A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Chapter 163 Void Heaven Cauldron

Nangong Wan shook her head. If described using terms from before her transmigration, Nangong Wan was an absolute homebody. She rarely went out and spent all her free time in seclusion cultivating. She was someone who single-mindedly pursued immortality and longevity.

She and Lin He were completely different types of people. She was someone who devoted herself to seclusion and cultivation, while Lin He was someone who always needed to go out and seek opportunities. These were two very different ways of cultivating.

Nangong Wan dislikes fighting and is not good at it. She stays at home in seclusion to cultivate and does not actively seek out any trouble.

Lin He, on the other hand, was different. In order to improve his cultivation speed as soon as possible and seize various opportunities, he needed to go out and compete, making enemies with all sorts of people. He had only been in the Chaotic Star Sea for a few decades, but he had already made many enemies.

Killing Wu Chou completely offended Ji Yin Island, killing the young master of Qing Yang Sect completely offended Qing Yang Sect, and severely injuring Wen Tianren beforehand was equivalent to offending the future Reverse Star Alliance. Among all the super powers in the Chaotic Star Sea, only the Star Palace has not yet been offended.

Lin He sighed as he thought about this. Offending the Star Palace was inevitable, since the Star Palace would definitely not agree to his taking the Void Heaven Cauldron.

Lin He had thought of so much in an instant. Seeing Nangong Wan shake her head, he patiently explained, "The number one treasure of the Chaotic Star Sea refers to the Void Heaven Cauldron. This Void Heaven Cauldron is a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure, so it is naturally extraordinary. It is said that there are various treasures in the Void Heaven Palace, and there is even a heaven-reaching spiritual treasure like the Void Heaven Cauldron in the inner hall. Inside the cauldron are various treasures, as well as the legendary Heaven-Mending Pill that can prolong life. Therefore, the Void Heaven Palace, which opens once every three hundred years, attracts many old monsters, including many Nascent Soul stage old monsters."

Upon hearing that a Nascent Soul stage expert was participating in the competition, Nangong Wan frowned. Then, as if remembering something, she quickly asked, "Wait a minute, after you destroyed that skeleton near the ancient teleportation array in Tiannan, there were seven five-colored beads. At that time, I asked you about them, and you said they were Heaven-Mending Pills, treasures that could improve aptitude. How come they've now become life-extending beads?"

Lin He smiled upon hearing this and said, "Of course such rumors are false. The Star Palace itself once obtained the Heaven-Mending Pill, so they should know the truth, but they choose to continue to conceal it. After all, this allows the righteous and demonic paths to fight to the death for this Heaven-Mending Pill, weakening their strength. Why wouldn't they do that?"

Nangong Wan was familiar with the major forces in the Chaotic Star Sea, so she was somewhat surprised to hear this. She hadn't expected there to be another hidden story behind the Heaven-Mending Pill.

"Husband, how do you know so much about these private matters?"

Seeing this, Lin He could only say, "There are some things I can't explain to you, but as long as you understand that what I'm saying is true, that's enough."

"Husband, of course I believe you. Since you don't want to talk about it, then I won't ask," Nangong Wan suddenly said. "But you've told me so much, which means you also intend to seize the cauldron. But those Nascent Soul stage monsters are involved. With our current strength, I'm afraid—"

"Our current strength is certainly insufficient, but if we are lucky enough to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, our chances of seizing the cauldron will greatly increase."

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"I see. It seems we all need to intensify our training."

Nangong Wan naturally had no objections; she was very attentive when it came to cultivation. Seeing this, Lin He added, "Condensing a Nascent Soul requires breaking the core, and you only have one chance. You must be fully prepared before attempting to condense your Nascent Soul. My suggestion is to complete the fourth level of the Great Evolution Technique before trying to condense your Nascent Soul."

"Of course I know that, but there is a test of mental state for entering the market on the fourth level. Although I have a Heart-Protecting Pill to resist inner demons, I still think it would be safer to go into the market and experience it firsthand."

"You've got the same idea as me. I have a suggestion: the two of us can go to Tianxing City to live for a while, both to experience the market and to continue our cultivation."

"That's good, but now that we've both left, this Azure Spirit Island—"

Lin He smiled and said, "It would be much safer to leave those eighteen pill corpses behind and hand them over to Ru Yan to control."

