A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Han Li flew on a leaf-shaped magical artifact, with Senior Brother Tan Ying, who had once scolded Senior Sister Chang, by his side.

Han Li looked at Senior Brother Tan and asked with a doubtful expression,

"Senior Brother Tan, is what you're saying true? That Junior Brother Lin, who, like me, emerged from the forbidden area trial with the eleventh level of Qi Refining cultivation... he actually reached Foundation Establishment?"

Senior Brother Tan sighed and said, "Junior Brother Han, it's not just you; I'm still feeling completely bewildered and can't quite distinguish reality from illusion. He had visited our Qilin Pavilion many times before. Back then, his cultivation was only at the peak of the seventh level of Qi Refining, which was nothing to me. But who knew that in just a year and a half, this Junior Brother Lin would quietly become Uncle-Master Lin? It's infuriating to compare people like that."

Senior Brother Tan was feeling frustrated. If he had successfully established his foundation, he would have become the respected Uncle Tan long ago, and wouldn't have needed to run errands for Lin He.

Han Li was also incredulous upon hearing this. More than half a year ago, during the forbidden area trial, Han Li had met Lin He once. At that time, Lin He's powerful combat strength had already left a deep impression on Han Li. However, that was not enough. In just over half a year, the other party had jumped directly from the eleventh level of Qi Refining to the early stage of Foundation Establishment, becoming a senior that Han Li had to look up to.

"Foundation Establishment! I must achieve Foundation Establishment. Only then can I truly step into the world of cultivation, because the lifespan of the Qi Refining stage is similar to that of ordinary mortals, which doesn't count as cultivation at all."

Han Li made a firm decision in his heart, wishing he could immediately establish his foundation, but he still needed to spend several years to cultivate the spiritual herbs, which could not be rushed.

Guided by Senior Brother Tan, Han Li arrived at Lin He's newly opened cave dwelling.

The newly opened cave dwelling was quite remote, and the spiritual energy didn't seem very abundant. Han Li was taken aback when he saw it and thought to himself,

"It seems that this Uncle Lin's thoughts are somewhat similar to mine. We both like quiet and secluded places. If I were to establish my foundation, I would probably choose a similar place as well."

Just as the two reached the entrance of the cave, a young voice called out, "Come in."

Immediately afterwards, the cave door opened, and Senior Brother Tan respectfully bowed before leading Han Li inside.

Senior Brother Tan was extremely cautious, afraid of offending Lin He, after all, he had bullied Senior Sister Chang before, and he was afraid that Lin He would retaliate against him this time.

Han Li felt extremely uncomfortable. As always, he was cautious and careful. Now that he was alone in someone else's cave and on someone else's turf, his wariness was even greater, even though this was his Uncle Lin, whom he had met a few times before.

If it weren't for the task specifically assigned by Master Ma, he would have run away long ago and wouldn't have let himself get into this uncontrollable place.

Senior Brother Tan led Han Li for a while and they arrived at a stone cave. In the middle of the cave sat a handsome young man dressed in blue, who was none other than Lin He.

Upon seeing Han Li, Lin He didn't put on airs at all; instead, he stood up and greeted him with a smile.

"Junior Nephew Han, we meet again!"

Upon seeing Lin He in person, Han Li finally confirmed that he was indeed the Martial Uncle Lin who had recently reached the Foundation Establishment stage. Feeling somewhat annoyed, he outwardly offered his congratulations.

"Congratulations, Martial Uncle Lin! I met you once during the forbidden area trial more than half a year ago. I never expected that you would have already reached the Foundation Establishment stage in just over half a year. Your progress is truly astounding."

Lin He smiled, but said meaningfully, "I'm only temporarily ahead. Junior Nephew Han, you have great fortune, and I believe you will surely succeed in Foundation Establishment soon."

Upon hearing this, Han Li quickly shook his head in denial, "My spiritual root aptitude is far inferior to that of Uncle Lin. I believe Uncle Lin is well aware of the difficulties of Foundation Establishment, so how could I dare to have such extravagant hopes?"

"Yeah?"

Lin He remained noncommittal; having read the original novel, he even felt a little amused by Han Li's words.

