Chapter 195: Spirit Ear Pill

Yao Shou Shijie.

Wu-wu?

The little fox, full of curiosity, looked at Yunhe, who was lying on the ground at that moment, not knowing what he was fiddling with.

Here I am.

Seeing the little critter, Yunhe smiled and placed his paw on its head, rubbing it.

Wu-wu!

The little fox immediately puffed out its cheeks, but did not dodge; only a moment later, its originally smooth fur instantly exploded.

Seeing this, Yunhe couldn't help but laugh happily.

Here, this is for you.

Speaking, he took out a third-stage Breeding Pill from his storage bag.

The little fox's cultivation base has already reached the peak of mid-Second Stage, and consuming this Breeding Pill refined from a thousand-year-old dragonblood ginseng still gives it a decent chance to smoothly achieve a breakthrough.

He had once made a pact with the little fox: once his cultivation base broke through to Third Stage, he would set the little fox free.

However.

Although some time has passed since he broke through to Third Stage, the little fox seems to have selectively forgotten this matter, and Yunhe naturally won't bring it up, after all, on Huanhu Dao, the little fox and the White Ape King are indispensable; they save Yunhe a lot of management time.

For this, investing a bit more resources is completely justified.

Seeing this, the little fox naturally wasn't polite with Yunhe, smiling and squinting its eyes, curling its tail to put away the Breeding Pill.

And these.

Seeing that it didn't take it right away, Yunhe didn't say anything, merely pushing a pile of seeds forward.

Wu?

The little fox showed a look of confusion.

These are some spirit grass seeds; the spirit fields you reclaimed outside Huanhu Dao a few days ago can now be put to use.

After obtaining the Condensation Method, Yunhe had already begun arranging for the demon beasts of Huanhu Dao to act, and had also long since had the White Ape King carry loads of fertile soil from Huanhu Dao's spirit fields to lay beneath the newly opened spirit fields.

The land of Yao Shou Shijie has hardly been developed or utilized; even without fertilizer, there is a high probability that the seeds of Golden Ear Grass will germinate, but if there is no subsequent allocation of resources, the growth speed may be relatively slow.

In a moment, take this scale of mine to the spirit field and call over the Kun Earth Silkworm to help till the spirit field.

The opening of this spirit field is merely the beginning.

Once the demon beasts on Huanhu Dao gradually adapt to and become accustomed to the opening of the spirit field and the planting of spirit grass, we can expand the scale.

Of course, the first thing to do is for him to first teach the little fox and the White Ape King how to sow and manage spirit field affairs, then have them pass on the instruction to other demon beasts.

Things must be done step by step, and the road must also be walked step by step.

Ao!

The little fox nodded its head and put away the black scale Yunhe had handed over.

And these.

Yunhe then took out many small pouches of various colors, that is, storage bags!

Seeing these bags, the little fox's eyes lit up, because Yunhe had them on him, and they often saw Yunhe pulling out one strange gadget after another from those small pouches, most of which they had never seen before.

You take these and divide them up; they're very simple to use—just a sweep of Demon Sense, and thereafter storing things will be much more convenient for you.

Wu-wu!

The little fox's bright eyes rolled around, instantly picking out the pure white one among the pile of storage bags, pointing at it and then looking at Yunhe, the meaning obvious.

Yunhe couldn't help but be speechless, then laughed and said, "Since I've given you the things, you can distribute them as you see fit."

Wu—

The little critter happily took hold of the pure white storage bag, imitating Yunhe's manner by hanging it around its neck, and it quickly learned how to use the storage bag, shrinking it and hiding it in its thick white fur, then taking a stone, putting it in and taking it out for fun.

Compared to the scheming and deceit, the mutual contention and calculation of the cultivation world, the demon beasts, in Yunhe's view, are undoubtedly far too simple.

Even when facing opponents, most of the time they have no ulterior motives; most often they meet and immediately start fighting—if they win, they devour the opponent; if they lose, they either submit or get eaten.

Simple and straightforward.

Ling—

At this moment.

A swift blue-green shadow came from far to near, leaving fleeting illusory silhouettes in the air.

Blue Shadow Swallow.

It flapped its wings and slowly landed before Yunhe.

King!

Compared to the little fox's ease, the Blue Shadow Swallow appears much more cautious and solemn in Yunhe's presence, conveying words via Demon Sense.

Wu—

Seeing the Blue Shadow Swallow, Yunhe hadn't spoken yet when the little fox immediately took out a dark‑blue pouch from a pile of storage bags and eagerly handed it over.

Storage bag?

Seeing this thing, the Blue Shadow Swallow also stared for a moment, then, like the little fox, began to play with it endlessly.

Cough, swallow.

Seeing them having so much fun, Yunhe's forehead showed a few black lines as he lightly coughed and shouted.

Hearing this, the Blue Shadow Swallow finally realized it had come to report the situation.

Immediately, its expression turned serious, and it told Yunhe all the information it had gathered during this period, great and small.

As the 'Intelligence Officer' of Huanhu Dao, the Blue Shadow Swallow has always been one of Yunhe's main sources for gathering information about demon beasts around Huanhu Dao.

What it obtained this time, aside from a portion of relatively precious spirit plant locations, mainly consisted of the habitats of some Third‑Stage demon beasts, as well as information about their habits, etc.

After listening.

The huge body slowly rose to its feet, Yunhe moved his limbs, and narrowed his eyes.

He took out a black feather from his storage bag, placed it on his fingertip, and gently rubbed it.

"It's about time to move around."

The world of cultivation.

The He family patriarch's manor, the alchemy room.

Bang!!

A wave of extremely pure and rich medicinal fragrance instantly diffused, accompanied by rising white mist; Yunhe quickly and skillfully used his mana to take out dozens of glowing elixirs from the alchemy furnace.

