A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Three weeks later,

Lin He's door was wide open, and he was beaming with joy. He even walked with a brisk pace, clearly showing that his cultivation had greatly improved.

"I didn't expect that just one bottle of pills would allow me to break through my bottleneck. My dual spiritual roots are truly impressive."

Three weeks ago, Lin He swindled five bottles of pills from Han Li and immediately returned to his residence to begin seclusion to break through his bottleneck. The success of his breakthrough surprised even Lin He himself, as he so easily reached the eighth level of Qi Refining.

At the same time, three drops of spiritual liquid condensed in his personal space. Upon seeing this, Lin He decisively headed to the Tianxing Sect Market.

The Heavenly Star Sect is famous for its array formations, but Lin He's trip was not to buy array formations. After more than half a day, Lin He had to come down, because there was a no-fly zone near the market, and he could only travel on foot.

After walking for several miles, Lin He finally entered the market. The most central and magnificent building was the Star Pavilion, established by the Tianxing Sect.

But Lin He was short of money and had no intention of going in. Instead, he wandered around the small shops in the vicinity and soon saw his destination - a small shop with an intimidatingly big mouth.

The owner of this small shop is an old man surnamed Xu with gray hair but a ruddy complexion. The shop's signboard is very attractive, claiming that it can refine top-level magic artifacts, and if the refining of a magic artifact fails, the shopkeeper will refund double the price of the materials in spirit stones.

The other party's tone was so arrogant that an unfamiliar cultivator would subconsciously think he was bragging, but Lin He, who was familiar with the plot, knew that this old man Xu was indeed quite capable.

In the original story, Han Li brought materials from a second-tier ink dragon to him for weapon crafting, and as a result, he successfully crafted several exquisite and top-tier magic weapons, even causing the young master of the Ghost Spirit Sect to suffer a great loss.

Lin He originally thought that selling the monster materials directly would be more convenient, but after doing the math, he found that refining magic weapons and selling them would be more profitable, so he immediately set his sights on this old man Xu.

Of course, besides this weapon-refining shop, there was also a shop selling talismans and a shop selling spirit beasts. Lin He decided to go into Old Man Xu's shop first, since he didn't have a single spirit stone on hand right now.

Lin He entered the shop. Old Xu was reading a book. He looked up at Lin He, saw that he was a Qi Refining cultivator, and immediately lost interest, lowered his head, and continued reading.

A burly man named Xiao Hei standing next to him immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Does the customer want to buy ritual implements, or order them by custom?"

"Custom-made ritual implements!"

Lin He spoke concisely, and a flash of joy crossed the burly man's eyes. He quickly and eagerly asked,

"What kind of ritual implements does the customer plan to order?"

"A superior magical artifact!"

Upon hearing that a magic artifact could be custom-made, Old Man Xu couldn't help but raise his head and begin to scrutinize Lin He. When he heard that a high-grade magic artifact could be custom-made, Old Man Xu got up and walked over.

He didn't think a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator could produce any good materials. After all, a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator would have a hard time dealing with even a Level 1 Upper-Rank demon beast, let alone a higher-rank demon beast. The best materials he could produce were Level 1 Lower-Rank or Level 1 Middle-Rank demon beast materials, and these materials were no longer of interest to Old Man Xu.

Old Xu looked suspicious, which Lin He could see clearly. He didn't say anything, but took something out of his storage bag, waved it in front of Old Xu, and then put it back in his storage bag.

"Guest, you... what you just did was..."

Although Old Man Xu was old and didn't have much lifespan left, cultivators don't have failing eyesight; his eyesight was excellent. Even though it was only for a moment, he had already clearly seen that it was a wolf's head, and that the wolf's head was of a high grade.

"Shopkeeper, can we go inside and talk now?" Lin He asked with a smile.

Old Xu's attitude immediately became much more attentive. For him, there was no hope of reaching the Foundation Establishment stage. His goal in this life was to use high-grade demon beast materials to refine higher-grade magic weapons.

"Of course, I was negligent before. Please forgive me, guest. Please come in!"

Old Xu didn't forget to instruct the burly man, "Little Black, make tea, hmm... make a good pot of tea."

Xiao Hei's cultivation level was low and his knowledge was limited, so he naturally didn't see much. But seeing the change in Old Man Xu's attitude, he knew that he had met a big customer, so he quickly agreed and went to make tea.

Old Xu rubbed his hands together excitedly and led Lin He into the backyard, saying in a very ingratiating tone,

"The guest was too quick just now; I could only make out that it was a wolf's head. Would you allow me to take a closer look?"

Lin He naturally wouldn't refuse. He took out the wolf head for the other man to examine closely. Sure enough, this old man Xu did have some skill; he quickly exclaimed in surprise.

"This is...this is the head of a Three-Eyed Fire Wolf, and it's a Three-Eyed Fire Wolf at the peak of level one!"

"The shop owner certainly has a good eye," Lin He praised, then asked the most crucial question.

"Could this wolf head be used to forge a top-tier magical artifact?"

Old Xu toyed with the wolf head in his hand, reluctant to put it down, and pondered, "If it were a second-level low-grade demon beast material, I could at least refine a common-grade top-grade magic weapon. But with a first-level peak demon beast material, it's hard to say. If I'm lucky, I might be able to refine a top-grade magic weapon, but even if I'm not, I can still refine a high-grade magic weapon. After all, this three-eyed spirit eye is a very good material."

Old Xu seemed to have thought of something and quickly said, "Of course, all of this is on the premise that the refining is successful. If you let me refine these materials, it will be fine if it succeeds, but if it fails, I cannot compensate you double."

The old man was quite shrewd; seeing that the materials were expensive, he immediately made sure to explain the price.

Lin He didn't dwell on it, simply nodding in agreement. Old Xu, seeing this, became extremely excited and was about to make a move when Lin He stopped him. He immediately realized what was happening and said rather awkwardly,

"It seems I was too hasty and forgot to tell the guests that this Three-Eyed Spirit Eye can be used to craft a mesmerizing auxiliary magic artifact, which is quite useful in combat."

"Shopkeeper, that's not what I meant," Lin He shook his head and said, "Take a look at this..."

Immediately afterward, to Old Xu's astonishment, Lin He took out a complete set of materials for a demon beast.

"This... this guest must have killed a three-eyed fire wolf all by himself, otherwise it would be impossible to obtain such complete materials."

Old Xu was shocked. It was unbelievable that a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining could kill a peak level one demon beast all by himself, and that the material was kept so intact.

"Shopkeeper, you flatter me," Lin He shook his head and said, "Actually, this monster's body is too tough. I can only cut off its neck. If I want to refine it into a magic weapon, I will have to use the top-grade magic weapon in the shop to process it."

Old Xu didn't care about this at all; instead, he went into a frenzy, excitedly saying, "Rest assured, sir, this is nothing. I will do my utmost to forge a top-tier magic weapon for you!"

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Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Lin He walked out of the shop with a big smile on his face. Old Xu, standing beside him, excitedly saw him off at the door, not forgetting to say,

"If customers have any good ingredients in the future, they are welcome to visit our shop again."

Lin He nodded and walked enthusiastically toward another shop selling spirit beasts.

Not long after Lin He left, a middle-aged man with a sinister face suddenly appeared. He glanced at Lin He's departing figure and then walked into the weapon-refining shop.