Baka had originally advanced due to the secret realm and gained benefits, breaking through to become a second-order demon. But after accidentally entering Ghost City, his very source had been damaged, and he had fallen back to a First-order Demon.
Had Chen Fei not found him in the end, even the last remnants of Baka's source would have been exhausted, and he would have vanished completely.
Several years had passed since Baka was awakened by the Spirit Awakening Liquid. Especially after arriving in the Endless Sea, Chen Fei had directly used Mid-grade Spirit Stones to help Baka recover.
One had to know that only cultivators at the Joint Aperture Realm and above used Mid-grade Spirit Stones. Chen Fei had truly paid a heavy price, but the results had been excellent as well.
Baka's damaged source finally recovered, and his strength returned to the level of a second-order demon. It had even improved considerably.
Back in the secret realm, Baka had been able to ripen ordinary medicinal herbs and pile up their years. After becoming a second-order demon, this ability had advanced further, allowing him to ripen spiritual materials as well.
This ability was absolutely a qualitative transformation.
Ordinary medicinal herbs could be found everywhere. Even if their age was increased, though their value would rise, there was still a limit.
But spiritual materials were different. Even a simple spiritual material could be worth dozens of ordinary medicinal herbs.
However, compared with ordinary medicinal herbs, spiritual materials were much more difficult to ripen.
Even for the most common spiritual materials, Baka had to spend an extremely long time to increase their age. He simply could not ripen them in great swathes as he did ordinary medicinal herbs.
But Baka's current strength was only at the early Second-order level. Compared with martial