Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Yan Chiheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed.

"Okay," he said. "Then go back and prepare."

The two transformed into a ray of light and disappeared into the horizon.

At the same time, just after Lin Zhao left the market to intercept and kill Princess Blood Phoenix, two people arrived at the Cangyun Mountain base.

Lin Zhao's close friends from his sect are Xu Chuan and Fang Yue.

Lin Zhao was preparing to face a Core Formation cultivator. Although he was somewhat confident, he was still a little worried.

He deliberated for a long time before finally sending messages to the two of them.

They traveled hundreds of thousands of miles from their sect to the Zixuan Dynasty and to the Cangyun Mountain base.

These four are all true prodigies of their respective sects, far more valuable than those so-called core cultivators who died in the capital.

Fang Yue is a spatial attribute spirit body specially cultivated by the sect. Spatial power is a power that can only be comprehended by those at the Nascent Soul stage or the peak of the Core Formation stage.

My master is a True Immortal of the Void Realm, at the peak of the Core Formation stage. He possesses dual attributes in swordsmanship and spatial manipulation, making him a truly ruthless individual. Even with the addition of Core Formation disciples under his Nascent Soul level, his combat strength is still firmly among the top ten in the sect, out of the thousands of Core Formation disciples in the sect.

Lin Zhao, whose master is True Immortal Qianqiu, is in the late stage of Core Formation and serves as the deputy head of the Enforcement Hall. His combat strength is comparable to that of a peak Core Formation cultivator.

Yan Chiheng's master, Gu Feng Zhenren, was at the mid-stage of Core Formation, but he was also a True Person of the Thunder Path, and his combat power was comparable to that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Xu Chuan's master was just an ordinary Core Formation cultivator and couldn't offer much help; his background seemed to be the "lowest."

However, the Xu family has a total of four Core Formation True Persons in the sect, the strongest of whom is at the late Core Formation stage. Three of the four Core Formation True Persons are his direct elders, living up to the name of a wealthy family.

If needed, the four of them could truly bring over a Core Formation expert; their Core Formation techniques are naturally far superior to those of ordinary Core Formation experts.

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When Lin Zhao returned to the market, Xu Chuan and Fang Yue had already been waiting at the garrison headquarters for several days.

Upon seeing Lin Zhao return, Xu Chuan, who was squatting outside the garrison, brightened up and stood up abruptly.

"You're back?" He circled Lin Zhao twice, looking her up and down. "How was your harvest?"

Fang Yue didn't speak, but his eyes were asking the same question.

Before Lin Zhao could answer, Xu Chuan patted him on the shoulder, smiling meaningfully: "How about it, Lin Zhao?"

"I said before—if you want a third-tier spiritual item, you'll eventually have to face a Core Formation cultivator. And now look what's happened!"

Lin Zhao gave him a disgruntled look.

But he was indeed somewhat moved.

This guy has a sharp tongue, but he arrived shortly after that message was sent.

Facing a Core Formation cultivator with only Foundation Establishment cultivation is quite risky, but they still came without hesitation.

Lin Zhao didn't say anything sentimental, but simply patted Xu Chuan's arm and nodded to Fang Yue.

Some things are better left unsaid.

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Everyone entered the naval base together.

Lin Zhao suffered considerable losses in this battle.

Forty percent of the lightning liquid in the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool was gone, the spiritual power in his dantian was depleted, and even his sea of ​​consciousness was aching slightly.

He needs some time to recover.

At the same time, he also took out the silver-white storage ring.

Princess Blood Phoenix's storage ring, after all, was a Core Formation level item, with extremely complex restrictions, but Lin Zhao possessed a Law Domain.

A quarter of an hour.

Barrier bypass.

The moment Lin Zhao's divine sense probed in, his eyebrows twitched slightly.

There are so many resources inside.

The spirit stones were piled up like a small mountain, with more than thirty high-grade spirit stones alone.

