A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

On a wide loess slope in the Yuanwu Kingdom,

A burly man from the Giant Sword Sect, at the Core Formation stage, conjured a stone sword and threw it into the air. Immediately, a dazzling blue light and countless wind blades erupted in the void, shattering the stone sword into pieces. Clearly, the burly man from the Giant Sword Sect was testing the strength of this ancient restriction.

The big man shook his head, clearly indicating that it wasn't the right time yet, so he tried once every hour.

Lin He was dressed as a disciple of Huangfeng Valley, but at this moment he was observing the other sects.

"The ugly man Zhong Wu from Spirit Beast Mountain, the barefoot giant from Giant Sword Sect carrying a silver sword, the transvestite Han Tianya from Blade Transformation Valley, the madman Feng Yue from Heavenly Palace Fortress, the two beauties of the Hidden Moon Sect, and..."

Lin He memorized the appearances of the seeded players from the seven major sects, and then turned his gaze to an elfin-like girl.

"Nangong Wan!"

Lin He's expression shifted, and the elfin-like girl seemed to sense it. She looked at Lin He and, upon discovering that he was a low-level cultivator at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, immediately lost interest.

Lin He didn't look at it much. He turned his head away and immediately sensed a gaze on him. It was Chen Qiaoshan, the "brother-in-law" he had just met today.

Senior Brother Chen gave Lin He a meaningful look, clearly having witnessed what had just happened, giving Lin He a look that said, "Don't be greedy." This made Lin He extremely embarrassed.

The senior sister Chang standing to the side seemed to have noticed something as well, giving Lin He a deep look, but she didn't say anything.

Lin He didn't look at it much after that, and the burly man from the Giant Sword Sect finally noticed the weakening of the azure light and wind blades after the fourth test. This was clearly a sign of the restriction's decline. This discovery greatly pleased the Core Formation cultivators of the seven major sects. The burly man from the Giant Sword Sect called out and hurriedly said...

"Let's get started!"

The other six Core Formation stage cultivators naturally dared not be negligent and immediately displayed their supernatural abilities. In an instant, seven powerful magic treasures flew out, and the powerful magic power surged, making Lin He and the others look on with great alarm.

After persisting for several hours, the seven Core Formation cultivators finally opened the path to the forbidden area together.

"Hurry up and go inside, we can't hold out much longer."

The Taoist priest from Qingxu Sect quickly gave a reminder, and the disciples of the seven major sects immediately entered in a crisscross pattern, soon walking into a passage more than twenty feet long. Then, the teleportation array within the restriction randomly teleported these disciples to any location within the forbidden area.

Lin He felt a sudden dizziness and was then teleported to a monster's lair.

Before him was a dark and damp cave, and in front of Lin He was a group of ice toads breathing out icy air!

"A first-tier, lower-level demonic beast, the Frost Toad!"

If other cultivators at the eleventh level of Qi Refining were suddenly teleported into a monster's lair, their lives would likely be in danger. However, Lin He calmly raised his hand, and a brocade handkerchief flew out, forming a blue protective shield that enveloped Lin He. It was the ordinary-level top-tier defensive magic artifact that Senior Sister Chen had given him.

The next moment, twenty ice spikes flew out and landed heavily on the blue shield, causing it to tremble, but it quickly stabilized.

"As expected of a top-tier magical artifact, its defensive capabilities are truly impressive. Well then..."

Lin He had no intention of wasting his magic power now. With a wave of his hand, a blue crocodile appeared beside him.

The moment the Azure Water Crocodile, a peak-level Rank 1 monster, appeared, these lower-rank Rank 1 Ice Toads instinctively sensed danger. They immediately tried to escape, but the Azure Water Crocodile opened its mouth wide and a jet of water shot out, sweeping away like autumn leaves in the wind. All the Ice Toads hit by the water jet were knocked to the ground, losing their ability to fight, and were then taken into Lin He's personal space.

In the blink of an eye, Lin He had collected twenty Frost Toads. He smiled slightly and said, "The Frost Toads are indeed weak individually, but their numbers are overwhelming. If we release them all at once, it will be enough to make our opponents scramble to catch up."

It would be quite difficult to catch a significant number of Frost Toads outside the forbidden area, but it's not difficult inside the forbidden area, because there's no shortage of monsters there.

Thinking of this, Lin He was in a good mood. He led the Azure Water Crocodile out of the cave and was about to leave when he seemed to sense something. He immediately had the Azure Water Crocodile lie in ambush next to the cave entrance, while he hid in the bushes on the other side.

Before long, a curious disciple from Spirit Beast Mountain approached, taking out a map and observing the surrounding terrain.

"This should be it. According to the map of monster distribution, there is a cave nearby where a group of ice toads gather. If we can use them, it will be a great help."

The Spirit Beast Mountain disciple, with an eleventh-level Qi Refining cultivation, quickly discovered the cave Lin He had previously emerged from, and exclaimed excitedly...

"I have beast-taming powder, which allows me to temporarily command these spirit beasts to serve me. Even if I encounter an opponent at the twelfth level of Qi Refining, I have nothing to fear."

The disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain were happily dreaming when they suddenly realized something and quickly looked towards the bushes where Lin He was hiding.

"Who goes there? Show yourself, I've sensed you!"

Lin He smiled slightly and calmly walked out of the bushes. "Do you really think you sensed my presence, or did I deliberately let you sense it?"

"What do you mean by that?"

The disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain looked on in surprise and doubt, but Lin He's expression, as if looking at a dead man, made him seem to understand something.

"Buhou!"

Just as the disciple of Spirit Beast Mountain was about to activate his defensive talisman, a swift water arrow shot out and pierced his chest. The disciple stared in disbelief at the gaping hole in his body as blood gushed out. He turned around with difficulty and saw the culprit—a Azure Water Crocodile. He then collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

The ambush went so smoothly that Lin He was not surprised at all. He deliberately leaked his aura so that his opponent could sense it and attract all of his attention. The Azure Crocodile suddenly launched a water arrow attack from behind and killed his opponent in one move.

Lin He stepped forward and checked his storage bag. There were only a dozen or so low-grade spirit stones, two mid-grade magic artifacts, and three low-grade magic artifacts. In addition, there was a bag of powder and a map. The powder should be the beast-repelling powder that this person had mentioned earlier. As for the map, it not only showed the distribution points of spirit herbs but also the distribution points of demon beasts, which made Lin He overjoyed.

"At least the effort wasn't wasted. Ten spirit herbs are enough. There's no need to get more than twenty, especially since Li Huayuan took half of them. The important thing is to use this time to collect more demonic beasts."

Having made up his mind, Lin He didn't rush to find the distribution points of those spiritual herbs. Instead, he headed towards the nearest distribution point of demonic beasts.

At the same time, a large-scale purge of disciples with low cultivation levels from various sects has also begun.