"Since you've already thought of that, let's do it that way. But you'll still need to wait for that Miss Mei to reach Foundation Establishment, and Qiaoqian and Ruyin will soon reach Core Formation as well. Let's wait a few more years."

At this point, Nangong Wan suddenly looked at Lin He with a meaningful expression, making the latter quite embarrassed.

"Then I will go into seclusion for a while. After you have obtained the spiritual energy and the two of them have formed their cores, we will set off again."

Nangong Wan went into seclusion again. Lin He shook his head when he saw this. He quickly called Yan Ruyan over and gave her eighteen pill corpses. She only needed to refine them a little before she could use them. At the same time, Lin He also gave her a lot of blood from Core Formation stage cultivators, since these pill corpses still needed to be nurtured every now and then.

Lin He also took the opportunity to collect materials for Senior Sister Chen and Xin Ruyin to refine magic weapons during this trip, and asked Yan Ruyan to bring them to them. He then went to see Mei Ning and the other two women.

The three women had already been shown around by Yan Ruyan, and upon hearing that there was a high-grade spirit stone mine underground on Biling Island, they were all extremely excited. They were even more delighted to see Lin He now.

Lin He made three copies of the jade slip containing the Great Evolution Technique and the Puppet Technique for them. "These are the Great Evolution Technique and the Puppet Technique, which are compulsory cultivation methods of our Tianyi Pavilion. Because our sect has few people, driving puppets can replace a lot of manpower. The three of you will also need to cultivate them."

Mei Ning examined the jade slip, frowned, and said, "Young Master Lin, I haven't reached the Foundation Establishment stage yet, so I can't cultivate this, right?"

Lin He smiled and then handed her a bottle of pills. "There are a few Foundation Establishment Pills in here. You should be able to establish your foundation soon after taking them."

Mei Ning was overjoyed when she opened the bottle and confirmed that it contained Foundation Establishment Pills. Last time, Lin He had given her two Foundation Establishment Pills, but since her cultivation was still shallow, two pills might not have been enough. But now, with these few pills from Lin He, she could more than reach Foundation Establishment.

Mei Ning was very obedient and immediately returned to the house to take the Foundation Building Pill, while Lin He protected her in another room.

Yuan Yao and Yan Li obtained a lot of pills and began to cultivate the Great Evolution Technique. Soon, the two of them also began to go into seclusion.

With the help of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Mei Ning's foundation establishment time was indeed greatly accelerated. More than a year later, Mei Ning successfully established her foundation.

Lin He immediately took the spiritual energy, and his cultivation level improved dramatically.

Four years later, Senior Sister Chen and Xin Ruyin successively formed their Core Formation. Lin He left behind a lot of pills and twenty early Core Formation puppets, and then left Biling Island with Nangong Wan and Xin Ruyin.

The three flew for a while and were preparing to head to the teleportation array set up by the Star Palace when a cry that sounded like a baby's cry caught their attention.

"Hey, that's—a Baby Carp Beast!"

A level-six infant carp beast was stirring up trouble on the sea. Upon seeing Lin He and his companions, it realized something was wrong and fled frantically.

Seeing this, Lin He smiled and said, "This baby carp beast is really unlucky to have run into us. Ruyin, this is a spirit beast that came to our door. I'll catch it and give it to you."

Xin Ruyin was naturally delighted, and Lin He and the other two immediately chased after the baby carp beast.

The beast seemed to realize something was wrong and tried desperately to escape, but how could it possibly escape Lin He and the others? Countless golden fist shadows appeared and quickly smashed the infant carp beast to the ground.

Nangong Wan's Vermilion Bird Ring unleashed countless scorching fireballs, charring the beast to a crisp. Lin He then made another grabbing motion in the air, sending out a large golden handprint that quickly knocked the infant carp beast away once more.

With Lin He's current supernatural abilities, and working together with Nangong Wan, he naturally subdued the infant carp beast in no time, and it was put into Xin Ruyin's spirit beast bag.

Just as the three of them were about to leave, they discovered that they had unwittingly arrived at a long-abandoned island.

Xin Ruyin's expression shifted, as if she sensed something. At the same time, Nangong Wan and Lin He also landed on the small island.

The three headed straight for a certain place and finally found something inside a cave. Looking at the object before them, which was exactly the same as the ancient Tiannan teleportation array, Lin He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "This is—an ancient teleportation array!"