Various pills, materials, and magical artifacts were neatly arranged, some of which he had only seen in the sect's records.

Lin Zhao made a rough estimate.

With the addition of third-tier magic treasures, the value of these items is almost comparable to the wealth of an ordinary Core Formation cultivator.

Princess Blood Phoenix was indeed one of the key Core Formation candidates being cultivated by the Purple Profound Dynasty.

These resources, besides those she seized herself, were also given to her by the Zheng family patriarch.

Lin Zhao continued searching.

He paused for a moment.

A jade box, about the size of a palm, lay quietly in the corner.

The box is engraved with intricate sealing runes.

turn on.

A violent aura of thunder rushed towards us!

Inside the box, a fist-sized ball of purple jade floated, its light dazzling and crackling with electricity.

Deep within the lightning, some runes could be faintly seen slowly rotating.

A third-tier lightning-type spiritual item, "Purple-Patterned Lightning Jade".

Lin Zhao glanced at Yan Chiheng beside her, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

"Lucky guy."

He tossed the jade box over.

Yan Chiheng caught it instinctively, looked down, and was stunned.

"This...is for me?"

"You've been a great help these past few years," Lin Zhao said. "You helped restore the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool, and you also put in a lot of effort this time. Here you go."

Lin Zhao obtained the third-tier magic weapon, the Blood Phoenix Bow, as well as countless resources from the ring. The value of these items he acquired was no less than that of several third-tier spiritual objects.

A third-tier lightning-type spiritual object wouldn't be of much use to Lin Zhao, but Yan Chiheng, being of the lightning attribute, would be perfect for him.

Yan Chiheng opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

He put away the jade box and looked at Lin Zhao.

"Thanks."

Two words, spoken very softly.

But Lin Zhao could tell that there was a lot of weight behind those two words.

Xu Chuan clapped his hands from the side: "Hey, Lao Yan, you've struck it rich! A third-tier spiritual item! Don't forget us when you reach Core Formation!"

Fang Yue also smiled, which was rare for him, and nodded.

Yan Chiheng ignored Xu Chuan's teasing, carefully put the jade box away, and looked at Lin Zhao: "What are the next steps?"

"You entertain them," Lin Zhao said. "I need to prepare for the next battle."

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For the next three days, Lin Zhao locked himself in the cultivation room.

He first took out several high-grade spirit stones and placed them in front of him.

The spiritual power of high-grade spirit stones is rich and pure, far exceeding that of mid-grade stones by a hundred times, and their recovery speed is incredibly fast. He had prepared about ten of them for this battle.

He circulated his cultivation technique, and the spiritual energy flowed into his body like rivers flowing into the sea, quickly replenishing his parched meridians.

At the same time, he used a large number of low-grade spirit stones from the market's inventory.

The spirit stones were piled around the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool. The runes in the Thunder Pool lit up and began to draw spiritual power from the spirit stones, converting it into spiritual liquid for storage.

This is the beauty of auxiliary magic items.

Normally, a Tier 3 magic weapon requires high-grade spirit stones to replenish quickly.

However, the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool was originally a Spirit Gathering Pool, which could be restored by converting a large number of low-grade spirit stones.

Although it is less efficient, it has the advantage of a large quantity.

Cangyun Mountain Market may not have much else, but it has plenty of low-grade spirit stones.

Three days later, Lin Zhao opened her eyes.

With abundant spiritual energy within his body, the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool was restored to its original state.

He raised his hand, and twenty-seven fine black needles, as thin as hair, appeared in his palm.

Breaking the Law with the Needle of Darkness.

Normally, it would take at least several months for the twenty-seven Dharma-Breaking Needles to condense.

This time, he used high-grade spirit stones to quickly restore his spiritual power, and it only took him a few days to re-condense it. It can only be said that it felt like a high-grade spirit stone, which is really good.

A slight smile appeared on Lin Zhao's lips.

We passed through customs.