Now that the back door function was in place, Lin Wu felt that he could take a few more liberties.

Now that his spirit qi fluctuations were hidden, he would actually be able to pretend to be an 'Immortal weapon' better. He had a few ideas in his mind on how to do it too, all he had to do was to wait for Shirong to test it out himself.

'Hmm, do I prod him on a bit?' Lin Wu wondered as he lay in Shirong's hands.

Shirong was staring at him intently, trying to find the changes that had happened. But even after an hour of non-stop checking, he couldn't really come to a conclusion. The only thing was that, deep down in his mind he could feel as if the connection between him and the spear had deepened.

~Sigh~

"I should recover first, then I'll test the rest of the things out…" Shirong muttered to himself in a helpless tone.

He then stored the spear back into the spatial storage ring. Shirong sat back down and ate a few healing pills before starting to recover from the new injuries that had been inflicted due to Lin Wu's creating the new back door function. He spent the rest of the day doing this and by midnight was finally recovered.

But even now his spirit qi stores were at merely half. He needed to recover them too if he wanted to be at his optimum condition.

"Hehe, nows the time… System, turn on the spirit qi steal property." Lin Wu ordered.

~Ding~

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INITIATING: Spirit qi steal property

ACTIVATION SUCCESSFUL: Spirit qi steal property on line

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~Phew~

Seeing it activate, Lin Wu took a breath of relief.

"Now to see if it works as intended…" Lin Wu muttered.

The system had told Lin Wu that it may need to make a few adjustments along the way as the property was activated. It was not a 100% stable thing and could have some problems. But Lin Wu could care less and let Shirong take all of the weight of the risks.

In the real world, Shirong started creating the seals according to the Sky Shaker Immortal Art, and spirit qi started swirling around him. Lin Wu watched on with bated breath and kept an eye on his spirit qi storage.

~Ding~

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QI STORAGE: 2 units [liquid spirit qi]

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The system had used some of the energy in the creation of the new back door function and thus Lin Wu was low on spirit qi. A few minutes later, it finally started.

QI STORAGE: 2 units [liquid spirit qi]

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QI STORAGE: 3 units [liquid spirit qi]

"YES!" Lin Wu shouted in joy.

The Spirit qi Stael function was finally working, albeit slowly. Lin Wu looked on, and tried to get an estimate of the rate at which he was getting the spirit qi from Shirong. He realized that the rate was not exactly the same, and there were quite a few fluctuations in it.

"Well, can't complain about free stuff…" Lin Wu said.

He kept on looking as the spirit qi storage slowly started to rise.

3 units

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4 units

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5 units

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30 Units

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96 units

Finally, twenty hours later Lin Wu had obtained about 96 units of liquid spirit qi from Shirong. While it could not compare to the previous gains, it was still quite a bit and he did not mind it.

"Hmm, this will be good for a passive gain…" Lin Wu reckoned.

~Huu~

Shirong finally opened his eyes and let out a breath. His complexion had improved greatly and the spirit qi in his body was also thrumming rhythmically. He felt a bit better than he originally was before the injuries, but could not find a reason for that.

"Is this the effect of the spear too?" Shirong wondered.

"Yeah, yeah, it's me. Now go on, I'm getting bored here." Lin Wu said upon hearing his words.

"Perhaps, it is time to test out the spear." Shirong decided.

Lin Wu nodded in approval and watched as Shirong went to the exit of the courtyard. But just as he left it, he was blocked by tens of people.

"YOUNG MASTER SHIRONG!" One of the persons shouted.

"The Young master has recovered!" Another shouted.

"Quickly inform the clan heads!" Someone else added.

In his excitement to test out the green crystal spear, Shirong had completely forgotten about checking his surroundings with his spirit sense. Usually, he would never make a mistake like this and was always cautious. But he had missed all the formations and protections that had been placed on the courtyard he was staying at.

'How did I make a novice mistake like this?' Shirong thought, feeling a bit stupid.

It wasn't exactly Shirong's fault though. He had been through quite a lot of misfortunes lately and with the influence of a little certain someone, he couldn't help but let this occur.

"Looks like the back door function had a few side effects… System analyze this and make appropriate improvements." Lin Wu spoke.

~Ding~

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NOTED!

RECONFIGURING: Masking property.

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Wanting to immediately rectify his mistake, Shirong spread his spirit sense around, scanning everything in its range.

The guards and servants that had been assigned to the courtyard all shuddered as they felt the strong spirit sense pass through their bodies. They all fell silent and did not speak a word, simply letting young master Shirong finish what he was doing.

Finally, Shirong knew of the situation that he was in.

'Looks like they set up additional security around the courtyard.' Shirong realized.

He looked on at the guards, and servants who were all tensed.

"Ah, I believe the clan heads will be expecting me now?" Shirong said with a gentle smile.

"Ye-yes… Young master Shirong." A guard answered.

"We were instructed to tell clan head Lu the moment you recovered. We had been waiting for the past four days." A servant explained.

Shirong nodded at this and found it to be reasonable.

"Well then, shall we proceed…" Shirong stated.