As the hazy medicinal vapor dissipated, the fluorescence on several elixirs instantly dimmed, finally shattering into fragments that scattered away; yet more elixirs had their fluorescence converge, giving rise to a golden thread-like pattern, resembling wheat spikes, quite extraordinary.

Spirit Spike Elixir!

"At least it's a middle-grade third-tier elixir."

Looking at these finished elixirs, sensing the spiritual energy they contained, Yunhe showed a satisfied expression.

It was not in vain that he painstakingly searched for the formula and "Gold Spike Grass"; the "Spirit Spike Elixir" he refined is at least a middle-grade third-tier elixir, absolutely sufficient for his current use.

Because ancient cultivators did not classify elixir grades as clearly as modern cultivators do, although he knew that "Spirit Spike Elixir" was suitable for Golden Core cultivators, he was not entirely clear about its exact grade.

This time he used the inner core of an early third-tier demon beast; if he used the inner core of that mid-third-tier corrupt-toxic scale snake, he might be able to refine a top-grade third-tier "Spirit Spike Elixir," which would definitely be good news for Yunhe.

If his body's resistance to the elixir were a little lower, he could perhaps continue using it all the way to Late Jie Dan Stage without worrying about elixir issues.

For other alchemists, not only is the formula a problem, but various precious main ingredients are also a greater issue in alchemy nowadays; but for Yunhe, if he simply refines "Spirit Spike Elixir," he lacks neither demon beast cores nor precious "Gold Spike Grass" juice.

It seemed as if, at a glance, he could at least see the path leading to Late Jie Dan Stage.

"The success rate is also passable; after refining a few more times, the yield will gradually improve."

"Let's test its effect."

He placed the "Spirit Spike Elixir" into a small jade bottle, then went to the training chamber.

He poured out one elixir still warm, raised his neck and swallowed it, then began silently refining the surging and pure Spiritual Power within.

As the "Great Longevity Five Elements True Scripture" operates, five-colored light surrounds Yunhe's body, flashing continuously.

Although the spiritual energy in this training room of the He family patriarch is decent, and with the effect of the Gathering Spirit Pearl, the spiritual energy here has seen a considerable increase compared to before; however, absorbing and refining spiritual energy, compared to the power of the elixir, is merely a trifle.

Within the dantian's qi sea.

The golden core, flashing with five-colored splendor, had condensed around it the illusory forms of the five-element spiritual bodies; the five spiritual bodies opened their mouths, drawing in strands of pure magical power into the body; then radiant divine light rose from the body, shining upon the golden core, causing the five-colored splendor on the golden core to become more solid.

After a long while.

Yunhe opened his eyes, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, and a hint of joy appeared on his face: "This \"Spirit Spike Elixir\" indeed lives up to being an elixir refined from an ancient formula, and with the inner core of a third-tier demon beast as its main ingredient, its power is truly overbearing; if I had not already adapted to the \"Marrow Origin Elixir, \" I probably could not have adapted to it at first. If another early Golden Core cultivator were to take it, they probably could not withstand this elixir."

He has the "Little Five-Element Spiritual Bodies" assisting in refinement; although his spiritual roots have held him back, the "Little Five-Element Spiritual Bodies" gradually lost their advantage after he broke through to the Golden Core stage, but refining elixirs is still not a major problem.

"However, the effect is indeed outstanding; one \"Spirit Spike Elixir\" can almost match several months of my painstaking cultivation."

However, Yunhe also knows that ordinary Golden Core cultivators would be reluctant to consume elixirs as he does; even if they occasionally obtain one or two, or successfully refine a batch, they must carefully store them for use when breaking through a bottleneck.

That is, because he has abundant resources from his Demon Beast Body, he can disregard consumption and quickly convert them into Cultivation Base.

After refining the elixir and confirming its notable effects, Yunhe's mind also became completely immersed.

As long as his Cultivation Base continues to advance, the monotony and boredom—he has long grown accustomed to them.

Moreover.

He also has other things to do.

He took out Yun Zhenzi's formation scroll from his storage ring and began studying it slowly from the beginning.

In cultivation, after refining an elixir one cannot immediately take another; doing so would not only diminish the elixir's effect, but the body could not withstand the continuous onslaught of the overbearing power of the "Spirit Spike Elixir".

Moreover, taking elixirs too frequently and continuously accelerates the body's resistance to them; this is the experience he summed up after consuming large quantities of elixirs and becoming a genuine "pill jar".

Anyway.

With elixir-assisted cultivation, his speed is already many times faster than relying solely on spiritual energy and meridians.

Now his talisman Dao has reached the level of a middle-grade third tier; his alchemy Dao is roughly comparable to being able to call himself a middle-grade third-tier alchemist; his artifact Dao is slightly lacking but not much; improving these three Dao is not something that can be achieved overnight, so he can well spend more time studying formation Dao.

Furthermore, as he delves deeper into the study of the formation scroll, Yunhe cannot help but admit that this formation Dao, indeed deserving of being the foremost among the hundred arts of cultivation, is truly not ordinary difficult.

Although it is difficult, with gradual effort he should be able to achieve some results; he firmly believes this.

Thereafter.

Besides his cultivation, Yunhe either studies the formation scroll, feeds the spirit bees, controls the gu worms, tries to craft puppets, or occasionally shows himself before the He family members; his days of cultivation seem to have become peaceful and regular.

Of course, aside from cultivation time, he will not stop most of his time from refining the set of five five-elemental thunder swords, his five personal magical treasures.

If he suddenly gains inspiration or insight, he will also go try to draw a talisman for a period of time, or engage in artifact refining.

However, the Cultivator Body side has calmed down, while the Demon Beast Body side is not so easy.

(End of chapter)