Gathering Spiritual Medicines, Dividing the Treasures

Those talisman puppets moved slowly. He did not even bother with them; after a mad sprint, he left them far behind.

After some time, Lin Fan discovered that he had entered a formation.

After breaking the formation, a passage appeared before him.

Following the passage onward, Lin Fan arrived at a spacious Training Ground.

Hundreds of talisman puppets stood neatly arranged here. Unlike the defective ones from before, these were all Low-Grade Talisman Puppets, with combat strength equivalent to the Essence Core Realm Great Perfection.

"Unfortunately, after so many years, these talisman puppets have all been scrapped."

Shaking his head, Lin Fan continued onward.

After passing through the Training Ground, a rich medicinal fragrance immediately washed over him.

Lin Fan looked ahead and saw a crystal-clear lake.

At the center of the lake stood a small pool built from Jade Stone. It was filled with spiritual medicines, and their grades were not low.

There were over a hundred Fifth Grade Spiritual Medicines here—the kind Lin Fan had previously spent a great deal of money to purchase—as well as more than a dozen Sixth Grade Spiritual Medicines.

At the very center, there were even several Seventh Grade Spiritual Medicines and one Eighth Grade Spiritual Medicine.

One had to know that even Form Creation Realm experts greatly coveted Seventh Grade Spiritual Medicines, while Eighth Grade Spiritual Medicines were needed even by Forming Qi Realm experts.

Besides that, there was also a Black Spiritual Medicine within the Medicine Pool.

The spiritual medicine looked like a small coiled snake. An extremely dense yin-cold aura seeped from it, freezing even the nearby water surface with a layer of frost.

"Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva!"

The instant he saw the Black Spiritual Medicine, Lin Fan recognized it.

"Now, it's time to gather the medicines!"

As Lin Fan thought this, his Divine Sense spread out and lightly severed the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva before carefully placing it into a Jade Box he had prepared beforehand.

Lin Fan placed the Extreme Yin Dragon Saliva alone in a Cosmos Sack, then began digging up the other spiritual medicines.

Once all the spiritual medicines had been collected, Lin Fan could not help but say delightedly, "With these spiritual medicines, I should be able to cultivate the Azure Emperor Longevity Body!"

Although the fifth level of the "Void Body Refining Art" was the Dao Body, Lin Fan felt that the Dao Body alone would not provide him with much of a boost, so he planned to cultivate the wood-element Azure Emperor Longevity Body.

This physique only required the absorption of a large amount of wood-element energy to be cultivated.

It was considered one of the easiest powerful physiques to begin cultivating.

After harvesting the spiritual medicines here, Lin Fan did not continue deeper.

He knew that the place ahead was where the owner of the Ancient Tomb Mansion was located, and its opportunity could not be obtained by one person alone.

Buzz!

Lin Fan's Divine Sense surged out and all of it sank into the Medicine Pool.

A moment later, a Bronze Head slowly emerged from the mud.

This was also a talisman puppet, and it was an intact Intermediate Talisman Puppet capable of displaying combat strength at the Form Creation Realm level.

Lin Fan rinsed it with lake water before hauling it out.

The talisman puppet was two zhang tall and held a Bronze Spear in its hand, looking extremely imposing.

Its entire body was pale green, forged from a special metal, and covered in intricate patterns.

Because it lacked the energy needed to activate it, its eye sockets were somewhat dim and lifeless.

Lin Fan's Divine Sense poured out and entered the talisman puppet's head, leaving a spiritual imprint within it.

As the imprint condensed, a faint mark also appeared on the talisman puppet's forehead.

Whoosh!

With a sweep of his sleeve, Lin Fan stored the talisman puppet away, then returned along the original path.

Several days later, Lin Fan returned to Ironwood Village.

The moment he returned to Ironwood Village, Lin Fan gathered Lin Dong, Qing Tan, Lin Zhentian, and Lin Xiao together.

Qing Tan sat down beside Lin Fan and asked with a grin, "Lin Fan Bro, why did you gather us here?"

"The main purpose of gathering you all is to divide some treasures!" Lin Fan said.

"Divide treasures?"

Upon hearing this, curiosity appeared in everyone's eyes.

"Take a look at this!"

