Cultivating immortality begins with discerning the secrets of heaven.

In the past three months, besides practicing the Xuan Lei pattern and taking care of the insect garden, some other things have happened.

Of the seven Fire Spirit Bees that Lin Yun contracted, six have awakened and have acquired many of the characteristics of Fire Jade Bees.

However, one of them never woke up, losing all vitality in its slumber, clearly having failed in its transformation.

This is normal. It's impossible for the mutation of spirit insects to have a 100% success rate. Even Tuoba Ye couldn't do it in the past.

It is normal for mutations to fail during this process.

After all, this is a leap in the level of life. If an ordinary demon beast wants to evolve its bloodline and increase its potential, it would have to go through countless difficulties.

"Hopefully, the remaining six Fire Spirit Bees will perform well."

Lin Yun had already fed them the third insect-feeding pill, and these Fire Spirit Bees, which had fallen into a deep sleep again, had entered the third stage of their transformation.

This period of slumber will last for a month and a half and will consume a large amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth.

Once they awaken, their life level will leap forward, transforming them into spirit insects with second-tier potential, the Fire Jade Bees!

Once mature, they become true second-tier spirit insects, fighting in swarms and easily crushing second-tier demonic beasts. Even Foundation Establishment cultivators would feel their scalps tingle.

If there are enough of them, mature Fire Jade Bees can even pose a threat to third-tier monsters.

From the memories recorded in the Book of Insight, Lin Yun learned that Tuoba Ye had raised a Fire Jade Bee Queen and controlled its contract.

By issuing commands to the Fire Jade Bee Queen, he could command a large number of mature Fire Jade Bees to fight for him, making many cultivators of the same level in the cultivation world at that time tremble with fear at the mere mention of his name.

After successfully forming his core, Tuoba Ye put in a lot of effort and finally figured out how to cultivate the Fire Jade Bee Queen.

These third-tier spirit insects possess individual combat strength comparable to third-tier demonic beasts, making them extremely powerful.

"This Tuoba Ye is truly a remarkable person with extraordinary talent. His aptitude for insect control and breeding is astonishing."

"Unfortunately, it is precisely because I have invested so much time and energy in this path that I have not even had the chance to condense my Nascent Soul."

Lin Yun sighed. Ever since he obtained Tuoba Ye's life memories, he would occasionally look through the man's life experiences from the Book of Insight, as if watching a TV show, from a first-person perspective.

This person was obsessed with raising rare and exotic insects, to the point of madness, which even took up a lot of his cultivation time.

Moreover, Tuoba Ye had a high opinion of himself, believing that with his talent, the bottleneck of the Core Formation stage could not stop him, and the Nascent Soul stage was not too difficult.

In his later years, this person was trapped in the mid-stage of Core Formation and found it difficult to break through the bottleneck of the later stage.

But by then, it was too late for regrets. All he could do was resort to crooked methods, even attempting to use the techniques of "corpse dissolution immortality" to live a second life and make up for the regrets of this life.

"Let this serve as a warning!"

"My talent in weapon crafting is not bad either. I just mastered the Xuan Lei pattern, and I was a little complacent. That is really not advisable."

"In the path of cultivation, all skills are merely supplementary; one's own level of cultivation is the fundamental essence!"

Lin Yun closed his eyes and solemnly warned himself in his heart that he must never follow in Tuoba Ye's footsteps.

After finishing this task, he began to look through the letters his family had sent him during this period.

There were several letters, one of which came from Taiyuan Immortal City and was sent by Lin Hongye.

The letter from the family described the current situation of the Lin family and briefly mentioned the situation of the cultivation world in Xiangnanling.

"The situation in the cultivation world of Xiangnan Ridge is relatively stable at present. It seems that after Elder Sun's trip to Ningfeng City, the Blood Spirit Sect was also wary and did not dare to make any more moves in Xiangnan Ridge."

"However, Duanyun Ridge... has fallen into such chaos, and the sects aren't doing anything about it?"

Lin Yun frowned deeply; Duan Yun Ridge was now in complete chaos.

Since the Xiong family occupied Baihe Mountain, which once belonged to the Liu family, they spent half a month digesting the gains from this battle.

Subsequently, the other cultivation families in Duanyun Ridge were shocked and wary of the Xiong family's strength.

They directly conquered a Foundation Establishment family that had a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator in charge and a second-tier grand formation. This was something they had never imagined.

In their view, with Liu Chong around, the Liu family could at least hold on for another three to five years.

After three to five years, when both families have expended considerable resources, they should then intervene to mediate and reconcile, thus achieving the best possible outcome.

Unexpectedly, the Liu family only lasted a few months before being wiped out, and even the formation protecting the mountain gate collapsed.

Meanwhile, the Xiong family's strength continues to grow. The Foundation Establishment ancestor who was previously severely injured has fully recovered and his strength has even shown signs of improvement.

Besides, what shocked the other families the most was that the Xiong family had actually produced its third Foundation Establishment stage ancestor!

With three Foundation Establishment cultivators in one family, their strength is comparable to that of some ancient families that have produced Core Formation cultivators over a thousand years.

It should be noted that the renowned Zhong family of Xiangnanling currently only has three Foundation Establishment cultivators on the surface.

The Xiong family, whose strength had greatly increased, showed no signs of stopping and immediately launched a surprise attack on another Foundation Establishment family.

This incident quickly alerted other families, and the remaining families of Duanyunling immediately chose to form an alliance to fight against the Xiong family.

"The cultivation world of Duanyun Ridge is in complete chaos. Many rogue cultivators have scattered and fled to avoid the war, fearing that they will be drawn into it."

"What a great opportunity! The family has earned a lot of spirit stones through various channels, but it will take quite some time to convert them into our own strength."

"Perhaps this could be used to recruit some independent cultivators..."

Soon, Lin Yun picked up his pen and began writing a reply, offering several suggestions to the family.

We recruit rogue cultivators who have fled from Duanyun Ridge, but only after thoroughly investigating their character and conduct.

If these independent cultivators possess a special skill, they can be recruited as guest elders of the family, given a salary, or even have their cultivation skills sponsored.

If they lack a specific skill, they can expand the size of their clan's army or send them to mine the purple-veined copper veins.

Since joining the Taiyuan Sect, Lin Yun has unknowingly been able to make suggestions on some of the family's decisions.

Gradually, he began to become a pillar of the family, even able to intervene in some of the family's decisions.

Of course, this is also inseparable from the fact that he provided his family with the method of raising spirit insects and the inheritance of alchemy.

Even though he was in a sect, his status in the family was already comparable to that of the elders in the clan council.

After writing his reply and sending it back to his family, Lin Yun breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "With these correspondences, I can now report some of the situation at Duanyun Ridge to the sect."

"We don't know what the Blood Spirit Sect is plotting. Perhaps the sect is already prepared, but we still need to report it and see how the sect reacts."

Just as he was about to look through the spirit letter sent by Lin Hongye, Song Cheng's voice came from outside the building.

"Junior Brother Lin, I have finished forging the prototype of the top-grade magic weapon, but it has not yet been tempered. I would like to invite you over to observe the tempering process and explain the details and key points to you."

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