Two years later.
Liang Kingdom.
A desolate, wild place.
A streak of blue light streaked across the sky and descended.
The light faded, revealing a travel-worn figure in a green robe.
Lin Xiuyuan looked around and, seeing nothing amiss, took out a concealment array plate and set it up around him.
After concealing his surroundings, Lin Xiuyuan sat cross-legged, but instead of immediately restoring his magical power, he took out his spirit beast pouch.
With a flash of light, three tiny blue butterflies appeared, no more than two or three inches in size. They were mostly white, with only their wings showing a hint of blue, giving them a rather delicate appearance.
It was fluttering its beautiful wings, affectionately circling around Lin Xiuyuan, looking very mini and cute.
Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile slightly, stretched out his index finger to tease them, and then took out the Illusion Leaf Grass and the Demon Spirit Pill to feed them.
Before leaving Linan County, he selected three high-quality Blue Illusion Butterflies, a cultivation jade slip, and even the corresponding secret techniques from Jian Qiong.
One of them is the "Primal Explosion" secret technique that Jian Qiong used back then, and there is also the "Fusion of Thoughts" secret technique, but it requires Lan Huandie to have an extremely high realm to use. Reaching the Golden Core stage is basically hopeless for a long time.
After careful nurturing along the way, it finally emerged from its cocoon and became a butterfly a year ago.
During that period, it was necessary to infuse it with magical power every few days to nurture it.
That's why Lin Xiuyuan has progressed so slowly. Although he has now emerged from his cocoon, he is still in the nurturing stage and needs to be fed and cared for every ten days or so.
Such spiritual insects require careful cultivation and nurturing of their bloodline to lay a solid foundation for their smooth growth.
These Blue Illusion Butterflies are still weak and have not yet entered the first level of Qi Refining. They are in the nurturing stage. Only when their abdomens are covered with blue patterns can they be called demon beasts and officially enter the Qi Refining realm.
According to the cultivation jade slip given by Jian Qiong, this process will take about four or five years in total, and the cultivation period is very long.
Only two years have passed...
Lin Xiuyuan did not use the Demon Purification Bottle to speed up the process, leaving it for Huo Yun to use.
Huo Yun has already reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining. Due to her high bloodline level, she will be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage as soon as she reaches the twelfth level, without having to wait until the peak of Qi Refining.
That time is not far off. When Huo Yun reaches the Foundation Establishment stage, it will undoubtedly greatly enhance his combat power.
Therefore, these Blue Illusion Butterflies can only be carefully and slowly nurtured. This approach also has its benefits; during their nurturing period, they can be continuously nourished with spiritual objects to enhance their potential, naturally leading to a higher potential ceiling in the future.
Although these Blue Illusion Butterflies cannot be relied upon in the short term and will not be of any use in the short term, Lin Xiuyuan has high hopes for them. They are very suitable spirit beasts to assist cultivators in combat, and as long as they can be cultivated, they will be of great help.
Therefore, Lin Xiuyuan was very willing to spend money, even spending a lot of money to buy the blood of similar demons, and would occasionally help them refine it to enhance their bloodline potential.
Then Lin Xiuyuan released Huo Yun and had her use the Demon Purification Bottle to refine that pure demonic energy. After observing its aura, he found that it was not far from the twelfth level. He estimated that once it reached the Great Yue, it would be able to break through.
Lin Xiuyuan then took out one demon spirit pill after another, took off the third spirit beast pouch from his waist, and threw it into it.
Now that the talisman is complete and ready to generate profits, Lin Xiuyuan has added the Yin Spirit White Bird to the cultivation program, though it is not a high priority.
If you take the opportunity to cultivate them, you can breed a few and gradually increase their numbers so that they can be used in the future.
For now, the Yin Spirit White Bird has only one use for Lin Xiuyuan: to slowly cultivate a batch of Yin Spirit White Birds in the Foundation Establishment stage, so that they can help him resolve the poison when he reaches the late Foundation Establishment stage.
Perhaps, as the years go by, the number of Yin Spirit White Birds will increase and they will become stronger, and they might even be able to assist him in battle.
For now, having the Blue Illusion Butterfly and the Fire Cloud is enough. I don't really expect the Yin Spirit White Bird to be of much use; it's enough that it helps to remove the poison.
After resting here for two days, and once Lan Huandie had eaten and drunk her fill, and Huo Yun had refined the wisp of pure demonic energy from the Demon Purification Bottle, Lin Xiuyuan put them away along with the array plate, then flew away on his sword towards the direction of Da Yue.
The Liang Kingdom is already on the edge of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance's sphere of influence. After crossing a barren mountain range and traversing a plain lacking spiritual energy, it will reach the territory of the Great Yue Kingdom.
It will take at most two or three months to enter the Great Yue Kingdom.
However, Lin Xiuyuan had only been traveling on his sword for a short time when a special situation arose.
Lin Xiuyuan frowned and looked back. Behind him, two streaks of light, one in front and one behind, one black and one white, swept across the land at high speed, seemingly in pursuit.
As luck would have it, they were heading straight in the direction Lin Xiuyuan was.
However, as soon as the black light seemed to notice Lin Xiuyuan's figure ahead, it immediately changed direction, intending to bypass Lin Xiuyuan.
At this moment, a voice came from behind, clear and bright like a nightingale, seemingly from a female cultivator, saying, "Fellow Daoist, I am a disciple of the Falling Maple Sect, and I am currently pursuing this wicked demonic cultivator. Please intervene!"
"Demonic cultivators?" Lin Xiuyuan narrowed his eyes and hesitated for a moment, wondering if these demonic cultivators were from the Northwest Demonic Path or from the unorthodox demonic sects of Liang Kingdom.
If it's the former, there's nothing to fear; the other party is isolated and helpless, so they won't get involved in anything.
If it's the latter, it's likely a struggle between two forces.
Although the Nine Kingdoms Alliance is known to outsiders as the Righteous Alliance, it is ultimately just an external designation and not a legitimate Daoist sect. It also includes many sects that are neither purely righteous nor purely evil, as well as unorthodox sects. However, unlike purely demonic cultivation lineages, these sects are located deep within the Nine Kingdoms Alliance's sphere of influence and are therefore less extreme.
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