With a sweep of Lin Fan's sleeve, five streaks of light immediately burst out from his body, transforming into five spiritual treasures within the room.

"On this trip, I obtained six spiritual treasures in total. I kept one Intermediate Spiritual Treasure for myself, and I intend to distribute the remaining spiritual treasures among you."

"Six spiritual treasures?"

Gasp!

Hearing that number, everyone gasped sharply.

One had to know that in all of Flame City, only the City Lord, who was at the Form Creation Realm, possessed a Low-Level Spiritual Treasure.

Even within the Lin Clan, ordinary people could not own Spiritual Treasures. This showed just how rare and precious they were.

Yet now, Lin Fan had taken out five of them to give away.

"Qing Tan is my future wife. There's no problem with me giving her two Spiritual Treasures, right?"

With a wave of Lin Fan's hand, the Armor Spirit Treasure and Bow and Arrow Spirit Treasure landed in Qing Tan's hands.

"No problem."

Naturally, no one had any objections.

After all, all these Spiritual Treasures belonged to Lin Fan.

Qing Tan accepted the Spiritual Treasures. In her delight, she immediately stood up and kissed Lin Fan, saying with a beaming smile, "Lin Fan Bro, you're so good to me!"

Lin Fan smiled and casually waved his hand again.

The next moment, the Heaven Scale Ancient Halberd landed in Lin Dong's hands.

He said to everyone, "I think this Spiritual Treasure suits Lin Dong quite well. It belongs to him."

"Thank you, Lin Fan Bro!"

Lin Dong hurriedly thanked him.

"We're family. Why be so polite?"

Lin Fan waved his hand, then looked at the remaining Sword-Shaped Spirit Treasure and Shield Spirit Treasure. He said to Lin Zhentian and Lin Xiao, "Patriarch, Uncle Xiao, you can decide between yourselves how to divide these two Spiritual Treasures!"

"I'm the strongest now, so this sword Spiritual Treasure will be mine."

Lin Zhentian retrieved the Sword-Shaped Spirit Treasure from afar, then looked at Lin Xiao. "Xiao'er, you wouldn't fight your father for something, would you?"

"I wouldn't dare!"

Lin Xiao gave a bitter smile and could only take the remaining Spiritual Treasure.

Although he had only obtained a defensive Spiritual Treasure, he was still very happy inside.

"Now that the Spiritual Treasures have been distributed, next are the Pure Yuan Pills."

Lin Fan said to everyone, "I also obtained some Pure Yuan Pills. As long as you break through to the Essence Core Realm, I'll give each of you two thousand Pure Yuan Pills."

As he spoke, he took out a Low-Level Cosmos Sack and tossed it to Lin Zhentian. "Patriarch, take these two thousand Pure Yuan Pills for cultivation."

"Grandfather thanks you."

Lin Zhentian said with a face full of gratitude.

With these Pure Yuan Pills, he would probably be able to reach the Essence Core Realm Great Perfection very soon.

"There's one more thing. While I'm away, the Lin Family won't need to worry about Form Creation Realm experts either."

With a thought, Lin Fan summoned the Intermediate Talisman Puppet and introduced it, "This is an Intermediate Talisman Puppet. It can unleash attacks at the Form Creation Realm."

"What? It can unleash Form Creation Realm attacks?"

Upon hearing Lin Fan's words, everyone was stunned.

"That's right."

Lin Fan nodded. "Of course, its consumption is rather high. Each attack requires at least two thousand Pure Yuan Pills to unleash a Form Creation Realm attack."

"Pfft!"

Hearing this, everyone was startled once more.

They had never expected this thing to be such a massive money sink.

With Lin Zhentian's current Lesser Essence Core Realm cultivation, he needed a month to condense a single Pure Yuan Pill, amounting to only twelve per year.

To gather all two thousand Pure Yuan Pills, he would have to work without food or drink for a full one hundred and sixty-six and a half years.

"The gap between the Essence Core Realm and the Form Creation Realm is enormous. Naturally, it isn't so easy to wield the power of the Form Creation Realm."

Lin Fan shook his head and said, "Therefore, this Talisman Puppet is a last resort. It's best not to use it unless absolutely necessary."

"Indeed, indeed."

Everyone nodded in wholehearted agreement.