A mortal cultivating immortality can nurture spirit beasts.

The three returned to Li Huayuan's residence and remained silent for a while. None of them spoke until Hong Fu spoke first.

"This is a very important matter. Let's discuss it later. Let's divide the spoils first."

Hong Fu took out Meng Fan's storage bag, along with the Blue Light Shield, the Skull Magic Treasure, and the Thunder Crystal Bead. As for Meng Fan's corpse, Hong Fu didn't touch it, but Lin He put it away. Hong Fu didn't say anything about it.

Hong Fu opened her storage bag in front of everyone and found more than 400 mid-grade spirit stones, a number of magic tools, materials and talismans, as well as two bottles of pills and two magic treasures, namely a short sword and a long spear.

There's not much to argue about in dividing the spirit stones, magical artifacts, materials, and talismans equally among the three of them, and there are exactly three magical treasures as well.

Lin He chose the skull-shaped magic weapon. He thought it was quite interesting; it could absorb the opponent's magic and then return it to the opponent. It was also quite hard and could withstand attacks.

Li Huayuan chose the long halberd, while Hong Fu put away the short sword.

Li Huayuan stared at the two bottles of pills with a burning gaze, and Hong Fu was also very interested. She opened the two bottle caps, and a strong medicinal fragrance wafted out. Hong Fu picked up a white pill and examined it carefully, as did Li Huayuan. After a while, the two seemed to recognize the pills and were immediately overjoyed.

"My two senior masters, could you please tell me what kind of elixir this is?"

"This..." Li Huayuan hesitated for a moment, then explained, "There's nothing to hide. This is the Fuyuan Pill, a pill that can improve one's cultivation level. It's also effective for us Core Formation stage cultivators."

Lin He's heart stirred upon hearing this. No wonder his two senior uncles were so excited. However, Lin He wasn't very interested in it. He had quite a few Core Formation stage pill formulas, but they only required level six or seven demon cores, which he could refine himself once he reached Core Formation.

Despite this, Lin He outwardly displayed a very enthusiastic attitude, saying, "So it's this kind of elixir. It seems my luck is not bad."

Upon hearing this, Li Huayuan quickly advised, "Junior Nephew Lin, you are not like us. You are still young and have plenty of time to cultivate. There is no need to be in such a hurry."

"Not in a hurry?" Lin He couldn't help but roll his eyes and thought to himself, "If I don't rely on the power of pills and just honestly rely on meditation to cultivate, even if I form a core, I'm afraid I might not be able to reach the pseudo-navel realm in five hundred years. I might even die of old age before I even have the chance to form a navel."

Seeing that Lin He remained unmoved, Li Huayuan earnestly advised, "Junior Nephew Lin, you can consider things like what happens after you form your core later. You know your own situation; right now, the most important thing is to save your life. Look at this blue light shield. Although it's incompatible with your spiritual root, your avatar can use it. It could be a lifesaver in a critical moment!"

Hong Fu also admired her junior brother very much. She herself would not have said such things, after all, she still had to save face in front of this junior brother Lin.

Lin He feigned interest, pointing to the lightning crystal bead. "I want this blue light shield and this lightning crystal bead. In case I encounter a cultivator who uses lightning magic, I'll have another way to protect myself."

Li Huayuan was also very interested in the Thunder Crystal Bead, but compared with the pills that could improve cultivation, the pills were of course more important. Moreover, Lin He really needed this item now, and he didn't want to see Lin He encounter any danger.

Hong Fu was too embarrassed to compete with Lin He, so Li Huayuan and Hong Fu each received a bottle of pills, while the blue light shield and the thunder crystal bead went to Lin He.

After Lin He put away the spirit stones and treasures, he very conscientiously took out Old Monster Yan's storage bag.

"Thanks to Senior Uncle Li for holding Meng Fan back, and Senior Uncle Hong Fu for severely injuring him, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to kill him. Of course, the treasures in his storage bag belong to both of my senior uncles."

Upon hearing this, Li Huayuan glanced at Lin He with some surprise, while Hong Fu looked on with admiration. She had deliberately kept quiet about this matter before, just to see what Lin He would do. Now that Lin He had brought it up on his own initiative, she was very satisfied with his attitude.

