A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

The giant ape's massive body charged in, shattering the outermost white phosphorus shield. A tremendous force then struck the yellow parasol, causing the parasol to rotate and absorb the force. However, this absorption had its limits, and the giant ape's power clearly exceeded its capacity. The yellow parasol only lasted for two seconds before it completely shattered.

The giant ape's body quickly collided with the green Ruyi, and the green light screen immediately began to tremble violently. Judging from this situation, it probably wouldn't last more than a few seconds. Lin He's face turned extremely ugly upon seeing this, but he remained completely calm.

The giant ape grinned, about to deliver a final punch to finish off its enemy, when a red light as thick as a thumb flashed by and then struck the giant ape hard, leaving a small hole from which a trickle of blood flowed. It was the Blood Spirit Drill that Lin He had secretly manipulated Lan Chou to use.

The giant ape, writhing in pain, stared in disbelief at the wounds on its body. Although the injuries were not serious, they were extremely humiliating.

In that brief moment of hesitation, a loud whooshing sound rang out overhead, followed by a jade flute striking down hard, making the giant ape see stars and wince in pain.

"Quickly, activate the formation to counterattack!"

Sect Leader Wang hurriedly said, and then summoned the jade flute back, playing a series of invisible sound wave attacks.

At the same time, Lin He and the other two also made their moves, frantically pouring their magic power into the projectiles, which shot out beams of light as thick as bowls from three different directions.

The giant ape had just recovered from the blows of the jade flute when it was soon faced with a barrage of attacks. This time, it didn't even have time to use its Rock Armor spell before it was overwhelmed by various attacks.

With a scream, the giant ape was clearly badly injured. Its body was covered with wounds of all sizes, from which blood was flowing.

However, Sect Master Wang did not stop the attack this time. Lin He and the other two continued to launch beams of light, and Sect Master Wang also took the opportunity to release sound waves, causing the alms bowl magic weapon to crash down from mid-air.

The three attacked continuously for a quarter of an hour. Lin He felt that his magic power was greatly depleted. Just then, Sect Master Wang suddenly told everyone to stop.

At this moment, the Earth Ape was in a very pitiful state. The Three Talents Formation was quite powerful. If three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators attacked together, its power would be no less than that of an early-stage Core Formation cultivator. However, because Lin He did not meet this requirement, the power of the formation was weakened.

However, after being bombarded by this formation for a quarter of an hour, its power was considerable. The giant ape's wildness had long since vanished, and now it only had the instinct to survive.

Sect Master Wang stepped forward and said, "Your intelligence is not low, you should be able to understand what I am saying. Now you have two choices: first, acknowledge me as your master and obey my commands; second, resist to the end and be killed by me. The choice is yours."

Helpless, the giant ape had no choice but to lower its enormous head. Seeing this, Sect Master Wang was overjoyed and immediately dripped blood to formally acknowledge its master.

After the recognition ceremony was completed, Sect Master Wang immediately used the resources at his disposal to heal the giant ape. The giant ape, which was just an enemy, had now become an ally, leaving Lin He speechless for a moment.

After thanking Lin He and the other person, Sect Master Wang personally led the giant ape down to heal its wounds. Zhou Yuan was very excited. Subduing this peak level 5 giant ape was equivalent to the Miaoyin Sect gaining another Core Formation stage cultivator.

She looked at Lin He and the other person, but a look of shame appeared on her face as she said, "This time, we are very grateful for the help of you two fellow Daoists. We will immediately offer you two Dust-Reducing Pills. Moreover, Fellow Daoist Lin's two top-grade magic weapons were also damaged in the battle just now. Miaoyin Sect will also compensate you in kind as an apology."

Lin He accepted the two Dust-Clearing Pills, his heart filled with joy. However, he didn't immediately accept the spirit stones Zhou Yuan offered. Instead, he asked...

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, I am quite interested in cultivating spirit beasts. I've heard that this Earth Ape has a cub. I wonder if your esteemed sect would be willing to part with it?"

