A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Yue Kingdom, Huangfeng Valley Market

Inside the tallest building on the first floor, Lin He took out a mission token from Yellow Maple Valley and handed over the mission to the Wu-surnamed cultivator in front of him.

The cultivator surnamed Wu seemed somewhat reluctant, but there were strict regulations for the Foundation Establishment cultivators sent by Huangfeng Valley to guard the market. They had to be rotated every once in a while, and they wouldn't be allowed to guard the market indefinitely and form their own power. Although the cultivator surnamed Wu was unwilling, he had no choice but to be transferred back to the valley.

After the cultivator surnamed Wu left, the other two Foundation Establishment cultivators present simply nodded to the newly arrived Lin He as a greeting before leaving. Only one elderly man surnamed Cai seemed quite talkative and chatted with Lin He for a while.

Seeing the puzzled look on Lin He's face, Old Cai seemed to have guessed his question and took the initiative to show goodwill.

"Junior Brother Lin, are you wondering why Senior Brother Wu seemed so reluctant?"

Lin He made no attempt to hide his doubts, while Elder Cai stroked his beard and explained, "The spiritual energy in the market is not as dense as in Huangfeng Valley, so the cultivation speed is naturally much slower. However, it's more liberating here, allowing you to attend to some personal matters."

Lower-ranking disciples of Huangfeng Valley can only go out once a year. If they need to go out again due to special circumstances, they must apply to the Foreign Affairs Hall and can only go out again after the application is approved.

After all, a sect isn't your home; you can't just come and go as you please. This rule is understandable, but it can be a bit harsh for some cultivators.

At this point, Elder Cai sighed and said, "Although Senior Brother Wu has been at the Foundation Establishment stage for many years, he has remained at the initial stage and has not been able to make any progress. He has probably already given up the idea of ​​forming the Core. What he wants most now is not to improve his cultivation, but to reunite with his wife and children."

Although Senior Brother Wu entered Huangfeng Valley, his wife and son were not qualified enough and their cultivation was insufficient to enter. Senior Brother Wu naturally wanted to see his wife and son every day, so he arranged for them to live in the market. He himself applied to guard the market every once in a while, so that he could reunite with his wife and son every once in a while.

After Senior Brother Cai finished speaking, Lin He suddenly realized that although he had heard about it before, he understood it even more clearly after Senior Brother Cai explained it.

Actually, the reason he came to guard the market was also under the pretense of taking care of personal matters, so he took the opportunity to ask...

"Senior Brother Cai, to be honest, I came here to guard the market for two reasons. First, to contribute to the sect and earn some spirit stones. Second, it's also for some personal matters, which I don't know..."

Elder Cai was not surprised at all upon hearing this, and smiled, saying, "Junior Brother Lin is truly frank. In fact, everyone who comes here to guard the market has their own plans, and I am no exception. Actually, according to the layout of this market, only three Foundation Establishment cultivators are needed to fully exert the power of the market's grand formation. I wonder if Junior Brother Lin understands what I'm saying?"

Lin He was no fool, and quickly realized, "I see. There are currently four Foundation Establishment cultivators in the market. That means the four of us can take turns doing some personal matters, and only three of us need to be on duty in the market. But if three are enough, why did the higher-ups arrange for four people to guard it?"

Old Cai sighed, "Everyone says that the world of cultivation is cruel and ruthless, but when it comes to an individual, how can one possibly sever all feelings and ties? The higher-ups must have known this, which is why they made this arrangement. It's also to reduce the resentment in everyone's hearts."

Hearing this, Lin He finally understood. Since this was an unspoken rule that even those above knew about, he had no more reservations and quickly thanked them.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Cai, for clearing up my doubts. I will remember it in my heart."

Old Cai chuckled. He had said so much just to curry favor with the other party. The other party was so young to have reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so his talent must be extraordinary. It would not hurt for him to be on good terms with him.

Next, Elder Cai warmly invited Lin He to taste tea. Lin He was a complete novice when it came to spiritual tea, but he followed Elder Cai's example and drank tea while listening to his explanations of various ways of tasting tea, which was quite interesting.

After a while, Lin He got up to say goodbye. Before leaving, Old Cai even gave him a few packets of spiritual tea.

"Sure enough, only when you have the ability will the other party respect you, and even try to please you."

Lin He couldn't help but sigh. He still had some black dragon materials that he hadn't processed and urgently needed to find someone to forge them. However, he had searched the entire market but hadn't found a suitable candidate.

"It seems we still have to go find Old Man Xu."

Lin He stayed there for a month. His duties were simple; apart from not being allowed to leave the market, there were no other restrictions.

During the past month, he wandered around the market and bought a lot of books about spirit beasts and spirit tea, but Lin He did not find a single good cultivation technique.

Back at his residence, Lin He began to ponder the matter of cultivation techniques.

"I found a cultivation technique in Yellow Maple Valley called Golden Light Technique. It's not difficult to cultivate, but it's not good for combat, and you can only cultivate it up to the Core Formation stage at most."

Lin He has already mastered the Golden Light Technique to the fourth level and obtained a divine ability called Golden Light Shield, which can create a golden shield for defense, but its actual power is only average.

"It seems I'll have to find another suitable cultivation technique in the Chaotic Star Sea."

As Lin He was pondering, a series of undisguised footsteps approached. Lin He quickly scanned the area with his divine sense and identified the intruder. He immediately opened the door.

"So it's Senior Brother Cai."

Old Master Cai glanced at Lin He's room and couldn't help but exclaim, "Junior Brother Lin doesn't like luxury, so it's rare to find such a simple bedroom."

"I don't care about these external things. By the way, what brings you here, Senior Brother Cai?"

"Well, I have some good news for Junior Brother Lin. For the next few days, it will be Junior Brother Lin's turn to take care of his personal matters."

"Oh, that's wonderful."

Lin He was overjoyed to hear this, as he could finally make a trip to the Tianxing Sect Market.

But then Elder Cai suddenly asked, "Junior Brother Lin, you asked me before that you wanted to find someone to forge magical artifacts, but you couldn't find a suitable candidate, right?"

"That's true, so I still have to go to the Tianxing Sect Market. I heard there's a skilled weapon refiner there."

"The Tianxing Sect Market?" Elder Cai hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "Junior Brother Lin, I have a favor to ask. I heard that a tea house recently opened in that market, selling all kinds of fine spiritual teas. Could you please purchase some for me?"

Lin He smiled and said, "It's just a small favor, why not? Senior Brother Cai, please tell me which kinds of spiritual tea you need."

Old Cai was very pleased to hear this. He gave Lin He some instructions, then took out some spirit stones and handed them to Lin He before leaving satisfied.

Watching his departing figure, Lin He was in high spirits. After leaving the market, he immediately piloted his flying spirit boat towards the Tianxing Sect market.