Hong Fu and Li Huayuan were very satisfied with Lin He's performance, so they didn't ask about the giant tortoise puppet. They divided up the spirit stones, materials, and magic tools in the storage bag. As for magic treasures, there were only two. Lin He had already obtained the giant tortoise puppet, so he didn't compete for them. Hong Fu and Li Huayuan each took one magic treasure.

As for the materials from the silver-scaled python, Hong Fu had no intention of taking a share, while Li Huayuan blushed, but for the sake of his spirit beast, he had to bring it up.

"Junior Nephew Lin is very generous and open-minded. I shouldn't have mentioned it, but this demon core... is crucial to my spirit beast."

Lin He didn't say much, but after considering for a while, he took out the demon core and handed it to Li Huayuan. The latter didn't take it immediately, but instead pondered for a moment, then took out an ancient book.

"I obtained this ancient book by chance, and I think it will be very useful to Junior Nephew Lin. You can take it."

Lin He took the book and was immediately intrigued. The ancient book contained information on using demon souls to create a talisman called the Spirit-Nourishing Talisman, which could temporarily enhance physical strength and cultivation. However, the talisman described was for use in the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages, and could be considered a low-level version of the Spirit-Subduing Talisman.

"This is a good thing, exactly what I need right now." Lin He nodded, very satisfied with the ancient book.

Seeing that Lin He was satisfied, Li Huayuan also breathed a sigh of relief. A level 5 demon core was not cheap in the Tiannan region, and now he owed Lin He a favor.

After dividing up the spoils, it's finally time to get down to business. Hong Fu coughed and said...

"Alright, let's talk about what happened before. Junior Nephew Lin, what's your opinion?"

Lin He didn't answer immediately. Instead, he asked a question first, "There's something I find strange. I killed so many demonic disciples, and I also killed Old Monster Yan. Senior Uncle Li killed Meng Fan. Why are they still able to talk to us so peacefully?"

Hong Fu and Li Huayuan exchanged a glance, and Li Huayuan spoke first, "I had some suspicions before, but now I'm certain of one thing: those five sects of the demonic path used you!"

"Using me? Could it be...?"

Li Huayuan nodded and said, "That's right. Although you killed a lot of Foundation Establishment cultivators, most of them were from the Ghost Spirit Sect. Why is that? Because the Ghost Spirit Sect disciples have been unusually active these past few days, while the other five sects only sent a small number of disciples. In my opinion, the other five sects are probably using you to weaken the Ghost Spirit Sect's strength."

"What about Old Monster Yan? He's an elder of the Spirit Control Sect."

"Heh, Old Monster Yan got too close to the Ghost Spirit Sect, which was a taboo. Otherwise, do you think Old Monster Yan would lend his puppets and spirit beasts to an ordinary friend?"

"I see." Lin He suddenly realized that the six sects of the Demonic Path were not a monolithic entity and that open and covert struggles were normal. Otherwise, with the strength of the seven sects of Yue Kingdom, they would have been wiped out by the Demonic Path long ago.

Thinking about this, Lin He realized something and asked, "If the demonic path were to fight a decisive battle with us, what chance would we have?"

Hong Fu frowned upon hearing this and remained silent. Li Huayuan sighed and said, "There's no chance of winning. The enemy far outnumbers us in both Core Formation and Foundation Establishment cultivation. If it weren't for their internal desire to preserve their own sect's strength and train their disciples, and to take the opportunity to weaken other sects, how could we have held out this long?"

"In that case, I have no other choice. If I don't agree, I'm afraid the defense line of Jingu Plain will not be able to hold out."

Li Huayuan could only nod helplessly. Lin He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said,

"They want me to participate in a battle between Core Formation stage cultivators. It seems they're determined to kill me."

"So many Foundation Establishment cultivators died, some of whom had powerful backgrounds. How could they not offend people?" Li Huayuan explained.

Lin He nodded, then said, "Alright, I'm willing to participate, but I have conditions. I'd like to ask my two senior uncles to gather the Core Formation cultivators from the seven sects for me. I want to talk to them in person!"