Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

After successfully refining the first batch of insect-feeding pills, Lin Yun pressed on and refined the remaining four portions of spiritual herbs in one go.

The results this time were quite good. It took about five days to refine two batches of pills out of four batches, resulting in a total of fifteen pills!

"I have a total of twenty-two insect feeding pills on hand, enough to try to cultivate seven mutated fire spirit bees."

"If three out of the seven Fire Spirit Bees are born as Fire Jade Bees, that would be a pretty good result."

The transformation of the Fire Spirit Bee into the Fire Jade Bee represents an advancement in the level of life.

The original Fire Spirit Bee was only a first-tier spirit insect with low potential, but if it mutated into a Fire Jade Bee, it would have the potential to become a second-tier spirit insect in the future.

As for the Fire Jade Queen and Fire Jade Bee King, they are third-tier spirit insects with astonishing potential.

Once you advance to the next level, controlling just one queen bee is equivalent to having an army of spirit insects. You can summon a large number of second-tier fire jade bees to fight against enemies with a wave of your hand.

The Fire Jade Bee Queen is an insect king with astonishing individual combat power. If it were to fully mature, its combat power would even surpass that of some ordinary third-tier demon beasts, truly possessing the combat power of a Core Formation cultivator.

However, both queen bees and queen bees are extremely difficult to raise and require enormous resources.

Lin Yun's current plan is to first cultivate a few Fire Jade Bees, then contract them with him to make them his own spirit insects.

  

After all, having obtained a third-tier Insect Master inheritance, one should at least have a few spirit insects to control.

As for ordinary fire spirit bees, their level is a bit too low. Controlling only a dozen or so is not enough to form an effective combat force.

But the Fire Jade Bee is different; even without advancing to the second tier, its combat power is quite good.

With that thought in mind, Lin Yun immediately steered his flying artifact toward the Insect Garden.

Buzz!

Inside the beehive, swarms of fire spirit bees could be seen flying everywhere. Lin Yun, wearing a specially made beekeeping hat, was not attacked and walked straight to several beehives, carefully examining them.

"According to the insect master tradition of Tuoba Ye, we should give priority to selecting those fire spirit bees that are strong and healthy."

"As for how to distinguish which fire bees are stronger..."

Lin Yun searched with utmost seriousness, looking for a strong Fire Spirit Bee based on the key points introduced in the inheritance.

For example, the bee's wings, stinger, flight pattern, and color intensity.

Soon, after careful selection, he caught seven exceptionally strong fire bees from three hives.

"These are the few little guys I have left. Don't let me down."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Yun began to imprint his spiritual power contract mark on the seven thumb-sized fire spirit bees.

Since he has not yet opened his sea of ​​consciousness, he can only use spirit contracts and blood contracts to form contracts with spirit insects, and cannot use his divine sense to form contracts with spirit insects.

The effect was slightly less than ideal, but it was still sufficient.

Tuoba Ye's insect master lineage is exquisite, with introductions to all three contract methods and extremely sophisticated contract imprints.

After imprinting the spirit contract mark on all seven strong fire spirit bees, Lin Yun felt a close connection between himself and these fire spirit bees, and could control them as if they were his own limbs.

"go!"

With a flick of his finger, Lin Yun sent seven Fire Spirit Bees into a line in the air, just as he wished.

After playing with them for a while, Lin Yun took out seven insect-feeding pills and fed one to each of them.

It takes time to cultivate a Fire Spirit Bee into a Fire Jade Bee. During this process, three feeding pills are given in stages, and the life level of the Fire Spirit Bee will begin to evolve.

If the mutation is successful, it will transform into a spirit insect with second-tier potential. If it fails, it will die instantly!

Soon, the fire bees that had eaten the insect-feeding pills fell into a deep sleep.

"Excellent! After the first phase of administering the insect-feeding pills, none of the seven Fire Spirit Bees exploded and died!"

"The dormancy period should be between seven and fifteen days. The earlier the Fire Spirit Bee awakens, the higher the probability of successful mutation."

Lin Yun breathed a slight sigh of relief. These insect-feeding pills were all painstakingly made by him, and he naturally didn't want them to go to waste.

After doing all this, he took the seven sleeping fire spirit bees back to his courtyard and waited for the second stage of cultivation.

...

More than two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Hongye has taken up her post, left the sect, and officially settled in Taiyuan Immortal City.

The Hall of Punishments currently has seven elders, each of whom must take turns serving in Taiyuan Immortal City for two years.

After their shift ends, they can return to their sect, which is equivalent to having a vacation of more than ten years.

In the bustling Taiyuan Immortal City, Lin Hongye led a group of law enforcement disciples from her sect to the Law Enforcement Hall in the inner city.

The spiritual energy here is as dense as that of the core area of ​​a third-tier spiritual vein, which is more than enough for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to sustain their daily cultivation needs.

"Lin Xuan, Lin Mo, you two come here for a moment."

Indeed, after becoming a Punishment Elder in the Punishment Hall, Lin Hongye immediately arranged for her two disciples to also be placed in the Punishment Hall, becoming law enforcement cultivators.

"Sister!"

"Sister Hongye, is something the matter?"

Lin Hongye toyed with the jade token of the Punishment Elder in her hand and said in a deep voice, "First, when carrying out sect missions outside, address me as Elder."

"Secondly, Taiyuan Immortal City is full of hidden talents, and there are even seniors in the Core Formation stage who cultivate in seclusion within the city. You must not be arrogant and domineering, and do not act haughtily just because you are law enforcement disciples of the sect."

"Third, now that you have joined the Hall of Punishments, you must always remember your identity and never accept any bribes, not even a single spirit stone."

"If you leave any evidence and it gets back to the sect, even I can't protect you."

Seeing Lin Hongye's serious attitude, the two, who had been somewhat relaxed, perked up and readily agreed.

"Yes, Elder Lin!"

"Understood, Elder Lin!"

Lin Hongye nodded, a satisfied smile on her face, and said, "Hmm, not bad, a promising student!"

"By the way, go and get the Enforcement Hall's account books and shop directory. I need to familiarize myself with the situation in Taiyuan Immortal City."

...

On the other side, Broken Cloud Ridge.

The Xiong family cultivators had been trapped outside the Liu family's mountain gate for more than two months, and their patience was finally running out.

During this period, they would occasionally send cultivators to harass the area outside White Crane Mountain, forcing the Liu family to activate their clan protection formation.

After more than two months, the Liu family's cultivators were exhausted and their morale had collapsed.

"Master, our scouts have reported that the Liu family seems to have begun a secret relocation."

Upon hearing this, a tall, burly man, as imposing as an iron tower, stood up, looked at the mountain peak in front of him where white cranes were flying, and revealed a chilling smile.

"Prepare yourselves, we'll launch the final offensive tonight."

"I'm going to find the ancestor!"

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