Zhou Yuan was taken aback upon hearing this, her expression hesitant. However, for some reason, she nodded in agreement the next moment and quickly brought out the cub, a young ape with yellowish-brown fur, only as tall as a child, but its cultivation level had already reached level two, equivalent to a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stage.

Lin He stared at Zhou Yuan in a daze, and couldn't help but ask, "Fellow Daoist Zhou, what's going on...?"

Zhou Yuan realized she had been somewhat out of line and quickly explained, "Although this Earth Ape possesses true spirit bloodline, it is extremely difficult to cultivate. It requires feeding it rare spiritual fruits daily for decades, even centuries, to advance once. Even if my husband and I invest all our resources, we probably won't be able to cultivate it to level five in our lifetime. To be honest, my husband and I have already reached our limit just by cultivating that one adult giant ape. If we were to have another one, we simply couldn't handle it."

Although Zhou Yuan said that, she could have given the cub away to someone else or simply sold it. But now, she not only compensated Lin He with spirit stones but also gave the cub to Lin He for free. It was clear that she was trying to befriend Lin He.

Lin He understood what the other party meant, and without any hesitation, he accepted the dozen or so mid-grade spirit stones as compensation, put the cub into his spirit beast pouch, and then cupped his hands in thanks.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please rest assured, if I can obtain any more demon beast materials, I will definitely prioritize selling them here at the Miaoyin Sect."

Zhou Yuan had been waiting for these words, and she smiled sweetly, saying, "Fellow Daoist Lin is truly a smart person. It's so much easier to talk to smart people."

After exchanging a few polite words, Lin He left with Lan Chou.

After the two left, Sect Leader Wang came in. Zhou Yuan asked, somewhat puzzled,

"I don't understand why you suddenly sent me a telepathic message, giving this cub to this person?"

Upon hearing this, Sect Leader Wang stroked his chin smugly and said, "You've been in business for so many years, you're used to being meticulous and calculating. Let me ask you, do you think you lost money this time?"

"This?" Zhou Yuan hesitated for a moment before saying, "We were very grateful for the help of these two this time, otherwise we would not have been able to tame that giant ape, but we also paid them."

"You've only seen the surface," Sect Master Wang chuckled. "Let me ask you, where did he, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, get so many level-five demon beast materials?"

"you mean……"

Zhou Yuan seemed to have thought of something, and Sect Master Wang added, "This person definitely has a Core Formation stage cultivator behind him, and there's likely more than one. What's a little kindness in befriending someone like him and giving him a level two spirit beast? What do you think?"

Zhou Yuan, realizing what was happening, quickly said, "Our Miaoyin Sect is not only squeezed by powerful forces like the Four Great Merchant Alliances, but also ostracized by mid-level forces like the Six Linked Palaces. Things are getting increasingly difficult. But with this batch of level-five demon beast materials, we can enhance our reputation, increase our visibility, and even cultivate relationships with some Core Formation stage buyers. If we can maintain a stable and continuous sale of level-five demon beast materials, our sect's name will one day resound throughout the Chaotic Star Sea!"

At this point, Zhou Yuan became agitated, and Sect Leader Wang then asked, "So...did you suffer a loss?"

At the same time, after leaving the Miaoyin Sect as his temporary residence, Lin He went to the Six-Linked Palace to buy two portions of Heavenly Fire Liquid and Snow Spirit Water before meeting up with Nangong Wan and Xin Ruyin.

Both Nangong Wan and Xin Ruyin looked reluctant to part, but in the end, it was Nangong Wan who spoke, "Lin He, let's say goodbye here."

Although he knew it was only a temporary separation, Lin He was still somewhat reluctant to part. Then, as if he had thought of something, he quickly took out the Golden Rain Sword. "Before we part, I want you to take a good look at this sword. For some reason, I feel that I obtained it too easily. Could there be something wrong with it?"

Nangong Wan took the sword, probed it with her divine sense, and then her expression darkened.