When Han Li was building his foundation, he took eight Foundation Building Pills in a row. This method of foundation building can be described as an extremely extravagant method that is unprecedented and will never be repeated.

This may also reflect that it is indeed very difficult to achieve Foundation Establishment with the aptitude of four spiritual roots, after all, not everyone is like Han Li, who has so many Foundation Establishment Pills.

To say that Han Li had no ambition to reach the Foundation Establishment stage would be nonsense. Clearly, Han Li was deliberately keeping a low profile and didn't want to attract attention.

Lin He naturally wouldn't expose him, but when Han Li met Lin He's eyes, he always had a strange feeling that he was being seen through. He didn't dare to linger and quickly took out some spiritual herbs that Master Ma had asked him to bring.

Lin He checked them over and nodded in satisfaction, saying, "Not bad, these spiritual herbs are all cultivated very well. Junior Nephew Han is indeed skilled in this art."

"Uncle Lin, you flatter me. Now that the medicinal herbs have been delivered, I should take my leave. After all, there are still many miscellaneous matters to attend to in the herb garden."

Han Li left in a hurry. Lin He shook his head and smiled as he watched his hurried figure before turning his gaze to Tan Ying beside him.

"What are your orders, Uncle Lin?" Tan Ying asked, startled.

"You did a good job this time, this is a reward for you."

He casually tossed out two low-grade spirit stones, which Tan Ying happily caught. He could get two spirit stones just by running an errand, which was equivalent to more than half a month's income. Tan Ying suddenly felt that getting to know such a senior was not bad at all.

"Thank you for your generous gift, Uncle Lin."

"Don't thank me yet," Lin He said seriously, then suddenly asked, "How's Senior Sister Chang doing with you lately?"

"Junior Sister Chang is conscientious and responsible in her work. Everyone likes her and no one makes things difficult for her."

Tan Ying quickly gave a flattering reply, while her mind raced with speculation.

"Doesn't this Uncle Lin already have a beautiful wife like Uncle Chen? Isn't he satisfied yet? Does he also want to get his hands on that Senior Sister Chang? Otherwise, why would he care about her so much?"

Seeing Tan Ying's eyes darting around as if she were thinking about something, Lin He frowned, waved his hand, and said, "That's fine, you can go now."

"Then I'll take my leave."

Unsure of Lin He's intentions, Tan Ying stopped considering the matter. However, having obtained two low-grade spirit stones on this trip, she happily left quickly.

Lin He watched his departing figure, pondering silently. "Senior Sister Chang is, after all, Senior Sister Chen's close friend, and we also formed a friendship during the forbidden area trial. Doing this now will save her some trouble, but that's all I can do. If I'm too nice to Senior Sister Chang, it might cause other problems. Perhaps this Tan Ying will take it upon herself to do something else to please me, which might lead to misunderstandings with Senior Sister Chen."

Lin He sighed. Helping someone isn't easy. Putting his thoughts aside, he carefully put away all the spiritual herbs. He scanned the surroundings with his divine sense to make sure no one was watching, and then waved his hand to enter his personal space.

Inside the personal space, the sky was filled with twinkling stars, and at the top of the giant funnel were three drops of unusually green spiritual liquid, which were still gathering starlight and continuing to generate spiritual liquid.

Lin He stopped looking at the funnel and looked to the other side, where there were more than forty peak level one demonic beasts, more than seventy high-level level one demonic beasts, and not many mid-level and low-level level one demonic beasts left.

The vast majority of them became cannon fodder in the last two days of the forbidden area trial, fighting against those top-level level demonic beasts.

Lin He didn't feel sorry about this at all. His original plan was to capture more high-level monsters. The advancement of first-level and mid-level monsters was too slow and dragged down the progress too much.

Over the past six months, Lin He has tamed and made the more than 120 demonic beasts his own.

They had already been beaten by Lin He, so taming them wasn't difficult. Now that Lin He had advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage, the powerful spiritual energy he released terrified even the top-level level demonic beasts.

Just then, a system notification sounded.

"Friendly reminder: It takes one mid-grade spirit stone to nurture a level 2 spirit beast."