The situation in Sarikel is just stable, so the three brothers cannot leave at the same time.
After much thought, Lin Beiya wrote a letter and gave it to Ming Xin.
He asked him to go to Sunset Town, which is closer to this place, to find Dugu Bo.
He asked Dugu Bo to help Ming Xin hunt for a spirit ring.
In fact, with Ming Xin's current strength, he could obtain a suitable spirit ring himself, but the process of absorbing a spirit ring is still too dangerous if one is alone.
Lin Beiya also didn't want his younger brother to take risks, so he decided to use Dugu Bo's favor to help.
Handing the letter to Ming Xin, Lin Beiya instructed:
"Go to Sunset Forest and find Senior Dugu Bo, then give him the letter. He will help you hunt for a spirit ring."
"If you encounter danger on the way, you can hide in Yomi Hirasaka."
Taking the letter, Ming Xin nodded solemnly. He knew that now was a critical period for Sarikel's development.
And his continuously improving cultivation could provide greater help to his elder brother's grand vision.
Now, with his quasi-Spirit Ancestor cultivation, he could simultaneously summon nearly twenty combat-ready Soul Armored Warriors.
These warriors, all with Elementary Spirit Grandmaster combat power, were all sent to the mining area to protect the safety of the mining personnel.
He believed that once he broke through to Spirit Ancestor, the strength and number of these Soul Warriors would both advance to the next level.
"Don't worry, Big Brother, I'll be back quickly."
With Ming Xin's departure, Sarikel's defensive strength was missing a corner.
In the past, Ming Xin was responsible for mining area security, Shi Nuo for trade route safety, and Lin Beiya continued to sweep up criminal elements within the Province.
Now that Ming Xin had left, Shi Nuo could only take over the protection of the mining area, while Lin Beiya was responsible for trade route safety.
The task of encircling and suppressing Evil Soul Masters could only be temporarily put aside, and it was unknown whether those criminal elements, who had been suppressed and dared not show their heads, would become restless again.
Moreover, such a situation might continue for some time.
Within half a year, Shi Nuo and Lin Beiya both raised their cultivation to Rank 59. Soon, Shi Nuo might also need to hunt for a spirit ring.
As for Lin Beiya, he was not in such a hurry, because in his impression, the reward of the Divine Examination came with a god-bestowed spirit ring.
He wanted to try to obtain a hundred thousand year spirit ring for his sixth spirit ring. If he were to hunt for a spirit, he couldn't find any Spirit Beast that matched Virgo, so he could only place his hopes on a god-bestowed spirit ring.
He just didn't know if Athena's reward would follow this path.
But considering that Poseidon's remnant Soul could create a god-bestowed spirit ring after coming to this World, Athena, being of the same Rank, couldn't possibly fail to do so.
After Ming Xin left, the household registration official promoted by Lin Beiya also compiled the new population count of the entire Sarikel City.
It wasn't much, with a total population of just over thirty-one thousand, but compared to before Lin Beiya's arrival, the permanent population had increased by nearly fifty percent, which was already a very considerable number.
When various shops move in, the population will experience a surge. There is still nearly a year and a half until the assessment deadline, so Lin Beiya is not in a hurry... There are many Evil Soul Master groups near Sarikel. The reason they didn't choose to occupy the main city is twofold.
Firstly, they feared that such a large target would attract the full encirclement and suppression of the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
Secondly, because there wasn't much profit in Sarikel City, choosing to keep the main city allowed them to rob the continuous flow of relief supplies.
But with Lin Beiya's arrival, all of this became a thing of the past.
In just under four months, the number of Evil Soul Masters in Saliker Province directly decreased by more than seventy percent.
The remaining Evil Soul Master groups were also in constant fear, afraid that Lin Beiya would come for them next.
In a dense forest in the northeast, several men in black robes gathered in a cave.
"Boss, this won't do. If Sarikel City continues to develop, they will eventually make a move against us."
"That's right, Boss. How about we take a gamble and go to Slaughter City?"
The hawk-nosed man sitting in the center had a gloomy expression, clearly disagreeing with his subordinates' decision.
His former boss was a Spirit Saint-Rank Evil Soul Master. At that time, fearing the reputation of Slaughter City, he chose to leave the team at the last moment before entering.
And facts proved that his choice was not wrong; that Spirit Saint-Rank Evil Soul Master never made it out of Slaughter City.
Although he now also had strength close to a Spirit Saint, he wouldn't consider himself stronger than his former Big Brother. He definitely didn't want to go to Slaughter City to die.
"Don't mention Slaughter City again. That's not a place we can survive."
"You all search along the outskirts of Sarikel for other Evil Soul Masters still here, tell them to gather here, and we'll take down those ignorant youngsters together."
"Making this place an Evil Soul Master's paradise again, that's the effective method."
Upon hearing this, the subordinates immediately agreed and then began to act.
A crisis targeting Lin Beiya's three brothers was quietly brewing... Ten days later, Ming Xin, who had gone to Sunset Forest for Soul Hunting, returned.
"Big Brother Beiya, Big Brother Shi Nuo, I'm back."
Ming Xin's expression was very excited, clearly having obtained a spirit ring that met his expectations.
Shi Nuo, seeing this, was also very curious and cooperatively asked:
"You boy, did you get the ideal spirit ring?"
"That's right, I obtained a Spirit Ability called'Spirit Power Burst' from a ten-thousand-year Black Devil. It can make my Soul power surge by one hundred percent in a short period."
"But the side effect is that I will fall into a period of weakness."
Black Devils are Spirit Beasts that resemble mandrills, capable of emitting howls that directly strike the Soul, and can also burst out astonishing Soul power to attack enemies for a short time.
After thinking about the adaptability of the Spirit Ability, Lin Beiya nodded with certainty.
"It's indeed good. Combined with your third Spirit Ability, it should be able to unleash terrifying power."
"That's right. Not only the Flame General and Lightning General, but those Soul Warriors can also double their combat power in a short period after I release my fourth Spirit Ability."
Shi Nuo, on the side, secretly clicked his tongue. One must know that the current Soul Armored Warriors already possessed Spirit Grandmaster-Rank combat power. If combined with this Spirit Power Burst, they might temporarily gain Spirit Elder-Rank combat power, and with the number of Armored Warriors...
Ming Xin could truly be called a one-man army.
"You boy, you've really made something of yourself. This Spirit Ability is truly strong."
Shyly scratching his head, Ming Xin recounted the journey to his two elder brothers.
Upon seeing Lin Beiya's letter, Dugu Bo immediately patted his chest, indicating that he would take care of it. It didn't take much effort to find the Black Devil on the way to Sunset Forest.
Before leaving, Dugu Bo also said that if they needed to hunt for spirits in the future, they could come to him, but not to forget about detoxifying his granddaughter.
With Ming Xin's return, Sarikel City's defenses were once again complete, and even stronger.
After absorbing the spirit ring, Ming Xin's cultivation reached Rank 43, and the number of Soul Warriors he could control also reached 30.
Not only that, but the power of the Armored Warriors also reached the strength of an Intermediate Spirit Grandmaster-Rank.
The defensive power had increased dramatically. One must know that Armored Warriors have no pain and fear no death. If they truly fought to the death, they might even be stronger than Spirit Masters of the same Rank.