Five years later.
Wanlin Pavilion, in a secret room in the backyard.
Around one of the specially constructed small ponds, several ghostly white birds flew erratically, seemingly agitated and threatened by Lin Xiuyuan's appearance. They charged several times, only to crash into the barrier, causing bursts of invisible white light to emanate from it.
Lin Xiuyuan was not surprised by this. His expression was slightly pleased. He ignored the restless white spirit birds and instead focused his attention on the small pond.
Although it appeared ordinary and the water was clear, a detailed examination with divine sense revealed that a batch of insect eggs had already been found in the pool...
"They've finally laid eggs, and quite a few of them! That's great!"
Lin Xiuyuan beamed with joy, his heart filled with excitement.
Jian Qiong did not break the agreement. After returning to Lin'nan County, she directly sent a message to Fa Jue, without using this as a delay to have her sect elders search for them.
Lin Xiuyuan wasn't worried about this. He always left himself some room for maneuver, and whenever he went to Lin'nan County, he would make up stories about his background. A medium-sized sect wouldn't be able to blockade the entire Lin'nan County, and besides, Jian Qiong couldn't get the entire sect to help her, so he wasn't worried at all.
This saved him the trouble of searching for the secret formula.
After returning to An'nan City, with the help of the Demon Purification Bottle and after expending a lot of resources, they finally managed to raise a few dying Yin Spirit White Birds, while abandoning the rest.
Because the Demon Purification Bottle is not as useful as imagined. It only produces a single strand of pure demonic energy each time, and requires a large amount of spirit stones to be added to it, along with the activation of the magic technique to refine it and bring out the effects of the rare treasure in order to gather a single strand of demonic energy.
This process of gathering demonic energy will take about ten days.
No wonder it possesses such powerful effects, yet it's only a low-to-mid-tier rare treasure. It's estimated that its ultimate potential for cultivation won't be very high.
But it's enough for Lin Xiuyuan right now.
Compared to its effects, the cost of spirit stones is negligible, amounting to only a few hundred. The ability to gather an incredibly pure demonic energy to directly enhance a spirit beast's cultivation is quite worthwhile.
Therefore, the Pure Demon Bottle did not gather much pure demonic energy, and Lin Xiuyuan only focused on cultivating a few of them, since the main purpose now was simply to reproduce.
Furthermore, because they had been trapped in the Qiankun Bag for too long, their condition was extremely poor, and they were on the verge of death.
It took a great deal of rare and precious materials and resources, along with the Demon Purification Bottle, to slowly restore them to health.
These spirit white birds originally possessed the late stage of Qi Refining, and after five years of cultivation, they are getting closer and closer to the Great Perfection. Finally, they have begun to lay eggs today.
There were quite a few, at least several dozen insect eggs.
According to the information we have, the Yin Spirit White Bird generally begins to lay eggs only after entering the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining, and it basically lays eggs only once in its lifetime. However, the higher the cultivation level, the more eggs it lays.
If most of the eggs hatch successfully, then it won't be long before a sufficient number of insects are produced to treat erysipelas.
"After one more breeding, the number should be close to a hundred. After some simple nurturing, we can begin to expel the poison from the pills. However, overall, it will probably take until the mid-stage of Qi Refining to nurture them, right?"
"My cultivation level is too high. The Yin Spirit White Bird, which is only at the initial stage, is probably unable to refine my magic power and the impurities of the pills in my body."
"We need to keep working overtime. After this batch of insect eggs hatches, we need to start cultivating them. Just thinking about the resources required is a bit scary! The whole process is estimated to take about ten years."
Lin Xiuyuan looked pleased, yet somewhat melancholy. After observing for a while, he finally left.
There's no need to worry too much after that; just wait for it to hatch on its own. In addition to setting up a restrictive barrier, a formation master was hired at a high price to set up a spirit-gathering formation.
They even spent a considerable amount of spirit stones to purchase some spirit herbs containing demonic energy, which they placed in the pool, enough to allow the insect eggs to hatch safely under the care of those few yin spirit white birds.
After leaving the secret room, Lin Xiuyuan went directly to the study to begin making talismans.
Since returning to An'nan City from the Southern Frontier five years ago, Lin Xiuyuan has rarely meditated or cultivated, spending almost all his time making talismans.
Before this, the search for a solution to the pill poisoning had almost only one direction, without a concrete objective. Lin Xiuyuan could only focus on improving his strength and breaking through to the tenth level of Qi Refining.
This at least provides a glimmer of hope for breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage, preventing a situation where, in the end, the methods of alchemy are useless, cultivation stagnates, and there is no way to advance to the next level.
Moreover, even at this level, whether due to the spiritual root or the accumulation of too much poison, the improvement brought by using pills and rare treasures is very slight.
It is estimated that it would take several years or more of cultivation time using a large amount of medicinal resources to complete the accumulation of magical power and launch an attempt to break through to the tenth level of Qi Refining.
But now that he has obtained the Yin Spirit White Bird, which may help him expel the poison, he naturally cannot allow it to accumulate further. Relying solely on rare and precious materials would be too costly, so it's better to resolve the poison first before making any further improvements.
Otherwise, it would be a complete waste to make up for the lack in one place with another. The money would be used to cultivate the Yin Spirit White Bird and to prepare for the future breakthrough to the Great Perfection, which would suddenly increase the expenses.
Therefore, for the past five years, his cultivation level has remained at the high level of the ninth level without any progress, as he has been waiting for the Yin Spirit White Bird to successfully breed and reproduce.
Of all the spirit stones earned, a small portion was spent on raising these few Yin Spirit White Birds, while the majority was saved up so that the second generation of Yin Spirit White Birds could be raised as soon as possible.
However, based on current estimates, there is still a significant shortage of such resources.
Lin Xiuyuan could only keep making talismans, keeping the daily limit at two finished products to ensure maximum profit.
During this process, Lin Xiuyuan mainly focused on refining wood and water magic talismans. After all, the golden sword talisman was already overflowing with purple light, bringing a significant boost. His understanding of it was so profound that it could further enhance the power of the talisman.
Having tasted the benefits, they naturally wouldn't give up accumulating other talismans.
After five years of intensive talisman-making, in addition to nearly doubling the profits, the purple light of these two types of talismans has gradually accumulated to more than 90%.
Having learned from past mistakes, it is estimated that in about five years, or less, the wood and water magic talismans will reach their full potential, thereby triggering the mysteries of the purple talisman and bringing about a significant improvement. This will allow Lin Xiuyuan's combat abilities to reach another level.
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