Mortal: Starting by looting Han Laomo's entire herb garden

Lu Yan scanned the area with his divine sense and nodded inwardly.

The aura of this black dragon is already comparable to that of a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.

When the black dragon saw him looking it over, it let out a low growl and flicked its tail as if showing off its new look.

Lu Yan smiled, shook his storage bracelet, and twenty-six demon cores fell to the ground with a clatter.

The black dragon's eyes widened instantly. It stared intently at the pile of demon cores on the ground, making gurgling sounds in its throat, and even the tip of its tail involuntarily curled up.

Lu Yan picked out five water-attribute stones and tossed them to it.

Upon seeing this, the black dragon revealed a look of wild joy, and suddenly opened its mouth, swallowing all five demon cores in one gulp.

As the demon core entered its belly, it trembled, and a faint silver light appeared on its body, making its already thick scales seem even brighter.

The way Mo Jiao looked at Lu Yan had completely changed; it now held a hint of closeness and gratitude.

Lu Yan nodded: "Not bad, from now on you will be my Red Flower Double Sticks."

It let out a soft cry to Lu Yan, then transformed into a silver light and disappeared back into the spirit beast bracelet, falling silent.

Seeing this, the phoenix fluttered its wings and flew over, rubbing its head against his face while chirping softly and sweetly.

Lu Yan tapped its little head: "Don't worry, you'll get your share."

He picked out five fire-attribute demon cores and handed them to the Illusion Phoenix Sparrow.

The little guy's eyes lit up, and he opened his mouth and swallowed one after another.

It let out a satisfied burp, nuzzled Lu Yan's face, and then transformed into a red light and disappeared into the storage bracelet.

He then looked at the Xuan Yuan Turtle, which was lying on the ground stretching its neck and gazing longingly at the pile of demon cores.

Lu Yan smiled, picked out five yellowish-brown ones, and placed them in front of it.

The Xuan Yuan Turtle slowly opened its mouth and swallowed the pills one by one, then turned into yellow light and disappeared back into the bracelet.

There were eleven demon cores left on the ground. Lu Yan put them back into his storage bracelet and probed the spirit beast bracelet with his divine sense.

The three spirit beasts were curled up, enveloped in spiritual light, their auras fluctuating in strength, clearly indicating that they had entered a deep sleep.

Lu Yan's lips curled up; the demon cores the three of them had consumed were enough to advance them to the Core Formation stage.

Then, he took out the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman.

Having finally obtained the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, of course I have to go to various planes to stock up.

Lu Yan put on the human skin mask, reached out and touched the nameless fragment hanging around his neck, activated his spiritual power, and his figure blurred, transforming into an ordinary-looking man in black.

Activate the Six Ding Heavenly Armor Talisman, hold the Nine Mountains Soul-Suppressing Brick Talisman between your fingers, and infuse it with spiritual power.

The next moment, the world spun around.

The scene before him changed, and Lu Yan stopped and scanned the area.

This is a secret room, furnished in a simple and ancient style. There is a futon on the floor, and a person is sitting on it.

The man closed his eyes and focused his energy, his spiritual power surging as he was at a crucial moment in breaking through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

When Lu Yan saw that face clearly, he almost burst out laughing.

Wang Chan.

He knew that pretty boy who looked exactly like the one in the anime all too well.

Wang Chan seemed to sense someone intruding, and suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils contracting sharply.

"you!"

Before he could finish speaking, a brick came crashing down on his face.

Nine Mountains Soul-Suppressing Brick.

Lu Yan smashed through his protective aura with a brick, which then struck him on the forehead with undiminished momentum.

Wang Chan's eyes rolled back, and she fainted instantly. The surging spiritual energy around her dissipated in an instant, clearly indicating that her breakthrough had been interrupted and she had suffered serious internal injuries.

Lu Yan squatted down, looked at his heaving chest, and nodded in satisfaction.

Fortunately, he managed to stop in the end; otherwise, if he had killed someone, it would have been like killing the goose that lays the golden eggs.

