Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Old Chen lives in a small courtyard on the west side of Xiancheng.

The courtyard was small, with a few bamboo stalks planted there, their leaves rustling in the sea breeze.

Lin Zhao sat down and told him about his trip.

He didn't specify where he was going, only that he wanted to find some spiritual materials for refining weapons, which would take anywhere from a few months to a year.

After listening to him, Old Chen had some doubts, but he didn't ask any further questions.

The Immortal City doesn't have much control over its guest elders, so it's only natural for cultivators to travel and seek opportunities.

Feiyan Daoist had been in the Immortal City for three years before venturing out for the first time, which was considered quite long among the guest elders.

Some of the guest elders travel several times a year, spending most of their time away from the Immortal City.

A Core Formation True Person is not a Qi Refining Foundation Establishment cultivator; they cannot remain bound to the Immortal City indefinitely.

Old Chen simply said, "Be careful on the road."

Lin Zhao nodded in agreement and turned to return to the weapon-refining peak.

He lived in Moonflower Immortal City for three years, but didn't have much stuff.

Most importantly, there are several magical treasures, of course, the Azure Lotus Sword and the Divine Soul Sword Tower.

After the main body broke through to the mid-stage of Core Formation, both of these magic treasures advanced to the third-tier high-grade magic treasures.

The other magical artifacts have also successfully advanced in recent years.

He used a blood refining technique from the Xuan Yin Secret Arts to re-refine the Xuan Yin Ghost Hand and the Ling Yuan Palace with the remaining third-tier demon beast materials from over the years.

Blood Refining Technique is a method of tempering the body, refining elixirs, and forging weapons using the blood and bones of countless living beings.

The purer the blood and bones, the stronger the demonic power; it is an out-and-out demonic method.

The Xuan Yin Ghost Hand is alright; it's a demonic artifact to begin with, and its power increases greatly after refining the corpses of demonic beasts, though it looks even more ferocious.

The Lingyuan Hall has undergone significant changes.

This magical artifact was originally a legitimate magical artifact, but Lin Zhao poured all the remaining demonic beast materials into it.

The Lingyuan Hall changed from bluish-gray to blood red, and the patterns on the hall were no longer elegant, but instead twisted into blood-red patterns.

The palace walls turned the color of bone, inlaid with fist-sized blood-red pupils that would shoot out dark red blood light when they opened.

The once magnificent Lingyuan Palace has been completely transformed into a demonic artifact.

Lin Zhao had no choice; all he had were materials from demonic beasts, and that was the only way he could upgrade his magic weapon.

A third-tier superior palace magic treasure.

Blood Essence Bone Demon Palace.

After successfully advancing, its defense is no worse than a top-tier third-tier magic weapon.

Furthermore, it has added several more attack methods.

However, the problem remains: once this magical artifact became a demonic artifact, it could no longer be used for cultivation, and the spiritual pool within the hall had been completely polluted.

The foundation of the magic weapon has been skewed, and there is almost no possibility of it advancing to a fourth-tier magic weapon in the future.

But Lin Zhao didn't care, since he didn't rely on the Lingyuan Palace for cultivation anyway.

With the Blood Essence Bone Fiend Palace protecting him, almost no one in the Core Formation stage could harm Qinglian's clone.

As for his inability to advance to the fourth rank—once he breaks through to the peak of the Core Formation stage, he will probably be able to use that fourth-rank high-grade palace magic treasure of the Luo Tian Palace. At that time, the Blood Yuan Bone Fiend Palace will naturally take a backseat.

This magic weapon is just a transitional item; it's enough for now.

The remaining few magical treasures,

Flying Swallow Sword Seal, Jade Ring, Shifting Green Boots, Beast-Patterned Spirit Boat.

Lin Zhao laid out the magical treasures on the stone table and inspected them one by one.

Their ranks are not high, and apart from concealing their identities and traveling daily, they are no longer of much help to his current combat.

It's only a matter of time before these magical weapons become obsolete.

He didn't intend to discard the only remaining magical artifact.

Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool.

