Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

Chapter 64, second page

Lin Yun practiced diligently within the sect, spending most of his time meditating and cultivating his inner energy, except for occasionally tending to the insect garden.

Having solidified his cultivation at the fifth level of Qi Refining, he began taking Spirit Gathering Pills again to cultivate with the help of the pills.

A month later, his family sent him a letter from his grandfather, Lin Jing.

"You've come at just the right time. I'll hand over the method of raising fire spirit bees to the family in exchange for some low-grade spiritual herbs for alchemy."

"In that case, you can try to cultivate your alchemy skills to the beginner level."

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After reading the letter, Lin Yun quickly wrote a reply to his family, directly writing down the complete method for raising fire spirit bees.

"However, if I want to practice alchemy, I will definitely need to consume a lot of spiritual herbs in the early stages. This one secret method of raising fire spirit bees is far from enough."

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With this in mind, Lin Yun once again found a method for raising low-level spirit insects from Tuoba Ye's insect master inheritance.

Jade ants are a relatively rare type of low-level spiritual insect. They feed on ordinary jade and mostly live in jade mines.

The individual combat strength of the jade ants cultivated to adulthood is average, but if they are in swarms, they can pose a threat to late-stage first-tier demonic beasts.

Most importantly, these jade ants can transform into spirit jade after they die, which can be used as materials for setting up some formations.

In terms of both output and combat power, the jade ant is a good breed of spirit insect for breeding.

"Unfortunately, even Tuoba Ye couldn't figure out the method for cultivating these jade ants, so they don't have any higher cultivation value."

"In Tuoba Ye's memory, he had raised jade ants several times, but they were always used as food for other high-level spirit insects."

In this way, Lin Yun also wrote down the complete method for raising jade ants, hoping to exchange it for a larger quantity of spiritual herbs from his family.

  

"As for alchemy, I currently have 230 sect contribution points, which is enough to exchange for an alchemy furnace within the sect."

He completed his weapon-refining task early this month, and now he has an extra fifty sect contribution points.

Adding to the previous six months, he now has 230 sect contribution points, which can be converted into 460 spirit stones.

"With my current skill in weapon crafting, it would probably take a lot of detours to craft a pill refining furnace myself. In the end, it might not be as worthwhile as directly exchanging for a pill refining furnace."

"Why don't we just go and have a different one?"

Soon, Lin Yun left the Insect Garden and headed straight for the sect's treasure hall.

The Treasure Hall is located on a small hill next to Shouzhuo Peak. It is heavily guarded. As soon as Lin Yun went up the mountain, he was stopped by the guards. However, after showing his identity token, he was allowed to pass.

At the summit, a magnificent palace stood, surrounded by strict restrictions and even protected by an array.

An elderly man with white hair sat at the entrance of the main hall. His aura was obscure, and he was clearly an elder in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Elder, this disciple wishes to exchange for a furnace for alchemy!"

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Upon hearing this, the white-haired old man raised his eyelids, glanced at Lin Yun briefly, and then waved his hand, releasing the restrictions within the hall.

"Qi-refining disciples can only move around on the first floor of the hall. Even if you go there, you can't afford to exchange for the treasures on the second floor."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun clasped his hands in a fist salute to the other party again and said, "Thank you, Elder."

After saying that, he stepped into the treasure hall, but as soon as he stepped in, he felt his magical power being suppressed.

This is the effect of the restrictions within the hall. The restrictions inside are of an extremely high level, and low-level cultivators cannot even use their own magical power after entering.

"That's how it should be, otherwise there's a good chance some audacious person might use their storage bag to take all the treasures from the hall..."

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Lin Yun muttered to himself before stepping into the magnificent main hall.

The interior space was much larger than it appeared from the outside. As soon as Lin Yun stepped inside, his eyes were drawn to the gleaming treasures.

On the first floor of this main hall, the most numerous items are magical artifacts, all of which are at least mid-grade magical artifacts and of excellent quality, truly exquisite.

High-grade magic artifacts, which are rare even in ordinary cultivation families, frequently appeared in Lin Yun's field of vision.

Even top-grade magical artifacts flashed before his eyes from time to time, but after glancing at the price tags, Lin Yun gave up on them.

"Mid-grade magic artifacts are mostly priced at around 200 contribution points, while high-grade magic artifacts are in the range of 400 to 500 points, and top-grade magic artifacts cost more than 700 sect contribution points each!"

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"If you convert it into spirit stones, it's actually quite a good deal."

Lin Yun's gaze swept across the hall, observing that these magical artifacts were mostly crafted by disciples of the Hundred Refinement Peak.

Once he has been a member of the sect for ten years, he will be required to craft a mid-grade magic weapon and submit it to the sect every two months.

The requirements for disciples of Hundred Refinement Peak who have been disciples for thirty years will be raised: they must refine one high-grade magic weapon or three mid-grade magic weapons every six months.

Of course, the monthly sect contribution reward will also increase significantly.

Soon, Lin Yun was drawn to a dark purple alchemy furnace, which turned out to be a mid-grade magic artifact refined from purple-patterned copper.

"The methods used to refine these spiritual materials are something that only a weapon refiner of Brother Song Cheng's level could do."

"To refine purple-veined copper into purple-veined copper essence, one must set up an array to draw upon the earth's vein fire and quench it for at least thirty days. Approximately fifteen catties of purple-veined copper can be refined into about two catties of purple-veined copper essence."

Because the Lin family was already mining purple-veined copper ore, Lin Yun had a special understanding of this spiritual material.

"However, the method of refining spiritual materials in this purple-patterned bronze alchemy furnace is commendable, but it is lacking in other aspects."

Normally speaking, purple-veined copper essence is more than enough to serve as the main material for refining high-grade magic weapons. As long as the technique is appropriate, refining it into a high-grade magic weapon is absolutely no problem.

Therefore, Lin Yun judged that this should be the work of a senior student.

"This alchemy furnace is priced at 210 sect contribution points, which isn't too expensive, considering the cost of the materials."

Lin Yun examined it carefully and then decided to exchange it for his own.

There were certainly many furnaces and cauldrons available for exchange on the first floor of the hall, but most of them were high-grade magic artifacts, which he couldn't afford to exchange for.

"This is it."

As he spoke, Lin Yun carried the incredibly heavy Purple Smoke Cauldron toward the entrance of the main hall.

Just as he passed the entrance to the second level of the Treasure Hall, the Book of Insight in his mind underwent another change.

The mysterious ancient book appeared in his mind and began to turn the pages on its own, beyond his control.

[In the second level of the Treasure Hall of the Taiyuan Sect, a mysterious page contains a fragmented secret technique that no one can understand!]

More information about mysterious pages!

This time, however, the Book of Intelligence did not malfunction. It merely flashed a few illusory words in his field of vision before falling silent again.