The news that Qin Xin had successfully refined a two-pattern Breaking Martial Pill and passed the fifth-grade advanced alchemist examination at Tuocang Mountain Alchemy Academy quickly spread throughout the surrounding area.

For a time, many families came to Tuocang Mountain Pill Academy specifically to ask Qin Xin to help them refine a batch of two-pattern Breaking Martial Pills.

Although Qin Xin could easily refine this broken martial pill, he was unwilling to refine it in large quantities.

In this Central Continent, a regular Breakthrough Pill costs only five low-grade spirit stones, a one-pattern Breakthrough Pill costs twenty low-grade spirit stones, and a two-pattern Breakthrough Pill costs one hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Qin Xin had also done a rough calculation. The process of refining the Breaking Martial Pill was quite long. Even now that his Fire Seed had advanced again and his cultivation was at the eighth level of the Yuanfu Realm, he only had a fifty percent chance of refining a two-pattern Breaking Martial Pill. If he failed to refine it, he would not only not earn any spirit stones, but he would also lose a lot.

However, these families and forces didn't care about all that. Even though Qin Xin was a disciple of the Tianxuan Sect, there were still some powerful families and forces that had made many threats to him, both openly and secretly.

This made Qin Xin truly realize that things were not peaceful in Zhongzhou.

Inside the alchemy pavilion, Qin Xin reached out and gently probed, and two pills emitting a blue light slowly rose from the blazing black iron furnace in front of him.

Both of these pills were Nourishing Essence Pills refined by Qin Xin.

Qin Xin was pleased that two pills were produced from a single batch, but also somewhat disappointed.

Although both pills were of near-perfect quality, they lacked pill patterns, which would significantly reduce the potency of the Nourishing Essence Pill.

These days, Qin Xin has been staying in the Tuocang Mountain Pill Academy. After all, this is a gathering place for alchemists, and those families and forces do not dare to run wild here.

Qin Xin also had a few rare days of peace and quiet.

After putting away the two still-warm Nourishing Yuan Pills, Qin Xin took out the Heavenly Phoenix Futon, then calmed his mind and appeared only in the space of the futon.

At this moment, the Golden Tiger cub was still asleep, seemingly because it had eaten too many spiritual medicines and had not yet fully digested them.

However, Qin Xin did not go and wake it up directly.

As Qin Xin approached the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg, he could vaguely sense the fluctuations emanating from the egg. He then took out two Heavenly Spirit Crystals directly from his spatial ring.

In the blink of an eye, the two Heavenly Spirit Crystals were directly swept away by the colorful misty air currents above the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg.

"Hiccup~!"

As the two Heavenly Spirit Crystals rapidly dissipated, Qin Xin seemed to hear a burp, and looked at the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg with a joyful expression.

The ancient phoenix egg is now shining even brighter, as if it will soon be hatched.

Looking at the two Heavenly Spirit Crystals remaining in his spatial ring, Qin Xin did not take any more out to give to the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg. After all, these crystals would be of great use when he encountered a bottleneck in his cultivation after entering the third stage of Core Formation.

"It seems that Senior Brother Xiahou and Senior Sister Yang will be heading to the iron mine in the next few days."

As Qin Xin sensed the fluctuations emanating from the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg, he was also deep in thought.

Qin Xin learned about the appearance of Heavenly Spirit Crystals in this iron ore mine from Xiahou Chu and Yang Ruoyi. Previously, he had obtained sixteen Heavenly Spirit Crystals in the tomb of the Old Man of Si Huo.

However, they unexpectedly discovered that the Celestial Spirit Crystal could help with the hatching of the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg, so they took it out without any hesitation.

However, all fourteen Heavenly Spirit Crystals have now been swallowed directly by that ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg. Apart from the egg becoming a little brighter and frequently emitting fluctuations, it has not shown any other signs of life.

Qin Xin guessed that if he had enough Heavenly Spirit Crystals, hatching the ancient Heavenly Phoenix Egg directly would not be a problem.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Hearing the snoring sound beside his ear, Qin Xin reached out and touched it.

"Xiao Jin, you're awake!"

Looking at the fluffy little spirit beast on his shoulder, Qin Xin patted its head, but the beast shook its head, seemingly disgusted by Qin Xin's action.

"Aww~ Aww~"

Seeing Little Jin jumping around on his shoulder, even gesturing with its paws, Qin Xin immediately knew that the little guy was hungry.

After taking out some beast crystals and spiritual herbs, Xiao Jin swallowed them all without hesitation. Then, shaking its head, it found a spot near the ancient phoenix egg and fell soundly asleep again.

Seeing Xiao Jin's adorable appearance, Qin Xin couldn't help but smile.

The cub of the Broken Gold Tiger has grown considerably since then, and its fur is now much shinier. However, all it does is eat and sleep.

This is a normal behavior for demonic beasts or spirit beasts in their infancy. As long as they are provided with enough spiritual resources, they can grow rapidly.

Although the cub of the Broken Gold Tiger looks adorable, the spiritual power emanating from its body has reached the level of a fifth-level demon beast. It would not be easy for an ordinary Yuanfu Realm expert to injure it. The strength of a spirit beast's body is far beyond what human martial artists can compare to.

After arriving at the mysterious fragmented map space, Qin Xin specifically went to Danqing's side.

Although Danqing's spirit body has now returned to normal thanks to the restoration of the tree rooted in the mysterious fragment of the map, there has been no fluctuation in the spirit body, and it remains in a deep slumber.

As for how to awaken Danqing from his slumber, Qin Xin had no idea and could only wait patiently.

She was also worried that if she used some methods to forcibly awaken Danqing, it would harm his spirit.

After leaving the mysterious fragmented map space, Qin Xin took out the Nourishing Essence Pill that he had previously refined.

He had already made plans: first, he would go to the iron mine, and if he could obtain enough Heavenly Spirit Crystals, he would hatch the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix, thus giving him an extra helper in Zhongzhou.

Moreover, as a divine beast, this ancient celestial phoenix must possess a great deal of inherited memories, and perhaps it has the potential to awaken Danqing from his slumber.

What Qin Xin needs to do now is to quickly improve his strength and enter the Void Core Realm. This way, when he enters the iron mine again, he will be more competitive and at least his safety will be guaranteed.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Xin put a Nourishing Essence Pill directly into his mouth.

He then slowly closed his eyes, and with a change in the hand seals between his hands, the martial spirit within his Yuan Mansion was directly activated. Furthermore, through the transformation of the Yuan Power Seed, more and more Yuan Power began to gradually gather within his Yuan Mansion.