A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Biling Island

When Lin He returned, Nangong Wan and the others hurriedly came out to greet him. It wasn't that they didn't want to help Lin He protect the Dharma, but Lin He asked them not to go out. After all, with so many people with them, if they encountered a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be a big problem.

In the end, it was Nangong Wan who spoke up, allowing Lin He to go alone, but he had to take the eighteen pill corpses with him. If they encountered a Nascent Soul cultivator, even if they were no match for him, they would still have a good chance of escaping.

However, Lin He's trip went relatively smoothly, and he did not encounter any Nascent Soul stage monsters.

Lin He briefly recounted what had happened and handed the spirit beast bag containing the lava giant tortoise to Nangong Wan, who naturally accepted it with delight.

"My husband, I was just worried about not having a powerful spirit beast, and you went out like this and solved this problem for me."

As a Core Formation cultivator, Nangong Wan naturally had a spirit beast. However, raising a spirit beast takes a very long time, and Nangong Wan's spirit beast was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, so it couldn't be of much help.

Not everyone is like Lin He, who can create a level seven spirit beast in just a few months. If it were to be raised normally, it would take hundreds of years, which would be wishful thinking.

Now that she has obtained a level 7 Lava Giant Turtle with both earth and fire attributes, which is very suitable for Nangong Wan with her fire spirit root, how could she not be overjoyed?

Yan Ruyan and the others standing to the side all looked on with envy; they naturally also longed to possess a powerful spirit beast.

There were several level-four demonic beasts that Lin He had put into the spirit beast house on Biling Island, but compared to this level-seven lava giant tortoise, they were far inferior.

Lin He naturally saw their expressions and smiled, saying, "Then you should hurry up and cultivate to the Core Formation stage as soon as possible. Maybe I'll get lucky and catch a few more level seven demonic beasts for you then."

After Lin He finished speaking, Yan Ruyan immediately stepped forward, smiling, and said, "Then thank you very much, Pavilion Master!"

Lin He was taken aback when he heard this, and then he realized that Yan Ruyan was already a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation.

Yan Ruyan's cultivation speed is astonishing. She had already formed her core several years ago. At that time, Lin He was in seclusion, and it was Nangong Wan who brought eighteen core corpses to protect her.

Lin He has been busy preparing for Core Formation in recent years, so he has forgotten about this matter.

After all, she possessed a Heavenly Spiritual Root, so there was no bottleneck in her advancement to the Core Formation stage. Unlike others who, for the sake of safety, completed the third level of the Great Evolution Technique first, Yan Ruyan's approach was to form her Core first and then cultivate the third level of the Great Evolution Technique. This was a privilege granted by her Heavenly Spiritual Root, which others could not imitate.

Not only Yan Ruyan, but also Nangong Wan and others made astonishing progress in their cultivation.

Nangong Wan spent over twenty years cultivating the three levels of the Great Evolution Technique. After several more years of cultivation, her cultivation reached the peak of the mid-stage Core Formation realm. After all, she had been in the mid-stage Core Formation realm for quite some time. After her divine sense surged, she actually encountered a bottleneck in the mid-stage. Nangong Wan had already decided to go into seclusion.

With the aid of a large number of Foundation Establishment pills, both Senior Sister Chen and Xin Ruyin have made rapid progress in their strength. Senior Sister Chen has already cultivated to the Pseudo-Core stage. She plans to follow Lin He's example and complete the third level of the Great Evolution Technique before attempting to form her Core.

Xin Ruyin's progress was a bit slower, but she still reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment. This progress was much faster than that of ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators, considering that Xin Ruyin's aptitude was not very good.

Xiao Mei's progress is much slower. She is only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment. It took her seven Foundation Establishment Pills to achieve this. Her aptitude is shockingly poor. If Nangong Wan hadn't specially refined a batch of Foundation Establishment Pills for her, she probably would never have been able to achieve Foundation Establishment in this lifetime.

Seeing that everyone's cultivation had greatly improved, Lin He was naturally happy, but Nangong Wan asked with some concern,

"My lord, won't killing two elders of the Six-Hall Sect cause you any trouble?"

Lin He shook his head and said, "You don't know this. The Six Linked Palaces are only a mid-level force in the Chaotic Star Sea. There are only a few Core Formation stage cultivators in the sect, and no Nascent Soul stage cultivators are in charge. Otherwise, how could it be a mid-level force?"

To judge the strength of a sect, one should mainly look at the combat power of its high-level members. Generally speaking, if there are two or three Core Formation stage cultivators in charge, it can be considered a medium-sized power. If there is one Nascent Soul stage cultivator in charge, it immediately becomes a large sect. A super power like Star Palace has more than twenty Nascent Soul stage cultivators, making it a top power that dominates the Chaotic Star Sea.

Lin He doesn't even consider a mid-level power like the Six-Linked Palace. With the giant pill corpse in his possession, he can wipe out the Six-Linked Palace by himself, so there's nothing to worry about.

Seeing Lin He's confidence, Nangong Wan felt relieved and began to prepare for breaking through her bottleneck.

After Nangong Wan left, Senior Sister Chen, Xin Ruyin, and Yan Ruyan all stared intently at Lin He, their eyes filled with a strange expectation.

Seeing this, Lin He could only cough and say, "Ahem, I have some things to attend to in seclusion. You all go ahead and do your work."

It wasn't that Lin He had changed his nature, but rather that after he formed his core, he indeed had many more things to do, forcing him to enter his cave for seclusion once again.

Watching Lin He's departing figure, Senior Sister Chen and Xin Ruyin both felt a little disappointed. Yan Ruyan, standing to the side, looked puzzled. She suddenly turned to Senior Sister Chen and asked,

"Am I... not pretty?"

Senior Sister Chen quickly said, "Ruyan, if you're not beautiful, how are all the other women in the world supposed to live?"

Yan Ruyan then asked, "Does my senior brother not like exceptionally beautiful women?"

Xin Ruyin quickly shook her head and said, "How could that be? Master is as beautiful as a fairy, and Young Master likes her just the same, doesn't he?"

Yan Ruyan's face suddenly flushed, but she still gritted her teeth and asked, "If that's the case, then why is it that Senior Brother... he's willing to be close to you, but has never been close to me?"

Xin Ruyin and Senior Sister Chen blushed upon hearing this. It was the first time they had been asked such a private question, and they didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"You don't need to hide it from me anymore, I know everything," Yan Ruyan sighed. "I've almost lost count of how many times you've stayed overnight in your senior brother's room over the years. Whenever Master goes into seclusion, you all..."

These words made Xin Ruyin and Senior Sister Chen's faces burn with embarrassment, but Yan Ruyan sighed, "If I have the chance, I really want to ask Senior Brother for an explanation. I'm confident that I'm no less skilled than you in either cultivation or appearance, so why... I'm sorry, I misspoke!"

Realizing she had misspoke, Yan Ruyan silently left. Senior Sister Chen watched her retreating figure, saying incredulously,

"Ruyan is the smartest among us. She usually doesn't speak so bluntly, but today..."

Xin Ruyin sighed and explained, "She's been keeping it all inside for too long. Even I find it strange. With such a beauty like Ruyan around every day, how can the young master not be tempted? It's not like him at all."

Upon hearing this, Senior Sister Chen seemed to have thought of something, and looked thoughtful.

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Inside the cave, Lin He opened the complete version of the Star Refining Golden Yuan Technique that he had obtained from the Jin Yuan Relics. The Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stages were almost identical to the original incomplete version, so Lin He skipped them and went straight to the Core Formation stage. Soon, five large characters came into view.

"Golden Spirit Celestial Star Needle!"