A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Han Li was also surprised when he looked at Lin He in front of him. When they first met, Lin He's cultivation was only at the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining. When they met for the second time, Lin He had reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining. Now, on their third meeting, Lin He's powerful strength was enough to make Han Li's heart tremble.

Since Han Tianya could make Zhong Wu feel wary, it means that his strength should be similar to Zhong Wu's, or even higher. However, such a ruthless character was dealt with by this Junior Brother Lin in just a few moves. This kind of strength made Han Li feel threatened.

"Every time I meet him, Junior Brother Lin has changed dramatically."

Han Li couldn't help but sigh. At this moment, the group of low-level spirit beasts were still entangled with the Azure Water Crocodile. Although they were completely unable to break through its defenses, there were quite a few of them.

"Senior Brother Han, let's talk later. Let's deal with these monsters first."

Han Li naturally had no objection to this. He took out the top-grade flying sword he had used before, and with just a casual slash, a low-level demon beast died.

Lin He, however, took out the Golden Cicada Mother-Child Blade set. Holding the mother blade, he controlled the eight child blades to attack. The golden blades slaughtered like a tiger among sheep. In just a short while, at least 80% of these demonic beasts had lost their lives at his hands.

These spirit beasts had all been recognized as masters by Zhongwu and could not be tamed, so they were naturally killed.

After easily dealing with the group of demonic beasts, Han Li looked at the set of mother and child blades with some envy. When facing opponents with top-level magic weapons, the mother and child blades were not very effective, but when dealing with weaker opponents, the mother and child blades were a reaping artifact, killing indiscriminately.

The materials from these first-level lower-tier demonic beasts were of little value, and neither Han Li nor Lin He had any intention of collecting them. Instead, they casually blasted a large pit to bury them.

After doing all this, Lin He turned to Han Li and said, "Senior Brother Han, since we've run into each other, why don't we act together?"

Han Li refused without hesitation, saying, "Junior Brother Lin is joking. I don't want to hold you back."

Faced with a fellow disciple who was stronger than herself, Senior Sister Chang's idea was to use the power of her fellow disciple to gain benefits.

However, due to his past experiences, Han Li is very wary of others and is unwilling to go with them. He even feels that it is dangerous to do so. If there is a disagreement when distributing the spiritual medicine, it could easily lead to conflict. Even among fellow disciples, such a thing could happen.

Seeing Han Li refuse, Lin He thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

He naturally wanted to act alone, but since they had met, it would be normal to suggest joining forces. He had already anticipated that Han Li would refuse, and as it turned out, that was indeed the case.

"In that case, I won't force you."

He greeted Han Li, walked to the bronze gate, put away the twenty Frost Toads, and then left with the Azure Water Crocodile.

"Phew...They're finally gone!"

Han Li took a deep breath; he had been on edge the whole time, and now he could finally relax.

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Inside the portable space,

Lin He examined Zhong Wu and Han Tianya's storage bags and found more than 150 spirit stones, more than a dozen high-grade magic weapons, more than 30 mid-grade magic weapons, more than 40 low-grade magic weapons, more than 30 low-level talismans, some materials, and five top-grade magic weapons: Han Tianya's pair of red throwing knives, a ring magic weapon, and Zhong Wu's pair of long spears.

Lin He examined these top-tier magical artifacts for a while before pondering them.

"The Sun and Moon Pearl will dispel the thick fog tomorrow, and then we can enter the central area to explore. There's no rush to refine the spiritual herbs for Foundation Establishment Pills. At worst, we can just find a few disciples from the Seven Sects to snatch them on the last day. The key is those demonic beasts and the treasures they guard."

Lin He has now collected maps of Spirit Beast Mountain, Yellow Maple Valley, Heavenly Palace Fortress, Giant Sword Sect, Blade Transformation Dock, Pure Void Sect, and Hidden Moon Sect. These maps were all found on the bodies of the disciples of the various sects he killed.

He immediately picked up the seven maps and compared them. Sure enough, he found some areas marked as dangerous. These areas were often guarded by top-level level one demonic beasts, so basically no one dared to venture into them.

"Others dare not venture here, but I cannot let them go. Whether it's the demonic beasts or the treasures they guard, I want them all!"

Lin He silently memorized these locations, then took out the map from Zhong Wu and examined it carefully several times. As if struck by a thought, Lin He couldn't help but smile.

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On the third day,

Lin He returned to the outskirts of the central area, but instead of making a big show of himself, he hid in the roadside bushes.

The central area is divided into three layers. The first layer is the outer perimeter where he is now. Although some exotic flowers and herbs are planted there, they have almost no medicinal value. Lin He is too lazy to even waste time searching for them.

The second level is a ring-shaped mountain range, but for some reason it is shrouded in thick fog all year round. Not only is there thick fog, but various monsters also roam around, which greatly increases the difficulty of entering the second level.

Fortunately, a master from the Hidden Moon Sect created a magical artifact called the Moon Sun Pearl. After the seven sects reached a deal, each sect took turns controlling it, agreeing to activate the artifact on the morning of the third day to dispel the dense fog. In this way, everyone could discern the direction, and the difficulty of entering the second level was greatly reduced.

The third level is the most mysterious; it is a tall tower, but due to powerful restrictions, cultivators who practice Qi cultivation cannot enter it.

Lin He was naturally very interested in this third level, but he also knew his own limitations; unless one cultivated to the late Nascent Soul stage, no one could enter this barrier.

"I wonder if Xiang Zhili has been to that tower? With his Nascent Soul stage cultivation, he could certainly ignore the restrictions, or perhaps he really went to find a spatial node."

Lin He didn't care what such a master did; he was still prepared to proceed according to his own plan.

Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly sensed a powerful spiritual force from the southwest, followed by a white beam of light shooting into the sky, forming a huge sphere of light in mid-air.

The beam of light continuously replenished the light sphere with energy, and then the entire light sphere suddenly exploded, splitting into countless points of light that fell into the thick fog.

As soon as these points of light landed, the nearby thick fog immediately gathered around them, as if in a battle. Soon the fog in this area dissipated, and the points of light became thinner.

And so, under Lin He's watchful gaze, all the dense fog was purified by the light spots, and the light spots disappeared as their energy was exhausted, revealing a huge ring-shaped mountain range in front of Lin He.

The next moment, several figures rushed out from the surrounding bushes and trees. These people seemed to have a tacit understanding and did not clash. Instead, they each went in different directions to search for spiritual herbs.

Seeing this, Lin He no longer hesitated and immediately transformed into a yellow shadow, rushing forward.