A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Yue Kingdom, Huangfeng Valley

As soon as Lin He returned to his cave, he immediately activated the protective array. Senior Sister Chen, who was standing to the side, looked at him with some curiosity.

"We've killed so many Core Formation stage cultivators this time, let's see what good stuff they have on them."

A dozen or so storage bags were opened one after another, and a large pile of things fell to the ground. Senior Sister Chen exclaimed in surprise, her face full of shock.

"These...these..."

Various top-tier magical artifacts lay scattered on the ground, hundreds of talismans of different colors were strewn around, and a dazzling array of materials were on display.

The most eye-catching thing was the huge amount of mid-grade spiritual energy. Senior Sister Chen had never seen so much mid-grade spiritual energy before, and she was stunned for a long time.

But Lin He didn't even glance at the spirit stones; his attention was focused on the magic weapons, ancient treasures, and a pill formula.

He already had enough magic weapons, including the Golden Rain Sword, the Seven-Colored Peak, the Soul Gathering Banner, and the Skull Magic Weapon. Since these stolen magic weapons could only unleash up to 70% of their power and were far inferior to ancient treasures, Lin He set his sights on ancient treasures.

Lin He selected a mirror-shaped ancient treasure, a golden cone-shaped attack ancient treasure, and a golden Ruyi ancient treasure from among them.

These three items are all exquisite ancient treasures. Lin He's Soul-Burning Pearl is too overpowered, practically a kill upon first sight. The owners of these treasures were killed before they could even use them, giving them away to Lin He for nothing.

That pill formula was the very one Lin He desperately wanted—the Divine Power Pill formula—which he found in Jian Li's storage bag.

This pill formula is mainly for refining spirit beasts. The main ingredients are actually the essence and blood of level four or higher strength-type demon beasts. The higher the level of the demon beast, the better the effect of the pill.

The main material is hard to find for others, but it's a piece of cake for Lin He. He has a large number of ape-type demon beasts on hand. These brute-force attack-type demon beasts have amazing strength, which is just right. As for the other auxiliary materials, they are not hard to find. As long as you spend some time, you can find them. It just costs a little more spirit stones.

As for the top-tier magical artifacts, there were quite a few exceptional ones, which Senior Sister Chen randomly selected.

"What else do you fancy? Just pick whatever you like."

Senior Sister Chen shook her head and said, "Junior Brother, you will need to spend a lot to form your core, so you should use it sparingly. If you keep asking that Fairy Nangong for more, you will inevitably be looked down upon by her."

Lin He was both amused and exasperated upon hearing this, and casually grabbed a handful of mid-grade spirit stones and forcibly stuffed them into her storage bag.

"You don't need to worry about me, I don't lack spirit stones for the time being."

Senior Sister Chen gained a lot from this trip and now needs to go into seclusion for some cultivation.

Two months later, the materials Lin He needed finally arrived. Lin He spent a large sum of spirit stones on this, but at this time he was rich and didn't care.

For more than a month, Lin He was busy making Soul-Burning Pearls and Spirit-Nourishing Talismans.

Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. Lin He had been in seclusion in his cave, and the discussions about him had gradually subsided. People's attention was drawn to other novel events.

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Time flies like water, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the gate of Linhe Cave opened, and a blue figure appeared, which was Linhe.

At this moment, Lin He had completed the second level of the Great Evolution Technique, his divine sense had been greatly enhanced, his magical power was much stronger than before, and his cultivation level had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment!

"Finally, I've broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage!"

In just seven or eight years, he has progressed from the mid-Foundation Establishment stage to the late-Foundation Establishment stage, a speed that is far faster than that of ordinary cultivators.

On the one hand, the pills Lin He refined using a large number of demon cores had amazing effects; on the other hand, he also used high-grade spirit stones to assist in his cultivation. Such a luxurious cultivation method was unprecedented.

Feeling the immense power of magic far surpassing what he had experienced before, Lin He was now brimming with confidence. Over the past two years, not only had his magic power greatly increased, but his physical strength had also become much stronger through the tempering of the Star Refining Golden Essence Technique. Lin He believed that with the blessing of the Spirit Gathering Talisman, he could already contend with early-stage Core Formation cultivators based solely on his physical strength.

Lin He looked at Lan Chou beside him. Lan Chou was a clone of the Demon Core, and his cultivation was fixed at the early stage of Core Formation, unable to improve further. However, he had an advantage that Lin He did not have, namely, he could use magic weapons and ancient treasures.

Lin He now possesses an extraordinary number of treasures, including five exquisite ancient treasures and more than a dozen ordinary ancient treasures. Lan Chou can use all of these, and his strength has already surpassed that of an ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivator.

Lin He then looked at Yuan Yi beside him. Two years ago, he had collected the materials and spared no expense in refining many Divine Power Pills. These pills could permanently enhance the power of spirit beasts. Yuan Yi's physical strength was now incredibly powerful, and he could already fight against early Core Formation cultivators with just his physical strength.

Lin He, whose cultivation had greatly improved, was naturally overjoyed. His senior sister, Chen, who had already emerged from seclusion, rushed out of her cave to greet him. She subconsciously scanned him with her divine sense, then her face showed surprise.

"Junior brother, your...your cultivation level..."

"I've luckily advanced to the late Foundation Establishment stage!"

Senior Sister Chen had become somewhat numb to it all; Lin He had given her far too many surprises.

Originally, Senior Sister Chen was the first to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, but Lin He quickly surpassed her and advanced to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. Senior Sister Chen also felt the pressure and thought she could advance to the mid-stage as soon as possible. However, before she could take that step, Lin He jumped to the late-stage of Foundation Establishment, and the gap between the two became wider and wider.

Seeing Lin He's great progress in cultivation, Senior Sister Chen was naturally happy, but on the other hand, she felt very frustrated. They both had dual spiritual roots, but Lin He's cultivation speed was much faster than hers, and she didn't even have the courage to catch up.

Seeing that Senior Sister Chen seemed a little off, Lin He naturally guessed what she was thinking. He put his arm around her slender waist and comforted her.

"You don't need to be in such a hurry. My great progress in cultivation is due to another opportunity, not just the aptitude of having two spiritual roots. I think that soon you will also encounter a great opportunity, and from then on your cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds."

"Really?"

Senior Sister Chen clearly didn't believe him, and Lin He didn't explain further. Instead, he shook his head and said, "Sigh! What's the use of my greatly improved cultivation? I still have to obediently call you Senior Sister, don't I?"

"That's true!" Senior Sister Chen was very happy to hear this, and then said, "Junior Brother, promise me that when you reach the Core Formation stage, you will still call me Senior Sister, okay?"

"Of course, no problem! You'll always be my senior sister!"

Upon hearing this, Senior Sister Chen looked utterly captivated, leaning softly against Lin He, who then said...

"You've gained the upper hand verbally, so shouldn't you give me something in return?"

"What do you want?" Senior Sister Chen asked, her face flushed.

"I want to eat something!"

What would you like to eat?

Lin He looked at her and said meaningfully, "I want to eat seafood!"

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Half a month later, at the border between Yue and Yuanwu, a golden light suddenly shot into the sky, radiating brilliance and dazzling the eye. The phantom of a giant golden tower appeared and lasted for half an hour before disappearing. This scene shocked the entire Yue Kingdom!