comments, finding that no one had detected his Devouring Technique.

It made sense thinking about it—the last part of the battle had been handled by him. Nobody saw how he killed the Ghost King and Corpse King.

Moreover, they were not like his Master Daoist Qing Shan who knew his cultivation level has risen from Second Stage Grandmaster’s strength to Third Stage Grandmaster.

Thus, they couldn’t deduce he practiced the Devouring Technique like Daoist Qing Shan did.

With this in mind, Lin Dong finally put his mind at ease.

However, for the next few days, Lin Dong still shouldn’t show off too much. He shouldn’t display his Third Stage Grandmaster’s strength.

Otherwise, it might lead to speculation by some hidden powerhouses.