A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Needle-type magical artifacts are the most difficult to forge, but once successfully forged, they are also extremely powerful magical artifacts.

Lin He had heard of the name of the Old Monster Qiong of the Hidden Moon Sect in Tiannan. This late-stage Core Formation cultivator also had a metal-type spiritual root. With his Invisible Escape Technique and flying needle magic weapon, even early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators would feel a headache when facing him. Unfortunately, Lin He had never had the chance to meet him.

Lin He continued reading. According to the records of this technique, the Golden Spirit Heavenly Star Needle can be made into various combinations as a natal magic weapon, such as sixty-four, one hundred and twenty-eight, and two hundred and fifty-six.

This set of Golden Spirit Heavenly Star Needles can be made up to 256 needles. According to the cultivation method, the more needles there are, the greater the power. Moreover, when this cultivation method reaches the Nascent Soul stage, there is a divine power called Star Luo Guiding, which uses a large number of needle-type magic treasures.

Lin He had personally witnessed the power of the Star Luo Guiding Technique. The Wang brothers were just a little slow to run and suffered a great loss, having to cut off their own arms to survive. This shows how domineering the power of the golden needles was.

There are many combinations of gold needles, and the choice varies depending on each person's financial resources and crafting skills. However, Lin He made up his mind and directly chose the largest number of 256 needles.

"Financial resources are not a problem, but the skill level of weapon crafting will take a lot of time. Fortunately, Wan'er's weapon crafting skills are quite good, so I can ask her for advice. The more crucial thing is the materials, because we actually need something like star stones."

Starstones are extremely rare, and Lin He didn't know where to look for them, but they are the most important material for refining the Golden Spirit Heavenly Star Needle.

In addition, crafting this needle requires a very large quantity of various level 5 or higher demon beast materials, and ideally level 7 demon beast materials. The higher the quality of the materials, the stronger the golden needle will be.

This would be a death sentence for ordinary Core Formation cultivators. Not to mention whether they could find so many Level 7 demonic beasts, even if they did, could an early Core Formation cultivator kill a Level 7 demonic beast?

But for Lin He, it was no big deal. One of the most important tasks after Lin He formed his core was to refine his natal magic weapon, and he was determined to refine the Golden Spirit Heavenly Star Needle. This was his most pressing matter at the moment.

In addition, once the Star Refining Golden Essence Technique reaches the Core Formation stage, one can cultivate a new divine ability called the Golden Spirit Great Handprint.

Lin He was very interested in this. The Qi Refining stage technique was the Golden Armor Technique. The most interesting thing about it was its strong growth potential. As the level of the technique and the cultivation level increased, the power of the Golden Armor Technique would gradually increase.

The Foundation Establishment stage's supernatural power is Star Illusion, which can condense three illusory clones, used in critical moments to withstand damage, confuse enemies, or escape.

As for the Core Formation stage, the power of this body-tempering technique is finally beginning to be displayed. The Golden Spirit Great Handprint is a fierce and domineering divine power.

The higher the practitioner's cultivation level and the stronger their physical strength, the greater the power of this divine ability. It also has the potential for growth, making it a divine ability that perfectly matches the cultivation method.

Upon seeing this divine ability, Lin He immediately thought of the Spirit-Nourishing Talisman. The Spirit-Nourishing Talisman could enhance cultivation and also borrow part of the physical power of demonic beasts. Using this talisman and then casting the Golden Spirit Handprint would further amplify the power of the handprint, making it an excellent combination.

Lin He had collected several materials for refining Spirit-Nourishing Talismans with the help of the Seven Sects in Tiannan. He only made one Spirit-Nourishing Talisman, using the essence of the fifth-level spirit beast Silver Scale Python. Now Lin He is preparing to make another Spirit-Nourishing Talisman, but this time using the essence of the seventh-level spirit beast Mountain-Moving Ape, instead of the essence of a fifth-level demon beast.

This mountain-moving ape is a strength-type demon beast. It doesn't know any magic, but its physical strength is powerful. By using the spirit-nourishing talisman made from its essence, it can maximize its physical strength.

The purpose of this trip to Linhe was several: to find star stones and some common materials for refining the Golden Spirit Heavenly Star Needle.

Secondly, find a few low-level mountain-moving apes, nurture them to level seven, and then refine the Spirit-Nourishing Talisman.

Thirdly, it involves collecting the array setup materials for three sets of Core Formation stage formations.

Fourthly, they sought the Dust-Reducing Pill.

"Senior Sister Chen and the others are making rapid progress in their cultivation, but unlike Ru Yan, they don't have any bottlenecks in Core Formation. They still need to rely on the three-piece Core Formation set."

Lin He pondered to himself that Heavenly Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water were not hard to find, but the most scarce item was the Dust-Subduing Pill.

The Dust-Clearing Pill requires many rare materials to refine, so it is not easy to refine and even fewer can be found on the market. The two Dust-Clearing Pills that Lin He and Lan Chou used to form their cores were obtained from the Miaoyin Sect.

When Lin He made his last deal with the Miaoyin Sect, he asked about the Dust-Reducing Pill, but the Miaoyin Sect did not have this pill.

"It seems that to get this Dust-Clearing Pill, we still have to go to the Six-Linked Hall. Since we've already killed two of their Core Formation elders, which means we've offended the Six-Linked Hall, we might as well go all the way."

Having made up his mind, Lin He was no longer in a hurry. He had just formed his core and wanted to spend some time consolidating his cultivation and also practice the Golden Spirit Great Handprint technique.

More than half a year later, Lin He finally emerged from seclusion. He looked radiant, clearly having made great progress. He had not only consolidated his early Core Formation cultivation but also completed the cultivation of the Golden Spirit Great Handprint technique.

Upon learning that Lin He was going out again, everyone waited outside.

Lin He looked at Nangong Wan, who was standing in front of him. At this moment, she made no attempt to conceal her powerful magic.

"Late stage of Core Formation!"

Lin He naturally sensed Nangong Wan's cultivation level and was quite pleased. Nangong Wan also looked delighted.

"I never expected that after half a year of seclusion, I would break through the mid-stage bottleneck and successfully enter the late stage of Core Formation."

Lin He nodded, then said, "Senior Sister and Ruyin are almost at the Core Formation stage. I'll try to get a few Dust-Reducing Pills during my trip."

Nangong Wan quickly said, "The Dust-Subduing Pill is important, but your own safety is more important. I'll leave these eighteen pill corpses to you. I don't like fighting and I rarely go out, unlike you who might encounter danger at any time. By the way, Ruyan has been in the Core Formation stage for several years, but she hasn't refined her natal magic weapon yet. I'll trouble you to make a trip and collect some materials for her."

Lin He naturally had no objections, while Yan Ruyan looked at Lin He with a complicated expression and took out the list of materials.

After Lin He accepted the gift, Nangong Wan and the others exchanged glances and then left, leaving only Yan Ruyan and Lin He behind.

Yan Ruyan mustered her courage and walked over.

"Senior brother, there's something I've been wondering about. If you don't give me an answer today, I won't leave."

Lin He was taken aback upon seeing this, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong?"

"You..." Yan Ruyan's face flushed red, but she still gritted her teeth and asked, "Senior brother, do you not like me?"