Lin Zhao held the Thunder Pool in her palm.

This pool of black jade is only the size of a palm, completely black, and its edges are engraved with purple runes.

Judging from his current cultivation level, this magical artifact should be obsolete.

But Lin Zhao did not want to give up this magic weapon.

Not to mention that the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool was the first third-tier magic weapon he obtained.

The Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool can absorb the power of lightning to temper the body and condense spiritual liquid to restore mana. These two effects are irreplaceable by other magic treasures.

Whether one reaches the Nascent Soul stage or the Deity Transformation stage in the future, the tribulation of lightning will be an insurmountable hurdle.

He possesses a magical artifact specifically designed to absorb lightning, which will be a major trump card when he faces heavenly tribulations in the future.

Over the years, he has collected a lot of materials, but there are too few suitable lightning-attribute spiritual materials. He has only been able to upgrade the Nine Luminaries Thunder Pool from the third-tier low-grade to the middle-grade.

He's unwilling to use ordinary materials for further upgrades, as it's easy to upgrade with ordinary materials, but it will be difficult to upgrade to a fourth-tier magic weapon later.

He had already planned that no matter how many resources he had to invest in the future, he would cultivate it into a fourth-tier magic weapon.

Let's leave it at that for now, and we'll upgrade it later when we find suitable materials.

Lin Zhao put away all his magical treasures, stood up, and glanced around the cave.

Although I lived there for three years, there's nothing to miss.

Before leaving, he went to the direction of the Earth Fire Furnace on the Refining Peak.

He made simple arrangements for his disciples and several Foundation Establishment weapon refiners.

Before leaving, he met the girl named Xiaoqin again.

When she saw Lin Zhao, she respectfully greeted him, "Elder."

Lin Zhao glanced at her.

Over the past few years at the Weapon Refining Peak, this little girl has been following him around, running errands for him, though her main goal is to learn his skills.

But he felt a certain affinity for this girl.

He took out a jade slip from his storage bag and tossed it over.

"The crafting methods for seven Tier 1 magic artifacts are enough for you until you reach Foundation Establishment."

The little girl caught the jade slip, paused for a moment, and then her eyes reddened.

Lin Zhao turned and left without waiting for her to speak.

Lin Zhao left Moonflower Immortal City and transformed into a streak of azure light, flying southeast.

Moonlit Immortal City was a place he stayed briefly, and he didn't know if he would ever return.

Six months later.

Lin Zhao has already moved far away from the vicinity of the Wanfa Alliance's defensive line.

The inner sea of ​​the Endless Demon Sea is naturally not just the hundreds of thousands of people around the Myriad Laws Alliance; beyond the defensive line lies a vast sea area, frighteningly expansive.

The hundreds of thousands of miles of sea surrounding the Alliance of Ten Thousand Laws is considered the most suitable place to live in the inland sea.

With abundant spiritual energy and relatively dense islands, it is suitable for building cities, planting, and cultivating.

But beyond that, there are vast expanses of sea.

There are no large islands there, and the spiritual energy is thin, making it unsuitable for large-scale human habitation.

But other races can.

The alien race has a small population and doesn't need many islands; a small area of ​​sea is enough to support a tribe.

Moreover, many of these alien races live underwater, so conditions on the surface are not relevant to them.

But they couldn't stop the beast tide. The monsters surging from the Black Sea were too numerous and too powerful, so the alien races could only move towards the Alliance of Ten Thousand Laws.

The alien races that can establish themselves outside the defensive line are either too weak to be of any concern to the demon beasts, or they are powerful races with Nascent Soul cultivators in charge.

However, when it comes to strength, in the entire Endless Demon Sea, only the Myriad Laws Alliance can directly confront the demonic beasts from the Black Sea.

Other races could only migrate in the face of the beast tide.

With the Wanfa Alliance's defenses in front of them, these alien races can live in peace.

It would be very difficult for an ordinary cultivator to leave the defensive line this far.

The power of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators is simply insufficient to sustain long-distance flight; encountering demonic beasts along the way would mean certain death.