From a country cook to a master chef

After traveling for some time, Zhao Xiaoyao, following the map distributed by the sect, finally arrived near a pool of water deep within Qingmo Island.

This was the meeting place she had arranged with her fellow students.

If you accidentally get separated after entering the Netherworld, you can go to the Jade Pool to wait for the others.

While waiting, Lin Jue took out the Dragon Pattern Shield from his storage bag to check it. He found that it was undamaged and in the same condition as before. Although there were some rust marks, they did not affect its use.

After a moment of reflection, Lin Jue took out the beast crystal again to examine it.

Upon seeing this, Zhao Xiaoyao was startled and asked incredulously, "Brother Lin, where did you get this demon core?"

"What happened to what I got from the giant tiger beast? Is there a problem?"

Also, isn't this a beast crystal? How did it become a demon core?

Lin Jue looked at Zhao Xiaoyao in confusion. He wanted to place the beast crystal on the dragon patterned griddle and show it to her, but the next second, as soon as the beast crystal touched the griddle, it emitted a bright white light, and then the fist-sized beast crystal disappeared into thin air.

Lin Jue stared intently at the dragon-patterned pot, suspecting that it had absorbed the beast crystals.

The rust on the surface of the dragon-patterned iron plate slowly faded, revealing a faint silver glow.

The dragon scale patterns on the surface of the pot now seem to be alive, wriggling and full of spirit.

The astonishing changes in the Dragon Pattern Ao confirmed that the mysterious disappearance of the Beast Crystal was related to it.

"Brother Lin, this pot in your hand might really be a magical artifact, and even a rare ancient treasure," Zhao Xiaoyao said with a delighted expression.

"The so-called ancient treasures are all treasures crafted by ancient cultivators and passed down through thousands of years. Each ancient treasure has its own unique function and wonderful use."

The ancient treasure in Brother Lin's hand can absorb demon cores, which may be its unique feature. Brother Lin can try to provide it with more demon cores to absorb, and perhaps he can even learn some of the ancient cultivators' supernatural abilities and secret techniques from it.

"Speaking of demon cores, Brother Lin, there's no need to be surprised. Demon cores are simply beast crystals, and beast crystals are demon cores; it's just that cultivators and martial artists use different names for them."

At this point, Zhao Xiaoyao sighed and continued with a smile, "Once a beast develops a demon core in its body, it is considered a demon beast, not an ordinary beast or bird. I never expected that there would be demon beasts in the Netherworld."

"I see." Lin Jue first showed a strange look on his face, then rested his chin on his hand and belatedly realized, "Once you cultivators enter the Netherworld Ghost Land, your magic power and divine sense will be limited. In the past, you have always completed the mission of entering this place under the escort of martial artists. It is normal that you do not know about the abnormalities of the beasts in this place."

This is the first time I've ever heard of demon cores and beast crystals. I never imagined they could be used to distinguish between wild beasts and demon beasts.

After saying this, recalling the scene of lightning striking and killing the bison herd earlier, Lin Jue frowned slightly and asked, "You six sects entered this place to search for a great treasure. What exactly is it?"

Upon hearing his question, Zhao Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment before her expression softened and she said, "I don't know exactly what it is. Only the senior brother leading the team knows what it is. However, I once heard him mention it. It seems to be a kind of peach charm, which is said to be able to restrain the evil cultivation techniques of Wushan. The six sects want to use it to completely defeat those Wushan cultivators."

"Peach talisman? Is it a kind of magic tool?" Lin Jue couldn't help but look puzzled.

Zhao Xiaoyao nodded, looking quite longing. "Ordinary peach talismans are a very common type of talisman-like magical artifact, but the peach talisman that the six sects are looking for this time, according to my senior brother, seems to be a mysterious ancient treasure that can only be found deep in the Netherworld."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jue seemed to be deep in thought. He examined the dragon-patterned griddle in his hand, put it into his storage bag, and then, holding up a yellow talisman, suddenly asked:

"You asked me before how I, not being a cultivator, could open a storage bag. Now you see, I can use the storage bag entirely thanks to this talisman. Do you know what kind of talisman this is?"

"I don't know, this is the first time I've ever seen such a talisman. I never expected it could allow someone to use a storage bag without relying on magic power. It's truly a wonder." Zhao Xiaoyao smiled slightly and took the talisman from Lin Jue, examining it curiously.

After looking at it for a long time, she reluctantly returned it to Lin Jue, instructing him to keep it safe. Such a rare item might not be of interest to cultivators outside the Netherworld, but for ordinary martial artists, this talisman was definitely a priceless treasure.

With this talisman, one can freely use storage bags that only cultivators can use. Such temptation is hard not to make people envious.

"However, you'd better keep your storage bag hidden. After all, storage bags are extremely rare. Even the lowest grade of storage bag is hard for ordinary rogue cultivators to possess. Each storage bag requires a Core Formation cultivator who is skilled in spatial arrays to craft."

Zhao Xiaoyao paused for a moment, then went to the edge of the pool, scooped up some water to wipe her face, and then said jokingly, "If this kind of talisman weren't only effective on one storage bag, I would have wanted to take Brother Lin's talisman for myself just now."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jue smiled slightly, not taking it seriously.

For the next period of time, the two stayed around the Green Pool, waiting for the other disciples of the Misty Clouds Sect to arrive.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

During these three days, Lin Jue hunted many wild beasts on his own, but he did not collect any beast crystals, which made him somewhat disappointed.

Fortunately, it wasn't all disappointment. After eating a large amount of beast meat, Lin Jue was pleasantly surprised to find that his strength had unknowingly reached the late stage of the Divine Power Realm.

Martial arts training begins with martial apprentices and is initiated by martial arts masters.

Martial artists cultivate their internal energy, with three strands forming a segment. Once they reach one hundred segments, they can be considered a martial artist at the Divine Power Realm.

Martial artists who reach this level can mobilize their internal energy to fight and defeat their enemies. The so-called "energy protecting the body and divine power connecting with the divine" refers to supernatural abilities.

After reaching the Divine Power Realm, to continue improving, one must go through a process of transforming darkness into light and transforming strength into essence.

Only by using the body to create the elixir, merging the primordial energy with the body, and transforming the vital energy into form, can one advance to the Divine Illumination Realm of martial artist.

Lin Jue consulted the old senior who was cleaning the dust in the Tianwu Mountain Scripture Cave and learned that the so-called transformation of darkness into light means transforming the internal dark energy into light energy. If one can achieve this step, one can be considered a qualified early stage Divine Power Realm martial artist.

Transforming internal energy into elixir is the method for advancing to the Divine Illumination Realm.

Lin Jue, who was originally clueless about this, has now gained some understanding and insight after three days of cultivation.

Currently, a large amount of internal energy is gathering in his dantian, resembling a thick cloud, with a faint tendency to condense into a pill.

It seems that the so-called transformation of internal energy into elixir is to condense the internal energy into a single elixir, which martial artists call the Martial Dao Primordial Qi.

Once one cultivates martial arts essence, one can leap over the dragon gate like a carp, becoming a powerful figure in the martial arts world. If in the army, one will be a general with the courage of ten thousand men, capable of taking the head of a general from among ten thousand soldiers.

Lin Jue never expected that by sheer chance, he would encounter such a great opportunity to condense his primordial energy and advance to the Divine Illumination realm.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately consumed the last bit of beast meat and focused all his efforts on breaking through to the Divine Illumination Realm.