A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

Three days later

Lin He emerged from the stone house, his face as pale as paper, looking quite unwell. After all, anyone who had to work in such a chilling environment for three days and three nights would not have a good complexion.

Fortunately, he had Lan Chou's help, and Lan Chou, being a corpse refiner, was naturally not afraid of these things, relieving most of the pressure for him; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to refine the corpse so smoothly.

Lin He made a trip to Nangong Wan's residence and handed over the two pill corpses to her. After that, Lin He spent another night and finally, at sunrise, he refined the first level-five Soul Burning Pearl.

This is a black round bead that looks very ordinary, but Lin He knows that this thing is very unusual. It was made by sacrificing the souls of three level-four demon beasts, plus various rare materials. He was also very grateful to Nangong Wan for providing more than a dozen rare materials. Otherwise, it would have taken him a long time to collect the materials, and it would have been impossible for him to successfully refine it overnight.

If a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation is caught off guard by this black bead, their soul will be severely impacted, causing them to become mentally confused and lose their ability to think for a very short time, giving the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of them.

As the sun rose, Lin He stepped out of the stone house. At that moment, Li Huayuan sent someone over, telling them to hurry over and meet up. It seemed the operation was about to begin.

Lin He naturally wouldn't delay; at this moment, he was more proactive than anyone else.

Following the guide, they arrived at Li Huayuan's residence again. This time, Hong Fu was not there; only Li Huayuan was present.

He glanced at Lin He and the others to make sure they were all present, then announced loudly, "According to news from the front lines, a group of experts from the Ghost Spirit Sect have recently arrived. They've been very active, and our seven sects have suffered quite a few losses, causing our morale to plummet. My objective for this operation is simple: to thoroughly humiliate them, boost our own morale, and show everyone that the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators are nothing special."

Liu Jing was the first to respond, followed closely by Lin He. Seeing Liu Jing respond, Zhong Weiniang immediately responded, and seeing Lin He respond, Senior Sister Chen and Dong Xuan'er followed suit. Chen Qiaoshan, seeing that Seventh Sister had expressed her opinion, had no choice but to follow suit.

Song Meng, the battle maniac, had no objections and was even eager to try.

Seeing that Dong Xuan'er had expressed her opinion, Wu Xuan also chose to respond. Han Li didn't care about this; he just needed to earn spirit stones to buy materials for refining pills. Moreover, he preferred to act alone rather than in a group. But seeing that everyone else had expressed their opinions, he had no choice but to follow suit.

Li Huayuan said "Okay," and then nodded, "I've deliberately kept you out of sight these past few days for this operation. We want to strike a heavy blow before the enemy even realizes what's happening."

Next, Li Huayuan began to assign tasks and distribute manpower: Lin He, Senior Sister Chen, and Chen Qiaoshan formed one group; Liu Jing, Song Meng, and Zhong Weiniang formed another group; and Han Li, Wu Xuan, and Dong Xuan'er formed yet another group.

The group consisted of nine people, divided into three teams of three, with Lin He, Liu Jing, and Han Li serving as team leaders. They each stormed into the Jingu Plain battlefield.

After giving some more instructions, Li Huayuan waved his hand, and Lin He and the others left the stone house and headed to the front line.

Jingu Plain battlefield

Lin He used the Divine Wind Boat to carry Senior Sister Chen and Chen Qiaoshan at high speed, and soon they broke into the battlefield of Jingu Plain. This place had already been shattered by the continuous battles, and was full of ruins, making it look very desolate.

The Chen siblings both came from a family of cultivators and rarely took risks. Seeing such a cruel battlefield, with so many broken corpses lying casually on the ground, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, fearing that they might follow in their footsteps.

Chen Qiaoshan spoke first, "Junior Brother Lin, you are the captain now, and Seventh Sister and I will listen to you. Tell me what to do next."

Senior Sister Chen had no objections, adopting a stance of having Lin He as the leader.

Lin He subconsciously released his divine sense to investigate. Although he had not yet mastered the second level of his Great Evolution Technique, his divine sense was still stronger than that of an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator. After expanding his divine sense, he quickly made a discovery.

"There's a group of demonic cultivators to our northwest. Let's go check that out first."

Senior Sister Chen and Chen Qiaoshan also released their divine senses, but they found nothing. They couldn't help but sigh inwardly that having high cultivation level was indeed an advantage, as they were able to detect their opponents first.

Lin He tapped the Divine Wind Boat with his right foot, and it sped off in the northwest. After a while, the three of them finally arrived at their destination.

At this moment, there were seven cultivators from the Ghost Spirit Sect on the other side: one late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, three mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and three early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The elderly man surnamed Wang, who was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, was overjoyed to see Lin He and his companions suddenly appear.

"Judging from your attire, you must be disciples of Huangfeng Valley. Your Huangfeng Valley cultivators ruined our Ghost Spirit Sect's plans at Yan Family Fortress last time, and this time we're determined to keep you here!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Lin He took action, showing no intention of replying at all. He took out a miniature bell, which was the top-grade magic weapon he had obtained from Tian Buque—the Bewitching Bell.

With a surge of magical power, the Bewitching Bell instantly grew larger, becoming a giant bell. Then, the giant bell vibrated, emitting an invisible sound wave.

This sound wave was an area attack. Upon hearing the bell, all the cultivators of the Ghost Spirit Sect trembled, involuntarily bleeding from their mouths and noses, and their expressions became dazed.

As Lin He activated the Bewitching Bell, he flicked his wrist and released five blood-red throwing knives.

Almost as soon as the Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators were in a daze, five blood-red flying knives fell. The five Foundation Establishment cultivators didn't even have time to utter a sound before the flying knives pierced their bodies and fell directly to the ground. Even if the flying knives didn't hit any vital organs, they died instantly from the fall.

In the blink of an eye, five companions died so easily, leaving only an old man in the late Foundation Establishment stage and a young man in the mid Foundation Establishment stage. The two had just recovered from the sonic attack when they discovered that they had lost five members of their side, and their expressions changed drastically.

Without a second thought, the two turned and ran, their reaction was quite fast. However, at that moment, a blue-robed man suddenly appeared in front of them, and with a wave of his hand, he unleashed two beams of bloody light. The two had no time to react before they were pierced by the bloody light and killed so easily.

Lan Chou used a pitch-black alms bowl to extract the essence of the old man in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Lin He skillfully destroyed the bodies and disposed of all the evidence, then collected all the seven people's storage bags. This smooth and efficient action left the Chen siblings stunned.

They were just about to run away, and Chen Qiaoshan even thought Lin He's actions were too reckless and wanted to give him a warning at some point. Unexpectedly, all seven of them were killed in the blink of an eye.

The Chen siblings were so shocked by the sudden appearance of the blue-robed man and the terrifying spiritual energy emanating from him that they were speechless.

Only then did they suddenly remember something. No wonder Master Li and Master Hongfu valued Lin He so much; it turned out he had such a powerful trump card.

Lin He used his divine sense to probe again and quickly found other targets.

"There's a group of demonic cultivators to the southwest. Hmm, I even recognize one of them."

Lan Chou immediately activated the Golden Rain Sword and led everyone there at top speed.