He pried open Wang Chan's mouth, stuffed in a handful of Forget-Dust Pills, and then ransacked his storage bag, magical artifacts, and pills.

Halfway through the search, his hand touched a piece of warm, smooth jade.

The jade stone was about the size of a palm, entirely emerald green, and faintly radiated a spiritual light. Holding it in one's palm brought a cool sensation that went straight to the dantian.

Lu Yan's heart skipped a beat: the Jade of the Spirit Eye!

How could Wang Chan, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, possess such a treasure?

Lu Yan thought for a moment and realized that it was probably borrowed from an elder for cultivation, the kind that had to be returned after use.

He decisively pocketed the Jade of the Spirit Eye and said, "Give it to me!"

Wang Chan lay there, pale-faced and with her brows furrowed, as if she were having a nightmare.

Lu Yan stood up, not caring whether he could hear him or not, and said to himself, "Chan'er, I hope you will be even wealthier next time we meet."

Having said that, he vanished with a thought.

The second stop.

The moment Lu Yan landed, he saw a beautiful face doing her hair in front of a bronze mirror.

Lian Feihua seemed to sense something, and suddenly turned around, a look of horror flashing in her eyes.

A brick came flying towards me.

boom!

Lian Feihua softly collapsed in front of the dressing table.

Lu Yan easily searched her clothes and pulled out a bead from her bosom.

A Spirit Eye Pearl! Another Spirit Eye item! I've really struck it rich today.

Lian Feihua, being a Foundation Establishment cultivator, naturally wouldn't have such a thing; she probably borrowed it from her elders in the sect for cultivation.

Lu Yan carefully put away the Spirit Eye Pearl and the storage bag, stuffed in a handful of Forget-Dust Pills as usual, and then disappeared.

The third stop.

Lu Yan had just steadied himself when he heard a roar.

"It's you!"

Du Dong jumped up from the prayer mat, his eyes blazing with fury as he stared intently at the black-clad man who had appeared out of nowhere.

Although the appearance is different from last time, the way it was performed is exactly the same.

Moreover, Du Dong could tell at a glance that the other party had also cultivated the Illusion Technique.

As the young master of the Thousand Illusions Sect, his research on the Great Luo Thousand Illusions Technique is unmatched by Lu Yan.

The illusion technique couldn't deceive his eyes at all; he saw Lu Yan's face immediately—the human skin mask on his face.

"So this is what you look like!"

Lu Yan gave an awkward yet polite smile, patted the spirit beast pouch, and three streams of light flew out.

"You son of a bitch!"

Before Du Dong could finish speaking, he was knocked unconscious by Lu Yan and his three spirit beasts.

Lu Yan looked down at Du Dong and asked curiously, "I remember feeding him the Forget-Dust Pill last time, how does he still remember me? Does he have some kind of secret technique? Oh well, I'll feed him a little more this time."

Subsequently, Du Dong was forced to drink three large bottles of liquor.

After searching his storage bag, they found that he was much poorer than last time, with only tens of thousands of spirit stones.

He shook his head, wrote the words "poor bastard" on Du Dong's clothes, and then vanished into thin air.

The fourth stop.

Lu Yan landed amidst a pile of jade boxes, his eyes filled with a dazzling array of magical artifacts.

He carefully examined the characters on the jade box; they were from the Great Jin Dynasty, and there was a character for "Kong" written on it.

It must have been the treasure trove of the Kong family of Guanning Prefecture in the Great Jin Dynasty. Without any hesitation, he waved his hand and took it all into his possession.

When he swept to the corner, he saw a jade bottle with a note attached to it.

Bitterness.

One of the Ten Deadly Poisons, it is colorless and odorless, killing people invisibly.

Lu Yan's eyes lit up. "Give it to me!"

Fifth stop.

Lu Yan landed in front of a shop, looked up at the lintel and saw the words "Mountain and Sea Pavilion" written in the characters of the Chaotic Star Sea.

So we've arrived at the territory of the Six-Linked Palace.